The Smashment – Mancunian Way & DJ Mark XTC NYE 2011

New Years Eve approaches and hundreds upon thousands of bass-hungry
Mancunians are looking for somewhere to skank their boots off into 2012. They need look no further. This night of positive vibes looks back over 20 years of clubbing history – from Ragga Dancehalls in Jamaica to Acid raves at the Hacienda! 

Unity Radio‘s Sunday regulars the pRp Show will be kicking off proceedings with their Punky Reggae Party at around 10pm, so don’t be late – DJ’s Eezer, Tommy T and Dylan Reed will be bringing positive vibes from early doors with a funky medley of Roots, Ragga, Soul and Hip Hop.

Mancunian Way’s Marlon De Blanco will be hitting up the decks as we move into the midnight hour with back to back Club Classics. Here he is displaying his Old Skool credentials in the Hardcore Uproar music video featuring Trigga & Sushi (he’s the one in the acid face T-Shirt).

1NEJACK comes in later on with an explosive hour of up front 90’s Garage and Drum & Bass sounds. For those who miss the good old days of clubbing, when tunes were tunes, this is going to bring out some great memories. For those who missed out on the 2-step revolution the first time round, here is where you can get your education!!

Then finally from 1am the legendary DJ Mark XTC will be blowing the doors off the mother sucka with a HUGE Old Skool House set as seen at Eurocultured – Expect to hear tunes to excite your inner raver; It’s going to be like 1999 all over again!

**** Tickets are available NOW on Skiddle for only £7! ****

Tickets are also available at:

Twisted Wilbraham Road (Fallowfield)

GAFFS Newsagents WIlmslow Road (Fallowfield)

Afflecks Palace (Northern Quarter)

Eastern Bloc Records Oldham Street (City Centre)

Robot Bodypop Christmas 2011

artwork by Lynton Levengood

Tracklisting

My Culture (Addergebroed remix) – Habstrakt
Rude Boyz – Horsepower Productions
Ebb Flow – Taz
FFWD – Joakim & Bambounou
Like The Way You Should (Mala Digital Mystiks remix) – Lee Scratch Perry
Smokes Depth – Stavrogin
Waiting – Moony
What U R – Jacques Greene
Jumbo (Norrit Remix) – Lucid
Square One VIP – Mosca
Into You – Greenmoney feat. Roses Gabor
Up In Your Mix – Two Inch Punch
Together (Youandewan Dub) – Duffstep
No Good – Ifan Dafydd
Urge – Rekchampa
Send Me – Paper Tiger

Get Up – Goli & Ashburner
Bratva – Ghost Note
Ruff House – J:Kenzo ft. Rod Azlan
Fatty Drummer – Skream
Disperse – Saffire
Chang Caine – Demon
Make You – Stak One
Something About Her – Hwood
Marka – Dub Phizix, Skeptical & Strategy
Sunshine – NKillah
Ethal – Luska
Origin – Wheeler
In Your Eyes – Johnny Osbourne (Silent Code RMX)

Ho Ho Ho!

Some more freebies just in time for Christmas.

Silent Code with a classy Drum & Bass remix of a Johnny Osbourne classic

Deep and moody dubstep from Ghost Note with ‘Bratva’

and lush vocal cut ‘Something About Her‘ from Hwood

Stak One

Exciting stuff from Stak One’s current projects. Featured on this weeks show ‘Make You’ featuring vocalist Helen K, we’re looking forward to any upcoming releases. Other talent on show here includes fellow Mancunians Sparkz and Chunky alongside tracks from Stak Ones favourite artists, this mix creates a fantasic blend of upfront future beats.

Big Boy Vibe – Stak One ft. Sparkz
Stab Ya Face – Stak One
The Pressure – Stak One ft. Chunky
Somewhat – Dizz 1
Jazzy But Classic (acapella) – Sparkz
Love You Up – Two Inch Punch
Schooldays – Stak One
BTSU – Jai Paul
Cyclotron – Harmonic 313
Run – Stak One
Passing Me By – The Pharcyde
Rirrr – Dizz 1
Nothing To Do – Stak One
Bitzq – Stak One
808 Dream – Stak One
Ruff – Stak One
Play The Way – Stak One
Wonk – Stak One
Keep Me Hanging – Diana Ross (Stak One RMX)
Make You – Stak One
Untitled – Stak One

METRODOME – Natural Flavour preview – Free EP forthcoming

Metrodome – The name has reverberated throughout Manchester circles for nearly ten years, and yet the protagonist is only 17 years old. His first gig was a Hip Hop set at Manchester’s Contact Theatre. It was 2002 and Ruud Whiting was still only 8 years old busting intricate DJ maneuvers and stunning the crowd with his skills behind the turntables. Since then he has rocked capacity crowds in some of Manchester’s biggest nightclubs – He was at Sankey’s Soap in 2006 supporting Rahzel and JS-1 and more recently a dubstep set at Hit & Run in 2009 supporting the massive act Flux Pavillion – yet after the show it was Metrodome with the ratings. The little scamp, he just cant help but impress.

Keep eyes locked on this blog for details of his upcoming free EP and peep this exclusive preview of the first track, a stunningly futuristic garage head nodder from a true natural talent.