Well, sort of. This past weekend, while Gizelle Smith and the Mighty Mocambos hit BBC Manchester for the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show (and then Maida Vale on Tuesday for Mark Lammar’s Radio 2 show), fellow Groovement pals the Mice packed out MAIDA VALE (with themselves, there’s quite a few) to lay down three tracks for the BBC INTRODUCING initiative. And they sound crisp as …
Name: The Mouse Outfit
Based in: Manchester, UK.
Members: D Dot X and Rags (MCs), DJ Chini (keys/production), Adisa (drums), Defty (bass), Diego (guitar), Sam (trumpet), Claire (sax/flute).
Introduced by: BBC Introducing in Manchester.
Sounds like: An uplifting modern fusion of hip-hop, jazz and funk breaks.
Performances for BBC Introducing: In The City 2009 Showcase, Maida Vale Weekender session, February 2010.
What an extremely large night. Thank you so much to all that came through, the band held it down immensely and played for nothing. Props to the Mouse Outfit.
Big City Beats MCs came down and strutted their stuff, and a massive shout to all the MCs who jumped up during the open mic. Get yourself tagged on the Facebook photos so we know who you are…
Join presenter Agent J today for the Groovement Christmas Special with festive guests the Mouse Outfit bringing in a selection of their favourite tunes plus a live performance of a couple of their tracks. They’re ending the year on a high with an appearance on BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Ras Kwame podcast, last week’s Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show and some airplay on BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson show later today.
Listen live at Unity Radio, 4-6pm UK time, or check the podcast before Christmas!
This is all dependent on whether we can fly to Unity Towers in this snow…
Blaow! Groovement is proud to be part of ROOTS BEFORE BRANCHES and here’s our upcoming funk monster…
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ROOTS BEFORE BRANCHES
5th BIRTHDAY
Saturday 24th October
NICK PRIDE & THE PIMPTONES
THE MOUSE OUTFIT
Resident DJs CHRIS ROOTS & AGENT J
THE ROADHOUSE, 8 NEWTON STREET, PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER, M1 2AN
£5 Door, £4 NUS
11pm – 3am
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO CELEBRATE OUR 5TH BIRTHDAY!
Following our spectacular end of summer tropical funk party with
Hugo Mendez of Sofrito, RBB returns with a double pronged LIVE funk attack!
NICK PRIDE & THE PIMPTONES hail from the dirty backstreets of
blaxploitation era Newcastle, and as such sport the sharpest suits to grace
a stage since the Rat Pack. Blessed with a pounding rhythm section
reminiscent of the JBs marrying superslick horns, expect retro jazz grooves
combating soundtrack soul.. breakbeat funk!
Look out for ‘It’s The Pimptones’ on Jazz Girl records as well as their
upcoming 45 on Wack Records.
Manc upstarts THE MOUSE OUTFIT have made waves all over the UK
with their upfront brand of jump up funk powered hip hop which has seen them
garner support slots with Speech Debelle, the Nextmen, Gentlemen‘s Dub
Club, DJ Vadim and Akil the MC (Jurassic 5).
MCs Rags and D Dot X head up brass, keys, one of Manchester’s finest
guitarists and a tight ass rhythm section, totalling an 8 headed funk monster
spewing out high energy original tracks together with classic block party
breaks. About to blow up, the mice is nice.
If you aren’t already dripping in funk, get drowned in the sounds of RBB
residents Chris Roots and Agent J spinning party breaks in a birthday style!
Killing it on the main stage at Raw Festival (in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support), Wrexham, Saturday 5th September, you know how Groovement keeps it cultural with the black and white photography…
Download by clicking on the pic or stream by listening on the player below…
A special Groovement this time around, with host Agent J…
Join Tom & Stu Ferret for a tour of what awaits at the MAD FERRET festival in FALLOWFIELD, MANCHESTER this coming June 12th and 13th…
Live in the studio: THE MOUSE OUTFIT, Manchester’s flamiest up-and-coming live hip hop act, and MIND ON FIRE drop a few tracks and lyrical pitter patter about their role in the madness.
Featuring tracks from festival artists including SONIC BOOM SIX, BOX KID, RIZ MC, FILTHY DUKES, TODDLA T, ROOTS MANUVA, THE STREETS and many more.
First broadcast Sunday June 9th on www.UnityRadio.fm
Today sees next week’s MAHOOOSIVE festival MAD FERRET take over the Unity Radio studios on Groovement. Festival organisers plus Box Kid, The Mouse Outfit and Mind on Fire bring along a choice selection of tunes. Facebook event
Well, it took a while to find a stage/mixing desk/some sound, but thanks to the talents of soundman Alan and some behindthebar fiddling from D Dot X, the Mouse Outfit absolutely KILLED it yesterday in Manchester. Massive thanks to the crowd who were full of love, and massive thanks and respect to the Mouse Outfit for sticking through it and coming out the other side with one of the best gigs I’ve seen them do.
Here’s their MySpace if you’ve come here looking for them, like.
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