Words by Tony Green This article highlights Leeds' dalliance with Nu Skool Breakbeat music, from the 90s through to the present day. I’ve listed 20 notable tracks from the genre, which you can also now find on the latest YouTube...
The Emergence of Leeds Downbeat Electronic: with Moose As part of our deep dive into Leeds’ downbeat electronic (Trip-Hop) music, we asked one of the pioneers of the city’s scene, Moose (Soundclash/ inventor of Dirt Graffiti), to share his thoughts...
This is the first in our series of deep dives into the Leeds electronic music scene. The idea is to shine the light on key artists and figures who shaped the movement, and unearth lost gems and stories. First up,...
Winging It is a snapshot of Leeds electronic. Music opens with breakbeat and moves into soul, dub, leftfield, psychedelic and beyond. Artists featured: Jorgie, Game Program, The Local Beatnik, W.O.M, Chris Dawkins, Edward Pedro, Wulls and Impatient. Double LP.Includes unlimited...
The latest 13-track LP from revered Leeds dub/trip hop artist Wulls, who’s put his dub staple sound on the back beat while he steps into the boundary-cracking breakbeat bleep sound of Yorkshire from the early 90s. The result is highly stylised...
Soul and jazz musician Chris Dawkins will launch his second LP, Painting Colours, on 18th December 2020 on Released Records. Chris describes the new 11-track album as a ‘melting pot of life’s experiences’ – from his session work with Nightmares on Wax, to...
Formed from a love of all things that are visually and audibly old, weird and psychedelic. The Local Beatnik fuses old and contemporary guitars, sitars, keyboards and tablas to a soundtrack of a lost futuristic film that was never made. ...
"Orchid Hybrid" by Dawkins & Wulls is another collaboration between master guitarist/session musician Chris Dawkins (Nightmares On Wax/Corrine Bailey Rae/Jimi Tenor/David Holmes/LSK), and boundary breaking producer Wulls.Ten tracks that weave their way through the duo's favourite music genres and influences....
Leeds producer Wulls. Electro stabs, beats, ambient swirls and subway sounds. Wulls is an artist rooted in dub, breakbeat and hip hop. Wulls - The Loom Driver Format: Digital LP Release Date: November 2016 LISTEN ON YOUR FAVOURITE STREAMING PLATFORM...
Enigmatic singer-songwriter-producer Jorgie graces the universe with her debut LP; ten tracks of cosmic bliss, inspired not only by her fondness of the golden years of Trip-hop and Eletronica, but also her connection with mother nature and the cosmos, fittingly...
Chris Dawkins is renowned for his work as a session musician and co-writer, penning and playing for Nightmares On Wax, touring and writing with Jimi Tenor and Maurice Fulton, collaborating with Dub pioneer Adrian Sherwood, and co-writing the blockbuster Oceans...
