Truth & Lies Music will be DJ support for one of the most exciting live acts out there currently, Soweto’s BCUC! Metronome, Nottingham October 24th…
Read MorePhoto courtesy of The Fuss
Photo courtesy of The Fuss
Truth & Lies Music will be DJ support for one of the most exciting live acts out there currently, Soweto’s BCUC! Metronome, Nottingham October 24th…
Read MoreSerge Gamesbourg has put together an essential compilation of super-rare funk and disco (plus his own edits) from the Boston area of the USA for BBE Records. We met with him for an in depth conversation that travels from hip hop’s ‘Golden Era’ to the art of editing with plenty of opinion thrown in…have a read!
Read MoreFollowing on from last year’s programme of explosive and heavy international rhythms centred on the Tropics, Truth and Lies Music are back to host another all day event of films, music and partying. Africa Is Everywhere explores the global influence of African music captured by a series of curated short films and rare footage, and DJ sets that take you on a journey of the continent’s extraordinary musical legacy. The enduring quality of Ethiopian Jazz, the fierce and funky activism of Afrobeat, the enormous reciprocal relationship with the Americas, and the transcendental voices and electronic music of South Africa are threaded together to tell one of the biggest stories in dance music. With DJ sets from South African DJ SNO (Dimensions Directory/Banana Hill), Dr Horn, Truth & Lies Music and Afrodisiac.
Read MoreBobby Ban Putten has put out a gorgeous album of intricate beats, lush textures and emotional depth on Marcel Vogel´s Intimate Friends...have we found the Netherlands answer to Bonobo here? Read more...
Read MoreThe Herbaliser return with a new album full of confidence and swagger..read more here
Read MoreIn part 2 of our in depth review of Ernesto Chahoud's brilliant new compilation of Ethiopian floorshakers, we look at and listen to the music...read and listen here...
Read MorePart 1 of a 2 part look at Ernesto Chahoud's top new compilation of raw and funky Ethiopian records from the 1960s-1970s on BBE...we look at his self-told history and the actual records themselves...the review of the compilation will be in Part 2...
Read MoreCheck our review of the superb new compilation 'Levanta Poeira' Afro-Brazilian music & rhythms from 1976 – 2016 (compiled by Tahira)
Read MoreWe were asked to DJ for the launch of this timely new exhibition about the Korean border at New Art Exchange in Nottingham on Friday 26th January. Read more...
Read MoreHugh Ramopolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018)
Read MoreAuthor Matthew Collin will be in conversation with Truth & Lies Music's Justin Turford, in-store at Rough Trade Nottingham, launching 'Rave On - Global Adventures in Electronic Dance Music', published 11th January 2018, via: Serpent's Tail (Profile Books)
Read MoreWe've invited Drew Calhoun from the Hot 8 Brass Band to choose a selection of music he loves for our 'Music That Speaks To' series...dive in!
Read MoreTruth & Lies will playing a carefully curated set of music from the Arab world in support of this major new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary on 15th December...read more
Read MoreOur own Ex-Friendly has teamed up with J-Ven as Upright Natives and released this minor electronica gem on Truth & Lies Music. We are offering you a free download of the EP and a chance to view the brilliant video by Alex Morris (The Framley Examiner)...enjoy!
Read MoreA programme of Music and Arts exploring the inspirational transformation of Colombia’s ravaged capital in the 1990s
Read MoreHere at Truth & Lies, we fully support anything that helps increase accessibility for all audiences and Attitude Is Everything has come up with this simple guide for helping make gigs easier for disabled audiences to access.
Read MoreFancy some fierce and raw 60's meets Afro style funk in your life? Then try this from Switzerland's Kind & Kinky Zoo...
Read MoreTiny Leaves is the music of composer Joel Nathaniel Pike and he has made this really quite lovely four track album using only piano and strings. Full of yearning and pastoral reflection, this is perfect music for letting go and just being.
Read MoreMelbourne's Cy Gorman has released this super-fresh EP mixing 808s, ukeleles, samples and Indonesian/Indian vocals and it sounds unlike anything we've heard before!
Read MoreAce snapper Nick Clague took some shots of the Silent Disco that we curated and ran for this year's awesome Hockley Hustle festival in Nottingham!
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