Groovement

Groovement

Beats, jazz, soul, electronica with hip hop as the nucleus - presented by Agent J aka Jamie Groovement. groovement.co.uk twitter.com/jamiegroovement mixcloud.com/groovement

Episodes

November 2, 2025 86 mins

What an honour to play for The Great Oven's Disco Cantina at All Together Now Festival 2025 - here's my banquet soundtrack.
Read more about the project below:

** THE GREAT OVEN DISCO CANTINA **
with TANG, RADIO ALHARA & MIXMAG

Since its inception in 2019, The Great Oven has been forging giant, beautifully decorated, community ovens – installing them in refugee camps, conflict zones and informal se...

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Momoko Gill -  When Palestine Is Free

Sonnyjim, Morriarchi - The Real Thing (ft Tay Jordan, Jay Worthy). 

Bambu - It’s Happening, Again

Joker Starr - Stop Acting Like A ft Micall Parknsun and Jazz T 

Ego Ella May - 'We're Not Free'

Victoria Port - I Won't Wait

The Womack Sisters - If You Want Me

Yazmin Lacey - Water

Sudan Archives - COME AND FIND YOU

Alex Nut - andthenitstarted ft James Mollison

Obeka - Pon Ya Head ft WOST

Obeka - Ku...

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Natureboy Flako - Shape Of Things To Come

Delia Derbyshire - Falling

Ahmed Malek & Flako - Tape 23 Track 5

Gazelleband - Ghorba

Victor Jara - Lazo

Perri Alleyne - Taxi (Ave Maria)

Lone - Coming Into Being And Passing Away

Aphex Twin - #3

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Hania Rani - Glass

Tinariwen  - Imidiwaren (KMRU remix)

Massive Attack - Angel ft Horace Andy (Mad Professor remix)

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Displacement (KMRU rework)

KMRU - OT

Ny...

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Two Detroit titans for the price of one this month on Groovement - I was hanging with Guilty at the end of August when he was over for Jimi Goodwin's NightjaR gig, then we did a show at the Rat & Pigeon the following day, all courtesy of Broken Wing who brought him over to the UK. Phat Kat was here a year ago, performing at the sadly-missed Hip Hop Chip Shop , and we sat down before hand with Blacksmith, who was also o...

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The Great Oven builds giant community ovens and sends them to places of need - at All Together Now festival in Ireland, two new ovens were debuted. One will stay in Dublin at Bohemian FC while the other goes to the Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, where Radio Ahara is based. Co-founder James Gomez Thompson sits down with Groovement's Jamito to talk the history of the project, some details of their work including their response...

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A selection of Yasiin Bey Breaks. Black Star on tour in November! 

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Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025


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DJ Jazzy Jeff hits Manchester for the Magnificent House Party, and I warmed up. We caught up in the back later together with the MAG crew plus AnnaOnTheMic. Plus, all new hip hop to jazz and back round again. 
1O years ago: https://groovement.co.uk/2015/04/interview-dj-jazzy-jeffs-first-45s-set-for-20-years-rbma-uk-tour-wax-works/

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Charif Megarbane - Istintaj (live in Manchester)

Fathi Aldiyqz & Sons of Africa Band – Palestine Is My Homeland

Werkha & Ríoghnach Connolly  - Everyday

Darkhouse Family - Heart Of Medina

Om Unit - Ascension 

Mammal Hands - Deep Within Mountains

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Radicalise (urself)

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Wavy

GreenFinguz - Leila

GreenFinguz - Shaitan (Parrisian)

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek...

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Special guest Rob Mitchell from Abstract Orchestra talks about their work with Guilty Simpson, Slum Village and more, plus new label Abstract Records.
Pan Amsterdam talks new album Confines, dedicated to his dad. Lafayette Stokely is over in the UK for the first time and JoeJas has UK dates too. Naomi Kalu is a powerful new Mancunian singer / songwriter, and producer/rapper Arshaq Malik talks his new work.

