Podcasts about first word records

Victoria Port guests on Groovement to talk with Agent J about her debut EP on First Word Records, Did It Again, reflecting on motherhood and family legacy.Did It Again is available now on vinyl and digital www.victoriaport.bandcamp.comOriginally broadcast 10 February 2025 on Reform Radio.

Music and conversation with Aly Gillani from First Word Records in the second half of the show. Talking about the early days of the label, working with Children Of Zeus and his British Street Soul compilation Love & Purpose alongside some early and recent First Word releases. Plus Hip Hop from Sonnyjim, Doechii, KRS One. Broken Beat from IG Culture's LCSM, Sticky Dub and Kuna Maze. A classic from 4hero. A quality tune from Vibration Black Finger. Bass and beats from Delian Sound v Spectre. Plus plenty more music treats.

First Word Records is proud to bring you ‘The Making of Silk', the brand new album from Allysha Joy. Allysha Joy is a deeply-expressive singer, songwriter, producer & keys player hailing from Naarm (Melbourne), known for both her solo work and as front woman for 30/70. A uniquely-talented artist, her husky soulful voice, formidable Fender Rhodes prowess and raw poeticism has garnered legions of attentive fans the world over. As an integral performer in the modern day jazz-soul scene, previous support has included selectors Gilles Peterson & Jamz Supernova (BBC 6 Music), Jamie Cullum (BBC Radio 2), China Moses (Jazz FM) & Laurent Garnier (PBB France), along with stations such as NTS, Lot Radio, KEXP & KCRW, and publications including OkayPlayer, Dazed and The Vinyl Factory. See less  

Welcome to Episode #133 of the Blue-in-Green:PODCAST which this week sees Imran connect with the revered harpist, composer, author and educator, Amanda Whiting. Already an established artist with album releases through Jazzman Records, Amanda's boundless talents have really risen to prominence this year with the last six months generating some incredible successes. The 'Lost in Abstraction Remixes' EP came at the tail-end of 2023 through the Scrimshire-helmed Albert's Favourites label and was swiftly followed by her collaborative First Word Records release with Don Leisure, 'Beyond the Midnight Sun'. Recognising her immeasurable talent, First Word were keen to induct Amanda into the label's hallowed halls recently releasing her amazing project, 'The Liminality of Her'. Three projects that go a long way in demonstrating the scope of Amanda's boundless skill and talents. We were thrilled to have secured time with Amanda as a feature presentation for our International Jazz Day celebrations (28th April 2024) so you can now catch the complete unedited conversation here. During our chat, we discuss the aforementioned three projects and her journey to jazz via the harp. We'd love to extend a gratious thank you to Amanda for her time and for gifting us with a genuinely fascinating conversation. To explore Amanda Whiting releases further and to check out the new 'The Liminality of Her' album, please visit the Bandcamp page below: https://amandawhiting.bandcamp.com/music www.blueingreenradio.com www.blueingreenradio.com/p/listenlive.html TuneIn: bit.ly/2LBK0BD The Blue-in-Green:PODCAST runs in conjunction with the online radio station, Blue-in-Green:RADIO which celebrates 21st century soul, jazz, funk, Latin & hip-hop music. These shows are designed to give you some insight into the incredible range of talented presenters we're so lucky to host from all over the world and to geek out musically with us.

Jazz Ahead 236 1. Ultramarine, Mary Halvorson, Cloudward, Nonesuch Records, 2024 2. Grieving Was Yesterday, Simon Spiess Quiet Trio, Euphorbia, Intakt Records, 2024 3. Nottetempo, Arturo Garra, Inverno, Autoproduzione, 2023 4. Perfect Blue, David Cordero & Carlos Ferreira, Silent Articulations, Aural Canyon Music, 2023 5. African Sun, Henry Franklin (Shabaka Hutchings Remix), Remixes 20, Jazz is Dead, 2023 6. Maritime Jazz, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Les Grandes Vacances, Jakarta Records, 2024 7. Defiant, Tender, Warrior, Charles Lloyd, The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow, Blue Note Records, 2024 8. Rising Son, Takuya Kuroda, Rising Son, First Word Records, 2023 9. In Tongues, Swart Waling Koolhaas, Joost Swart, Bjorn Waling, Jesse Koolhaas, Urban Waves, 2023

In this episode I'm speaking with singer, songwriter, poet, lyricsit, musician, producer, selector, Worldwide FM radio host, Allysha Joy. Currently based in the UK, Allysha and I recently spoke at the start of a long list of her European touring dates to follow from her latest solo album Torn : Tonic on First Word Records. While happily based in the Northern hemisphere for the coming months, a full schedule of production sessions have been booked to work on more music. We spoke about gender politics in music, being supported by the UK music scene and how to avoid burnout while touring. FOLLOW ALLYSHA JOY: http://allyshajoy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/allysha_joy/

This week's After Dark mix comes from the Manchester DJ and producer, Werkha. To celebrate the release of his new album, All Werk Is Play on First Word Records, he's put together a 55-minute mix which weaves between the dancefloor and deeper jazzy cuts.

