As they say at Beatnik:

words Sven H Carlsson / images* Romain Kedochim

Looptroop Rockers have been making music together for two decades. Their first live show had them rapping over instrumentals by Black Sheep, a group that rocked hi-tops, stone-washed jeans and colourful shirts, and called it quits in 1995. Looptroop, on the other hand, are showing no signs of slowing up.

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Read the full article here. A good read, with some tunes and the rest of the photos from the day.

And as a present for our readers, 2 wallpapers at size 1920×1200:

Read the interview here on Blues and Soul.

And follow Starboy Nathan on twitter.

Here is a a quick preview of the shoot with incredibly talented artist and friend Glenn Lewis. We met up for a day of interviews and promotion and I managed to steal an hour of his time. We tried to use the amazing venue that is Five And Nine to the full possibilities. And I am quite satisfied with the result. There will more to come in the near future when these get officially released, as well as photos from the show.

Back in January, when the weather was still much colder than now, we came up with the concept for this. Kevin needed to create a single image of him that would then be used on his new website. We had 90mins together in the streets of Bricklane. The shoot went smoothly and we went, on the fly, through about 5 or 6 setups. Good communication all along. And we effectively worked together to create the one image that would fit the brief.

After the shoot, and a first run through, Kevin and I created a set of under a dozen shots to choose from. At the edit stage, it’s important to take a bit of distance and re-focus. And in the end, the final image we went for is here:

And you can check his website on here: http://www.kevinleo.com – where this image is used.

I have had the pleasure and honor of taking the photos for some of the features including Martha Reeves and Ray Gelato. Here is a sneak peak:

Martha’s interview with Sharon Davis can be found here: Motown Royalty. There is also a feature on the Fantasy Funk Band (featured also here). And if you want to see more, go and order online! Stevie Wonder is on the cover. There are some wonderful articles and features, some great retrospectives on Blues and Soul’s history and on all the artists we all love so much.

BACKGROUND: “Massive artist, mercury nominated – few uk rappers have such a influence on UK Black music. Plus he is one of my favourite artists so the piece is close to my heart. Listen to the Album ‘Special Kind of Fool’ .and  a couple of extra tracks from previous albums. he has worked with De la soul, Arrested Development amongst others.”

here are some good videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfDKQTrJBnU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mJzWXD7vho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdvJCYtIVv0

CONCEPT: Intimate.. drinking tea… sitting at table of a typically English cafe. Maybe eating a platter of Sausage and Mash. Some candids and a couple of photos of the interview.

RESULT: With the feature from the interview, in here, on beatnik Online! You can check out more about TY on his website and follow him on Twitter. Put the volume up!

She arrived with a big smile, right on time. And we started off strong! Rox is just the most smiley, down to earth and genuine person you could meet, and a real pleasure to work with. She was patient and very professional! what a darling!

Here are a few shots:

You can also follow her on twitter.

We took Kate to a lovely spot not too far from home and started with some lovely natural portraits and then moved from location to location:

Kate, what can I say? Brilliant!

And people, stay tuned for more to come…

Hope you guys enjoy it!

Thanks To Liran for his amazing attitude and smile and for making it so easy!

More to come soon!