Jazz We Can - Sabijn

Every musician has a story to tell in their music and Jazz Singer Sabijn from Gent, Belgium is no exception. Life has a habit of giving us lessons on living each day as if it were your last, encouraging each and every one of us to turn lemons into lemonade and skillfully transform the shit into manure.

I feel priviledged every day when I meet and hear musicians pieces of art, as I know there is always a story behind every track. I am an inquisitive soul, so when given the opportunity to meet Sabijn having heard a remix of her track ‘Move On’ (Beatblenderz Club Mix) I seized the opportunity without hesitation and felt truly inspired.

I was immediately impressed how professional Sabijn was. She had her briefcase with ‘Jazz We Can‘, poster on the front and introduced herself with a smile and a posture of confidence. This lady has the  grace of Mae West and the formidable spirit of Muhammad Ali. The referee starts counting and this lady picks herself right up off the floor. I could see nothing could knock this lady out!

Sabijn’s parents divorced when she was 11 years of age, which is a tough blow when your a kid, which no doubt inspired her to become a poet, singer and also a stand up comic. We are all a product of our past and this lady chose the path of artistic flair to express her life story. Sabijn later decided to study music, then spent 20 years as a Teacher at a Music Academy.

Any great teacher wants to help inspire and encourage others and she did just that, but Sabijn had a dream that had been dormant but not forgotten for many years.

Tragedy has a habit of striking unannounced and Sabijn suffered a brain haemorrhage, which left her laying in her bed for 4 years. Feeling completely powerless and often thinking she was going to die, Sabijn could only lay in a bed with depression as her pillow.

Being a Personal Development Coach, I am fully aware how strength of character and the power of will and determination is a successful resolution for lifes dramas.  Following a slow recovery, Sabijn knew it was time to make a life changing decision to turn her dreams into reality! Looking death in the face most definitely has a habit of giving us a wake up and smell the roses alarm call!

Any lady that can smoke a cigar has the balls to get with the programme called life. Sabijn has a relentless dream to sing at The Blue Note in New York and she knew laying in bed thinking she was going to die was not going to fulfil that dream. Whilst laying in bed, Sabijn began to hum a tune, she then began to put words to the tune and then sang into a dictaphone. She finally sang and danced her way slowly out of bed.

Music is indeed an extremely powerful therapy, which quite clearly helps people to ‘Move On‘!

Move on - Sabijn (BeatBlenderz ClubMix) by SABIJN

Sabijn went to New York earlier this year to begin the dream. Not everything went to plan, however, she met some interesting and influential characters including Ambassador Herman, the Consulate General of Belgium in New York and decided to take herself to Time Square and Empire State to give the public a free show. Heading in the right direction, and in true Sabijn Jazz We Can style, she has a gig arranged in New York in September and we at Buzzin Media have no doubt the Triad Theatre will offer her a standing ovation and New York an almighty Encore!

Sabijn On Soundcloud

Buzzin Media on Soundcloud

Dreadzone have carved a large niche and cult following. Hit records, critical acclaim and a huge, devoted fan base are theirs, due in part to their utterly storming live shows. The 16 tracks on ‘The Good The Bad And The Dread‘ collate the many highlights of Dreadzone’s output to date.

Dreadzone deal in accessible yet credible club sounds with pop nous, referencing everyone from Woody Guthrie and Max Romeo to John Holt and classic films. They also like to wander into uncharted territory, melding Celtic, Jamaican and Asian influences to their riddims and samples, thus turning out unique, quirky gems like ‘Captain Dread’ and ‘Little Britain’. The latter track is available here in its more rare vocal incarnation, which wasn’t featured on the album Second Light (the instrumental was). Their dubwise beats and bottom end, often adorned with the unmistakably dulcet tones of Earl Sixteen are a product of the cut-and-paste magpie nature of the ever-morphing world of dance music. Other collaborators who’ve passed through the house of dread include cultural figurehead Don Letts, Melanie Blatt and Alison Goldfrapp.

