Big ups to my man Kormac for getting me out to Dublin again. Always have a great time when I’m out there, and New Years Eve was no different. Tripod was rammed, and the crowd were loving the band. Needless to say, the night got a little messy, and I don’t think I’d had much sleep by the time I’d sat down on the plane back to Gatwick the following evening. Insane.
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Here’s What I Got Upto On NYE… [VIDEO]
January 5, 2011DJ Kormac’s Big Band on Irish Radio [Video]
June 18, 2010My good friend DJ Kormac and his big band were on RTE 2FM recently, and here’s a little in-studio video of them. I’ll be performing with them at Glastonbury Festival next week, so if you’re heading out to that end of the country, keep your eyes peeled. One of the shows is in the Spiegeltent on the Sunday at around midnight, and I’m not sure when the other one is yet. Definitely not your usual Hip Hop stuff, more along the lines of RJD2, but worth checking out all the same.
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DJ Kormac – Word Play LP
May 12, 2010
About half a year ago, while I was living over in Sydney on the other side of the world, I received a message on myspace. I put down my cold bottle of Coopers Green and opened it. It was from a guy called Kormac, asking me to write a track for his forthcoming LP. I hadn’t heard of him, so I’m probably right in admitting that I didn’t give it my full attention in the beginning, but I agreed to write the track.
Fast forward to right now. I’m back in Brighton in the sunny UK, and Kormac’s LP Word Play has hit the shelves. I was over in Dublin a couple of weeks ago to perform the track I wrote for the album at the launch parties, which was the first time in donkey’s years I’ve done live shit with a band, but the bunch of lads that Kormac has assembled can definitely rock a track. Its a slightly bizzarre sight, with double bass, banjo, trumpet, deejay and barbershop quartet, but somehow… it works!
Kormac’s style to me is slightly reminiscent of RJD2 or Black Grass, and Word Play is filled with uptempo, bouncy tracks, littered with samples from what sound like old public information adverts, or 1930′s films. He’s joined on Kormac’s Scratch Party by DJ Yoda & DJ Cheeba for a little turntable wizardry, by MC Little Tree on the ska-infused People Rising, and by Messiah J & The Expert on the excellent The Party Must Continue.
Kormac and the Big Big Band will be performing at Glastonbury 2010 in June, so if you’ve got your tickets for that west country mud-fest, then make sure you don’t miss out.
Word Play by DJ Kormac is now available on iTunes – for more information head to www.djkormac.com
Oh, and if you’re wondering… this is the track I recorded. Saturday Morning TV. Enjoy.
