Blurb from WhoSampled: “Universal Production Music (UPM), the world’s leading production music company, together with WhoSampled are pleased to announce the vinyl release of ‘Samplethon – Digging The Bruton Vaults’, a unique collection of tracks that samples music from the widely-acclaimed Bruton Vaults. WhoSampled, worked with UPM to unearth some of[…]
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For any among you who missed out on my BBE / Dinked Records 7″ with Pugs Atomz last year, I’ve made a small quantity available for sale on my Bandcamp page. Very reasonably priced at £5.99 plus shipping, if I do say so myself. Listen / purchase here.
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This year I released my 4th album, a collaboration with Chicago vocalist Pugs Atomz entitled ‘Colo(u)rs of the World’, for the BBE label. The album featured the talents of a host of guests including Junior P Williams, Thaione Davis, Awdazcate, Wes Restless, Juice Aleem, Inari Gold, Neak, Mojo Green and[…]
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Blurb from BBE: “Yet another year has flown by, so as we take a moment to reflect and celebrate 21 glorious years of Barely Breaking Even, we’re excited to present our 2017 Staff Selections. The last 12 months have seen iconic compilations packed with classic music: Al Kent’s stellar disco[…]
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Pugs has put together a video for our recent single ‘Drum Roll‘ w/ Wes Restless featuring excerpts from the original album version and remixes by Sup Nasa and Myke Forte. Watch the video below:
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Blurb from BBE: “Join two of BBE’s most prolific artists and compilers, Mr Thing & Chris Read on a voyage into the mysterious, strange and wonderful world of Library Music, courtesy of Cavendish Music. Founded in 1937 and originally known as Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library, Cavendish Music is[…]
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WhoSampled have copies of Mike City’s ‘Feel Good Agenda Volume 1’ up for grabs in their latest competition courtesy of BBE Records. Entry details here.
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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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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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I am very pleased to announce that my new album in collaboration with Chicago rapper / vocalist Pugs Atomz is out now! Blurb from BBE: “Respected producer, renowned digger, and prolific DJ, Chris Read has been releasing and compiling music on BBE for many years now, both as a solo[…]
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