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[some stuff that deserves a permanent link. listed in no particular order]

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for your ears

milk consistently comin up with the bestest mixes offtrack radio from dirk rumpf, with fresh as a daisy mixes every week into somethin radio show, record shop and club night in munich monofunk home of michael rutten's soulpatrol radio show. beta lounge still there after all these years... they must be doing something right nu wave radio marc mac and friends comin with the scattered snares broken beat radio straight outta philly totally radio home of tru thoughts radio show solid steel legendary weekly show 1xtra benji b snappin at his master's heels dubplate.net upfront mp3s from the UK garage scene gilles peterson now on sundays 11-1am beats in space pure quality from tim sweeney in NYC royalgroove funk & soul from the netherlands universal vibes plenty good audio boogie biscuits we funk radio deep funk, hip-hop & rare groove show music is the key top notch monthly show mix of the week one-stop resourse for soulful dance & beautiful sounds samurai plenty fresh audio biscuits ebony cuts die hard vintage selection of purest disco, soul & boogie cybernetic broadcasting class funny little men 24 hour streaming rush hour deeejaaaaaaay mixes aplenty grime sets low down & dirty dj sets london pirate listening ha haaar, me hearties dna lounge san fran radio jigsaw music basementality beats & worldwide treats respekt radio kollectiv bruk, croatian style, home of broken bpm night in zagreb roots people an array of musical treats sonic sunset truly immense mp3 mixes spacebeats a cosmic collection of audio biscuits straight up vibes down under mate waxing deep latin, cuban, soul sounds from new brunswick, usa

forums / communities

4hero busy and longstanding board bugz in the attic gettin weirder by the day electriks oop north like gilles peterson radio 1 board beyond jazz thriving jazz community ninja tune this board is always good for a laugh little detroit can u guess what they talk about? deep house page "Interact with other house people " it says dj history people arguing about who loves harvey the most. top quality. straight no chaser nice new site with cuts from the magazine and community section red bull academy corporate whoredom comes good with plenty workshops nosleep/space is the place nosleep nigel's board / space is the place metronomic fresh is so fresh

portals / resources

jah sonic "part online encyclopedia, part music criticism, part blog, Jah Sonic is a fabulous example of hybrid academic / popular discussion of music, culture, subculture, cultural studies, art...you name it" freaked hold tight... the redesign must be due soon, jeees! nujazzsoul portugese site dishing out weekly supplies of futureboogie biscuits tiger sushi a quirky look at a bit of this, that and the other catch the break now smaller and gooder blentwell excellent portal with daily updates to new musical biscuits smart music mp3 filter site earplug weekly email digest... making sense of things music and web related all music lists, lists and more lists. find out who played tambourine on "achy breaky heart" electro funk roots greg wilson on the impact & history of electro funk musical bear all sorts of cultural goodness red meat cartoon fun for all the family discogs a fountain of musical knowledge mm guide matchmakers harlem roll-neck deep in jazz history all about jazz this site is all about jazz

blogs

music non-stop bloggin how it should be done. no frills, just real good links, ideas and opinions grievous angel top bloggin' chantelle fiddy chantelle fiddy's world of grime blissout top boy journo simon reynolds bangs on about stuff somany shrimp "opinionated" just about sums it up beer and rap "opinionated" just about sums this up too steady bootleggin crates well and truly dug breaking rankskeeps you up to date in the fast-moving world of dancehall mr trick a whole heap of leftfield goodies

shops

vinyl junkies soho record shop, with online listening. good for bruk and house eat the beat new site about to drop soultrade fine berlin store piccadilly good stock, nice mailout and friendly staff. coowul bleep the warp back catalogue available for pay as u go download bangbang upfront house, straight outta bristol juno no frills, no mess. the vinyl equivalent of tesco value if music one of them fashionable london shops wot sell nu pirate bruk hop flexx for all your italo disco requirements independance records frontline upfront street sounds uptown records wot u call it? urban?

labels / distributors

truthoughts.co.uk our friends and allies in brighton compost vorsprung durch jazz. see how their garden grows goya engine room of the west london broken massive. these sounds lead the way ninja tune u might have heard of them leaf the leaf label... purveyors of experimental sounds extraordinaire sonar kollektiv berlin based collective of labels, producers, DJs, and designers... run by Jazzanova deepwater downtempo record label that's on the up ubiquity just keep getting better all the time... an amazing roster of artists k7 DJ Kicks masters and now home to future pioneers recloose and vikter duplaix far out UK record label responsible for beautiful jazz/Latin/house /broken sounds pork the sweet river of leisure funk flows ever stronger... in hull g-stoned dr. dorfmeister will see you now good looking the sweet sounds of ltj bukem's good looking empire freerange records home of the jimpster different drummer touch bass with the birmingham sound system crew hospital feel their healing hands rush hour go dutch! environ the playground of daniel wang and metro area's morgan geist planet e carl craig's label. u knew that already didn't u? fluid ounce refreshingly original genre splicing wonkiness wah wah 45s comin thru with some really good funk and soul public transit toronto home of moonstarr mr.bongo home of latin and brazilian goodness - yum arision all forms of broken jazz business...and nice trainers ghostly electro/techno goodness underground resistance the daddies exceptional exceptional good uk label environ home of metro area & many more dublex inc pon pulver records kindred spirits home to the fittest artwork and some of the fittest music around at the moment peacefrog they don't just release techno you know - quality all the way in phusion new sounds from all new german label

artists

hinteractive home of our luverly hint mr scruff trouser jazz for one, trouser jazz for all quantic the man with the future of funk music in his hands biggabush hair raising dub news from the former rockers hifi alchemist bugz in the attic rrright? bonobo ninja spunk monkey domu regular updates, mixes and brainwrongs 4hero too good marc mac productions one good somatik lovely job swag deep uk houseness mark de clive lowe man of the moment sa-ra mad as a box of lights innocent sorcerers polish jazz massive from warsaw

clubs / festivals / venues

level the scene of seen. eyes down manchester night which regularly delivers a-list guests plastic people just go there. your ears deserve it. leftfoot voted no.1 UK night in 2003 GP poll lost the original spotters badge warm the berlin-london connection jelly jazz long running midweek jazz dance blacktronica charlie dark at the controls CD-R tony nwachukwu's digital demo derby big chill online home of the festival our disco weekly at plastic people in that london medium rare broken disco boogie jazz night

magazines

xlr8r quality US dance music mag straight no chaser nice new site with cuts from the magazine and community section the wire brilliant [if u can understand it]

booking agencies

warm building up a superlative roster

 

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