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Speech Therapy!™/ Text / Damian Malontie/Image/Akwasi Tawia Poku Just before her intimate gig at the Fenchurch store, Covent Garden, The Cut managed to have a drink and a quick chat with Speech Debelle, the winner of this years prestigious Mercury Music Prize. The 26 year old from south London has blown away the critics with her debut album 'Speech Therapy', an emotional journey through the ups and downs of life in the capital . With a presence and insight that crosses social boundaries, Cut music writer Damian set out to investigate why there is so much excitement around Speech. Her depth of character is inspiring us here at The Cut still. You grew up in somewhat, difficult conditions. Can you tell us a bit more about that? No! Not really, It was a broken home with a single mum, I had a good relationship with her in a nice middle-class home. D: What about the times when you were living in hostels, Some people would find that difficult. SD: Those times were hard, It wasn’t a nice place and I wasn’t around nice people- I wanted to get out of there. Moving from hostel to hostel is hard when your 19, but I did learn a lot from it and I don’t think I would have been able to do the album without that experience. When did you realise you wanted to become an artist? There wasn’t really a particular time, but when I heard this really old song, I can’t remember the name of it (starts humming the unknown song). You are too young, you don’t know this song! Did I just give away my age? [everyone laughs] Another song is human nature, that is my favourite song. When I heard it- I was like, I want to do this. You're signed to Big Dada recordings, how did that come about? I started looking at record labels, and Big Dada was one that I sent a demo too. The demo was a really, really rough copy of the album and they got back to me. You recorded your album in Australia, is there any Australian influence in there? Yeah, definitely! I recorded the album in December, Can you imagine if I recorded it in London at that time? It would sound so grey and cloudy. Some songs are pretty deep but because it was sunny outside, I felt up for it and happy despite the songs meaning. No snow or rain, there was a really cool vibe in the studio. What would you say separates Speech Therapy from other albums out there now? Well, from other Hip-Hop albums I feel that you can relate to it more and a lot more positive from other albums out there. Especially from other UK rap artists. Your new song is called 'Better Days', what’s the story behind the song? This song is the next song to drop from the album. Its basically about striving for better me, I have learnt a lot over the recent years. The one and only Roots Manuva featured on a song called ‘Wheela Motion’, who introduced you two? Well, Me and Roots are signed to the same label. For me Roots is the best UK rapper ever! Nobody from the UK has done what he has done. If I have a party, I want him to be there, he is just so funny and such a cool guy. Where were you when you heard the news about you Mercury Nomination? I was actually here! In Covent garden. I was hanging out here with a friend just chilling, then I got the call. I was quite shocked and surprised, but very happy. If Gordon Brown and Jeremy Clarkson were the last men on earth, and you was the last women. Who would you choose to stay with? Gordon Brown, I don’t like men that talk to much. For me men have no reason to even talk, I am sorry if I offended you Damian! That’s cool, it’s too late you already said it now. The damage is done.It’s nothing personal, So I would say Gordon. More from Speech here It's a London Thing!™/ Text / Team Cut / A special collab between London-based Straight Up Distribution and bloggers, BNTL (www.bntl.co.uk) has resulted in a series of images using Brooklyn’s Mishka AW09 collection, but set against the backdrop of inner London. We are loving the new collection here at The Cut! See more here.. Daydreaming™/ Text / Team Cut / New Kyla Tune out this Monday! Makes us feel like summers not quite over yet. Watch the video here Wah Nails ™/ Text / Team Cut / WAH Nails Salon in Dalston opens it’s doors for the first time later this month. With WAH magazine’s track history, the place set to become a one stop shop for bling nails, hanging out and all things girl-cool in East LDN. Kingsland Road, Dalston, E8. More information here Surrender to the Poodle™/ Text / Team Cut / Cop your very own ‘Shamz Le Roc’ tee now @ an introductory price of £15. Available in black or white. You can’t go wrong. Bashy and Master Shortie, are already on the bandwagon. What are you waiting for? Purchase online now here Ohema Omene™/ Text / Team Cut / While the sunshines out it’s still all about the plimsolls, but if you want something a bit special get