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Schon der unerträglich gut gelaunte deutsche Barde Tony Marshall war begeistert von der Hoya. Naja, vielleicht hat er in seinem Lied "Schöne Maid" doch über jemand anderen gesungen. Sei es drum. In dieser Folge geht es um die Hoya.
Looking for a Hoya you can thoroughly enjoy… even without flowers? This week, the Plant Daddies check in on Hoya polyneura, one they both consider a favorite “foliage Hoya”. How did we cut through the varying care information found online? How did our plants fare in our different conditions? And why does Matthew prefer mermaids to fish? Then on the After Show, what are our next Hoya goals… if we have any left? To listen, head over to Patreon - Official Patrons get to listen ad-free with exclusive access to our After Shows!https://www.patreon.com/plantdaddypodcastWe've teamed up with Soltech Solutions! Save 15% on amazing plant lights with code PLANTDADDYPODCAST!
For episode 012 I welcome a guest mix from a long time friend and collaborator Illum Sphere. For over a decade we have been DJ'ing and putting on parties together since our beginnings running small live art events in Manchester. Since those days we went on to set up Hoya:Hoya, a monthly club night and label that ran for over 7 years and held down residencies at Fabric as well as got to play all over the World from LA to festivals in Croatia together. A few years back Ryan (Illum Sphere) relocated to Berlin and has been busy working on his music which culminated in him releasing his 2nd lp Glass on Ninja Tune to much acclaim. This mix see's him showcase what an exceptional DJ & selector he is as he journeys through New Wave, Techno, Krautrock, Industrial, Disco, Digital Dancehall and lots more with a mix that will please the serious music heads as much as the casual listener. Leading into this is the usual mini mix from Jonny Dub setting the scene for the guest mix
Many people claim to have eclectic tastes, but few carry through on their promises as ably as Illum Sphere. The Manchester man is as likely to drop a hip hop joint as he is freak you out with some wave or dub, make you move your ass with some boogie or pummel you into submission with some techno. It is the same story at his night, Hoya:Hoya, which has grown into one of his native city’s most acclaimed parties, with unbeatable residents like Jon K, Krystal Klear and Jonny Dub a key part of that. Given his magpie approach to playing records, it’s no wonder the same goes for Illum Sphere’s style when producing. He has put out his wares on 3024, Fat City, Young Turks and Tectonic, and is now a regular Ninja Tune artist with a brand new album one the way later this year. The mix, which is the first after his Fabriclive in November 2014, Illum Sphere serves up is typically atypical. Over the course of eighty minutes he takes you up, down and round and round through a hard to categorise world of sound. Atmosphere and texture are as important as beats and tempos, and it is hard to think of anyone as able to cover as much ground, with as much of a sense of cohesion, as this most fascinating musical man.
Gerd Janson is the influential label boss, journalist, DJ and producer behind the Running Back imprint an doesn't need any introduction nowadays. With a fine ear for unearthing new artists and developing them on his label, Gerd has a very busy schedule and puts out a dizzying amount of music from ambient to disco, house to techno. As a DJ, he has no identifiable style but is a master of many and is someone who can play to just about any crowd and make them move. As if that wasn't enough, as one half of Tuff City Kids he kicks out the club-ready jams that keep kids dancing. Back on New Year’s Eve 2015, he played back-to-back with Irishman Krystal Klear, who is at the heart of the modern house scene in his hometown Manchester. His fresh take on a classic sound has seen him win plenty of favour with the youth of the day, as well as getting him signed to Kerri Chandler’s MadTech label. Only active for six years, he has already become a regular on the global circuit and now heads up his own Cold Tonic label as well as hosting an influential show on Rinse FM. With a great sense of humour that always permeates his music, former Hoya: Hoya resident Krystal Klear has a passion for a wide range of sounds. Our latest mix is taken from the five hour b2b the pair played that NYE. As such it really found them stretching their legs and playing across the board. From slow disco to playful r&b grooves, 80s synths to classic house, it is a truly playful set that is chock full of jams, all carefully mixed into one explosive and loved-up whole.
