'My Week' by Matt Henshaw (2/10/11-8/10/11)

Passed my driving test !

Saw Sheffield Wednesday lurch up the second in League 1 (I still think that makes it sound half OK, like "league one" means the top division)

Wished my brother a happy birthday on the other side of the world
(he's in Bangkok and all he wants is a nice cup of tea ... but apparently his Mrs. was going to get him a lady boy for his birthday!)

Played poker with the boys ... won ... obviously ... the prize? Dinner bought for on the following night as we went out and watch England draw in spectacular style in a European Qualifier against Montenegro ... (for my North American readers - I know you're out there - a draw is when both teams have the same number of goals/points at the end of a game, and we consider this OK) ...

Today ... did a couple of talks at the University of Leicester about how going to University after you're twenty one is a good idea ie. as a mature student ie. an old codger (I am considered old and mature in certain facets of society ... as my mate Mark said "when I first met you and you was wearing a dressing gown, slippers and sipping a cup of tea I thought you was going to be posh ... but it turns out you're just a little old man" ... the best review I've ever had!!!)

NOW?! Hibernation, reading, Ealing Comedies ... and my next two musical projects are taking shape nicely.

Sit tight for a Ringo Starr style headshot et cheesy grin... peace and love, Peace & Love ...

#nowplaying Marvin Gaye, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Miles Kane, Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian and Lee Perry ...
buy my records <--- subliminal advertising !

Happy Birthday Brother ... I can (legally) drive !

Psychedelic Salutations to you all,

October is well under way now ... usually the sun cream is tucked away in the cupboard now with a blanket and it's feet in some hot water, but not in 2011, oh no! I have sweat today more than I did throughout the entirety of July and August ... thanks for asking ... anyway, it's my brother's birthday !

He's in Thailand ... I am not ... but I am celebrating in my own way. It is three years since I had a drink (of alcohol, of course, not juice ... and I only mention it so it would be something to clap and cheer me for, even if you don't like me or my music, it's good for my self-esteem, although I don't know why people do that ... I knew a kid at school who ate crayons and sucked the ink out of ball point pens, I'll be he hasn't done that for twenty years but I wonder if he gets a pat on the back?) ... and, also, anyway, the point is, I passed my practical driving test today ... with flying colours ... again, thanks for asking ...

Matt Henshaw - 1
Noel Gallagher - 0

... and special mention and apologies to my best bud, former Censored drummer Chris Goring, for all those years he spent on the road a the designated driver with me in the passenger or in the back, usually ginned off my face being a general nuisance. I love you pal, and good to finally join you in the first time passers club ...

(on the previous blog's previously incurred parking fine, Leicester Council got in touch today and told me that the charge has been frozen ... I will be notified of any further developments ... which I will pass on to you of course as my loyal adoring(?) cyber world wide web fans ... I love you all too, and hope you appreciate me taking time out from my busy(?!) schedule to inform of my daily life ... (music to come ... I am aware that I have gone quiet on that front in the blog-o-sphere ... it's because I want to get everything right before I unleash anything on the unsuspecting world, and, of course I have minor inconveniences on the agenda such as parking penalty charge notices, driving tests and wishing siblings on the other side of the world a "happy birthday" ... bear with me) ...

Bit of a rant this one isn't it ... "nice blogging!" I hear you cry ... if you like your Matt Henshaw rants to be contained to 140 characters or less then follow me on Twitter ... but beware of much football related ranting ... "and it's oh Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield Wendesday FC, are by far the greatest team the world have ever seen" ...

Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental

Have a listen to the first radio show episode from Rusty Jukebox Records ... Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental ... a collection of house bangers from 2010 with the soothing tones of Mr. Jimmy B-Boy's MC skills ...

Download the whole show for FREE here @ Rusty Jukebox Radio - Episode 1: Cleanin' Up with Flava Dan and ReggiiMental

Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes The Deepest Cellar ... for DJs in the mix ...

Another Matt Henshaw house remix and Dj tool from Flava Dan ... here's Flava Dan's DJ tool house twist, for DJs in the mix, on the Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental album title track The Deepest Cellar ...



Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes Can't Hold Back ... carnival style ...

Another Matt Henshaw house remix from Flava Dan ... here's Flava Dan's carnival house twist on the Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental track that appeared as single of the month for October in the Guardian newspaper ...



Download more Flava Dan Remixes here at SoundCloud (includes Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, The Style Council, Stantion Warriors, Krafty Kuts and many more!) ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan remixes Adidas Trainers ...

Taken from the Adidas Trainers Remixes album ... here's Flava Dan's house twist on the track that Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental "opened their skank account" with ...



