Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Weekend (4th December 2015) marked the 25th Anniversary of the release of Brand Nubian‘s classic debut album ‘One for All’. Notable for its use of unconventional sample material (see use of Edie Brickell’s ‘What I Am’ on the smash single ‘Slow Down’), this landmark release of[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “This Saturday (14th November 2015) marked the 20th Anniversary of the release of The Pharcyde‘s seminal sophomore album ‘Labcabincalifornia’. Produced in part by the late great Jay Dee together with various members of the group and guest producers including Diamond D, it’s a timeless long player that[…]
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Check out a live recording of my recent session at Diggers Dozen at Ace Hotel London up now on Mixcloud. No mixing, just a bunch of interesting records including some disco-jazz, Soviet funk, Polish jazz, some other oddball jazz selections and funk bits from around the globe. Listen here or[…]
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I recently did a brief guest mix for Moscow’s ‘Funk & Beyond’ radio show / podcast hosted by Anatoly Ice ahead of my gigs in Russia this weekend. You can listen again here or below (my guest mix appears in the last half hour): Funk and Beyond Podcast. Issue 77.[…]
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There’s a brand new mix up on Mixcloud. Details below: “This is the third and final installment of the ‘Funky Drummers’ mix series and the most uptempo of the three. As with previous editions, it’s a solid 20 minutes of nothing but raw drum breaks from Funk, Soul, Rock &[…]
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Guest mix for Bonafide Magazine’s ‘Bonafide Beats’ series in support of the release of my ‘All Night’ album. Previous editions have included mixes by the likes of Ashley Beedle, Aim, Rhettmatic and Jneiro Jarel among others. The mix comprises just under an hour of Electronic Soul and related beats from[…]
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Created for the launch of our pop-up store back in 2013, we’ve unearthed a small stash of these super-limited cassettes. A continuation of sorts from Chris Read’s ‘The Diary’ mixtape and subsequent ‘Classic Material’ mix series, ‘The Breaks of …’ revisits the chronological theme of those mixes, this time reconstructing[…]
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Info from WhoSampled: “The phrase ‘House Music’ means a variety of things to a variety of people. In the current landscape of sub-genres of sub-genres it can be used either as an umbrella term for a myriad of splinter scenes or a term attached to those styles of dance music[…]
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June 22nd 2015 sees the release of my new album for BBE Records. Titled ‘All Night’, the album is a round up of my remixes and productions from 2010 to 2015 including 9 previously unreleased tracks. Guest vocalists include Grammy award winners Bilal and Algebra Blessett, plus Oddisee, Pugs Atomz[…]
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Following on from the ‘Funky Drummers’ Part 2 mix which I posted two weeks back, this is the alternate version that I mentioned I would be posting. Essentially the same mix, but stripped right back to the essence – 20 minutes of nothing but the raw drum breaks! Tracklist: 1.[…]
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