It’s the return of the chosen ones. Perth’s undisputed Overlords of hardcore; Clandestien, from the mighty SyllabolixCrew, are back in effect. The trio of Tomahawk, Graphic and Mortar have ventured out from the Citadel to once again unleash their trademark darkness upon those who would claim king. They’re back. And this time they’ve bought the whole armoury.
Unlike the groups previous releases such as Dynasty 2004 and Chasms of the Citadel 2007, where production was handled predominately by Mortar, here the sonic weaponry has been deployed by a variety of arms dealers. Suffa of the Hilltop Hoods provides a guitar heavy stomper with Relaxing In Blood. Trials kicks the system into def-con 1 mode with Daydream Of A Killing and Tornts wires up the beat for shock and awe with InTerrorGate. Conseps and Beats lay down heavy covering fire on The Stampede which sees the Clan, AE, Trials and Evolve absolutely smash through the speakers and run wild through your cities blocks taking no prisoners.
With uncompromising lyrics, sharp witted intelligent word play, bomb production and their signature artwork Clandestien have earned a cult status in the minds of many a hip hop aficionado. The timer is set and Weapons Grade is set to explode.
Track list: 1. Clandestino 2. Relaxing in Blood 3. Light It Up 4. Daydream of a Killing ft. The Funkoars & Vents 5. Firebrands 6. The Offensive ft. Brad Strut 7. You’re All Goners 8. Warning Shot ft. Hunter 9. Battle Hymn of the New Republic ft. Ciecmate & Maggot Mouf 10. Horror Movie Life ft. Defyre 11. Australian Gothik 12. InTerrorGate ft. Tornts 13. Shield Your Fearful Eyes ft. FlashOne 14. The Mangled Frame of Truth 15. The Stampede ft. Addroit Effusive, Trials & Evolve 16. Put in Work ft. K21 & Motion 17. The Joint ft. Bunks & Briggs 18. Swan Song ft. SBX
Credits: All tracks Produced by Mortar except: ‘Relaxing in Blood’ Produced by Suffa ‘Daydream of a Killing’ and ‘The Mangled Frame of Truth’ Produced by Trials ‘InTerrorGate’ Produced by Tornts ‘The Stampede’ Produced by Conseps ‘Put in Work’ Produced by K21 All cuts by Defyre Artwork by Tomahawk and Deej Mastered by Neville Clarke at Disk-Edits
It’s the return of the chosen ones, Perth’s undisputed overlords of hardcore, Clandestien from the mighty Syllabolix Crew are back in effect. The trio of Tomahawk, Graphic, and Mortar have ventured out from the citadel to once again unleash their trademark darkness upon those who would claim king.
They’re back, and this time they’ve bought the whole armory. An armory full of weaponry in the form of hip hop at its most razor-sharp. Weapons Grade, the groups forth release, sees the cohort combine their venomous lyrical prowess teamed with a gang of the countries standout bomb manufacturers to conjure up eighteen tracks of raw firepower. Clandestien again display a depth of skill which lies beyond the norm; alongside such esteemed marksmen as Brad Strut featured on ‘The Offensive‘, an onslaught of vicious spiticism. The Funkoars and Vents on ‘Daydream of a Killing‘, a foray into the twisted writings of rap’s most heinous. As well as Billy Bunks and Briggs on ‘The Joint‘. Other appearances also include Ciecmate, Maggot Mouf and Tornts, Defyre, FlashOne, K21, Motion, Evolve and the un-stoppable Adroit Effusive collective. The album detonates with ‘Swan Song‘, a track that sees the Syllabolix squad, including the late great Hunter, breach all primary containment barriers and burn through the reactors core in a critical meltdown. Unlike the groups previous releases such as Dynasty (2004) and Chasms of the Citadel (2007), where production was handled predominately by Mortar. Here the sonic weaponry has been deployed by a variety of arms dealers.
