Listen back to the Cavendish Music special on Worldwide FM broadcast earlier this week. Mr Thing, Cavendish Music’s Arun Sethi and I play tracks from the recent ‘Library Archive’ compilation album, music produced at WhoSampled’s Samplethon events and a selection of other library themed cuts. Listen here or below:
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This year I released my 4th album, a collaboration with Chicago vocalist Pugs Atomz entitled ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’, for the BBE label. The album featured the talents of a host of guests including Junior P Williams, Thaione Davis, Awdazcate, Wes Restless, Juice Aleem, Inari Gold, Neak, Mojo Green and[…]
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Blurb from BBE: “Join two of BBE’s most prolific artists and compilers, Mr Thing & Chris Read on a voyage into the mysterious, strange and wonderful world of Library Music, courtesy of Cavendish Music. Founded in 1937 and originally known as Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library, Cavendish Music is[…]
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I recently had the pleasure of chatting to my friends Ollie Teeba and Jonny Cuba from Soundsci about the release of their new album ‘My Boosey Weighs a Ton’ and their lives in music. Blurb from WhoSampled: “Ollie Teeba is one half of the production duo behind The Herbaliser, who[…]
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WhoSampled have 5 copies of the new Soundsci album (constructed entirely from samples from the Boosey & Hawkes archive) up for grabs in their latest competition. I’m pleased to have played a small role in bringing this release to fruition and also wrote the LP’s liner notes. Entry details here.
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Happy New Year! Just a quick one to take a look back on 2015, say thanks to everyone who helped along the way and lift the lid on a couple of things for 2016. Biggest achievement for the year was to release my second album ‘All Night’ for BBE Records.[…]
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Check out an exclusive preview track from Soundsci below and pre-order the limited edition 10″ vinyl here. WhoSampled Present: Digging In The Vaults by Various Artists Press release information: “In Spring 2014, WhoSampled took a group of renowned UK diggers, producers and beatmakers to the vinyl archives of famed library[…]
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The video of the WhoSampled Samplethon event at Great Escape Festival earlier this month is now live. A huge thanks to all of those who attended, took part and have since spread the word. Watch this space for news on Samplethon releases. Video below: And don’t forget to check out[…]
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On Saturday May 10th 2014 WhoSampled will host ‘Samplethon’, the world’s first ever Hackathon for music. Alongside a number of high profile producers, I am pleased to be among the Judges / Mentors. Check out this great video which documents our recent visit to the Boosey & Hawkes archive to[…]
Read More »On Saturday May 10th 2014 WhoSampled will host the first ‘Samplethon’ – the world’s first ever Hackathon for music. WhoSampled are looking for 20 talented producers to take part in this event. If you are a producer or beatmaker interested in battling it out at this unique event with an[…]
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