Download it here at SoundCloud ...
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan/matt-henshaw-reggiimental-adidas-trainers-flava-dan-house-remix

And here at Bandcamp ...
http://www.matthenshaw.bandcamp.com

Flava Dan in the House !!!

Following the succes of the Adidas Trainers Remixes EP/Album Flava Dan has continued to remix tracks from The Deepest Cellar ...

... in the next few blogs I will post up some links and videos that feature Flava Dan's work ! It's a carnival of house and breakbeat from the DJ who played with Matt Henshaw at Lovebox Festival this year before a successful summer jaunt in Ibiza ...

... Stay Tuned !

http://www.flavadan.co.uk/
http://soundcloud.com/flava-dan

And don't forget to treat yourself to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith remix) ...
http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/track/adidas-trainers-stan-smith-remix/

Blue Cheese Clothing in the Matt Henshaw & ReggiiMental thing ...

Click here to buy some of that Blue Cheese shit !!! Support local produce ... I was born in the same city as this posse and I feel it a duty of mine, Matthew Henshaw of the East Midlands, England in the United Queendom to spread the brand and something I enjoy through the medium of product placement ... spot that Blue Cheese just seconds into the vid ... it's MEGA !!! BLUE CHEEEEEEEEESE !!!! And don't forget to treat yourself to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith remix) ... http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/track/adidas-trainers-stan-smith-remix/

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 ...

The Deepest Cellar - Reviewed & Rated ...

All the recent reviews and press features and tales of the narrative plot so far in the story of Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental have been posted up on the official myspace page of Matt Henshaw so get yourself over there now !!!

Matt Henshaw's Official MySpace page

Watch out as new players enter the fray ... Chris Goring about to drop a BIG project ... Joey G-Zus will be tingling your very soul with Cartoon Hip-Hop Volume. 3 very soon ... Flava Dan is Cleanin' Up with ReggiiMental on the first installment of the Rusty Jukebox Radio DJ series ... and the much more and many man dem to come ...

Keep up with all the latest from Rusty Jukebox Records.
RustyJukebox.com

I hope we've left you Wanting More ... 'cos there's plenty more coming your way !!!

Lovebox Festival 2010 Video Diary #1 ...

yo yo yo ... let Rukus tell you wagwarn @ Lovebox festival Victoria Park London Friday 16th July 2010 ... Matt Henshaw takes to the main stage up before Dizzee Rascal he's just a rascal, Ellie Goulding, Chase 'n' Status and all the man dem ... Mark Ronson and Roxy Music on the following day ... then Hot Chip and Grace Jones ... Matt Henshaw sharing dressing room space with Bombay Bicycle Club and the Maccabees ... and Dizzee Rascal's entourage ... The Deepest Cellar hits the main stage ... plus Grown Ups from the Unfriendly Neighbours and Joey G-zus's Cartoon Hip-Hop Volume. 3 ... soon come ... the track The World's Gone Mad ... mad shit ... sounds big !!! Stay Tuned !!! Also, some quick big ups ... the NME, the New Musical Express, Lovebox, Blackberry, the BBC, Adidas, Adidas, NME magazine, LoveBox, Groove Armada, Dizzee Rascal, MixMag, The Fly magazine, DJ magazine, London, the East Midlands and the BBC ... they're all showing love to the Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental projects so they are sweet ... repetition like it ain't no ting ... big tings a gwarn ... yes Rukus ... yes Dizzee ... Watch them credits roll at the end ... Matt Henshaw, ReggiiMental, Rukus, Bigga Man, Joey G-zus, Emma Louise, Flava Dan, Lloyd, D-BO, Joe Rizzle, Liam Byrne, Haydn Allen, Ryan Bloore, Devas... And love to Alice Wignall, Flavia Serrelli, Valerie Siebert, Dan Chapman, Lars Royalle, Gordon G Hudson and Darren Brown ... And not forgetting to good people of Jaegermeister and Gaymers ... cheers for the drinks ... http://www.matthenshaw.com http://www.myspace.com/matthenshawmusic http://www.rustyjukebox.com http://www.reggiimental.com And don't forget to treat yourself to a FREE DOWNLOAD of the Adidas Trainers (Stan Smith remix) ... http://matthenshaw.bandcamp.com/ Coming soon ... live video footage from the festival ... Cartoon Hip-Hop ... Flava Dan on Rusty Jukebox Radio ... the Chris Goring album project ... The Fire Pit ... nuff Deepest Cellar remixes ... backstage antics with Will Young ... and much much much much ... keep 'em peeled folks ... http://www.matthenshaw.wordpress.com - for all the latest news !!!

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 &amp; 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 &lt;--- 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