The ABU & Disco Scratch Summer Madness!



Well, we've both talked about it, chewed the fat and given you hints but now both myself (Repo) and Waxer can finally give you the whole damn skinny on the event of the summer.

The date is Saturday June 22nd, the event is Summer Madness where you will find yourself maxing and relaxing in the company of other like-minded members of the whole Ageing B-Boys and Disco Scratch fraternity.
You need no reminding of how exactly it is that we roll. We put on no airs or graces and refuse to take the whole hip hop mindset as seriously as we may have once done as an angry young African Medallian-wearing teenager.
Just like the evening surely will be at Summer Madness, the mood is mellow now and all we want to do is kick back and chill with a cool bottle, can or glass of our favourite tipple, chinwag and listen to some great, classic hip hop and cot-damn funky breaks.
Whilst there you will be chatting to people that previously you may have only communicated with in the Disco Scratch chatroom but now you can see what they are like in person!
Pull up a chair, discuss the finer points of nodding your head on the up or downbeat with JimCee and Bit; discover just what goes into preparing the finest cookies with LG's Biscuit Roulette;  ask Mrs Waxer in person if it is actually a diploma or a degree? The sky really is the limit, folks.

We have purposefully decided NOT to call this event a jam because we are not booking any acts to perform. However due to the spontaneity of this culture we love (not live, c'mon unless you're Westwood) then if anyone feels like dropping some lyrical outpourings on the mic then, just like Aviva Insurance, we got your back.
We have plans for you all to get interactive up in here should you wish to. Two activities that are designed to keep you steppin', brother man, are Rap Karaoke and Scratch-aoke. Get on the microphone as the liquid refreshment is the key to unlock that patter you've kept locked in your dome for 20 years and unleash it over a familiar beat.
Drop that famous scratch you've practiced so many times over your favourite tune. Scratch like Eric B and win a prize!

Summer Madness will also bring to you something that Waxer and myself feel is almost unheard of, especially around hip hop circles.
This is an effort to get family together. The Disco Scratch Thursday Night Wives are cordially invited, nay, begged to attend this gathering. And not only that but if you have kids then WE WANT THE SHORTIES!
Yes, we are proud to give you a special event that will give your kids the opportunity to shine and be a part of the day. For two hours the music selection will be provided by the dj's of tomorrow. Your cherished offspring can play 4 or 5 tunes each and get a taste of what being behind the wheels of steel with a booming system is like. Don't have vinyl? We have Traktor. We got your tunes. We taking care of bidness, yo.

The sun will shine. And what else do we need to keep the funk flowing? This party needs a Hip Hop Pub Quiz, you say? Way ahead of you, tough guy. Like the J-Beez, we got it like that. Teams of 4 are needed here - however Whirlwind D is in a team of one, possibly bound and gagged to let everyone else in with a chance. Drop the knowledge and prove to your missus that all those years of reading vinyl run-out grooves have certainly not been in vain.

With the sun beating down on your baseball hat, we're sure the need for grub will be most anticipated along with your bring-your-own-beer. A BBQ with the sweetest meat this side of The Real Roxanne will be handled by a team of hip hop honeys to provide you with a mouth-watering selection of chicken, burgers, sausages and ribs.

And of course a Bouncy Castle and Water Slide for the little 'uns and a Hot Tub for the mums and dads.

The whole thing kicks off at 2pm with the booming system toned down to a chilled-level at midnight where we can carry on until the small hours.
The venue is in a large, spacious house with ample parking in a quiet lane situated in the South-East of England.

This is not only a family affair but a modest one, too. We are keeping the numbers down to 40 adults.
Tickets are £10 each and a Family Ticket is available at £30. A one adult/one child option is also available at £15.


Ticket Choices:
(The above Paypal button has cut-off the information on the Single Ticket option. It should read: Single Ticket (One Adult or One Child).
The last date to purchase, should there still be tickets available, will be Friday May 31st. Don't sleep on this.

This is a non-profit event and should any profit be made it will go straight back into the kitty to buy booze! How you like them apples?













Friday, 29 May 2009

Style Wars - The Original Movie Soundtrack



So I set myself a little project a while ago. It was to collate and produce the soundtrack of hip hop's best graf movie, Style Wars.
There was never an album released commercially at the time, or to my knowledge, ever.
So here we are then, tracks of brilliance for you available for the first time.

I've also put the Adobe press kit in the .rar file which came out at the time of the dvd release. Very interesting backstory if you haven't had the opportunity to read it yet.



