BorderBlaster News
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 February 4, 2010 Dynamite - the first single from the upcoming album Alpha Omega with Wayne Beckford - is placed on playlist at NRJ France and is now playing on all major radio stations around France.
See Wayne Beckford's interview at NRJ >>>
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 January 24, 2010 Wayne Beckford is selected as Midem Talent 2010. He will perform live at Carlton Hotel in Cannes during Midem - the largest international music conference in the world.
See a clip from the show >> |
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Music for largest French TV |
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 December 24, 2009 TF1, the largest TV-station in France, selects the song Dynamite with Wayne Beckford, to accompany their official Holiday Card / Carte de Voeux. See TF1's wish here >>>
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Signature with Believe /EMI |
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  December 23, 2009 BorderBlaster signs the Wayne Beckford project with Believe Digital and EMI France. Album release: 19 April 2010.
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 December 12, 2009 Wayne Beckford is on the front cover of the French magazine Mybook. He is invited for a live performance on the Mybook Party in Rouen, France. The place is full and the crowd is hot during.
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European Urban shows in Paris |
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 December 11, 2009 Wayne Beckford, Junior Natural and Anna Reynolds perform live for the event European Urban Music in Paris. The first show reserved for media is at the Swedish Institute in Paris. The second show takes place at Jamel Comedy Club later on in the evening. Both shows are full!
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Professional panel in Paris |
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December 10, 2009 BorderBlaster represents on panel discussions on the professional forum on European Urban Music at the Swedish institute in Paris. The event is organized by European Urban Music & Culture Association (EUMCA), the Swedish Information Centre, the Swedish Institute with the support of the Swedish EU-Chairmanship. Actors from all part of the urban music industry represent. More info on >>> |
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Junior Natural on Alpha Omega |
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November 26, 2009 Junior Natural goes into the studio with Wayne Beckford to record a song for Wayne's upcoming album Alpha Omega. |
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China Moses on Alpha Omega |
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 November 19, 2009 American R&B / jazz singer China Moses leaves Paris to join Wayne Beckford in the studio and record a song for the upcoming album Alpha Omega.
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Workshop on Immaterial Rights |
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 November 7, 2009 BorderBlaster artists are invited as workshop leaders for the educational workshop on "Music, Collaborations & Immaterial Rights" in Stockholm, Sweden. The event is organized by EUMCA, Swedish Music Information Centre and the Swedish Music school Fryshuset. More information on >>>
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November 1, 2009 Wayne Beckford goes in to the studio to record his upcoming album Alpha Omega. |
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October 30, 2009 Junior Natural live performance in Berlin. |
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October 29, 2009 Interesting meetings with different actors attending WOMEX in Copenhagen. |
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Wayne Beckford live in Paris |
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September 19, 2009 Wayne Beckford performs live at Palais Maillot in Central Paris. Over 1 200 persons attend and the place is full. |
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August 6-8, 2009 Junior Natural will perform on the largest reggae festival in northern Europe. URF is the festival where Junior Natural performed live for the first time in his life when he was 10 years old. Get your tickets and join!
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Crossfire number 4 in France |
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 July 30, 2009 The compilation M6 Hits 2009 featuring the hit song "Lady" with Swedish group Crossfire goes straight in as number 4 on the sales-list in France.
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June 7, 2009 The pre-release of 5,000 copies of the song Dynamite by Wayne Beckford is sold out in only 5 days through French major company for digital downloads Vivendi.
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Junior Natural and Alborosie |
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 7 June, 2009 Junior Natural opens up for one of the most respected reggae artists Alborosie for the pre-event of upcoming Uppsala Reggae Festival.
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 29 May 2009,The French release party for Wayne Beckford and the new single Dynamite is a true explosion. Palais de Congres in central Paris is packed with people and the place that takes 1500 persons is full to the max. French media from TV, press, radio and internet is there - Le Monde, MTV, Trace TV, RFI, Libération, Inrockuptibles, Rock & Folk and more.