A song from Allysha Joy's forthcoming album on First Word Records. Hip Hop from KRS One's new album, Busta Rhymes feat Rakim and Chris Rock and a classic from A Tribe Called Quest. Deep meditative choir styles from Beautiful Chorus. Jazzy Jeff & James Poyser remixing Moonchild. Alex Nut reworks Sade. A tune from Prince and a quality Drum & Bass tune from Zero T. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Aly Gillani discusses the view from where he sits, managing award winning indie label First Word Records and working for Bandcamp.  Mike Hanrahan toured the world, played stadiums, had the ears of politicians, shared stages with an array of Irish folk music legends, but he packed it all in to train and work as a chef. In this episode he lays bare a unique, rich and enlightening career. 

This week we wax lyrical about lyrics. Do lyrics matter? Can you ignore a bad lyric and still enjoy the tune? Anne and Eamon are not so sure. We also have a plague rave update and learn how the Sheffield hardcore massive don't take kindly to day trippers. This weeks feature is Let's Work! Anne calls up an old friend to talk about Bandcamp. Since the beginning of Lockdown Bandcamp have achieved almost saintly status through their continued support for independent artists so we thought we would ask Aly Gillani, label representative for Bandcamp Europe, exactly who they are, what they do, and why it matters. Not only that but we got three tip-top recommendations from Aly who also runs First Word Records and DJ's on Worldwide FM. Finally our guest is Northern Irish author Wendy Erskine. Wendy is a real music lover and what with her latest book 'Satan is real' being published by none other than Rough Trade she has an affinity with music both in her writing and in her life. Our Spotify playlist is available for those of you keen to know more about every single song we mention. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3KipWIafsAD9hnDNjhDiPG?si=9J7ae075TU6dLSt0jZxdXw For those of you unwilling to give the Spotify man your money we have also made a YouTube version https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPPl5xM2fbUoUeda0pyDzmooxM9OSIXBi We were very pleased that Steve from Sheffield contacted the show about the rebirth of the illegal raves and how the story up north differs slightly from the plague raves down south. He wrote the following: "You'll be pleased to know that Illegal raves are very much still a thing up here, (normally) happening each weekend somewhere in a remote rural location or the occasional warehouse. Free Parties are well attended with good people (always a few knobheads in my experience, this is England after all). The cops sometimes show up but the rules are "Don't let anyone hurt themselves, tidy your rubbish and put your fires out". I've never been to one where we had to pay to get in. Around the summer solstice, there was a rumour of one happening in Sheffield, when the local soundsystem crews found out that it was out-of-towners, they mobilised and blocked off all the usual Free Party Spots, making sure the chancers didn't put on a party that was going to be another shit show (like Manchester). It even made the local rag!" https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/sheffield-music-community-and-police-work-together-prevent-illegal-lockdown-raves-2890778 We reference a bit of Heavy Metal devilment in this show so here is a link to Judas Priest fronting up in a US court. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiU9zkhgb0I Please share our posts on social media it will really help the show grow. CONTACT US: WHATGOESPOD@GMAIL.COM @WHATGOESPOD - Twitter @WHATGOESPOD - Instagram

Charlotte Carpenter from Babywoman Records sits down with Aly from Bandcamp to talk about how incredible (and rightfully so) the service is to independent artists. How valuable is Bandcamp to the DIY music scene? What creative ways can you be using your Bandcamp page to grow your fanbase and make some serious cash? We find out all of the answers and some juicy scoop about their beta vinyl service too. That's right, Bandcamp are helping DIY artists achieve their life long dream of having their music on vinyl. This is the podcast and community by artists for artists. Follow Babywoman Records: https://www.instagram.com/babywomanrecords/ Follow Charlotte Carpenter: https://www.instagram.com/ccarpentermusic/ Follow Bandcamp and Aly's own label First Word Records: https://www.instagram.com/bandcamp/ https://bandcamp.com/ http://www.firstwordrecords.com/ Check out the beta vinyl service: https://bandcamp.com/vinyl

Black Lives Matters

Black Lives Matters

Yo-ville! It's episode #27 of The Allergies podcast, people. On the show this month we got a BRAND NEW joint by us (yey!), a "shedit" from the homie Daytoner, and a robo-tastic party-starting cover version by Aussie supergroup, The Traffic. Plus, an interview with First Word Records co-founder, Andy H. He stops by to talk about his long-running club nights, and his favourite DJs, before dropping off a guest mix, blended together with long-time pal, Sandy Turnbull. Nice! It's a bumper instalment to wrap your earpieces around then, yeah? PEEEEEEAAAACE!

