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Vex — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:19:06 +0000

Renegade Brass Band @ Sheff Union: May Day BBQ (Today 4.00PM)

Vex — Mon, 03 May 2010 13:31:17 +0000

Cheers to everyone who came to see the Tentacles at the Kings Arms last night. What an amazing venue and line up. Special thanks to Mind on Fire and Wotgodforgot for putting us on and the whole of Chapel Street and Sounds from the other City for a great day and night.

If your still craving some music this bank holiday, get yourself down to the Sheffield Union this afternoon. The Renegade Brass Band are playing from 4.00PM. Not to mention DJ’s all day and special appearences by Lord of Flatbush, Bromheads and Tim Westwood (but don’t let the last one put you off)

Entry is free all day (- I got you), great selection of drink offers and BBQ food.

Hope to see you there.

X-Ray Horse V and The Broken Door Album Launch

Vex — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:40:16 +0000

Hey guys, I’ve been trying to kick a cold for the past two weeks, (as people who saw Dennis Jones last week will know) so sorry for the lack of updates. There’s some new gig dates added to the live events post below. The Renegade Brass Band are playing the Raynor Lounge, Sheffield on February 25th alongside the The Tuesday Club Residents.

As the poster above suggests, we’re honoured to play X-Ray Horse’s first birthday. Congratulations guys, I didn’t know you could keep a horse contaminated with that amount of concentrated radiation for the period of a 12 months and still pull off a great line up like this one, effort. We’re headlining the evenings festivities, supported by the Elephant Keys, Nephu Huzzband, Roman Android and DJ’s sets by Lucy? and X-Ray Horse DJ’s and a special set from our tentacle trio DJ, Baron Von Badd.

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE…

We’re also supporting the Broken Door in the launch of their debut album on the 27th of February @ The Dog and Partridge in Bolton. We originally put them on last year at the still hiatal improv night Consoul and recently did a spot of recording for Emma from TBD, also be on the look out for Barkers remix of a new Broken Door track.

Good friends From the Kites of San Quentin are performing one of their future dub, vocoder, wonder marvel sets. Should be interesting. Last time we got together was great and seriously painful the next morning. Shouts to El Bloody Boyo.

Also on the bill are Manchester based quintet, With That Knife playing, what has to been described to me as a northern take of At The Drive In & Motion City Soundtrack. Check ‘em out

See you Friday,

- Out.

Gigs and Live Events 2010 (updated March 17th)

Vex — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:14:47 +0000

Happy new year to one and all, I’ve been a little busy with other matters i.e. chasing up studio equipment, trying to sort out events and general bullshit so I apoligise for the lack of updates. There’s some new live events to announce right up until August, trying to keep busy. Dates and venues are subject to change, I’ll be updating this list with more information on door charges and support acts as time goes on.

First up are the dates for the Renegade Brass Band and myself. Keep your eyes peeled for us at Les Sons du Nord in May, it’s going to be my first festival performance outside of England and my first international gig. Get in.

January 19th @ The Tuesday Club, Sheffield.
Supporting Homecut (Live)
Tickets – £4 (2 for 1 offer)
February 7th @ The Forum, Sheffield.
Now Then Magazine Party
Tickets – (TBA)
February 25th @ Raynor Lounge, Sheffield.
TTC Residents @ The Union
Tickets – (TBA) * Added 15th of Feb
February 27th @ Funky, Hull. *Cancelled
More information to follow.
Tickets – (TBA)
March 1st @ Soyo, Sheffield.
Soyo Live, supporting Pistola Kicks
Tickets – (TBA)
April 3rd @ DQ, Sheffield *Recently added
BBC Raw Talent: Following RBB’s slot on Iain Hodgson’s Raw Talent radio show, a live gig to showcase the best of South Yorkshire music. Line-up to be confirmed.
Tickets: TBA
April 18th @ The HiFi Club, Leeds *Recently added
More information of follow.
Tickets – (TBA)
May 8th @ Les Sons du Nord, Lens (France)
More information to follow.
Tickets – (TBA)
May 15th @ Bearded Theory Festival 2010 (Derbyshire)
Beardtop Stage (Full line-up here)
Tickets – Entire Festival: £60

Here’s a list of dates for The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles. Be sure to catch us on the mainstage at Jamstand Festival in August and Headlining the Opus Stage at Peace in the Park in Sheffield. More festivals to be confirmed later on this year… We will be playing festivals this year.