Suffa of the Hilltop Hoods provides a guitar heavy stomper with ‘Relaxing in Blood‘. Trials kicks the system into def-con-1 mode with ‘Daydream of a Killing‘, and Tornts wires up the beat for shock and awe with ‘InTerrorGate‘. Conseps and Beats lay down heavy covering fire on ‘The Stampede‘ which sees the Clan, AE, Trials and Evolve absolutely smash through the speakers and run wild through the city streets taking no prisoners. With uncompromising lyrics, sharp-witted word play, masterful bomb production, and their signature artwork, Clandestien have cemented themselves a cult-like following in the minds of many a hip-hop aficionado. The timer has been set, and Weapons Grade is about to explode…
Track List 1. Clandestino 2. Relaxing in Blood 3. Light It Up 4. Daydream of a Killing – Feat. The Funkoars & Vents 5. Firebrands 6. The Offensive – Feat. Brad Strut 7. You’re All Goners 8. Warning Shot – Feat. Hunter 9. Battle Hymn of the New Republic – Feat. Ciecmate & Maggot Mouf 10. Horror Movie Life – Feat. Defyre 11. Australian Gothik 12. InTerrorGate – Feat. Tornts 13. Shield Your Fearful Eyes – Feat. FlashOne 14. The Mangled Frame of Truth 15. The Stampede – Feat. Addroit Effusive, Trials & Evolve 16. Put in Work – Feat. K21 & Motion 17. The Joint – Feat. Bunks & Briggs 18. Swan Song – Feat. SBX
Golden Era Records with Hilltop Hoods present the Mixtape 2011, hosted by Trials and Mixed by DJ Madcap. Mixtape 2011 features all of the Golden Era Crew with a few special guests including Vents, DJ ADFU and Ash Grunwald.
Here’s Vents with a snippet from The Discrete Charm Of The Bourgeoisie The track appears on the Golden Era Mixtape 2011 Filmed & edited by Selina Miles.
1. Intro 2. Sesta & Suffa – 99 Bottles 3. Pressure – The Fire 4. Briggs – Let It Burn 5. Funkoars – Lock Me Up 6. Vents – Love Song 7. DJ Reflux, DJ Debris & DJ ADFU – Portion Of The Raw 8. Funkoars Feat. Ash Grunwald – Little Did I Know 9. Vents & Trials Feat. Mortar – Discrete Charm Of The Bourgeois 10. Briggs Feat. Suffa – The Wrong Brother (Remix) 11. Briggs – The Peoples Champ 12. Vents – Existential Absurdity 13. Trials, Sesta, Suffa & Briggs – Lunchroom table 14. Hilltop Hoods Feat. Trials – Debris Told Me 15. Interlude 16. Hilltop Hoods – Chase That Feeling 17. Golden Era – The Funkiest 18. Funkoars – All We Need/Vamoose/Where I Am (Medley) 19. Vents – Rollin’ Balls 20. Trials – Baby C’mon
The Funkoars Mr Trials re-imagines the legendary ODB’s Baby C’mon. The track will be appearing on the forthcoming Golden Era 2011 Mixtape (dropping January 17, 2011.)
The Mixtape will feature new and old music from Hilltop Hoods, Funkoars, Vents & Briggs.
Filmed & edited by Selina Miles.
GOLDEN ERA MIXTAPE 2011 Tracklist
1. Intro 2. Sesta & Suffa – 99 Bottles 3. Pressure – The Fire 4. Briggs – Let It Burn 5. Funkoars – Lock Me Up 6. Vents – Love Song 7. DJ Reflux, DJ Debris & DJ ADFU – Portion Of The Raw 8. Funkoars Feat. Ash Grunwald – Little Did I Know 9. Vents & Trials Feat. Mortar – Discrete Charm Of The Bourgeois 10. Briggs Feat. Suffa – The Wrong Brother (Remix) 11. Briggs – The Peoples Champ 12. Vents – Existential Absurdity 13. Trials, Sesta, Suffa & Briggs – Lunchroom table 14. Hilltop Hoods Feat. Trials – Debris Told Me 15. Interlude 16. Hilltop Hoods – Chase That Feeling 17. Golden Era – The Funkiest 18. Funkoars – All We Need/Vamoose/Where I Am (Medley) 19. Vents – Rollin’ Balls 20. Trials – Baby C’mon
Golden Era Records with Hilltop Hoods present the Mixtape 2011, hosted by Trials and Mixed by DJ Madcap. Mixtape 2011 will feature all of the Golden Era Crew with a few special guests including Vents, DJ ADFU and Ash Grunwald.
