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We’re excited to announce that the legendary Rodney P will be joining us on February 6th at our facilities on 26 Orsman Rd, London N1 5QJ for an exclusive talk about his innovation in the UK music scene. Want to learn about the industry on a more permanent basis? Why not check out our Music Industry […]
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Welcome back to our PB Recommends series where we share a selection of handpicked earworms that we can’t get enough of. This month’s edition of the playlist features a diverse blend of tracks including some of our favourite R&B jams from Erika de Casier’s new album, Essentials, the glistening rave-inspired sounds of Glacci, some experimental hip-hop beats from Flying Lotus’ latest release, […]
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This International Women’s Day we are celebrating some of the exciting talent rooted in the underground music scenes. The music industry has traditionally been a male-dominated space for many years but luckily there are a number of fantastic female DJs, producers, artists and creatives working to change this. From relentlessly powerful DJ sets from the likes of […]
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One could arguably say that right now, this second, we are living in the most highly proactive era of interesting and innovative electronic music. Whether it’s veterans of the many different scenes within music culture or the newcomers producing beats in their bedrooms it’s safe to say that the tools to produce are now more […]
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We welcome another artist into the depths of Orsman Road to deconstruct one of her biggest tracks. Flava D has been on our radar for years with her blend of Garage, House, Grime, Funky and Bassline. With tracks out on labels like Butterz and Local Action, it’s not like we’re the only ones, either. For […]
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We’re delighted that our students voted us the ‘Best Independent HE’ provider at this year’s WhatUni Awards, but more important still is that we constantly strive to listen and respond to the wants and needs of our students. With this in mind, we thought we’d take this opportunity to share some of our student feedback and […]
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Much like the harshly angular yet brutally beautiful architecture of the Barbican itself, there is an element of strange and compelling juxtaposition about chatting with Flowdan, one of grime’s fiercest MCs and true veteran of hard-hitting UK music, in the arts centre’s eerily tropical conservatory. But here we are, tucked in a corner beside the […]
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Much like the harshly angular yet brutally beautiful architecture of the Barbican itself, there is an element of compelling juxtaposition about chatting with Flowdan, one of grime’s fiercest MCs and true veteran of hard-hitting UK music, in the arts centre’s eerily tropical conservatory. But here we are, tucked in a corner beside the kitchen, away […]
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For our latest track breakdown video, we were blessed by the presence of a true UK legend in DJ Q, who along with the likes of T2 and Paleface, was the face of bassline when it blew up from the north of England in the mid-2000s. To this day, he is consistently releasing UK Bass bangers spanning grime, […]
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Happy New Year reader! This year at Point Blank Plus we aim to bring you more of the content you love. More tutorials, demonstrations, deconstructions, FFLs and interviews. The first of these is focused on one of our very favourite young producers, who is making big waves in grime and shows no sign of letting […]
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