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News from The Ordinary Allstars26.07.10 Edinburgh Summer Dates A few of dates for your summer diary... 17th July - Live at The Jazz Bar, Midnight - 3am 19th August - 99 Unplugged at 99 Hanover St, Edinburgh 28th August - Live at The Jazz Bar, Midnight - 3am
26.07.10 On the Radar
Following up from their article on The Ordinary Allstars last year, Radar's Steve Kearney caught up with Hasta for some chit chat. Read the full article here...
14.06.10 Kelburn Garden Party Festival Tickets Have you got your tickets yet? Get them direct from The Kelburn Party site here... Or from Ticketweb here. We're gonna be playing the Saturday night, the 3rd July. It's gonna be wild!
30.05.10 Dylan & The Mule Podcast We are featured on the latest podcast from Dylan & The Mule... Listen here or download on iTunes.
19.05.10 Kelburn Garden Party Line Up announced The line up has just been announced for the Kelburn Garden Party, and of course it includes...us! Oh yeah, alongside DJ Vadim and many more, we will be tearing it up on Saturday the 3rd July. The preview Viewpoint Sessions have been going down a storm, so make you get along to the main event! Earlybird tickets available here...
14.05.10 Leith Records & World Cup MTB - Vote for us! So we fancy heading up to Fort William to catch some of the Mountain Biking World Cup, and get the chance to play to the crowds too! This seems like the perfect option - Leith Records is running a comp to do exactly that. Please head over to our video entry and vote by clicking on the stars (preferably the 5th!). Your support is very much appreciated! Thank you! 7.05.10 99 Unplugged present The Ordinary Allstars On Thursday 20th May 7pm-1am. For one night only, The Ordinary Allstars are playing an intimate unplugged set at 99 Hanover Street. The Allstars will be fusing a jazz flavour with their distinctive brand of hip hop beats, giving you the chance to see the Ordinary Allstars in a new acoustic environment, showing off each element of their music to the very best. More details here...
10.04.10 It's a celebration! Last night we had a great gig at the Jazz Bar in Edinburgh, a year since our very first show together as a band in the same venue. It was an awesome night, thank you to all those who came down! Also... We gave you a sneak preview of our Tee Shirt, now it is available online at Syndicate Clothing's website with a CD single for just £10!
04.04.10 Video updates from France So, we're back. We had a great time out at BUSC in Alpe d'Huez, here are a couple of updates from our friends at Syndicate Clothing who were doing a video diary of the event...
Next up, we're back at Edinburgh's Jazz Bar on the 9th April. 23:30-03:00.
07.03.10 The Ordinary Allstars confirmed for BUSC's main event in Alpe d'Huez, France. 31st March.
Yeah, it's snowtime! The Ordinary Allstars are off to France for the British University's Snowsports Championships in Alpe d'Huez, France. A week of hedonistic student mayhem in a snowy Alpine setting, the Allstars are headlining the Prize Giving night, on Wednesday 31st March. Our good friends at Syndicate Clothing who will be representing to the fullest at BUSC are even making a tee shirt for us in celebration! Get down the front and we'll sling some out!
20.1.10 The Ordinary Allstars & Bonobo at Departure Lounge, Edinburgh 26th February Next up, we're at Departure Lounge with Bonobo...
Departure Lounge returns to The Caves after another smash-hit Hogmanay Bash for a DJ set from Ninja Tune’s Bonobo, alongside a live session from hotly-tipped Edinburgh hip-hop/reggae/funk crew Ordinary Allstars. Bonobo's eagerly anticipated new album drops on Ninja in March so this a great chance to catch him upfront... Venue: The Caves, Edinburgh Advance Ticket Available Now at:
10.1.10 The Ordinary Allstars at MusiqueBoutique ll (The Caves) Edinburgh 28th January
From MusiqueBoutique: "On the Thursday 28th January, Edinburgh's best nightclub venue THE CAVES will play host to MusiqueBoutique II. This night is set to be even bigger and better than the first providing Edinburgh's hedonists with a whole evening of first class entertainment. Multiple rooms playing all sorts including Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Funk, Soul, Hip Hop and Reggae, with both LIVE performances from The Ordinary Allstars, Biscuit Factory and DJ sets... Tickets for MusiqueBoutique I sold out before the night had even begun so be sure to get tickets EARLY! Don't miss out, This will be the best night of 2010! Advance Tickets £6 Visit MusiqueBoutique online here
10.1.10 The Ordinary Allstars at The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh 15th Jan We'll be playing in the intimate setting of Edinburgh's Jazz Bar on Friday 15th January. Late session - doors from 23:30, open until 3am... Check the facebook page for more details.
