About a year ago I was lucky to interview legendary Jazz Fusion drummer Alphonse Mouzon for WhoSampled. For one reason or another the interview didn’t get published at the time, but following news of Alphonse’s death over the Christmas period, I dug out the recording and edited it for publication.[…]
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WhoSampled’s latest competition offers up copies of Steve Powell’s breakbeat guide for diggers and drummers ‘Beat Roots’. Entry details here.
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This Friday I’ll be playing at History of Hip Hop for Doctor’s Orders at its new home at Lockside Lounge in Camden. Facebook event page here.
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The new Classic Material x Normski web shop is now live! Purchase signed, embossed archive photographic prints from legendary street style photographer Normski taken in the late 80s / early 90s featuring artists De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Dr Dre, Kool Moe Dee, Flavor Flav, MC Lyte, Demon Boyz[…]
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Just a quick post to round up 2016, thank some of the folks I worked with over the last year and shine a little light on what’s in store for 2017: Despite all the political and humanitarian horrors that blighted 2016, I’d be hard pushed to complain on a personal[…]
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The remixed version of Mark Rae’s autobiographical album ‘Northern Sulphuric Soulboy’ is out now and features my remix of ‘Trenton Tribute’ featuring late 80s rap legend Tony D alongside remixed versions by original Grand Central artists J-Walk and Funky Fresh Few plus Fila Brazilia’s Steve Cobby. Listen / purchase on[…]
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Blurb from BBE: “In what’s become something of a tradition in the BBE office, we’re once again closing out the year with a hand-picked selection of highlights from the last 12 months. It’s been a special 2016 for us at BBE: celebrating our 20th birthday, opening our own record store[…]
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You can save yourself a few quid and get a free copy of two of the ‘Funky Drummers’ mixtapes for the price of an Instagram share! Details here.
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Released just a few weeks back, the mixed version of the second of my recent BBE 20th Anniversary compilations is now available on Mixcloud. One hour of Broken Beat, Nu Jazz, House and Future Soul including tracks by Omar, Slakah, Simbad, Opolopo, Maylight and several of my own remixes /[…]
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Released just under a month ago, the mixed version of my recent BBE 20th Anniversary compilation is now finally available on Mixcloud. Listen here or below: Purchase mixed & unmixed versions here.
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