Cheebah and all that - Limerick, Ireland

k.3.Bee

The LIP newsletter has some links to new music coming out of Limerick and it reminded me of  new tracks up on K.3.Bee's site. Bee has been producing music for many years now and the 20 odd tracks on his virb page are testament to his workrate. One of his tracks is due a release on dubculture by the end of this year. Check them out here, some available as mp3s as well.

Shane

Rapido

Video for Rapido - history of hip hop

Know they are a lot of hip hop historys out there but for the Irish viewer this Rapido special will have a special resonance as it was shown here back in the very early 90s. Nearly an hour long , links for part 2, part3, part4, part 5 and part 6.

Shane

Avatar

Video for Avatar live in Tralee

Avatar have been producing some great music from their base in Kerry. Two albums are out there with some sweet atmospheric dubs and very memorable basslines. Bassist James Kennedy is the driving force behind the group and he has had two refreshingly honest interviews on eagsuil over the last few years. The first back in 07 tells of  his background growing up in Tralee. In the more recent one from September (starts 20 minutes in) he talks about the new album 'Like River to Ocean' and an upcoming gig where the whole nine piece band will play in an organic farm outside Tralee. Avatar myspace here.

Shane

TOKiMONSTA

 

Another Cheebah/Kerrynini collab sees TOKiMONSTA play an exclusive set  in the Cuckoo Box on Saturday November 21st. Just like the hugely successful Onra gig (photos here) this one will also be free. The LA beat maker will be visiting Limerick as part of a short European tour. Some of you probably heard her been played on Giles Peterson this week and you can hear more of her music here. Join the TOKiMONSTA facebook page.

More details to follow.

Shane

DJ Tu-Ki Mix Pre: Seed

via www.choicecuts.ie

from Choice Cuts details on new Tu-Ki mix Cd launching this Friday at the Button factory. Click here

to hear the introduction, very special.

Shane

Dialled in from the future

Cheebah presents as part of the Tweak festival
Dialled in from the future.
A short Audio visual preformance with a turntable interpretation of a space drenched 80s bronx. Selectors Doobs and Devient will play off a video edit by Paul Tarpey saluting a time when Africa Bambattas discovery of Kraftwerk put the future into funk.

Venue-The Spiritstore Art Cafe on the corner of Rutland st across from The Hunt Museum. Performance at 5pm approx Fri 25  September. Admission free .

Paul Tarpey

Onra

Video for Onra - The Anthem

Cheebah and Kerrynini

Present Onra

The Cuckoo Box ,

14 Denmark St

Limerick

Saturday September 19th 9-00 til 1-00

Support from Peter Curtin and jOnny dOObs

No Door Charge

Parisian-based Onra is one of the major players in the new wave of upcoming producers à la Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Bullion and so on. The former Red Bull Music Academy student is a beat-digging, MPC-bashing producer and DJ who looks to the boombap past to sculpt the future funk sounds of tomorrow. His neck snapping electronic hiphop / wobbling schizo beats sit side by side with forays into continental soul and disco, and have been subject to enormous worldwide props from Dublin to LA. Anyways, if you don't knows now you know!

Onra son!

poster

The Hip Hop Spot

Bazzy B writes

"I've opened a practice room on O' Connell St Limerick so any bboys who interested in becoming a member its 15euros a month. Every member has access to the spot to train or hang out day or night whenever they want . It's purpose is to give everybody a decent chance to make the most of their  time and bring hip hop to the younger generation as well as get people of the streets. There will be lessons in bboyin ,graff,djing and maybe mc'ing also.  Lessons are extra but not much. So please support THE HIP HOP SPOT, Upper O' Connell st, Limerick city."

The venue is downstairs at the corner of Mallow Street, where Southcentral LK was located before it moved. For the day that is in it Baz also has heartfelt piece on his real life superhero.

Ranks

True Blood Soldierz have released a new mix tape/cd with 14 tracks. Genre Problem is available for 5 euro from the bands bebo page. Track above, Recession Skank features the guest female vocalists Nadine Smith and Lina. The TBS crew were one of many who played at the fantastic Africa Day celebrations at City Hall back in mid May. A tremendously varied day, with everything from Grime to jazz to gospel wafting out over the Shannon. Hopefully this day will be repeated, all that was missing was dry weather. The use of the City Hall and its immediate environs stretching up to the castle was a huge success and one that should see more use. Robin Parmer has a great set of photos over at his flickr page.

Africa Day: MC
Originally uploaded by robin746

While Africa Day showed up many of the positives of the city, a review of a recent gig by The Rubberbandits illustrated how certain perceptions always linger. The reviewer Naomi McArdle writing in online zine drop-d states in the opening paragraph that

"hailing from SUV Stab City, Limerick rappers tend to leave a rank taste." ??

The rest of the review makes some interesting observations about shelf life of such a stage show and the comments gets into a worthwhile discussion on the 'up da ra' song.

Shane

the credit crunch (on expenses) tour

Cheebah's rep in London The Unusual and Electric Record label's tour dj Mr Adam Whitaker touches down on Fri 27th June for a blitz of beats.Fridays Bar-b-Q in Nancy Blakes at 6 to 9 has Adam on a smooth jazzy tip with some choice stylings then at 10 till late its the swinging of the chandeliers set in the Wicked Chicken. Saturday sees our man in his perfect environment outside in the alley for what should be the party of the year so far for Mickeys.Full of beans Adam will then be guesting at the end of the night at Jcs Roots factory in Bakers .If you haven't experienced our man yet you're in for a treat and this magic roundabout of a two day tour is the way to do it.

Paul Tarpey