J MAN & GRAVITY "2 SIDES OF THE RIVER" OFFICIAL VIDEO

Now, those that know me will know that i'm not exactly the biggest fan of "Grime", but, that being said, I am proper feeling this new offering from Plymouth's finest J Man & Gravity "2 Sides Of The River" (Produced by Pulsar)!! And here is the OFFICIAL video made by our very own Top Billin' honcho.. Si Hayes.....



Please make sure that you support your local by sharing / liking / commenting!! TOP BILLIN@ FAM ALL DAY!!!

RAIN "RUNNING FOR MY FREEDOM" OFFICIAL VIDEO

Here is the BRAND NEW video for local Plymouth talent's Rain "Running For My Freedom" track from the amazing album of the same title!! Tuan Hong has done a crackin job on the video here!! SERIOUS GAME!!!



Make sure you go buy the album HERE and support REAL UK Hip Hop!! 

NEW VIDEO FOOTAGE FEAT. CAPPO

Last Saturday in Exeter, I had the priviledge of sharing the stage with one of the best UK MC's to come out of Notts... CAPPO!! 


Here's some video footage of my set hosted by the man himself, recorded by my lovely girlfriend Stacey!!


DJ PANDAMONIUM WITH CAPPO IN EXETER


Biggup's to Goldblendz for putting this night on!! If you haven't yet checked the new Cappo mixtape "Gusto Grizxold: International Vacation" then make sure you buy HERE now!!

WATCH THIS SPACE

DJ PANDAMONIUM NOVEMBER GIG'S

UPDATE

Hey everyone!


Sorry it's been a while since I last posted, had a lot on recently, but here's a little update of what's going on in Pandamonium's world :)


Firstly, my birthday is around the corner!! Woohoo!! So to help celebrate, myself and Jackie Chat will be playing at this on Wednesday 19th October....

And then we will be playing at the Exeter leg of this tour on Friday 21st October....

Secondly, I am about halfway through finishing my forthcoming beat compilation entitled "Car Boot Sale Beats Volume 1", it is shaping up to be a beaut i tell ya!! Below you can check out the cover art (designed by myself) and the intro song to listen to! The entire project will be available to download for FREE real soon!!


Until next time, take care, and FREE SLEAZE!!

 DJ PANDAMONIUM "CAR BOOT SALE BEATS" TASTER by djpandamonium

FREE STUFF PLYMOUTH HIP HOP

Want something for FREE???? Of course you do!! Who don't?? 


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE BRAND NEW GV CLICK MIXTAPE "GREASY PLATES VOL.1" MIXED BY DJISGOD FOR FREE!!

Support Plymouth Hip-Hop and please download / share / bump this here there and everywhere!!

THE 2011 PLYMOUTH DMC REGIONAL HEAT HOSTED BY TOP BILLIN'

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been a while since I last posted on here, but I am currently without a PC and have managed to borrow a laptop for the day. So I just had to let you all know how the highly anticipated Plymouth DMC regional went down last Saturday at The White Rabbit! :)

First and foremost, the UK legend that is Cutmaster Swift (En4cers, former DMC World Champion) warmed up the ceremonies with some absolute Hip Hop bangers for the few that were there, at this point Iwas getting a little nervous as to how many people were gonna show because we only had a handful through the door.

However, when it came to battle time, the crowd increased and everyone had come to see some turntablism! The battle itself was incredible!! Such a tough heat to judge (yes, I had the honour of judging this year!), to quote SallyDMC "it was like a mini UK Final!".

First up was DJ Voice from Redruth who was neat and tidy with his routines and a great start to the battle! Second to grace the turntables was local favourite DJ Scratch4Cash. This man has been entering DMC's longer than I have and has always been on point! On this evening was no different, in fact this was the strongest 6 minutes I have heard from him yet! The intro was big, skills were tight, record choice was funky as fuck, and he was the only DJ to use vinyl as well!! Was majorly impressed sir, well done!!

Next up we had DJ P-Nut (from what I remember, apologies if the name is wrong), not sure which manor he was repping as didn't get a chance to chat with him but he repped none the less! Was extremely clean, intro was very musical and the beat juggles were tight and understandable.

