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If you want any serious recognition as an artist today you have to come with a completely unique sound. And that’s exactly what Tyler Mae is all about. Phil Emery, Matt Lafferty, Dominic D’Arcy, Paul Jones and Joe Jones make up this 5 piece band from the West Midlands. Fusing elements of metal, dubstep, punk, grime and D&B, their diverse sound is a breath of fresh air in the Manchester music scene.

I caught up with Matt (lead vocals) in between his busy schedule, to delve into the world of Tyler Mae.

Example: So Matt, first of all, Tyler Mae is a bit of a random name, any history to that?

Tyler Mae: Apparently it’s some famous actress from the 50’s, but you would have to ask Phil about that one.  For all I know she may not even exist! But we thought it sounded right regardless…

Example: Ha! Ok then, but were there any other ideas for a name or would Phil spit his dummy out if you changed it?!

Tyler Mae: Ha! Nah, it was literally a conversation that lasted a matter of seconds. Phil said ‘what about Tyler Mae?’ and we had no idea who she was! Phil explained ‘she’s an actress from the 50s’. And that was it! We said ‘Yeah, Ok then, why not!’ Later on that night I googled it to check out who this Tyler Mae was and got this bird that is into bondage and mad stuff, wearing PVC masks for kicks! But knowing Phil that sounds about right!

Example: I’ve never heard of her either! Fair play to you though, name does work! So, give our readers a bit of background knowledge, when did you guys meet?

Tyler Mae: Well it started with Jones and I.  We’ve known each other forever. Back in the days at school we were a three piece punk band with a lad called Bill. We played for fun and that was it. We later met Phil and he was into the same music as us and wanted to get in on it. Big Jones (AKA ‘Late Night’ AKA ‘Big Dog’ AKA ‘Jones Big Bro’) came along on keys. Bill left so in stepped D’Arcy and that’s us! It went from a three piece punk band from when we were kids to where we’re at now…

Example: Were you always into punk? And when did you get this more Dubstep/D&B sound?

Tyler Mae: We have always been into punk music. We weren’t shottin’ crack when we were 14, so we found we could relate to punk more as kids and went down that route. We don’t move crack now either, just for the record! Then there was the other real big love in our lives, Hip Hop. The Dubstep and D&B thing, well, first things first! Grime was for us. We fell in love with the bass lines in albums like Dizzee Rascal’s Boy In The Corner, which still is such a sick album…from there we found our way into clubs. Most garage nights had been closed because of all the trouble so I guess that’s where Dubstep came in. We got a lot of our inspiration from the club scene, our words and bass lines. The difference with us though is that we’re still very much in love with how a guitar sounds, so we do both at the same time.

Example: Yeah Dizzee’s album is ill! Your Sound is pretty different to the norm, you’ve got a mixture of instruments with electronic… how did you make the transition from your early day punk to what you play today?

Tyler Mae: I guess we made the transition simply though being interested by music. There is only so much you can do with a guitar! The electronic side to it means we can treat every song we write individually, without having to keep stuff like genre in mind and we’re never tied down to doing one specific kind of music. As soon as we’ve got a key and a BPM for a track we’re working on, all of us can take it away, each play around with it and then put it back together. Obviously they don’t always work, but with us, we’re guaranteed that at least two out of the five of us will have something that works. Jones and I did this with one of the new songs we’re recording.  Whilst mixing, it wasn’t quite working so we both had 15 minutes alone with it.  I had the verses, he had the chorus…after the half hour was done, we put it together, listened and we’re kinda feelin’ it! Ha ha! It’s in our live set now and going on the new E.P.

Example: So you sort of evolved into the sound that you play today?

Tyler Mae: Yeah. Its still developing…I don’t think it will ever stop…which is exciting.

Example: There are so many people like you guys who are pushing the boundaries and developing the sound of dubstep. Do you think your band’s sound – this metal/dubstep sound is gonna become more popular? Pendulum are massive with their D&B/metal sound, can you see yourselves being as big as them?

