The Mobo award winning hip hop artist Akala joined the Dub Pistols in the studio last night to lay down some lyrics on the forthcoming Pistols 5th studio album.
Dub Pistol “Barry Ashworth” said he is delighted with the results of the session and believes Akala’s lyrics are some of the deepest he has had the pleasure to record.
a bit of background on Akala
In 2006 Akala was the first rapper to perform his own headline concert in Vietnam.[citation needed]
Akala has performed at UK festivals: V Festival, Wireless, Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Parklife and Isle of Wight and supported artists such as Jay-Z, Christina Aguilera, M.I.A., Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), Audiobullys, DJ Shadow, The Gotan Project and Scratch Perverts on their UK/European tours.
In 2008, Akala has also featured at the South by Southwest Music festival in Texas, as well as performances in New York, Los Angeles and in Brazil.
In 2010, Akala toured the UK with the Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives tour, which included the British rappers Ty. In November 2010, he also embarked on his own headline tour of the UK (20 dates).
In November 2010, Akala headlined a live performance at the British Library, to launch the Evolving English exhibition and featured performances by the renowned British poet Zena Edwards, comedian Doc Brown and British rapper/activist Lowkey. The live event also included Akala taking part in a hip hop panel discussion alongside Saul Williams, US professor M.K. Asante and Lowkey. He was also present at One Love:No Borders Hip Hop event held in Birmingham UK in April also with acts from artists such as the fantastic Iron Braydz from London, Lowkey, Logic and other up and coming UK artists.
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Eddy Temple Morris has invited the Dub Pistols Barry Ashworth to co host his show The Remix on XFM this friday from 10pm till 2am
SCOUNDREL & BARRY ASHWORTH – ROUGH TEMPO MONTHLY SPECIAL – LAUNCH SHOW!
It’s June, which means the festival season has already started – so we thought we would put together a podcast to get you into the outdoor spirit.
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The festival, which was cancelled last year due to “unexpected forced increases in security and police costs”, had recently lost their previous venue at Mansion House in Biggleswade, despite signing contracts and paying a deposit.
We’ve just posted the 2011 pages for The Unfairground, the latest disaster zone from the mad minds of Joe Rush and the some of the UK’s best-loved art hooligans, who invite over to the dark side, those brave enough to buy the ticket and take the ride. 
The Dub Pistols emerged from the big beat scene after forming in 1996. Previously, Barry Ashworth had been in Bealearic band Déjà vu before becoming a DJ, and he’s continued to DJ all over the world when not rocking out live with the full Dub Pistols band.
DUB PISTOLS would just like to say sorry for anyone who has been waiting for their merchandise order to arrive, we had a slight problem with our manufacturer which has resulted in our order being delayed by 2 weeks. We have now been informed that our order will be delivered by tomorrow and in the post to you by tuesday next week, again a massive thanks for your support and sorry you have had to wait.