THE COLONEL

…f up with proper some music production equipment and began to make nasty-sounding leg-wobbling music. This stuff feeds off drum’n’bass, UK garage, house and hip-hop, but I’d also hope you can hear some of my other influences in there – a squirt of funk, a dash of cinematic jazz, and a splodge of plain daft English knees-up-muvva-brown silliness. If all you can pick out is wibbly bass and squelchy noises, that’s cool with me, as long as i…

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

…tween 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 world. www.seaming.co.uk www.kirakira.is 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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Herrotics step out of the shadows with new video ‘Clear Day’

…Manchester’s rawest talent looks like they’re stepping up their 2013 – this is an absolute monster, from the forthcoming album Se Con D Dr Op – keep an eye on www.blahrecords.com   Soundcloud YouTube Bandcamp Facebook 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: SKITTLES // Poor, With £100 Trainers

…VE GOT A FEELIN’ THIS KIDS GONNA DO SUTTIN” (Charlie Sloth nov2011) http://www.oneguycalledskittles.com/ Tracklist 1.In For Me 2. Shut Ya Mouth ft Fallacy 3. Tip-i-cal-y 4. Dot 2 Dot 5. Boys In Blue 6. Lyin’ Here ft Sapphire 7. Zeeko’s our tune (skit) 8. Poor, With £1oo Trainers 9. Shottin’ ft Mr Fox 10. * 11. Spliffy & Eclipse 12. Peggy Mich Al – In A Bwoy (Skit) 13. Time For A Spliff 14. Watchin’ You 15. Bluse Boost the signal: Click to share on…

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Preview: DANNY DRIVE THRU x MR DIBIASE // Producer #3

…es & weightless keys, its 3 minutes of disintegrating funk. Marcus Intalex under his new Trevino alias remixes. In line with his recent tracks for Martyn’s 3024 label & Scuba’s DJ Kicks mix he pushes the tempo to create a technoid stepper. Its a dusky production in the 130 bpm realm with a warm electro flourish and darker acidic undercurrent. After including his smash-up of the “death star theme” on Producer#2 and dropping his debut vinyl with the…

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RAW FESTIVAL preview show this Sunday

…Raw Festival taking place Saturday September 5th in Wrexham near Chester. www.unityradio.fm Groovement with Agent J Sunday 30th August 2009 All proceeds from the RAW FESTIVAL go to Macmillan Cancer Care… check the website for full line up and to buy tickets! Facebook Group Music Festival near Chester, on Welsh border, with bands from all across the UK. Charity event to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support! 05/09/09 Live music from 12noon till…

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Preview: The Age Of Glass // Dance Witcha

…A preview of The Age of Glass’s up-coming live EP, Dance Witcha, which will be released at the end of July. Rory, on vocals here, came down to our local hip hop night In The Loop and blew the room away with some Nina Simone lungs. He is amazing. www.theageofglass.com 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 // Delia Derbyshire Day 2014 in Manchester and beyond

…ice (Members/NUS): £10 For more information about this event, visit http://www.skiddle.com/events/12095116?skcampaign=fbe Minimum Age: 15 Date: 12th Apr 2014 7:30pm Last Entry: 8:00pm Venue: International Anthony Burgess Foundation Engine House, Chorlton Mill, 3 Cambridge Street Manchester M1 5BY 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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Preview: MIND ON FIRE // Great Minds

…s on the shelves next week with the vinyl release of their first vinyl LP (complete with unmatchably lush handprinted sleeve), a collection of the work of eight forward-thinking producers birthed from/giving birth to Manchester’s next wave of music. LA77 – Cubed xxxy – All Over This G Kut – Dance of the Cuttlefish Neko Neko – Fast Grave Architecture – Hassium Woli Wols – Disillusion Zoir – Power Allstars Pareesa – Bahar Buy from Manchester’s Picca…

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Support the C’MON FEET 10TH BIRTHDAY

…assive thank you to everyone who has supported C’mon Feet and Manchester’s underground Hip hop scene over the last 10 years and more. Should the nights be a success (and we strongly believe that they will be), we will use any profit to continue running C’mon Feet at Band on the Wall, standing by the principles that we have always kept about the way we feel a club night should run – C’mon Feet is all about community, no attitude and Hip Hop music b…

