'Window Seat' courtesy of Ms Erykah Badu, March 30th is penciled for the launch of - New Amerykah Part 2 (Return of The Ankh)

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The brothers return to launch our collaborative project The Heritage EP. After making Ireland their second home over the last 3 years Hypnotic have blessed us with our first official recording and these 4 shows around Ireland will bear witness to the first live renditions of the songs we mixed down with them back in October. Expect to hear some exclusive reworkings performed live as per the EP and also the classic Hypnotic tracks they are famous for. Don’t forget to check for Hypnotic on the new Gorillaz LP also.

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Rizm shares his favourite soul classics dug up during various record shopping trips over the last while.

read Rizm – Soul Sleepers

Sometimes records attain legendary status because they’ve been long unavailable and to hear them you have to part with a week’s wages for a dusty slab of vinyl. Their status is derived from their scarcity as much as…

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Two of our good friends join forces and drop a new mix titled ‘Music for Night People’. Daniel Drumz and Mr. Krime are true school deejays from Krakow, Poland who are as soulful as they are funky. So it comes as no…

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Jim Carroll / Irish Times interviewed Al Green 5 years ago and he mentions his fondness for the recently deceased Willie Mitchell who died last week. Willie produced for the likes of Ann Peebles, Syl Johnson and Al…

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This popped up on Okayplayer last week, Raphael Saadiq’s proteges Tha Boogie. All things going well you should expect to see more of these guys in the mainstream in 2010. Up and coming and fusing all types of…

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Lovely video to compliment her track ‘Always’. Muhsinah comes correct as per usual with her lush beats and vocals, expect a return to CC from this lady in 2010. Check out the Gallery from her show with…

read Muhsinah – Always

New video from Miles Bonny put out by MPM, beats by Twit One and the track is called ‘Breakfast’. Always feeling the soulful gems this guy puts out, when is the album…

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Gil Scott Herons Album launch is nearing each day. Coming out on XL we featured a link a couple of months back to some soundbites from the Album, his first release since 1994. The Album is titles ‘I’m New Here’ and…

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What Dublin defo is at the moment, especially today, miserable weather, but maybe Trap’s army will put a smile on our faces before the day is out. Good luck to the Irish team tonight and check out this new track from…

read Theophilus London – Humdrum Town

Taylor McFerrin is redefining the one-man show. Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with his…

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Truth & Soul do it again, this time unearthing a gem from Ghetto Brothers.

One of the most enigmatic, purely New York records of all time is finally available to the masses. The Ghetto Brothers 45 “Ghetto…

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A little over two weeks to go to this highly anticipated show that seems to be grabbing the attention in all corners of Dublin and beyond..new single/vid and interview to whet the appetite. Oh, and go snap up the…

read Green Eyed Love Vid & Interview

Dam Funk speaks about his inpsiration and influences here. D-F is coming to play with us at Revolution next friday week, October 23rd in conjunction with his album launch and Dublins DEAF Festival. We cannot stress…

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Dam Funk plays Burn Rubber and Killdat live from Seoul, Korea – a leg of his Japanese Tour. Playing Revolution @ The Twisted Pepper on Friday October…

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Brian Deady has been added to support Mayer Hawthorne on October 31st in Crawdaddy. Brian has just released his LP Interview which has been mixed down by Colm Kenefick. We have to say as far as Irish soul music goes…

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Mayer Hawthorne Podcast no.2 for Stone Throw. Mayer Hawthorne & The County play for ChoiceCuts on Halloween Saturday 31st October. and Roisin Dubh the night before Friday October 30th

Robert Parker “I’ve Caught…

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Artists come and go, the exceptional ones stand the test of time and for us here, Bill Withers walks the highest plateau. His music transcends genres, years and he always makes an instant connection with the people…

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Taylor McFerrin is redefining the term “one-man show.” Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with…

read Introducing: Taylor Mc Ferrin