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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Bonus Mix #6

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This sixth bonus mix focuses on another sub-genre popularised in the 90s[…]

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Free Sample Pack from WhoSampled Crates

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Blurb from WhoSampled: This third edition of our FREE taster pack series contains compositions and drum breaks from a selection of our latest sample pack releases. The pack features material from in demand pianist Elijah Fox (ScHoolboy Q, Denzel Curry, Masego, Musiq Soulchild) and library music veteran Janko Nilovic whose[…]

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DJ Set This Saturday at Jujus, East London

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Catch me playing alongside some of London’s finest – Shortee Blitz (Kiss FM), Mr Thing (BBE), Bobbafatt (First Word) and Batman (Dropping Science) at Jujus on Brick Land in celebration of the birthdays of two of the crew – Nick Armitage and Mo Fingaz. Entry is FREE!

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material Megamix #7 (1993)

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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1993 mixtape,[…]

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Suburban Architecture – New Towns Mixtape #007

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This is the seventh in our ‘New Towns’ mixtape series showcasing new and recent / contemporary Drum & Bass music rooted in or influenced by the intelligent, ambient or atmospheric sounds of the mid 90s. The intention is not necessarily to focus on brand new releases, but simply to play[…]

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