Mind Over Matter – Real Life feat K.I.K.I

18 03 2013

Emerging from Sydney’s vibrant hip hop community in 2006, the duo known as Mind Over Matter quickly established themselves as artists to be reckoned with. Through their highly lauded mixtape For Our Hip Hoppers, they successfully built and earned a loyal fan base nationally.

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In 2008 Mind Over Matter released their debut album entitled Keepin’ It Breezy to industry wide praise, culminating in a nomination for Australian album of the year in triple j’s J Mag. With the success of this debut combined with their pre-established following cemented by back to back outstanding releases, MCs Willow and Smiles Again have toured the country extensively and have seen their following grow to heights that once didn’t seem possible.

After hitting sold out venues in a multitude of locations across the country Mind Over Matter have proved themselves to be one of the most highly charismatic, energetic, and creative live acts this country has to offer. To date the duo have played along side an incredible range of international acts including Jebediah, Method Man & Redman, Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Planet Asia, DJ Crazy Caz (the late Tupac’s DJ), Mystro (UK) as well as Australian heavy weights Bliss n Eso (Mind Over Matter were selected as support for the trio on their National Get Loose Tour and Flying Colours Tour), Muph n Plutonic, The Potbelleez, Pegz, Drapht, Downsyde, Pez & 360, Phrase & DJ Flagrant, Def Wish Cast and many more.

The dynamic Sydney duo have also performed at multiple festivals, both locally and interstate and have even hit stages internationally, travelling to Thailand as well as Osaka, Japan, performing some incredibly well received shows as well as filming a video for a collaboration track titled How We Get Down.

With the fantastic reception of their debut LP Keepin’ It Breezy, which was followed up by the highly anticipated LP Just Like Fireworks. Mind Over Matter prepare to release their 3rd studio album in the coming months. Here is the debut single from the album titled Real Life and features K.I.K.I.

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Chance Waters signs worldwide publishing deal with Universal

17 03 2013

I Forget, Sorry!’s favourite loud shirted comic book nerd has just signed a worldwide publishing deal with Universal, which nobody could have expected, including him. 

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To celebrate 12 months which included his first top 100 single, top 50 album, Like A Version, 2 entries in The Hottest 100, Unearthed J Award nomination, #7 in the RAGE! top 50, a record deal with Permanent/Shock and now a worldwide publishing deal with Universal (deep breath) Chance is going to hit the road on the Infinity Album Tour with fellow I Forget, Sorry! members Mind Over Matter (who, by the way, just had their new single Real Life added to high rotation on triple j) to travel around most of Australia playing songs for you.

Tickets are on sale now.

Friday 12 April – The Standard – Sydney, NSW
Saturday 13 April – Live It Up Festival – Brisbane, QLD (U18s)
Wednesday 17 April – The Zoo – Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 18 April – Surfers Paradise Beer Garden – Surfers Paradise, QLD
Friday 19 April – The Spotted Cow – Toowoomba, QLD
Saturday 20 April – The Big Pineapple Music Festival – Sunshine Coast, QLD
Wednesday 24 April– Kay Street Saloon Bar – Traralgon, VIC
Thursday 25 April – Ferntree Gully Hotel – Ferntree Gully, VIC
Friday 26 April – Northcote Social Club – Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 27 April – Karova Lounge – Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 5 May – Caxton Street Seafood & Wine Festival – Brisbane, 
Friday 24 May – The Ed Castle – Adelaide, SA
Thursday 30 May – Spurs Saloon – Devonport, TAS
Friday 31 May – Hotel New York – Launceston, TAS
Saturday 1 June – Republic Bar – Hobart, TAS
Thursday 6 June – Transit Bar – Canberra, ACT
Friday 7 June – The Great Northern Hotel – Newcastle, NSW

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Smiles Again – How ‘Bout You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious

10 12 2012

After two mixtapes and two critically acclaimed albums with Mind Over Matter the debut solo offering from Smiles Again has landed in the form of his new EP How About You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious.

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One half of Sydney based hip hop duo Mind Over Matter, Smiles, 23, has played shows alongside Willow for the past 5 years. Together the boys have sold out shows nationally and toured extensively as both a headline and major support for artists such as Bliss n Eso, Method Man & Redman, Drapht just to name a few. Solo, Smiles expresses a very different side of himself lyrically. The Serious EP is the sister to its 2011 predecessor How Bout You Stop Being So Serious & Say Something Funny - a 9 track effort which showcased Smiles Again’s more comedic and imaginative side.

