When most people think of world domination, they think of evil tyrants, tanks and years of oppression. Little do they know that such a recognised title can also be claimed within 6 minutes via two turntables, a mixer, a DJ and their brutish mixing power at the decks.

Every year the DMC World DJ Championships uncovers the nations best DJ to represent Australia and showcase their skills at the DMC World Finals. With the infamous gold plated Technics decks and mixer up for grabs and not to mention the world title, DJs across the globe are currently preparing themselves to do battle.

DMC first took turntablism from the underground battles of New York and gave DJs a purpose and something to strive for when they created the inaugural World DJ championships in 1986. Not only did the global competition help to cement Djing as a cornerstone of hip hop culture, it also helped raise the profile of the humble turntable as an instrument. In turn, due to the level of skill, flair, originality and discipline needed

Summer may seem far off in the distance, but it's not too early to get a taste; a funky bassline, chunky beats, uplifting hooks and a reggae tinged vocal drenched in sunshine. Is it too early to lay claim to this year's summer anthem? Supafly Inc are duo Panos Liassi a.k.a Mister P, a producer hailing from London, long surrounded by hip hop, dance and funk, and Andrew Tumi a.k.a One, a singer / songwriter immersed in reggae, soul and West African beats from an early age. Together they create a synergy that has consistently rocked dancefloors across the world. Now with new single 'Be Together', Supafly Inc have delivered another skilfully crafted song designed to move your feet and pull you on to the dancefloor. 'Be Together' is an uplifting and energetic feelgood tune based around a giant hook of a chorus that will get inside your head and stay there, like the best tunes always do. The rallying cry 'We Can Be Together' is already uniting dancefloors everywhere and Supafly Inc, keen to spread the message of

DRAPHT

JIMMY RECARD

THE FIRST SINGLE FROM 'BROTHERS GRIMM ' 'Jimmy Recard' is the magnetic first single

from 'Brothers Grimm', the 3rd album from

West Australian MC Drapht . 'Jimmy Recard' is the magnetic first single from 'Brothers Grimm', the 3rd album from acclaimed West Australian MC Drapht. If a name is the first thing we inherit upon entering this world, it must surely play a critical role in the determination of who we become. In 'Jimmy Recard' Drapht reflects on what could have been had he not been christened "plain old, boring old Paul". A brilliantly catchy and tongue-in-cheek party-starter, Jimmy Recard is the story of the "king of the castle" and the "king of the bar-stool" - a man with the world at his feet. With Drapht's unique voice and funky, hypnotic flow layered over a soul-fuelled, guitar driven beat, 'Jimmy Recard' is an instant classic. While it may be true for Jimmy that "everything he touches turns to gold", the same could well be said for his doppelga

Any West Coast rap fan would expect to hear classic West Coast beats from a classic West Coast heavyweight, that is, the late Mac Dre. However, since Mac Dre Presents Starters In The Game is not actually an album of his but rather a collection of some collaborations he did in his final years, plus songs from artists who have taken in his shadow or are paying tribute to him. In a sense, this is kind of similar to what has repeatedly been done with 2Pac's music - his vocals taken and placed over a more modernized beat, plus a bunch of tracks slapped on from artists who wish to somehow pay tribute to the man. But 'modernized' is not exactly a synonym for 'good.' For the rest of this review please check out: http://www.planeturban.com.au/album_reviews/album_mac_dre_presents_starters_in_the_game

If you want to become the greatest Assassin, inspiring awe in everyone else, read on.Game: MapleStorySteps:Make sure that when you create your character, your STR and INT are either 4 or 5. So your stats should look like this when you create them: STR (4 or 5), DEX (any value), INT (4 or 5), LUK (any value). IThis may take a while, but it's worth it. On Maple Island, when you level up, first put as many Ability Points as needed into your DEX. You need to get your DEX to 25 as soon as possible. It's needed to make your Rogue job placement in Kerning City, and also it will help you inflict more damage on Maple Island. Once you achieve 25 DEX, put all leftover points into LUK. Kill green snails, as they give easy experience. Do not surpass level 10 before becoming a Rogue at Kerning City. After you arrive at Victoria Island, you will find yourself in Lith Harbor. Using the map, walk to the split in the road. In this location, climb to the very top, and enter the portal there (you will see a sign that says "Welco

"I very much looking forward to working with the Resin Dogs. It's an exciting opportunity for both of us and the possibilities of a successful outcome are fantastic."J.T. Meskiel

Resin Dogs, Australia's undisputed kings of funk-drenched hip hop have been judged the best in world, according to a competition run by Malibu's prestigious Document Room studios. In August last year, the studio's owner/producer J.T. Meskiel, who has worked with everyone from Lauryn Hill to Britney Spears and Rick Rubin (6 time Grammy Award winning producer who's worked with U2, Justin Timberlake and Kanye West) put the call out to find 'the best hip hop track producers on the planet'. No small task!

