Preview: BEV LEE HARLING // Barefoot In Your Kitchen {Wah Wah 45s}

…ious, pure vocals that thread their way through the highs and lows of life experience. Before becoming a solo Artist, the multi-instrumentalist played in many different musical projects ranging from jazz, folk noir, classical, roots, argentinian tango and pop, utilizing her skills as vocalist, violinist, guitarist and piano player. Bev is currently in the No.1 Classical Chart selling group the Mediaeval Baebes as well as one of the circus freaks i…

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Guest post: THE SOULFUL ALICE RUSSELL

…ter for HardKnockRadio.com, the hip hop music blog, where you can read her latest post on the all time top 100 rap songs. The Soulful Alice Russell First time I heard Alice Russell’s voice was on The Bamboos’ Step it Up. I thought the female vocals were done by someone like Sharon Jones but after looking up the song online, I was shocked to find one British chick behind that powerful voice. It was a pleasant surprise and from that moment on, I was…

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The Natural Curriculum preview Chalk’s forthcoming album ‘One For Being Me’

…e Loop / TNC album launch party! More to come on that soon… For now, read the interview here on pages 34 and 35. Did you check the Cheech and Aver track on the recent Groovement comp? The whole album is a free 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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Preview: JJ DOOM // Key to the Kuffs

…re. Here are some buy links: Pre-order via Lex Online Store Pre-order via iTunes: US / UK / Europe / Australia Amazon: US / UK / Canada / Germany / France / Spain / Italy / Austria International: Boomkat / Bleep / HHV / Piccadilly Records / Newbury Comics / Rough Trade / Play.com. Other International stores: HMV / Fnac / CDON.se / Bol.com / Best Buy US   Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (…

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Public Enemy’s Manchester link: Critical Beatdown

…ne of the longest running shows on Public Enemy’s Rapstation network. In its entirety, the show has run for twenty years on various FM and online stations, and artists from T La Rock to Joyce Sims have enjoyed interviews on there. Listen to Spin and CRF every Wednesay, 2000 GMT, on rapstation.com Enemy Radio is about to go down @MrChuckD pic.twitter.com/cfpJCFswsg — Kate G (@kgammell23) June 19, 2016 Here are two new tracks from the Critical Beatd…

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Groovement Podcast: HELZ // Nah Mean/ FEB11

…d HELZ caught Groovement’s attention with her massive reggae 45 selections online over at http://soundcloud.com/dj-helz, so we asked her to drop us some exclusive bizness. Catch her Manchester way at such reputable establishments as Ballin’ On A Budget and Swing Ting and follow her mixcloud here SwingTing UStream 15/12/2010 Rastamouse – Intro Konshens – She Love Money Damien ‘Jr Gong’ Marley & Nas – Nah Mean Gappy Ranks – English Money Keida – Dan…

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New mixtape from THE COLONEL: Heads, Trousers, Face and Shoes

…en got LOL’d at by DJ Q off of that BBC 1Xtra the other night – BIGNESS. If the Death Star goons at the end of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope had tape players during that dog fight at the end, this is what they’d be listening too. Fact. Click to download Download it from the Colonel’s online presence here or cop the direct link. Check past Groovementness from the Colonel here Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Clic…

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Groovement Premiere / Funky Chimes: Belgian Grooves From The 70s – Leslie Kent’s Inner City Blues

…ighting 6 . Bud Hunga And His Diplomatic Music – Travelling On Rhythms 7 . Experience – Pink Movement 8 . The Peter Laine Orchestra – Tiger Walk 9 . Kandahar – The Fancy Model 10 . Kiosk – Mona Call 11 . Guido Carnagy – Free Way Exit 12 . André Brasseur – X 13 . Electronic System III – Skylab 1 . The Indian Sound Of… Black Foot – Smoke Signal 2 . Hearts Of Soul & Shampoo – We Love The Policeman 3 . Roland Thyssen – Riff For Peggy 4 . R. Dero – Sou…

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Groovement Interview / NoSpace

…sts, producers, DJs based up here. People are hungry to create & there’s a free flow energy everywhere I go. I’m blessed to be part of the process. Did anything coming out of Manchester change your path in any way over the past year? Blakk Ice, vocalist: Everybody getting it who don’t really deserve it and worse when they don’t even want it and me being slept on… people acting like I don’t hold it down made me want to go harder, so yes you can say…

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Preview: Strut compile Sun Ra and his Arkestra – In The Orbit Of Ra

….51 2. SUN RA AND HIS INTERGALACTIC INFINITY ARKESTRA – HAVE YOU HEARD THE LATEST NEWS FROM NEPTUNE 5.51 3. SUN RA – DANCE OF THE COSMO ALIENS (Live In Milan, 1978) 11.00 4. SUN RA – TRYING TO PUT THE BLAME ON ME (Live In Rome, 1977 – previously unreleased) 3.37 5. SUN RA AND HIS SOLAR ARKESTRA – PLANET EARTH 4.55 6. SUN RA AND HIS MYTH SCIENCE ARKESTRA – THE NILE 4.55 7. SUN RA AND HIS SOLAR ARKESTRA – REFLECTS MOTION (Part 1 – previously unrelea…

