YPEKID
AUGUST
tech edit 5 the gadgets you need in your life! regulars 6 #trending what’s good this month 10 blowin’ up: Afterdark Movement Nottingham’s most hyped band at the moment fashion edit 15 the clothing face
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16 essentials snapbacks, sunglasses and the nu-hippy trend 20 down with the kicks trainers make a comeback! 21 The Champions Club an exclusive love at their latest Lookbook art edit 29 future street kings High Impact Graffiti are Mansfield’s finest Street Artists and now they’ve been profiled...by us!
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features 8 SB.TV’s Liam Tootill we speak to the man behind the scenes at SB.TV 12 he’s a killer former N-Dubz member Fazer talks to us about going solo 27 G87 a question & answer session with the latest member of the Subism collective
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editor’s letter
a note from mr ed... Is it really the end of August 2012? It seems the answer to that is YES but it’s safe to say I have enjoyed a Summer of (occassional) sun and beer. Well, here we are presenting to you our groundbreaking new project, HYPEKID. You may have known us previously as DOPE fresh - a name which we scrapped because we got fed up with getting asked “are you called DOPE fresh because you like Will.i.am?” No, that guy is an annoying shit. Anyway...we have redesigned the site, the logo and the whole concept of what he stand for, our motto is now ‘HYPE The Creative Kids’. For this very special edition digital magazine we got an exclusive interview with former N-Dubz member Fazer as he prepares to smash the world with his solo career, we also grabbed a five minutes with SB.TV’s Managing Director Liam Tootill to find out what his role with the youth media platfrom includes. We were at Nottingham’s Splendour Festival last month and came across the brilliant Afterdark Movement, so it was only right that we got them in the magazine. As well as music, street art plays a big part in the issue thanks to G87, who is a very talented street artist and part of the well known Subism collective and Mansfield’s High Impact Graffiti.
Ash Allen
Ashley Allen, Editor @ashleyallenuk
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tech edit
SPYHAWK
£250 WWW.RED5.COM Remote plans are great for causing carnage and pissing people off and this awesome Spyhawk is no exception. The controllers 3.5in screen makes this bad boy even more fun.
iRobot Roomba 790 £800 WWW.IROBOT.COM
Nobody enjoys cleaning and if they do, there is most certainly something wrong with them. iRobot have the solution for the cleaning haters out there, the Roomba 790. OK, it’s £800 but you won’t have to get up on a Sunday and do the cleaning anymore because the Roomba goes in for hours munching dust and what ever other substances it can get its mits on.
JVC Addixxion
£300 WWW.JVC.CO.UK A shock and freeze proof camera that has WiFi so you can turn your smartphone into a monitor? Yes, this is the JVC Addixxion.
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what’s good this month...
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PAVEL 183 He goes by the name of Pavel Puhov, P-183 or Pavel 183 and now he is known as the “Russian Banksy”. Enough about his name anyway, it’s his inventive, political minded street art that has caught our eye over the past few weeks. WWW.P183.CO.UK Snoop Lion RIP Snoop Dogg, welcome Snoop Lion. The rapper has put to bed his rap career to concentrate on making reggae music. Erm.
DISTURBING LONDON x NIKE BLAZERS Tinie Tempah and his clothing line Disturbing London have teamed up with Nike to bring 60 limited pairs of the iconic Nike Blazer Mid LR shoe a very special look.
WWW.DISTURBINGLONDON.CO.UK 10 Years of Metropolis Apple iPhone 5 & iPad Mini The event to celebrate 10 years of After masses of media Metropolis takes place speculation, credible at the Warehouse sources are now Project in Manchester, pointing to the 12th Saturday 3 November. of September for the Chase & Status, DJ unveiling of the iPFresh, Skream and more hone 5 and the 7” iPad will be playing... mini.
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The Hangover III The finale of The Hangover will hit cinemas next May. More Phil, Stu and Alan and misadventures.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Multiplayer Trailer The first multiplayer gameplay footage from the latest in the Call of Duty Franchise: Black Ops 2 has hit the web. Lucky for the eager fans out there, like us, it looks like you will be getting another COD dosage towards the end of 2012. In fact, to be more precise, it is set for release November 13, so during the build up, book your days off work, pre-warn your girlfriends and family and get ready to kick some more ass! WWW.CALLOFDUTY.COM/BLACKOPS2
Madebygayle Derby based jersey-wear label Madebygayle have announced its official launch for September 2012.
JML Bass WWW.JONOMARTINLIKES. TUMBLR.COM Deep house, sub bass, we all love it, right? That’s why we love music blogger Jonathan Martin’s site JML Bass.