Tyler Mae: It’d be sick to be as big as bands like Pendulum, but we honestly don’t think about that sort of thing too much. For us, right now, it’s about making beats and playing shows. I guess that fame comes as part of the natural process of being in a band that sells bare records and sell out shows, which is what we wanna do so maybe, one day… Dubstep is getting bigger and I think it will always be underground but dubstep artists that venture onto mainstream radio are at the same time venturing into other genre’s to do so. There will always be new strands of dubstep because of this. It’s not textbook in my opinion but it’s all good. It’s encouraging.

Example: Can agree with that, lets just hope the inevitable dumbing down and forming of clichés don’t kill the genre! …so who comes up with the material or is it more of a team effort?

Tyler Mae: Well, the work load is spread pretty evenly, we each have a different part and that’s why we sound the way we do. When we make a tune it normally starts with a concept, rather than a ‘hook’ or whatever you want to call it…with that done, we’ll get the basics of the electronic stuff, say a lead line, something to counter it and then a bass line.

Example: Love a heavy bass line!

Tyler Mae: Next step for us then is to get Jones to do his thing on a drum kit… we’ll get that recorded, and then we’ll lay a vocal on it. If, at that point, it’s going the way we want it to, we’ll take the whole song as a whole from the start and adjust it to get a perfect sound. Once that is all sorted, lay down the final vocals, harmonies, sampling or anything else that we can think of!

Example: Step by step guide that! DJs like Caspa use a lot of sampling in their tracks like ‘Cockney Thug’. Do you use a lot of samples so as to infuse more elements into your music?

Tyler Mae: Ha, yeah we do a little sampling…its only right innit! We sampled Marilyn Monroe on one of our tracks recently, tune called ‘Tempting Fate’ which is up on our Myspace now.

Example: So who inspires and influences you?

Tyler Mae: We always write about real life… all our lyrics are about our experiences; it’s like the diary that none of us keep! So that makes life being the first real influence. As for other people’s music, it really varies…the main ones though have gotta be the likes of N.E.R.D, Bloc Party, Transplants and The Streets. Be cool to link up with Tomb Crew as well for what we’re doing right now.

Example: Definitely get the electro powered bass lines and drum sounds of N.E.R.D coming through in your music! What do you look for in a beat?

Tyler Mae: A bass line that screws your face up, a nice hook, the right kick and the right snare.
Example: What are the biggest tracks out there?

Tyler Mae: The one’s we’re recording this month!

Example: Ha ha! No egos there then! You gonna give Example the scoop then? Oh Boy That Girl Can Move was the first album you put out, how has the reaction been to that?

Tyler Mae: Nah! Ha! Only joking! Its still early days, but we’ve got four brand new tracks that are being put down, a couple of re-records of what we just put out and maybe a few things from the live set we do and a remix. We haven’t even put all of Oh Boy That Girl Can Move out yet, there’s still more to come! But we’ve had a great reaction from everyone so far especially on ‘We Gon’ Party Like Its Your Birthday’ and ‘L.F.R.O.’ both up on Myspace but like I said, it’s a work in progress… Noooo! Ego! That’s the worst thing in the world! It’s not about going on like Kanye West! We’ve also just signed to Raw Riddim Records alongside MC Myst, Freezi, Curtis Khan and B.B. Manik.
Example: Saving that one were you! Kudos on the signing!

Tyler Mae: Yeah its sick, we’re pretty pleased ourselves!

Example: Bet you are! So what plans you guys got for the future?

Tyler Mae: Touring! We’ve got a lot more dates lined up in London, Leeds, Manchester and the West Midlands. An E.P. release on Raw Riddim – buzzin’ about that! And maybe a vinyl release. Big things coming from us!

Example: Any shout outs?

Tyler Mae: All the West-Midland boys and girls still having love for us after all this time, and acting as if we never left when we’re home, B.B. Manik and all the Raw Riddim crew and all the London heads, and the Manchester peoples for being as good as family.

