Beat BBQ 2012 - Sunday, May 27th @ Jack In The Box (Cologne)
fLako | Betty Ford Boys (Dexter x Suff Daddy x Brenk) | Mieux | DJ Adlib 
Radio Love Love (Twit One x Hulk Hodn x Memyselfandi) | Sweatson Klank 
Laurent Fintoni | Dip Some | TBRCK | Abby Lee Tee | Remark | Lazy Jones 
Rob Who | Isaac Aesili | Hade x Dumpwater Florida | Jimbo Matsumoto + more

Kunst: Dedicated, Robert Winter
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Film: Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest
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Lecture: A Boombap Continuum w/ Laurent Fintoni
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Food: best Bratwurst, Merguez & Veggie Wok in town

Beat BBQ 2012 on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/298856926852109/

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It's on. For the 4th year we are throwing the Beat BBQ together with MPM, Step Forward and Robert Winter in Cologne. Sunday, May 27th it is - mark your calendars. All information can be found on our new Beat BBQ Website, see you there!

"Sophisticated Bass Re-Rubs on two classic tracks by Mieux, club material par excellence. 200 hand-stamped Whitelabels only, no digital. Act fast." Rushhour

First record by austrian duo Mieux has hit the shops! 200 Whitelabels only, no digital (at least that's what we heard). Few selected Shoplinks below, listen on Soundcloud...

Rushhour (NL) | Phonica (UK) | HHV (DE) | Jet Set (JP)

A long one it is. On Thursday Labelhead Joscha Creutzfeldt aka Dip Some is guesting at FM4 Tribe Vibes, Friday & Saturday will see Mieux, Abby Lee Tee, Ngoc Lan and Dip Some play at Klub Sehnsucht (Vienna) and The Future Sound (Linz).

Get familiar:
http://soundcloud.com/upmyalley/sets/mieux-alleyx001/
http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/02/techno-hearts

Friends of Friends Europe Tour w/ Shlohmo + Salva
08/02/2012 - 22h - Subway (Cologne)

Shlohmo (Friends Of Friends / Los Angeles
www.soundcloud.com/shlohmo

Salva (Frite Nite / San Francisco)
www.soundcloud.com/salva

Dip Some (UpMyAlley / 123 Rakete)
www.soundcloud.com/upmyalley

Robophil (JTRP / elek'tro:nik mju:zik)
www.soundcloud.com/jtrp

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LA producer Shlohmo, who hooked our hearts with his debut album ‘Bad Vibes’ last year, is headed this-a-way for a short European tour with Friend Of Friends label pal and RBMA alumni Salva this February. Catch the pair at Club Subway in Cologne together with UpMyAlley labelhead Dip Some and Robophil courtesy of hotly tipped producer Duo JTRP, you wont regret.

https://www.facebook.com/events/306677179368310/

Little mix on the 4/4 tip by Labelhead Dip Some, 100 Free DL's...
Enjoy, make babies & follow Dip Some on Soundcloud & Twitter.

Instrumental 2xLP coming October 14th on ENTBS.

After the 123 Rakete party with Stretch Armstrong on Friday we finally return to Stecken for a night full of good music with Austrian guests Abby Lee Tee (Linz) and Feux (Salzburg) on Sat. June 9th. Tobrock and myself aka Dip Some will play some tunes as well, step by and get in the mood for Sunday... Laawd oh laawd, what a weekend. 

http://mastaplan.biz/ (Feux)
http://hillbillysoul.blogspot.com/ (Abby Lee Tee)

This Sunday! We'll have the BBQ, drinks and turntables ready at 4pm and from there on its all systems go... We hope to see you around!

