Tungusku - 'Direction Of Travel' VinylThis is the first release from new micro label 'Before I Die' curated by Jason Boardman (Aficionado Recordings). Tungusku are a guitar based instrumental project inspired by hypnotic grooves from around the world. The duo behind the band are Phil Ratcliffe (Guitar) and James Defty (Bass) who are longtime collaborators of Manchester live hip hop collective The Mouse Outfit. Influenced by artists such as Khruangbin, Skinshape and Tommy Guerrero,

so we got to work

'I Know' is a cluster of percussive hits and reversed effects

a lot of influences made it through

harp and guitar

Livy and his friend Franklin Izuora teamed up with Jules Elong a seasoned keyboardist to create the LP in 1982

summoning House music’s golden era forward in time

All long out of print and impossible to find

He was part of a new wave of widely popular and successful Kabyle artists in the 1980s

Loveface pulls out all manner of glorious nuggets from the hey days of disco

After watching Dimitri work

Langstrasse fueled

The Lack Of You