Musician, presenter and DJ Katbrownsugar ends 2017 with a bang as she launches her new EP, Pink Trees. It's the debut release on new label Kush Records, and Groovement is very happy to host a new mini mix from her in celebration of it.

You might already know Kat from her previous EP Milk & Cookies, her monthly podcast The Sugar Sessions (check the most recent episode with guests Children Of Zeus), interviewing at the MOBOs or her Reform Radio show – Pink Trees consists of 5 tracks that pull you deep into the warm soulfulness of her universe.

DJ wise, catch her out and about in Manchester and beyond in 2018 spinning hip hop, RnB, disco and future sounds.

Pink Trees is available on Spotify, iTunes and more.

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Blackstar - Brown Skin Lady
Masego - Navajo
Abnormal Sleepz ft. Robbahollow - Know The Wave
The Mouse Outfit ft IAMDDB & Fox - I Wonder
Ashanti - Foolish

Bipolar Sunshine - Tears

Children Of Zeus - Smoke With Me

Kinkai - Treasure (feat. K S R)

Zed Bias - He Loves Me ft HarleighBlu

Fatima - Somebody Else

Darkhouse Family - Modaji Suite

The Mouse Outfit - I Wonder (feat. IAMDDB + Fox)

Deft - Around

DJ Premier feat ASAP Ferg - Our Streets

Run Child Run - Can't Catch Me

Sly5thAve - California Love Featuring Cory Henry

Mammal Hands - Boreal Forest

Sampa The Great - Protect Your Queen

N.E.R.D. feat Rihanna - Lemon

Noya Rao - I Feel

IAMDDB - Shade

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Kids

Kaidi Tatham - I See What You See

Wookie - What Going On

Gizelle Smith - S.T.A.Y. (feat. Eric Boss)

Swing Ting - Can't Wait (ft. Blvk H3ro)

Ibeyi - Me Voy (feat. Mala Rodríguez)

aCatCalledFRITZ - Don't Play Yourself feat. Black Joch

G Perico - Everybody

The Expansions - Breakthrough (7" Version)

The Souljazz Orchestra - Dog Eat Dog

Goldlink feat Anderson Paak - Unique (Doc Adam Edit)

Evelyn Champagne King - Love Come Down

Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life protect your

The Green Arrows - Vaparidzi Vawanda

An ode to the beginning of Autumn.

Recorded live 18 September 2017.

Jordan Rakei - Goodbyes

Sly5thAve - Let Me Ride feat. Jimetta Rose (Extended Version)

Randolph - Heavy

Verb T - Mechanical

Swet Shop Boys - Zayn Malik

Lewis James - Shapeshifter

Iglooghost - Bug Thief

Amadou & Mariam - Filaou Bessame

Phil France - Joy of Brass (Mr. Scruff Remix)

The Shacks - Strange Effect

Mogwai - Coolverine

Mark Rae - Fleeting Moment Featuring Kate Rogers

submerse - Can We Go Back feat. fitz ambro$e

Machinedrum - 1 2 B Needed feat. Roses Gabor

Juno - The Leap

Meridian Brothers - Como Estoy En Los Sesenta

Bicep - Glue

Om Unit - Out of the Shadows

Children Of Zeus - I Can’t Wait (Extended Version)

Hannah Williams and the Affirmations - Late Nights & Heartbreak

Flamingosis - Don’t Lose The Feeling

Earth, Wind & Fire - Can’t Hide Love

Childish Gambino - Redbone (Vandalized Edit)

Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way

Mecca:83 - Lets Get It (feat Grap Luva)

Jarreau Vandal - Someone That You Love (feat. Olivia Nelson)

ROOM8 - Just You & I (feat. The Sound of Arrows)

Don Leisure - Tell Me

Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti - Jorgea Corisco

Mecca:83 - Manchester Marauders

Sharero Band feat. Faadumo Qaasim - Qays iyo Layla (Romeo & Juliet)

Sunny & The Sunliners - I Only Have Eyes For You

Machinedrum - What Is This feat. Rosie Lowe

KinKai - Roll The Dice (feat. Glue70)

Jordan Rakei - Tawo

Gal Costa - Presente Cotidiano

The Haggis Horns - Take It Back (feat Doc Brown)

Toddla T - Magnet (feat. Andrea Martin)

Il Bosco - Bridge Theory (Bosco and Metrodome fabric of time rip)

Kaytranada - Together (Ft. AlunaGeorge & GoldLink)

Alexx A-Game- Braver (Swing Ting Smooth Edit)

Chairman Maf - Sunshine

Jordan Rakei - Nerve

Eric Boss - Closer To The Spirit

Garren Sean - Finer Things

A DJ who doesn't step out of the shadows enough at all for my liking, Shaolin combines choice taste in music with seamless transitions. He's the DJ king of the Kendal Calling festival and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Enjoy the first of two new mixes from his simian, but gentle, fingers.

https://soundcloud.com/shaolin_monkey

Andrea joins me a couple of days before International Women's Day, when she'll be hosting a show on Reform Radio. A killer selection as always and plenty of chat.

