Off the back of his recently released album Equality, Adelaide emcee Everyday is releasing a 7″ to coincide with the album launch that was held on Saturday night at the Butterthief ButterJam, Light Hotel Adelaide. The 7″ features album tracks Death From Above featuring Tomorrow and Realizm (produced by Realizm) on the A Side, and Rise and Fall In HD (The Undead) featuring DJ Snair (produced by Mat Rafle) on the flip.
The 7″ release is pressed on clear vinyl with colour poster wrap and cardboard sleeve and was available at the Taylor Made Tactix, Matchless Gift and Everyday triple launch held on Saturday May 18. Remaining copies will be available through the Butterthief online store. Equality is Everyday’s recently released 14 track full length debut album featuring production and guest verses by K21, Realizm, Mat Rafle, Koolta, Tomorrow and up coming producer Manic, with scratches by DJ Snair.
In the wake of his first release in 2012 Occupy All Beats with brother Tomorrow, Everyday returned quick with his follow up solo LP Equality. WIth the lead single and video Til Lamb Become Lion produced by Realizm setting the tone, Everyday is already back with the 7″ featuring two of his favourite joints from the album.
Everyday is an Adelaide MC with a passion for music across the board. Shedding light on the big issues and current state of affairs he naturally gravitates towards positive subject matter. As the name suggests Equality is an album that promotes equal rights, Indigenous parity, and unification whilst exposing political agendas, conspiracies and power tactics.
Close to home and not afraid to speak the truth, Equality offers a diverse selection of cinematic hard-hitting beats with Everyday spitting topic driven raps reminding us of the importance of equality, everyday. EverydayEquality is now available through Butterthief, iTunes and select music stores, and the 7″ will be available exclusively on the Butterthief online store and the Tomorrow&Everyday Bandcamp.
Side A – Death From Above – Prod. Realizm feat. Tomorrow & Realizm Side B – Rise And Fall In HD (The Undead) – Prod. Mat Rafle Cuts DJ Snair.
Everyday is an Adelaide emcee that was raised in a home where music was always being played, and with fond memories of staying up til the early hours of the morning with the entire household singing and dancing to “Saturday night jukebox”, it came naturally when he decided to start making his own music.
Picking up a set of sticks, Everyday’s first musical adventure started as a drummer and songwriter, playing along side collaborator Tomorrow in a hardcore band, where he also had his first taste of being up on stage, a taste that would grow in the years to come.
However his passion was Hip Hop and playing in a band was cool, but always seemed a little unnatural to be making a different genre of music than what was playing in his headphones. So when the band split up and went their separate ways, the live instruments were put down and the pen and pad was picked up. His like-minded best mate, Tomorrow, had the same idea and Tomorrow & Everyday were born.
Playing some local shows and sharing the stage with the likes of Reason, Briggs, Delta, Motion, Dialect & Despair and Koolta to name a few, 2012 saw Everyday’s first release with Tomorrow & Everyday – Occupy All Beats EP. Everyday makes Hip Hop that not only inspires but also exemplifies a conscious awareness and action towards some heavy, and at times, overlooked issues. Close to home and not afraid to speak the truth, Everyday has arrived and is now ready to drop his debut LP Equality on Butterthief.
The Official release date for the Everyday album Equality is 30th April 2013. This solo debut features production and guest verses from the likes of K21, Realizm, Matt Rafle, Koolta, Tomorrow and upcoming producer Manic with cuts by DJ Snair.
Available through Butterthief, iTunes and select music stores the album will also coincide with a series of 7″ Vinyl releases. More news on that soon.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro 2. Til Lamb Become Lion 3. Death From Above Feat Realizm & Tomorrow 4. Power Tactics 5. Genwhy? Feat Tomorrow & Koolta 6. Brothers, Sisters (Fight The Good Fight) 7. Incisions (Visions) 8. Invasion Day Feat Tomorrow 9. Truth Of My Youth Feat K21 & Realizm 10. The Rise And Fall In Hd (The Undead) 11. War Drum Feat Tomorrow 12. Comfort In The Shadows 13. Talk Of Times 14. The Path Less Travelled
deNorthwode has been DJ’ing & producing beats for close to 20 years. deNorthwode is more than just a party dj. He also runs the Crookneck lab an underground studio in the eastern suburbs of Adelaide that produces quality hip hop (check it out in the the book “Behind the Beat”).
He owns Elysium Lounge & plays there along with the very best dj’s & musicians Adelaide has to offer. He has played extensively all over Australia. What sets him apart from most DJ’s is a combination of traditional turntable finesse, original and current routines, incredible energy & selfless respect for the party by not only letting them request songs but actually playing them.
deNorthwode is also a rapper known as B.V.A who debuted his live show at Voices of the Underground 2 at the tender age of 11. Which is where he first met the other 2 members of what later became the legendary underground crew Mnemonic Ascent (alongside Dj Ransom & Raph Boogie).Together they started by today’s standards a hugely successful indie Record label Crookneck.
