Matt Henshaw in the press ...

Bonjourno ma ducks,

Just thought I'd quickly tell you this afternoon about some press bits the new album has been getting ... when I get round to it I'll post them all up here and over at The Matt Henshaw Archive so you can read until your heart's content. The Ilkeston Advertiser, my home town for the first 21 years of my life has done an article about Coming Around today ... UPTWN magazine have kindly posted it to their tumblr. And there's plenty more where that came from. Keep reading, keep listening and tell a friend, especially those who write blogs or lovely newspaper / magazine articles ... you know that's the best way to get a free copy of my album and other people's ... start a blog ... support starving artists everywhere !!

And here's some pictures from The Tamworth Herald's coverage of Stand By the Window winning Best Music Video at the St Albans Film Festival ... thought I'd blog about it before the news becomes wildly out of date, if it's not already ...



Oh my goodness, the front page story is about the snow ... can you believe that was just a few weeks ago???

And here's a link to the Ilkeston Advertiser piece online ...

Thanks for reading!

And keep watching ...

Mixing Coming Around ...

So, in my last blog I told you about the recording of Coming Around by myself and ReggiiMental fresh from the box ... well, the next step was to get in a mix master general to master the sounds and make them fresh.

Joe Rizzle @ PukkaMix fitted the bill perfectly and trips to Tamworth were on the cards, and the album, I must honestly admit sounds as crisp as I ever wanted it to and thought it could be. 15 track Coming Around and coming soon, so very soon, May 1st in fact. I hope you're following the build up to the album on all the social networks, radio outlets and wherever else they're featuring mine and Reggii' faces. It's all good. Sit tight !

Again, for now have a listen to the two tracks previewed over on bandcamp ... why not pre-order?!



And here's the mix master himself at the desk (virtual desk - come on it's 2013) mastering the album in March ...

Recording Coming Around ...

Good afternoon folks, followers & fantasists,

It's been a short while since my last blog so I thought I'd write one about recording the album. It began in January following the release of the ever innocent ReggiiMental aka. Jimmy B-Boy from HMP for misdemeanours I shall neglect to mention. I went to see my partner in crime [sic] for an afternoon of Yorkshire Tea, LEGO and Ribena ... his creative spirit undamaged we proceeded to record new music with a sense of urgency and feeling of optimism I hadn't had for some time. The new album features 15 songs, so many for such a short space of time, recorded over two months, and my parts written and recorded in perhaps two weeks. I can't wait for you to hear the thing in full, the artwork is pretty snazzy too, and I hope you like the whole package, a lot of love has gone into it. My friends and earthbound spirits, I truly hope it tickles your fancy ...

For now have a listen to the two tracks previewed over on bandcamp ... why not pre-order?!



And here's a picture of me taking a break from mixing in March with a furry little friend I found hanging around the studio.

Lovebox Diary #2 (The Full Story) ...

Hello there, Hola and bon tutti, I never really fully informed you about all that happened, went off and went down in Victoria Park, Hackney, East London a couple of weeks ago did I? I've been pretty busy since then I hope you'll appreciate and I'm sure you've been keeping up with all i've been doing online and all that niceness ... I've been Tweeting now and then as well !!! So, you'll be pleased to know it all went well ... here's me with Will Young partying at a Jocelyn Brown and the all-stars secret show in the VIP area waiting for Grace Jones to grace the main stage on the Sunday ...



... we were having a stickyoutearsandbigfacialfeatures competition ... I'll let you decide who won !!! And yes, I opened the main stage on the Friday ... but it wasn't just me ... as I'm sure you saw from my last update and video from Rukus that "me had many man dem dere" ... here goes a long list ... ReggiiMental, Emma Louise, BiggaMan, Joey G-Zus, 2nd Suzpect Joe Rizzle, Flava Dan, Byrnez, Chris Goring, Lloyd, Devas, D-BO and many more unseen but known and loved ... and of course Rukus, look out for him on TV over these coming months ... I was down for the whole festival getting the VIP treatment, I'm sure you've read in the NME about Dizzee Rascal and me and the Bombay Bicycle Club, very kind, even if through fear of a mad set of hip-hop bad men !!!

Who impressed over the weekend? Ellie Goulding was lovely, even if her manager wouldn't let her do a piece to camera for us, can't win 'em all !!! Mark Ronson did some lovely things with Spank Rock and the geezer from Phantom Planet, still rocking those Versions ... Radiohead's Just sounded mega! Big on the decks, Grandmaster Flash, obviously, and I caught a bit of Derrick Carter. Now playing - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message Now drinking - cup of Yorkshire Tea Now eating - a Picnic bar Out this week on Rusty Jukebox Records ... Joey G-Zus - Cartoon Hip-Hop volume. 3 http://www.joeygzus.bandcamp.com/ - FREE !!! Check the advert with soundcheck footage from the Lovebox main stage ...



And check this mad video preview for the track Slippin' Away ... http://vimeo.com/12851905

Next update featuring Roots Manuva, Skinnyman, Dean Frazer, Taurus Riley and Bunny Wailer ...

Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith Remix) video uploaded ...