Melting Pot Music, UpMyAlley & Step FWD loudly announce
Beat BBQ 2011 June, 12 @ Friedenspark / Baui, Cologne

DJ´ing
Lefto (Laid Back, Brussels)
Dexter (MPM, Stuttgart)
UpMyAlley Soundsystem

Live Sets
Suff Daddy (MPM, Berlin)
Monkey Robot (MPM, Brussels)
Mar (MPM, Amsterdam)

Beats
Suff Daddy / Dexter / Adlib / Tobrock / Illiaz
Fella Vaughn / MeMyselfAndI / Feux / V.Raeter / Croup
Abby Lee Tee / The Beep / Hade + more

Hosted by Morlockk Dilemma
Live Painting by Alice Dufay & Small (Beats & Faces)
Exhibition by Beats & Faces, Anna Lina Balke & Robert Winter

FCBK Event https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=165750963478660

Remember ROCKAFELLA? After a few months of silence the boys have been busy again laying their hands on some all-time favourites of ours, transforming them into bonafide Danceflloor weapons that will get any party started. As usual, stuff is up for grabs for free on their bandcamp page so don`t hesitate and get on the DL now. Here`s the official blurb :

ROCKAFELLA (Tobrock & Fella Vaughn) are back with some treats. For the next 9 weeks they will drop one stoopid fresh gem every friday — just like Chris Tucker and Ice Cube used to.
Be prepared for Daz Dillinger, FranknDank, T.I., Weezy and Project Pat — amongst others. Free download at rockafella.bandcamp.com!

›Hustler‹ is available today!

Our friends from Lazer Sword are on Europe tour again, don`t miss this chance to catch these bad*ss guys playing live, you won`t regret. UpMyAlley's own Dip Some will be playing with them and our man Pedo in FFM Ost this saturday, check the FCBK event for details.

First time we played with LS in FFM - Ost we had to turn away 100+ ppl standing outside with 600 partying as hard as possible inside, so turn up early and get down with us.

LAZER SWORD (SAN FRANCISO) LIVE!
DIP SOME (UP MY ALLEY)
PEDO KNOPP (TRUST YOUR AUDIENCE)

SAT, 19. FEB 2010 | DOORS: 23 UHR
Location: FFM-OST

It`s been about time. Finally we moved all stuff into a new office space we share with a couple of good dudes (with whom we`ll also start a gallery soon btw), stay tuned for updates and drop by for a coffee if you are in the area. Palmstrasse 21, 50672 Cologne. Aww Yeah.

To round up this years`Beat BBQ (which took place at Friedenspark Cologne last month) the MPM & UpMyAlley Family teamed up for a free tape filled with previously unreleased Beats by Powell, Dexter, Hubert Daviz & Tobrock, moO, Twit One, Suff Daddy and Adlib. Check the pics from the Beat BBQ Day & Night here, download the tape below and spread that sh*t!

Download: Beat BBQ 2010 - Free Tape (320k)

O.Boogie`s contribution to Beatnicks Vol.3 comes with a nice little sweded video thanks to Janice, Marlon and ze crew from Amsterdam (Watch the original that got sweded right here). We`re pretty happy with the result and great reactions at yesterdays` clip premiere at the Mini Movie Mayhem Night in Amsterdam prove us right.

V/A - Beatnicks Vol.3 will be out on June 4th, read more about it here, preview some tracks on our Soundcloud page and hop over to Nutriot for a free & exclusive MP3 Download of some Rez newness. More to follow shortly.

Oh what a day, oh what a night. This years`Beat BBQ exceeded all expectations, thanks to everyone for showing up and making this such a special get together.

To see the full collection of pictures hop over to the Ahjaa Gallery, Bigup Robert Winter for taking all these dope flicks!

http://www.ahjaa.de/gallery/beat-bbq-2010/
http://rwinter.net/

We had a ball! Thanks to R.Winter and P.Pack for the Pics...

We admit it`s taken us a while to put out Volume 3 of our Producer Compilation Series, but we're about to deliver, finally. Once again we give you six outstanding tracks by both established and yet to be discovered buttonpushers Powell, O.Boogie, Desto, fLako & Berghem, Rez and Ki En Ra. All being pressed on our all beloved vinyl as i type this, out and about in the shops within the next two weeks. Limited Edition handsprayed vinyl for sale at the MPM & UpMyAlley Beat BBQ this sunday, 25 Copies only. Let`s do this.

