Tall Black Guy Album Out Now

by First Word on May 16, 2013

We’re delighted to announce that we have released the new album from Tall Black Guy. Officially out next Monday, we’ve sneaked it up onto the FW shop - the first batch of physical orders have now left FWHQ and are winging their way to their grateful owners. It’s available on CD and super limited vinyl; check out a taster from the album in the shape of this fantastic teaser video above featuring Bill Cosby and a young Adam Sandler! You can order the album here (and take a listen too) – TBG has also put together a dope little mix for our good friends at Laidback Radio – you can peep that here.

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Tall Black Guy on BBC 6 Music

by First Word on April 23, 2013

Last Saturday Tall Black Guy dropped into BBC 6 Music to chat to Gilles Peterson about samples, records, basketball and his new album ’8 Miles To Moenart’ which is out next month on First Word. Listen to the 20 minute segment here, or check out the full show here. The single is out now – have a listen below and head to the shop to pre-order your copy (you can pre-order the album too if you’re real eager!). The 7″ release has been slightly delayed due to manufacturing issues – but it should be with us soon – keep em peeled for that!

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Tall Black Guy Album Launch

April 2, 2013

We’re back at Bedroom Bar this month with another killer line-up – this time featuring the UK debut of Tall Black Guy. With his debut album ’8 Miles To Moenart’ released next month through FW, we’re very excited to see what TBG brings to the party. Joining him on the decks are Chris P Cuts [...]

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Souleance – La Beat Tape

January 25, 2013

We’re only a week away from the first release of 2013 on First Word: Souleance’s La Beat Tape. To get you all excited about the release we’ve got a bundle of things going on. Emile Sacre has made an amazing video for us – that drops on Monday, the picture above is a still from [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 23, 2013

Before you bring it up, yes, it’s almost February, we know, we know…. One of our new year’s resolutions at FWHQ is to lavish more attention on our beautiful website. As the more eagle-eyed of you will notice, we hadn’t posted here for two months – preferring to use Facebook and Twitter to keep our [...]

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Introducing Essa: Time For Something New….

October 31, 2012

We’re excited to announce the release of the FW debut from Essa (formerly known as Yungun). Loyal fans have waited patiently for this, his first commercial release since 2006′s Grown Man Business album with long-time collaborator DJ Mr Thing. In the meanwhile, though, he’s kept them entertained, gigging and recording with the likes of Guru (Gang [...]

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Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra: Album Preview Shows

October 11, 2012

Thanks to everyone who made it down to Bedroom Bar for our new residency a couple of weeks ago. What a night – Mr Thing, Yungun, LeaLea Jones & Ruby Wood all smashed it – pow! Well, it being a monthly residency, the new show is only a fortnight away. This time around it’s Ariya [...]

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FIRST WORD @ BEDROOM BAR

August 28, 2012

We are delighted to launch our brand new residency at one of our favourite venues in London, the fantastic Bedroom Bar. To celebrate we’ve put together a stellar line-up, starting with a brand new signing to FW, the incredible Yungun aka Essa. A stalwart of the UK Hip Hop scene, he’s gigged with everyone from De [...]

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TWO SYLLABLES VOLUME SEVEN & MORE…

July 6, 2012

As regular visitors to the site will have realised, it’s a busy time at First Word. We’ve released a host of new artists and a smattering of releases from some old favourites and we guess it must be pretty hard to keep up. With that in mind we thought it would make sense to give [...]

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Yosi Horikawa – Wandering EP Out Now!

June 19, 2012

More fantastic new music for you this week – as trailed Yosi Horikawa’s debut EP for FW is out now! Yosi Horikawa is a Japanese producer whose sound truly deserves the adjective original. Born in Osaka, Yosi first started making music at age 12, recording music in his bedroom using his voice and various other found [...]

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