Eurocultured Manchester Street Festival 2012 | 3 & 4 June

We are pleased to announce our place in the line-up of one of Manchesters biggest and most unique music & arts festivals. If you haven’t yet been to this amazing event then where’ve you been at, man?

Set amongst 6 different venues and 3 covered stages we are joining the likes of Broke N English, Skittles, Chimpo, Dub Phizix, Synkro, Indigo and Metrodome to name just a few of the local talent getting involved. Then you’ve got a load of international artists like Von D, Stickman and Japanese Popstars coming in to tear it down. There’s a load of creative workshops to get involved in, and on top of that some of Europe’s finest graf and street artists shape their creations before your very eyes!

Come down and soak up the atmosphere over the course of the two days and make sure you pop your head through the door of Revolution Bar on Oxford Road (Monday 7-9pm) to see us in action – We have got a wicked set planned too. Triple distilled future bass music robot stepping carnival vibes! With support fro

FULL LINE UP

Sunday 3rd June:

Mainstage:

Caravan Palace
FranceBirdy Nam Nam
The Amazing
SwedenZUN ZUN EGUI
UKOrlyk Dance Ensemble
Ukrainian Folk Dance

Student Castle Stage: 

Errors
The Kill Van Kulls
Folks
Brown Brogues
The Feud
Five Card Deck
The Lottery Winners
Blind Atlas

The Wesc Stage:

Airhead
Troy Gunner
Denis Jones
Neko Neko
Bering Strait

Black Dog Ballroom Roof Terrace:

Matthew Whitaker
Comedy from Laughing Cows
Sunset Quartet Acoustic
Time for T.
Jim Amada

Black Dog Ballroom Pool Room:

Von D
Rich Reason
Chunky
Tonn Piper
Now Wave DJs
Aficionado recordings
Breakdance Competition
Elimination

Black Dog Ballroom Under Dog:

Nanny
The Sultan
Optimus
Bastian+Swede
Herman
Salsa workshop
Tango Workshop
Street Dance Workshop
Salsa workshop
Tango Workshop
Street Dance Workshop

Front Bar:

Ashley Beedle
Diesler
Red Laser Disco Residents
Dan Smith
Gareth Brooks
Lovely Rita
Hey Bulldog
Danny Mahon
Scuttlers

Thirsty Scholar:

Nick Sinna
Il Bosco
Linkwood
Swing Ting
Martin Brew
Dom Thomas
Cherrystones
Matt Triggs
Cyril Snear
The Draymin
The Physics House Band & Bwani Junction

The Attic:

Synkro
Indigo
Until Silence
Stickman
Joe Kalius
Old House Playground
Djembeklan
Hot Vestry
Clockwork Radio
Sootytern

Soundcontrol Top Floor:

Prosumer
Stretford Dogs Club
HUMANIZER
The Draymin
Cyril Snear
Bwani Junction
The Physics House Band
Zebra Tracks

Sound Control Basement Club Space:

Optimo DJs
Naive Melody DJs

Soundcontrol Bar Area:

Damn Dirty Ape
The Mayfield Players
Simon Toulouse
Going for Gold Photo Experience
Fancy dress fun
Visual art workshop

Revolution:

Kuartz
Weeble
Steve Thorpe
Danny K
Greg
I am Austin
Working For A Nuclear Free City
Candyblasta
Extra Love
Bad Transmission
JP Cooper

Revolution Bar Area:

Lowdown & Dirty DJ’s
Dan Nolan
Danny Russell
Johnny Shire

European Soul All Dayer:

TBC

Live Painting on the Street:

Frau Isa
Xenz
Low Bros
Nicolas Barrome
Sickboy
Dulk
Matt Sewell

Monday 4th June:

Death in Vegas
The Japanese Popstars
The Correspondents
Zakopower
Breakdance Competition
2 on 2 breakdance compeition with live band

Student Castle Stage:

Silverclub
From the Kites of San Quentin
Vieka
Jez Kerr
Metrodome

The Wesc Stage:

Broke ‘n’ English
Skittles
Dub Phizix
Chimpo
T-Man
Fox
p.R.p DJs

Black Dog Ballroom Terrace:

Comedy from Laughing Cows
Tim and Nayan
Lovely Rita

Black Dog Ballroom Pool Room:

Manchester’s European Soul Weekender

Black Dog Ballroom Under Dog:

In the Loop vs Hot Milk
Salsa workshop
Tango Workshop
Street Dance Workshop
Salsa workshop
Tango Workshop
Street Dance Workshop

Font Bar:

Mr Brown
Mark XTC
North Base
Simon Toulouse
The Slow Show
Cheap Cuts
Golden Glow
Hot Beat Repeat
Mount Fabric
Hawker Reunion
City Reign

Thirsty Scholar:

p.R.p DJs
Chris Franzkowiak
Naymedici
The Yossarians
Santiago Street Machine
Hologram Heart Parade
Jeramiah Ferrari
Bobkatz
The Age of Glass
Vinyl Miners
FoE
Vinyl Miners
Bugalu Foundation
Mind on Fire Djs
DAYSE & AVER
Mind on Fire Djs
Hot Botz Brass Band

The Attic:

SSD DJs
Gypsy Hill
Tender Machine
Hugo Kensdale
Trojan Horse
Old Suits

Revolution:

Whim Wham Magic showcase

Revolution Bar Area:

p.R.p DJs
Robot Bodypop
Headgone DJs

Live Painting on the Street:

Frau Isa
Xenz
Low Bros
Nicolas Barrome
Sickboy
Dulk
Matt Sewell

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nonXero – Black Art

Set to drop on the 2nd June, US DJ & producer nonXero draws inspiration from reggae, grime, dubstep and future garage for this release on In The Mix records. ‘Black Art’ will be nonXeros 3rd album and its a reflection of his time spent in Detroit, Michigan. Wanting to identify the relationship between art, music and urban culture, nonXero uses samples recorded by himself to illustrate what he calls his ‘adventures’. Several stand out tracks such as the ‘Down Under’ VIP and ‘Will You Be Mine’ but its a solid collection of tracks that builds and builds. Bag it.

Also be sure to check out his soundcloud page as theres a stack of music on there.

http://soundcloud.com/nonxero

http://www.nonxero.com

Jakwob- The Prize

Jakwob moves away from the heavy dubstep he’s gained a following for with this excellent 10 track album which he’s made available through Jakwob.com. This freebie entitled ‘The Prize’ also comes with its own share of guests most notably Kano, Ghostpoet & Youngman. The vibe is chilled and minimal but theres still plenty of low end bass in there and we love it. Incredible music to be giving away for free. Get it on your system and get out in the sun. The track ‘Island’ with Ghostpoet and ‘Let It Fall’ featuring Rocky Nti are favourites in ‘ere.

http://www.jakwob.com

Käärkäsi – Hypno EP | Lejal Globe

We featured Estonian artist Kusto on this blog recently and it would appear word has been spreading throughout the local music scene over there –  this  just dropped into our inbox courtesy of Käärkäsi (another name I’m inevitably going to pronounce wrong).

The theme is basement-thumping dark garage reminiscent of Zed Bias and El-B‘s earlier work. Filthy undertones are punctuated by moments of melodic bliss, but you won’t relax for long – the persistent development of skippy rhythms and the grubby sub bass grinding away underneath keep your limbs moving. For that reason in particular, this little lot are going straight into the ‘playing out’ folder.

Released under the Lejal Globe imprint, you can grab all 5 tracks on iTunes or Amazon, or if you would rather get a 320 or wav (and why not) they are available on Juno. Preview the whole thing below via Soundcloud. Go on then!

Free Beats

A varied selection up for grabs this week but as fresh as always and most importantly, legal. Robot Bodypop is a hotbed for links to free riddims in case you didn’t know. but you do now.

Up first is a chilled number from our very first guest on the Transmit Sessions, Controlled Kaos. It’s some months old now but we’ve never played it and it is a great track, so here it is.

  

 

We are loving Kusto’s output at the moment. A spate of free tunes is complimented by this latest VIP available via soundcloud. Check it.

 

And we have something a bit special this week. Ahead of their new single coming out on Moshi Moshi next Friday bass music badmen Hot City have crafted this rerub of Nas’ track ‘The Don’, and it is fresh as a bagel. Pick it up here. Keep your ears pricked for more releases, as these guys are dancefloor kings!

 

Next it’s Baobinga, Kahn and Rider Shafique with ‘Original’ courtesy of the Red Bull Music Academy. A fresh vocal cut and I’m not sure how long its going to be up for free so bag it while you can.

Lastly, on a more experimental tip is the free EP from Acre with the Be Mine In Outer Space EP.’Deaf Ears/ Swirling Lights’ features on this weeks show because its wicked, frankly.

Just how sick is Bandcamp for freebies? Very.

NDREAD – Everything | ICU Audio

Much like chocolate gateaux, Garage is at its best when it’s chilled and crispy. That’s certainly the case for this amazing new release from 2-step producer and SUB FM DJ Ndread. Rolling in with the retro-esque ‘Everything’ we are bounced along nicely into the beautiful soulful vocal mix of the track ‘Apologies’. This is then complemented by the instrumental to round off the release. You can preview our favourite track from this release below, and buy the whole thing from Juno here.