“Sony EMI’s famed KPM Music label has been producing high quality recordings for use in Film, Television and Radio for over four decades. WhoSampled arranged for a group of renowned UK diggers, producers and beatmakers to be granted access to the label’s archive of recordings. Their task: to curate a[…]
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‘Happy (Hammond)’ is the second release from London based Funk & Soul outfit the So Much Soul Players, a gritty, instrumental Hammond Funk take on Pharrell Williams’ ubiquitous feel-good Pop/Soul cut ‘Happy’. Harking back to the raw stylings of 60s/70s Funk, this dancefloor oriented rendition of the popular song features[…]
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Unofficial / Unreleased remix of Common’s ‘What Do You Say’ featuring PJ, taken from the album ‘A Beautiful Revolution’. Tracklist: Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Remix) Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Instrumental)
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The Classic Material ‘bonus’ mixes fill the gaps in the original Classic Material Hip Hop History mixtape series, exploring specific sub genres or spin off genres not covered in the main series. #7 delves into a sub genre which is not entirely easy to describe. In their day these tracks[…]
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I’ve put together a new Spotify playlist featuring some of the best of my remixes and productions from over the years. It includes tracks by or featuring the likes of Kardinal Offishall, Pugs Atomz, Guilty Simpson, Bilal, Maylight, Oddisee, Phill Most Chill and many more. Listen here or below!
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First post-Lockdown 3.0 gig! Next Saturday (15th May) I’ll be DJing alongside NTS’s Mr Beatnick, DrumSkull and Jigsaw residents Woody & Rich G at The Lot in Hackney Wick, East London. Tickets are available via Skiddle.
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The Classic Material ‘bonus’ mixes fill the gaps in the original Classic Material Hip Hop History mixtape series, each exploring a specific sub genre or spin off genre not covered in the main series. #5 delves into Mid 90s R&B, specifically the pairing of R&B vocals with classic Hip Hop[…]
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The Classic Material ‘bonus’ mixes fill the gaps in the original Classic Material Hip Hop History mixtape series, each exploring a specific sub genre or spin off genre not covered in the main series. #4 delves into the late 80s / early 90s sound of New Jack Swing, and more[…]
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About this time last year I put together a mix of Hip-House tracks as bonus mix for the Classic Material series, which filled a gap in the series’ coverage of 1989 which had previously overlooked the short-lived but still pretty important sub-genre of Hip-House. More people liked it than I[…]
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I’m very excited to let you know that after a month or so of busying myself during lockdown, there’s a load of new stuff up on the site. Aside from a general visual refresh and tidy up, there’s a brand new ‘Projects‘ page, where you can explore past and present[…]
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