Mixtape: REVOLUTION OF GIL SCOTT-HERON mixed by Psykhomantus

GIL SCOTT-HERON

Gil Scott-Heron died on 27^th May 2011 that was the day me and my crew A Few Good Men was supporting Slum Village at The Drum in Birmingham. I remember waking up the next day and checking my twitter messages and reading everyone else’s tweets that said R.I.P. Gil Scott-Heron. It was sad to read those tweets as I felt like part of me has gone. He was a deep brother and weather people know it or not, he has in some ways been apart of our life’s. I hooked up with spoken word artist Sureshot a few days later as he has crazy knowledge and a big record collection of the brother as I wanted to do a tribute of Gil’s work. I wanted Sureshot to also host the mixtape as to me it made sense as he’s one of the deepest artist of our time and I really respect his work as we have been on the road a few times performing, I’ve always wanted to do a mixtape project with him and this would have been perfect, but for some reason, it didn’t happen, I didn’t get to record Sureshot’s part. But know this, 60% of this mixtape is Sureshot’s records, this mixtape would of not happen without his help as he was the one that choose the tunes not me. There were so many stuff and a few had to be left out, as it would have been one of those long ass mixtapes. On this mixtape you will hear song’s, spoken word, live performance and even people that sampled his music. Thanks to Kenny Dust, Lyric L, Tony Minvielle, Rich Blk and Sureshot as this mixtape would not be the shape that it has become. I hope people enjoy the life and work of Gil Scott-Heron. May you Rest In Peace.

Psykhomantus

Revolution Of Gil Scott-Heron by Psykhomantus on Mixcloud

REVOLUTION OF GIL SCOTT-HERON:

WHEN I THINK OF…INTRO

ON HOME COMING PT 1 & 2 (MANTUS BLEND)

KEEP ON- GRAND PUBA

WE ALMOST LOST DETROIT

BROWN SKIN LADY- BLACK STAR

CAMPHOHOR- MF DOOM

ANGEL DUST

MESSAGE TO THE MESSAGERS

BICENTENNIAL BLUES

AMERIKA- MOODYMAN

THE BOTTLE

THE BOTTLE LIVE

JAWS (MANTUS BLEND)

RACETRACK FROM FRANCE

HOME IS WHERE THE HATED IS

MY WAY HOME- KANYE WEST ft COMMON

INNER CITY BLUES (INTRO BEAT) - MARVIN GAYE

INNER CITY BLUES

OFFERING (COOKIE SOUL REMIX)

ME & THE DEVIL

GRANDMA’S HOUSE

VILDGOLIA

MR NIGGA- MOS DEF

A LEGEND OF HIS OWN MIND

WASHINGTON D.C.

WINTER IN AMERICA

PEACE GO WITH YOU (INTRO)

PEACE GO WITH YOU/LORD JAZZ HIT ME ONE TIME

REVOLUTION- RICH BLAK & PSYKHOMANTUS

REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED

MUST BE SOMETHING WE CAN DO

A SIGN OF THE AGES

WHAT A NIGGY KNOW REMIX- KMD

THE GHETTO CODE (MANTUS BLEND)

JOSE CAMPOS TORRES

OUTRO

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...another video of The Battle Of The Titans (Full Video)

For those that missed the Slum Village event at The Drum feat Shabba Doo, Crazy Legs, the B-Boy battle between Lil Tim & Mouse, Hosted by A Few Good Men (Psykhomantus, Roc 1, Rhize and E Double D). Next gig: FGM presents The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest (Movie & After Party) 7th July at Hare & Hounds, Birmingham.

Roy Ayers Project: Roy Ayers & Pete Rock 24th July

LEFTFOOT PRESENT… ROY AYERS & PETE ROCK

PLUS SUPPORT FROM:

A FEW GOOD MEN (Roc 1, Rhize, E Double D, Psykhomantus)

Date: SUNDAY 24ND JULY

Time: 8PM-11PM

Venue: Hare & Hounds, 106 High St, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ

Tickets: £15ADV / MOTD from www.theticketsellers.co.uk / 0844 870 0000

After previous unbelievable show with Roy Ayers, American funk, soul, and jazz composer and vibraphone player, we thought we’d invite him back for some more good time vibes. So for those of you who missed his last performance, this is another chance to catch a genuine legend in one of Birmingham’s finest intimate venues.

