Seanie T featuring Roots Manuva 'Move Your Shoulder' video

Released on MooSicLondon 12th Sept 2011 from Seanie's forthcoming album 'Scribes Of A Versitillion

new Roots Manuva video - Get the Get (featuring Rokshan)

Roots Manuva aka Canadian Park Ranger (featuring Rokshan aka Bags are for girls)

Get suave!

Roots Manuva's Banana Klan at Living Bar in Brixton

We have word that Roots Manuva's effervescent Banana Klan will be rocking it at the Living Bar on Coldharbour Lane (Brixton) this Friday. And it's only £3 'til midnight to get your skank and hip-shake on. Get in! 9:30 til late

Grab your Banana Klan merchandise exclusively from Urban Species here.

Banana Klan and Earth's Fastest Man - Roots Manuva and Usain Bolt!

And it's quite apt that at this show in Berlin, the fastest man to have ever ran on Earth (probably), one Usain Bolt graces the stage with Roots Manuva for Witness the Fitness.

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Toddla T with Roots Manuva - "Watch Me Dance" video

Last week we dropped knowledge on the forthcoming Roots Manuva album/ free download/ etc - a version of this song wth Toddla T will feature on the '4everrevolution' album. In the meantime get your dancing shoes on to this video

Roots Manuva's new album announced by Big Dada!

Well, Well, Well and by Gosh! Big Dada have just announced details for Roots Manuva's new album plus details on a free download so read below to get as mightily excited as we are:

NEW ROOTS MANUVA ALBUM!

Exciting news here at Manuva Towers - as you may have already heard, on September 26th (in the UK and Europe, October 11th in the USA) Roots Manuva will release a brand new studio album, '4everevolution,' via Big Dada/Banana Klan. The album is just a few seconds under an hour long, consists of seventeen tracks and covers every style from wonky reggae through pop-funk, street spitting, straight up hip hop, sung ballads and epic death-disco. We think it's his very best work since 'Run Come Save Me.' We're wondering (whisper it) whether it might be his best album... (sshh) ever.

TRACKLIST

You good people are the first to see the tracklist. It runs:

1. First Growth
2. Here We Go Again
3. Skid Valley
4. Who Goes There?
5. Watch Me Dance
6. Revelation
7. Wha' Mek?
8. Takes Time To
9. Beyond This World
10. Go Champ
11. Get The Get
12. Crow Bars
13. In The Throes Of It
14. Noddy
15. Much Too Plush
16. The Path
17. Banana Skank

The album mainly revolves around Roots' own production and voice, with contributions from Banana Klan stalwarts including Ricky Ranking and Daddy Kope. In addition, on three tracks Mr Manuva introduces talented young singer Rokhsan. Other guests include Skin and Cass Lewis from Skunk Anansie. Production, meanwhile, comes from as far afield as Australia, Rodney Smith's travels allowing him to meet beatmakers and producers all over the world.

WATCH ME DANCE

The first taste from this epic is already out and about in the form of "Watch Me Dance". A dirty little funk ditty with its origins in Ricky Ranking's earliest live performances with the Manuva band, Rodney demoed the track 18 months or so ago and then gave the parts to Toddla T to see what he could do with them. They both agreed that the results sounded more like a Toddla T track than a Roots Manuva track, so that version gave Toddla's new album its name, but Rodney's own version is also out and about and picking up plays....

FREE DOWNLOAD

We're excited and we want you to be excited, too. That's why we're offering you a chance to download Roots Manuva's version of "Watch Me Dance" for free. Go to the link below, enter your email address and it's all yours. If you're already on the mailing list with an up-to-date email address, don't worry - you won't start getting double mails! And please - be sure to tell your friends, tweet it, Facebook it and make sure as many other people as possible know this is out there. That's all we ask of you!

Get "Watch Me Dance" for free here.

Is "Watch Me Dance" typical of the album that follows? No, it isn't. This record is so varied that we couldn't really pick a track to represent it. Just treat is as representing one facet of the many facets of a great recording artist... And those of you who look for deep lyrical content from Roots Manuva - don't worry, there's more than enough of that on the record to hold your interest!

KEEP UP!

Times change, things move on. You probably signed up to this mailing list two or three years ago. We would highly recommend that if you wanna keep up, you keep up via Twitter and Facebook, too. There will be some special contests, offers etc, through these channels, so it's definitely worth it!

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Roots Manuva Takeover

The ecclesiastic-ish fearless wordsmith of unique idioms is the man called Rodney Smith aka Roots Manuva. Taking charge of his disciples (full live band), here begins a plethora of shows working towards the next album, which is bound to be a scorcher.

We're gonna do some time-hopping so stay with us:

The Big Feastival


Friday 1st of July will see Roots Manuva share stage with the likes of Soul II Soul in a celebration of good music, and good food. Whilst enjoying the soundscapes, there are several pop-up restaurants that will offer culinary company at Clapham Common. And did I say 'Under 12s go for Free?' Well they do. With all profits going to The Jamie Oliver Foundations & The Prince's Trust, it's for a great cause. Save the Children!!!

Check out the Big Feastival here

Cowley Road Carnival - Fiesta in the Park, Oxford


Saturday 2nd of July, you are able to catch Roots Manuva headline a super select of raggae artists like Kanda Bongo Man, Brassroots and Carnival Colective. Soundsystems will be rocked by Skylarkin Soundsystem among others so a fine day this will be. Just need my cricket bat and whites now.

Grab your tickets via here.

Austria shows

I applaud their bio of Roots Manuva section saying "Roots Manuva is characterized by his guts regarding experiments." Nice.

Check out the details for this Friday's Austria show here.

Saturday Austria show details are here

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