Download: GROUNDISLAVA // Weekend in the Tropics {TV Dreams EP}

…ds Music Release: June 26th 2012 FoF Bandcamp I love the new EP. It’s a welcome sideways step from the videogame styles Groundislava may get pigeonholed into, and is summery as fuck. Download the EP opener via Earmilk. Weekend in the Tropics also opened Groovement’s first show for BeatWolf Radio. 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 n…

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Download: Chairman Maf – SOUP

…o see what I mean. All three of Maf’s instrumental albums so far have been complete works, doing very well thank you without vocal assistance. Download them from Bandcamp here and hit him up on Twitter to let him know your thinkings. Contrary to his claim of this being possibly his final work, I hope to hear loads more from him in 2016! Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new windo…

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Download: Soul Twins podcast ft Willie Hutch, Dilla, Coke Escovedo and more

…y to see they’ve kicked off a monthly podcast! Follow them on Podomatic or download the episode directly.   1. Willie Hutch – Brothers gonna work it out 2. Fat Back Band – Wicki Wacky 3. J Dilla – We must be in love (Rebtuz Edit) 4. Fakts One – Grown folks 5. Buckshot Le Funk – Music evolution (Preemo mix) 6. Shyheim – On and on (Preemo mix) 7. Ge-ology Ft. Mos Def – Superstar 8. Typical Cats – Reinventing the wheel 9. Mayer Hawthorne – Just aint…

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Download: Writers Guild – Where Did They Go? (Mr. Miranda, MC Pennywise, RoQy TyRaiD and Random)

Download A lament/ode to hip hop groups, from a hip hop group inspired by them. 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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Download: Daisuke Tanabe – Achilles

…Daisuke has just put up two new tracks for free download / pay what you want over on his Bandcamp. I was lucky enough to hear him play these live at Islington Mill recently and they shook the place up good! 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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Download // Cook & Kuartz: The Tormented Revenge of Slick Jnr

…with carefully placed instrumentation and dialogue building up imagery steadily over the course of the album’s not-long-enough half hour. The project is fleshed out by expert storytelling from Taurei, read by Marwa Lahcen, plus bassist Pete Heptonstall. Find a comfy corner for a bit, stick the headphones on and lose yourself in a proper album – all too rare and beautiful a thing. Download   Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new…

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Download // Mecca:83 x QSTN: Victory Lap

…Just in time for the Olympics, a nice slab of celebratory boom bap from our homie Mecca:83, pairing up with Mellow Orange beatmaker QSTN. DOWNLOAD (PAY WHAT YOU WANT)   QSTN SOUNDCLOUD BANDCAMP MECCA:83 SOUNDCLOUD BANDCAMP 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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Gideon Conn Album Launch @ Wonder Inn this weekend / download Deception

…he little gem known as The Wonder Inn sees Manchester stalwart Gideon Conn launch his third album (and first for new label Wah Wah 45s) this weekend. To celebrate, Gideon has made his cover of Blackalicious’ Deception available as a free download. Buy a ticket here for the launch Pre-order Hip Hop Original on iTunes and CD Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to sh…

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Download // Dubbul O: Omega (prod. by Pro P)

…sic will have done him nothing but favours, but he certainly stands his ground on a solo tip here. His delivery is always on point, his voice an enticing concoction of velvet on gravel – he kills it live, has little ego where his head should be massive, and most importantly has a thirst of good music. Omega is dark, funky, tight and well-constructed, a fitting first album in what should be a long career. Download on Bandcamp Twitter Dubbul O / Pro…

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Download // Afro Sam’s Rogue EP on Room 2 Records

…  Really lovely stuff from one third of Free Wize Men, Afro Sam. It continues the high quality output of Manchester’s Room 2 Records – make sure you check the similarly excellent EP from Flex. DOWNLOAD for free or name your price. 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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Download: Clear Soul Forces x Boog Brown, Sound Of The City produced by Black Milk

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Download: BEAT.IT Vol 02

…tracks in all, the work of 38 artists at a range of tempos… and it bangs! DOWNLOAD / PAY WHAT YOU WANT 01) Costa & Smirney (Burman Brothers) – Super Hero ( सुपर हीरो ) 02) Godblesscomputers & Lvnar – Black Sea 03) Turbojazz & Kae – Les Blackan 04) Emshi & Natty Dub – If You Go Away 05) LUCB & HLMNSRA – Asap Rocky Balboa 06) Lynch Kingsley & Grove Kingsley – Queens & Kings 07) DustY & c:pala – Manhattan Research 08) ZeMauno & Capibara – SoopaDoopa…

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Download Queen Latifah and Suga reworks from Fulgeance & Darius Broobecker aka CLAUDE

…Two free downloads to enjoy from Fulgeance and Darius Broobecker aka CLAUDE. Download those here (or stream below) and also check their recent remix for Laurent Garnier on Fulgeance’s own Musique Large label.     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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Download // Ink 13 & Omas: Golden Blends

…/I Got To Have It w/Ink n Omas Cuts SIDE 2 Ink n Omas – Intro Lords Of The Underground – Chief Rocka w/Contact Blitt Diamond D – Sally Got A One Track Mind w/Gold Digger Showbiz and A.G – Fat Pockets Remix w/It’s A Boy Remix Rakim – Heat It Up w/Pass Da Mic Artifacts – Whayback w/Bassline loop A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario remix w/Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Terminator X – To The Edge Of Panic w/All For One w/Ink n Omas Cuts J.V.C Force – Strong I…

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Download: Tall Black Guy provides Bonafide Beats #93

…The homie TBG provides end of year sounds for the homies Bonafide as the ninety-third instalment of their beats series. DOWNLOAD TALL BLACK GUY BANDCAMP 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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Download: Misumami ft Illa J – Let The Drums Speak

…Berlin’s Misumami releases her debut single, Let The Drums Speak, as a free download over on Bandcamp. It’s produced by Lay-Far (Russia) and features Detroit’s Illa J – there’s also a remix included from Japan’s MFP. Worldwide business! Facebook / Soundcloud 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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Download: The Mouse Outfit on BBC 6 Music

…a little more about the Mice’s history here. 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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Download / Toby Toga & Wrapa J: Church Of The Cosmic Elk

…Serene and slightly dark beats from Toby Toga and Wrapa J out of Manchester with their new EP, Church Of The Cosmic Elk. Plenty to lose yourself in over trippy, well-thought out instrumentals and tight flows. DOWNLOAD 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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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 and Atsuko. Download   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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