Listen: BIG WAR // Discipline
The mysterious Big War continues his aural assault from his underground Manchester tunnel HQ. Just fudgin’ immense.
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Preview: LONE // Galaxy Garden
Release: Now Label: R&S Hoya Hoya resident Lone’s follow up LP to 2010’s Emerald Fantasy Tracks, Galaxy Garden, is previewed
Read moreDownload: MYSTRO // What Type Of Drug Is Mystrogen? EP
04_That_There_prod._Twisted_Roots(@FrancisStrange) Our pal Twisted Roots has an absolutely boom bap bangin’ production on here (listen to it above) – the
Read morePodcast: GROOVEMENT: MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION // 21FEB12
Intergalactic hip hop. From Manchester. Download: Mothership Connection Groovement 21FEB12 HQ MOTHERSHIP CONNECTION // 21FEB12 by Jamie Groovement on
Read morePodcast: GROOVEMENT: AGENT J // 18FEB12
Download 320kbps AGENT J GROOVEMENT 18FEB12 iTunes here Pretty much new music all the way. Sublime start, fat hip hop middle,
Read moreDownload: PRO P // Hidden Files
Over 30 MCs join producer Pro P on this hefty collection of Manchester hip hop. Download Pro P Hidden
Read morePodcast: NouGold // February 2012
DOWNLOAD NOUGOLD [FEBRUARY 2012] Myself and Bedos are back with another installment of the NouGold podcast – bringing you those
Read morePodcast: ANDREA TROUT // 6FEB12
Download: Andrea Trout Groovement 6FEB12 320 320KPBS / 1hr 29m ANDREA TROUT // 6FEB12 by Jamie Groovement on Mixcloud Andrea
Read moreVideo: STRATEGY (BROKE’n’£NGLISH) // The Bleep Test
New vid from the amazing Pre-Season Training – Manchester’s own Alphabet Aerobics. Direction from Hit & Run‘s Rich Reason.
Read moreVideo: OLD BILL SYKES // TNC
Manchester don Bill Sykes takes a walk through the woods.
Read moreReach: PARKLIFE // Manchester 9 & 10 June 2012
The line-up for the Platt Fields extravaganza has been released… make sure you replant those grass seeds after you’ve finished.
Read morePreview: PAPER TIGER // Illuminated EP (Mind On Fire Records)
Released 27th Feb 2012 MOF007, as smooth as the titular secret agent, comes from Paper Tiger… the worldwide takeover
Read moreReach: J DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE // Manchester x Brighton x London
Three events across Manchester, London and Brighton make this weekend the official start of Dilla month, celebrating the life and
Read morePreview: LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS // Faithful Man
Whether you’re a recent classic soul sound convert (lulled by the sounds of Hawthorne and Blacc, perhaps) or you’ve been
Read moreDownload: Mecca:83 // D A Y B R E A K
One of the dopest producers in Manchster is back with a new LP and it’s full of the awesome, serene
Read moreMATTHEW HALSALL wins best Jazz LP at Worldwide Awards
A rare ‘news’ post for us, simply to big up the greatness that is Matthew Halsall – he may have
Read moreReach/Download // THE ELECTRONIC EXCHANGE
“a twisted electronica beauty” – BBC Manchester Introducing “A masterful exercise in pure, unfettered musical collaboration…beguiling Portishead-meets-Flying Lotus-meets-Twin Peaks soundscapes”
Read morePreview: L Digz // Peace of Mind ft. Elizabeth Depasois (Prod. Riddle)
L Digz- Peace of Mind Ft Elizabeth Depasois (ADVANCED PREVIEW) by LDigz L Digz is back with another dope cut.
Read moreMANCHESTER GIGS MARCH 2012
WED 7 MAR: SOULS OF MISCHIEF // The Roadhouse £6 Early / £7 Presented by Taste the Diff’rence Buy tickets
Read morePodcast: NouGold [January 2012]
DOWNLOAD NOUGOLD [JANUARY 2012] Here is the latest episode of the NouGold podcast brought to you by myself and my
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