Relocation of Kbon Reviews, GRM Days and Career Avenues...

Everyone, I'm back again after a long absence, a lot has happened in the past months before Christmas! I decided to share with you what I have been up to and my career I plan to head onto. Firstly, I would like to announce that Kbon Reviews, the urban blog for film, music and video game reviews is currently now inactive and will be reallocated to a different site and will be supported by Live Mag who I am now working with as a contributing writer/video editor on their site. There, on the site will be opinion pieces that will have subjects which effect people in society in the UK and abroad too but there mostly will be reviews for entertainment. I will post the new site sometime this Friday evening and the first review will be on rising femcee, Paigey Cakey who released her mixtape 'The Next Paige!'

Enough of that, what I decided to speak about is my journey and how I am progressing, as you know I released Nemesis the Hunter's Mark#1 online back in October! Many of you may know this, those who haven't shame on you (joking!) but I used to write for GRM Daily (formerly Grime Daily) I have been writing for them voluntarily for almost a year now. Since then, I have joined LIVE and now Link Up TV!

Let me start by saying I don't plan to throw anyone under the bus, my time with GRM Daily had some highs and lows. I met performing artists such as Mikel Ameen, Lady Lykez and wrote an interview for the duo SAS just to name a few. Those were great times and I managed to interact with an aspiring young blogger/writer/PR assistant from Pardon My Blog. As you know, things went downhill after that, I won't go into the details but I was very much underrated and the chores as a writer didn't help things so I decided to quit and make my way out!

I ended up with LIVE pretty much accidentally, it was initially temporary but there was a huge network of people I managed to converse with such as staff from ITV, BBC, MTV and so many more. Now the rest is history, as I balance my time at uni whilst committing to exciting content from both of the youth orientated media/entertainment/publishing platforms Link Up TV and LIVE. This is also part of the reason why I have posted a single post on this site since October!

So what does the future hold for me? Well, I am continuing to produce work for Nemesis the Hunter and I have some other comic projects at the back burner in development as well as the prequel graphic novel. 'Hardest to Survive' has been post-poned in place of a new 5 minute short called 'The Hood' that is likely to be released this Spring and I have returned to music. At the moment, I am 10 tracks in with twice more being prepared until I am satisfied with the content!

Make sure you stay tuned Friday ciao!

- Written by Andre Farquharson

New Info on Creative Arts Program.

Everyone, I have returned with some more information about the Creative Arts program for young people  between the ages of 14-24. Sponsored by UnLtd and EWAV (Eye With a View), LD Studios presents a way to reach out to youth and get a chance to be part of the creative process in bringing the comic book to the screen. People will get a chance to be involved from lending their hand to the script to film and get the film shown in multiplexes, festivals and online. Applicants will be credited for their work and have incentives. The deadline will be July 18th, 2013.

We are looking for talented creative writers, graffiti artists, actors, graphic designers, music producers, singers/vocalists, voice-actors, rappers, lyricists, hair/make-up artists, costume designers, filmmakers, runners, editors, bloggers, promoters, researchers and web designers to contribute. I will be visiting people in schools, colleges and universities to talk about this.

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Documentary: Independent Artists Showcased on Vimeo.

Hello everyone, hope you enjoyed the Olympics! I have come back to announce that my Documentary will be released on the video sharing site Vimeo and not on YouTube. It will likely be released in October for the Black History Month celebration. Below is a short 30 second teaser of the Documentary. Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties, which is the reason it was not released two months earlier and this site is better suited for this kind of presentation. All the guests have been featured on it.

Documentary: Independent Artists. from Andre Farquharson on Vimeo.

In the meantime see you then,


- Written by Andre Farquharson

J Solid "I Do What I Want" Official Video.

I'm back again, it's been awhile. I was meant to post this on Friday, but I have just handed in papers to my college for my course work. Can you believe it? I actually finished my long 3 year journey into Media and I'm ready to go on out to the big wide world. So what's next for me? Well, I'll be taking a gap year before I head into university. Anyway, enough about me. I came here to upload a music video I shot about two weeks ago with Jerry who runs a group called 12 SP (12 Star Productions). Look out for his next track, it will be cool. Check it out!

  - Written by Andre Farquharson

Flyplann interview.

Finally, it's here, the interview you've all been waiting for. Flyplann is here to take you to Cloud 9. Go Wonders Team filmed the one and only rapper, we spoke to him about how he got to where he is now. He did another freestyle, a quick 16 bar to get us buzzing and I'll be honest with you, he's a man with few words. We talked about what he intends to do in the future and who is it in the game he's willing to work alongside. Unsurprisingly, the US native is willing to work side by side with UK artists, but the indie has indeed got a long way to go to hit mainstream artists though I'm sure he could pull it off if he carried enough weight. Inspired by artists like Talib Kweli and Busta Rhymes, he's up for a double feature with Tinie Tempah. So, what are you waiting for? Check the video out.

Next one Update Video#2,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

The Flyer with the Plan.

