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The Criminal Minds LIVE!

2010-11-23T22:56:00.001+01:00

+ special guests from the UK!

Kold Sweat T-Shirts

2010-11-23T22:52:00.006+01:00

The good people over at Style Warrior are doing a run of official Kold Sweat tees. So if you like your old school UK hip hop, please head over to the Style Warrior website and place your order..

http://stylewarrioruk.wordpress.com

Mass Hysteria Pt. 6

2010-05-18T18:59:00.001+02:00

Dookie Squad tees

2010-03-09T21:37:00.011+01:00

Help the DOOKIE SQUAD to get their new 12" out! All proceeds from the sales of this limited edition t-shirt will go towards pressing the new DOOKIE SQUAD 12" DEEP RISING and HOSTILE ACTION.

Available here.

Blog recommendation

2009-11-10T21:36:00.008+01:00

Big up the man EXILE of WARPED ETHICS for messaging us that he got himself blogging now. There seems to be some new WARPED ETHICS material in the pipeline to look forward to too!

Go check it out for news about the group, older demos and other interesting bits: warpedethics.blogspot.com

Murphy's b-day bash

2009-09-21T21:49:00.012+02:00

DJ MURPHY - in collaboration with Positive Pressure Productions - proudly presents his BIRTHDAY BASH on SAT 17/10/2009 at Bar59 (Lucerne).

Check the line up:

Live set:
-> DOOKIE SQUAD (Alikazam & Dook Da Looper, UK)

DJ sets:
-> THE NEXT WAVELENGTH (featuring M.C.M. from Caveman, UK)
-> DJ MURPHY
-> POSITIVE PRESSURE SOUND SYSTEM

Doors: 22:00 (CHF 17.-)

>>RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE!<<

Related links:
Dookie Squad Myspace
Alikazam Myspace
M.C.M (Caveman) Myspace
Bar59

Mass Hysteria Pt. 5

2009-06-26T00:05:00.008+02:00

Our northern friends from UNDERGROUND UNITED are coming up with another exceedingly dope line up for this years MASS HYSTERIA jam in Hamburg:

Check out www.undergroundunited.de for further information.

One not to miss!

Killa Instinct, Monkey Sons & Sublime Wizardry on tour!

2009-06-21T23:10:00.014+02:00

The whole NAKED APE crew are playing a few gigs in Germany this coming week. The dates are as follows:

WED 24/06/2009: Sonic Ballroom, Cologne
FRI 26/06/2009: Koma F (Köpi), Berlin
SAT 27/06/2009: Fusion Festival, Flugplatz Lärz

Make sure to check them out if you're in the area..

And here a little appetiser:
Two interviews the boys did for Radio RaBe and Kanal K in Switzerland earlier this year:

Radio RaBe 16/01/2009

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Kanal K 17/01/2009

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Related links:
Killa Instinct Myspace
Monkey Sons Myspace
Sublime Wizardry Myspace

True stylin'...

2009-04-19T16:34:00.018+02:00

When I recently checked my e-mails, I had a discogs order waiting in my inbox for a copy of the recent Crown Jewels mix CD. The buyer noted, that he had to buy it for memories' sake. Apparently, the CD included a track he'd done with a friend when they were kids, which made me prick my ears. It turned out to be DEAN MOODIE aka. DE. VEX, the rapper from TRUE STYLE. A crew that released the very dope CODE OF CONDUCT E.P. on the LIBERTY GROOVES label in 91, and then seemed to vanish from the scene.

TRUE STYLE - CRITICAL TIMIN' - 1991 - LIBERTY GROOVES

According to DE. VEX, TRUE STYLE were going to release another record on KOLD SWEAT in 1992 titled the 'JUDGEMENT DAY E.P.', which unfortunately was never recorded properly, and after all, never saw the light of day. Nevertheless, DE. VEX was kind enough to send over rough demo/ practice versions of the tracks and allowed me to put them on here.

Very little did I know about the group for too long. Googles and enquiries on different forums led to next to no results. A good opportunity to ask DE. VEX some questions which he thankfully agreed to answer:

Who were True Style?

"The group consisted of around 9 or 10 MCs and 4 DJs(!) with Mark doing most of the production on the tracks!
Only myself and Mark got to release any music at the time. Some of the crew came through on the UK Jungle scene a little later."

Where were you from?

"We were all from South London."

When did you start out together?

"I got introduced to Mark through a friend in 1990. He was looking for MCs and DJs into Hip Hop in the area. We werent looking for record deals, just to make music and keep out of trouble!"

Were any of the group members in other groups before/after True Style?

"Yeh we all were but my memory is a bit hazy on names and stuff."

How did the deal with Liberty Grooves come about?

