We recently commissioned DJ Ready Break to do some art work for one of our customers and were impressed at the results. Ready Break is known as the DJ for Sonny J, who has just released his new album to highly critical acclaim - something like the Avalanches, if you remember them from the early 21st century - but he is also involved with design and very occassionally will drop a canvas or two. Let us know if you are interested in commissioning a little something, something by him. You never know your luck!
Asaviour's Play 2 Win: Volume 2 mixtape is a compilation of new and unreleased hip hop tracks, freestyle sessions with Jehst, Dubbledge, Sir Smurf Lil, Ric Branson, Verb T and Yungun and is mixed by DJ IQ. It has some of Asaviour's trademark jazzy sounding tracks along with some more banga-type-material. Production credits include DJ IQ, The Last Skeptik, DJ IQ and Asaviour, LG, Jehst, Bill Zoot, Apatight and Saleem Dion. You can buy this and other releases by Asaviour on the Saving Grace Music website by clicking here.
Believe it or not, COPE2 would have liked to have been a boxer if he had not become one of the world's most recognised graffiti artists. Demian caught up with COPE2 at a press launch for his Adidas clothing range where he gave us his thoughts on Banksy, graffiti being co-opted by big business and graffiti's place in art galleries.
ATCH and SICK, two members of the KYS crew, are Kent's finest (there is no-one else!). We watched them doing their shizzle, creating some pretty graffiti at the Bullfields, Canterbury.
CLEAR and SKYHIGH are from Souf London and know a thing or two about using spray-paint. We hooked them up with the Change Fashion Show where they showed off their talents in front of a live audience while models pranced up and down the catwalk. All the money from the show went to Invicta FMs charity, Help A Kent Child.
The Foreign Beggars have been friends of Paint and Beatz from day! This track has them collaborating with some French rappers, over the top of a sick four-four beat. Something like Dizzee Rascal's and Wiley's new vibe... This is the future, trust us!
Updated [18 May 2008]
Paint & Beatz Portfolio on Flickr
Click here for a catalogue of work sold through Paint & Beatz and the Frisson Gallery since 2005. Please contact us if you would like to commission one of the artists we represent; hire an experienced professional artist to teach a graffiti art workshop, or something else. We will try our best to match your specific requirements with an appropriate artist. With hundreds of happy customers since 2005, why wait, call us NOW!
Updated [25 Apr 2008]
Rare interview with Barry McGee - contemporary art/graffiti artist
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Barry McGee is a San Francisco based contempary/graffiti artist whose work takes its inspiration from contemporary urban culture. Incorporating a varied range of media to produce largely conceptual work, through drawings, paintings and mixed media installations, his style is both thoughtful and skillful. Inspirational! Watch both parts to the interview if you can.
Updated [21 Apr 2008]
Skyhigh original UK graffiti art work on canvas
Check out this new canvas by Skyhigh. Fresh from the mean streets of Kingston, Skyhigh represents with this beautiful burner and serene urban landscape background.
Click here to view a larger image.
Updated [27 Feb 2008]
Frisson Gallery & Paint & Beatz Online
After over two and a half years supporting the Canterbury art and culture scene the physical shop and gallery will close. Paint and Beatz and the Frisson Gallery will now just be based online with a relaunch of both websites aimed around end August. Sign up to the mailing list to hear the news!
Molotow Premium Belton spraypaint can still be bought from us now for only £3.05 per tin (minimum order of 12 tins) with attractive discounts for bulk orders. Postage and Packing is £10 for up to 60 tins
Click here to find out more and keep checking back to see what gorgeous clothing, art supplies, music and original graffiti style art canvases we upload for you.
Updated [20 Feb 2008]
Don't Panic - Momiji Design Competition
We have teamed up with Don't Panic Media. They are looking for designers to create a range of Momiji dolls which will be exclusively available in Selfridges this Christmas. Click here to see more about this competition and to check out Dont Panic Online, for what is happening with arts and culture around the world, where you can contribute to the debate with text, graphic design, illustration, photography, animation, music and film for all to see.
Updated [18 August 2007]
Molotow Premium Belton Spraypaint
We are selling the extremely high quality Molotow Premium (Belton) via mail order at only £3.05 a tin. Postage and packing is only £10 for up to 60 tins (minimum order of 12 cans).
If you are a school, youth group, charity, organisation or individual wishing to purchase in bulk we are able to offer attractive discounts.
Click here to find out more.
Updated [26 June 2007]
Paint & Beatz moves to become the Frisson gallery
Paint & Beatz, has now moved and become the Frisson Gallery. It is based at 2 Palace St, Canterbury. The Frisson Gallery is about widening the perspective of fringe art, to include not just graffiti, but fine art and street art.
The Frisson Gallery will still sell spray-paint and paint pens, and Paint & Beatz will just be online. We will also remain one of the few vinyl outposts in Canterbury, selling hip-hop, funk, breaks and drum and bass.
The Frisson gallery accepts commissions and can arrange all manner of design briefs from canvas work to large scale murals please get in touch to discuss.
Click here to see inside the gallery.
Not Another Graff Movie DVD
Limited to only 150 copies, this film is a collection of the most grimey cuts from the handicams of OK and 23 CREW from peterborough, UK, but also including UNO, NOE1, HOPE129, PANIK ATG, ASURE, FAT16, NEONS, KILEM, HOE, MOAD, EGO + MORE. This is not a pretty art doc, it's dirty streets, trains and the worst of Diesel City's underground. This is not available in any good record stores. The soundtrack's as hardcore as the footage. Please be aware by buying this dvd it's supposed to support organised crime and terrorism.
Visit their Myspace here... www.myspace.com/allcitymaud. Click here to view.
Updated [21 April 2007]
New range of Spunky Clothing and accessories
Spunky men's and women's clothing and accessories. SP:UK's streetwear designs come from many countries including France, Sweden, Japan and of course the UK. Each design is a limited edition print designed by a professional artist. Each unique design prints in a variety of refreshing colours and comes with a collectable card with a bio of the designer so you can not just look good but educate yourself too!. Click here to look at the range.
Updated [17 March 2007]
New Injured Clothing range
Injured Clothing is a fresh and established indie label based in Brighton. Largely designed by graphic artist, Josh Halloran the label has ties with Rarekind and the Brighton hip hop movement. Each design is printed on a high quality t-shirt and comes with either a New York or Rusto fatcap. Click here to look at the range.
Updated [21 February 2007]
New canvases for sale
Take a look at our featured artists work for sale in our artwork section. Add us as a friend on Myspace and see satisfied customers who have bought artwork from the shop. To become a featured artist get in contact with us.
Updated [21 February 2007]
Bozo (DDS) rare clothing
Bozo is a graffiti artist and part of the London crew, the DDS. Bozo hand screenprints all his clothing and keeps them to very limited runs - making them hard to come by. Tell us what you think Bozo's designs with any suggestions. Click here to see the range.
Updated [06 February 2007]
Dephect clothing now available from P & B
Dephect are a fresh label based just outside of London. We met them at a trade show in Barcelona recently, chilling out, just being cool and shit! They had a nice vibe so we thought we'd bring some of that sunshine to Paint & Beatz... They have given us a selection of hoodies, t-shirts and accessories. Click here to see the range.
Updated [04 February 2007]
Special Offer on Terrible T-Kid hardback book
T-Kid is one the pioneering fathers of Graffiti. This book chronicles his graffiti art career from day one to the present. Accompanying his art work is an in depth story of his life. Usually retailing at £24.99, we have a handful of them at a cut price of £14.99. Click here to buy.
Updated [08 January 2007]
Beer and rap tees
These tees, modelled on the classic NYC tee, are now available at P & B, proud supporters of the Beer & Rap movement Click here to see the t-shirt again with an option to buy.
Updated [06 January 2007]
Aerosol-Planet Volume 3 DVD now in stock
Produced by the legendary graffiti documentarian Steam, this DVD features 2 Hours of footage from the Graphotism/Sleeping Giants Jam, Write 4 Gold and Love Pusher among other events; loads of footage from all the London Halls of Fame, interviews, graffiti exhibitions and bombing action in France with Nasty and Lady K.. This DVD is all you would expect from the UK's own Henry Chalfant! Click here to see the full line up and schedule.
Updated [29 December 2006]
Handpainted clothing
Check out this range of handpainted men and women's clothing. Each garment is a one off, lovingly handpainted by Just. Click here to see the full range.
Updated [29 December 2006]
Canvases by Skyhigh
Our friends, Skyhigh have done a selection of canvases for P & B. Click here to see more.
Updated [29 December 2006]
Handpainted trucker hats
We have a selection of trucker hats painted by Skyhigh and Meka BRS. Let us know if there's a design you wold like done. Click here to see more.
Updated [23 November 2006]
Drum and Bass now in stock!
We are Canterbury's only independent Drum and Bass specialist retailer. New and classic releases on vinyl and CD, tape packs in stock. Most orders available within two days.
Updated [05 November 2006]
Bozo DDS t-shirt
Bozo, of the prolific DDS crew has blessed P & B with some hand printed t-shirts. The design is a London Graff montage naming all the London yards, with handstyles, dubs and characters by the DDS and TKS. Bozo is a raw graffer and this t shirt captures that! View t-shirt
Updated [05 November 2006]
New King Apparel Autumn/Winter range
King Apparel have just released their Autumn/Winter range of clothing, hats and accessories. Each garment is one of just 300 original pieces - strictly no repeats.
Click here to take a look.
Updated [29 October 2006]
Sooper Dooper exhibition
We've got a handful of canvases by the Sooper Dooper crew. After their recent frontpage feature in Graphotism (issue 44), they've blessed P & B with work done by MN=, Fybe, Herse, Alfamale, Wordtomother (aka Kept1) and Mesek. We've also got an extremely rare piece by Chok and an ill set of nine canvases by the Team Beers (aka BRS).
When MN= brought the canvases down to us he also painted some of his characters on our stairway which look absolutely ill!
Updated [26 October 2006]
We've moved to a new premises
We've has moved to a larger premises upstairs at the Third
Eye, 54 St Peters (high) St, Canterbury, CT1 2BE. We have all the same stuff as before - clothes, music, spraypaint
etc - and a lot more space for artwork. There will be instores happening on Sundays, starting soon. Let us know
if you are a painter or musician and want to be involved.
Updated [26 October 2006]
Paint and Beatz on Myspace
We've joined the Myspace revolution! Add us as a friend by visiting
www.myspace.com/paintandbeatz.
Updated [06 February 2006]
Paint and Beatz in Kentish Gazette
Check it out.