V/A - Beatnicks Vol.1 (Alley004) - 2007
V/A - Beatnicks Vol.2 (Alley005) - 2008

Two tracks taken off the “Voice Of Reason” EP by Shuanise get the remix treatment by Desto (Noppa / RAMP) & Powell (UpMyAlley), taking it all to a whole new level and context – Think Dubstep, think 80’s Boogie with some added Glitch, think Bass.

Listen here!

fLako will be guesting at 123 Rakete (Studio 672 / Cologne) on May 14th, we say yay. The monthly joint run by UpMyAlley Labelhead Dip Some and fellow colognian DJ`s and friends Starv Vader and Pascìs has been running for over a year now, going from strength to strenght with guests such as Top Billin (Helsinki), Arthur King (Paris) or O.Boogie (Amsterdam) amongst others. Musicwise, expect anything from Uk Bassline Stuff to Wonky HipHop, Dubstep, House and so on. F*ck Genres, Let`s Dance.

FCBK Event here.

This Friday at Kassablanca (Jena). What a dope flyer... BigUp!
All Infos here: http://www.kassablanca.de/.../flyer500698.html

MPM, UpMyAlley, R.Winter, Step Fwd & Köln Campus present

BEAT BBQ 2010 (Cologne)

Place: Friedenspark, Cologne / Köln-Südstadt
Date: 23. May 2010 (Pfingstsonntag)
Time: 17 h Barbecue (outdoor) 21 h DJ/Live (indoor)
Fee: 7EUR
 
DJing, Live-Sets & friendly Beat Battle:
 
POWELL (Paris)
FULL CRATE (Amsterdam)
FS GREEN (Amsterdam)
MOO (Berlin)
SUFF DADDY (Berlin)
DEXTER (Heilbronn)
R/O/C/K/F/E/L/L/L/A (Cologne/Bielefeld)
FELLA VAUGHN (Bielefeld)
HULK HODN (Cologne)
TWIT ONE (Cologne)
ADLIB (Cologne)
DIP SOME (Cologne)
HUBERT DAVIZ (Cologne)
TOBROCK (Cologne)
MEMYSELFANDI (Cologne)
ILLIAZ (Cologne)
 
Plus: Photo Exhibition by Robert Winter
 
Up My Alley & Melting Pot Music invite you to the second BEAT BBQ. Producers, DJs and music heads from Germany, France and the Netherlands come together to mingle, talk beats, have a wurst and party.The first BEAT BBQ took place at the Orangerie in Cologne last August and attracted more than 400 people.

Exclusive merch will be available on the spot: Beatnicks Vol.3 (advance white label copies), Hubert Daviz "Proceduri De Rutina", the mysterious Puzzles compilation plus MPM and I Hate Hate Tees.

FCBK Event | Beat BBQ 2009 Video

We are totally excited to invite this week one of the Musique Large Homie, signed on Up My Alley : POWELL. Hudge hip hop, soulful or glitchy producer, I think you all know him well for his crazy remixes, releases on Up My Alley "Beatnick" serie.

So Powell delivers here an excellent and fine boogie funky moody selection, and like Rekick said it "perfect sunny morning mix to listen". Musique Large

La Mixette Vol.34 - Powell: Miami Slap

01 - Evasion - Wikka' Wrapp
02 - Advance - Take me to the top
03 - Dayton - The sound Of music
04 - Lillo Thomas- You're a good girl
05 - TC Curtic - You should have known better
06 - Melba Moore - Love me right
07 - Aaron broomfield - Don't cover up your feelings
08 - Change Heaven of my life
09 - The Limit - She's so divine
10 - Vicky D - This beat is mine
11 - Nick Straker Band - Turn me down
12 - Curtis hairston - I want your lovin'
13 - kadenza - Let's do it
14 - Cutty - Naughty times
15 - Attitude - Love me tonight

http://musiquelarge.blogspot.com/2010/04/la-mixette-vol-34-powell-miami-slap.html

Finally! First time in a while that this one is going down again, Hubert Daviz, Tobrock and Dip Some aka Joscha Creutzfeldt will be playing all the good stuff for you and yours at Stecken this Friday. So much good music! Free Entry, No Excuses.

