Satsuma Elephants @ Pepper Rocks, Nottingham setlist ...

OK, so this is the last of the setlist blogs for a while ... no gigs for a bit, certainly no Satsuma Elephants 'till Y-Not Festival (we're on on Saturday afternoon by the way) unless something special comes up ... in the mean time we'll be working away at some new songs, beefing up the setlist and hitting the studio to demo some of them proper !

So, Pepper Rocks, Nottingham. Tuesday 18th June, remember the date, the first Satsuma Elephants show in their hometown. And what a show. Certainly the best dressed crowd the Elephants have played for so far. Especially Chief Satsuma in her home made Satsuma Elephants t-shirt ... and very snazzy indeed it looked too ! You can read her thoughts here ... SatsumaElefans.blogspot.co.uk

So what did we play ...
707
(I Went On) Holiday
Creep Into the Night
Let Everything Go featuring ReggiiMental AKA. Jimmy B-Boy
A Hard Road of Hope
Always in the Way
I Didn't Know What Day It Was

Thanks to everyone who came down ... photographers doing a spectacular job, can't wait to see some pics and my man JC on the video cameras, making the Satsuma Elephants documentary ... the first clip from which can be found on YouTube, roughly edited, before you video editing impressarios hit me with your negative feedback ! YouTube.com/user/SatsumaElephants

And if you didn't know by now there's a brand new website up and running ... SatsumaElephants.com

MattHenshaw.com ReDesign

Evening folks,

If you've been flicking around the world wide web in search of Matt Henshaw produce you might have noticed that my social networks have had something of a design overhaul. Overhauled they have been indeed. MattHenshaw.com is now looking a little easier on the eyes. Nice clean, white and beautifully adorned by my face and that of Mr. ReggiiMental's, in the lead up to our album release on May 1st the site will grow organically and I'll be adding more and more content to there. Music, videos, images, blogs, feeds, whatever you need to make you surfing experience that little bit more exciting; as if a whole internet full of all the world's cyber information isn't enough already !

Stay tuned as shortly I'll be giving you live dates, album artwork if you haven't seen it already, tracklisting and special information only though of you plugged into the blogosphere are able to access. Hopefully your appetite is moistened and whetted and you're looking forward to the summer of 2013 as much as I am ... and with a new B-Boy Soul soundtrack to boot !

August here again ... (a quick update) ...

Howdy folks,

Hope you're enjoying your Jubilee, Euro, Olympic Summer ... plenty to do, plenty to keep busy with and I'm hoping every action you take is altruistic and brings happiness to everyone especially those around you ...

So, what do you want to know from me? Working on the website at present, and an archive of Matt Henshaw artistic materials from 2002 onwards ... I've done an awful lot of stuff ... hard to believe that I've been recording myself or writing stuff or drawing things for over ten years ... what shall I share with you all ?? Well, there's around 50 odd Matt Henshaw & ReggiiMental tracks that have never emerged from The Deepest Cellar (we wasn't just drinking tea down there you know, lots of writing and plenty of vocal takes!) ... and there's plenty of features from the likes of Joey G-Zus, Chris Goring, Devas, Saynt Luke, TLG, Unfriendly Neighbours, BiggaMan, Flava Dan, Syndrome, Emma-Louise, Banana Klan and many more ...

!!! REGGIIMENTAL IS INNOCENT !!!

See you soon with a new MattHenshaw.com ...

All my lovin',
Matt Henshaw x

I Love Walking Around the Midlands ...

... with an iPod full of Ska music, I feel like I'm in a Shane Meadows film !

It's true, I do. Always keep a bag of satsumas close to hand too ...

So, the wheels are in motion. The foundations of my online empire are being laid, lay slain to all those who have come before me, I shall cast forth and hence forth a righteous blade and slash with a fearless energy and almighty anger on all those who doubt the power of the online word and a tickle from the feather duster of Matt Henshaw ... basically kids, what I'm trying to say is, I've got a new website in the pipelines, loads of ideas to put into place online, not just music, but there is music being packaged and processed as we speak, but there's tonnes more where that came from ... it's going to be monumental, and you'll be the first to hear about it ... I Promise !

In the meantime, here's a picture of me graduating from the University of Leicester ...

... hopefully you can tell it's me from the chin ... and, also, you wait there all afternoon in ridiculous heat dressed like a div looking to join some mysterious cult and then you get on stage and all you get is a handshake ! Goodness, gracious me ... all good fun though, and it's nice to feel decorated, honoured and such.

Spread the Love, see you on the other side,
Matt Henshaw BA Esq.

Matt Henshaw and his little BBC page!

Following the official recognition from YouTube it was an extra special pleasure when Jimmy B-Boy aka. ReggiiMental got in touch with me and told me that he'd found an official Matt Henshaw BBC page ! Surfing the web these things pop up from time to time and it is very nice ... there's not much on there though, maybe I should pull my finger out and start creating some music that will sell by the bucket load ... they've got the old Censored tribe on there too. I used to be a member don't you know ... cool runnings ...

Hop on on over to my official website and sign up for the mailing list to hear about future developments and be treated to a selection of acoustic session videos, including one over at the BBC ...

Sign up to the Mailing List @ MattHenshaw.com NOW !!!

Here we are: heading carefree into phase 3 ... the new website is under construction, and doing it all myself it's taking a fair while ... and only time will tell if it'll be any good or not ...


Anyways, whilst it's coming together please sign up to the mailing list and you'll be the first to know when it's done, the first to know when I polish off some new tunes and definitely the first to hear me singing !


Sign Up to the Mailing List @ MattHenshaw.com


Stay Cool,
Matt H. x
MattHenshaw.com

Adidas Trainers - The Remixes Album ...

Adidas Trainers - The Remix Album

Download all the bits for free and create your very own Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental Adidas Trainers Remix !!!

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/

You can also get the bits on Last.fm too !!!

With Love,
Matt Henshaw x
http://www.matthenshaw.com

PS. Happy Mixing !!!

Adidas Trainers video in HD ...

For You Love ! The whole world seems to have gotten a lot clearer ! For sure ... Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental busting out the grooves in a video featuring Flava Dan, Joey G-Zus, Briscoe and a whole party pumping posse ...

Adidas Trainers video shop "Swagga" goes online ...

Have you seen the Adidas Trainers vid from Matt Henshaw and ReggiiMental ??? Well, the clothing shop has gone online @ http://www.swaggaclothing.com/ ... have a click around ... 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/ With Love, Matt Henshaw x http://www.matthenshaw.com/