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Nike Australia announces Air Fear of God collection

Nike’s first collaborative project with Fear of God founder and creative director Jerry Lorenzo is highlighted by an court-ready basketball shoe, the Nike Air Fear of God 1. During the last few weeks, glimpses of the design — which incorporates a double-height Zoom Air heel unit — came through a preview of Lorenzo’s latest Fear of God offering and then appeared on the feet of NBA stars.

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The rollout is tactical, all part of Lorenzo’s desire to focus on the emotional element of sport.

Tapping into a certain element of nostalgia and basketball’s most visceral aspects, Lorenzo wants to remind wearers of the power sport once had in defining style. Lorenzo recalls that growing up in the ‘80s and ‘90s, it was the pro athletes like Agassi and Jordan who influenced the way they wore street clothes.

Working with Leo Chang on the Air Fear of God footwear allowed Lorenzo to balance his aesthetic vision and performance aspiration. This collection reflects Nike’s belief in the power of innovation through collaboration.

Process is something Lorenzo says came from his athletic background in baseball and basketball. In sport, he found a foundation for how to go about life. The competitiveness that drove relative success on the field has been translated to his work as a designer.

The Nike Air Fear of God collection releases globally on December 15. Find out more here. Jerry Lorenzo’s portrait credit: © Samuel Trotter / NIKE.

Original Source: AllAussieHipHop.com

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Battle Force Returns This Sunday

Returning bigger than before, Nike and Foot Locker will host an action-packed Battle Force in Melbourne on Sunday 25 November, to celebrate the iconic sneaker, Air Force 1.

Combining basketball, music, street art and style, guests will witness some of the country’s top streetball athletes in action, celebrate hip-hop culture, experience an AF1 inspired art installation, create their own sneakers, customise a jersey and pick up the latest kicks at the Foot Locker House of Hoops Truck.

The Foot Locker House of Hoops Truck will be dropping a range of the hottest Nike sneakers on the day, sneakerheads get excited!

Battle Force will host the men’s and women’s Melbourne Streetball Madness Championship game, where the final teams, from 32 entrants, will go head-to-head in the ultimate basketball battle for a $25,000 cash prize.

MC Tkay Maidza and choreography queen Parris Goebel will attend, as well as guest DJs. In the week leading up to Battle Force, Tkay and Parris will raise up the next generation of female dancers and musicians at exclusive Nike Force is Female workshops in Melbourne.

Tkay will mentor aspiring female MCs at a once in a lifetime writing session and Parris will give 40 upcoming female dancers the opportunity to join her for an intimate choreography session, which will see two dancers secure a spot in her crew’s performance at Battle Force.

Battle Force entry is free, places are limited.
All ages can register via this LINK

You can catch the highlights from the day on @Footlocker_au
What: Battle Force, presented by Nike and Foot Locker
When: Sunday, 25 November 2018
Where: Stage One, Dockland Studios Melbourne, 62 – 64 Pearl River Road, Docklands
Time: From 11:45am – 6:30pm

#battleforcemel @nikesportswear

Original Source: AllAussieHipHop.com

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Tkay Maidza, Adrian Eagle, Cool Out Sun, Kaiit, and more announced as part of WOMADelaide 2019 Line-Up

More than 40 sensational new acts from over 25 countries were added to WOMADelaide’s already strong 2019 festival line-up today, and the countdown is now on with the festival to be staged from Friday 8 – Monday 11 March in Adelaide’s Botanic Park.

Leading the charge – The Original Gypsies (France), featuring key founding members of the legendary 80s group, The Gipsy Kings. Reunited after more than 20 years, their fiery rumbas and furious flamenco will ignite hearts and feet, as they perform their much-loved songs. The intense heat of their music hasn’t dropped a single notch; it’s still fuelled by glorious sandpaper vocals and furiously strummed guitars.

Joining them will be one of the biggest names in modern African music; actress and social activist Fatoumata Diawara (Mali), whose 2011 debut “Fatou” was described by The Guardian as “spellbinding”. In 2018 she has taken her artistry to thrilling heights on her album “Fenfo”, featuring on Disclosure’s new song “Ultimatum” and making the cover of Songlines magazine.

Liz Phair (USA) celebrates the 25th anniversary of her 1993 debut studio album “Exile in Guyville”, ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released during the peak of the grunge movement, Phair’s influence in alternative rock – and particularly on female voices in the genre – can still be felt today. In complete contrast, after 30 years of touring the globe, the pioneer of Balkan clubbing, the incendiary Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar (Romania/Germany) will perform in Australia for the first time.

