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THE HERBALISER/ ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM live @ KOKO 24 july 2010 – WIN FREE ENTRY

Whether you’ve got a head for beats or like beats for the head it’s fairly safe to say this gig will rub your rhubarb the right way. As luck would have it monkeyboxing.com can ensure that such an experience comes to you and a companion entirely free. All you have to do is answer the question below by 14 July and mail in your answer – first two correct answers get themselves plus one on the guestlist. Get ya skates on innit! COMPETITION CLOSED – congrats to the winners!
COMPETITION QUESTION: What was the name of The Herbaliser’s debut LP on Ninja Tune? (Email your answer to: monkeyboxing.editor@yahoo.com)

(PRESS RELEASE) Soundcrash at KOKO with:
THE HERBALISER full live band & ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM live
IGOR BOXX (OF SKALPEL / POLAND) live AV set
Plus LAZY HABITS + P45 and more very special guests

9 – 3 Sat 24th July @ KOKO, Camden, LONDON

A truly cataclysmic selection of the forerunners of left-field electronic music hits Camden’s most prestigious venue this summer…

Our all-time favourite funky, forward-thinking, experimental hip-hop collective The Herbaliser make a welcome return to form with their full 10-piece band in anticipation of The Herbaliser’s “Herbal Tonic” ‘best of’ release on Ninja Tune in June 2010. Founded by Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry during the 90s, the Herbaliser have been responsible for some of the most memorable releases during Ninja Tune’s early years. Their unique fusion of Jazz and Hip Hop is best experienced when seen live, and in Koko’s beautiful surroundings this promises to be a very special set full of good vibes, lush instrumentation and plenty of colourful sounds!
www.myspace.com/theherbz

Tripped-out beat-makers supreme Anti Pop Consortium join them; one of the most unique and progressive hip-hop outfits in the world they’ve found the perfect mix of smooth rhymes, group wordplays and psychedelic bass-lines which they use to entertain the crowds at their shows in a distinctly APC manner. Classic tracks such as ‘Ping Pong’ blend seemlessly in to newer joints like ‘Volcano’, all tied together with some properly brilliant avant-garde beat jams and accompanied by the ever smiling faces of four blokes LOVING what they do! Its infectious stuff…
www.myspace.com/antipopny

One half of Skalpel, Poland’s biggest music export, Igor Boxx flies over to London exclusively to play a 4-deck AV set tonight on the giant at Koko. With a series of wicked Solid Steel mixes under his belt, Igor will be ready to prove how cut-and-paste djing is done inEastern Europe. And we can’t bloody wait.
www.myspace.com/igorboxx

Venue: Koko (1A camden Hight Street, NW1 7JE)
Line-Up: The Herbaliser (Full Live Band) + Anti-Pop Consortium (Live)
+ Igor Boxx (AV Set) + P45 + more tba
Date: Saturday 24th July 2010
Time: 9-3
Tickets: 15 advance, 20 on the door
Tickets available from: www.ticketweb.co.uk – www.soundcrashmusic.com
Over 18s Only

MAD PROFESSOR live @ Koko 19 July 2010 – WIN FREE ENTRY FOR 2

Mad Professor? Oh what – from the University of Dub, School of Crazy Digital Studies? Yeah that’s him – but has years of the dub made him wiser? Now’s your chance to find out as he’s bringing seismic bass tech and lots of friends (see press guff below) to London next month and you can win free entry for your bad self and a companion. COMPETITION CLOSED: Well done Amanda! All you have to do is complete the following steps.
1. Answer this question: What country does Mad Pro hail from?
2. Email your answer to: monkeyboxing.editor@yahoo.com

First correct answer wins. Simples!

(PRESS RELEASE) Soundcrash presents a musical journey that will take you from Dub Reggae to Dubstep and from Hip Hop to LA-tronica with some of the biggest players in the electronic music scene. Starting proceedings will be a very special live set by the legendary Mad Professor. The man who almost single-handedly brought Dub into the digital era will play a very special live Dub-to-Dubstep set from 10pm sharp. So get down early for the best EVER possible warm-up for a crazy night!

Taking influences from hip-hop, experimental, and dance genres, The Glitch Mob have crafted their own form of futuristic dance floor hip-hop that has been flooring audiences world wide. Their live sets reinvent the dj “tag-team” concept with four performers on stage at once, interacting like a jazz combo, each taking the lead at intuitive moments, interweaving their own sounds, and remixing everything on the fly. The result is a sound distinctly their own, blending the deep head nod of hip-hop with serious bass music, throwing genre distinctions out the window.

