Fat Talent LIVE @ The Cobden Club

The LIVE music, fashion & entertainment event dedicated to emerging talent!

From Friday 14th Aug - Innovative performance showcase Fat Talent Live takes up residency at the prestigious Cobden Club, West London. The Cobden Club is a private members club located in West London and is well known throughout the UK. Many great and contemporary names have graced the stage and the venue hosts an eclectic range of music, from up and coming new bands to major touring acts

Hosted by the delectable ‘Chocolate Blonde’ , guaranteed to entertain you with her wit and insatiable energy!!

We will have our usual high calibre of fresh talent on rotation and performances include the best of the best in music, comedy, dance & fashion. The Fat Talent team really know how to put on a show and our signature LIVE music selection includes a fusion of genres, from acoustic to RNB, rock, pop, soul & hip hop!!..Check out the line-up:

Karl 'KG' Gordon
Penny
King Kash
Grace Banks
Silverfin
Kobi Onyame
Nora Blu
Locksmiths
IV Kast
Bashiyra
Casso Blax


Comedy - David Whitney

Dance -Disconnected are an eclectic and versatile street dancer duo from Italy &Germany.

Fashion from:
Fashion Enter Boutique
Ose Couture
Mrkabz

Fashion Partners:
Betsie Dsane
Deeasjer Shoes
Fashion Enter

Don’t miss our after party with Fat Talent resident DJ CHEF! who will be spinning the best old skool classics, UKG, RNB, hip hop & funky house

Door Policy: Strictly over 18’s

Dress Code: Smart / Casual no hats, hoods or trainers

Guest list only event Tickets: £7

NOTE: This is a Private members club email - info@fattalent.com for guestlist or purchase advance tickets @ www.fattalent.com

Jay Z - DOA (Chase & Status Remix)

Had to share this one with you....I was recently introduced to this remix by DJ CHEF! and now Iv'e got it on repeat. Love it!

Its head & shoulders above the original so props go to the UK duo Chase & Status on the buttons. Instructions: Hit play, turn your speakers up and watch out for the dirty bassline.....

Get into the mix with DJ CHEF!

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‘The Music Maestro’…….

DJ, host, presenter, Producer….introducing DJ Chef!

This talented young ‘virtuoso’ has his fingers in a few pies....all music orientated of course...

By day..... a freelance commercial producer, making music for advertising, film and new media. Credits include BMW, EA sports, Match of the day theme tune and Eastender to name a few.

By night......He is a regular on the club circuit and his skills have seen him grace many prestigious venues & festivals up and down the country incl. the legendary Glastonbury.

He is known for his ‘mass appeal’ and style clash of genres ranging from Electro House, Hip Hop to Funky & RNB. He also specialises in playing rare re-mixes and take’s inspiration from the infamous duo ‘Two Many Dj’s....

His own remixes go by the name of ‘Eriki-Ma’ (stands for Dirty Electro boy in Japanese). They take on all genres including electro, dubstep, funky, and rnb and fuse them together for an innovative musical experience. Recently he has been causing a storm on YouTube with his version of the Black Eyed Peas ‘I got a feeling’ receiving over 22,000 hits in just two weeks.

Aside from producing and spinning tunes; he is dedicated to raising the profile of new & emerging artists and hosts several live music nights, and produces and presents his own weekly radio show.

As well as his UK activities, he has had regular spots in France & Croatia and as far afield as Tokyo and Okinawa...so keep your ears open, DJ Chef’s the name & music is his game

For further information, press & gig bookings please contact

Fat Talent Management E: mgmt@fattalent.com

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Oh what a night......

This time last week......





Well live music showcases and open mics are ten a penny these days, and can undoubtedly be hit and miss. Don't get me wrong I am a music lover to the core, but at some of these things the acts are mediocre and often very samey(is that even a word?!) but none of the afore mentioned were applicable to last weeks Fat Talent LIVE.

I was invited to attend the event and give an honest unbiased review.Well what can say!!...I was genuinely blown away by the quality of talent that graced that stage, in a word WOW!
from the dulcit tones of Rodrigo Braga, to the pure entertainment that came in the form of the booty shaking "Chocolate blonde" AND lets not forget the the uber talented Byron Gold. The list could go on, ten fantastic acts, great host DJ CHEF plus a wicked fashion show, this event is raw talent at its finest.

I can't wait for next months offering, so Sun March 8th put it in your diary.

Review: Natalie Craig


NOTE: Pics avail at www.carli-art.co.uk (username&password fattalentfeb)

Busta Move

http://vimeo.com/2241315 from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.





After reading the about the lonely and hard working lifestyle of the freelancer, I made it my duty to do something about it...well, add a few videos and provide about 10 minuets combined relief. I’m not really an internet fiend, I have on occasion logged onto you-tube and totally forgotten what I was there to see...oh yeah, that clip of Tinky Winky and Laa-Laa swearing off camera about how f'ed they got the night before their auditions.

Here are a few clips I hope will entertain you…

Semtex TV
Who never thought they would see the day that all these greats would grace the same stage!! Well lets remember Dave Chapelle’s block party got their first, but whose keeping tabs, and if a one armed DJ can pull it off (and that really is him scratching and mixing in the background, using his nose) then there is a God, shame only Mos Def is freestyling though.

