The winner
for the BASS Festival design competition.
Pretesh Mistry. Check
it out here
General
Thursday
10th April
For more information
on BASS or any of our events call 0121
224 7444 or email info@punch-records.co.uk
About Us
Short for British Art and Street Sounds, the BASS Festival
is a month-long festival celebrating the best of the streets
produced by Punch Records in partnership with 2Funky Arts,
Hella Music and Baby J Studios. Intrinsically, we seek to
bring a national focus to the wealth of talent present in
The Midlands as well as develop and showcase the unsung
excellence of our black and urban music and art communities.
BASS works with regional, national and international artists,
small community venues, prestigious national institutions,
established and niche promoters, educational organisations
and a wealth of innovative artists & companies.
Our key drivers are to:
• Forge communicative and appropriate artistic partnerships
between venues, artists and promoters within the primarily
(but not exclusively) in the Midlands.
• Challenge programming and audience development
practices in an attempt to expand, diversify and improve
the image and accessibility of urban arts.
• Develop a united, innovative and progressive urban
arts scene within the Midlands
• Build concrete foundations to establish the festival
as a long-term feature of the region’s and the UK’s
annual cultural programme.
This year the festival
will be following the theme of: ‘The Elements of Hip Hop’
Traditionally these are identified as MCing, DJing, Graffiti
and BBoying but are sometime extended to include beat boxing,
fashion & and entrepreneurialism.
Check out previous festival activates below: BASS
2006 BASS
2007
In 2009 the theme is Africa and we’ll be programming some
truly exciting and innovative events.
The Team
Punch exists
to champion first class music and art. At the heart
of our business is the drive to support cutting edge,
experimental and credible work which celebrates the
wealth of talent found within the UK, creative industries
and young people. As one of the UK's premier music
development agency, we specialise in a range of music
events and touring productions including spoken word,
theatre, dance, film and visual arts. We also consult
to a large portfolio of arts & corporate clients
and have pioneered music activities for young people
and schools.
2Funky Arts,
Baby Studios, and Hella Music will be producing the
festival in the East Midlands (Leicester, Derby and
Nottingham respectively) and ACE are the main funders.
2Funky Arts are a non-profit creative arts and development
agency committed to the creative learning and development
of children and young people. They have involvement
in all areas of events management including arts festivals,
live music events and club nights.
Baby Studios
is a company headed by Baby J and Rukus with the aim
to spread their skills and wisdom to youth interested
in the culture of hip hop music.
Hella Music
is a youth focussed organisation delivering music
industry training and education in Nottingham. They
provide opportunities for young people with a passion
for music to develop their industry skills and knowledge.
Hella aims to support new talent, increase employability,
nurture new enterprise and help to develop the East
Midlands music industry.
