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THE LINE-UP

BRITS revellers will be musically skooled throughout the week both on and off the mountain. Organisers are currently trawling the music underworld and checking diaries with the majority of acts. Previous guests to have graced The BRITS include DJ Yoda, Ugly Duckling, Rob da Bank, Bonobo, Rodney P and DJ Skitz, The Cuban Brothers, Dub Pistols Sound System, DJ Tayo and Frank Tope, Funk Royale, Babyhead, Stanton Warriors and many more.

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MEEK (VJ's)

Award winning VJ duo Meek.tv are the result of a high speed collision between two imaginations, a love of music, moving images, some cheap cracker jokes and a large box of crayola.

Operating since 2000AD, they have built up a reputation for creating musically inspired artwork, animation, graphic design, live visuals (VJing), music videos, interactive media, and clothing designs. Their work can be found in exhibitions, installations, night clubs, cd covers, flyers, canvases, remixed and projected live in the best music festivals in the land.

Meek.tv’s broad range of influences go from Run DMC to Richard D James, Nam June Paik to Muller-Brockmann, Saul Bass to Michel Gondry, and from Iron Maiden to My Little Pony.

Meek have become best known for their stylish and often humourous VJ sets, which consist of beat synched moving images that visually describe the music. Meek VJ highlights include winning the Intel DJVJ Laptop Battle, Glastonbury Festival Main Dance Tent 4 years in a row, AVIT Festival, Animated Exeter Festival, Bass Invaders, an Interview in DJ Magazine, Ashton Court Festival, Silent Disco, collaborating with award winning live act Dr Meaker, and vjing for artists such as The Chemical Brothers, Vitalic, 2ManyDJS, Q-Bert, Gangstarr, Roni Size, James Lavelle, Stanton Warriors, Boom Bip, Dj Yoda, GLC, and Soul Mekanik to name but a few.

The name “Meek” came from their desire to be phat but keep a slim ego, to become the humble magnificent.
Meek.tv - Turning it up to eleven in 2008. MySpace

DJ FORMAT

Matt Ford, better known as DJ Format, is a world renowned hip hop DJ, producer and remixer. He's released two critically acclaimed albums in 2003's 'Music For the Mature B-Boy' and 2005's "If You Can't Join 'Em... Beat 'Em' featuring collaborations with the likes of MCs Abdominal, D-Sisive, Aspects and Jurassic 5's Akil & Charlie 2na, as well as a ton of 12"s, remixes and a classic instalment in the legendary 'FabricLive' series of mix CDs. Putting work on a 3rd, more 'experimental' LP aside for the moment, Format's heading out to spin his unique take on hip-hop, funk, soul and beyond far and wide, dropping in to rock the BRITS in-between sets anywhere from Moscow to Marseilles. MySpace

SOUTH CENTRAL

Shrouded in mystery (and their trademark black hoods) the enigma that is South Central manifests itself as a DJ/Production/Re-mixing duo and as a 5-piece live band; the former spectacularly dissolves the boundaries of what DJing and live music are as they use a laptop, a keyboard and a 'magicbox' of their own invention to remix tracks live. They were on the NME tour last year with The Enemy and The Wombats and also toured with Sunshine Underground. They have remixed what can only be described as a 'who's who' list of the brightest and best indie acts in the world today including the likes of Klaxons, The Whip, The Maccabees, ShitDisco, Late of the Pier, The Wombats etc. and released singles of their own on XL/Toung Turks, Regal, Art Goes Pop and Holiphonic which had instant support from Annie Mac and Steve Lamacq at Radio 1, the XFM DJs and MTV where it went straight on to the 120 Minutes 'Best of Year' playlist. If you weren't already aware of them, make sure you remember the name as they have big goals for 2008. With Radio 1, MTV and the NME on their side, who would doubt them? South Central will be tearing up the Quiksilver party at the Rider Palace bar on Tuesday 1st - bring on the 'magic box'!. MySpace

ADAM HUSSAIN (GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN/ ADAM HUSSAIN SHOW/ TENANTS SUPERMEN)