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Interview and preview: SheBeKeke – Abecedarian EP

…next year as a part of the Flying Solo Festival and I’m performing it next month at Camden People’s Theatre. It’s a wacky show: poetic, comedic and little bit disturbing. Oh yeah, the EP will be on Bandcamp – SheBeKeke.bandcamp.com for free. I’ll pop it on my Soundcloud too – soundcloud/le-keke 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 ne…

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AJ Suede – Opta Mystic

…imprint. RELEASE: 16 FEB PRE ORDER HERE AJ SUEDE INSTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDtH7E37QaE AJ Suede returns with his first self produced solo offering of 2024. Self contained with no collaborators, “Opta Mystic” is guaranteed to be an experience unlike any other in Suede’s vast discography. After the release of G’s Us’ “WHAT THEM DOGS DON’T KNOW THEY KNOW” and Suede’s “Reoccurring Characters”, the bar was raised to astronomical heights. Li…

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Interview // Jansport J

…the great beard. Groovement’s DJ A-UP provided the questions.   1. You’re latest project, ‘MoveMeans II: The Reprise’ has just dropped. It’s available on your Bandcamp page as a digital download or a CD. I ordered a copy of the CD because I love physical music but how have the sales figures compared between the two formats? I couldn’t tell you how it’s doing digitally, because I haven’t gotten any numbers back yet from the distribution company. I…

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INTERVIEW // GROOVEMENT X CHRISTIAN RICH

…d have created their own worlds and are doing excellent things in representing their music. I believe we’ve yet to see your live incarnation in the UK – what makes it a little different? It’s coming from us, we are the difference. What are your release plans? More downloadable mixtapes or a full LP? New album coming out last quarter or first quarter. More collabaration and like always, many surprises. Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (O…

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Groovement Podcast: Many Hats [Reform Radio, Feb 2023]

…ARS FEAT. JOHN ROBINSON FULGEANCE – RIUM THE GRAND JURY – MUSIC IS FUN (VOCAL) EDDIE CHACON – HOLY HELL HINT – ALIENS ENTER FEAT. T-FLY (HINT REMIX) SAINT ABDULLAH & JASON NAZARY – MIRROR OF INFINITY (FEAT. NAPPYNAPPA) THES ONE – YOUNG MIKE AND CHRIS FLOATING FREE NAROLANE (DENISE CHAILA, MURLI & GOD KNOWS) – RENT FREE SPECTACULAR DIAGNOSTICS – CLASS (FT. CURLY CASTRO, ILLOGIC & DEFCEE) Boost the signal: Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new win…

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Reach Manchester: SEAMING TO + KIRA KIRA // BAND ON THE WALL MON 11 MARCH

composer and audio/visual artist Kristin Björk Kristjansdottir. A founder member of Kitchen Motors, a mischievous label and collective based on experiments in electronic music and arts, she continually breaks boundaries between forms and genres. Her opening set incorporates material from her latest album Feathermagnetik and first feature film Grandma Lo-fi – The Basement Tapes of Sigridur Nielsdottir, celebrated in MoMA and festivals around the wo…

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Groovement Podcast: Corazón featuring Mo Serious [May 2023]

…isco Svaneborg Kardyb – Orbit Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band – Hotline Bling Myele Manzanza – Part 1 Madeleine – Hold Her Svaneborg Kardyb – Hav Onipa – No Commando (feat. David Walters)Cantrips – The Big Break https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyW5C3ExrsA . 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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Video: Brian Nasty – Time I Leave

…k Lane’s Bankrupt Store, on 28th July, and has launched the video for this latest track from the album Growing Pains. “‘Time I Leave’ is definitely one of my favourite tracks and I love it for the intensity that it brings. I wrote that song about the anxiety that washes over you when your train of thought starts getting louder in your head. I wanted the video to match that intensity and the darkness of the video creates more of that uneasy feeling…

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Cappo & Konny Kon (Children of Zeus) – Let It Take You (prod. Kong The Artisan)

…ouble vinyl comes with a lyric book – order that over on Bandcamp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9EAZpyHIWE CANON marks the long-awaited return of critically acclaimed underground rap artist, Cappo. The seventeen-track opus is Cappo’s first full-length recording since completing his PhD study into literary techniques utilised by rap artists to convey personal trauma. Announcing CANON as his “most complete work to date”, Cappo describes the new…

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Homeboy Sandman – Go Hard

…tiFJM Homeboy Sand comes again with another great video, this time for the latest single from his Anjelitu LP on Mello Music Group. Check that here. Marley Chapman directs the video, production on the whole album comes from Aesop Rock. Go Hard sums up Sand’s DIY approach to his art and explains his persistent work ethic over a hypnotic twang. Essential. Tour dates for the US are below, head to the video on YouTube here for some clickable ticket li…

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