Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Dutchvlog in Da Hip Hop Club 06/03/2007 - Brakko en MO

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Interview Brakko Trixxx and MO the Poet.

On Tuesday the 6th of March the weekly Hip Hop Club on the Rembrandtplein in Amsterdam was graced by the performances of both old and new blood. The Amsterdam rap legend CIA Funky Fresh provided the old and Brakko Trixxx together with MO the Poet provided the new.

As always the artists were filmed by Dutchvlog during their interview. This time Kiddo Cee talked to Brakko and MO two talented artists from the infinite bubbling lake of DutchHop - the Amsterdam Bijlmer. These two young up and coming producer / MC's distinguish themselves in the emerging Hip Hop Scene not only by their realistic and relevant musical and textual approach but maybe even more so by their social engagement and conviction. It was both refreshing and encouraging to listen to them and I had the feeling I had learned something from these two wise young men. Hence the Brakko and Mo interview is being broadcast uncut in its entirety.

Unfortunately for the English speaking viewers the interview takes place in Dutch (street slang) ....you can always watch the performance in the post after this.

Sunday, March 04, 2007

Dutchvlog in Da HipHop Club 27/02/07



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The Hip Hop Club now every Tuesday at Studio 80 Amsterdam
Shit! You missed the Hip Hop Club in Studio 80 again last Tuesday. Stand Up host Rachid Larouz has clearly warmed up and found his spot. He and his friends culturally skin all creeds present and more. This time the crowd was graced with the spit of true polder-hop originating from the heart of reclaimed sea - Lelystad. Ir. Leyly would be proud of the misical fruits that his labours have brought forth -G-Blood, 81 Project and the Dodeneters. They are just some of the combinations who reside under the umbrella of Rackador Records. The Dodeneters represent a new branch of Flavoian hip hop called Horror Core in which the end of the world is redefined - if you ask me poignantly relevant. As we know however, it is ultimately all about the beats.

Saturday, February 24, 2007

Dutchvlog in Da HipHop Club 20/02/07



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The Hip Hop Club now every Tuesday at Studio 80 Amsterdam

Thanks to Heron we can now feast our ears on the freshest hip-hop talents in Amsterdam at the HipHop Club every Tuesday night in Studio 80 on the Rembrandtplein. The kick off last Tuesday was hosted by Stand Up Rachid Larouz who will bust your sides, followed by MC's Kiddo Cee and Merage. Come and get inspired. Support your MC and make some noise at the hot-hot Hip Hop club.


Live audio stream from the club every Tuesday at www.hiphopclub.nl

Next week
27/02/07 :- Dodeneters & 81 project >>>> Be There !!?!

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Thursday, February 15, 2007

Cable Conference 2007 Amsterdam # 5 - CDS

As cable consumers we like to sit back, use and enjoy all the services delivered to us by the cable networks and service providers. However, behind the scenes an enormous amount of creative energy, high tech innovation, investment and planning is needed to give us what we want. The Dutch cable consumer is already accustomed to a high quality cable network in a country with one of the highest broadband connection densities in the world. This is however not necessarily the case in the rest of Europe.

Diarmuid Kelly from CDS, one of the organisations that help build the digital highways that we use, talked to Dutchvlog about the role that CDS plays in providing the infrastructure that is needed to keep the increasigly demanding consumer happy.

This is the last in the Cable Conference 2007 series. I would like to thank Wolfgang Blau for inviting Dutchvlog - and special thanks go to Brandii Burke (my New Media companion) for her great camera work and her support during the conference.

Friday, February 09, 2007

Cable Conference 2007 Amsterdam # 4



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A quick round of the HD ready exhibitors.

Cable Conference 2007 #3


The backdrop for this years Conference is the Five Star Okura Hotel in Amsterdam.

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Cable Conference 2007 Amsterdam #2

I had a peek at the effort and precision it takes to keep 600 Cable Network bosses happy and networking in a Five Star Hotel.

Cable Conference 2007 Amsterdam #1

Day zero - preparation!!

Sunday, February 04, 2007

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Digital VlogFlu

Ten minutes ago this vlog was half a page of mixed up source code of the CSS flavor. The digital spirits are obviously punishing me for placing the DutchBloggies badge proudly in the sidebar, an operation I have performed in a similar form a thousand times with satisfactory outcome.

BUT NOW DUTCHVLOG HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A DUTCHBLOGGIE the digital spirits have decided to tease me. Yep when I republished the blog - I got the dreaded Blogger >>> A Serious error has occurred <<< message. I can often click out of these potentially disastrous events and wipe my brow when all is well, but not this time. Yes - I know I should have saved a copy of the template but I didn't.

The only way to save the posts and comments was to transfer to Blogger Beta and choose a new template.

So Dutchvlog ain't lookin the way it usually does right now - its got Digital Vlog Flu.
Hopefully the paroxysm will only last a few days - so keep watchin while I Pimp my new (and empty) Blogger Beta Vlog