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Nestlé selects Wayne Beckford |
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 27 May Nestlé selects Wayne Beckford to produce and direct the single with the winner of the Nestlé Africa contest. The song will be used for the Nestlé-commercial all over Africa. |
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Speaker on conference by French Institute |
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15 May BorderBlaster speaks at the music conference organized by the French Institute and the French Embassy in Stockholm. Interesting discussions about rock, music and the vitality of new markets with actors from different parts of the music market.
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Supporting African hip hop |
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February Cameroonian rapper Sir Nostra is the winner of BorderBlaster's first competition Talent Search - an initiative to develop the local music scene in Africa and help local artists to build an international carrier.
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Urban conference in Rotterdam |
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9 April, 2009 BorderBlaster is invited to speak at the hip hop conference New Skool Rules in Rotterdam. It's a meeting-place for professionals from all over the world, with shows, workshops, panels and after-parties. More info about this important event on www.newskoolrules.com
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Junior Natural finishing album |
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February, 2009 Junior Natural goes into the studio to finish his upcoming album "Rising Son". The recordings are done with the help of the producers Wayne Beckford and Daddy Natural and executive producer Damon Williams. The album will be released early June.
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January 31, 2008 A TV-team from Trace TV travels from Paris to Stockholm to film a mini-documentary before the pan-European music event European Urban Music Days. They interview artists like Wayne Beckford, Herbie, Lazee, Form One, Junior Natural, Beldina and J-Son at the pre-event My Urban Music Day. They also visit the dance finals at Street Star. The documentary will be broadcasted in over 50 countries.
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January 24, 2009 BorderBlaster is in Cannes for a week to meet with international partners, increase the network with professionals and to introduce the pan-European project EU-Music Days (European Urban Music Days) that has its premiere in Stockholm on July 1-4. www.eumusicdays.com. It's also an occasion to promote the launch of the next-coming release Wayne Beckford.
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Wayne Beckford recording video |
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January 8, 2009 The video for Wayne Beckford's first single "Dynamite" is recorded in Stockholm with DND Production Company, director David Nord - internationally known after working with artists like Madonna and Lazee. The video will be finished for TV in a couple of weeks. |
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 December, 2008 Claudia Mericado goes in to the studio for the first time to record together with producer Wayne Beckford.
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Lazee licensed to Scorpio Music / Sony BMG |
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December 17, 2008 Hip hop artist Lazee is signed for a license deal with French music label Scorpio Music- The album will be distributed by Sony BMG France. The promotion for the release will start early 2009.
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 November 28, 2008 13-year old reggae artist Junior Natural is doing a good promotion job for the release of the single “This is my story”. In one week he has done interviews for Swedish Radio P3 Morgonpasset, Metropol, Radio Rtard, Vakna med The Voice, P4 Uppland etc.
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Nominations for Grammis Awards |
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November 26, 2008 Several BorderBlaster artists are nominated for the Swedish Grammis Awards. Lazee is nominated in 4 categories (Newcomer, Composer, Video and HipHop of the Year) and Looptroop Rockers are nominated for the category HipHop of the Year. |
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Release: This is my story |
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 November 25, 2008 Junior Natural’s first single “This is my story” is released. The upcoming album is under preparation for a release on April 7 2009.
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November 24, 2008 BorderBlaster goes in to the studio in Paris with Wayne Beckford and Jamaican reggae artist Niki to record the first single “Only you” for the debut album, produced and written by Wayne Beckford. |
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Release: Looptroop Rockers in France |
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 November 24, 2008 Looptroop Rocker’s new album “Good Things” is released in France and Belgium. |
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 November 20, 2008 Lazee’s new video “I’m not pop” has its premiere at Hells Kitchen in Stockholm.
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SonyEricsson Sweden meets France |
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November 18, 2008 BorderBlaster organize a short meeting with SonyEricsson France and Sweden during the show with the SonyEricsson Ambassadors Lazee and M Pokora.
