Woodford Folk Festival 2010
Nobody likes a power tripper.
Ever had to work with a Power Tripper? What about people who seem to be compelled to speak their mind even when it obviously is only going to cause someone else pain. Like, why the hell would you say that unless you wanted to upset me? Well I wrote a song about it.
Ever thought I’m here for a good time not a long time so stuff the sunscreen and I’ll quit that addictive , cancer causing substance later? Me again, and I’ve heard lots of other people say it too. Wrote a song about it, the chorus isn’t bad either. One More Day.
Midland To Currambine I wrote in 2005 its just a short one about being a ratbag during the 90′s in Perth
This is mine and my mate Sicmas’s first EP. He does the beats I’m on the vocals. We are D C F check it out.
Sailor Girl
$250 Canon Point and shoot.
Sailing from Singapore to Sydney during the best posting I’ve had in my career in the Navy. Have learned so much about myself during the past year and know I’ll look back with warm memories thanks to pics like this.
Old Friends
Foveaux St Surry Hills
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Pete Rock Sydney 05 JAN 2011 @ The Beresford
An education from Pete Rock on his first trip to Australia.
Pete Rock became significant in the 90′s for his unique soul/jazz style of hip hop (heavily influenced by his father’s musical tastes) firstly with a remix for Public Enemy – ‘Shut Em Down’ and then his releases with CL Smooth.
It’s amusing how Americans like talking about our native animals when they’re here, almost like we share the same fascination.
“I came here tonight to play every kind of music, so don’t nobody *acks* me to play anything.” “Let’s see if you can appreciate some shit”. Unless you were quick to get down the front you had no chance now and it takes a disciplined women to be diplomatic when having hear toes trampled on. Sorry about that.
Using a digital setup with turntables Pete opens with a soul R&B tune that didn’t make much noise but the track that followed was a beautiful piece that I wish I knew. The didactic first 45 minutes consisted mainly of funk, soul and disco tunes and commentary like “I want yall to understand where the history comes from”. Pete also said “I grew up on this type of music, this is what made me funky” while executing some fine turntablism over a couple of unidentified breaks and basslines. Some more familiar tracks included ‘Cymande – Brothers on the slide’ (1974) ‘Brick – Dazz’ (1976) ‘Chic – Good Times’ (1979) ‘Darryl Hall & John Oates – I can’t go for that’ (1982) and ‘Nick Straker Band – A little bit of jazz’ (1981) which was nicely slammed into the mix. He also played ‘Liquid Liquid – Cavern’ from 1983 which inspired ‘White Lines’ from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5. Tunes by Prince, Michael Jackson, Rick James and the Bee Gees followed, receiving sing along validation.
The next section was all about 90′s hip hop and raw shit like ‘EPMD – Rampage’ which Rock has remixed. These people like their Tribe Called Quest especially ‘Scenario’ as about 5 tracks were played consecutively, ‘Oh My God’ being my favourite. Straight into a similar format of Gangstarr music and ‘Full Clip’ didn’t quite have the desired effect, seeing as we heard it earlier in the night and it really does get smashed at every hip hop party, I look forward to hearing other not so published tracks. ‘Legacy’ and ‘Zonin’ would fall into this category although weren’t as celebrated as ‘Mass Appeal’ and ‘Above the Clouds’. It was about this time we learned that Rock and DJ Premier have an album due out soon.
Time for some warm Pete Rock production with ‘Fakin Jaxx’ and ‘It’s A Love Thing’ hitting the spot, ‘Run DMC – Down with the King’ (also Rock) gets the deserved support and is a must have for any follower. Everyone seems to be feeling good as the soundtrack creates an environment where you could either watch the DJ or chat and be merry with others. Another 3 beautiful tracks ‘Back on the Block’ and ‘Tell Me’ earn the “oohs” but T.R.O.Y is slightly overlooked, so much so he rewinds it back and grabs everyone’s attention. Success.
The remaining 20 minutes was dedicated to his cousin Heavy D’s music who recently passed away.
By the end of the show a large portion of the crowd had dissipated leaving room to walk around. Pete Rock either didn’t notice or didn’t care and continues to seek feedback and “make money monies” with consistent enthusiasm. A legend really.
I did feel like it went on too long and an effective end would have been after T.R.O.Y seeing as it’s his defining track and he could have weaved Heavy D in earlier. Before coming I imagined seeing an MPC in use with Pete performing the type of instrumentals you listen to while looking out the train window feeling like your in a movie. Some of this was achieved without the live component however. I guess he had something for everyone with the party tunes, his influences and the more soulful hip hop side. A decent party in a stylish venue with friendly people, thanks chocolate boy wonder Pete Rock.
kilaheem
Pete Rock Kicks – All White Nike Air-Force 1′s.
Other tracks worth mentioning.
Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants
Rick James – Give it to me Baby
Group Home – Livin Proof
Chubb Rock – Treat Em Right
Big Daddy Kane – Warm it up Kane
Public Enemy – Shut Em Down (Pete Rock Remix)
Nas – The World is Yours (Produced by Pete Rock)
Keni Burke – Rising to the Top