February 7th @ The Forum, Sheffield.
Supporting Dennis Jones
Tickets – (TBA)
February 20th @ The Harley, Sheffield.
X-Ray Horse IV
Tickets – (TBA)
February 27th @ The Dog and Partridge, Bolton.
Supporting The Broken Door
Tickets – (TBA)
March 27th @ Penelope’s, Sheffield. *Date Changed
King Capisce Album Launch
Tickets – (TBA)
April 1st @ The Forum, Sheffield
Suckerpunch
Tickets – (TBA)
May 2nd @ Salford Festival, Manchester
Tickets – (TBA)
May 14th/15th @ The Green Room, Manchester (TBC)
Mind on Fire
Tickets – (TBA)
May 16th @ Ruby Lounge, Manchester (TBC)
More info to follow.
Tickets – (TBA)
June 12th @ Ponderosa Park, Sheffield
Peace in the Park Festival
Headlining Opus Stage
Tickets – Free
August 13th @ Jamstand, Bristol
Jamstand Festival
Tickets – (TBA)

On top of all that we’re heading back into the studio very soon to record our second E.P; and it’s going to surpass the first volume in everyway. All of the songs we’re recording are heavyweight.

April 18th @ The HiFi Club, Leeds

BBC Sheffield and Live Events and some technical difficulties.

Vex — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:36:40 +0000

I’m making a return to the BBC Sheffield studios next week to offer vocal support to The Renegade Brass Band on their interview for BBC Raw Talent. They’ll also be performing a few songs for your listening pleasure. BBC Raw Talent Sheffield has had an amazing line up of guests including The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles and recently the ReMixed in Sheffield collective. Be sure to look out for the remix of Dogface by Barker and Jack Opus.

On Friday, I’ll be Manchester. From the Kites of San Quentin are hosting ‘This City is Ours’ and are bringing the Tentacles and myself over the pennines to rock a special one off performance in Salford at the Sacred Trinity Church. Tickets are £5 in advance and it’s being powered by Gash soundsytem. I’ve been told that the building is fantastic and is an amazing place to hold a live performance, because of the gigs surroundings tickets are limited and punters have been asked to respect the building, so no funny business. Saturday we’ll be playing down in Bristol at The Junction.

~~I’m also having some technical difficulties with some plug-in’s on the site so at the moment the Tweet Feed and the MP3 Player seem to be down, I’ll have those back up and running A.S.A.P~~
Update:
Thanks to AFDIT the site’s little issues are all resolved.

Linkage

This City is Ours (Event Info)
The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles (Facebook Group)
BBC Raw Talent Sheffield
ReMixed in Sheffield
AFDIT who fixed the conflicting plugins causing the site problems.

Renegade Brass Band @ Cuba Libre/TTC Images

Vex — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:53:10 +0000

I’ve just got settled after spending the night in the comfortable hands of Lola and Nulty from Whilst Other Girls. Thanks a lot for the Peroni’s, much appreciated. Last night saw the return of one of Sheffield’s finest exports to the south, DJ Risco. If you’re not in the know about Big Dog Risco, you better ask someone. One third of Sheffield hip-hop collective Constant Creation, Heads from the Hills DJ and top notch turntablist Risco is one of the best producers in the UK today. Here’s one of his old summer jam mixes:

DJ Risco – Filthy Few

Friday night was great, in three words it was loud, messy and surreal. I’ve never had the pleasure to have people bum rush the stage, see a blind emcee move the crowd and watch Ms. Dynamite apply make up all in one night; like I said surreal. Renegade Brass Band tore the roof off, I was happy to shout over the top of them, the crowd was exceptionally positive through out the whole performance. One person was so into the rhythm he found himself on stage before being hauled off by Security. The Nextmen were great, unfortunately our set times kind of ran through both of our performances so we only caught the last fifteen minutes of their set. They did a real good remix of Major Lazer and Santigold with High Contrast that I managed to catch, dopeness. Brad and Dom thought Rory the drummer from Renegade Brass Band looked like a miniature DJ Yoda.

