Catch me playing alongside Drumskull, LDLDN and the Jigsaw Music crew this Sunday for the Hackney Half Marathon after party at All My Friends. Music policy is open, but most likely some Broken Beat leanings! Event info here.
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I’ll be playing at the newly opened Art ‘Otel Shoreditch this Wednesday. This one’s an all vinyl, selector type session – expect, Funk, Soul, Boogie, mostly selection / minimal mixing. Find me at the first floor bar from 6pm. Venue info here.
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This Sunday Filly Brook in Leyton, East London host an all day D&B event as part of the month long Connections programme featuring live music from drummer Richard Spavens alongside celebrated vocalist Cleveland Watkiss MBE. The day will also feature interviews and DJ sets and I will be hosting a[…]
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Burb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #9 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]
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Two more Classic Material mixtapes are now available on Apple Music! Bonus Mix #1 (80s Electro) and Bonus Mix #2 (Hip House) are now officially licensed and available to stream on Apple Music. Listen here and here respectively.
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: 2023 may be behind us, but #HIPHOP50 has some months still to run! In celebration of the genreâs 50th year, weâve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This seventh bonus mix delves into Mid 90s R&B, specifically the pairing[…]
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. This megamix serves as short form companion to our recent 1994 mixtape,[…]
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I recently had the pleasure of appearing on the Love Thing LDN podcast with hosts DJ Swerve (Kiss FM) and 7oel for ‘Sample Special’, digging into some all time favourite samples and related chit chat. Listen on Spotify here.
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Blurb from Wax Poetics: “In celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based âClassic Materialâ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Edition #8 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]
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