The mixtape will be availble early 2011. Check out the track listing below, exclusive to Beat.com.au and check the You tube Snippet if you haven’t already.
So make sure to check back soon for more details.
GOLDEN ERA MIXTAPE 2011 Tracklist
1. Intro
2. Sesta & Suffa – 99 Bottles
3. Pressure – The Fire
4. Briggs – Let It Burn
5. Funkoars – Lock Me Up
6. Vents – Love Song
7. DJ Reflux, DJ Debris & DJ ADFU – Portion Of The Raw
8. Funkoars Feat. Ash Grunwald – Little Did I Know
9. Vents & Trials Feat. Mortar – Discrete Charm Of The Bourgeois
10. Briggs Feat. Suffa – The Wrong Brother (Remix)
11. Briggs – The Peoples Champ
12. Vents – Existential Absurdity
13. Trials, Sesta, Suffa & Briggs – Lunchroom table
14. Hilltop Hoods Feat. Trials – Debris Told Me
15. Interlude
16. Hilltop Hoods – Chase That Feeling
17. Golden Era – The Funkiest
18. Funkoars – All We Need/Vamoose/Where I Am (Medley)
19. Vents – Rollin’ Balls
20. Trials – Baby C’mon
The Album is quite a party, your hosts the Adroit Effusive crew. The South Australian massive are set to launch their LP The Album, after years of waiting from eager fans at HQ September 10. Adroit Effusive have been around for years now and many in the scene will recognise the names of one of Adelaide’s hip hop legacies. AE consist of Beats, Conseps, Patti, Blockade, Ad-Fu, Motion, Bornski and Dev…did we miss anyone? The Album is a massive body of work from the past 6 years, so the variety offered here is as vast as central Australia. Ranging from solo tracks right through to massive posse tracks it’s all here.
The Album opens with a nice intro track produced by Ad-Fu who also commands the majority of the cuts on The Album. Ad-Fu kicks things into action with an appropriate cut ‘Waited Too Long For This!’. Long Time Coming is some of that true head nod shit and one of our highlight tracks from The Album.Trails of Funkoars fame fucking lights this one up on the production front. This would have to be one of the beats of the year. Conseps, Tommy Illfigga, Beats and Patti, all smash on this track with a sutble beatbox by Tom Fukkin Thum.Long Time Coming is one of those tracks where everything comes together just right, the emcees, the beat and the cuts. Ad-Fu impresses immensely on the cut front, inflicting serious damage across the whole album.
Party With The Blocks delivers with a nice guitar riff driven beat by Conseps and Beats. This track has that anthem feeling. Suspects sounds out with a monster and demonic beat from Conseps. Blockade and Patti go at this one spitting some fire. One of the first things we noticed with this thumping track and with the whole album, is that the guys didn’t just spit one verse each and then call it wraps. These dudes back up killer verse after killer verse. Forget those 1 min tracks where you just start getting into it as the beat dies out. The Album gives you plenty of time to get in your groove.
Motion, brings the full skills kit on the track The Real as we see him become the man of many hats. Producing this solo track then hitting the mic with the same style you’ve come to love from Motion. 5 Days Of Work tells the boss to shove it and gives the proverbiale middle finger to the daily grind. Bornski lays down a nice sleepy beat that will have you set to put your feet up, chill and skip work.
