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Dust Tones 4th Birthday

Jim Steps

Dust Tones is a weekly party mashing it up in true hip hop spirit. Every Friday at the Beach Rd Hotel, Bondi from 8pm to 12am, come check out the best international and local talent for FREE. Since November 2005 Dust Tones has been bringing you everything from beats, breaks, dancehall, global, funk, dub, hip hop, and reggae on a now weekly basis. This week Dust Tones celebrates it’s 4th Birthday with Thundamentals, Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne, Noodles + Noel Boogie, DJ Ability + Mike Who and Bentley hitting the stage with true aussie hip hop flavour. Come down and help … Continue reading Dust Tones 4th Birthday

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DJ Debris Wins ARIA for Best Engineering

Jim Steps

This year the category of Engineer of the Year rounded out with two equal winners who worked with very different genres of music. Hilltop Hoods member, DJ Debris (Barry Francis) has been recognised for his work on State Of The Art, the follow up to the Hilltop Hoods 2006 ARIA Award winning album, The Hard Road. Greg Wales who engineered and produced for You Am I, was the other winner. The 23rd Annual ARIA Awards will be held Thursday, November 26 at Acer Arena. Continue reading DJ Debris Wins ARIA for Best Engineering

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Graffiti Watch

Jim Steps

It seems everyone wants to stamp out graffiti these days and a new technology dubbed E-Nose could be the answer. The following article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald, highlighting the fact that it’s going to become harder and harder for graffiti artists to bomb certain areas while making it easier and easier for the police to bust people in the act. With the help of chemical sensors mounted to any wall, a secret SMS can be sent to police as soon as paint touches the surface. Trails are still continuing around the nation with reports that one location has … Continue reading Graffiti Watch

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Fluent Form & Discourse on your radio

Jim Steps

Fluent and his main man Discourse took over hosting duties on Top Billin’, playing new joints from the album, plus a whole bunch of their favorite underground tunes. You can listen to that here. Make sure you check out Fluent Form’s latest offering The Furnace, you won’t be disappointed. Tracklisting: Take Notice f/ Brad Strut & Ciecmate – Fluent Form What’s Your Worth – Prowla Every Step – Fluent Form Bounty Hunters f/ Bob Balans & Trem – Brad Strut Rocketship – OneBeLo Worlds Collide – The Arsonists On Ya Feet – Wordsworth Suicidal Failure – Cage Paper Chase Days … Continue reading Fluent Form & Discourse on your radio

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Still Standing Tour Footage – Vents & Ad-Fu

Jim Steps

Diggindeeptv’s YouTube channel featured a banger of a clip from Vents and Ad-Fu on the Hilltop Hoods Still Standing Tour. If your in Adelaide this weekend we’d recommend that you head on down to the show grounds and catch the Still Standing tour live and in all it’s glory. This clip got us in the mood and I’m sure it will get you going too. This would quickly remind some why Vents is such a crowd fav. Vents will surely be dropping a new release sometime in 2010, let’s hope it’s sooner rather than later. VENTS & AD-FU – STILL … Continue reading Still Standing Tour Footage – Vents & Ad-Fu

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Horrorshow – Inside Story JJJ Feature Album

Jim Steps

If you haven’t heard, Horrorshow’s Inside Story is Triple J’s feature album of the week. It’s great to see that the lads are getting the props they deserve for this truely awsome album. Horrorshow are constantly noted as one of the most exciting prospects on the aussie hip hop scene, through excellent live shows and much-loved songs.  If you haven’t already, check out allaussie hip hop’s review of Inside Story here to get the full run down. You can catch Horrorshow as a part of the Spitshine Tour with Urthboy in Fremantle this weekend, November 12. You can get tickets … Continue reading Horrorshow – Inside Story JJJ Feature Album

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allaussie hip hop’s spotlight on: Pokerbeats

Jim Steps

You may have heard the name Pokerbeats floating around the traps lately and if you have it’s for good reason. Pokerbeats is a 25-year-old hip hop producer from Regensburg, Germany (around one hour from Munich for those geography heads). Pokerbeats has worked with variety of artists in a variety of locations from Austria, Switzerland, Japan, America and more of late Australia. For someone who lives so far away he has been working with some big names in the Australian scene. Pokerbeats first hit the aussie shores after he did a beat for the Hilltop Hoods track She’s So Ugly, which … Continue reading allaussie hip hop’s spotlight on: Pokerbeats

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Children to face jail for carrying a spray can?

Jim Steps

An interesting article was posted on the ABC news website a few hours ago here, regarding the new measures  the NSW Government are putting in place in part of a graffiti crackdown. Children could be imprisoned for up to six months if they are caught carrying cans of spray paint without a legitimate reason. Elva Darnell wrote the following story: Children in New South Wales could be imprisoned for up to six months if they are caught carrying cans of spray paint without a legitimate reason. The new measures are part of a crackdown on graffiti. The State Government will … Continue reading Children to face jail for carrying a spray can?