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Gangster Doodles talks the completion of his compilation trilogy for All City Records, with contributions from Mr Scruff, Don Leisure and Homeboy Sandman. Plus an hour of new hip hop and jazz from Greg Surmacz, KUTMAH, Harry Shotta x Metrodome, Zola Marcelle, Poppy Daniels, Oddisee, Murs, Nana Benz du Togo, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Offica and more

Harry Shotta - Imposter Feat. Spyda, P Money & Rag'n'Bone Man

Greg Surma...

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Forced to leave Lebanon in his initial wave of creativity, and only now returning to the stage years later following the re-release of his music on the Habibi Funk label, Rogér is on tour with Charif Megarbane - Rogér very kindly took some time out to jump on Liber[té] for Radio Alhara to talk about his history and choose some songs for us. Tickets for his tour including Manchester: https://theatresonline.seetickets.com/to...

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Joe Armon-Jones (Ezra Collective) talks his first LP in six years, All The Quiet (Part 1) - Ella May Sueref talks her eponymous debut solo album on Village Live Records - Homeboy Sandman is in Manchester with guest schwarma reviews from DJ Trumastr and Oddy Gato - Ellen Beth Abdi introduces her two lead singles from her upcoming debut album


First broadcast on Reform Radio Monday 7 April 2015.

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Newen Afrobeat - Chaltumay

Ezra Collective - Ajala

Tremor - Caracol

Totó La Momposina - La Verdolaga

Novalima - La Danza

Chancha Via Circuito - Sueño en Paraguay

Malphino - Molienda

Quantic & Nidia Góngora - E Ye Ye

The Garifuna Women's Project - Mérua

The Garifuna Collective - Black Catbird

Cumbiasound - En Estos Tiempos Peligrosos....

Rio Mira - Adios Morena

Quantic & Nidia Góngora - Amor En Francia (Nicola Cruz Remix)

Nidia ...

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Mark Ski celebrates his sophomore album RECLESS with a Groovement deep dive - the LP features the likes of Homeboy Sandman and Guilty Simpson. Sandman drops in briefly to talk his UK tour dates for March and April, plus new music from The Colonel, Kid Acne, Sonnyjim, Chuck Strangers, PremRock, Ella Mae Sueref, Move 78 and more.



Angie Stone - I Wish I Didn't Miss You (Live)

Angie Stone - No More Rain (In This ...

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New music selected by Jamito.
First broadcast on Radio Alhara 2.3.25
Telemachus - The Emerald Buddha
Phi-Psonics - Prelude: Expansion
Vega Trails - Sleepwalk Tokyo
Kaidi Tatham - So Happy
Greg Surmacz - Loft Music
Nyron Higor - Ciranda
Footshooter - Folding (Instrumental)
WheelUP - Juggle feat. Abacus
Inês Loubet - Quatro de Dezembro
Sabrina Malheiros - Terra de Ninguém
Celia Wa - DÉMOUN...

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As the legendary Welsh label Sain Records back catalogue get archived and digitised, Don Leisure of Darkhouse Family reinterprets classic tracks and talks about the influence of Andy Votel, Dom Thomas and Gruff Rhys' Welsh Rare Beat on Finders Keepers.


Originally broadcasts 10 February 2025 on Reform Radio. Hosted & produced by Agent J.

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Victoria Port guests on Groovement to talk with Agent J about her debut EP on First Word Records, Did It Again, reflecting on motherhood and family legacy.


Did It Again is available now on vinyl and digital www.victoriaport.bandcamp.com


Originally broadcast 10 February 2025 on Reform Radio.


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An hour mix of new music from Brother Ali, Om Unit, Kid Acne, Dub Phizix, Rita Donte, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, Don Leisure and more

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A mix to accompany the book What Do You Call It? From Grassroots to the Golden Era of UK Rap' by David Kane, out now via Velocity Press.
velocitypress.uk/product/what-do-you-call-it-book/

“Unravels the complicated calculus between hip-hop and its offshoots (UK garage, grime, drill) against a backdrop of resistance (the Met police’s highly controversial Form 696/Operation Domain policies) with mathematical precisi...

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