B-SIDE: OM UNIT @ Notting Hill Arts Club, Friday 19th April

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Another month, another B-Side session and this ones set to be a belter. Om Unit graces us with his, quite frankly, immense ‘Ulysses VIP mix’ on exclusive gold foil print white flexi disk. 

The London based Om Unit is the alias of Jim Coles. Producing since his early teens starting with Jungle, via the world of turntablism under the ’2tall’ moniker he repped the UK in the DMC world DJ championships, appeared on the John Peel show, collaborated with Dabrye, Foreign Beggars, Kashmere, Jesht & produced 3 albums including “Beautiful Mindz” a collaborative project with U.S duo Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow (Stones Throw), & “The Softer Diagram” on L.A-based Content Records, Jim retired 2tall in 2008 and reset.

Now as Om Unit he has quickly become one of electronic music’s most pioneering & unique front-runners. One of the most exciting artists to emerge in recent times, his output, packed with unique combinations of style & diverse demonstrations of his adaptability he has consistently helped to shape music’s electronic landscape.
The passed year alone has seen releases on Planet Mu, All City, Metalheadz and continuing work with his very own Cosmic Bridge imprint looks ever brighter.

B-Side DJ's:

Toby One (dropping in from Portugal!!)
Tomski
Matt Smooth
Lyley
Richy Pitch
Laurel.Canyon
Host MC TUKKA

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B-SIDE:POMRAD LIVE @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB - FRI 15th MARCH

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March’s B-Side basement session see’s the UK’s first LIVE appearance from Belgium’s hottest young producer POMRAD (Ernest Endeavours) alongside Dj's Richy Pitch (Gorrillaz Soundsystem), Laurel. Canyon, Matt Smooth, Tomski, Lyley & MC host Manners.

With the release of his "Vlotjes" EP, Pomrad took Belgium by surprise. Following “Hot Rain” being featured on the Brownswood Electric 3 compilation Pomrad tracks started surfacing in mixes from Kutmah Alex Nut and Gilles Peterson.

His electric stage show is a funky and raw mixture of keyboards, samplers, keytar and talkbox. Inspired by Herbie Hancock to Zappa and Lefto. His forthcoming release on Earnest Endeavours, set for April comes highly anticipated and continues his collaboration with the amazing visual artist Victor Robyn.

Accolades include Red Bull Elektropedia Awards 2012 Nominated for Artist of the Year, Breakthrough Artist, Best Live Act and Best Album

This month Pomrad's 'ROMBAUTZ' continues the free flexi disk action courtesy of DC. Get your advance ticket to guarantee your super limited editon vinyl.

Check Pomrad shredding the Keytar for a taster of what to expect on the night - http://youtu.be/cXmHnVF_VWg


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ARP 101 LIVE @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB - FRIDAY 15TH FEBRUARY

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This month we’re excited to announce someone we’ve been looking to book since we kicked off back in August 2012 & thanks to DC we're ON!… ARP 101 (Eglo Records)

ARP 101 is the astro-funk alias of Alix Depauw, otherwise known as London-based D&B producer Alix Perez. As with many producers, Alix splits different sides of his sound over two monikers, with ARP 101 being ‘an alias for freedom’ for the innovative beat maker – ‘it’s where I can experiment and produce anything I feel, and it’s the same with the performance side of things when I’m DJing and playing live.’

Since releasing his critically-acclaimed debut on Alex Nut and Floating Point’s Eglo imprint, ARP 101 has had a string of releases and remixes which have come out on Bonobo, Ninja Tune, Starkey, Civil Music, Slugabed and others. Forthcoming EPs will be released on Eglo Records, Om Unit’s Cosmic Bridge Records and Donky Pitch. Props have come across the board from Dam Funk, Benji B, Mary Anne Hobbs, One Man and many more.

