Broc on the Block II: Mu Mu Land

PROLE JAZZ sent cosmic groove queen Celestial Broc into the byzantine depths of Sheffield’s music scene to grill international Producer of SoundWaves Extraordinaire Martin Gregory Smith of Mu Studios. Developer, enabler, gap plugger-er, mediator, facilitator and life coach. Read on for a rollercoaster ride of greatest achievements, earnest regrets, Greek tragedies, man crushes, tales of […]

January is over! Big News & Exciting Releases

January is over! Here at PROLE JAZZ we hunkered down quaffing tea, reading old copies of Smash Hits, a Pink Wafer post or two, a page or three hundred of DeLillo, pondering matters of import, tasting the frost-bleached air, lost in a Culture Prayer of Unity, waiting for the frenzied wave of restraint and abstention […]

Broc On The Block I: Giles Of Bison Reveals All

PROLE JAZZ is fantastically proud to present Broc On The Block, a new series of cultural interrogations & musical catechisms by Reportage Queen Celestial Broc of Captain Avery & the Cosmic Triceratops of Intergalactic Peace mini-fame. In today’s episode, Celestial Broc interviews her new project partner Giles a.k.a. Bifidus Digestivum, Bass-player and Wildman Extraordinaire of […]

From the Mouths of Babes III: Astro-Tropical Vibrations of 2018

In our final episode of From the Mouths of Babes (for now!), PROLE JAZZ sent gonzo wannabe Oliver Porpoise Firefly deep into the sonic ghettos of The World to chat with three of our very favourite musicians about their 2018s. He tracked down the mighty Danalogue, keys guru of cosmic jazz kingpins The Comet Is […]

PROLE JAZZ’s Favourite Songs of Planet Earth 2018

So we all know that the centre of the musical and artistic universe is Sheffield, right? What – did someone say ‘no’?! Oh… you don’t live in Sheffield… Here at PROLE JAZZ we’ve already compiled a list of our favourite 35 Sheffield songs of 2018 (which you can read about by clicking HERE). But behind […]

From the Mouths of Babes: Highlights of Sheffield Music 2018 (Part 2)

In today’s episode of From the Mouths of Babes (read Part 1 here!) PROLE JAZZ sent Prose Guru and all-round Gentleman of Calibre Henrik Endor to delve into the goldmine of opinions of key figures on the Sheffield Music Scene. He communed with Junglist Alliance Selecta Alex Deadman, Bittersweet Song Heroes Dead Slow Hoot and World Music Promoter King Alan Deadman (Green, Friendly and […]

From the Mouths of Babes: Highlights of Sheffield Music 2018 (Part 1)

We’ve already told you all about our favourite musical Sheffield releases of the year (for a round-up click here!). But opinions, as cetologists are commonly heard to mutter, are like blowholes: every whale’s got one. And so we sent PROLE JAZZ‘s most intrepid reporter Oliver Porpoise Firefly to swim in Sheffield’s disco-ball ocean of creative […]

PROLE JAZZ’s Songs of Sheffield 2018

How to find a thread to navigate through the labyrinth of music and art of this city in 2018? It turns out that the defining feature of the musical landscape of Sheffield this year is diversity. From Neo-Soul to Afro-Futurism to Sadrock; from Bassline to Brittle Folk to Cosmic Hi-Life; from Fuzz Prog to Musical […]

Sheffield Beatles Project play ‘The White Album’

One morning you wake up and it’s 1968. You’re in the most successful, popular and acclaimed band the world has ever seen (The Beatles). You’ve released what is widely accepted as the best album ever recorded (the seminal psychedelic masterpiece ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’). The conundrum is… what next? How do you climb […]

ASK MY BULL

We sent PROLE JAZZ interlocutors extraordinaire Henrik Endor & Celestial Broc to quiz Manchester-based punk-jazz miscreants Ask My Bull on life, music and magic. Our team tracked the band down to the Old Abbey Taphouse, Hulme’s seminal underground hippy/DIY venue. There they spoke about matters of profound sonic bovine import, near-fatal house party jams, ding-dong […]