Stuff We Like
Our Artists
- Alice Russell Look into the crazy world that is Alice Russell!!! She will definitely mention the word ‘Munka’ and she will definitely call TM Juke “The Ginger Prince”!!! Plus you can find out silly little things like where she is this week and what wonderful records she is on.
- Barakas Barakas is Simon “Bonobo” Green’s Mr.-Hyde-like pseudonym. Step into Barakas’ world where he delves further into deep jazz, hip-hop, drum n bass, break beat, funk and soul to move dancefloors worldwide.
- Belleruche Handmade hip hop blues soul, like Sarah Vaughan, Django Reinhardt and Cut Chemist stuck in a lift with Russian beer and a sampler.
- Diesler Your one stop shop for all things Diesler related!
- Freddie Cruger Freddie’s personal MySpace home page.
- Hint All things about our man Hint.
- Hot 8 Brass Band Check out the first US signing to Tru Thoughts an authentic New Orleans brass band. The Hot 8 are the real deal, walking the streets of New Orleans and playing their tunes. They are something special!!!
- Jumbonics Jumbonics MySpace home page
- Lanu Lanu’s very own MySpace page.
- Lanu His passion for broken beat, hip hop, soul, house, jazz and Latin rhythms has fuelled his solo career.
- me&you TM Juke and Robert Luis are the joint force which is me&you, a multifaceted musical outfit producing a wide range of stomping dance floor breaks. Check out their web page and keep up to date with the hectic world of me&you.
- Nostalgia 77 Check Nostalgia’s site for the latest treats, as well as collaborative work as Nostalgia 77 Octet and The Broken Keys.
- Quantic, Quantic Soul Orchestra & The Limp Twins Home of Tru Thoughts most prolific producer. Check here for all things Quantic, Quantic Soul Orchestra and The Limp Twins.
- The Bamboos Check here for all Bamboos news and info, including live tour dates.
- The Broken Keys The official Broken Keys website.
- TM Juke The Man Juke delivers his own flashy site with plenty of treats for all.
Downloads (buy our music online)
- Juno Downloads Independent music retailer who always have rare & up to date TT music. This is their digital department.
- iTunes Buy music, videos, podcasts and audiobooks, or download free podcasts
- Tune Tribe A UK-based legal download site set up with Groove Armada and featuring all Tru Thoughts and Zebra Traffic music.
- Dancetracks Digital A New York record shop with online shopping. Big fans of Tru Thoughts!
- HMV downloads Download site from the UK’s biggest music retailer.
- Napster Unlimited access to 2 million tracks.
- Virgin Digital The worlds deepest digital music collection.
Distributors
Friends & Family
- Adam Van Bunnen Contact details: +44 (0)7968 208318 / adam@bunnens.com. Photographer.
- Bonobo The Monkey Man’s website
- Flevans Check the brand new Flevans site for all the latest news, releases and remixes!
- Mangataot As in South African for Mange Tout, Mangataot trademark style is definitely worth checking.
- Natureboy Natureboy, he of Sweet Is The Air with Alice Russell, resides here.
- Paris DJs Loads of Tru Thoughts reviews and mp3 samples.Check it out!
- Pete Rann Check out the new Pete Rann aka Chroma website!
- Shivoo Home of The Half Cut Club DJ’s
- T.I.M.E.C The Incredible Melting Entertainment Campagnons. An International music web agency.
- The Half Cut Club Gig info, music & more on the midlands finest resident DJ’s!
Other Artists
- Blak Twang UK rapper’s homepage
- Jazzanova Keep up to date with Berlin’s finest production team
- Spanky Wilson The official site for the ‘Legendary Ms. Spanky Wilson.’
Clubs
- Cargo - London Home of our bi-monthly London residency and also home to some superb club nights.
- Concorde 2 Check out the many live acts performing at the popular Brighton venue, also home to the monthly Etch nights featuring the much-loved Mr Scruff.
- Jazz Cafe & Forum - London For details on London’s finest jazz, soul and funk venue, check out the Jazz Cafe and their sister venue The Forum.
- Jelly Jazz A real funky club night to get down too!
- Komedia - Brighton One of the UK’s leading arts and entertainment organisations. Check out the website for live performances from Tru Thoughts artists and many others.
- Native Check out listings for Bristol’s music venue created from the enthusiasm of some of the city’s most proficient promoters.
- Orange Rooms This style bar is host to an array of quality Dj’s and live acts such as Mr Scruff, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Dexter, Morcheeba, Giles Peterson and many more, so keep yours eyes peeled for future one off events.
