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JONES YEAR ONE
Friday, July 9th 2010
Cheers! To Mr. Brrr Brrr a.k.a. JonesZilla a.k.a. Big Boy Bones a.k.a. Casselito's Big Brother a.k.a. Jones Gandolfini a.k.a. Oonz a.k.a. The Destructor a.k.a. The Juggernaut a.k.a. Jonesini a.k.a. Jonesy a.k.a. Jones Oswaldo Ortega Hernan Cruz... but best known as Jones Elstak... Young B♥ss Player.
GIFTED UNLIMITED MIXTAPE
Friday, May 7th 2010
Guru of the legendary Gang Starr crew died. DJ Frankie Boxcutta made a mixtape tribute called 'The Gifted Unlimited Mixtape'. I suggested to paint the cover. Boxcutta was down with that. The rest is history. You can download the mix at Lijn5.com. Click HERE to go there now. R.I.P. Guru.
MUST HEF
Thursday, April 8th 2010
Dutch rapper Hef Bundy just re-released his debut album 'Hefvermogen' through the Noah's Ark label of colleague mc Jiggy Djé. I did the album artwork and the t-shirt design. Both you can buy at Freshcotton.com or the Noahsark.nu web shop. Big brother Daniel "The Problem Solver" Ashes helped me out with the photography. Ey man be sure to cop the record. It's a must have classic.
MIXIN RE-UP
Thursday, March 25th 2010
"Today the completely overhauled mixin.nl blog went live. The design has been hugely simplified and some nice features have been built in. Personally I love how you can can just continue scrolling down along older posts." - Thijs of INFWD (digital information design).
HEF SHIRTS
Friday, March 19th 2010
The official re-release of Hef's debut album 'Hefvermogen' is getting closer and closer. A classic album of this magnitude deserves a new look. So I redid the artwork for the album. Pascal of More Color silk screened the shirt designs I did and the outcome put a smile on my face. 'Hefvermogen' will hit stores April 9th with 3 new tracks. Shirts will be available at Freshcotton.com. Check out Hef, Önder, FS Green and Kleine Viezerik on tour through the Netherlands. Tour dates: www.noahsark.nu
WHEN I TAKE A STEP BACK
Friday, February 12th 2010
"When releasing an album you'd better have a music video ready as well. Joya Mooi did both. In my opinion they couldn't pick a better song. 'When I Take A Step Back' is definitely one of my favorite songs of the album, produced by Presto. Now, with the help of Ignjat Miletic and Ewout Zwaagman, Brian Elstak directed a good looking video that really caught the soul of the song and adds a positive vibe." - Nalden
DJ CHAIN REACTION
Thursday, February 4th 2010
The first ever DJ Kettingreactie (dj chain reaction) powered by FunX/Lijn5 radio is a fact! A great 2009 hip hop year mix concealed within 55.55 minutes. 40 tracks mixed by 8 great dj's from The Netherlands: Frankie Boxcutta, DNS, Turne, Friss, Irie, Chainsaw, TLM and Jane Doe. I painted the cover for the mix that you can now fully download HERE. Shout out to the 'Wat Anders' head honchos Venz & Jiggy Djé of Lijn5.com.
PUNA'S RED TERROR
Friday, January 1st 2010
The number one source for Dutch Hip Hop exclusives is without a doubt www.puna.nl. Team Puna is a hardworking crew of music lovers. Young men not afraid to go that extra few miles to get something done. Thomas & Adai of Puna asked me to paint their new mixtape cover. The tape was inspired by the old communist October revolution. Because the tape was first scheduled to be released in October 2009, and because they have a thing for the old Sovjet regime theme. The tape is now called 'Red Terreur' and it will be available online for free on the 18th of January 2010 at Puna.nl (of course). Happy new year by the way. "It was a good decade, now it's on to the next one!!!" - KanYe West
JOYA'S HARD MELK
Sunday, December 13th 2009
Remember that I was in search for a fly intern for mixin? Joya Mooi was the result of that search. I promised to guide and shape this young lass into the BO$$ she is destined to become. I must say... I kept my end of the bargain. Early 2010 will see the coming of 'Hard Melk'. The debut album of the talented 19 year old. Joya made a gem. And her album artwork is bananas (shout out to UNDOG)! Hard Melk will also be the newest soundtrack for the MC theaterplay, 'BH'. Starring Jetty Mathurin, Marit van Bohemen, Bo Bojoh, Senna, Isabel Berenos and Wandana Biekram. The play starts March 2010. More on Hard Melk soon.