Jeff Mills, Seth Troxler, Eats Everything and Joy Orbison will help open Motion’s new massive open-air club
The Motion team has once again outdone (already high) expectations for the first party to be held at its new open-air club opening this August: Yard. Detroit pioneer and all-round genius Jeff Mills fronts the lineup for what is a very rare UK appearance – holding the potential to sell out the new 4000 capacity space …
Noods x Nitelife 003 // Semi Peppered’s EJ Woodall delivers a funky electronic fusion
Semi Peppered co-founder and resident EJ Woodall delivers a disco-tinged techno house atmospheric fusion for the third installment of our Noods mix series. Known best for their genre-blending abilities within the groovier side of electronic sphere, Bristol record label and DJ collective Semi Peppered are Noods Radio regulars, as well as favourites on the Bristol …
Playlist // RUN fire up for Arcadia Afterburner takeover at Love Saves the Day
Bristol drum and bass head RUN are taking over the 360 degree, fire-spewing Arcadia Afterburner stage at this year’s Love Saves Sunday, bringing the out-and-out best names in the game with them: Hype, Hazard, Friction, Dimension, Stokka, and the godfather of jungle, Randall who’ll be going B2B with 4hero. They’ve also recruited some fresh talent …
LOC’S: Rider Shafique & Khali Ackford unveil new exhibition celebrating dreadlock culture
South West MC and spoken word poet Rider Shafique is unveiling a new photography exhibition at Trinity Centre tomorrow in line with the first public performance of his I-Dentity, which has been created in collaboration with friend and local photographer Khali Ackford. LOC’S is a photographic series celebrating and showcasing the diversity of dreadlock culture. …
Behind the scenes with Stryda
Since the age of 18, Sam Howard aka DJ Stryda has been pushing the local roots scene, whether that’s through roots music duo Dubkasm with longtime pal Ben Glass (Digistep), his influential Sufferah’s Choice radio show and record label, or his regular Teachings in Dub soundsystem nights at Trinity Centre. So much so, that many …
Elbow, Groove Armada, Roni Size, David Rodigan and more announced for The Downs festival
After being successfully booking Massive Attack for their first hometown gig in 13 years last year, we were delighted when organisers (a joint effort from the teams behind Love Saves the Day and Bristol Sounds) announced that The Downs festival would become a permanent fixture on Bristol’s growing festival calendar. The lineup, announced today, includes …
Noods x Nitelife 002 // 40-minute mix from Eclecticist
Eclectic selector, Radar Radio regular and Noods resident, Silas Gray aka Eclecticist heads up his regular radio show Eclectivity. Himself a seasoned MC and songwriter, he uses his radio show to explore his appreciation of the more electronic side of things – techno, jazz and electronic soul – with a hip hop and grime-tinged lean. // Since launching …
Born on Road warm up for their Balter Festival soundclash with a 40-minute jungle mix
Bristol / Birmingham junglists Born on Road have been making friends across genres, including reggae and hip hop -always on a dancehall lean – since the label was formed a few years ago by like-minded group of DJs and producers: Aries, Kelvin 373, Stivs and Gold Dubs. With releases from Ed West and Inja, Gardna …
Gardna and Kreed drop new video for My Show, feat. Inja, J Man, Eva Lazarus
Following up last year’s summer banger Sunday, Bristol’s Gardna and Kreed have just dropped the video to their new tune My Show, featuring Inja, J Man and Eva Lazarus, which is one of four tracks on their recently released Gardna X Kreed EP. The video follows in a similar vibe to Sunday, which was filmed …
Support Bristol’s underground at the SWU.FM Motion Takeover – you owe them
In case you haven’t noticed, the entire underground music community in Bristol has been rallying around SWU.FM (South West Underground) in support of their massive fundraiser at Motion this Easter Sunday. It’s a party worth going to by any stretch, but supporters are drumming up a sense of duty owed by enjoyers of Bristol’s underground to cough …