GROOVEMENT

Following the release of THE RESET INSTRUMENTALS last week, APOLLO BROWN has posted a little beat making to YouTube. Buy THE RESET.

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Live on Manchester’s UNITY RADIO 92.8FM 3-5PM SUNDAY 29.AUG.10
SIMON S // Dillalude
THE SYLVERS // Only One Can Win
SHAD // Rose Garden
BLACK MILK ft ROYCE DA 5′9 & ELZHI // Deadly Medley
HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE // Spottie
HIDDEN ORCHESTRA // Footsteps
MATTHEW HALSALL // Colour Yes
UNITED VIBRATIONS // RA!
Angie Stone interview @ Manchester Academy
JOHN LEGEND X THE ROOTS ft COMMON and MELANIE FIONA // Wake Up Everybody
LEAF ERICKSON // The Clap Off
JAY DEE // B.B.E (Big Booty Express)
NEKO NEKO // Where
E SUPER // Summa Boogie
STARKEY // Gasping For Air In This Void
AMERICAN MEN // AM System (Hudson Mohawke remix)
LAURA DRESCHER // Love Parade
LORN // Never Enough
Lorn interview @ Hoya Hoya
LORN // Until There Is No End
ANDREYA TRIANA // A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix)
JARGON VA ft KILLER P // Crime Scene
MR SCRUFF // Believe

The lads kill it at Broke 'n' £nglish's night, Ballin' On A Budget

Staunch supporters of Groovement-affiliated live hip hop night IN THE LOOP since day ONE, ELLIS MEADE and associated heads including SPARKZ and DUBBLE O are the future of UK hip hop. Making waves across Manchester, the Digital Textures EP is about to drop – preview here.

The EP also features JAM, SIMBA and CHUNKY.

Digital Textures EP by LDiggy

Laura was about to fly back to Denmark when she thrust her album into my hand one Friday whilst I was djing in Manchester. This was a couple of months back and I’ve literally just found it, googled it and located the free download link. It’s just Laura and her MPC-2000XL all the way here, creating moody soundscapes and layered vocals which can be both spooky and soothing at the same time.

Laura Drescher – Hallucinations of a good life by Laura Drescher

Tracklisting:

Aka WU TANG argue in the kitchen, plus a rare opportunity to see the RZA sans goatie. If it comes out properly, should be interesting to see the mechanics and mathmatics that keep the machine going.

Nuff things going on for the Bank Holiday Weekend for the heads. Let’s start with tonight… All images are Facebooked linked so click for the deets.

THURSDAY
YES YOU MAY // BAY HORSE, NORTHERN QTR
Omas (My First Moth), DJ A-UP (C’mon Feet)

FRIDAY
HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL (ALL WEEKEND) // NOISELAB, MARKET STREET

IN THE LOOP X C’MON FEET // THE CORNER, FALLOWFIELD
Agent J (Groovement), Gumbo Yaya (Get Rhythm), DJ A-UP (C’mon Feet)

SATURDAY
ROOTS BEFORE BRANCHES PRSNTS CAN YOU DIG IT? // THE NOOK, CHORLTON

HOYA HOYA RETURNS // THE ROADHOUSE, PICCADILLY

SUNDAY
RADIO SHOW: GROOVEMENT’S FIRST FM SHOW
Agent J presents two hours of across the board Groovement sounds including (hopefully) an interview with Lorn. No guests as it’s the first FM show, listen on 92.8FM across Manchester ONLY (will podcast for non-Mancs).

MIND ON FIRE SUNDAY SESSIONS // THE NOOK, CHORLTON

OUI DIG – PAKISTAN FLOOD RELIEF FUNDRAISER // MATT AND PHREDS, NORTHERN QTR

This Saturday at the Nook in Chorlton from 5PM with guest diggers PURPOSE B and TOM SWALLOW.

This SATURDAY, HOYA HOYA returns after a summer off with a line up of intergalactic proportions.

GET THERE EARLY.

ILLUM SPHERE
JONNY DUB
LORN
KUTMAH
ECLAIR FIFI
JON K
KRYSTAL KLEAR
LONE
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CHUNKY
EMN

Lorn interview
Kutmah podcast

Low End Theory 06.16.10 LORN x SHLOHMO x STRANGELOOP x TEEBS x TIMEBOY from Aaron Bennett on Vimeo.

LOW END THEORY 03.24.10 ft. Samiyam, Kutmah, Ages from Aaron Bennett on Vimeo.

Via Joe Muggs and Laurent Fintoni on the old Facebook.

Copyright Simon Wheatley, Magnum

SIMON WHEATLEY presents first hand,with commentary, an insightful view into youth on an estate in London, and the grime scene which has emerged from communities such as this one.

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