By this time we were already half way through and the crowd were loving it! Now we had our three main contenders for the evening! Next up, repping Nottingham, was former UK Finalist (and World Finalist with the Bionic Stylus crew) Furious P. This guy delivered as usual, with a huge sounding 6 minutes, the dope intro was there as well as the skills, however he did have trouble with serato towards the end and the final juggle pattern (even if serato hadn't had failed him a little) was a little too "samey" for me, but hey, that's my opinion! You still the man P! :)

Second to last up was no stranger to this battle game!! Former UK Finalist and ITF champ, DJ Ritchie Ruftone had flown all the way down from Scotland and having been out of the battle scene for some years now, took some major gut's to come all the way down here to do this! Ritchie's 6 minutes was large!! This man can still scratch and cut up the faders like he was battling for his life! He had a little trouble with the second routine were he was unable to locate the cue points, but other than that he still managed to seriously injure my neck! haha! Although with all that said, I did feel that his 6 minutes was missing something. Not quite sure what, but i felt like it needed that little extra something.

Last but not least we had former UK Champion, Beardyman's right hand man, and all round Brighton badboy.. JFB!! This lad crammed everything you would expect from a UK champ and more into his 6 minutes!! The skills were phenomenal, track selection was big and was just overall excitement! Exactly what you need to take on the rest of the world and show them how the UK do it!!

So, after one of the sickest and toughest battle's I have ever seen at a regional, it came down to announcing the winners.

1st Place - JFB
2nd Place - Ritchie Ruftone
3rd Place - Furious P / Scratch4Cash

The stage was then handed over to the host of the evening INJA who showcased some of his new album. Inja was a wicked host and totally smashed it with the showcase!

Unfortunatly, due to missing his flight from France, the current World Champion DJ LigOne was not here to showcase, however in his place, there was a 3 turntable scratch jam showcase with myself, Cutmaster Swift, Furious P, Scratch4Cash, Ritchie Ruftone and JFB which was sick!!

We then finished the evening off Top Billin' style, with a half hour set from myself, a half hour set from the GV Click and then Darko, Masterstatus and Leishman taking care of business!! All in all, an absolutly blinding night!!

Shout's to Sally, Cutmaster Swift, Inja, the DMC sound guy's, Stoner Si, Sleaze, DJisGod, Masterstatus, Darko, Leishman, Harry Greenstreet, Dan and the staff at The White Rabbit, JFB, Ritchie Ruftone, Furious P, Scratch4Cash, Voice, P-Nut, Dirty Joe and Mrs Dirty Joe, Rico (serious long time man!! was great to hook up again!), Rob, my younger bro Chris, Em and Keith, Gramma K, Bones, Paul (XL) and Tarfoi (cake lady! lol make sure to check out For Goodness Cakes online), Pete (DJ Sharp), Kit, Rain, Xscape, anyone else that I have forgot (I know there is quite a few, sorry) and last but not least.. the crowd!! You were an absolute wicked crowd and made the evening what it was!! Big up's!!

Check out footage of my Gang Starr "Discipline" beat juggle routine from my half hour set at the after party below!! Until next time!! :)

IT'S BEEN A WHILE

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted anything, mainly due to my laptop packing up! This has obviously meant that I have not been able to connect to internet (without using my phone of course), have the use of Traktor (which has delayed the release of my forthcoming mix "The Good Ol' Days") and of course no Nuendo so not been able to work on any beats either! Proper nightmare!! But.. this will all be rectified soon, so in the mean time I have a few DJ Pandamonium related tings to share with you!!

Firstly, dont forget you can catch me, Masterstatus, Si and host Sleaze every other Sunday on the Top Billin' Radio broadcasting LIVE from Dappa Me (North Hill, Plymouth) on www.urbankings.fm from 1pm til 4pm!! Last show (19/06/11) was off the hook, with me and Masterstatus going in hard using 100% vinyl!! Our good friend Stephie recorded a little footage of myself beat juggling Gang Starr "Discipline" on this show which can be checked out HERE and our next show will be Sunday 3 July!

Secondly, you can catch me spinning a half hour set at the 2011 World DMC Plymouth Regional heat on 2 July at the infamous White Rabbit (Bretonside Bus Station, Plymouth) alongside UK Legend Cutmaster Swift, Current World DMC Champion DJ LigOne, Inja, Masterstatus, GV Click, Darko and Leishman! More details HERE and below!!

And finally, Next OFFICIAL Top Billin' night is on 23 July were as well as myself and the rest of the TBF holding it down of course, we have the mighty Lee Scott headlining along with live band!! More information and flyer to come!!

