Interview: DJ Jazzy Jeff’s first 45s set for 20 years – RBMA UK Tour / Wax Works
RECORD STORE DAY – I’m sat in a hotel lobby in Manchester with the sunshine blazing through the window, grabbing
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funk
Interview: M20 COLLECTIVE + TWISTED TUBES PREVIEW
And so, the next generation continue to take over the city. M20 Collective have already made a substantial mark in
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Track premiere: Jump-up highlife from Tal National with Farila
I’m very pleased to be able to premiere this bouncing track from Tal National, from their new album Zoy Zoy.
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45: Mister Jason Has A Posse – DJ Format’s A-Z Breaks Remix
A heavy, heavy single on Soundweight Records, DJ Format remixing Mister Jason Has A Posse. The remix features 26 emcees
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The Mighty Mocambos release SHOWDOWN ft Afrika Islam, Afrika Bambaataa, Shawn Lee, DeRobert and more
The Mighty Mocambos return! The new LP features guest spots from hip hop legends Charlie Funk aka Afrika Islam and Afrika
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Nubiyan Twist, Work House + live in Manchester 26 March
Bedos, DJ A-UP and myself (aka IN THE LOOP) will be spinning with this 12-strong afro/dub/hiphop colllective on Thursday evening
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New album: Tuxedo (Jake One x Mayer Hawthorne) on Stones Throw
Following on from the single Number One, the full length from Tuxedo is out today. Here’s the cover of
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New 45: The Budos Band, Magus Mountain b/w Vertigo (Daptone)
New funk opus from the relentless Budos crew, with a psych bend as per usual from these guys. Monstrous. If
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Tony Spin’s James Brown megamix comp for RAPstation.com
The maestro Tony Spin is hosting a comp to get your mix played over on Chuck D’s RAPstation.com. DJs, put
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Debut 45 from Djar One ft Dragon Fli Empire, Bumble Bzz
The homie DJ Format just put me on to this one over on Facebook. Limited to 300 copies on Beats
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Saun & Starr line up album debut Look Closer for Daptone
Great news out of the Daptone camp this evening with the announcement of the debut full length, alluded to in
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Download: The Colonel, Rave Juice mixtape
There’s a duality to The Colonel that goes unspoken – though on the surface he appears to be one of
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Os Brazoes debut album re-release from Mr Bongo
Originally out in 1969 on Brazil’s RGE Discos, Os Brazoes’ debut, eponymous album is a psych fusion of samba, RnB
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Preview DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist’s Renegades of Rhythm
Coming to the Albert Hall next week, Shadow and Cut Chemist (whom I recently interviewed for Bonafide #9, and as
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Andrew Wartts & The Gospel Storytellers: There Is A God Somewhere 30th Anniversary LP
Head over to the Gospel Storytellers website to grab the 30th Anniversary limited repress of their first album, There Is
Read moreDownload: SOUL TWINS PODCAST #7
The Soul Twins finish off the year with the seventh episode of their brilliant podcast, even going so far as
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Fumaça Preta in Manchester Friday 19 December
All-encompassing dirty grooved garage funk hits the Roadhouse this Friday when Fumaça Preta land – or, as record label Soundway
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Groovement Podcast – Andrea Trout: Acting Up 18NOV14
Listen on Mixcloud / Subscribe on iTunes / Download direct Fresh from spinning with legends Cymande, Amp Fiddler and Nightmares On
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Preview: Funk Soul and Afro Rarities – An Introduction to ATA Records
Funk, Soul and Afro Rarities : An Introduction to ATA Records by Here And Now Recordings Release: 10th November 2014
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Video: Horror mash-up from The Budos Band – Aphasia
From the new LP Burnt Offering, available now! The next issue of Now Then Manchester (the first digital only issue)
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