Mndsgn - DAVIBE
Tyler The Creator - Potato Salad
Spaced- thinkinboutyew_
Wiz Khalifa & Ty Dolla Sign - Something New
Kaiit - OG Luv Kush Pt2
Bazzy - Str8 up
Travis Scott - Coffee Bean

Multi-faceted Manchester creative Katbrownsugar has been enjoying increased success over the past few months. She released the single Turn It Up with Woddy Green as part of the Pink Trees EP on Kush Records at the end of 2017, increased her DJ dates around the city and holds down a consistently excellent show on MCR Live.  Mixcloud awarded her twice in the Best Online Music Show category in 2018's Online Radio Awards, both as Rising Star and best Hip Hop, RnB and Afrobeats show, describing her as one of Manchester's most exciting talents. She's also been featured by BBC Radio 1Xtra and the MOBOs. Kat's MCR Live show has empowered not only her own broadcasting flow, but her keenness and ability to share other creative vibes emerging from the city. She's also begun a show on the illustrious NTS Radio with colleague Jack Duckham. 

Today sees Kat's face launch Foot Asylum and Nike's Next Generation Female Creatives campaign for the Nike AF1 Jester XX - see more on that here: https://www.footasylum.com/lowdown-just-dropped-nike-af1-jester-xx-/

Listen now to Kat's second mix for Groovement, following her Maltesers selection last year. It portays perfectly Kat's dreamy, beat laden, neo-soul style. 

Jonny Drop's new long player, The Only Sound, is out this week on Albert's Favourites records. The follow up to 2016's Sub Plot, the album launches Jonny into full songwriting mode in collaborations with Sarah Williams White, The Expansions' Dave Koor and James O'Keefe, Shea Soul, Grace Walker, Lucid Paradise (Eric Boss and Ishtar) and Tamar Colluctutor. Loose yourself in his multi-layered sounds: it's out now at http://albertsfavourites.com/

Since I'm a big fan of JD's work, I was well chuffed when he agreed to contribute to the Groovement podcast series. Here's his mix, Anything Goes. 

Aretha Franklin - Mr. D.J
Eddie C - Ponderings
Chairman Maf - Sunset
Letherette - After 8
Bad Bad Not Good - Hyssop Of Love
Pep Nieto Y Su Orquesta - El Cordobés
Joao Donato - Nana Das Aguas
Outra Discos - Yoruba Baiano
Ezy & Isaac - Let Your Body Move (Oba Balu Balu)
Les Corraloros De Mamonal - Murio El Pescader
Nemours Jean Baptiste - Haiti Cumbia
Marcel Vogel - Dance the Blues away (Julien Dyne Dub)
Mildlife - Zwango Zop
Modified Man - Kingswood Drive
Jonny Drop - Think It Over
Chop Master Flopp - Dirty Funk
Kentici - Funky Buttercup
7-a-side - Lowdown
Love Club - Hot Summer Nights (Medlar Dub Edit)
A Band Called Flash - Sliph

Mr Spin (UK) and DJ Bacon (Aus) team up for back to back mixes in tribute to the 30th anniversary of one of the most important hip hop albums of all time, Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. Spin mixes up the LP first, then Bacon presents B-sides, remixes and more for his Sleeping Enemies mix.

Mixcloud:
https://www.mixcloud.com/mrspin
https://www.mixcloud.com/DJBACON

New music all round, with Sheffield's newest crew kicking things off in a soulful manner. A new mix of a classic Om Unit record, new jazzy stuff from Joe Armon-Jones, The Sorcerers and Ebo Taylor, hip hop from Kuartz and Dabrye, an unreleased 2010 track from Manchester's Plato (Bedos and Pitch 92), and just loads more really good music. Enjoy! (And at the top of the podcast, that IS Baby Groovement saying 'Agent J' for the first time. 'Daddy' is now out the window.)

Universal Tree - Clean Up

Om Unit - The Corridor (Danny Scrilla remix)

Joe Armon-Jones - Almost Went Too Far

Kuartz - Too High feat El Statiko

Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees

Sudan Archives - Nont For Sale

S-Type - Coastin'

The Sorcerers - The Anderson Spectrum (The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra)

Dabrye - Sunset (feat. Shigeto)

Brannddyy - Babyyy (Szajna Edit)

Horatio Luna - Finesse

Plato - Harp

Jean Grae & Quelle Chris feat. Dane Orr - Peacock

Prophet - Insanity

Ross From Friends - John Cage

Azambuja & Cia - Nega Brecho

Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

Baloji - L'hiver Indien / Ghetto Mirador

The Colonel & Mr. Bailey - B Bap B

Ebo Taylor - Mumudey Mumudey

Kamaal Williams - Salaam

Noya Rao - I Feel

Sly5thAve - Let Me Ride feat. Jimetta Rose (Stro Elliot Remix)

Cut Chemist - Rhythm Method featuring Vox Populi! and Myka 9

Bosq - Pegate Pa Ca (feat. Ray Lugo & Brownout)

Chip Wickham - Barrio 71

Gogo Penguin - Break

New music all round, with Sheffield's newest crew kicking things off in a soulful manner. A new mix of a classic Om Unit record, new jazzy stuff from Joe Armon-Jones, The Sorcerers and Ebo Taylor, hip hop from Kuartz and Dabrye, an unreleased 2010 track from Manchester's Plato (Bedos and Pitch 92), and just loads more really good music. Enjoy! (And at the top of the podcast, that IS Baby Groovement saying 'Agent J' for the first time. 'Daddy' is now out the window.)

