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DJ Set at Brilliant Corners Tonight

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Records packed for a last minute vinyl only midweek session at Brilliant Corners tonight. Expect mostly Jazz related stuff and little to no mixing for this one – just riding out favourite listeners all night! A little Soul, lots of Jazz Fusion, some early Nu Jazz, maybe even a touch of Disco[…]

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The Library Archive Volume 2: Out Now on Vinyl & CD

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The second volume of The Library Archive, compiled by Mr Thing & Chris Read is out today on Heavyweight Double Vinyl, Double CD (which includes Volume 1, available for the first time on CD) and all streaming services. Blurb from BBE Records: “Crate digging DJs Mr Thing and Chris Read[…]

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Follow My Newly Updated Youtube Channel

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About 10 years ago I set up a Youtube Channel and pretty much never uploaded anything there because why would that be the place you go to listen to music? Anyway, times done changed – I spent a good chunk of Lockdown 1.0 uploading pretty much everything the algorithm would[…]

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FootPatrol ‘Frequent Players’ Guest Mix

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I was invited by FootPatrol to put together a mix for Record Store Day. The brief: one day in Soho record shops to buy records within their given budget and put together a mix using only those records. The resulting mix is pretty eclectic: some Spoken Word, Sampled Soul, 80s,[…]

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‘Taken Out’ (Colo(u)rs of the World Bonus Track)

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This track was originally recorded by Pugs and I whilst working on the ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’ album, but ultimately was not included, partly because it felt slightly out of place with the general vibe of the album. It was recorded during the time of the London riots and references[…]

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Common ‘Resurrection’ 25th Anniversary Mixtape

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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This weekend marked the 25th Anniversary of Common’s classic sophomore LP ‘Resurrection’. The follow up to his 1992 debut ‘Can I Borrow a Dollar?’, the album is produced almost entirely by No I.D., with contributions from Ynot. With a heavy reliance on jazz, samples on the LP come from the[…]

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Interview & Track Exclusives on 1BTN Radio

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I recently appeared on 1BTN FM for a sort interview to talk about the recent Bruton Vaults release and played 3 brand new tracks from a selection of projects I’m currently working on including a remix featured Steve Spacek, a new release for KPM and a track from the debut[…]

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Diggers Dozen DJ Set on Mixcloud

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You can listen back to my session from last month’s Diggers Dozen at Ace Hotel in London on Mixcloud. The rules: 12 records only, no compilations, no bootlegs, all original vinyl. Nothing mega rare or expensive in my session this time – just 12 records I really like and rarely[…]

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