WOMADelaide 2019 showcases a plethora of amazing musicians, many of who are masters of stringed instruments; from Amjad Ali Khan (India) & the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (announced last month) to violinist and loop artist Maarja Nut & Ruum (Estonia), to The Original Gypsies. The lineup also includes the internationally renowned jazz harpist, Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet (Poland/UK) and the first female Kora virtuoso to come from a West African Griot family, Sona Jobarteh (The Gambia). On the flipside, electronic rockers DuOud (Tunisia/Algeria) combine their love of the oud with the latest in technology, and one of Australia’s most lateral thinking and inventive ensembles, Adelaide’s own Zephyr Quartet, will take the stage.

“Only in Adelaide and only at WOMADelaide can audiences experience the sights, sounds and delights of cultures from over 40 countries presented by over 600 artists across 69 groups in one amazing weekend, which also demonstrates why Adelaide is Australia’s only UNESCO City of Music,” said WOMADelaide Director, Ian Scobie.

Other international artists announced today include the first ever Moroccan artist to play WOMADelaide, the Gnawa music and Guembri (lute) master, Hamid El Kasri. The DJ lineup includes stalwarts Leftfield and DJ Harvey from the UK, Danny Krivit (USA) and DJ SAMA’, a young woman known as Palestine’s first DJ and electronic music producer.

Marrugeku’s latest dance production, “Le Dernier Appel (The Last Cry)”, featuring a cast from Australia and New Caledonia, explores the challenges of colonisation; what to embrace and what to let fall, to a throbbing soundtrack by artists including Australia’s Ngaiire.

The Australian talent in the program is as rich as ever. Mojo Juju returns to WOMADelaide after three years, with her new album “Native Tongue” seeing her nominated for three ARIA Awards and three The Age Music Victoria Awards. Zimbabwean-born, Melbourne-based soul singer, Thando has also had a stunning year, kicking it off with a powerhouse collaboration with REMI. Bringing her brand of sophisticated folk music is Thelma Plum and enchanting audiences with her honeyed vocals, fierce rhymes and bold style, comes 20-year-old Kaiit.

Off stage, the site performance & installation artists will include Olivier Grossetête (France) who creates ‘collaborative monumental constructions with Ephemeral City. A colossal cardboard archway, towering at over 20 metres, will take shape across the festival weekend with the help of students from the new Adelaide Botanic High School and WOMADelaide audiences.

Compagnie BiLBoBaSSo’s “Amor” (France) combines theatre, dance and pyrotechnics, transforming one couple’s turbulent pathways in love into a stunning, fiery finale. And Le Phun (France) bring The Leafies (Les Pheuillus) – ephemeral human figures made of autumn leaves – to Botanic Park to reflect the spirit of nature as they mysteriously populate the park. Find out more here.

Original Source: AllAussieHipHop.com

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Hilltop Hoods – Leave Me Lonely – Out Friday

WE HAVE NEWS! Our new single ‘Leave Me Lonely’ is out this Friday! Tune into triple j Good Nights with Bridge Thustwaite from 6PM tomorrow night to hear it first. Also, if you want exclusive news & offers to hit your inbox tomorrow morning sign up here https://hilltophoods.lnk.to/MailingList

Grab the Single “Leave Me Lonely” at the Links Below!

Pre-Order the Upcoming Album – The Great Expanse at the links Below!

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Drapht – Gravity – ft @claudio Gravity originally came from the song ‘If You Trip’ by the crazy talented…

Gravity – ft @claudio Gravity originally came from the song ‘If You Trip’ by the crazy talented Ms.@claudio ❤ . It all started from a night out at the Rosemount Hotel seeing Horrorshow, Grevis and I were commenting on Nicks freakish ability to be able tell a story, and how he really is one of a kind within the industry we’re in. The topic then shifted to how Gary connectted more to my emotive stuff, like ‘Falling’, ‘Won’t Listen When’, ‘Another Juliet’ etc. That got me thinking, I didn’t quite have any emotively driven concepts on this next release, and ive always prided myself on the diversity of each album. Also on top of that, many moons ago Trials and I were sued for the usage of the OG ‘Falling’ sample, I was made to remove it from Brothers Grimm, and with that, I have always wanted to revisit the subject and give an explanation after so many would ask about the originals disappearance. So that night after the show I got home and @claudio’s ‘If You Trip’ was sitting on my browser. Coincidentally within the same timeframe I had just reached out to my dad in an attempt to heal and release the burden of the past that we both carried; and from there the verses would write themselves. Massive love and thank you to @Claudio 🥀 for allowing me to put my spin on her already exsisting song, i’m incredibly thankful she allowed me to rework it with her to the point you hear it today. It’s now one of my favourites to perform live. Additional shouts to my brother Grevis for planting the idea and my brother Bitter Belief for inspiring the lets goooo’s 😉 Collage by the amazing @isabelchiaracollage