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Lazee & M Pokora at Bercy, Paris |
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 November 18, 2008 The crowd of over 6000 persons goes crazy when Lazee and M Pokora do “Just got paid” together at Bercy Arena in Paris. |
 November 14, 2008 Wayne Beckford goes in to the studio to finish some songs for his debut solo album. More info will be announced soon…
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MTV-release: This is my story |
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 November 11, 2008 Junior Natural’s first video “This is my story” has an exclusive video premiere at MTV Offbeat. |
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Happy b-day Junior Natural |
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 November 10, 2008 Junior Natural celebrates his 14th birthday. Congratulations!
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Looptroop Rockers on 7 TV-playlist in France |
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 November 10, 2008 Looptroop Rockers’ video “Naïve” goes into several TV-playlists in France, such as M6 Hit, MTV Base, MTV France, Virgin 17, NRJ 12, MCM and Trace TV.
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November 8, 2008 Lazee goes in to the studio to record the European version of his album Setting Standards.
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Documentary on Scandinavian Hip Hop Invaison |
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 November 5, 2008 A documentary about Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion is showed on Swedish National TV, focusing on Junior Natural, Timbuktu and Looptroop Rockers and the show at Elysée Montmartre in Paris.
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 October 30, 2008 BorderBlaster books M Pokora for a private show for Hennessey Artistry in Helsinki. |
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October 20, 2008 Lazee represents at CMG 2008 in New York City. |
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Million Stylez back to the Caribbeans |
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October 15, 2008 Million Stylez is back to the Caribbean Islands. This time he will be playing in Reunion Island and Martinique.
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Junior Natural video recording |
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October 11, 2008 The Junior Natural video This is my story is recorded at Fryshuset, Stockholm. |
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Looptroop mini-tour in France |
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September 27, 2008 Looptroop Rockers are on a mini-tour around France to announce the French release of their album "Good Things" on November 17. Shows will take place in Marseilles, Montpellier, St. Etienne, Nancy and a show-case with press interviews at the WESC-store in Paris.. |
 August 9, 2008 Junior Natural performs in his hometown at the Uppsala Reggae Festival.
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August 4, 2008 Junior Natural performs at the TV4 morning news.
See the interview >> |
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Million Stylez on tour in the Caribbean Islands |
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July 11, 2008 BorderBlaster has booked Million Stylez to a tour in the Caribbean Islands. Shows are taking place in Martinique and Guadeloupe.
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Junior Natural performs with Shaggy |
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June 27, 2008 After having met and freestyled together on Paris hottest urban radio station, Shaggy invites Junior Natural to perform. Short thereafter, Junior Natural sing together with Shaggy at Zenith in Paris as part of Garance Reggae Festival in front of 6000 people.
See radio interview and freestyle >> |
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Looptroop Rockers in Paris |
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June 26, 2008 Looptroop Rockers perform at the Paris Hip Hop Festival in Paris. The show is in the Zenith arena. |
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Speaker at conference in Vienna |
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June 24, 2008 BorderBlaster participates as a speaker at the conference of the WUK festival in Vienna that is taking place in connection to the European Football Cup. The conference is part of the Diversidad project and the EU Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
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Looptroop Rockers in Vienna |
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June 24, 2008 BorderBlaster books Looptroop Rockers to perform at the WUK Festival in Vienna. |
May 31, 2008 J-Ro performs at the big stage of the spanish festival Cultura Urbana in Madrid. As the american artist The Game cancel his show, J-Ro's show is the main act of the largest festival in Spain.
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Speaker at conference in Madrid |
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May 30, 2008 BorderBlaster participates as a speaker at the panel of the largest urban festival in Madrid - Cultura Urbana. The panel is part of the Diversidad project and the EU Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
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May 27, 2008 Over 20 artists from all over Europe performs at Kägelbanan, Södra Teatern as part of Make it Blast!
Check out MTV-interviews >> |
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Make it Blast! in Stockholm |
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May 27, 2008 A movement to create a platform for urban music in Europe is starting at Södra Teatern in Stockholm. Actors from all over Europe participate on seminars to discuss how more collaborations can be achieved. |
Junior Natural
The 13-year old prince of reggae is preparing his debut album for early 2009. The first single This is My Story is released on November 25.
