EXCLUSIVE
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Mark Farina – Highlands Mix
When I heard the term acid jazz, it sounded so abrasive. We went for a more organic approach and mushroom jazz was equally compatible and a little softer.
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The Haçienda – 30 Years On
Thursday 24th May, 2012
Greg Wilson shares his fascinating insight to the legendary Haçienda night club.
SketchSynth revealed
Wednesday 23rd May, 2012
Mark Wilson explores a new midi controller that users can draw on any sheet of paper!
Dancer reviews SPW48
Monday 21st May, 2012
Helene Dancer shows Southport some serious love with this glowing review from our anniversary get down.
Suite For Welden
Monday 21st May, 2012
Stones Throw have repressed this killer 2003 vinyl release by Madlib, Yesterdays New Quintet, Malcolm Catto, Mr. Dibbs and Breakestra.
Low End Theory gear
Sunday 20th May, 2012
The weekly Wednesday night party in Los Angeles has just released a run of t-shirts and slipmats online, check ‘em out here.
Female Producers Running Things
Saturday 19th May, 2012
MTV Iggy looks behind the groove and shines a light on 10 trailblazing female producers.
F— The Police (The J.Rocc Re-Work)
Friday 18th May, 2012
J. Rocc shares a snippet of his smooth rework of the Jay Dee classic.
Vibes Is Right
Thursday 17th May, 2012
Om Unit finally drops his deep re-edit of Barrington Levy’s ‘Vibes Is Right’ on a limited edition 10″.
Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn RIP
Wednesday 16th May, 2012
SPW48 guest Greg Wilson pays tribute to one of the greatest bass guitarists in the history of black music.
Holyroller Fridays
Tuesday 15th May, 2012
Still high from IG Culture’s firing set in the Beat Bar, we’ve just discovered this live recording from his Plastic People throwdown on the Holyroller blog.
Machinery (Fhloston Paradigm Remix)
Monday 14th May, 2012
Dig this free leftfield rework of Sonnymoon’s ‘Machinery’ by Weekender favourite King Britt.
Harry Belafonte: A conversation with a legend
Sunday 13th May, 2012
Harry Belafonte discusses his extraordinary life as a celebrated singer and activist to celebrate the publication of his life story, ‘My Song’.
Features
RADIO
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SPW Radio Show – May 2012
Touching all corners of the Weekender musical map, Jonny Miller and Gavin Kendrick host the official Southport Weekender radio show.
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Timmy Regisford
Originally published in 2002.
Marc Rowlands conducted a rare interview with the music mogul at the peak of Club Shelter’s influence.
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Theo Parrish
Originally published in 2002.
Theo Parrish likes to talk about music. Marc Rowlands obliges.
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Ron Trent
Originally published in 2003.
Marc Rowlands interviewed Ron Trent after his return to hometown Chicago, following a stint living in NYC.
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