Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast

19/07/2023

This page is no longer active. For any and all Fly Fidelity media updates-please like/follow The Fly Fidelity Podcast
Thanks

20/02/2023

THE DEEJAY: SEASON ONE CREDITS🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

19/02/2023

SEASON FINALE! 🏁We're closing season one of with a bonus episode featuring: Moneyshot, Parker, Alkemy, Comfort, Paul-B, DJ Cuz, and Tony Prince!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY🏁https://tinyurl.com/mwtk3cjz

APPLE 🏁https://tinyurl.com/35tk5jtt

AMAZON MUSIC 🏁https://tinyurl.com/595hmdmy

SOUNDCLOUD 🏁https://tinyurl.com/mwsf3pdt

Credits: Roy 'Moneyshot' Spencer, Peter 'Parker' Hall, Eughine 'Alkemy' Dunnion, Ricardo 'Comfort' Banks, Paul Bettridge, Marcus 'DJ Cuz' Wood, Jonathan 'Blade' Wrate, and Tony Prince.

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich (The Tom Green Show)

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

09/02/2023

When you think about breaking in Wales, who and what crews come to your mind? 🤔

05/02/2023

Announcement: After six episodes charting the evolution of the DJ and turntablist in Wales, our first season is coming to an end. will return following a mid-season break, Sunday 19th February—with a special extended season finale BONUS EPISODE—featuring Moneyshot, Parker, Alkemy, Comfort, Paul-B, DJ Cuz, Tony Prince (DMC), and MORE!!

29/01/2023

NEW EPISODE! 🍅This week, DMC finalist DJ KILLER TOM discusses his journey as DJ, from house parties and clubs to touring with Skinnyman and Goldie Lookin Chain (GLC) to supporting Jay-Z and Beyonce at Cardiff’s principality stadium. We also reflect on his memories competing in the DMC Championships, crafting mixtapes , teaching Charlotte Church how to deejay, and more!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY 🍅https://tinyurl.com/fsaaaxpc

APPLE 🍅https://tinyurl.com/22ut97k2

SOUNDCLOUD 🍅https://tinyurl.com/mwjhsjxy

Credits: Tom "Killer Tomato" Clugston, Joel "Elmono" Lipman, Peter "Parker" Hall aka Neuropol, Rhys "Eggsy" Hutchings and John "Cutmaster Swift" Swift

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich (The Tom Green Show)

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

29/01/2023

Check out episode six with DJ KILLER TOM - EARLY! Available NOW for Fly Fidelity Patrons.

Official Post from Fly Fidelity

29/01/2023

The hand of Andrew Mlangeni painted back in the summer 2022 for the
The world reimagined , Swansea council and .

Andrew Mlangeni was a South African political activist and anti-apartheid campaigner who, along with Nelson Mandela and others, was imprisoned after the Rivonia Trial.

27/01/2023

CARDIFF, REJOICE!⛵️ Six years after his legendary show in Womanby Street, Cardiff—art rap maverick R.A.P Ferreira is pullling up to Clwb Ifor Bach on 12/08 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

TICKETS: tinyurl.com/mrxdxbu5 🔗

24/01/2023

Listen: As featured on episode four with Monkey (Optimas Prime), Junior Disprol (Fleapit, Dead Residents) and Joe Blow (Squid Ninjas) discuss the creation of H.S.G's 'Nuff Deep' (2005) 📡

Hear the full conversation wherever you get your podcasts

24/01/2023

Cardiff hip hop trailblazer Soph "LilMiz" Barras addresses the legacy of DJ Keltech and Johnny-B on our latest episode tinyurl.com/yxt5d5cf

22/01/2023

Souls Of Mischief are heading to Cardiff as part of their 30 year anniversary tour!

22/01/2023

Produced by Barry's own Ral Duke 🔥🔥🔥

22/01/2023

OUT NOW! 💥Producer and award winning turntablist Keltech opens up about his career on this week's episode. Take a trip down memory lane as we discuss how he got into both deejaying and producing, collaborating with Johnny B (Xenith), being one of the first turntablists to go viral in the UK, as well as his creative insights into his craft!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY: https://tinyurl.com/35sa4h9h

APPLE: https://tinyurl.com/yxt5d5cf

SOUNDCLOUD: https://tinyurl.com/acz83jct

Credits: Lloyd "Keltech" Morgan, Jonathan "Johnny-B" Burgess, Sophie "Lil Miz" Barras, John "Cutmaster Swift" Swift, Andy Cowan(Hip Hop Connection and Terry "Rapster Tee" Cooper.

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich(The Tom Green Show)

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

20/01/2023

To celebrate we're hyped to announce our next episode, featuring award winning music producer and former champion turntablist— DJ Keltech!

18/01/2023

Episode two has landed on YouTube! 💥

Make sure you subscribe to the channel if you're enjoying the series so far

Now known as Bad Meaning Good, the iconic turntablist formerly known as DJ Excel is the next guest to join this very special episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales. ...

