This time around, Phat Kat and Ma Dukes will be making appearances at all three events. Groovement fam DJ A-UP and Air Adam will be DJing in the name of In The Loop for the Manc event with several others including our pal Mr Scruff, who’ll be spinning an early set of songs that Dilla took samples from.

Details follow…

The Doctor’s Orders & Juicy present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
MANCHESTER“>

The Doctor’s Orders & Juicy present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
MANCHESTER

9pm-3am Friday 3rd February 2012
@ Ruby Lounge, 28-34 High Street, Manchester M4 1QB

Minimum donation £6 in advance or more on the door.
Details & tickets: http://www.thedoctorsorders.com/dilla/diary_dilla_manc.html

DJs Spinnin on the night….
Mr Scruff (Dilla breaks set), Spin Doctor (The Doctor’s Orders)
Illum Sphere and Jonny Dub (Hoya Hoya), Oscar Wildstyle and Wiggie Smalls (Juicy),
DJ A-UP and Air Adam (In The Loop) & Mr E (Taste The Diff’rence)

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The Doctor’s Orders Brighton present 
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
BRIGHTON

10pm till 3am Saturday 4th February 2012
@ Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton BN1

Minimum donation £5 in advance / £7 on the door
Details & Tickets: http://www.thedoctorsorders.com/dilla/diary_dilla_bri.html

DJs performing for free on the night in loving memory are…
Spin Doctor (The Doctor’s Orders)
Figure of Wax & Ruff Snippets

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The Doctor’s Orders Present
J-DILLA CHANGED MY LIFE
LONDON

7pm-Midnight Sunday 5th February 2012
@ Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL

Minimum donation £6 in advance or on the door.
£30 VIP Tickets grant exclusive access to VIP bar & include an exclusive J-Dilla T-Shirt.
Tickets & info: http://www.thedoctorsorders.com/dilla/diary_dilla_lon.html

DJ’s Performing on the night…
Room 1- Dedicated to the work of J-Dilla
Mr Thing (BBE / Extended Players), Spin Doctor (The Doctor’s Orders), Harry Love (Extended Players)
Morgan Spacek , Kidkanevil, Kutmah, DJ LoK (Dilla breaks set)
& very special surprise guests!!!

Room 2 hosted by
Main Squeeze & Classic Material

Artist: Inja

Title: Bass Music /Escapism
Label: INR
Released: 12th March 2012

This shit’s going to be no good for my tinnitus. Immensely prolific on the live circuit, Inja’s third album sees him lay down sonic mayhem across the board. Look for the live show ’Bioviolence presents The Skuff and Inja Show’ during 2012-13.

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Facebook: Inja
Twitter: Injamusic

Bass Music / Escapism track list:
1. Bass Music Intro
2. Transformer Bass (prod. Ritchie Spits)
3. Fat Love (prod. Bioviolence)
4. Rip Out the Sound (prod. Bioviolence)
5. March (prod Bioviolence)
6. Pepper Sauce (prod. Edsik)
7. Gone with the Wind (prod. 184)
8. Middle Finger Salute ft Skuff (prod Bioviolence)
9. Summer of Love (prod. Nutty P)
10. Escapism Skit
11. Miss Placed (pod. Inja)
12. Float with Me (prod. Mr Constant)
13. Looking Good (prod. Chairman Maf)
14. Daddy Cool (prod. Wizard)
15. Night Falls (prod. Inja)
16. You First (Dedication to Little) (prod. 184)

Whether you’re a recent classic soul sound convert (lulled by the sounds of Hawthorne and Blacc, perhaps) or you’ve been with it all the way, throw your dollar Lee Fields‘ direction. Recording since 1969 and now firmly ensconced in Leon Michel‘s Truth & Soul stable, Fields is rapidly gaining a new generation of respect from those eager for more Dap style soul.

Take a little time out from the blips and bass of 2012, and re-engage with your Shitty is Pretty soul.

Faithful Man Tracklist:
01. Faithful Man
02. I Still Got It
03. You’re The Kind Of Girl
04. I’m Still Hanging On
05. Intermission
06. Wish You Were Here
07. Who Do You Love
08. Moonlight Mile
09. It’s All Over But The Crying
10. Walk On Through That Door

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The album Faithful Man will be available on Truth & Soul Records March 13th, 2012.

