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It’s a crisp Wednesday afternoon at Old Town General Store in Stockport which originally opened just after the pandemic. Union caught up with its founder Tony Murray which is no stranger to Manchester’s fashion industry having been menswear sales director at Selfridges in the city centre and also working at Harvey Nichols in Leeds previously.

Ready to level up your wardrobe game? This September, some of the city’s coolest fashion brands and retailers will be taking over the first floor of Union coliving apartments for its first in a series of events called ‘Souls Sampled’ which will celebrate the city’s rising talent. Launching with the ‘Kicks n Garms edition’, imagine a department store party bringing together the best of Manchester’s clothing and sneaker scene with fire threads, fresh kicks, and exclusive finds.

Tony Bowes, aka Justice, is one of the UK’s most adventurous producers. At the forefront of electronic music from the very start of his 32-year career, from his beginnings in the breakbeat hardcore scene through to ambient jungle excursions and latter day experimentalism, he’s often led the way.

Cutting classic tracks alongside production partner Blame, like early rave gem ‘Death Row’ and seminal, synth-laden Moving Shadow cut ‘Anthemia’, his solo cuts for Basement, Creative Wax and Hardleaders have been championed by everyone from Fabio...