Tag Archives: Soul

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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

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

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

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

Dub from a distant time

22 November 2011

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

  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

Gil Scott-Heron

10 February 2011

‘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