Jon K was a hidden treasure in the Manchester scene for many years. A DJ with a fine reputation amongst those who had seen him play, he has rightfully risen to prominence in the last couple of years off some key sets and mixes, including his notorious FACT mix of the year 2013. Part of his well informed record collection no doubt comes from the fact he has long been involved with the Fat City record store, and he has also had a residency at Hoya: Hoya alongside the likes of Illum Sphere and Lone. He is someone who always impress no matter what he is playing, and that can be anything from doom to spaced out echo-disco, hip hop to raw Chicago drum tracks. With a widescreen taste and plenty of skills to showcase it in coherent ways, he is real master of his art which is shown in his newest podcast. Jon K: “The starting point for the mix, which clocked in a lot longer than I'd planned, was a few records I picked up last time I was in Amsterdam. Next to that there's a load of forthcoming bits on there as well as a few records I've not played for donkeys years. That's actually one of the things I love about doing mixes - they make you go back through your collection & appreciate stuff in a different way.”
DABRYE's only UK date in 2011 was at HOYA HOYA, Manchester - hype around the man had been at an all time high around the end of 2011, not least in thanks to the #freeDabrye campaign in anticipation of Three/Three's eventual release... Hoya Hoya resident ILLUM SPHERE and DABRYE took to a 2 hour back to back session (3 or 4 tunes each on rotation) broadcast on Hoya's UStream and archived here on Groovement. Music all the way apart from a chat after an hour or so - enjoy! No tracks IDs - I couldn't keep up ;) http://hoyahoya.co.uk Download 320: http://www.groovement.co.uk/2011/11/podcast-dabrye-x-illum-sphere-hoyahoya-27nov11/
Lucky Me's Joe Shabadu kicks off a frankly crazy show, followed by a live Monome set by Daedelus and rounded off in true Hoya Hoya style by Illum Sphere. Also present was EMN, Hoya visualist and builder of Archimedes, Daedelus' visual platform which received its UK debut this weekend. Recorded at Hoya Towers, Manchester, UK. Presented by Agent J. 320 quality download forthcoming at http://groovement.co.uk
Lots of new music and a conversation with LONE and PARIAH outside Hoya Hoya in Manchester, where Illum Sphere's birthday bash was taking place. Also a chat with Pete Rock about comics - catch the rest of the interview in the next issue of Bonafide Magazine (http://bonafidezine.com). Tracklisting V.C. – Kind Of Bad JIN – Hard (Sourface Remix) JEFF SPEC – Invocation HASSAN MACKEY x APOLLO BROWN – Something OM UNIT vs KROMESTAR – Solar Cycle HUDSON MOHAWKE – Octan K1 – Fairy (The Legend Of Zelda) PIXELORD – Iron And Cream Part 2 DJ PUND – Everything SHABAZZ PALACES – Find Out DEPAKOTE – 1972 K-Mart Special PARIAH – Detroit Falls PARIAH x LONE – INTERVIEW RADIOHEAD – Feral (Lone Remix) STRATEGY of BROKE ‘N’ £NGLISH – LifeOnTheCostaDelSalford KLOPFENPOP ft RANDOM – TURTLE Power MEGA RAN & K-MURDOCK – Dream Master ARKIST – Fill My Coffee THE STEPKIDS – Shadows On Behalf BIG WAR – A Day In The Graveyard CHINI ft BEDOS & SASHA PANNU – Let Me Feel Your Soul COLONEL RED ft URSULA RUCKER – Gimme A Minute SERENGETI – Flutes BRANDEE YOUNGER – So Alive FIGURE OF WAX ft VICTORIA PORT – Be Myself FIGURE OF WAX – Instrumental L DIGZ – Get Em (Mustard Seed Mix) SPARKZ ft HELEN K & L DIGZ- Back to Basics MOCHIPET – Yoshi’s Dinosaur Egg Hunt DELA – Jay Hova / Music MONKY – French Vanilla MELODICA DEATHSHIP – Woe Betide Them T-WOC – Roll Dat DANNY DRIVE THRU – Black Gestapo PETE ROCK x INI – Fakin’ Jax (Sourface Remix Instrumental) PETE ROCK – INTERVIEW PETE ROCK x SMIF-N-WESSUN ft TYLER WOODS- Monumental BETA HECTOR – Jupiter Mission YOSI HIRIKAWA – Letter Archived: http://www.groovement.co.uk/2011/08/download-groovement-9aug11-ft-lone-x-pariah-pete-rock/