Dreadzone originators Greg Dread and Leo Williams are respectively the drum and bass in seminal post-punk-electro-pop band Big Audio Dynamite. Dreadzone was born from the duo’s shared love for reggae, ska, dub, dancehall, hip hop, breakbeat and the burgeoning electronic music scene of the time. Dubstep, UK funky, 2-step, Jungle and the multitude of fangled sub genres have been born post-Dreadzone, and whilst it maybe a sweeping statement to claim they’ve been a direct influence on all such producers, they can definitely stake claim to a very large branch on the family tree of all things dance, quality and of black origin.

Dreadzone have released six studio albums: ‘360’, ‘Second Light’, ‘Biological Radio’, ‘Sound’, ‘Once Upon A Time’ and last year’s ‘Eye On the Horizon’.

John Peel was a big fan of the band too. He included five Dreadzone tracks in his festive fifty and chose their 360 LP as one of his top ten albums of all time. Ironically that release hasn’t been available since the closing of Alan McGee’s iconic label Creation records, to which the they were signed.

Dreadzone also DJ under the ‘Dreadzone Soundsystem’ moniker, tearing up dancefloors worldwide in a fashion that’s unmistakably their own.

Dreadzone are: Greg Dread (beats and electronics) Leo Williams (bass) MC Spee (MC), Earl 16 (vocals) Chris Compton (guitar) and Chris Oldfield (technology).

The Best Of Dreadzone: The Good, The Bad & The Dread
Tracklisting:

Zion Youth (Dreadzone Mix)
Little Britain (Vocal Version)
Ali Baba
Captain Dread (Single Edit)
Iron Shirt
Digital Mastermind
Biological Radio (Edit)
House Of Dread
Life Love & Unity (‘96 Mix)
Fight The Power (‘95)
Return Of The Dread
Gangster
I Know
The Good The Bad & The Dread
Different Planets
American Dread

For more information visit www.dreadzonedownloads.com & www.facebook.com/dreadzone

The track is an irresistible slice of infectious 8-bit electro-pop with a dark hypnotic undercurrent, the French trio is comprised of three Lille natives – Lead singer and keyboard player Clo Floret, guitarist Thomas Fourny and hyper wild drummer Cyril Debarge.

Synthesizing their shared passion for underground fashion, video games, and wildly-thoughtful dance music the band concoct an intoxicating blend of sex, sass and sleaze to send your pulse racing with as much passion as Little Louis’ ‘French Kiss.’

Perhaps the best way to describe Filthy Love is to let the band tell you what it’s all about:

“It’s a “minimal electro dancing” track which talks about contradictions and the stupidity of life and how we try to deal with it. Sometimes you need (or think you need) love so much that you take any piece of love even if it’s filthy and doomed because you always try to see the tiny coloured and hopeful things when your life is a black and white movie (like our video clip). And then, even in the dark, you’ll find your own way into light and happiness.”

We Are Enfant Terrible – Filthy Love

Filthy Love by We Are Enfant Terrible is released on March 28th via Last Gang Records. It is taken from the album Explicit Pictures which is released on April 4th.

the day i die sleeve

Following the recent release of the video and single The Day I Die from South Central, the band have announced that they are giving away a free download of the track in its remixed format produced by Prodigy.

It’s a bit of a rarity these days to see a Prodigy remix, their own recent one was for Jay-Z, so expect something special on this South Central track.

The original release of the single The Day I Die by South Central features no less than five re-mix versions including the Prodigy mix, alongside the original version of the track. It has already been described as a Festival Anthem for this summer and marks the closest the band have come yet to providing a crossover single for the masses.

You can download the, The Day I Die Prodigy remix here.

The single complete with remixes will be officially released on March 14th on Egregore Records, the full track list is here:

1.          Day I Die
2.          Day I Die (The Prodigy rework)
3.          Day I Die (Qemists remix)
4.          Day I Die (The Toxic Avenger remix)
5.          Day I Die (Rhythm Masters remix)
6.          Day I Die (Baxen remix)

The Day I Die is the new single from South Central, scheduled for release on March 14th through Egregore Records and is unsurprisingly already a fans favourite as well as being the closest moment to a crossover single that the band have come to so far in their career.

