Wats Poppin?

Yes People, whats good? Welcome to the Try My Angle blog page where you can keep up to date with all the incredible, adventurous and crazy things that Professor D, Rtillery and the rest of the Try My Angle movement get up to. Here we'll keep you posted on shows, new releases, projects, videos, raves and anything else we'll be getting involved in so keep posted!!!

Hold tight all the Dubmatic Crew, Candy Shop Massive, Bigger than Barry, SBC, Metamore, Screama, Sony, The Rep Theatre, Arts Council, Skinnyman and all the Mud Fam Peeps. Hold Tight Jason and Daku X, Unbreakable, Evoke, Metamore and everyone else thats helped the Try My Angle Movement become what it is now.

Bless Up!!!

Thursday 25 June 2009

Try My Angle TV




Tuesday 16 June 2009

Exposure

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Stay Sharp Mixtape Online Version 2007

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Promoted by Birmingham Rep Theatre

from Wed 24th June to Thu 25th June, 2009
Three Way

Birmingham Rep Theatre

Meet Mike, Claudine and Fadumo - three Black characters in the fallout of an attack on a young white immigrant. Told through their personal stories and poetic conversation, Three Way is an intricate snapshot of racial politics in a community both bound and divided by difference. Written and performed by Manchester-based spoken word artist Yusra Warsama, with Birmingham Grime boy RT and London's poetry queen Malika Booker. Directed by Dan Barnard. Dramtaurgy by Chris Thorpe Three Way is a work in progress development as part of Incubate, a pioneering Arts Council funded scheme in partnership with Apples & Snakes, BAC, The REP, and Contact for UK spoken word artists.

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Mud Fam and Try My Angle in Cornwall



OMG... After just about catching the train into London, managing to link up with Skinnyman after waiting nearly an hour for the tube due to the strike.... getting to Skinnys.... on our way to Cornwall in the Smoking Ban van, we had a breakdown in the middle of the motorway... lol

WHATS NEXT

The head gasket was gone so we had to get a recovery truck to take us and the van back to London. Did we rest? Nope.... we caught the train straight to Cornwall, checked into the hotel and went straight to the show and absaloutly smashed it..... this footage is a preview but theres more coming soon.....

Straight after that we caught the train to Bude (near Cambridge) and did the damn thing again. WOWSERS

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B.I.R.T.H.D.A.Y in Birmingham!

* Gemma
* 19 Mar 09, 12:14 PM




This roadtrip has opened my eyes up a lot. I feel like i've been able to experience the tiniest of nosey snippets into all our listeners lives. It reaffirms why radio is important and especially 1Xtra!

1Xtra is speedy and reaches things fast, I'm talkin' about tunes and I'm talkin' about having serious fun! When I saw this crew of boys skateboarding and catching general jokes I wanted to get involved... Broop Broop to Birmingham. It's currently my birthday and I was actually born in a Hospital that doesn't exsist any longer on the outskirts of Moseley right here in Brum. Very special day...

Gem's undiscovered Jam today: Professer D and RT from Birmingham: http://www.myspace.com/trymyangle

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/1xtrabreakfast/road_trip/

Metamore Try My Angle Soldier

Metamore.... Try My Angle Soldier




Workshop Facilitation

Done know Try My Angle put the work in for the community. We do video/music production and hip hop/spoken word workshops for people aged between 8 and 25 so youth clubs, schools, theatres and performing arts organisations get at us we're all fully legit....

We'll be posting some of our work on here so keep up to date with the latest.

Big Up to 641 Youth Project (Amy, Black Lantern, Chitiyo, MOD and VICE on this one)

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Check Out this... i gets joke of this man.... me and rtillery did this way back in the day man.... bars bars bars lol ... u can tell its ages ago cause im called Deci4lif3.... another one of my aliases lol.... anyway... enjoy

More episodes comin soon!!!!



Monday 15 June 2009

Big shouts out to all the Bigger Than Barry Crew... respect for giving us the chance to smash up the place at the end of the world party with Toddla T, Martello, DJ One Man and Bobby. Brap

Bigger than barry-end of the world party from Trav on Vimeo.

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This is how the journey began.... respect to The Rep Theatre and Punch Records cause so much has happened since this...



After this is when the Decypher Collective pioneered Grime Theatre.... We'll be performing the final version of this production at Decibel in Manchester and hopefully it will go on National tour.... Brap



More Theatre stuff weve been involved in...



Out To All My Poetry Lovers - Lust and Love - Deci4lif3



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Professor D

Professor D

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Professor D

Biography

Meet Professor D, a man of many talents. Gifted in the areas of linguistic gymnastics, beat making, singing and street poetry, Professor D has redefined and reversed the definition of a grime mc and calls himself an emirg (emerge) mc. Born from a musical background Professor D has always been one to play with words and rhythms in unique original ways. Through a frustration with the lack of good beats to rap over be began to produce his own tracks. His reputation and skill set grew and today he stands as one of the most in demand producers of grime in the West Midlands. Professor D has performed with the likes of Skinnyman, GZA (Wutang) and Drop the Lime. Also has performed at Arts Festival and Black Soil Festival (Amsterdam)

Professor D is also part of the theatre group Decypher Collective and in 2006 he became involved in pioneering the concept of ‘Grime Theatre’ and to date has performed at the BASS music festival (06/07). Most recently he was part of the UK's first ever grime theatre production, '8 Sixteen 32', as part of a four show commission for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre which sold out.

Professor D is aims to set up his business in the area of workshop facilitation for underprivileged youth who get involved in antisocial behaviour by helping them with their issues through music and video. His workshop facilitation skills are very professional and he loves to teach people his skills.

With a phenomenal work rate Professor D has made over 40 tracks this year and aims to have completed 100 by June. He is making a name for himself in the Dubstep scene and hosting a number of events around the country alongside Jason X, Dubmatic and Skinnyman. With the number of bookings increasing and more album projects Professor D aims to become the best in his field and be the first mc to hit the market on a world wide scheme.

'There's people who do this music thing and there's people who live this music thing... thats what diffrentiates a good artist from a bad one... I live, breathe and survive because of the musical fluid which flows through my veins'... Professor D


RTillery

RTillery

RTillery

Hailing from Quinton, Birmingham, music was deeply embedded in RT’s upbringing. His father was a prominent member of the reggae sound clash scene and he was raised to a background of varied music. Influences.

Like many of his friends his passion for Grime was fuelled by listening to regional pirate stations. Local heroes such as Vader and GT inspired him to get on the mic and try his hand at Mcing. Quickly becoming an expert amongst his peers ,renowned for his rapid flow that stylistically took much lead from his ragga influences.

Regional championship were won and RT became a host on the clash circuit as well as running an internet radio station called heated FM. During this busy early period Rt, Decifer Soundz and LCB joined forces to initiate the now infamous Partners in Krime Crew.

RT’s career took a new turn back in the beginning of 2006 when he became involved in a project called ‘Decypher’. Out of over 80 participants his talent and commitment shone through and he was chosen to become one of the core collective. Together they have pioneered their own unique brand of ‘grime theatre’ and RT has performed at Arts fest, BASS Festival 06 and 07, Rootsville Music Festival and the Amsterdam Black Soil Film Festival.

Creatively, he has been proud to work with a whole host of innovative influences including Charlie Dark, Polar Bear, Leo Kay and Amanda Roberts and is currently touring the UK in Don Letts ‘Speakers Corner’ – performing alongside Skinny Man, Shane Selanki, Malike Booker, Yusura Warsama, Professor D and Dobie.