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Looptroop Rockers The pioneers of Scandinavian hip hop Looptroop Rockers. It's Good Things. |
April 27, 2008 As part of the Scandinavia Hop Hop Invasion, BorderBlaster takes care of Million Stylez' promotion in France, Africa and the Caribbean Islands. The video "Ms Fatty" is placed on playlists at Trace TV and MTV and goes straight up as number 1 on TV and radio. It's now spinning in over 60 countries.
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Lazee featuring M Pokora in Paris |
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April 23, 2008 Lazee is back in Paris to record with Mat Pokora for the upcoming French release. |
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Signature with Kock Records |
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April 15, 2008 The J-Ro project "Rare Earth B-Boy Funk" is signed for a US license deal with Kock Records. |
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Lazee recording with Tyron Carter in Paris |
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April 11, 2008 Lazee is going to Paris to record a featuring with French artist Tyron Carter for the upcoming French release. |
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Junior Natural show with Gentleman |
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April 7, 2008 Junior Natural is invited as a Special Guest for the Gentleman show at Berns Salonger in Stockholm. |
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Junior Natural's first TV show |
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April 4, 2008 Junior Natural makes his first TV appearance on Swedish National TV show Nöjesfredag. |
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Recording for European Diversidad single |
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April 1, 2008 BorderBlaster goes to Paris for the recording of the Diversidad single with Akhenaton (France), Promoe (Sweden), Noora Noor (Norway), Baloji (Belgium), Curse (Germany), Sam the Kid (Portugal), Mucho Muchacho (Spain), Shurik'n (France), Nikkfurie (France), Abd al malik (France) and Cruzfather (Brazil). |
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Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion in Paris |
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February 28, 2008 The Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion show at Elysée Montmartre was almost full and smoking hot. Around 1,000 persons saw the Scandinavian artists Timbuktu, Looptroop Rockers, Tommy Tee and Son of Light, Chords, Nalija, Form One featuring Vincent, Henok, Astma, Spotrunnaz, Junior Natural and French guest stars DJ Ewone and Lalcko.
See MTV interviews and live show >> |
February 25, 2008 Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion out in stores. The best of urban music from the North.
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Signature with Junior Natural |
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February 24, 2008 BorderBlaster signs with Junior Natural for the international release of his upcoming album. The release is planned for early 2009. |
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Invasion of French playlists |
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February 14, 2008 As part of the Scandinavian Hip Hop Invasion, music from the North is invading French media. Several songs have just entered playlists on TV and radio. Laze´s hit "Rock Away" plays on 7 different TV stations and went directly in as no. 7 on MTV France hit list.
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Hot artists confirm show in Paris |
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February 12, 2008 The Scandinavian hip hop elite is getting ready for invading Paris with good music. Confirmed artists today are: Timbuktu, Looptroop Rockers, Chords, Form One featuring Vincent, Henok, Spotrunnaz, Astma, Junior Natural. |
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Blasting closing party at Midem |
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January 30, 2008 Together with Pschent, BorderBlaster organizes "Bar Pschent" as well as the Official Closing Party of the world's largest music conference Midem in Cannes, France. The final party is a blast!
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Scandinavian Invasion at Midem |
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January 28, 2008 The Scandinavian Invasion continues to Cannes and the largest music conference in the world - Midem. Grammis-winner Adam Tensta performs at Bar Pschent organized in cooperation with BorderBlaster. |
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Beginnig of the Scandinavian Invasion |
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January 25, 2008 Some of Sweden’s hottest artists arrives to Paris for the press conference: Timbuktu, Chords, Spotrunnaz, Nalija, Tommy Tee, Son of Light and hot up-comer Lazee mark the beginning of the Scandinavian Invasion. In one day they do a live show at Générations 88.2, press conference at Centre Culturel Suédois and showvase at the hot club Le Lup in central Paris.
