A mini Manchester mix for Lauren Laverne's Desert Island Disco on BBC 6Music.
Grandmaster Flash - Bus Diss (Wooo) - Not a Manchester Track, but it was the theme tune for Stu Allan’s ‘Bus Diss’ Radio show, which was essential listening in the late 1980’s on Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio. Krispy 3 - Natch It Up - Chorley hip-hop pioneers, featuring the one and only Mikey D.O.N. Sweet Mercy feat Rowetta - Reach Out - Manchester house classic! Two The Hardway - Hot Number (Ragga Mix 2) - Under the radar tune rom Phil Kirby (Yargo drummer) & Sugar Merchant. Never made it past promo stage. Chunky - Meh - Taster from his forthcoming album. OneDa - Da Tin - Manny on the rise! Madd Again - Watagwan Yo - Future garage bashment business from Zed Bias, Trigga, Specialist Moss & Killa Benz. Paddy Steer - Arkipelagon - Lop sided squidgy beard funk from the amazing one man band. Ruthless Rap Assassins - Hard and Direct - a roll-call of the 80’s Manchester hip hop scene.
