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LOOPTROOP la Bucuresti - sambata 4 iulie la Romexpo
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:45 pm
by bizzy_b
Este oficial ... LOOPTROOP live la Bestfest pe 4 iulie !!!
I'm fuckin happyyyy !!!
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:52 pm
by SanzEeK
Nu cred ca era nevoie de topic special ...
era suficient :
http://hadesrecords.com/forum/viewtopic ... &start=105
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:19 pm
by awaky
asa este, ce dreacu cauta looptroop la hip hop strain? ca ei fac dnb mai nou
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:38 pm
by cafteala
speedcore my friend
sau gabba
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:18 pm
by sunrah
LOOPTROOP ROCKERS – hip-hop european la B'ESTFEST!
Celebra trupa suedeza va urca pe scena festivalului, sambata, 4 iulie, alaturi de Santana - unul dintre cei mai apreciati artisti internationali aflat pentru prima data in concert la Bucuresti. B’ESTFEST se va desfasura vara aceasta pe durata a 5 zile, in perioada 1-5 iulie, in cadrul complexului Romexpo din Bucuresti.
Looptroop a luat fiinta in Vasteras (Suedia), la inceputul anilor ‘90, la initiativa lui Promoe, si a lui Embee, carora mai tarziu li s-au alaturat Cosmic si Supreme. Chiar daca distributia si promovarea la nivel mondial au constituit obstacole pentru casa de productie independenta a trupei, Looptroop a reusit ca la mai bine de 15 ani de la primii pasi in industria muzicala, sa devina unul dintre cele mai apreciate nume ale Hip-hop-ului european.
Looptroop si-a asigurat succesul international bazandu-se pe contactul direct cu fanii in cadrul show-urilor live spectaculoase, albumele trupei fiind promovate masiv prin turnee pe toate continentele! „Modern Day City Symphony” (2000), „The Struggle Continues” (2002), „Fort Europa” (2005) si recentul „Good Things” (2008), alaturi de albumele solo ale lui Promoe – „Government Music” (2001), „Long Distance Runner” (2004) si „White Man’s Burden” (2006) s-au remarcat printr-un sound unic, bucurandu-se de un impact major in comunitatea Hip-hop si reggae din toata lumea.
In 2007, Cosmic si-a anuntat plecarea din Looptroop, cauza fiind turneele obositoare, care il tineau departe de familie. Dupa plecarea lui Cosmic, Promoe, Embee si Supreme au schimbat numele trupei in Looptroop Rockers si au lansat „Good Things”, turneul de promovare al noului album aducand trupa pentru prima data in Romania, la B`ESTFEST, pe 4 iulie, in aceeasi zi cu Santana, The Charlatans si The Ting Tings.
1. LOOPTROOP ROCKERS is well known in Romania, especially by the hip-hop audience. For those who may not know about you yet, please introduce yourselves.
We are three guys from Västerås, Sweden, making music and running our record label David vs Goliath together. Supreme and Promoe rap, sing and write lyrics. Embee makes music and sings sporadically. Cos.M.I.C left the band in 2007 but is still taking care of some Looptroop-business like graphics and the web. We’ve been together since the early 90’s and have done almost 1000 shows altogether. Before our first album in 2000, we released EP’s, tapes and 12”. Our latest album “Good Things” came out in 2008 and is a really good album that you should buy.
2. Out of curiosity, what does a Swede actually know about Romanian hip hop?
The general Swede usually doesn’t know that much about other European hip hop-acts, that goes for Romania as well. It’s mostly dominated by US and Swedish rap.
3. What is your earliest hip hop memory?
It’s from when me and my brother used to go down to the local music library and just sit for hours listening to Run DMC’s first album. Later on, I got the tape and that’s when I got hooked!
4. We are interested in the Swedish hip hop scene, can you tell us a little bit more about it? how many clubs are there, how big the scene is, etc.
There are a lot of clubs playing hip hop nowadays, but usually mixed up with other kinds of music as well. There aren’t as many jams as it used to be, with all elements represented. The graffiti scene has always been massive and is still going strong. A couple of years back things were moving pretty slow, but since three years back there have been lots of new acts coming up and getting good airplay and doing big shows. Overall the scene is very vital at the moment!
5. In 2008, LOOPTROOP ROCKERS released "Good Things". We all know that the feedback was good, but how does it feel to be ahead of Madonna in the charts?
It’s just another day at work… Ha ha.
6. "Good Things" is the continuation of "Fort Europa", considering all the styles and variety that you have combined, can you give us an insight on how the next album will sound like and with whom would you like to collaborate?
I’m really curious myself on how it will turn out, sound-and topic wise. There are different ideas popping up every day. As usual it will be a mixture of all our influences that we’ve experienced during the years. One thing we’ve talked about is to be in the studio together for longer periods of time. To actually write the songs together at the same moment. Before it’s only been a couple of days at a time, then we’ve worked on our own. We all have our favorite collaboration wish lists.
7. In late 2006, the Romanian hip-hop heads had the opportunity to see Promoe live in Bucharest. Some people still say it was the best hip-hop show ever done here. Can we expect something similar from The Rockers, on July 4th, at B’ESTFEST? You did some shows in Russia, Australia, Japan, America also. How about their feedback and where do you like to perform more?
The Promoe-show in Romania is a classic! According to Promoe it was the best gig on his 2006 tour. We hope that we can make an even better show on July 4th. We are really looking forward to spread the love and make it a night to remember. We’ve had great tours and shows in all these countries and wish to go back but also to do shows in South America and India for instance. Places we’ve never been.
8. What do you think of hip hop in 2009?
I think it’s interesting that it has grown so much and that it’s so dominating in the charts nowadays. It has spilled out into so many other genres, especially lately with the electronic type of scene.
9. How about future solo projects? Do you guys ever think of doing stuff outside of hip hop, business wise?
We already do some business, music wise, in other genres than hip hop, but in other fields than music would be hard with our schedule. Then we would have to take the time off from music-creating. I used to sell kitchen utensils and cookies when I was younger though. That’s how I got the money to buy my first sampler and build my studio!
10. After the European Tour is finished, you probably can't wait to arrive home and chill with your families. Is there any chance for other summer plans this year?
This summer is actually pretty chill for Looptroop as live act. Promoe is doing a solo tour with his latest album in Swedish, Supreme is tour manager for our friend Timbuktu on his tour and I’m working in the studio.
11. Do any of you like hockey? If so, anyone a Detroit Red Wings fan?
I used to be a big hockey fan as a youngster. I collected autographs and went to all the games, but I lost interest along the way. Cos M.I.C is a big hockey fan. He even played for a lot of years!
I want to personally thank you guys for taking the time to answer these questions for us and I really look forward to seeing your show in July.
Thanks! /Embee
poate fi citit si pe
hiphopkulture.ro + versiunea in romana.
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 6:10 pm
by Werther
cafteala wrote:speedcore my friend
sau gabba
speedhop ca tempesta