PERTHQUAKE
With many other big events to compete with on this Friday night, I wasn’t expecting capitol to be packed out to its potential. Little did I know, Capitol was rammed with fans all to support one of the greatest names in hip-hop & turntablism – Grandmaster Flash. Throughout the whole night, the atmosphere in the club was filled with emotions anxiety upon waiting for the main event. Full review on the other side.
There are lots of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but hip-hop has founding fathers: one of them is DJ Grandmaster Flash. The career of Grandmaster Flash began in the Bronx with neighbourhood block parties that essentially were the start of hip-hop – the dawn of a musical genre. He was the first DJ to physically lay hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counter clockwise motion when most DJs simply handled the record by the edges, put down the tone arm and let it play. By the end of the 70s, Flash had started another trend that became a hallmark of hip-hop: asking MC’s to rap over his beats. Before long, he started his own group, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Their reputation grew up around the way the group traded off and blended their lyrics with Flash’s unrivaled skills as a DJ and his acrobatic performances—spinning and cutting vinyl with his fingers, toes, elbows, and any object at hand.
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five went Platinum with their single, “The Message.” Meanwhile, “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” introduced hip hop DJing to a larger listening audience than it had ever known before; it became the first DJ composition to be recorded by a DJ. The group’s fame only grew with “Superappin,” “Freedom,” “Larry’s Dance Theme,” and “You Know What Time It Is”. Punk and new wave fans were introduced to Flash through Blondie, who immortalized him in their hit, “Rapture.” Now back with an all new album “The Bridge” (featuring guest appearances from DJ KOOL, SNOOP DOGG, Q-TIP, BUSTA RHYMES, KRS-ONE, PRINCESS SUPERSTAR, NATASHA ATLAS and more), and following some massive shows across the country at the FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL in 2009,Flash returns to teach a whole new generation how to party on the block!
Well it’s back again too. Looks like summer is shaping up to be pretty exciting again. Future music sees The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand, Sven Vath, Boys Noize, Empire of The Sun and David Guetta hit Perth’s Ascot Racecourse on the Labour Day long weekend 2010. I think tickets will disappear for this, The Prodigy haven’t been here for a couple of years and are an electronic music institution. This first announcement also has heavy weights from numerous genres, so probably going to have something for everyone. Full line-up after the jump…
