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We are thrilled to have Leeds legend Mark Crossley on board as our new resident for Soul Train over the last year. This of course hasn’t been the first time Marko has played down in the Hifi basement, he’s frequented the booth many times over the decade, and always knows how to make the people […]
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Ahead of his performance at The Sunday Joint, and following the release of his new album Old Raggamuffin, we had a chat with dub-reggae legend Solo Banton. He released his first record in 2010 after years MCing for sound systems, and has since released on the experimental Jahtari label and collaborated with heroes of the […]
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We had a chat with our good friend Dimps Tfg, who makes his second appearance in the HiFi basement this weekend alongside his rapping/beatmaking comrades Dr Syntax and Pete Cannon. The Leeds based hip–hop head has just self-released his second full length record, One Loud Noise. In this quick Q&A, we cover matters as wide […]
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Ahead of his set at La Rumba alongside fellow Scot and African music fanatic Auntie Flo, we chatted to prolific producer CAIN about his studio, live sets and route into global folk music.   Were you really a professional bagpiper? Yes I was. My father was a top player and I grew up playing at […]
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For our fourth Sunday Joint of the new academic term, we bring you a HiFi debut for indie-disco trio Pattern Pusher aka Alex Johnstone, Benjamin Conibear, Ben Green. Anyone who encounters them live will be instantly sworn into their “Smile High Club”, drenched in summery grooves and melodies. Their vintage style of songwriting has earned […]
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RAW SILK is the alias of best mates Grace and Steph: two of London’s grooviest DJs of disco, funk, new wave and house. They have been crafting their sound as residents of Percolate in the capital, and have become notorious for their giddy passion for playing banging 80s alternative club tracks. On 4th August, they […]
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The Sunday Joint has rekindled its links with one of the UK’s biggest and best conservatoires, Leeds College of Music, showcasing its most promising artists and bands every Sunday alongside our headliners. Space Dolphin are next up. We spoke to Jake Mehew from the band to see what they’re all about before their set supporting […]
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The Sunday Joint has rekindled its links with one of the UK’s biggest and best conservatoires, Leeds College of Music, showcasing its most promising artists and bands every Sunday alongside our headliners. Theo Black & The Deep Seas are next up in the series. We spoke to the LCoM group to get find out more […]
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The Sunday Joint has rekindled its links with one of the UK’s biggest and best conservatoires, Leeds College of Music, showcasing its most promising artists and bands every Sunday alongside our headliners. For our second date in 2019, on 27th January, we welcome pop-merchants Mercutio to support the brilliant Back Chat Brass, who return to […]
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The Sunday Joint has rekindled its links with one of the UK’s biggest and best conservatoires, Leeds College of Music, showcasing its most promising artists and bands every Sunday alongside our headliners. For our first date in 2019, on 20th January, we welcome Huckleberry Harrison to support Leeds-based brass kings Loud Noises. We spoke to […]
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For the inaugural Hot Fuzz event this October, Fuzzy Logic invite Husky Loops to headline along with HAUS in support. The Italian boys based in London, Danio, Pietro & Tommaso may come across as suave and sophisticated on the surface, but their sound is loud & brash with nods to post-punk in their heavy bass […]
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Hot Fuzz Events is the brand new live music outlet of Leeds’ much-loved and longest running indie/alternative club night, Fuzzy Logic. “We want to put on more than just a gig, we want people to experience their favourite new artist with the same vibrancy and atmosphere that can be found at our club night, Fuzzy […]
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When it comes to sounds from around the globe, there are few better sources than Mike BC – a selector born and bred in Yorkshire whose interests stretch across the continents. His blog World Treasures does exactly what it says on the tin. It exhibits reissues and original finds from odd corners of the world, always beautifully […]
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It’s not often that such a niche event comes along to the club, so we were thrilled to receive a club-night proposal from the Brazilian Wax crew. Joe and Henry, who have been forging a lovely little bubble of Brazilian beauty with their LSR radio show and uni-based events over the past year, are committed […]
