“Manchester hip hop from two of the city’s most well known characters. Seymour runs community hip hop night Golden Egg, a harbour for creativity, cyphers and good times. Cheech is one third of the Bluntskins, as well as part of local supergroup Mothership Connection.”
Format: 5 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 10 Mai 2014
Style: Hip Hop
“Following releases from LA’s Depakote, Manchester’s Kuartz and the well-received Groovement // Volume One compilation featuring a plethora of beatmakers, LabelGroovement is extremely proud to present music from Tehbis as our fourth digital release.
London-based Tristan Williams, aka Tehbis, first came to wider attention with the inclusion of his track Higher on Kutmah’s 2012 Brownswood compilation, Worldwide Family Volume 2 – and Kutmah is a man of impeccable taste when it comes to beats. This led to Tehbis joining the big K on the much lauded Boiler Room twice: initially in April 2013 with Slugabed and Mo Kolours and again in June 2013 with fellow underground producers/DJs Esgar, Jo Def and Tim Parker. To top this off, in September FACT magazine named him as one of ten breaking producers to watch in 2014.
The Luckdaw EP (for in this day and age, 3 tracks doth indeed constitute an EP) sees Tehbis in full on stomper mode, with a little introspection thrown in for good measure. Opener Deww straight up slaps you in the face with a variety of sonic implements in its brief two minutes. With Saturday Cartoons Tehbis teams up with the don Kidkanevil to deliver a collaborative magic carpet ride smacker, while closer Bristol Way quickly builds up into a ridiculous riff that should mash up the club / living room with ease. All tracks are layered with Tehbis’ trademark offworld chords and carefully-unfettered drum snaps, with just a hint of sublime vocals to ground the sounds.”
Release page
Download page (Bandcamp)
Format: 3 x File, EP, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 16 Oct 2013
Style: Hip Hop, Broken Beat
“Groovement // Volume One compiles music from some of the best underground beatmakers in the UK (and a few raps too), plus contributions from Santiago de Chile, California and Toronto. Compiled by Groovement’s Agent J (aka Jamie Groovement) and released as a free download on the fledgling LabelGroovement, it’s the first in an ongoing series.
Groovement is a website incorporating podcasts and interviews plus links to brand new music from independent artists. Past contributors to the Groovement podcast include the likes of Daedelus, Fingathing, Kutmah, Hoya Hoya and Scrimshire, plus Agent J has interviewed everyone from Ghostface Killah, Chali 2na and Angie Stone to Sharon Jones, Cody Chesnutt and Lee Fields for the site. Have a dig.”
Release page
Direct download (MP3)
Format: 22 x File, Compilation, MP3/320 kbps, FLAC, ALAC
Released: 1 Aug 2013
Style: Hip Hop
Bass and Space 