‘Happy (Hammond)’ is the second release from London based Funk & Soul outfit the So Much Soul Players, a gritty, instrumental Hammond Funk take on Pharrell Williams’ ubiquitous feel-good Pop/Soul cut ‘Happy’. Harking back to the raw stylings of 60s/70s Funk, this dancefloor oriented rendition of the popular song features[…]
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Unofficial / Unreleased remix of Common’s ‘What Do You Say’ featuring PJ, taken from the album ‘A Beautiful Revolution’. Tracklist: Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Remix) Common feat PJ – What Do You Say (Chris Read Instrumental)
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About 10 years ago I set up a Youtube Channel and pretty much never uploaded anything there because why would that be the place you go to listen to music? Anyway, times done changed – I spent a good chunk of Lockdown 1.0 uploading pretty much everything the algorithm would[…]
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I was invited by FootPatrol to put together a mix for Record Store Day. The brief: one day in Soho record shops to buy records within their given budget and put together a mix using only those records. The resulting mix is pretty eclectic: some Spoken Word, Sampled Soul, 80s,[…]
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This Friday I’ll be back at Horse & Groom Shoreditch for another all night session of Funk, Soul, Boogie, Disco, House, Broken Beat & more. Facebook event page here.
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I’ll be back at East London’s favourite Disco pub this Saturday for an all night session of Funk, Soul, Disco, Boogie and House. Facebook event page here.
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I recently appeared on 1BTN FM for a sort interview to talk about the recent Bruton Vaults release and played 3 brand new tracks from a selection of projects I’m currently working on including a remix featured Steve Spacek, a new release for KPM and a track from the debut[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “On March 3rd 1989, De La Soul released their critically acclaimed debut album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ and Hip Hop music changed forever. Released on Tommy Boy Records, the same label that had been instrumental in the evolution of early Hip Hop with releases including Afrika Bambaataa’s Planet Rock,[…]
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A little over 10 years ago I put out a mixtape called ‘The Diary’, by far the most ambitious mix I’d ever attempted – 801 iconic Hip Hop tracks in order of release from 1979 to 2009 in an 80 minute mix. It took literally years to put together and[…]
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Looking forward to playing Disco and related bits and bobs this Saturday at Horse and Groom in Shoreditch. Dancefloor situations until 4am and Free Entry for early birds. More info here.
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