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Producers, bands – the concrete city needs YOU
// Today marks the start of our mission to find Milton Keynes’ finest beatmakers. It’s part of a big new Beatcheck project that will help the brightest talent shine out of the concrete cultural wasteland that is our city. If … Continue reading
Who needs the Snow Dome in weather like this?
Milton Keynes may have one of Europe’s biggest indoor ski slopes, but when there’s white stuff sitting on the streets of the concrete city, who needs to go indoors to get boarding? Why not take a leaf out of these … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatcheck, Milton keynes, SNO!Zone, snow dome, snowboarding, xscape
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‘We turned Milton Keynes’ run-down bus station into a cultural interchange’
For years Milton Keynes Bus Station was a deep down and dirty mix of tacky nightclubs, bored skaters, and grannies waiting for busses that never seemed to turn up. How it’s a hub for the MK’s culture vultures. We caught … Continue reading
Producer profile: DJ Relentless
DJ Relentless is Milton Keynes’ very own four foot nothing tear out mentalist. With his first record out this week, we thought we’d tell you more about him. DJ Relentless, aka Tim Day, started his DJ carear back in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatcheck, beats, breaks, dj relentless, Milton keynes, mk, monkeyman records, producer, relentless
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Milton Keynes’ four-legged film star
A Milton Keynes star took to the red carpet this week – proving the concrete city can create movie A-listers like the best of them. The latest silver screen starlett took centre stage at the premier of Stephen Spielberg’s latest … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, devil's horsemen, horse, joey, Milton keynes, movie, star, stephen spielberg, war horse
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Beatcheck Podcast 009: Krafty Kuts, Nasty Neil E & The Freestylers
Christmas is over. New Year’s Eve is but a distant memory.All there is now is January. Cold, miserable January. But there is a way through. This meaty sandwich of a podcast gives you everything you need to get you through … Continue reading
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Tagged basslines, beatcheck podcast, beats, breakbeat, breaks, dj, dj mix, dubstep, electro, hip hop, Krafty Kuts, Milton keynes, mixtape, mk, nasty neil e, podcast, the freestylers, the verve
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Five tracks for Christmas shopping survival
Here’s the deal – it’s five days before Christmas. You need to buy 18 presents for people you don’t really like, and Milton Keynes Shopping Centre’s like a moron-infested ants nest from hell. How do you survive for more than … Continue reading
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Tagged adam freeland, autobots, breakbeat, breaks, freestylers, kouncilhouse, Milton keynes, pendulum, shopping
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It’s behind you… your career that is
It’s panto season in Milton Keynes, and reports are flooding in of past-it celebrities grabbing some much-needed time in the limelight in the concrete city. The centre of has-beens this year is Milton Keynes Theatre, which has cast a whole … Continue reading
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Tagged alladin, gareth gates, Milton keynes, pantomime, pinnochio, russell grant, theatre
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Classic Milton Keynes club night featured in BBC documentary
A club night that brought grime sounds to the masses in Milton Keynes has been recognised in a BBC documentary. Sidewinder, which was based in Northampton, but regularly took over the former Sanctuary during the early 2000′s, was featured on … Continue reading
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Tagged club night, clubbing, dizzee rascal, grime, Milton keynes, ms dynamite, rave, Sanctuary, sidewinder, wiley
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