Cosies

Essential Sounds deliver another pedigree live rub-a-dub PA in the Cosies blues party basement. Prince Jamo has distilled the defiant Brummie rootikal spirit of Steel Pulse for modern times, with swaggering plates on Muffet’s Roots Injection, 2Kings and Firmly Rooted – UK roots revival doesn’t get much better than this right now! Prince Jamo - w/support from Essential Sounds

From Timbuk2 to the big 20! Ruffnek Diskotek celebrates two decades of filthy basslines and low-slung riddims. There’s wall-shaking dubstep and dancehall guaranteed in this rowdy Cosies knees-up with OG purple purveyor Gemmy, Ujima partystarters Dancehall Generals and the Ruffnek residents. Ruffnek Diskotek turns 20 years old!

Goth club freax assemble as DOOM TV (aka Loma Doom) & T.V.S.T (Kashual Plastik) serve haunting downtempo and free-spirited sonics for curious ears. Warming you up: Cowper’s lysergic sludge and acid-laced abstractions, perfectly paired with Lupini’s psych-rock sensibilities and dub-drenched flair. Between Stations returns with dark and leftfield sounds as DOOM TV, Lupini & Cowper take to Cosies.

Prime cuts for the soundsystem heads! Reggae Sundays OG resident Mark Dub returns to Cosies for his first time in 13 years, back behind the controls where it all began. Adding to the heat: Maria’s meditative roots and steppers on wax, backed by eclectic soundsystem fare from Essential’s Awassa Sound. After a smashing summer, Essential Sessions returns to cosies for a one away night of roots and culture, featuring old and new friends of Essential Sounds.

If you’ve been anywhere near a Bristol sound, you’ve probably heard Ras Addis chant down Babylon on crucial plates from Dubkasm, Ishan Sound and even The Earth Rocker himself: Aba Shanti-I. He’s joined by wicked & deadly Bristol > JA imprint Poor Man's Friend for a revival night full of silky roots and golden era dub. Midnight Groove