I'd like to meet:
Musicians,If you like hip-hop, soul, reggae, funk, breaks and you like to mash it up some and you live in the Welly massiff don't be shyI spend the better part of the week pushing buttons on an AKAI MPC2000XL, im always down to jam and hear peoples interpretation of what i can make on the 2k, im in the process of getting together a score for an album but i dont want to make it by myself, if you can play any instument that can enchance a beat with some flavours then drop me a line Char
Music:
No particular order whatsover, Bob Marley, 10 ft. Ganja Plant, John Browns Body, The Black Seeds, Mos Def, Dr. Dre, Incubus, Common, J.Dilla RIP, Fat Freddy's, Spartacus R, Kora, Cornerstone Roots, Shapeshifter, Souls of Mischief, Sola Rosa, Trinity Roots, The Roots, Roots Manuva, Salmonella Dub, Pendulum, Black Grass, Bonobo, Matisyahu, Black Eyed Peas, Tribe, Madlib, RJD2, Dj Shadow, Dj Vadim, Dialated Peoples, De La Soul, Lee Scratch, Easy Star All Stars, Pennywise, Cake, Hollie Smith, Fly My Pretties, Opensouls, Katchafine, Jazzanova, Theivery Corporation, Mr Scruff, People Under the Stairs, J-Live,Damian Marley, Nightmares on Wax, Zion I, Grouch, Gangstarr, Cunnylinguists, Wu-Tang and so so many others........
Movies:
Kung Fu classics, God Father and shitloads of documentries
Television:
Discovery, Nat Geo and Music TV. Outrageous fortune reminded me that we can actually make something decent, Shortland Street can actually make you dumber, although there is no scientific evidence to back my claim
Books:
Dirty old Wilbur Smith knows how write a good book, Anthony Keidis' autobiography was an interesting book, not keen on trying heroin after it, sick read though
Heroes:
DJ Mu, he made me want to get an MPC by showing me that they could be used for something other than hip-hop, Mos Def, Steve Irwin, Warren Maxwell to name but a few