Category archive: Events

Tonight’s is your chance to finally meet the Eglo Records crew. Miss Fatima who you all should know by now, whether it be from the Red Bull Music Academy 2008, her recent features on Shafiq‘s “En’ A-Free-Ka” album or just from checking our website on a frequent base. Floating Points is another UK artist that has really been making noise in 2009. I remember him sending out “Love Me Like This” and I was like…yeah it’s sound okay. Months later I grew into the sound a lot more and when the “Vacuum” EP dropped I was sold.

So if you want an action-packed evening with soulful, electronic music you’d better mosey on down to Strange Fruit tonight at Grand Hotel Central in Rotterdam. In case you still need to get acquainted, here’s some audio for you to get down to.

FunkinEven 1956 – Mad Swing! Ft. Fatima

Floating Points – Truly

This Friday Mixing Monthly presents: Andreya Triana at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. If you haven’t heard her soothing vocals on the classic “Tea Leaf Dancers” by Flying Lotus, you must have been living under a rock or something. We also recently posted Bonobo’s “The Keeper” so peep that to get in the mood. Andreya will be doing a live acoustic set, so to get you in the mood here is “Shine”

Andreya Triana – Shine (Live)

In the Netherlands we have a very special holiday called ‘Sinterklaas’. It’s a time of joy & laughter and children get presents. Well, this Sunday it’s not just the kids who’ll be getting presents. Come check out how the movement called Moovmnt is getting down at the Bitterzoet and prepair to get a handful of earcandy (and gingernuts of course). Together with residents DJ Brutuzz and Rokus we’ll be providing you with the sickest nu-soul, hip hop, electronic beats and much more. Our Rassion homegirls will be performing a live strip act with nipple tassels, live stock, the whole nine yards 😉

Sunday Dec. 6th
7.00 – 9.30 pm diner €8,-
9.30 – late party €5,-
DJ’s: Moovmnt, Brutuzz, Rokus
Bitterzoet: Spuistraat 2 (Amsterdam)
Reservations for diner via: rassionmag@hotmail.com

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Our friends at Skip Intro contacted us with some nice inside info about a producer who is no stranger to Moovmnt. We wanted to shine some more light on this beat maker and the fact he’ll be performing in Amsterdam…so be prepaired to be enlightened.

Born in Chile and now living in both Berlin and London, fLako is one of Europe’s most promising producers at this moment. Whoever you ask within the electronic/beat world will definetely agree. He contributed the banging “Inside” to UpMyAlley‘s “Beatnicks Vol.2 Sampler” and drew worldwide attention on his production skills in 2008/2009 with his “Vortex Cookies Remix”, a track that made any head at any venue in any city in Europe bang like crazy, and has been championed by beat/dubstep pioneers such as Gaslamp Killer, HudMo, Jay Scarlett and others.

fLako who is a close member of the UpMyAlley family hasn’t  been playing his trademark set of dancefloor killers live that often, being quite selective in what gigs to play.. So far only Vilnius, Cologne, Vienna and London had the honour of having this guy smashing things to bits&pieces live. Amsterdam is next on the map, don’t miss out on this one. November 13th fLako will make you spill your beer, because you won’t be able to stand still once he starts off! Come witness this all and watch fLako kill it live during SKIP INTRO at the Flexbar in Amsterdam. Our buddy Full Crate will be rocking the party as supportive DJ together with Ebokai, O.Boogie & Shady. Also make sure to check out Skip Intro #5, featuring some of fLako’s joints next to other bassheavy hitters.

Kazi – You Wanna Take This (fLako Remix)

fLako – Shoosh

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This Sunday all our Rotterdam peoples is going to gather at Rotown to get a glimpse at Mayer Hawthorne. Big up to our Strange Fruit fam for putting this together. Now like last time our Beat M Up buddies cooked up a couple of remixes and we wanted to share the Bluntspeakers remix this time. Free download of course and in case you’re wondering about the other remixes, head on over to the BMU website to download those as well.

Mayer Hawtorne – Maybe So, Maybe No (Bluntspeakers Remix)

When Computer Jay told us he was invited by the guys from BD to do his live set at the Viral Radio X Beat Dimensions release party tomorrow, I was kinda psycked. I’ve seen some footage online and can’t wait to check out Jay and his electronic alter ego perform live. Not only will local heroes Cinnaman & Juha be playing, but you can expect a whole lot of dopeness from Danny Breaks (UK), Jay Scarlett and Jay of course! Lets hope he brings some of that LA sunshine to the Trouw building in Amsterdam. In case you didn’t know…go check it out.