Mnemonic Ascent have toured extensively across the continent, performing alongside such artists as J5, Company flow, Rodney P and Skits, Hilltop Hoods, Resin Dogs and Downsyde to name a very few. As B.V.A. he is a highly regarded Aussie rapper – considered a veteran of the scene by his 20’s.
B.V.A. now presents Answers Loss Question Love, an album with universal themes, passion, punch and poetry, beats which swoop from fast and furious to lyrical and lovely. The album features some of hip hop’s best, A-Love, Suffa, Jimblah, K21, Til The Break and many more. You can pick up Answers Loss Question Love now over at CD Baby here or via iTunes here.
1. Reintroduction 2. Welcome Back (feat. A-Love) 3. Baby Please (feat. Taiaha Ngawiki) 4. Is There Any Love? (feat. Suffa & Jimblah) 5. Portrait of a Monster 6. Poor Me 7. Carpe Diem (feat. Til The Break) 8. Don’t Sweat It (feat. K21 & Ruby Parker Harris) 9. Broken Hearted 10. We Will Never Know (feat. Joy Sparks) 11. I Don’t Know 12. Cword 13. Without Her (feat. Yvonne Ruby Harris)
re·al·ism/ˈrēəˌlizəm/ Noun: 1. The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly: “a new mood of realism”.
An obscure lyricist and producer from Adelaide, Australia. After his debut verse on the original critically acclaimed Battlehoggs Official Mixtape Volume 1, Realizm has been steady on both the live circuit and in the studio. Performing alongside long time collaborator K21, he has shared the stage with acts such as Jedi Mind Tricks, Celph Titled, Ill Bill (Non Phixion), Evidence (Dilated Peoples), Brad Strut, Funkoars and more.
Studio wise, the past 4 years have seen him feature on and assist in the making of numerous local and international albums including his solo 12” record Nasty Ill Filthy. Produced by Amayze, which was winner of the 2010 Best Australian Wax award.
Realizm now presents to you a brand new free download release, titled Alien Workshop Remixtape. Featuring a host of local and international acts remixed by the supreme production power of Realizm. Artists include Vinnie Paz, Rugged Man, Trem, K21, Sarm, Nine High and more. You can grab the free download by following the link here or below.
Every so often, an event comes along with the purpose of cementing itself a place in history. In a time where large showcases are usually catered towards the more mainstream listener, Matt Van Rooy and Catch Wreck have proudly assembled an impeccable line up of artists revered by Hip Hop aficionados and fans Australia wide.
This is a night put on by the fans, for the fans. Underground royalty, of this phenomenal caliber have never appeared together in this capacity to perform on the same night. Until now, Get ready to Catch Wreck. Catch Wreck will feature the legendary Lazy Grey with Jake Biz & DJ DCE plus Brad Strut, Simplex, Maundz, Fluent Form, K21, Raven & Myk Reid, Mata & Must, Smiley and more. DJ’s Heata and Discourse will be serving up some tasty treats on the 1′s and 2′s.
Tickets will be sold at Obese Records and here but be quick. Tickets are $30.90 plus booking fee online and at obese store, $40 at the door. Catch Wreck all goes down at the Prince Bandroom, March 1, 2013 in Melbourne.
B.V.A is an Adelaide based artist who has been part of the Australian hip hop scene for an inordinate amount of time. In the late 90′s he started his group Mnemonic Ascent with DJ Ransom & Raph Boogie (Melb). They later went on to start the independent record label Crookneck which released a slew of quality records.
As a rapper he has guested on many records over the years and as a producer he has had the pleasure of collaborating with an extensive list of the who’s who of Australian hip hop. Portrait Of A Monster is the 1st single taken from the first official solo release from Austrailian hip hop pioneer B.V.A’s - Answers Loss Question Love due for release early 2013.
Guest appearances on the record include Jimblah (Elefant Tracks), Suffa (Hilltop Hoods), Til The Break and K21 Production duties are pretty much exclusively handled by B.V.A himself.
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.
Adelaide’s K21 introduces Never, the second film to be released from his debut LP Single Minded Civilian. The track Never also features the chilled sounds of Joy Sparkes. The film clip was shot by helloREVOLUTIONco.
Single Minded Civilian features a host of Australia’s finest emcees including Trials, Vents, Sesta, Brad Strut with production from Sesta, Trials, Vampts and K21 himself. Cuts are from DJ’s Snair, adfu and PT.
Never is produced by K21, scratches by DJ PT, video by helloREVOLUTIONco. Shot by Matthew Thorne and James Millard. Directed & edited by Matthew Thorne.Single Minded Civilian‘ out now.
re•al•ism/ˈrēəˌlizəm/ Noun: 1. The attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly: “a new mood of realism”. Realizm is an obscure lyricist and producer from Adelaide, Australia. After his debut verse on the original critically acclaimed Battlehoggs Official Mixtape Volume 1, Realizm has been steady on both the live circuit and in the studio.