So make sure to come along and say hi at any of the above and i'll be back online soon!! :)

BRAND NEW ROYCE AND PREMO

Another big look this week is the brand new track from Royce 5'9" and the mighty DJ Premier entitled "Second Place"


This joint is a monster!! Also look out for Royce's new project with Eminem, BAD MEETS EVIL!

BRAND NEW PHAROAHE MONCH VIDEO

Make sure you check out the brand new video of PHAROAHE MONCH FEAT. STYLES P & PHONTE "BLACK HAND SIDE" taken from the new album in stores now "W.A.R."

DONT FORGET

Freedom Community Festival is TOMORROW!! Gonna be a scorching day so get ya shorts and sunnies out!! I will be playing at around 7pm on the Battle Stations stage so come down and show some love! More info HERE or below:

COMING SOON

Keep ya ears peeled for a new mix from DJ Pandamonium of sheer old school goodness like it used to be done!!

PEEP THE PODCAST

Hey everyone!! If you don't already know, I have a podcast that you can download and subscribe too! I try to keep it updated as much as possible but I don't have a PRO account just yet so i'm working with limited bandwidth right now.


You can become a friend or subscribe via iTunes etc.. RIGHT HERE or check out the latest episode right here below!!



Thanks for all your support! It is highly appreciated!! :)

YOU WILL CATCH ME HERE

This Friday 27 May, Top Billin' are teaming up with Battlestations and local Plymouth legend DJ XL to bring you Plymouth Hip Hop History night at The White Rabbit, Bretonside, Plymouth!! Only a quid to get in and the purpose of the evening is to get everyone involved! We have open decks, open mic, open boards for the graffers and lino for the breakers!! S'all about Plymouth ya dig!! Full info below:

Then the day after on Saturday 28 May Top Billin' have only gone and got a special instore performance from JEHST and MICALL PARKNSUN at Dappa Me, North Hill, Plymouth!! With support from the usual suspects (myself, DJisGod and Masterstatus) and then Unleashed DJ's afterwards, this is going to make a very eventful afternoon!! More details below:

Then, the following weekend, you can also catch me playing in the Battlestations area of the Freedom Community Festival in Plymouth!! This is going to be a massive weekend of live music  and definitely not to be missed!! You can find out all the information you need HERE or peep the flyer below:

Also, don't forget the 2011 UK DMC Battle Season kicked off on Saturday in Leicester! Congratulations to Jon1st for taking first place and securing a place in this years UK Final!! To anyone else who thinks they have got what it takes, it's still not too late to enter! The tour ends in good ol' Plymouth on Friday 2 July at The White Rabbit! As well as the mammoth line up of DMC tour (2010 World DMC Champ DJ Ligone, Inja and the legend that is Cutmaster Swift) you can also catch myself and the rest of the Top Billin' fam holding it down after the DMC festivities!! (full line up soon). More info below:

More dope evenings and events to be announced!!

MIXES NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE

Hey everyone!! Just to let you all know that you can listen to my mixes on youtube!! I have two up so far but will be adding to the list! You can find them all below:

"SHINEY DISCO BALLS"

"MY FAVOURITE HOSPITAL RECORDS"

EAR TO THE GROUND ARTIST NO.2

Have to give the Number 2 slot to my boy Sleaze (GV Click / Top Billin' Fam), this lad is tearing MC's a new one right now and is busier than ever!!

The release that i'm most impressed with at the moment is his collaboration with UK heavyweight Sonnyjim on recently released EP entitled "Work In Mnenomics" on Eatgood Records. Not only do both Sleaze and Sonnyjim come correct but this is some of the best production I have heard on a UK release for a while!!

You can buy the EP direct from SLEAZE'S BANDCAMP PAGE, check an interview with the two on the STYLE 43 website, and peep the video for "Long Road" featuring Nikki Marie below.......

Also check the "Making Of" video's below.........

BRAND NEW MIX

Put aside any preconceived conceptions of what you think DJ Pandamonium is all about (e.galways plays Hip Hop and D'n'B) and have a listen to this!! This is my latest mix by the name "Shiney Disco Balls" (keeping it as comedic as ever lol) and it is just over an hours worth of the best electro / disco/ funky / bassline house music out at the moment with the usual turntablist scratching, funny quips and drops chucked in for good measure as well!! So please, keep an open mind, listen, download, share with all your friends and most of all enjoy!! :)

Muchos lovage to all!!

