David Dallas, formerly known as Con Psy, is the best rapper to have ever come out of New Zealand. Hands down. Together with producer/DJ 4130 - collectively known as Frontline - they put out "Borrowed Time" a few years back, it's a very very solid album. A few years down the track, David Dallas - who changed his original rap name to his original birth name - has preparing a solo album titled "Something Awesome". Anyway, this isn't meant to read like a press release - he's always been the freshest dude doing it across the Tasman. He's dropped the first song off "Something Awesome", it's called "Indulge Me" feat. Devolo. There isn't a great deal of love for the NZ hip-hop scene here in the Australian hip-hop community, and vice versa; I personally couldn't really give less of a shit about accents and all that jazz - I care as much for faux Kiwi gangster rap as I do for most of this cringe worthy Aussie bogan shit. But enough of that negativity, D Dot Dallas is a cut above the rest.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bring it Home - Horrorshow/1dayers remix
what's happening blog - it's been (many) a minute since the last spit syndicate related update. this isn't much of an update either: just wanted to let you know that there is a remix (gmix) of "bring it home" on our myspace page - it's a 1dayers remix, produced by adit and featuring a verse by solo. we'll hit y'all with a proper update shortly, which should include some footage from the set we played at good vibrations recently. for all those that came through to watch the good vibes set, thank you so much for rocking out with us, it was hands down our biggest show and the most fun we've ever had on stage. but more on that later, for now:
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Boxing Day Clash - Festival
Watup internet – been a little slow on the blog tip lately, not really that much to report to you just yet. We’re chilling out, working on some new music and enjoying the Sydney summer. We are playing our last headline show in Sydney for a long, long time next Friday (Boxing Day suckers!) at the Annandale Hotel in the almighty Inner West of Sydney. If you’re around, come down because the line up is killer, especially at $25. It’s guaranteed to be a fairly loose day so come and pour some egg nog/cognac out for the homies.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
SS featured on "Who the Bloody Hell are They?" Music Blog
"Who the Bloody Hell Are They?" is an Australian music blog; one of the best actually. I've been an avid reader of their shit for a while now, so you can imagine the stupid grin I had on my face when I saw that they'd given us a little write up.
Many thanks dudes, keep up the good work:
Who The Bloody Hell Are They
Many thanks dudes, keep up the good work:
Who The Bloody Hell Are They
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Newtown Festival: Recap
Watup guys, been a little slow in the blogging tip lately. We played the Newtown Festival in (gasp) Newtown last Sunday, easily one of the best local shows that we've played in a long time. Along with a swag of others, we've been doing our best to put it down for the I-Dub this year so it was great to finally perform at the festival. We had a pretty early timeslot at 1:20pm, so it was great to see a sizeable crowd in front of us when we took the stage. Thank you to everyone that came out and showed us love, apologies we couldn't extend our set a little longer but they had to make sure shit ran on time, our delayed start meant that we had to slice a song off the end (we would have performed for hours more if we could!). This was our second community festival show for the year, we did Surry Hills a few months back, and they're fresh, can't wait to do more in the future.
Lachlan Hicks took a few photos which I thought I'd include.
That was our last Sydney show for a while now, we have some Festival shit cooking for the Summer: more on that when it gets locked in. Until then, peace! x
Lachlan Hicks took a few photos which I thought I'd include.
That was our last Sydney show for a while now, we have some Festival shit cooking for the Summer: more on that when it gets locked in. Until then, peace! x
Music Feeds: SS Video Interview
The other week we went through the Abercrombie Hotel in Broadway with Dialectrix and the Thundamentals boys for an interview/photo shoot with Music Feeds, which is a killer new street press which is operating out of Sydney. It's not exactly new, but new in comparison with the street rag stalwarts like 3D World, Brag and Drum Media. They do a fucking killer job, my man Mikey Carr held us down - we all got dressed up in 1980s B-Boy gear and managed to answer some questions in between laughing at ourselves. The physical version of the interview with photographs is out now, look for it wherever you get your normal street press.
Spit Syndicate with Music Feeds from Music Feeds on Vimeo.
Spit Syndicate with Music Feeds from Music Feeds on Vimeo.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Melbourne, we gotcha back..
We played a show in Melbourne on Saturday night with Thundamentals and Pegz and it was one of the illest shows we've played in a long time, definitely our best Melbourne show ever.