Alongside The Glitch Mob (sort of) Dj Vadim aka The T-E-R-R-O-R-I-S-T will be bringing his weapons of mass destruction to the Koko dancefloor. After a wildly succesful US Tour, Vadim returns to London for his first big show since selling out Koko back in January. With a number of acclaimed releases on the iconic labels Ninja Tune and BBE, Dj Vadim is one of the most reliable producers and Djs in the Island and is sure to prove that again tonight.

First Word Records’ Kidkanevil fuses Hip Hop, Tropical heat, and Electronica to maximum effect, and completing the bill, festival-circuit staples Subsource will show once again that Dub, punk and electronica can be fused together and not sound like shit. Get ready to mosh!

EASTER SUNDAY BASS FESTIVAL: Feat. Nightmares On Wax + The Trojan Sound System – WIN FREE ENTRY FOR 2

You know that feeling when there’s a proper bass-y sound system going off and you’re all a bit – “Damn! I can feel that in my chest! Look at those parked cars moving down the road because of the vibration?” Yeah? Just wanted to check because that’s what’s on offer here and you can get your bad ass (and someone else’s bad ass) in for free at Camden’s Koko to see Nightmares On Wax, The Trojan Sound System, Dub Pistols and Smerins Anti-Social Club on 4th April if you can just lift your weed-hindered hands enough to google the answer to the question below. Obviously I don’t expect anyone to actually know the answer any more. What’s the point in having a memory when you can just get catatonic on the chronic and tap up google instead? Anyway – here’s that question:COMPETITION CLOSED – congratulations Haridas Stewart!
Q – Where did the ‘Trojan’ part of Trojan Records name come from?
MAIL your answer to monkeyboxing.editor@yahoo.com

(PRESS RELEASE) Come and join the party at Soundcrash at KOKO this Easter Sunday for a journey through the louder side of things, with some truly legendary bands bringing the noise and busting the bass-bins…
A VERY rare performance from the incredible NIGHTMARES ON WAX SOUND SYSTEM. Properly iconic legends the TROJAN SOUND SYSTEM will be in full attendance ready to get the room skanking with a vengeance; Chart-toppers the DUB PISTOLS will demonstrate why they are still super-cool with their furiously energetic live show; and with support from Leeds’s electronica-whizzes Paper Tiger, the fantastic SMERINS ANTI SOCIAL CLUB and Tru Thought’s super-sultry-songstress Lizzy Parks it’s a truly cataclysmic collection of live acts to while away your Easter evening and set yourself up nicely for that bank-holiday lie-in!
Come and join Soundcrash at KOKO this Easter Sunday for a journey through the louder side of things, with some truly legendary bands bringing the noise and busting the bass-bins…
The Nightmares of Wax Soundsystem come out of hiding for an ultra-rare fully-live London performance! Nightmares on Wax should need no introduction; having released one of the most iconic albums of the 90s in ‘Smokers Delight’ – one of the very first Lps on Warp records – N.O.W. then went on to release mixes in the highly respected ‘Dj Kicks’ and ‘Late Night Tales’ series, as well as being instrumental in bringing the legendary De La Soul back into the spotlight thanks to their Sounds of N.O.W. EP. That’s some career! Tonight they will regale those lucky enough to attend Koko on Easter Sunday with the full-on Nightmares on Wax experience. BIG.

nightmaresonwax.com

Trojan Sound System – Myspace

The Dub Pistols – Myspace

smerins.com

COMPETITION: WIN free entry to RED SNAPPER & THE BAYS live @ Koko 5/12

It’s competition time again as Soundcrash Productions’ generosity seemingly knows no bounds this month. This time around two lucky winners have the chance to get their hands on a pair of tickets each to see Red Snapper and The Bays live at Camden venue Koko. Support comes in the form of Jon Kennedy, Dadahack, Mr Doris & The Horns and Anchorsong. All you have to do to get your hands on a pair of tickets is get in touch with monkeyboxing via this address:

monkeyboxing.editor@yahoo.com

…with the answer to this question:
What is the name of Red Snapper’s drummer?

(PRESS RELEASE) Red Snapper were among the first to fuse accoustic and electronic instruments, and remain among the best. The Bays have changed the concept of live dance music, improvising every second of each one of their live shows, so that no two are ever the same;Jon Kennedy could not work any harder with his DJing, production and promotion; Anchorsong makes simply sublime beat-laden soundscapes; Mr Doris and the Horns’s brand of super-cool funk has been creating a stir around the country; Dadahack represent the new-school, utilising toys and anything else they can get their hands on to produce a unique sound. All proof that once more Soundcrash is breaking boundaries in the resplendent settings of Camden’s premier venue Koko!
Buy tickets to see Red Snapper @ Koko 5 December 2009
Red Snapper – Myspace
The Bays – Myspace
soundcrashproductions.com

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