On Thursday 17 May, CDR Birmingham goes to the heart of the West Midlands in session with The Insomniax (Earnest Endeavours), Tony Nwachukwu & Guests.

Venue:

Bull’s Head
23 St Mary’s Row
Moseley
Birmingham
B13 8HW

You can upload your tracks to be heard at the session to the CDR Soundcloud. Sounds of the CDR travels and more can also be found on the the bi-monthly CDR Audio Show on NTS. Get involved.

We proudly present the label’s first compilation and one where we’ve gone proper Bobby Digital available via Bandcamp with Pay What you Want and / or Pay With a Tweet. The zip includes 320 MP3s, GIF artwork and a full inlay with profiles of yours truly and the EE roster featured on Our Nest Vol. 1.

Made in London, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, in Detroit, Cardiff & Tartu; the Earnest Endeavours comp represents a worldwide family affair.

That classic friday feeling when you know you’ve got a little relief from the day to day grind. You’ve got a little bit of cash in the pocket and you feel ‘irie’ as you look forward to a weekend. You know it’s gonna be a goodun: whether you’re ravin’, jammin’ with ur Xbox or watching Grand Designs.

A tale of a woman too busy and headstrong to admit what she really wants in her life, told from the perspective of one of the frogs she kisses whilst looking for Prince Charming.

When you don’t accept the depth of an emotional tie to a recent sexual conquest, you begin to over analyse the situation, becoming a love detective. And one more thing…you already know who’s guilty.

Zeitgeist – the first promo release from The Macaroni Cheese Mixtape – takes Radioheads’ Idioteque and magically turns it into a poetic odyssey reminiscent of The Last Poets, with Sydney Velvet harmonising hypnotically as a hook. Initially painting a bleak picture, the first verse ends with Kai Gama stating his intention to create “Love potions for trap living”.

This is, as Kai Gama says, “just a taste of what we’re about”. So the question is, have you had your Macaroni Cheese yet? Well take a taste, for it’s a good taste indeed.

Every Monday night The Insomniax broadcast their Nasty.fm show live from Life in Old Street, EC1V, serving up an eclectic mix of Soul, Indie, Electro, Grime, Dubstep and Hip Hop. 12-2am is the time, so come and get closer to The Poetic Soundsystem™.