Four Tet Remixes Madvillainy
Stones Throw digitally release Four Tet’s Madvillainy remixes, originally released on a 2005 12″. The label has also started up
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New Music / Kinkai: Mellow Mermaids and Malibu
A late contender for one of my albums of the year has just dropped. Kinkai has been bubbling for a
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Video / LEVELZ: Front Face
You can’t get much more solid confirmation of Mixmag’s assertation that Manchester is the beating heart of new music than
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New Music / Ded Tibiase: All I Need ft Parallax
A new drop from Ted Dibiase from his new LP Landspeed on Village Live Records, featuring London rapper Parallax. All
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Video / Sparkz: Stay Awake
The new single from Sparkz, Stay Awake, catches the Manchester producer/rapper at his most melancholy and follows his trilogy of
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New Music / Northentic Records present proper hip hop
Northentic Records is a new label that supports underground hip hop artists, founded by Seek The Northerner and Morgz. It showcases
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Video / School Of Shaolin trailer
School Of Shaolin is a forthcoming documentary about the the Wu Tang Clan’s effect on people’s lives. Directed by Nick
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On Wax / Dabrye returns with Three/Three
Tadd Mullinix has been anything but slack, as the past few years have seen him explore waves of electronic sounds,
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Video / J. Chambers ft Doc Brown: Gone ‘Til November
J. Chambers follows up Road To Perdition with the reflective Gone ‘Til November, featuring Doc Brown. It’s pulled from J’s
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On Wax / Funkonami: Into The Deep Ocean
Village Live Records’ latest release is Funkonami’s follow up to his debut Deep Into The Forest. The producer used exclusively
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Video / pAS dOO: 6icksenses
Oakland producer and sound explorer pAS dOO has released a video for the track 6icksenses ahead of new album Think Less
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On Wax / Souleance: Bamboule EP
This pair never let us down, do they? Souleance, aka Fulgeance and DJ Soulist, are back on First Word Records
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New Music / Dubbul O: Smoka-Motive
Manchester is enjoying another creative peak at the moment, its national picture being painted in soulful colours by the likes
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On Tour / Abstract Orchestra Play Madvillainy
Following up their well-received orchestral interpretations of Dilla’s music, the 17 piece Abstract Orchestra return with their take on the
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Manchester / Inner City Waves with Chris Amor, Karmic Evolution, rosebud and KJ Topp
Hip hop bookings at Band On The Wall have been minimal to say the least over the last few months
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On Wax / Miles Bonny x Ta-Ku: Let It Out EP
Following recent work with Big Crown Records, Miles releases his Ta-Ku produced EP Let It Out on another Brooklyn label,
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On Tour / Brother Ali November 2017
Brother Ali returns to the UK for his first show in five years, in support of latest album All The Beauty
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New Music / Freddie Joachim: Train Stations
Train Stations by Freddie Joachim A gorgeously layered new beat from Freddie Joachim: buy it here.
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Video / Little Simz: Good For What
A new video for Good For What, from the album Stillness In Wonderland. A deluxe version of the album is
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On Wax / Aim x Mikey D.O.N. are MAIDM: Tun Up Di Heat
Krispy 3 veteran Mikey D.O.N. has joined forces with modern age legend Aim to form MAIDM – their debut single is a
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