Universal Tree - Clean Up

Om Unit - The Corridor (Danny Scrilla remix)

Joe Armon-Jones - Almost Went Too Far

Kuartz - Too High feat El Statiko

Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees

Sudan Archives - Nont For Sale

S-Type - Coastin'

The Sorcerers - The Anderson Spectrum (The Yorkshire Film & Television Orchestra)

Dabrye - Sunset (feat. Shigeto)

Brannddyy - Babyyy (Szajna Edit)

Horatio Luna - Finesse

Plato - Harp

Jean Grae & Quelle Chris feat. Dane Orr - Peacock

Prophet - Insanity

Ross From Friends - John Cage

Azambuja & Cia - Nega Brecho

Peggy Gou - It Makes You Forget (Itgehane)

Baloji - L'hiver Indien / Ghetto Mirador

The Colonel & Mr. Bailey - B Bap B

Ebo Taylor - Mumudey Mumudey

Kamaal Williams - Salaam

Noya Rao - I Feel

Sly5thAve - Let Me Ride feat. Jimetta Rose (Stro Elliot Remix)

Cut Chemist - Rhythm Method featuring Vox Populi! and Myka 9

Bosq - Pegate Pa Ca (feat. Ray Lugo & Brownout)

Chip Wickham - Barrio 71

Gogo Penguin - Break

Groovement sat down with Yazmin for the Manchester date of her UK tour, celebrating the release of new single 90 Degrees and her signing to the illustrious First Word Records.

The release of the Black Moon EP on Yazmin and her band's own Running Circle label saw her star rise prominently in 2017. Later this year First Word will release a 5 track EP based around 90 Degrees.

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Listen to and buy Yazmin's music at:
https://yazminlacey.bandcamp.com/

Twitter: @Yazmin_Lacey
Facebook: /YazminLaceyMusic

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In Yazmin's words: "'90 Degrees' is about that time of the day / night when there's a shift in pace and energy. When you decide to lock off from the 'outside' world and create your own atmosphere, take some time to give thanks for what's breathing love into your life and smoke off the fuckeries. Everyone needs a little routine for self preservation."

Track listing:

Yazmin Lacey - A Mother Lost
Tall Black Guy - Running Away Too 3's
Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees
Yazmin Lacey - Buffering
Yazmin LAcey - Black Moon

Recorded upstairs at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 28 March 2018.

Groovement catches up with Hannah Williams and her Affirmations as they hit Manchester's Band On The Wall.

We reflect on ways forward after being sampled by Jay Z, the funk and soul scene and the don Malcolm Catto, who produced their current LP on Record Kicks.

Recorded March 2018.

Buy the album Late Nights And Heartbreak here: https://hannahsoulwilliams.bandcamp.com/album/late-nights-heartbreak

https://twitter.com/HWAffirmations

LN&H directed by Nick Donnelly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRc13zIr4ME&

Witness the rebirth of Ty. On the eve of the release of his fifth LP Work Of Heart, Ty reflects on the album, working with jazzre:freshed, our musical and political climate and more. Features tracks from the new album.

Portrait by Bunny Bread.

Order the album: https://jazzrefreshed.bandcamp.com/album/a-work-of-heart

Trout unloads her all-vinyl bag of soul for Valentine's month. Choice selections to tug the heartstrings.

Keep up to date with her gigs and Trout Spout radio show:

https://www.facebook.com/andreatroutdj/

https://twitter.com/andreaac

https://www.mixcloud.com/andrea-ahimie-carthy/

Joan Armatrading - Love & Affection
Chic - My Forbidden Lover
Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
Sheila E - A Love Bizarre
Curtis Mayfield - So In Love
Fern Kinney - Together We Are Beautiful
Teena Marie - I Need Your Lovin’
DJ Vas - One Love
Chow Daddy - Never Fade
The Emotions - Love Vibe (Domu edit)
George Benson - Love Ballad
Barry White - Your Sweetness Is My Weakness
Chic - I Want Your Love
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Luther Vandross - I Wanted Your Love
The Whispers - It’s A Love Thing
Jones Girls - I Need You
Stevie Wonder - All I Do
Two Tons O’ Fun - Just Us
Renee & Angela - Secret Rendezvous (Genu-Ingenious re-edit)
Al Hudson - Spread Love