Samrai & Platt of Swing Ting, the co-founding DJ’s behind the monthly Manchester club night of the same name, announced their debut album 100 Dances this week – with a special hometown launch party at Soup Kitchen, Manchester.
Their genre-blurring club night has garnered huge amounts of esteem since it’s humble beginnings – dropping Soundsystem wares from garage and grime through to dancehall, reggae & hip hop.
Established in 2008 and operating as a label since 2014 – the duo, along with their crew, have seamlessly defined a new era in Manchester’s club scene.
The release of their debut album, the first long-player produced entirely by Samrai & Platt, sees Swing Ting’s most definitive statement to date.
After running immense parties and producing tracks under the Swing Ting moniker for over a decade, their debut album sees 10 tracks from a number of regular collaborators plus some new faces.
Laying the foundations for their collaborators to come through – the eclectic, genre-blurring album has been influenced by the duo’s time spent as DJ’s, promoters and producers – drawing on the memoirs from the Swing Ting lifespan, with Manchester remaining the beating heart throughout the album.
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“Dedicated to the staff, security and everybody who came to dance”.
100 Dances will release on Friday 13th March and sees HMD, EVABEE, Fox & [ K S R ] bring the soulful rhythms alongside club steppers from Lovescene and grimey ragga pressure from Trigga.
There’s a smoothed out cameo from RTKal and a bashment-tinged RnB bubbler from up-and-coming London native Thai-Chi Rosè.
Swing Ting’s Carribean connections are felt throughout, bursting through with a dancehall-ready link up with NYC’s Kiyano and ending on a high with Kingston’s Shanique Marie, of Equiknoxx fame.
You can listen to the first single from the island (Just a Feeling feat. HMD) here.
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Saturday the 21st of March will see Swing Ting’s hometown Album Launch party at Soup Kitchen, Manchester with @EVABEEMCR, @theOGMrFox, @Only_HMD, @RTKAL, @love__scene, @tarzsa_williams plus special guests.
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Soup Kitchen, 31-33 Spear St, Manchester M1 1DF
