Grips N Tonic Tour

USUAL SUSPECTS – HIRE LEARNING

If Santa doesn't come thru for you this December don't fret because positive rap duo Usual Suspects are giving you their long awaited debut album for Christmas! An official thanks to fans, this release is the Usual Suspects practicing what they preach.

From ironic glee to geek faced braggadocio, Hire Learning is a show case of Saia and Sam’s maturity in music and mind (and spirit). Their trade mark sense of humour and quirk-hop beats remain intact but the music has developed beyond punch lines to include social commentary and a broader palette of ideas and experiences all of which come through in the album’s 12 tracks.

With Saia at his beat-making-prime (as well as rapping up a storm) and Sam exploring both personal and political themes in song and spoken word, the album will give you something with substance to ponder over this holiday season while everyone else endures carols and Keith Richards .

The mainly self produced album also features guest production from Breakin Wreckwordz in-house producer Exile and rap collaborations with Ethical (Kidz in Space), Tyson Tyler, and Arme amongst others.

This Christmas, be grateful for musicians like these.

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Day Dreams Start Fires

Day Dreams Start Fires, the successful collaboration between poet and artist is returning to The Basement from November 24.

Mastermind Dominic Hoey a.k.a Tourettes is once again fusing his words with ten local New Zealand artists, including internationally renowned Misery, graffiti world champion Askew, plus Otis Frizzell, Cut Collective, Gasp, and many more. This November The Basement is set to bring you the second installment of this unique art experience. If you missed last year’s show or are yet to be enlightened, Day Dreams Start Fires can be described as a fusion of two creative spheres – art and poetry.

Tourettes infuses the indecency of hip hop with the emotional intensity of poetry. His rawness, sincerity and candidness often leave you feeling simultaneously elated and melancholic, but none the less enlightened. He released his second album this year, with his single reaching number one on the NZ independent charts.

“The idea for the show came to me after one of my poems was made into an A2 poster for Morph magazine”. Shortly after, Tourettes began seeing the posters everywhere; people’s living rooms, cafes, even a couple on Facebook pages. He quickly realized that there was real interest in poetry presented as art. Dom approached some of his favourite artists with the idea of an exhibition and a fistful of poems for them to choose from. Most did not require much persuasion; they knew this was an incredible opportunity to do something truly unique and creative. Artists include:

Misery
Otis Frizzell
Gasp
Deus
Cut Collective
Component
Enforce One
Trust Me
Flox
Valente
Krystal Gallagher
Tom McMillian

“An important aspect of this re-contextualization of art is that the artists interpret their own meaning from the poems. The artist’s diversity as to how they interpret the poems visually is the key to what makes this concept so unique and special.”

The Basement is once again proud to present this exhibition and sees it as not only a way to promote the artists involved, but to bring its experience to a wider audience. Creating awareness for this type of urban art is fundamental to the creation of this exhibition. A1 poster prints of the works will be available to purchase for only $70, making the art extremely accessible to those who otherwise couldn’t afford it.


SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tiger Beer, Huffer, 95BFM, 42 Below Vodka, Cheese On Toast, Factory Frames and Elephant Publicity.

Day Dreams Start Fires
24 - 29 November. Tue to Sat, 6pm – 9pm. Exhibition launch on Tuesday 24th November at 8pm.
The Basement
Lower Greys Ave
Auckland
www.basementspace.co.nz
Charlie McDermott – 021 528 333

Video - Red Eye Society Bad Muthafuckaz [Dubbbed]

this is some footage of r.e.s performing bad muthafuckaz at the bww 5th bday a few years back. the audio from the video was inaudible so i dubbed the original track over it.