Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash presents a live show on the Four Elements Tour, given by the DJ and producer widely regarded as one of the original architects of hip hop. The evening is staged at 229, a concert venue on Great Portland Street in central London.

Joseph Saddler, known as Grandmaster Flash, was born in the South Bronx and is counted among the pioneers of hip hop. He is credited with turning the turntable into a musical instrument through his Quick Mix Theory, and with techniques such as manipulating records by hand and perfecting beat looping. Many of the breaks he discovered are still widely sampled, and The New York Times has described him as hip hop's first virtuoso.

His production role on the Netflix drama The Get Down, which follows the emergence of hip hop in the late 1970s South Bronx, is also part of his recent work. The live show draws on archival master recordings, images and videos from the vaults of major record labels, and centres on the music of the 1970s that shaped the genre.

The concert is presented by Tapestry Promotions and suits listeners interested in the history of hip hop and its formative decade. The venue, 229, is a concert venue in central London.