Mixed Bizness & Sub Club are very excited to bring a true pioneer and hip hop visionary to Glasgow…

During
 hip‐hop’s 30‐year
 history,
 few
 names
 have 
become
 as
 well
 known 
to
 music
 lovers
 across 
the
 globe
 as 
that
 of 
Grandmaster 
Flash.
 Not
 only 
was
 he
 one of the main players
 in Hip
 Hop’s development as a
 world-wide
 musical 
culture
 but 
his
 pioneering 
use 
of 
the 
turntables 
make 
him
 the first 
DJ 
to
 play 
the
 turntables
 as 
a
 musical 
instrument, 
helping 
to
 elevate 
the
 status
 of
 the
 DJ 
to
 an artistic
 position.

 He 
is
 also
 responsible
 for
 assembling 
one
 of 
the 
earliest 
and
 most well known 
rap 
groups 
of 
all 
time
, Grandmaster 
Flash
 &
 The
 Furious 
Five. These 
are 
some 
of 
the 
hall marks 
of 
a 
career 
which 
has 
extended
 from
 the 
Bronx
 in 
the 
early 
1970s 
to 
all 
corners 
of 
the 
globe 
into 
the 
21st 
century.

Joseph
 Saddler, 
known 
as 
”Flash” 
was 
born 
and
 raised 
in 
the 
Boogie
down Bronx, 
and 
it 
was 
the 
area’s 
streets 
and 
night life 
that 
provided 
his 
inspirations. 
He
 developed 
his 
first 
crush 
on 
vinyl 
when 
he 
was 
just 
a 
boy 
playing 
with 
his 
fathers
 records. 
By 
the 
time 
he 
was 
a 
teenager,
 studying 
electronics 
and 
engineering 
in 
school
 by 
day, 
he
 was 
already 
spinning 
records 
at 
block 
parties 
and 
in 
public 
parks.

 Studying 
one 
particular 
DJ, 
known
 as 
Kool 
Herc, 
and 
monitoring 
the 
crowd’s 
responses, 
led 
him
 to 
create 
and
 elevate 
this 
turntable 
art 
form 
as 
he 
developed
 such 
innovative 
turntable 
techniques as the 
live re-editing
 the records in his bag 
and 
by 
extending 
the 
break 
in
 those
 recorded 
songs. 

He 
was 
scientifically
 inventing 
and 
demonstrating 
such 
methods 
and 
concepts 
he
 collectively 
called
 “The
 Quick 
Mix 
Theory
”. These 
innovations 
quickly 
became
 recognized
 world wide, 
and 
put 
both 
Flash 
and 
the
 Bronx
 on
 the
 world wide 
musical 
map.

Flash 
recorded 
the
 unique 
sounds 
he 
created,
 and
 in
 1977
 began
 experimenting 
and 
collaborating 
with 
local 
MC’s 
and
 put 
together 
his 
own
 group, 
Grandmaster 
Flash & The 
Furious 
Five.
 Their 
reputation 
grew
 around 
Flash’s 
DJ
 skills 
and 
the 
group’s 
blending 
and 
trading 
of 
lyrics. 1981′s 
”The 
Adventures 
of 
Grandmaster 
Flash 
on 
the 
Wheels 
of 
Steel” was 
the 
first
 record 
to 
feature 
complex 
cuts 
and
 scratches, 
and 
introduced
 the 
name 
Grandmaster
 Flash 
as 
their 
originator. During this time Grandmaster 
Flash 
& 
Furious 
Five 
released 
multi-
million 
selling 
and 
ground
breaking 
songs 
such 
as
 ‘The
 Message’ and
 ‘White 
Lines’
 amongst 
others. 
Following 
the 
group’s 
demise, 
Flash 
continued
 to
 make 
his
 mark 
by 
releasing 
solo 
albums,
 and
 was
 immortalised 
in
 Blondie’s 
hit 
song
 of 
1980,
 “Rapture”.

“Flash
 is 
fast, 
Flash 
is 
cool!”

Supporting Grandmaster Flash at Sub Club will be our own homegrown hip hip heroes, Capitol 1212, Profisee & Bigg Taj. Their recent releases and collaborations with hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Caz, Ugly Duckling, Edo G and Teno Fly have established Capitol 1212 as two of the very best hip hop producers in Scotland. Profisee has recently recorded with Neil Landstrumm, Eprom, Ghislain Poirier and of course Capitol 1212 and has cemented his reputation as the best lyricist and live performer in Scotland today. They recently headlined the BBC Introducing Stage at T in the Park and are set to make their mark on the international music community with a string of releases on their own 1212 Records.

Bigg Taj is Glasgow’s answer to Killah Kela, Beardyman and Rahzel. Our very own beatbox extraordinaire that never fails to amaze the crowds with his vocal dexterity and ability to make the music with his mouth. He’s a wonder to behold and is set to steal the show with his one man renditions of hip hop classics, pop hits and underground gems. They’ll never sound the same again!

Grandmaster Flash – The Turntable Legend

Support…
Profisee & Capitol 1212 Soundsystem
Bigg Taj – human beatbox
Wednesday 20th October
Sub Club
9pm – late
£13.50 advance tickets from Tickets Scotland

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