Performing alongside long time collaborator K21, he has shared the stage with acts such as Jedi Mind Tricks, Celph Titled, Ill Bill (Non Phixion), Evidence (Dilated Peoples), Brad Strut, Funkoars and more. Studio wise, the past 4 years have seen him feature on and assist in the making of numerous local and international albums and most recently his solo 12” record Nasty Ill Filthy, produced by Amayze.
His debut LP Idle Hands is well under construction and features production by Suffa (Hilltop Hoods), Trials (Funkoars), Sesta (Funkoars), K21, Tommy Illfigga and Megatroid. The track Before You Seem Dead will feature on the album. Realizm will release a free production mixtape through his website in July as a prequel to the LP and also recently featured on K21′s track Poison (Prod. Sesta). The production mixtape will feature a host of local hip hop remixes including Clandestien, Trem and many more.
Get ready for round 2 of Versify – bringing together spoken word stars and rappers for an evening of lyrics and rhythms that will shake you out of those winter doldrums. Featuring the mesmerizing tones of Omar Musa, Mighty Joe, Luka Lesson, Alia Gabres, Social Change and K21, winner of the Hilltop Hoods Initiative. A cappella rap and spoken word to bring you out of those winter doldrums.
Joe Kim A.K.A. Mighty Joe was born and raised in the East Bay, California. Long the breeding ground for independent hip hop artists, the Bay Area’s street smart, often socially conscious sensibilities are represented powerfully in his music. His complex, poetic rhymes are reminiscent of Talib Kweli and an era of hip-hop often thought to have been lost. What began as an immersion in music as a means of expression evolved into an avenue for education and critical commentary about the struggle of the disenfranchised. This interest in social empowerment led to him earning a degree in Psychology and Social Work at the University of California, Santa Cruz. In 2006, his song What If was featured on the soundtrack for the internationally released video game, College Hoops 2K7. The featured song brought him recognition from all over the U.S.A and in the UK.
He has since recorded with diverse rock veteran Geoff Stanfield (Sun Kil Moon, Black Lab), Bay Area producers Germ and Redell, and Marc Griffin of pop-rock band 2am Club. Mighty Joe released his debut album The Golden LP in 2010 and went on to tour in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. He is now a member of international hip hop duo MoneyKat with Omar Musa. They have released their debut self titled album MoneyKat available now.
Omar Musa is a rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia. He has won numerous awards for poetry and music, including the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam. He has released a book of poetry and two hip-hop albums recorded in the USA and has toured throughout Asia, Europe and Australia, doing writers festivals and hip-hop shows, including tour support for Gil Scott-Heron in Germany.
Social Change is Australia’s Hip Hop supreme team, featuring the emcee who goes by the same name, renown music producer Funkwig, and champion turntablist DJ Snair. With a distinct brand of heavy duty production, razor sharp turntablism and authoritative lyrics, Hip Hop group Social Change makes true music with universal appeal. In 2007 Social Change released the critically acclaimed E.P titled V.High.E.P and in 2008 they dropped the classic single REAL plus the video for underground favourite Lifted. Social Change put out the Double Banger Promo CD in 2009 which featured Black Text and Putting In Work from the upcoming full length Social Change album, and in 2010 Fat Pockets (Funkwig & Snair) released the Butterthief Phat Tape which features exclusive music by Social Change, K21, Dialect, Crossbred Mongrels and Chris Bass. Social Change also recently featured on the Dialect and Despair album The Vortex on which Funkwig blessed five tracks with basslines. With a live show that incorporates everything from freestyles, MPC routines and turntable showcases thru to performing with a full piece band, Social Change have played shows Australia-wide and supported numerous Australian and International acts, headlining and hosting events both locally and interstate. They are now preparing to release their long overdue debut.
Luka Lesson the current Australian Poetry Slam Champion, conscious hip-hop artist and Co-director of The Centre for Poetics and Justice based in Melbourne. Luka has been active in community development work utilising hip-hop and poetry as a form of self-determination and raising awareness for young people for many years. He has taught Indigenous Studies at Monash University for the past two years and holds a first class honours degree in the same field. Luka has just finished touring Australia, China, the United States and New Zealand over the past few months both performing his work and conducting workshops with young people in every country. Luka has also been invited to perform at the Beijing Bookworm Writers’ Festival, Auckland Readers and Writers’ Festival, Sydney Writers’ Festival, the Ubud Writers’ Festival in Bali and the Hong Kong Writers’ festival in 2012 alone. Four-time USA national Slam winner Taylor Mali states: ‘I’m not really into hip hop—I’m too old, I guess—but Luka Lesson is a sonic literary genius, and that is what I love. So if he is hip hop, then I guess I love hip hop after all.
Alia Gabres is a Co-director of The Centre for Poetics and Justice (a not-for-profit organisation focussed on using poetry as a form of literary education and social engagement). She was recently a part of the Global Poetics Tour 2011, where she toured and performed alongside international wordsmiths Shane Koyzcan, Ken Arkind and Mahogany Brown. Alia also curated of a Spoken Word explorations series entitled ‘Tell it Like it is’ at the Footscray Arts Centre and is currently undertaking an Artist Residency at the City Library.
