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Our first ‘Nectah’ EP composed by Sumsin is out today, available only from our new online shop before it goes on general release in a couple of weeks. Check out the sublime artwork by Fyoocha Boy (Silky Boys)! A foreword by Sumsin: – “Socamerenguetek in effect, an unusual marinade of techy tropicalisms, molested merengue, rippling [...]

Erick Rincon was recently featured on VBS. Tribal Guarachero’s inspired a serious dance trend involving crews mexican men in extreme pointy boots and Rincon tunes are their daily soundtrack. This short video talks to a few people, including the man himself, about this new craze.

We’ve recruited two more team members, Murlo and Fire Eyes… MURLO Tune into his Soundcloud and you’re instantly knee deep in a hyper torrent of grimey, soca beats. Murlo’s a Brighton-born, Brighton-based, cheeky geezer that’s been channelling his energy into turning Beyonce, Vybez Kartel, Flukes and many more into slick, speedy, bashy mash ups. Check [...]

Check out the Video for ‘Fortuna’, the lead track on Sumsin’s forthcoming Nectah EP.

It’s time to unveil our new series of ‘NECTAH’ EPs! Each Pollinate artist and a handful of special guests will be producing a digital EP in 2011… Launching the series on Monday 18th April is Sumsin with a Socamerenguetek powered 5-tracker. This release will be exclusively available in our new online store (also launching on [...]

This week Suckafish P Jones is flying into the UK to play a massive show at Brighton’s Volks Tavern (with Shitmat, Baconhead, Bomb Diggy Crew and loads more) so we’ve invited him down to our gaff for a warm up session. Wednesday, 8pm-10pm GMT, www.hivemind.fm, be there! To get you in the mood, here’s everyone’s [...]

Esgar presents SmashTales, a series of live Ustream sessions from his studio in Oxnard, California. Check out the first couple of shows with guests Jo ill (Homegrown Blends) & Supa Koopa (HomegrownBlends // Epsilon Project) flicking through their favourite lectro/disco/hiphop/bass. SMASH TALES 11/03/11 FEAT ESGAR & Jo_iLL: SMASH TALES 16/03/11 FEAT ESGAR & SUPA KOOPA:

Back on the webwaves this Wednesday, Rob (Pollinate) and Jon (Hanuman) present their monthly Hivemind.fm show. This month special guest Deville of Senseless Records joins the party bringing with him his technicolour bass machine to select some sunny delights, LIVE! 8PM WEDNESDAY 9TH MARCH 2011 – WWW.HIVEMIND.FM – TUNE IN!

Jumping Back Slash has dropped a new remix. Instead of delving into his RnB archive he’s picked a current chart topper, Adele, and transformed her new number, ‘Rolling In The Deep’, into a piano house classic! There’s not much that can go wrong when you’re remixing a voice as hot as Adele’s and this mix [...]