Jon Phonics was joined by Lee Scott for a chat about his forthcoming LP with Hyroglifics and the loose history of Blah Records. They also ran lots of exclusives from themselves and collaborators - alt hip-hop and UK rap gems throughout.

Jon Phonics w/ Lee Scott - June 2021

Jon Phonics was joined by Children of Zeus's Konny Kon for a chat about all things hip hop and the current musical environment. Tracks inside from Children of Zeus, Westside Gunn and Lonnie Liston Smith.

Jon Phonics w/ Konny Kon of Children of Zeus - September 2021

@Footshooter blends the sounds of South London jazz with buoyant house grooves on his debut album for @AstralBlack. Hear ‘Juno Café’ now

More info: https://djmag.com/music/premiere-footshooter-juno-cafe

South Side Hymns

Premiere: Footshooter ‘Juno Café’

Atmospheric jungle from @tim-reaper and @duste1 on the seventh volume of Future Retro's 'Meeting Of The Minds' series.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/10/04/premiere-dust-e-1-tim-reaper-the-rush/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/TimReaperDuste1

Listen on Youtube

Dust-e-1 & Tim Reaper - The Rush (STW Premiere)

Footshooter enlists spoken word artist MA.MOYO and longtime collaborator Isobel Risk to help him pay homage to London's thriving music community. Out on Astral Black.

Read More & Buy: https://www.stampthewax.com/2021/10/06/premiere-footshooter-ft-ma-moyo-isobel-risk-passing-clouds/
Listen on Youtube: https://bit.ly/FootshooterPassing

Footshooter feat. MA.MOYO & Isobel Risk - Passing Clouds (STW Premiere)

To celebrate the release of SusTrapperazi's "Rationale" EP out on Astral Black, Steak Records invited a crew down for 5 hours of b2b's and MC's featuring the likes of SusTrapperazi, Novelist, CKTRL, AIM, Prem, Kabuto, and more.

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Steak Records w/ SusTrapperazzi, Novelist, CKTRL, AIM, Prem, Kabuto & Jon Phonics - March 2023

Pre-order: https://astralblack.bandcamp.com/album/planet-j-ii

@jossymitsu returns to @astralblack with 'Planet J II', the follow up to her 2021 debut. Since 'Planet J', Jossy has not only been hard at work curating takeovers at fabric, B2B sets with Joy O & Floating Points, guest mixes for the likes Benji B & Mary Anne Hobbs and delivering show stealing sets at festivals including Dekmantel, Outlook & Dour to name a few - but has also been refining her craft & levelling up her production skills.

Now, the time has come for the world to experience 'Planet J II' - a powerful six-track EP paying homage to her influences of jungle, acid, techno, garage & breaks to create a project that pushes the boundaries of future facing electronic music.

A launch party will be held on  Saturday May 13, 1-5:PM at Steak Records Peckham with DJ sets from Jossy Mitsu, Bluetoof, Softii, Ladipo & Jon Phonics, streamed live via Balamii Radio. Records and merch will be on sale.

PLANET J 2

More exclusive music

Premiere: Jossy Mitsu 'Zeta'

Free download available here: https://hypeddit.com/worsleyyglinkscheetah/moveyabody

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Worsleyy, Glinks & Cheetah - Move Ya Body (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Drip by drip, drop by drop - the cup began to bubble like some sort of wild cauldron. It was all illuminated by the hazy murky glow of the streetlights which were all seeing and all knowing as they looked down upon the corner with a wicked orange fog.

One sip and it were as if time was moving ever so slowly - the noises which echoed all around were no longer there and the city was silent and asleep for a moment.

Wandering step by step, through the sprawling mirage of streets, boarded up shutters and empty buildings were all that was left to guide him from place to place. Sometimes it was better to be lost than found, besides whenever he needed to find solace in something, there was a purple whirlpool nearby for that.

Astral Black celebrate ten strong years in the game with the release of a new compilation which features family favourites and good friends. Dj Milktray, Jossy Mitsu, Will Lister and more all feature on the new compilation called 'Frass FM VI'. This track from Sivey did the business for us...

PREMIERE: Sivey - Purple Whirlpool [Astral Black]

Pre-order: https://astralblack.bandcamp.com/album/metropolis-n

The latest offering from @astralblack comes in the form of 'Metropolis N' the new LP from New York's @nigelthreetimes.

"Being heavily influenced by science fiction, I always toyed with the concept of time in my projects," he says. "Nothing is ever linear and some albums are prequels despite the order of release. 'EARLY MORNING FROM 103RD STREET' is the calm during the storm. While chaos ensues after the opening track, track 2 is just waking up. Times Square is wildin' and 103rd Street in Corona, Queens has no idea what's heading in its direction via the 7 train."

Premiere: NIGELTHREETIMES 'Early Morning From 103rd Street'

Astral Black Presents - Frass FM 2

JD. Reid - Tortoise Beach
Jon Phonics - Time Must Have A Stop
Dressin Red - Body Plan (Sivey Remix)
Impey - Molotov 078
Celestial trax - Channelling 
DJ Milktray - Martini Glass (Club Tool)
Bushido - Stay Golden
Loom - John Titor
Opal Block - A-Train
Budgie - Pho
Jaisu - Jai Hoe
Migos - My Momma (Drae Da Skimask Remix)
K15 - The LOVE you seek, is WITHIN
Dressin Red - Melted

09. Opal Block - A-Train

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