Free DL:
Hubert Daviz - Traffic Lights (320k)
Tobrock - Is This Love (Dub Edit) (WAV)

The lovely Shuanise has a new record out, production comes from Steve O, Knowledge and our man Hubert Daviz. Available now through Eglo Records and by all means recommended. Check here. Also stay tuned for ACE remixes of "Purple Haze" & "Baggage For Sale" taken off her Voice Of Reason EP dropping soon on UpMyAlley...

Aww Yeah. Our man fLako has safely finished his move to foggy London and is already causing a stir there, way to go. First Up: His guestmix for Gilles Petersons Worldwide Show. Stay Tuned for more...

What they say: Tracklisting from Gilles’ 670th international show, broadcast to the ends of the earth weekly via the radio and, of course, the internet. This week why not enjoy a monstrous exclusive from Ramadanman forthcoming on Hemlock, a dope collabo between Jose James, Jordana de Lovely and Taylor McFerrin, new remixes from Sbtrkt and Floating Points and a special mix from one of our favourite new beat conductors – fLako.

GPWW670 - TRACKLISTING

MJ Cole – Sanctuary [Sbtrkt Remix] (Test)
Herbie Hancock – Succotash (Blue Note)
Anne Wirz – Guerriere [Fourtet Remix] (Heavenly Sweetness)
Build An Ark – Love (Kindred Spirits)
S.O.L.A.R – To The Most Holy Place (P Vine)
Africa Hi Tec Ft. Rio – Too Late (Red Bull Music Academy)
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Virgin Records)
Jose James – Love Conversation (Brownswood)
Pharoah Sanders – Harvest Time (India Navigation)
Kj – For Real (White)
J Period & K’naan – Lets Start (Octone Records)
Phirpo Y Sus Caribes – Now Again (Comencemos)
El Aldeanos Y Danay – La La La La (White)
Nino Nardini – Jungle Spell (Neilly)
Doug & Jean Carn – Higher Ground (Re Edit) (White)
Francois De Roubaix – L’adieu A L’antarctique (Weme)

fLako Mix
AEED – Moussaka [fLako Remix] (Error – Broadcast)
Kazi – You Wanna Take This [fLako Remix] (Kwatro)
Robot Koch – Death Star Droid [fLako Re-Edit] (Kwatro / Robots Dont Sleep)
fLako – 04500 Ft. Amenta (Kwatro)
fLako & Robot Koch – The Last Astronaut (Kwatro / Robots Dont Sleep)
fLako – Do You Ft. Amenta (Kwatro)
fLako – Milky Way Ft. Noir (Kwatro)
fLako – Yeah Yeah Yeah Ft. Versis (Kwatro)
fLako – Love Ft. Miki Vale (Kwatro)
fLako – I Want You Feat. Dirg Gerner (Brownswood Recordings)

Randomer & Fife – Too Many Times (White)
Ramadanman – Tempest (Hemlock)
Shur I Kan – One Night In Tokyo (White)
Raphael Gualazzi – Reality [Gilles Peterson Remix] (White)
Basement Jaxx – Feelings Gone [Floating Points Remix] (XL Recordings)

http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/.../tracklisting-21st-28th-jan-2010/

We love Vinyl. They love Vinyl. What a perfect partnership! UpMyAlley teamed up with NYC`s Dream Team aka Ge-ology, The Twilite Tone, Amir, op!, Scribe & Jon Oliver for the November edition of NYC`s own "I Love Vinyl" Party - Say Wrd!

Big things are going down this Saturday at Poisson Rouge (158 Bleeker St.), examine the list of top notch DJ`s above and add the fact that no laptops are allowed and you might get the picture - spreading culture and making you dance at the same time. WIN!

We @ UpMyAlley cannot stress enough how important we consider vinyl in these digital times and therefore want to encourage all you vinyl lovers out there to take part in our little black gold giveaway, read on for more!

