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Spoek Mathambo Manchester takeover 12/13 March inc showing of FUTURE SOUND OF MZANSI

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…sented through the eyes of Spoek Mathambo, directed by him and produced by Black Major.   A Q&A with Spoek follows the screening, and then of course an afterparty ends proceedings.   This event, put together by Oh Bachannal and Bianca A Manu, is precisely the sort of unique event Manchester should be known for. Hats off to the organisers! Read a great interview with Spoek here at Shuf Sounds. Come prepared for 4 hours of South African House, Bacar…

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Check We Ridin’ from Onra’s upcoming LP, Fundamentals

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…-orderable. Keep track of Onra here and here. Guests on the album include longtime collaborator Olivier Daysoul with Daz Dillinger of The Dogg Pound (as heard on We Ridin’), MC Perrion, Chuck Inglish, and Black Milk. Big!     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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Interview: M20 COLLECTIVE + TWISTED TUBES PREVIEW

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…anchester doing it right right now: Generic Greeting on all things design, Black and Blue publications, Zara Khalique with the Keep It Bright fashion brand, Chris Jam for his colourful words and community focus, Kris Extance for his support of up and coming Manchester artists and the March sessions project, etc etc… it would take an entire feature to go through them all!   The April event is influenced by the 1940s. In what way, and how did this c…

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Download: 19FEB11 ft BLUE DAISY // GROOVEMENT

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…SPARKZ- Revolution THE MOUSE OUTFIT ft BABA ISRAEL – Listening To Hip Hop BLACK MILK – Give The Drummer Some (Live Studio Jam) DANNY DRIVE THRU X CHIMA ANYA – Good Lord LUNICE X THE JEALOUS GUYS – Bus Stop Jazz CLARK – Herr Barr DAISUKE TANABE – Cuculus Canorus VIRTUAL BOY – Thrust TWISTED ROOTS ft LAY LAY and DUBBLE O – Voyage Across The Galaxy ODDISEE ft TOINE – Different Now CHIMA ANYA – Top Banana DORIAN CONCEPT – Her Tears Taste Like Pears D…

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Preview: DJ SPINNA X MR THING // The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Collection

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…Idols (featuring Vinia Mojica) [S] 29. Larry Gold – No Stoppin’ (featuring Black Thought, Gene McFadden & John Whitehead) [S] 30. Dj Spinna – Love is Sold (feat Abdul Shylon) [S] 31. Jay Dee – Big Booty Express [S] 32. DJ Spinna – Rock (Unplugged) [S] 33. King Britt – Cobbs Creek (featuring De La Soul) [S] 34. Pete Rock – To My Advantage (featuring Nature) [S] 35. Larry Gold – All That You Are (featuring Kindred The Family Soul) 36. DJ Spinna – Ga…

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Pete Cannon: High Focus Remixes Instrumentals

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…e (check his madness as Opal Block on the free Frass FM 2 comp from Astral Black) but his work for High Focus sees him hone his frankly slamming boom bap stripes to perfection. Download this comp of his instrumentals for artists on the label for the princely some of £2.99, or more if you’re feeling generous. 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…

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Download: HOUSE SHOES // Constellations / The A-Z of Dennis Coffey

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…One, and Q-Tip) 2. LL Cool J- Jinglin’ Baby 3. Dennis Coffey- Main Theme (Black Belt Jones OST) 4. Dennis Coffey- 7th Galaxy* 5. Dennis Coffey- Ride Sally Ride 6. The Temptations- Cloud Nine 7. Rodriguez- Sugar Man 8. Marvin Gaye- I Want You 9. Dennis Coffey- Garden Of The Moon 10. The Spinners- It’s A Shame 11. Dennis Coffey- Never Can Say Goodbye 12. Dennis Coffey- Whole Lotta Love 13. Diamond D- No Wonduh 14. Isley Brothers / Dennis Coffey & L…

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Download: GROOVEMENT 6FEB11 // Agent J

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…El P ft Nocando – Time Won’t Tell (Remix) Mophono – Be Human Part One Ivory Keys X Nottz – Temptaion Toro y Mio – Still Sound Miqi O – Honeyboxxx Generation Creative Source – You Can’t Hide Love Ghostface ft Black Thought – In Da Park 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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ThisisDA x Mankub ft Blu: Won’t Change

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…stol and Manchester meet LA with this joint effort from ThisisDA, Mankub and Blu. Mankub’s jazzy, bouncin’ production is complemented perfectly by the two rappers, giving this a proper summery classic feel. Won’t Change is from the forthcoming Based Off Black EP out in July. Download the track at Bandcamp. ThisisDA Twitter ThisisDA Soundcloud Blu Twitter Mankub Twitter Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to shar…

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Download: 31JAN11 ft ZED BIAS, ONEMAN & JESSIE WARE // Groovement with Agent J

