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“ManMade” is the sophomore album from multi-instrumentalist/producer, Zo! of the Foreign Exchange’s +FE Music family. This album once again displays Zo!’s distinct ‘polished’ R&B/Soul production, although it’s evident his sound has matured quite a bit since 2010’s “SunStorm”. As with most of the Foreign Exchange releases, the featured artists should be quite familiar to established …

‘Well Well Well’ is lifted from ‘Kick Snare & An Idea Part Two’ out digitally now via Tru Thoughts. Buy from iTunes http://smarturl.it/kicksnareandanidea2

The second single from K9’S highly anticipated ‘King 9 Emancipated’ project, available for free now from http://k9london.bandcamp.com/ IKYABWAI, acronym for I know you are but what am I.

Undoubtedly one of Sydney’s favourite hometown artists, Dialectrix is regarded as one of the most prolific MCs and Hip Hop performers in the country. Having just dropped his 3rd album Dialectrix embarks on a national tour across Australia launching the critically acclaimed “The Cold Light Of Day” backed up by DJ 2Buck on the turntables …

This is the first edition of Remi’s F.Y.G Mixtape Series – “F.Y.G Act:1”. F.Y.G Stands for Fuck Your Genre. This Mixtape is to briefly show Remi’s comfort amongst a variety of genres. F.Y.G ACT:1 by Remi

First leak from Chasm’s “Smoking Aces” EP with Monchichi out this weekend digitally via Obese Records. “Diamonds” features King RU formerly known as RUCL

Eric Lau’s sophomore release “One of Many” follows on from his critically acclaimed debut “ New Territories” and effortlessly bridges the gap between sophisticated and infectious soul, dense musicianship and a firm nod to boom bap aesthetics. Lau’s album is heavyweight for lovers of music with substance and depth, but I can also see it …

Images from Come Together Festival which featured Drapht, Illy, The Herd, Spit Syndicate, Dialectrix, Allday and many more. Photos by Michelle Grace Hunder – www.michellegracehunder.com

New Aaradhna interview with US site The Urban Daily.

For the latest installment of Complex TV’s “Magnum Opus” series, Pete Rock and CL Smooth discuss their legendary tribute to Trouble T Roy. They talk about their hometown of Mount Vernon, NY, coming up under Heavy D & The Boyz, T Roy’s passing and how the song was born out of tragedy. DJ Eddie F, …