So here it is ... the official vid for the Stan Smith Remix of the classic single from the album The Deepest Cellar by ReggiiMental featuring Matt Henshaw ... as a FREE DOWNLOAD this version of this song has received alot of love and praise and has gone down a treat in the live arena ... http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com and loads of other goodies ... why not try to make your own Adidas Trainers remix ... you never know you might get some free gear !!! http://www.matthenshaw.com http://www.myspace.com/matthenshawmusic http://www.youtube.com/user/ilsonowl

Matt Henshaw Video Diary July 2010 featuring ReggiiMental, Flava Dan, Unfriendly Neighbours etc.

A little earlier than usual for my video of the week but we got some gooooooooood news ... LoveBox 2010 ... we there !!! Big Big Big News brother !!! Just recorded this video quick ting outside Jimmy B-Boy Reggiimental's yard ... tell you all wagwarn in the world of Matt Henshaw ... Through the Looking Glass and into the Wonderland ... JB Jimmy B tell you the story ... So just what has been happening ... The Deepest Cellar out and big time released on Rusty JukeBox and ilsonowl records. joint project hitting up the airwarves ... BBC, NME, Best of MySpace ... Mogadishu Festival with Kula Shaker and JOhnny Marr ... MixMag we in there ... it's all in this vid ... and then to make summer 2010 ... the year of B-Boy Soul ... something new for you radio dial ... we gots LoveBox 2010 ... Big Love to the NME peeps who put us there ... the pickers and choosers ... Dizzee Rascal, Tom Findlay, Groove Armada, Krissi Murison, Jaimie Hodgson ... droppin' on the main stage before Chase & Status ... it's gonna be dub, skanking, reggae, soul brother stuff for a couple and some dirty nasty dubstep all with a mod soul b-boy flex ... Summer 2010 ... B-Boy Soul ... Who's on stage in the posse ... Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, Unfriendly Neighbours, Joe Gutta, Bigga Man, Joe Rizzle, the fresh prince of breakbeat Flava Dan, Byrnez tha producer down in The Deepest Cellar, Emma Louise on some vocals, SC Sutten Catchy <--- he's the man, Crissy Gee (look out for the project, live, percussion and ting, rural english uk hip-hop, pastoral and raps, it never bin done before, Traffic near, Stevie Winwood, Roots Manuva, Banana Klan, Adidas, trainers and ting ... Make sure you go ahead and treat yourself to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith remix) ... http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/track/adidas-trainers-stan-smith-remix/ With Love & Respect to all out in cyberland, http://www.matthenshaw.com http://www.myspace.com/matthenshawmusic

Can't Hold Back video shoot video teaser ... next single ...

How how how now ... here's a little teaser of the third single to drop from the Matt Henshaw / ReggiiMental project The Deepest Cellar ... playing the game by which the rules of the game are supposed to be played and adhering to them as such that we're releasing as the third single the tradition pop ballad ... Can't Hold Back ... as you can see from the swanky set that it should be a nice vid for the summer time ... and we were blessed with sunshine for the shoot in Tamworth town ... god blessed us indeed ... thanks to anyoe who's got contacts upstairs for making this happen ... playlisted by the BBC for the coming weekend !!! Also, for the delight of your ears you can hear a snippet of the Rizzle 2nd Suzpect remix of Adidas Trainers ... it's a grimey grime affair with nuff room for some dubstep dancin and skankin and just general good times ... heading for some BBC 1ztra airplay ... and soon to be rockin airwaves very near to you ... Say my friend you've gotta live your life, Add it all together we've got time, The river keeps on rolling far and wide, But you Can't Hold Back, Can't Hold Back the night ... Life affirming stuff yes? Much Love, Peace, Positivity and eternal strength, Matt Henshaw x http://www.matthenshaw.com/ http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/ ... Bullet point plan ... we've got it all written down ... operation BALP is in full effect for Summer 2010 ... Down in The Deepest Cellar Beneath the floorboards of the fortune tellers There's the swinginest party to be had 'cos you got your soul and you're feelin' mighty glad ... The latest lyrical slice from Matt Henshaw and a select cut of Joe Gutta of the Unfriendly Neighbours (Roots Manuva's favourite Tamworth crew !!!) on your dial. Turn it up. Be sure to. And the Bigga Man is in there too ... plus a new flex from B-Boy Jimmy Jimmy B-Boy ReggiiMental ... Check http://www.matthenshaw.com/ http://www.myspace.com/matthenshawmusic http://www.rustyjukebox.com/ http://www.censoredonline.co.uk/ Have a quick scan around the web for other Matt Henshaw pages of other Matt Henshaw goodness ... it's all goodness ... http://www.matthenshaw.com/ http://www.myspace.com/matthenshawmusic http://www.twitter.com/matthenshaw11 http://www.youtube.com/user/ilsonowl http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Henshaw http://matthenshaw11.blogspot.com/ http://matthenshaw.wordpress.com/ Be sure to join the facebook groups ... http://www.reggiimental.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/ReggiiMental/107705509253998 PEACE x

New 'Adidas Trainers' mixdown teaser video ...

You know you love it !!!

If you hadn't had a look already I just thought I'd let you know that there's been another Matt Henshaw 'Adidas Trainers' teaser video uploaded to YouTube in anticipation of the single video coming very soon ...

Click here to have a watch ...

Also, I've made a playlist of some of my favourite Adidas related videos for your entertainment and pleasure ... I hope you like them all ... sit back in your favourite pair of trainies and have yourself a boogy and a ball ...

Matt Henshaw x