"The Liberty deal was just a bit luck for me at the time. I got introduced to Jonny when he used to sell import Hip Hop to people direct. He lived about 20 minutes down the road from me and when I bought a couple of records from him we just kind of hi it off' you know; we loved collecting records and stuff. He had released the Original Break record with Whirlwind (Rhyme Traveller) and he asked me if I wanted to be on the labels next release. I jumped at the chance but Mark wasnt so keen! They never got on (Mark knew him from school I think)."

What were your influences at the time?

"Well the whole UK rap scene at the time was an influence for me! I loved all the groups around back then (89-92).
Also myself, Mark and jonny were well into breakbeats; when we put the Code of Conduct EP together we tried to pack as many samples in as we could just for the fun of it (some known some not) and, cos we had access to a huge library of breaks we didnt have to bury the breaks behind a drum machine.
When we put that record together I wanted that whole James Brown intro on Critical Timin and the Rusty Bryant sample we used for it, to be given as a song in itself (Rustys Break No.1) so it could be appreciated; sampled again, whatever. Jonny was a bit worried about getting sued or whatever, I just thought fuck it!"

TRUE STYLE - RUSTY'S BREAK NO.1 - 1991 - LIBERTY GROOVES

"Me and Mark were well into Kung Fu films aswell, so we used the Enter the Dragon samples on 002 theme for abit of a laugh. Mark just put an old tape recorder up to the tv speaker to record the samples off the film (thats why it sounds so dirty and rough) we just did that song for a laugh!"

TRUE STYLE - 002 THEME - 1991 - LIBERTY GROOVES

Did you do live shows back then?

"Yeh, but none worth bragging about!!"

How you got connected with Shogun MC?

"I met Shogun in Mi Price Records in Croydon. I was dancing around in the shop (I think it was to a Digital Underground song!) hence the shout-out at the end of his record 'keep dancing my brother'!
We got talking, he was going up to Birmingham to record his record and needed a DJ so I introduced him to Mark, but Mark couldnt do it cos of college, so he recorded the record with no cuts. We stayed good friends."

SHOGUN MC - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES - 1989 - BLUE CHIP REC.

What was the status of the Kold Sweat release and why didn't it happen in the end?

"We just became too busy with studying for exams and boring shit like that - it just kinda fell through."

Were there other projects planned?

"Me and Shogun planned to release some stuff together. He was going to emcee on the Judgement day EP (Eradicate the Enemy) but it never happened! Mark went on to do some records with other emcees under another name."

What are you up to now? Are you still making music?

"Mark is still doing various stuff-under various names! I see him every now and again.
Im busy looking after my 18 month old daughter!."

DE. VEX breaks down the tracklist of the unreleased JUDGEMENT DAY E.P.:

'WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD'

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"The track is about religion, and how wars are started because of it. There are a couple of verses missing on this one. It samples the theme music to Dirty Harry and other bits from the film, and the arcade game Altered Beast!"

'ERADICATE THE ENEMY WITHIN'

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"Its about the state of the UK at the time in 1992! Mark put this one together and asked me to put some lyrics down on it cos another one of the guys found the beat too quick. I thought the beats were tough on this one so I hastly wrote down the rhymes and recorded it! We both liked it so thought we would put it on the EP once I had tidied it up."

'HYBRID!'

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"A bit of a heavy one lyric wise-its all about animal experimentation, gene manipulation, GM crops, BSE and nightmare stuff like that. All that shit was getting us a bit paranoid at the time! We used a live drummer on this one!"

'JUDGEMENT DAY PT. 1'

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"Just emceeing on this one! I wanted to rhyme over the B.BOY anthem - APACHE! Plus, it was to say that True Style were back!"

'JUDGEMENT DAY PT. 2'

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"Mark's version."

'MARK II THEME'

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"We thought we needed a mellow track to round off the EP!"

Many thanks to DE. VEX for taking the time to answer these questions and sharing the demos. Big up!

Back in ya face!

2008-12-15T01:43:00.025+01:00

Killa Instinct, Chrome (Def Tex) & Ill Inspired, DJ Krash Slaughta, Monkey Sons, Sublime Wizardry...

Be there, it's gonna be slammmin!

p.s. Make sure to check out radio RaBe this Friday, 16/01/2009 at ca. 8:15pm CET...

Related links:
Killa Instinct Myspace
DJ Krash Slaughta Myspace
Chrome Myspace
Ill Inspired Myspace
Monkey Sons Myspace
Sublime Wizardry Myspace
Stall 6

Another Revolt Throw Down!

2008-11-10T23:51:00.014+01:00

Another Revolt Throw Down is about to hit Positive Pressure Productions' hometown Zug on Saturday, 27. December 2008. These guys definitely know how to rock a party, as seen on GAMBIT's album launch party last month in Berne. The Revolt Rec. line up is GAMBIT, FEUERRING and human beatbox MARZEL. This crew's got stamina!

