A big thanks to everyone I worked with this year!: Classic Material, a project Nick Armitage, John Brotherhood and I started 12 years ago made a comeback for #HIPHOP50, re-running our mixtape series first with Wax Poetics magazine and then with Apple Music. I picked up ‘The Breaks’ mix series where I left off (absolutely insane[…]
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Iâm pleased to share with you the third volume of this new (nearly) quarterly mix series, âManifesto in Stereoâ. The mission, or Manifesto if you like, is a simple one â to play music that is moving me right now outside the restrictions of heavily themed mixes . A proportion[…]
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This is the seventh in our ‘New Towns’ mixtape series showcasing new and recent / contemporary Drum & Bass music rooted in or influenced by the intelligent, ambient or atmospheric sounds of the mid 90s. The intention is not necessarily to focus on brand new releases, but simply to play[…]
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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. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]
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My Ultimate Breaks & Beats tribute mix for @bbc6musicâs @hueymorgan show (first aired as part of the stationâs #HIPHOP50 celebration last month) has now been added to my Mixcloud. 15 minute mix containing around 30 original Funk, Soul, Disco cuts featured on the legendary UBB compilation series. Track list: 1. Rufus Thomas â The Breakdown Part[…]
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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 #6 in this year by year series pays tribute to the Hip Hop[…]
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This is the sixth in our âNew Townsâ mixtape series showcasing new and recent / contemporary Drum & Bass music rooted in or influenced by the intelligent, ambient or atmospheric sounds of the mid 90s. The intention is not necessarily to focus on brand new releases, but simply to play[…]
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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. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]
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I’m pleased to share with you the second volume of this new quarterly mix series, ‘Manifesto in Stereo’. The mission, or Manifesto if you like, is a simple one – to play music that is moving me right now outside the restrictions of heavily themed mixes . A proportion of[…]
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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. Alongside the Hip Hop series this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap[…]
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