GRINDIN

Super producer Exile returns to Australia and New Zealand for a series of shows including judging and performing at the Australasian Beatmaker Invitational Final in Melbourne on September 13th showcasing an exclusive MPC/DJ set. Aleksander Manfredi, better known by his stage name Exile, is an American hip hop DJ, producer and occasional rapper. His first …

Detroit MC Guilty Simpson and Sydney DJ / Producer Katalyst first linked up to work on the Quakers album with Geoff Barrow for Stones Throw Records. It was a good match and not long after Stones Throw approached Katalyst to do more work with Guilty. Since then, they have been busy cooking up something special …

To put it simply David Dallas is on a roll. Having just finished a European tour last month, being the only NZ act to play at Eminem’s ‘Rapture’ show in his hometown of Auckland, and picking up Platinum and Gold plaques for his last 2 singles ‘Runnin’ & ‘The Wire’ – Ddot is in rare …

Apollo Brown’s “Thirty Eight” is a contemporary throwback, inhabiting the realm of reverent reinvention and innovation. It deftly bridges the gap between ‘70s Blaxploitation soundtracks (e.g. Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly or Marvin Gaye’s Trouble Man) and the hip-hop records that sampled from them. The tracks on “Thirty Eight” are presented in gritty, heavily saturated Technicolor, the …

Hailing from New Zealand’s Young, Gifted & Broke collective which also includes Home Brew & Team Dynamite @Peace are five dudes that can’t shave who spent the majority of science class in the dean’s office but have come together to make an album about determinism, singularity and other things they don’t know how to spell. …

Gappy Ranks is a British Dancehall Musician. His love for music started in his home town Harlesden, London Where he was born & raised. The year 2010 and the introduction from Silverstar Sound’s DJ Gussy, which lead Gappy Ranks to joined forces with Pierre Bost of French Records and Special Delivery Music Label. Opened up …

In September 2013, Joint Adventure and Grindin’ presented the Australian Beatmaker Invitational, a one off beat battle that took place in Sydney at the Civic Underground. With international headline act & guest judge Kev Brown joined by local beatmaker legends Katalyst and Chasm, the night was a huge success, and crowned The 26th Letter (Soul …

Aaradhna is a 29 year old Soul singer from Auckland, New Zealand. First signed to a record deal at 16 she has previously had 2 other #1 singles in 2004 and 2005 and is a platinum selling R&B/Soul artist in her home country of New Zealand. Signed directly to Universal Republic Records in the US …

The past two years have been a rollercoaster for Dallas. He signed to underground powerhouse Duck Down Music NYC in 2011, releasing second album “The Rose Tint” in the US soon after, and touring throughout North America with hip hop duo Aer. A spot at the notoriously hard-to-get-into SXSW Fader party. Big-ups from Kanye West …

Producer of Blu & Exile’s “Below the Heavens”, Fashawn, Aloe Blacc, Big Sean, Wiz Khalifa, and many more, Los Angeles MPC King, Exile comes to Australia with a new artist from the Dirty Science Camp, Choosey. Come see Exile perform live before your eyes with no loop machines or programs, live real time MPC with …