This groundbreaking project is the first of it’s kind – jazz genius Roy Ayers performing with a Hip Hop/DJ legend PETE ROCK – in a Live band/DJ / Mc format. The show will feature exciting rendition’s of Roy’s most celebrated hits – Everybody Loves the Sunshine, We live in Brooklyn, and many others – with Pete Rock sampling Roy’s music and adding more hip hop flavour with his beats and rhymes.

Constantly performing and recording since the 1960s, he is one of the most famous jazz vibraphonists. He has produced some of the most loved modern soul-jazz records of all time such as, “Everybody Loves The Sunshine”, most influential afro-jazz with musician Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (Africa – Centre Of The World) and the most seminal jazz-funk, such as “Running Away”. And that’s just the surface. 2004 saw the release of “Virgin Ubiquity: Unreleased Recordings 1976-1981” which were ‘lost’ sessions tapes that he had discarded. Gilles Peterson described this as the equivalent of finding a lost Beatles album. No doubt this helped him win the Gilles Peterson 2004 Worldwide Lifetime Achievement Award. Roy Ayers is ageless and evergreen and as per the title of another one of hits, remember “We All Live In Brooklyn Baby”.

Rapper, DJ, and producer Pete Rock first emerged in 1991 as one half of a duo with C.L. Smooth, debuting with the All Souled Out EP. A hit LP, Mecca and the Soul Brother, followed before the two went their separate ways in the wake of 1994’s The Main Ingredient, with Rock remaining a prolific studio presence prior to the release of his solo debut, Soul Survivor, on Loud/rca four years later. Dropped from the label, he continued his career as an independent producer, and later signed to Rapster/Bbe in 2001 for PeteStrumentals. Two years later, the label released a two-part compilation of mid-’90s LPs with Lost and Found. In 2004, Rock produced the sequel to his debut, Soul Survivor II, with features coming from Pharaohe Monch, dead prez, Talib Kweli, and former partner C.L. Smooth.

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Advance tickets available from www.theticketsellers.co.uk / 0844 870 0000

Info: 0121 444 2081 / info@hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

Links:

www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk

www.royayersproject.com

www.myspace.com/peterock

FGM presents The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest (Movie & After Party) 7th July

FGM (A Few Good Men) presents The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest (Movie & After Party)

The Movie:

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest is a documentary film directed by Michael Rapaport about one of the most influential and groundbreaking musical groups in Hip Hop history. Having released five gold and platinum selling albums within eight years, A Tribe Called Quest has been one of the most commercially successful and artistically significant musical groups in recent history, and regarded as iconic pioneers of hip hop. The band’s sudden break-up in 1998 shocked the industry and saddened the scores of fans, whose appetite for the group’s innovative musical stylings never seems to diminish.

In addition to chronicling the past, present and uncertain future of the band, the film includes interviews from the Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Pharrell, Mos Def, Santigold, Monie Love, Pete Rock, Large Professor, De La Soul, The Jungle Brothers and Common, all of whom attribute some combination of love, respect, and inspiration drawn from the legacy of A Tribe Called Quest.

The After Party:

Music provided by A Few Good Men (Rhize, E Double D, Psykhomantus & Roc 1) on 6 Turntables.

A night dedicated to A Tribe Called Quest and the Native Tongues movement featuring classic songs by Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Chi Ali, Black Sheep, The Beatnuts, Common, Mos Def, Brand Nubian, Leaders Of The New School, Consequence and more.

Date: 7th July

Location: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham
Doors Open: 9pm
Film Starts : 9.35pm
After Party: 11.15pm- 1pm
£5 (Film and After Party)

Festival: The Hip Hop Revolution

June 25th: The Hip Hop Revolution

Part of Punch Record's Bass Festival, The Hip Hop Revolution is a day long event packed full of a series of fun dance workshops and performances centred around the five elements of Hip Hop.

Hip Hop Revolution will feature special performances from some of the hottest Hip Hop talent around and will culminate with a mass dance led by celebrity dancer, Turbo from Sky1’s ‘Got to Dance’ where visitors will be encouraged to learn the moves and join in.

Highlights inlude:

Turbo from Sky’s Got to Dance
Eastpak Throwdown, London’s biggest underground Hip Hop dance event
Street Wear Designer Daniel Isles of SoapBox World Limited Edition give-aways
StayFresh DJ and MC Showcase
Rare screening of the Hip Hop classic film Wild Style

Everyone welcome. All events and workshops are free of charge, no pre-booking required with the exception of Wild Style, where tickets can be reserved in advance.

Tickets for Throwdown are £5
Book call the Box Office on 0121 533 7161

PROGRAMME

Wild Style
4pm
Free, tickets can be reserved in advance
Certificate 15, 82 mins

A special screening of Wild Style, hailed as the most inspirational hip-hop of movie of all time, capturing the birth of an underground hip-hop scene.Full of great subway shots, breakdancing, freestyle MCing and rare footage of one of the godfathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash, Wild Style is a must-see for fans of hip-hop music and culture.

Hip Hop Revolution
1.30pm
Free

Kashmir Leese, Artistic Director of The Smash Bro’z Hip Hop Collective, has been working with dance students and crews from around Sandwell to create this unique, one-off site-specific performance at The Public, focusing on the eight elements of Hip Hop dance.

Turbo leads the Hip Hop Revolution Mass Dance
3pm
Free

Learn a Hip Hop dance choreographed by Turbo of Sky’s Got to Dance fame, and then take part in a mass performance on West Bromwich High Street led by the man himself. West Bromwich town centre will have never experienced anything like it.

StayFresh Showcase
3.30pm
Free

Pioneering music label StayFresh present a showcase of MC and DJ talent.

Eastpak Throwdown
8pm
Tickets £5 - call 0121 533 7161 to book

For the first time outside London, known as the UK’s best underground Hip Hop dance event, Throwdown presents a Crews from around the West Midlands will be battling it out accompanied by a live DJ set.

Battles Will Be

1vs1 Hip Hop
Track From The Hat (Freestyle)

WORKSHOPS
10am-6.15pm

Hip Hop Revolution presents a series of free art, dance and music workshops celebrating hip hop culture at The Public. All workshops are free, no need to pre-book.

Hip-Hop Art & Animation Workshop
10am-1pm
11-18 year olds

Led by Daniel Isles, Creative Designer of Soap Box World, create your own 3D Hip Hop figure, and then get it breaking and popping in your very own stop-frame animation, which can be uploaded to your mobile.

Graffiti Workshop
11am – 4pm
All ages

Graffiti your own tyre with (child safe) spray cans and add it to a Hip Hop sculpture, led by Graffiti4Hire.

Street Dance Workshop
5.15-6.15pm
All ages

Sample a taste of the dynamic choreography of street dance led by Toffee, Dance Director of Tru Street Dance.

Hip Hop DJ Workshop: 11am-1pm
MC Hosting Workshop: 4-6pm
All ages

Try out your DJing skills and open mic for aspiring MCs under the guidance of DJ Miss C Brown. Turntablism & DJ Showcase by DJ Psykhomantus & DJ Roc 1 from A Few Good Men.

Hip Hop Zumba Workshop
4.15-5.15pm
All ages

Combining the unique style of Zumba with the Hip Hop hits of today, led by Triple M Dance Academy.

Hip Hop illustrations
All day

Photograph yourself in your own Hip Hop scene using illustrations by Soap Box World.

Hip Hop Revolution is part of Dancing for the Games, a series of events run by Punch Records, which plan to engage the local community in dance as participants, leaders and audiences.

Punch Records will be running five events over the next year in support of the Olympic Games with each event representing the five rings of the Olympics. Hip Hop Revolution is the first of these events and will also mark the last day of BASS Festival 2011 (British Arts and Street Sounds), the UK’s only month-long celebration of Black music and art, which Punch Records also organises.

For more information about Dancing for the Games, BASS Festival and line-up announcements, visit Punch Records www.punch-records.co.uk

Gig: Thank You MJ (Michael Jackson & Motown Tribute)

From the creator of "Thank You James Brown", "Rest In Power: J Dilla/Baatin" and "Rest In Power: Guru (Gang Starr/Jazzmatazz), Psykhomantus presents Thank You MJ (Michael Jackson/Motown Tribute)

Inspired by Motown's Funk, Soul, & Rock, this set will include a 45 minute back to back Motown set featuring classic songs plus remixed versions by the Temptations, Edwin Starr, Detroit Spinners, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Stevie Wonder, Rick James and more. Then a set of the king of pop's work, Michael Jackson (plus The Jacksons) all mixed and blend from the turntablist skills of A Few Good Men's DJPsykhomantus & DJ Roc 1 on 4 turntables and featuring special guests on vocals.

