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Heres a mini-series on San Francisco based tattoo artist, Freddy Corbin. Having worked early on in his career with the likes of Ed Hardy and Dan Higgs, Corbin went on to open up two of his own tattoo parlors in downtown Oakland (Temple & Tattoo 13) This honest and inspiring documentary gives you a deep insight [...]

Just incase you needed your memory jogging of how epic Urban Nerds & Basslaced NYE was, the video has just dropped! Featuring footage of you all welcoming in the New Year with us at the Hearn Street Car Park as well as a couple of interviews from some of the artists on the night. We [...]

After the massively successful and packed out launch night, DJ DLUX is back with the second installment of the WE PLAY MUSIC show broadcasting LIVE from the Queen of Hoxton on Sunday 26th February from 7pm – 11:30pm. Make sure you email wearedeja@live.co.uk to get on the £5 guest list, otherwise it’s £8 on the door, check [...]

Here is a brand new mix from one of our oldest associates, OrdioKid. This DJ come Screen Printer (For Love & Money) has played raves all over, from Vibe Bar to Outlook Festival and has stayed faithful to the genres of music he loves. This one is no exception and he delivers with a mix [...]

Get your 2 min sets ready! The 2012 Online DJ Championship will have some new changes from last year, including free entry for all competitors. There will be THREE VOTING HEATS and a FINAL where performances will be judged by the public and established DMC World Champion DJs. Each heat will have a four week entry [...]

So, the good folk at Eskimo PR, namely Rufus Abbot, heard about Rompa’s Reggae Shack at this years Snowbombing festival and decided to donate some proppa heavyweight snow boots to the cause, the Sorel 1964 classic style snow boot. These are going to do just the job battling the snow 5000 feet above sea level [...]

Here’s a snippet of the new dubplate from a massive producer in the London Bass scene, Rack N Ruin. The track is entitled ‘Slow Down’ and features Illaman, but doesn’t drop for another few months, however we’ve been sent this clip by the man himself and thought it only right that we share it with [...]

That’s right, it’s competition time yet again here at Urban Nerds, this time it’s for 2 pairs of guest list tickets to Meltdown at the Jamm in Brixton this Friday, a joint venture by ABC and Vibes promotions. This is going to decent night with Benny Page and ragga drums specialists Serial Killaz taking the [...]

The latest edition of Trap magazine is out and it’s looking fresher than ever. Now on their 7th issue this magazine has gone from strength to strength in terms of look, feel and content, they really are doing BIG things over there at the Trap HQ. What’s more we’re proud to announce that we have [...]

Jack Adams aka Mumdance has dropped Level 2 of his Different Circles podcast series. The mix is packed with exclusives from Trim, Guy Andrews plus a sneak peak at the results of a juke collaboration between LV and Mumdance. You will be taken on a journey of electronic music demonstrating the genres of music which [...]

The Dub Pistols are back in full force once again with a brand spanking new album and tour to go alongside it entitled, “Worshipping The Dollar”. The album is out in May 2012 and the tour starts on the 21st April. We’ve got a lot of time and respect for what this band and front [...]

The Reggae Roast boys have been flying the flag for reggae music in the UK and further afield for  long time now and their new “Jamdown” events really have stepped the game up in terms of line-up and vibes. This Saturday sees them return to Plan B in Brixton with a heavyweight line-up. Check out [...]

Our friends over at the Guest List Network are launching a weekly Sunday event called “Jamais Vu” at the Horse & Groom, 28 Curtain Rd, East London this Saturday. With Fabio taking up residency duties you know that this night is going to be for the serious musical connoisseurs out there. Also expect some BIG [...]

Urban Nerds recently dropped into the new New Era offices in Shoreditch and we liked what we saw! We had a good catch up and they kindly gave us an exclusive Bue The Warrior hat from their new special addition collection of 9FIFTY snapbacks to give away in a competition. They also threw in an exclusive [...]

Snowbombing 2012’s newest venue, 5000 feet above sea level and surrounded by mountains comes in the form of Rompa’s Reggae Shack. Situated on the slopes, this venue will be dedicated to playing reggae in all its forms. Running for four days of the festival Rompa’s Reggae Shack will be a welcome retreat for anyone wishing [...]