Hyped to be playing this Sunday alongside my BBE compadre DJ Amir and a selection to dope DJs including First Word Records’ DJ Gilla at Ghost Notes in Peckham. Facebook event page here.
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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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Looking forward to playing at Higher Ground at NTs London Fields this Saturday. Last month’s session was brilliant. DJs on the night J Felix, Russ Ryan and I. Facebook event page here.
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Tomorrow night I’ll be playing for TDO at ‘It’s Just A Party’ at London’s Ace Hotel Basement club ‘Miranda’. The good news if you’re planning on coming is that TDO have a half price Black Friday sale on tickets. Info here.
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Celebrating its 25th year a little over a week ago, Diamond D’s largely self produced debut LP ‘Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop’ also featured production contributions from an all star cast that included Jazzy Jay, Showbiz, The 45 King, Large Professor and Q-Tip. The LP was notable[…]
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I recently worked on a great project curating content for a WhoSampled mini-site in support of the forthcoming Stax Records release, ‘Isaac Hayes: The Spirit of Memphis’. Explore the history of Isaac’s early life plus the influence of his seminal recordings for the Stax label via playlists, infographics and interactive[…]
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I was recently interviewed for James Curry’s Electric Blanket podcast – a couple of hours of personal favourite records from all eras and plenty of music chat. Listen on Soundcloud below:
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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 third mix in the ‘Classic Material ‘The Breaks’ series is here. It’s been quite some time since the last edition, but these are something of a labor of love and something I really only find time to work on in between other work. Anyway, the latest edition picks up[…]
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