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Casual Records

About Me

Welcome to the world of Casual. The label is the brainchild of Ross Allen and London's Cargo - the hook up with Cargo being a logical step after the success of Ross's Destination Out night which is held at Cargo every second Saturday of the month. Cargo is an acclaimed hot spot in Shoreditch which - aside from showcasing pioneering acts from around the globe - acts as a platform for all things Casual, having already showcased Casual artists Foreign Beggars, Medasyn, Sunship and Jazzie B.
Casual will be the ideal home to launch any new band, singer or producer who wants to develop a project that is current yet classic. Casual wants strong songs, raps and hits, all new and itching with excitement. It has no desire to bury its head in the uber-cool.

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Lady Sovereign: Taking the US by Storm!!!
The biggest midget has been ripping up the US, as she became the first British artist to be voted No.1 on the MTV-TRL chart, and had her very own billboard on New York's Times Square! and her brand new album, 'Public Warning', released on 1st November, debuted at 48 on the Billboard chart, and the single 'Love Me or Hate Me (F**k You!), feat Missy Elliot, is doing well across the board.
Read her interview with the BBC...
Learn about her audition with Jay-Z, her love of old punk and what it's like to break America before the UK!
Hats off to her, the little one put on an amazing show at Scala on Wed 7th Feb, with a live band and support from Killa Kela. My personal favourite was her cover of 'Pretty Vacant' by the Sex Pistols! Unexpected yet brilliant!
"With early airplay blowing up across the country in advance of yesterday’s official impact at Top 40, it sounds like radio definitely loves Def Jam recording artist Lady Sovereign’s "Love Me Or Hate Me," the first U.S. single from PUBLIC WARNING, the pint-sized 20-year-old’s debut album, arriving in stores October 31st. With over 500 spins a week at Top 40 stations in markets like Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Tampa going in to its official add date, "Love Me Or Hate Me" is buzzing, drawing top 5 phones in some markets on the heels of Verizon’s ongoing television campaign featuring the track. MTV is feeling the early buzz too, and has added Sov to their exclusive "Discover & Download" program out of the box. "Love Me Or Hate Me" is now available for download at the iTunes Music Store and other digital retail outlets."
DefJam.com
Lady Sovereign 'Love Me Or Hate Me' - Def Jam/Casual
Lady Sovereign 'Random' Video

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 01/03/2006
Band Website: www.casual-london.com
Band Members: Kym Brown, Lady Sovereign ( ladysovereign.com ), Country Got Soul, Medasyn, Soul II Soul ( soul2soul.co.uk ), Sunship, Country Soul Revue, The Loose Cannons (theloosecannons.com) , The Foreign Beggars (Dentedrecords.com and foreignbeggars.com) , Dr Octagon (thereturnofdroctagon.com) , Foresight: Urban (www.myspace.com/foresighturban)

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Dr Octagon - 'Aliens'

More Info

Foreign Beggars - Slow Broiled Ilk
Foreign Beggars - 'Let Go' ft Wildchild & Graziella
Lady Sovereign - 'Random'
Lady Sovereign - 'Ch-Ching (cheque 1-2)'

Sunship ft. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father
Country Got Soul - Vol.2 CD
The Country Soul Revue - Testifying CD
Jazzie B presents Soul 2 Soul At The Africa Centre


Sounds Like:
Record Label: yes
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Calling all unsigned artists....

Foresight......Casual is reaching out...we are looking for unsigned bands/solo artiststo send us some of their best material for release on the first in a series of compilation albums. Using the estab...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:46:00 GMT

The Truth about the Return...

So. Although we are no longer releasing the album, after hearing all the different rumours flying around about 'The Reurn of Dr Octagon' our very own Olly Hewitt decided to take it upon himself and co...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:34:00 GMT

Back catalogue back in stock...

We have got a limited number of 'Country Got Soul Volume 2' and 'Random' by Lady Sovereign back in stock... go to our shop for more details. Whilst you're there check out the Foreign Beggar's releases...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:58:00 GMT

All change at Casual Records....

well, bad news im afraid. due to legal wranglings frankly beyond my comprehension, Dr Octagon is no longer a casual artist. You can still buy the 'Aliens' single, featuring the excellent SubFocus D'n'...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:58:00 GMT

Decipher 2

When we last left off, Mike Relm started the Decipher Series by breakin down the history of the infamous Dr Octagon. But still unclear on what this new material was intended to mean, Casual has gone t...
Posted by on Thu, 25 May 2006 21:37:00 GMT

As You May Recall

AS YOU MAY RECALL10 years since Dr. Octagons groundbreaking first address to the world, Dr. Octagonecologyst, a musical recording with a combination of lyrical alchemy and beat science powerful enough...
Posted by on Tue, 16 May 2006 02:26:00 GMT