Greetings guys and gals. We're back and coming at-cha with lots of new cuts from our brand new album 'Steal The Show'. We've also got new music 45 Live, a great Brazilian reissue and to top things off we have Huey Morgans favourite DJ and First Word Records label manager, DJ BobaFatt up in the guest spot! Enjoy! x

Groovement sat down with Yazmin for the Manchester date of her UK tour, celebrating the release of new single 90 Degrees and her signing to the illustrious First Word Records. The release of the Black Moon EP on Yazmin and her band's own Running Circle label saw her star rise prominently in 2017. Later this year First Word will release a 5 track EP based around 90 Degrees. --- Listen to and buy Yazmin's music at: https://yazminlacey.bandcamp.com/ Twitter: @Yazmin_Lacey Facebook: /YazminLaceyMusic --- In Yazmin's words: "'90 Degrees' is about that time of the day / night when there's a shift in pace and energy. When you decide to lock off from the 'outside' world and create your own atmosphere, take some time to give thanks for what's breathing love into your life and smoke off the fuckeries. Everyone needs a little routine for self preservation." Track listing: Yazmin Lacey - A Mother Lost Tall Black Guy - Running Away Too 3's Yazmin Lacey - 90 Degrees Yazmin Lacey - Buffering Yazmin LAcey - Black Moon Recorded upstairs at The Castle Hotel, Manchester on 28 March 2018.

This time Oonops drops some real heavy, exclusive and unreleased world music for your listening pleasure. His two guests in this month’s show are Björn Wagner – head honcho of the lovely Mocambo Records label – who did a little funk’n’soul showcase of Mocambo 45s with sample-flips, versions, previously unreleased and classic tracks. Next guest is DJ Gilla from the UK – label boss of First Word Records – with a beautiful selection out of his crates. But before Oonops starts the show with music for the open minded audience including a hot vinyl selection of dub, afro, indie and spiritual sounds. Including exclusive Agogo Records testpressings by Hidden Jazz Quartett and Manuel Volpe & Rhabdomantic Orchestra. Lay back and enjoy the ride.

This time Oonops drops some real heavy, exclusive and unreleased world music for your listening pleasure. His two guests in this month’s show are Björn Wagner – head honcho of the lovely Mocambo Records label – who did a little funk’n’soul showcase of Mocambo 45s with sample-flips, versions, previously unreleased and classic tracks. Next guest is DJ Gilla from the UK – label boss of First Word Records – with a beautiful selection out of his crates. But before Oonops starts the show with music for the open minded audience including a hot vinyl selection of dub, afro, indie and spiritual sounds. Including exclusive Agogo Records testpressings by Hidden Jazz Quartett and Manuel Volpe & Rhabdomantic Orchestra. Lay back and enjoy the ride.

Après Souleance, voici un autre français qui vient de signer sur le label anglais First Word Records, antre des Tall Black Guy, Kidkanevil et autre Essa. Quiet Dawn s'était illustré jusque là par des participations à la production d'albums d'autres artistes comme Dandy Teru sur l'album "Adventures". Il était temps que le producteur, qui vit aujourd'hui à Orléans sorte un disque en son nom. C'est chose faite avec "The First Day" qui regorge de featurings comme Oddisee, Miles Bonny, Sarah Gessler ou encore Majnun. Sorte de retour à l'envoyeur de ces artistes qui illustrent un opus complet ainsi que pluriel autour des sonorités hip hop, electronica et beats music. A l'occasion de la sortie mondiale du disque cette semaine, il nous fera l'amitié de passer voir et de nous délivrer un mix.   PLAYLIST DE L'EMISSION : 1. Intro : - Lisa Spada : Remembering Spring 2. Interview Quiet Dawn : - Quiet Dawn feat. Oddisee : New Dawn (Ohmega Watts remix) - Quiet Dawn feat. Majnun : Dusk - Quiet Dawn : After Sex 3. Mix Quiet Dawn : - Christoph El' Truento : Dinosaur Blanket - Flako : Payaso - Paul White : Running On A Rainy Day - Mabanua : d.b Funk - Max Ox : Polar Express - Pepin : Iwate Safari Park - Henry Wu : Black Rigsby - Harvey Sutherland : Bamboo - Mr. Beatnick : Ice Cream Strut L'album "The First Day" est disponible sur le Bandcamp de Quiet Dawn 4. La Muzulière : - Mutiny : Lump      

Show #143 begins 2014 flipping through the discography of First Word Records, including selections from Tall Black Guy, Souleance, Comfort Fit, Teotima Ensemble, Essa, Frameworks, and more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.

