new Roots Manuva video - Get the Get (featuring Rokshan)

Roots Manuva aka Canadian Park Ranger (featuring Rokshan aka Bags are for girls)

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Roots Manuva's Banana Klan at Living Bar in Brixton

We have word that Roots Manuva's effervescent Banana Klan will be rocking it at the Living Bar on Coldharbour Lane (Brixton) this Friday. And it's only £3 'til midnight to get your skank and hip-shake on. Get in! 9:30 til late

Grab your Banana Klan merchandise exclusively from Urban Species here.

Thrilling concept art from BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY

Take some moments to breathe in these thrilling concept-art images from BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY via Carlos D'anda.

Check out our DC/Batman range on our website URBAN SPECIES




We've scooped these from the nice guys at Comic Book Movies.

Killer Transformers Costumes

Raaaah! Check out the Optimus Prime & Bumblebee costumes below if you haven't already:

Check out our cracking Transformers range here:

Funki Dred, The Doctor’s Orders & The Social present
SubSoul
“The real over ground sound”

8pm-1am Every Saturday
@ The Social, 5 Little Portland Street, London W1W 7JD

with residents
Jazzie B
Spin Doctor
Chris P Cuts
& special guests
Playing a fun packed mix of whatever they like!

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September Line Ups
3rd - Spin Doctor & Jazzie B
10th – Spin Doctor & Chris P Cuts
17th – Chris P Cuts & The Last Skeptik
24th – Chris P Cuts & Jazzie B

October Line Ups
1st: Jazzie B & Spin Doctor
8th: Chris P Cuts & Ben Waist
15th: Spin Doctor & Chris P Cuts
22nd: Jazzie B & Chris P Cuts
29th: Jazzie B & Spin Doctor
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With 8 months under their belt SubSoul have already banished any thoughts of fake tans and champagne swilling posers when it comes to thinking of partying in the West End. Each and every week a fun loving crowd of real music lovers have been descending on the legendary Social to hear the brilliant line up of resident DJs and guests including Eric Lau, Jazzi Q, DJ Khalil, Fitzroy the Buzzboy, DJ Lok, The Last Skeptik, Kyri R2 and more play a soulful blend of the platters that matter old and new.

As the old saying goes if it ain’t broke don’t fix it so SubSoul continues throughout the summer with the straight up party philosophy that has seen it become popular so quickly. With word spreading like wild fire this is the underground party for those looking for the overground sound!

Jazzie B: The original Funki Dred
Playing and making records since 1977, Jazzie is one of the few true international legends of modern soul music. With Soul II Soul he’s scored Number One hits all over the world; has won two Grammies and an Ivor Novello award; and received an OBE and the keys to no less than seven American cities – some states even celebrate a Soul II Soul Day. As busy now as he’s ever been, deejaying all over the world, and with a BBC London 94.9 radio show, Subterranean Soul presents him with an chance to spin the records that played such a large part in his early success on the sound system scene.

Spin Doctor: The hardest working man in Hip-Hop.
The driving force behind The Doctor’s Orders, Spin has been promoting and rocking parties in London for longer than he might care to mention and while best known for his dedication to Hip-Hop his passion for all genres is undoubted and he is more than ready and willing to show the extent of his collection at this new night.

Chris P Cuts: Star in the making.
Already establishing himself as one of the most exciting DJs on the underground party scene Chris P will be expanding his reputation and experience with his first residency. Always fearless in the variety of his selection he will be building on his reputation week by week.

www.thedoctorsorders.com

London Philharmonic Orchestra plays concert featuring (y)our favourite video game music: + win two tickets!

As a Sci-fi and fantasy fan, and an ardent music fan, when City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra delighted aural receivers with their 'Sci & Fantasy Symphony' series' (featuring music from Dr Who, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Holst's Planets, Thunderbirds and Red Dwarf), it was a transcendental: a joyous and giddy experience. A woman even fainted during Mars, which added to the pathos of the whole affair.

