uk hip hop’s original and best live band are back with brand new album ‘bring out the sound’, released in march 2018 on bbe music. founded in the early 90s by ollie teeba and jake wherry, the herbaliser have earned every single accolade they’ve received during almost 25 years of touring and recording. best known for delivering a series of groundbreaking albums on ninja tune and providing one of the all-time highlights of the ‘fabric live’ mix series, the herbaliser’s most recent lp ‘there were seven’ was issued on their own ‘department h’ imprint back in 2012. having worked with hip hop royalty such as jazzy jeff and pete rock over the years, not to mention releasing j dilla’s first and last solo albums, bbe are delighted to share in the herbaliser’s musical journey.

formerly known as cosmosis on and part of the neon phusion and herbaliser bands this is the first release under the new name of grudge monkey for mark forces schtum stable grudge monkey hustle is a breaky percussion brew with a henry mancini style wind and horn section that hints at their former session work bossman mark force tackles the track two footed jumping in to maximise the bruk breaks

back in 2000 the herbaliser released their acclaimed doublevinyl album session 1. almost a decade later, they now want to capture this latest live chapter on record. session 2 spans more than a ten years of herbaliser live favourites, from the underground beats and breaks of their 1997 album blow your headphones to the more lush, soulful grooves of same as it never was. it is another herbaliser classic, the sound of an ever-evolving band at the peak of their powers. forget the old hollywood rule: sometimes a sequel can be just as good as the original.

born in the same star sign as joey negros sunshine band project, the super phonics are all about invoking that classic soulful 70s disco sound, but to an updated house blueprint, with a little bit of soul and funkn thrown in for good measure. performed by a stirling group of live musicians, including session players for groove armada, incognito, us3, the james taylor quartet, the brand new heavies and the herbaliser, you know the tunes are gonna be good to go! first up is their cover of the linda williams classic elevate our minds - a timeless soul number that has graced the decks of many a southport weekender as well as being recently sampled on ben westbeechs drum and bass smoocher get closer. the super phonics take it back to the raw, with this soul drenched cover. over on the flip, is the bands own composition have a good time, a jumping and pumping disco groover that should find favour on most open minded dancefloors.