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Labrinth “Earthquake” video is out
Labrinth has unveiled the video for his new single 'Earthquake', which features a guest performance from Tinie Tempah and sees Labrinth dressed as a Jedi.'Earthquake' is the next single to be taken from the producer-turned-singer's forthcoming solo album, which is currently untitled. The single is due to be released on October 23. Labrinth produced 'Pass Out', the standout hit...
Win tickets to Sleeks presents Flavour Live
Popular youth lifestyle publication Flavour Magazine has built a solid reputation for supporting UK creative talent, Sleek hair is a high fashion brand with a distinct London look ‘n' feel; and together they have teamed up to bring you Sleek presents ‘Flavour Live’, a monthly showcase featuring established and emerging music artists, comedians, musicians, poets and a monthly guest...
Win tickets to the Clothes Show Live 2010
Clothes Show Live 2010 is back to host the hottest and most stylish fashion and beauty event of the year! Returning to Birmingham's NEC, 3 - 8 December 2010 and bringing together hundreds of your favourite fashion and beauty brands and boutiques; non-stop catwalk shows and the UK's hottest celebrities, it's the ultimate shopping destination this party season! And...
Camden Born Rapper Jay Solstice Releases Brand New Single ‘Changing’
YouTube cover artist turned independent rapper and lyricist 'Jay Solstice' has released his brand new single 'Changing' which marks the first release of many coming in 2017. After dropping his debut EP 'Seasons' earlier this year and receiving positive reviews, Jay was inspired by the randomly changing attitudes of people towards others without reasoning, which lead him to write new...
Red Bull reporter interviews Vartan Bassil
Natalie Meziani interviews Lebanese break dancer Vartan Bassil of the Flying Steps...NM: Hi, ok, so...I know that break dancing and B-Boy dance originated in New York, but The Flying Steps members are from all around the world – how did you all discover dancing here in Berlin? VB: Yes, good question! The Flying Steps have been around since 1993. The...
K*Ners Caning the Bristol Grammar!
Kners the Bristol emcee has been off the scene for a little bit of time but he returns with a UK hip-hop bit of niceness with the self-explanatory Bristol Grammar.Kners has been one of the foremost names in the UK game for a minute now and work with US artists as well as UK names has peppered his career...
Jhene Aiko Releases Cover Art + TrackListing For Sail Out [News]
When Drake’s album ‘Nothing Was The Same’ leaked across the internet, Jhene Aiko became one of the most exciting female vocal discoveries for music lovers the world over. Featuring on stand out track ‘From Time’, Jhene captivates fans with her effortless, soulful and emotionally charged lyrics and delivery due to their ability to capture the soul within.Although her catalogue...
Forgotten Heroes Project
The Forgotten Heroes project is an audio-visual celebration of the contribution to victory made by African, Caribbean and Asian volunteers in the British armed forces during World War Two. The project will allow people from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups to discover and preserve their own history while encouraging them to develop a stronger connection with the heritage...
DoctaDee: Stepping Into The Spotlight
When you listen to DoctaDee's music, age is strictly off limits. His expression packs enough punch to keep the listener faithful, and it’s no secret that big things are on the way. Not only is he finally receiving mainstream attention, even award winning Nigerian artist Kas "Fi Mi Le" who has sold over one million records also boasts of...
New Experimental Josaucy 8 releases debut single ‘Toby’
The creative result of the first week of quarantine self-reflection, 'Toby' is the first single to come from New-Age experimental artist Josaucy 8. After making a promise to himself to start truly living his life, music has become an increasingly important part of that oath, a way to understand and express himself. Written in a spectrum of colour and sounds,...
Cover story: Alexandra Burke
So this month our guest editor Ashley Walters catches up with the ultra-sexy and very feisty Alexandra Burke, following her sizzling photo shoot for Flavour. Not one to be shy, it didn’t take long for her to give us the lowdown on her love life, fantasy man and career path. The talented songstress also shares a few secrets on...
Interview: The Loveable Rogues @LoveableRogues
Having made it to the Britain's got talent finals and wowed the crowd with original song ‘Lovesick’, it came as little surprise when the boys were signed to Simon Cowell's Syco, earlier this year. Now putting together their first single for release this autumn, see what kicked off when we caught up with them at Sony. Hello boys, what you're...
Introducing NF – Hip Hop’s Next Big Star!
Every now and then an artist comes along who has the unique gift to evoke emotion when they create music. Music which you do not only hear but you feel. Introducing NF... a rapper from the tiny town of Gladwin in Michigan who's music is set to take off in a very very big way. NF's flow, lyrics and sheer...
Big Man Zest is Back
Big Man Zest is back with a bang after his debut single ‘Who I Am’ put the Big Man on the map. Check out his heavy new single, ‘Living My Life’. http://www.youtube.com/v/jP07UbvyGqo?version=3&hl=en_GB Big Man Zest said his latest single is dedicated to “Workers, Hustlers and Straight Money Makers”. The Grimey Hip Hop influenced track was produced by Scottie B and features Shaun...
Nitish Pires returns from wandering the Earth to release his solo album; “Am I Evil”
In May 2014 Pires took a well-earned break from music to travel the world to discover inspirations that would all accumulate into his latest work “Am I Evil”. The album was released on February 18th and followed the release of the first single “Cold” back in December. Beginning his musical journey back in 1999 with the formation of his Rock...
Flavour Live Review: Lush, Ashley Walters & Big Man Zest plus more amazing performances
The tenth installment of Flavour Live, the event which brings together fresh talent and established artists took place at Flavour’s most noteable venue, Cargo. Thanks to the DJ’s, from start to finish, Cargo was in full swing banging out all the latest music on the UK scene. As always, resident DJs Longers and DJ Chef were present, along with...
