Cortext – Streaming Consciousness 2.0

30 01 2013

Cortext is a WA hip hop artist who has been making noise around the state for a while now. The Perth based/South West raised lyricist has been apart of several projects over the last few years, as well as releasing two collaborative CDs, Champion Music, with SMA crewmate Chekid, and Ill Recognise Ill, with long-time friend and collaborator Aero.D.  

Cortex 2.0

Cortext latest effort comes in the form of two disc release titled Streaming Consciousness 2.0. Featuring a host of artists including Ulla Shay, Bsyde, Crispe, Bryte MC, Porsah Laine, Fatty Phew, Graphic, Greeley, Bitter Belief and more. Productions duties are handled by the man Cortext himself, with help from Pyrex Uno, Eddy Extrackt and Matt Rafle. Cuts are provided by Rob Shaker. With 34 massive tracks, Streaming Consciousness 2.0 is available now through Bandcamp for the reasonable price of $7.50. You can pick that up here now. 

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Bitter Belief – The Circus

22 01 2013

SBX crew member Bitter Belief first started writing poems at the young age of 13. In time with his love for writing combined with his love for hip hop it evolved from poems to rhymes. Recording over downloaded instrumentals with very basic cheap equipment Bitter B put his head down and got to work recording at least a track a day for the next few years to come.

The Circus

At the age of 17 he was signed to an independant label but left two years later to continue his journey alone. After leaving the label Bitter put out a series of mixtapes and later released his debut album Isolation in 2010. He has since put out The Tour Guide Mixtape, which was the lead up to his next album which is titled The Gallery, coming early 2013.

The first leak we’ve seen from The Gallery, comes in the form of The Circus. Produced by Creed Birch, the track is currently sitting at number 1 on the triple j Unearthed Hip Hop charts.  You can pick up the The Circus for free download below.

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Adelaide: West Coast Showcase feat. Optamus, Mr Grevis, Bitter Belief & K21

9 10 2012

After a short absence from touring, he’s back on the road, we’ve got the Downsyde and SBX general himself headlining the upcoming show with his solo project Optamus, backing him up is Obese Records latest distro signee launching his debut album The Sampler – Mr Grevis!!!

No stranger to Adelaide after extensive touring with Drapht, is Bitter Belief, he’ll be dropping tracks off his last mixtape The Tourguide and also drop some sneak peaks from the up coming album The Gallery, which is set to do some big things. Holding down the decks for nearly everybody on this night, is the widely respected Dj/Producer Rob Shaker.

First time in Adelaide for WA’s current number 1 producer Creed Birch and the last cat from WA to grace the stage with tracks from his debut album One Of A Kind is veteran MC Adam Crook!!! Special mention needs to go out to our very special friend, hometown king K21, who will also be doing his thing on stage with tracks from his recently released LP Single Minded Civilian.  This all goes down Friday, Oct 19, @Higher Ground – Tickets $10 get there. 

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Drapht – ARIA Performance

16 12 2011

Drapht is still currently on cloud nine from a couple of weeks ago after taking home the ARIA for Best Urban Album.  It was his first year in attendance at the ARIAs and was lucky enough to have been asked to open the ceremony with a performance of Rapunzel which you can watch below.


Drapht is currently enjoying a couple of weeks at home in Perth, but is excited about what’s to come with his summer Festival appearances kicking off again on the 30th December in Rockhampton for the Oxford St Party and finishing up in his home town for the Perth Big Day Out on 5th February. These shows will be his last for a while, as he will be taking sometime out in 2012 to concentrate on a new album. Finally though, Triple J are inviting you to take part in the world’s biggest musical democracy – the 2011 Hottest 100! Voting opened the other day so go vote for the track Sing It (The Life of Riley). Voting closes on the 16 January, 2012.

Drapht Tour Dates
Friday, December 30 The Oxford St Party Rockhampton, QLD
Saturday, December 31 Pyramid Rock Festival, Philip Island, VIC
Friday, January 6 Summernats, Canberra, ACT

Saturday, January 7 Southbound, Busselton, WA
Sunday, January 22 Big Day Out, Gold Coast, QLD
Thursday, January 26 Big Day Out, Sydney,  NSW
Sunday, January 29 Big Day Out, Melbourne,  VIC
Friday, February 3 Big Day Out, Adelaide, SA
Sunday, February 5 Big Day Out, Perth, WA

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Treehouse Collective Mixtape

18 08 2011

Matt Beaton, Josh Gilmour and Kel Corbett all studied together at High School, Tafe and University, forging a strong friendship along the way. Between us we’ve had the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients across various industries such as the Arts, Music, Fashion, Theatre, Editorial Newspaper & Magazine Design, Film, TV and Web/Multimedia Design.