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Tom Mortimer of Aerosoul chats to their next guest, esteemed disco collector and DJ, Red Greg. On the 4th of May we are honoured to have our first year of partying signed off by the one and only Red Greg. We’ve been lucky enough to have a chat with the man himself before both of […]
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At HiFi and the Sunday Joint, we have our feet firmly grounded on a bedrock of soul – but, occasionally, bands come along to disturb the peace. One such act is Land of the Giants, who, with a fee, fi, fo and fum, will be rumbling through the club on Sunday 18th March, bringing their […]
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London based producer Salary Boy makes his Leeds debut with Loop this week. The former Manchester Uni student has already carved out a place for himself in the contemporary dance scene, making the kind of chilled disco-laced deep house beats that might fool you into thinking ‘lo-fi’ – but as that term gets dirtier and dirtier, Otto Jakobson’s sound […]
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Here we speak to effervescent funk merchant SaNTINO ahead of his solo live show at the Sunday Joint. Born onto the information superhighway, and now speeding along it at 1000 miles per hour, the Leeds College of Music student, is a sucker for online culture. From digitally produced noises, all the way through to memes, his art encompasses the phenomenology […]
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History is being made this weekend at HiFi. We are hosting our first ever LGBT+ night, thanks to the amazing, newly founded queer crew HousePLAY. The bravery required to put a night like this along Leeds’ most well trodden path for club-goers is remarkable. There is an almost necessarily separatist approach to LGBT+ party-throwing across the board – but Eduardo and his […]
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Huw Eddy & The Carnival are alumni of Leeds College of Music, and one of its success stories. Having studied in Leeds, they now travel the country bringing down house after house with their stomping brand of americana-folk. Now, they return to their home in Yorkshire for a gig at the Sunday Joint that is fittingly […]
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In association with super promoters Scruff of the Neck, we have just announced a series of gigs featuring the best unsigned talent from the Yorkshire area and beyond. The first gig is on 26th January, and will see City Dukes and Alex Tracey supporting The Blue Wave Pavillion. Originally from Warrington but now based in […]
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Kornel Kovacs is one of those characters who has modestly and organically asserted his influence on the European house scene. As one of the co-founders of the Studio Barnhus label with Alex Bowman, he has aired releases by Baba Stiltz, Jimi Tenor, Mount Liberation Unlimited, HNNY and many more. It also serves as a home for his […]
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As a Leeds based club, we absolutely love PBR Streetgang. For years, we have been proud to say that they are one of our finest exports – and definitely one of the biggest. Name an international club, and Bonar and Tom have almost definitely played there. They’ve even played in an igloo. But they still […]
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The final Sunday Joint x Leeds College of Music collaboration of 2017 features Heretic, who is actually making his second appearance when he joins Regime in our basement for a special festive free party. The hip-hop artist has just graduated from LCoM, but has stuck around in Leeds to bless us with his determined attitude […]
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There are few greater feelings in the life of a record collector or DJ than uncovering a truly hidden gem, the sort of tracks that you shove in your mate’s face with pride, or alternatively keep concealed until the moment is right to unleash its latent power. For many people, this sensation is all-too infrequent; […]
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Ahead of their performance at The Sunday Joint this week, we spoke to bloody brilliant brass band the Brass Funkeys about life in the band, and being in such a niche genre.   What was your introduction to the New Orleans brass sound? Do you know much about its history? We love the New Orleans tradition and […]
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Ahead of his set at Loop next week, we spoke to a Balamii Radio regular, and a notoriously brilliant club DJ about the highlights of his record bag. He had an amazing summer of festival and radio appearances, even being featured on the Dimensions Festival DJ Directory, which spotlights the UK’s brightest young selectors. His second […]
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Having started their night at Leeds Uni, Loop have now moved down Woodhouse Lane and into the HiFi Club. Next week, they bring their first booking to the club: rising selector Will Lister, who had a fantastic summer of festival gigs and radio shows. We spoke to Ben, Michael, Caitlin and Zac about their new night, the […]
