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Skylarkin’ Vs Blunted this Saturday!

This is gonna be a belter. Our versus nights always are! On Saturday, you are cordially invited to attend a party in the big smoke with Skylarkin’ and Blunted combining forces. In the main room Skylarkin’ will hold court with the likes of Natty Bo & The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band. Meanwhile in the basement, Blunted will be brockin’ out to the sounds of Para & Baila’s breaks, funk and scratches, The Ill Technicians getting their funky thing on, Simpson and Dutch Courage smashing up the dancefloor and Grande standardly dropping boms as only he knows how.

Words from Count Skylarkin’-

Another bank holiday weekend = an extra day to recover from some serious Skylarkin’ Soundsystem festivities. This month we bring the vintage swing…….

THE ORIGINAL RABBIT FOOT SPASM BAND!
Founded in July 1900, in East London, at the bottom of a rubbish bin. The Original Rabbit Foot Spasm Band play Jumping Jazz and Red Hot Rhythm and Blues Music. Rabbit Foot Spasm Band shows bring you red hot choruses, laughter, bad tap dancing, kazoo solos and authentic, prohibition style, serious drinking. Yes-Suh!
http://www.myspace.com/theoriginalrabbitfootspasmband

DJ NATTY BO!
London’s hippest hepcat, singer and band-leader supreme from Ska Cubano and The Topcats, Gaz’s Rockin’ Resident DJ and the best dressed chicken in town.

Plus fresh-faced envoy of 80’s dancehall DJ Indecision and fresh-from-being-The Wailers’ tour DJ Count Skylarkin.

AND THAT’S NOT ALL! Presenting THE BLUNTED BASEMENT:
Bassline bringers and veteran party-starters BLUNTED bring the noise in the basement. Hip Hop, funk, dub, dnb and more from Para & Baila, Ill Technicians, Grande, Simpson & Dutch Courage.

Skylarkin Vs Blunted

This event takes place this Saturday 9 - 3am at The Big Chill House, Pentonville Road nr Kings Cross Station, London. Check out the Facebook event


Win 2 tickets to Free Range ft. Scratch Perverts

Those chaps at Free Range keep raising the bar. This time they have the legends, Scratch Perverts, Hype, Noisia, Loefah, Chef, Kutz, Raggasaurus and also the talented Small Kid and more on the same bill. You will quite literally be spoilt for choice. It’s actually ridiculous, however, we can’t complain as we’ve been 2 tickets to give away worth a whopping £30.

Scratch Perverts Flyer Front

Scratch Perverts Back

We’re doing things slightly different this time round:

We want you to drop a short rhyme in the box below using 1 or more of the headlining acts in your rap. Simple really.

The best answer wins!

Entries close on Monday 9th of March, after that comments and this competition will be locked! Remember to click the “Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail” button!


Win 2 tickets to see Mean Poppa Lean this Friday

Yowzer, another special little comp for my Blunted people! This time the mighty Mean Poppa Lean head up the bill this Friday at Brighton’s Latest Music Bar (formerly Joogleberry Playhouse). This is their first Brighton gig for 2 months so it’s bound to be a smasher…..What, huh, tickets? Need a couple, don’t want to pay a measly fee of £5? That’s lucky cos we have 2 tickets to give away.

Mean Poppa Lean

The night has MPL headlining with support from David Goo, described by MPL frontman Christian Barnes as “an acoustic Frank Zappa” - praise indeed. Drummer extraordinaire Thom Mills aka Grill also had this to say “after the live music C-dogg will be DJing til the early hours some come down for a massive shindig! Also special HORNY guest for the first time EVER!!!

Mean Poppa Lean some more!

Right you know the dilly by now. All you have to do to be in with a chance to win 2 tickets is drop a comment in the comment box below, it can be anything you want, you just have to say something! The winner will be picked at random and notified in the comments on this entry and through email. Remember to click the “Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail” button!

David Goo

Entries close on Friday the 13th of February, after that comments and this competition will be locked!

Friday13th February 2009 at 20:00
@ Latest Music Bar (Formerly Joogleberry Playhouse), Manchester Street, Brighton
Buy tickets now from wegottickets for £5!


Win 2 tickets to Skylarkin

Here’s a tasty little treat for y’all…. Skylarkin Soundsystem has a shindig this Friday and Blunted have 2 tickets to give away! The soundsystem is guaranteed to rock the Cellar to the core as anyone who has seen the Disco Shed or been to one of the nights on the Cowley Road will testify.

