BUY THIS RELEASE Bandcamp (buy direct: help us survive) Juno Beatport N.B. Free digital files included for all vinyl supporters. DJ Feedback/Reviews ‘I have those last 12s you sent. Really dug them’ (Erol Alkan) ‘Three uber groovy cuts from the … Continue reading →
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Tagged acid, AKAI MPC sampler, Alex Pewin, ARP Odyssey, Astroboy, Beauty & The Beat, Belle Bete, Ben Martin, Bobby Cleaver, Cajmere, Cedric Woo, Chicago house, classic house, Curved, David Varchola, Debukas, Detroit house, Dimitri Veimar, Dj Ionik, Dmitry Malyshev, dub, Embryo, Erol Alkan, Fabrice Lig, Geoff Ticehurst, gospel, Gunrose, High Sheen, HM004, house, iO Sounds, Jacksonville, Jaco Justice, Jeremy Gilbert, Kay Suzuki, Kelburn Garden Party, Kosmos, Leonidas & Hobbes, losing today, mark barton, Mo' Machines, Mo' Moody, Moog, Moullinex, Murf, Neo Violence, Nineties, Numbers, psychedelic, Roland Juno 106, Roland RE-501, Roland SH-101, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, Round In Motion, Rubadub, Sequential Circuits Pro One, Soul, Sputnik, synth jam, tape delay, Teamy, techno, Thomas Pudell, Tiago, Traveller Records, triple oscillator effect, Turn U Round, Voices, We Are Unity, Wrong Island, Yogi Haughton
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Two Wednesdays back, I welcomed Jealouskid to play some of his personal favourites and NeW IDoLs with me at 99 Hanover St. He’s been pushing music he loves via a weekly radio show on Brap FM called The Gulshick for … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2 German Latinos, 99 Hanover St, Andrew Weatherall, B-more, bass, Bass Clef, Beastie Boys, Clock Opera, De La Soul, Dead Prez, Débruit, Del Shannon, Django Django, Eats Everything, electro, Four Tet, funk, Geoffroy, Gesaffelstein, Hip Hop, hobbes, house, Ivan Smagghe, Jealouskid, Lana Del Rey, LCD Soundsystem, MIA, Mixcloud, Nas, New Idols, punk, Rap, reggae, Roy Davis Jnr, Sandée, Scottie B, Shannon, Soul, Tall Black Guy Productions, The Busy Twist, The Clash, The Heavy, The Meters, The Police, Wonky
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I recorded this set at the beginning of the month at my NeW IDoLs night (9-1, every Wednesday at 99 Hanover St). This night is all about ‘NeW IDoLs and old favourites’ and this night was a proper nostalgia-fest, inspired by … Continue reading →
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Tagged 4hero, 99 Hanover St, Abraham And The Metronomes, Afro Cosmic, Afromaniac, Alice Russell, Amerie, Ben Westbeech, Block 16, Brazilian, broken beat, Bugz In The Attic, Charlie Palmieri, cosmic, Dee Felice Trio, Esther Williams, Freeform 5, funk, Gecko Turner, Hint, hobbes, Isolée, Jack Teagarden, jazz, jazz funk, Jorge Ben, Jumbonics, Latin, Laura Vane, Leon Jean Marie, Maily, Mixcloud, Natural Self, New Idols, Outer Space, Pablo, Pepe Bradock, Quantic, Quantic Soul Orchestra, rare groove, Roy Ayers, Shirley Scott, Soul, Spanky Wilson, Sweet Breeze, swing, The Highlighters Band, Tito Puente, Trouble, Tru Thoughts, Will Holland
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Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn, who died just over a week ago, was the bass player for Booker T & The MGs (pictured above, with Dunn second from the right), the world-renown house band for quintessential Sixties, Memphis soul label Stax and later … Continue reading →
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Tagged Atlantic Soul Classics, Bill Withers, blues, Bob Dylan, Booker T & The MGs, Booker T Jones, Boot-Leg, Carla Thomas, civil rights movement, Dan Aykroyd, Donald 'Duck' Dunn, Eric Clapton, Green Onions, John Belushi, Last Night, Martin Luther King, Melting Pot, Memphis, Neil Young, Otis Redding, Rod Stewart, Rufus Thomas, Sam & Dave, Sixties, Soul, Soul Limbo, Stax, Steve Cropper, The Blues Brothers, The Mar-Keys, Tom Petty, Volt, Wilson Pickett
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I first came into contact with Kiwi legends The Black Seeds in 2007, when they approached Trouble (the club-night-come-promotional-organisation I started with fellow DJ Erik d’Viking in 2002) about us providing DJ support for them at a trio of shows they were … Continue reading →
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Tagged Afrobeat, Berlin, blues, dub-reggae, Dust And Dirt, Erik d'Viking, funk, Jazzanova, live music, New Zealand, On The Sun, rock, Sonar Kollektiv, Soul, South Pacific soul, The Black Seeds, The Scotsman, Trouble, Wellington
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Here is a copy of an old favourite, a mix that was recorded live in the summer sunshine at the Big Chill Festival in 2005. It features a lot of dub-reggae by the wonderful Rhythm & Sound, aka genius German producers … Continue reading →
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Tagged Basic Channel, Big Chill, Border Crossing, Buju Banton, Butch Cassidy Soundsystem, chill out, Chock Rock, dancehall, Dillinger, Dry & Heavy, dub, dub-reggae, Ethiopia, Fat Freddys Drop, Fort Knox Five, Haile Selassie, hobbes, Jamie Lidell, Jennifer Lara, Joe Gibbs, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Mark Ernestus, Mc Ishu, Mix, Mixcloud, Moritz Von Oswald, Mr Scruff, Mungo's Hi-Fi, Paul St. Hilaire, Rastafarian, reggae, Rhythm & Sound, Rothko, ska, Soul, Susumu Yokota, techno, The Police, The Upsetter, Third Wolrd, Tye Tribett, Willi Williams
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Balearic, or Balearic beat, adjective Spanish origin but formally cultivated by British DJs, Balearic came to be identified with a certain kind of mid-tempo (i.e. 100 – 120 BPM) dance music. Origins: Pioneered in the late-Eighties by certain key DJs on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amnesia, Balearic, Balearic beat, Chicago house, Clubbers' Decktionary, Danny Rampling, disco, DJ Alfredo, EBM, Harvey, Ibiza, Idjut Boys, Italo, Jazzie B, Johnny Walker, Lisa Loud, Nancy Noise, new beat, new wave, Nicky Holloway, Pacha, Paul Oakenfold, pop, punk, reggae, Soul, Soul II Soul, The Chemical Brothers, Trevor Fung, Wild Bunch
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‘Rap godfather’ Gil Scott-Heron played a rare live show at Edinburgh’s Picture House in 2010, promoting the release of his new album, I’m New Here (XL). Here is a video clip of him performing The Bottle, probably his most famous … Continue reading →