Pleased to be playing for the Wax Poetics crew this weekend in Paris. Full details here.
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I’m pleased to be playing at Glastonbury Festival again this year. Catch me playing at the El Jiminor Tequila Shack in The Glade Thursday 7pm for an extended Latin Concrete special and again over the weekend at Meeting Point bar & dance tent (check my Instagram for exact times once[…]
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This bank holiday Sunday I’m pleased to be playing at Pabst Blue Ribbon’s New York Loft Party at Old Street records in Shoreditch. Great line up including Scratch Perverts and Kid Kanevil. Facebook event page here.
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As a quick follow up to the video of my ‘History of Sampling’ video I posted earlier this week, I thought it might be useful to put together some foot notes to provide links for anyone wanting to explore a bit more on the topic, listen to the tracks I[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Recently reissued on 180gram vinyl by Be With Records, Ahmad Jamal’s 1970 piano trio opus ‘The Awakening’ is a sought after digger’s classic that is among the most heavily sampled jazz records of all time. Familiar samples from the LP form the backbone of countless 90s Hip[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Back in March, London’s Point Blank Music School hosted a one day event celebrating the art of sampling with a series of workshops, discussion groups and practical demonstrations. Among the programme of sessions was a workshop and demo titled ‘A Brief History of Sampling’, hosted by WhoSampled’s[…]
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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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This Saturday I’m pleased to playing alongside an all star cast of DJs at the Magic Number weekender down in Brighton. Facebook event page here.
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This Thursday (Easter Bank Holiday) I’ll be DJing at Hoxton Square Bar alongside Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B and DJ Format plus the Doctor’s Orders crew. Info here.
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Today (April 7th 2017) marks the 25th anniversary of Das EFX’s debut LP ‘Dead Serious’. Executive produced by EPMD, the LP shares its sonic template with Hit Squad productions of the era from the likes of Redman, K Solo and EPMD themselves. Densely layered samples are the[…]
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