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Tom Central has just been confirmed on the bill for the first Drop Beats Not Bombs Summer Camp festival. The festival is in aid of CND and all acts are donating their fees to the cause. The weekender takes place on the last weekend in July on the South Downs overlooking Brighton. Tom will be appearing on the Saturday. The full line-up is yet to be decided, but you can keep up to date here and...

Our favourite Paraguayans Lopez are gearing themselves for the release of their brand new EP titled Zapping. It's a five-track journey with one foot back in the synth-based 80s boogie sound and the other firmly in the present. If you loved Jellybean (which received love from such luminaries as High Contrast and Mr Scruff), then Zapping will hit all the right notes. To celebrate Zapping's...

After last months packed affair, March sees the New Perspectives DJs bringing back the boom bap, and looking for the perfect beat, as we explore the sounds and scenes of the new beat. From the latest MPC masters and heavy synth wizards, we'll take an all points journey through the future old school, and paying special attention to where we came from and where we're at. As the night goes on,...

Joining us on our adventures this month will be Rinse FM resident and acclaimed DJ of the moment, Alexander Nut. If you've managed to catch his Mixed Nuts radio show, Saturdays 1pm till 3 on Rinse FM, you'll know that his broad spectrum of musical interests spans a worldwide family of the latest and greatest new era hip hop, post funk and soul (plus everything in between). In fact, his...

Tom will be shortly embarking on a little jaunt around Eastern Europe in the beginning of February. Taking in Bulgaria, Greece and Romania Tom joins Solid Steel's incredible decknologist Cheeba on three nights. First stop Thessaloniki, Greece on Friday 5 February. From there we head to Bulgarian Ski resort and pick of the clubs Oxygen on the following night. The final leg (although Tom might be...

Here is the first look at KEEP005. It follows in the line-up of split 45s and will feature Tom Central's Hillbrook Boogie on one side with Avé Blaste's Sega on the other. Cosmo Lopez has more than a hand in both tunes. Release date is Monday 7 December out on super limited 7" with full artwork and digital. For audio check the Keep Up! myspace page The vinyl is in all good record...

Right, pay attention Saturday 1st May, New Perspectives presents one of the hottest up and coming artists you're going to see this year. Originally hailing from the other side of the channel,...

Following last month's well received musical excursions, New Perspectives is very proud to present the first of our live guests for the year, the mighty Architeq. From the moment we heard the Bird...

P. Lopez, one the Lopez crew has been working hard in the studio. Beside finishing mixing the next Lopez EP for Keep Up! he recently just produced this new track for Paraguayans Hip Hop collective...

Music for Film & Television, Tom Central's midweek movie music night is taking a little sojourn for the Christmas and New Year. It'll give Tom a chance to stock on TV themes and you to recover...

Has it really been that long? It began in a backroom in Tooting and five years later Keep Up! is celebrating half a decade together at the Big Chill Bar. To mark Keep Up!'s five years of big...

For a laugh we entered all the text from the Keep Up! homepage into a Wordle courtesy of those lovely folks at Wordle Here are the results.