It felt to me like their recent show at the WF in Sete had soared to new heights – with a mix of that incredible Pimps energy, the oceanside setting with an immmediate packed upfront dancefloor, the new songs (including a stompin’ Pigbag cover) and classics given an almost pop feel if possible from jazz players this incredible !

It’s heartwarming that London continues to give love and respect to the Classic and timeless artists that roll through. This past Wednesday was no exception when Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, performing together with The Heliocentrics, was ecstatically celebrated by a capacity crowd at Koko. The diverse mix of musos, new converts and London based Ethiopian allowed for a whole lot of shaking and quivering goin’ on as Mulatu effortlessly strutted his Ethiopiques magic together with the dynamic Heliocentrics crew.

It’s only one week to go for the Mulata with The Heliocentrics show at Koko in London and we highly recommend that you do not miss it ! You can also enter here to WIN a pair of tickets to the show (if in London) or a signed copy of the album ‘Inspiration Information 3′ just released on Strut, by simply answering which movie has Mulatu’s music been featured in.

London was the perfect host to Q-TIP’s long awaited and triumphant return after 14 or so years past Saturday ! The Roundhouse was a fitting venue and sensation for this celebration of hip hop legend Q-TIP and his full live band who as promised tore the roof of the sucka ! What def. impressed me [...]

Q-Tip has truly received the love from the London massive, what with the WW10 Roundhouse show completely sold out weeks ago ! True it’s been eons since the Tribe vibe has been experienced in Londontown, and so in the same spirit the ‘renaissance’ man will be extending the vibes at the official afterparty with a [...]

Sure is a ‘Renaissance’ y’all – the WW10 Q-Tip London show at the Roundhouse supported by KSPACE.TV is SOLD-OUT ! but do not despair you still have a chance to WIN a pair of tickets to this show. Um yeah you need to do a little work for this, which is sending us 5 good [...]

and the hits keep on comin’ ! In anticipation of the long awaited London performance of Q-Tip and full live band on 14 March at the Roundhouse, we are very happy to link you to the free download of the super dope J.Period mixtape aptly titled ‘The [Abstract] Best with Tip Tip and [...]

‘Inspiration Information’ a great name to describe the excellent collaboration projects that the recently revived Strut Records are releasing (#1 Amp Fiddler/Sly & Robbie, #2 Horace Andy/Ashlee Beedle) with #3 being another true gem ! Ethiopia’s maestro Mulatu Astatke together with The Heliocentrics (Stones Throw) is a wonder of classic & the new and in [...]

Check check y’all – tickets goin’ real fast for the long awaited London appearance of Q-TIP live at the Roundhouse on 14 March to kick off the GP Worldwide 10 Series ! so don’t sleep on this one which also features Deviation don Benji B, the bPM and Little Dragon live. To help you make [...]

For those who missed the Worldwide Awards on Saturday you missed a really big announcement! After Q-Tip’s video message accepting his award for Worldwide Track of the Year, Gilles ecstatically announced that the Tribe Called Quest ‘renaissance’ man will be headlining the first of a series of Worldwide 10 (BBC Radio show) anniversary events. [...]