Go Wonders Team is about to set up an interview with American born, British raised artist, Flyplann in the coming month. I can't wait to see how this turns out, but viewers don't expect this to be just a 1 on 1 within these flyer miles, the Mystery Man has more to him than meets the eye and he wants us to be clear on that. The interview will be set-up very soon so keep a look out for it on the Frontier Entertainment Youtube channel. Over there, you can also see his freestyle he did for ECHO early on about 2 months ago in 2010.

I'll be back soon,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Flyplann interview.

You know who it is, Dre is on the blog doing what he does best and what he'll intend to fly to. Remember that interview with the animator, Jordan O'Connor, that's not happening. But I'm here to state about an up and coming British-American recording artist, Flyplann a.k.a Flyplane. He's done a freestyle on the ECHO channel you can view on Youtube but nothing is really known about this new guy, he's really into the Grime scene that's out there and even is looking to collaborate with me. Look out for him, though I'm sure he'll blow quite big on the scene. The man with the unusual name stated his name means "Fly" which in American terms means he got "swagger" or has "coolness" and plan which obviously means "the man with the plan". His flow has that kind of slick, monotone to laidback approach to spitting. He says he likes to keep things simple "less is more, he said. That's all we know about him, but he is open to do an interview with us with the "Go Wonders!" team (LD Studios, Frontier Ent and Ezee Media).

Look out for that soon,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

A New Year.

It's a new year and a new dawn for some upcoming projects, I spoke to Matthew Ezee and he said that there will be 5 episodes of his spy drama each 10 minutes long, not 6 episodes. So there will be heart-dropping action and techno-savvy language in the vein of "Spooks". I won't spoil too much of the plot but I'll give you a brief summary, I read the first Pilot and it "absolutely blows you away". Set in London, it throws us in the world of espionage and sticky detail with the Chinese government as elaborate British MI5 Agents are mysteriously eliminated one by one by an unknown enemy. Primarily, I will be serving as Script Editor and Executive Producer of the project. I will be co-writing at least 3 episodes and doing a polish every now and then, but it is looking to be done well.

What I can't wait for is to jump back on pre-production for the Nemesis anime trailer, I am nearly finished doing my part in the new short film I told you about. As soon as that is clear, I will be finishing off what is left of the storyboards, which is 1/2 finished now. I am employing more artists to be tied in with this project, some have even worked for Marvel and DC Comics. In the meantime, for the comic, I have pitched to an independent publisher Time Bomb Comics and contacted a couple more such as Dark Horse and Image Comics. My website will be re-launched later this year, most likely during the summer. I have an announcement to make this coming week about the project and there will be more update videos around March. I should be done with Killer Heels a week from now.

Breakin' da Rules is alright, I finished recording a track called "My Sweetness" and when I have traveled to Atlanta, GA and Greenville, Virginia it had inspired me to write two songs for my EP, Rules Broken; one about Atlanta girls and another about fitting in with other people, both of which I am working on and I'm going to record a track I'd like to call "Bridges". I'm not sure about "We'll Be At the Top", a track I did with 4 Real and Bola, but there is one track I did with a few artists, Neeko, Assassin and Breezy called "My Life" and can't wait to collaborate with them on "All Night". I will be hitting more time at the studio, plus I will be doing freestyles every 2 months with the next one coming this February and hope to work with Blaze Barnation very soon. He dropped his mixtape Barnation World last year and he'll be spittin' on my mixtape. Also, check out American rapper Fly Plann as well.


Later on,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Lil Dre's Freestyle

Last week Saturday, I did a little freestyle for ECHO on Jstaarz's Channel. I did this as my stage name, Lil Dre, I'm not gonna spend too long ranting here but check the video out below. You might be interested. I will be hitting the studio soon after to record my next track for upcoming mix-tape Breakin' the Rules. Look out for it on my Youtube channel 89kbon on my links page. Ignore the words final ECHO on top, Jstaarz will be doing many more videos soon and I am set to direct some music videos next year.

Later everyone,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Rule's Broken EP.

As I said before in my update video, I'm going to release two different discs of music. One is a mixtape called "Breakin' Da Rules" in 2012 and the other is an EP called "Rule's Broken". At the moment, I've recorded a few tracks for the mixtape and a couple for the EP. I've wrote tons for Breakin' Da Rules and just did another for "Rule's Broken". Of course the recordings have to be mastered and then mixed, which is an ongoing process at the moment. The music video for "She's a Piffy" on my mixtape has been shot, but needs to be edited.

The name up there is for the EP, but I want to talk a little bit about the mixtape. Its Hip Hop/Grime/Rap but has a little bit of Alternative tracks on there, its concept is mainly about a coming of age where I grew up and how I started to become rebellious as I grew older and mainly struggles. I can't tell you all of who will be on the mixtape, most are pretty unknown but one of them I mentioned is Blaze Barnation. I'll be working on a track with him soon. Just look out for my other track "My Sweetness" on my Youtube channel by a singer who is set to appear on X-Factor next year.

I'll be coming back to comic next week,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Nemesis teaser trailer.

