What started as a casual Madchester session to nod to Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield (Stone Roses & Primal Scream) slipped fast into a full psychedelic plunge through Andrew Weatherall’s heaviest basslines, dubbed-out shadows, and Factory-coded deep cuts. A detour that became the destination — the Manchester Effect in full flight.

This mix moves through the key zones that shaped the city’s sound:

the Madchester pulse, the Haçienda haze, the crossover where indie psychedelia, rave pressure, and low-slung groove blur into one continuum.

The current that carried Manchester from rehearsal rooms to warehouse floors and into club culture’s long memory.

All tracks selected and mixed by @thefunkassassin

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