DRAKE PRODUCED AALIYAH POSTHUMOUS ALBUM Drake has announced the brand new Aaliyah single “Enough Said,” and her posthumous album which will also be produced by himself Drizzy went on to share that he’ll be including artists that were essential to the singer’s career and that it will include 13-14 tracks. Bloc Party are back! Having made us wait four years for their next album, they’ve given their newest effort the name ‘FOUR’. It’s out this week, so make sure you go and buy your copy.
Ellie Goulding Halcyon Finally, Ellie Goulding has revealed her sophomore record is due to be released October 8.
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LIAM TOOTILL SBTV have absolutely smashed it since its YouTube channel was launched in 2007. Now Jamal Edwards and his team now boast over 100m views in total – a milestone that was reached earlier this year. And behind the scenes of of the brand is a talented Sheffield University graduate by the name of Liam Tootill. Liam became managing director at SBTV in 2009 and has played a big part in the youth broadcasters success. We caught up with Liam to find out more about his role at SBTV. You’ve been working with SB.TV for some years now. How did you come across Jamal Edwards and his team? When I first met Jamal and came across SB.TV there was no team. After Jamal, I am the longest serving Team SB member. We met by chance when I was researching my MA thesis on the grime scene. I came across the Smokeybarz youtube channel when it had around 2 million views and just Jamal behind it. It’s mad to see the growth and expansion over the past few years in terms of the team, content and business. What does the ‘Managing Director’ of SB.TV job role include? Many things from team management, to series development. We have to constantly re-evaluate where we are as a brand and where we want to be. It’s sometimes a bit of a balancing act in trying to market ourselves to a wider audience whilst at the same time 08__www.hypekid.co.uk @hypekiduk
remaining true to our loyal, core supporters. What project have you enjoyed working on the most with SB.TV? Projects vary so dramatically it would be hard to pinpoint just one. I think in terms of reach and impact the ‘Final Verse’ project that we did with ChildLine, through youth agency Livity, was a pretty exciting time – the campaign won awards and made a real positive impact on thousands of young people. I am also very proud of the SB.TV Xmas Party that we held at KOKO last December. We had over twenty artists on the bill from headliner Tinchy Stryder, to our hosts Roll Deep, to any number of big name performers the likes of Chipmunk, Labrinth, Devlin, Wretch 32 and Cher Lloyd. You’re a Sheffield University Graduate. How did the time at Uni help propel your career and was it an experience you enjoyed? I loved my time at Uni. Firstly, for the life experience and mad, crazy things that go on, which is all part of student culture and secondly because it really did have a large bearing on what I did after off the back of building a relationship with Jamal. You did a bit of work as a music journalist – for i-D, RWD, and more – after leaving Uni. What made you decide “this wasn’t for me”? I’m not sure it was as abrupt as that. I really enjoyed
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MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SB.TV contributing for magazine and writing features but I was spending more and more time away from those offices and working on shoots with Jamal and the wider SB team as it continued to grow. I still do some writing for i-D, I’ve got a lot of time for those people. You still do your own work, aside from SB.TV. Can you tell us what you are working on at the minute? I do consultancy for Syco and am also looking to develop new business ideas. Many young people have taken inspiration from Jamal and started their own media ventures. Is this something that excites you? I think it’s great. In the climate
that we’re in people need to be creating opportunities for themselves. If they can make something work that they enjoy doing then that is all that matters. Do you think the future of independent youth media lies in these kids? I don’t know. The future is a mysterious place. I hope SB.TV has something to do with the future. Fingers crossed. WWW.SBTV.CO.UK WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/SMOKEYBARZ
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AFTERDARK MOVEMENT What does Afterdark Movement mean? We usually get together ‘afterdark’ for jams and gigs and movements is what we like to make. What inspires you to do what you do? A general love of music really, we’re comfortable with our sound and that helps a lot. We struggle to categorise your music, it’s a bit grime, a bit hip-hopy with added punk. Is this a fair assessment or how would you categorise your sound? It seems everyone has the same problem with trying to categorise our music, even us. We don’t try to fit a certain genre, we all come from different musical backgrounds and play to our strengths. We watched you smash the show at Nottingham Splendour Festival. How was the day for you? Yeah that whole day was awesome, great platform for Nottingham’s 10__www.hypekid.co.uk @hypekiduk
blowin’ up! local scene, glad we were part of it. What do you think about the local music scene at the moment? It’s really strong, everyone gets a long and supports each other, its time is coming! What are your plans for the future of the band? Pushing our music and EP as far as we can, dropping music videos, writing new tunes and gigging outside of Nottingham, mainly. What would you like to say to your fans? Keep supporting and listening. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/ THEAFTERDARKMOVEMENT
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FAZER he’s a killer
Fazer has been at the forefront of the UK’s thriving urban scene since 2006 when N-Dubz released their first single “You Better Not Waste My Time”, which was later re-released on Polydor Records in 2007. However, it is now 2012 and this is seen by many as the coming-of-age for this 25 year-old wordsmith. A child of the urban scene, known for his MC skills as part of N-Dubz, Fazer, real name Richard Rawson, is embarking on a exciting new journey, one that involves him being a one-man-band without close friends Dappy and Tulisa Contostavlos. Something that the London star admits is a strange feeling, “I kinda miss it man, it’s kinda weird, I look left, I look right for them all the time, but at the same time it’s exciting. It’s giving me a chance to branch out and showcase what I am about as a all round producer, top line writer or what ever you want to call me.”
