Chris Read: DJ / Producer / Curator

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Vinyl Only DJ Set at Seed Library This Friday

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This Friday! Catch me and a pile of black gold down at @seedlibraryshoreditch, basement of @onehundredshoreditch from 8 til late. Mixed bag: Neo Soul, Hip Hop, 80s Soul, Funk, Boogie, Disco and related beats. Light on the mix, heavy on the selection. All vinyl.

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Suburban Architecture – New Towns #006 Mixtape

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This is the sixth 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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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks of 1991

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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. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]

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Classic Material x Apple Music for #HIPHOP50

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Happy #HIPHOP50! I’m very excited to share with you that as part of Apple Music’s Hip Hop 50 celebration, all of the 90s volumes of my Classic Material mixtape series are now available to stream officially on Apple Music!  Listen on Apple Music here.

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Manifesto in Stereo #002: Summer 2023

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I’m pleased to share with you the second volume of this new quarterly mix series, ‘Manifesto in Stereo’. The mission, or Manifesto if you like, is a simple one – to play music that is moving me right now outside the restrictions of heavily themed mixes . A proportion of[…]

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