Looking back and facing forward: The Mouse Outfit
Releasing Escape Music was definitely a key event in our career and the catalyst for us being taken seriously as
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Imperial remixes Zeke Thomas, Blackness featuring Chuck D and Jasiri X
Tommy Boy have just dropped this single from Zeke Thomas, with Chuck D and Pittsburgh’s Jasiri X. The homie Imperial
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8 GOLD RINGS FOR SALFORD JOHN 2015 – raising money for Salford Royal Infirmary
Last year’s phenomenal fundraiser has already gone down in history. This year all money raised (all artists are playing for
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The Mouse Outfit prep second album Step Steadier
This Manchester outfit have had long deserved phenomenal success in the lead up to and post-release of their
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Mad Mats @ First Chop, Salford 27 Feb
An intimate return to the rainy city for Mad Mats, from the crew behind the Soul Train parties. Tickets are
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Download: The Colonel, Rave Juice mixtape
There’s a duality to The Colonel that goes unspoken – though on the surface he appears to be one of
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LEVELZ on Toddla T / 1Xtra / Radio 1
There’s summit been happening in Manchester for a few years now… well, there’s thing been happening there for years I
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Forthcoming UK hip hop doc Under The Influence wants your input
In production right now, spearheaded by Rodney P, is a new UK hip hop documentary seeking to explore the genesis,
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Download: Fabz, Grown EP on Room 2 Records
New EP on pay-what-you-want from Salford’s Fabz, following up 2014’s Lost EP. Production comes from Kydro, Fabz, Pro P
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Slimkid3 and Nu-Mark record shopping @ Amoeba
This put me in mind of Red Bull’s upcoming RBMA tour in Manchester, where Jazzy Jeff and DJ Premier will
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Dilla’s Donuts clear vinyl gatefold pressing
Vinyl Me, Please are onto a bit of a winner – a subscription service where a lovingly reissued album drops
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Download: ThisisDA & Mankub, Bounce Back
Manc producer Mankub returns with another one for emcee ThisIsDA, a track from the soon-coming Based Off Black EP. Read
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Download: Twisted Roots & Visceral, Another Fool
An ode to being f’kd over, especially for the month of love! Download (inc instrumental) here. Check more from
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RBMA UK Tour: Manchester inc PRhyme, Jazzy Jeff, Zed Bias, Skepta and more
RBMA take their workshops and gigs on tour to Glasgow, London, Bristol and Manchester in March and April. My personal
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BUNIT! Om Unit x Sam Benga’s white label Transatlantic EP
Transatlantic EP (BUNIT001) by Om Unit & Sam Binga Order the record from Bandcamp, Â a white label ‘dispensing with the
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Muta’s Praise on King Deluxe
Everything on this label is top quality, and visual identity is really important to them. Grab the track here and check
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Jazzman’s Spiritual Jazz Vol 6 is an all vocal affair
This time around, Jazzman focus on jazz vocals dating from 1960 to 1986. The Spiritual Jazz series follows
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Fulgeance and DJ Scientist, The Soviet Tape ft Blu, Open Mike Eagle, DistantStarr
This new project, on First Word, from Fulgeance and Scientist, stems from the latter’s heavy collection of vintage Soviet vinyl.
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Os Brazoes debut album re-release from Mr Bongo
Originally out in 1969 on Brazil’s RGE Discos, Os Brazoes’ debut, eponymous album is a psych fusion of samba, RnB
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Flying Lotus, Kutmah and Shabazz Palaces: buy your tickets here, not here
The other day on Facebook I was moaning about how Seetickets ‘saw’ fit to slap a £6.50 ‘transaction fee’ on
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