Blah Records Tour w/ Lee Scott, Black Josh, Trellion & Sniff

Bringing that cold saggin' moon funk cult music for the heads.

Boom Bap Festival and Macronite present:

Blah Records Tour with Lee Scott, Black Josh, Trellion & Sniff on Saturday 15th November at Dolans Limerick.

Doors 11pm

Entry: 10 Euro


This year so far has seen 6 Bandcamp releases, including Lee Scott’s mucky cult banger Tin Foil Fronts and the return of shouty Scouse veteran Tony Broke with the scathing four track Money In The Bag. Since 2006, Blah has been dishing out some of the most eccentric and original hip-hop that this country has ever produced, and at rapid-fire pace. Also the Blah début album by Manchester boy wonder Black Josh, it seems that expansion is inevitable for this grass-roots label.
The cult has pillaged and conquered even the most far-flung portions of this green and pleasant land – Blah traverses the length, breadth and torso of the country. From Liverpool to London to Runcorn to Manchester and beyond, Blah has put down roots in the underground. The label has close ties with Sleaze & GV Clik in Birmingham and Bad Taste All city record store in Sheffield and has served up collabs with everyone from Ramson Badbonez to Tame One. Multi-regionality and internationalism is important when considering the overwhelming cultural influence of London in British hip-hop. In the face of English rap’s fixation with the capital and nationwide aping of London slang, Blah All city record store is at the top of the tree when it comes to offing glib London-centric henchmen.
The compact roster of big characters revolves around the seminal and now defunct crew Children Of The Damned, the nihilistic, intoxicated superheroes whose blunted ****-You Rap set a benchmark for UK hip-hop. Their records Tourettes Camp and Brick Pelican were twisted modern boom bap classics, genuine reflections of modern life with an empty fridge in the age of CCTV, white cider and overpriced ten-bags. Survivors of The Damned went on to release solo records and collaborations on Blah including bangers like like King Grubb’s Mega Dumb Free ****, Lancashire drunken master Bill Shakes’ For Goodness Shakesand the Mcabre Brothers’ barbed, unimpeachable Gonzo Lyricism.
More recent signings in the wake of the Damned include Manchester crew Herrotics, New York’sDarkStar:The Last, Scouse Big Dada boy Bang On! and Kettering prankrappers Dirty Dockerz. Tommy Dockerz’ collaboration with Dan Oddysee on this year’s OddLiT record was one of the most distinctive and interesting of 2014. Tommy’s bouncing cartoon flow over Oddysee’s pristine cloud beats served as an excellent reminder of the power of this label’s eccentric left hook.

New age Runcorn RZA Lee Scott is the evil genius behind Blah, the stoned savant and self-proclaimed Jim Jones of the Blah cult. His staggering sweatshop work ethic has gone unmatched in the past decade and his distinctive brand of paranoid and literate blunted black comedy remains fresh and vital. One half of pioneering Liverpool duo Antiheroes, Mcabre Brother Number 1 and the leader of Children Of The Damned, The Good Doctor Scott has been pulling rugs from under ****ers since ’03 with his dole queue magic realism. Unhealthily preoccupied with David Icke, Hunter S. Thompson and Philip K. Dick, Scott has cultivated a distinct internal landscape and mythology surrounding the label complete with slang, slogans and bucket hats.
His acidic albums under the Mr Wrong moniker include the They Live-sampling Put On The Glasses and the crisp bipolar jazz-funk of the apocalyptic Peppered Moth Soup. His work with the formidable Reklews as Hock Tu Down remains unparalleled in the Blah canon, ‘Prozium Peddlin’ & ‘Something Strange’ standing as the shining examples of Mr Wrong’s ability to ease with precision between manic depressive boom bap and industrial sci fi smackers. Veering between Slick Rick narrative structures, classic “you’re ****” battle bars and lucid social commentary, the versatility displayed here is a force to be reckoned with.

Fresh-faced Blah Records recruit Black Josh, hailing from Manchester, has been gaining a fast reputation for his rhythmic flows and innovative wordplay, demonstrated in early demo’s with Mancunian collectives Ape Cult, Mosh Team and collaborations alongside the likes of the Mouse Outfit, Smellington Piff and the entire Blah roster. After releasing the Black Josh EP back in 2012 he has performed across stages nationwide,most recently performing at this years Boom Bap festival.

One part flesh en blood and two parts cartoon, you can find Trellion lounging on a beach in the Luna Isles, slicing up steaks of barbecued caribou and suppin’ on an ice cold glass of Lipton’s, shottin’ one-way boat-trip tickets to the spiral-realm.

That, or chillin’ with the cru at Parker Place HQ scratching serial numbers off dusty old analogue synths and hacking decommissioned sonar equipment.

Seriously ill with the rhymes as well as a seasoned ‘Dumb-loop-box’ operator, Trellion throws out classic material like it’s a coup-boot sale. With countless releases stackin’ up daily, you can guarantee that Trelly will hit you up with some freshness at any moment.

Sniff can usually be found fully blunted in the BoatHouse. Sorting out all the import/export business and making final sonic adjustments to terrible nautical drones. **** gets broken when Sniff makes breaks. Taking a sawn-off to a rotten old cabin door for the kicks and poppin’ shots at sheets of corrugated iron with a old Winchester 73′ for the snare.

A prolific force in the scene, Sniff, alongside Trellion, has had more than seven releases in three years, as well as the solo venture, ‘Brain Wave Canvas’ with producer/DJ Morriarchi

Man like Deviant & Naive Ted be shootin them raps off the fingers from the moment the doors open.

Get down!