It’s been a long time coming, but finally we launch our podcast. Every few weeks there will be a new mix posted by either one of our residents, friends who have played, or people who are about to play Hoya. So the duty of kicking this whole thing off goes to two trusted and heavyweight selector friends of ours. They go by the names Platt and Samrai, who run the Manchester party Swing Ting, as well as teaming up on production under the same name. That Mosca remix? Yeah, that’s them. They’ve both played Hoya, and most of our crew have guested at their party, which is one of the finest in this city. It’s rare that the first of anything at Hoya goes to non-residents, but we believe in these two so much that it just seemed a no brainer. Let it begin... 1. Tarrus Riley- Soul Grabber (Yard Vybz) 2. Jah Cure- Feel It (Yard Vybz) 3. Swing Ting- Hold Your Corner (forthcoming Fat City) 4. Switch Groov Exp- Bon Tres Bien (Simbad Remix) (Bab Musique) 5. Zed Bias, Omar & Fox- Dancing (Swing Ting Special) (Tru Thoughts) 6. Smoove Kriminal- Digi-Tek (dub) 7. Martyn- Masks (Brainfeeder) 8. CRST- Revisit (No Hats No Hoods) 9. Jook 10- Growler (Soulserious) 10. xxxy- Kerpow (forthcoming All City) 11. Swing Ting- Creepin’ (forthcoming Fat City) 12. Matt IQ- Fuse Bomb (dub) 13. Slick Don- Inna Dis (Undisputed Remix) (TS7 Recordings) 14. Formula & Mr P- Magic Genie (Swing Ting Special) (dub) 15. DJ Narrows- A Little Higher (Revolution) 16. E.J- U.F.O (A.R.M.Y) 17. Preditah- Electro (StayFresh) 18. Vybz Kartel- Pree Dem (Ballaz Productions)
Agent J presents the first Groovement of the summer months, 2011. DAYSE is part of Manchester hip hop crew TNC aka The Natural Curriculum – he’s recently collaborated with fellow TNCer Aver to make their EP, available to download free from http://www.dayseandaver.com , and recommended by the likes of DJ Format. MACHINEDRUM visited Hoya Hoya this month, and we caught up about new LP Room(s), chatted about labels Lucky Me and Planet Mu, plus the state of hip hop. Twisted Roots – Ahwaddup Mecca:83 – Together(ness) Jesse Futerman – Funds Paper Tiger – Worldwide Takeover feat. Dudley Perkins Touchy Subject – Family Traditions Remy LBO – Resolve Dayse & Aver – Off By Heart INTERVIEW – Dayse (Dayse & Aver) Omas – next in my spare time Erik Rico & Marc Mac – Just Love Machinedrum – Let It (Machinedrum Remix) Tanya Auclair – Origami Nas – Nasty Emily King – Georgia Machinedrum – Fantastix INTERVIEW – Machinedrum Machinedrum – Now U Know Tha Deal 4 Real Random Axe – Jahphy Joe (feat. Melanie Rutherford & Danny Brown) Jesse Futerman – I Love You So Manni Dee – Antidote Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5 Holy Other – With U Thundercat – Daylight Toddla T – Watch Me Dance (with Roots Manuva) Roots Manuva – Watch Me Dance Rainbow Arabia – Blind (Salva remix) BNJMN – We are the weather (Kelpe remix)
Following the mammoth success of the Nihon Kizuna project, LAURENT FINTONI pays a flying visit to Groovement to chat about that and his upcoming PROJECT MOONCIRCLE work. Plus tunes, naturally. Short but sweet! Recorded live at Hoya Hoya towers, on the Eurocultured weekend in Manchester (May 29/30th, but I’ve tagged it as June as it’s taken me a fortnight to get it out). http://www.originalcultures.org http://www.ryhthmincursions.com http://www.nihonkizuna.com EAN - Bearface - Unreleased Yosi Horikawa - Passion - Nihon Kizuna Ben One - Oi... Stalker - Forthcoming Finest Ego/PMC Airliner - None She Is - airliner.bandcamp.com Com Truise - VHS Sex - Forthcoming Ghostly 2phast - Crickets - Unreleased Ta-ku - Hey Kids - Forthcoming Brownswood Huess - Not Afraid - Unreleased Don Leisure - Punta Skala - Forthcoming Finest Ego/PMC EWH feat. Snoop Dogg - Hot Waters - Free download Soundspecies - Bounce - Unreleased Eomac - Seanie's Beat - Forthcoming Finest Ego/PMC Himuro Yoshiteru - Greedy Pigeon - Unreleased InfinitiRock - GlassBalloon - Asthmatic Kitty 2phast - MoynaQ - Unreleased Sam IRL x DOOM
