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Serge Gamesbourg - An Interview (Boston Goes Disco!)

August 22, 2018

Serge 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!

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In INTERVIEWS, MUSIC Tags LATEST, BBE, Reviews, funk, Hip Hop, soul, Disco, NEW
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'Africa is Everywhere' - our programme for Houghton Festival 2018

July 23, 2018

Following 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. 

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In MUSIC, EVENTS, ART Tags LATEST, Africa, Latin America, Activism, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Electronic Music, New Orleans, funk, Jazz, Venezuela, Events
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Planty Herbs ´Come Into Knowledge`(MATE 15) - a review

March 19, 2018

Bobby 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...

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Electronic Music, Beats
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The Herbaliser 'Bring Out The Sound' - a review

March 5, 2018

The Herbaliser return with a new album full of confidence and swagger..read more here

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Beats, BBE, funk, Hip Hop
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ERNESTO CHAHOUD PRESENTS 'TAITU: SOUL-FUELLED STOMPERS FROM 1960S-1970S ETHIOPIA' PART 2 - The Music

February 20, 2018

In 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... 

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Ethiopia, Reviews, Africa, BBE, Electronic Music, Middle East, funk, soul
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Ernesto Chahoud Presents 'TAITU: Soul-fuelled Stompers from 1960s-1970s Ethiopia' Part 1 - The Story, the Records

February 14, 2018

Part 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... 

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In ART, MUSIC Tags LATEST, Middle East, Africa, Ethiopia, funk, BBE
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'Levanta Poeira' Afro​-​Brazilian music & rhythms from 1976 – 2016 (compiled by Tahira) - Jazz & Milk

January 30, 2018

Check our review of the superb new compilation 'Levanta Poeira'  Afro-Brazilian music & rhythms from 1976 – 2016 (compiled by Tahira)

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Brazil, Electronic Music, Beats, Latin America, Reviews
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'The Real DMZ' exhibition launch with Truth & Lies - 26th Jan 2018

January 29, 2018

We 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...

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In ART, EVENTS, MUSIC Tags LATEST, Launch, Asia, Modern Composition, Reviews, Talks, Electronic Music, Korea
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Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018)

January 23, 2018

Hugh Ramopolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018)

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Jazz, Africa
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Rave On - Matthew Collin In Conversation with Justin Turford (Truth & Lies)

January 3, 2018

Author 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)

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In EVENTS, INTERVIEWS, MUSIC Tags LATEST, Launch, Electronic Music, Detroit, Events, Reviews, Festivals, Talks
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Music that Speaks To...Drew Calhoun

December 14, 2017

We'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!

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In INTERVIEWS, MUSIC Tags LATEST, New Orleans, funk, Jazz
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'From Ear to Ear to Eye' Exhibition Launch - Nottingham Contemporary

December 12, 2017

Truth & 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

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In MUSIC, EVENTS, ART Tags LATEST, Events, Middle East, Launch
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Upright Natives 'Uptight' Truth & Lies Music (Free download and video)

December 1, 2017

Our 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!

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In MUSIC, ART Tags LATEST, Electronic Music, Beats
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Revolution and Change: Bogotá, Colombia 1995

December 1, 2017

A programme of Music and Arts exploring the inspirational transformation of Colombia’s ravaged capital in the 1990s

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In EVENTS, MUSIC Tags LATEST, Latin America, Colombia
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How to Hack a Music Venue for Disabled Audiences (an easy DIY guide!)

November 13, 2017

Here 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.

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Kind & Kinky Zoo - Released! (Légère Recordings)

November 8, 2017

Fancy some fierce and raw 60's meets Afro style funk in your life? Then try this from Switzerland's Kind & Kinky Zoo...

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, funk, Beats
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Tiny Leaves 'Notes On Belonging' (Pegdoll Records)

November 1, 2017

Tiny 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.

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Modern Composition, Reviews
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Cy Gorman 'Kupu Kupu' EP (Heard and Felt)

October 26, 2017

Melbourne'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!

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Electronic Music, Beats, Australia, Asia
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Truth & Lies' Silent Disco for Hockley Hustle 2017 - Photos by Nick Clague

October 18, 2017

Ace 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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In EVENTS, MUSIC, ART Tags LATEST, Activism, Events, Festivals
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IF Music presents ‘You Need This: An Introduction To Black Saint & Soul Note (1975 - 1985) - BBE Records

October 5, 2017

From the compiler of the essential ‘Journey into Deep Jazz Volumes 1 and 2’ on BBE comes the first in a new series of albums focusing on artists or labels that may have passed by many music-lovers radar but deserve much wider recognition. Check our review here...

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In MUSIC Tags LATEST, Jazz, Reviews, BBE
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