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Legendary Australian Hip-Hop Label Hydrofunk Records Turns 21

Legendary Australian record label based out of inner Brisbane, Queensland Hydrofunk Records turns 21 this year and coincides with a string of new releases from various artists on their impressive roster – including the highly anticipated upcoming album from Resin Dogs titled ‘Notorious D.O.G.’. Before forming as a record label, the Hydrofunk name was prominent […]

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Before forming as a record label, the Hydrofunk name was prominent in putting on a series of Hip-Hop events around Brisbane and it is here where DJ Katch and Dave Atkins met initially in the mid-90’s. They would go on to solidify their working relationship that would eventually develop into one of Australia’s most iconic and important Hip-Hop record labels to date in Hydrofunk and hugely influential Hip-Hop funk-infused band in Resin Dogs.

Formed in 1997 as a record label, Hydrofunk first released Blunted Stylus’s self-titled LP before dropping in 1998 Resin Dogs’ From The Volkanic Lab and Grinnin’ Eps, with the latter garnering significant radio play nationally. This relatively early success helped the label lock in a major distribution deal the following year with Virgin/EMI, something incredibly significant for the time for the quietly emerging local Hip-Hop landscape in Australia.

In 2002, Hydrofunk Records licensed its first overseas label in London’s influential underground Hip-Hop label Low Life Records. Low Life Records boasted artists including Braintax (label owner) Jehst, Task Force, Skinnyman, Verb T, Harry Love, Mystro, Dubbledge, Asaviour, Micall Parknsun and Rodney P (London Posse) – with many of these artists having or subsequently developing significant musical relationships with Australia. In 2007, Hydrofunk created a new label in Hydropunk Records. The first release on this new label was from Brisbane 4-piece metalcore band Godnose. Two years later Dave Atkins would join multi-platinum selling rock band Wolfmother on drums and toured the world as both their and Azealia Banks’ drummer, highlighting his talented diversity in music. Hyrdofunk has also recently expanded into Japan, showcasing their vibrant sound to an even further audience.

At the forefront of Hydrofunk Records, the multiple award-winning group Resin Dogs since 1996 have themselves sold 10,000’s of albums, toured the world, had their music featured in a major video game and collaborated or toured nationally with the likes of Black Eyed Peas, The Pharcyde, Aceyalone and Mikah 9 from Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude, The Nextmen, Kenny Dope and the Jungle Brothers amongst many others. Having released four albums and eight EPs to date as the Resin Dogs alone, the prolific members would go on to numerous and varied other musical endeavors.

While the Hydrofunk Records name is synonymous in its association with Resin Dogs, offshoots 2 Dogs and Blunted Stylus, it has proved to be much more than a one-trick dog. It has served as a platform to release classic material from Australian Hip-Hop groups including Downsyde, Koolism, Sydney legend’s Def Wish Cast and most recently Pegz & Silent Titan.

In recent years the release output has increased, with notable impressive releases from Calski, Benjamin Walsh, Uhnellys, Tigermoth, and Indigenoise. With recent news breaking of a brand new Resin Dogs album being announced titled Notorious D.O.G dropping shortly featuring Mantra, Plutonic Lab, Essa, Hau, Dialectrix, SiFixion, Abstract Rude and more, now is as good as time as any to get familiar with Hydrofunk Records if you have not been fortunate enough to come across the sound makers from Australia. History continues to be written by them as they appear to be now embracing the next generation of talented musicians, giving hope that the tried, tested and trusted Hydrofunk name will remain for years to come as a quality stamp of approval. They may have come a long way since their graffiti and breakin’ days, buy Hydrofunk Records have retained a name synonymous with quality and anything released internationally with their stamp on it is something to check.

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THANK YOU ADELAIDE

THANK YOU ADELAIDE!! What a show, linked up with a stack of legendary local artists including @socialchange! Crowd was bannana’s! Madchild promoter team were absolute pro’s too #backnextyear #southwest #alliance
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Cannot wait! I will never forget being part of this.

Source: Plutonic Lab on Facebook

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Hilltop Hoods ‘Restrung Live’ Trailer

We’re dropping some big news this week!
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Downsyde and SBX bredren had the times of our lives last night in Tazzy. Thankyou to all the fans…

Downsyde and SBX bredren had the times of our lives last night in Tazzy. Thankyou to all the fans that travelled from NT, QLD, NSW and VIC plus the organizers and local supports. We will be back next year. @bitterbelief #bitterbeliefsamonster #tour #sbx

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