We got down to Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, nursing some pretty killer hangovers from a pretty killer Horrorshow/Hermitude show at Oxford Arts the night before - Horrorshow's live shit is tight as hell thanks to their touring schedule nowadays and Hermitude were, as always, incredibly impressive. We went straight to the studio with our main man down in Melly, Illy, to record a song for his debut album (no idea when it's going to be out, but hopefully sooner rather than later because he is an immensely talented sickcunt). Myself, Jimmy and Joyride all laid down some vocals, and I think Solo is going to get on the song as well. M-Phazes did the beat and it is just bonkers - keep an eye out for that shit..
The venue which we played the show at was premo - everyone we spoke to before the show had nothing but good things to say about The Corner in Richmond, and we found em all to be true, the sound was great. The crowd was awesome, Thundamentals and Pegz both smashed it. I don't know when we'll be down in Melbourne next, but hopefully soon, it's easily one of our favourite cities to play. Melly, we gotcha back!
Nick.
We got down to Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, nursing some pretty killer hangovers from a pretty killer Horrorshow/Hermitude show at Oxford Arts the night before - Horrorshow's live shit is tight as hell thanks to their touring schedule nowadays and Hermitude were, as always, incredibly impressive. We went straight to the studio with our main man down in Melly, Illy, to record a song for his debut album (no idea when it's going to be out, but hopefully sooner rather than later because he is an immensely talented sickcunt). Myself, Jimmy and Joyride all laid down some vocals, and I think Solo is going to get on the song as well. M-Phazes did the beat and it is just bonkers - keep an eye out for that shit..
The venue which we played the show at was premo - everyone we spoke to before the show had nothing but good things to say about The Corner in Richmond, and we found em all to be true, the sound was great. The crowd was awesome, Thundamentals and Pegz both smashed it. I don't know when we'll be down in Melbourne next, but hopefully soon, it's easily one of our favourite cities to play. Melly, we gotcha back!
Nick.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Boltz, Spit Syndicate and Royce Da 5"9 - The Best (Remix)
This is a remix of Boltz' "The Best" we recorded a while back, Fame did the beat for the remix.
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ARIAs recap
We went to the ARIAs on Sunday night and, amidst the swag of egos, c-grade celebrities and shady industry types, we had a ball. The awards ceremony itself was, as expected, a little boring (but aided by the free booze - shot cuz!), but it was good to catch up with some of the Melbourne-based Obese crew (as well as DJ Flagrant who managed to sneak in - sickcunt) and we represented nonetheless. Huge congratulations to our homies Bliss n Eso for taking out the award - they thoroughly deserved it, given their talent and grind. 2008 has been their year and it doesn't look likely to stop any time soon, much love to the fellas. The Herd were unlucky to take it out considering everything they've achieved over the many years that they've been putting it down, Muph n Pluto too (And Then Tomorrow Came is banging). The afterparty was fresh too, as drinks were still free as shit, and me and Jimmy were in quite a state when we finally threw in the towel at 9am monday morning - hands were definitely up.
Hack Half Hour: Image
Hey guys,
Hack, the wicked JJJ news/journalism radio program which focuses on current youth issues, now has a television called the Hack Half Hour, which is "a show that gets everyone talking about the issues that impact on your life". It's put together by the good folds at jtv and is hosted by Steve Cannane. The show, much like the radio program, is brilliant.
They've put together an episode which focuses on the importance of image to young people, featuring a mixed bag of image experts, young people, musicians, etc. They asked me to be a part of it and lend some insight from a hip-hop perspective, so I did. I didn't really have that much insight to offer, funnily enough, so I said about 11 words in total - but the episode is pretty interesting.
You can stream it off the Hack Half Hour website here
Chuch.
Hack, the wicked JJJ news/journalism radio program which focuses on current youth issues, now has a television called the Hack Half Hour, which is "a show that gets everyone talking about the issues that impact on your life". It's put together by the good folds at jtv and is hosted by Steve Cannane. The show, much like the radio program, is brilliant.
They've put together an episode which focuses on the importance of image to young people, featuring a mixed bag of image experts, young people, musicians, etc. They asked me to be a part of it and lend some insight from a hip-hop perspective, so I did. I didn't really have that much insight to offer, funnily enough, so I said about 11 words in total - but the episode is pretty interesting.
You can stream it off the Hack Half Hour website here
Chuch.
Monday, October 13, 2008
SS on JJJ Home and Hosed
The good folks at Triple J are playing a few songs from our set at the Sydney leg of the Obese Block Party Tour which went down in May earlier this year.
It's on this Wednesday from 9pm-10pm, listen to it if you're anywhere near a radio.