DJ Pandamonium (LVEVENTS / Top Billin' Fam / UK DMC Finalist) 2011

p.s. please also leave comments as always :) spanks!

p.p.s. you can download the .rar file here http://www.mediafire.com/?9b9uhx1krv6...with full art work (designed by me) and everything!! :)

Dj Pandamonium "Shiney Disco Balls" 2011 by Dj Pandamonium on Mixcloud

NEW PANDAMONIUM VIDEOS

Hey everyone!!! My man Simon Tucker recorded me doing some turntable bizness last night whilst under the influence so have a butchers, enjoy and share to ya friends!! :)

EAR TO THE GROUND ARTIST NO.1

Hey all!! Have decided to start a series of posts on this blog entitled "EAR TO THE GROUND" were I will simply make you aware of dope artists who I think really deserve the spotlight right now!! 


Wether they be from the US, UK, France or the South Pole!! Make sure you check this artists and support real music by clicking on the links and buying / downloading their material!!


Number one on the list right now has to be DESTRUCT from L.A. California!! This dude has seriously made a HUGE impression on me recently!!! You can check out all his work and download it all RIGHT HERE


Plus check out the video for one of his latest joints entitled "Raise the bar" below!!

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST

Hey all!! If you haven't already could you please show support by subscribing to my podcast at... 


DJ PANDAMONIUM (2008 DMC FINALIST) OFFICIAL PODCAST PAGE


...or you can subscribe through iTunes by simply opening iTunes > clicking on the "Advance" tab in the top left hand corner of iTunes > then click on "Subscribe to podcast.." > then copy into the URL bar: itpc://djpandamonium.podomatic.com/rss2.xml and then hit enter :)

Thanks to all that have shown support so far!! Still got a long road ahead to get them stats up so please spread to everyone you know!! :)

EASTER BANK HOLIDAY

If your stuck for ideas on what to do over the easter weekend then may I make a couple of suggestions??


Sunday 24th is of course the second installment of Top Billin' Radio on www.urbankings.fm live from Dappa Me (North Hill, Plymouth). First show was off the hook and second one promises not to disappoint!! More info to come soon!!


So thats the daytime covered, moving onto the evenings events, we have the Battle Stations Easter Special!!! See the flyer below!!

Then of course later in the week we have Top Billin' at the White Rabbit on 27th April and Andy C at Unleashed on 30th April, so big things lined up for the Bank Holiday weekends!! Get ya livers ready!! haha!!

DONT FORGET!!!!!

You can check out a whole range of mixes from myself right here at http://www.mixcloud.com/djpandamonium/


Everything from Radio Shows to Hip Hop mixes to Drum'n'Bass mixes!! Spread the word to ya mates!! :)

TOP BILLIN' ARE BACK IN PLYMRUFF PEOPLE!!

As you can see from the flyers above, Top Billin' Entertainment are back with avengance!! Make sure you all make it down to the White Rabbit on 27th April and support Sleaze and Sonnyjim's new release!! 


You can catch the new video from the EP below!! Enjoy and as always, SPREAD THE WORD PEOPLE!! :)

NICKLES'N'DIMES FEAT. DJ PANDAMONIUM "COMMUNICATE" 2007

Here is a song I recorded with a crew from Austin, Texas back in 2007. Myself on the beat and Nickles'N'Dimes on the mic, we created a real summer banger!!


Let's try and get this joint banging out of everyone's speakers this summers!!! :)


I will post up a download link soon, spread to ya friends!!

UNLEASHED PRESENTS: AKIL MC (JURASSIC 5) LIVE AT JACK CHAMS, PLYMOUTH 30/03/11 REVIEW

Today I was asked by Top Billin' guvnor Si to knock up a review of the Akil gig at Jack Chams last Wednesday (30/03/11) as he is too busy spamming everyone and there dog with his Blackberry! ha ha! So here goes!!

Good ol' DJ Darko (Unleashed, Plymouth) had teamed up with my boy Tom (1 Step from The Krate Krusadas) to once again bring the legend that is Akil MC (famously known for being one of the Jurassic 5) down to Plymouth. The original venue was set to be the infamous White Rabbit (Plymouth's finest live music venue) which is standard for an event of this caliber!!

