Blurb from BBE: “The second single taken from their debut album ‘Colo(u)rs Of The World‘, UK producer Chris Read & Chicago rapper Pugs Atomz present one of the album’s unquestionable highlights, languid hip hop anthem ‘Drum Roll‘. Nostalgic and deeply touching, ‘Drum Roll’ is a smooth horn-laden boom-bap epic, summoning[…]
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The entire 5 hours of music from Friday’s Spiritland session has been uploaded to Mixcloud for your listening pleasure. Hosted by Rob Butler (Be With Records) with music provided by Anton Spice (The Vinyl Factory) and me. A lot of jazz and some jazz influenced Hip Hop – all vinyl,[…]
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Tomorrow night I’ll be playing down at audiophile haven Spiritland for the launch of Be With Records’ reissue of the Ahamd Jamal classic ‘The Awakening’. Jazz and Hip Hop with DJs from the label and Vinyl Factory. Facebook event page here. In related news WhoSampled have 5 x Vinyl Copies[…]
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I am very pleased to announce that my new album in collaboration with Chicago rapper / vocalist Pugs Atomz is out now! Blurb from BBE: “Respected producer, renowned digger, and prolific DJ, Chris Read has been releasing and compiling music on BBE for many years now, both as a solo[…]
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This Sunday I’ll be presenting a History of Sampling workshop and Point Blank studios in East London. Full details here.
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This Saturday (4th March) I’ll be spinning alongside The Nextmen and Doctor’s Orders crew. Full details here.
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Soundsci’s excellent LP ‘My Boosey Weighs A Tonne’ is now out and selling fast. You can listen and order via the Bandcamp link below (although at the time of writing label copies are already SOLD OUT). Other stores may still have stock. My Boosey Weighs A Ton by Soundsci Those[…]
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Check out the guest mix and interview with Soul Much Soul crew live from our club night at The Alibi in Dalston courtesy of ‘local hero’ Rodger Grant on the latest Soul Partizan radio show. Listen here or below: The Soul Partizan Radio Roadshow first aired in 2013 on FRL ([…]
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This Friday I’ll be playing at History of Hip Hop for Doctor’s Orders at its new home at Lockside Lounge in Camden. Facebook event page here.
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Just a quick post to round up 2016, thank some of the folks I worked with over the last year and shine a little light on what’s in store for 2017: Despite all the political and humanitarian horrors that blighted 2016, I’d be hard pushed to complain on a personal[…]
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