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Interview / Agbeko fire up the tour van for new EP D.O.D.

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…u’re releasing a new album, D.O.D. (Death of Discourse) in March. What can people expect from it?  People can expect our longest studio track yet, which is our most explicitly Fela-esque track, D.O.D. We’re also really proud to have captured the band’s live energy on record for the first time, which is always a challenge to get across in a recording environment. Any favourite tracks on the album?  The band are all really big fans of the instrument…

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Interview: Buffalo Brothers – Journey Into Sound

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…though of course.” You’ve got some new material up your sleeves. What can people  expect from your new stuff? Joe S “We do indeed. We recorded quite a bit of stuff when we were last inthe studio, which was thankfully when it was a lot simpler to do such things. We have what we hope is a good selection of instrumentals and some vocals which were co-written with and feature our favourite singers. The variety of creative influences means that they c…

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Nadeem Din-Gabisi – Enter Claim

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…aking of the literal and metaphorical escape and survival routes for Black people in the west and elsewhere. The chorus written in Krio (language most widely spoken in Sierra Leone), is a clarion call for people to realise that life is finite and one should do their best to shine their light, using what skills and resources they have to produce the greatest good.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsjpICvxSpw Boost the signal: Click to share on X (O…

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QOOL DJ MARV on the show this Sunday

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…keting. The series “Beats, Jazz, & Soul” and “Qool Classics” are adored by people from all walks of life from all over the globe. People enjoy the meticulous attention to the sequencing and the seamless continuity of the mixing. Qool DJ Marv has a way of introducing genre-defying songs to listeners who previously may have only preferred popular mainstream offerings. The ‘groove’ cult following that Marv has achieved through his musical mash-ups an…

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Interview: GROOVEMENT X LORN

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…en giving my loops and music out for nearly a decade just because I wanted people to hear it, but now that my album is out its a bit of a punch in the gut. ‘Piracy’ is something that simply cannot be stopped, and I’ve understood that for a long time now, but the album leaked weeks before the official release and its just like fuck, if you’re going to be a shithead about it can’t you at least wait until it actually comes out? By the way, there is s…

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Interview: GROOVEMENT X STAC

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…ily purchasing it. How comfortable are you with that? I think its good for people to be able to hear your stuff before they buy it. I just hope that if they like it, they do buy it and support independent music. A still from the video All Or Nothing, directed by Marie-Claire Denyer Fill us in a little on your musical journey. There is a picture of me when I was three with a pair of massive headphones on, a guitar in my hand and one of those late 7…

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Review: JAMES BLAKE // Band On The Wall, Manchester / 26FEB11

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…the Steinway. Lights are up, Everyone’s beaming. Short and sweet then, but people are definitely satiated. It would have been nice if Blake had dipped into live interpretations of his EP back catalogue to broaden the perceptions of those who had come to see him off only the back of the single and album, but it’s obvious that he wants to give people what they expect to hear rather than risk turning them off.           Boost the signal: Click to sha…

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GIL SCOTT HERON Rest In Peace

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…e if Dick finally gets down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day. The revolution will not be televised. There will be no highlights on the eleven o’clock news and no pictures of hairy armed women liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose. The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb, Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdin…

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Reached: SKITTLES // Poor, With £100 Trainers Album Launch / Deaf Institute 5MAR12

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…my toes, smothering me with armpits lifting cameras over my head and more people rushin’ in: ‘in the interests of health and safety, join the cool kids at the back on the seats so we can fit more people in’ (Chunky) – but die happy, with blissful tunes in my ears. Konny Kon smashed it early doors with choice hip hop, Chimpo soldiered in with a booty heavy reggae and dubplate selection, then Konny came back and this happened: Massive props to them…

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