The Bornski produced Understood By Few featuring Motion and Bornski on the mic, mixes things up with a sweet little oriental flavored tune. Crossroads, a heartfelt punchy track featuring the amazing voice of Janey Housego, is a more soulful track providing a great example of the depth this crew contains with-in its ranks. Beats adds a cherry to the top of this tasty track with a firm helping of emotion on the beat. A Beer and Big Talk is a powerful tale of some of lifes most unpleasant situations, this track really had us thinking. Bornski rises to deliver both as emcee and producer on this one, BIA also features on this track. War with general Mortar in charge on the mic and the beat, will leave you feeling… militant, a raw evil track is another one of our highlights.
As we power through the halfway mark it’s clear Adroit Effusive’s years of hard work really have paid off. The Album isn’t just a quality release its a statement. A statement that yells “Don’t Fuck With Us, We Know Hip Hop”, it’s a statement that’s backed up 100% by the skills of these guys. Chump Change brings the boom bap flavor with the whole crew in on this one. In contrast we have Dev going solo on the track Yin Yang. Bring It Back got us swaying in the right way with Patti, Bornski and Conseps spitting some smooth rap stylings. The album rounds out with No Aim, a Beats produced solo effort. The Garden and We Got The Nukes featuring Ad-Fu, DJ Juice, DJ Kansel and DJ Snair madness ensues.
Adroit Effusive cut no corners on The Album. Each and every track is packed to the brim with goddess. There’s no skits, no 1 minute tracks, no bullshit, it’s all hip hop. After years and years of waiting, not one person could be disappointed by this release. It’s time people recognise Adroit Effusive’s rightful spot amongst the hip hop royalty in Australia….check The Album it’s only a matter of time.
We rate Adroit Effusive – The Album a massive 4.4 out of 5.
The Album Sampler
You can catch the mighty Adroit Effusive at their album launch, September 10 @ HQ in Adelaide. Get your tickets here.
Fallout Shelter is the new EP from Melbourne-bred, North London-based Brad Strut. In a radical departure from his acclaimed 2007 sophomore Legend: Official, the core member of Australia’s Lyrical Commission has crafted a stunning narrative that runs through six hard hitting tracks by Beat Butcha. Brad Strut has kindly given out a lyrics booklet for the tracks off Fallout Shelter EP. You can grab a copy over here, be sure to print yours out. The lyrics booklet is a cool little addition to this release and we’d like to see more of it.
We then have the Rejuvination LP. This release finds Strut reaching out to the leading producers from Australia and the UK: M-Phazes, Trials of Funkoars, Simplex of Terra Firma, Chemo, Beat Butcha, Ciecmate of Hospice Crew, Tornts, Dazastah of Downsyde, Mortar of Clandestien, Dontez of KingsKonekted, Methodz, The Last Skeptik and Jehst.
TRACK LISTING:
Fallout Shelter – CD
1 Hello To Goodbye
2 NO!
3 Blastin’ Em’
4 New Dawn
5 Believe
6 Looking At You
7. Hello To Goodbye – Instrumental
8. NO! – Instrumental
9. Blastin’ Em’ – Instrumental
10. New Dawn – Instrumental
11. Believe – Instrumental
12. Looking At You – Instrumental
Rejuvenation (Remix LP) – CD
1. Incite The Premises Ft. Trem (M-Phazes Remix)
2. Terrordome Ft. Outerspace & Trem (Trials Remix)
3. Demon Speaks (Simplex Remix)
4. Automatic (Chemo Remix)
5. It’s Official (Beat Butcha Remix)
6. What Gives Ft. Rhys Aka Diem (Ciecmate Remix)
7. The Ritual Ft. Tornts (Tornts Remix)
8. Question Ft. Tomohawk & Graphic (Dazastah Remix)
9. Beast On The Mic (Mortar Remix)
10. Bounty Hunterz Ft. Lyrical Commission (Dontez Remix)
11. Short Souls (Methodz Remix)
12. Never Ending Blue (The Last Skeptik Remix)
13. Last Omen (Jehst Remix)