The band submitted a 7 track EP which included singles 'Coming with the Sound' and 'Caught Up' off their latest album 'More', and topped the talent list to score themselves an enviable three day production stint at the state-of-the-art, million dollar recording studios in March with Meskiel in the producer's chair.

The r

No doubt one of the pioneers of the gangsta rap genre, the legacy of Eazy E continues with this collection of collaborations he did with NWA and various other rappers, particularly from the West Coast. Collaborations on here date back to 1987 around the time NWA first started and continue right up until 1994.For the rest of this review please check out: http://www.planeturban.com.au/album_reviews/album_eazy_e_featuring_eazy_e

"Australia is finally going to see what everybody has been talking about all these years. These shows are going to be pure mayhem!" ILL BILL

You haven't seen a show till you've seen ILL BILL perform. Next week, the infamous rapper is set to land in Australia for the first time and deliver a knockout blow with five adrenaline charged shows across the country.

A former member of respected hip hop crew Non Phixion, ILL BILL is touring on the back of his forthcoming album 'The Hour of Reprisal', which features collaborations with the best in the hip hop and metal biz, including Raekwon the Chef (Wu-Tang Clan), B-Real (Cypress Hill), Howard Jones (Killswitch Engage), Max Cavalera (Soulfly/Sepultura), Everlast (House of Pain) and of course brother Necro.

Joining ILL BILL on stage will be fellow Non Phixion rep DJ Eclipse (former Rock Steady Crew DJ) and Big Left from La Coka Nostra (of which ILL BILL is also a member), ensuring the night will be one of the most memorable hip hop shows of the year.

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(PRWEB) February 11, 2008 -- Australian songwriters and artists dominate the 2007 International Songwriting Competition (ISC), with a staggering 34 finalists and 32 semi-finalists. Selected from more than 15,000 entries from 100 countries worldwide, this is the first time in ISC history that a country outside of North America has produced so many semi-finalists and finalists in any one competition.

ISC is recognized as one of the most prestigious songwriting competitions in the world. Renowned for its high caliber of judges and prizes, ISC has been called "the songwriting competition to take note of" by the The New York Times. Judges include iconic celebrities such as Tom Waits, Nelly Furtado, Robert Smith (The Cure), Black Francis (Pixies), Ray Davies (The Kinks), Loretta Lynn, and many more. Also included on the judging panel are many record label executives, including the Presidents of Epic and Universal Records.

Australians have also set another record for ISC - for having the first artist ever

MAPS AND SET TIMES FOR MELBOURNE AND BRISBANE!

The anticipation is building, bump in is bumping, flights are boarding, outfits are being purchased - it can only mean ONE THING!

Good Vibrations Festival kicks off this weekend!

It's time to get busy with only a few days left before the big shows and we've got some key info ready on the site for you.

MELBOURNE MAPS & SET TIMES

Melbourne Maps & Set Times are available on the Good Vibrations Festival website here!

We have an additional function; 'schedule planner', if you click here you can customise and print off your very own personal playing times.

Free printed schedules will be available on the day.

Additional info you'll need to plan your day is all available here!

PASS OUTS - There are NO Pass Outs available at Good Vibrations Festival 2008.

MONEY - Please be aware that there are NO ATMs at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

All bars, food vendors & our merchandise stalls will accept cash, so the best o

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What do DJs Rob Swift, Precision, and Total Eclipse have in common? The letter X... as in X-ecutioners! Now, a decade since the conception of the worlds most accomplished DJ crew, these three champions of an art called "Turntablism" are beginning a new chapter in their careers. Their emphasis is to start from scratch (pun intended) and break down all imitations. "We're training our minds to forget and abandon everything we've learned about DJing to this point" according to Rob Swift. Total Eclipse adds "When we get together to create routines, we start from nothing and see where the vibe in the room takes us." Precision caps it off by saying "The long hours we dedicate to practice usually leads to some real crazy routines." Thus, the inspiration to call the themselves ILL INSANITY. Rob Swift

Dan England first came to wider knowledge by placing fourth in 2005's Australian Idol contest. After spending 2006 as support for Shannon Noll and doing his own east coast run, Dan proved himself not only to be talented singer, but also an accomplished musician and songwriter. In late 2006, the release of Dan's debut single 'Reason to Fly' was warmly received by radio around the country. Dan's debut EP includes tracks co-written with Tim Henwood (Super Jesus and Rogue Traders) and Jellyfish music (Pulp and George ) who combined forces to produce his debut release which climbed to number five on Itunes and AIR (Australian independent) charts. The success of Dan's debut single 'Reason to Fly' saw it used as a part of the RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) internal 2007 campaign. Dan’s upcoming EP release, The Deconstruction of Dan England will be available in late November 2007. Collaborations with Jeff Lang and Michael Stangel lead to a more honest rock and blues recording. The 'A Year on the Road'