And now in London, I hear that the London Philharmonic Orchestra are doing a concert playing scores from VIDEO GAMES. I'm wall-crawling with excitement right now.

"Experience total orchestral immersion in the worlds of Advent Rising, Halo, Bioshock, Dead Space, Mass Effect, Battlefield, Call of Duty, Splinter Cell, Elder Scrolls, Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, Myst, World of Warcraft,Uncharted: Drakes Fortune, Angry Birds, Tetris, Super Mario Bros, Enemy Zero, 007: Blood Stone, Little Big Planet, Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid"

The concert takes place on the 2nd of September and you can grab further information and tickets here.

COMPETITION:

To win a pair of tickets to the concert, answer this: What is the name of the protagonist in the Splinter Cell games series? Ha, we weren't going to ask you a Mario Bros question now were we? Add us on facebook, then message us the answer. Splendid.

TRIANGLE featuring XXXY, 2-22s, Dave Chambers & Paul Cross + COMPETITION

CAMP 19.08

70-74 CITY ROAD

xxxy (Orca/Ten Thousand Yen)
2-22s (Resident)
DAVE CHAMBERS
PAUL CROSS (NTS Radio)

Triangle relaunches. From our previous homes at the Big Chill House and Concrete onto and down into the basement of CAMP.

We are massively excited about this one, and so should you be. xxxy has been on our radar for sometime now, so we're pleased to have him down to CAMP to help create what should be an awesome night.

Contributing to proceedings is resident DJ 2-22s, Dave Chambers and NTS Radio's Paul Cross

£5 All Night

Here's a mix by the resident:

http://soundcloud.com/triangle-3

Facebook page here

COMPETITION: To win yourself two tickets all you have to do is ask. Yup, it's that nice really.

Email: paul@urbanspecies.co.uk

SOUNDCRASH presents DJ YODA at Roundhouse: AV set on a full sized cinema screen

Presents

UK EXCLUSIVE OF DJ YODA'S ALL NEW AV SHOW

ON A FULL SIZED CINEMA SCREEN!

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF...

DJ YODA

WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

THE TRANS-SIBERIAN MARCH BAND!

THE ROUNDHOUSE- CAMDEN-LONDON

SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2011

www.soundcrashmusic.com

http://www.transsiberianmarchband.com

Soundcrash presents the ultimate audiovisual dj in the ultimate audiovisual venue!

After selling out the IMAX and KOKO DJ Yoda steps it up a couple of gears and produces a new live AV spectacular worthy of the legendary Roundhouse! Acclaimed by critics and loved by masses of sweaty, happy crowds the world over, DJ Yoda’s audiovisual extravaganza reaches a whole new round-shaped level. Blink and you’ll miss out on tickets!

The night presents a live collaboration between master Turntabilist DJ Yoda and Balkan Brass group The Trans-Siberian March Band, the night promises a magnificent mix of beats, brass and musical experimentation. Lots of DJs have re-mixed Balkan Brass, DJ Yoda does it first live!

Duncan Beiny aka DJ Yoda is no ordinary scratch DJ. His seminal How To Cut & Paste series showcased a tongue-in-cheek mixing style that prompted Q Magazine to declare him “one of the ten DJs to see before you die”, whilst Hip Hop Connection voted him “one of the top three DJs in the world”.

Originally a hip hop dj, DJ Yoda has been steadily incorporating a myriad music styles into his shows with a view to create exhilarating musical collages, from reggae to drum’n’bass, kuduro to country music - and often at the same time! - concocting an intoxicating blend with one single aim in mind: to get the party going!

Trail-blazing into the world of the audio-visual he has pioneered a new artform using cutting edge technology that he has been instrumental in developing to scratch and mix visuals on top of his DJ sets. Drawing from sources as diverse as classic movies, obscure television shows, or viral youtube clips, you can find him cutting up the Indiana Jones theme tune to full on dubstep, or dicing and splicing the Muppet Theme with M.I.A. in amongst the inimitable audiovisual whirlwind that is DJ YODA.