Took a week longer than expected this one, so please excuse the delay. Thank you for all the love on the HELZ mix, we’re both chuffed with how well it’s done! Until we’re back up and running with a studio proper, we’ll keep churning these out as long as people listen, so please support and share whenever you can. Comments are greatly appreciated below! Well chuffed to have BLUE DAISY join us after his gig at HOYA:HOYA this weekend past – 25 minutes of chat about the new album, prog rock and more. 19FEB11 Tracklist JESSIE WARE + SAMPHA – Valentine THE MOUSE OUTFIT ft SPARKZ- Revolution THE MOUSE OUTFIT ft BABA ISRAEL – Listening To Hip Hop BLACK MILK – Give The Drummer Some (Live Studio Jam) DANNY DRIVE THRU X CHIMA ANYA – Good Lord LUNICE X THE JEALOUS GUYS – Bus Stop Jazz CLARK – Herr Barr DAISUKE TANABE – Cuculus Canorus VIRTUAL BOY – Thrust TWISTED ROOTS ft LAY LAY and DUBBLE O – Voyage Across The Galaxy ODDISEE ft TOINE – Different Now CHIMA ANYA – Top Banana DORIAN CONCEPT – Her Tears Taste Like Pears DRAKE ft ALICIA KEYS – Fireworks (Deadboy Slo Mo House Edit) MOGWAI – San Pedro THE KING BLUES – We Are Fucking Angry DAEDELUS ft MILOSH – Tailor Made CRALIAS – Always Wanted To Flip This STAR SLINGER – Casanova’s Jump Off MONO/POLY – Needs Deodorant TAYLOR MCFERRIN ft RYAT – Place In My Heart J PERIOD X THE ROOTS – Could The Drummer Have Some Will I Am ft TERRY DEXTER – Lay Me Down JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – Sexy Back (Anclove Remix) HOURGLASS SEA – Memory Eternal BLEND MISHKIN ft BNC – Vampire Disco (DJ’s Version) SHAOLIN AFRONAUTS – Journey Through Time UNKNOWN SHAPES – If I Should Die BLUE DAISY – In Conversation: thoughts on new album ‘The Sunday Gift’, playing live, making music and prog rock. BLUE DAISY X TOKiMONSTA – U.S.D. BLUE DAISY – Raindrops
LORN – Stranger BLUE DAISY – Kill The DJ SLUGABED – Electric Fire CORNELIA – By The Fire MURKAGE – Paperweight APOLLO BROWN – Time Passed Autumn TYLER, THE CREATOR – Sandwitches MARY ANNE HOBBS – Interview DEBIAN BLAK – TISW (Today I Should Win) DAEDELUS ft BILAL – Overwhelmed SOLAR BEARS – Cub (Keep Shelly In Athens Remix) SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA – All Yours HIDDEN ORCHESTRA – The Burning Circle LEGION & PRO P – The Argument MATTHEDAVID – Like You Mean It ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA – Conflict Arise ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA – Interview OMAS – Lost In The Loop NINTENDO – THE LEGEND OF ZELDA (Theme) CRIME – Throw Your Sets Up CLIVE TANAKA Y SU ORQUESTRA – I Want You (So Bad) (Groundislava Remix) AGES – Rest 1 MARY ANNE HOBBS joined Groovement in the back room of Hoya Hoya’s third birthday party at the Roadhouse in Manchester, where together with Hudson Mohawke she formed the mystery element of this time’s Secret Series (five nights of unadvertised and unannounced headliners). Mary Anne had previously worked with Hoya when she played at their Warehouse Project curation. We hooked up before her set to chat post-Radio 1 life, her contribution to Black Swan and Hoya Hoya. Matt and Phred’s Jazz Club saw another excellent booking in February with the arrival of ARIYA ASTROBEAT ARKESTRA to the stage – nine members filled up the stage and I haven’t seen the venue that full… well, ever. A lovely bunch of chaps and deserving of big things, the lads came together after working disparately on a number of projects in the Leeds/First Word fam. Awareness of their self titled album continues to grow since its release as they fill up venues everywhere.
