For all you bargain hunters, we’re pleased to let you know that we have a couple of new offers on the Classic Material web shop. We have just one Edition #5 t-shirt left and one of each size for Edition #4 (both pictured above) which are reduced to just £15 to clear!
View these and other items in the Classic Material web shop here.
If you live in the UK and like records then Fat City is a name that should be synonymous with quality music to you. The Manchester store, record label and online vinyl merchants, now based in London will be launching their brand new website this Friday at Floripa in Shoreditch and I’m very pleased to be playing to help them celebrate alongside Hint from Tru Thoughts, Jazzman Gerald and the crew. Entry is free before 10pm – I recommend arriving early to ensure entry!
Facebook event page here.
There’s also a nice little article detailing Fat City’s history and a mix featuring some of the artists playing at the launch on the Laid Back blog here.
Another week flies by and we have another selection of upfront Funk & Soul releases for your listening pleasure. New music this week from Gizelle Smith, The Grits, Shaolin Afronauts and Rickey Calloway amongst others.
Listen to this week’s playlist here.
Put together for BBE in support of of my recent ‘Latin Concrete’ compilation, this mix is available exclusively on the BBE Mixcloud page. Here’s what BBE have to say about it:
“We’re pleased to share this latest mix from BBE signing Chris Read, exclusive to Mixcloud in support of his recent BBE mix / compilation release ‘Latin Concrete: A Modern Latin Beat Suite’, currently receiving fantastic reviews incuding ‘Album of the Week’ in UK broad sheet The Independent.
Showcasing 30 minutes of contemporary DJ / Producer led Latin beats of varying styles (plus one classic for good measure) this mix, the second in Chris’s ‘Ritmos Latinos’ series, gives a little taster of the type of infectious percussion heavy tracks featured on Chris’s excellent compilation.“
Listen to the mix on Mixcloud here
Buy Latin Concrete here
Join BBE on Facebook here
This Saturday and Sunday in London town, Classic Material will be joining the creme of the UK’s streetwear brands down at Sampled streetwear sale and record fair. Brands on sale will include Stussy, Silas, Alife, Dephect and many more. DJs playing throughout the day will include Mr Thing, Chris Read, Jake BBE and many more. Come down to Bar Music Hall, Curtain Road, Shoreditch to get in on the action!
Facebook event page here
Sampled Facebook group page here
For a little taster, check out this video from last year’s event:
This week’s 22tracks London Funk & Soul playlist is live! New music from Rickey Calloway, Jazzanova’s Funkhaus Sessions band, DJ Format, Nostalgia 77, The Sugarman 3 and many more.
Listen for yourself here.
This Friday at the Old Queen’s Head Islington, The Herbaliser‘s Jake Wherry will be hitting the turntables alongside Chris Read (BBE) and Bobafatt of Main Squeeze / Rough Trade for a mixed bag of hip hop, funk & soul. Entry is free before 8pm and just £4 thereafter!
Facebook event page here.
www.musicofsubstance.com the online home of UK DJ, producer, remixer and promoter Chris Read.
