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Monthly Archives: October 2011
Who Sampled 3rd Birthday – tonight at Big Chill House
Whosampled.com celebrate their 3rd birthday tonight at Big Chill House with this great event featuring DJs Mark Rae (Rae & Christian), Me, and the Who Sampled DJs plus a Q&A with the legendary Mohawks! Upstairs BBE celebrate the release of … Continue reading
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Classic Material Edition #11 box-set and products now in store!
On account of the manufacturing delays we had with Edition #10, Edition #11 is dropping a little later in the month than usual but we’re pleased to let you know that all the Edition #11 products are now in store. We’re back … Continue reading
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Classic Material Edition #12 Mixtape [Listen / Download]
Just in time for this Saturday’s Classic Material 1998 party, the Classic Material 1998 mixtape is here! If you’ve been following the series you’ll know the drill by now – 30 classic and lesser known hip hop cuts from the year in … Continue reading
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New Classic Material product shots
Classic Material Edition #10 Boxsets available now! Each box contains: T-shirt – Heavyweight white cotton t-shirt with 1 colour hand-pulled screen print on the front, embroidered neck tag and era-specific Classic Material logo printed on the back of the neck. … Continue reading
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BBE 15th Anniversary Radio Podcast Part 2
Following on from Part 1 of the BBE Anniversary Radio Podcast that I posted last week, Part 2 is now up on Mixcloud for your listening pleasure. Hosted by BBE main man Lee Bright, the first 20 minutes comprises a sampled … Continue reading
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Classic Material 1998 this Saturday at City Arts and Music Project
Another month rolls round and this time the Classic Material event series moves on to the music of 1998. DJs on the night playing nothing but 1998 hip hop and associated breaks will be Excalibah (BBC Radio 1Xtra), Chris Read … Continue reading
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Chris Read Interview on Soundcrash Podcast
In advance of tomorrow night’s Maylight gig (which sadly isn’t now going ahead – see below) I recorded a brief interview for the Soundcrash podcast talking about what our live show comprises and other current projects. Although my input is now … Continue reading
Soundcrash at Koko tomorrow night
I’m very sorry to let you know that Maylight will not be performing at Soundcrash tomorrow night as billed. It goes without saying that we were all very much looking forward to the show at one of our favourite venues but with our vocalist … Continue reading