Unfortunately, due the abundance of rain on that day, the venue lost electrical power, so the event had to migrate to White Rabbit's little brother Jack Chams (Ebrington St, Plymouth). My first thoughts were "this is place is gonna be rammed to the rafters!!" but later, as I will explain in due course, this proved to not be the case (in a positive way).

So I arrived under the care of Tower Cabs at around 10pm joined by my entourage consisting of Reem, Vic and newly found chum Josh (big up's for the tickets!) and headed in to find Battlestations resident DJ Fu Styles gracing the one's and two's (repped it as always breadbin!! dope joint after dope joint!!)

The usual crew were in the house, Kit (getting his Sam Malone on behind the bar), Mr and Mrs Blakeatron, the White Rabbit / Jack Chams gang and of course the warm up act, local hip-hop heroes, The Scribes. 

As Fu Styles set drew to a close, it was of course time for The Scribes to grace the stage, and from what I heard Lacey saying, this was their first time back in Plymouth for a long time, so was interesting to see what they been up to since the last time I saw them! All I can say about the The Scribes on this evening, even though there were no monitor speakers, is that there stage presence is exceptional!! They seriously get better and better every time I see them! And of of course my man DJ Blakeatron held down the turntable fort extremely well!! Thumbs up performance! Good job lads!!

After The Scribes did their thing, it was indeed the moment everyone was waiting for, time for the mighty Akil MC to take to the stage along with his best friend since kid's and original DJ before Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist, DJ T-Minus!!

Now, I think it's time to come back to what I was saying earlier about exactly how many people reached this. As I mentioned before, I was anticipating a "tin of sardines" type evening seeing as Jack Chams is about three times the size of the White Rabbit! But, to my surprise, there must have been around 20 - 30 people (rough guess) in the building when it came time for Akil. But, personally for me, this was just the right amount of people because it made it all the more intimate! Of course with someone like Akil from one of the most famous and well respected hip-hop crews in the world ever, Jurassic 5, you would picture a massive venue with hundreds of people and lights etc. This was more like going to a pub with live music, but instead of a crappy cover band, you had one of the most legendary hip-hop artist of all time!! I loved it!!

Rather than doing the usual performance on stage with the DJ behind him, Akil spent the entire set in the middle of the dance floor whilst surrounded by everybody in the club and basically fed off the audience! It was like everyone that was there was Akil's friend. He would be chatting in amongst songs to people, being funny, taking pictures and even offered the mic around to any MC's in the place for a bit of a freestyle session!!

I would reel off what songs he performed etc, but i was buzzed off the sheer atmosphere of the evening to remember to be honest! The set basically consisted of some new Akil joints, some old J5 tunes, some straight spitting over instrumentals (T-Minus dropping that unreleased Dilla beat had to be my personal favourite!) and DJ T-Minus performing a rather impressive scratch routine which involved everyone opening and closing there fingers (that was a sight! ha ha!).

All in all I had one of the best evenings out in a long time!! Akil, you the man!! ;)

Shouts go out to Vic, Reem, Josh, Si, Kit, Blake, Hannah, Fu Styles, Ben and all the Chams crew, The Scribes, J Man, Darko, Steve Strong, everyone else in the crowd who made it the night it was, and last but not least the birthday boy Tom aka 1 Step who was responsible for all of this happening (really cool to catch up with you again sir! Really proud of the moves your making!! Credit were credit is due!).

And on that note, let's end with Akil's new joint "One 4 the $$$", peace!!!

WELCOME!!!

Hey B-Boys and B-Girls!! I have decided to join in with this whole blog lark and see what all the fuss is about!!


For those that don't know me, I go by the name of DJ Pandamonium (UK DMC Finalist, Producer, Top Billin' Ent. DJ and general all round nice guy! lol), I reside in Plymouth UK, and I represent everything that is expression! Wether it be Hip Hop, Turntablism, Beat Production, MC'ing, Breakdancing, Graffiti or any form of genuine real music made by people from the heart not the cheque book!!


I will be continuing to add regular posts including Reviews, Interviews, New Releases, Mixtapes, Videos etc.. so make sure you subscribe and find out what DJ Pandamonium thinks!! :)


Just so you know a little more about me, here is a video of my 2006 DMC London regional set! It is the last 3 minutes of the set filmed by my good friend Charlie who was in the crowd, but it pretty much shows what I am about when it comes to the turntables. Enjoy! :)