17/01/2023

Halfway through season one, we've featured two generations of Deejays and Turntablists from Cardiff to Cwmbran and Swansea, shining a light on the balance between roots, recognition and competition. What's your favourite episode so far?🤔

17/01/2023

Last week's tracklist for DJ Jaffa 's This, That and The Third show

17/01/2023

Our new 7" & Cassette single is out now!

Mugshots 7" Mix ft Thirstin HOWL the 3RD & cuts by DJ Jaffa produced by DJ Alkemy / Indeedy ft cuts by DJ Jaffa prod by Evil Ed.

Mastered by Doc BlackdaWho & Irn Mnky

Artwork by Scott Free.

Available on Transparent Red 7" Vinyl, Transparent Red O-Card Cassette Single & Download.

We also have 2 180g Black Vinyl Test Presses and a couple of bundle options, including a bundle with Def II on 12" Orange or Blue Vinyl in case anyone missed it.

17/01/2023

Welsh Music Prize winner Deyah is back with her first single of the year, $o We Go https://tinyurl.com/552hj9z3

17/01/2023

Winger Records set off their 2023 with a new single from Mighty Mouse x Indigo Chile: Hanzo

track by Winger Records

15/01/2023

OUT NOW! 💥Within hip-hop DJing and turntablism circles Joel Lipman is a legend of epic proportions. DJ, producer, record-maker, Joel’s meticulous dedication to his craft stretches back to his role as a member of the crew of DJs – Optimas Prime – under the moniker Monkey. In this intimate conversation, we discuss his come up permeating hip hop in Wales as one of the most skilled scratch DJ’s and making music today as Elmono.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://tinyurl.com/5n8852m8

SOUNDCLOUD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://tinyurl.com/4bfs69m8

APPLE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 https://tinyurl.com/yxt5d5cf

Credits: Joel "Elmono" Lipman, Paul "DJ PR-1" Robles, Peter "Parker" Hall aka Neuropol, Marcus "DJ Cuz" Wood, Rob "Joe Blow" Picton, Matt "Junior Disprol" Herbert, and Alfred "Daedelus" Darlington

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich(The Tom Green Show) and Matt "Junior Disprol" Herbert

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

12/01/2023

Eric Martin (Me One) on the passing of Jeff Beck 🖤

12/01/2023

Next on HHCW -an intimate and free-wheeling episode, featuring a conversation with trailblazing turntablist, Monkey (nka Elmono). DJ, producer, record-maker: we dive into his fascinating story and reflect on the enduring impact and legacy of the late great Stagga!

11/01/2023

DJ Cuz & Dek Masha Slice backstage pre Sheffield boardwalk circa 1998/1999.

Hear them on our latest episode—out now! tinyurl.com/bddanp9n

10/01/2023

💥 A sublime interview — Paul Dee

💥 Loved it. Laughed so hard at some stories, even though I’ve heard some of them a few times— Karl West

💥 Slicer is a welsh hip hop story god —Kelvin Staples

💥 Loved this episode. Learnt so much—Sophie "LilMiz" Barras

💥 It made me realise just how much home grown music I missed during the 90s. A good introduction and look back at another aspect of Welsh hip hop history— Mark "Bad Belly" Lang

The latest episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast is out NOW, featuring a deepdive interview with former member of Headcase Ladz and Goatboy —Dek Masha Slice!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

‎Show Fly Fidelity, Ep Fly Fidelity Presents Hip Hop Cymru Wales (S1, Episode Three Feat. Dek Masha Slicer - Man) - 8 Jan 2023

08/01/2023

OUT NOW! 💥This week we are featuring a chat with former member of Headcase Ladz and Goatboy—Swansea based turntablist and producer Dek Masha Slice. Known as a chief pioneer of hip-hop in Wales, Slicer has uncompromisingly revolutionised the scope and sound of Welsh rap permeating the Welsh musical landscape and beyond! On this episode, we discuss his wonky and wonderful career and everything between!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://tinyurl.com/bddanp9n

SOUNDCLOUD 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://tinyurl.com/3fy6ra6h

APPLE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿https://tinyurl.com/mrxc463p

Credits: Dek Masha-Slicer Man, Rhys "Eggsy" Hutchings, Alfy "DJ Demo" Rossi, Andy Cowan (Hip Hop Connection), Marcus "DJ Cuz" Wood and Kaptin Barrett.

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich (The Tom Green Show)

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity (The Fly Fidelity Podcast)comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture, that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

06/01/2023

As discussed on our latest episode with DJ Bad Meaning Good. S/o to Paul Dee for sending us this piece of history! Drop a 🙋‍♂️ if you saw Cutmaster Swift and DJ Pogo at Martha's Vineyard in '89

06/01/2023

This Sunday, we're joined by former member of Headcase Ladz and Goatboy: Producer and turntablist, Dek Masha Slicer man will be with us for an intimate conversation in which we delve into his legacy and one of a kind stories!

