I have a new mixtape dropping this Wedensday, commemorating the music of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt in conjunction with WhoSampled in support 0f Kelly’s family’s Kickstarter campaign to commemorate his life with a Blue Plaque on the family’s former home. A short teaser video comes ahead of the Mixtape and[…]
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This mix was put together a few months back for Wax Poetics and WhoSampled in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of The Notorious BIG’s classic 1994 debut LP ‘Ready to Die’. It’s since been listened to over 50,000 times on Mixcloud & Soundcloud. Here’s what they had to say about[…]
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Back in 2012 I released my third official Mix Album for BBE Records, a compilation contemporary Latin beat-led music titled ‘Latin Concrete‘. Well received, the album was selected as ‘Album of the Week’ by UK broadsheet newspaper The Independent and featured tracks getting BBC radio airplay. At the time of[…]
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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing veteran DJ and producer Freddy Fresh about his incredibly varied career. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series we interview veteran DJ, producer and record collector Freddy Fresh. Freddy’s exceptionally varied career has included reworking tracks for BDP[…]
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Back in 2011 it was my pleasure to compile and mix this mix album celebrating the 15th Anniversary of one of my favourite labels – BBE Records. The result was a double CD mix album containing what I consider to be the label’s finest moments. Of the many mixes I’ve[…]
Read More »Back in 2011 it was my pleasure to compile and mix this mix album celebrating the 15th Anniversary of one of my favourite labels – BBE Records. The result was a double CD mix album containing what I consider to be the label’s finest moments. Of the many mixes I’ve[…]
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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[…]
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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.[…]
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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. Originally released on Limited Edition Cassette in the summer[…]
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As part of my ongoing efforts to get all of my various guest mixes up on my Mixcloud page, I recently added this mix I put together for WhoSampled and Mr Bongo a few months back in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Incredible Bongo Band’s classic ‘Bongo Rock’ LP.[…]
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