The Go*off, Southsea & Brighton Hip Hop Night

For 8 years The Go*off productions have been organising un pretentious Hip Hop, Funk & Reggae nights. Showcasing the best in local, UK & international talent to become one of the South Coasts leading events.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

TOUR UPDATE MIGHTY CASEY ADDED!!



Mighty Casey has just been added to the already outstounding line up! This means there's evenmore quality live music & dj's to get through so PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY or you will miss out on acts!




As well as the Lewis Recordings crew we have Dan Duce fresh back from rocking B Boy jams in New York! Check him here: http://www.myspace.com/danduce



















Also we have one of the UK's finest Turntablists, Theory with a rare club set playing some amazing fast rap gems...













Not to forget the Onefortyfive store dj's & of course Nostalgia 77!





Nostalgia 77 aka Ben Lamdin first burst onto the scene with his heavy, new funk based sound in 2002. Unleashing a string of club friendly tracks on Tru Thoughts’ hugely influential 7Sevens imprint, he then followed suit with his seminal debut LP entitled ‘Songs For My Funeral’ in February 2004. Swiftly moving away from the distinctive raw funk of his previous singles, ‘Songs For My Funeral’ saw him branching out to explore a more downtempo and jazz infused style. The album’s sound is hip-hop based beats fused with dusty old jazz; obscuro funk and psych bits and pieces, repolishing and rearranging them for modern day headphone junkies.

The success of the debut album thus encouraged him to progress with this approach for his second album offering, ‘The Garden’. A style which he describes as “a combination of soul and jazz composition with computer based production techniques”. Coming from producing hip hop style beats he had always heard snippets of jazz tracks he loved, so the fuller musical expression of actually making his own jazz music was inevitable. If you imagine Breakestra hanging with Cinematic Orchestra, or RJD2 teaming up with the Ethiopiques then you're close to the sound of Nostalgia 77’s latest album offering.

Aiming for an edgy sound whilst continuing to search for a more personal expression, Nostalgia 77’s influences include free and spiritual jazz as well as 60's funk and soul and Afro sounds.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ANDREW THOMPSON!



Also check out the Videos on the Lewis Recordings website (see link)

Monday, October 02, 2006

LEWIS RECORDINGS TOUR OUTLET ADDED

response to the Edan tour has been good & we have just added Resident records as another ticket outlet:
01273 606312

Monday, September 18, 2006

LEWIS RECORDINGS TOUR feat EDAN IN BRIGHTON








The Go*off is presenting it's first show in Brighton with an amazing line up @ the Ocean Rooms in October....



































THE INFO:

THE GO*OFF Presents: THE LEWIS RECORDINGS TOUR FEAT:
EDAN
(The Humble Magnificent) "Nothing is fu*king with Edan right now" - Mass Appeal
DAGHA
(Object in motion - Boston)
DOOLEY 0
(Conneticuts finest -"Best hip-hop album of the year." - Knowledge )
ANDREW THOMPSON
('NYCs most eccentric soul boy" - "Weird, but irresistible.' - Dazed & Confused)
DJ MIKEY MIKE
(Mike Lewis- warm up set)
+DJ's:
NOSTALGIA 77
(Tru Thoughts)
DAN DUCE
(Sounds of Dyansty NYC & First Nature)
THEORY
(Meiumado Records, DMC Finalist)
SCRATCHY MUFFIN & MADEMOISELLE M'ELLE
(one40fivestore)
UNCLE AL
(The Go*off, Uncle Al's Records)

THURS 19TH OCTOBER
@ THE OCEAN ROOMS, 1 Morley St, 01273 699069 www.oceanrooms.co.uk
10.30pm - 4am


















Tickets £6/7/8 from:
ROUNDER RECORDS 19 Brighton Square, Brighton, - 01273 325440
INFINITE RECORDS 111 Gloucester Rd, Brighton, - 01273 689853
http://www.go-off.co.uk
http://www.lewisrecordings.com
http://www.oceanrooms.co.uk
http://www.nostalgia77.com/
http://www.humblemagnificent.com
http://www.myspace.com/eeddaann
http://www.dooleyo.com
http://www.myspace.com/dooleyo
http://www.golfandracquetclub.com
http://www.myspace.com/whatsuprobot
http://www.tru-thoughts.co.uk
http://www.danlish.com/

Further Info




EDAN:
Critically acclaimed Boston based rapper-producer-DJ-rap historian
Edan Portnoy made a dent on the underground hip-hop scene with the
twelve-inch Sing it Shitface. The album Architecture followed shortly
after, but it wasn't until his first release on Lewis Recordings that
Edan garnered interest from both rock and hip-hop circles first in the
UK then later, in his native US.

