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Music Documentaries at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2011 – 8-12 June, 2011

By on May 25, 2011
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Sheffield Doc/Fest Trailer 2011 from Sheffield Doc/Fest on Vimeo.

This year’s programme is packed with docs about musicians and subjects ranging from Hole drummer Patty Schemel, to A , to Genesis P-Orridge, to a record shop in Upon Tyne, to gypsies and Slovakians, to 2 men who shout a lot at each other (not so much music as a cult phenomenon), to Queen, to Justin Bieber, to , to Michael Nyman, to Siddheswari Devi to more

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Matthew Halsall – Spiritual Surfing at 60MPC 03/02/11

By on March 4, 2011
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As much as the mention of Futuristica’s Chronicle’s session in the Guardian’s Guide on Saturday as their ‘Pick of the Week’ was appreciated, they missed out that ’s finest was a special guest DJ!

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River Nelson – The Rise And Fall Of River Nelson

By on November 16, 2010
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The thing to note about the cover of this release is that the prominence it gives to the producer, “the man with the Golden Sound” – Lewis Parker as the music and lyrics of come together on The Rise And Fall Of River Nelson.

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From Jazz Funk & Fusion to Acid Jazz: The History Of The UK Jazz Dance Scene – Mark ‘Snowboy’ Cotgrove (Book)

By on June 11, 2009
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Some stories never get to be told properly. At last ours has been.

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Mint Condition – e-Life

By on November 26, 2008
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The guys from St Paul’s / Minneapolis are back with their distinctive sound. Stokley, Lawrence, O’Dell, Ricky, Jeffrey and Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave performing some session drumming on the album

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Red – Fingerprints…

By on March 11, 2008
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Blown away by the Playsatan remix of ‘Seen’ which is to feature on the worldwide Sony PSP ads, can the genius of scratch move on up to an album release? Oh yeah, this guy has his finger on it

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V/A – Droppin’ Science

By on February 10, 2008
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The sub-title of this (Greatest Samples From The Lab) gives the game away as plunders its illustrious back catalogue for yet another of their greatest hits that have been sampled and scratched by the community

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KRS-ONE – The Forum (Live Review)

By on July 8, 2007
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As KRS-One spits on his latest album, “A dope MC is a dope MC…And that’s who KRS be.” Anyone who was at his Forum gig will be forced to agree

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Minnie Riperton – The Angel Lives On

By on June 14, 2007
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Since losing her battle with breast cancer in 1979 at the tender age of 31, Riperton’s legacy has reached almost mythic proportions, which is to be expected since a good number of modern music aficionados were just being born when she made her transition

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Marco Polo – Port Authority

By on April 14, 2007
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Back in the day, Rawkus was the independent label outta NYC breaking names like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Hi-Tek and Pharoahe Monch. And here’s some good news: Rawkus is on its way back

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Ben Westbeech – Welcome To The Best Years Of Your Life

By on March 17, 2007
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After the big build up, the d?©but album from Mr. Westbeech has finally turned up to celebrate the best years of our lives

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Recluse Crew & Synoptic Pressure Present – The Art Of Raw Sound

By on July 29, 2006
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Raw spitting in old-skool Minneapolis style as Recluse Crew and Synoptic Pressure produce ‘real’ .

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Jay Dee / J Dilla (February 7, 1974 – February 10 2006) RIP

By on February 18, 2006
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Message boards all over the Internet have been full of messages of love for James Yancey who was better known as Jay Dee and J .

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Wonky Beatz at the Soul Cellar – 19th October, 2004

By on October 20, 2004
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Wonky Beatz is the Tuesday club night choice for B-boys and girls in Southampton. Situated at the heart of town (behind the Guildhall), it’s a joint promotion by Cellar manager Clair and her partner Alan Parfett.

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