We continue with our exclusive B-Side flexi disk is in the form of Arp 101's, quite frankly huge, Mystery Man. Only available at B-Side

Line up:

Arp 101 (Live)
Laurel Canyon
Tomski
Matt Smooth
Richy Pitch
Lyley
Hosted by MC Tukka

FREE B4 8pm, £6 B4 11pm, £8 after

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Future B-SIDE dates:

Friday March 15th - Pomrad (Live - Ernest Endeavors)

B-SIDE : KIDKANEVIL LIVE @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB FRI 18TH JANUARY

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We're excited about our first session of 2013 back in West London's loudest basement, with KidKanevil playing one of his genre defying live sets. DJ/Producer Kidkanevil first came to prominence with the release of his critically acclaimed debut album ‘Problems & Solutions’ back in 2007, and has since gone from strength to strength. Described by Bonobo as “like the best moments of RJD2 and Timbaland combined…incredible!” and “a sonic visionary” by iDJ, the kid has earnt the praise and respect of numerous peers and journalists, counting the likes of DJ Shadow and Wire Magazine amongst his fans, and progressives Tokimonsta, Blue Daisy and Illum Sphere amongst his contemporaries. Having 3 solo albums under his belt the Kid's latest offering see's him team up with Japan's Daisuke Tanabe to release 'Kidsuke'. Both a headphone experience and dance floor dynamite, it’s an intelligent journey into the creative mind of a truly innovative and experimental producer. Fresh off 2012's Red Bull Music Academy and ready to unleash a barrage of new music and collaborations on the world, this is just the beginning. Blurring the lines between hip-hop, future beats, jazz, jungle, dubstep and worldwide sounds, Kid Kanevils DJ/Live sets are a force to be reckoned with. This month also see's the return of our free flexi disk. Kid Kanevil has blessed B-Side with the unreleased extended DJ edit of his '10 second' reflip from the 'freebeatsnbleeps' beat tape. Check out the short version here:- http://kidkanevil.bandcamp.com/track/10-seconds-kidkanevil-reflip ) and see you on the 18th if you want the 4 minute version on exclusive flexi disk. Line Up: Kidkanevil http://www.kidkanevil.com/ https://soundcloud.com/kidkanevil + Scratch DJ's and host MC Tukka FREE B4 8pm, £6 B4 11pm, £8 after Future B-SIDE dates: Friday Feb 15th - Arp 101 (Live - Eglo Records) Friday March 15th - Pomrad (Live - Ernest Endevours)

#ScratchEXPO17 - 6TH DECEMBER - 16TH DECEMBER (12 Noon - 7pm Daily)

Scratch EXPO 17 kicks off it's Grand Gallery show from Thursday 6th - Sunday 16th Dec at Londonewcastle Project Space - (28 Redchurch St, Shoreditch, London E2 7DP)

17 artists for 17 years.. Artists include:-

123KLAN (CANADA), CHU (UK), CHUM 101(LONDON), DAVE SWINDELLS (PHOTOGRAPHER, LONDON), DERM, DISK (HSK), MANY STYLES CREW (SCOTLAND), EMA (FRANCE), ETCH (LONDON), INKIE (LONDON), KID ACNE, MONEYLESS (ITALY), LYLEY, NONSINTHETIK (UK), PAUL H (HHC), REMI ROUGH (LONDON), ROBI WALTERS (LONDON), SHOK 1 (LONDON), SOLO ONE (LONDON)

Admission: FREE (Noon - 7pm everyday)

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16th @ NOTTING HILL ARTS CLUB - SCRATCH PRESENTS: B-SIDE ft JEHST FULL LIVE BAND + FREE FLEXI DISKS !!

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B-SIDE has been jam packed with opened minded up for it party people for the last 3 months and our next live session is set to not disappoint.

