Butterthief Presents V.High.P Jam VIII

Saturday May 1st @ Crown & Sceptre, 308 King William Street, Adelaide

D’Opus & Roshambo (Canberra)
Social Change
Evolve
Grifters Inc
One Above (Kick Kick Snare Producers Battle Winner)
Butterthief Sound System (featuring V.High.P Crew with special guests and live percussion)
Fat Pockets (Funkwig & DJ Snair)
Hosted by Dialect

Doors Open 9pm
$10 Entry
18+

All you have to do to get to the download for free is head over to http://www.socialchange.bandcamp.com and select what you want to download, enter your email address and choose your file format.

Thanks for listening.

Social Change headed over to Sydney on the 29th January 2010 to play at the Beach Road Hotel with Grifters Inc in support of Featurecast (Good Groove, UK). Thanks has to go out Bentley for organising the support slot and for holding down DustTones which is the regular Friday Night gig at Bondi. If you want to find out more about Featurecast or DustTones you can read more here at the DustTones website… http://www.dusttones.com/past-events/41-dust-tones-beach-rd-hotel-friday-29th-january-2010 or check out the Featurecast myspace http://www.myspace.com/featurecast

Shout outs to Grifters Inc, it was cool doing the gig with them. Really dope music, they got a free E.P out at the moment… have a listen to their music at www.myspace.com/griftersinc

Peace out to everyone who came to see the show. See you next time Sydney. Peace

To kick off the new year, Social Change had the opportunity to headline the Freestyle Rap Battles at Live on Light Square on the 23rd January 2010. Shouts to Halde for organising the event. Big ups to everyone who was involved, and to all the freestyle emcees who entered the competition.

It was great to play this show. Mandles, Planz, Dialect, and all the other artists were super tight . The battle scene is very much still going strong and it is good to see people out there supporting. Thanks to everyone who came thru.

Butterthief is currently working on a new freestyle competition format, more to be announced soon.

On the 18th December 2009, Double or Nothing presented the Pagen Elypsis Mixtape launch. Featuring Headstrong Company, Pagen Elypsis, Social
Change, Evolve, DJ Sanchez & DJ PT this show was off the hook. Sanchez and PT held it down, and Evolve with guest Mids kicked ass. Social Change did their thing and Headstrong Company smashed it.

The Pagen Elypsis mixtape is a Battlehoggs release and has DJ Kansel and DJ Snair (Social Change) on the mix. The PE crew which is made up of Afore Mentioned, The Skeptics and Prime are crazy lyricists so check them out and get yaself a copy of their mixtape. The Pagen Elypsis album is dropping in 2010 so keep ya ears peeled.

To listen to some Pagen Elypsis tunes check out www.myspace.com/pagenelypsis the members profiles are in the top friends.

On the 4th December 2009 The Thundamentals (NSW) came thru Adelaide and played at Jive. Social Change was on support duty and the show was an honour to be involved in. Unfortunately due to the Cross Bred Mongrels album launch down the road at HQ there was a very small attendance. DJ Snair had fun performing at both events. For everyone else who was at the Thundas show, we all migrated to HQ after the gig.

For everyone that missed these guys, Thundamentals were super dope and rocked a tight as set. Next time they come thru Adelaide you gotta make sure you check em out. DJ Morgs,
DJ Tommy Fiasko,
MC Tuka and
MC Jeswon bring the heat with great beats and rhymes. If you are yet to check their music then peep their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/thundamentals

On the 3rd of December 2009 the inaugural Kick Kick Snare producers battle took place at Producers Bar, Electric Light Hotel. The event was hosted by 5-9 events and Social Change played a short set at the end of the night. The main event was the Producers Battle hosted by BDeps and judged by Simplex (Terra Firma), BVA (Mnemonic Ascent) and DJ Snair.

One Above of the Butterthief V.High.P crew took first place, narrowly beating fellow producer K21 to the prize. Social Change would like to congratulate all the beat makers who entered the battle and send a special shout out to One Above and K21. One Above produced the first track “So Fly” on the Social Change V.High.E.P and the “Start to Finish” remix on the Rugged Uncut Project by Dialect. More recently he has produced for Phat Chance on his Inkstains record.

Social Change is currently recording a track for the One Above production record, and One Above has also produced a track on the upcoming Social Change album.

You can check out One Above at www.myspace.com/oneaboveproductions

The Headstrong Album launch was on the 31st October 2009. Such a dope gig to be a part of. Gotta thank the whole Crackhouse family for making it happen. The launch took place at Higher Ground, Adelaide. The event also doubled up as the launch for the new DJ Sanhez Mixtape. Hosted by 2Biz (Mindfield/Sukatash/Common Cause), with supports by Chris Bass, Social Change and DJ Sum-1 the show was straight up proper.

For anyone who hasn’t heard the Headstrong Company debut album yet you
gotta check it. Absolutely banging. It won the OzHipHop.com award for
best artwork as well. Peep that.

Thanks to everyone who came thru and showed love, the crowd was great. Shouts to all the artists who performed. Peace

Social Change will be joining Dialect, Citywide, Crossbred Mongrels and Reason for the Levelheaded “Spice of Life” Tour.

Geelong – 13th November at The Grovedale Hotel
Melbourne – 14th November at First Floor
Hobart – 13th December at the Brisbane Hotel

Fresh off the release of his debut solo album ‘The Spice of Life’, Levelheaded is set to ignite crowds in the latter part of 09 across three states. Kicking off in his hometown of Adelaide on October 9th with After Hours and Ill Equipt, the tour will see Levelheaded travel to Melbourne, Geelong and Hobart with some of Adelaide’s finest in Crossbred Mongrels and Social Change along with Obese Records stalwart, Reason. Levelheaded provides an electrifying live show that features more than 6 performers including ex Train Of Thought favourite ‘Slats’, Adelaide Heavy Metal front man ‘Fish’ and promising up-and-comers ‘Sydetrak’ & ‘Eslev’. With Hacksaw as his right hand man on the decks, he is no stranger to the live performance sharing the stage with the likes of Jungle Brothers, Lazy Grey, Hilltop Hoods, Pegs, Reason and Funkoars just to name a few. The Spice of Life has received much acclaim from lovers of music all over the country and these shows are sure to impress.

Funk Da World – Coopers Alive 09 @ Crown & Sceptre – 17 Oct featuring Sukatash, Dialect and Mase & Mattic – Hosted by Social Change and Patti of Adroit Effusive. $10 Entry. Doors Open 9pm

Major shouts to Gordon Anderson for organising this event, Social Change was involved last year and had a great show, and it is an honour to be involved again this year in the capacity of hosting the second year of Coopers Alive.

BTW, the design of this poster is also by Social Change (with a little throwback inspiration Craig Mack Project: Funk Da World style)

See you at the show