Ohio Players - Ecstasy
Arnold Blair - Finally Made It Home
Gladys Knight - It’s A Better Than Good Time
Aquarian Dream - Play It For Me (One More Time)
Hejira - I Don’t Belong To Anyone
Ty - Baby Love
The Meditation Singers - I Love My Jesus
Batuki - Oribata
Prince - Breakfast Can Wait
The Clash - Police and Thieves
Sister Sledge - As
Solange - Junie

The silkily-voiced Garzon-Montano toured with Lenny Kravitz last year, and Crawl is only one of a slew of songs I've been hitting rewind to from his debut album. Noname has dropped one of the most beautifully subtle soul albums of 2016, but it's only now I've found the the time for a proper listen. Manc hip hop from longtime pal Dubbul O hits hard and pays tribute to Gang Starr with its title. Paul White's beat on Lion's Den is dreamy. Synths abound from Aim, Survive, Mogwai and Onyeabor. Lord Echo provides this episode's title and Jungle Fire are back with their second album, Jambu. Piano soul from Sampha and Joseph Scaturro, crazy funk from Thundercat and pure jump-up South American rhythm from Quantic and Nidia. The theme from one of my favourite films, bass from the Cosmic Bridge stable with a Transformers reference and one from the Havana meets Kingston project. Hope you hear something you like!

Gabriel Garzon-Montano - Crawl

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

Noname - Diddy Bop ft Raury and Cam O’bi

J Dilla - Time: The Donut Of The Heart

Dubbul O x Clay - Mass Appeal ft Blind MIC

Paul White ft Danny Brown - Lion’s Den

Aim ft QnC - Lyrical Expert

Eric Lau - Lau’s Lament

Survive - A.H.B.

Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein - Kids

Mogwai - Remurdered

William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb

Lord Echo - Just Do You ft Mara TK

Jungle Fire - Callejero

Kaidi Tatham - Treacle Manifestations

Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra ft Josephine Onayama - Badder Weather

Quantic and Nidia Gongora - Que Me Duele?

Raphael Attar - Slow It Down (Climax)

Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

Joseph Scaturro - Fallin' By The Waist

Thundercat - Friend Zone

Kaytranada - Together ft AlunaGeorge and Goldlink

Om Unit & Sam Binga - Optimist Prime

James Newton Howard - Unbreakable

Mista Savona - Carvinal ft Randy Valentine and Solis

The PLAYLIST ft Glenn Lewis - 1995

El Michels Affair ft The Shacks and Lee Fields - Tearz

Lee Fields joins me in conversation, so I thought I'd make it a soul special. A selection of records I played to warm up for him at Gorilla in Manchester, plus some of his own.

Candi Staton - His Hands

Childish Gambino - Redbone

The Rollers - Knocking At The Wrong Door

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man

Lee Fields & The Expressions - You’re The Kind Of Girl (45 edit)

Phenomenal Handclap Band - Baby

Betty Wright - I Love The Way You Love

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ft Lee Fields - Stranded In Your Love

Lee Fields x Agent J - interview

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Special Night

Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together (DJ Ayres Edit)

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain’t Love (I Don’t Know What Is)

The Staple Singers - Let’s Do It Again

Lady Wray - Do It Again

Conrad Jackson - Come Back With Me

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land

The Como Mamas - Out Of The Wilderness

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

The New Birth - I Can Understand It

Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On

Terry Callier - Occasional Rain

Dionne Warwick - You’re Gonna Need Me

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - 8th Wonder

The Mighty Mocambos ft Lee Fields - Where Do We Go From Here

The Sylvers - Only One Can Win (Re-Edit)

Funky Music Machine - Gotta Clean Up The World (Before The World Cleans You Up)

The hypnotically ethereal selection of one of Manchester's most warm hearted, soulful and community-spirited music lovers. Catch his City Whispers show fortnightly on Reform Radio, encapsulating the beating heart of the city with interviews and live performances. Pablo also forms part of the core of the legendary Better Days parties. 

Enjoy the sounds of:

Saul Williams - DNA

Rhian Benson - Say How You Feel ( SV Remix)

Bahamadia - I Confess (Ka-yu Remix)

Jimetta Rose - Constellations feat Georgia Ann Muldrew

Madison McFerrin - No Time To Lose

Stimulator Jones - Soon Never Comes

Muzzy Legault - Jimmi

Melissa McMillan - Keep Coming Back To You

Haitus Kaiyote - Laputa (Taylor McFerrin remix ft Anderson Paak)

Branko - Let Me Go feat Nonku Phiri and Mr Carmack

Odunsi - Vibrate Emmanuel Speaks - Ojuelegba

Chargaux - 5 4

Samantha Levital - Pas a Pas

Low Leaf - Physclez

La Tribu De Abrante - Yo No Se

Sumohair - Ninã

AfroQbano - Vai Morrer Sem Amar

Gatusalsa y Tumbao - Mal Amiga

Eric Lau - Divine feat Fatima

Maylee Todd - Hieroglyphics (TBG edit )

Les Nubians - Makeda

Diggs Duke - He Wants To Live Like You

Beating the January blues: Lee Fields, Eric Lau, Gallant, Children Of Zeus, Oddisee, San Lazaro...

Agent J on selection.

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Brand New Heavies - I Don't Know Why (I Love You) (A Tom Moulton mix)

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Special Night

Lord Echo - Thinking Of You

J. Cole - Change

Ondatrópica - Hummingbird

Gallant - Weight In Gold (Sweater Beats Remix)

Rim & Kasa - Love Me For Real (Nik Weston Re-Edit)

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain Future Head ReEdit

Womack & Womack - Teardrops

Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer

Clint Mansell - San Junipero (Saturday Night In the City of the Dead)

Solange - Cranes in the Sky (Kaytranada Edit)

Solange - Cranes in the Sky

Children Of Zeus - Crown

Oddisee - Things Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life

Eric Lau - Lift Off

Little Simz - Shotgun (Ft. Syd)

Kadhja Bonet - Gramma Honey

San Lazaro - Tirando Rosas

Gallant - Bourbon