New Adventures on the Wheels of Steel Hoodie

It's the first time on hoodies. Reprinted from the Art of War album, Adventures on the Wheels of Steel is a bit of a 70's homage...

We found our friend Kenny on a bike he put together from bits and pieces of other bikes. It deserved our respect and the idea was born to pay homage to Grandmaster Flash for doing the same with funk breaks on the classic track, "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel".

The lettering, a modified version of Benguiat Bold completes the ode to the early hiphop days. Created in 1979 by the prolific New York type designer and lettering artist Ed Benquait who amongst many other things is responsible for the logotypes on classic 70's movies Superfly and The Planet of the Apes as well as The New York Times. He was also a keen and talented jazz percussionist.

So, here is The New Adventures on the Wheels of Steel urban hoodie...

These Are The Breaks

Reuniting four iconic pieces of electronic musical equipment for one last time:

uchi productions is proud to present for your viewing pleasure the Roland TR-808 drum machine, the AKAI MPC 60 sequencer, the E-mu SP-1200 sampler and last but not least, the Technics SL1200.

Performing together on the four square format and rounded off with the classic Kurtis Blow line from "The Breaks", typeset in the Tomahawk Cruise missile lettering.


A prequel to the forthcoming tshirt. This limited edition screenprint is available to buy from the uchi clothing co.

Poetic Pilgrimage

Over the weekend I was blessed with a CD of two female emcees/poets called Poetic Pilgrimage. Based in Bristol, the muslim duo reflect their social and cultural surroundings with a refreshment and intelligence I've not heard in while. Freedom Times is an EP that touches upon topics from relationships to oppression. Extremely thought out honest lyrics with deliveries to match over flawless beats and a good mix of tempos ensures I'll be playing this for a long time. Whilst I don't want to single out any track over another, I'm particulary feeling the hard hitting acapella Light of a Million Suns and on the other side of the spectrum the melodic, soulful Sugar Plum and the totally stirring Freedom. Also nice to hear a classic loop on Beginning of the End - takes me back to early Sunz of Man. True jewels
Listen to Poetic Pilgrimage here.