It's no secret that the original feeling of hip hop, with its party grooves, b-boys, and breakers, was successfully transmitted from the Bronx to Europe long ago. A healthy number of European groups and artists adopted hip hop poses, translating the beats and attitude for their audiences. Expressive twists and turns on a traditional sound vibrate even today, leading the way for DJs and producers to explore the genre with impressive, dance floor-worthy results. Germany's funky breakbeat duo CMC&Silenta are a shining example, crafting tunes that draw inspiration from hip hop as well as their country's electronic music legacy.

SP23 is a creative collective of musicians, DJs and artists. 

SP23 members were prime instigators in the mighty Spiral Tribe Sound System as well as the underground recording studio and vinyl distribution organisation that would become Network 23.

Their reputation for the best and boldest underground raves (on beaches, up mountains or deep within the derelict industrial sprawl) preceded them. On an unstoppable roll across Britain and Europe their convoy of sound system trucks rapidly became known as the source of a deep and inspiring fugitive groove.

Respected as pioneers of live dance music, the SP23 Sound System generates an electrifying vibe. From the very centre of their dance floor pulses a magnetic unity. An irresistible pull to move. 

Today SP23 moves from strength to strength, playing packed houses all over Europe while our production crew are busy in the studio working on new tracks for the  SP23 label.

Raised on grunge and metal, pulled into the wild pulse of Norfolk free parties, and carried through jungle, dnb, breakbeat and speed garage. Barcelona opened the door to hip hop and a wider world of sound. Now back in Norfolk, stitching all those chapters into a style that moves between past and present without asking permission…

UK RAGGA JUNGLE RECORD LABEL FOUNDED 2008! 

RAW JUNGLE & RAGGA JUNGLE INFLUENCED FROM UK SOUND SYSTEM CULTURE!

FOUNDED BY PASTAMAN & NICK-ED

Vinyl & Digital Releases available from:
http://sattasounds.bandcamp.com/

Ben Howard returns with his 4th album, Collections From The Whiteout, produced alongside Aaron Dessner (The National). The foreboding darkness that coated Ben’s second record I Forget Where We Were and thinly veiled its follow up Noonday Dream, isn’t so evident on Collections. These are songs written from headlines scanned, or news stories scrolled past, providing inspiration for a selection of vivid narrative snapshots – the death of amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst (Crowhurst’s Meme); Russian fraudster Anna Sorokin (Sorry Kid); the man who stole and crashed a plane in Seattle (The Strange Last Flight Of Richard Russell); and the dismembered body a friend of his father found in a suitcase floating along the Thames (Finders Keepers). Alongside them, the personal anecdotes from the same scattered period living between Paris, Devon and Spain. Yussef Dayes features, as does Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), James Krivchenia (Big Thief), Kyle Keegan (Hiss Golden Messenger), and Dessner. Thomas Bartlett, St. Vincent’s go-to pianist, and Rob Moose, a long-standing arranger of strings for Bon Iver, are also present. Long-term guitarist to Ben’s band, Mickey Smith (A Blaze of Feather), remains a reassuring constant. It’s a sonic adventure that continues this nagging suggestion that Ben is one of the UK’s most inventive and naturally talented songwriters. CFTW is his latest opus, and arguably his most fully realised to date.

UK duo hitting up all variations of DnB. For bookings contact - volatile_cycle@outlook.com

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