Bass Festival 2008 highlights video With interviews with Ammo himself, Faith 47 & Ursula Rucker and footage from the opening party at Woom Gallery and MCs For Life at the Custard Factory. Fewer things to see and do in the West Midlands: August 2008 Russ L still manages to find a few things worth doing … [Read more…]
We’ve reached the halfway point of the Midlands’ street sounds/art festival but there’s plenty left to come in Birmingham: Scratch Club, hosted by Sonny Jim, is at The Yardbird on 17 June (free) My Love For Hip Hop is a hip hop poetry event at The Drum on 19 June (£5) Jazzanova and Eska Mtungwazi … [Read more…]
Clusta: Pushing Forward Behance Magazine have some flattering things to say about Clusta. Capsule’s Sonar Showcase More news of Birmingham hitting the international scene – Capsule are taking Birmingham’s ZX Spectrum Orchestra and Pram to Barcelona for a showcase next Thursday. Antonio Roberts at B-VAC Antonio says thanks to everyone who went down to the … [Read more…]
I went over to the BASS Festival launch last night over at the Woom Gallery (an excellent little place, incidentally). I had a quick chat with Ammo, the guy behind Punch Records, who was enthusiastic about the programme of events they’ve got coming up but most excited about the the competition they ran to design … [Read more…]
As I was leaving the Electric yesterday having seen the excellent Planet B-Boy I was handed a brochure for this year’s BASS Festival, happening across the East Midlands over June. BASS stands for British Art and Street Sounds and the festival is a Punch Records production in partnership with 2Funky Arts, Hella Music and Baby … [Read more…]