DJ /rupture feat. Jahdan Blakkamoore
Tour dates: Sat 7th Jun 2008 to Sun 20th Jul 2008
An awesome sound clash, an MC driven turntable bass end party set. Tropical dancefloor antics from a duo founded in Brooklyn, New York but informed by worldwide urban dancefloor action, featuring turntablist/blogger/radio presenter and label boss DJ /rupture plus Jahdan Blakkamoore, the reggae/hip hop vocalist who is featured on classics like 'Soundbwoy Burial', 'D&D Soundclash' as well as tracks with DJ Premier, Dead Prez & Tony Touch.
A groundbreaking collaboration because no one else right now is combining the ‘singjay’ style practised by Jah Dan with the kind of bashment via dubstep via inflected beats Rupture is laying down in his re-styled sets. Rupture is not a DJ to rest on previous highs, but who looks for new ones. This is a USA / Caribbean response to the sound taking over the basements and clubs this side of the Atlantic. Re-jigged, fattened up and dexterous.
Release activity is going fill the column inches and blog spots in the coming months, with the duo's debut EP & 12” out in June on /rupture's & Team Shadetek's new label Dutty Artz, plus DJ /rupture's first mix CD since 'Minesweeper Suite' out on Agriculture.
DJ /rupture is one of the most informative and exciting artists to call themselves DJs in the world. A border-crossing bass visionary, his dynamic live sets simultaneously partyrock and suggest complex political undertones. By juxtaposing an unlikely range of sounds from across the globe he playfully explores the tensions and conflicts when cultures collide and gives conventional notions of high/low culture short shrift. He’s performed in over 25 countries, released records on Soul Jazz & Tigerbeat6, done two John Peel Sessions, and was turntable soloist with the 80-member Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Bristolian Yardcore, Japanese freak-out, tabla techno, Miami bass, industrialised African, Brazilian booty – he yr man.
Jahdan Blakkamoore is a Brooklyn local hero. Beloved for his charismatic stage presence, pointed lyrics and powerful voice Jahdan brings the perspective of Rasta sufferation to the streets of Brooklyn in the post-9/11 landscape. The artist born Wayne Henry in Georgetown, Guyana, after crossing the border to the US alone and undocumented at the ripe age of eight years old quickly began to absorb the swirl of musics that thump out of car trunks and crackle across the pirate airwaves of the borough of kings. Making his first musical impact with NY legends the Boot Camp Clique, Jahdan has been bridging the gap between hip-hop, dancheall and roots reggae ever since, collaborating with artists ranging from DJ Premier and M1 of Dead Prez, to Reggae singer Lutan Fyah and Branford Marsalis to his own hip/hop reggae trio Noble Society.
Upon linking up with 77Klash and Team Shadetek for the street smash 'Brooklyn Anthem', Jahdan was introduced to the visceral sound of UK grime. Excited by the viral success of that tune on both the underground and mainstream level (including a dance craze amongst the Carribbean teens of NYC), Jahdan continues his explorations into the world of the international urban underground on the 'We Are Raiders' EP and forthcoming album 'Buzzrock Warrior' on Dutty Artz. Not content to simply revisit past successes, the EP finds Jahdan touching down on deep, dub inflected Cumbia beats from Buenos Aires, angular and synthetic Digital Dancehall from Vienna, and new riddims that reflect and bend the UK dubstep sound into a new sound that Rupture/Shadetek are calling 'New York Tropical'.
Game on.
A groundbreaking collaboration because no one else right now is combining the ‘singjay’ style practised by Jah Dan with the kind of bashment via dubstep via inflected beats Rupture is laying down in his re-styled sets. Rupture is not a DJ to rest on previous highs, but who looks for new ones. This is a USA / Caribbean response to the sound taking over the basements and clubs this side of the Atlantic. Re-jigged, fattened up and dexterous.
Release activity is going fill the column inches and blog spots in the coming months, with the duo's debut EP & 12” out in June on /rupture's & Team Shadetek's new label Dutty Artz, plus DJ /rupture's first mix CD since 'Minesweeper Suite' out on Agriculture.
| Sat 7th June |
Madrid |
La Casa Encendida |
| Wed 9th July |
Swansea | Monkey Club |
| Thu 10th July |
London |
Corsica Studios |
| Fri 11th July |
Birmingham | Supersonic Festival |
| Sat 12th July |
Bristol | Ruffnek Diskotek @ The Croft |
| Wed 16th July |
Brighton | Freebutt |
| Fri 18th July |
Belfast | Diston @ The Black Box |
| Sat 19th July |
Sheffield | C90 @ The Shakespeare |
| Sun 20th July |
Berkshire | Glade Festival |
DJ /rupture is one of the most informative and exciting artists to call themselves DJs in the world. A border-crossing bass visionary, his dynamic live sets simultaneously partyrock and suggest complex political undertones. By juxtaposing an unlikely range of sounds from across the globe he playfully explores the tensions and conflicts when cultures collide and gives conventional notions of high/low culture short shrift. He’s performed in over 25 countries, released records on Soul Jazz & Tigerbeat6, done two John Peel Sessions, and was turntable soloist with the 80-member Barcelona Symphony Orchestra. Bristolian Yardcore, Japanese freak-out, tabla techno, Miami bass, industrialised African, Brazilian booty – he yr man.
Jahdan Blakkamoore is a Brooklyn local hero. Beloved for his charismatic stage presence, pointed lyrics and powerful voice Jahdan brings the perspective of Rasta sufferation to the streets of Brooklyn in the post-9/11 landscape. The artist born Wayne Henry in Georgetown, Guyana, after crossing the border to the US alone and undocumented at the ripe age of eight years old quickly began to absorb the swirl of musics that thump out of car trunks and crackle across the pirate airwaves of the borough of kings. Making his first musical impact with NY legends the Boot Camp Clique, Jahdan has been bridging the gap between hip-hop, dancheall and roots reggae ever since, collaborating with artists ranging from DJ Premier and M1 of Dead Prez, to Reggae singer Lutan Fyah and Branford Marsalis to his own hip/hop reggae trio Noble Society.
Upon linking up with 77Klash and Team Shadetek for the street smash 'Brooklyn Anthem', Jahdan was introduced to the visceral sound of UK grime. Excited by the viral success of that tune on both the underground and mainstream level (including a dance craze amongst the Carribbean teens of NYC), Jahdan continues his explorations into the world of the international urban underground on the 'We Are Raiders' EP and forthcoming album 'Buzzrock Warrior' on Dutty Artz. Not content to simply revisit past successes, the EP finds Jahdan touching down on deep, dub inflected Cumbia beats from Buenos Aires, angular and synthetic Digital Dancehall from Vienna, and new riddims that reflect and bend the UK dubstep sound into a new sound that Rupture/Shadetek are calling 'New York Tropical'.
Game on.