Blurb from Dinked Records: “Three continents collide on ‘Runaway’, the latest single from Mozambican rapper / vocalist Simba Sitoi, featuring Canada’s Kardinal Offishall, remixed by the UK’s Chris Read. Simba Sitoi is a key player in the Hip Hop scene in his native Mozambique, where his vocals in both English[…]
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The Mr Bongo label’s recent Hip Hop 45s series sees classic Hip Hop tracks from the 80s, 90s and beyond reissued on 7″ vinyl in original picture sleeves. Every track featured in the series is a certified classic and a high proportion of these records featured heavily in my DJ[…]
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Blurb from WhoSampled: “Universal Production Music (UPM), the world’s leading production music company, together with WhoSampled are pleased to announce the vinyl release of ‘Samplethon – Digging The Bruton Vaults’, a unique collection of tracks that samples music from the widely-acclaimed Bruton Vaults. WhoSampled, worked with UPM to unearth some of[…]
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For any among you who missed out on my BBE / Dinked Records 7″ with Pugs Atomz last year, I’ve made a small quantity available for sale on my Bandcamp page. Very reasonably priced at £5.99 plus shipping, if I do say so myself. Listen / purchase here.
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There are 5 vinyl copies of Mr Bongo‘s brand new ‘Record Club Volume 2’ compilation up for grabs in WhoSampled‘s lates competition. Entry details here.
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Blurb from BBE: “Join two of BBE’s most prolific artists and compilers, Mr Thing & Chris Read on a voyage into the mysterious, strange and wonderful world of Library Music, courtesy of Cavendish Music. Founded in 1937 and originally known as Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music Library, Cavendish Music is[…]
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Copies of Sonor Music Editions’ latest reissue, Piana & Valdambrini’s ’10 Situazioni’ are up for grabs in WhoSampled’s latest competition. Entry detail here.
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5 vinyl copies of Ambassa’s ‘Ride the Samples’ are up for grabs in WhoSampled’s latest competition. Entry details here.
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Copies of Rusty Bryant’s much sampled ‘Fire Eater’ and Charles Kynard’s jazz funk classic ‘Afro-Disiac’ are up for grabs in WhoSampled’s latest competition. Entry details here.
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Tomorrow night I’ll be playing down at audiophile haven Spiritland for the launch of Be With Records’ reissue of the Ahamd Jamal classic ‘The Awakening’. Jazz and Hip Hop with DJs from the label and Vinyl Factory. Facebook event page here. In related news WhoSampled have 5 x Vinyl Copies[…]
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