The original track, "Stem", was written and hurriedly produced for a compilation album released in June 2017 called "From Manchester With Love". The album sales were donated to the British Red Cross appeal to assist the victims of the terrible events at Manchester Arena on 22nd May, 2017, where a suicide bomber took the lives of many innocent victims attending a music concert.

Unfortunately, the album isn't available any more, so we've released a newer version of "Stem" along with new remixes and an instrumental version.

There are two remixes, one by Aardonyx (Ben Jacob and Andy Hunter) which is a mighty head nodding Drum and Bass voyage into time and space and a remix by Showbanned which is a poolside/BBQ House party remix for the Summertime vibe.

Stem

Stem (Showbanned's If Only Remix)

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Buzz & Ben - Stem - Showbanned's If Only Remix

Micia Recordings is a record label based in Manchester, but managed from Italy. Releasing carefully curated music ranging from pleasant horizontal bliss to beats to wear jogging pants to when you need to buy the emergency rolling papers from the corner shop, five minutes before it closes.

The word "Micia" is an Italian word which translates as a female "Moggy" (or cat)in British English. As I learn more Italian, I am beginning to admire the efficiency of it having a different word for masculine and feminine things, when initially I found it was a bit annoying!

We used to have a predominantly orange cat that my Italian wife used to call "Micia". Eventually it was the name the cat responded to in the most positive fashion, so we changed her name to Micia.
Micia loved to lie next to the sub woofer in my studio and, I don't know whether it was coincidence or not, but she used to give approving meows when the music was vibin'. Micia was the inspiration for the name of the label.

Soundcloud is just one of the platforms we visit. Like most cats we have a a few places to chill and make ourselves comfortable, but we can be found elsewhere on the internet if you're curious. Please feel obliged to explore the collection of links below ;-)