1. Siegfried’s Rhine Journey and Funeral Music
2. 8th Wonder - The Sugarhill Gang
3. The Wanderer - Dion
4. Jam Hot - Johnny Dynell
5. Pump Me Up - Trouble Funk
6. The Message - Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five
7. Beat Bop - Rammelzee vs. K-Rob
8. Sing, Sing - Gaz
9. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose - James Brown
10. Rockin’ It - The Fearless Four
11. Rocket In The Pocket - Cerrone
12. Feel The New Heartbeat - The Treacherous Three


38 comments:

Benzini said...
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hotasballs said...

ben, hello sir

cheers for this - great idea for a comp, that funeral music is beautifully haunting... nice to own on its own merit

stay frosty

CRAIG [IRISH]

Ringdings said...

Password for the rar?

Waxer said...

Yo Benzino my mellow, many thanks for this dope compilation, this for me is one to burn to CD and pump in the car or in my van on the way to work so I can recall all those sumptious moments that are burned into my sonscious after seeing this so many times from the first time I saw this on Channel 4 from my cousin's video in what, 1985.

A lot of thought and effort has clearly gone into this and you deffo get mad props!!! Respect Ben, another killer download.

icke said...

thanks a loooooot

dkpresents said...

Well done! Thanks for figuring out which songs were in there...

Anonymous said...

password?

tracey shaw said...

quality, I really like this, I saw something like this on http://www.hire-a-graffiti-artist.co.uk It maybe the same person or a different graffiti artist ? I dont know it all looks good to me lol. xxx

Anonymous said...

what the fuck is the password!?

Anonymous said...

real great idea! dope

dsfggsfgsdf said...

NOTE:

Unless otherwise stated all files will use this password to unpack them:
www.repo136.blogspot.com
And remember, a little thanks makes the Ageing b-boy, a Happy b-boy......

Anonymous said...

I can't expand the file, it says the structure of the archive is damaged... i'm on mac osx

Lovegrove said...

Aargh, you beat me to it... I needed just a couple of tunes to complete the whole set.

Good job here though, thought the web address voice over was a bit annoying... I listened to it while working (one earpiece), so only heard it over one track... does it appear more than once?

I think the addition of a few audio samples from the documentary would have made it perfect!

Ta very much.

Anonymous said...

PLEASE GIVE MEEEEEE PASSWORD !!!!!!!!!

End Level Boss said...

The p-word ain't workin dunny.

End Level Boss said...

Just tried it with Unrar-X - works like a charm!

palli said...

Password plz!!

palli said...

lol i fail...
The password is "www.repo136.blogspot.com"

Jihef said...

Thanks for this! A project many of us ageing writers thought of doing… Props.

Anonymous said...

You star! This has made my day, nice idea.
Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this ! great job !!

Waxer! said...

Wot? U missed out the praise I heaped on you for this devastatingly fresh slice of history? How dare you, you , you er, you DUNNY!!!

leidencitymov's said...

yeah great job with the style wars soundtrack.

Anonymous said...

just discovered your compilation. You really made my day. thanks a lot!
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Anonymous said...

heslo is:www.repo136.blogspot.com

Karl Erik - 'old' b-boyer Stavanger Norway said...

How about including the end credits track, "Beat Bop" by Rammelzee Vs K-ROB?

Benzini said...

@Karl Erik.........er...try checking the tracklist again.

Karl Erik said...

Ahhhrg, cant believe I missed it.. took me forever to search it out earlier :-) To late and 'chillin' over here late night in Norway.

Benzini said...

Haha, no worries!
Beat Bop is one of my favourite songs so there's no way I'd miss it out! ;)

LUIS osores said...

gracias por este disco el 11 de dicimbre dan ese documental en el festival de cine inedit cinzano de argentina estoy con muchas ganas de verlo y para matar la espera escuchare este soundtrack saludos luis de bs as Argentina

Ben The Ageing B-Boy said...

Espero que usted disfrute de la música!

Anonymous said...

ER, what about PE, rebel without a cause? was this track not on this doc???

Anonymous said...

Any chance of reposting file it has been removed?
Peace..

Ben said...

Try my re-booted version

http://repo136.blogspot.com/2010/06/style-wars-original-soundtrack-mk-ii.html

Anonymous said...

yo cameback 2 get download. ya took it off. hook it up again 4 awhile. peace

Ben said...

I've done the reboot version since then. Check it out, it's still available.

Leo said...

Please re-up this

Repo said...

Search around the blog Leo, it's been re-upped in a re-packaged form.... half the fun is finding out many other goodies along the way....

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