How Bout You Stop Being So Funny & Say Something Serious definitely lives up to its name. Smiles touches on personally revealing topics ranging from his year out of high school, his experiences working in a youth refuge, to witnessing his best friend lose himself to drugs to finally having his own problems dwarfed by a close friends brain tumour diagnosis. The release is an emotional journey featuring some of the countries most promising artists including repeat collaborator Jon Reichardt, William Singe and Johnny Utah. Musically the EP features contributions from Rahjconkas, Konfuzion and more.

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Itchy Beats December

12 11 2012

The next Itchy Beats will be headlined by DeathStarrs. With the help of their two latest singles Immortal and Take It Or Leave receiving national airplay on triple j, the Gold Coast duo went to Brisbane to appear at the Sprung Hip Hop Festival 2012, alongside Hilltop Hoods, Seth Sentry, Illy and more.

DeathStarrs will be appearing alongside Johnny Utah, Deadbeat and Hazy and Sammy G. Johnny Utah is a part of the artist collective I Forget, Sorry! with Mind Over Matter, Chance Waters and Coptic Solider. He has been actively playing live shows and touring for close to three years, and in such a small time have supported acts such as Urthboy, Funkoars, Seth Sentry, Thundamentals and more, as well as multiple national tours with IFS and playing 2010′s Groovin’ The Moo Festival.

Deatbeat And Hazy are a mad pair, hell bent on taking Hip Hop to the next level as they pave their way into Sydney’s live music scene. Between them, determination is rife and the list of venues hosting the pair is growing fast.

Sammy G’s latest single Do You Like It currently sitting at over 80,000 views, and was placed straight in to high rotation on Sydney station, The Edge 96.1. She was also given a New Australian artist feature on Channel Eleven’s music show, The Loop.

Itchy Beats - Brighton Up Bar
1/77 Oxford Street Darlinghurst NSW 2010
Saturday 8th December 2012

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I Forget, Sorry! Mixtape 2011

3 01 2012

Started as a means for friends to cross promote each other, IFS has now grown into a label, record distributor and an artist management hub that is run entirely by the artists, for the artists. When most labels would decide to spread their releases out over a larger period of time the question must be raised is there method in I Forget, Sorry!’s madness?

Time will fucking tell. A limited hard copy press of the mixtapes spread across a double disc is available for order through the http://www.iforgetsorry.com store now!

The generous offering from the IFS crew includes;
1. Coptic Soldier – Their Sound, Our Wings
2. Johnny Utah – Be Us
3. Mind Over Matter – Image Isn’t Everything
4. Phatchance – Approaching Infinity
5. Smiles Again – Fuck I’m Lonely

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Drakezilla’s – Redhead Redemption

5 10 2011

Drakezilla is a prehistoric creature that mutated due to atomic radiation and rose from the depths of the sea to make hot jams with his Atomic Breath… and stomp cities. Drakezilla is currently finishing up a new album titled Redhead Redemption which features production from Trials, Sammsonite, Engineer, Mdusu, Mules and more. 

Guests include Smiles Again (Mind Over Matter), Syntax and Johnny Utah. Drakezilla has now dropped the official video for the track I Look Down which was produced by Trials, additional drums by Drakezilla and bass & keys by Mdusu. The whole video was animated by Elle Reid. You can check out the video clip below and also grab the track for free download over at Drakezilla’s – Triple J Unearthed page here. 

We recommened you go check out the video for Drakezilla – Take A Walk.

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Raise The Roof II – Friday Sept 30

20 09 2011

The Espy is pleased to announce that it is once again opening its doors up to a night of all local hip hop. Raise The Roof picks up from where it left off, a colossal lineup showcasing the finest in established and emerging Aussie hip hop. Our first installment of Raise The Roof in June was a raging success, volume 2 is shaping up to be just as huge…

Headlining festivities is Melbourne’s own Pegz. With a recently released album, fresh off a national tour and a new film clip coming, the local storyteller is one of Australia most commanding MC’s. Returning to the Espy is The Herd’s wordsmith, MC and artist in his own right, Urthboy. Also joining is Diafrix, Joelistics, Dialectrix, Skryptcha, Mind Over Matter, Low Budget, In Good Company, Fatty Phew, Coptic Soldier, DJ Matic and Slap 618.

