This week the first of the preview tracks from the debut LP from BBC New Music Award winners Maylight (in stores 25/03/16) was premiered this week on Groovement. They describe the album as “Ethereal in all the right places. A jazz album pushed through an electronic soul kaleidoscope.” Listen to[…]
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Info from BBE: ‘Digits’ (b/w ‘Beat of the Heart’) is the debut single from BBC New Music Award winning jazz / soul / electronica ensemble Maylight. The eight strong collective takes in the vocal talents of ex-Tru Thoughts vocalist Lizzy Parks, pianist Rob Barron whose resume includes session work for[…]
Read More »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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Happy New Year! Just a quick one to take a look back on 2015, say thanks to everyone who helped along the way and lift the lid on a couple of things for 2016. Biggest achievement for the year was to release my second album ‘All Night’ for BBE Records.[…]
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This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. One of the best updates we’ve had in some time with new music from Bilal’s excellent Adrian Younge produced BBE long player ‘In Another Life’, So Much Soul favourites The Cactus Channel on Hope Street Recordings, wordly vibes from Hailu[…]
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Tomorrow night (Thursday 9th July) I will celebrating the recent release of my new album ‘All Night’ with a release party at London’s Ace Hotel, Shoreditch High Street. Album playback starts at 10pm, followed by DJ sets from Nick Armitage and I from 11pm. ENTRY IS FREE! Details here.
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Very pleased to have been given a takeover page on 22Tracks.com in support of my new BBE album. Visit the page to listen to my 22 track playlist including all 14 tracks from the album alongside recent productions and alternate versions. Listen here.
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From the BBE Press Release: “London based DJ and producer Chris Read has been a fixture here at BBE now for over five years, a period during which he has put his hand to no fewer than four BBE compilations, including his spectacular round-up of the label’s finest moments, BBE[…]
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June 22nd 2015 sees the release of my new album for BBE Records. Titled ‘All Night’, the album is a round up of my remixes and productions from 2010 to 2015 including 9 previously unreleased tracks. Guest vocalists include Grammy award winners Bilal and Algebra Blessett, plus Oddisee, Pugs Atomz[…]
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A second track from my forthcoming BBE Records album ‘All Night’ was premiered today on Le Mellotron. ‘Black Nite’ features Chicago vocalists Pugs Atomz, Isis Rose and Awdazcate. Listen here or below:
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