UpMyAlley x I Love Vinyl NYC - Record Giveaway

Win a vinyl care package including all UpMyAlley releases including one of the rather rare spraypainted Beatnicks Vinyls (Limited to 20 pieces worldwide) by posting a picture of your favourite record cover on our Facebook Page wall. Easy as 123!

Maybe you want to dig through your collection again to find something really nice and good looking, maybe you already have something in mind or the record is on your wall already... Either way: Take a picture of your choice pick (no Discogs images please!) and post it on our Facebook wall right here. Genres don`t matter, a dope coverartwork is what counts!

On Saturday 29th of November we will pick one of the entries and contact whoever uploaded the moneyshot to get the lucky persons` adress so we can wrap up the whole shabalang and have it delivered straight to the winners` doorsteps, nice like that.

Disco é Cultura. Good Luck everyone!

Aww yeah. fLako hits Amsterdam this Friday and we highly recommend not to miss out on this one if you are around. It`s his debut appearance in the Netherlands and everyone who has seen him live so far will tell you to move your limbs over to the the city of Canals.

He will play at Flexbar together with DJ`s O.Boogie, Shady, Full Crate & Ebokai, not only the fact that the venue has a Killer Funktion One Soundsystem makes this one a must. Expect heavy Beats, Dubstep, Electronica and lotsnlots of Bass. Dig!

More: http://skipintro020.blogspot.com/

We already posted some Pics from fLako`s Liveset at Café Leopold a few days ago, now we came across the official recap Video which features the highlights of the entire RUN VIE week - including Live Performances by fLako, Dimlite, Dorian Concept, Mike Slott, The Clonious and others.

Check the official Page for more pictures and some RUN VIE Radiosession recordings... Leiwand.

Once again! This goes out to all our Cologne people - get down with us! Mr. Static Hubert Daviz and UpMyAlley things runner Joscha Creutzfeldt aka DipSome playing choons this Friday at the infamous Stecken, we also got a special first time appearance by Rock-A-Fella (Tobrock & Fella Vaughn) on schedule who will present some of their new team productions.

Do not miss if you want to hear all those unreleased beats by your favourite producers...

http://www.myspace.com/fellavaughn
http://www.myspace.com/tobrock
http://www.myspace.com/hubertdaviz
http://www.myspace.com/creutzfeldt

LIVE:
Ras G (Brainfeeder / Poobah)
Shuanise (Eglo / UpMyAlley)

+ DJ'S:
Alexander Nut, Ahu aka Dolly & Illum Sphere

Oneness (29/10/09) @ The Macbeth | 9pm-2am. £5 Entry

More Info:

Ras G:
Alongside his peers Flying Lotus, Samiyam and The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G is part of a new breed of LA based musicians, whose bugged out, left of center idea's have been embraced worldwide and gone on to influence a new generation of MPC driven, drum twisting, beat heads. As a member of Flylo's Brainfeeder crew Ras is considered a forefather of a modern movement, heavily supported by the likes of BBC Radio 1's Mary Anne Hobbes and 1Xtra's Benji B. Deeply spiritual and enriched by the history of Black music, Ras has a sound unlike any other. This is an exclusive London date, so do not miss. Our last Oneness with Cooly G was completely packed so early arrival is recommended.

Shuanise
Live support comes from rising UK star Shuanise, who will be blessing Oneness with another exclusive performance alongside her live band. Her soon to drop EP 'Voice Of Reason' has been making waves worldwide, garnering support from non other than Gilles Peterson and Benji B, amongst others!
 
Other suppliers of sounds on the night include Rinse Fm's Alexander Nut, Ahu aka Dolly (Brownswood/Warp) and Fat City's Illum Sphere.

...who knows, there may even be some surprise guests?

Our new release by Shuanise will hit the shops this week with a little delay in both Vinyl & Digital format and we`re pretty excited about that, more on this soon!. A big "THANK YOU" goes to all the blogs and radioshows out there that featured Shuanise in the past weeks, if you have a minute check them out, quality all the way... 