yourself a pair of these batik pumps, by fashion upstart Ohema Omene. For more information visit the site here Where the Wild Things Are ™/ Text / Team Cut / If you have not heard of Maurice Sendak’s book about monsters ‘Where the Wild Things Are” then you have not been a child. Replicants look away now! The 2009 film adaptation looks amazing and is directed by cult figure Spike Jonze and written by Jonze and Dave Eggers .The film combines live action, suitmation, animatronics, and CGI. Its release is currently scheduled for October 16th, 2009. Bashy : Catch Me If You Can LP Review ™/ Text / Akwasi Tawia Poku / Catch Me If You Can With this new LP, Bashy has definitely stepped up his game in the music scene. This album features the likes of Jamelia, Dappy from NDubz, Wretch 32, Loick Essien and many more as Bashy strikes out into new waters to expand his fan base. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the first single, is a hard hitting electro grime track where Bashy has infused his catchy lyrics with a hard beat. Another one to listen to is Travel the World where Dappy from NDubz lends his voice once again to help Bashy tell his story, this track is definite banger for the summer and will be pumping out on the floats of Notting Hill Carnival come August. Blabac Photo ™/ Text / The Cut / This July, Mike Blabac releases his first book, BLABAC PHOTO – The Art of Skateboarding Photography, which documents 20 years of skateboarding history pulled from Blabac’s extensive collection of work. DC is releasing a limited edition Blabac Azure Mid shoe to complement the project and pay homage to Mike’s decade of service as DC’s exclusive skate photographer. BLABAC PHOTO takes you on a visual journey from Blabac’s humble beginnings as a kid who was intrigued by cameras, to shooting some of the most legendary skateboarders of all time. In support of the BLABAC PHOTO book and shoe release, DC will launch a global tour visiting six locations around the world. Each of the tour’s six spots will host a book launch party at a gallery exhibiting Skate Photographer Mike Blabac photos, and he will be on hand for book signings and interviews. The first of these is at Maverick Showroom, and kicks off next Thursday! Check it here: Maverik Showroom 68-72 Redchurch Street E2 7DP London or visit maverikshowroom.com Livin’ Proof ™/ Text / Bwayla Newton / Livin’ Proof is held every second Saturday of the month at Market Place in the heart of Oxford Circus. It’s a night to celebrate ‘True school hip hop with a dash of soul funk and boogie’ born out of the need for a group of friends to create a night based on music they wanted to play at other venues they worked at, but couldn’t. Livin’ Proof gives ‘true lovers of hip-hop’ the freedom to come together and just appreciate the music. Regular DJs being DJ Khalil, DJ Rags, Mr Thing and Budgie with their extended family including DJ Inka and DJ Snips, all of whom DJ regularly at different parties and events are now part of a successful evening that centres mainly around the best of the 90’s era. Ahead of the curve and drawing even bigger crowds ,Proof offers a one off special with Pharo Monch at the Jazz Café Friday 7th August. Be sure to get there early as often the queues are very long and let’s face it, it’s not about haggling with door staff or licking strangers’ hands for their entry stamp. Trust. Top 5 Livin’ Proof Anthems 1. A Tribe Called Quest / Electric Relaxation 2. Jaylib Feat Frank N’ Dank / Mcnasty FilthTry It 3. Mobb Deep / Give Up The Goods 4. Busta Rhymes / Party Is Goin’ On Over Here 5. Camp Lo / Luchini For more information visit their facebook page here Catch Me If You Can ™/ Text / Chloe Forde / On any given Thursday evening you can expect to see a queue of people all the way down to Notting Hill gate station and these people are queuing up get into one of London’s most talked about nightclubs- YOYOS! And this Thursday was no exception- the only difference being that even when I left club (after midnight) there was still a mass of people waiting to get in and I couldn’t help but wonder if it was because Bashy was inside and word had got around that he would be performing a live set of tracks from his debut album catch me if you can. We at the The Cut have been following Bashy's success story and he seems to be going from strength to strength. With a history of banging mix tapes, recording the sound track to Adulthood and now the release of his album! So I just couldn’t resist going down to YOYOS to see if Catch me if you can was worth the wait…. Bashy performed tracks from the album with an amazing live band and the help of some featured vocalists. Tracks such, as ‘My life before and Livin’ my dream’ were emotive, raw and incredibly honest. Whilst who wants to be a millionaire is one of tunes that makes a crowd get hype. Bashy