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Groovement Interview / Agbeko prep their first vinyl release

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…izes tends to make for quite a spectacle, inherently. There’s so many good groups around the city but not a lot of afrobeat-influenced music being made. I guess we slot in there, even if the music is beginning to move away from that more than it used to.   I think the thing I’m most proud of with respect to the group is how it’s fuelled this coming together of people… we’re now almost growing fond of one another. If I wasn’t such a cynic, I’d say…

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Interview / AVER preps Dressed For CCTV on Village Live Records

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…r 2 with additional TNC favourites added in after, the album serves as our groups first vinyl release. It came as part of a double EP release with the other disc being a solo venture I made which is a piece of work I am still very happy with and I love the lyrics, though due to my terrible ability at promo, not many people heard it   Instrumentals series – These are my annual cutting room floor clearance selections. Anything that’s been sat around…

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New Music / Star Slinger: Home Is Where We Start From

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…nges of hip-hop, soul and house music. Sampling everything from 50’s vocal groups to jazz standards to pscyhedelic rock to my drunken podcast interview with King Krule & my 5 year old daughter’s voice. On a deeper level, home is the most important place on earth for most of us.     -Star Slinger   Boost the signal: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on WhatsApp (Open…

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New Music / Pan Amsterdam: Kubrick

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…evator Music Vol. 1 which featured Open Mike Eagle and Iggy Pop. Def Pressé are putting the single out now, but it will soon appear on a series of albums by Savage Virtual Orchestra, a collective brought together by Lear. SVO features MCs from groups like Hieroglyphics, Freestyle Fellowship, D12, Oldominion and Blackalicious. Boost the signal: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Cli…

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Interview: J Chambers on Escape The Kingdom

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…hen they’re discussing the impact of difference, we can see that there are groups of young people, middle aged and old who just are not at the point in which they will accept nor be open to understanding the message. Whenever we’re discussing societal structures or institutions that are sustained around layers of privilege, I think that it is easy for people to close themselves off rather than to be open to the idea of it. So ultimately, I hope th…

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