When we got the latest upload from 21 year old RTKal we knew we had to share it with you. One of the hardest working artists out there, RTKal – also known as Joshua Holness, has been representing Birmingham since the age of 12.

Starting out as part of Prophecy Cru and moving on to be a founder member of the Decypher Collective at the age of 16, he’s been a regular feature on the Grime scene in both Birmingham and across the U.K ever since.  A rapper, actor and spoken word artist in his own right, he’s moved from working with the likes of Don Letts and Skinnyman to touring with GZA as part of the Mud Family and being a regular host of numerous dubstep/grime nights under the name of RTillery.

In short, he’s one of the most versatile MCs out there and this freestyle over the Sleng Teng beat is just a snapshot of what’s yet to come. His brand new mixtape ‘48 Hours‘ drops exclusively via SB:TV next week and is being put out through the ever reliable Black Butter Records – definitely one to watch.

Sleng Teng from RTKal gets it’s first play on Amazing Beats later tonight so make sure you tune in.  In the meantime you can check out the track above.

We love festivals here at Amazing Radio – our Summer season started with The Great Escape back in May and now we’re excited all over again for T In The Park 2012. This weekend sees a whole host of massive bands make the trip to Balado, near Kinross, Scotland to play to thousands of fans across the three days.

Alongside headliners such as Kasabian, Snow Patrol and The Stone Roses, you’ll find a plethora of amazing artists on the bill too; including previous session guests Pulled Apart By Horses, The Jezabels, Dry The River, Spring Offensive and Alt-J.

Our ‘Man in the North’ Jim Gellatly, who’s show you can hear Sundays from 2pm (repeated Wednesday at 10pm) was one of the few new music aficionados responsible for deciding the T Break Stage line up this weekend – check out his T In The Park Special from last week for a head start on all of Jim’s favourite finds:

Be sure to tune in next week to hear all about what he got up to this weekend.

Other amazing artists playing T In The Park 2012:

Dog Is Dead, Here We Go Magic, Howler, La Shark, Laki Mera, Admiral Fallow, Skrillex, St Lucia, The Chevin, The Coronas, United Fruit, Vukovi, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Weird Shapes and Zulu Winter

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com.

Hello! Congratulations once again to Holy Esque, who’ve stayed on top of the tree this week with their wonderful track Rose, holding up off the attentions of Horse Thief in a week of ‘as you were’ inside the Top 2.

Close behind, Midnight Lion are up to their highest position to date with the brilliant Sleeping In The Woods at Number 3, while the rest of the Top 5 is completed by Django Django’s yo-yo track Default and a former Number 1 from Lianne La Havas.

Elsewhere in the Top 10, Lucy Rose, NZCA/LINES, Jonquil and Pushing Hands, while Sharks have the highest New Entry this week with Arcane Effigies landing at Number 14.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Holy Esque can make it three weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! It’s a case of “another week, another new chart-topper” this time, with Glasgow band Holy Esque climbing a massive 16 places to reach the Number 1 spot with Rose, displacing Lianne La Havas at the top in the process after just one week.

Not only have the band have been firm favourites at Amazing Radio since the turn of the year, they’ve also been drawing increasing amounts of positive online coverage in the wake of some great live gigs in recent weeks.

Horse Thief are the Glaswegians’ closest contenders at Number 2, with the Simon Raymonde-approved Texans also having rising up the rankings with poise and purpose thanks to a beautiful ode to Oklahoma called Warrior. Slightly further down, Midnight Lion and NZCA/Lines have entered the Top 10 for the very first time, while Monogold and Vanbot continue to climb.

This week has witnessed a small portion of New Entries, with Three Blind Wolves, Midi Matilda and Pushing Hands all making their Amazing Chart bows in the lower reaches of the Top 20.

Click hereto see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Holy Esque can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! We’ve got a brand new chart-topper this week, with London singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas hitting the heights with Forget in the immediate aftermath of her new EP release. Fresh being announced as part of The Great Escape line-up in Brighton, Lianne has scored her first ever Amazing Chart Number 1 and becomes the first female Londoner to do so since Daughter hit the top in October last year.

This means that Friend Crush by Friends has slipped a couple of places after a fortnight on top, with Swiss Lips glued to the Number 2 spot for a third consecutive week. Slightly further down, Django Django and Monogold have risen further this week, with Default and Spirit Or Something climbing to Number 4 and Number 7 respectively.

This week sees eight (yep, EIGHT) new arrivals inside the Top 20. Oxford band Jonquil have the highest-placed of them all with It’s My Part at Number 12, while Lucy Rose, NZCA/Lines, Midnight Lion, Holy Esque, The Reads, First Aid Kit and Alt-J are all close behind in the rundown, all liable to climb further come Sunday.

Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full. Then find out if Lianne La Havas can make it two weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!

Every Sunday evening, Charlie Ashcroft counts down the Amazing Chart across the UK’s national DAB network on Amazing Radio. Here he is to give us the very latest lowdown on the last week’s movers and shakers from amazingtunes.com…

Hello! It’s another week at Number 1 for Friend Crush by Friends in the Amazing Chart this time around, with the Brooklyn five-piece going from strength to strength ahead of an undoubtedly busy year. Despite tweeting that they don’t really mind how high they are in our rundown, the fact remains that they’ve held off the attentions of Swiss Lips and Dry The River once again.

Slightly further down, Devin and Vanbot have made their first ever appearances inside the Top 5, while Django Django have grabbed this week’s Highest New Entry with Default at Number 7.

Elsewhere in the realm of new arrivals inside the Top 20, Amazing Breakfast’s Artist of the Week Tennis have landed at Number 8 with Origins, while we also welcome Monogold, Horse Thief, Simian Ghost and Eeves to the fold. Click here to see the Amazing Chart Top 40 in full.

Then find out if Friends can make it three weeks at Number 1 by tuning in to Amazing Radio on Sunday from 5pm!