OBESE RECORDS PROUDLY ANNOUNCES
10th ANNIVERSARY BLOCK PARTY SHOW!
This year Obese Records proudly announces
a very special 10th anniversary edition of
Block Party. Inviting you back to the place
where it all began, this hometown show will
landmark a celebration of over 70 releases
as well as the labels many successes during
its 10 year reign within Australia’s
flourishing music industry. In addition to
the ARIA Awards, the Gold and Platinum albums,
Obese Records has pushed Australian hip hop
into the mainstream music conscience. Block
Party 2010: Obese Records 10th Anniversary
will feature live performances from Mantra,
Dialectrix, M-Phazes, Illy, Spit Syndicate,
Pegz, Bias B, Skryptcha plus many more and
will showcase graffiti and a special performance
by the Wickid Force Breakers. Wickid Force
Breakers are one of Australia's most decorated
(3-time Australian champions) and leading
breakdance crews. Supported by Ironlak, interactive
graffiti will also take place throughout the
evening featuring Jase (Beathedz) and others.
The evening will be hosted by Slap618 and
will be heralded as the biggest Melbourne
Block Party to date, dedicated to the fans,
artists, media and industry alike.
Full line up and details are below. Don’t
miss out on one of Australian hip hop’s
biggest celebrations of its past, present,
and future! Tickets available from Ticketek.com,
the Obese Records retail store and Wax Museum
Records.
SKRYPTCHA TO RELEASE DEBUT
ALBUM TOMORROW! OPENS FOR SPIT SYNDICATE ON
FINAL LEG OF TOUR
Sydney MC Skryptcha will be releasing his
anticipated debut full length tomorrow. Titled
The Numbers, the fourteen-track outing is
an honest and personal expression of Skryptcha’s
love for the music wrapped up in that old
boom-bap and soul sound. Like those who have
made a mark in the past, the album is a glorious
mix of deft production work, intelligent lyricism
and story telling. The Numbers features impressive
production by M-Phazes, Chasm, Jase and more
and includes the Triple J added single “Get
Mine”.
You can stream the track on Skryptcha’s
MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/skryptcha
Skryptcha will also play the final leg of
the current Spit Syndicate national tour opening
for the duo through NSW. Dates are listed
below.
Tour dates: (opening for Spit Syndicate)
Thursday 22nd July – Wollongong @ Harp
Hotel
Friday 23rd July – Newcastle @ Cambridge
Hotel
Saturday 24th July – Sydney @ The Gaelic
Hotel
Sunday 25th July – Sydney (all ages)
@ Live at The Wall
Sydney MC Skryptcha digs into hip hop’s
East Coast influence for direction and tone
on his much anticipated debut full length.
Titled The Numbers, this fourteen track outing
is an honest and personal expression of Skryptcha’s
love for the music wrapped up in that old
boom-bap and soul sound. Like those who have
made a mark in the past, The Numbers is a
glorious mix of deft production work, intelligent
lyricism and story telling. The Numbers features
impressive production by M-Phazes, Chasm,
Jase and more and featuring triple J added
single “Get Mine”
Skryptcha will play select shows on the upcoming
Spit Syndicate ‘Starry-Eyed National
Tour’.
You can stream “Get Mine” on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/skryptcha
ILLY WORKING ON ALBUM #2
Having finished touring in support of his
smash single “Pictures” as well
as a stint on this year’s Groovin’
The Moo Festival, Illy has already begun working
on the follow up to Long Story Short. No specific
date or title have been announced just yet
and we can’t quite reveal the producers
he’s working with, but we expect the
album to drop later this year! Stay tuned!
DIALECTRIX FINISHES UP NEW ALBUM
Dialectrix has recently finished up writing
and recording his much anticipated follow-up
to 2008’s critically acclaimed debut
Cycles of Survival. While the new album has
yet to be titled, we can tell you that Plutonic
Lab has produced the entire album and will
feature Dialectrix’s unmistakable spitfire
flow over some classic boom bap beats. Expected
release date is pending, but look for it late
2010.