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MARY ANNE HOBBS returns to radio

…ginning on Saturday 9th July 2011, with a seemingly wider remit than her BBC Radio 1 Experimental show. Our generation’s John Peel enters her next phase – keep it locked. Pic by the amazing Shaun Bloodworth www.shaunbloodworth.com 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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Win: NEXTMEN / DJ VADIM & THE ELECTRIC / TROJAN SOUND SYSTEM // 15OCT11 Koko London

…: October 15th 2011 Tickets: 15.50 advance, 20 on the door Available from: www.soundcrashmusic.com   Groovement has a pair of guestlist places for this gig on Saturday, down at Koko in London. To win, drop me an e mail at j @ groovement.co.uk (without the spaces) telling me which is the best Nextmen LP and why OR the name of one of the Trojan Sound System DJs… past or present. Good luck… winner chosen tonight.   Soundcrash presents a night of mash…

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Substance Abuse x KRS-One: Rear View (KutMaster Kurt Remix)

…Out now on red vinyl is the new 7″ from Substance Abuse, featuring KRS-One no less… buy it. The album Background Music is out now… www.substanceabusehiphop.com 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: OM UNIT // The Timps EP

…  Fresh from remixing Pixelord, Shigeto and Stateless, OM UNIT flies his electro spaceship in to land with new EP The Timps, out on Civil Music March 21st. www.omunit.com 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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London: Daedelus live + Patten – Thurs 24 Oct

…h Tokimonsta).   Daedelus (live) + special guests Date: Thu 24 Oct 2013 Times: 7:30pm-midnight Venue: Birthdays Address: 33-35 Stoke Newington Road, London, N16 8BJ Tickets: £10 advance, MOTD Available via: www.soundcrashmusic.com 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: CHRIS READ (Music of Subtance / Classic Material / BBE) x THIRSTY EAR

Photo courtesy of http://www.facebook.com/DeepCphotography CHRIS READ has just put together the BBE anniversary compilation entitled “15 Years of Real Music for Real People”, following his winning Mixcloud entry for their Beat Generation mix competition. I first came across his work upon the release of The Diary, a ridiculous megamix of 800 rap tracks in 80-odd minutes, a year-by-year account of hip hop’s history. Find out more about the Diary an…

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SUBSTANCE ABUSE // Exclusive interview and ‘Frontrow’ video

…the pulse of where the energy is. I met up with Kool Keith recently, and found him pleasant company. How was it working with him? Eso: I remember being at Kurt’s house and he was making some lentil soup. Keith comes out and says, “Kurt, what are you making? Some beef stew? Some pterodactyls?” Pterodactyl Soup. I always thought that would be a funny intro to one of their albums. Subz: I remember swooping him up to shoot “Night on the Town” and he w…

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Video: DJ Rasp // DMC World Final Entry Video

…Rasp has competed in the DMCs over the last few years and is now drawing some serious attention to himself in the world of turntablism. This is his entry video for the 2011 DMC World Finals. You can vote for your favourite entry at www.dmcdjonline.com. 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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Win: LV (Hyperdub) x KUTMAH // XOYO London 20AUG11

…2011 Times: 9pm-3am Tickets: £10 advance, £15 on the door Available from: www.soundcrashmusic.com Soundcrash presents… “ROUTES” ALBUM LAUNCH with LV ft. JOSHUA IDEHEN (live) plus KUTMAH Room 2: DJ CHEEBA & FRIENDS SATURDAY AUGUST 20th at XOYO Hyperdub badmen LV collaborate with vocalist Joshua Idehen on new album Routes – find out more right here. “Iden’s half-sung, half-spoken lyrical style, in some ways reminiscent of Ghostpoet’s delivery, is p…

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On Tour: Goblin play Manchester February 2014

…!! Fingers crossed I can get my 2013 EP signed on the night… 26.02.14 £20+BF Gorilla, Manchester 7.30pm www.thisisgorilla.com Tickets available 9am Thursday 7th November here Said Death Waltz EP is 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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