Cardiff Twestival

If your reading this there is a good chance that you're into two things. The first is Hip Hop, the second is web 2.0 technology such as blogs, social networking sites and Twitter.

In Cardiff on 12 February there is set to be a big meet up of Twitter heads in the Funky Buddha Lounge, with entrance money being used to raise funds for chairty: water. Their looking for entertainment to make the night go off with a bang, nothing in my opinion does that better than a few funky breaks. So this is a chance for the Cardiff Hip Hop community to show them what their made of by participating or just coming along (assuming you're on twitter that is).

Twestival is a global event and there will be similar parties being held across the globe at the same time in 105 different cities all to raise money for the same charity. The idea was originally started by a group of tweeters in London last September and has rapidly spread across the globe becoming an Internet phenomenon.

If your interested in playing or helping out with the organising of the event then you can get in contact with cardiffwebscene, who are organising the Cardiff event, through their twitter account or their webpage. They are also planning to meet on Monday 19 February at 6.00pm in the Funky Buddha Lounge, so if your about you could stop by then.

Swn line-up change

According to these fellas Chipmunk has had to pull out of Friday night’s festivities and has been replace by Baby J. Not that that's anything to get too upset about as J is clearly one of the UK's top talents and should make for an entertaining show.

This has since been confirmed by the Associated Minds camp.

Swn Hip Hop Digest

Why trawl through the extensive list of acts on at the Swn festival to find your Hip Hop fix, when we’ve done it for you.

On Friday at Tafod, Chrome Kids host a UK legend so dope no prison can keep him in for long, Skinnyman. He’s scheduled to be on at 1.00am and is proceeded by local boys Dead Residents earlier in the evening. There’s also King Cannibal for those who like their beats-per-minute a little faster.

Saturday night head to the Associated Minds and Aperture bash at The Point where Metabeats, Beatbox Fozzy and the fresh faced Chipmunk will be laying down something to make the heads nod. It’ll all end furiously when Hospital Records’ High Contrast hits the stage at 2.00am.

Then rap up the weekend with an afternoon at The Point for a touch of Rob Da Bank and GLC. You can also say goodbye to welsh language crew Genod Droog as this is reported to be their last ever show.

Bring on the beats, Brains and B-boys.

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Another year, another Slam Jam

It seems that the decision to work in partnership with the Millennium Centre at this year’s Slam Jam didn’t damage turnout. There was a healthy crowd throughout the day and they succeeded in getting extra vocal for the final battle between Elemental Force and Trinity Warriors.

Co-hosting the event was Cardiff veteran b-boy 4DEE who said, “It’s really good see. It’s an eye opening experience for a lot of people who don’t understand the culture I grew up in.”

In the day’s last battle The Warriors threw down some slick steps in front of a Cardiff crowd clearly routing for the home team. Elemental force stood up to those loft expectations however with a few well oiled routines of their own. One b-girl in particular even earned herself a shout out from one of the Warriors who jumped on the mic when the action stopped.

Rivalries throughout the day caused a few harsh words between B-Boys but in 4DEE’s estimation the event was still wicked. On the tensions he said that any rivalry should be left on the floor and that they were trying to promote a positive message.

Certainly the positive, along with DJ Jaffa’s breaks, filled the Millennium Centre yesterday, you only had to look at the faces of the next generation to see that.







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