showed himself, as a true artist and the audience seemed to concur, even though his album has been out for less than a week fans seemed to know all the words and were fondly reciting the lyrics. YOYOS is always a good night, people are friendly, the vibe is good and this music is always banging, so was the album worth the wait…..Most definitely, Bashy kept the audience entertained with the odd joke between tracks and his friendly and polite nature shone as he showed his appreciation to the 1000plus people that came down….so if you didn’t make it down to YOYOS then you missed out, but the albums out now so, catch him if you can! Bashys album ‘Catch Me If You Can’ out now in HMV and online. YOYOs every Thursday at Notting Hill Arts Club Lawrence Watson : The World Is Yours ™/ Text / The Cut / British photographer Lawrence Watson is one of the most respected music photographers of his generation. From the early hip-hop years in New York with Run DMC, Eric B & Rakim, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Roxanne Shante, his early work with artists such as The Smiths, The Clash and Paul Weller, to the explosion of Brit Pop with Blur, Oasis and The Stone Roses. Check out a major retrospective to coincide with the launch of his new book at the Londonewcastle Project Space at 28 Redchurch Street, continued in The Maverick Showooms. Look out for an interview with Lawrence Watson in issue 4 of The Cut. I Luv Live ™/ Text / Kiran Nijjar / Photography / Akwasi T Poku Kiran and Akwasi from Team Cut passed through the ILuvLive night recently which featured on stage the likes of Ava Leigh and Mpho (who incidently are interviewed in our lastest issue) as well as the likes of Ghetts and Sway. Stay tuned for the full review. See Pictures from the Night here Behind the Scenes ™/ Text / Team Cut / Photography / Edward Kagatuzi We got exclusive behind the scenes photos from The Cut Issue Three cover shoot featuring Riz MC, Sofi Donuts and Dels. All captured by the talented Edward Kagatuzi and Rasharna Hylton. See More Pictures From The Shoot here London Fashion Week ™/ Text + Photography / Akwasi Tawia Poku Well the short month of February has quickly passed and now we are @ the begging of Spring! In the last week of February I was invited to take photo's @ the London Fashion Week. Check out the crazy creation's people from around the world have come up with, and check out what will be the hot trends of 2009! See More Pictures here Its That Time Again ™/ Text / Team Cut So as per usual at the Cut, the team have been slaving away through the bitter cold and winter snow to get you issue 3, the Heritage Issue. This time around, we wanted to know what it really means to be British today, which is explored in the feature Global Kingdom. Our Cover features the exclusive Leaders of the Nu- Skool Riz, Dels and Sofi Donuts. There's new music with Crazy Cousins, Giggs, De Tropix & the hottest new female talent including Mpho, Ava Leigh and Mor Karbasi to name a few. A feature on London's young comedians, the essence of slanguage, Sarah Maple, secret style histories, Back to the old school fashion, the Art of Chirpsing....the list goes on. Seriously..We Do This Ting Your Film 09™/ Text / Team Cut End 2008 by doing something creative. The peeps at Bebo and The Mirror (Yes odd combo!) have got together to offer the chance to make your own documentary short with the help of industry experts and access to tons of great equipment. You've got until Jan 5th to get your ideas up on the site so this christmas start n create don't vegetate. Check the site here The Cut meets the Cock N Bull Kid™/ Text / Shamz Le Roc The Cut meets The Cock N Bull Kid, the girl with the bold name that everybody's talking about. But the kidís not all talk, there's lots going on behind the name. Read on to find out more... What kind of music would you say you do? That's probably the question I get asked most often. I just call it pop music, really. It's always fun to hear what other people think my music sounds like, but that's what I intend it to be. I hope when I say that that people will just go 'oh, yeah, that makes sense', because thatís essentially what it is. Where did the name come from? When I saw it I thought 'Why did she call herself that?' For people who don't know, 'cock and bull' originates from way back in like, early English times when traders used to go up north and some traders used to come down south, and they'd be in pubs trying to impress each other, telling each other the tallest tales, just making up stories that wouldnít have happened just to get one up on each other. Roughly translated, what I was maybe going for is like, when you write music youíve kind of got a license to be really creative and get a bit carried away, which is fun sometimes. fantasist, I guess. Thatís what I enjoy doing. Iím not a