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STEREO MC’s
Friday 11th Sept 15
Inspirational Hip-Hop & Dance music
purveyors Stereo MC’s are back…..
With a solid reputation as a unique and
high-energy live act, the inimitable Stereo
MC’s embark on a UK tour throughout
Spring/Summer 2015. Touring for the
first time in over 12 years, the crew
will take to stages around the country
including Manchester, Leeds, Cambridge,
Birmingham and Nottingham. Earlier
this Spring they also performed sellout shows in Bristol and Hebden to a
rapturous response.
The Stereo MC’s are currently recording
new tracks with Berlin-based Kompakt
act Terranova. A first single featuring
brand new club tracks will be released
in Autumn 2015 on Connected, the new
label and joint venture from Stereo MC’s
and Terranova, which also launches later
this year. “The aim is to be free and raw
by cutting out the middle man”, says the
group.
Born out of the mid 80’s Hip Hop scene
and the DIY UK acid house/club scene,
Stereo MC’s reputation grew slowly
throughout the late 80’s. They started as
an underground dance label, releasing
diverse artists from Richie Rich to The
Jungle Brothers as well as their own
music before being picked up by Island
Records.
They performed live extensively and
supported groups such as De La Soul, A
Certain Ratio, EMF and U2 as well as US
and UK tours with The Happy Mondays.
After early chart success in America for
their 2nd LP Supernatural, they recorded
the album Connected which became
an international hit. They embarked
To advertise in
m e m o r a b l e
appearances
at
Glastonbury and
many other festivals
worldwide.
This
period culminated
with a Mercury
Prize Nomination
and two Brit Awards
for Best Album and
Best Live Act.
Aside remix activity with mixes for
Tricky, Madonna and Quannum Project
amongst others, a period of relative
silence followed. They emerged 7 years
later with their K7 DJ Kicks LP, followed
quickly by the Top 20 LP and single Deep
Down and Dirty. A return to independent
labels in 2005 rejuvenated the band and
has seen them making new LP’s and
touring regularly ever since.
Most recently their love of underground
dance music has led to collaborations
including
those
with
Terranova
(Kompakt Records) and Adam Port of
Berlin based KeineMusik label, releasing
the house track Place; a firm favourite in
the Beatport charts in 2015, and Tell Me
Why with Terranova (Kompakt Records)
on their forthcoming LP Restless, out on
May 11.
Stereo MC’s continue to build a
reputation as DJs in the underground
club scene. With many new releases also
imminent, Universal/Island Records
recently released the Collected box-set of
all the LP’s to date, containing 8 albums,
videos, outtakes, rarities, unreleased
tracks and remixes.
Tickets for their MANCHESTER –
Academy 3 show taking place on Friday
11th September are available from:
Box Office No: 0161 832 1111
You can win a pair of tickets to see Stereo
MCs - visit www.essentialguidemagazine.
co.uk
Please call 01925 766742
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