Primitive Plus introduced Edan's unique and irreverent take on
hip-hop's past while his next album Beauty and the Beat saw him
experiment with 60's psychedelia. Both albums were showered with
praise, cementing Edan's reputation as one of the most daring and
adventurous artists in modern day hip-hop.

PRESS:

"A typically spaced out lyrical journey. Ninety-nine percent better
than the competition" - Dazed And Confused

"Perhaps the greatest US hip-hop album you'll hear in 2005" - DJ

"This is a record that exults in the joy of musical creation. It
should prove impossible not to love" - The Times

"Edan's genius is schizophrenic. 'Beauty and The Beat' should make him
a star" - Mojo

"Instead of bleating about how rap was better 'back in the day', Edan
goes and does something constructive about improving it" - Metro

"A bewitching lesson in underground hip-hop production" - Hip-Hop Connection

"Edan has a seemingly bottomless musical curiosity... he unites old
school hip-hop's aesthetics with a previous generation's sense of
grooviness" - The Washington Post

"Impossibly ambitious, as psychedelic as Mythos, as unrelenting as the
Ultramagnetic MCs, Edan is a master in possession of his own style.
One of the best and most original records to come out this decade" -
XLR8R

"A full tab of b-boy psychedeliaŠ a creative quantum leap forward" - XXL

"With an awe-inspiring imagination in tow, Edan drops his own magical
mystery tour" - URB

"Nothing is fucking with Edan right now. 'Beauty and the Beat' is the
best hip-hop I've heard in a long time" - Mass Appeal






DOOLEY O:
Legendary Connecticut rapper-producer-DJ Dooley-O is widely recognised
in DJ circles as the first in hip-hop to sample obscure 70's band
Skull Snaps' It's A New Day.
After recording an unreleased album for the label Tavdash (one time
home to R Kelly), Dooley presented the public access series Graffiti
TV and became a mentor figure to funk-curator Egon who would later
head prestigious indie Stones Throw. While the label would later
release Dooley's single Watch My Moves and Solid would issue a
well-received album of back catalogue material under the same name, it
wasn't until 2005 that Dooley's first album of new music would finally
find a home. Released on Lewis to rapturous acclaim for it's expertly
helmed gritty production and everyman lyrical perspective, I Gotcha
proved age hadn't dimmed Dooley's musical gifts.

PRESS:

"Pulls apart modern hip-hop's fixation with materialism and women and
questions the motivations of today's rappers. Dooley-O isn't unique in
reinventing golden age hip-hop but he is in making it this thrilling."
- Metro

"Best hip-hop album of the year." - Knowledge

"Dooley's return could easily be another unearthed nugget from rap's
golden age." - Hip-Hop Connection

"A unique album..." - Undercover

"Dooley-O has been there, seen it and pretty much wrote the book
before anyone else you care to mention. It may be a long time coming
but this guy has earned his respect." - Update

"This MC from Connecticut's been about for eons but we're glad he's
back." - Loaded

"For anyone who appreciates pure, unadjusted hip-hop." - Big Cheese

"Reminds you rappers can have half a brain." - Echoes"

For interviews, photographs, bookings or advice on how to rescue
something from your incinerator, please contact Sunil on 0208 523 9578
or e-mail sunil@rapandsoulpromotion.com


Visit Dooley-O's website at http://www.dooleyo.com
Visit Dooley-O's MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/dooleyo






ANDREW THOMPSON:
Armed with a DMX drum machine, a kazoo, a Wurlitzer, some junky
synthesizers, tubas, trombones, a robot, and a broke-ass piano, Mr.
Thompson sings tales of the absurd and the everyday. Oh yeah - and the
boy can sing.

The Brooklyn resident has a background in Jazz vocals and corporate
entertainment. In fact he won the Jazz Vocal M.V.P. award at Boston's
prestigious Berklee School of Music and went on to sing in high-class
restaurants, stuffy hotels and big name corporate functions.