Having spent much of the past two years orchestrating stadium-sized crowds to lose their marbles whilst touring the world as the lead support for The Prodigy and Pendulum, South Central are now back on home soil and readying themselves for the release of their much-anticipated debut LP ‘Society Of The Spectacle’.

Having given the world its first taster in October 2010 with their single Demons, the duo now present The Day I Die, the lead single from the forthcoming album and another indication that this is an act destined for big things.

In just the last year, as well as completing their touring with Pendulum and The Prodigy, they’ve DJ’d to Rage Against The Machine’s Finsbury Park crowd, headlined clubs such as The Social (Fr), Razzmatazz (Sp) and Loonyland (Ger), and wrapped up things after Iron Maiden’s Sonisphere set.

The Day I Die finds the band successfully merging the rib-cage-shaking bass-wobble of dubstep with euphoric trance stabs, tough breaks and as close to a pop vocal hook that South Central have ever sung.

A heavy hitting remix package from The Toxic Avenger, Rhythm Masters, Qemists, Baxen and a rare rework from The Prodigy (the only other recent remix by them was for Jay-Z!), it makes it all the more juicy.

Expect this to be rocking crowds from now till the summer – it’s got FESTIVAL ANTHEM written all over it.

South Central – The Day I Die

The Dirtbombs

Ten years after their acclaimed album of  sixties and seventies soul covers, Ultraglide in Black helped kick start an interest in the Detroit music scene, The Dirtbombs return with the perfect companion piece, Party Store.

Where Ultraglide in Black celebrated the Afro American identity and politics of its era with covers of tracks like KungFu (Curtis Mayfield) and Living for the City (Stevie Wonder), Party Store is an assortment of live band interpretations of classic Detroit techno music of the 80’s and early 90’s.

This is the music that was going on while Mick Collins was making waves with garage punk legends the Gories.

Songs that run the gamut of subject matter from materialistic future-disco braggadocio Sharevari (originally by A Number of Names) to cold, post-industrial isolation of Alleys of Your Mind originally by Cybotron) through the instrumental optimism of a worldwide house classic, Strings of Life (originally by Derrick May)… ALL these themes encapsulate the climate of Detroit both now and at the time of their initial release. Let it be said clearly…this is a record that addresses, at the same time, both the past and the future of Detroit.

With Good Life – originally by Kevin Saunderson via his Inner City outfit, Collins recontextualizes the upbeat modern dance élan to echo with post-punk zeal as the zest of doubled harmonies resonates throughout. Bassbin (originally by Carl Craig as Innerzone Orchestra) features modular synthesizer programming by Carl Craig himself and is the album’s piece de resistance.

Clocking in at over 21 minutes, the track’s original light jazz underpinnings are diffused into a martial, militaristic backbeat coupled with fire-raining feedback screes from Collins trusty Kent guitar. It is arguably the most intense recording the Dirtbombs have ever produced.

Then end result is nothing short of impressive. The players’ recreation of the sequenced, digital rhythms and melodies stems from an Oblique Strategies card pulled during the recordings (“Humanize something that is without error”) and they tend to do so with a crisp, krautrock-like precision.

For originals that all contained drum machines, sequencers and synthesizers the Dirtbombs takes on these pieces all matter-of-factly and use said tools only to accent what’s laid down by the live unit.

The Dirtbombs ability to reinterpret is their trump card and with their work here they will undoubtedly turn a whole new audience of “rock” ears on the techno world they have ignored far too long for no good reason.

The Dirtbombs – ShariVari

CD TRACKLISTING:
1. Cosmic Cars
2. Sharivari
3. Good Life (Basement Roots Mix)
4. Strings Of Life
5. Alleys Of Your Mind
6. Bug In The Bass Bin
7. Jaguar 1.
8. Tear The Club Up
9. 謎 のミスタ-ナイソ (Detoroito Mix)

Party Store is released on January 24th on CD and 3 x vinyl LP formats through the In The Red label.

