DJ CZECH hiphop set TONIGHT!!!

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dood - it's true.
after the movies and before the no-luck club tonight, everyone's favourite immigrant dj will be laying down an old-school hiphop set.

forilla!!!

DAY 1 of the 604 HIPHOP EXPO:

Thursday, August 8th at CROSSFADE (The Purple Onion -15 Water St.)

The 604 (mini) HIPHOP FILM FEST

featuring the Vancouver premier of

SCRATCH 9:00 - 10:30 pm http://www.scratchmovie.com
SCRATCH is a feature-length documentary film that explores the world of the hip-hop DJ. From the birth of hip-hop, when pioneering DJ's began extending breaks on their party records, to the invention of scratching and "beat-juggling" vinyl, to its recent explosion as a musical movement called "turntablism," The film features performances and interviews with Q-bert, Mix Master Mike, the X-ecutioners, Cut Chemist & NuMark, Craze, Babu, DJ Krush, DJ Premier, Afrika Bambaataa, GrandWizard Theodore and many more.
SCRATCH had it's world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and has been nominated for a 2002 Independent Spirit Award by the IFP. It was produced by Brad Blondheim and Ernest Meza, directed and edited by Doug Pray ("Hype!", executive produced by Allen & Albert Hughes ("Menace2society", "From Hell", and it was shot in 16mm film by director of photography Robert Bennett.

plus

5 SIDES OF A COIN 8:00 - 9:00 pm

a documentary on all elements of HIPHOP featuring Run DMC, Afrika Bambaataa, Phase Too, Grandmaster Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, Jazzy Jay, Gil Scott-Heron, Jurassic 5, Prince Paul, The Beatnuts, Dilated Peoples, Beat Junkies, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Q-Bert, Mix Master Mike, Kool Keith, Rahzel, The Pharcyde, Spearhead, Supernatural, The X-Ecutioners, The Automator, DJ Craze, DJ A-Trak, Scratch Perverts, The Herbaliser, Kardinal Offishall, The Rascalz, Maestro and many, many more Hip-Hop artists interviewed around the world. Also included is an exclusive interview with Dr. C. Delores Tucker, the mother of censorship against "Gangster/Porno Rap."


followed by CROSSFADE featuring:

THE NO LUCK CLUB (Vancity) 75 ARK
no luck club = chan brothers + vancouver + beat-driven grooves + elements of various music genres + found sounds + vinyl culture + turntablism = funk + jazz + hip hop

plus DJ CZECH old-school hiphop set!

$8 at CROSSFADE (The Purple Onion -15 Water St.)


15 reasons to get your THE 604 HIPHOP EXPO tickets asap in order to avoid disappointment:

1) BLACKALICIOUS' dec 27 commodore performance was voted "BEST hiphop show of 2001"

2) all of BLACKALICIOUS' previous vancouver appearances have been SOLD-OUT

3) the BEST beatbox in north america, RAHZEL, will be at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

4) all of RAHZEL's previous vancouver club appearances have been SOLD-OUT

5) the BEST beatbox in europe , KILLA KELA, will be at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

6) this is the first time in history that RAHZEL & KILLA KELA have performed on the
same bill

7) the world's BEST freestyle MC, SUPERNATURAL, will make his Vancity debut at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

8) the world's BEST battle DJ, PLUS ONE from THE SCRATCH PERVERTS, will will make his Canadian debut at the 604 EXPO

9) the inventor of the scratch - GRANDWIZZARD THEODORE will will make his Vancity debut at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

10) the world's kraziest b-boy - KUJO will will make his Vancity debut at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

11) the west coast's BEST female MC, MEDUSA, will will make her Vancity debut at the 604 HIPHOP EXPO

12) the RASCALZ , whose new album "reloaded" is in stores now, will absoulutely slay the hometown crowd

13) SCRATCH, the acclaimed movie about the hiphop DJ, will make it's Vancity debut (nominated for the Independant Spirit award at Sundance 2002)

14) because it is CANADA'S LARGEST CELBRATION OF HIPHOP CULTURE

15) because of what was said about last year's 604 HIPHOP EXPO:

"A very special event" - MUCHMUSIC

"…to West Coast heads, it didn't disappoint" - MUCHMUSIC

"Delivering on the old-time maxim to "always leave 'em wanting more", the urban extravaganza was an efficient audio-visual assault, pasted together with the quick-cut flair of an MTV video" - THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

"…a stellar event" - THE GEORGIA STRAIGHT

"The 604 Hip-Hop Expo is boasting so many dope MCs, DJs, breakers, beatboxers and graffiti artists" - TERMINAL CITY