This is the first proper Lex e-mail update this year. It's only mid-February
and things are already pretty crazy - what with Danger Mouse's Grey Album,
the Non-Prophets 'Fuck Clear Channel Tour' and the spread of big releases we
have for Spring 2004.
PRINCE PO "BETTER THINGS" MP3
Prince Po and DM recorded this promo MP3 for your listening pleasure :
http://www.lexrecords.com/better_things.htm
More on Prince Po below...
DJ SIGNIFY "WINTER'S GOING" 12" IN STORES NOW
New York DJ and producer Signify has released his first 12" through Lex.
It's a sampler for the forthcoming album, Sleep No More, and includes one of
the album's tracks that features Buck65 plus two instrumental tracks. It's
had amazing reviews in Urb Magazine and Time Out (London) - "mournful muted
horns and rolling bass. It's David Lynch does hip hop. Fantastic and far
from conventional..."
You can listen to it and buy it now at :
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http://www.warprecords.com/?mart=LEX023
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http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?merchID=12751
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http://www.rapandsoulmailorder.com/
* or digitally here
http://www.warprecords.com/bleep/?bleep=LEX023
More on DJ Signify below...
LEX SHOWS : NEW YORK - ALERT! ALERT!
The Solexism night in New York featuring MF Doom, Prince Po and Danger Mouse
& Jemini has been postponed due to problems with the horoscope readings for
the event. The show will hopefully be rescheduled to a new date within a
week or two of the advertised date. Check www.lexrecords.com for more
updates.
A second Solexism show in NY with DJ Signify performing Sleep No More live
with Sage Francis and Buck65 and special guests is likely to be announced
very soon. Let's hope the stars are more kindly for that show.
LEX SHOWS : EUROPE
There will be a glut of Lex live shows in Europe in April and May. The Lex
Tour - featuring Non-Prophets, Prince Po and Danger Mouse - will be visiting
the Dedbeat Festival (full listing at the bottom of this e-mail), the
Triptych Festival and The Scala in London. Tes will also be performing at
some of these shows. Prince Paul (yes!) will be performing at the London and
Triptych dates too.
You can buy tickets for the Solexism London show featuring Prince Po,
Prince Paul, Danger Mouse and Non-Prophets here :
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=89665 or from
www.wayahead.com, T. 0870 120 1149 NME Ticket Line T. 0870 1 663 663, Rough
Trade, Covent Gd, WC2H T. 0207 240 0105 Deal Real, 6A Noel St. Soho, W1V T.
0207 734 8689
DJ SIGNIFY "SLEEP NO MORE"
DJ Signify's debut album is still slated for a release this Spring. An early
review in The Wire seems approving. We know it's as dope as it is dark. I
noticed it's on presale at www.amazon.com. Expect amazing artwork. Look out
for a show in New York in late March.
NON-PROPHETS : FUCK CLEAR CHANNEL TOUR
Sage Francis, Joe Beats, a beat combo, Mac Lethal and Grand Buffet are in
the middle of a giant fuck-off US tour. They are currently in Texas. For a
full list of shows visit www.non-prophets.com. Sage is selling his latest
"Sick Of..." compilation CD featuring the ínternet-hip-hop-fan-wet-dream
Doomage - an MF Doom remix of Non-Prophets "Damage" featuring all new vocals
from Sage Francis and verses from Slug and fellow Rhymesayer Brother Ali.
STOP IT DANGER MOUSE... WE'VE HEARD ENOUGH
Yeah! Just stop getting press will you? After MTV, Rolling Stone, The New
Yorker, CNN, The Independent, The Guardian, The NME Jockey Slut and now
Wired, The Daily Telegraph, Metro and Reuters - what's left? A mention in
the Queen's speech??
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4365711
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http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62276-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_n
ext1
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http://allhiphop.com/features/index.asp?ID=741
And if by some strange twist of fate you are a member of The Daily Telegraph
On-Line you can visit
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?&_DARGS=%2Fcore%2FlowerHeaderBa
rFrag.jhtml to read their coverage of the story...
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It's worth noting that the bizarre
http://www.greytuesday.org/ site has
absolutely nothing to do with Lex, Danger Mouse, his management or as far as
we know anyone that we have ever met or talked to. Lex and Danger Mouse are
at least reasonably fond of copyright law because it helps us sell our
beautiful records. To date EMI have been very reasonable, considering...
HYMIE'S ON BOKSON
http://www.bokson.net/electro/chronique/1102.html
TES
Tes' new EP is still under construction. The record features remixes by
Stereolab, The Black Dice and French lexoleoid producer Tacteel and features
Prince Po on a new version of New New York plus brand new songs.
RADIO W-A-X
Lexoleoid Waxfactor has a brand new radio show. You can tune in in London or
get it on the web. Here's the PR :
"The show is entitled "Rhythmic Incursions" and seeks to present, for want
of a better term, "what happened after hip-hop" so-to-speak. In vague,
slick-sounding journo language, I guess it'd be called "post-hip-hop" -
essentially those artists and labels who have explored hip-hop beyond the
realms of the stereotypical boom-bap.
