“I shouldn’t have schmoked before sitting down to pen this nonsense, now I can’t write about myself without vomiting up some grandiloquent hyperbole, all you need to know is that I’m an ex angry booze hound, turned cynical stoner who somewhere down the line, started writing and in pursuit of work, moved to the Big Smoke. Then thanks to a bunch of unfortunate plot twists, became homeless, continued writing, became more misanthropic, continued drinking, embraced Nihilism, took to Absurdism and continued drinking until he mastered the art of talking shit. Hustled his way back into a fixed abode, found stability with handy short term financial donations from a multimillionaire-pop star he never met, kept writing, replaced the booze with weed, kept writing and gained some insight and a handful of stories to tell. People will project what they want on to an artist, it doesn’t matter who I am, I’ll keep being me to me & Stig Of The Dump will keep being me to them. It’s probably best to not over think it but that’s apparently “my problem”. On the other hand i’m good at saying dumb shit & occasionally something meaningful falls through the gaps”

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“The struggle is the art”

A decorated World & Domestic battle champion, Steven “Stig” Dixon a.k.a Stig Of The Dump is a writer who’s individualist insight, misanthropic rants, cynical musings & heavy humour have found themselves at home on the dusty, crackling, vinyl sampled break loops of Hip Hop. A wordsmith with little regard for conformity, his back catalogue reflects the story of a marginalised artist, trying to balance the fight against his demons with the desire to escape them and the gradual maturing of an outspoken & unflinching lyricist, revelling in his niche. Fro the beginning of his first release The Homeless Micrphonist EP [Beer & Rap], written & recorded in just seven consecutive days, during a 2 month long stint of sleeping in the Foreign Beggar’s studio vocal booth; Stig established himself as a brutally honest & uncompromising voice in the UK Hip Hop scene. An unrefined, unfiltered classic, reflecting the anger & ever shifting temperament of a bitter, homeless drunk it received instant fan support and much critical acclaim, selling out the initial run and repress and achieving cult status amongst domestic Rap collectors and along with his next release, 12″ single Braindead ft R.A.The Rugged Man, has long since sold out and currently sells for collector’s prices. Having found base, an outlet for further release and a roof over his head, Stig’s subsequent full length LP debut, Mood Swings [Lewis Recordings] further solidified his reputation as a hard hitting lyricist and in the same vein as his previous offerings, continued to express the conflict, struggle and depravity of poverty, excess & urban life. Over the next two EP’s Cannon Fodder [Lewis Recordings/F.U.Music] & Piff Rhys Jones [Lewis Recordings/F.U.Music] Stig Of The Dump found stability through touring the world, covering rent & gaining insight & with stability came, maturity & his need for rebellion became focussed & more considered, culminating in his latest full length release Kubrick.

“A remarkable album” – Tom Ravenscroft BBC 6 Music

“Railing against society from the gutter” – The Wire

“A meticulous mini-epic full of self-reflection”  **** – Mojo

This is my new album 
'Fruits Of My Poet Tree' 
All tracks are available for free download
Check out Poetic Science  
(Cyril Sneer, Mr.G & Tekneek)

Peace People - Cyril Sneer

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TekNeek is the combination of two already rising DJ/Producers from Manchester: Phil Astall & Gavin Hackman Aka ComplexMotion.

Already, individually, no strangers to music production Phil & Gavin decided to join forces and combine not only their individual skills but also their own styles to create what they believe to be a fresh and unique sound.

TekNeek are spending every waking hour in the studio working on tracks and intend on working and DJing HARD to achieve their overall goal of success in what is now, a hard industry to work within!

Gavin Hackman aka ComplexMotion is a Manchester based producer/DJ. Whilst playing in clubs around the North West Gavin decided to take a break from dj'ing to teach himself how to make EDM.  Gavin has now released 2 e.p's, one signed to an album "Electro Works 3" by Italian label Music Trax, and the second released shortly after signed to Amaze Me Records which gained support from Christian Varela, Anderson Noise, PERC, Pierre Jerksten, Eddie Halliwell, Misjah, Lance Blaise, Gabriel Ben, Becka, Lilonee Petra, Liz, John Karagiannis & PayLipService, Josh Love, Roman Zawondny, Ruslan Mays and more. 

Phil Astall is a DJ that has been producing for only one year and djing for two but has got an ear that is highly tuned when it comes to dance music; a natural ability to get anyone to dance, sway and go completely mental for his tunes.

Phil's DJing resume consists, to name a few, of PACHA - London (his most recent monthly residency), the famous Sankeys where he played for no other than "In Bed With Space", Area51 and 2Kinky to name but a few. There is a theme that runs through all Phil's sets whether he is in front of a large or small crowd, you will never forget the experience and energy you receive after listening to him play.

After a positive initial release of Solaris through Vinyl Pusher - Australia, Phil went on to release his second track on Stranamente Music in Italy; One You, with further tracks; The Front Line, Lip Lovin and Monoceros all signed by Stranamente and scheduled for release in the next few months.

When Phil was asked how do you feel right now after only doing this for a year and being a released artist? His answer was simply; I just hope people will like them. Phil is not a man who is in it for the position or money. He truly just wants to make people move along to his melodic madness.

The Silence at sea is OUT NOW:
https://lnk.to/SilenceatSea

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