183 PRESENTS KINGS OF STEEL Little independent aussie Hip Hop company, 183, has put together a compilation of Hip Hop turntablists and producers from around Australia and the United Kingdom. It is available on CD and 2LP. KINGS OF STEEL is our third release and we hope you dig it. From the UK we have two tracks well funky from RELEVANT ELEFANT and MONKEY KING. MR KING is a member of both these groups and he works at KSINOs record store, BUTTER BEATS. Mr King has held nites with the likes of MR SCRUFF, ROOTS MANUVA and RAE and CHRISTIAN. RE is Wide P, Lord Biggs King of all things, Shifty Shaun and Dredd Eye Knight. The track HALL OF THE MONKEY KING was written by C. King and S. Gasgarth, with percussion by Beatroot at Bathysphere Studios, Leichester, United Kingdom. www.deep-water.co.uk Sunny Brisvegas provides old school flavour in the form of BLUNTED STYLUS. He used to make pause tapes back when all hip hop groups liked to shout their Zodiac signs. Blunted is so break thirsty, has his 4 year daughter Breanna finding obscure breaks for songs like the Hamster Dance (which happens to be a 20 year old Disney record sped up to 45rpm). Fellow RESIN DOG, and ex Qld DMC champ, DJ KATCH runs one of Australias best underground labels - HYDROFUNK, recording with artists like AB RUDE, Robert Reed, REGAL, SHIN KI ROW and MAD DR X. He was the original scratch DJ for REGURGITATOR. Check out anything on HYDROFUNK RECORDS, its guaranteed to be essential aussie beats. 2001 Qld. DMC champ The MASTER has just dropped his debut LP ³FROM DOLE CHEQUES TO ROLEX² check it, he scratches, he raps, he makes you laugh, crazy different flows, mad talented with the skills to pay the bills. Emerging Qld. artists BRIZTRONIX are DJ Bacon and MC Shazam. The break for this on is a recently revamped Axel grinder. BRIZTRONIX have just released an excellent downbeat hip hop self titled EP, put it on your list. Also on the radical intellectual tip is I/O. Lawrence English is the illbient nerve centre for a range of projects including collaborations with spoken word artist/ writer Nick Earls and New York based DJ SPOOKY and SCANNER. Lawrence also runs a record label called ROOM 40. More underground Brisvegas talent from TWO DEE. Check his new CD which has him rapping and producing beats. TWO DEE also helped run DROPZONE, one of Brissies best hip hop nights. Also from Brissie, ZERO TOLERANCE and scratch demon TOBY G. Check his mix cd available thru all good hip hop stores. Call Butterbeats Record Store 0n 61- 7- 3257 3257 or Send the cash- WITHIN AUSTRALIA KINGS OF STEEL CD - $15.00 Plus $5 Freight and Handling- US CASH KINGS OF STEEL 2LP - $25.00 Plus $5 Freight and Handling- US CASH OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA KINGS OF STEEL CD - $25.00 Plus $5 Freight and Handling KINGS OF STEEL 2LP - $35.00 Plus $5 Freight and Handling Send well concealed cash, cheque or money order made out to- 183 Productions PO BOX 5762, WEST END 4101, AUSTRALIA. © ONE EIGHT THREE.