2012 UK TOUR with The Expresssions

April 3rd-London, Islington Academy

April 5th-Manchester, Band on the Wall

April 6th- Glasgow, abc2

April 7th- Dublin Sugarclub

Jimmy Screech – Yard Food Volume Two (Track listing)

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01. Early Mornin’ Feat. Taz (Prod. by Taz)
02. Sky To The Ground (Prod. by Richie Rich)
03. Setting Trends (Prod. by Sermstyle)
04. Uptown Feat. G.O.L.D (Prod. by Jimmy Screech, Tom.C, G.O.L.D)
05. Good Man (Prod. by Phat Eddie)
06. First Date (Prod. by Richie Rich)
07. Sound Of My Wallet (Prod. by Freshold)
08. So Easy (Prod. by Jammy Git)
09. Hot Seat (Prod. by Blackmail Beatz)
10. Drift Away (Prod. by Sermstyle)
11. Police (Throwback) Bonus Track (Prod. Jimmy Screech, G.O.L.D, J-Prophit)

UK vet Jimmy Screech (Banana Klan) has a new one out. Peep the Groovement chat from a couple of years back.

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Get to know: Mokhov, aka Oleg Mokhov, was born in Russia, but raised in  the USA, currently based in San Francisco. Find out more at his site.

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18 years old and gifted, Stripez drops some real lyricalness and pre-Spring vibes with this one. Filmed in and around Manchester, peep the video via the Generic Greeting collective.  Makes me think of sunshine.

One of the dopest producers in Manchster is back with a new LP and it’s full of the awesome, serene and experimental sounds we have come to expect from him. Mecca:83 has delivered a dope album and has decided that all profits will be dedicated to the charity, ‘Mind’ (http://mind.org.uk) so feel free to dip your hand into your digi-wallet when you cop this essential download.

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Release date: 12 March 2012
Label: Modular
European tour Sprg 2012

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Track listing
1. Delgado Rhythm
2. Baby I Love You So
3. Trixta
4. Want To Know
5. Brothers and Sisters
6. Roots Man
7. Jesus
8. Humble
9. 1 Call
10. Us and Us
11. Baby I Love You (Jungle Mix)
12. Us and Us (Aluacil Dubkilla Hi-Fi Mix)
13. Baby I Love You So (Acapella)

One of those albums that’s been caught in the Matrix, bouncing around since 2009 or so, Pride of the Underdog is Zaman’s most recent body of work that contains all the passion, dexterity and community zeal that you’d expect from the former Asian Dub Foundation frontman. Dub to its heart, Deeder worked closely with Iration Steppas’ Dennis Rootical and legendary producer Adrian Sherwood to produce ten tracks of collaborative rhythm. Guest spots include Skip ‘Little Axe’ McDonald, Ghetto Priest, The Crispy Horns Section, Dr Das (ex-Asian Dub Foundation) Valarie Skeete of Akabu, Louis Beckett, Alok Verma, Simon Haenggi (The Scrucialists), Brendon Harding, Elaine Cheng, Devon White & Trevor Boucaud aka Passion.

Sup Pop continue their pursuit of rap sounds (see Shabazz Palaces and THEESatisfaction) with the upcoming release of Spoek Mathambo‘s second long player, Father Creeper.

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Father Creeper track listing
1. Kites
2. Venison Fingers
3. Put Some Red On It
4. Let Them Talk
5. Dog to Bone
6. Skorokoro
7. Father Creeper
8. We Can Work
9. Stuck Together
10. Grave (Intro)
11. Grave

Download BBU // The Hood

BBU is a four-man Chicago-based group of rappers Jasson Perez, Epic, Illekt, and DJ Esquire. This is new single The Hood, featuring GLC and produced by Classick, taken from BBU’s forthcoming bell hooks mixtape, presented by Mad Decent and mixed by DJ Benzi, which will be released February 14th via Mishka Records.

Vinyl / Feb 6th  
Digital / Feb 20th (Digital features bonus tracks with S-Type & Jaisu and remixes from Bobby Tank & SirOJ)

Fresh off the back of his debut appearance on vinyl with the essential `Bruck Out/The One` 7″ on Chakra Sounds, Jon Phonics looks forward to the first release on the PRISM label.

The Grid Games EP is pitched as an instrumental, progressive project and is a nod to his more leftfield influences.

