WhoSampled has partnered with Universal Music to present a new website celebrating the most sampled artist of all time, The Godfather of Soul, James Brown. To coincide with the release of the new James Brown biopic, ‘Get On Up: The James Brown Story‘, in movie theatres across the US on[…]
Read More »News
This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist compiled by Chris Read & Nick Armitage for So Much Soul is live. New music added from Beau Williams, Weekend Sun, The Shaolin Afronauts, Cookin on 3 Burners and Kylie Auldist. Listen here.
Read More »
It’s hard to believe it’s been 3 and half years since I put this together and now approaching the 15th Anniversary of BBE’s Beat Generation album series. This mix was the first piece of work I did for the BBE label, a bonus mix for the digital version of the[…]
Read More »
This Thursday I’m very pleased to be hosting a Q&A session with Mo Wax label boss James Lavelle and guests from the label at Rough Trade East just off Brick Lane. The session supports the launch of ‘Urban Archaelogy’ an anthology celebrating 21 years of Mo Wax music and design[…]
Read More »
This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live! New music from Nostalgia 77, Third Coast Kings, The Horndogz (covering Curtis Mayfield), Magic Drum Orchestra and Trio Valore (covering Knarls Barkley). Listen here.
Read More »
I recently interviewed my friend and fellow BBE compadre Mr Thing for the WhoSampled interview series in support of his recent release Strange Breaks & Mr Thing Volume III for BBE Records. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series we speak with world champion DJ[…]
Read More »
Tomorrow night I’ll be playing on Trailer TV live on air 7pm BST. Facebook event page here. Tune in online here.
Read More »
The second mix in the ‘Breaks of …’ series, a continuation of sorts from the Diary mixtape and Classic Material mix series, ‘The Breaks of …’ revisits the chronological theme of those mixes, this time reconstructing classic hip hop from the year in question utilising only the original sample material.[…]
Read More »
The video of the WhoSampled Samplethon event at Great Escape Festival earlier this month is now live. A huge thanks to all of those who attended, took part and have since spread the word. Watch this space for news on Samplethon releases. Video below: And don’t forget to check out[…]
Read More »
This week’s 22Tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live. New music includes tracks from Mr Thing’s new ‘Strange Breaks & Mr Thing Volume III’ compilation for BBE, a track from the new Third Coast Kings 45, a cut from The Getup’s recent Breakin Bread LP and throwback Afro Funk[…]
Read More »