MRGO HAS A NEW ONLINE HOME
MrGo [featured in Big Up Vol.4] has just launched his new website with some new stunning work. As MrGo describes his own work “it sits somewhere between childish macabre and pot-bellied psychosis that usually looks at people and their life/ attitude/ emotion/ or stupidity…”
Have a leisurely stare…
You can also read the full interview with MrGo published in Big Up Vol. 4 in Q/A section of the new MrGo website.
No CommentsBIG UP YOUR DESKTOP
Hey all! Who wants a dope desktop wallpaper? We got some. Designed by the brilliant artists featured in Vol.6, they are sure to Big Up your desktop. Now all the mess on your desktop can at least look pretty.
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2 CommentsBIG UP VOLUME 6
Seems like we JUST launched our anniversary fifth issue, but the time flies when we’re having fun, and here comes the next – the sixth – issue of Big Up Magazine, which is bigger and better once again. With the features like N-Type, Ikonika, Untold, David Rodigan, Joe Nice and Gaslamp Killer as well as featured art by Hellofreaks, Camilla D’Errico, Iain Macarthur, Phil Dunne and Saddo, we leave you no room for doubt.
But that’s not all! Big Up subscribers will get a cover mix made by…. (drumroll)…. Untold! Yes yes, the guy in the top ten of almost every chart of almost every bass music blog this year. This one is full of exclusives for the Big Up subscribers. We take care of you.
And of course we owe a huge Big Up to our cover artist Ashes 57. The girl has got the skills! Obviously.
This issue will hit the stores in the end of January, but you can pre-order it now or subscribe, to conveniently get it at your door.
FRONT ROW SEATS
This video here (by Theo Jemison. Big Up!) is not just another party recap or another Nosaj Thing’s live set recording. No! No, no, no, and no! THIS here is an example of true art – original, beautiful, alive and… brainfeeding. Excuse the pun. Huge respect goes out to Brainfeeder crew for bringing this into the masses and inspiring more people with every show they put on. And of course mad love goes out to Nosaj Thing. Now we understand what you were talking about here.
4+5=10
ECHO PARTY & DUB ECHOES
This week is full on our calendar. Two screenings in two days – one in London and the other one in San Francisco!
This Thursday, December 10th London will see the “Echo Party” video (directed by Tom Fitzgerald). As well as the slideshow of street photographs by the mighty Ricky Powell. Movie, slideshow and music. Not to be missed! Big Up to Lava Collective for putting on this event!
Next day Friday, December 11th in San Francisco we will be showing “Dub Echoes” (directed by Bruno Natal and featuring Kode9, Bunny Lee, Lee Perry and many others). Movie, music and giveaways. Out to our friends at D-Structure for the collab on this event!
EGO THIEVES ARE BACK
We’ve been waiting for quite some time now! But finally this Friday night Ego Thieves are coming back with their brand new website!
We bugged ET for a tiny sneak preview, and here’s what we’ve got:
DUB WAR AND HALCYON
Our friends at Dub War and Halcyon NYC had a good time before the show. You can hear about the legendary record store Halcyon after a 10 second commercial interruption from Joe Nice.
Shouts to Seckle, Incyde our spokes person Joe Nice and folks at Halcyon shop, where you can grab your copy of Big Up.
1 CommentDUBS FRIDAY
That whomp whomp for your weekend!!!
A – Bass Culture – Zero G – Disgusting bass switches and dancehall vocal snippets from Benny Page’s close friend, Zero G.
B – Drift ft. Indi Kaur (Grievous Angel Remix) – A Bridge Far Away – Look out for this gem when it drop’s in the new year.
No CommentsCITYSCAPE AFTERMATH
On November 5th, LAVA Collective marked the opening of their art show with a night of underground London music. Morgan Zarate and Crisis provided the soundtrack to the opening reception, where guests enjoyed visual art by Obey, Skullphone, Swoon and Peru Ana Ana Peru. The booze was free flowing and the music was pumping, there was a real buzz about the place and everyone was looking forward to the after-party. At 10 pm the crowd descended on the Princess Alice, a dingy old public house in the heart of London’s East End. Dubstep heavyweights Loefah and Mala rocked the foundations with the bass-heavy, dubbed out sound that has made DMZ a London institution. It was a pleasure seeing these guys play in such intimate surroundings and crowd there were really up for it. The sound system might not have been as terrorising as DMZ, but in such a small venue the system actually packed quite a punch and no one was complaining. After Loefah and Mala, Skipple came on and kept the party rocking till closing time with his blend of Funky and UKG.
Big Up was proud to be a part of such an ambitious project. Thanks to everyone who came out to support art and music represented. Special props to Delphine Ettinger aka Ashes57 – the curator of the project. Also out to Georgina Cook for posing with a copy of Big Up. We’re honored!
