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2010
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01 Sep
3 days a week… (continued)
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31 Aug
Album of the month, with Vic Galloway… (continued)
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30 Aug
Vocalist Competition… (continued)
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27 Aug
Tour dates announced… (continued)
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26 Aug
Belleruche are putting the final touches to what may become the beginning of a world tour happening over 2010 and 2011. Here’s a little teaser of clips from them on the road (If you are a promoter and want to see if you can get them to your town then check the email at the end of the clip)
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23 Aug
First taste of the new album… (continued)
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20 Aug
Download it today… (continued)
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18 Aug
Belleruche, Maddslinky (aka Zed Bias) and Hidden Orchestra are all putting together tours for October/November. There has been some great bookings so far. If you are a promoter and want to speak to any of the act’s agents then please email info@tru-thoughts.co.uk and we will put you in touch. Look out for tour dates being announced soon.
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16 Aug
OUT NOW… (continued)
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16 Aug
Download from Bandcamp… (continued)
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13 Aug
If you’re in the USA then head over to Amazon to download our Jazz Sampler, for FREE!
Oh, and they’ve also reduced a truck load of Tru Thougths albums to $5.
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11 Aug
Now online… (continued)
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10 Aug
Live from the Big Chill… (continued)
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09 Aug
Win a release on Tru Thoughts!… (continued)
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06 Aug
New Tour Video… (continued)
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03 Aug
Stream it now… (continued)
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26 Jul
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23 Jul
Saturday 24th July in London… (continued)
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22 Jul
Remixes and Versions… (continued)
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22 Jul
Videos, Videos, Videos… (continued)
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21 Jul
Listen Again… (continued)
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20 Jul
Listen again… (continued)
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19 Jul
On Etch Shop, and at all good record stores… (continued)
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07 Jul
An interview with Otto Nascarella… (continued)
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07 Jul
Toutes les infos Tru Thoughts en France, en Belgique et ailleurs…… (continued)
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06 Jul
Get it 2 weeks early!… (continued)
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05 Jul
Cultura Impura is the second album from the half Brazilian, half British, London based purveyors of Afro-meets-Brazilian funk. This vibrant record sees the band channelling ’60s Brazil via 21st Century East London.
Read all about it
Bag it direct from us
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05 Jul
Clockwatching BBC6 Video of the Week… (continued)
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02 Jul
Plus Quantic on the 6 Mix… (continued)
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30 Jun
‘Clockwatching’ is the first single to be lifted from the hotly anticipated new album from Belleruche. It will feature on a 7” with a cover of ‘Mirror In The Bathroom’ on the flip, released on 23rd August.
The new album, their 3rd, is called ’270 Stories’ and will be released 11th October.
Click here to see the video.
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28 Jun
Glastonbury set played on BBC 2 & Red Button… (continued)
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28 Jun
Full Video now on You Tube… (continued)
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22 Jun
Free download compilation… (continued)
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21 Jun
With DJ Yoda, Randomer and Flevans remixes… (continued)
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18 Jun
New label signing… (continued)
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18 Jun
Gives away tropical HEAT… (continued)
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16 Jun
Whilst The Bamboos were in our beloved hometown webangthedrumTV pinned them down for an acoustic track and interview on the beach and they also filmed some cracking footage from the live set at Coalition.
Head over to their Vimeo Channel for all the good stuff
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11 Jun
Midnight Friday/Saturday on Mark Lamarr’s God’s Jukebox show… (continued)
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07 Jun
First taste of the new album by Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno.… (continued)
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02 Jun
In Brighton and Bristol… (continued)
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28 May
We joined Soundcloud this week and uploaded some forthcoming music from Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno and Saravah Soul, alongside fresh cuts from The Bamboos, Beta Hector and Belleruche.
Oh, and you can also download the Rich Medina Tru Thoughts Funk Mix.
Find us here soundcloud.com/tru-thoughts
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27 May
Get it straight from us for FREE… (continued)
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26 May
Blues & Roots Track of the Year… (continued)
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24 May
FREE DL… (continued)
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20 May
We want to send our love and regards to the family and friends of Ollie Minkley, one of the original members of the Quantic Soul Orchestra, and a friend of Tru Thoughts. Will ‘Quantic’ Holland says it best here…
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19 May
From Spinner Music… (continued)
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18 May
This classic collection from the TT vaults, including some brand new cuts, is available now in all good record shops, and from our very own Etch Shop.
Bag it from the Etch Shop NOW!
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13 May
Saturday 15th May… (continued)
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12 May
Listen again … (continued)
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11 May
May 13th-15th 2010… (continued)
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07 May
From the soulful powerhouse vocals of the UK’s very own Alice Russell and US legend Spanky Wilson to Kylie Auldist and the horn-led, straight down the line dancefloor punch of The Bamboos, through Saravah Soul channelling ’60s Brazil via Noughties East London; the wry, jaunty, almost indie-pop shuffle of The Limp Twins; fast-rising Brighton producer Lack of Afro’s boisterous wah wah treatment of New Orleans’ Hot 8 Brass Band, and of course, Quantic’s trailblazing fusion of funk and soul with Colombian and Caribbean rhythms – you’ll find all this and more nestling happily under ‘funk’ in the Tru Thoughts lexicon.
Bag it from the Etch Shop NOW!
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04 May
100 Club, London… (continued)
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03 May
May 7th / 8th… (continued)
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29 Apr
Video preview up on Deviation… (continued)
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28 Apr
With Seb Rochford from Polar Bear and Shlomo… (continued)
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27 Apr
…a whole stack of dates, including Glastonbury!… (continued)
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27 Apr
…confirmed for June… (continued)
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25 Apr
It’s been on the Etch Shop for the last week, but you can now buy the new Beta Hector 7” from any good record store (for those of you in the US you’ll have to wait until May 4th).
Beta Hector is the solo project of Simon Hill, founding member of adored British funk band, Baby Charles, who have attracted acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, MOJO Magazine, Craig Charles (BBC 6Music), Gilles Peterson (BBC Radio 1), DJ Format and Andy Smith, to name a few.
These two tracks see Hill hooking up once again with his Baby Charles partner in crime, Dionne Charles, an enthralling and powerful frontwoman; having been compared to Sharon Jones of The Dap Kings, Dionne is known for her unique and boisterous vocals that smoothly ride over a funky, hard hitting drum groove.
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23 Apr
Good times this summer… (continued)
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21 Apr
Our friends at Africa Oye have yet again laid on another amazing line up of African music, and all for free.
Line up and information below.
www.africaoye.com
SATURDAY 19TH JUNE
Boukman Eksperyans – Haiti
Les Espoirs De Coronthie – Guinea Conakry
The Gangbe Brass Band – Benin
Ti Coca – Haiti
Victor Deme – Burkina Faso
SUNDAY 20 JUNE
Andrew Tosh – Jamaica
Carlou D – Senegal
Les Freress Guisse – Senegal
Michael Rose – Jamaica
The Rasites – UK
To’Mezclao – Cuba
Africa Oyé is the UK’s largest free celebration of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Beginning in 1992 as a series of small gigs in the city centre, the event has gone from strength-to-strength, moving to its present Sefton Park home in 2002 to cope with demand. Now in its nineteenth year, Africa Oyé continues to grow. In 2009 the event attracted an audience of over 20,000 people and even more are expected to attend Oyé 2010.
With too many negative representations of Africa entrenched in images of war, disease, poverty and famine, Oyé seeks to redress the balance and highlight the fantastic range of cultures, foods, music and artists that make this great continent one of the most vibrant and inspiring in the world. The festival is also a truly international event that harnesses the spirit of multiculturalism and tolerance. It has played host to artists from nations right across Africa and also programmes music from South America and The Caribbean with Salsa, Soca and Reggae always a popular addition to the festivities.
But Africa Oyé is about more than music. Over 40 stalls selling the best food, drink, arts and crafts and fashion from Africa and beyond will again be present at the Oyé village along with long time supporter ‘News From Nowhere’, one of the UK’s premier stockists of African music, with all the performing artists and much more on sale, it’s a great opportunity to not only take in some of the best roots music around, but take some home with you too.
www.africaoye.com
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20 Apr
We feel, as an independent record label, that people should always pay for our music, but don’t just take our word for it … Head over to MusicSupportedHere.com to hear what artists, like our very own Belleruche, have to say.
All Tru Thoughts music is available direct from us here
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15 Apr
Available at Etch Shop… (continued)
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14 Apr
Click this link to be transported to 7 Digital, where you can pick up ‘Like Tears In Rain’ for FREE, as well as bagging the album for a fiver.
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13 Apr
April 13th on Grenouille 888 in France… (continued)
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12 Apr
Bag the latest Shapes Compilation from any good record store NOW.
OR … Hula dance to the Etch Shop and get your copy direct from us!
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02 Apr
Released officially 12th April… (continued)
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01 Apr
From Amazon USA… (continued)
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31 Mar
Easter Sunday… (continued)
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29 Mar
New video up on You Tube… (continued)
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26 Mar
On Radio Eins – Friday 26th March… (continued)
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25 Mar
It may be a divider of music industry opinion, but no-one can deny that Spotify has rapidly gained momentum and revolutionised the thorny business of legally enjoying music online – and we can now report that we have notched up more than 1,250,000 streams of Tru Thoughts tracks on the service in a matter of months.
Our own revolutionary idea is if you have streamed any Tru Thoughts album 4 or 5 times then we guess you probably like the album, and ask if you’d now consider buying it. While the exposure for the music is great, the money we get from Spotify is a drop in the ocean (0.001p a play!) so if you like the music, then why not take the next step and ensure that the musicians get paid for their work. Head to www.EtchShop.co.uk to buy direct from us and get the best price around on all Tru Thoughts music.
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24 Mar
Over the last few weeks you might have noticed BBC 6’s Nemone playing some classic TT funk tracks. These have all been taken from our forthcoming Tru Thoughts Funk compilation, to be released in May this year. As you can imagine, A&R Robert Luis was faced with a serious case of kid-in-a-candy-store syndrome when compiling this little beauty – more news soon.
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23 Mar
March 27th… (continued)
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22 Mar
Episode 5… (continued)
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22 Mar
Bag it NOW… (continued)
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11 Mar
Head over to Bandcamp to get a FREE download of ‘Like Tears In Rain’ taken from the new album ’4.’ You can also stream the rest of the album.
Click me for the free track
Click me to pre-order ‘4’ now
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10 Mar
Taken from Liberty EP… (continued)
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09 Mar
Whilst on tour in the US Ben Nostalgia did an exclusive DJ mix for KCRW.
You can check it in their archives.
In other Nostalgia 77 news…
Skeletons will make their live debut at Cargo on the 8th May, featuring guest appearances from Larry Stonephace Stabbins and Jeb Loy Nichols. The evening is hosted by Natural Self (DJ) and boasts support from Lizzy Parks. More on this closer to the time.
If you haven’t already you can buy the new album ‘Smile’ from Etch Shop now. The limited edition vinyls will also be available soon.
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04 Mar
Saturday 6th March… (continued)
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04 Mar
In the USA… (continued)
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03 Mar
From Etch Shop… (continued)
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02 Mar
2nd March at 8pm… (continued)
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28 Feb
In every good record store… (continued)
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22 Feb
OUT NOW on Etch Shop… (continued)
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22 Feb
In all good record stores… (continued)
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19 Feb
Getting some great reviews… (continued)
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15 Feb
X2 Snowboarding… (continued)
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15 Feb
One Offs, Remixes and B Sides… (continued)
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11 Feb
Hard working intern needed… (continued)
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10 Feb
Quantic in the top 5 albums… (continued)
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09 Feb
For On The Sly feat Kylie Auldist… (continued)
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09 Feb
New Video… (continued)
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07 Feb
OUT NOW… (continued)
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07 Feb
Only in the USA… (continued)
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04 Feb
Stream the show now… (continued)
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02 Feb
Feb 14th… (continued)
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01 Feb
Win. Win. Win.… (continued)
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01 Feb
On The Sly (feat. Kylie Auldist)… (continued)
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26 Jan
Everyone’s at it these days… (continued)
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26 Jan
This Friday – Fopp instore & Big Chill Bar gig… (continued)
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24 Jan
OUT NOW… (continued)
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19 Jan
One week before official release… (continued)
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15 Jan
New EP released in March / Bristol gigs… (continued)
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11 Jan
OUT NOW… (continued)
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07 Jan
The blogosphere speaks… (continued)
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07 Jan
Best of 2009… (continued)
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06 Jan
Triple J – hottest 100 tracks of 2009… (continued)
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05 Jan
Available on Etch Shop NOW… (continued)
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04 Jan
Here’s hoping the merry festive period brought you everything you needed and you feel fully rested and ready for 2010.