U-Min
You might recognise these guys from Missy Elliots ‘Chingasomethingorother’ video. I’ve known about these guys since 2006, so you’re late, very late. This is my favourite routine they did for a Uniqlo commercial. We put a monkey in front of a purple screen playing the drums to a Phil Collins backing track, to sell chocolate of all things, and the Japanese get the U Min. We’re just not cutting the mustard are we?

Hyun Joon
I swear I couldn’t answer the last question in my Contracts exam because I was stupid enough to be on you-tube three hours before and found this…

Frank II Louise
Ok, so they got a bit of a stupid name, and this is all they do, yep, this robotic costume thing, but you have to admit, its good init!

FreeStyle

Its Good To Talk

Once when I was 16, I think, me and ‘da man dem’ (lol, I’m too old to use that in real life) were playing that game that young boys and girls in London play down Oxford Street. You know, the ‘how many numbers can you get’ and ‘you pick em, I chat em’. Ok, so remember this was years ago, and I’m going somewhere with this. Anyways, the point is, I never really played, actually, I bottled it almost every time, or made excuses about having to go into H&M for something when I knew they all knew I hated shopping. You see, I was a pretty shy one growing up. Always the one standing next to the guy chatting up the fitness. Don’t aww me!! I was happier than Gordon Brown when he heard the words “oh alright then, your turn”. I mean, chatting up a member of the opposite sex felt like sitting my GCSE’s and A Levels all at once, while going 60mph strapped to the roof of my mates £300 Ford Escort. I was happy, believe me.

Several years later and at university, me and a few friends are out after a long day studying and getting ready for exams, yeah right! That’s for my mom if she ever reads this (love ya). I had just finished a gig somewhere so I was relatively sober ( I don’t drink when I Dj, plays havoc with left hand action). So there I am in this club, sober and watching everyone else as they go about their mating rituals. It wasn’t till that moment it occurs to me that the last time I had tried to chat up a female went about as well as a Simon Cowell attempt at positive criticism. No time better than the present to get some much needed practice in I thought. So I scout out my most likeliest (is that a word?) victim…and by victim I mean I’m just doing it as an exercise, fire drill if you will…dry run lol (I thought that up myself).

One girl I never really met before, but knew all my mates knew her, if you know what I mean. She was blond (I don’t really feel blonds), about a 5 rating (I’m not being cruel, just honest, I’m sure your very beautiful and all the things they say about you and your eyes are true…). So basically she wasn’t my type and I just went for it cause I thought it was highly unlikely I’d get thrown back like a Primark reject (if such a thing exists). I make my approach, ‘hey how you doing, what’s your name? Pass me your number and I’ll bell you some time!’ She looks at me up and down, smiles and just shakes her head. Shakes her head?!!?

For a brief moment in my short but eventful life, I became ‘that dude’ in this video. Friday nights will never be the same again…

I absolutely love this video (pause it on the pic of the neighbours who get woken up, classic) and tune, not many UK females actually have a product I can’t falter. Very swish beat, couldn’t find out who produced it, but I’ll get on it. Envy has those kind of bars (if your in Devon, that’s lyrics) that are actually far better than the ones from those Mc’s who always have that one line “I’m the best mc” (or something to that effect, why is there always one idiot with that? Someone tell him please...). One person on youtube wrote “Anyone who manages to use the word Butter’s deserves a number one”. I concur.

FreeStyle

P.s Envy, if your reading this...Pass me your number? I like a girl who knows how to rock an Era

:)

Yes Fam

Yes Fam, hope you’re doing well wherever in the world you’re dropping in from. Ok, so seeing as this is my first ever real blog (yes i’m a virgin) maybe it’s best to get the introductions and what not out the way, Oh yeah, and warnings.

Firstly, do not be surprised if you see a vast amount of questionable use of language, e.g TXT or shorthand (i.e. ssslllaaannngg) and some lol’s, a few lmao’s and always a swift sharp 'gtg'. This is obviously not for the benefit of you ‘the reader’ or for any potential writing jobs that may come my way, it’s just easier, considering I write more on messenger and in txt than I do in real life, and I think it creates a more interesting read, don’t you? And anyways, the last time I checked Shakespeare was inventing words left right and centre just to help himself sell.

So, my name is Chef, not my real name, obviously, but momsy rinsed out my government name and most people call me Chef anyways, I don’t know why honestly, it’s not like I asked them to.

Oh, that reminds me, another warning, I do tend to babble sometimes, forgive me, and pray that all my ex girlfriends manage to get their sanity back, I know some of them are still struggling.

So the point of my contribution? Well I’m going to be adding up all my music video reviews, bits and bobs on anything happening, or in most cases, happened, gig or ‘anything else that I find interesting’ wise. Also every now and again I’ll just pass through, have a rant or rave about whatever is on my mind. I did have an interesting conversation the other day about a game me and my mates like to play when travelling on the tube and why it’s so wrong (lol), remind me to write about that someday!

I guess I’ll leave it there for now, I got a terrible ache in my right hand (from one hand txting!!! tut lol), oo I will leave you with a small video recording from the ‘LateNightLive’ radio show I do on http://www.playvybz.com/. Check out the station, some really good shows...


Peace and love

Freestyle