Or here: JJJ website
Online Merch shop is coming very soon and we'll give y'all a recap of the ARIAs as soon as we get kicked out, too.
Peace..
It's on this Wednesday from 9pm-10pm, listen to it if you're anywhere near a radio.
Or here: JJJ website
Online Merch shop is coming very soon and we'll give y'all a recap of the ARIAs as soon as we get kicked out, too.
Peace..
Friday, October 3, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
SYDNEY: Spit Syndicate/Horrorshow Acoustic Show
The 1Day crew are playing a special acoustic performance on Saturday 11th October at the Lincoln, in Kings Cross. The night will feature performances by Spit Syndicate, Horrorshow, Rowan Dix, Sarah Corry and JMac.
Previous acoustic shows have been hugely successful, and this one is shaping to be no different. The Lincoln is a cool but intimate bar, so capacity is extremely limited for this show. It's going to cost $10 on the door, or $5 if you're on the guestlist. To get on the guestlist, please send full names to: nickel182@hotmail.com
Hope to see you there..
Previous acoustic shows have been hugely successful, and this one is shaping to be no different. The Lincoln is a cool but intimate bar, so capacity is extremely limited for this show. It's going to cost $10 on the door, or $5 if you're on the guestlist. To get on the guestlist, please send full names to: nickel182@hotmail.com
Hope to see you there..
Tour recap
Our national tour came to a boozy end last weekend, so we thought it was about time for a bit of a recap. Since we last spoke, we've played shows in Newcastle, Brisbane, Perth and Rockingham.
Jimmy, Rowan and myself made the trip up to Newcastle the day after the sold-out Horrorshow Sydney album launch, so we were nursing some pretty killer hang overs. We've always had a lot of love for and from Newy so we were mad keen to get up there. This excitement increased manyfold when we found Abbie Cornish at soundcheck, doing her thing with Blades. Us being a bit ignorant of Newcastle hip-hop, we had no idea that she was part of the group. We were really stoked with how the show went, it was great to catch up with a few old friends and the audience seemed to dig the show. After the show, we kept the party going with the Beats Working boys at a house until the wee hours. They had a bit of a makeshift studio set up at this house (complete with electronic drum kit) and we jammed and freestyled for hours. None of us had had that much fun in a very long time. Newcastle was definitely one of the illest experiences we had on the tour, huge shout outs to the Beats Working boys: these fellas are deadset sickcunts.
Brisbane was next, and after the Briz Obese Block Party show earlier in the year we were looking forward to hitting up Brizvegas. It was great to see Pure Product and the Lowdown live, they were both sick. We went on way later than we should have, and we ended up playing to a fairly empty, big room - it wasn't exactly our finest hour. Still, we dealt with it like anyone else would have: drank the shit out of our bar tab and partied until our hellish 7am flight to Perth. No sleep til Brooklyn..
After more hours than one should really be spending on domestic flights on no sleep (Briz to Sydney, Sydney to Perth), we got to Perth . We'd never been to WA before and had heard great things, and the show was another one of our favourites. We still hadn't slept but the feeling of being in a completely new city and having people there know the words and get into the music was unreal. We linked up with some friends over there and got treated to some Western hospitality, Perth is the illest. The show wasn't packed to the rafters, but everyone that was there got into the music and we had a ball.
Rockingham was the following night, it's about 40 minutes out of Perth. Again, the crowd was looking a little bit depleted but it ain't never been nothing to a boss, we did our thing and enjoyed it. Outside in the beer garden, a young Western Australian man was silly enough to challenge Joyride to a skulling contest. He was swiftly defeated; Dixy can pour alcohol down his throat faster than anyone I've ever met. We had to catch a flight at 12:30 that night, so we had to bounce pretty soon after playing.
In short, the tour was a shitload of fun. The shows weren't sell-outs by any measure, but playing music that we wrote in our bedrooms about 2 years ago to crowds in different cities is an amazing feeling, regardless of how big they are. Cannot wait to do it again sometime soon.
PEACE- SS.
Jimmy, Rowan and myself made the trip up to Newcastle the day after the sold-out Horrorshow Sydney album launch, so we were nursing some pretty killer hang overs. We've always had a lot of love for and from Newy so we were mad keen to get up there. This excitement increased manyfold when we found Abbie Cornish at soundcheck, doing her thing with Blades. Us being a bit ignorant of Newcastle hip-hop, we had no idea that she was part of the group. We were really stoked with how the show went, it was great to catch up with a few old friends and the audience seemed to dig the show. After the show, we kept the party going with the Beats Working boys at a house until the wee hours. They had a bit of a makeshift studio set up at this house (complete with electronic drum kit) and we jammed and freestyled for hours. None of us had had that much fun in a very long time. Newcastle was definitely one of the illest experiences we had on the tour, huge shout outs to the Beats Working boys: these fellas are deadset sickcunts.
