GA25

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A pair of DJs and crate-diggers turned producers, their infatuation with club culture added a sense of gravitas and heft to their chart crossover hits. Beverly Hills, New York City and London, Loma Vista Recordings are an ever-evolving family of creatives, home to many iconic artists we know and love at Rough Trade. Despite their extensive list of achievements, there’s still plenty of motivation to have another huge party and go the extra mile to make GA25 one to remember, for fans new and old. In a dance of breaks and downtempo, thus was born the unbelievable and world-renowned career of the British duo who are still a staple in their genre in the Uk and around the world.

Groove Armada celebrate 25th anniversary with ‘Hold a Vibe

tour scheduled, the duo commissioned a series of remixes of their biggest tracks by Logic1000, Dance System, Ewan McVicar and more, and have been working on new music for their upcoming 25-track GA25 box set, to celebrate 25 of all things Groove Armada — again leading to some “super intense” sessions in Findlay’s basement studio. Anyone who has had the pleasure of seeing Jalen perform live knows that he is one of the most captivating performers on today's soul scene. It encompasses a record label, pressing plant and online magazine, and collaborates with artists and musicians to create stunning audio-visual shows. GA25 will be a 25-track double CD and 2-side LP, including a 32-page booklet and A3 poster, featuring tracks like ‘Song 4 Mutya’, ‘I See You Baby’ and ‘Superstylin’’. Vibrant new single ‘Hold a Vibe’ features vocals from dancehall artist Red Rat, which a press release describes as a “groove-laden homage to dub and funk”.During final dress rehearsal, the camera guy accidentally knocked the computer on the floor, wiping it completely. In August, Ewan McVicar reworked 'I See You Baby' as part of a series of alternative versions of Groove Armada's work to coincide with their anniversary. Now with a massively successful US tour opening for sweet soul darlings Thee Sacred Souls behind him, 2023 is sure to be a propitious year for Daptone's newest signee. Manumission began in Manchester, a predominantly gay-mixed night that quickly took the city by storm.

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Now, in 2022, it’s time for Groove Armada to celebrate their brilliant career with the career-spanning 25th-anniversary box-set ‘GA25’, set to be released on November 11, via BMG. It is in celebration of this prolific and uncompromising way of seeing and living music that the duo has prepared a genuinely sonic celebration. A routinely great artist, much of Sufjan's universal appeal comes from his skills as a gifted narrator, pairing personal musings on love and devotion with commentary on American culture, whilst welding folk and electronica, the ambient and existential. The duo also recently commissioned a next remix series, most recently collaborating with McVicar on a ‘Spacehouse’ remix of their 1999 track ‘I See You Baby’.Before you knew it, I’d dyed my hair purple and we’d moved into this ex-brothel with gold taps and leopard-skin finish,” says Cato. Nearly meeting Prince 10 years ago in San Francisco’s Ruby Lounge was pretty amazing,” says Findlay.