I’m excited to be DJing at the iconic Tate Modern gallery this Thursday – 4 hours, all vinyl, in the venue’s new bar, listening space ‘The Corner Bar’ as part of the Corner Sessions series. More info here.
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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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Tomorrow night you can find me playing at Stomping Ground’s 3rd Birthday, also celebrating the birthday of good friend, world class DJ and all round top guy Mr Thing, alongside DJs Shortee Blitz, Oneofakind, Leon Nockolds & Drez. Tickets are free via Resident Advisor.
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This fifth bonus mix focuses on another sub-genre popularised in the 90s,[…]
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After a bit of a hiatus, the website is back! Now fully updated with any releases, mixes etc released while the site was out for maintenance, we’ve also added some new sections / navigation to make everything a little easier to find. Visit ‘Projects‘ to browse project work for a[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1992 mixtape,[…]
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My Ultimate Breaks & Beats tribute mix for @bbc6musicâs @hueymorgan show (first aired as part of the stationâs #HIPHOP50 celebration last month) has now been added to my Mixcloud. 15 minute mix containing around 30 original Funk, Soul, Disco cuts featured on the legendary UBB compilation series. Track list: 1. Rufus Thomas â The Breakdown Part[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #6 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]
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This Friday! Catch me and a pile of black gold down at @seedlibraryshoreditch, basement of @onehundredshoreditch from 8 til late. Mixed bag: Neo Soul, Hip Hop, 80s Soul, Funk, Boogie, Disco and related beats. Light on the mix, heavy on the selection. All vinyl.
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This is the sixth in our âNew Townsâ 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[…]
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