We managed to get some live shots from the gig:

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Renegade Brass Band Interview on Sheffield Live 93.2FM

Vex — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:41:45 +0000

These boys and girls are certainly making the rounds. For more information on tomorrows gig and information on how the Renegades got started take a listen to the full interview, below:

Renegade Brass Band – Sheffield Live 93.2FM Interview (11.11.09)

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Cuba Libre and TTC Present:

Vex — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:27:04 +0000

The Tuesday Club and Cuba Libre are bringing Ms. Dynamite, The Nextmen, Trojan Sound System and The Renegade Brass Band together on Friday the 13th. I’m also going to be there, moonlighting with the Renegades for a couple of songs including War, Pastime Paradise and Let Me Clear My Throat. Here’s a quick rundown:

Ms. Dyamite is a two-time Brit award and three-time Mobo award winner. Which is nice… Her first album also received the Mercury Music Prize in 2002 and has since gone on to sell over a million units, going Platinum in the process.

The Nextmen released their debut album Amongst The Madness on the revered 75 Ark imprint. Originally intended to be a Mo’ Wax-style instrumentals album, their label began sending the beats out to rappers in the States and before they knew it, The Nextmen were hip hop producers, working with Public Enemy, Blackalicious, The Pharcyde and Morcheeba. – TheNextmen.com

Trojan Sound System formed in 2004. The Sound System has already had hugely successful shows as a single entity and with the greatest names in reggae and beyond including DJ Vadim, The Gentlemen’s Dub Club, DJ Yoda and the Scratch Perverts.

The Renegade Brass Band is a 10 piece funk collective from Sheffield. Citing Youngblood Brass Band, Rebirth Brass Band and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble as influences. The Renegades play an all-brass mix of funk, hip-hop and soul including Stevie Wonder, Mark Ronson and Cannonball Adderley to name a few.

Renegade Brass Band – The Headbanger (Cover)

I’m also proud to say I was one of the people involved in puttin’ on the Renegade Brass Band’s first live performance alongside Baron and The Legend of the 7 Black Tentacles at our currently hiatal live-music improv night Consoul. Their drummer Rory has also guested with the Tentacles at live shows as a second drummer and is also one third of the much hyped Cobra Fist.

Doors open at 11.00 PM and we’re hitting the stage at 12.30 AM, there’s also the Tuesday Club Residents warming up the tables. First Word Records founder Andy H always knows how to rock a crowd so come down early. Adv. tickets are £6 (free drink) and can be purchased from The City Hall, Hallam Hubs, The Lyceum and online from the Sheffield Union.

As usual, here’s the linkage:

-See you Friday.

New Live Events

Vex — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:03:57 +0000

Just got back from Leeds a few hours ago, thanks to all the people who came down and supported Oxjam and the promoters who worked on the individual nights around the city. It was great to get out and meet some people, play to a different crowd and start again outside our comfort zone.

The Tentacles and I, are also playing alongside From the Kites of San Quentin in Manchester on December 4th and then Bristol on the 5th (more details to follow) – We’re also supporting Johannesburg’s 4 piece BlkJks in Sheffield on November 4th, just two days after they share the stage with Warp Records artists Flying Lotus and Battles in Manchester.

On Friday the 13th of November I’m moonlighting with good friends The Renegade Brass Band to offer support to The Nextmen & Ms. Dynamite at The Tuesday Club in Sheffield. It’s been a while since I’ve played TTC.

A couple of links and information to pass out.

Later.

4 Nov 2009