Andy Smith’s Essential Selection mix for Radio 1 is one of my favourite ever DJ sets. Almost as good is his mix album The Document, which led to a number of sequels. And now, years after it first came out,…
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SEO Disco
So I was chatting via email with Tom from distilled and we decided it might be fun to organise a night where a bunch of SEOs and other digital types get together. However, rather than just standing round talking about…
Laurient Garnier DJing At Worldwide Festival
Next year I AM going to go to Sète for the Worldwide Festival. Dancing to people like Laurent Garnier, José James, Ben Westbeech & Gilles Peterson on a cliff by the Med? What’s not to like? PS – Check out…
Greg Wilson To Play Plastic People
Legendary DJ Greg Wilson is to play his first ever set at London’s Plastic People for new club night Misha…. Misha is a new club night playing the very best in dance music, whether it’s soul, disco, electro, funk, or…
10 Best DJ Mixes
Some people say that there is no skill to being a DJ. But the 10 best DJ Mixes are more innovative & exciting than most of the ‘real’ music being released.. I’ve been taking part in a discussion on MOG…
Mixed Moods – Future Soul Radio (Sounds like Gilles Peterson)
Mixed Moods Future Soul Radio is an amazing German internet radio site that I recently stumbled upon; if you like Gilles Peterson then you will love this… I was trying to find somewhere to download the new Ben Westbeech track…
Shuffle Set List, Saturday October 7th 2006
Those lovely people at the club night Shuffle invited me down to the Legion again to play some records last Saturday… And this is what I played… Gang Do Tagarela – Melo Da Tagarela (Brazilian funk cover version of Rappers…
Lovebox Weekender – DJ Mix Podcasts
Earlier this summer I went to the rather excellent Lovebox Weekender Festival in London, hosted by Groove Armada… There were performances from Ben Westbeech, Coldcut, Norman Jay, Jamiroquai and Gilles Peterson to name but a few. And now, to bring…
Great summer party hip-hop & house mix
New York based DJ illJazz provides a hip-hop mix to put the summer in everyone’s life… Well, we lost. But the sun is shining and I’m off on holiday tomorrow. And one thing that I will definitely be taking is…
Sample as that – Shuffle set-list (funk, soul & hip-hop)
For those of you who made it to Old Street on Saturday, my funk, soul & hip-hop set-list from Shuffle is below. Hopefully I’ll be back there soon…. Donny Hathaway – What’s Goin’ On? (cover of Marvin Gaye classic, sampled…
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