The weed quaffing, Robin Askwith-styled ladykiller of the band, Adam Hussain brings his unique blend of twisted sexual charm to any party as well as a hearty supply of organic medication. When Adam isn’t unconscious on his sofa he is either trying to write another club smash or getting his housemates to drive him to the latest Dr. Who Convention. It's official! Adam is a science fiction weirdo and behind the hip hop glamour of the alloy rims and lip gloss he has a collection of over 250 Dr. Who videos and DVD’s. Behold Adam Hussain, the deviant man's sexual deviant! MySpace & GLC MySpace

KOVAK

Kovak kicked off 2008 in style supporting Robots in Disguise at Brighton's Concorde 2 club, and run their very own legendary Indie/Electro/Pop night. On Saturday May 3rd Club Kovak returns to Hector's House, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival, and will be celebrating the digital launch of their latest ridiculously catchy single "Death in the Disco" - if you bring a USB stick to the night you can go home with a FREE copy of "Death In The Disco". The mighty Rodney Bingenheimer, of LA super station KROQ, has been championing the band for the last year - this is the man who was first in the USA to play Blondie, Duran Duran and The Ramones - so maybe the States should brace themselves for a Kovak invasion! Kovak will be kicking off the inaugural BRITS K2 live après session on Sunday 30th March.
www.myspace.com/kovakuk / www.kovak.co.uk

HEY MOLLY

Hey Molly have been together for three years and in 2006 supported Muse at the Eden Projects in Cornwall. They have since played regularly on the South West Festival scene including performing at the Aeon , Maker and Beach Break Live Festivals in 2007. They completed their first tour of Europe playing in Holland, Switzerland and France, with the highlight being offered to play again with Muse at the Benicassim Festival in Spain, they also completed a 30 date UK tour at the end of 2007. In 2008 the band have been confirmed for the Rocket Festival in Andalusia and will again appear on the South West circuit at Glastonbury, Aeon and Maker festivals as well as being booked for a tour of Holland and Germany in May and of course the Salomon après session at the Brits on Tuesday 1st April.
www.myspace.com/heymolly / www.heymolly.co.uk

BOHICA

This Guildford based four-piece outfit are steadily building a reputation as one of Britain's most promising alt-rock / metal bands. Their second LP release, "Written Ignition" - available on Revolver Records and through i-Tunes, combines the heavy riffs of US bands like QOTSA with the grit and aggression of classic British punk & hard-core and its lead single "Seven Second Syndrome" is getting regular MTV2 play. They put as much hard work into their live gigs as they do their studio music, always gigging, always touring, and as keen snowborders they'll be coming out to shred the slopes and close down the Brits in true head-banging style playing the final RIDE live après session on Thursday 3rd April.
www.myspace.com/bohica / www.bohica.co.uk

TENANTS SUPERMEN (ADAM HUSSAIN & GRAHAM THE BEAR)

Formed in Newport, South Wales, in 2007 by Adam Hussain and Graham The Bear. Using just soft drugs, booze, a Casio keyboard bought for tenner, and an inexhaustible knowledge of useless pop culture they wrote the thirteen songs on their debut album, "The Tenants Supermen".

After their first live shows together under the name "The Adam Hussain Show" the boys were asked to support the mighty Super Furry Animals on their UK tour in October and November, finishing off with two sold out nights at London's Roundhouse, and another collaboration with the Super Furry Animals and Deerhoof on New Years Eve at the Royal Festival Hall. In the interim there were a couple of headline gigs for the Supermen, one at the Legendary TJs in Newport, and they started the new year by supporting Goldie Lookin Chain on two consecutive sell out shows in Cardiff and Bristol, where the Supermen added live drums to rapturous reception.

To many the name Adam Hussain will already be familiar as he found international success as a key member of hip hop legends Goldie Lookin Chain with hits like "Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do" and "R&B" and the albums "Greatest Hits" and "Safe As Fuck". He is the only member of the 'Chain to have released solo albums "Truth Or Slander" (2002) and "Self Help" (2007). Adam's been snowboarding for years and even did a season in Whistler "back in the day" - he hopes one day to be in every band that exists.

Graham The Bear has been Newport's best loved cabaret DJ for the last seven years and has DJ'd throughout the country and recently performed with Goldie Lookin Chain, standing in for an absent 2 Hats. Now sharing centre stage and vocal duties with Adam, Graham has found his own songwriting has progressed on the much loved ten pound casio keyboard - great excuse to do something else with his hands.

With enthusiastic responses from Radio 1, national & music press, and with a limited release of the debut album in March, 2008 look sure to be the year of The Tenants Supermen - the boys are 'super stoked' to be playing the BRITS as they're both well into the shred! MySpace & Graham The Bear MySpace

MATT SMOOTH (SCRATCH)

Matt Smooth has been co-pilot to all things Scratch for the best part of 10 years...YES, TEN YEARS!. Boy how does he stay 'so FRESH?' I hear you ask. Well, he keeps his Beats clean & funky & rhymes never lumpy...always carrying a bag of Dope Tunes & a pair of funky feet to rock the party...for real BABY!!!! MySpace

BONOBO (Ninja Tune)

The monkey has carved out quite a niche for himself having released three artists’ albums. Whether touring the globe, dropping exclusive material straight from his laptop or simply rocking the floor at any venue around the world, Simon Green can do little wrong. Bonobo's third album, 'Days To Come', is regarded by many as his best work yet: "Bonobo returns triumphant. An outstanding piece of work." - iDJ, 5/5 "A ravishing stew of styles. A man of many talents." - The Sun, 4/5 "Consistently brilliant." - Clash

He set about building his DJ style by refusing to conform to the preconceived ideas of a laid back style, and aiming headlong for the dancefloor, with a heavy mixture of hip hop, weighty jazz, broken beats, Latin, funk, and soul, and the occasional cheeky bit of psyche rock and drum and bass thrown in. Just to keep you on yer toes right? Now a DJ of international repute, Bonobo has played all over the world, including playing to huge audiences in the USA and Canada with Amon Tobin, a progress culminating in Ninja Tune asking him to put together a Solid Steel mix album. Bonobo's sets at the BRITS come in the middle of a worldwise DJ tour taking in Canada, the USA, France, Greece, Germany and the UK - bugger the lounge, lets dance!

Checkout Bonobo's website www.bonobomusic.com
Myspace: www.myspace.com/sibonobo
Ninja Tune profile: www.ninjatune.net

NICK MAXWELL (The Menagerie)

Nick Maxwell plays at various hip-hop nights around the UK and in Europe, and he has been lucky enough to play alongside names such as Run DMC, Dilated Peoples, Blackalicious, Rahzel and Ugly Duckling, as well as at various large-scale snowboarding and skateboarding events. Having notched up over a decade of experience behind the turntables, Nick is fully accustomed to playing as part of a live ensemble, as well as dropping dynamic sets as a solo DJ. Look out for his ongoing 'Adventures in Hip-Hop' mix-tape/CD series, and check out some of the tracks on his MySpace page

TONYB (Homegrown)

Tony B began spinning his distinctive blend of Hip Hop, Rare Groove & Funk back in the late Eighties. The Nineties saw him move into the London scene with the Mud Club (Bagley's) & Shrink 2 Fit (Astoria). Over the last 7 years Tony has been either providing sound systems or DJing at a whole host of Snowboard Comps in the UK and Europe. Most recently Tony has been found gracing the jolly roger airwaves presenting the Thursday night Hip Hop sessions on West London's 87.5 FM, and will be heading back to play the BRITS from his current gig playing in and head engineer at the biggest venues in Thailand!

DOM HARINGTON

Besides from being the current British Halfpipe Champion (3 years running!), Dom's sets have been blowing away even the most notable DJ's we've ever had at the BRITS with his turntablist skills. Apparently he’s a bloody nice bloke and does a lot of work for charity as well…. Don’t you just him already!

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