- Planet of the Breaks Legendary Hip Hop and Breaks night.. Midlands Number 1 Underground Club night
- Trouble Trouble have been putting on club nights in the Edinburgh area since 2002 covering a huge spectrum of musical genres including dub, reggae, soul, funk, jazz, Afro, Latin, disco, hip hop, electro, boogie, R n B, dancehall, soul, broken beat, jazz, house, techno and drum n bass, currently based at the Cabaret Voltaire venue.
Club Stuff
- Flyer Central Flyercentral is a virtual flyer gallery & directory where you to find out what’s on in Brighton & Hove without amassing dozens of paper flyers.
- Swat Distribution *S.W.A.T specialises in ground level print distribution for arts, entertainment, leisure and retail clients, both local and national.
- Warm Music Warm Music is a top notch club night, record label and DJ agency.
Festivals
- Bestival Three days of boutique festival fun for happy campers with 8 stages of live music, cabaret, DJs and strange happenings. Check out the official website for more information.
- Festinho 31st Aug- 2nd Sep Festinho is a boutique music and arts festival run for charity – all proceeds go to the ABC trust, a charity that supports under privilege children in Brazil. Check out upcoming talent in the rolling hills of the Oxfordshire countryside. The weekend’s line up includes: Diesler, Flevans, Hint, Nostalgia 77, Lucky Elephant, Laroca, Captive State, Echaskech, Mixmaster Morris, Dr. Rubberfunk, DJ Derek and much more. Adult weekend tickets – £45 Child weekend tickets – £23 (day tickets are also available)
- The Big Chill Check the official Big Chill website for info on who’s playing, tickets and location.
Labels
- Bastard Jazz From Jazz to Reggae, just all round good music from the US.
- BBE Records Real music for real people
- Compost Records Need we say more?
- Different Drummer Your source for chilled grooves and beyond
- Do Right Music John Kong’s Canadian based label
- Dublex Inc. Stuttgart’s finest Robin Hofmann launches a new site with plenty of cutting edge and innovative sounds aswell as pictures and amusing stories.
- Goya Music London based distributor of quality music
- Hi Top Records Great Spanish based record label
- If Music A fine London based music shop.
- Impossible Ark Records Nostalgia 77’s ace jazz label and stuff
- Infracom Records Frankfurt’s Infracom Records are home to the group Taxi. Check the site for more!
- Mr Bongo The trusty home of Mr Bongo Worldwide! Check this for more info on Mr Bongo Records; Publishing, Film and Disorient Recordings!
- Ninja Tune Everyone’s favourite Ninja’s…
- Puma Strut Funktastic 45’s business
- Sonar Kollektiv Records Forward thinking German Label who are always on point
- Soul Jazz This legendary label encompasses everything from Soul, hip hop, roots, dub and reggae through to new electronic music. An essential website.
- Ubiquity San Francisco’s finest! Plus check their Friday Night Radio Session – all styles, no categories, just top tunes from around the globe.
Hip Hop Labels
- Big Dada Home to Ty, King Geedorah, Infinite Livez, New Flesh and More – Check it!
- Breakin' Bread South London’s premier funk and hip hop collective, home to their record label, club night and radio show. Support y’all.
- Heavy Bronx The mighty P brothers in full effect
- K Boro Check Mark B’s premier all new K Boro site and look out for a new release featuring Tommy Evans.
- Low Life Home to hard working Braintax, Jehst, Mystro and so much more. Support y’hear!
- Music from The Corner Task Force’s own website
Magazines
- Big Smoke Magazine Big Smoke Magazine
- Blowback Magazine Shiny new website for UK-based culture mag, Blowback. Full of great music, design, art, film etc…
- Brighton Source The website for the free what’s on magazine of Brighton;covering music, clubs, pubs, comedy, film, theatre and food as well as comprehensive day-by-day listings.
- DJ All that’s cutting edge in dance music, club culture and dj technology on a fortnightly basis.
- International DJ This is the DJ’s DJ Magazine
- Keep On Magazine Download back issues of deep house, soul, disco & funk quarterly, Keep On.
- Multilink Magazine A free quarterly PDF magazine providing a platform for anyone interested in communicating their ideas. Featuring music, design & various other creative initiatives.
- RE:UP Magazine Quality publication from the US.
- Straight No Chaser Interplanetary sounds: Ancient to Future. As always this quaterly publication is beautifully written and designed.
- The Source Home of hip-hop music, culture and politics. Includes previews, reviews, interviews, fashion, music videos, webcasts, games and active message boards.
- Venue Virtual Venue, website of Bristol and Bath’s excellent magazine. Includes listings, event details and booking information.
- XLR8R Accelerating Music and Culture, San Francisco Style.
Hip Hop & Funk Magazines/Websites
- Brighton Hip Hop For all the latest gossip, reviews and news from Brighton’s number one hip-hop site.
- Deepfunk All thats cutting edge in the world of superheavy deep funk
- Hip Hop Connection This is the official site for all your hip hop needs
- Soul Brother Indepth reviews, news and all that’s good in funk and soul
- UK Hip Hop Up to the minute views on UK based hip hop. Check the reviews, news and forums and have your say
- Witchsbrew An up to the minute summary on what’s brewing in the funk cauldron
Music Websites
- Just Like Music ‘The idea of this blog is to share with the world details of the beautiful music I discover and listen to on a daily basis….’
- Metronomic Family The Metronomic website was launched in June 2003 as platform to share this Belgian crew’s inspired musical outlook. Check the regular Radio Show, interviews and charts.
- Soul Generation Check yo Soul y’all. Comprehensive and requently updated reviews, playlists and much much more.
Radio
- BBC Radio One Xtra Loads of quality music spread over this channel, plus loads of support of Tru Thoughts and especially Zebra Traffic.
- Future Boogie. Com First class Bristol based music site with a killer weekly radio show; live recordings of the best SEEN gigs, record reviews and whole lot more.
- Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Show Gilles Peterson’s weekly selection – stay tuned for all the freshest sounds
- Ibiza Global Radio For all the latest tunes from the island listen here…
- Into Somethin' Listen in and be inspired by this Compost affiliated show
- Milk Audio Quality mixes by Toronto’s finest Gani & Felix
- Monofunk Tune into the ‘Soul Patrol Show’ with Michael Rutten
- Radio Magnetic Glasgow’s favourite and most forward thinking internet radio station
- Solid Steel Coldcut and DK’s essential weekly breakdown with exclusive guest mixes and so very much more
- Totally Radio Listen to the Tru Thoughts / Zebra Traffic radio show ‘Unfold’ with Robert Luis. The ‘Unfold’ Show is free but there are also a number of mixes that can be downloaded too.
- Underground Awakening Jason Charles presents Underground awakening on New York’s EVR radio station every Saturday from 12-2pm (EDT). Free audio archives and pod cast subscriptions are available on demand from the site.
Record Shops
- Beatstreet Records Vancouver, Canada’s answer to your all musical needs
- Dancetracks Digital A New York record shop with online shopping. Big fans of Tru Thoughts!
- Fat City Manchester based and one of our favourite online stores.
- FOPP The best titles for simple prices, check out Fopp’s online store.
- Groove Collector It’s a musical guide and a market place specialized in “Groovy Music” (soul, funk, jazz, afro, Latin, brazil, soundtracks, rare grooves and collectors).
- Hard To Find Records This UK bases site are certain to hook you up with those trickier to trace titles
- IsHip Hop Ishiphop is a new UK based website dedicated to selling hip hop, rnb,rare, underground, beats and battle records on vinyl and CD.
- Moodlex A fine blend of bossa beats, deep house grooves and luscious downbeat
- Piccadilly Records Manchester based and another superb online shop.
- Public Transit Recordings As well as being a fine label, our Canadian friends also are able to hook you up with the latest Tru Thoughts catalogue. Check out their comprehensive webstore. DJ dialect’s webstore selling our catalog
- Rap and Soul Mail Order Guess what kind of music they stock? You name it, they’ve got it!
- Rapshack Online record store.
- Record Store For all the very latest on Tru Thoughts and Zebra Traffic releases
- Resident Join Resident’s weekly mailing list for ticket sales and new and upcoming album releases.
- Rough Trade Soho’s special answer to all your musical whims; stocking everything across the genres.
- Suspect Packages Disorda will hook you up with the Hip Hop tunes you can’t find: This is the One Stop Shop For UK Hip HopDisorda will hook you up with the Hip Hop tunes you can’t find: This is the One Stop Shop For UK Hip Hop
- Under Ground Mail Order Online store for the best in quality Underground Classic Hip Hop, Independant Hip-Hop, Old School HipHop, Soul/Funk/Jazz breaks and Hip Hop merchandise.
- Vinyl Junkies These guys specialise in all thats cutting edge
- Vox Pop Records Manchester based record shop who amongst a large range of other treats, stock a wide range of our titles
Miscellaneous
- Absolute Brighton TV A Brighton website with music videos, local news and events.
- Peer Music Famed for finding seminal talents in neglected genres and markets, the independent publishing company Peer Music celebrate 75 years in the business.
- The Q Lab A multimedia production facility equipped to offer a broad range of creative production services for clients. Services include web site design, HD-DV editing, sound design & production.
