About Me

Mecca:83 is a Manchester based music producer, radio host, graphic designer and compulsive record collector...

This Manchester based beat technician has been knee deep in vintage drum machines and dusty records for over a decade. With a collaboration list that includes the likes of Jneiro Jarel, Von Pea (Tanya Morgan) and Scorzayzee, he has spent the last decade honing a production style is a mix of deep jazz samples, swinging drums and a healthy amount of live instrumentation.

Past projects include the sample based jazz album "Messages" (under the Pseudonym Rise), released on London's Futuristica Music in 2011 and supported by the likes of Giles Peterson and GiantStep. The first full length album as Mecca:83 was released shortly thereafter, taking influences from golden era Hip Hop and the contemporary beat scene alike. The record landed itself a place in Bonafide Magazine's top 50 records of 2012, as well as radio rotation from Lefto, Kutmah and Soulection's Joe Kay amongst others.

In subsequent years Mecca has continued to create new solo work, aliases and group projects: including two records as Alexis Davis (with Replife, Spinnerty and Simon S) and an EP as Redefinition (with DistantStarr and Buscrates 16-bit Ensemble), as well a numerous production, remix and compilation credits along the way. His music has garnered the attention of global music and lifestyle sites such as Dazed Digital, OkayPlayer, IndieShuffle and Moovmnt.

Press & Feedback

"Some of the stuff that I heard [from him], it really touched my soul because his music is just… in a spiritual realm, somewhere else." - Scorzayzee

"Warm headnod vibes" - Ennio Styles 

"Yes. The vibes i'm looking to feel. play and dig" - Miles Bonny 

"Loving this...it grooves hard" - Daz-I-Kue