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    Forward: 20 Years Rainy City Music 1996-2016Various

    Rainy City Music
    • Tiff Massey – Detroit Is Black
    • Irfan Rainy – Shook (Unnayanaa Mix) [feat. Bonafide Rojas]
    • Irfan Rainy & Baba Israel – Freedom (Who Remix)
    • Irfan Rainy & Kung Fu Sean – Butterfly
    • Unnayanna – P9
    • Pitched Black – Microgravity
    • Soul Renegades – Truth (Rainy Edit)
    • Irfan Rainy & Rex Leon – Lighters Shades of Blue
    • 1. Tiff Massey – Detroit Is Black
    • 2. Irfan Rainy – Shook (Unnayanaa Mix) [feat. Bonafide Rojas]
    • 3. Irfan Rainy & Baba Israel – Freedom (Who Remix)
    • 4. Irfan Rainy & Kung Fu Sean – Butterfly
    • 5. Unnayanna – P9
    • 6. Pitched Black – Microgravity
    • 7. Soul Renegades – Truth (Rainy Edit)
    • 8. Irfan Rainy & Rex Leon – Lighters Shades of Blue

    Brand new compliation Lp celebrating 20 years of Rainy City Music in Manchester. The Deep House Lp called 'Forward' features eight exclusive unreleased on vinyl tracks by various artists from the around the world. Detroit's Wajeed aka Jeedo, Toto Chiavetta aka Who, NY poets Baba Israel and Bonafide Rojas, India's Unnayanaa, Scotland's Soul Renegades and label duo Irfan Rainy and Rex Leon. Huge support from massive name DJs and radio in NTS, Les Yeux Orange, Test Pressing, Stamp The Wax, Resident Advisor Ransom Note and NPR

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