Of late we’ve been hard pushed to say anything good about Kanye West but a declaration from the 50 Cent camp has us saving up for a copy of West’s latest album!

‘Let’s raise the stakes,’ 50 Cent states, confirming both their albums will be released on the same day

He went on to say ‘If Kanye West sells more records than 50 Cent on September 11, I’ll no longer write music’. This seems like a curious ‘beef’ and more than likely another hip-hop marketing stunt, especially given that West is reportedly producing new material for 50 Cent.

‘I think it’s great, I think it’s a fantastic day for hip-hop,’ rich rap guy Jay-Z commented. ‘I remember having those dates [facing against] Outkast a couple of times. I actually had one with G-Unit . It’s great. It’s a fantastic thing for hip-hop, especially retail. I know they’re loving it. You’re driving people to the store. We love it, we think it’s a fantastic thing.’

What the hell, we do too. Let battle commence.

Will we do it again, yes for sure but its gonna be a little while as something like this is only special if its not on every week. Look out for US#002 in 2008/

The next Shock, if you’ve not already noticed our banner ad is with Rory Phillips on Saturday 29th September at Kennedys, It was also brought to our attention that its Shock’s first birthday which took as by surprise to the say the least! 

Here’s  the timetable:

Crawdaddy 

22.30 – 00.30 Shock DJ Squad 

00.30 – 01.45 Skull Juice DJs 

01.45 – 03.00 Chicks On Speed (DJ Set) 

Pod 

09.00 – 23.15 Aidan Kelly presents Thisplace 

23.15 – 00.00 Stephen Manning (Space Camp) 

00.00 – 03.00 Prins Thomas 

Lobby Bar 

21.00 – 22.30 The Synth Eastwood Piano 

22.30 – 23.00 Space Camp DJS 

23.00 – 23.30 Aer Tel (Live) 

23.30 – 00.30 Space Camp DJs 

00.30 – 02.30 The Mystery Jets (DJ Set)

Its taken me far far too long to actually stick up a review of this album, so much for the immediacy of the internet! I have however been spreading the word about it to all who will listen. 

It was proceeded by single Life’s a Beach, remixed by those two Nordic hypnotic groove pioneers Todd Terje and Prins Thomas (This Sunday at Shock!)

The album itself does have a distinct space disco feel to it but perhaps a more apt description of the sound can be conjured up from the idea of putting the Happy Mondays (in their drug fueled prime!) in the studio with Lindstrom or Son Of Sound on production duties. The track Self Service most definitely has the swagger of the Mondays. 

For me this is the best album i’ve heard this year and first i’ve been bugging other people to buy too in quite some time. I’ll be looking out for Information and Studio’s next releases.

Download ‘West Side’ by Studio 

Buy ‘West Coast’ from www.bleep.com 

Shock Podcast 4

We’re slowly starting to build a head of steam, hitting podcast number 4 already,

this is a special edition just in time for our first big event (which we’re calling 

UltraShock#001) at the Pod, Crawdaddy & beyond this Sunday 

We’ve asked everyone involved to suggest some tracks for the podcast as well 

as taking productions from some of the acts playing and a few tracks we’re 

digging at the moment to fill the gaps.

Here’s the tracklisting.

01 Jonny Trunk – Zeus

02 Plone – On My Bus (Warp)

03 The Mystery Jets – The Pioneers (Bloc Party Cover)

04 The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage

05 Luke Vibert – Asheed

06 Roisin Murphy – Overpowered

07 Son Of Sound – Lust n’ Space

08 Timbaland Feat. M.I.A. – Come Around (Eli Remix)

09 Sorcerer – Surfing At Midnight (Prins Thomas Miks)

10 Studio – Origin

11 Freddie Mercury – Love Kills (Shock Edit)

12 Spooky – Fingerbobs

13 Death In June – Death Of The West

14 Shock Outputs preview

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