Mclean: Get to know My Name
Recently signed to Atlantic rising rnb star Mclean, is ready to take the UK scene by storm with his song Broken. Flavour recently caught up with him backstage at his gig at the Bedford where he talks about his name change and getting Tupac to eat other rappers.You’re signed to Atlantic. How did that come about? Well, I guess,...
RIO releases his second mixtape ‘The Ri Mix’
Manchunian emcee RIO delivers a Valentine's gift to fans in the shape of his latest mixtape 'The Ri Mix' and is set to perform six dates this year as part of Labrinth's After Party UK Club Tour. The rapper has been receiving great feedback as one to watch for 2012 and after announcing he will be performing six dates across the UK as part...
Listen to Lana Del Rey’s UltraViolence 4 Track Album Preview @lanadelrey
We've done all the work so you don't have too. Preview Lana Del Rey's new album UltraViolence right here on flavourmag.co.ukFeaturing audio from UltraViolence, Brooklyn Baby (which shot straight to number 1 on iTunes in 59 countries after going live yesterday), Shades of cool and the official West Coast video. UltraViolence will be released on June 16th 2014.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5xcnjAG8pEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJSk2RySqKghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuX_xwghhswhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKxuiw3iMBE TRACKLISTINGCRUEL WORLD BONUS TRACKS ULTRAVIOLENCE 12....
Vanquish release new single ‘Damn’ @vanquishgirls @laurenflavour_x
Here is the lyric video for upcoming group Vanquish 'Damn', it's a love story in it's self and set for release on the 16th February, no video for the song yet but knowing those crazy four girls, it will be incredible and will show off their amazing talents and dance routines.Really like these girls and they have already caused a...
Win tickets to see Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington & Chris Pine
WIN TICKETS TO SEE UNSTOPPABLE ON THURSDAY 18TH NOVEMBER AT 6PM – WANDSWORTH Oscar-winner Denzel Washington and “Star Trek’s” Chris Pine team with action maestro Tony Scott in this non-stop action thriller. A massive unmanned locomotive, nicknamed “The Beast” and loaded with toxic cargo, roars through the countryside, vaporizing anything put in front of it. A veteran engineer (Washington) and...
Kasha Rae makes big movements on the Music scene @kasharaemusic
Kasha Rae first appeared on the music scene in 2007 when he had various performances on Choice and KISS. Now he’s back in 2012 with better and bigger things. Formerly known as Tyrone, Kasha uses his lyrical talent to produce tracks revolving around positivity and honesty. This year we see the young British Hip-Hop artist release a new music video...
Lemon Latte, Hurtin Me & Kurupt FM’s Team Fire In the Booth – 3 videos we are watching this week.
Towards the end of last week, we saw the launch of Charlotte Devaney's 'Lemon Latte' video with rapper RiFF RAFF as well as SteffLon Don featuring French Montana 'Hurtin Me' and the boys from BBC's smash hit comedy show 'People Do Nothing', held a team Fire in the Booth session with Charlie Sloth. Lemon LatteBritish DJ/Producer & Platinum Selling Artist...
Kane – The Motion (Acoustic Drake Cover)
Kane is the UK's freshest R&B talent and has begun the year by covering Drake's 'The Motion' in what could be hard for a vocalist to do. Kane does it with ease though showing everyone why he is next in line for the throne. Next week will see him releasing his next single 'Turn It Up' featuring a King...
Adrigoz Releases New Single ‘Waiting’ From New EP Soul Man
Nigerian soul/folk artist Adrigoz has announced the release of his new single ‘Waiting’ available now. The new single is taken from the forthcoming EP Soul Man slated for a 2016 release. The new single uses elements of both soul and folk, brought together with Adrigoz’s stunning voice. The single as Adrigoz describes, is of love and heartache, however beautifully uplifting.Listen: https://soundcloud.com/adrigoz/waiting/s-xHdY6‘Waiting’...
Red Tails- Interviews and Exclusive Footage
Set at the time of the Second World War, Red Tails is a fictional portrayal of the real Tuskegee airmen who were the first black men to fight for their country. The men are given second hand planes and not given the chance to fully prove themselves by fighting frontline against the enemies. Conrad played by Terrance Howard convinces...
ACS Kings and Queens: L’AKOT
London College of Fashion graduate Brenda Slot has teamed up with students of Kingston University to showcase the designs of her brand L’AKOT at the ACS Kings and Queens inter-university beauty pageant.What are your thoughts on the event? I did it last year and applied again, so that should answer it for you.How would you describe the style of the...
ACS Kings and Queens: NeRD Central
Alexandra Harrison, Samuel Frimpong and Sean Thomas are the creative trio behind NeRD Central here they talk about fashion, music and ACS Kings and Queens.Tell me about your label? The name of are label is called NeRD Central. Found in the 2008, Nerd central are a new and fun clothing line that designs and makes clothes that’s quirky and a...
Calling all make-up enthusiasts
Learn a new skill or update your seasonal trend knowledge from The Safe Beauty Association (SBA).Individual half-day makeup master class programmes are launching with their first lesson taking place in April.There are five to choose from each costing only £50 and they are being held in Dermalogica’s flagship London store at 8 Lancer Square, Kensington Church Street, London W8.All...
NEW MUSIC: Alexandra Burke is back in the game!
After some creative time out to work on new material and make changes to her management team, British vocal powerhouse, Alexandra Burke returns with a smashing, new sound and a foxy, new look to boot as she launches RENEGADE - a six-track free download EP which drops on Monday 27th April.Listen to the new sensational song here on the Free Download:...