Kuwait City is Aiiight.

For a city with no legal alcohol or dancing - Kuwait City is pretty sick.

The first night we had there we got to check out some hush hush, little-promoted Rooftop Cinema Anime - catching Paprika up in the hot breeze.

I gotta say this blog was what hooked me up with a few juicey gems in Kuwait so bigups to the 2:48am fam for putting in the effort.



I've felt pretty graph deprived by the UAE's squeaky clean policy, it was cool to see some bits and pieces dotted around - and a decent lil skate park too..



The city's even got some MIB style camoflaged UFO's dotting about:





Wifey nearly turned reptilian in the Aquarium thingy:


yeti vs trex:

orbs:

astral travelling:

they even had giant test tubes for giants to carry humans:



Kuwait has one of the dopest resteraunts I've been to: Slider Station - a burger bar, themed like a car workshop, serving really tasty mini burgers via the medium of a yo-sushi style conveyor belt.



Great staff (complete with mechanics jumpsuits), Awesome food, Sweet little vibe.


AND....

HIGHLIGHT of the TRIP....

They seem to still love the old school arcades over there.

I found this little gem upstairs in a Lulu centre.

The keen eyed and 80's children amongst you may recognise Yeti getting his youth back with a blast on Stryder:



...and wifey doing damage in whats gotta be the only Ninja / Dog partnership game in history - Shadow Dancer:



Both ultimate classics - and the "built for dwarves" factor of the machines only added to the fun.

All in all - worth a detox trip to search out the gems.

Venom & Damage - Deeper OUT NOW!

Go head over to www.tenthousandyen.com to get yourselves a copy!

Freshly Laced Launching Weekly Club Night!

Loads of stuff on at the moment - i'll start with what's closest to home:



Launch night is Thursday May 6th, to promote it I gone done a mix:



trcklist:

tm juke & the jack baker trio - spread it on (feat. alice russel)
the bamboos - my baby's cheating (i sure got the feeling)
hector riviera - a chance for romance
james brown - people get up and drive that funky soul
googie rene combo - smokey joe's la la
pearl dowdell - good things
freda payne - unhooked generation
willie bobo - evil ways (karriem riggins rmx)
commodores - i feel sanctified
sam irl - keep talking
zerodb - samba do umbigo
cela - i'm in love
nicole willis and the soul investigators - if this aint love

download the mix: here

If anyone fancies some real music, good vibes and cheap drinks - come down and say hallo.

Peace,

Yeti

Mr Yeti's Big Room Mix OUT NOW!

Ok peoples,

It's that time again!

This is the first of three mixes in the "Big Room, Little Room, Cardboard Box!" Series.

Taking in sounds from future hiphop, glitch hop, basement house, uk funky, electro house, garage, and nu disco, it's a collection to get you amped: dancefloor rough edged bangers, old school vocals, filthy beats and deep bass nuggets - boom!


Tracklist:

00:00 :: notorious BIG - suicidal thoughts (lorn rmx)
(cdr)
02:06 :: lunice - out of touch
(self released digiEP)
04:26 :: mosca - nike
(night slugs)
08:52 :: venom and damage - deeper (doc daneeka rmx)
(forthcoming ten thousand yen)
11:44 :: rox - my baby left me (arms rmx)
(rough trade records)
15:10 :: uffie - pop the glock (felix da housecat's pink enemy rmx)
(ed banger / because music)
18:11 :: sekta ft. spoek mathambo - peter pan (doc daneeka rmx)
(top billin)
21:09 :: sully - in some pattern
(keysound recordings)
24:04 :: damage - 808 rhythm
(unreleased banger)
26:12 :: donaeo - riot music
(forthcoming digital soundboy)
29:10 :: C.R.S.T. - ultra64
(forthcoming no hats no hoods)
32:48 :: kingdom - you
(fool's gold)
36:33 :: brackles - rawkus
(planet mu)
40:14 :: crystal castles - i love london (brackles rmx)
(kitsuné)
44:50 :: rudy currence - christmas card (buckmaster's love dub)
(white)
48:20 :: C.R.S.T. - bump
(forthcoming ten thousand yen)
50:31 :: soil and pimp sessions - popkorn (doc daneeka remix)
(forthcoming brownswood recordings)
52:31 :: breakbot ft. irfane - baby i'm yours
(ed banger records)


to download right or ctrl click by here

Keep em peeled for Ten Thousand Yen - it's gonna be a big 2010!!!

Doc Daneeka in FACT Magazine's 10 Hot Tips for 2010

Bigups to Doc D - big stuff on its way from my homie:


"Doc Daneeka Loves his Ice Cream"

Check his feature in FACT online here.

Keep those eyes peeled for an official mix for FACT coming up..

in fact here it is: click me fool!

Not to mention Ten Thousand Yen Zero Zero One! Woooop.

We Survived The Rickshaw Run 2010!

Yes yes!

We all survived with limbs and lives intact!

4 guys, 3400km, 18 days in a 3wheeled 150cc Auto-Rickshaw.

We travelled the length of India squeezed in to our trusty ricky: Raul Bajaj



"The Mighty Raul Bajaj"


From Pokhara in Nepal to Cochin in Kerala, India, via Raxual, Patna, Varanassi, Agra (and the Taj Mahal & Akbar's Fort - complete with impressive 5000 strong hareem storage facility), Mumbai, Goa and Munner.


View Indian Adventures with a Rickshaw here


It was an epic journey of intense contrasts; beauty and ugliness, wealth and poverty, friendliness and hostility, and slaps and kisses!

So far we have managed to raise over AED10,000 for Maiti Nepal and Mercy Corps.










So many stories:

• Being chased by local bandits with sticks in Bihar

• Living off thali’s, breakfast, noon and night

• Being seen as celebrities in small villages – (attracting a crowd of 20-30 curious people in under 2 minutes was our record)

• Breaking down on the side of the road – often

• Being genuinely concerned for our lives on a daily basis on some of India's most dangerous roads
  

• Blasting NOFX's "the decline" at full volume for joe's birthday with a large blow-up sheep looking out at several confused Indian faces at 7:30am

"Every Day i'm Hustling"
Man's holding down Raxaul, the only place in Bihar you need in your life.


"Another Day, Another Thali"


"Crowds"


"National Highway 17"


"Joe's Birthday Friend - Our Co-Pilot"


"Have music, will travel the length of India"

But the lasting memories would be the countless folks that went out of their way to help us at times when we literally had no clue about what to do next:

Big up's to:

Rajeev and his family in Patna (the best auto rickshaw dealer in India);

The family who sold fuel out of their house in coke bottles in the middle of nowhere when we were running on vapours;

The guys outside Calicut who helped us in arranging the 17km tow in the dark to civilisation and a Bajaj dealer - come and give me a shout in RAK gents!

The hundreds of guys that stopped to help teach us the common fixes to many a Rickshaw drama.

The Oy's La Family - the best guest house in Fort Cochin ready to take you in at midnight if necessary!


"Rajeev's Posse"


"Bajaj Calicut's Finest"


"Fort Cochin Rickshaw Walla Crew"

Big thanks to Jani for giving us a heroes welcome, feeding us and providing the victory beer to wash it all down.


And if anyone ever wants to know the best place in the world to have a cup of tea, you could do a lot worse than searching out this place in stunning Munner.


www.theadventurists.com is where you need to go to if you fancy giving the experience a whirl.

I recommend.

i loves the sea.