Computer Jay – Distance

Now Visita Homemade presents FS Green, Full Crate and Grand Jackson who (under the name Visita Homemade) will be performing with homemade concoctions. Especially for the Visita Family they’re dropping an exclusive mini album. The album contains six different tracks, which will be released during the upcoming three editions off the Visita event. In case you were wondering who on the vocals…it’s the one and only Mar who will be performing live with the Homemade guys as well. We love this initiative and wish brands would do more to promote talented underground artists…real talent stands out! Photo by Paul Sijbers.

This Saturday (August 15th) Bacardi Visita is gonna get buckwild again for the third time. This time in Amsterdam at a marvelous venue on the IJ. Undercurrent Spaces is a floating location next to the NDSM grounds. Here they will hold yet another infamous Bacardi party. DJ’s David Vunk, Louis La Roche (UK) and last but not least the GirlsLoveDJ’s DJ team will be playing this Saturday so check it out. Visit their Hyves and you might win some tickets. The exact location can be found HERE and we from Moovmnt are giving away a couple of free tickets as well. All you have to do is leave a comment about why we should have more FREE parties..easy as that.

Homemade – Feel Like

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Saturday August 8th ‘A Moovmnt with Nalden’ presents the finest beat makers our small country has to offer. Sixteen participants face off against eachother no holds bar! At the “Rooms of Red Bull” they will battle for the title ‘Red Bull Beat Champion’ off the Netherlands and 500 euros worth of prize money.

This year two of the most influential Dutch beat-minded hiphop blogs: Moovmnt.com and Nalden.net are hosting the Beat Battle at the Rooms of Red Bull event for the first time ever in the Netherlands. Our very own Belgian neighbour Lefto will be hosting the event and from 20:00 hours we will have an action-packed evening for you in store with beat makers like: FS Green, I.N.T, Louis Bordeaux, Bluntspeakers, Dyno, Hayzee, J83, Wan, Statik Music, Presto, Marcus Sebastian, Jay Bordeaux, Yskid and more. A handful of participants will be picked by means of a wildcard system and will be invited via Moovmnt.com and Nalden.net! So listen up all you Dutch beat makers…here’s what you have to do to get invited to compete against the cream of the crop.

1. Visit Moovmnt.com or Nalden.net
2. Start zippping a demo folder containing at least 2 or 3 battle beats
3. Send the .zip file or a link to the file to music@moovmnt.com
4. Don’t forget to add your name, email and phone number

And the winners of the wildcards are I-Sa & Dukehugh!! Congratz you guys and see ya’ll this Saturday at the Rooms.

Follow BeatBattleRoRB on twitter for fresh daily info like the rules, prizes, wildcards, etc!

During the intermission our buddy Full Crate will be spinning some soulful breaks and after the Beat Battle DJ’s Lefto (Brownswood) and Cinnaman (Beat Dimensions) will pick up the electronic sounds where the beat makers left off.

August 8th
Rooms of Red Bull (Oudezijds Achterburgwal 24)
20:00 – 02:00 h
Free

Check out this promo video we made starring FS Green! Shout out to Joao Costa for the video..

Today a legend told his story to a select group of people and we were lucky enough to be there. Tony Allen is undeniably the best Afrobeat drummer ever and he came all the way to Amsterdam for a Red Bull Music Academy masterclass .

Now RBMA was so nice to give us 20 copies of their “Various Assets” (Barcelona 2008) CD’s to give away to our very own Moovmnt visitors. The CD also contains application info for artists interested in signing up for the RMBA 2010 in London. Leave a comment saying why you should get a copy of the Various Assets CD or ADD us to twitter and DM us! You can also send an email to contact@moovmnt.com, but people that leave a comment and our twitter buddies get first dibs!

The Fatima & Dorian Concept joint is from the Various Assets album and we had to hook ya’ll up with some brand new Zap Mama music with Tony Allen and Meshell Ndegeocello from the new “ReCreation” album.

Zap Mama (With Tony Allen & Meshell Ndegeocello) – African Diamond

Fatima & Dorian Concept – Timetravellin’

And in the spirit of i just giving ya’ll a taste of some great live performances, now let’s do it for real. For all of our dutch readers, especially those living in Rotterdam, be sure to go check out Appletree Records’ own Ntjamrosie in Dizzy Jazz Cafe tonight!Ntjamrosie´s celebrates the release of her long awaited debut album ´Atouba´.For those of you who don’t know her yet, shame on you, take a look at her page and check out the audio/video section to get an idea of what she does. Nice warm Fender Rhodes mixed with some electro sounds, which is guaranteed for a great live performance.See y’all tonight!-Snatch-

A Movement called The MoovmntTimeless music that massages your soul, makes your head nod, and that ass shake.