EDITION#1 (PART 1): 1979-1983

The Big Chill Presents returns for its first event of 2011 launching a brand new monthly residency with Mixcloud - kicking things off with a very special Big Chill Presents event titled The History Of Hip-Hop.

Saturday 26th February / 9pm - 4am / FREE entry

More info here www.bigchill.net/house

www.mixcloud.com/campaigns/history-of-hip-hop


This is the first edition of 'Classic Material', a brand new series of mixtapes celebrating over 30 years of recorded rap music. Edition #1 documents hip hop's birth on wax and it's formative years, 1979-1983, from the disco and boogie influenced sound of the late 70s through to the early drum machine tracks of the mid 80s. Each following month we will documenting a subsequent era or year with a new mixtape so please check back for the next edition.

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