Positive Pressure on the wheels! Of course..

In cooperation with Revolt Rec. and Galvanik On Tour.

Listen to GAMBIT at SpeeDee's show on Radio RaBe:

[download]

Related links:
Industrie 45 (Venue)
Gambit Myspace
Revolt Rec.
Galvanik On Tour
Buy Gambit CD

Suspekt tees

2008-11-09T14:05:00.027+01:00

We still have a few Suspekt T-shirts left from the jam in January 08 (click here to see some pics of the night). Available sizes are XL and XXL. If you'd like to get one please follow the link below and fill in the form. We will get back to you with a paypal invoice a.s.a.p.. Thanks.

>> click pictures to enlarge

Prices including shipping are as follows:
Switzerland: € 12.-
Europe: € 14.-
Rest of world: € 16.-

>> Click here to order a Suspekt T-shirt <<

B-Side Wins Again

2008-11-06T23:37:00.015+01:00

Since I first heard 'The Vengeance Is Mine' by a certain SWORN LORD circa 10 years ago, I needed this record in my shelves. It turned out to be a really tough one to find and in all those years I saw it only once on Ebay. That was a few years ago and as I wasn't disposed to spend the kinda money someone else was, my quest to find this record went on. Until recently, when I finally managed to cop one.

Well, what can I say about this? First of all, the A-Side is pretty forgettable. The track is titled 'We Can Make It Happen' by a singer called CHERYL. So let's get on to the B-Side, where it's at. And this is an absolute banger of a track, just how I like my hip hop. There is SWORN LORD MC kicking mad angry rhymes over a hard, yet funky uptempo beat provided by DAVY G, who, by the way, seemed to be a major early influence to HIDDEN IDENTITY producer EVIL ED (click here to read his personal review on DAVY G's first 12"). On scratching duties you have DJ SOUNDMASTER controlling the ones and twos like it should be done. You won't find any lame shouting choruses, let alone R'n'B sing sing on here, just the DJ cutting up slices of CHUCK D and GATECRASH lyrics and the like. Instrumental and a capella versions come along the vocal version. Def! Bag it if you see it!

Nuff talked, listen for yourself:

THE SWORN LORD feat. DAVY G & DJ SOUNDMASTER - THE VENGEANCE IS MINE

Aroe & The Soundmakers - Crown Jewels 2

2008-11-02T18:13:00.019+01:00

After blessing our ears with ‘Crown Jewels 1’ and ‘The Wreckshop’, AROE & THE SOUNDMAKERS are back with the second instalment of their Crown Jewels british rap mix. This time they dug even deeper in their vaults and present a sumptuous collection of widely unheard and unreleased rap tunes from the UK’s golden era. This is exactly my shit I can tell y’all!

The CD contains 54 tracks, 9 of which are unreleased heaters from BLADE, GUNSHOT, D TO THE K, SINDECUT, FRESHSKI & MO ROCK, 3PM and SOLID N’ MIND. The remaining tunes are all available on wax, although, in most cases pressed up in very limited quantities and therefore terribly hard to get one’s hands on. The incredible amount of fire added to the mix shows how much the UK had to display in its golden years. All nicely blended, with air horns, sirens and other natty effects added for your ultimate listening experience.

Quality rating: SERIOUS DOPE!

Check out the sound clips:

Available at:
Concourse Records
Rarekind Records
Suspect Packages
Vinylism
Discogs

Related links:
Aroe & The Soundmakers Myspace
The Assembly Worker Myspace

Save The Vinyl @ Bar59, Lucerne

2008-11-01T22:46:00.010+01:00

Positive Pressure DJs MUNCHEE and ADEE will be hitting the decks on Friday, 21. November at Bar59 (Lucerne). Other DJs on the night are DJ MURPHY, DJ WAB and MOVEMAN. We hope to see you there. It's gonna be funky..

STRICTLY VINYL PLAYED!

Related links:
Bar59
Co-Mix

Gambit & Feuerring live in Zürich

2008-11-01T22:31:00.009+01:00

We're a bit late on this but don't forget to check out GAMBIT and FEUERRING playing live at Club Hey (Zürich) this coming Wednesday.

Related links:
Gambit Myspace
Revolt Rec.
Club Hey

Positive Pressure blog

2008-10-23T23:22:00.011+02:00

Welcome to the Positive Pressure blogspot!

Keep watching this space for our various events planned in the near future. Other stuff that's of interest will be added on here too.

To start things off, here's a nice little exclusive: Three GUNSHOT live clips from their often underrated second album 'Twilights Last Gleaming'. This was recorded at KiFF (Aarau, Switzerland) in 1997. Boy.. What a night!

Enjoy!

'Maths And Stats'

'Mask Of The Phantasm'

'Kingpin'