Big Dada

...as La Roux, The Horrors, Florence + the Machine, Bat For Lashes and Kasabian**, something which has no doubt pleased the people over at Big Dada - her record label - especially after Roots Manuva's nomination in 2002 where he missed out to...

In this article: Florence + the Machine, La Roux, Roots Manuva, Bat for Lashes, The Horrors, Roni Size, Kasabian, and Bristol

...adjective, 26-year-old South Londoner Speech Debelle is way more than a simple rapper. Her debut album, Speech Therapy (out this week on Big Dada, the label that brought you Roots Manuva), is proof positive of that, an insightful 13-track...

In this article: South Dakota, Roots Manuva, London, Australia, Mercury Music Prize, Michael Jackson, and UK

...BBC Two. Accepting the award, Speech Debelle thanked the judges for choosing her album, as well as her collaborators and label bosses at Big Dada and the imprint's parent label, the London indie Ninja Tune. "Thank you so much. Mum, I love...

In this article: U.K., Ms. Dynamite, BBC Two, London, Ninja Tune, Mercury Prize, Florence and the Machine, La Roux, and Friendly Fires

...in pulling off." SPEECH DEBELLE - SPEECH THERAPY South London rapper Speech Debelle released her debut record, Speech Therapy, on the Big Dada label last month. It features contributions from Micachu, Tunng's Mike Lindsay and label-mate...

In this article: Glasvegas, Mercury Prize, La Roux, London, Lisa Hannigan, Florence Welch, Friendly Fires, Thom Yorke, and Heaven 17

...Tuesday (Getty) LONDON -- Hip-hop artist Speech Debelle is the winner of the Barclaycard Mercury Prize 2009, with "Speech Therapy" (Big Dada) named the best album of the past year by a U.K. or Irish artist. The debut set proved a popular...

In this article: U.K., Ms Dynamite, Mercury Prize, BBC 2, London, Ninja Tune, Florence and the Machine, and La Roux

A few months ago, Speech Debelle was the best kept secret of label Big Dada, and judging by your own loyalties (or perhaps lack of) to hip-hop music, she was either the genre's great redemption or a welcome distraction from the current...

In this article: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Mercury Prize, Soweto Kinch, London, Choice FM, Shyness, and Ms Dynamite

...video on the group's MySpace for an enlightening interview with APC, who are releasing their comeback album, Fluorescent Black, Oct. 13 on Big Dada Records. Fluorescent Black somewhat smooths the serrated, avant-electro production that...

In this article: MySpace, Big Dada Records, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, and New York

...times. Ceci n'est pas un Disque (22 April 2002, Big Dada) Batards Sensibles (15 November 2004, Big Dada) 3615 TTC (8 January 2007, Big Dada) L'armee des 12 (TTC + La Caution + Saphir): Cadavre exquis (18 November 2002, Kerozen)

In this article: TTC, Cuizinier, Rene Magritte, Modeselektor, La Caution, Teki Latex, and Paris, France

Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings | Pitchfork Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings It might be going a bit too far to claim that Big Dada has an identity crisis, but as independent labels go, you can't entirely pin a...

In this article: Ty, Identity crisis, Personality disorder, My Mistakes, TTC, Spank Rock, Company Flow, Busdriver, and Anti-Matter

Big Dada Turns 10, Plans Comp, DVD, Party | Pitchfork Big Dada Turns 10, Plans Comp, DVD, Party Big Dada, the Ninja Tune-birthed hip-hop offshoot label, has been dropping needles on records for nigh on ten years now. And, since you've been...

In this article: Diplo, DVD, TTC, Roots Manuva, Spank Rock, Mike Ladd, Ty, and Cadence Weapon