As part of our Revolution and Change - Post Katrina New Orleans event, Nick Hanson will be adapting his ‘infamous’ tag ‘Have a lovely day’ into a bottle top installation.
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DJ Vadim - An Interview
The Dubcatcher, The Terrorist, the beatmaker, the chef..DJ Vadim is a producer and turntablist extraordinaire..with a brand new album and a twentieth anniversary to prepare for, he's a busy man but we managed to grab a few words and an exclusive mix from him...
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Cassetteboy - An Interview
Cassetteboy are the Arch Princes of satirical cut-up, video splicing and misquoting to create a surreal, very funny and probably truthful image of the so called 'great and the good'.
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Steve Cobby 'Everliving' - Album Review
'Everliving' is fourteen tracks of immaculately loose, funky and emotional instrumentals, played by a man who wants you to know he is present and involved..deeply. Ex-Friendly reviews it but you should just buy it!
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Label Focus #4: Squareglass
Label Focus #4 Squareglass - Elegance, abstraction and bleeps from the South East London label. Squareglass release their first label sampler. ‘Transparencies’, a nine track compilation released this week...
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Rave Against Racism - Interview with Jock Lee
Rave Against Racism is an organisation that aims to raise awareness about racism worldwide and the current rise of the far right in the UK and Europe. Their angle is through the world of clubbing and it’s ‘all are welcome’ attitude whether you are black, white, gay, straight, freak or football fan! Ex-Friendly chats with co-founder Jock Lee...
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Africa Oyé 2015 - Interview with Creative Director Paul Duhaney
Africa Oyé is the UK's largest free festival of African music and culture and takes place annually in Liverpool. Ex-Friendly caught up with old friend and Creative Director of Oyé Paul Duhaney...
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Art Diggin' - ROKK
Having recently moved back to his hometown of Nottingham, Rokk aka Paul Bryan has been a prominent figure and DJ on London’s queer club scene since 2001 working in both music and the visual arts. Fror Crate Diggin'/Art Diggin' he is creating something unique just for us!
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Art Diggin' - Artist Jim Brouwer
For the next two weeks we welcome Artist Jim Brouwer to continue our Art Diggin' session at Crate Diggin.
Jim Brouwer recently won 2014 Castle Open Grand Prize with a video installation made with performance artist Simon Raven.
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Crate Diggin Special with Steve Cobby (DJ Set)
Truth and Lies present Crate Diggin Special: Confetti Industry Week Wrap Up with Steve Cobby (DJ Set)
DJ OIL INTERVIEW- LE RHYTHME DE LA VIE
Lionel Corsini or DJ Oil as he is known when he throws his headphones on is a French underground legend and he has a brand new and pretty damn good album out on the mighty BBE called ‘Phantom’...
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SIMON BOSWELL & theAND - Live
As part of Nottingham’s 2015 Light Night Programme and supported by Rough Trade and alongside Truth & Lies’ Crate Diggin night...we present theAND live!! - Friday 6 February 2015, Free Entry.
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JOEY HOLDER - Artist In Residence at Crate Diggin/Art Diggin
Joey Holder is an artist making a lot of noise right now. Solo and group shows, book and vinyl contributions, collaborations, talks and conferences, the woman is busy.
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Joey Holder at Crate Diggin'
After an excellent VJ performance at our recent Hockley Hustle electronic music stage, we welcome to Rough Trade, Artist Joey Holder.
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Wayne Burrows at Crate Diggin'
The third and final instalment of Wayne Burrows residency at Crate Diggin'.
Disturbances and Design .
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Wayne Burrows at Crate Diggin'
The second in the series of Art Diggin' at Crate Diggin'. Artist Wayne Burrows continues his residency with his 'Entropicalia' and Exotica selection.
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The modernists a retail-environment 1969 by Robert Holcombe.
Crate Diggin' / Art Diggin' Presents: Wayne Burrows
Art Diggin' at Crate Diggin'. This week at Rough Trade alongside the usual selection of top 10 smash hits from another planet we present Wayne Burrows for a three week show of the artists films and found footage.
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Steve Cobby Interview- Saudade & the Third Wind
Exclusive Truth and Lies interview with legendary producer and Fila Brazilia man Steve Cobby.
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The Four Factors of Crate Digging in the 21st Century.
On the launch week of our new regular Crate Diggin’ Friday at Nottingham’s new Rough Trade venue, here's an attempt to unpack the origins of crate digging.
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Label Focus 3# Soundway
The new sound of Soundways. Indigenous and International.
Soundway Records, the fantastic UK label led by DJ and record explorer Miles Clevet, has built in only 12 years, an extraordinary back catalogue of reissue releases.
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