Mid-way through a huge 21-date national tour, Illy has taken time out to shoot a video for his second single (and title track) from his acclaimed album, The Chase.
Filmed over two nights with Melbourne’s skyline as a back-drop, the clip compiles live and behind-the-scenes footage of the emcee’s rise to the forefront of Australian hip hop over the past two years. In a unique twist, the footage has been projected on a large scale upon the walls of some of Melbourne’s landmark buildings, while Illy looks on from a Flinders Lane rooftop. Illy said, “Shooting the video for the chase was a bit of work, a couple of late nights. But we had a good team behind it, and i think the final result speaks for itself. Check it out.”
The clip was featured as an exclusive for Triple J’s Home & Hosed program. Watch it for yourself here – www.illyal.com. Having already performing to a long list of packed and sold out venues so far, Illy’s The Chase tour continues. He makes his way to Adelaide, then back to play second shows in both Sydney and Canberra, followed by 5 shows in WA.
The ‘SA Hip Hop For Flood Relief Fundraiser’ has sold out! Shout outs to everyone for supporting our Queensland cousins in their time of need. With 10 acts and 5 DJ’s coming together this is looking like being a huge night!! A big shout out also goes to April77 for doing the artwork for free, Blue Max Music for helping to organise the event and all the artists involved for donating their time. A massive shout out goes to The Gov for hosting the event and for donating proceeds from the bar on the night, what an amazing gesture from one of Adelaide’s most treasured venues.
‘SA Hip Hop for Flood Relief’ Thursday, January 27th | Doors: 7:30 All proceeds going towards flood relief in Queensland.
Featuring Hilltop Hoods Funkoars Vents & DJ ADFU Simplex Social Change Pagen Elypsis K21 & DJ PT Mase N Mattic Grifters Inc Certain Doubt
On the 27th of January, SA’s Hip Hop community will be coming together at The Gov to raise money for the QLD flood relief. Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars, Vents, Simplex, Social Change, K21, Pagen Elypsis, Mase N Mattic are all on the bill with more acts to be announced shortly.
The night will be hosted by Trials and tickets are only $20 so get in quick. A big thank you to The Gov who will be donating proceeds from the bar towards the QLD flood relief as well. This will be Hilltop Hoods only show in Adelaide this year!!!
Here we have the highly anticipated official footage taken from the recent Got Beef? event. This is the final that sees Australia’s own 360 and Justice Vs. TheSaurus and Madness (US).
This is what Decoy, organiser of Got Beef? had to say about the league and the Got Beef? final.
Decoy on Got Beef? Got Beef? is a league that I designed, kind of as an answer to the likes of GrindTime, King Of The Dot, Don’t Flop etc. It’s something I’d wanted to do for a couple of years now to be honest. I’ve wanted to set something up like this since I did the WRC in Melbourne 2007, and realized that was going to be the last one.
Basically Got Beef? is a league where we specialize in the new format of battling, acapella. We do 1 on 1′s, 2 on 2′s, and these are great because opponents know each other ahead of time. They get to use this time to prepare hard and put their writing skills to the test. As an emcee they then have to perform to the best of their ability in front of a crowd and control that crowd. That’s what rapping is all about to me. That’s why song writers/performers fall into this category so well.
In the future, I’d like to switch up formats. Do some battles over beats considering a lot of people still dig that, maybe do some kind of live stage tournament, elimination type matches. I’d also like to do more international competing.
Decoy on The Got Beef? Final Basically it was a LOOONG night. I was pacing back and forth trying to keep the event running smooth, knocking back drinks, then stepping back in front of the camera to host. We were being pressured to hurry up and finish that battle because our time at the venue was almost up.
Next thing you know the battle went into OT and they told us to go finish it in the bar area next door. As we were heading there with 100 people in tow, it ended up just being done in a little side street.
There was a little hotel on the street, and we could see so many people just hanging out their window watching the battle. We thought that eventually they would tell us to move on, instead they all got into it. Amazing stuff.
ADL will be the host to the next Gof Beef? installment: Gof Beef? 2. June 26 @ L!ve and Light Square.
At this event we’ll see some fresh new faces, as well as a handful of your favorites from the first event, all gathered together in one place to insult each other and probably question another guys sexuality. Without doubt!
The line up includes:
Legacy (SA) vs Dunks (SA)
Broadkast (SA) vs Rowdy (TAS)
Mandle (SA) vs Vampts (SA)
Lariken (SA) vs Planz (VIC)
Eager (SA) vs Mike Hunt (VIC)
Chase (SA) vs Sprungy (UK)
Keynote (QLD) vs Kerser (NSW)
Mellowdramatik (NSW) vs Zone Doubt (QLD)
Sporatik (TAS) vs Willis (NSW)
Ilyak (VIC) vs Greeley (TAS)
Plus performances from: Kerser
Crymziko
Legacy
Mase and Mattic
Email: adelaideentertainmentcomplex@yahoo.com.au and draw ATTN: to ‘Lauren Sobels’ for any information on ticket sales.
Feel free to e-mail gotbeefbattles@hotmail.com for absolutely any info.
