PROD Biography

Born, Blah Blah, Went to school, Yadda Yadda, Learnt Clarinet and Sax, Yawn, Played in some bands, Didn’t we all, went to college, and so on and so ..ped out, horray, went back, boo, learnt how to push faders and turn knobs, dropped of the map for a while, almost essential, went to uni and bought a computer, heard it all before, hibernated, skipped lectures wrote tunes, (see above) disappeared/reappeared (repeat as necessary)… see present.

July 2008 finally saw the release of Prod’s debut album, ‘The Artworks Formerly Known As Prints’! It’s an incredible debut from this outrageously inventive artist. Devoid of the usual traits and schematic formulas of today’s, post-literate pop formulas, Prod dares to challenge the unknown, creating a raw, edgy but freakishly smooth blend of hybridized musical conventions. He takes the musical ethos of his past, and distorts it for the present, putting together an album of astounding jazz-soaked, glitched out neo-soul beats, all tightly wound and interlinked within in his salad day influences of old school jungle, techno and electronica.

‘deeply eccentric and wonderful producer’ (Mary Anne Hobbs – Radio 1)

The posters are back from print and are looking pretty fly (if we must say so ourselves!)

The Glue Crew™ are rolling towards their goal of creating a fresh and funky event to promote the arts and design plus general creativity in Middlesbrough and the greater region, we’ve secured our initial funding, publicity is back which was kindly sponsored by Printing.com and to be honest looks amazing. We’ve added Mr Tea’s Beverage Boutique which will be make the audience cups of tea on request, while looking very much like Mr T (Seriously) and We also have the artist that is PROD playing live, if you’ve never witnessed PROD your in for a electronic beats flavoured treats.

We are also in the process of putting on a sharabang style coach from Newcastle, Tickets including travel & entry will be available for around £8 let us know if your interested by calling Page & Parkin™ on 01642 218503

Ghetto Boys in full effect

Ghetto Method Dj’s: Notorious Dave, Fridgeman, Mudfoot Blaps
Ghetto Method Painterly Crew: Malarkee P, JCB893, Delboy & Coyl

We’ve also had a good chat with our man in the Toon ‘Sandy from GM Crew and we’re already think about the Newcastle based adventures and York Starting in January, it’s a proper Northern Takeover…

provisional poster for Glue 1.0

Glue will take place on Sunday November the 1st at Uncle Alberts, and will feature Music (Dj sets and live electronica), break dance, graffiti and urban artforms, visual treats, food & drink, tea stall and artists & designers demonstrating their skills, as well as interactive art and design that you can all take part in and the Wii Throwdown