Eli Records. Strictly Roots. Posted by zenzenzen

Here @Nomad we all favour the homebrew…

Homemade, DIY, Bodged, On-a-shoestring, Done-for-the-love… it’s why we started Nomad and what keeps it running!

And that’s why we love Eli Records , “A small UK independent label with a feel for the unusual and the irreverent”.

Based in the Northwest and holstering a roster of over ten bands and tons of releases, this is a label that is not afraid to give all music a place in the sun, and not just the daily average of dubstep or DnB. In fact, Eli seems to focus more on genres that the UK has been weak for a while with.

Case in point is the venerable and charming, Mrs. Cakehead , whose Lancashire Dancehall sound has been pumping out of our stereo for some time now. Cakehead keeps it real with his homeroots style of Bacup Toasting, and ditches the cliches to evangelize about the real issues in life like the demise of Electronic Reggae, Homebrew that frazzles the brain and the Crime in Criminal Damages… after all, ” I believe I don’t need policing… or do I? ”

Check out these teasers of Bacup Dub & Dancehall :

Cheerful and CheesyCheerful and Cheesy

Don’t Mess With Mrs CDon’t Mess With Mrs C

Funky Dread NowtFunky Dread Nowt

On a RollOn a RollVIDEO

And pop over to YouTube for the latest Mrs. Cakehead LIVE videos! The ‘Dub be Good to Me’ Live is a glimpse of future material for sure!

Strictly Roots Son! As a small label based in what looks like a shed, the music is only available on CD at the moment (with vinyl coming as soon as they sell something!), but don’t let that put you off, as each CD is lovingly hand potato-printed and unique to you at a very good price!

Now go shopping* you filthy pirates! Support the independents!

* also available from Piccadilly Records MCR!