BASINGSTOKE LIVE 2014: What's in store at the SUNRISE Stage

July 12-13

War Memorial Park, Basingstoke

Basingstokelive.co.uk

SUNRISE STAGE 

SATURDAY

BEATS n Bars is proud to present the very best that Basingstoke and Hampshire's hip hop and grime scene has to offer.

As always the line up will be fast-paced and almost every performance will include self written bars and self composed beats.

Watch out for Raw Product (1.55pm), a producer-artist duo consisting of Mista Flix aka Tom Jenkyns and Stealf aka Nick Lester. This duo is nothing new in hip hop, but the combination has been missing in the scene, especially in the UK for a while now.

Pictured: Raw Product

Using his trusty MPC60, Stealf will craft beats for Flix's unique wordplay and lyricism.

Nineteen year-old Royal (5pm), is one of Basingstoke's longest standing and popular MCs. He is also known for being drummer of rock/rap band Kings Of The City. He is a prime example of young talented artists emerging onto the UK music scene.

Waxed 6.15pm - 8.30pm

GARETH Clyde, AKA Fader Fader, created Waxed in 2011 as a club night where local talent - and guest DJs from all over the UK - are given an opportunity to play exclusive alternative sets you won't see anywhere else.
With long running residencies in Berkshire's underground music venues and a weekly radio show, Waxed has built a reputation for its multi-genre spanning music policy, playing a diverse range of old school classics to future music and everything else between.

Waxed will bring the party atmosphere to the Sunrise Stage at with specially selected residents and guest turntablists mashing up hip hop, house, garage and bass music.

Fader Fader 6.15pm

An eclectic party DJ, producer and promoter, Fader Fader has rocked crowds all over the UK and Europe supporting and playing alongside the likes of De La Soul, Benga, DJ Yoda, Andy C, Roni Size and many more.

Blending bass music, mashed up with acapella, bootlegs and special edits, his set promises to be a sure fire crowd pleaser.

DJ Mook & Mookbox 7pm -7.15pm / 8.15pm - 8.30pm

Leon, otherwise known as Mook/DJ Mook, is a DJ/percussionist/artist and gentlemen's Boombox creator. He creates mobile sound systems from old suitcases and uses them to DJ anywhere he chooses - playing styles including reggae, dub, electronica, hip hop, funk, balkan, electro swing, D&B & dubstep.

Mighty Atom 7.15pm - 8.15pm

Founding member of The Disablists, one of the UK's most innovative DJ crews - who won the DMC Team Championships four times in a row - Mighty Atom's unique style of combining technical turntablist skills with a party rocking ethos has taken him from Birmingham to Bucharest to Beijing.

He has smashed the festival circuit playing alongside heavyweights such as Pendulum, 2manyDJs, Jaguar Skills and DJ Yoda to name a few, and mixes commissioned by XFM, Bestival, DJ Mag and Ninja Tune.

Lyrical D 9.10am-9.50pm 

DRUM and bass MC Lyrical D, the creator of Lost in Bass UK, was born and bred in Basingstoke.

He listened to jungle, reggae, hip hop and all kinds of music growing up, and started performing anywhere that had mics. It was harder in those days, and if you got on and stayed on, you were good.

His originality, speed and creation of fluent lyrics when freestyling on the spot are incredibly impressive. His family ties in the DNB scene are his L.I.B. Soldiers / Lost In Bass UK / High3r L3v3l / Sticky and Rave 2 Save UK, a non-profit sister event to L.I.B. UK which raises money for St Michael's Hospice.

Always repping his hometown where he goes, you can catch more of Lyrical D performing across the UK and abroad. You'll be seeing a lot from Lyrical D and Lost In Bass UK in the next few years, pushing the boundaries as usual.

Lost In Bass has grown quickly, expanding to perform in UK venues with a 1500 capacity, and it all started in Basingstoke. It will continue to bring brilliant drum and bass events to audiences, involving some of the biggest brands, and will always push for the best in drum and bass.

SUNDAY

Compere: Nick Hart and Ian (the Guv'nor) Hurford

WHETHER you are a head-nodder or a hip-dipper, the Sunrise Stage on Sunday, produced by Cartermusic Events, promises to bring high energy performances from soul to jazz-funk, hiphop, breakbeats and urban, to latin funk and afrobeats vibes. There is something for everyone!

First in the line-up is Soul2Funk, who each share a passion for those classic soul and funk tunes guaranteed to get you moving. Followed by Groove Republic playing funky music old and new, soulful songs with their own inimitable style.

Pictured: Soul2Funk

Manzana mix up a hard-hitting cocktail of Latin, breaks, jazz, funk and Afro. Expect frenzied rhythm battles from their three percussionists, scorching horn lines, soaring guitar solos, sizzling vocals and some serious Rapping. The Mage (aka Marcus Rose) has opened live shows for the likes of N Dubz and Keisha Cole and has covered everything from rap to rock, reggae to house; and is still striving to improve.

Pictured: Manzana 

DataScales (aka Marcus Wiliamson) is well known as being front man for epic fusion band Engine Earz Experiment who made their name with high-powered live shows, two famous Maida Vale sessions for both Mistajam and Nihal, as well as their tours with DJ Shadow and The Streets. Data brings specials guests Smiley Smuggler, Lemar NDu'val and Tanch.

Pictured: DataScales 

The Papers are purveyors of live, funky and soulful hip hop, combining intelligent musicianship with conscious lyricism to create one of the freshest and exciting sounds currently coming from the Underground.

Ruckus Collective consist of four hyperactive beatniks, one desk commander and a hot tub installation assistant, with a flair for crushing grooves and a poignant lyricism that ignites on stage in a manic explosion of relentless kinetic energy; boasting of a constantly evolving palette of influences including funk, hip-hop, jazz, and rock with a punk attitude.

Basingstoke's very own Nick Hart and Ian (the Guv'nor) Hurford will be introducing the acts and playing some of the best in Soul, Blues, '60s R&B, Latin, Jazz and Ska for your listening pleasure.

SATURDAY

1pm Gibbo
1.15pm 2nd Class Citizens
1.35pm Natural Selection
1.55pm Raw Product
2.15pm Gadget Kiid
2.30pm DoeBoyTheWriter & Tooz
2.45pm Malone FDP
3.15pm DJ Bryzey
3.45pm Funkyy Element
4.00pm Signal
4.15pm Just Josh
4.30pm J Talks
4.45pm Mason Hillias
5.00pm Royal
5.15pm Joe Gravity
5.30pm MCX
5.45pm DJ Future
6.15pm Fader Fader
7pm DJ Mook and Mookbox
7.30pm Mighty Atom - The Disablists
8.15pm DJ Mook and Mookbox
8.30pm DJ Haggis, MC Wilo, MC Stiggas, MC Louder
8.50pm DJ Remedi
9.10pm DJ Grimeminister, MC Lyrical D, MC Impact, MC Scaze
9.30pm DJ Smokie
9.50pm Uneeq-d, MC Ren Dola, Twin FX
10.10pm Flawless

SUNDAY

1pm-1.45pm Groove Republic
2pm-2.45pm Soul2Funk
3pm-4pm Manzana
4.15pm-4.30pm Marcus Rose
4.45pm-5.15pm Data Scales Plus Guests
5.30pm-6.15pm The Papers
6.30pm-7.30pm Ruckus Collective