Soul Damn 'Phisticated!

Continuing the musical high . . . . this week’s session will resume at Russell’s Cafe Bar, 44 Wanstead High Road, London E11 this coming Saturday, August 14th.

Free entry from 8pm with yours truly back behind the 1′s and 2′s spinning the best in Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop with a touch of Jazz and a generous sprinkling of R’n'B.

See you there!

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Continuing the musical high . . . . this week’s session will resume at Russell’s Cafe Bar, 44 Wanstead High Road, London E11 this coming Saturday, August 7th.

Free entry from 8pm with yours truly back behind the 1′s and 2′s spinning the best in Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop with a touch of Jazz and a generous sprinkling of R’n'B.

See you there!

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Due to an illness in the family tonights session has been cancelled. Next date is August 7th.

Apologies for any inconvenience

Love it or hate it, the digital age is here.  The purists pour scorn on those “laptop” DJs who have “no real skills or dexterity” reliant on a box of electronics for their wizardry. For a long time I was one of those “Luddites”

My first accession to digital was with my Pioneer CDJ 1000′s, which to me were a god send, no more humping heavy vinyl around although now I carry 3 bags one for each of the CDJs and 1 for the CD wallets

I now find myself getting a little fed up with the constant burning of MP3 discs only to be asked for a track that I haven’t burnt! Over the next few months I will be looking at DVS (digital vinyl system) software which will allow manipulation of my digital music via either a traditional turntable or my CDJs for that real DJ feel. My entire music collection can be safely stored on a laptop or external drive for use.

The benefit is that I can carry my entire collection with me, whilst
the downside is that occasionally I’ll still be carrying at least 3 bags.

I’ll keep you posted as to how I get on.

Continuing the musical high . . . . this week’s session will resume at Russell’s Cafe Bar, 44 Wanstead High Road, London E11 this coming Saturday, July 24th.

Free entry from 8pm with yours truly back behind the 1′s and 2′s spinning the best in Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop with a touch of Jazz and a generous sprinkling of R’n'B.

See you there!

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For a long time I alway thought that Rose Royce’s Still In Love was a Chaka Khan track, taken from the 1982 album ‘Stronger Than Ever’ , and only ever released as a promo only 12” in  the UK. I finally managed to track down a near mint copy for mucho dinero a few years back.

It comes as no surprise that this classic has been given the Joey Negro treatment. In comes the beefed up B-Line along with the driving 4/4 beat and snapping snare. The vocalist, Ricci Benson provides a warm range full of depth; a perfect update of a true classic! My verdict 9/10.

Still In Love by the AC Soul Symphony is available right now on Z Records – miss it at your peril.

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W.ANTS, W.ORLD, W.OMEN is the brand new offering from my man Dwele, a fusion of Hip-Hop, R&B and Jazz – lots of stand out tracks what’s not to love about it? – not much!

Whether it’s the collaborations with David Banner, Raheem DeVaughn, DJ Quik or Slum Village, the collection presents music of substance, laid back and SOULful and occasionally in your face at just the right times. If you’re a Dwele fan, you won’t be disappointed, this is the real deal!

The following are my particular standout tracks;

I wanna
Hangover
What’s not to love
Grown

To be fair, I’ve only played the collection about 27 times since Sunday – Enjoy!

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Well the weather has picked up; the sun has finally come out to play and bestow it’s loveliness upon us.

DJs Jazzy Jeff and Mick Boogie present us with 66 minutes of sunshine vibes, time wind down the windows, drop the roof down and turn it up!

Grab your free copy from http://www.undrcrwn.com/blog/

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Continuing the musical high . . . . this week’s session will resume at Russell’s Cafe Bar, 44 Wanstead High Road, London E11 this coming Saturday, July 10th

Free entry from 8pm with yours truly back behind the 1′s and 2′s spinning the best in Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop with a touch of Jazz and a generous sprinkling of R’n'B.

See you there!

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Continuing the musical high . . . . this week’s session will resume at Russell’s Cafe Bar, 44 Wanstead High Road, London E11 this coming Saturday, June 26th.

Free entry from 8pm with yours truly back behind the 1′s and 2′s spinning the best in Funk, Soul, Hip-Hop with a touch of Jazz and a generous sprinkling of R’n'B.

See you there!

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