Soundclash Championships reveal '09 line-up

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    Thu, May 21, 2009, 09:22
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  • Crookers and Sinden are amongst the acts fighting for the Soundclash Champion accolade in London next month.
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  • The UK edition of the annual Soundclash Championships will take place at London's Bloomsbury Ballroom next month. Formerly known as the iPod Battle, this particular style of soundclash duelling began in 2006 when Parisian hip-hoppers TTC decided to create a night where DJs could dig deep to share their varied influences with each other. After big name players such as Justice, Busy P and Surkin got involved, the iPod clashing style spread to places like London, Geneva and Toronto, and it's set to return to England on June 9th. Last year's Soundclash Champion accolade went to MIA and her team (who apparently stole the show when they played Will Smith's theme from The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air), but there's a whole new set of competitors that have been drafted in for the '09 event. Italian fidget crew Crookers will be bringing a team, whilst Sinden has roped in an all-star cast of London's urban music scene for his championship bid, including Martelo, Toddla T and highly respected dubstep and garage DJ Oneman. Noisettes, Dazed magazine and Bugged Out! are all set to try and upset the bigger names, but it won't be a panel of judges that they'll have to impress. In tried and tested fashion, it'll be the good ol' decibel meter that will decide the contest over the three rounds, with TTC's Teki Latex taking refereeing duties. Tickets for this year's Soundclash Championships are now available to purchase directly from RA Tickets.

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