Tomorrow lunchtime I’ll be playing at Old Street Records new cafe as part of a week long opening celebration featuring DJ sets from heavyweights Giles Peterson, Norman Jay, Dom Servini and the Scratch Perverts. More info here.
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The label partner, venue, date and judging panel for Samplethon 2017 has just been announced! Check out the video for more details and find entry information here.
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I’m pleased to be playing again at ‘History of Hip Hop’ at London’s Southbank center this Saturday for another of Doctor’s Orders’ great outdoor terrace parties. DJs will be playing music across the eras staring with the 70s material mid afternoon and taking things right through to the present day.[…]
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Win tickets to TY performing his classic debut album ‘Akward’ live in London with WhoSampled. Entry details here.
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This bank holiday Sunday I’m pleased to be playing at Pabst Blue Ribbon’s New York Loft Party at Old Street records in Shoreditch. Great line up including Scratch Perverts and Kid Kanevil. Facebook event page here.
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This Thursday (Easter Bank Holiday) I’ll be DJing at Hoxton Square Bar alongside Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B and DJ Format plus the Doctor’s Orders crew. Info here.
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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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