77klash, aka Gize Burrows, aka mate of Dave Hyman CEO of MOG, aka Jamaica-born rapper/jammer/mixer/producer extraordinaire is hosting a soiree to celebrate his latest release tonight in Soho, NYC....
77Klash's music is a riotous mix of Rastafarian reggae, grime, rap, and punk-inspired dancehall. He's been a long time favorite in the indie blog/mag scene (pick up a Fader issue and you're bound to catch him in there)- and his music is worth all the merit. After all, he's a bit of a pioneer in the Brooklyn DJ scene: Per his EP Code for the Streets, Klash said "I call it dancehall but it’s not really dancehall until the vocals touch it," Klash says. "I try to keep [the rhythms] as minimalistic as possible and use sounds effectively." You got to listen to it to appreciate...check it above.
So if any of your New Yorkers are around, I'd highly recommend stopping to see 77Klash work up a sweat, groove a lot, imbibe a bit, get naughty, and be merry.
Celebrate 77Klash's latest release and video for "Mad Again feat. Johnny Osbourne" at Red Bull Space (40 Thompson St) this Wed Oct 1st
Performance by 77Klash
Presented by Complex Magazine and JC Cognac
RSVP TO: rsvp@complex.com "> rsvp@complex.com
http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/06/77klash-punking-dancehall
http://www.myspace.com/klashcityrecords
My Trusted MOGs
I've got a handle on his monicker...
"When Two Sevens Clash" was /is an album by "Culture" ..came out in 1976..John Peel played it over and over... A mogger called Baudilino will know all about this i'd guess.."77" "when two sevens clash" must be ,i guess something Marcus Garvey said... ooh those two spiky sevens ,it's gonna be bad..1977 in the U.K. was the Queens' silver jubilee year "punk" had it's heyday..Reggae was big,and "rock against racism" got going...
it all blew over...
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dude if ur insinuating the movement is dead, I'd beg to differ..........
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Ha!..sorry by "all blew over " i meant the apocalypse.. "the world's going to end..chaos fire and brimstone" and all that,in 1977...but it turned out to be one of those future dystopia sci-fi type moments ,where they put a date on it and it just passes without incident,like "1984" or "y2k"..
Or is going to kick off in 2077?
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ok gotya got defensive...i don't really believe in those conspiracy theories. I go by the Mayan calendar anyway. :)
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77Klash is one of my fave producers, i've been hypin him and Jahdan and Matt Shadetek since they released "Brooklyn Anthem." sure wish i were in NYC area this week. i'd hit this, then the music conference in Tribeca, then pop over to Montreal over the weekend...
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ummmmmmm what music conference in Tribeca? that's my hood?
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i actually thought of you when i saw it on MMN today. figured you would know about it, but now that you ask -
Roundtable NYC- Music panel!
sez its at the Tribeca Grand Hotel and the panel includes FADER peeps:
Jon Cohen Co- President of Cornerstone/Fader
Roy Edmondson Senior Vice President and Global Brand Director, Ketchum
Communications
David Passick Passick Management and Steve Madden Music
Josh Rabinowitz SVP/Director of Music for Grey Group
Rome Thomas Head of Sales & Artist Development for A&M/Octone Records
Moderated by Maurice Bernstein CEO, Giant Step