Arcade Fire headline Exit Music Festival 2011

Launched 12 years ago as a student initiated protest against the communist Milosevic regime, Exit has proved that music is a universal language that can connect and bring people together to make the world a better place. Exit continues to evolve and bring like minded people together and although it gets bigger each year, the sentiment and unique vibe remains the same.

The first acts to be announced for Exit 2011 include Canadian art-rock outfit and music festival favourites Arcade Fire, who will be bringing their exceptional live show to Exit’s Main Stage. With three critically acclaimed albums under their belt, the most recent ‘The Suburbs‘ reaching #1 in seven territories including the UK and USA, they are as incredible live as they are enchanting, with multi-instrumentalist band members exchanging instruments throughout their performance. This is sure to be very unique and memorable performance set amongst the majestic walls of the Fortress.

Gearing up to take to the decks in the legendary Dance Arena for 2011 are; Canadian DJ and producer extraordinaire Tiga, head honcho of Turbo Recordings and a master behind the decks, get set to be wowed by his trademark injection of edgy electronic sounds and grooves. Also performing on the arena is Exit favourite – James Zabiela, who can forget his legendary 2006 closing set performance with an impromptu appearance from Goldie on the mic.

Proving to be one of James’ best sets of his life to date and one of Exit’s also, he has assured us that he will be doing yet another set of the spectacular! Local hero Gramophonedzie, another one of Serbia’s finest exports (the first being electricity) had an international #1 dance hit with ‘Why Don’t You‘ this summer and will throwing down some pure house tunes exhilarating his devoted fans.

The Dance Arena is renowned for being the best on the planet – by DJs and public alike – and the experience of dancing with 20,000 people as the sun rises over the fortress walls is truly mind blowing! 2011 is set to be another year of unadulterated electronic music of the highest calibre and these names are a taster of what’s to come.

Along the pebbled streets of the Fortress, new-rave band Hadouken!, will take to the Fusion stage, thrilling their fans with a dynamic performance that they are notorious for. Smashing the charts and the stages they perform on, with similarities to The Prodigy, Hadouken! are set to prove their worth with ease and great might!

Exit 2011 plays host to over 400 performances on 20 stages connected by cobbled streets, ramparts and tunnels – a walk through the mystical fortress is like a trip through a magical wonderland. Music ranges from rock, dance, indie, Latino, reggae, electronica, chill out and regional music, so there is no better festival in the world that brings you so much value and so much variety!

2011 will also see pre & post Exit events happening in the city of Novi Sad and Belgrade, so festival goers can spend longer in Serbia experiencing the warmth of the Serbian people whilst having fun and seeing new sights and cities. It’s an adventure and festival in one!

Exit Festival 2011 Tickets
The First Release tickets are still cheaper than any UK festival at only £89+booking fee but there is a capped number of them. Once the first release are all sold out, from then on Second Release ticket price will rise to £105.

Early Bird Tickets – All early bird tickets at last year’s prices are now sold out!
First Release – 4 day festival ticket – £89 + booking fee
Second Release – 4 day festival ticket – £105 + booking fee
Camping ticket – £25 + booking fee

You can buy Exit Festival 2011 tickets from www.etickets.to/exit

The Exit Music Festival is one of the most highly regarded festivals in Europe, being nominated for ‘Best Overseas Festival’ in the UK Festival Awards for the past 4 years, winning the coveted title in 2007 and runner up in 2010. In addition Exit has also been nominated for ‘Best Major Festival’ in European Festival Awards for 2 years running and has been shortlisted in the ‘Artists Favourite Festival’ Category.

See pictures from Exit 2010.

Exit Festival Travel & Accomodation
Getting to Exit has never been easier, faster and cheaper! Exit Trip is the Official Travel and accommodation for Exit Festival with the lowest price guaranteed! Offering huge discounts on direct flights, accommodation and local transfers in one package, look no further than here www.exittrip.org

New Year Travel and Accommodation offer:
Offer available until the Serbian New Year – 14th of January.

Return direct flight + local transport + Exit hostel accommodation + New Year’s present . Only £299 pp (+ service charge)

The Playground @ 93 Feet East

The Playground presents its party night at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th September, promising music for all tastes from 7pm until 1am.