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…AS aka MADDSLINKY // At hoya:hoya, Manchester Maddslinky ft Tawiah – Further Away Shigeto – Primitive Instinct (Om Unit Remix) Stateless – Assassinations (Om Unit Remix) Max Lane – Wohub Denis Jones – One Loop The Blue Rhythm Combo – Black Water Gold Speedometer – All I Ever Need Stig of the Dump – All of That 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 WhatsA…

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DJ A-UP Rejuvenates The Greats

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…y Remix) Sto Elliot – Turn On Some Marvin Jorun Bombay – Release Yo’ Champ Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours (DJ Scene and Four Colour Jack Remix) Fashawn – Out The Trunk J-Rocc – Brother’s Party Pete Rock and CL Smooth – T.R.O.Y. (Remix) Main Source – Fakin’ The Funk (Instrumental) The Main Ingredient – Magic Shoes Roberta Flack – Gone Away (What You Know) T.I. – What You Know Outkast – Spottieottiedopalicious (Remix) Speak – Crumbs DJ Grouch – R…

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Preview: Blue Daisy preps Darker Than Blue featuring Connie Constance

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…ecords, his new work finds Kwesi Darko exploring opposites: “dark and light, yin and yang and good and evil on songs that traverse rap, rock, blues and punk” – there are demons within this record. BD also produced Connie’s debut single (Stars, below) and EP In The Grass, forthcoming on Black Acre. You can also listen to the title track on Bandcamp or watch the video below. The LP is available on dark blue vinyl as a limited edition of 300 worldwid…

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Groovement Interview: Son Little + new track Lay Down

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…k in some ways the differences are subtle but I know in a certain way as a black male in America you feel like there’s a target on your back. This is after centuries of struggle to reverse that scenario. I don’t feel that here. Or anywhere we’ve gone. Not that it’s perfect, everyone gets along and there’s no hate or prejudice or racism but I don’t feel like there’s a target on my back because of my race. To come here and be removed from it somewha…

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Daptone Gold Volume II

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…ion). There’s double vinyl available from the likes of Piccadilly Records (black only, the gold version is long gone), or digital over on Bandcamp. Have a listen to track previews over on Daptone. Read an interview I wrote with Neal Sugarman here for Now Then, conducted when the Daps hit the Albert Hall with Lee Fields. Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share…

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Groovement Podcast: Edd Mystery – Selections Jaunes {Oct 2015)

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…– Operation Lockdown Monto – Triton The Range – Jamie VATOGATO – luhvnmi_ Black Milk – Dirt Bells Jo Def – TookItThurr Dawn Day Night – Mister Meaner Lil Ugly Mane – Days Like This Mndsgn – Frugality Just Blaze – Moleskine Conclusion Prhyme – To Me, To You Roc Marciano ft Sean Price – Snow Kendrick Lamar – Momma Pete Rock – Gonna Love You Onra – Money The Mouse Outfit – Saga D.N. Hurter – Soup Architect Roots Manuva – Like A Drum Coultrain – Be A…

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Groovement Podcast: SNO – Brotherly Love {Oct 2015}

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…End Title Akua Naru – Mr Brown ft Georgia Anne Muldrow Buckshot Lefonque – Black Monday A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We’ve Got) Erykah Badu – Soldier Busta Rhymes – It’s A Party ft Zhané Wu Tang Clan – Can It All Be So Simple Miguel Atwood-Ferguson – Untitled Pete Rock – Heaven and Earth Joey Bada$$ – Paper Trails Oddisee – That’s Love Quasimoto – Catchin’ The Vibe Redman – Pick It Up Digable Planets – Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat) Boost the si…

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Download: GROOVEMENT // 9JAN11 / Agent J

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…e Phoe – Bumpy’s Lament Rick Ross ft Barry White – Even Deeper Mashville – Black Bug Bossasaurus – Wasting Time Sean Price ft Petro and Royce Da 5’9″ – Goodnite!!! DMX – Damien Kahn ft Jasmine – Altar First Groovement episode of 2011 brings a range of new (and old) music to the fore, all around a central idea of beats. Enjoy. Mic might be a little muffled in places, did this show straight into the laptop rather than through a mixer, but it sounds…

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Download: MYSTRO // UK 2010 Rap Up

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…Following up the radio rip from last week comes MYSTRO’s official download of the mP3 – get it straight from his site here MYSTRO // UK 2010 Rap Up (prod Black Einstein) 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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Groovement Podcast: Andrea Trout’s Looking Back (Jan 2015)

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…s!] Don Blackman – Never Miss A Thing [comes from a great album called Don Blackman and it’s never out of my record bag. Slap bass is a bonus on this tune too] Cameo – Candy [Classic tune from 1986. Wish I could get the dance moves that everyone does when it comes on!] Nuyorican Soul – I Am The Black Gold of the Sun [Very special tune this one. I love the version that Minnie Ripperton does but this one reminds me of the Electric Chair club night (…

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