Red, Gold and Green, for all the reggae massive, is a symbol in reference to the tricolour flag of Ethiopia. These colour’s were first used for the flag of the Ethiopian Empire in the late nineteenth century after gaining independence from its colonial oppressor’s Italy at the Battle of Adwa. Rastafarians pride themselves on wearing items of clothing displaying red, yellow… [Read more…]
April 29, 2012
Via RedStripeLager Red Stripe – Make Art On The Street with Filthy Luker! really… Street artist and painter Filthy Luker has been at it again! Teaming up with Red Stripe and the ‘Make with’ campagne, Filthy has created a space invaders image made from street furniture up above out heads next to Manchester Town Hall. He has… [Read more…]
April 27, 2012
Dropping in with the second release of the week, #Mlab on it! Respect to @James_Example for dropping us this link. Check out more things for your ear at www.examplemagazine.com. Here’s the new release from music producer Marcus Intalex entitled “Sell Your Soul” and “The Guillotine” on Soul:R. Almost 12 months from the release of his… [Read more…]
April 25, 2012
Dropping in with the new release from Bristol Drum’n'Bass Producer/DJ Jekyll entitled “Drainpipe / Blabbermouth“ coming out on record label Diffrent, released on 7th May. Check the promo for both tracks with his signature heavy bassline’s and slick production. You can buy/download the track straight from the soundcloud player or got to diffrentmusic.com for more details. If you haven’t heard of… [Read more…]
April 1, 2012
I’ve just come across the University of South Carolina (USC) Science Films competition that had been set up last september (2011) by Professor Clifford V. Johnson from their Department of Physics and Astronomy. The film competition was a cross-university project taking in all departments linking students so they can communicate idea’s and produce a collaborated film. Here are… [Read more…]
March 15, 2012
Via therealmodeselektor Modeselecktor are Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary, a German(E.Berlin) Electronic duo who’ve been playing across europe since ’95. Their latest’s single “Evil Twin/German Clap” was released on 13th Feb 2012 on and is available for download. #MLab is lovin the video that accompanies this release, the evil twins trying to out do each-other on screen. Jokes!… [Read more…]
March 13, 2012
Manchester documentary photographer David Dunnico, brings together his photographs of CCTV surveillance and his recent collection on George Orwell’s novel ’1984′, in a new exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery entitled ‘1984 Looks Like This’ (17 March to 1 July 2012). Both these topics are something #MLab has looked at in the past plus… [Read more…]
March 7, 2012
ManchesterLab attended last night’s Reading the Riots: Community Convention in Manchester which, in association with The Guardian, London School of Economics and, Salford based, Social Action & Research Foundation, aimed at connecting with local people who were directly effected by the 2011 nation-wide UK riots and discuss the cause’s of the violent civil unrest. The government’s view… [Read more…]
February 21, 2012
Via ManchesterLab I am currently researching the history of life on Planet Earth plus attempting to create a short film to show the dramatic transformation that the tectonic-plates have forced upon the surface landscape of the earth. This is an edit as I will be adding geological era, period labels and maybe slowing the image transitions so… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
Bristol’s Drum’n'Bass trio ‘Mute & Mako’ have dropped us their latest AA-side release “Cali Sleaze/Always” - UM006 that is available from tomorrow(2oth Feb 2012). Having had great support for the record already from Loxy, Doc Scott, Break, Bukem, Enei, Spectrasoul, Mikal & D Bridge, we suggest you get dropping their weighty bass music done at 172bpm… quicktime! The release is available… [Read more…]
February 17, 2012
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February 12, 2012
Via TechChurch We already know that most people on Twitter are sheep with few followers and who don’t Tweet much. But what about the rams? If you want to lead a flock on Twitter, you need to be heard. People with 100 followers send out an average of 2.4 Tweets per day, while those with 1,800 followers… [Read more…]
February 9, 2012
Via sadman666 Another original Manchester artist Junglord show’s some crazy amen mashing and mad Junglists skills on the Korg pad kontrol live. Check out his latest £ree download ‘Cyber Samurai‘ below. #MLab Manchester Reppin! ”It was improvised, I made some mistakes so please don’t flame me for my timing, I’m not a drummer, I’m a junglist.” Junglord Related… [Read more…]
February 8, 2012
Via Strats2006 Strategy (@BrokeNenglish1) from Broke’N'£nglish is at it again. Here’s his latest track “The Bleep Test” taken from the mixtape PreSeasonTraining available NOW for FREE on Broke’N'£nglish bandcamp. Manchester Reppin! Directed and edited by Rich Reason (@djrichreason) and filmed by Tom Doran. Related Links Estate Records UK (estaterecordings.com) Hit’n'Run UK (hitnrunuk.com) Day.69 Skittles /Dot2Dot Single Release… [Read more…]
February 6, 2012
Once the centre of the Islamic Empire, Syria covers an area that has seen invasions and occupations over the ages, from Romans and Mongols to Crusaders and Turks. A country of fertile plains, mountains and deserts, it is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, Christians, Druze, Alawite Shias and Arab Sunnis,… [Read more…]
February 4, 2012
Via SU2C World Cancer Day is fast approaching this Saturday, 4 February 2012. It is the occasion to unite the world in the fight against the disease through raising awareness, educating the public, and lobbying for change. It is only by every person, organisation, and government, individually doing their part, that the world will be able to reduce… [Read more…]
May 2, 2012
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