June 3, 2010
MANTRA ADDED TO MUPH &
PLUTONIC HIFI SHOW IN MELBOURNE!
Fresh from his hometown album launch show
and an ongoing tour with Urthboy, Melbourne
MC Mantra has been added as a special guest
to the Muph & Plutonic HiFi Birthday bash,
rounding out a stellar lineup that already
includes Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne and Jess
Harlen. Mantra’s debut album, Power
of the Spoken, was selected as a Triple J
‘Feature Album’. The Melbourne
show is slated for June 11 while the Brisbane
leg will take place a day later. Brisbane’s
support acts include The Optimen, Jess Harlen
and Rainman.
Tickets for both shows are ON SALE NOW.
Dates & details:
JUNE 11 – MELBOURNE, VIC @ THE HIFI
Muph & Plutonic
Chasm & Vida Sunshyne
Jess Harlen
with more TBA
SPIT SYNDICATE DEBUTS #8 ON
ARIA URBAN CHARTS, #3 AIR ALBUM; PREPS NATIONAL
TOUR
ARIA-nominated hip-hop group Spit Syndicate
are poised to hit the road in July in support
of their latest release Exile on the ‘Starry-Eyed
National Tour’. The Sydney duo recently
released their highly anticipated sophomore
album Exile to widespread acclaim, debuting
at no. 8 on the ARIA Urban charts and no.3
on the AIR Album Charts. With their lead single
“Starry-Eyed” currently on Triple
J, the Double S are set to embark on a headline
tour around Australia, joined by special local
guests at each stop. Accompanied on stage
by musical mercenary DJ Joyride, Spit Syndicate
have built a monster reputation on the back
of their unique, high-energy live shows. Spit
Syndicate are no strangers to the live circuit,
having played successive Obese Block Party
tours and joining crew-members Horrorshow
on the wildly-successful Inside Story tour
in March. The ‘Starry-Eyed National
Tour’ is guaranteed to be the biggest
tour yet from one of the country’s most
exciting hip-hop groups – do not miss
this tour when it rolls through your town.
The newest release on Obese Records is available
NOW nationwide and on Itunes.
April 23, 2010
SPIT SYNDICATE TO RELEASE EXILE
MAY 14; OFFERS FIRST SINGLE AS FREE DOWNLOAD
Leaving behind the hype and buzz of their
ARIA-nominated debut, the long awaited second
album from Sydney’s Spit Syndicate is
the continuation of the duo’s growth
as tastemakers in Australian hip-hop. After
a hiatus dotted by real life, touring and
overseas travel, Spit Syndicate return with
Exile; a rich, progressive sophomore album
helmed by producer Adit (Horrorshow) and featuring
the Triple J added single “Starry-Eyed.”
Inspired by the clarity of mind borne out
of travel, the feeling of suffocation by one’s
everyday surroundings and the displacement
sometimes required to get right, Exile invites
you to a world away from the mundane and uninspired.
It pits the listener against the surrounds
of comfort and familiarity and supplants it
with thrill, excitement, and flirtation; evoking
ideas of escape, both physically and mentally.
Superproducer M-Phazes also contributes to
Exile, as do rising beatsmiths JSquared (Melb)
and Cam Bluff (Bris). Guest vocalists are
restricted to Spit Syndicate’s One Day
family; Solo, Joyride (Spit Syndicate’s
DJ) and the divine Sarah Corry. The track
“Starry-Eyed” is now available
for both streaming and as an exclusive download
via Triple J. Spit Syndicate will also provide
video updates on the album until its release.
Check out the links below.
Exile is out May 14th.
MUPH & PLUTONIC HEADLINE HIFI BIRTHDAY
BASH
Iconic live music venue The HiFi are celebrating
their birthday in June and have lined up Muph
& Plutonic to headline shows at both their
Melbourne and Brisbane locations. After touring
the nation as part of this year’s Groovin’
The Moo festival, Muph & Plutonic will
hit the HiFi June 11th in Melbourne before
heading to Brisbane June 12th. Labelmates
Chasm & Vida Sunshyne will feature at
the Melbourne show while Jess Harlen will
perform at both dates. Additional supports
include The Optimen, Rainman in Brisbane with
more to be announced shortly for Melbourne.
