A hip hopper’s dream this coming Friday in Manchester.
First up there’s workshop shenanigans going on down at NOISELAB on Market Street, put into action by MIND ON FIRE. IN THE LOOP was originally supposed to be running it with the man like BEDOS, but he’s away with THE MOUSE OUTFIT on tour at the Limetree Festival over the weekend: however, local MCs will be stepping up to share thoughts and there’ll be the opportunity to jump up with the Mind on Fire band.
The workshop runs as part of the HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL weekend, check the deets here! Workshops all bank holiday weekend ahoy, from drumming to screen printing.
Following the workshop will be IN THE LOOP X C’MON FEET down at the Corner in Fallowfield. As our usual host extraordinnaire BEDOS is away with our usual live band THE MOUSE OUTFIT, we’ll be holding it down with DJs only – both residents Agent J and Gumbo Yaya, plus ten-year old legendary night C’MON FEET bringing their flavour to the party to make one special combo hip hop milkshake. Mmm, milkshake.
Guest host NOEL EDGE of Taste the Diff’rence will be joined by KUARTZ on mic duties – there will still be open mic sessions so head on down following the workshop – we’re open ’til 3 BUT final entry 2AM!!! You’ve been forewarned!
One of my favourite things in the whole wide world ever is that weird time when the moon goes a deep orangey yellow. It seems to last for a couple of minutes, and when you check again later it’s fobbed it off, gone higher and whiter. Something mystical about it, like Ricicles (can’t find them anywhere!)
Which brings me to Neko Neko. A thoroughly nice gentleman and all round good guy, Neko has been making beats for a while: I first saw his name over at MIND ON FIRE. His tunes aren’t overstuffed, but layered with emotive pulls and pushes which reflect a wide taste in influences.
Orange Side of the Moon is his first LP proper: get this downloaded now then check out more at his music page.
Last night AMERICAN MEN hit Manchester for a gig at Hope Mill organised by MIND ON FIRE. Over the coming months the crew will be releasing a series of Manchester based vinyls, birthed from their club nights and website, and in the past few years have frankly brought some of the most forward thinking music on Earth to Manc.
THIS CITY IS OURS’ Bloodboy graces us with another schtompin’ set; catch him next with ILLUM SPHERE and EMN performing a live A/V set at Sacred Trinity Church this Friday… And in July they’re bringing the GLITCH MOB over from Los Angeles.
BORLAND have a bandcamp here. They turned up with one record, but the sheer power of the front cover makes that okay. Have a listen and find out more about them…
DAN NATION, who joined the Mind on Fire party last night, kicks off proceedings. Tracklisting follows…
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Dan Nation played
SCHLOMO Tomato Smash
MONO/POLY Analysis (DNA)
BLUE MOTION No Angels
LORN Greatest Silence
DR OCTAGON Blue Flowers (Prince Paul Remix)
BULLION Say Goodbye To What
DARK STAR Videotape
JAMES BLAKE CMYK
xxxy Reflections
THOM YORKE Skip Divided (Modoselektor Remix)
LIL WAYNE A Milli (Refix)
IKONIKA Idiot
GOLDIE Timeless (SBTRKT edit)
SQUAREPUSHER My Red Hot Car
ZOMBY Euphoria
Bloodboy played
LORN Soft Room
SCHLOMO Hot Boxing The Cockpit
TAKE Implosion
ALEX B Channel One
SLUGABED Barbara
FREE THE ROBOTS Select Start
TEEBS AND JACK HIGH Come To Mine (Josip Klobucar remix)
DESSA Matches to Paper dolls
DAMU l.e.d
BLOOM Saphire Blaze
Borland played
BORLAND Frontier Borland
PLANK La Luna
JAMES BLAKE Measurments
ROGER DALTRY Milk Train
ZOMBY Mercurys Rainbow
BORLAND Moon Dwelleer Mind on Fire chat
LORN Until There Is No End
Originally broadcast on www.UnityRadio.fm on Sunday 12th June 2010.
Another wise booking decision from MIND ON FIRE. AMERICAN MEN, Lucky Me’s synthetic rockers out of Glasgow, are a three-piece whose debut release, Cool World, features 5 tracks of next-level fatness.
Support comes from BORLAND (tracks below), the MIND ON FIRE live band and THIS CITY IS OURS’ BLOODBOY. And it’s a bloody BBQ!!!
Tickets cost a meagre £3 before 10.30pm, £4 after
Please note that entrants to the evening event must be 18 or over.
An immense event happening this Friday down at the CONTACT theatre on Oxford Road. Groovement associates THE KOLLEKTIV, AQUARIAN PROPHECIES/BIG CITY BEATS, PLATO and some of the MOUSE OUTFIT will be hitting the stage with Gumbo Yaya and Agent J on the wheels: it’s all in aid of a wider cause, read on…
The Art of Corruption
Cutting-edge street culture, short films, live music, DJs, artwork and new-school activism – on Friday 30th April, Ctrl.Alt.Shift presents The Art of Corruption, a unique collaborative project hosted by Mind on Fire and Young Identity.
After a series of sell-out club nights, Ctrl.Alt.Shift are partnering with Mind on Fire (www.mindonfire.co.uk) for one night only, to showcase some of Manchester’s most dedicated underground collectives. Joe from Mind on Fire talks explains the basis for their involvement, “We’d been checking out Ctrl.Alt.Shift for a while, so when the opportunity came to work with them we jumped at the chance. It combines the arts and social issues in a great way, and we hope the event can raise awareness about the issue of corruption, as well as showcasing a great range of music and art, and raising money for an important cause.”
It promises to be an explosive evening, with performances from the likes of In the Loop and The Breadwinners running alongside live art from onefiveeight and screening Ctrl.Alt.Shift’s selection of groundbreaking short films. The night aims to unite activists and performers from across the cultural and political spectrum, positioning music as a potential catalyst for change and highlighting the issue of corruption.