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You could argue all night about what you think the word “Mamilah” means – but there is no mistaking what this band is out to achieve. They are all about groove. They play the fourth event in the Sunday Joint’s collaboration with Leeds College of Music, in support of Tarzan Bros. We had a short chat with the […]
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Leeds homies Paper Tiger, possibly the city’s most accomplished hip-hop outift, are stopping off at HiFi on their tour of the UK this week. In a city that was once a real hotbed for hip-hop sounds, they are one of the few flag bearers of the genre – and, as their last album Blast Off […]
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The third event in the Sunday Joint’s collaboration with Leeds College of Music features DULAHLI, who are far more focussed than their name would suggest. They support Dr. Syntax of the Mouse Outfit at HiFi on Sunday. We spoke to Will, Anthony and Josh from the band to find out more about what they are up […]
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Ahead of Nord’s Equinox Dance, we spoke to one of the selectors who is set to appear alongside the night’s residents. He is an esteemed selector in Leeds who regularly collaborates with And Or Emporium, and puts on his own Dinner Legs events at Wharf Chambers, specialising in anything that could come under the ‘new […]
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Each week we’ll be honouring the Sunday Joint’s link with Leeds College of Music by featuring the university’s upcoming bands ahead of their support slots at HiFi. The first band is jazz-focussed outfit Nag Champa.   Where does your name come from? It’s an Indian fragrance which is used in a popular incense – when we […]
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We love brass bands at HiFi, and we are excited to welcome a new one to the club soon: the Heavy Beat Brass Band. Originating from Birmingham, but with their hearts in New Orleans (the epicentre of all brass music), the band are still touring off the back of the release of their album Get It Started […]
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Each Saturday during summer, we have been asking Leeds’ finest selectors to come and sit in for Sam, and look after his Soul Shack for the evening. One of those DJs is Scott Dulson. Scott has been a regular HIFI club resident since we opened, playing at nights such as MoveOnUp, Funksoulnation and Boogaloo (since […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. So, […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. So, […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. So, […]
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DRS aka Delroy Pottinger is one of drum & bass’ most prominent voices. The Manchester man met LTJ Bukem in the 1990s, and his career was propelled from that point on, as he was invited to add vocals to the legendary producer’s tracks. His complex vocal stylings, the perfect complement that early jungle sound, thus became the […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. So, […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. […]
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‘In The Bag’ reveals the highlights, secrets, stories and oddities of DJ’s record collections, featuring established selectors alongside respected figures from the Leeds underground.   At the centre of the Brudenell Groove crew (who have been putting on successful charity parties at Wire and HiFi for nearly a year now, raising thousands of pounds for local organisations), is […]
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For 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music and DJs, and we don’t plan on stopping any time soon. […]
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Welcome to a new addition to the HiFi blog. For nearly 20 years, HiFi has specialised in postponing the working week that bit longer, and squeezing as much fun out of the weekend as possible. Each week at the Sunday Joint we welcome all you weekend warriors in for a free night of cutting edge live music […]
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In just two years, KMAH has become a real force on the underground electronic scene. Brewster’s joyous (and always informative) Disco Jungle show, one of the first on air, has helped them to achieve this. Not only has KMAH had an impact on a wider level, but it has given much needed structure to the Leeds […]
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Soul Control is one of HiFi’s most beloved nights. A year gone, and they have thrown some amazing parties, and look to keep doing so with their octopus mascot by their side all the way. Their next swim is on 24th March – check the event page here. To celebrate their one year anniversary, we thought […]
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Dr Syntax is a rare example of rapper personifying all that can be great about rap. Delivering dry wit, intricately woven schemes and hard-hitting punchlines in every project, he articulates a studious relationship with his art, and does so unapologetically. Whether in his band or with a DJ, he’s a Northern gem you can’t afford […]
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