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As I recently picked up a 12 Inch called "Take It Back" by a crew who call themselves "Drum Brothers", I dug a little deeper into research and found out that they hail from france and are signed on KIF Records, which also holds artists such as Jazz Liberatorz, Birdy Nam Nam and the like...

On this particular release Drum Brothers joined forces with DJ Green of Hocus Pocus and Atom of C2C just to name a few. Pure true school hiphop, heavily jazz influenced and definitely club compatible, they rip it up on their first 4 track 12" with another one to follow soon. Meanwhile, you can checkout the video to "Live & Uncut", also featured on the Single right here.



But there's more: On their website they offer a FREE remix album called "The Fresh Touch". Here's what they have to say about it on their site:

The Drum brothers : 3 beatmakers, Guan Jay, PermOne & Arshitect work together for the first time in this american artists' remixes album, "The Fresh Touch".

This "net-album" is only available on free download, the main goal is to give people an eye on the 3producers' work.

This album was made to be shared on your favorite peer-to-peer network.


Here's the link to the site and a direct one to their album.

So go on and seed to spread this beautiful piece!

A skateboardmovie outta Salzburg. Actually it's the first real one...after years of collecting tapes and 3 months of editing and postproduction, it's finally done! More than 1 hour of wicked skate footage! 20 teamriders of the
4 SEASONS CREW and about 60 guestriders from different generations are showing their boardskills on the streets of Europe!

Starring Philipp Capentari, Srdjan Kuzmanovic, Fabian Herneth, Alex Pasch, Max Merth, Helmut Dschulnigg, Philipp Josephu, Manuel Paulus and Mario Böhm.

I did the title animations and helped my friend Mario with words and deeds. Check out my latest project

CONGRATULATIONS to Mario for finishing his first huge project!! NICE WORK!!

For those who were not able to grab a copy of the DVD, here's the TORRENT (625mb) of the complete movie. The DVD is for free, so you don't have to be afraid of violating any copyrights!!!

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Saturday 19th, KRAAK & SMAAK dj set at PLANETARIUM!!! club new amsterdam will host the night and have invited mr. TOM WIELAND, aka 7 SAMURAI (compost, gamm) to join the turntable devils on the decks. moreover MAJESTIC MOOD will spinn some of his favvy trxx. more info at diehollanderkomme.com

thx again to all, that celebrate and shared my 28th birthday with me. either in vienna and, or in upper austria and inbetween. i had a great time and its really good to have you all as a friend!!! i really enjoyed it, as i did last year. 2007 rewind. "life is a bitch" and then ... you make holidays!

American hip hop duo Dälek will play @ fluc wanne  on wed. july 16th, alongside our good friends Thalija.

Open doors: 21h / Free Entry!

Dälek's
music is dark, noisy and atmospheric, equally inspired by industrial music like Einstürzende Neubauten, the layered noise of My Bloody Valentine and the dense sound collages of Public Enemy. Their sound is often constructed through sampling and a musical base atypical of most hip-hop, making it difficult for people to classify their sound. They have often toured with artists from radically different genres, such as Godflesh, Isis, Prince Paul, The Melvins, De La Soul, and Lovage.
(text taken from wikipedia)

Links:
Event Info
Dälek website
Thalija website

MOUNTAIN TOP´ SELEC´JAH SAKE SPINNIN THE WHEELS @ ROCKHOUSE TONITE!!!
because of mike´s b-day bash @ rockhouse bar / Salzburg Selectah Jah Sake
is going to lick some shureshots & specials for them dancin´feet, winin´waists
& gunfingers same way!

start: 21:00 / free entry.
Roots & Dancehall Reggae, Lovers Rock, Rub a dub, Hip Hop, ...
special guests: many! (Exidas, Kompact & whole heap of other excellent dj´s stay in town that nite;)), also expect some live-mcing by salzburgs finest. blessed love.

After years of collecting tapes and 3 months of editing and postproduction, it's finally done!!! More than 1 hour of wicked skate footage!! 20 teamriders of the 4 SEASONS CREW and about 60 guestriders from different generations are showing their boardskills on the streets of Europe!

ENTRY: 3 € incl. TIMELESS DVD

Don't miss the AfterParty @ JAZZIT, Elisabethstrasse 11, Salzburg

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after the "rumble in the park" skatecontest took place for the 5th time (pics coming soon) we were celebrated another epic event with a whole bunch of great and lovely people from all over austria. the afterparty at the 5boro Nadler Hall was (once again) THE BOMB. about 200 people "party hardy". all ended up with a guy trying to climb the 5boro nadler shops front. actually he was falling down with the E-letter making Nadler a Nadl_r. anyway: this year we had no "5 meter high fires" spitting - makin nadler's mum crazy - luki in the garden. link to pix-section

[SLIK] Das gemeinsame Interesse an der Zerlegung in Real - und Kunstkörper und die daraus entstehenden Konflikte von ästhetischer Empfindung und Umsetzbarkeit sind Kommunikationsfläche und Reibungspunkt der künstlerischen Herangehensweisein der Zusammenarbeit von Tänzerin Silke Grabinger und Choreograph Roderich Madl für ihr gemeinsames Stück [SLIK]. Ansatzpunkt der tänzerischen Bewegung ist das Aufeinandertreffen zweier sehr gegensätzlicher Pole: eine verinnerlichte Form zeitgenössischer Bewegungssprache trifft bei [SLIK] auf eine offensive und nach außen gerichtete Form des „Streetstyle“ und „Breakdance“. Die daraus entstehenden komplementären Ausdrucksformen weichen die klaren Trennlinien der einzelnen Genres auf und stellen deren Einteilungen im Kopf auf den Kopf.

worldpremiere 9. Juli 2008 21:00
Arge Nonntal / Josef-Preis-Allee 16 / A-5020 Salzburg / tickets: www.sommerszene.net

viennapremiere 19. Juli 2008 21:00
Kasino am Schwarzenbergplatz 1A / 1030 Wien / tickets: www.impulstanz.com

A nice pic of Rotaug´s very own DJ Kompact, spinning records and celebratin his hangover in a giant disco bowl, is featured in the new issue of "RedBulletin"... check it over here:
>> Red Bulletin Magazin online 
>> Download the Issue as PDF (page 88)