IS TROPICAL DJ The critically acclaimed Electronica band from London will grace the decks with the very best of the Electro/Indie scene.

BABE SHADOW In a scene dominated by the musings of shoegazers and twittering electronics Tom Cawte, David Thornley, Mark Thorne and Sam Nadel strive to use no special effects and rely solely on their lovelorn, tropical sounding guitars and syncopated percussion.  After being nominated as NME Breakthrough Band of the Week and Miss Florence Welsh (Florence & The Machine) included as one of their Top fans you definitely won’t be disappointed.
“Babeshadow have been brightening up my pre-tour rituals with their open-hearted calypso-style beautiful pop songs.  Their jackets are also pretty smashing.”  Florence & The Machine.

ICE BLACK BIRDS This extraordinary Brighton-based band produce a unique sound that will guarantee you will be running to the dancefloor.  Drawing influence from 60s and 70s rock ‘n’ roll and a somewhat Bluesy essense, they have received much acclaim and have been tipped as the band to watch out for in 2010 by Radio 1’s Huw Stephens.
“Like the Doors if they’d swapped taking acid in the desert for writing coherent rock songs. From Brighton, this band has the anthemic chops to be serious contenders.”  NME.

BOP SOCIAL Bop Social are an indie-electro pop 5-piece consisting of Bessel, Jonny, Tom, Colin and Piers from South London.  Their fresh take on the electro/alt.indie style blossoms into big songs and a sound that has been described as a ‘grittier version of Snow Patrol’.  The fierce rocking structures and sparky synth has lead to a successful release of their Debut EP and multiple radio play, including BBC Radio 6 with Tom Robinson.
“File under big anthemic electro indie AND lots of fun!”

WAYLAYERS London-based foursome Harry Lee, Alan Bryant, Jon Genet and James Bewley formed in the Summer of 2009, and with an EP already under their belt, this electronic-indie band are now ready to blaze the stage with their incredible musical musings that will leave you astonished and mesmerized, yearning for more.

VILLA COLA London based band, has hit the ground running. This threesome comprised of Ranya Dubé, Paul Bateman and Alex Watson have created an original, catchy sound, that will hook you from the moment you press play. Majorly influenced by the 80s, punk and rock n’ roll genres, Villa Cola has managed to fuse these sounds together creating music with deep punk roots, rock n’ roll vocal stylings and hard hitting synth beats.
“Startlingly Brilliant!”  NME

JEUCE Famed for the electrifying reworks and remixes of the popular musical stylings of Daft Punk and Mr Fogg, the tantalizing talents of London-based Dub DJs JEUCE will be joined by DJ OONEA and VISCIOUS CIRCLE to bring you a dedicated night of Dubstep and Dancing.

THE PLAYGROUND
presents:
Friday 25/09/10
Time: 7pm – 1am
£6 Advance £7 On the Door
www.ticketground.co.uk
93 Feet East
150 Brick Lane London E1 6QL

Room 1:

IS TROPICAL DJ
BABE SHADOW
ICE BLACK BIRDS
BOP SOCIAL
WAYLAYERS
VILLA COLA

Room 2:

JEUCE
DJ OONEA
VICIOUS CIRCLE (ANDREW)

The Playground presents a night of electro, alternative and indie music

The Playground presents a night of electronic, alternative and indie music @ 93 Feet East, east London on Saturday 31st July 2010.

Room 1:
La Shark
Fiction
Pope Joan
Lighthouses
Twelve Clay Feet

Room 2:
DJ Mason
Les Gillettes (Kitsune)

DJ Mason
DJ Mason is the stage name for Dutch music producer duo Iason Chronis and Coen Berrier.  After their track, Exceeder topping at number one on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 they have been touring the world and ripping-up the music scene with their Breakbeat-Electro stylings.

Les Gillettes
With a ‘raving’ alter-ego in place, the Swedish-born, London-based techno DJ Les Gillettes has come from the Indie Clubs of Helsinki all over the ‘Hip n Hot’ cities of Europe ready to grace the stage behind her decks with more of her Beastly beats and ‘Devil-dancing’ style that we know and love.

