All fun and just for testing purposes. The dutch people somehow think that “ze germans” are not as professional as themselves when it comes to cycling, had to prove them wrong and make clear it`s not like that “per se” (to quote my man O.Boogie…)
One of my favourite tracks from one of my favourite artists ever. This BBC documentary also comes highly recommended, giving a great insight on his background, story and what impact he and his music had in general…
“Gil Scott-Heron is the Godfather of rap. His confrontational, no-nonsense street poetry and intelligent song writing skills have inspired the modern Hip-Hop generation and he is arguably one of the most significant musicians and poets in Afro-American history. The programme features contributions from disciples such as Chuck D and Mos Def as well as music from his career stretching back over 20 albums to the early 70s.”
The man himself is supporting Joss Stone this week in Bonn (WTF?), it really should be the other way round even though dude sadly seems to be pretty wasted nowadays. I`m gonna skip that one and be just happy listening to his records.
90`s House Music at its best. Also check this little video about Nu Groove featuring head honcho Frank Mendez, young Joey Beltram, Bobby Konders and others from the camp… Nice!
Lazer Sword are officially on fire at the moment and will soon hop over to Europe for their first tour, brrrap! The dynamic duo is about to hit Glasgow (shouts to Richard from Stuff), London, Amsterdam and a few more cities, we will be playing with them and our man Pedo in Frankfurt on February 7th at Obhf. Make sure to see their show when they destroy a town near you and if you havent heard of Lazer Sword yet, check out the XLR8R TV episode above, straight from the blap future.
This blog is mostly about music appreciation, for real. Rather than participating in nowadays "we were first" blog game we focus on timeless tracks and a few exclusives we think you should hear and play out. There simply is too much crap around. Anyways, if you own the copyright in something that is up here and want an audio link removed or feel like getting in contact for whatever reason please email to holla [at] 123rakete.de.
Other than that we are three DJ`s from Cologne running a monthly clubnight, dj around elsewhere a bit, enjoy both vinyl and mp3`s next to some other random stuff.