A labour of love which started life some years ago, the second part of this two part mix is long overdue. Part 1 of this mix was posted around a year ago and this was supposed to follow shortly after. Other projects overtook completing this, but I finally found a[…]
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On Friday last week I put out a new mixtape for WhoSampled x Wax Poetics in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of A Tribe Called Quest’s debut LP ‘People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm’. In the four short days since it went online it’s already clocked over 20,000[…]
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Mixcloud just announced their Top 25 mixes of 2014 and I’m pleased to have scraped my way on to the list at #23 for my Incredible Bongo Band Anniversary Mix. Not quite as good as last year when I managed to grab the #7 and #18 spot, but still not[…]
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This mix was put together toward the end of last year for WhoSampled in support of a Kickstarter campaign launched by the family of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt to raise money for a memorial to his life and music on the former family home. The campaign was a great success[…]
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With Xmas less than a week away, I thought I ought to do the traditional thing and pst a reminder of the Christmas mixtapes Marc Hype and I put together over the course of a few years starting back in 2009: Xmas themed funk, soul, hip hop, disco, reggae, jazz[…]
Read More »New guest mix for WhoSampled. Info from WhoSampled: “The Electric Light Orchestra are among hip hop’s top 10 most sampled rock bands, the group succeeding in fusing rock and pop with experimental classical music to create memorable pop hits and epic soundscapes alike. The group’s eclectic sound has unsurprisingly found[…]
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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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I’m pleased to be supporting a great Kickstarter campaign commemorating the life of ELO bassist Kelly Groucutt with a new mixtape and short accompanying video interview in conjunction with WhoSampled. Details coming soon. In the meantime, you can view the Kickstarter page here.
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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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