Win tickets to TY performing his classic debut album ‘Akward’ live in London with WhoSampled. Entry details here.
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This bank holiday Sunday I’m pleased to be playing at Pabst Blue Ribbon’s New York Loft Party at Old Street records in Shoreditch. Great line up including Scratch Perverts and Kid Kanevil. Facebook event page here.
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Recently reissued on 180gram vinyl by Be With Records, Ahmad Jamal’s 1970 piano trio opus ‘The Awakening’ is a sought after digger’s classic that is among the most heavily sampled jazz records of all time. Familiar samples from the LP form the backbone of countless 90s Hip[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Back in March, London’s Point Blank Music School hosted a one day event celebrating the art of sampling with a series of workshops, discussion groups and practical demonstrations. Among the programme of sessions was a workshop and demo titled ‘A Brief History of Sampling’, hosted by WhoSampled’s[…]
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Just added to Mixcloud: a Mixtape containing tracks from (and in support of) my recent BBE Records album ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’ in collaboration with Chicago vocalist Pugs Atomz. Words about the LP from BBE: “Mixtape maestro and sample head, Chris Read’s beat-making credentials simply cannot be overstated. ‘Colours Of[…]
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Copies of Rusty Bryant’s much sampled ‘Fire Eater’ and Charles Kynard’s jazz funk classic ‘Afro-Disiac’ are up for grabs in WhoSampled’s latest competition. Entry details here.
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This Saturday I’m pleased to playing alongside an all star cast of DJs at the Magic Number weekender down in Brighton. Facebook event page here.
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This Thursday (Easter Bank Holiday) I’ll be DJing at Hoxton Square Bar alongside Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B and DJ Format plus the Doctor’s Orders crew. Info here.
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Today (April 7th 2017) marks the 25th anniversary of Das EFX’s debut LP ‘Dead Serious’. Executive produced by EPMD, the LP shares its sonic template with Hit Squad productions of the era from the likes of Redman, K Solo and EPMD themselves. Densely layered samples are the[…]
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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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