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Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul announce ‘Gods of Rap’ UK tour

Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy and De La Soul have announced a trio of UK tour dates under their ‘Gods of Rap’ moniker.

Set to perform shows at Wembley Arena, Manchester Arena and Glasgow’s SSE Hydro in May, the three dates will see the iconic groups celebrate anniversaries of their landmark albums – Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter The Wu-Tang 36 Chambers’, Public Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ and De La Soul’s ‘3 Feet High and Rising’. The dates will also be hosted and presented by the legendary DJ Premier.

Tickets go onsale Friday 25th January – check the schedule below:

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Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, De La Soul – ‘Gods of Rap’ UK Tour dates:
Fri 10 May – Wembley SSE Arena, London
Sat 11 May – Manchester Arena, Manchester
Sun 12 May – SSE Hydro, Glasgow

Hear James Blake’s new album ‘Assume Form’

James Blake has released his fourth album ‘Assume Form’, the follow-up to 2016’s ‘The Colour in Anything’.

Featuring appearances from the likes of André 3000, Travis Scott and Moses Sumney, the project comes ahead of a trio of intimate UK shows which will take place later in the spring. He will also be playing at this summer’s Primavera Sound Festival.

Listen to ‘Assume Form’ below alongside details of Blake’s upcoming tour dates.

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James Blake 2019 tour dates:
07/04 O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester UK
09/04 O2 Academy, Bristol UK
18/04 Eventim Apollo. London UK

29/05 Nuits Sonores 2019, Lyon France
30/05 Primavera Sound, Barcelona Spain

Hear Lil Wayne jump on the remix of LSD’s ‘Genius’

Lil Wayne has hopped on the remix of Labrinth, Sia and Diplo’s LSD-debut, ‘Genius‘.

Released earlier today (17th January), the revised edit hears a slightly reworked beat with added vocals (and intro) from Weezy – Sia and Labrinth’s roles remain the same.

Listen below [now updated with video underneath]:

Hear Dawn Richard’s remarkable new song ‘sauce’

Dawn Richard has shared her excellent new song ‘sauce’ ahead of next week’s release of her upcoming album ‘new breed’.

Produced by Hudson Mohawke alongside Cole M.G.N. (Christine & The Queens), the singer explains the background behind new single – “‘sauce is about women taking pride in their prowess, and about being raised to celebrate my skin” she explains – “I lost focus of that when so many men degraded and disrespected my brown skin. ‘Sauce’ is about being bathed in your own beauty, being sexy for you. The new breed of women are unapologetic about sex and the way they choosing to express themselves.”

Listen below:

Hear Little Simz connect with Cleo Sol for ‘Selfish’

Little Simz has teamed up with Cleo Sol for her wavy new single ‘Selfish’.

The track, premiered by Annie Mac on her BBC Radio 1 show this evening (16th January), will join previous singles ‘Offence‘, ‘Boss‘ and ‘101 FM‘ on the Londoner’s forthcoming third studio album ‘Grey Area’ which is due out on 1st March.

Grab a listen below:

Hear DJ Mustard & Migos connect on ‘Pure Water’

While DJ Mustard has now dropped his DJ moniker (he’ll now be known as solely, Mustard), he’s still on-course for firing out the bangers. And today he doesn’t hold back with his solid new gem, ‘Pure Water’.

No relation to Skepta’s, Mustard’s own ‘Pure Water’ brings assisted vocals from Migos. “At first it was just a song me and Quavo came up with” he told Zane Lowe who premiered the song on his Beats 1 show, adding “and then I was like, ‘No, I gotta get the whole gang on here’. We worked our way to get everybody on there and it was … I knew what it was when I first heard it though”.

Grab a listen below:

Listen: Loyle Carner shares new song ‘You Don’t Know’

Loyle Carner has shared his new single ‘You Don’t Know’, following October’s surprise release of ‘Ottolenghi‘.

Premiered on Julie Adenuga’s Beats 1 show earlier today (16th January), ‘You Don’t Know’ hears the Londoner hook up with Rebel Kleff and Kiko Bun, and appears ahead of his upcoming UK and Ireland tour which kicks off in the spring.

Grab a listen in full below; tour info and schedule can also be found underneath too:

Buy tickets to Loyle Carner’s 2019 UK Tour

27th April – The Grand Social, Dublin
28th April – The Caves, Edinburgh
30th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
1st May – Band on the Wall, Manchester (early show)
1st May – Band on the Wall, Manchester (late show)
3rd May – Concorde 2, Brighton
4th May – Trinity, Bristol
7th May – Roundhouse, London

Listen: Agoria kickstarts 2019 with ‘You’re Not Alone’ (ft. Blasé)

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Widely-acclaimed producer and composer Agoria (aka Sebastien Devaud) has revealed ‘You’re Not Alone’, following the release of his recent single ‘Embrace’.

Featuring Blasé (half of French act Haute), and hailed by Agoria as “the perfect portrait of an open-minded generation”, the track delivers a gorgeous midway of head-nodding ‘beach-house’ – an infectious chorus helps nail this as a song you’re likely to hear pool-side as summer club anthems start to come to fruition.

Listen below:

Hear Ben Pearce’s haunting remix of Kinobe’s ‘Excess’

Ben Pearce has shared his stunning new remix of Kinobe’s melodic ‘Excess’.

Featuring a rich array of deep, hypnotic sounds that ebb and flow between rolling tribal undertones, a haunting top line, simmering percussion and dreaming synths, the shortened radio edit also comes alongside a stunning 6-minute dub from Pearce, which is expected to land imminently.

Grab a listen to the initial rework below:

Hear Happiness Is Wealth’s groovy remix of Hayden James’ ‘Better Together’

Australian collective Happiness Is Wealth have shared their gorgeous new remix of Hayden James’ ‘Better Together’.

A friend of both Hayden alongside the Future Classic imprint, the duo’s new interpretation places a refreshing spin on James’ latest cut, delivering a flavourful disco treatment across a groovy bassline, whilst entwining the edit with an elusive element of funk.

Bump it loud below: