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Broken beat pioneer, Afronaut, returns in full force for Brighton's long established purveyors of fine sounds, Tru Thoughts, with a lesson in dancefloor rocking production.

Afronaut, aka Orin Walters,  founding member of both the bruk supergroup Bugz in the Attic and the pioneering trio Neon Phusion, makes his debut on Tru Thoughts with club-stomper “How It Goes”. 

Following on from his collaboration with mentee and “honorary Bug" WheelUP on the summer-groove “Good Love”, “How It Goes” is the start of a partnership between the bruk legend and Tru Thoughts, a label whose output has been known for championing the West London Sound.

Tru Thoughts honcho had this to say about working with Orin: “I have always been a big fan of Afronaut and many of his songs have been anthems at my club residencies in Brighton. Orin has been mentoring WheelUP so to connect through that album has led to Tru Thoughts now working with him on some forthcoming releases which are sounding amazing. Orin is still pushing musical boundaries and this track is just the start.”

"How It Goes" by Afronaut is out this week. We can't wait to hear what's the next, but we'll certainly be rocking this in the meantime.

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Exclusive Premiere: Afronaut "How It Goes" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

Selectors Assemble are excited to bring you the premeire of 'Arrhytmia' by Rotterdam-based producer Kofi The Unknown - a house excursion that doffs a cap to Detroit, championing rich deep house synth riffs, a jaunty bass and driving 808 drums.

Pre-pandemic, Boogie Cafe released a compilation of various emerging artists from Bologna titled 'Bologna On The Move'. This time the focus is on a new wave of amazingly talented producers coming through from Rotterdam NL. The compilation 'Rotterdam On The Move' which Arrhytmia is taken from, is dedicated to the more soulful, jazz influenced sound emerging from the city, in contrast to the city's reputation for Techno, Electro and the harder edge of dance culture.

The 6 track compilation features music from OG Wang, Chezz, Dikkens,  Kofi The Unknown, Beau Zwart & Sykes and will be dropping early September on Boggie Cafe Records.

[PREMIERE] Kofi The Unknown - Arrhytmia

Broken beat meets house on Beau Zwart's brand new dance floor banger, "Varispit". Taken from Boogie Cafe Records' new compilation 'Rotterdam On The Move'.

Pre pandemic, Boogie Cafe released a compilation of various emerging artists from Bologna titled 'Bologna On The Move' . This time the focus is on a new wave of amazingly talented producers coming through from Rotterdam NL. The album is dedicated to the more soulful, jazz influenced sound emerging from the city, in contrast to the city's reputation for techno, electro and the harder edge of dance culture.

Artists featured on 'Rotterdam On The Move' include the increasingly prolific bruk acolyte Kofi The Unknown, soulful house head Dikkens, the multi-talented Sykes and of course, Beau Zwart. 

Beau is a Rotterdam based artist, producer, filmcomposer and DJ. He combines his classical background with jazz, house and experimental electronica.

Beau Zwart's track is a fine slab of effervescent broken beat. 'Zarispit' boasts wonderfully crisp drums, a weighty bassline, heady organ stabs, and some quirky electronic touches.

Exclusive Premiere: Beau Zwart "Varisplit" (Boogie Cafe Records)

We're going a little off piste with something new on SB this week... We welcome returning mad scientist Scruscru with his buddy Mike Fot who came to us with the beginnings of a weird and wonderful new off shoot series called Spliff Jamz. 

Following a series of visits to Moscow between 2018 and 2020 to play at Powerhouse club, Scruscru would swing by Mike Fot’s apartment for a smoke and a jam session, working with a variety of Roland and Korg gear late into the night. The results of these sessions have led to a series of EPs; with the first four tracks ready for your ears right now.

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Scruscru & Mike Fot - Lazy Daydreaming

MIMS is always excited to premiere new music from Byron The Aquarius,  and this time no less, as he applies his significant talents to remixing fellow Alabama resident, producer, rapper, singer Anthony Jamal aka VRGO.

Jamal takes pride in basing his music on feelings and emotions, rather than targeting specific genres and audiences. Something that certainly can be felt in his productions, often lying somewhere between hip hip and house.

Byron The Aquarius turns "Time" into smooth grooving jam, perfect for bumping in April. The EP also features a pumping mix from label boss, Flat White Chris.

The "Fake! EP" is due for release November 19 on vinyl and digital.

Exclusive Premiere: VRGO "Time" (Byron The Aquarius Remix) (Forthcoming on Flat White Records)

Selectors Assemble are excited to bring you the premiere of 'CBD Cream' taken from the soon to drop Basement Membrane album on Inner Tribe records! 

A new fresh sound emerges on “Punk Funk” nods to the broken beat mastery of Dego & 4hero, swinging funk rap featuring Atlanta mc Stan smith and psychalic punk funk leanings on the aptly named title track. With Basement Membrane drummer Mike Mitchell aka Blaque Dynamite takes the percussive role. Mike started playing drums at the age of 2 (!), touring with heavy cats such as Kamasi Washington, Herbie Hancock, Erykah Badu and Derrick Hodge, releasingseveral albums as a frontman (which he sings on as well) and apparently those tight grooves had already been running in the veins of his family. Mike's uncle is the incredible Dennis Chambers, who played with people like Don Blackman, Funkadelic, Bernard Wright, Aurra, John Scofield, Santana and many more. The last piece in this powerful puzzle is bass and guitar player Lars Karakusevic, who also co-wrote several of the tracks on this forthcoming album. Beka wrote the rest.

Already receiving steady industry support from the likes of Lefto, selectors assemble, stepping to tomorrow, Mr Scruff and many more this album is cemented already as a future classic.

[PREMIERE] Basement Membrane - CBD Cream

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PURE TRUST - Free (Trust mix)

Panic in the House (part 14)

Another beautiful release from East-London based label @anma-records with this EP from @arnheim including this Broken Beat remix produced by the Italian artist XL Regular @xlregular

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Circulate Home (XL Regular Remix)

Premiere: Arnheim - Circulate Home (XL Regular Remix) [ANMA Records]

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Exclusive Premiere: Afronaut "How It Goes" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

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