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The Tongue Is Dead Mixtape (Out Now)

Jim Steps

If you missed it yesterday, Elefant Traks, The Tongue, dropped his brand new mixtape The Tongue Is Dead. Not only is it 15 tracks deep, featuring some fine artists including the likes of Joyride, Jane Tyrell, Dazastah, Ozi Batla, Mind Control, Blades and DJ Skoob, it’s also available for a FREE download. You gotta love that! You can follow the link here to grab your copy. 2010 has been announced for when The Tongues drops his new album and while we all hang for that, we’re sure this mixtape will keep you in check till then. Below you can check … Continue reading The Tongue Is Dead Mixtape (Out Now)

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Diafrix comp – Pyramid Rock Festival

Jim Steps

Diafrix are giving you the chance to win a double VIP pass to the Pyramid Rock Festival this NYE. Thats right, you will get to hang with Diafrix all weekend, get access to the VIP camping area and really see what goes on backstage before and after a performance. Its simple all you have to do is head to myspace.com/diafrix here and sign up. Sounds like a great way to spend New Years. Continue reading Diafrix comp – Pyramid Rock Festival

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Heath Ledger directed N’Fa clip released

Jim Steps

Aussie Hip Hop Artist N’fa Forster-Jones, best know for his work with 1200 Techniques, and also a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger, has released a music video Heath directed shortly before his death. N’fa posted the 3 minute, 31 second-clip for his song Cause An Effect on his YouTube and MySpace pages on Thursday, along with a video in which he explains how the project came about. Ledger, the celebrity-shy star of Batman blockbuster, “The Dark Night,” and the posthumously released “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” shot a handful of videos for low-profile artists he liked. Ledger died aged 28 … Continue reading Heath Ledger directed N’Fa clip released

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Chasm + Vida Sunshyne ‘Move’ Album Launch

Jim Steps

He is Chasm, Sydney-based producer-extraordinaire she is Melbourne-by-way-of-Ghana’s Vida-Sunshyne. Together they are an electric collaboration of musical talent; one half behind the boards, creating the template for a limitless sonic foundation. The other, centre stage; creating the connection between performer and listener. Come celebrate the launch of their album Move which traverses the global spectrum of Soul, Reggae and Hip Hop raising the bar for Australian music. Featuring Ozi Batla, Damajah, DJ‘s El Squire, Prince Valium & Sir Robbo Hosted by Kween G (KillaQueenz) The Details: Friday November 27 @ Melt 12 Kellett Street 10pm until the break of dawn, … Continue reading Chasm + Vida Sunshyne ‘Move’ Album Launch

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DJ Bonez – Art of Noise Tour

Jim Steps

This is the one event that all turntablist fans shouldn’t miss!! DJ Bonez is about to shred up  Australia with his Art Of Noise National Tour! Kicking off in 3 weeks, DJ Bonez (Obese Records) is stepping out of his Melbourne based beat lab, and into the summer sunshine to represent on stages all over the country with his Art Of Noise tour. From rocking a night club to performing intricate live turntable showcases through to scratching for groups like Muph n Plutonic, to being the only Australian Hip-Hop DJ to produce his own albums featuring international artists and a … Continue reading DJ Bonez – Art of Noise Tour

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One By One feat. Pez, 360 and Seth Sentry

Jim Steps

Pez, 360 and Seth Sentry will all be appearing at the Onebyone Clothing Summer Launch Party. Read below for the full details on the event. As the summer season gets closer again why not throw a party to celebrate its long-awaited arrival! With the huge support from everyone last year and mother natures unfortunate curse with bad weather we have decided we owe it to everyone to throw the summer launch party again! MAKING IT BIGGER AND BETTER THAN BEFORE! Onebyone Clothing along side our supporting sponsors invites you to the hottest and biggest pool party this summer! We have … Continue reading One By One feat. Pez, 360 and Seth Sentry

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A New Chapter in the BTE Story is Being Written…

Jim Steps

Broken Tooth Entertainments newsletter will be hitting your inbox soon. The guys use this opportunity to dispel some of the rumors around Shogun Distribution. Here’s what they had to say: With a thousand and one rumours currently doing the rounds in regards to Shogun Distribution, Broken Tooth Entertainment would like to assure their fans that a new chapter is being written. We are working diligently to secure a new home for Australia’s most consistent label, and would like you all to stay safe in the knowledge you will still be able to find all our new albums and back catalogue … Continue reading A New Chapter in the BTE Story is Being Written…

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That’s Them – Stay Up Album Launch

Jim Steps

LookUP and First Floor are proud to present the That’s Them Album launch. Scott Burns will also be headlining with help from DJ Mathmatics. The gig will be held at First Floor on Friday the 13th of November, ticket prices are a bargain at only $10. Others in support include; Maundz, who is rumored to be joined with B Wiv Deece, G-Force, Doc Felix, Sheriff Rosco and more. Continue reading That’s Them – Stay Up Album Launch

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Clash Of The Titans Postponed

Jim Steps

Ironlak is disappointed to report that the Clash Of The Titans event in Melbourne has been cancelled. Originally COTT was to be a sub-event of a massive stadium event called Mega Rampage. After a series of hurdles the financial backers / promoters of the event had to cancel the larger side of the event but still attempted to proceed with a smaller event, which eventually became a graff only event. Unfortunately the financial issues for the main organisers led to the demise of the event. All the guys at Ironlak would like to apologise for the late cancellation of the … Continue reading Clash Of The Titans Postponed