Brisbane was next, and after the Briz Obese Block Party show earlier in the year we were looking forward to hitting up Brizvegas. It was great to see Pure Product and the Lowdown live, they were both sick. We went on way later than we should have, and we ended up playing to a fairly empty, big room - it wasn't exactly our finest hour. Still, we dealt with it like anyone else would have: drank the shit out of our bar tab and partied until our hellish 7am flight to Perth. No sleep til Brooklyn..
After more hours than one should really be spending on domestic flights on no sleep (Briz to Sydney, Sydney to Perth), we got to Perth . We'd never been to WA before and had heard great things, and the show was another one of our favourites. We still hadn't slept but the feeling of being in a completely new city and having people there know the words and get into the music was unreal. We linked up with some friends over there and got treated to some Western hospitality, Perth is the illest. The show wasn't packed to the rafters, but everyone that was there got into the music and we had a ball.
Rockingham was the following night, it's about 40 minutes out of Perth. Again, the crowd was looking a little bit depleted but it ain't never been nothing to a boss, we did our thing and enjoyed it. Outside in the beer garden, a young Western Australian man was silly enough to challenge Joyride to a skulling contest. He was swiftly defeated; Dixy can pour alcohol down his throat faster than anyone I've ever met. We had to catch a flight at 12:30 that night, so we had to bounce pretty soon after playing.
In short, the tour was a shitload of fun. The shows weren't sell-outs by any measure, but playing music that we wrote in our bedrooms about 2 years ago to crowds in different cities is an amazing feeling, regardless of how big they are. Cannot wait to do it again sometime soon.
PEACE- SS.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow film clip premiers on RAGE tonight
Yo apologies for the ridiculously late notice, but the HTGT clip is being screened on RAGE on ABC tonight at about 1am - if you're up, then check it out. Should have a high-res version for YouTube in the following days for those who prefer YouTube.
A few more apologies for the slowness on the blog tip, got plenty to fill you all in on, including a complete tour recap, some flicks and some new footage - and a whole bunch of merchandise for sale.
Bless x
A few more apologies for the slowness on the blog tip, got plenty to fill you all in on, including a complete tour recap, some flicks and some new footage - and a whole bunch of merchandise for sale.
Bless x
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Tour so far, ARIAs, Blackalicious, Pretty Ricky, and more..
It's blog time.
What's really good blogosphere readers.
Thought it was high time that I hit yall with an update in the form of a blog. We played Revolver in Melbourne last weekend. As you may have noticed, we have a lot of love for the city of Melbourne (more love than Sydneysiders should, really..) so it goes without saying that we had a great time. The show was a lot of fun, it definitely wasn't packed to the rafters in there, but we had a great time on stage and everyone that came through seemed to have a good time as well. Huge thanks to all our Melbourne people that came and showed some love, as well to our NSW homies Beats Working, who sound ill. We're playing Newcastle on Saturday, along with Beats Working and Blades. The Last Kinnection were billed to be playing as well, but I heard some bad news the other day that they were caught up in a car crash - not sure of the details, but hope they're all safe and ok..
We picked up our Spit Syndicate Merchandise when we were down in Melbourne. It was manufactured by the good folks at Machine Industries, and it looks dope boy fresh. We'll be selling it online very soon, so there will be some pictures and videos for all of you to see before you buy - it is a very limited run though, so make sure you snap that shit up quickly.
We somehow got nominated for Best Urban Release at the 2008 ARIA Awards yesterday, which is a bit puzzling, definitely unexpected but pretty cool nonethess. I'm sure nobody (and I'm at the very top of that list) will be placing any large sums of money on SS to take out the pointy award, but it's nice to know that some industry folks are showing us a bit of love. Not quite sure how Urthboy's "The Signal" missed out on a nomination, and I'm even less sure of what the fuck an "Urban release" even is - but we'll be representing on the night regardless. 1dayers..
Speaking of 1dayers, we're playing the Blackalicious show at Oxford Art Factory on Tues 7th October with our friends who are currently taking the indie rap world by storm, Horrorshow.
Until next time fuckers, Nick. x
What's really good blogosphere readers.
Thought it was high time that I hit yall with an update in the form of a blog. We played Revolver in Melbourne last weekend. As you may have noticed, we have a lot of love for the city of Melbourne (more love than Sydneysiders should, really..) so it goes without saying that we had a great time. The show was a lot of fun, it definitely wasn't packed to the rafters in there, but we had a great time on stage and everyone that came through seemed to have a good time as well. Huge thanks to all our Melbourne people that came and showed some love, as well to our NSW homies Beats Working, who sound ill. We're playing Newcastle on Saturday, along with Beats Working and Blades. The Last Kinnection were billed to be playing as well, but I heard some bad news the other day that they were caught up in a car crash - not sure of the details, but hope they're all safe and ok..
We picked up our Spit Syndicate Merchandise when we were down in Melbourne. It was manufactured by the good folks at Machine Industries, and it looks dope boy fresh. We'll be selling it online very soon, so there will be some pictures and videos for all of you to see before you buy - it is a very limited run though, so make sure you snap that shit up quickly.
We somehow got nominated for Best Urban Release at the 2008 ARIA Awards yesterday, which is a bit puzzling, definitely unexpected but pretty cool nonethess. I'm sure nobody (and I'm at the very top of that list) will be placing any large sums of money on SS to take out the pointy award, but it's nice to know that some industry folks are showing us a bit of love. Not quite sure how Urthboy's "The Signal" missed out on a nomination, and I'm even less sure of what the fuck an "Urban release" even is - but we'll be representing on the night regardless. 1dayers..
Speaking of 1dayers, we're playing the Blackalicious show at Oxford Art Factory on Tues 7th October with our friends who are currently taking the indie rap world by storm, Horrorshow.
Until next time fuckers, Nick. x
Friday, September 5, 2008
Some recent press...
We did an interview with Dan Rule for the Age and WA Today last week, here is the finished product:
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We're heading to Melbourne tomorrow for the Revolver show, should be a great night. If you're in Melly then make sure you come down. Gotta give some Birthday shout outs to my partner in crime, Jimmy Nice, who turned 22 yesterday - big up yoself player.
All Sydney heads need to get themselves to the Horrorshow launch next Friday at the Annandale Hotel, it is going to be monster.
We're picking up the SS merch tomorrow as well, so that will be for sale at shows and also online too i guess. Here Today Clip is finally done, we had some last minute changes to make which caused the delay, but it's finished now, so it should be on your computer and TV screens very shortly.
Schlaters - Nick/SS x
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We're heading to Melbourne tomorrow for the Revolver show, should be a great night. If you're in Melly then make sure you come down. Gotta give some Birthday shout outs to my partner in crime, Jimmy Nice, who turned 22 yesterday - big up yoself player.
All Sydney heads need to get themselves to the Horrorshow launch next Friday at the Annandale Hotel, it is going to be monster.
We're picking up the SS merch tomorrow as well, so that will be for sale at shows and also online too i guess. Here Today Clip is finally done, we had some last minute changes to make which caused the delay, but it's finished now, so it should be on your computer and TV screens very shortly.
Schlaters - Nick/SS x
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Towards the Light National Tour
So now that we've released the album and launched in Sydneytown, we're taking this show on the road during September, accompanied by none other than DJ Joyride aka Rowan Dix. This tour announcement is a little bit late, we've already started the tour (Albury recap is below) but better late than never. We're mad stoked to be getting out on the road and hope to have a few more interstate dates locked in before the year is out. More details, like supports, ticket prices, etc, will be available on our MySpace.
We played Albury on Friday night, at a classy little establishment called Roi bar. We've played down there before with Bliss n Eso, and they love their Australian hip-hop down there. We were told that Fridays are a little sleepy but we were very pleased with the turn out. The show went well and we partied well into the AM with the good folks of Albury. We love yall and we'll be back soon..
We'll be attempting to let all three of you who read this blog posted with our tour exploits, and we'll be posting up pictures and videos as much as possible.
Stay tuned - ldayers.
We played Albury on Friday night, at a classy little establishment called Roi bar. We've played down there before with Bliss n Eso, and they love their Australian hip-hop down there. We were told that Fridays are a little sleepy but we were very pleased with the turn out. The show went well and we partied well into the AM with the good folks of Albury. We love yall and we'll be back soon..
We'll be attempting to let all three of you who read this blog posted with our tour exploits, and we'll be posting up pictures and videos as much as possible.
Stay tuned - ldayers.
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