Date: 24th June

Time: 9pm till 1am

Location: Natterjacks

Spoken Word: Third World Girl: Revolutions in Poetry and Music

Responding to the BASS Festival 2011 theme of 'revolution, this unmissable event of spoken word and music features Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Kimberley Trusty, Adisa, Michael Brome aka Sureshot and music by Psykhomantus. It is the Birmingham launch of Jean Binta Breeze’s new Book-DVD ‘Third World Girl’. Supported by BASS Festival, Birmingham Libraries and Bloodaxe.

Jean 'Binta' Breeze live at the Y from Neil Astley on Vimeo.

Date: 23rd June

Time: 7pm till 9.30pm

Location: Birmingham Library Theatre

Chamberlain Square, B3 3HQ

Birmingham, United Kingdom

One's & Two's @ Plug, B'ham: 17th

Birmingham's One's & Two's is back. As part of the BASS Festival with Punch Records. We taking this event to Rainbow (Digbeth, Birmingham, B12 0LD). Resident DJ's Mega Stress, Miss C Brown and Host Psykhomantus (A Few Good Men) supporting the open deck session. Special acts on stage Juice Aleem (Big Dada), Malik (MD7) and VJ E Double D (A Few Good Men).

£5 on the Door

10pm till 3am

Theme: Revolution

June

Yes, Yes, Y’all. We are already entering into the middle of the year and the party is just getting started. First, let me thank those that came to the Rest In Power: J Dilla/Baatin tribute and A Few Good Men’s reunion we set off at Birmingham’s Hare & Hounds in February. In March I had a lot of support at my DJ 20^th Anniversary gig “20 Year’s & Still Grinding” at Leicester’s The Hub. Tablist With Soul has come to an end at Turkey Café as it’s had a good four years run so thanks for the support from the DJ’s and side projects that tagged alone with the weekly gig as it was fun. Tablist With Soul will now be a monthly gig at Sumo bar, every first Friday of the Month. Birmingham’s One’s & Two’s has been great as it featured many rap talent from the UK and big support from the community. In April, Rest In Power: Guru (Gang Starr/Jazzmatazz) Tribute featuring A Few Good Men and Miss C Brown at The Hare & Hound was a great night, Guru is still with us. One of the greatest MC’s to touch a mic.

What’s to come you say? Well! June is Birmingham’s Bass Festival month and it’s going to be ill as we’ll giving you that brand new funk flav in your ear like Craig Mack. June 11^th Bed Stuy’s Spec Boogie is making the trip across the globe to Birmingham very own Custard Factory (In partnership with Bass Festival). DJ’s supporting the night will be A Few Good Men (Psykhomantus, Roc 1, Rhize & E Double D), Miss C Brown & Mike Bigz. One’s & Two’s (Open Deck Night) returns on 17^th June at Birmingham’s Rainbow (In partnership with Bass Festival). Special guests Juice Aleem and Mailk from Moorish Delta 7, host DJ’s Miss C Brown & Mega Stress, Special VJ set from E Double D and main host, ya boy Psykhomantus. On 23^rd Birmingham City Council presents Third World Girl featuring Jean Binta Breeze at Library Theatre (In partnership with Bass Festival). This is a poetry event, which also features special guests Kiberley Trusty, Adisa and Michael Brome aka Sureshot. Music by DJ Psykhomantus. Last weekend of June will be a special night in Leicester as we’ll be doing a tribute night to the king of pop. That’s right, on June 25^th the day he passed away, myself and Roc 1 will be going back to back of the life and work of Michael Jackson at The Exchange Bar.

Also in June I’m looking to open up shop as I’ll be selling Psykhomantus T-Shirts, Look out for some more mixtapes and find out what’s what on twitter. Let’s go!

Battle Of The Titans. Lil Tim Vs Mouse

For those that missed the Slum Village event in Birmingham on 27th May at The Drum, You'll have heard that this was a big Hip Hop event. A Few Good Men rocking the turntables, Slum Village may have been the main act and what a amazing performance by T3, Illa J and Young RJ, The B Boy battle between Lil Tim & Mouse was mind blowing and who can forget the special appearance by Shabba Doo (who played Ozone from the 80's classic movie Breakin') and Rock Steady Crew's Crazy Legs (from the classic movies Flash Dance and Beat Street). One big night in UK's second biggest city.