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Smileymic has had some amazing shows recently but tomorrow night is likely to be his best yet. He will be supporting hip hop legends De La Soul at the Leamington Assembly. All of us here at CID can’t wait! There are only a few tickets left but you can get your hands on some here
Here are De La Soul performing one of their biggest hits ‘Me Myself and I’ back in 1989.
CID Music’s Smileymic will be supporting Son of Dave on Wednesday 20th May at The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham. Doors open at 7.30pm.
Watch the video for the latest single Ain’t Going to Nike Town here:
The very talented Son of Dave recently apeared on Later with Jools Holland and is on tour all over the UK now. To get a reduced rate ticket of just £6 add yourself to the guestlist here
See you there!
On Friday, Mama Matrix made their first trip to Sheffield’s O2 Academy to support The Beat on their 30th Anniversary Tour. As the room filled up with ‘Rude Boys’ Mama Matrix took to the stage and Sheffield welcomed them with open arms as they were treated to favourites like Destroyer and Irene. They soon had the crowd dancing to their unique songs written about everything from spanking, magic mushrooms and anxiety, and were even asked back for an encore. Ranking Roger himself added “Mama Matrix are great at what they do. They have really got it down.”
In this time of economic crisis it seems fitting that The Beat are touring again. Their songs were the soundtrack to the recession of the early 80’s and haven’t lost their appeal. Their diverse mix of fans were not disappointed as the band belted out hits like ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’, ‘Hands off…She’s Mine’ and ‘Nice To Talk to’. They even managed to bring things right up to-date with Ranking Jr’s rhymes and a new energy that was infectious. If you missed the gig on Friday The Beat are playing around the UK between March and July.
Mama Matrix at The O2 Academy, Sheffield
News has been rife around Birmingham over the last week or so regarding the noise troubles at The Rainbow in Digbeth. Here at CID Music we have been reminiscing about the good times we had there in 2008. Our particular favourite was the event we put on in November. For those of you who joined us, feel free to reminisce too. For those of you who missed it, take a look at Smileymic (and other archive posts) to see what you missed out on.
Smileymic ‘Intro Galactic’ from CID Music 1 on Vimeo.]
CID Music’s very own Smileymic has looped his way into the Grand Final of the Boss Loop Station Championship. They will be held at The Bedford in London on Monday 9th March. The judges at the Birmingham heat were really excited by his performances of ‘Jump Around’ and ‘Rapper’s Delight’ and Smileymic can’t wait to perform some of his original material at the final. He will be up against 10-15 finalists from all over the UK including last year’s winner Glen Aitken. We will keep you posted about how he gets on.
Smileymic
Mama Matrix played to a lively crowd at The Rainbow in Digbeth on Friday 7th November 2008. You can watch video footage of the gig here:
Mama Matrix ‘Pulp Klezma’ from CiD Music on Vimeo.
Mama Matrix ‘Panic Attack’ from CiD Music on Vimeo.
Mama Matrix ‘Apache Maypole’ from CiD Music on Vimeo.
Mama Matrix are looking forward to a whole host of gigs in Spring and Summer 2009.
Who are Mama Matrix? Mama Matrix are a five piece psychedelic gypsy punk band. In their own words, “Guitarist and front man Daz Dolczech bellows out poetry with dark, melodic intent- fierce as a preacher, irreverent as a storm. Dark Mavis’ tuba lub dubs at the core of the music- a massive, tarnished heart pumping out a soil filled rumble, channelled from the very belly of the Earth .
At times it seems Mike Hurley’s drums and the violectra cradled by the lovely Anka J have minds of their own. Anka hurtles through feverish scales like wind whipping through the Dinaric Alps, and all the while- sinister and pervasive- Guantanamo Bay Ray, whose face you will never know, plucks life from his electric guitar strings- an Irishman of the Apocalypse who has seen the dark side of the world, and cries out for you to share in it.
At first, as this impossibly harmonious muddle of sounds begins to issue forth from Mama Matrix, you may be transfixed, rooted to your spot. You may feel the urge to flee, but if you listen to your body, you’ll see it won’t let you. Hasn’t your heart synchronised with that rumbling lub dub? Haven’t your limbs began to spasm and jerk in time with the thunder of the drums? Aren’t you moved by Dolczech’s powerful voice, and haven’t you begun to jig about the dancefloor?
Go with it, dance with Mama Matrix- this musical devil who’s wormed its way into your muscles and bones. Embrace it, enjoy it, make love to it if you will- and as you whirr around the room on tip toe and heel, and the sweating, ecstatic faces of your fellow revellers blur into the night, know that you are privileged, for this is an experience you will never forget.
To experience Mama Matrix is to stare into the mouth of a devastatingly beautiful, dangerous chasm, and those who survive cannot help but be drawn back for more.”
Mama Matrix in The Sunday Times Food and Drink Section!!!!
We haven’t included any reviews as you can watch them for yourselves above although we were tickled by one review they received when they played Michaelmas Fair in Shropshire which appeared in The Sunday Times Food and Drink section (of all places!) Read it here.
Following the success of the Gigbeth Fringe event CID held earlier this month, Smileymic has been booked to perform as part of Beatsmash Live at Revolution in Loughborough on the 7th December. The organisers are really excited to have Smileymic on the bill, looping his magic alongside the likes of beatboxer MC Xander and DJ champions Beat Assassins. For ticket details see bellow or to hear what Smileymic can do then take a look at his website here.
CID Music’s very own Smileymic put in an entry to Gigbeth 2008’s ‘Meet The Sugarhill Gang’ competition. All he had to do was record his own version of the hip hop classic ‘Rappers Delight.’ You can watch it here:
The people at Gigbeth liked it so much, he won! Smileymic got to meet the US Hip Hop stars, watch them soundcheck and even have a cuppa. Read what Smileymic thought about it here.
Smileymic meets the Sugarhill Gang
For those of you who weren’t around to hear them when they first kicked off, here’s what they sounded like back in 1979:
Well a cracking day and night was had on Friday. In the day we hosted a conference for Student Union Events Officers from Bristol up to Stoke and Hereford over to Loughborough. Thanks to all who came and the guests who joined us - Chris Unitt, Andrew Dubber and Miles from Heducation. Lots was discussed and we are sure there’ll be more great gigs at Midlands Colleges and Uni’s as a result.
Friday evening we partnered with Mr Elephant Presents for a top night at The Rainbow as part of the Gigbeth Fringe - our idea. Laura Louise guested, Mama Matrix played a blinding set and Smileymic played a fine first Birmingham gig for him.
The evening finished to much dancing inspired by Marc Reck on the decks. Nicky Getgood blogged about it here.
We filmed the whole thing in glorious HD so films up soon once the editing chaps have done their stuff.
Thanks to all who came by and made it such a top night.
Mama Matrix
If there were a chart of the most entertaining and wildly danceable bands in the Midlands at the moment Mama Matrix would surely be in it. Here they are in a dark video from the enlightening Shambala festival this year: