For the past five years, High Focus Records has been a haven for UK Hip-Hop, producing such talent as Fliptrix, The Four Owls and Dirty Dike. To celebrate the label’s fifth birthday, they’ve dropped a free sampler featuring 14 groove-heavy remixes by Pete Cannon. Highlights include the Eastern-themed ‘You Don’t Own Me’ by 3 Amigos, and ‘Soundscapes’ by Fliptrix. Stay tuned on the FMM for more free music from the High Focus clan very soon.
Best of the (South) West
The FMM blog started in the South West of England, and we consider it our duty to share with you some of the amazing unsigned talent that surrounds us and is truly deserving of a wider audience.
Sheelanagig @ Bridgwater Arts Centre
StandardSheelanagig are bringing their brand of highly danceable Balkan folk to Bridgwater! They’ll be playing Bridgwater Arts Centre next Saturday (30th May) and it’s sure to be an upbeat affair. You can find tickets here.
The band hail from Bristol, UK and have played Beautiful Days, Glastonbury and WOMAD over the years.
This creative video for ‘Lost in Transitvania’ is sure to whet your appetite, coming as it does with a free download of the track, available here at the band’s Bandcamp.
Cardinal Bay – Way Back Home EP
StandardBridgwater’s own Cardinal Bay deliver a solid first EP full of hook-laden yet technical Post Hardcore jams. You can download it for free at their Bandcamp page, here.
While you’re there, why not check out Cardinal Bay’s Tour Dates for a date near you.
The Free Music Movement 