Hip Hop Kings on tour: Davy DMX, Monie Love, Chuck Chillout, Grandmaster Dee and Cut Creator
This collective of legends will be hitting the road soon (who between them have combined sales
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On Wax: Daymé Arocena / Cubafonía / Brownswood
A1. Eleggua A2. La Rumba me llamo yo A3. Lo que fue A4. Maybe Tomorrow A5. Negra Caridad B1. Mambo
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New Music: STUFF. / fulina
A gorgeous and sublime new track (premiered at Clash) from Ghent’s STUFF, who are due back in the UK soon
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On Wax: Vincent Ahehehinnou / Best Woman / Analog Africa
Good times forthcoming from Analog Africa for their Limited Dance Edition No. 5! Best Woman has been out of print
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On Wax: Ondatrópica / Baile Bucanero / Soundway Records
Following a successful crowd funding campaign to fund its recording and release, the second album from Quantic (aka Will Holland)
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Video Premiere: Resonators’ Papa Daddio
Resonators have carved their own niche in the UK dub scene, their third album Imaginary People cementing their reputation as
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On Wax: Czarface Book & Record Set for RSD 2017
For every pink version of Barbie Girl by Aqua, there’s a quality Record Store Day release actually worthy of your
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On Wax: Children Of Zeus return with I Can’t Wait
You’re going to have to wait until April 7th at least… Pre-order the wax on Bandcamp now. Children Of Zeus
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Video: Ellis Meade – Golden (prod. by Pro P)
Brand new Ellis Meade from Manchester’s ROOM 2 RECORDS.
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OUT NOW: Chris Read and Pugs Atomz celebrate the Colo(u)rs Of The World
A prolific DJ to be sure (check his numerous celebratory mixes here, a niche he’s got locked off), Chris
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New Music: Kasperg – Black and White
BLACK AND WHITE ft. Mio, Biniyam, Black EL Listen here KASPERG is one of the freshest beat makers from Helsinki (and
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Groovement Podcast: Agent J – Just Do You
DOWNLOAD RSS FEED MIXCLOUD ITUNES Gabriel Garzon-Montano – Crawl Erykah Badu – Window Seat Noname – Diddy Bop ft Raury
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Ahmed Malek x Flako: The Electronic Tapes on Habibi Funk
The Habibi Funk Records label digs Arabic funk and jazz from the 1970s and 1980s, and recently made Okayplayer and
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Wax: Kutmah – BLK/SMR
I love Kutmah’s limited 10″ pressings: here’s a fresh one in the form of BLK/SMR – this is the ten
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Visuals: NinjaTea – Ninja’s 21st (prod. Four Limbs)
Fresh sounds from Manc producer Four Limbs (peep his work here), this time in the form of a video for a
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Synthesize the Soul: Astro-Atlantic Hypnotica from the Cape Verde Islands 1973-1988
There’s been a surge of releases from this period of Cape Verde’s history recently, most notably from Analog Africa and
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Groovement Interview / Lee Fields
This interview originally appeared in the February 2017 issue of Now Then Manchester. You can listen to a recording of
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Soundtrack: The Girl With All The Gifts by Cristobal Tapia De Veer
The Girl With All The Gifts – Cristobal Tapia De Veer by Cristobal Tapia De Veer The newly-released soundtrack to
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Groovement Podcast: Agent J – Where Do We Go From Here? ft Lee Fields
Lee Fields joins me in conversation, so I thought I’d make it a soul special. Pic credit: AkseP19 @ Gorilla,
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Groovement Podcast: Pablo Blanquito – Don’t Sweat the Technique
Listen on iTunes / Mixcloud / Download The hypnotically ethereal selection of one of Manchester’s most warm hearted, soulful and
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