I’m very pleased to let you know that the final volume of the Classic Material ‘The Breaks’ mixtape series are now available officially on Apple Music! Check out the 1998/1999 mix here or browse the entire series here.
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]
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From the station’s launch in summer 2002 to summer 2004 I was one of two Hip Hop mix show DJs on the BBC’s station for ‘new black music’, 1Xtra. This month marks the station’s 20th Anniversary, so I’ve embraced the embarrassment of my 1Xtra press photo and picked a selection[…]
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The Classic Material ‘bonus’ mixes fill the gaps in the original Classic Material Hip Hop History mixtape series, exploring specific sub genres or spin off genres not covered in the main series. #6 delves into Mid 90s Dancehall Hip Hop, the pairing of Ragga/Dancehall vocals with classic Hip Hop production.[…]
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Four highlights from my recent interview with Camille Yarbrough are now available on the WhoSampled Youtube channel. Watch below or on the videos page.
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“Back when Nick Armitage and I kicked off our Classic Material project back in 2011, my intention had been to compliment our monthly series of era specific mixes with a set of Bonus Mixes focussing on various Hip Hop sub-genres and spin off scenes that emerged during those eras. With[…]
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‘The Architects’ is a new mix series by Suburban Architecture, celebrating the musical output of 90s UK suburbia and the pioneers of the Drum and Bass sound. Edition #006 pays tribute to Intense and features releases for labels including Good Looking and Creative Source. Photo credit: @mattkred Cover design: Leroy[…]
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Suburban Architecture is a new project from Chris Read and James Curry celebrating the musical output of 90s UK suburbia and the pioneers of the Drum and Bass sound. ‘The Architects’ is the duo’s new mixtape series, celebrating the work of Drum and Bass music’s pioneering DJs and producers. Edition[…]
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Blurb from Renegades of Jazz: “After releasing his ‘Moyo Wangu’ album in late 2016 where David Hanke connected to the time he spent in his early childhood in Arusha/Tanzania, it’s now time for ‘Moyo Zaidi’, the remixed version of the original album. While ‘Moyo Wangu’ was translated as ‘My Heart’,[…]
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Recorded a few years back, this is far more Giles’ tune than mine really. Giles had done some work on my first album and we talked about doing something more substantial together. Giles had the idea of recording a soundtrack album for a fictitious movie drama about a crime scene[…]
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