Tramlines Fringe @Penelopes 25/7 - First Word Records

[Penelopes]

Tramlines Fringe @ Penelopes

 

Saturday 25th July

9pm - Late

First Live Performance 9.30pm

 

First Word Records.... The finest Hip Hop, Soul, Funk, Jazz & Beats since 2003.

First Word Records was born in 2003 as a collaboration between promoter Aly Gillani and deejay Andy H. Frustrated by not hearing the music that they wanted to hear, the duo decided that there was a gap that needed filling. As the year came to an end a group of musicians, deejays, designers, emcees and producers had come together to cook up the fresh new sound of "Two Syllables", our debut compilation that was released in April 2004, preceded by a split 12" from Homecut Directive (ft Corinne Bailey Rae) and Tommy Evans.

 

Since then, the label has grown to house seven fully signed artists, including DMC regular Mike-L, Cedar (formerly of Cookin' Records), kidkanevil (of Quannum's Stateless) & the funkiest horn section in the UK, The Haggis Horns. The sound of our output has developed as we have as individuals – the foundation is still the jazzy hip hop of our first releases, but encompasses everything we love in music. Today's Mathematics' live broken beat might seem worlds apart from the retro funk of The Haggis Horns and the seismic beats of kidkanevil, but to us the common thread that runs through it all is clear. All our music is truly modern soul music – conscious lyricism, jazzy beats and heavy basslines. This is music that's equally at home at our regular club night New Bohemia as it is leaking out of your late-night headphones. Like Duke Ellington said - "If it sounds good, it is good".

 

Aly Gillani

 

So Here are the links to:

 

Kid Kanevil

http://www.myspace.com/kidkanevil

 

Laura J Martin

http://www.myspace.com/lalajmartin

 

Andy H

http://www.myspace.com/djandyh

 

First Word Records

http://www.firstwordrecords.com

 

See You on the Dancefloor!

 

Penelopes

53 - 55 Arundel Gate

Sheffield 1

 

We are Right Beside the Odeon, our door faces the Adsetts Building.