DJ Soup – An Endless Passion

By: Matt Innes   After some fifteen years apart, two legends of Aussie hip hop reunite for a decade-shattering collaboration.   In 2001, John Blake aka DJ Soup joined forces with Sleek The Elite to produce the rapper’s genre-defining debut record, ‘Sleekism’. Now, the pair has teamed up once more to produce Sleek’s sophomore album,…

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Album Review: Fonke Knomaads ‘Cleopatra’s Bath Milk’

By: Matt Innes The long-awaited, full-length debut album from Aussie hip hop pioneers, Fonke Knomaads does little to disappoint. Released in 2008, ‘Cleopatra’s Bath Milk’ represents the first work undertaken by duo, MC John TeOp Riley and John ‘DJ Soup’ Blake as Fonke Knomaads since they parted ways in the mid-90s. It is a record…

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