The night will also boast DJ sets from the Neighbourhood DJs and live music from the city’s best club nights. We’re particularly proud to announce Manchester’s debut for London’s critically acclaimed trip hop/dubstep act Nedry. The band will be performing a special set as part of the last night of their UK Tour. Holly of Ctrl.Alt.Shift says, “It’s really exciting to be working with Mind on Fire, such an established club night, in hosting some of Manchester’s best underground artists to raise awareness of an issue which remains one of the most serious obstacles to eradicating poverty.”
All profits from this event are going to Ctrl.Alt.Shift’s Haiti Appeal; the evening will include a raffle and live art auction, generously donated by our friends at onefiveeight, to raise funds for the ongoing relief effort.
Since 2008, Ctrl.Alt.Shift has been working to politicise a new generation of activists for social justice using photography, film, stories, illustration and music.
Lineup:
Nedry (live – Metronome Records) http://www.myspace.com/nedrymakesmusic In the Loop (live) http://www.facebook.com/intheloopmcr The Breadwinners (live – Bakery Studios) http://www.mindonfire.co.uk/artist-page-bakery-studio.html Live Art from onefiveeight http://www.onefiveeight.co.uk Neighbourhood DJs http://groups.to/neighbourhood Hosted by Young Identity http://www.youngidentity.org
Ctrl Alt Shift film screenings
21.03.10: MIND ON FIRE X THIS CITY IS OURS X MOUNT KIMBIE
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BLOODBOY
ABSTRACT THOUGHT Slow Light
FLYING LOTUS Tea Leaf Dancers (Lazer Sword Low Limit Remix)
PAUL WHITE Dream State (Dam Tales)
NOSAJ THING Light 1
ILLUM SPHERE Agent White
NOCANDO Exploits and Glitches
JOKER Digidesign (Om Unit’s Pop Lock Remix) ZOIR
Forthcoming MOUNT KIMBIE
Some tracks and chat LOGA
Forthcoming
Remember when Marvel met DC? No? Well this is sort of similar – two giants of the Manchester underground coming together for one purpose, like.
Putting a cap in the ass of last night’s stormer at Islington Mill (the first joint Mind on Fire X This City Is Ours event), Groovement is very proud to present MOUNT KIMBIE together with the hosts of last night’s shenanigans. Get involved – email shouts to j@groovement.co.uk or hit us up on respective facebooks/twitters/toilet walls.
This was a great night, organised by Mind on Fire and the MCC Collective (Manchester Creative Cluster). We’d all been looking forward to Onra hitting Manchester and there was a nice air of excitement around the Mint Lounge, not least because Martyn was going to headline later too (I was playing in the backroom at this point – twas empty while everyone bumped and grinded to Martyn).
I’d been chasing Onra for an interview for months and was dead chuffed to be able to do it face to face, even if it was round the back of the club in some wasteland under a space invader. I even got my records signed…
To top it all off, it was Onra’s birthday come midnight. Where better to spend it than the celebratory surroundings of Fresh Bites? Look how ecstatic he is! The MCC more than made up for it later though, with a lovely birthday cake presented to him onstage. Aw. Did you know you share your birthday with Leo the Groovement Cat, Onra? You do now!
Yum! That really IS fresh.
Onra’s reputation continues to swell as we enter 2010 and he’s still, hands down, one of my favourite producers out there. The French press are picking up on him a little more…
Click on the pic to go the download page, big up to the collective who recently scooped one of the UMBRO BURSARIES to release some vinyl singles… looking forward to them…
1. Waratah Blossom – OG Spurious Scholars
2. Jungle Bros Remix – Danny Drive Through
3. Etherial – Kane Testrack
4. Dub Down – Bakery Studios
5. Calling – Woli Wols feat. Martin Connor
6. True Love – Neko Neko
7. Mr. Smith’s Dream – DJ Mischief
8. Saving Skin – To Sophia
9. Music To Wash Your Balls To – TNC
10. <@;-) – From The Kites Of San Quentin
11. Just Gotta Be Me – Omas
12. I Tried – Parkertron
13. Massed – Prefoma
14. Dark Matter – DAYSE & AVER
15. Wildlife – Borland
16. Soulstice – Tsantsa
17. Nadir – CZUK
Happy birthday to the MIND ON FIRE COLLECTIVE who reach 5 years old with a party down at Islington Mill in Manchester tonight… Facebook event
Right then, this is the big one.
To celebrate 5 years of Mind on Fire we are throwing a free party down at Islington Mill as a massive thank you to everyone who has been involved or supported the collective since our early beginnings…
The lineup will feature some Mind on Fire classics, along with some off the cuff collaborations, unexpected guests and of course, a big birthday cake.
So far its looking a little bit like this:
THE MIND ON FIRE BAND (live)
DENIS JONES (dj set)
OMAS + DAYSIS (At Large / Atrial Phoniks)
LOST PROPERTY (Herbal Sessions / Drum Music)
JONNY DUB (Hoya Hoya)
LA77 (Chips With Everything)
More tbc
along with ALL MIND ON FIRE CREW
Wols, Zoir, Loga, Woe, Foyf, Chim, Martinho, Slavin, Data etc
As well as this we will have birthday presents and games, and a fresh install from one of the Mind on Fire originators, the one and only CYCLOPTIC.
There is limited capacity for this show so we suggest you get down early or get in touch to guarantee entry.
The Mind on Fire boys ride in to take over the Unity studio with exclusive tracks from the MOF website (www.mindonfire.co.uk) and chat general shizzle.
Originally broadcast Sunday 12 July 2009 on www.UnityRadio.fm
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