This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music and releases added from The Baker Brothers, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, The Ephemerals and more. Listen here.
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BBE Records will be joining a host of the UK’s finest independent labels at this year’s Independent Label Market, taking place at Spitalfields Market this Saturday, 29th November. More details on the Independent Label Market Facebook page.
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I have a new mixtape dropping this Wedensday, commemorating the music of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt in conjunction with WhoSampled in support 0f Kelly’s family’s Kickstarter campaign to commemorate his life with a Blue Plaque on the family’s former home. A short teaser video comes ahead of the Mixtape and[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from Sena Dagadu (taken from the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Volume 3 compilation), Jimmy Chambers (Riccio’s rework of the classic theme from Assault on Precinct 13), new BBE signing The Grits, Emma Donovan & The[…]
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I’m pleased to be supporting a great Kickstarter campaign commemorating the life of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt with a new mixtape and short accompanying video interview in conjunction with WhoSampled. Details coming soon. In the meantime, you can view the Kickstarter page here.
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This Friday (21st November) I’m happy to be playing at ‘Can’t Stop Won’t Stop‘ Nottingham. Facebook event page here.
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This mix was put together a few months back for Wax Poetics and WhoSampled in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The Notorious BIG’s classic 1994 debut LP ‘Ready to Die’. It’s since been listened to over 50,000 times on Mixcloud & Soundcloud. Here’s what they had to say about[…]
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After collaborating on a couple of records over the last year or two, it was a pleasure to interview Philadelphia’s Phill Most Chill (aka Soulman) for WhoSampled this week. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we speak with Philadelphia rap renaissance man Phill Most[…]
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Coherent major label hip hop long players have been pretty few and far between of late but Logic’s ‘Under Pressure’ follows in the footsteps of solid full length offerings from the likes of Kendrick Lamar. Read my in depth review of the album (and the sample material from which it[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music added from Tara Priya, The Mighty Mocambos, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, The Gene Dudley Group and Calibro 35. Listen here.
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