Deviation | GP Worldwide | Kev Beadle @ Solar Radio | Triple R | Out Of Spectrum & HelloMellowFellow | Digitaldisqo | Apple Juice Break | Moovmnt | PutMeOnIt | NobodyDanceNoMore | Nutriot | Mastaplan | Cratemag

Toronto`s own Amenta will be supporting Brittany Bosco & Sa-Ra on some europe shows within the next days, all info on the flyer or below. Want to know what Amenta sounds like? Check these free download nuggets (320k) and rock your IPod or whatnot, even more important: make sure to show up at one of the gigs if you`re around & support good music, she`s family.

Amenta Minitour

16.10.09 at Studio 672 (Cologne / GER) w/ Brittany Bosco
17.10.09 at La Case à chocs (Neuchâtel / SUI) w/ Brittany Bosco
22.10.09 at Halle 1 (Heidelberg / GER) w/ Brittany Bosco
26.10.09 at Bohannon (Berlin / GER) w/ Sa-Ra

http://www.myspace.com/amenta

Free heat, nice like that. Amenta & fLako teaming up for some next level sh*t - bound to be big. Watch out for more Amenta real soon, in the meantime download "Do You" & "04500" in full 320 glory below and spread that ish, most appreciated.

Dope. Love it.  Lefto

Free Download here.

Much Love to Manuva, BNCKD, Diddi, Andreas, Nural, Buzz... And thanks to Claudio Farkasch for the Pics.

http://blog.soundcloud.com/.../...setting-up-his-label-website/
http://soundcloud.com/

Looking good. By all means recommended...

http://soundcloud.com/

Thx to Kurt Hodn & Hubert for the turntable!

Attention Austria! fLako is hitting Vienna on October 5th, make sure to check him out at the RunVie Opening night at Café Leopold and witness some next level shit. Don`t say you didn`t know!

Our man Powell in Paris playing for free with his buddy Lokid, all info on the flyer. Don`t miss if you`re around!

http://www.myspace.com/powellbeats
http://www.myspace.com/lokidmusic 

Oh yes. Amenta from Toronto will be performing a few choice songs at our next Labelnight taking place at Stecken Cologne on Sat. 6th of September. We`re really happy to have her here as she surely is one of the most talented vocalists around, her stuff with fLako is THE BOMB. Step by to see what we`re talking about. Facebook event here.

http://www.myspace.com/amenta

Small feature about our Beatnicks EP`s as part of the Beat Generation Special in Issue 2 of the great Shook Magazine. Check our press section for the clip...

“For those who couldn’t make it to VTech & Stones Throw’s Hella International at Miami’s Winter Music Conference. This was recorded live at pool of Miami Beach’s Fontainbleau Resort in the middle of a beautiful & hot day. Gaslamp Killer took to the stage about midway through the event. Mayer Hawthorne, Peanut Butter Wolf & GLK can be heard on the mic.”

There`s some fLako in there, too - download and turn it up!

http://www.stonesthrow.com
http://www.brainfeedersite.com

fLako`s Beattape is getting love from all over the place, damn right so. Check what some choice blogs say about this banging collection of Flako Beats. Fiyah!

Cratekings | Incubate | Kreuzberg lässt grüssen (DE) | Nutriot | Ahjaa (DE) | DJMQ | Supercity | Moovmnt | Beatsncrates | Strictly Independant

Round Table Talk with UpMyAlley producers Hubert Daviz, Robot Koch & fLako. Suff Daddy from MPM also on board. Check the whole article in our press section.

Long overdue, we know. Anyways, here it finally is, also including the infamous "White Chocolate Chip Remix" by the one and only Lazer Sword from NY / SF. Check all tracks and the links to Junodownload, iTunes and a bunch of others on the Vortex Cookies Releasepage. Vinyl still available too. Hot Sh*t.

That`s how we get down. Thanks everyone for showing up, you rock.

Camera: Hubert Daviz
Editing: Joscha Creutzfeldt

Quick&dirty one take mix by Joscha Creutzfeldt.
Some old, some new, some unreleased, all favourites! Includes tracks by fLako, Amenta, Berghem, Floating Points, Fulgeance and others...

Full Tracklist, Listen & Download on Soundcloud