WorldBeat Cultural Center in San Diego (California) pays homage to Andy Palacio's activist legacy with performances by Umalali (Garifuna for voice) which adds four powerful women's voices to the potent 8-member Garifuna Collective. This multi-generational (from ages 25 to 80) ensemble's compelling polyrhythms, memorable melodies and soaring voices reflects both West African and Caribbean heritages. It defines and maintains the threatened music of the Garifuna community - from Belize, Honduras and Guatemala - by treasuring and respecting their traditions, but within a modern context.Descendents of shipwrecked African slaves who intermarried with the Carib and Arawak Indians of the Caribbean, the Garifuna people live primarily in small towns and villages on the Caribbean coast of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project expands on the story of this fascinating community, which is struggling to retain its language, music and traditions in the face of globaliza

Denver (Colorado), USA - Yonder Mountain String Band, hailing from Nederland, Colorado (forty miles northwest of Denver), will be performing at this year's Democratic National Convention held on Denver August 24-28. Yonder will take the stage on the final day of the convention - August 28th at INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium - just prior to Barack Obama's highly anticipated acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination. Also scheduled to perform at the event are will.i.am, Stevie Wonder and Dave Matthews Band.

The convention anticipates 75,000 people in attendance, and a huge international and national media audience, for the acceptance event. This 2008 Democratic National Convention is a monumental moment in the country's history and in Denver specifically, marking the first convention to be held in Denver in one hundred years. This acceptance speech event, which was moved to INVESCO Field at Obama's request, will host more general public than any previous acceptance speech. Yonder Mounta

And more from the coffee and breakfast food front: Dunkin' Donuts' promise to expand to the West Coast may finally come to fruition. According to NPR, there will be nine new stores in Phoenix with 150 planned in Arizona, and 10,000 stores planned in the next decade. Now, we're a fan of Munchkins as much as the next person, but since living on the West Coast for a number of years, the lack of Dunkin' Donuts never really bothered us. But people (i.e. East Coast transplants) have been begging for the donut chain to open out this way for years. If they come, bringining all their new fangled coffee drinks and egg-white breakfast sandwiches, would they give Starbucks a run for its money? [NPR via Franklin Ave]

Here we are back at the Dish, our regular look at what debuted and where. Did we miss something? The tip line awaits.

Kiss My Bundt from Blackburn and Sweetzer MID-CITY: Although a grand opening is scheduled for September 6, the all-bundt, all-the-time bakery Kiss My Bundt opened today. The bundts come in baby, mini or the Big Ol' 10-inch in flavors like traditional butter, red velvet, carrot cake, chocolately-chocolate, and mandarin chocolate. Owner Crysta Wilson, who's been working on this debut for almost a year, promises "southern-style confections" and "better than Coffee Bean coffee." The shop looks to be mostly take-out with a few dine-in seats. (8104 West 3rd Street, 323.655.0559; website) ECHO PARK: A reader saw a flier on the previously plywooded Fix Coffee that said the new coffee house opened in its former gas station home this past Sunday. (2100 Echo Park Ave; website) SILVER LAKE: LAist has it that the vegan, organic Naturewell juice bar opened softly for Sunset Junction over the weekend.

Photo from LAist S. Irene Virbila is decidedly more enthusiastic about Gordon Ramsay's eponymous restaurant at the London West Hollywood hotel than her peers were with his New York debut. What she deemed a once-staid room is now sparkling with energy, from the Champagnes to the "glamorous" crowd to the lights through the windows. She gives Ramsay high praise for his cooking, even if its chef de cuisine Andy Cook who's doing it on a regular basis. She also saw a change when the man himself made an appearance:On several of my previous visits, Ramsay was not in town. But this time, three months after the restaurant opened, he is, and what a difference his presence in the house makes. The food didn't approach this level before. It was very correct, but somehow dull -- even though the ingredients and preparations were exactly the same. It has to do with the balance of flavors and the crispness of execution. At their best, Ramsey's [sic] dishes have a tension that makes them exciting, and very often that tension

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Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote Charlie Wilson's War, is making a film about Facebook.

Indoor Party

Event Date: , August 23, 2008Start Time: 09:00 PM

End Date: , August 24, 2008Ending Time: 04:00 AM

SHIZZLE is back @ Town Square with Phyx from Timecode and Sarasin from Beartrap on Saturday the 23rd August 2008!!

The doors open at 8pm and after killer Psytrance tracks, even better drinks specials and a pumping sound system, the party ends at 4am.

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9 " 10:30 - Skylark

10:30 " 11:30 " Jester

11:30 " 12:30 " Storman

12:30 " 1:30 " Sarasin

1:30 " 2:30 - Phyx

2:30 " 4:00 - Terrorbyte

Damage: R40

Town Square is situated on top of KFC in the Somerset West Main Road, across the road from FNB.

Also expect: Balcony, fireplaces, pool tables, yummy promo girls, etc..