fantasist though. Itís fun to create things, things and stuff because I've always enjoyed doing that. Itís a little kind of play on that. Who are your biggest inspirations? One thing I've noticed doing interviews is that, I donít really know who my influences are, I catch onto things quite late in terms of getting into people, like Iíve only recently got into Bowie, and obviously heís been around for years. Iím massively influenced by Madonna, and Iíve always loved, and still do love Morrissey, and Bjork, Kelis, M.I.A and Peaches, and people who just do, you know I think the only link between them all is that they donít sound nothing alike, like theyíre all doing their own thing, and thatís kind of what Iíve always wanted to do. Like whatever I was doing I just wanted it to be mine, and create something new, like a whole new sound. I take all my influence just from like people like that, just like, Kate Bush and those others. I saw one thing you on the MTV Spanking new sessions? how did that go? That was cool, I came straight back from Latitudes festival, and we played just like an industry only gig at Proud Galleries and they filmed it, and they did a little interview and that was good. It was a weird one though, because often when you get like, industry crowds, itís not the same as playing to an audience who are really up for it, in a club or whatever. So they were just like, politely holding their drinks and getting free beverages and like, tapping their feet every now and then. Cool, tell us about when youíre on stage, do you like, morph into another person? I think unless youíre a complete extrovert by nature, itís necessary as an artist to have to kind of switch sometimes. Iím not a world away from where I am now on stage, but I just do understand that itís your time to kind of show off a bit and entertain the crowd. I know that when I go and watch someone, I donít want them to be like, huddled behind a piano, or just sat on a stool, you know youíve kind of got to, youíve got to give the people what they paid for I guess. I know especially now some people are coming to my shows really cynical because theyíve heard about me but like, they want to see if I live up to it, so itís good to kind of like, you know, have something to work for and get people to really get on side with you, you know. So inspirations for tracks and stuff, where does that come from? Just some of my favourite songwriters just, I guess the classic ones like, Paul Mccartney, like even Bjork and even like, she gets a lot of stick but even Madonna, you know she was the first woman to ever get co-productions on albums and stuff like that. Youíve got to be a bit of a beast in order to do that, and no matter what people say I think sheís a great pop star, Iím a massive fan of his songwriting just cos of, sort of like the morbidness of it. A lot of the stuff I do is quite dark and I think itís quite fun to have really pop-sounding music against really dark lyrics, and thatís what he does. So, I think those are some of my famous writers, Morrissey and Hall and Oates. Simon and Garfunkel, just the classic ones. How did you discover these people? I think you just stumble across them. With everyone itís either, you know you just hear it, you might just hear it in a shop one day or your dad's always played it, or your mumís always played it in the house. I actively seek out music though as well. I would have heard of a band, like, like Yazoo, a lot of people started saying that a lot of the things I was doing was kind of similar to Yazoo, and I only really knew some of their really popular stuff now Iíve gone through their their back catalogue. Iím more excited, some people are more excited about finding out about new bands, Iím getting excited about finding out about old bands who are just like legends but like Iíve never really heard cos I was too young to listen to. I really enjoy going back and listening to things. Check out her music online at www.myspace.com/thecocknbullkid I love Live @ Cargo™/ Text /Kiran Nijjar Check out I Love Live at Cargo, a monthly event showcasing music from familiar celebrated artists as well as aspiring musicians that are ready to blow! This month’s line up was big, with amazing live sets from Natty, The Cock N Bull Kid, Laura Izibor, Kenan Bell, Wretch 32 and headliner Ms Dynamite. All that plus special guests Bashy and Faith SFX who all ended the night on a high! So if you love fresh, live music and good vibes it’s an event not to be missed! www.cargo-london.com Reality Bytes™/ Text /Kiran Nijjar Art and Music were fused together at Cargo to celebrate the success of the Art in Black and White exhibition in conjunction with Reality Bytes. The venue showcased live music with an eclectic array of some of the UK’s finest up and coming music artists as well as guest speakers. It was