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Funkoars – The Hangover Premium Edition

Jim Steps

Some may have realised that it has been hard to find a copy of the Funkoars latest album the Hangover. It seems that their distro people had some problems. They guys have sorted out a new distro deal and it has been revealed that The Hangover Premium Edition is done and will hit shelves soon. The Hangover Premium Edition features a cool new track titled “Little Did I Know” featuring Ash Grunwald. You can check out the new cover for the album above. Also, swing past the Cover Of The Moment post we did regarding The Hangover cover here. Continue reading Funkoars – The Hangover Premium Edition

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Cook Up: Hilltop Hoods – Mr Pressures Drunken Lamb

Jim Steps

Here at allaussie hip hop, we like to give our readers original, interesting and up to date content. So in all efforts to continue this fine tradition, allaussie hip hop have started a monthly cook up column, featuring all of your favourite local hip hop artists. To kick off our first ever Cook Up, we thought that we would ask someone special to have a go, someone who currently is at the top of their game, someone who could not only tear up the local hip hop scene but also the kitchen. So without any further delay, may we introduce our first top dish, titled … Continue reading Cook Up: Hilltop Hoods – Mr Pressures Drunken Lamb

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Kid Selzy – The Creepshow

Jim Steps

The last 2 years have been extremely busy for Kid Selzy, Shortly after appearing on the highly Acclaimed compilation Dental Records vol.1 Kid Selzy dropped The Creep Which has become a underground favorite & as a result had to be repressed due to the first pressing selling out in very quick succession. But before the limited edition repress hit stores Kid Selzy had already started work on his now highly anticipated debut lp The Creepshow which contains 18 brand new full length tracks. The Creepshow is an extremely diverse album with very personal songs such as The Truth, Amard, Nevermind … Continue reading Kid Selzy – The Creepshow

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Phatchance Triple J Unearthed – Feature Artist

Jim Steps

Phatchance, is making waves with his brand of aussie hip hop, as Triple J Unearthed announce him as the feature artist. The lead single off his upcoming album, Inkstains (title track) has already had a few plays on Triple J and has been well received by all, we recommend you check it out. If you get a free moment head over to Phatchance’s Unearthed page here, and have a listen, you should also drop by his official webpage here. Get ready for Inkstains – Out November 27. Continue reading Phatchance Triple J Unearthed – Feature Artist

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Thundamentals – Wake Up Tour!

Jim Steps

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 … Continue reading Thundamentals – Wake Up Tour!

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Monkey Marc (Combat Wombat) – As The Market Crashed

Jim Steps

As The Market Crashed – Monkey Marc (Combat Wombat) is the result of years spent listening, absorbing and producing forward-thinking music. Recorded entirely on solar power in his converted shipping container studio in Melbourne, mixed in Paris at Sumroom Studios and mastered in London at Transition, this album takes influence from a worldly palette exposing the listener to a diverse and eclectic musical journey unlike any Australian artist yet.  With influences reaching into the crates of hip hop, dub and dubstep this release is as much an ode to the past as it is an optimistic exploration into the future. … Continue reading Monkey Marc (Combat Wombat) – As The Market Crashed

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Koolism – Jam Master Jay Til Infinity Tribute

Jim Steps

Koolism; Hau and Danielsan have knocked together this tune in a day or two to show their love for the work of Jam Master Jay and his presence in helping to create this global phenomenon called hip hop. Koolism substituted some of the lyrics from ‘Jam Master Jay’ (from the ‘RUN-DMC’ album) – going head to head with RUN & DMC. Daniel created the beat, re-creating some of the same bits and cuts from the original tune. And there you have it. So to commemorate the anniversary of JMJ’s death, Koolism are unleashing this tune to Koolism, Jam Master Jay, … Continue reading Koolism – Jam Master Jay Til Infinity Tribute

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Street Art of Sydney’s Inner West

Jim Steps

Street Art of Sydney’s Inner West is a pictorial reference book, celebrating 30 years of street art and the people behind it. Sydney’s inner west has some of the best examples of street art in Australia. Yet many landmark street art pieces such as “Idiot Box” painted in 1993 have unfortunately disappeared in a time of intense high-density housing construction and renovation. Meet the artists and their crews such as teazer, phibs, zap, doer and the movement, in their own words and art. Street Art varies from the iconic “I have a Dream” mural on King Street, Newtown (see below), … Continue reading Street Art of Sydney’s Inner West

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Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne

Jim Steps

Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne have released the new video for the song Where Did We Go Wrong. Directed by the Artifact Collective (Dialectrix, Astronomy Class, Gully Platoon), the video features the song’s plotline played out in reverse as both Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne share the story in real time. You can now check out the video below. The song is the first released from the much anticipated sophomore full length album from acclaimed Sydney producer Chasm, who has teamed up with Melbourne-based singer Vida-Sunshyne for the collaborative soul/reggae/hip hop album Move. Featuring guest spots from UK artist Million Dan, Damajah, and Mantra, … Continue reading Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne