**RAPETEK EXTRA: GRANDMASTER FLASH (USA)
+ DJ ZEDS, DJ NINJA
Grandmaster Flash needs no introduction. His early steps as a DJ are practically a timeline of hip-hop history in themselves: rocking formative block parties in the Bronx in the late ’70s; becoming one of the first figures to break through internationally—not just as an individual, but as part of the wider hip-hop culture—when his lightning-fast turntable skills were name-checked on Blondie’s “Rapture”; and then, in 1981, releasing the pioneering live-recorded collage of breaks and grooves “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” (Sugar Hill), a seven-minute masterclass in the “Quick Mix Theory.”
Flash invented the technique, which went on to become the foundation of hip-hop DJing and much of what followed. He demonstrated the same approach on film the following year in Wild Style—and, famously, did so right there in his own kitchen—in a now-iconic scene that would go on to circulate around the world.
Then, of course, there was the seminal early hip-hop collective Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, with their first street hits “Superrappin’” and “Freedom.” In 1982, the entire game changed with the release of “The Message,” the first truly massive hip-hop hit to tackle social issues. But there was a catch: despite the name, Flash had nothing to do with the recording itself. In fact, of the entire Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five lineup, only Melle Mel was involved in its creation.
The group eventually split, briefly reunited, and split again, while Flash continued independently—DJing, producing, lecturing, promoting, writing and doing pretty much everything else you can imagine.
He now comes to Ljubljana with his latest project, “The Four Elements,” a live tribute to each of the fundamental elements of hip-hop, bringing them together on stage in a celebration of the culture he helped build from the ground up.
Pioneer. Innovator. Icon.
“Grandmaster, cut faster!”
Music policy: hip hop
Admission: €30 presale, €35 on the day of the concert
Presale available at Big Nose, at Gala Hala events, on mojekarte.si and at their points of sale.
Quattro, €90: Klemen Klemen (10 Sep), La Coka Nostra (17 Sep), Grandmaster Flash (9 Oct), Immortal Technique (17 Oct) — available exclusively at Big Nose Shop and at Gala Hala events, limited number of tickets
Weather permitting, the concert will take place at the Summer Garden.