hosted by the dynamic duo Peaches the founder of Reality Bytes and rapper Kingpin. The event which was sponsored by R.H.A.S Journal and NoSexWithoutLove.Org started with the special screening of the powerful short film ‘Mother’s Tears’ written by teenagers Jaron Williams and Alimur Rahman as part of Create Not Hate by Quiet Storm. The night then kicked off with the infamous Rhythm Section (Speakers Corner Quartet) who gripped the crowds with their explosive live set and followed with special headliners from renowned Skinnyman, Kyza, Logic and Lowkey, M9, The Royal Priesthood, Floetic Lara, Ember Phoenix feat. Sounbiz and Icykal who all kept the crowd hyped! The performances and music kept hip hop heads entertained and the crowds gripped with the amazing visuals form the Black and White exhibition projected on stage as the artists performed, blending inspirational art with vibrant music. Work from the exhibition was available for sale including Will Kay’s Legends poster, which was a huge hit. The night was an overall success, which brought together musicians, media creatives and visuals within the intimate surroundings of Cargo. Check out the powerful ‘Mother’s Tears’ here Will Kay Draws The Cut™/ Text / Kiran Nijjar Last night The Cut Team headed down to the ICA to see the launch of a limited edition poster commissioned by the ICA as part of Nought to Sixty. The double sided poster features work by artist Will Kay, who created the black and white illustration of all The Cut members involved in the production of the publication in his signature style. Flip over and get to know of events and exhibitions that have taken place as well as interviews with the likes of Cock N Bull Kid, The Hut Project, T Magic and much more to keep you informed! With live performances from Tempa T and Skitz Beatz, an appearance from Will Kay and of course The Cut team in full force, it was a good turn out with cool music. Look out for pics from the evening and a shout out to everyone that came down for the unveiling! Pull Up™/ Text / Team Cut 23rd October 2008 West London people get yourselves down to new night Pull Up at the Paradise bar this Friday. With sets from the De Tropics and Dj set from Harry Love it's not to be missed. The Cut will be there reppin the West! New Era Comp™/ Text / Ronnie Grebenyuk 23rd October 2008 New Era has teamed up with Don’t Panic and Footasylum to give new talented designers the chance to get involved and design your own New Era 59FIFTY fitted cap. How cool is that? It gets even better; the winning design will become the next Footasylum exclusive and sold through out the UK in Footasylum. Plus the two runners up will both receive 12 pieces of their own fitted cap designs. New Era always bring in top guest designers to come up with new and exclusive designs including Dizzie Rascal, Fat Joe and Gym Class Heroes. Now it’s your chance. If you’re interested apply online or vote for your favourite design here Faces of Millions™/ Text / Ronnie Grebenyuk Want to be part of the biggest photo mosaic ever? Well now is your chance, all you have to do is go to Facesofmillions.com and upload your best photo and you will receive a confirmation and a number of were on the mosaic your photo will appear. It will be approximately 10x10m big, which will have finger nail size photos of millions of peoples faces who take part. As of today 27712 people from around the world have taken part including myself, yet still a massive 972288 people need to take part for this project to come alive. To find out more about this project I asked Tanya the creator a few questions. Were did you get your idea from for this project? I really can’t tell the specific moment when it came up. It’s like with all ideas, they come and grow for a while till they are so big that they have to be done. When did you start this project? It was less then half a year ago. I was thinking about it for years, and when I realized that I can use Facebook groups to gather so many people - the project came alive. My roommate has helped me with the site and few of my friends have helped me with suggestions and ideas. Of course there's the Facebook group whose members have given me tremendous support. It wasn’t easy, but the project is rolling now! How would you say its going so far? Great, I’m satisfied. I hope it will go even faster as the Facebook group is growing. The strange thing is that not all the people in the group uploaded their photos. I don’t understand it… Do you think you will achieve this? Absolutely!!! I’m 100% convinced!!! Were will it be published/placed for everyone to see? I’m already making arrangements to place a mosaic in major cities all over the world. There's a topic on discussion board in the Facebook group where people can suggest where it should be placed when it's done. Some of the ideas are great!I receive huge amount of e-mails every day in which people are expressing their support for the project and offering me all sorts of help. I didn’t expect that at all! What is the message/purpose of this project? It would be beautiful to have a chance to see so many faces at once knowing that every single one has a great story to tell. People from every continent, every country, all religions, all races and cultures collaborating together to create something impressive and immortal. It will be a great monument for all of us because it will exist long after our time. I just find it fascinating... For more info about this mosaic project go the Face Of Millions Website Face Of Millions Facebook Group Dead Set on E4™/ Text /Ronnie Grebenyuk Dead Set is a new five part zombie horror series based on the real Big Brother House in which the dead are coming back to life and attacking the living, having a massive effect on the whole of Britain. Apart from the remaining contestants in the Big Brother House who have no idea what’s going on the outside world until their eviction night were they have to face the daunting events back in the real world. Anything could happen. Featuring appearances from Davina McCall, a few former Big Brother Housemates as well as starring Adam Deacon and Jaime Winstone on E4’S first ever horror series by British Comedy writer Charlie Brooker. This will defiantly be something new and extraordinary to look out for just in time for Halloween. Adulthood DVD launch™/ Text /Ronnie Grebenyuk Last night was the release of the Adulthood DVD, the biggest film in the UK Box Office. The Cut went down to HMV Oxfords Street to check it out. The place was jam packed with fans who queued up o get their DVD’s signed by the cast and the main man director, writer and star of the film Noel Clarke. Hosted by Kiss Fm’s Manny Norte, there were also performances from the Mobo Award nominee artist Bashy who performed a track from the film ‘From Kidulthood to Adulthood’ plus other performances included by Adam Deacon, Ben Drew, Femi Oyeniran and Arnold Oceng. Plus free giveaways of Adulthood DVDs to the lucky picked fans, and a Q&A with the cast, which gave the fans a chance to ask questions. The Cut supports UK talent all the way so a big shout out to the whole of the Adulthood team. Adulthood is out now on DVD and Blue ray in HMV and all the other major stores. Art in Black and White™/ Text / Team Cut Cut fave Will Kay launches 'Legends' a new series of work as part of 'Art in Black and White' at London College Of Communication tommorow night. Look out for a limited edition Cut collaboration with the artist coming soon! 140 Grime Street™/ Text /Shona Harvey Billed as 'The biggest Grime event of the decade', Kano's launch party for his eagerly anticipated new album 140 Grime Street certainly lived up to the hype. The previously secret location - Greenwich's Indig02 - was jam packed on the night after 2,000 tickets were made available to the general public all at the cost of nothing. Before Kano hit the big stage, the audience members were kept entertained with sick DJ sets from Kiss 100's Shortee Blitz and Logan Sama, along with performances by Brixton indie band The Thirst and the Adidas-tracksuit clad Peridot dancers, who particularly generated a very positive and ear drum-bursting response from the female crowd-goers. As promised, the 'Prince of Grime' himself Tinchy Stryder also made an appearance, bearing Star In The Hood t-shirts ready to throw into the screaming masses. After a frustrating delay and a comical ten minute warm-up trailer of Kano's preparation for the event, the main man finally made his way on to the stage and opened up his explosive set with the album's first single Hustler. More guest appearances - or 'residents' as KA liked to refer to them - included Wiley, Ghetto and Skepta, with the latter (hilariously) sporting a white dressing gown and colourful socks during his performance of 'These MCs', another hot collaboration from 140 Grime Street. Following on from his latest material, revellers were treated to some old skool Kano tuneage, namely skankin' classic Nobody Don't Dance No More, Boys Love Girls, and female favourites Nite Nite and This Is The Girl. Skepta and Wiley returned once again as Wearing My Rolex and The Rolex Sweep were dropped to a huge response from the venue. Typical Me appeared to be the final track of the evening, but just moments after everyone had turned around to leave, all of the artists returned to centre stage once again for an encore which included the much-loved Ps and Qs - and this time Skepta was actually dressed in normal attire! As Kano noted himself, it's a shame that events like this don't happen more often, especially with all of grime's biggest acts united on stage together at the same time. The concert was the first of its