WhoSampled have just announced details of 2015’s ‘Samplethon’ event, this time offering 20 up and coming producers the opportunity to sample material from the esteemed Bruton Music catalogue! Watch here or below: Entry details here.
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WhoSampled is 7 years old today! It’s been a pleasure to work on many interesting projects over the past year. Head over to the WhoSampled blog to find out what’s been going on for the past 12 months. Read more here.
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This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Wil Baptiste of Black Violin about the relationship between hip hop and classical music and the band’s new album ‘Stereotypes. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we spoke with Wil Babtiste, one half of Black Violin,[…]
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On August 6, 2014, hip hop legends Public Enemy performed at London’s world-renowned Metropolis Studios in the most intimate gig of their career. This unique show gave 125 lucky fans the rare opportunity to witness one of the most influential rap collectives record a live album up close and personal,[…]
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It was recently my pleasure to interview Ernie Isley, drummer, bass and guitar player and songwriter for legendary funk / soul group and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners The Isley Brothers. Blurb from WhoSampled: “For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview series, we speak with Ernie Isley, drummer, guitar[…]
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This week sees the release of ‘The Isley Brothers: The RCA Victor and T-Neck Album Masters (1959-1983)‘ box set, an expansive 23 CD collection offering the most comprehensive collection of the group’s material available to date. The collection features newly remastered versions of 21 of the group’s albums, to which[…]
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Originally released in 1973 and conceived as a collection of tracks intended for use in TV broadcasting, ‘To-day’s Sound’ has become one of the most popular works by renowned Italian composer Piero Umiliani and is regarded as one of the best of his long career. Umiliani on this album utilises[…]
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July 19th I’ll be DJing in support of The Last Poets live at London’s Jazz Cafe. WhoSampled are offering 5 pairs of tickets in their latest competition. Click here for a chance to win.
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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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For the latest edition of the WhoSampled interview podcast series I spoke with DJ Format, someone with whom I’ve been friends through DJing etc for many years now. Great to chat about record collecting, DJing, production and plenty else. If you’ve got an hour to kill, it’s now live on[…]
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