GROOVEMENT

Manchester

Peace FM have done it again with a top interview for the CRITICAL BEATDOWN show with soul singer JOYCE SIMS… download and stream here! Big up to Tony Spin.

Joyce Sims

CBR PEACE FM 120710 – LIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOYCE SIMS by CRITICALBEATDOWNSHOW2

From our good pals over at BONAFIDE magazine! Read all the blurb above to find out more, but know this: it’s a very special mix and was completed in aid of a very good cause.  BONAFIDE is the gentleperson connoisseur’s magazine, and the summer issue will be out soon.

For the mix, Bonafide called upon an old pal in the form of DJ Fracture – co-owner of Astrophonica record label and one half of dubstep duo Compound One – to lace together 60 of the zaniest vinyl-only minutes your browser has ever streamed.

Download the free EP from Plato’s bandcamp right there and listen below. Manchester underground hip hop, the realest of the real and the fattest of the phat.

BEDOS is the genial host of Manchester monthly hip hop craziness IN THE LOOP. He raps in French.

PITCH has made beats with ASM (A State of Mind) and loves his MPC.

GUMBO YAYA is resident disc selector at IN THE LOOP, runs GET RHYTHM at various venues across Manchester and recently released the fonkiest mixtape ever, ‘Wrong Side of the Beat’.

Vocals: BEDOS
Beats: PITCH
Scratches: GUMBO YAYA

Cheer up.

Bedos gets it on at a World Music Jam

PLATO at Neighbourhood, April 2010

PITCH kills it at IN THE LOOP

ANOTHER beautiful, thoughtful and downright bangin’ compilation from ORSII. As soon as I’ve got a minute this week I’m finishing off a new mix (first one in a few years…) for Little Miss Sunshine herself. Enjoy this!

Big in da game

Check Illum down at this on Saturday, MCR headz!

Groovement veteran SUPASHEN has made the new video for DAEDELUS: Stampede Me, from the newest EP RIGHTEOUS FISTS OF HARMONY. And very good it is too. Catch it on Brainfeeder too.

Vimeo version

Daedelus – Stampede Me from Chris Shen on Vimeo.

Hopefully bringing Toddla back to the prominence he deserves, news emerges today that T has signed to Ninja Tune. As I’m just back from work, here’s the press release… Since Groovement is of Sheffield origin too, he holds a ’special’ place in our hearts. Here’s a stunning shot you can print out and place above your bedside. Check a track from debut album SKANKY SKANKY on Groovement’s 2009 review here.

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NINJA TUNE SIGN TODDLA T!!!

Ninja Tune are pleased and proud to announce that last week they signed producer, DJ, Radio 1 face and large-haired youthful Sheffield legend, Toddla T. Toddla has, in the last two years, established himself as one of the key players on the cusp between urban and dance music, with none of the attitude or po-faced seriousness associated with either scene.

So the LP I Learned The Hard Way is out, iTunes are featuring the band’s soul choices… it looks like finally the band are getting their due props. Here’s some things to explore from the internets this week.

Start by downloading (for a limited time) the title track from the official Daptone website (click the pic).

Next read the amazing WaxPoetics interview with Desco/Daptone founder Gabe Roth aka producer Bosco Mann. Perhaps an article to rival the legendary Shitty is Pretty (I know Bjoern from Mocambo Records to name just one has it pinned to his wall…).

Ponder some soul on the stairs in this starter’s guide to the band…

Watch the Dap Kings dance.

Oh and hell, why not check the Groovement interview from the release of the last LP?

And don’t forget… BUY THE ALBUM! Vinyl copies MP3 on the iTunes innit.

Bedos et Pitch = Plato

Bedos is Groovement’s main man no question. Genial host of IN THE LOOP (Groovement associated live hip hop night), one night he brought along Manc beatmaker Pitch, who promptly killed it. Witness below.

BEDOS and PITCH have teamed up like the Constructicons to form one supergiantrobot aka PLATO. Their first track is called is called NEW BORN, and here’s the rough edit. Any comments wholly appreciated…

New Born ( rough ) by Pitch

Treat yourself to more Pitch beats:

Mornin’ by Pitch

Colours by Pitch

Alpine Mission feat. Green T & FP by Pitch

Flyin’ Low by Pitch

world go round by Pitch

Pitch – Tear it up (feat Sativo) by Pitch

empeecee by Pitch

It’s that ‘time of the month’ again for Jonny Dub as the Hoya Hoya takeover hits yer ears (Illum Sphere’s playing in Brataslava). FALTY DL joins us at Unity Radio along with his MPD for a taste of how he smashed the Roadhouse the night before. Also on the luxurious Unity couches we had Blue Daisy, HussainDeyn and man like xxxy, who we’ll get along for a session this summer.

Click the image to download the podcast. Also available on iTunes for a limited time (but give it a few hours to upload!)

Jonny Dub and Illum Sphere present HOYA:HOYA at the Roadhouse, Manchester, last Saturday of each month.

Don’t forget the GASLAMP KILLER at a one-off Hoya bonus mission this Wednesday! Details below…

L-R xxxy, Blue Daisy, HussainDeyn, Jonny Dub, Falty DL, The Man With No Name

Jonny Dub