…A move to a more soundscapy plane and change of BPM for Kuartz: download the new EP below on the Soundcloud widget. Kuartz E.P by Kuartz Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read more…. Download in HQ above or stream the Mixcloud below. Thanks for listening! Kuartz Soundcloud Two One Facebook Kuartz Facebook Jonny Dub Facebook GROOVEMENT // BIG CITY: KUARTZ x TWO-ONE x JONNY DUB // 25MAY11 by Jamie Groovement on Mixcloud Catch the previous BIG CITY podcasts below – and check the vids! GROOVEMENT X Big City X Aquarian Prophecies April 2010 DANNY DRIVE THRU X BIG CITY X PLATO May 2010 Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter…
Read more…Instrumental hip hop beats all the way from Manchester producer KUARTZ of Big City Beats. Catch our podcast from last week below the Soundcloud link… Kuartz Cake 2011 Summer by Kuartz GROOVEMENT // BIG CITY: KUARTZ x TWO-ONE x JONNY DUB // 25MAY11 by Jamie Groovement on Mixcloud Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
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…ecords. Typically soulful and Shaolin-influenced but imbued with that warm Kuartz character, there’s plenty of nodders on here. Listen below and grab yourself a copy here – at the time of writing only two cassette copies remain (which including an immediate download with purchase). Peep his previous one here, and don’t forget his LabelGroovement release here. #40fatalbeats #kuartz #brainfoodrecords brainfoodrecords.bandcamp.com A photo posted by…
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…al accompaniments from him. This time around, and for Cassette Store Day on 8 October, San Francisco label 77 Rise Recordings has produced 30 fluorescent green and 30 fluorescent orange tapes featuring artwork from Danny Proctor (Beyond Thirteen) as a follow up to Kuartz’ Samurai Soul sounds (to which you can listen to below). ORDER FROM BANDCAMP Check these out: More recent stuff from the don Kuartz: Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (O…
Read more…Can We Go (Kuartz Remix) by Kuartz Manchester don KUARTZ’ latest remix. He is a badman. Hit him up. Download the original from Earmilk… Paper Diamonds // Can We Go Up Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read moreArtist: Kuartz Title: Kuartz Cake Vol 2 Label: Big City Beats Available now to download, another slice of Kuartz Cake from the prolific producer and one half on Big City Beats. Boom bap beats dripping with soul. Also cop Volume 1! Check the Big City Beats Soundcloud. Here’s a beat getting a good reaction upon its sharing, Even Got Me by Nyquist, the other half of Big City. Check their Soundcloud here. Even Got Me by Nyquist/BigCity Boost the sign…
Read more…Just top-drawer beats from Manc maker KUARTZ. Available for listening only as people be jackin’ beats without asking from the downloads. See what you done did, you emcees??!!! Latest tracks by Kuartz Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read more…One for the dubsteppers from our good pal, North Manchester producer Kuartz. The EP Amor en Psyche is forthcoming. Listen to his Groovement here. Kuartz Facebook Bandcamp Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read more…Download A man of many styles and prolific to go with it, North Manchester based beatmaker Kuartz has flown in a bass heavy, dark and fairly relentless mix, entitled simply ‘001’. Soundcloud Twitter KUARTZ: GROOVEMENT 001 // 14MAY12 by Jamie Groovement on Mixcloud Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read moreHip hop on a Wild West tip from our old friend Kuartz, together with Cook, who’s been working on this for a good 6 months solid. A soundtrack for an imaginary movie, the titular role of Slick is played by rapper Jus’Liam – it’s a moody and epic narrative, tracking the young Slick on his search for revenge. Kuartz and Cook have obviously poured their hearts into the production, with carefully placed instrumentation and dialogue building up image…
