I recently had the pleasure of interviewing RAMP’s John Manuel for WhoSampled. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we speak with John Manuel, drummer, percussionist and band leader with the group RAMP, a Roy Ayers affiliated project whose debut album ‘Come Into Knowledge’ is[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live! New music from The Meltdown on Hope Street Recordings, Lucky Brown on Tramp Records, an unsigned cover from Sam’s Funk & Soul Force 5 and a couple of tracks from a great new comp introducing Poets of Rhythm drummer Max[…]
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This Friday I’m pleased to be playing at the excellent Love Inn in Bristol. More info here.
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This coming Monday (16th February) Classic Material present veteran Boston MC Edo.G plus guests Reks, Termanology, Akrobatik and Classic Material DJs touch down at London’s Jazz Cafe. WhoSampled have 5 pairs of tickets to give away. Facebook event page here / Competition details here.
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live! New music from Lucky Brown, several tracks from the excellent new Praise Poems compilation on Tramp Records, The Baker Brothers and more. Listen here.
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After my post last week regarding Mixcloud’s Best Mixes of 2014 list, a number of best of category lists have been published and I’m pleased to say I’ve also made the ‘Best Crate Diggers’ run down alongside the likes of Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B, Andy Smith of Portishead fame[…]
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Mixcloud just announced their Top 25 mixes of 2014 and I’m pleased to have scraped my way on to the list at #23 for my Incredible Bongo Band Anniversary Mix. Not quite as good as last year when I managed to grab the #7 and #18 spot, but still not[…]
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I’ll be playing music down at the Big Chill on Brick Lane this Friday. Funk, Soul, Disco, Boogie, Hip Hop & more. More info here.
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music from the Impellers (remixed by me!), Lucky Brown on Tramp Records, The Bank, Perez Prado reissued and Brooklyn’s Analog Players Society. Listen here.
Read More »Veteran Boston MC Edo.G performs a rare UK date with support from fellow Massachusetts natives including frequent DJ Premier collaborators Reks & Termanology plus indie era favourite Akrobatik. DJ support from Classic Material‘s Chris Read & Nick Armitage. Advance tickets available here / Facebook event page here.
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