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Rawson took time to decide on whether to continue making music on his own, or whether to produce and write for other artists after calling it a day with N-Dubz, “I was still trying to find my feet for a few months [when N-Dubz split] thinking ‘what do I wanna do’. What do I wanna go forward doing, like production for other people, or did I wanna go do stuff for computer games or movies and adverts. And then I thought to myself, I actually love performing and I hope that I’m pretty good at it.” During this time off, Fazer went about setting up his own production comany called Sky’s The Limit with a long-term friend and Roc Nation employee, “Yes I am [running STL], it’s with a guy called Pet Ibsen, we literally just set up our own production company in the past six months and we’ve been banging it out since.” And banging it out they have, already the duo have put two massive number one hits behind them, one being No Regrets by Dappy and Tulisa’s current smash Young and they’ve hit the studio with some even bigger stars in recent weeks, “I was in the studio with The Wanted the other day and I’m currently doing a Rihanna session, too. So [I’m] working hard [and] just trying to capatilise on everything and really make an impact from Fazer and what im about.”
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Where as the majority of the past six months has been spent producing and writing for other acts, it’s now time for Fazer to be selfish and concentrate on his own album, “I’m literally concentrating on the album from now till the end of September, I’ve been working on that [album] since November and i’ve got around
six more tracks to finish, “Killer” is the first one off it.” “Killer”, his debut single, is an upbeat-tempo dance-fused cut which already showing signs that he isn’t afraid to mix hip-hop, pop and dance elements to his sound, “To be honest with you, I just wanted to document my versatility as an artist. I don’t want to labelled and put in a bracket like ‘I can only do this music’, you know because I’m capable of so much more, you know what I’m trying to say. Fingers crossed with “Killer”, if it does [make it to #1 in the charts] it does, if not, it’s on to the next one, it’s just real music. And the next one and the next one is einventing myself again.” So we already know that work has already began on the yet-unamed debut album, and on it we can expect to hear tracks like “Killer” as well as many other unexplored genres from this creative musician, “My album will be a best of genres. Yeah, if you like that whole dance thing and autotune thing, you’ll like it. As a producer and an all rounder it’s key to what I’m about because when I work outside of my own stuff and work for other artists, it might not generally be the music I’m in to or the music I make myself and I have to be versatile in sense to be able to ahcieve what the label want with their artist.” Early fans of N-Dubz will be happy to know that Fazer isn’t leaving his MC roots on the debut record behind, which is due out towards the end of this year or early next year, “I’m going to try and showcase that [MC’ing] alot more this year, thats why I thought to myself, I’m not going on a DJ to press play on a record that I’ve
made for another artist and to hear them perform my own record, you know what I thought ‘I love performing and I’m going to go out and do my own stuff, do my own records, still record my own videos and put out my own my records that I have written and produced myself.’ And if it goes wrong then at least I’ve got myself to blame and I ain’t pointing fingers at everybody saying ‘you f’d up my career.” Forever remaining optimistic about his single career, and determind to continue doing his own thing, Fazer is far from interested in the whole “mainstream” thing, “As long as i’m a position where I can release music I want to release and that hopefully people can relate to. Thats not what I’m about mainstream music. I love music, credible respectable music, and thats what I want people to look at Fazer for, for [being] a credible respectable musician.” Being a credible musician is something that is very important to Rawson, which means we won’t see him going down the ‘free music and mxtape’ route as he bids to hype up the release of his debut album, “I might do a little internet viral thing, but I dunno. I release for the public init, to be honest with you I will release things and whether it’s on my label or with a major, it will be what it is. At the end of the day I do this cus I love music and I feel that I can bring something fresh to not just my project but other artists I work with.” Pre-Order ‘Killer’ on iTunes now http://bit.ly/FazerKiller
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fashion edit The Clothing Face WWW.THECLOTHINGFACE.COM
We’re big fans of printed tees at HYPEKID, not your bog standard boring printed tees though, they have to have interest designs on them. For this reason, we love The Clothing Face’s debut releases.