GROOVEMENT // HOYA HOYA TAKEOVER JULY 2010 KUTMAH X JAMES T COTTON X JONNY DUB X ILLUM SPHERE Presented by Agent J KUTMAH is free. Released from holding two weeks previous to the show, he’s not allowed back to his home of Los Angeles and is currently resident in Manchester, UK. Here he talks a little about his experiences plus drops a bomb of a set. JAMES T COTTON aka Dabrye amongst other aliases was also in town and shares the love with a few exclusives. JONNY DUB and ILLUM SPHERE hold down Hoya Hoya in Manchester, and regularly bring guests of the highest calibre through to the Groovement show. Hosted by Agent J, Groovement broadcasts every Sunday on Unity Radio. Tracklist follows below! Originally broadcast on www.UnityRadio.fm Sunday, 18th July 2010.
Fading into our existence for only a short time, slamming it down at Hoya Hoya in Manchester for Hallowe'en (together with Alphabet Zoo's Danny Breaks) with a live set, Agent J of Groovement shoots the ethereal shit with the don of the Afrikan Space Program, Brainfeeder's Ras G. Recorded November 2nd, 2009 @ Hoya Hoya towers, Manchester. Thanks to Jonny Dub and Illum Sphere. http://myspace.com/rasg
Well, well, well... a couple of weeks after joining us in the studio with Brackles, Daedelus returns to our humble Manchester studio with a special friend in tow in the form of the MotherFucking Gaslamp Killer. Jonny Dub of Hoya Hoya kicks us off with some typical Hoya fatness before Daedelus digs out his UK purchases and spins us some scratchy vinyl. Gaslamp drops some ill and upfront shit from his iPhone while Illum Sphere gets a late train in to finish us off. MONSTER of a show, and a direct result of Hoya KILLING it at the Warehouse Project the night before. The only way is up, gentlemen. Originally broadcast on www.UnityRadio.fm on Sunday 25th October 2009.
Thanks to the mans like Illum Sphere and Jonny Dub, Groovement landed these two LA hipsters in front of its microphone back in April: Gaslamp was playing fastbecominglegendary club night Hoya Hoya together with Sean Vinylment of Finders Keepers at the Roadhouse in Manchester, while FlyLo was visiting the Mint Lounge on a Monday night in an event put on by Hit n Run, Hoya Hoya and New Bohemia. A little warning: the FL interviews swerves into deep geek territory. If you’re averse to videogames and comics, turn away after the first twenty minutes…
Paul White's music is like the alphabet spaghetti of hip hop and Groovement was ecstatic to catch up with him and pick his brainzz when he dropped into Manchester, hitting on everything from badgers and UFOs to elaborate pillowcase packaging. Paul was spinning with Benji B at Hoya Hoya together with Illum Sphere and Jonny Dub - massive shout to the guys for sorting the hook up. Check out hoya hoya here including mix downloads... http://hoya-hoya.blogspot.com/ Paul White lives here: http://www.myspace.com/paulmw
Illum Sphere provides a new mix celebrating the 1st birthday of his club night Hoya:Hoya and the impending release of his debut release on Fat City Recordings entitled "Incoming EP"........... The mix features upfront business from MF Doom, Ras_G, Samiyam, Flying Lotus, Bullion, Dabrye, Mike Slott, Mr Dibiase and himself as well as some rare old joints!
Recorded live at Hoya:Hoya, May 31st 2008. Originally broadcast on www.UnityRadio.fm on Sunday, 29th June 2008.
Hoya:Hoya played host to Marc Mac this month... this man is a legend, a pioneer and bloody nice. We find a quiet corner in Manchester's music box and chat sci fi, Visioneers, legacies and podomatic. PS to those that asked... he hasn't got started on Battlestar Galactica yet but has definitely heard good things. Big shout to Decoy, Ryan Hunn and Jonny Dub for sorting the interview! Originally broadcast Sunday 27th April 2008.