Elefant Traks giant Urthboy, Jane Tyrell and Elgusto (Hermitude) hit Adelaide last weekend, bringing an in your face, energetic live show that had the punters out of control. Joining Urthboy on The Sneakquel Tour this time round is Melbourne emcee and lyrical magician Mantra. Local lads Mase and Mattic kicked the night off, warming up the crowd early on. It was then on to Koolta who performed tracks of the recently released Deportation EP, both groups were well received by the eager crowd. You could tell that the atmosphere was hyped, a real sense of excitement hung in the air. Locals were anticipating Mantra’s first official appearance in Adelaide and needless to say the ever impressive Urthboy show.
Next up was Mantra, with DJ Wasabi joining him on the ones and twos. Soon Wasabi had the familiar intro to Mantra’s Power Of The Spoken blasting through the speakers. Mantra backed up Power Of The Spoken with the boom bap styled track Perfect Little Island. Mantra soon had the crowd chanting back to his every command before knocking it back a gear with the chilled out Live It Out. Mantra went on to flex his skills on some ‘battle rap shit’ then threw in some nice freestyles for good measure. Other highlights from the set included the track I Wanna Go Home, Flightpath (could have been more prepared for this) and of course the massive tracks I Hereby Stand plus the M-Phazes hit, The Freak Show.
We were quickly wondering how Urthboy could possible top that, little did we know what was in-store. Urthboy burst on to the stage, after a short drinks break, with explosive power. The electronic opener Spitshine soon had Urthboy, Jane and Elgusto kicking into a 3 way b-boy dance that was a good look. It was pretty much hit after hit from that point on. Nuthin’ I’d Rather Do, Shruggin, Jane and her amazing voice, Hellsong, Ready To Go, Jane and her amazing voice (did we mention that) and Served. The whole time Urthboy was pumping around the stage like a man truly feeling the music, the crowd responding with just as much enthusiasm. We have it on good authority that Urthboy’s energetic live stage show is causing permanent damage to his already injured body, we hope he doesn’t slow it down too much though.
The dynamic that Urthboy,Jane and Elgusto share on stage is something truly special to find, not only in hip hop music but any musical genre. Urthboy has unquestionably cemented his spot amongst the cream of the crop within the Australian music scene, two AMA nominations back that up. The show continued with Elgusto taking the spotlight with a great performance on the beat pad, remixing an old pop favourite. The sirens then sounded as The Gov started shaking to its foundations with the huge bass line of the classic track The Signal. The guys closed out what was a massively enjoyable night with the popular, We Get Around and Over Before It Began, leaving the crowd in awe of Urthboy and the Elefant Traks massive.
Make sure you catch Urthboy and the whole crew including Mantra on The Sneakquel Tour, coming to a town near you. These are the remaining tour dates:
TONIGHT – Capital, Wagga
Fri 14th May – ANU Bar, Canberra
Sat 15th May – The Factory Theatre, Sydney (Licensed/All-Ages)
Presented by FBi Radio
Thur 20th May – Mona Vale Hotel, Mona Vale
Fri 21st May The Cambridge, Newcastle
Sat 22nd May – Bizzos, Caringbah
Fri 28th May – Fitzy’s, Loganholme
Sat 29th May – Ripe Festival, Noosa
Fri 4th June – Gearins Hotel, Katoomba
Sat 5th June – Republic Bar, Hobart
Koolta is a 21 year old emcee and producer hailing from the Adelaide Hills. In the last few years Koolta has contributed production and vocals on various local releases, like K21’s “The Greenhouse” compilation. In 2008 and 2009, Koolta shared the stage withK21 and DJ PT for a stack of shows around the country supporting the likes of the Funkoars, Drapht, Pegz, Vents, Terra Firma and C Rayz Walz.
Now in 2010, Koolta is ready to release his debut solo effort. The Deportationis an 8 track EP written and produced byKoolta. You will find no braggadocio rhymes on this release. Koolta demonstrates his ability as all round artist with lyricism that touches upon a variety of themes are such as family, racism and work, accompanied by head nodding production. In an age where pop music has become so predictable and formulaic, The Deportation endeavors to showcase honest music with substance. The Deportation is out February 12, 2010.
All tracks written, produced, mixed and recorded by Koolta
Cuts by DJ PT
Guitar by Josh Trezise on 480 minutes
Keys by James Raymond on 480 minutes
Artwork by Sam Trezise
Koolta’s The Deportation EP Launch will happen on Feb 13th
The launch will feature a bunch of local hip hop and funk acts.
Lineup for the night: Koolta performing with live band The Funky Scum Rumour and DJ PT Grifters Inc Mase and Mattic Mutual Agreement
Hosted by K21 with DJ PT spinning tracks all night.
Come down and check out some dope local music at a chill venue and be sure to pick up a copy of the new EP :
Doors open at 9
$10 Entry or $15 with a copy of the EP @ The Jade Monkey 29a Twin Street (off Rundle Mall)
Tracklisting
1. Babysitting
2. The Deportation
3. The Journey To Nowhere
4. Python
5. Wash Them Hands
6. Thicker Than Water
7. The Good And The Bad