My co-presenter, Mr Trick, is responsible for the incredibly popular
Turntable Radio show (also on Resonance FM) which currently reaches the ears
of around 60,000 listeners a week. Wishing to build upon the success of
Turntable Radio and utilise the already established platform in order to
take things further than solely scratch-based music, the Rhythmic Incursions
show was conceived. Additionally, the show will occupy the same time slot as
Turntable Radio - with the 2 shows sharing the slot in rotation (one week
Turntable Radio, one week Rhythmic Incursions) - which, we believe, will
ensure the show reaches a similar number of listens.
A website is currently being designed to promote the show further, but
there is more information available on both the Turntable Radio website (the
biggest show on Resonance FM) (
http://www.turntableradio.com/ ) and the
Resonance 104.4FM website itself (
http://www.resonancefm.com/ )"
ME
http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/8809.html
Thanks Daniel!
B I H T S I G
+ Three very cool Kwycktyme videos to make you salivate:
1
http://www.girlskateboards.com/yeahrighttrailer.mov
2 www.capitolrecords.com/steriogram/walkietalkieman
3
http://www.stonesthrow.com/videos/allcaps/index.html
+
http://www.generyx.de/anime.gif - hi Chloe :P
+ Remember www.bleep.com for digital downloads of all Lex albums.
DEDBEAT 2004 : FEATURING A LEX SHOWCASE
Dedbeat 4
23rd, 24th, & 25th April 2004. Pontins holiday park, Hemsby On Sea, Norfolk.
A weekend like no other.
BEAT RANKS
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LEX records feat:
PRINCE POETRY
SAGE FRANCIS
DANGER MOUSE
TES
EH? - live design showcase
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KRS 1
GWEN MCCRAE
MF DOOM (tbc)
PERCEE P
EDAN
INSIGHT
ATMOSPHERE
MR DIBBS
AMP FIDDLER
BEANS
ASPECTS
DEF TEX
THE METEORITES
BUDDY PEACE & ZILLA
BIG DADA records feat:
TY
INFINITE LIVEZ
LOTEK HI-FI
PULSE RANKS
THEO PARRISH & THE 3 CHAIRS
ECTOMORPH
DREXCIYAN DJ STINGRAY
PLAID
LUKE VIBERT
SI BEGG
TIPPER
LORY D
GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL records feat:
MATTHEW DEAR
DABRYE
CLONE records feat:
DETROIT IN EFFECT
DEXTER
ALDEN TYRELL
SERGE
TIGERBEAT records feat:
KID 606
KNIFE HAND CHOP
COM A
SLUMP RANKS
THE DUB CARTEL SOUNDSYSTEM feat:
DON LETTS & DAN DONNAVON
AI records feat:
CLARO INTELLECTO
YELLOTONE
FZV
BREAKIN' BREAD feat:
KEB DARGE
GERALD JAZZMAN
MR THING & YUNGUN
DPF
ROB LIFE, SKEG & TUFF CUT
BEYOND THERE
FAITH FX HUMAN BEATBOX
Breaking from:
Second 2 None, Children Of The Monkey Basket, Newcaslte City Breakers, and
Force 10.
WANG feat:
RADIOACTIVEMAN & SILVAH BULLIT
OCTAGON MAN
TALVIN SINGH - live on Tablas
POSTHUMAN & ARDISSON
JULIAN 'FAIRSHARE' UNITY
ELECTRO ELVIS & LULA
PLUS
Multistyle support from our long serving consultants
Mat Carter and DJ Prone
TICKETS:
By Phone call Dedbeat direct: 0870 1611 626
Online www.ticketweb.co.uk or www.dedbeat.net
£95 EACH which includes 3 nights self contained chalet accommodation, access
to all the music showcases, indoor swimming pool and other park activities
inc. go-karts, retro games arcade, skate ramp and even a commando style zip
line. Each chalet is self-catering and has a kitchen with cooking/dining
utensils included, bathroom with a shower sink & toilet. The TV/Lounge area
doubles as a bedroom with a roll out sofa bed, and then there will either be
one or two bedrooms with the relevant numbers of beds.
For pictures visit www.pontins.com/hemsby
Tickets must be bought according to available chalet size in groups ranging
from 4 - 8 people.
For smaller groups visit www.dedbeat.net and go to the chat forum to arrange
a chalet share.
TRAVEL:
Road: We are approximately 120 minutes from London on the east Norfolk
coast.
Visit www.maporama.com and you'll be able to get a detailed door-to-door
set of directions.
The postcode of the venue is NR29 4HS
Dedbeat Coach £25 return. If you are coming from or via London you can get
one of our coaches that are going to depart from London Liverpool St on the
morning/early afternoon of the 23rd of April. These are cheaper that the
train and direct to the venue so will save you travel grief. They will
return late Sunday and early Monday morning depending on demand. Buy online
@ www.dedbeat.net
INFORMATION: Please email info@dedbeat.net
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