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After some incredible live shows on the festival circuit last summer, a couple of leaked tunes that have been popping up over recent months as free downloads and a well deserved ‘Best Newcomer’ award in Wordplay Magazine’s Best of 2012, it’s safe to say that the Uk Hip Hop scene as a whole has been [...]
You might have noticed some other tunes we posted from Manchester 8 piece live band The Mouse Outfit over the last few months. Working heavily with Dr. Syntax, who they’re also currently touring with, they’re also bringing up a couple of fresh Manchester mcs, Sparkz & Kosyne, who also feature on this laid back appreciation [...]
Manchester’s Fox and Chimpo, of Estate Records, have recently teamed up to form a duo under the alias ‘The Eyes’. Estate Records have been on fire lately, with Chimpo’s Blowfish and various Skittles releases hitting hard, so the announcement of a forthcoming album from these guys together, to add to DRS’s imminent album, is a [...]
Gottwood festival, which you might have read our review of here, had a pretty ill lineup. Across the spectrum of electronic music there was a fair bit of variety to be heard. One artist who wasn’t on the lineup though, was the vocalist/producer behind one of our albums of the year, Skittles, who’s Mancunian twist [...]
Manchester vocalist Fox has been blessing a fair few tracks recently with his Ragga twang, something influenced by being raised in Jamaica. From the hard, amen led sound of Shackles with Spectrasoul, to the sharper, more minimal sound of Never Been with Dub Phizix, his names synonymous with good quality collaborations and heavy vocals. With [...]
Manchester based live Hip Hop band came to my attention when they started touring and collaborating with Cambridge wordsmith Dr. Syntax (on Buggin Out amongst other things) with some really funky beats. The extra energy a live band can bring to hip hop (which the brass instruments in this tune are a massive testament too!) [...]
Mancunian Skittles really grabbed our attention a few months ago with the release of his single ‘Dot2Dot’. A dark, grimey track, it looks at the murkier elements of city life in Manchester and his role in the scene, effortlessly merging Hip Hop elements with live percussion that obviously stems from a mind outside the largely [...]
A young Manchester based duo going by the name Arctica emailed me a few weeks ago, and the tunes they attached were definitely impressive! Using the classical influences of one half, and the electronic beat making abilities of the other, they’ve fused a variety of genres to form a really mellow ambient sound where orchestral [...]
Off the back of The Lesson, a track he collaborated with Camo and Krooked on for their latest album Cross the Line, which recieved massive publicity and acclaim, Manchester based hip hop wordsmith Skittles just released Dot2Dot, a heavyweight anthem accompanied by an 8 piece live band he assembled and toured the festival circuit last [...]
Manchester’s Dub Phizix has come a long way since his first forays into making d&b music at the turn of the millennium. He’s played all over the place and collaborated with d&b’s elite (like Marcus Intalex, Loxy, Stray and Skeptical), bringing his dark, minimal and somewhat aggressive sound, along with a love of crisps and [...]
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