Summertime

Although it dropped last year... classic music is timeless... same goes for classic mixtapes... trust me you'd be a fool to sleep on this... good for any time of year even though it's intended for the Summer... DJs Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie present:

End of an Era 21/05/11

After over 30 years of serving the local community Chequers Bridge Youth Arts Centre is closing it's doors for the last time...

We couldn't let the government take away a local landmark without celebrating some of the talent that has passed through these doors...

Mixed Strings... (Download)

Although some have tried, no one has presented the classical sound of strings in such an accessible and diversely contemporary fashion as Adaggio The Street Violinist.

I first saw him back in 2007 and was blown away when he performed his club set, not only by how sharp he was but also how much depth he was able to bring to the performance.

His debut mixtape M.I.T.O. was released this week... perfect timing to see exactly what he has to offer with his own creativity...

1st Lady of Maybach Music (Explicit Content)

Newly signed to Rick Ross' Maybach Music imprint Teedra Moses was invited onto Carisma's Cookie Jar for an insight into her creative process... one of the best artist feature shows I've seen in time!

The 1st post on this site was a feature of this artists' last live show in the UK almost 2 years ago... only right...

Carisma's Cookie Jar (Teedra Moses) 04/25/2011 from The Mix Show on Vimeo.

WAX at Coco 21/04/11

Part 2 coming July... full details coming soon.

WAX at Coco photo gallery here / WAX instore at Need-All Records gallery here...

Hold tight DJ Ninja, management and everyone else who's supported WAX so far!

WAX instore at Need-All Records 16/04/11

Last Saturday was National Record Store Day, when I first mentioned doing a WAX instore with Lukie down at Need-All Records I was totally unaware of this fact... either way it was a good look!

Shout out to Ninja for playin a big set... not to mention bringin down more records than they actually had in the shop!

Plus Lukie B down at Need-All Records, Voltage, Brownie, Action Jackson, MNP, Rider, Adam, Nine, R-Taye and everyone else who passed through!

BlackBerry Bold Photos

WAX 21/04/11

Late Manoeuvres presents a fresh new event for the South West...

With resident DJs Ninja & Fade.

See flyer for more info:

South West Got Rhythm 2011

Managed to reach South West Got Rhythm in Bath last Sunday - good to see the variety of disciplines they were representing - running in two different venues simultaneously.

Big shout out to Action Jackson, Ninja, Jabba, Luke, Soul T, Leebee, Soopa Jay as well as everyone we met there...

From G-City we had Ninja enter the Krumpin' battle (see below), Luke enter the Poppin' battle and Leebee entered & won the B-Girl battle!

Ninja aka Xplode in the SWGR 2011 Krumpin' battle

Juste Debout 2011

After several years of Action Jackson telling me how bad an event Juste Debout was - I finally took time to find out for myself.

With several pre parties, an after party & the main event at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy with over 14000 people in attendance, it was an unbelievable event, covering several disciplines of Hip Hop related dance from Locking, Popping and Top Rock to House, New Style and Experimental.

Big shout out to Action Jackson, Nine, Jabba, as well as everyone we met there...

Highlights of Juste Debout 2011

Official Teaser Juste Debout 2011 [2010 Highlights]

UK Eliminations Juste Debout 2011

JUSTE DEBOUT 2011 - Présélections UK

Late Manoeuvres Paris Tour 12/03/11

BlackBerry Bold Photos

CCP "Musical Youth" Music Seminar 12/03/11

The brain child of MNP Productions, this is an opportunity for aspiring young musicians to not only gain more knowledge of the music industry, but there are also production workshops, stalls and an open mic stage.

Late Manoeuvres will be hosting a room down there too...

See below flyer for full details:

Viral Kat

Legend.

Wu Wisdom (Explicit Content)

Raekwon breaks down how he and Ghostface squashed the beef with Biggie (that started from the skit on Only Built 4 Cuban Linx) days before he passed...

Raekwon video from new album Shaolin Vs Wu-Tang out this week...

9 Years Deep!

Late Manoeuvres has now entered it's 9th year of existence... what else is there to say except thank you to everyone who has been involved so far...

Watch this space...

Where I got my Jordans...

"Trainers... daps... crepes... I got so many styles that you can't forget..."

Really only a matter of time before we got into this... for me it was always about the Jordan IIIs & Jordan Vs... but more than both those... Jordan IVs!

Still got my original Jordan Vs from the '80s... though had to cop the Black/Red/Cement Spizikes when they dropped last year...

(Watched a grown man run across the length of a hall just to ask me where I got them from at my friend's party that same week!)

I was never impressed by Jordan IIs... nothing really stood out about them... until now...

Nike Air Jordan II Original Commercial (Beatbox version)

Sheek Louch on Jordans (DJ Vlad/SneakerWatch)

Rane SL 4 for Serato Scratch Live

I've always been impressed by the amount of thought that the Rane Corporation invest in their products, now in their 30th year, they have pushed the envelope once again with the new SL 4 interface.

I first came across the name Rane in the late '90s while staying in Nottingham with my people the Funky Nassau DJs. They put on an event that featured the US DJ crew The Kolabs (DJ Sugacuts, DJ IXL & DJ Excess) who brought the newly designed Rane performance DJ mixers to the UK with them.

These mixers the Rane TTM 52 and Rane TTM 54 had been designed by DJs for DJs (including Sugacuts) with new innovative features never before seen on a DJ mixer.

Fast forward to 2004 and Rane partnered with New Zealand company Serato to launch Scratch Live a digital DJ emulation interface that worked in conjunction with a computer to allow digital files to be played via traditional vinyl turntables.

This proved to be the most popular alternative to traditional DJing and has been adopted by performance DJs across the world (see below feature Master Of The Mix) and also this year has now been officially authorised for use in the DMC World DJ Championships.

For more info visit: Rane | Serato

Rane SL 4 launch video for Serato Scratch Live

Respect The Architect: The DJ

Towards the end of 2010 BET network put out a reality TV show with a difference.... while most reality TV shows only seem to deal with the superficial... this was actually a show that was attempting to raise awareness...

Master Of The Mix was a series that brought in 7 established DJs who had to compete in 8 different challenges in order to not only determine who was the master DJ... but demonstrate exactly what it takes to be one.

Hosted by Just Blaze and featuring Kid Capri as a master judge as well as special guests like Grandmaster Flash adding extra weight to the competition.  Watch the full series here: Master Of The Mix

Master Of The Mix Launch Party

Judges and DJs discuss their involvement in Master Of The Mix

Like This... Like That...

Skillz continues his annual tradition... Like this...

Mystro revisits Skillz annual tradition... Like that...

Skillz Rap Up 2010... itunes | Amazon