Classical music has a reputation for being uppity, a bit exclusionary. But Manchester Collective, co-founded in 2016 by their music director Rahki Singh, and chief executive Adam Szabo, set out to be different: “we had just both got to the point where we were really sick of seeing audiences that were old and white and very affluent”. In fact, when I spoke to Adam, he was…
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Sharing tracks with friends is one of the joys of discovering new music. Whether face to face in someone’s kitchen, or through a text message, it’s a nice feeling when your appreciation for a particular song is reciprocated. It was from this simple love of exchanging tracks with friends that the music recommendation platform Dance…
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It’s coming up to a year since the pandemic brought an indefinite end to conventional live music in the UK. Stripped of their dominant source of income, musicians have been left to seek out alternative ways of keeping themselves afloat, while the government continues to leave them stranded. The lack of sufficient financial support for…
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Joey San has had a momentous year. In the haze of summer after the first lockdown, he was featured on BBC Radio 1’s show ‘Introducing Dance’. Joey lay in bed with his earphones in, waiting for his song ‘MeToBe’ to play. It had been a long, boiling hot day and it was not until 12:30am…
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Up-and-coming South Manchester artists Akemi Fox and Teo combine heartfelt lo-fi R&B with striking visuals.
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Those working in the music industry have been hit especially hard by the loss of work opportunities and many have subsequently experienced a dip in their mental well-being.
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Manchester’s move into Tier 3 has meant that non-essential shops can now open and benefit from festive sales. With the sad news that Magma is closing its doors for good still raw, we have created a guide to supporting independent records shops in our city.
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The world of strobes, sticky floors and ecstatic crowds seems a million miles away. In its place is Tier 3, an uncertain arrangement in which already mounting pressures on the nightlife industry have increased.
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Not much insight can be gained from looking at the Macclesfield-based producer Two Tail’s Soundcloud profile, aside from the 24 year old’s commendable desire to “make music for your dog”.
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Manny Meekz’s debut EP Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, inhabits a dark world of gritty alienation. The Gorton MC has delivered a project full of sober bravado, compulsive violence and forensic self-examination.
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