Manchester: Endless City turns one
Purveyors of great taste since day one, Endless City reach their first birthday with a celebration at the Mint
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Manchester
Looking back and facing forward: The Mouse Outfit
Releasing Escape Music was definitely a key event in our career and the catalyst for us being taken seriously as
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New vid from Sparkz, Kno the Sound
Known primarily for his work alongside The Mouse Outfit over the past couple of years, Sparkz’ new work on the
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8 GOLD RINGS FOR SALFORD JOHN 2015 – raising money for Salford Royal Infirmary
Last year’s phenomenal fundraiser has already gone down in history. This year all money raised (all artists are playing for
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The Mouse Outfit prep second album Step Steadier
This Manchester outfit have had long deserved phenomenal success in the lead up to and post-release of their
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Mad Mats @ First Chop, Salford 27 Feb
An intimate return to the rainy city for Mad Mats, from the crew behind the Soul Train parties. Tickets are
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LEVELZ on Toddla T / 1Xtra / Radio 1
There’s summit been happening in Manchester for a few years now… well, there’s thing been happening there for years I
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Download: Fabz, Grown EP on Room 2 Records
New EP on pay-what-you-want from Salford’s Fabz, following up 2014’s Lost EP. Production comes from Kydro, Fabz, Pro P
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Download: ThisisDA & Mankub, Bounce Back
Manc producer Mankub returns with another one for emcee ThisIsDA, a track from the soon-coming Based Off Black EP. Read
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Download: Twisted Roots & Visceral, Another Fool
An ode to being f’kd over, especially for the month of love! Download (inc instrumental) here. Check more from
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RBMA UK Tour: Manchester inc PRhyme, Jazzy Jeff, Zed Bias, Skepta and more
RBMA take their workshops and gigs on tour to Glasgow, London, Bristol and Manchester in March and April. My personal
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Flying Lotus, Kutmah and Shabazz Palaces: buy your tickets here, not here
The other day on Facebook I was moaning about how Seetickets ‘saw’ fit to slap a £6.50 ‘transaction fee’ on
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Hip hop focus on Parklife 2015
Traditionally, Groovement doesn’t exist to chop up music into genres. Groove is universal. However, it’s interesting to see how Parklife
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Grave Concern debut video for Room 2, Yum Yum
Some twisted, not-for-faint-hearted horrorcore raps from Manchester’s Room 2 Records to mark Friday 13th. Grave Concern’s debut EP will be
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J Dilla Changed My Life 2015: Manchester / Bristol / London
DJ A-UP and myself will be spinning at the Manchester leg of this year’s ‘offficial’ J Dilla Changed My Life event,
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Club: So Flute, 3rd birthday with Andrew Ashong, Lay-Far, Werkha, Bolts, Kwasi
Mumptown has turned in another amazing flyer for So Flute, in celebration of their third birthday – down at the
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Club: Swing Ting residents in full effect, 21 Feb 2015
Event page here
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Preview DRS, The View ft LSB & Tyler Daley
Released on 2 March, taken from DRS’ Mid Mic Crisis LP, out on Marcus Intalex’s Soul:R label. I believe DRS
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Wyles and Simpson, Stormy Skies
Ahead of their date in Manchester’s Soup Kitchen on Thursday 19 Feb (with Matt Halsall & Labour of Love on
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Credits Roll… The Mouse Outfit ft Verb T
The first video from the eagerly awaited second album, Step Steadier, out next month – and their first track with
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