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What’s good!

It certainly has been a hot minute since the last update. The fellas have naturally been grindin’, working on music and rinsing that fuelgoodmusic on the regular. If you follow us on Twitter or Facebook – individually or collectively – then you’re in the loop & have been keeping up with the movements.

A major focus for the team has been our weekend residency at Bar Italia. As you know, we are spinning there from Thursday to Saturday. Each night has a specific focus but the format remains the Ultimately, fuelgoodweekends is a signature residency where we showcase what we have come to be known for – that fuelgood sh!t, son.

Thursdays: Maverik One
Fridays: Quadratik
Saturdays: Bruce Lord

It is not uncommon to see variations on each night with all three regularly playing alongside each other with appearances by Premium Plus, Jay Boogie and DJ Rahdil, as well. Speaking of Rahdil, you can catch him on the Streetz 107.9 weekly boat cruise on Thursday nights, as well as at Republic on Saturday nights.

If you were wondering what’s been happening with fuelgoodradio, which aired Fridays from 12 midnight – 2 a.m., there will be a slot change within the next three weeks. The biggest challenge was the fact that everyone is always booked to play on Friday nights, which is why we were prerecording the show. With the new slot, we will all be in the studio live!

One last thing…Break4Bread/DGC 10th year anniversary is approaching! It’s going down August 18 at Sisler High School and will feature special guest judge B-Boy Ronnie (Red Bull BC One All-Stars, Supercrew), the 2-on-2 All-Styles battle as well as Maverik One providing the beats and breaks! For more info, search for the event page on Facebook.

OK, that’s a wrap for now. Keep us bookmarked, follow us on Twitter (@bunDOWN) or Facebook (bundownSOUNDSYSTEM)

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Soundbombing 2 returns.

Two of Winnipeg’s powerhouse DJ units will assemble to embark on another mission in their ongoing quest to propagate the gospel of hip hop culture.

Bundown Sound System and Night Life Types are internationally recognized ambassadors of Winnipeg’s hip hop culture. They have participated in all four elements of the culture over the years and have made their mark by exhibiting an unparalleled passion for hip hop.

They have been affiliated since 1997 and first officially worked together on mood ruff‘s No Hooks video. Ofield K and DJ Dow Jones were – obviously – 2/3 of the seminal Winnipeg rap trio. Quadratik and Jay Boogie were members of Flip Roc and Midnight Breakers, the two Winnipeg crews that reintroduced the art of B-Boying to the city since its heyday in the ’80s. All four appeared in the video, only the second from a local rap crew on Muchmusic. Jones was also a fixture on the city’s graf arts scene.

Jones, Boogie and D-LO were front and centre when CKUW 95.9FM went to air in 1999 with two of the college station’s most well-known mixshows, Six Degrees and The Lounge. Ofield and Jones also held down popular residencies at Bar Italia and Osborne Freehouse before Jones and D-LO began their well-known residency at Noir Wine Bar. Ofield and Jones held down residencies at Metro Nite Life and Alive In The District, respectively, while Quadratik and Boogie rocked residencies at Bar Italia. D-LO and Boogie also collaborated on their residency at Red Cactus, a venue where Ofield was also a resident DJ. Boogie was also known as Winnipeg’s “hip hop writer” after having launched the city’s first hip hop weekly and monthly columns in Stylus, Perimeter and Uptown, as well as being a contributor to the Winnipeg Free Press that covered hip hop culture and urban music.

Ofield, Boogie and Quadratik formed Bundown Sound System in 2007, with Jones and D-LO forming Night Life Types not long after. They have since been cornerstones of Winnipeg’s nightlife scene with innovative nightlife concepts and as headliners of some of the city’s biggest shows.

For the first time ever, the two sound crews promoted a concept event to celebrate their long relationship with hip hop culture in June of this year. They called it Soundbombing.

The response to the collaboration was – pardon the cliche – epic.

Once again, Bundown and Night Life Types will rock the foundations of The Orbit Room for what can only be called Soundbombing 2 this Wednesday, November 10 with doors opening at 10:00pm. Admission is $5 and it will be an 18+ event.

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bundown x night life types
presents

SOUNDBOMBING 2:
…the return of the fab 5

featuring
DJ D-LO
Quadratik
Ofield K
DJ Dow Jones
Jay Boogie

wed | 10 | nov
the orbit room,
4-2077 Pembina Hwy

$5 | 18+

Breakin’ To Spring footage

A taste of Spring.

Here’s the gallery…

Breakin' To Spring 2-on-2

…and here’s the footy. Props to Namma Sang and swe3tlove for uploading the footy (we only really got one shot during the final round).

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Here are the results:

showcase round:
DANCERS CLUB
PARANORMAL PANDAS CREW
AWESOME CREW (B-Boy Jeremy + B-Boy Ivan representing MEIJI BOYZ & PARANORMAL PANDAS)
POLO PARK B-BOYS FROM NORTHGATE MALL (B-Boy Drift + B-Boy Kid Maverik representing DANGEROUS GOODS COLLECTIVE)
MISCHIEF MAKERS
I LOVE BREAKING (B-Boy Chris Boogie + B-Girl Chrissy)
DGC (B-Boy Seven + B-Boy Arnold)
GAGO BROS
QUICKBEATZ CREW
GET 2 STEPPIN (representing CREATIVE DIFFERENCES)

semi-final 1:
DANCERS CLUB
PARANORMAL PANDAS CREW
AWESOME CREW
POLO PARK B-BOYS FROM NORTHGATE MALL
DGC
GAGO BROS
QUICKBEATZ CREW
GET 2 STEPPIN

semi-final 2:
DANCERS CLUB
PARANORMAL PANDAS CREW
POLO PARK B-BOYS FROM NORTHGATE MALL
DGC

final:
POLO PARK B-BOYS FROM NORTHGATE MALL
DGC

winner:
***DGC***