Now flying solo, Andrew's new single 'We're in Business' (released
November 6th) is set to be this year's most thrillingly unusual,
genre-defying pop song, about one man's love-hate relationship with a
robot companion.

He seamlessly mixes a diverse palette of influences that include ELO,
De La Soul and the legendary Muppet Show pit band - Electric Mayhem -
into material that is familiar, yet impossible to pin down.

Fresh from supporting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in the U.S., Andrew is
currently recording his debut album scheduled for release in the new
year.

PRESS:

'NYCs most eccentric soul boy unleashes this ridiculous, but oh so
catchy, kazoo-led tune about finding strange objects in his bowl of
soup. Weird, but irresistible.' - Dazed and Confused Magazine

'This is the years cutest and catchiest song, sung by a Brooklyn jazz
singer guy, thatll make you laugh and get stuck in your brain for
months (10 out 10 stars).' - Vice Magazine

'Edans label with a late contender for pop single of the year. Dont
question me or yourself. Just get it and hear it and love it til Xmas
(4 out of 5 stars).' - DJ Magazine

'This tune is hilarious, the perfect kind of acceptable novelty tune.
B-side 'Idiot' offers more of the same. Verdict: real originality. No
misunderstanding. (4 out of 5 stars).' - Blues and Soul Magazine

'A bouncing tuba, someone whistling and an old style crooning vocal
from New Yorker Thompson leads this strange tale of finding a fly in
your soup. (4 out 5 stars).' - Metro UK

'A hard-hitting consumer rights anthem, here Brooklyns hirsute Mr.
Thompson uses some of that Edan money to bring light to the plight of
finding bugs in among your hard earned soup over the type of groove
UB40 in their prime would have been proud to see their name next to.'
- Hip Hop Connection


Visit Andrews website at http://www.golfandracquetclub.com
Visit Andrews MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/whatsuprobot

Thursday, July 06, 2006

MASSIVESUMMER PARTY


Spitbank Fort:
A massive man-made island, sitting a mile offshore from Portsmouth Harbour, Spitbank Fort is one
of the most unusual military buildings ever constructed and one of the most unique venues to be
found anywhere. Virtually unaltered since 1870, Spitbank Fort offers an unrivalled atmosphere and
some of the most spectacular views in the UK

THE FORT WILL BE FREELY OPEN FOR THOSE BRAVE ENOUGH TO EXPLORE.
CANDLE LIT CORRIDORS, ROOMS UNCHANGED FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS & THE MOST ATMOSPHERIC CHILL OUT ROOMS IMAGINABLE.

THE EVENT WILL START AT 7PM IN THE OPEN AIR COURTYARD WITH THE EVENING SUN, SOLENT VIEWS, INCLUSIVE HOGROAST & LIVE FUNK BAND. AFTERWARDS THE NIGHT KICKS OFF PROPERLY IN THE 2 MAIN ROOMS HOSTED BY FUNKTIFINO, THE GO*OFF & THEIR GUESTS!

FOR 10 YEARS FUNKTIFINO HAS BEEN RAMMING DANCEFLOORS AS PORTSMOUTH' S MOST CONSISTENT PARTY NIGHT. FUNK, SOUL & BOOGIE MIXED WITH 80'S & MODERN CLASSICS PROVIDE THE HOTTEST ATMOSPHERE YOU WILL FIND ON THE SOUTHCOAST THIS SUMMER .

The Go*off is one of the UK’s most respected Hip Hop nights & will be supplying the dancefloor bangers all night alongside selected live guests from the cream of Southcoast Hip Hop.

Rendezvous outside ha ha bar in Gunwharf Quays at 6.30pm
Boat will take you across to the Fort, party starts @ 7pm
TICKETS & INFO AVAILABLE FROM THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS BOX OFFICE: 023 92863911
BUY SECURE ONLINE @ WWW.WEDGEWOOD-ROOMS.CO.UK
Further Info: WWW.GO-OFF.CO.UK WWW.SPITBANKFORT.CO.UK     http://www.myspace.com/thegooff  

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Klashnekoff photos 27/5/06

Thanks to everyone who came down on Saturday, we had another full house & all those involved put on a good show.
This will be the last proper Go*off for a while as we take a summer break but look out for Go*off dj's at various locations & a special party in August to be announced here shortly!....