This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from Omar, The Baker Brothers, Calibro 35, Hackney Colliery Band and The Bluebeaters. Listen here.
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This coming Tuesday (21st October 2014) Oakland CA’s The Coup featuring Boots Riley play at London’s famous Jazz Cafe with support from Classic Material DJs Chris Read and Nick Armitage. Having released music on seminal hip hop labels Wild Pitch, Tommy Boy and cult indie era label 75 Ark, The[…]
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Back in 2012 I released my third official Mix Album for BBE Records, a compilation contemporary Latin beat-led music titled ‘Latin Concrete‘. Well received, the album was selected as ‘Album of the Week’ by UK broadsheet newspaper The Independent and featured tracks getting BBC radio airplay. At the time of[…]
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing veteran DJ and producer Freddy Fresh about his incredibly varied career. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series we interview veteran DJ, producer and record collector Freddy Fresh. Freddy’s exceptionally varied career has included reworking tracks for BDP[…]
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I’m pleased to be doing a last minute support DJ Set for Afro-beat legend Ebo Taylor this Saturday at Rich Mix, East London. Expect tropical flavour! Info / tickets here.
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This Friday night DJ Mr Thing, Spin Doctor and I pay tribute to Nas at Trapeze club (formerly East Village) in Shoreditch. Tickets / Info here.
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WhoSampled celebrates 6 years in the game: Click here to read about all the cool stuff we’ve been up to in the last year.
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist compiled by Chris Read and Nick Armitage for So Much Soul is live! New music added from Hackney Colliery Band, The Grits, Shaolin Afronauts and the Gene Dudley Group. Listen here.
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My remix of the lead single from Algebra Blessett’s ‘Recovery’ LP is out today on BBE Records. The single features the album version, my ‘All Night’ remix, plus instrumental. Purchase directly from BBE here, from iTunes here.
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Back in 2011 it was my pleasure to compile and mix this mix album celebrating the 15th Anniversary of one of my favourite labels – BBE Records. The result was a double CD mix album containing what I consider to be the label’s finest moments. Of the many mixes I’ve[…]
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