Manga and Co smashs Cargo

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Originally uploaded by Danny Walker 1.

taken from RWDmag.com

Last night saw Cargo rocked to its very roots as UK acts proved once again why it’s all about OUR sound…

The Mitchell Brothers warmed up for the East London click, and performed their material in a somewhat stationery fashion on the miniscule Cargo stage. Whilst everyone waited for Roll Deep to group, light entertainment was provided by the Brothers. Flat caps, giros and high street retailers were all on the agenda as they rolled off tracks from their album A Breath of Fresh Attire. They kicked off the set with their remix of Blinded by the Lights to a less than full house (admittedly a lot of heads were still propping up the bar) and followed it up with G.E.O.R.G.I.E. their ditty dedicated to the dole.
Harvey Nicks and Routine Check weren't quite the same without Sway and Kano,
but were enjoyable nonetheless, even the faithful bar-proppers' ears
pricked up when the ode to alcohol Excuse My Brother was played.
The highlight of their set was DEFINITELY Alone with the TV, (the next
single). However the awful freestyle over Damian Marley's Welcome To Jamrock,
should never be attempted again, not in public anyway.
The Headlining MOBO shunned crew came forth and dropped album tracks aided by the ever impressive DJ Logan Sama. Maximum and Karnage were on hand but didn’t get a look in, RWD can only assume the sound system simply couldn’t cope with the ever-so-complicated task of switching the turntable outlet to the main stage. RWD favourites When I’m ‘Ere, Heat Up, Avenue Remix were Let Out and Alex Mills was on hand to sprinkle a sweet soulful chorus. With Brazen, Manga and newest member Syer Bars really impressing in front of an eager crowd Syer had this to say, “Yeah last night was alright man, that was the first night I did some bits where we all performed album tracks. I’ve been doin’ the Sidewinders and the street raves and I thought that crowd were feeling it. I noticed loads concentrating and a few more were going mad. As soon as Flo Dan asked if people were listening they let us know they were there.” That he did, Flo Dan and well-established members Wiley (pictured), Trimbal, Riko, Scratchy, Breeze and Jet Le proved why they achieved a number 11 hit earlier this year with The Avenue.
Skepta (this time without his bro JME) crashed the set with Jammer aka The Murkle Man (have you seen that video yet, biggle). Speaking to Skepta he gave us his rundown, “Yeah, I thought it was a good night, despite there being loads of us I got enough time on the mic and the crowd were feeling it. It was a different crowd so they were listening to our lyrics more.”
Despite the dodgy mic levels the grimy crown and hero of the night has to go to Manga. There came a restless moment during the PA’s and bars-o-plenty sessions, when a silence was bestowed upon the audience (the engineers were probably trying to fix the ASDA Saver bargain bucket mics) and Manga launched an accapella firing bars left-right-and centre, only to receive a well deserved brap-induced ovation. The MC who’s never seen without a backpack told us, “We started rehearsals from like three in the day and we really wanted it to be a big show. It technically went wrong but we did what we had to do and just worked with it. The crowd was enjoying it so that’s what matters. We did all the tunes we were meant to do and with my accapella I just wanted to show how I can spit, innit. I was doin’ it and no-one was really responding until someone from the crowd started putting his hand up and saying ‘brap’ (later revealed to be Danny Walker from RWD) and everyone else started doin’ it. I thought ‘Yeah, let me just carry on’. Logan blessed me (thanks again to Logan) and it just worked for us from there – we just showered up the whole place.” That they did!!!

For more Roll Deep go and buy Shake a Leg on Monday October 10th
For more Mitchell Brothers go get Alone with the TV on Monday October 24th

On-point wordage supplied by Danny Walker and Raj Kapone