kind and hopefully it won’t be the last. Orange Rock Corps™/ Text / Ronnie Grebenyuk 28th September 2008 The day all volunteers united under one roof at the Royal Albert Hall, the hottest gig of the year lived up to its name. The crowds energy was crazy, they were dancing and singing the lyrics to all the songs. With a mixed genre line up from Rock to Hip Hop, the gig definitely had something for everyone, with big names like Feeder, John Legend and Ludacris performing multiple tracks but Busta Rhymes was undoubtedly the highlight of the night. A big shout out to everyone taking part, see you next year and for those who sat there at home watching it on telly, thinking, 'I wish I was there' then sign up and take part in next years project. Simple as that! Hush Part 2™/ Text / Team Cut Big thanks to everyone who came down to Hush last night. Here at The Cut we were seriously impressed with the live sets from Cocknbullkid and Dels- Both gonna be BIG! It was also amazing to take a peak behind the scenes at the grandiose Albert Hall building, its a pretty special place. Look out for interviews from the night with both artists coming soon! Fashion Diversity for LFW™/ Text / Ronnie Grebenyuk Heres something FREE for all you aspiring designers and models out there. The Museum of London will be holding a two day exclusive showcase that goes by the name of Fashion Diversity. It is one of the latest editions to London Fashion Week, presented by Mahogany Model Management and Untold. It will feature both new and established designers and models with vibrant collections that opens new doors for people from colleges to high street design and fashion. There will be four shows between the two days, the first three shows will showcase both established and up and coming UK Designers and the final show on Saturday afternoon will showcase the work of 10 designers from schools and colleges across London with the influence from 1960's and 1970's fashion costumes. Where Museum of London, London Wall, London, EC2Y 5HN When Friday 19 September 1-1.40pm and 3-3.40pm Saturday 20 September 1-1.40pm and 3-3.40pm latest Free Admission:Free Visit the Museum Of London website T Magic is Loaded With Meaning™/ Text /Ronnie Grebenyuk ‘Loaded with Meaning’ is a solo exhibition that will be held from September 26th until October 5th 2008 at the Loading Bay Gallery by none other then the UK’s most vibrant artist T Magic. With over 40 new peaces of talented work will be featured from paintings, sculptures silk screens and photography there is no doubt this will be a amazing show. Since the press release T Magic got everyone talking and hyped up about the exhibition but no one exactly knows what to expect from the 24-year-old street artist. I guess we are going to have wait and see. Will he surprise us with what hes got to offer? His theme for this exhibition is ‘The London Council Estate’ which will look into his dark social interpretation of it all through his inspirations while growing up which he describes as ‘The Black Hole’. Which in the public eye has been portrayed with ‘poverty, ethnic conflict and crime’. His unique style of art makes powerful statements, has general energy appeal, and is a different way of passing on his thoughts in a way that is obvious yet at the same time enables people to really think about their own views. His work consists of three main things Colour, Contrast and Composition, which makes him truly talented and the reason why he has many fans and supporters including myself. Having already had two previous successful exhibitions at the Air Gallery in Mayfair with Jay Z and Pharrell Williams as fans of his work, it could only get better and I can’t wait!I got a chance to speak to the main man himself, he’s what he had to say. How does it feel having your own exhibition at a young age? It feels liberating to hold an independent exhibition at a young age. This is actually my third year in a row! What can we expect from this exhibition? The aim of this exhibition would be to offer insight into my world ‘The Black Hole’ and also sell my works. My art is a language to make people think about things in a fresh new way. Why did you decide on 'The London Council Estate' as your theme? I chose that as my theme because that is home and where I have drawn a lot of my inspiration from, and also I'm trying to make a change and represent possibility and progress! How does it feel having people such as Jay z and Pharrell as fans of your art work? It feels amazing knowing that Jay-z and Pharrell both have admiration for my work. If you would like to know more about T Magic then check out his stuff on Tmagicworld.com and Artismyhustle.com This could possibly be the most exciting exhibiton of the year so get your self down there and don’t miss out! 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