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Lofi because Kuartz only went and ripped this one from cassette! Following his sold out vinyl album Shurikens (sometimes it’s good to sell out in hip hop, right?) Kuartz unleashes 14 ‘scrolls’ to get you head nodding to. Smashing art by Danny Proctor. BANDCAMP Oh! You can still get Shurikens on digi here. Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (…
Read more…Manchester brewed hip hop beats from BIG CITY BEATS chieftan KUARTZ. Let us know what you think… Check Big City Beats for the AQUARIAN PROPHECIES long player… Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)…
Read more…anova Jeremiah Jae Jneiro Jarel Sharon Jones Jun Tzu K Jon K Krystal Klear Kuartz 1 Kuartz 2 Kutmah L Lando Kal (Lazer Sword) Kaysha Lee Don Letts Lorn Lorn 2 M Marc Mac Mayer Hawthorne Stephanie Mckay MidaZ the BEAST The Mighty Mocambos Mind On Fire Mar 2010 Mind On Fire Jun 2010 DJ Mischief Mooken Mount Kimbie The Mouse Outfit Mr E Mungos Hi Fi N Dan Nation Natural Self Neighbourhood The Nextmen Norvun Devolution Nyquist 1 Nyquist 2 O Om Unit Om…
Read more…oaded! Click to download KUARTZ Space Loungin / Rubius (www.soundcloud.com/kuartz) SKITZ Struggla ft Rodney P / Born Inna System ft Buggsy ___________ >> ED SPEED (Dub Smugglers) MIGHTY DIAMONDS Bodyguard WAILING SOUL Jah Give Us Life JUNIOR BYLES Fever MIGHTY THREES Rasta Business BLACK UHURU Rentman LEROY SMART Blood Ah Go Run WIL HESKETH Shine Eye Remix (Dub Smugglers Dubplate) DUB SMUGGLERS Ruff Ruff (Dubplate) >>Interview with Ed Speed DUB SM…
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…Family Daptone – Hey Brother (Do Unto Others) katbrownsugar – Brown Sugar Kuartz – Geisha Eyes / Bamboo In The Moonlight Kuartz – .Last Shadow / Shinobi Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Soul Right Micall Parknsun & Mr Thing – Klingon Face Remix ft Essa, Joker Starr and Jehst Altered Tapes – Pharcyde – ReRunnin’ (Altered Tapes Uptempo VIP) Verequete e O Conjunto Uirapurú – Da Garrafa uma Pinga Lorn – Timesink / Through The Fire Yosi Horikawa – Crossing El…
Read more…r //Groovement Lorn interview (text) //Groovement Lorn interview 2 (audio) Kuartz, pic by Shez420 5. Break Next Beat – Autumn Skies Another Manchester beat head (does North Greater Manchester count?), BREAK NEXT BEAT is an alias of hip hop head KUARTZ, half of Big City Beats with NYQUIST (below), who produced one of 2009’s killer independent hip hop albums, ‘Aquarian Prophecies’. Being a rapper as well as a producer, BNB’s 2010 journeys are full o…
Read more…gh Quality BREAK NEXT BEAT is the aka of Greater North Manchester producer KUARTZ aka beatmaker and lyricist Matt Zwarts. I met him at our IN THE LOOP live hip hop night over here in Manchester, and could see the grand plans buzzin’ behind his eyes from the jump. Not content with wheeling out soulful hip hop beat-tapes and spittin’ his heart out, Kuartz continues to push himself forward: currently with new project Break Next Beat and the AV styles…
Read more…camp focused label, last year with a release from LA’s Depakote. Mecca:83. Kuartz and Tehbis have all put out stunning releases on there, and I’m really proud of the ‘Volume One’ compilation that so many talented beatmakers contributed to. I’m chuffed to be able to rep Manchester with this new one, courtesy of two of the city’s finest hip hop heads. Seymour runs community hip hop night Golden Egg, currently at Fallow (formerly Trof) in Fallowfield…
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…– The Corridor (Danny Scrilla remix) Joe Armon-Jones – Almost Went Too Far Kuartz – Too High feat El Statiko Yazmin Lacey – 90 Degrees Sudan Archives – Nont For Sale S-Type – Coastin’ The Sorcerers – The Anderson Spectrum (The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra) Dabrye – Sunset (feat. Shigeto) Brannddyy – Babyyy (Szajna Edit) Horatio Luna – Finesse Plato – Harp Jean Grae & Quelle Chris feat. Dane Orr – Peacock Prophet – Insanity Ross From Frien…
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