‘Cuts of Culture 2 – The Podcasts’: Week 9b

For the last week of our ‘Cuts of Culture 2′ podcast series we’ve dug into the archives of TTR and decided to bring you a project which we’ve discussed before (and partly aired) but which has never seen the light of day in full. As such we’ve decided to put it out there for the whole world to enjoy. And we hope you do. The project in question is the remix EP of the Noisy Stylus debut album ‘Table Manners’. It features 5 remixes (3 of which we’ve aired before) from a range of artists, all with loose or close ties to the tablist scene. In addition to this remix EP we’re also podcasting our last video, this time a compilation of trailers and teasers for upcoming/current projects by people who we’ve showcased in the podcast series.

Cuts of Culture 2 The Trailers
Our last podcast for the Cuts of Culture 2 series is another video, this time regrouping some trailers and teasers for ongoing and upcoming projects by artists who’ve been showcased in our podcast series. Included in there are trailers/teasers from Grazzhoppa’s DJ Big Band, Hentsix studios and Studio Rarekwai.
For more info on all these projects and more be sure to check their respective websites: Rarekwai.com, Hentsix.com and Big Band myspace.
The file is 78mb, .rm4v format, best viewed using Quicktime or iTunes.

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‘Cuts of Culture 2 – The Podcasts’: Week 3b

Week 3 of the Cuts of Culture 2 Podcasts sees us take in music from Japan, America and Belgium in one fell swoop. This week’s video comes courtesy of the mighty Studio Rarekwai gang and features US producer and Japan resident Quietstorm alongside Japanese MC Twiggy, while the audio is from none other than US born, Belgium based Lamont, a member of the TTR extended family.

Studio Rarekwai Showcase: DJ Quietstorm feat Twiggy – Be Quiet
This week’s video comes courtesy of the archives at Studio Rarekwai. If you’re not familiar with their work, which includes the excellent documentary ‘Scratching the Surface’ and book/DVD ‘Rack Gacki’, then head over to rarekwai.com, because these guys do some seriously amazing work. Not only have they documented the various facets of Japan’s hip hop scene (which is how we came to meet, they were responsible for hooking us up with DJ Baku originally) they’ve also worked with the cream of UK hip hop and are currently working on new projects which take in new musical and visual horizons.
And so with so much quality work under their belt it was only right we asked them to get involved on this, and while their original contributions to the project were 3 videos, we’ve kept what we think is by far the best one – the original music video for DJ Quietstorm’s track ‘Be Quiet’ featuring Japanese MC Twiggy. This track is taken from Quietstorm’s second LP, ‘Soramiro’. Quietstorm is a long time member of the Living Legends crew from California (home to such rap luminaries as Murs and The Grouch) who relocated to Tokyo over ten years and has since established himself firmly in the Japanese hip hop scene. We chose the video for this track not only because the track itself is great, but also because we think it’s quite a fitting video for the project. We won’t say no more though and let you check it for yourselves.
For more info on Quietstorm check the following wikipedia page and look for his releases on Amazon and similar online sites.
The file is 49mb, .m4v format – best viewed in Quicktime and on iTunes and iPods.

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