Reform Radio (Manchester) launches its brand new video-focused website on Friday 30th September. 

The station follows in the footsteps of numerous national broadcasters, now allowing listeners a complete studio viewing experience, utilising multiple studio cameras, bespoke software and Facebook Live, as well as the usual streamable audio. 

The launch of the new audio-visual website coincides with the station’s recent move to a new space within former ITV headquarters, Old Granada Studios, which has seen a classic broadcast studio restored to it’s former glory after years of neglect, with the Reform Radio team recycling as much of the original wiring and abandoned equipment as possible, a nod to the many man hours that has gone into developing a legacy that the station will now build upon, a move supported by building owners Allied London.

To celebrate the start of this new era for both the station and the region, the Reform team has partnered with Reform Radio broadcasters, label and collective, Night Shift Sound, who after 2 years of independently releasing bass-heavy dance music from a roster of Northern based producers, launch their first label compilation, Northern Power House, on the same date (30th September). 

The release encompasses 21 instrumentals mixed over 60 minutes and features vocals from the likes of Fallacy (Shy FX, MJ Cole), Aniff Akinola (MTA Records) and Manchester legend, DRS (Metalheadz), who provides the intro to the compilation.

Over the 12 months in which Night Shift Sound has been broadcasting on Reform Radio, the label has been rocksteady in developing their own Northern brand of house-meets-garage-meets-bassline, attracting support from media outlets including BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and DJ Mag and regular support from the likes of DJ Zinc, My Nu Leng and Shadow Child. 

Influenced by labels such as Butterz and Defected, Night Shift Sound has harnessed an altogether more club-rooted, harder hitting sound than the current ‘tropical’ and ‘deep’ dance music trends, opting only to release music that fits their ‘strictly heavy business’ policy.

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