Hideout Sessions*86 As another couple of winter weeks slip by, we once again find ourselves faced with the prospect of 2hrs of the best brand new music. Gathered lovingly by lil' ol' me, get yourselves limbered up and strapped in for cuts from Nickodemus, Portico Quartet, Simple, Colman Brothers, Radio Diffusion, Glenn Astro and a ton more. Plus the extra wonderful bonus of an exclusive 30min mix from First Word Records' top dog, DJ Gilla. Enjoy the show and spread the love, See you in a couple! Ross xx GET IN TOUCH: hideoutsessions@mac.com www.firstwordrecords.com www.mixcloud.com/firstwordrecords www.facebook.com/the.parttimeheroes www.soundcloud.com/ross-pth www.part-timeheroes.com 1. C2C 'The Beat (Original)' (Mercury) 2. Nickodemus, ft. The Real Live Show 'Give The Drummer Some (DJ Regal's 7inch B-Boy Drum Flip)' (Wonder Wheel) 3. Romanowski 'Studio 2' (Trouser Trout) 4. The Soul Session 'Horse with no Name (Bopperson Re Edit)' (Soundcloud) 5. Colman Brothers 'On A Better Day I'm Dreamin (Tall Black Guy Remix)' (Wah Wah 45s) 6. Portico Quartet 'Rubidium (Luke Abbott Remix)' (Real World) 7. Yosi Horikawa, ft. Jesse Boykins III, Anenon & Gordon Gilmour 'Whispers From An Angel' (First Word Records) -------------------------------------------------- DJ GILLA IN THE MIX 8. Old Ground - Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra (First Word) 9. Paradox - Riot Jazz Brass Band (First Word) 10. 10 Seconds Reflip - kidkanevil (First Word) 11. From Home, To Work And Back Again - Tall Black Guy (First Word) 12. Boom Bap Routine - Souleance (First Word) 13. Nitro - Comfort Fit (First Word) 14. Waves - Joey Bada$$ (Promo) 15. Flowers - Andrew Ashong (Sound Signature) 16. Mattered Much ft Olivier Daysoul - Oddisee (Mello Music Group) 17. While I Wake Up (FRMX) - Essa aka Yungun (Bandcamp) 18. Bring It All Together (Social Beings Remix ft Ad-Apt) - Homecut (First Word) ------------------------------------------------ 19. Simple 'Main Street' (Apollo) 20. A/S/O/S 'A Taste Of Struggle (Original Mix)' (Deep Medi) 21. Romare 'The Blues (It Began In Africa)' (Black Acre) 22. Terje Saether ft. Malin Pettersen 'Scared (Gregorythme Remix)' (Darkroom Dubs) 23. Radio Diffusion 'BHVL' (Compost) 24. Dusky 'What I Never Knew (Mono Bass Vinyl Version)' (Aus Music) 25. El_Txef_A 'A Place To Fall Apart (Peter A's When The Lights Went Out Mix)' (Fiakun) 26. Glenn Astro 'The Power (Medlar remix)' (Wotnot) 27. Deadbeat 'ID2' (BLKRTZ) 28. Donald Byrd 'Wind Parade' (Blue Note)

Herma Puma: Pimp Rocker We want to continue bringing you the best in music all year long. Fresh off my road trip to Chicago, this track comes from supaproducers Herma Puma.  Herma Puma is the duo of  Simple X and Pimpernel Jones. I'll be the first to admit that I'm a beat fanatic. Instrumentals and dope beatz are a fine passion for this ageless B-Boy. No wonder I like to share and promote the music  of the ill headz who are creating these masterpieces. The timing couldn't be more perfect as the new album from Herma Puma drops today on First Word Records and globally on iTunes, Amazon, and all digital stores. Show your love and expand your playlist with some "real" hip hop. Without further adieu we give you a snippet of  Herma Puma. Enjoy. COA   Herma Puma 1. 7/12 release date on itunes, amazon, etc. 2. 7" single comes with free download code for lp Twitter Following @hermapuma @SimpleXmusic  or connect with them on Facebook !