03/01/2023

SO, how is everybody enjoying the first series of Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast so far? 🤔

01/01/2023

OUT NOW! 💥Now known as Bad Meaning Good, the iconic turntablist formerly known as DJ Excel is the next guest to join this very special episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales. We sat down with the five time DMC finalist to discuss over three decades of experience and iconic-battles, including the DMC Championships and Vestax, as well as inventing the Twiddle Scratch/Crab scratch, and more!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY 🔊https://spoti.fi/3Ga6shT

SOUNDCLOUD 🔊https://bit.ly/3Q8J88P

APPLE 🔊https://apple.co/3GwA4re

Credits: Miaer "Bad Meaning Good (fka DJ Excel)" Lloyd, Alfy "DJ Demo" Rossi, Richard "DJ Q-bert" Quitevis, John "Cutmaster Swift" Swift and Morgan Khan.

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Friendly Rich (The Tom Green Show) and DW Smith

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture, that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway

01/01/2023

Early access: The second episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales is AVAILABLE NOW exclusively to Fly Fidelity patrons!

Join Fly Fidelity on Patreon to get access to this post and more benefits.

29/12/2022

DJ Jaffa looks back on being at Essential Festival among hip hop royalty. Listen to the full episode now wherever you get your podcasts!

29/12/2022

Episode one with DJ Jaffa has landed on YouTube! 💥

Make sure you subscribe to the channel if you're enjoying the series so far

Welcome to the first episode of Hip Hop Wales Cymru Podcast. This episode, Cardiff based DJ and producer, Jason "Jaffa" Farrell is our first honorary guest, ...

28/12/2022

This Sunday on Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast:

Five time DMC Championship finalist, DJ Excel (nka Bad Meaning Good), inventor of the world-famous Twiddle scratch/ Crab scratch is guest on the programme 🎛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

+ appearances from DJ QBert, DJ Demo, Cutmaster Swift and Morgan Khan (Street Sounds)!

26/12/2022

💥"A proper trip down memory lane" —Darren "4-Dee" Ford

💥"An in-depth coverage of the years from day one up to the present day" —Terry "Rapster Tee" Cooper

💥"A great listen and I learnt a lot I didn't know"—Mark "Bad Belly" Lang

The debut episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast is out NOW, featuring a career-spanning interview with the legendary DJ Jaffa!

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to Spotify, Apple and Soundcloud

tinyurl.com/44625bzb

Welcome to the first episode of Hip Hop Wales Cymru Podcast. This episode, Cardiff based DJ and producer, Jason "Jaffa" Farrell is our first honorary guest, joining us to discuss his unique journey an

25/12/2022

IT'S HERE!!🎁 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Welcome to the first episode of Hip Hop Cymru Wales Podcast. Produced by Fly Fidelity, this episode, Cardiff based DJ and producer, Jason "Jaffa" Farrell is our first honorary guest, joining us to discuss his unique journey and enduring career. Known for rocking jams during hip hop's earliest development, Jaffa leveraged his success as a local staple into a permanent position as one of Wales' most recognised DJ's today.

From recording with Jive Records as one half of Just The Duce, to attempting the world record for the longest continuous DJ marathon, to hosting a bi-weekly radio show, This That & The Third, Jaffa has remained a consistent force in hip hop for almost four decades.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts , including but not limited to the below streaming platforms:

SPOTIFY🔉tinyurl.com/mrz76cpk

SOUNDCLOUD🔉 tinyurl.com/mux3yyzs

APPLE🔉 tinyurl.com/44625bzb

Credits: Jason "DJ Jaffa" Farrell, Ed "Mr Phormula" Holden, Sophie "LilMiz" Barras, Jonathan "Johnny B" Burgess, Tom "Killer Tom" Clugston, Ben "DW Smith" Cook, Huw Stephens, Robert "Joe Blow" Picton, Terry "Rapster-Tee" Cooper, Jaya Had a Dream, Samuel "Mudmowth" Jones, Ricardo "DJ Comfort" Banks, Kwam Chang, Mark "Bad Belly" Lang, Paul "Rollo", Motion Dance, Pete "Pedro", Joseph "Joe Dirt" Barker, Miles Day, Gem Squires, Dave Akton, Dek-Masha Slicer Man, Tom Wallace, Neil "DJ Lok" Archer, Roy "DJ Moneyshot" Spencer, MC Mercury, Kaptin Barritt.

Produced by: Dale Lewis and Luke Bailey for Fly Fidelity Media

Art direction: Lloyd Bailey

Special thanks to Matt "Junior Disprol" Herbert and Friendly Rich (The Tom Green Show)

About: From the producers of Fly Fidelity comes a candid and celebratory history of Welsh Hip Hop—featuring long-form, neglected and under-documented tales from Wales. Hosted by Luke Bailey, Hip Hop Cymru Wales dives into the notable and nuanced evolution of Welsh hip hop history and its impact, exploring the intimate road map to an incredible and powerful culture, that's still enduring and changing lives today.

A live exhibition coming Summer 2023 at the National Museum Cardiff in partnership with Avant Cymru supported by Heritage Lottery Fund Wales and Great Western Railway