Blurb from Acid Jazz: “Following the success of their debut album ‘Dreams Fulfilled’, Nimbus sextet are back with two new tracks ‘Helix’ and ‘Lowrider’ and two new remixes of album favourites ‘Deep Dark Blue Lights’ and ‘Trap Door’. As part of a renowned live performance, the band play a funkier[…]
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Blurb from Futuristica: “To celebrate our 15th year as an independent label we are releasing this 2xCD, 32 track compilation along with a 36 page book featuring all the key releases from our catalogue as well as a Futuristica logo t-shirt, all in one package! The CDs include brand new[…]
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Unofficial / Unreleased remix of Common’s ‘What Do You Say’ featuring PJ, taken from the album ‘A Beautiful Revolution’. Tracklist: Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Remix) Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Instrumental)
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Blurb from Dinked Records: “Three continents collide on ‘Runaway’, the latest single from Mozambican rapper / vocalist Simba Sitoi, featuring Canada’s Kardinal Offishall, remixed by the UK’s Chris Read. Simba Sitoi is a key player in the Hip Hop scene in his native Mozambique, where his vocals in both English[…]
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Cult North Carolina Hip Hop outfit Little Brother just released / surprise dropped a new album ‘May the Lord Watch’, their first in nearly a decade, which seemed as good an excuse as any to dig out this EP of Little Brother Remixes I put together, coincidentally almost exactly 10[…]
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Ten years ago I put together a ‘remixtape’ as a follow up of sorts to ‘The Diary’ (at the time my most popular mixtape by a country mile). The concept expands on the chronology theme of the original, this time concentrating on trends in production: one iconic track from each[…]
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Blurb from So Real International: “Nosizwe continues to release music non stop. After her debut album in 2016, she has played Nina Simone (twice!) at the Nordic Black Theater and also starred in a Norwegian drama series. She still finds the time to work on new music. The latest release[…]
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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: “Yet another year has flown by, so as we take a moment to reflect and celebrate 21 glorious years of Barely Breaking Even, we’re excited to present our 2017 Staff Selections. The last 12 months have seen iconic compilations packed with classic music: Al Kent’s stellar disco[…]
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Pugs has put together a video for our recent single ‘Drum Roll‘ w/ Wes Restless featuring excerpts from the original album version and remixes by Sup Nasa and Myke Forte. Watch the video below:
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