LET’S PARTY School Uniform Night - Friday 16th July

BANG 103.6FM and Sam Kelly PR bring you THE school uniform party of the summer on Friday 16th July.
Come and party with some of BANG 103.6FM’s finest; Butch Kassidy, Lynnike and Sefa, DJ Viper G, D-Nyce, DJ Policy and Shuges playing party classics, club bangers and old skool.

The WATTZ KINGS CROSS - Saturday 26th June

SCYVA LIKE SCUBA DIVER

SATURDAY 26TH JUNE, SCYVA LSD PLAYS AT THE WATTZ KINGS CROSS… MAKE IT A DATE AND LOOK TO ROOM 3 FOR THE BEST IN DUB-STEP… BE THERE

If you don’t already know, Scyva LSD is BANG FM’s No.1 DJ for Dub step and Grime. Unfinished Business every Friday night sees Scyva go back to back with Jnr Prince as they team up to smash selection. This time however, Scyva’s goes it alone. The Bigga Bubble Bash may have been cancelled but all that means is that Scyva appears later rather than never. Come on down to the Wattz on the 26th of June and vibes on down with Scyva LSD and KING Speks the VAIN

BANG’s Got Talent event review

Hi, my name is Ryan Eastmond from South Kilburn. I am a young inspired producer working towards improving my production skills. I’m also a member of BANG’s Youth Group. I help to organise and run events for other young people in the local area. One of these events was BANG’S Got Talent. This took place on Wed 26th May at Barham Park Lounge in Wembley. It was a youth talent competition put on by BANG103.6FM to showcase the creative talents of the young people we work with. My role for Bang’s Got Talent was assisting the event manager, Lynnike. I felt privileged to have position like that. I enjoyed it and hope in the future I will be assigned the same role.

Anyways…. Let’s get to the juicy bit… The actual event…

I think the event ran very smoothly. We had a huge turn out of young people. It was raaaaaam in there. The event was hosted by Sefa (one half of the crazy girls of BANG) and Blaze (Breakfast Banquet on BANG).There were over 15 competitors who had to battle it out to win the much desired prize of £100 in vouchers (of their choice), their track playlisted on BANG103.6FM, a radio interview on a prime time show and a feature on this website. We had singers, rappers and beat boxers too!!

(The hosts- Sefa & Blaze)

There were a lot of favourites on the day, including the sick Kidtazstik (13year old MC), beatboxers, Swave (from Harrow) and Jamie (who came all the way from Kent by the way), Rochester (a siiiick rapper), Rhys (Singer), JK, a very charismatic rapper who came down from South London. There were actually too many acts to mention, but shouts out to all who performed! Some acts were mind blowing! It was EMOSHH!!

(Kidtazstik-Emcee)

(Rochester- Rapper)

(Jamie-Beat Boxer)

As well as impressing the audience, all of the performers had to impress the judges too! After all, it was these guys who chose the eventual winner. The judges were Sticky (Producer), King Caztro (DJ from BANG), Baby Blue (Female Rapper) and Ny (R&B Singer). They gave each contestant constructive feedback after they had finished performing.

(Left to right: King Caztro, Sticky, Ny, Baby Blue)

We even had some special guests come down to the event to show support for the young people and for what BANG do. They included Big Man Zest (who performed Jump In the middle and skank), Egypt (who performed In the morning) and the fiiiiiiiiine Lioness also performed. For those who don’t know, Lioness is a female rapper. I’m sorry but it has to be said, as lioness stood there on stage (looking MIGHTY FIIIIIINE might I add) everyone presumed she was going to sing, then DJ Policy spun on a dirty instrumental and out came these incredible bars. My head spun round towards the stage with shock. She absolutely destroyed it!

(Zest)

(Egypt)

(Lioness)

In the end, after much debating, the judges chose a guy called Rhys as the winner! He sang a cover of Omarion’s track, O and blew everyone away. They were torn between him and JK, the rapper from South London, who performed his own track called WOW, but they had to make a final decision after seeing them go head to head for a final time. Congratulations to both acts because they were both very talented!!

(JK…. He literally wowed judges with his character and stage presence)

(Rhys- The winner!!!)

