Saturday, October 29, 2011
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Good Looking Records/LTJ Bukem Documentary
One of my favourite drum & bass producers is LTJ Bukem. I came across this documentary from back in the day ... his manager Tony was a proper Del Boy!
Thursday, May 14, 2009
DJ Derek in da area!!!
Bodytonicmusic & Big Chill Present:
DJ DEREK (Sweet Memory Sounds, Bristol)
DJ Shepdog (Nice Up!)
Tom Beary & MC Little Tree (Scribble)
Grandad DJ Derek is back to rock the Bernard Shaw with some sweet reggae and dancehall. For the un-initiated, Derek is a retired former accountant for Cadburys Chocolate, who made a name for himself some 30 odd years ago for playing black music to a black crowd and doing it well. So well infact, that the BBC made a documentary about him and he hasnt looked back since, doing 3/4 gigs a week up and down the land and the tender age of 68.
A diehard real ale afficianado (he brought his own booze to the club but not before heating it on the radiator in his hotel room) he played in the Bernard Shaw last November and schooled everybody in how a real Gentleman DJ does it. Selecting sweet soul, ragga and dancehall jams and dishing out life advice in his see it to believe it Jamaican patois, he made us laugh, he made us cry, but most importantly he made us dance!
Bodytonic are doing this gig in association with The Big Chill Festival in the UK (August 6th - 9th) where Derek is a mainstay
DJ DEREK (Sweet Memory Sounds, Bristol)
DJ Shepdog (Nice Up!)
Tom Beary & MC Little Tree (Scribble)
Grandad DJ Derek is back to rock the Bernard Shaw with some sweet reggae and dancehall. For the un-initiated, Derek is a retired former accountant for Cadburys Chocolate, who made a name for himself some 30 odd years ago for playing black music to a black crowd and doing it well. So well infact, that the BBC made a documentary about him and he hasnt looked back since, doing 3/4 gigs a week up and down the land and the tender age of 68.
A diehard real ale afficianado (he brought his own booze to the club but not before heating it on the radiator in his hotel room) he played in the Bernard Shaw last November and schooled everybody in how a real Gentleman DJ does it. Selecting sweet soul, ragga and dancehall jams and dishing out life advice in his see it to believe it Jamaican patois, he made us laugh, he made us cry, but most importantly he made us dance!
Bodytonic are doing this gig in association with The Big Chill Festival in the UK (August 6th - 9th) where Derek is a mainstay
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Drum & Bass Documentary from 1996
Some badass tunes in the soundtrack to this...Goldie / Hype / 4Hero are some of the headz that feature from back in the day !!!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Tighten Up - Volume 1
This is the first in a series of classic riddims which i will be posting over the next while. I had to start with one of the all-time greats by Junior Reid 'One Blood' This is the massive 6 minute version too, with 2 minutes of dubbing after the vocals. Enjoy!
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Album Of The Year so far....
Inspiration Information: Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics
Mulatu Astatke was born in Ethiopia in 1943. He is an innovative multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and the originator of a form of music he calls ethio-jazz. Mulatu Astatke's music is impossible to categorise. There are the obvious Ethiopian influences and then there are the jazz influences, reflecting the time he spent in the UK and the US. It's a predominantly instrumental style that first shook up the Addis music scene back in the late 1960s and early 70s, reached new audiences thanks to the success of the Ethiopiques albums, and is still evolving. Last year, Astatke gave his first live show in the UK in more than 15 years, backed by the London-based Heliocentrics collective.
MULATU ASTATKE & The Heliocentrics
Live from Cargo, London
17th April 2008
ulatu Astatke - Vibes and Percussion
Malcolm Catto - Drums
Jake Ferguson - Bass
Jack Yglesias – Percussion
Adrian Owusu – Guitar
Finn Peters - Tenor Sax
Byron Wallen - Trumpet
Joel Yennior - Trombone
James Arben – Tenor & Baritone sax
Ollie Parfitt - Keyboards
The African bandleader joined them again for an intriguing studio collaboration which has resulted in this amazing album.
Probably a bit corny but yes listening to Mulatu Astatke really does take you away to a special place...
Mulatu Astatke was born in Ethiopia in 1943. He is an innovative multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and the originator of a form of music he calls ethio-jazz. Mulatu Astatke's music is impossible to categorise. There are the obvious Ethiopian influences and then there are the jazz influences, reflecting the time he spent in the UK and the US. It's a predominantly instrumental style that first shook up the Addis music scene back in the late 1960s and early 70s, reached new audiences thanks to the success of the Ethiopiques albums, and is still evolving. Last year, Astatke gave his first live show in the UK in more than 15 years, backed by the London-based Heliocentrics collective.
MULATU ASTATKE & The Heliocentrics
Live from Cargo, London
17th April 2008
ulatu Astatke - Vibes and Percussion
Malcolm Catto - Drums
Jake Ferguson - Bass
Jack Yglesias – Percussion
Adrian Owusu – Guitar
Finn Peters - Tenor Sax
Byron Wallen - Trumpet
Joel Yennior - Trombone
James Arben – Tenor & Baritone sax
Ollie Parfitt - Keyboards
The African bandleader joined them again for an intriguing studio collaboration which has resulted in this amazing album.
Probably a bit corny but yes listening to Mulatu Astatke really does take you away to a special place...
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