KOF gets famous!

KOF here!

After his storming Glastonbury set KOF is releasing his new single FAMOUS!

http://daithaic.blogspot.com/2009/06/kof-at-glastonbury.html

“In a scene renowned for aggressive lyrics and negative press, KOF is a diamond in the dirt. Fusing new school flair and old school flavour, KOF describes his conscious lyrics and big beats as 'mesh' music. His talents lay not only in his lyrical realism, but also in his soulful voice and melodic flow. He champions an open approach to music, with no boundaries, so you can understand why 1Xtra's Ace & Vis consider him "the future of UK music". KOF has already achieved consistent air play on BBC 1Xtra, Galaxy and Radio 1 and is currently working on his debut album, set for release in October 2009.”BBC Glastonbury website

Just a quick email to say I have a new track on the myspace called FAMOUS.
This will be the first release from my debut album.
FAMOUS comes out on 28th Sept...

Check it out www.myspace.com/youngkofurbeatz

Video coming soon too...


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So DJ, Put It Louder


KOF slaying them at Glastonbury

Kof at Glastonbury

Representing URBEATZ from Liverpool at Glastonbury and son of a good buddy ……………….

Click on the link for his storming 25 minute set on the BBC Introducer’s Stage.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2009/artists/kof/

Here is his intro on the Glastonbury site;

“In a scene renowned for aggressive lyrics and negative press, KOF is a diamond in the dirt. Fusing new school flair and old school flavour, KOF describes his conscious lyrics and big beats as 'mesh' music. His talents lay not only in his lyrical realism, but also in his soulful voice and melodic flow. He champions an open approach to music, with no boundaries, so you can understand why 1Xtra's Ace & Vis consider him "the future of UK music". KOF has already achieved consistent air play on BBC 1Xtra, Galaxy and Radio 1 and is currently working on his debut album, set for release in October 2009.”

Check out Kof’s website;

http://kofmusic.com/

Marcel Marceau est Mort.

At the age of 84 Marcel Marceau (and with him, Bip the Clown) has died.

For decades, Marceau epitomised his silent art, eliciting laughter and tears from audiences around the globe. His comic and tragic sketches appeal on a universal level, with each audience interpreting his performance in its own way.

"Mime, like music, knows neither borders nor nationalities," he once said. "If laughter and tears are the characteristics of humanity, all cultures are steeped in our discipline."



On stage, he charmed with his deft silent movements, a white-faced figure in white harlequin suit, striped jersey and battered top hat.

More than this like so many of his generation he was formed by the war. His father was taken hostage and killed by the Nazis and he and his elder brother joined with the Resistance later serving with the French Army and took part in the post-war occupation of Germany.



He took up acting and then mime after the war and perhaps the anguish he portrayed on stage and the insight into the human condition he expressed was a form of expiation for the horror and inhumanity of war and a Cri de Coeur against the inhumanity of totalitarianism.

Marceau famously appeared as a person refusing to appear (!) in Mel Brooks “Silent Movie. Mel phones Marcel Marceau in Paris who declines the offer, delivering the only line of dialogue in the film, in French: "Non!" When asked by the others what Marceau said, Funn explains he doesn't understand French.

Mel Funn: [seen as an insert title] Mr. Marceau, how would you like to appear in the first silent movie made in nearly fifty years?

Marcel Marceau: [the only spoken line in the film] Non!

Which is all very well but what I want to know about this great artist whose ambition was to capture the wind on stage is this; What were his last words?