21.10.09 The Ordinary Allstars on YouTube
Watch this and other live videos from The Ordinary Allstars at the HMV Picture House, Edinburgh on YouTube here.
21.10.09 'I Don't Like Hip Hop' Out Now!
The debut single from the Allstars 'I Don't Like Hip Hop' is out now and available for download at iTunes, Amazon MP3 and some other fine online retailers... There are also some limited edition, signed & numbered CDs which are available at live shows.
20.06.09 The Black Seeds & The Ordinary Allstars at the HMV Picture House, Edinburgh - 29th September:
The Ordinary Allstars will be kicking it with The Black Seeds, the awesome NZ funk/roots-reggae crew, at the HMV Picture House Edinburgh on the 29th September. Our good friends at Trouble have been kind enough to offer some Ordinary Allstars exlusive ticket deals for the show - but you'll have to be our facebook pals to play the game! Come and find us here... Tickets are available at: TicketWeb.co.uk 0844 847 1740, SeeTickets 0870 264 3333, Ripping Records 91 South Bridge EH1, Tickets Scotland 127 Rose St EH2, Underground Solushn 9 Cockburn St EH1 and the City Cafe 19 Blair St EH1. Get down!
20.06.09 Hasta on Leith FM:
10.06.09 Read The Scotman’s Under The Radar article on The Ordinary Allstars:
On The Radar: The Ordinary Allstars Edinburgh hip-hop. It just doesn’t sound right, does it? Built on a foundation of archaic patronage and private school opulence, the capital’s reputation for embracing modernity is woefully lacking. To Auld Reekie’s haute-culture, progress is a stinking wretch of a word; safety is the name of the game. But deep within the city’s underbelly a revolution is gestating. Led by the hyper driven beats of NME darlings Young Fathers, a scene that was all but dead has filled its lungs and clenched its fists. Edinburgh hip-hop is ready for the fight. At the fore of this rejuvenation is The Ordinary Allstars, an outfit determined to use geographical preconceptions to their advantage: “People don’t really expect hip-hop to come out of Scotland, but that can give you some freedom because you don’t have the same traditional stereotypes to follow or adhere to,” explains rhyme-spitter-in-chief MC Hasta. “That’s the beauty of it, we can use it as a template to communicate in the way we want, without necessarily having the same rules to follow as you would elsewhere." An old-school group with new-school ideas, The Ordinary Allstars cast hooks so big they could slay a Great White. Despite this polished veneer, there’s no sign of the chauvinistic bravado attributed to the genre's more renowned figureheads. “Of course it’s gonna sound clichéd, but we genuinely started out just writing and playing for our own amusement, with no pressure at all,” enthuses Hasta. “Even though we’re starting to take it a bit more seriously, it’s still just a chance to really have fun with the music, and enjoy performing what we like. There’s nothing better than seeing people reacting positively to what you’re doing” Born from a long-term writing partnership between Hasta and (the wonderfully monikered) Fuzz, the quintet’s current incarnation has been in operation for six months. Since then, their live shows have mesmerised audiences via a medium that’s too often lacking in modern-era hip-hop: instruments. “I don’t think too many people are making hip-hop live any more…but we’re still rocking up with old-fashioned instruments,” blurts Hasta. “On stage that adds more of a dynamic than having just a vocalist with a backing track or DJ – you’re seeing the music being created right in front of you and that’s exciting. It’s funny, ‘cos you wouldn’t say that was a difference in a lot of genres, but with hip-hop it really is.” In terms of future ambitions, Hasta remains typically realistic: “I want a Mercury Music Prize,” he jests. “But really, it would be nice to tour around a bit, see some cool places and put out some records that people are keen to have in their collection.” It may sit unsteady with the Edinburgh elite, but The Ordinary Allstars could well be the city’s safest bet. Words: Billy Hamilton
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‘I Don’t Like Hip Hop’
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