Bumblebee of Transformers Costume

Badass

Doctor's Orders present Blitz the Ambassador & The Stepkids (STONESTHROW)

"A blindingly bright clarity drives Blitz the Ambassador. With a spot-on sense of flow, he name-checks Basquiat and Lumumba, evokes lovelorn sighs on Accra buses, émigré alienation, history’s shadows. All set to swirls of brass, distorted guitars, and the crackle and pop of old amplifiers.

With a lightning-fast mind, the political boldness of Chuck D, and the sixth groove sense of Fela Kuti, Ghanaian-born, New York-based MC, composer, and producer unleashes psychedelic Afrobeat colors and triple-time rhymes with a sound clearly born in Africa but honed on New York Streets.

Blitz grew up when the fierce promise of Afrocentric, intellectually discerning rap was at its peak. In the Accra of his youth, the golden age of Hip-Hop lived on long after rap began to go (Dirty) South in the U.S. Blitz and his brothers and friends became avid fans of groups like Public Enemy, one of the few major Hip-Hop names to tour Ghana, memorizing raps verbatim to impress the cool kids at school, studying the flow of masters from Rakim to Q-Tip.

Surrounded by a profusion of other music in Accra, from the highlife swaying at a nearby soccer field to the kora and drums played for chiefs and sub-chiefs. Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson, and local reactions to rock and funk all made their mark, spinning on the sometime unreliable family record player.

Stone’s Throw Records’ latest discovery The Stepkids are a psych –soul outfit that have drawn comparisons to Rotary Connection & Animal Collective fusing Soul, Funk, Punk, Jazz & African Rhythms into a psychedelic sound for the 21st Centaury. All three members write, sing and engineer their sound as one with a focus on the whole. “What excites us about this band is this band itself; it’s about creating an entity where the entity itself is what’s important.”

Having all cut their teeth on the East Coast Jazz / R&B Scene they have all individually recorded solo projects, score movies, share stages with the likes of Alicia Keys, 50 cent & Laryn Hiil but is as this collective with a common purpose and unified voice that they are set to take the world by storm as The Stepkids step into the spotlight.

Tonight presents a change to hear two of the freshest and most exciting acts to hit London for a while. With both having such unique takes on such established sounds this is the chance to look into the future’s exciting re-interpretation of the past."

Support DJs Spin Doctor & Charlie Dark

8pm-Midnight
Wednesday 3rd August 2011
@ Cargo Courtyard, 83 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY
(Old Street Tube)

http://www.thedoctorsorders.com/diary_blitz.html

Banana Klan and Earth's Fastest Man - Roots Manuva and Usain Bolt!

And it's quite apt that at this show in Berlin, the fastest man to have ever ran on Earth (probably), one Usain Bolt graces the stage with Roots Manuva for Witness the Fitness.

Grab your exclusive Banana Klan gear here .

Super 8 - win a pair of tickets to see the film at BFI + T-shirt giveaway

J. J Abrams, bringer of such cinema smashers as Cloverfield and Star Trek, as well as stints on Lost and Alias, brings us another Summer IMAX experience at the amazing BFI: SUPER 8.

It's the year 1979 (which is numerologically significant in itself - go do the knowledge) and a group of friends start to notice strange happenings around their around their town after a mysterious train crash.

Check the trailer below...


To win a pair of tickets to experience this chiller/thriller haunt, which opens at BFI Southbank on the 5th of August - simply answer:

"Which classic sci-fi series did Abrams bring to the big screen in 2009?"

Simple isn't it? Easier than a Vulcan mind meld. Along with your tickets also choose one of the t-shirts from the Urban Species range below we've decided to throw in (Check sizes etc here). Email your answers to filmcompetitions@bfi.org.uk and make sure make 'Urban Species' the subject. All the best and enjoy!