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New boxes sold out in 1 day! |
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January 10, 2008 The new batch of boxes Générations 88.2 arrives from manufacturing. Everything is sold out in the same day.
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January 7, 2008 The compilation Générations 88.2 is number 2 on the list of best selling albums at La Fnac even though the distributor and several Fnac-stores are out of stock.
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December 7, 2007 The exclusive possibility to download 7 Lalcko songs between 7/11-7/12 at Rap2K beats records of most downloads!
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Black box sold out in 3 days |
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December 5, 2007 BorderBlaster’ compilation-box Générations 88.2 quickly becomes a success. Three days after the release the boxes were sold-out. New boxes are being produced. Delivery January 7 2008.
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November 16, 2007 Manhitoo’s song A quel prix is on BBC’s playlist since September. Big up DJ Edu!
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Lalcko music for free download |
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November 7, 2007 Exclusive material from Lalcko’s upcoming street album is available for free download at www.rap2k.com. 7 songs are available between November 7-December 7.
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November 1, 2007 J-Ro’s single You call that love is the number 1 song that the daily 150,000 listeners of Générations 88.2 FM asks for the most by sms. It’s a hit!
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October 24, 2007 A press conference with American artist J-Ro is organized at Le Bound on his visit in Paris.
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October 24, 2007 BorderBlaster organize a show at La Scène Bastille in Paris for the release of J-Ro (Tha Alkaholiks). Guest star Lalcko.
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October 7, 2007 BorderBlaster is preparing a Scandinavian Invasion of France in January 2008. The best urban artists are gathered on a compilation (cd/dvd). The release will be celebrated with a big show at Elysée Montmartre. Famous French guest stars will appear.
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October 1, 2007 J-Ro (Tha Alkaholiks) has finished his first solo album produced by Juju Records and BorderBlaster International. French release distributed by Wagram. |
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September 7, 2007 Lalcko goes into the studio to start recording his new album. The streets in France and Africa are waiting… |
September 4, 2007 Caribbean artist Solano goes to Stockholm to record for his coming album.
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August 16, 2007 BorderBlaster books American artist Eve for a show in Gabon. It’s the first time Eve goes to Gabon.
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Artist and press co-ordinator |
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August 7, 2007 BorderBlaster co-ordinates press and artists for the festival Nuit de la Musique in Gabon – a musical marathon with over 60 artists organized by the President’s daughter Amissa Bongo. BorderBlaster brings press from France to cover the big event.
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August 1-6, 2007 French pop/rock-singer Lena Costa goes to Stockholm to record the single Tu es seul at Basecamp Studios. The video is recorded in famous Cosmos Studios, directed by Emil Jonsvik, First Edition Pictures.
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May 25, 2007 BorderBlaster International, Juju Records J-Ro just finalized the last discussions regarding J-Ro’s solo career and signed contracts for a worldwide release.
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May 24, 2007 BorderBlaster International signed a label deal with Wagram Music – France’s no.1 independent distributor and one of the top 10 independent distributors in Europe. BorderBlaster will now distribute the catalogue to 50 countries in store. More information on www.wagram.fr.
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May 5, 200 BorderBlaster France is busy working on the second edition of the Paris Hip Hop Festival that will take place on 22 June – 8 July.
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J-Ro on tour with Snoop & P. Diddy |
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March 21, 2007 J-Ro is on tour with Snoop Dog and P. Diddy for their European Tour. For the date in Paris, J-Ro met with French media, he did a radio show at Génération FM and accompanied Snoop’s DJ Jam for an interview with RAP Mag.
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February 25, 2007 Manhitoo’s video “Le temps passé” went straight up as no. 8 on Trace TV’s street show Hit 2 Rue. The video is now playing in over 60 countries.
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 February, 2009 J-Ro is back on the road. From February 7-27, J-Ro and Tha Alkaholiks, Beatnut, Lord of Underground and Paris from EPND are on tour around Europe with Check the Ryhme Tour. |
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