The vinyl features collaborations with S-Type (LuckyMe), Jeeks (Civil Music), Pete Cannon and BUG alongiside remixes from Kidkanevil, Ghost Mutt and Pedestrian.

Jon Phonics – Grid Games EP Clips – PRISM001 by prismtracks
A1/ Jon Phonics x BUG – Jack Duckworth
A2/ Jon Phonics x Pete Cannon – ROMES
A3/ Jon Phonics x Jeeks – Double Vision
B1/ Jon Phonics x S-Type – Swamp Donkey (Kidkanevil Remix)
B2/ Jon Phonics x BUG – Jack Duckworth (Ghost Mutt Remix)
B3/ Jon Phonics x Pete Cannon – ROMES (Pedestrian Remix)

Sick shelves, sick album.

taken from EG’s new ‘Natural Traits’ album out NOW on the Friends of Friends label.

http://www.fofmusic.net for more info
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order ‘Natural Traits’:
http://fofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/natural-traits

Homeboy Sandman‘s inaugural Stones Throw EP is out today, and you can grab this track for free from the ST boys themselves.

Download HOMEBOY SANDMAN // The Miracle

Buy the EP here – or even better, subscribe to their new Drip.fm service (pioneered by the heads at Ghostly), where you pay $10US per month to receive all new releases… you’ll get the EP and MED Instrumentals (plus Minimal Wave Tapes 2) dropped into your downloads folder instantly…

Oh and Homeboy’s just laid this down to celebrate the release.
Homeboy Sandman – Subject Matter Out Now by Stones Throw Records

You can still grab his previous LP, The Good Sun, on vinyl from Fat City.

A rare ‘news’ post for us, simply to big up the greatness that is Matthew Halsall – he may have missed out on a MOBO recently but has got the gold with an award that matters. By all accounts a brilliant night all round, Matt deservedly should reach many more ears with the reception of this.

Check his record label and listen to releases over at Gondwana Records.

I’ve been a fan of Xuice Hades (formerly Illecism) for a long time and every time new material is released I know it’s a must listen. Now you know too! Here is a 50 track free download from the member of the F.H.O.D. crew – use it to nourish your ears.

DOWNLOAD XUICE HADES ‘BUSHIDO’ FROM BANDCAMP

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Around a year ago I was helping Agent J move house and he had an album on in the background that caught my attention. It was a collaborative album by MC Cans and French producer 7even Sun. That album was on heavy rotation last year and I was pleasantly surprised today to see that they have made another album together. This means more soulful sounds and boombaptastic sounds which is always good for me.

DOWNLOAD CANS & 7EVEN SUN – ‘RECONNECTED’ FOR FREE FROM BANDCAMP

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Here is the video from the ‘Fo’ Leaf’ track on Mad Flows’ ‘TWENTYTWELVE‘ EP. A Huge line-up of some of Cali’s dopest underground MCs flowing in the way all of us hip hop heads love.

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Sublime sounds from Manchester/Barcelona in the form of The Electronic Exchange, who’ve got a show coming up at Kraak Gallery Manchester on 10 February. Najia Bagi and Tullis Rennie collaborate over the internet but have assemble a sting section plus themselves for their live incarnation. Our mates Neko Neko and Dayse & Aver support in Leeds and Manchester respectively. See details below.

Each live performance will be recorded for release later this year via the Concrete Moniker label – and every audience members present at the shows will get chance to have their vocal talents appear on the final cut!

Download the tune Stay Straight below, plus you can listen to and buy the Second Shift EP below.

The Electronic Exchange: Stay Straight Tour February 2012

Full 6-piece live band: strings, drums vocals & electronics.

Thursday 9th Feb – LEEDS Musiquarium + Neko Neko (Live) 8pm, £5

Friday 10th Feb – MANCHESTER Kraak + Dayse & Aver (Live) 8pm, £5

Saturday 11th Feb – LIVERPOOL Static Gallery + Patterns In The Ivy (Live) & Hive Collective DJs 8pm, £5

Now, I’m normally the guy who just posts hip hop, hip hop and hip hop but I had to share this one.  ’The Slakadeliqs’ is the alter-ego of Slakah The Beatchild and he has produced an uplifting and eclectic album of positive vibes. I can’t get enough of this album!

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