In November 2015 WhoSampled invited 20 producers to London’s world famous Metropolis Studios, giving them exclusive access to pre-cleared sample material from the Bruton Music catalog, a label of Universal Production Music. The challenge: to produce a new track using the provided material against the clock, with the supervision and[…]
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Thank you Mixcloud for featuring my recent Mr Bongo x The Vinyl Factory Guest Mix in their recent celebration of music from Brazil. The mix appears at #2 in rundown, second only to celebrated taste-maker Gilles Peterson. Read the selections / listen to the playlist here.
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The debut single from Maylight is released on 4th March 2016 via BBE Records. A pre-order link where you can hear snippets is now up: Pre-order here. Listen to the ‘Beat of the Heart’ below: Info from BBE Records: ” ‘Digits’ b/w ‘Beat of the Heart’ is the debut[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music from Deep Street Soul, Jimi Tenor, Funkathone and many more. Listen here.
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“Mr Bongo’s ‘Brazil 45’s’ is a series of sought after ‘golden era’ 1960s and 1970s Brazilian releases, pressed on 7” vinyl. The imprint features rare and sought after tracks previously unreleased as singles or only available on quieter LP pressings. Finding these tracks in good condition is extremely difficult, as[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from The Putbacks, Calibro 35, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, Willie West, Speedometer and many more. Listen here.
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “WhoSampled has partnered up with The GRAMMYs to present a series of infographics that dig deeper into the music of past award winners. The latest in the series celebrates the work of eight time GRAMMY award winner Rick Rubin. With a career spanning several decades and multiple[…]
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Text via WhoSampled: “Converse Rubber Tracks is a collection of community-based recording studios around the world offering free studio time to musicians. An extension of that project, Converse Rubber Tracks Sample Library is an ever-growing collection of high quality, free to use samples recorded at the Rubber Tracks studios. The library is[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music from Quantic & The Western Transient, The Soul Motivators, The Bamboos, The New Mastersounds, Jimetta Rose and more. Listen here.
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Thank you Mixcloud for including WhoSampled in the Beats & Bass Top 10 of 2015. Have to say I’m slightly confused by our inclusion in that category, given the nature of most of our content, but happy to have scraped into the Top 10 nonetheless. Read the rundown here.
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