Safe Matt,

Tyler Mae will be bringing a lot more exciting things to the plate, in the meantime check them on their Myspace, Facebook and their video ‘We Gon’ Party Like It’s Your Birthday’ on YouTube.

http://www.myspace.com/tylermae
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Check the pictures from last weeks Bass Camp with Youngsta, Loefah and Kromestar It was a BIG night made even BIGGER by leeds based sweet potato sound system. Apart from the beef with the MOHO Live bouncers  who are clearly bell ends and managed to not let youngsta loefah or pokes into the club ?    All in all tho was a big night shouts to the bass camp crew

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If you remember a couple of months ago we were asking you all to support our friends at BLIND AURA PICTURES by voting for their entry to the virgin media shorts competition.  Thanks to everyone’s help they were shortlisted and are on their way to the awards ceremony today to win   We thought it would be cool to roll out live updates of their progress as they head to the bigsmoke and wait for the results …

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We’ve been reliably informed that the blind aura crew have enjoyed a mcbreakfast and are journeying south as we speak haha.  More updates to come.

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Lilly stops off to buy some smart shoes for the awards ceremony.   Slightly spoilt for choice hes managed to pick some that he likes…

Repping Proud!!!

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Mr Bogdanovich chills with an enormous suit.  Meanwhile Team B have arrived at the GRECHAM HOTEL, disgruntled by the fact that mr Lilly is lording it up at the swanky marriot with his new shoes.

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The team are on route to the awards looking kriss…

11am  We lost contact with the Blind Aura Team last night but received these pictures this morning  still dont know if they won the award?

Photos from Strange Fruit at the Roadhouse last week,  Robert has been long at gettin some word to use so i suppose its upto me to fill you in the fruit in case you dont know.   Strange Fruit, billed as a cornucopia of futuristic dubstep sounds is in my eyes one of the hottest nights at the moment in terms of new music in Manchester.   The man behind Strange Fruit “Indigo” of MINDSET RECORDINGS along with his comrades Andro, Synkro etc are producing the deepest most next level tunes I’ve heard in a long time.  So Bassy that they shake the kebab shop next door, so shuffly that they make the whole room shuffle better than your gran can.  Next one is in a couple of weeks and theyve got none other than the lord of Manchester Garage music ZED BIAS coming down.   (Everyone has heard Neighbourhood!!!)    So if you’re sick of halfstep skanking and fancy getting a bit of a shuffle on to something youvve not heard anything like before then get down to the next one   anyway heres some pics from the last one….

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First Mix Vault Update for a few weeks.  Two mixes for you one dubstep, one drum and bass.   Both of these have been bouncin around for the last couple of weeks. Both of them are top mixes so download them and get ya skank on…

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The brand new Example Mix Number 9 is here mixed by INDRA,  We just caught him before he relocated to glasgow a couple of weeks ago and locked him in a room of Vinyl for 2 hours and the result is below.  Get it downloaded and stick it on your pod if you know whats good for you.   Good luck to Indra hittin it up in the highlands hahaaaa

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Involved in dubstep before it even had a name, West London born and bred DJ Heny G can give you veteran knowledge about the scene and, most importantly, produces the music which is the scene.

Djing at 13, producing and sneaking out the house at ungodly hours so he could play on private radio stations from 15 and working at influential music stores where he was to sale and converse with the likes of Quiet Storm (Caspa) and Mala (Digital Mystikz) by 17, it would seem Heny was destined to end up in this industry and if his innovative sounds and mixing finesse is anything to go by, he found a fitting place for himself in dubstep.

The Anti Social homeboy has just recently launched a new sub label, Gangsta Boogie and it would seem a lot more has happened since he last blest our decks in MCR’s Hit n Run. I Rhona Ez was given the pleasure of personally finding out for Example the low down on what’s been going on.

Rhona Ez: Ok, just to set the record straight. What does the G in your name stand for, is it gustave or gansta, or is it interchangeable?

HENY: Uh, I dunno. At first it was just DJ Heny – the G came afterwards so it doesn’t really stand for anything officially but people have their own interpretation of it.

Rhona Ez: I heard you’d been listen to pirate radio from the age of seven, would sneak out while your mum was sleeping to play on one from the age of 13 and now obviously you DJ for Rinse fm(Monday 1-3am), it would seem they’ve have had a big influence on you?