Here’s a few words from Skylarkin impresario Count Skylarkin -

With a heavy heart, after six and a half years I have finally taken my regular clubnight off the Cowley Road. However, I promise there are great times to be had for those willing to come trip-trapping over that bridge…
Legendary reggae and soul knees-up packs its bags to become a monthly fixture at Oxford’s leading independent venue. A match made in heaven, but consummated in a rum-soaked vault of seedy vintage glamour.

The opening night features a special live set from vagabond jump-blues party-starters HIPBONE SLIM & THE KNEETREMBLERS, plus the inimitable blend of great black music that’s become the night’s trademark - from Count Skylarkin, DJ Indecision and very special guests on the decks. Arrive early!

Count Skylarkin

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win 2 tickets is drop a comment in the comment box below, it can be anything you want, you just have to say something! The winner will be picked at random and notified in the comments on this entry and through email. Remember to click the “Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail” button!

Entries close on Friday the 6th of February, after that comments and this competition will be locked!

Skylarkin Soundsystems presents Hipbone Slim & the Kneetremblers

The Cellar, Frewin Court, Oxford
9pm-3am, £4 before 11/£5 after.
Friday Feb 6th and on the first Friday of every month thereafter!


Win 2 tickets to Free Range ft. Chase & Status

Hello hello, its competition time again. We have been offered two free tickets (worth £24+) by our friends at Free Range to give away for their forthcoming club night happening at the O2 Academy, Oxford on Friday the 13th February. Featuring Chase & Status, Kano, Beardyman, N-Type + loads more it looks set to be pretty full-on, in fact early bird tickets sold out ages ago! Read on to check the full line up, flyer artwork and how to enter the competition. Below is a little blurb about Free Range.

After breaking all previous box office records for a Friday club night at the Carling Academy Oxford, Free Range bring to you another cutting edge line up exploring the depths of Grime, Dubstep, Drum & Bass and Hip Hop. Whilst other club nights bring you the same generic line ups and brands found city to city, Free Range offers something truly refreshing to the people - for Oxford, with Oxford, from Oxford residents.

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win 2 tickets is drop a comment in the comment box below, it can be anything you want, you just have to say something! The winner will be picked at random and notified in the comments on this entry and through email. Remember to click the “Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail” button!

Entries close on Friday the 30th of January, after that comments and this competition will be locked!

To find out more have a butchers at the flyer below or click here for more information.

Free Range ft. Chase & Status

Free Range ft. Chase & Status

Good luck!


Win 2 pairs of tickets to FABRICLIVE this Friday

Competition time! A little late notice but we have been offered two pairs of tickets to give away for FABRICLIVE this Friday (16th of January) which features amongst others, the Scratch Perverts & Dynamite MC, Toddla T & MC Serocee, Adam F, DJ Fresh, Grooverider, Chase & Status, GQ, IC3, Fun, Shortee Blitz, Dan Greenpeace and Ali B.

Fabriclive 16th January

All you have to do to be in with a chance to win a pair of tickets is drop a comment in the comments box below this post, it can be anything you want, but try not to spam! The two winners will be picked at random and notified in the comments on this entry, then contacted by email from Fabric London on how to claim their prize. Remember to click the “Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail” button! The two winners will receive two tickets each.

Entries will close at 3:00pm Friday 16th January - good luck!


Win 2 Tickets to Free Range: Shogun Assassins Tour!

Another smasher of a night in store. This time Free Range are bringing the Shoguns Assassins Tour to Oxford’s Carling Academy.  The regular Blunted bloggers will have a good idea what to expect from the extremely likeable DJ Woody as his Blunted interview illustrated. This really is another monster lineup with Friction and Dillinja heading up the bill. Both these names should be enough to book your tickets but theres a real wealth of talent which is also worth checking out; Benga, Caspa and Rusko for the dubstep heads, and Gentlemans Dub Club bringing their live dubbed out grooves to the show.  All this is complimented by the ubiquitous Count Skylarkin’ and his trusty Disco Shed.

For you chance to win 2 tickets to the night, all you have to is answer this simple question:

At the beginning of the Woody interview is a link to dope Mini Mix. The question is when did he record the mix?

a) 2005
b) 2006
c) 2007

Email the letter a), b), or c) to: freerangecompetitions (at) gmail dot com

shogun assassins tour Win 2 Tickets to Free Range: Shogun Assassins Tour!

Free Range: Shogun Assassins Tour

Date: Friday 21st November
Time: 11pm - 4am
Price: £15 in advance MOTD (discount for Bass Associates)
@ Oxford Carling Academy, 190 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE

Tickets available from ticketweb or from the Oxford Carling Academy Box Office.
Tel: 01865 813 500

For more info on this event check out the Free Range Events page.

A member of the Free Range team will contact the winner via email.