Category Archives: WORDZ

Happy New Year all the world!!

Did you have a wonderful NYE? Mine was spent watching LDN’s fireworks from a roof in Crystal Palace with a group of graffiti writers and a handful of lovely friends. It looked a bit like this:
(Thanks Jennika for the pic!)

“This is OUR city! LONDON is OUR city!” declared the graffiti writers as Boris’ fireworks shot upwards into the sky. So fixated was I on the mushroom cloud formations, that I didn’t even think about the midnight kiss until Breezy shouted “Porj” a few minutes later and gave me a proper smacker on the lips.

It was a suitably special farewell to 2011, considering the abundance of good things it sent D.O.T.S’ way, including exhibitions, features, interviews and a nice slew of mix tapes ‘specially crafted for us.

More to come in 2012 (our 7th year!); keep in contact if you have love, goodness and inspiration to send our way and Drumzofthesouth will do it’s very best to spread it like Lurpak via largely ORIGINAL content on the blog, mixcloud and soundcloud pages.

According to Ashes57, this is my “Ready for 2012″ pose, as captured by Breezy:

I am strong woman

Grrrrrrrrrrr

Magnificent.

I spent the weekend photographing backstage at Pitchfork Festival, Paris, where amongst other things, I had the pleasure of catching Bon Iver warming up in their dressing room. I had my camera at that moment but didn’t take any photos, because it was something I wanted to enjoy directly. The mental image remains in my head – a smallish room, bathed in the habitual yellow tungsten hues, 8 or so guys, singing with smiles on their faces, and just, in the background, sitting down with a guitar, Justin Vernon, the lead singer (often equated with the title Bon Iver, despite the significant band that back him.).

I’m honestly not sure what they were singing, but it doesn’t matter, it was beautiful and really reminded me of some of the great acoustic jams (ALWAYS my favourite kind of live performance) I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing over the years.

The proceeding concert was immense and full and left little doubt in my mind as to the bands passion for sound and Justin Vernon’s passion for romance and geography and the audience’s passion for him with ” I LOVE YOU BON IVER,” and a marriage proposal being just some of the audience’s heckles.

I feel like a very lucky girl.

From my Tumblr…

Check Shoes Up Magazine

I have a 3 page article about Footwork  written in both English and French in this issue of Shoes Up, the theme of which is Tradition. Photos by Lisa Gilby and Dave Quam. Still waiting to get to Chicago to take my own!

“What we came after” by Kate Tempest on Vimeo

Wow.

“What we came after” by Kate Tempest on Vimeo on Vimeo

10 reasons to wish FWD>> a happy 10th birthday | Music | guardian.co.uk


10 reasons to wish FWD>> a happy 10th birthday | Music | guardian.co.uk.

Was very happy to talk to The Guardian about this picture I took at FWD>> in 2005 , when Grime met Dubstep via Skream’s Midnight Request Line. Big up to Kieran Yates for the great article!