All City Records have been the champions of underground electronic music and hip-hop for a long time and recent years have seen them delve into the past for archive reissues on the AllChival label re-illuminating artists like Michael O’Shea, Stano, The Wormholes, Quare Groove, and lost ’90s dance classics among on their Arís imprint, as well as rocking a great vinyl store.
For their newest release, the label are turning to the present with a compilation of music called This Way Vol 1. featuring 13 tracks from Irish DIY and independent artists like Negro Impacto, Papa Romeo, Curtisy, Ahmed, With Love; Rory Sweeney, Hazey Haze, 1000 Beasts, Aby Coulibaly, Louise Gaffney and Cooks But We’re Chefs.
It’s mostly music of a hip-hop, new-soul, jazz, rap, R&B and fusion and is compiled by Peter Curtin, DJ / radio presenter on RTÉ 2XM & Worldwide.fm.
The release is out on vinyl on October 3rd and digitally the same day.
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