Articles by Noel Dix

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  Aim

  Means of Production

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  Andy Turner is quickly emerging as being the strongest force coming out of the Grand Central station. Like a locomotive under the moniker o...

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  Meanest Man Contest

  Merit

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  Oakland’s Meanest Man Contest are one of the many outfits that slowly build themselves up in the underground, piecing together seven-inches...

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  RJD2

  The Horror

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  Def Jux has been making some serious noise over the past couple of years, but it wasn’t until RJD2 dropped his Deadringer debut that the un...

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  Rob Swift/Various

  Under The Influence

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2003

  The second instalment of the Under the Influence series has landed in the lightning-fast hands of Rob Swift, of mighty turntable crew, the...

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  Style Wars

  Tony Silver

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  Nineteen eighty-three was a breakthrough year for hip-hop on screen. The release of Wild Style and the lone Graffiti Rock episode were exam...

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  West Side Story

  Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  With musicals, thanks to Moulin Rouge and Chicago, creeping back onto the big screen, it seems like perfect timing for the re-release of wh...

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  Pest

  Necessary Measures

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  When Ninja Tune unleashes a new signing, everyone seems to sit up and take notice. The label’s track record is near flawless and heads tend...

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  Mountain Brothers

  Triple Crown

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  The Asian-American hip-hop sensations are back with their anticipated follow-up to Self, Volume 1, their debut that created some heavy buzz...