An iconic name synonomous with multi-layered lyricism, liquid flows and blunted beats, Jehst is one of the few seminal figures credited with spearheading a movement of artists who would kick open the doors for homegrown Hip Hop to become as vibrant & healthy as it is today

Far from just a local hero, Jehst is a name known globally with an influence reaching far an

d wide from America's underground to Australia and back again. NME have named him a "cult hero", Mike Skinner (The Streets) described him as "fantastic" in his recent autobiography and even 'rapper's rapper' Pharoahe Monch has praised Jehst's abilities, telling The Cut "Dope, dope. I like his pocket... where his rhymes fall at."

With a captivating stage presence to match his studio persona, Jehst 's reputation on the live circuit has seen him billed alongside some truly iconic artists. This Autumn alone sees him sharing stages with DOOM, Public Enemy and Lord Finesse! So it's safe to say that the B-Side audience are in for a treat when he hits the stage with his live band to showcase new material as well bringing a live twist to some of his well known underground classics.

With Micall Parknsun (YNR) on the mic and the MPC, Jazz T (Boot Records / ITF champ) on turntables, Louis Slipperz (Task Force / Owiny Segoma Band) on bass, the sultry Fae Simon on backing vocals & time-changing magician Kwake (Speakers Corner Quartet) on drums, Jehst's live band are a force to be reckoned with.

And don't forget the JEHST B-SIDE flexi-disc FREE give away to the first 100 people through the door. Get down early to pick up November's super exclusive edition #fresh fruit

Hosted by MC TUKKA and the SCRATCH & FUNK ROYALE FAMILY...this month features Scratch / Gorillaz Sound System's Richy Pitch, Funk Royales Ben Bailey & Matt Smooth...TURN ON THE FRESH SOUNDS OF NOW!!

CAMEO!!! with Scratch dj's on Wednesday 24th October...

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'Royalty' Live @ Scratch the B-Side 21.09.2012

Royalty absolutely smashed the second instalment of B-SIDE in September and this month we have an extra special treat for you. The mind bogglingly talented Bobby C Sound TV all the way from Canada showcasing his unbelievable AV skills for one of the first times in the UK.

In early 2009 Bobby started messing around with video’s in his DJ set creating new mashups and remixes of well known tunes and videos and thus, "Bobby C Sound TV" was born. His love of cinema combine

d with his 10 years of DJ experience helped him to create a pastiche of pop-culture that is visually mind blowing and infectiously danceable at the same time. His live mash up DJ approach creates crowd rocking routines with some of the most memorable music videos, movie scenes and just about everything in between.

Not just one of the worlds best AV DJ’s, the past few years have seen Bobby busier than ever on the production front with remixes and releases on 11 different labels worldwide and jumping on multiple top 10 lists for Juno Download and Beatport.

He recently made the soundcloud weekly top 10 as their hottest tracks list for his track, Neon Night Light and his Ray Charles remix made it to #4 on The Hype Machine's most popular list which was the third time he made their top 20 list.

Bobby has rocked festivals far and wide sharing the stage with a number of heavy-hitters including George Clinton, Z-Trip (18 times!), Q-Bert, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Rakim, Madlib, DJ Yoda (2 times), Guru, DJ Spinna, Kid Koala, Cheb-I-Sabbah, Digital Underground, Naughty By Nature, Rudy Ray Moore a.k.a Dolomite, Maceo Parker, Kool Keith, Mike Relm,

Hosted by MC Tukka and Scratch DJ's Lyley, Matt Smooth, Tomski and Richy Pitch (GSS) alongside Funk Royale's Mr Chex, Ben Bailey...and TOBYONE confirmed to be flying in for the night *****

Don't forget as always at B-SIDE first 100 through the door receive a super exclusive, mad limited flexi vinyl... DAMN

B-SIDE FRIDAY 19th OCTOBER at Notting Hill Arts Club, 8pm - 2pm
BOBBY C SOUND TV live on stage at 10pm

PICS FROM B-SIDE FEATURING ROYALTY LIVE!!

Check out the pics from last months B- Side featuring Royalty who absolutely SMASHED IT!