Manchester Live Music: July 2018 / Oddisee, Children Of Zeus, Bilal, Quantic, Gizelle Smith, Amadou & Mariam
Mon 2 Jul / Oddisee and Moonchild @ Academy Tue 3 Jul / Lauren Housley @ Night & Day Tue
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On Wax / Yadava: It Rains Here
The debut album from Manchester DJ and producer Yadava (of the So Flute collective) carries deep Afro and tropical influences
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Manchester / The Beatnuts: Wed 19 Sep 2018
The full line up for golden age legends The Beatnuts at Manchester’s Whiskey Jar has been announced, with The Bluntskins
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Groovement Podcast / Mr Spin & DJ Bacon: Public Enemy It Takes A Nation Of Millions… Tribute Mix
MIXCLOUD / DOWNLOAD / ITUNES / RSS Mr Spin (UK) and DJ Bacon (Aus) team up for back to back
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Manchester Live Music: June 2018
For club listings check my weekly posts at Manchester Wire. Tue 19 Jun / Lenny Kravitz @ Apollo Tue 19
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New Music / Fatima: Caught In A Lie (produced by Natureboy Flako)
Caught In A Lie by Fatima Portrait by Jonna Dreiman Fatima returns with the follow up to the JD. Reid
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On Tour / Cypress Hill: Elephants On Acid
27 years strong in the game, Cypress Hill have announced new shows in support of new upcoming music. They’ll be
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Video / J.Chambers: D’evils
Manchester’s J.Chambers releases his sequel to 2017’s Gone ‘Til November single, which featured Doc Brown. D’evils is taken from upcoming
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Vinyl / Om Unit: The Corridor remixes from Danny Scrilla and Sorsari
300 copies of Om Unit’s The Corridor remixes (on hand-numbered 10″ vinyl) have just been let out into the wild.
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Playlist: 30/70 Collective & Allysha Joy hit Manchester 16 June 2018
Next week sees Melbourne’s electric jazz soul crew 30/70 Collective hit Manchester’s Soup Kitchen, double headlining with prolific producer Werkha
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On Wax / Children Of Zeus announce debut album Travel Light
Album of the summer, if not the year. Available for pre-order now on double LP, CD with bonus disc of
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On Wax / Living Color: Plastic People 45 on Rocafort Records
The lovely people at Rocafort Records reissue this gorgeous stomper as a 45, ahead of its inclusion on a new
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Madison Washington: Baytrified ft JTOTHEC
Baytrified acts as Madison Washington’s nostalgic ode to the Bay Area, the hometown of one half of the duo, Malik
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Video / Balako: Jungle Music
Brazilian duo Balako (Diogo Strausz and Rodrigo Peirao) released their debut EP Hora De Balako last year, and are now
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Video / TSHEGUE: Muanapoto
TSHEGUE is a duo: French-Cuban producer Nicolas ‘Dakou’ Dacunha and Parisian vocalist Faty Sy Savanet. The electric Muanapoto is lifted from their debut
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Manchester / Gizelle Smith hits Band On The Wall 10 July 2018
One of our oldest friends returns to Manchester in July to celebrate the release of her second album, Ruthless Day,
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Murkage Dave: You Always Ring Me When I’m Busy
Murkage Dave returns with this Hologram Lo-produced melancholic reflection on answering that phone. Buy and stream the single here. There’s
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On Wax / Yazmin Lacey: When The Sun Dips 90 Degrees
Yazmin’s first physical release for the First Word label, in name at least, is the Yin to the Yang of
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New music / Captain Over: Sick ft Trim
The shadowy Captain Over delivers bruk sounds with the defining tones of the don Trim and the track Sick. His
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Video / Cut Chemist: Home Away From Home ft Laura Darlington
Cut Chemist continues to showcase from his newest LP, Die Cut. Buy it on Bandcamp.
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