La Shark
Hailing from New Cross, South London the band-of-five consider their sound to be influenced from the music of the Bee Bop era, sort of ‘Plastic Pop’ with a bit of ‘..early 20th century pornography thrown in to add that spark..’ Whatever it is that appeals to you, you won’t be left disappointed.

“La Shark offer great beats, quirky lyrics, pretty harmonies, pandemonic circus-clown percussion and overall weirdness… makes for addictive listening.”  Time Out

Fiction
Having only been together a year the New Wave/ Post Punk sound of this London-based foursome have already graced the stages of the Offset Festival and the Huw Stephens-curate Swn Festival, as well as recording live sessions for BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music and Radio Diesel.  “..Fiction hit the rhythmic, Post Punk nail on the head on so many levels.  Fact!”  Loud & Quiet

Pope Joan
Pope Joan have clearly established themselves as part of the new wave of exciting and experimental British art-pop, with a sound that has been described a being somewhere within the realms of Les Savy Fav and early-era XTC along with the sonic spectrum of TV on the Radio, which has already played along-side the likes of New Young Pony Club, Shy Child and Danananankroyd to name but a few. “A colourful explosion of post punk adorned, effects laden guitar lines, quirky synth noises, elasticated bass lines and creative drum patterns topped off with an undeniable pop sheen.” Artrocker

“Brighton boys Pope Joan are a fantastic and quirky proposition indeed.” 
NME

Lighthouses
Delpic vs. Death From Above or Hot Chip vs. Daft Punk?!  East London’s Joe Boyle and Richard Williams make-up this Electro-Indie two piece, having formed from a curiosity and interest in fusing Dance with Rock music and have created such clash of sounds that the only way to describe their music is by cross-comparison.

Twelve Clay Feet
The Cambridge-based foursome have already showcased their Indie-Rock stylings along-side the likes of the Editors, Hard Fi and The Little Flames, and after having toured the country on the Radio 1 backed Transit Tour and making it to the Final of The Music League 2010 competition, the stage is set in anticipation for their urgent, beautiful and soulful musings.

The Playground presents
93 Feet East
150 Brick Lane London E1 6QL
Saturday 31st July 2010

Time: 7pm – 1am
£5 advance £7 door
tickets from www.ticketground.co.uk

Dreadzone Live at at The Forum, Tunbridge Wells

Dreadzone Live at at The Forum, Tunbridge Wells on Thursday 20th May 2010.

Converted public toilet, The Forum in Tunbridge Wells, is a unique and extremely intimate venue to experience the eclectic dub, reggae, techno fusion sound of Dreadzone.  From the minute they arrived on stage the band were undoubtedly enjoying the gig as much as their fans, which makes a huge difference to the atmosphere when watching a live performance. The unmistakable vocal talent of MC Spee and his charismatic stage presence further captivating the audience.

As this latest tour is to promote their new studio album EYE ON THE HORIZON, which was released on 26th April 2010, their set included several of their new songs all of which were very well received by the audience.   ‘Tomorrow Never Comes’, ‘Changes’, ‘Gangster’, ‘American Dread’, ‘For A Reason’ and the slightly more rock influenced and aptly titled ‘Beyond A Rock’.

The audience appreciation for the new single ‘Gangster’ was encouraged by MC Spee who was waving his crutch (not crotch) in the air like some crazy conductor.

Old favourites ‘Lion Shirt’ and their closing track, the iconic top 20 hit ‘Little Britain’, from the 1995 Album Second Light… whipped  the adoring crowd into a hot and sweaty dance frenzy and only left us wanting more.

And more we got, the encore song was a rendition of ‘Captain Dread’ which had MC Spee goading the crowd into Ahoying their hearts out and ensured we all left on a high.

The new Dreadzone studio album EYE ON THE HORIZON is OUT NOW through Dubwiser Records. Founder member Greg Roberts and bassmaster Leo Williams, the unique MC Spee,  Studio One vocalist Earl 16 alongside Chris Compton on guitar and Chris Oldfield on technology make up the current team of Dreadz.