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high-street edit
None The Wiser Sunglasses WWW.NONETHEWISEREYEWEAR.COM
Launched in 2012, Australian-based eyewear label None The Wiser is a collection of directional mens’ sunglasses, stylishly constructed from sustainable bamboo. They are very focused on being ‘eco-friendly’ but they have some beutifully crafted parirs on sunglasses.
Stampd’ The Gold Studded Snapback WWW.STAMPDLA.COM
Los Angeles’ Stampd’ brings us a sick new Gold Studded Snapback. With 112 hand-screwed gold pyramid studs, the vision for this cap is a mix between rock ‘n’ roll with high-end fashion.
The Nu-Hippy Trend
WWW.SHOPTUNNELVISION.COM The Gwen Stefani No Doubt look is coming back in to season. Labelled the ‘Nu-Hippy’ trend, it’s once again cool to wear a bindi and shed loads of jewellery again. Grow your hair long and die it a different colour on the ends and get some tattoos to complete the look.
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high-street edit New Balance for J Crew 1400 WWW.JCREW.COM New Balance and J.Crew are back together. They began a couple of seasons ago with a collaboration on the 1400 running shoe and now they have added three new colorways - bluesky, cranberry and evergreen in time for Autumn/Winter 2012. We are big fans of the more colourful styles and think they’d be great to bring some colour to your AW12 wardrobe.
Levi’s x Nike 511 Jeans Jeans WWW.EU.LEVIS.CPM In a celebration of two of the most iconic American brands, Nike and its skateboarding contingent have joined forces with Levi’s for this collaborative 511 collection. Barbour x Wood Wood 10th Anniversary Jacket WWW.WOODWOOD.DK Barbour has teamed up with Wood Wood to celebrate the Danish brand’s 10th birthday by taking one of the most classic Barbour waxed cotton jackets, the Bedale, and added their own style to it.
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art edit
future street kings
Partly thanks to our very own Banksy, and the many other talented graffiti artists out there, street art has not only become a political movement but its fan base has grown through the roof and a wider audience of art collectors and even none-art fans have began to embrace the graffiti culture as it continues to bring together our urban society. In the Midlands we have several stars that are rapidly building up their reputations on the local scene. HYPEKID caught up with G87 to find out more and we also take a look at the work of Mansfield’s High Impact...
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art edit G87 is a Birmingham based urban street artist better known for leaving trails of colourful G’s everywhere he goes. The G’s stand for Ginge/Ging, which has been his nickname growing up. He’s also part of the Subism collective and helps them create 3D Prints and graphics. We caught up with him to find out more. Tell us about your work? My work mainly consists of bold abstract cloud and bubble like shapes, which I layer to create patterned three dimensional prints. How do you like to work? Rockin away to music with my cat on my lap. What’s your background? In the day I’m a plasterer by trade to bring the money in to fund my obsession with drawing and creating. I started out from just drawing for myself and self-satisfaction until I went along to a live drawing event in Leeds. Since then I have met a lot of ace people from who I have been inspired by, which has pushed me to where I am at now. Tell us about your most proud moment since you started out? Becoming part of Subism. That has to be a big part of pushing me to better myself. Subism is a family of well-respected artists, to be part of this and to work alongside people I have looked up to for years is something I will always appreciate. As an artist, who would you say inspires your work the most? Nobody in particular inspires me more than others. I spend many hours looking through books and the internet looking at any body and every body’s work. I believe you can take a little inspiration from anything. Do you have themes that you like to base your art on? Mainly clouds… The UK is always cloudy so I have lots to look at. What’s next for Ben? I’m enjoying doing my 3D prints at the moment I have some exciting ideas floating about which I’m looking forward to releasing. Also started drawing characters with a cloudshaped nose you might see popping up around places. Just something for fun. WWW.G-87.CO.UK
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HIGH IMPACT
WWW.HIGHIMPACTGRAFFITI.CO.UK High Impact are a Midlands based organisation that specialises in creating bespoke graffiti and street art for a wide range of people, including businesses and organisations. Formed in 2010, the collective got together and began painting skateparks and any other surfaces they could got permission to paint. Soon after, the founding member of High Impact, Luke, set about moving things on quickly and decided to go all out on what he loved the most. This then lead to work on car garages, bedrooms, shop shutters and items of clothing. Last summer was when the group got their big break when Luke was invited to a Volkswagon, where the talented street artist was allowed to do his thing on a Volkswagen T4 Van and numerous other vehicles and panels.
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