All in all everybody had a good time. Near the end, everybody became extremely gassed especially the BANG Youth Group (Dont watch me on the end getting down). DJ Policy (Sho Patrol) went in with a wave of rave bangers!
Everyone was skankin HARRD!!

(Members of BANG’s Youth Group- Kidtazstik, Amber, Raven, Lashan & me)

(Security man, Minal- Our Training manager and Liu- Youth Group member)

Hold tight for the next youth event from BANG103.6FM!!!

To stay up to date, keep checking the site and find us on Facebook: ‘BANG youths’

BANG’s Got Talent… Wednesday 26th May..Full line up revealed

Talented and want a chance to prove it?

If you’re between 13-19, and you believe you are the next big thing the music industry is looking for, then we want to hear from you!

SINGERS/ EMCEES/ RAPPERS/ BEATBOXERS/ POETS?

BANG’s Got Talent is our OFFICIAL talent competition taking place on Wednesday 26th May at Barham Park Reception Rooms- Barham Park, Harrow Road, Wembley, HA0 2Hb .

This event is from 5-9pm (please arrive early to avoid dissapointment)

It is FREE entry and refreshments will be provided

There will be performances from top UK artists including:

+++  Egypt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foZp7r_2DHE

+++  Zest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS7piEeM0G0

+++  Lioness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imbabeALilE

Our professional judging panel will choose the winner. Here they are:

++++ Baby Blue (http://www.myspace.com/babyblueonline)

++++ Bless Beats (http://www.myspace.com/blessbeatsuk)

++++ Ny++++ (http://www.myspace.com/nyofficial)

++++ King Caztro (BANG FM’s finest)

The winner will get £100 worth of vouchers (of your choice), their track playlisted on London’s freshest urban radio station, BANG 103.6FM, a website feature AND an interview on the station too!!

This event will be hosted by:

LYNNIKE & SEFA (The crazy girls) www.twitter.com/lynnikeandsefa

BLAZE www.twitter.com/ibigunstoppable

DJ: Policy (Sho Patrol & Bigga Fish) will play all the latest baning tracks www.twitter.com/followpollo

We will be giving away tickets to the next Bigga Fish event too!! Woop woop!!

If you think you’ve got what it takes, call us now for an audition on 07943 285 756 and ask for Lynnike.

If you would like to come along, please text your full name to: 07943 285 756

No time wasters please!!

BANG’s got Talent is brought to you by BANG 103.6!!!

Industry Scoop event review

The big day that all of the BANG youth group had been looking forward to finally arrived on Sat 3rd April 2010. The event was called Industry Scoop, a media and music seminar and showcase for all creative young people.
People started arriving bang on 1 o’clock and within 10 minutes there were already loads of eager people waiting to sign up to BANG’s various training activities.

Some members of the youth group, mentioning no names (Jonathan) were rather excited to see Princess Nyah and Kele Le Roc arrive. G frsh arrived shortly after, followed by the rest of the panel members including Benny Scars, Ace, Garbz and E-Plus.

When everyone got settled in, the event host, Blaze began explaining what the event was about and the panel introduced themselves.

Ace has been with 1xtra for 7 years, at school he studied performing arts which later in life lead him on to win a Sony gold award.
He has successfully had shows on both channel U and MTV base.

G frsh was a straight A student and studied economics, until one day he was bored in a lecture and randomly tried out music. G Frsh Started off behind the scenes of the music industry and then decided to write something and put out a CD to recieve feedback. He got mixed reviews about his CD but he didn’t let that stop him. His words of wisdom for us all were..

“You need a back up plan because you will always have something to fall back on, so it will make you feel more comfortable”.

Princess Nyah told us how she came from an emcee brackground. She worked full time in footlocker and was first in a group called G fam. Her first single “Frontline” just happened to be an accident. She told all talented musicians to…

“Team up with people who give you constructive critism, don’t let your friends build your ego.’ I strongly agree with this!”

