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Way back when, August 2011, we did our first show in Notting Hill Arts Club, flew Munchi into the UK invited a crew down to shoot a video for his collaboration with Lakey. They linked up for a grime track, not a genre Munchi’s particularly known for, but Lakey bent his arm and they got [...]

This Friday Pollinate take over Notting Hill Arts Club again and we don’t do things by halves so we’ve booked a load of live drummers and dancers to join in… THE CARNIVAL STARTS IN NOTTING HILL! A full on Brazilian theme for those who can’t make this year’s party in Rio. Super special guests LONDON [...]

Last month at Notting Hill Arts Club someone requested Azealia Banks repeatedly until she got told – the requested song failed to cut it on the dancefloor and a fight broke out between djs over whether Azealia could cut it in the big wide world of popland and beyond. And along came Moroka with a [...]

2012 breathes new life for former Secousse party animals, Moroka, Vamanos (Ghetto Bassquake) and AJ Holmes (and his Hackney Empire), in the form of Palm City Social. Their new tropical adventure is kicking off at East London’s Bedroom Bar on February 10th. Vadoinmessico (Live), Boglewaltz DJs, Palm City Social DJs: AJ Holmes, Moroka, Vamanos. 8pm-3am, [...]

Tomorrow we team up with Focus Organisation to throw a party to celebrate the festive season. Together with the album launch of reggae artist John Blood and a mean serving of Ivorian food (Armand Zadi) and delicious crepes (Francklin Evagle). Moroka & Silky Boys play alongside Oya Bun & Bogossy Freshfrenchy in the DJ booth, [...]

Last week Jumping Back Slash popped in to the Red Bull Studios in Cape Town to record a track. And the results are jaw-dropping! Utilising an MPC entirely for the beats and drafting in a little phatty Moog for the bass (all recorded live, strictly no midi) he’s put together something seriously special. And it’s [...]

Murlo and Slackk get together for a rowdy double-team attack on Wifey this Friday. A match made in musical heaven with both artists having a year with some incredible output. Slackk’s new number (released on DJ Haus’s Unknown To The Unknown label), ‘Polar Bear’, is a Fact Mag favourite and a definitive winter anthem with [...]

Something that nearly got lost in the post and certainly something that we can’t end 2011 without shouting about is Jumping Back Slash’s amazing remix of Isa GT. Well known for her DJ work in London and around the world Isa GT’s productions are very much driven by her vocals. ‘Leyenda’, the first single on [...]

Pollinate and Steak House join forces for the final radio show of the year to bring you a festive line up so rich, it’ll make you throw up on your Christmas jumper. In a super special extended Christmas show, we have double the Christmas cheer with not one special guest but two under the Hivemind.fm [...]

Mad Decent’s creative director and crate-digging seeker of global, musical gold, Paul Devro, has recorded a mix for Mixpak FM. He includes not one but two tracks by Murlo, (including a little something from his new EP) alongside an outstanding selection of dancehall, bubbling, trap and ghettotech mash ups that put it straight up as [...]