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2023 Wrap Up

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A big thanks to everyone I worked with this year!: Classic Material, a project Nick Armitage, John Brotherhood and I started 12 years ago made a comeback for #HIPHOP50, re-running our mixtape series first with Wax Poetics magazine and then with Apple Music. I picked up ‘The Breaks’ mix series where I left off (absolutely insane[…]

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Suburban Architecture ‘Architecture Dub #002’ Out Today

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I’m pleased to announce that the second release in Suburban Architecture’s ‘Architecture Dubs’ series, featuring remixes from Blame and DJ Trace, is out today. 10″ vinyl is available from Bandcamp, or buy/stream digitally on all major platforms. UPDATE: Vinyl now Sold Out on Bandcamp (copies may be available elsewhere).

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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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Suburban Architecture ‘Turning Point’ EP Out Today!

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Suburban Architecture continue their series of now highly collectible 4 track EP releases with their 5th offering, ‘Turning Point’. Following in the footsteps of 2022’s ‘Exploration’ EP, this new collection once again draws heavily on influences from the jazzier, atmospheric strains of mid to late 90s Drum & Bass. Putting[…]

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Suburban Architecture – New Towns #005 Mixtape

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This is the fifth in a new 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 more[…]

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #3 (1988)

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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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Suburban Architecture – New Towns #004 Mixtape

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This the fourth in a new 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 more current[…]

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Suburban Architecture – New Towns Mixtape #003

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This the third in a new 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 more current[…]

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