Reginald Omas Mamode IV is set to release his third album 'Where We Going?' via Five Easy Pieces on 10th May 2019. The album was partly recorded on a journey to the Mascarene Islands in search of family roots. 'Where We Going?' is reflective of the search for this lineage, which branches from ancient Mauritian Maroons - whose rich heritage, music and culture includes an unrecognised, undocumented resistance to colonialism - though Swahili and Malagasy to sugarcane plantation Creole slave decent. Influenced by golden era hip-hop, jazz, soul, Afro, funk, Sega and Maloya, and music from Africa, the Caribbean, South London and US; it is in part an attempt to evoke feelings of universal love and compassion. Mamode recorded the album using various drums and drum machines, percussion instruments, Fender Rhodes, and Roland and Korg synthesizers. His two earlier albums - 2016's s/t debut and 2017's 'Children of Nu' - were warmly received, collecting critical success from Mojo ("A brand-new-retro delight"), Mixmag ("Peckham beat brilliance"), Record Collector ("Equal parts D'Angelo to J Dilla"), The Wire ("Soul music turned all the way inward"), DJ Mag "A masterpiece") and Bandcamp ("Lifeforms that are equally steeped in hip-hop, funk, soul and jazz"). He was also nominated for 'Album of the Year' at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Awards 2017. Along with Mo Kolours, Jeen Bassa, Henry Wu, Al Dobson Jr and Tenderlonious; he's helped forge in the 22a co-operative that The FADER calls "a kaleidoscopic patchwork of hip-hop, house, and groove investigations bound by one thread: a timeless belief in rhythm as a universal

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Reginald Omas Mamode IV has a terrific track record thus far. Since delivering his debut 12" back in 2013, he's barely put a foot wrong, with last year's Intimate Friends released mini-album, All Together, being a particular highlight. This debut full-length is every bit as impressive as you'd expect, with the Peckham producer relying a little less on dusty samples, and rather more on loose, live drums, rubbery bass guitar, dreamy Rhodes keys, and other luscious instrumentation. As usual, the assembled tracks effortlessly join the dots between jazzy instrumental hip-hop, neo-soul, Mauritian drum workouts, broken beat and humid, tropical-tinged grooves.

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Circle Traps are Jack Wyllie, Duncan Bellamy (from Portico Quartet), and close friend Will Ward. Formed in East London in 2010 they quickly scored their first release on Subeena’s OPIT imprint in early 2011, and received critical acclaim from the likes of The Wire, The Quietus and FACT. With this new release they take a bold step forward, solidifying a dark, crystalline vision that combines the ambient textures of Actress and Andy Stott with the melodic flourishes of Mount Kimbie. A driving, hypnotic gem, lead track Obelisk recalls Four Tet. Live, the band excel. Drawing first and foremost on their skills as musicians, it boasts an instrumentalism rarely seen in live electronic music, and has seen the band confirm appearances at Land of Kings and Dimensions festivals at a precocious stage in their career.

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This is a 1 off collaborative EP between sonic wizard My Panda Shall Fly and analogue disciple Benjamin Jackson. MPSF has been on the scene a while, with releases on Dam Mantle's Growing records & Wichita. Benjamin Jackson is a relative newcomer, having only self-released last year through his own label, 'Thanqu'. The pair recorded the bulk of the EP collaboratively without ever having met. The EP is rounded off by remixes from -No Pain In Pop's critically aclaimed patten
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-'My Panda Shall Fly's material is groundbreaking' - CLASH MUSIC

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