Everyone taking a good holiday this summer? Well, I have not got time for that this year, but I am taking breaks whenever I get the chance. Printing for issue 1 of Nemesis the Hunter's Mark has been sorted and my production team is about to make the order. I am trying my best to get colour notes done. Kieron Boothe is back to work, once I have sent him the notes colour will be washed over and should expect a release date very soon. It is definitely going to be released over in the summer, for now, here is the sneak peek of cover art of issue 2 done by Dean Richards and the synopsis of that particular issue is below. Amazing, right? There should be a little bit of insight over this creative process planned when you pick issue 1.

Nemesis the Hunter's Mark#2

Part two of seven: Freedom short-lived.

“COVER ART by DEAN RICHARDS, SCRIPT, LAYOUTS & INKS by ANDRE FARQUHARSON, PENCILS by JULIO FALKENHAGEN, COLOURS by JUANMAR STUDIOS AND LETTERS by ROMMEL FABIAN NEMESIS THE HUNTER’S MARK © written and created by ANDRE FARQUHARSON. Charged with a crime he did not commit, Henry goes on the run, having spoken with his uncle about his inheritance along with an ancient curse which inhabited the family, and discovering his father was a mobster who had abused his power for personal gain. He is approached by a man behind shadows after being strung up in a Brazilian jail who offers to drop charges in return for favours he cannot resist. Having returned to the United States, Henry investigates how he came to be, meanwhile a shadowy organization and covert agency is fast on his tracks.”

In regards to my anime trailer, I am casting someone a child actor to play the 9 years old version of the titular character, Henry Jackson/The Nemesis. I am in need of an teenage one as well alongside Courtney Starr who is playing the 24/25-year old protagonist. I have not filmed the interview with one of the animators who is attached to this project, Jordan O'Connor, but you can click on the link address below.

http://www.vimeo.com/26265310

Baring in mind he is a 3D animator, these are works he has done and it does not necessarily mean he will go and then adapt his skills which should affect my vision. My animation will blend 2D hand drawn animation with computer programmes to create American-Japanese influenced anime. A theme song will be produced by UK Hip Hop band "Triple Darkness" member J Tha Exodus and will be performed by British Hip Hop artist "4 Real". For those who are not aware of his music, his video is below. Anyone interested in his channel ask and I will send you a link to his channel but I have to ask him permission.

Trailer aside for now, I have found a possible candidate to replace Richard O'keffe in the role of Nate in the upcoming Hardest to Survive film. I will get back on that later, next week I will post another blog on how my 2011 mix-tape Breakin' Da Rules is coming along and have an update on how my projects is going on a You Tube video.

Later on bloggers,

- Written by Andre Farquharson

Breakin' Da Rules (2011) Mix-tape

With the comic book series in production and the short animation micro-series of Nemesis the Hunter's Mark in development, it seems everything is flowing nicely. Spoke to a writer/business advisor last Thursday and she told me about managing your time and not feel overloaded, which is true. The problem is if I feel I'm not doing anything, I get bored and get lazy. Hardest to Survive has been met with hiccups but not as bad as The New Kid. I'm doing my best to get Jstaarz's project off the ground and I think I've found the right actor who is not a waste of time and money who may pull it off. As executive producer of this project, I can only do what I can. I got a person to speak to about today. The man behind Seventh Wonder Films, watch out for the feature film Blake starring Courtney Starr. I got a treat for you coming up this week.

The good news is college is almost over and I have handed in the majority of my work and did exams. So, it means more drinks for me :) and I get more free time. I'm also investing in two new cameras, Canon's, and try get my hands on a Sony Z1 or HD1. The film will start I think Principal Photography 3 days after the Captain America film is in cinemas. Okay, that aside, remember that tune I told you about on my graff status. Well Lil Dre is here to say that Ezee and Jstaarz shot a music video on the weekend and I got 2 scenes to do this week. A mix-tape Breakin' Da Rules will be coming out later on this year or probably early next year 2012!!! The official music video is in production and should enter post-production by the end of July. I got a flock of artists' in the underground I'm working with on this mix-tape.

- Written by Andre Farquharson

"She's a Piffy" Lil Dre Clip

By now you must be thinking on my profile, "Screenwriter, okay, Illustrator; well he does the Art, hmmm... acting well he did a couple videos. Director, well he's doing a short film, but Rapper how did he make that?" I started out rapping since 13 but I didn't take a serious take on it till years later. Since, you're waiting patiently for the comic and the film, I decided to give you a treat. Here, I have a clip of one of my tracks "She's a Piffy". I produced the instrumental and performed on it as my stage name Lil Dre. This is a Hip Hop/Rap/Grime song I written and the music video will be coming soon, I am not sure who will be directing the video but hopefully I should be able to do that next week. I got a Model named Jasmine who is doing the routines and I'm getting hold of dancers. Because I'm busy with two projects, I plan on releasing a mixtape later on this year or in the next just check out my Youtube videos for news. In the meantime, just enjoy the video.

Here is the clip and the link below,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWzgOdhqBUo

- Written by Andre Farquharson