HENY: Yeah literally from like the age of seven, my dad used to play pirate stations in the car and my cousins used to listen to them too. I was able to tell the difference between the legal and the pirate stations and one time I clocked I was listening to Kool.FM. This must have been when I was about eight and ever since then I was kind of hooked. All the pirate stations from about ’96 – ‘97 when I was in secondary kind of changed, it was more garage based but back in the early 90s it was more jungle, raga stations. But yeah, I’d say about 97 – that’s when the face of pirate radio was garage and then that when I got involved in Freeze FM. That was my first radio show and it had a big influence on me and I ran my own when I was 17 for five years. That was a key point in my career because if I hadn’t done that, I don’t really think I would be anywhere now. It was through running my own private station that I linked up to other private stations which was how I eventually got on to rinse fm. And yeah, literally ever since 99, I’ve been on private radio so it’s probably been about ten years now.

Rhona Ez: You said you could tell the difference between the legal stations and the private stations. What would you say the difference was?

HENY: The music. The music was definitely the most different thing cos on any legal station back then it was just nothing but the charts but then you put a pirate on and you heard someone talking at any time, you can ring or text in when you want, they’ll read your shout out you they’ll play exactly what you want when you want. You could more interact with the stations back then. And it’s pretty much the same now. People have the internet now so you can send your facebook messages in, you can send your msn message in, all of that. So yeah, it’s definitely more of a communication thing between the DJs and the listeners.

Rhona Ez: How easy was it to sneak out though? You didn’t have to climb through any windows did you?

HENY: (Laughs) My mum’s a deep sleeper so I thought I was a lot smarter than my mum but she’d always find out. That only lasted for six months and then eventually she was like, look just tell me where you’re going. When she realized it was something I really wanted to do she supported me with it all the way, up until this day.

Rhona Ez: can you tell us a bit about how you first go into dubstep?

HENY: I got into dubstep at the original stages when it was still a progression of UK garage and  around 2001. The garage that was going on at the time was getting a lot more underground, it was getting darker and people weren’t afraid to experiment with different things and that kind of caught on with me. I was playing everything that came from garage, so grime too. 2002 is when dubstep got its name. Hatcha came up with Dubstep Allstars vol.1 – that was literally what it was called and the name (dubstep) kind of just stuck.  Everyone before that was calling it ‘FWD music’. From the start I was even looking up to producers like Benga and Skream. Them two – I was like a year older than them and when I found out they were using the same software me and Silkie were  that was a kind of like  mind blowing and I was like, ‘yeah man, this is the way to go, this is the way to go.’

I was working at planned records at the time and um, I’m not going to mention no names but well established DJs – everyone was writing it off saying that it was just ‘bongo music’ but I never really let that bother me and I still would attend FWD  every first Thursday of  the  month  just to hear the freshest sounds and eventually it turned into something very beautiful, do you know what I mean? I was telling everybody that this was going to big so with me and dubstep, it’s not myself it’s always about the sound of the music.

Rhona Ez: Lots of people have described the dubstep you produce as sexy, soulful, chilled out vibes with sensual bass

HENY: They got it spot on. Sorry, I must say I agree with that.

Rhona Ez: When you produce your beats what is it you aim to do?

HENY: When it comes to making music, I think definitely we (Anti Social) – I mean me personally, the way I go about making a track, I sit down in the studio and I make my music based on life experiences. So even though the music I make might not have any lyrics in it, I want it to talk to someone. It’s always my emotions and my feelings that come into my music. I can’t literally sit down and think ‘I’ll make this banger’ just to make people go crazy, it’s not really about that cos there’s no true feeling about the music and I always want to stay true to the music. I mean, you’ve got some producers who are really really talented and can knock out maybe six tunes in a week, but I can’t really do that because I have to make something that I’ve thought out.

Rhona Ez: Yeah, I can definitely say I’ve felt that from your music

HENY: Thanks a lot. I like to spread that sound. How can I put it – five six years ago I was looking up to DJs and I could tell that they were passionate about what they were doing and that gave me confidence to feel passionate as a DJ as well as a producer. And even still some people get ahead of themselves and say you know ‘I’m the best’ or ‘know ones better than me’ but I try not to think like that because whether I’m good or not, I always know that when I listening to something I’ve made and I’ve made with my emotions it more real than anything.

Rhona Ez: You mentioned a little bit before just about being a DJ and a producer which obviously you are. Do you think it involves a similar talent?