Benny Scarrs (Tinchy Stryder’s A&R) studied music production and engineering. He says that networking is the best way to get recognized. He worked with the Jump Off street team and he started off believing that he didn’t  have a chance in a record label but he then got into Universal. He was working with Universal for 4 months unpaid. He explained how he started at the bottom of the food chain, mainly making tea for people. That was not his ideal job but he loved the environment. He started Doing a few remixes for people, for really cheap and shortly after he was introduced to Tinchy Stryder and everything progressed from Tinchy’s single, Stryder Man.

Garbz, the producer on the panel learned to play the drums at 11, He played bass at 16 and at the age of 19 he started making un-official remixes.  This has lead to over 100 remixes in America. He also Lived in L.A for 18 months.

Kele Le Roc started singing and dancing at 3, Originally she wanted to be a dancer but at 12 she encountered a knee problem from ballet and then decided to branch out to music.

E Plus spoke about his role of being an artist manager and promotor.
He told us about how he randomly fell into management and how he first started to work with Basement Jaxx.

After the panel introduced themselves, Blaze took questions from the audience and posed them to the panel. Kele Le Roc gave a brilliant performance of her current single, That Rhythm and a funky mix of old school favorite, My Love. She had everyone skanking out, especially Jonathan and Davina!

Two young people from BANG’s youth group performed in front of the panel. The first performance was from a 13 year old emcee/lyricist/songwriter by the name of Kidtazstik  who performed an acapella of a verse and a chorus from her latest song, Real Merkage.

The second performance was from a 16 year old singer/ songwriter by the name of Amber who sang a cover of a song from the movie Dream Girls.

The Panel were left amazed and were all eager to hear Kidtazstik’s track with a beat and one of Amber’s own songs as they could tell she was a great singer, but just wanted to hear some of her own material.

The final part of the day, the group split into 5 groups:- Emcee’s, Singers, Artist Managers, Producers and DJ’s. Each member of the panel lead a group, answering questions and giving top tips on how to perfect your talent.

All in all, Industry Scoop was a lot of fun. I didn’t realize how many talented, undiscovered emcee’s there actually were until that day!

Images of Black Women Film Festival : Fri 9 Apr - Sun 11 Apr

“Images of Black Women is back with its unique 6th International Film Festival, which gives visibility to Black women in Film from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th April at Tricycle Cinema, London, Kilburn.

A 3-day event with a fantastic selection of films, performances by UK female lyricists, great debates and Q&As with filmmakers, an award ceremony and a dynamic festival-networking event.

The festival will open with UK Premiere of SAY MY NAME a powerful documentary, about female MC’s, that takes viewers on a vibrant tour of urban culture and musical movement, from hip hop’s birthplace in the Bronx, to grime on London’s Eastside. Featured female artists are: Estelle, Eryka Baduh, MC Lyte, Roxxanne Shante, Monie Love and many more.

The film director Nirit Peled will be present for Q&A’s & screening to close a live performance of UK female lyricists.

IZULU LAMI (My Secret Sky), also called South Africa’s Slumdog Millionaire, a heart warming story about 2 orphans, who experience life as street kids. The film casts non-professionals from impoverished township who give stunning interpretations.

EMERGING FILMMAKERS FORUM, a showcase of 4 outstanding short-films including the two winners of IBW Short film competition; a community led film project called Hidden Herstories that document the extreordinary live of Londoners Claudia Jones & Amy Ashwood Garvey; and the Award winning Killer Necklace, a fanstastic film where the film director manage to pack love, action & deceit in a 40 min film.

BLACK BUSSINESS, a compelling documentary denouncing Human Rights violations in Cameroon & also opens the debate on whether Aricans can manage their own affairs. Screening will open with short film Invisible Women.

MY NAPPY ROOTS: A Journey into Black Hair-itag, UK Premiere of the ultimate film about black hair! The film and the filmmaker at the centre of the controversy behing Chirst Rock’s Good Hair. My Nappy Roots is a documentary that explores the politics, culture and history of African-American Hair.

Film director Regina Kimbell to attend festival.

RAIN, the Bahamian High Commissioner in London will introduce the UK Premiere of this beautiful and poetic film with stunning cinematography that shows a different side to Nassau (The Bahamas) away from luxury resorts and ocean.

Film Director Maria Govan to attend festival.

Further details on festival visit: www.imagesofblackwomen.com

Box office: 020 7328 1000

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