Tickets for both shows are ON SALE NOW.
Dates & details:
JUNE 11 – MELBOURNE, VIC @ THE HIFI
Muph & Plutonic
Chasm & Vida Sunshyne
Jess Harlen
with more TBA
Tickets: $18 +bf on sale now
JUNE 12 – BRISBANE, QLD @ THE HIFI
Muph & Plutonic
The Optimen
Jess Harlen
Rainman
Tickets: $18 +bf on sale now
Upcoming Obese
Gigs:
CHECK ARTIST MYSPACE FOR THE LATEST
GIG INFO!
M-Phazes
M-PHAZES TOUR DATES & ARTIST LINEUPS:
JULY
Thu 15 July - QLD Exchange Hotel, Townsville
(ft. ILLY & MANTRA)
Fri 16 July - QLD Tank Art Centre, Cairns
(ft. ILLY & MANTRA)
Sat 17 July - QLD CBD Hotel, Mackay (ft. ILLY
& MANTRA)
Thu 22 July - VIC Roi Bar, Albury (feat. ILLY
& MANTRA)
Fri 06 August - TAS Hotel New York, Launceston
(feat. MUPH, MANTRA & NINE HIGH)
Sat 07 August - TAS Republic Bar, Hobart (feat.
MUPH, MANTRA & NINE HIGH)
Fri 13 August - VIC Karova Lounge, Ballarat
(feat. MANTRA & NINE HIGH)
Sat 14 August - VIC Westernport Hotel, San
Remo (feat. MUPH, MANTRA & NINE HIGH)
Fri 20 August - VIC Esplanade Hotel Front
Bar, St Kilda (feat. MUPH, PHRASE, ILLY, MANTRA,
NINE HIGH, CANDICE MONIQUE)
Sat 21 August - ACT Transit Bar, Canberra
(feat. MUPH, MANTRA, DIALECTRIX)
Thu 26 August - NSW The Annandale Hotel, Sydney
(feat. DRAPHT, MUPH, MANTRA, ILLY, SOLO, SPIT
SYNDICATE, NINE HIGH, DIALECTRIX)
Fri 27 August - NSW Wollongong Uni, Wollongong
(feat. DRAPHT, MUPH, MANTRA, ILLY, NINE HIGH,
DIALECTRIX)
Sat 28 August - NSW The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
(feat. DRAPHT, MUPH, MANTRA, ILLY, NINE HIGH,
DIALECTRIX)
Sat 18 Sep - QLD Sounds of Spring Festival,
Brisbane (feat. MUPH, MANTRA, ILLY, HAUNTS
& SEVEN
Spit Syndicate
Thursday 8th July - Adelaide, SA @ Electric
Light
Friday 9th July - Fremantle, WA @ Norfolk
Basement Bar
Saturday 10th July - Perth, WA @ Rocket Room
Thursday 15th July - Hobart, TAS @ Republic
Friday 16th July - Melbourne, VIC @ Evelyn
Thursday 22nd July - Wollongong, NSW @ The
Harp
Friday 23rd July - Newcastle, NSW @ The Cambridge
Saturday 24th July - Sydney, NSW @ The Gaelic
Club
Sunday 25th July - Sydney (all ages), NSW
@ Live at The Wall
Chasm & Vida-Sunshyne
July 10 – Adelaide, SA @ Thebarton Theatre
July 16 – Canberra, ACT @ The Hellenic
Club
July 17 – Sydney, NSW @ Enmore Theatre
Gully Platoon "Nothing
to Lose" video!!
The epic new video for Gully
Platoon's "Nothing to Lose" (from
the album The Great Divide, available everywhere
via Obese Records) Directed and produced by
Prad Deep