HENY:If I’m honest I’m a DJ before anything but saying that I love djing as much as producing – there’s no difference. But it is two totally separate things I mean, I’m quite lucky enough to be in a position where I’m doing both – making music at home and playing dubstep on the radio and in clubs but, I mean, there are a lot of DJs out there who make tunes and their particularly amazing DJs but I don’t particularly think productions is as good, or it could be the other way round. But Obviously I’m not saying anything about myself, for me personally doing both  but obviously there are people who aren’t talented but are in a better position than me doing both. You do get producers where they start making brilliant music and they get so big that people want to hear them in live shows and there forced to learn to DJ.  It was never like that for me. When I discovered electronic music I wanted to be a DJ playing the music and to be a producer making the music so it just depends.

Rhona Ez: You’ve just recently released two tracks – arena 1 and retro love – and there was candy, the tune with sexy sax you release a while back

HENY:  Ah ha, well actually ‘Arena 1’ and ‘Retro Love’ got released on digital format last year May. 12-inch was meant to follow up but I had a lot of issues and it’s still not out in the stores. I can say it will be out 100% September 2009. It been delayed eighteen months but I take a look in the forum, at my my myspace, even my facebook, people are still hungry for them but the thing about Anti Social entertainment and myself is we haven’t really had that much releases for the amount we’ve got out there in the circuit, in the sense of DJ’s playing our tracks. But it’s very much in demand so when a lot of our music eventually comes out I know it’s going to be a good thing. But ‘Arena 1’ isn’t out yet but it will be out next month worldwide and ‘Candy’ is a follow up. Those two specific tracks are also coming out on my forthcoming album. And I’ve got music coming out on deep medi music which for me, is the top label that I look up to and I get inspired by. I’ve also got music coming out on 3.5 records, Sonic Boom UK and other various record labels. So there’s gonna be a lot within the next four months

Rhona Ez: The tracks came out on the label you’ve just launched with Ase d?

HENY: Noooooo!!

Rhona Ez: Opps.

HENY: No it’s fine cos so many other people have stories they’ve heard but Gangsta Boogie music is an offshoot of Anti Social entertainment and it’s a label that I run. I put out the music myself, it’s my own productions as well as other producers who I’m really feeling at the time.

We are looking to do compilations, I’ve got a compilation coming early 2010 spring time called Boogie Nation vol.1 it going to be a double packed CD from all the producers in the scene who for me, personally, are making the best music. Cos I mean, obviously you always have your average generic sound which people love, and you know us as DJ’s still play it but I want to show people that you mother or your grandfather or your aunty can still listen to dubstep , it’s something you could listen to in the bar and what not.

Rhona Ez: What artists are you think of realising of the label?

HENY: Well I’m in the middle of sorting out a release with Jack Sparrow & Signus who are both DJ/Producers from Leeds. Jack sparrow has had releases on tectonic and a lot of people know him for his a lot harder dubby stuff but everybody sends me music and they are like, ‘you might like this’ but when Jack Sparrow sent me some music I was just proper shocked. I was like, ‘look, I’ve got to sign something from you’ and I’ve just got something from him, I’m just finalizing the b-side.

I’ve also go this eighteen year old producer who, I dunno,  has proper given me a kick up the arse. He’s someone who worked at the shop I used to work at and he was like a fan, I mean imagine he’s been listening to pirate radio since he was thirteen and I can hear not only myself but Quest, Silkie, Kromestar – we’ve all had a big influence on his music. One day me and Quest were sitting down in the studio and we were like proper happy. Straight away I was like, ‘I need to get you on the label’. So, Jazzy Jazzy, is definitely someone to look out for. And also there will be releases from Jay Five, Silkie, Conquest and other producers which I’m yet to hear but really feeling.

Rhona Ez: You’ve got two big packages coming up soon. First and foremost you’re soon to be a dad and have got a little boy coming on the way

Heny: Yep, that’s right

Rhona Ez: And secondly you’re planning a new album called ‘Child Hood’, are the two connected?

HENY: Yeah well, it’s ironic because basically I made a track called ‘Child Hood’ – it’s like a really old skool kinda 94 jungle track but at a dubstep speed and it’s a twelve minute long. I was just listening to the whole and was like ‘what I’m gonna call this’ and obviously through in terms of electronic music I grew up on jungle so I decided to call it ‘Childhood’. And that’s when I said to myself you know what, I’ve got six/seven tracks here I might as well do an album.  Not cos, anyone else is doing an album but because I thought was ready. So it was ironic when eventually I found out I was gonna be a dad, I just felt like it was like God just trying to tell me a message of something.  I’ve even got a track called ‘Christopher’ which is what I’m naming my son.

