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500 years of Black music in Britain explored in new London exhibition

Opening this spring, the Beyond The Bassline exhibition will explore the people, spaces and genres that have defined the landscape of Black British music

A new major exhibition documenting 500 years of Black music in Britain is opening at the British Library. Running from 26th April to 26th August...

Premiere: Last Nubian & Sweet Fruity Brunch ‘in da morning/shaka (feat. Achanté)’
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Premiere: Last Nubian & Sweet Fruity Brunch ‘in da morning/shaka (feat. Achanté)’

Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass kicks off its dancefloor-focused 12” series with a smoky, jazz-soaked six-tracker of house and bruk 

Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass label will release a new EP from Last Nubian & Sweet Fruity Brunch, ‘babylon shuffle’, next month. Listen to...

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Touching Bass announces Barbican collaboration with Anaiis and Astrønne show

The event at Milton Court Concert Hall will take place in September

Touching Bass is hosting a concert featuring Anaiis and Astrønne at the Barbican. The club night, record label, NTS Radio show and curatorial/creative studio helmed...

Compilation of the Month: Various Artists ‘Touching Bass presents: Soon Come’
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Compilation of the Month: Various Artists ‘Touching Bass presents: Soon Come’

Errol, Alex Rita and Sammseed of Touching Bass curate a collection of deep, jazzy grooves for hazy days and cosmic club nights, celebrating the London movement’s soul and versatility 

Founded in 2014, Touching Bass overlapped with the peerless Plastic People for about a year before the latter was forced to close. It was enough...

Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label shares two new singles from ‘Soon Come’ compilation: Listen
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Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label shares two new singles from ‘Soon Come’ compilation: Listen

'Miss U' by Ego Ella May and Blck Spvde's 'Save A Lil Seat feat. DJ Harrison' are available now. 

Two new tracks have been shared from 'Soon Come', a 22-track compilation due for release on Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass label in July...

Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass announces 22-track compilation, 'Soon Come'
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Errol and Alex Rita's Touching Bass announces 22-track compilation, 'Soon Come'

The release is split between music suited to day and night moods

South London label and collective Touching Bass is releasing a new 22-track compilation this summer, called 'Soon Come'. The release is the first compilation on...

The Sound Of: Touching Bass
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The Sound Of: Touching Bass

Encompassing parties, a record label and a beloved radio show, Errol and Alex Rita’s Touching Bass has created an open space to celebrate Black music in all its forms, from jazz to jungle and beyond. Alongside a woozy mix exploring the DNA of Touching Bass’ past, present and future by Sammseed, Ria Hylton documents the movement’s ethos and story so far 

“Touching Bass is a musical movement,” Errol Anderson tells DJ Mag. “And when I say movement, I’m thinking of forward movement — energy.” Alex Rita...
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How Black-led music organisations are creating opportunities for emerging talent

Black-owned music organisations, radio stations and record labels are helping to create vital platforms for Black producers and DJs who’ve been held back by systemic...

Though all genres of Black music have been subjected to exclusion, commodification and whitewashing, Black ownership in music varies. While rap and hip-hop are largely...
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Selections: Errol

In this regular feature, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp...

Clubs around the world are shut, and opportunities to find new music out in the wild have been ripped from under our feet as a...