Artist: Groove Chronicles
Title: Midnite Moves EP
Label: CoOp Presents
Released: March 4th 2022
Format: Digital
Cat No: COOP016

CoOp Presents crew enter 2022 with the help of some legends from the world of UK dance music; a three-track EP
of seriously uplifting broken step from the dons Groove Chronicles.
Groove Chronicles have releases dating back to 1997 and are legendary in the world of UKG.
Founded by Noodles, he is now working with longtime associate, Dubchild.
Noodles has been working in the music game for three decades, from spinning at raves in Paris when he was 17,
to serving it up behind the record shop counter, to running his own label, DPR. Responsible for bonafide classics
like ‘Stone Cold’, ‘Myron’ & ‘Poor Man’s Break’, his work serves as a blueprint for many sounds across the UK bass
spectrum.
Leicester legend, Dubchild, stems from a musical background of reggae, hip hop, house, garage & jungle. He’s
released an array of dubstep & instrumental grime records through various labels since the early noughties,
including Caspa’s Storming Productions & Heavy Artillery, amongst others.
The duo also combine under the moniker Nu-Agenda with their own hybrid house style, and have had collective
support over the years from stations such as 1Xtra, NTS, Kiss, Reprezent & Rinse, DJs such as Annie Mac, Zane
Lowe, Mary Anne Hobbs & Ras Kwame, and publications like iD, Fact, DJ Mag & Crack Magazine, to name a few.
So to the music, a triple threat of bass music, riding along at roughly 130bpm.
We kick off with some pure ‘Joy’, which does what it says on the tin. This is feel-good vibes straight from the edge;
the duo’s unique blend of broken 2step garage fusion incorporates skippy drums, soulful r&b tinged vocals, gliding
horns, smooth rhodes and some serious bassweight.
‘Take Me Away’ is on a more traditional 2Step vein. Another soulful vocal rides across a UKG backing, complete
with killer subs, organ stabs and a sprinkle of jungle chops scattered on top to liven up the dance.
The set closes with the BrokenStep mix of ‘Inside Stepping’. This is a slightly more stripped deeper one, but still
blending 2Step sonics on top of a brokenstep riddim, with soulful touches and clash shouts. Heads-down foundation
business for the steppers.
Groove Chronicles’s ‘Midnite Moves’ EP is released digitally worldwide on CoOp Presents, March 4th 2022.

Midnite Moves EP

01 Groove Chronicles - Joy (BrokenStep mix)

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UNOS, a Belgian artist with roots in the Philippines, has long been a part of the Darker Than Wax family, repping the label in Europe and beyond for a number of years through her parties and DJ sets. As she begins to put her unique productions out into the world, we are pleased to give her first release a home on the label.

Borrowing its title from the exuberant Filipino dining tradition - a communal, bare-handed feast among friends and families - UNOS' debut EP Boodle Fight highlights her sincere love for communities forged through club culture. The release was conceptualised during her first Asia tour through Singapore, Bangkok, and Manila in 2019, where the artist became acutely aware of the crucial role that community plays in sustaining a culture. Shortly after these foundational travels, the pandemic threatened the lifeblood of this culture, prompting her to draw on her feelings from the tour to maintain hope. With the release of the EP, UNOS revels in the return of togetherness to club culture after the pandemic - just like a musical boodle fight.

Boodle Fight ties together this celebration of community with a number of other influences and experiences in the artist’s life. First single ‘Angermanagement’ is a ballroom-inspired roller, focusing on contemporary voguing culture’s ability to translate anger into queer empowerment. ‘Powerslide’ is a piano-driven house cut that attempts to capture the energy of a legendary Darker Than Wax block party in Singapore in 2019, while the frenetic pace of ‘Headlock’ evokes imagery of a crowded club scene that the artist sorely missed in 2020. True to the spirit of a Boodle Fight, the bright chords and bouncy rhythms on ‘Flavourtown’ imagine the best aspects of an inclusive space where diversity is celebrated like a buffet. Closing out the record, ‘Loveletter to Summer’ reflects on the tropical warmth of her roots in the Philippines. Boodle Fight manages to pack in quite a few themes and inspirations, while still maintaining a polished consistency from front to back, and announces UNOS as a producer to watch.

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UNOS - Headlock (Boodle Fight EP | Out Now)

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Henry Wu’s track is a beautiful trip through the mind of this amazing producer and deejay.  His influences are all present in this tune, it’s one to vibe and dance to.

“My Friends Make Music Too" is a collaboration between Serato and Lefto dropping on Valentine's day (February 14). It contains dancefloor ready tracks for deejays who don’t play the obvious bangers. 
All productions are exclusive to this project and I am really happy I can share my friends' great productions with you.

Tracklist

A-Side

1. Cid Rim - Convoi
2. Henry Wu - Uzbekki Driver (Uber Tales)
3. Alloy - Rumpin'

B-Side

Serato Control Tone

C-Side

1. Lefto - Blaze
2. LTGL - Frost
3. Mono Poly - Syrius B

D-Side

Serato Control Tone

Release Date - 14 FEB 2018

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Henry Wu - Uzbekki Driver (Uber tales)

Another 12'' from a few years ago... The original is a badbwoy tune (daaaamn im missin' brother Domu) and lady MC Detour gets to bless da mic on my take... Blindin vocals from the one & only Yolanda Quartey. 

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Simbad (aka SMBD) is an underground don, extraordinary dj & well respected producer who worked & recorded with legends & major talents worldwide.
Since his 2007 album Supersonic Revelation, Simbad has released a broad range of electronic music under various monikers, moving seamlessly between hiphop, house, jazz, techno, soul and dusty broken beat & is still a sought-after remixer.

Forthcoming in summer 2018 are a series of 12" collabs, the first volume of Fred P & Smbd  'Mantras For The Travelling Souls' on Modern Dialect, followed by a single on Freerange Rec and a few more releases on well respected labels.  PURPLE WINDS EP is out now on Dirt Crew Recordings 




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