After working for various design & photography companies around Perth, we established Treehouse in ’07 as a way to pool our skills and pursue the type of work we love to do. With a shared passion for music, this is one area we particularly focus our creativity on – download our free mix-tape featuring some of the best artists we’ve worked with.
Treehouse offers the perfect blend of agency creativity and expertise, with the flexibility and personal touch of a freelance designer or photographer. Operating as a collective, we each have our own side projects, yet we’re able to offer a wide range of design & photography services under the one roof. This approach also allows us to charge much fairer rates than a larger agency. The Treehouse Collective Mixtape features some of Australias finnest artists including Hau, Ta-Ku, Bitter Belief, Ozi Batla, Forbes, Thorts, Phatchance, and many more.

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Bitter Belief – Isolation (Out Now)

18 03 2011

The debut album from Perth MC Bitter Belief. Bitter B has been paying his dues over the last few years on mixtapes, guest spots and rocking stages all over the country, on his own and also touring with SBX’s Drapht. Bitter Belief was also a part of the recent album The Dragon Project with Tomahawk, Defyre and Rob Shaker.


Who Would Want me Dead? (feat. Dazastah & Drapht)

Isolation is his debut album, featuring production from the West’s best, Optamus, Dazastah, Rob Shaker and Creed Birch.

Tracklisting:
1. Introduction
2. Who You Came To See
3. Move Back
4. Burning Embers
5. Letter To Melody (feat. Creed Birch, John Barrett & Porsah Laine)
6. In Your Mouth
7. Dance With The Devil
8. The Peoples Champ
9. Party In Perth (feat. Porsah Laine)
10. Lost Soul
11. Memory Lane (feat. Sam Roberts & John Barrett)
12. The Bounce
13. Chemical Love (feat. Optamus & Moondog J)
14. The Storm (feat. Porsah Laine)
15. Diggin Deep
16. Who Would Want me Dead? (feat. Dazastah & Drapht)
17. Pure Evil
18. Own Worst Enemy (feat. Sam Roberts)

You can hear some of Bitter B’s mixtape tracks here.
Email bitterbelief@hotmail.com for copies of the album.

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Thundamentals – Wake Up Tour!

20 10 2009

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NSW hip-hop collective Thundamentals have announced their first national headlining tour in support of their recently released full length, Sleeping On Your Style! After successful runs supporting Astronomy Class and shows on the current Obese Records Block Party Tour, Thundamentals will cross the country hitting major cities and regional locations on a trek dubbed the Wake Up Tour!

The tour kicks off in Sydney on October 30 at The Gaelic Club with an eclectic lineup featuring the improvisational comedy/hip hop troupe Sketch The Rhyme. The tour will see the group perform live alongside labelmates Mantra and Coalition Crew (sets not to be missed) on select dates and will wrap up in Perth December 12 at the Rocket Room.

Tour dates:
Friday, October 30th – Sydney, NSW @ The Gaelic Club
Daily Meds, Sketch The Rhyme, Loose Change, Host Manifest & Mathijs
Saturday, October 31st – Katoomba, NSW @ Hotel Gearin
Daily Meds, Host Manifest & Mathijs
Wednesday, November 11th – Wollongong, NSW @ The Harp Hotel
Supports TBA
Friday, November 20th – Brisbane, QLD @ X&Y Bar
The Coalition Crew
Saturday, November 21st – Toowoomba, QLD @ Bon Amici Café
The Coalition Crew
Friday, December 4th – Adelaide, SA @ Jive
Social Change
Saturday, December 5th – Melbourne, VIC @ Revolver Upstairs
Mantra, Class A & DJ Bogues
Friday, December 11th – Fremantle, WA @ Mojo’s Bar
Rhythm Infinit, Paully P, BYP, Prez Juan, Simmo T
Saturday, December 12th – Perth, WA @ Rocket Room
Bitter Belief & Porsah Laine

** Thundamentals are currently performing on the Obese Records Block Party Tour in the remaining cities: Perth, Adelaide, and Melbourne.


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