Rhona Ez: You’ll  be playing the US next year, how did that come about?

HENY :  Well basically, it’s just through a lot of promoters who I’ve been speaking too over the last few years. I had a lot of passport problems and I was meant to go out last year and this year but now I done a mix for Big Up magazine and that went really really well. In the first 24hrs of it being up the lovely lady who runs it told me I got 900 downloads and 2000 by the Wednesday. People were like, we’ve had Silkie and Quest but no Heny G so I just mentioned to a few people I wanted to organize a tour and we are in the middle of organizing that. So I’ll 100% be tour the US, in 2010, which is something that I’ve always wanted dreamed of doing.

Rhona Ez: Sounds amazing.

HENY: Yeah, I’m also looking to tour, Australia, New Zealand, all over Europe, the biggest stages on a world wide scale.

Rhona Ez: Your going Croatia as well for Outlook festival

HENY: Yeah its going to be quite weird because I’m just going to be a fresh dab there and literally the whole dubstep scene is going to be out there. I’m really looking forward to just catching that vibe I missed out on last year.

Rhona Ez: Thank you so much Heny and Congrats for the baby boy

To find out more about Heny G online you can check these websites out:

http://www.myspace.com/henygangsta
http://www.myspace.com/henyg
http://www.facebook.com/HenyGgetdarker.com/audio/dubplates/heny_g-c andy/
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Latest release from our boy mr forensics who did an exclusive mix for us a while ago, chek it out below.  A highly addictive tune

download his latest promo mix as well

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Pic from open plan at the weekend. Cheers Katie

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On the 6th September, Leeds based night Analog brought its name and heavy-weight line-up to officially announce itself on lancashire ground for a celebratory end of summer blow out.

Back in Leeds, Analog has proved itself to be a popular night on the Leeds scene with its blend of Electro, Bass, House and Techno. This time round however, and with its dedicated Leeds followers in tow, Analog pulled out the full-on dubstep and drum and bass offensive with the likes of: Dynasty, Ellis, Analog Dj’s, K1, Beerz, Phat Pat b2b with Pasteman, Manchester’s proudly owned Chimpo and the host held most highly…Chunky.

In the dark outer-city limits, Spektrum at Sankey’s played the perfect host for the Leeds-Manc showcase of talent. Whilst the mood enhancing LED lighting charmed the dedicated ravers, Spektrum’s wubbing Funktion One soundsystem shook every soul,whether they’d given themselves to the bass or not. Despite the Sunday, “no students back yet” style turn out, the vibe was intimate and friendly and a return visit would be most welcome.

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Exclusive photographs from ANALOG at Spektrum on Sunday.

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By the Way Spektrum now has a fully installed SKITTLES in the DJ Booth.

Since the macbook survived its apple flavoured dousing last week we can now bring you our creamfields pictures

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Ladies and Gentlemen the competition to win a free copy of panache’s mixtape has come to an end!!! The winner should have received an email telling them and comiserations to anyone who entered but didnt win.  Weve got two more competitions planned for this month both of which include VINYLS as prizes so keep your eyes peeled for them

Anyone who didnt win can buy the Mixtape in Eastern Bloc and HMV Manchester check out panache on www.myspace.com/panachemuzik

Until we get our creamfields pictures back of our crippled apple juice drenched macbook, we thought we would share this with you in case you havent seen it already Creamfields was a sick weekend. Shouts to everyone that was there and anyone looking for example pictures they will be here soon

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ISSUE 009 is here.   SEPTEMBER    the calm before the storm,  Only 3 weeks until the Students return, Freshers and undoubtedly hundreds of facebook messages commanding you to go out and get your skank on.  I know we always say it but we have got a great big heap of content for you this month.  Weve got a couple of Vinyl Giveaways on the way, A couple of Exclusive mixes as ever, More interviews which will be coming at you a little bit differently as of this month   watch this space.  And too many other things to mention keep locked on and you wont miss anything.

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