Links

Friends, associates, people doing interesting things, things to raise your spirits in your hour of need / hour of lunch. Enjoy the selection. Chris

 

Music

 

www.classicmaterial.co.uk

Collaborative project between Droppin' Science's Nick Armitage and I, celebrating 30+ years of recorded rap music through events, music, design and film.

www.somuchsoul.co.uk

Another collaboration between Nick Armitage and I, bringing dancefloor funk & soul to the capital's clubs!

www.droppinscience.co.uk

Blog from London's Droppin Science crew, Nick Armitage, DJs Matman and Daredevil.

www.ahsht.com

Ah Sh!t, it's London's most comprehensive gigs listing site for all things hip hop, funk and soul orientated.

www.bbemusic.com

Leading label for the cream of hip hop, funk, soul, disco, boogie, jazz and more to which I am a contributing artist.

www.ninjatune.net/solidsteel/

Pioneering web radio from Ninja Tunes' DJ Food & DK. Check the archive of guest mixes for a who's who of eclectic DJs and selectors (and me).

www.kingofthebeats.com

Site of UK film maker P Kalsi, director of the excellent 'King Of The Beats' and 'The Men And Their Music', including a selection of clips from past and current projects.

www.soulbrew.com

Good friends of mine with excellent taste in all things soulful. Also a good place to see embarrassing pictures of people in varying states of distress at their annual boat party.

www.thedoctorsorders.com

Soulbrew's hip hop off shoot. Event info from the good Doctor and a Q&A section featuring some of your favourite DJs (and me).

www.dailydiggers.com

The diggers take it back to the good old days with some in depth analysis of hip hop from the 80s, breaks, beats and beyond.

www.rappersiknow.com

Excellent blog with tons of good new music from the likes of The ARE, Nicolay, The Foundation, Illmind etc.

www.putmeonit.com

Great UK music blog with high quality control.  New releases, videos, gigs, music politics - all bases well covered.

www.thescrapbook.info

Nicely presented blog with wide ranging coverage on everything notable happening in the worlds of music, art, fashion and more besides.

www.11154.net

Great site brought to you by Japan's favourite dusty fingered selector, DJ Muro. Not to be confused with djmuro.com which is the site of some guy in the states who apparently plays "trance. and R&B".

www.the-breaks.com

This site isn't going to win any design awards any time soon, but if, like me, you enjoy looking at enormous alphabetical lists of funk records and the people they have been sampled by then this site is for you.

 

 

Art / Design

www.graphotism.com

The bible of UK 'street' art.

www.beat13.co.uk

Beautiful art and design from Moseley's finest.

www.scrawlcollective.co.uk

London based agency representing a hefty proportion of the UK 'street' artists and illustrators that are worth their salt.

www.schudio.co.uk

The 3D technician himself. Some time designer of Substance flyers and a true aerosol art maverick. Seeing is believing.

www.capsule.org.uk

Do your eyes and ears need a challenge? Visit these wonderful people promoting everything from the world of music and art that is left of the middle.

www.welikeourjob.com

Providers of Substance's live club visuals and designers of this site!

 

Other

www.spinetv.net

Great site packed with short documentary style films, music and more from the cream of London's creative community.

www.crookedtongues.com

Look at sneakers, read about sneakers, buy sneakers, obsess about sneakers.

www.theonion.com

Generally speaking, satire isn't American comedy's strong point. That's why Friends is on TV 'like' a thousand times a day. These guys did OK.