Hosting again is Espy regular Reason and DJ Flagrant will bringing back his Aussie Hip Hop video show. All Aussie hip hop, over three rooms, under one roof! Raise The Roof II, Friday September 30 at The Espy. Tickets $22 plus booking fee, available from www.espy.com.au and all Oztix outlets.





NJE – Like Food For The Soul

11 07 2011

NJE is a solo hip hop artist who raps about life experiences & topics that everyday people can relate too. He is based in the city of Campbelltown, in Sydney Australia, (Originally born in New Zealand to English parents).

 

In 2010 NJE put out his 2nd LP From The Outside Looking In, the album featured some well respected Aussie talent like Mind Over Matter, Phatchance, Torcha & more. The album also featured US R&B/Soul artist Danny Boy who sang with the late/great 2Pac on his tracks I Aint Mad At Cha & Picture Me Rolling. The album was very well recieved by his fanbase. From The Outside Looking In release’s first video, Appetiser (The Entree) was played 5 weeks in a row on ABC Tv’s RAGE.  Late this year will see NJE dropping his 3rd studio album titled Like Food For The Soul. It will feature special guests such as Kool G Rap, Solomon Childs, Chase, Unda Dwella, Sceptic & Dseeva, Untaymable and more TBA.

It also features production from up & coming Melbourne producer Castar and also Domingo, Mr.Zux, So Flawless, Paul Andreas and Ghosts In The Room (ACT). Below is a taste of possibly the first single titled I Remember. Produced by Castar, the track talks about childhood memories.

Another track that shows promise is the soulful Sort Of Like Insomnia also produced by Castar, which is a song about how the hustle/determination is as the title suggests ‘sort of like insomnia’.

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SYN Approved Presents: Mind Over Matter & Psyde Projects

28 06 2011

Local Hip Hop heavyweights Mind Over Matter (aka M.O.M.) are coming to Melbourne to play SYN Approved at The Worker’s Club on Thursday, July 14th.  The boys have definitely earned their seal of approval from the hip hop scene, staying productive with a healthy list of releases, support roles and collaborative works since 2006. 

After their massive album launch earlier this year in March, Psyde Projects are back yet again with their new video clip of The Breaks, a tune full of boombap flavour. Their clip is a homage to the classic 90s style hip hop videos. Meanwhile, their single Kay-Pee-Em has been on high rotation over at Triple J and all the reviews on Triple J’s Unearthed have been excellent. Keep notice of the trio as over the coming months they’ll be releasing a free single, an EP and a tour to coincide! So can we get a P-S-Y-…!

The new ‘homage to the 90s’ video by The Psyde Projects features their track The Breaks taken from their debut LP Welcome To Boomtown. Available from: Obese Records, Northside Records, Wax Museum Records and Licorice Pie Records.

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Crymziko – Rewrite The Page: Debut single from forthcoming EP

15 03 2011

2010 was a big year for Wollongong based hip-hop artist, Crymziko. Starting off the year by releasing his heavily anticipated mixtape/promotional street release Corrosive Oversound, Crymziko went on to perform several shows around the country, both as a headline act and support act, playing alongside names such as Drapht, Downsyde, Illy, Pez, Spit Syndicate, Thundamentals, 360, Mind Over Matter, Skryptcha, Phatchance and more.

The MC from the ‘Gong also supported international hip-hop acts Bone Thugs N Harmony (USA) and Scorcher (UK) on their respective tours of Australia. One of the tracks from Crymziko’s debut mixtape, “Badder Than Me”, reached success by climbing to #1 in the Triple J Unearthed Hip-Hop charts where it remained for three consecutive weeks. To cap off an awesome year, Crymziko managed to land a clothing sponsorship with streetwear company, Famous Stars & Straps, notably owned by Travis Barker of Blink 182.

In 2011, Crymziko is set to release his sophomore project. An 8 track EP entitled Something In The Middle. The debut single, ”Rewrite The Page” (produced by ShoDown and featuring Paul Kozman of Wollongong based metalcore band Never See Tomorrow) is a gritty, emotive piece detailing the ups and downs in the attempt to make it in the dog-eat-dog world of the music industry. Over a melancholy piano melody, haunting strings and a clean drum line, Crymziko touches on the subjects of self-doubt and perseverence; creating an introspective track which gives the listener a taste from what is bound to be a captivating release from one of Australia’s brightest up-and-comers.

Download ”Rewrite The Page” FREE at here (via Triple J)








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