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Mura Masa – Firefly

I love the sounds used in this track, especially in the drop sections and the vibe is great.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jas6LwPPxMo

 

Gallant – Weight in Gold

I really am liking the style of music that Gallant has out at the moment. Very unique voice and the music with it is complimentary.

Gallant - Weight In Gold

 

Gregory Porter – 1960 What?

This is a great track, pure modern jazz vibes and this sounded great watching him play at Glastonbury this year. Great musicians and an amazing voice.

Gregory Porter - 1960 What? - Official Music Video

 

Banks – Waiting Game

Love the brooding darkness. The production suits the song. This has that dirt and soul element.

BANKS - WAITING GAME (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

 

Kwabs – Perfect Ruin

This is a very deep and sad song but it’s perfectly produced.

Kwabs - Perfect Ruin (Official Video)

 

Massive Attack – Black Milk

One of their lesser known but my favourite Massive track. It’s so deep, it really is in another dimension.

Massive Attack - Black Milk (Live Radio Session)

 

Laid Blak – Bristol Love

One of Bristol’s most loved reggae acts made a classic with this one.

Laid Blak Bristol Love OFFICIAL video 2011

 

The Prodigy – Fire Starter (Phoenix Festival 1996)

I was in the crowd and this inspired what I do in a big way.

The Prodigy Firestarter LIVE @ Phoenix Festival 1996

 

Dr. Meaker – Music in the Night

This was really the tune that kicked it off for us at V Recordings and I’m still very proud of it.

Dr Meaker - Music In The Night ft. Lorna King

Serum – Fly Paper

Something fun to end it. I love this party DnB tune and Serum is on fire right now.

Serum - Fly Paper [Low Down Deep]

 

Dr Meaker ‘Dirt & Soul’ (Circus Records)

One of the most exciting live dance music acts in the UK, Bristol dons Dr Meaker are set to drop their killer new album ‘Dirt & Soul’ through Circus Records on July 1st 2016. This effervescent 8 piece band combine live instruments with samples, studio electronics and big voices to create a seamless fusion of heavy underground D’n’B, hook laden-soul and a strong pop sensibility that’s also dancefloor dynamite. ‘Dirt & Soul’ follows a string of four  massively successful singles; ‘Fighter’, ‘Right Back’, ‘Good Fight’, and ‘Freaks’, the latter three of which are featured on the album. These bonafide radio, club and festival smashes are joined by other new anthems in waiting, like the epically-huge drama of ‘Deep In My Heart’ and the feelgood 70s soul vibes of ‘Wanna Feel’.
But despite main man Clive Meaker’s deft hand at delivering such crowd-pleasing bangers, a key component in ‘Dirt & Soul’ is a demonstration of a stylistic diversity and new, previously unexplored sounds. ‘Remedy’’s sub bass and neck snapping breaks propel a darker, more introspective style of breakbeat science, whilst ‘Glastonbury’ is a tribute to their favourite festival and captures perfectly its magic atmosphere of golden sunsets and stone circle sunrises. ‘You & I’ is rich, slow motion deep vocal house and the plaintive, smoky 2 step of ‘Is It You’ recalls classic Bristolia like Massive Attack. Album title track (and also its closer) ‘Dirt & Soul’ demonstrates yet more diversity in the form of a  nasty b-line wobble underpinning a moving, gospel-style torch song.
Dr Meaker are Clive Meaker (producer, synths), Lorna King (vocals), Laurent John (vocals), Ben Wood (sax), Sam Brown (sax), Simon Alexander (trumpet), Tom Wheeler (Drums) and Mike Prince (Bass Guitar). The band are joined here by a bevy of awesome vocalists: Yolanda Brown (Route 94, DJ Fresh), Sian Evans (DJ Fresh, Kosheen), Sharlene Hector (Basement Jaxx), Mark Crown (Rudimental), Romaine Smith (Typesun) Lorna King, Celestine and Laurent John all feature. Fans at radio are many, with the groups singles dominating playlists and gaining hundreds of plays across BBC Radio 1, 6Music and 1Xtra, with club DJs equally in thrall to their music, ranging from Andy C, Friction, Pendulum, Flux Pavilion, Simon Bassline Smith, Bailey, Grooverider, Doc Scott, Roni Size and most notably Brian Gee – who like the band so much he released two of their singles on his legendary label V recordings. Dr Meaker have become firm live favourites, having rocked crowds at Glastonbury, Bestival, Boomtown Fair, Somwbombing, Isle Of Wight festival and Fabric. Catch their incendiary live show on the following dates:

July 9: Electric Beach Festival – Newquay
July 30: Kendall Calling Festival – Lake District
August 27: Field Trip Festival – Wiltshire
September 17: Bussey Building – London

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