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Monthly Archives: February 2012
DJ Set at The Boom Bap, Camden Lockside this Saturday
This Saturday the Boom Bap returns to Camden Lockside with DJs Mr Thing (Extended Players / BBE), Chris Read (Music of Substance / BBE), Big Ted (Teddy’s Jam) and Boom Bap resident Shredded Pete playing golden era hip hop, funk and … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Ted, Boom Bap, Chris Read, Gigs, Hip Hop, Lockside Lounge, Mr Thing
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BBE Radio Show with Al Kent, Johnny D, Chris Read and Lee Bright: Listen Again
If you missed the musical riot that was the BBE radio show last night, I’m pleased to let you know that you can now listen again on Mixcloud. Hosted by BBE main man Lee Bright, there’s a phone interview with … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Kent, BBE, Chris Read, Disco, Disco Demands, Funk, Interview, Mixcloud
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BBE Soundsystem live from Strongroom Studios tonight 7pm
BBE Records takes over Strongroom FM tonight from 7pm GMT. BBE’s Lee Bright will be interviewing me about forthcoming BBE projects and other bits and pieces and of course there’s a load of damn fine music! London folk find us … Continue reading
Chris Read – Disco Cumbia / Sons D’Afrique re-press!
Glad to report that both my recent singles for Breakin Bread just had a re-press! Grab them while stocks last at www.fatcity.co.uk – purchase Disco Cumbia here or Sons D’Afrique here. (Also both available via iTunes for non vinyl folk – … Continue reading
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Tagged Afro Beat, Breakin Bread, Chris Read, Latin, Products, Releases
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Final week of the Classic Material 25% online sale
Just a quick reminder that there is just one week left of our 25% Spring Sale. All items except photogrpahy prints are reduced by 25% until the end of February. That brings box sets down to £24, t-shirts to £18 … Continue reading
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Tagged Box Set, Chris Read, Classic Material, Hip Hop, Products, Releases, Sale
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So Much Soul! at Queen of Hoxton this Friday
So Much Soul! is back! This Friday we’ll be upstairs at Queen of Hoxton, Curtain Road Shoreditch. Break heavy dancefloor funk & soul all night… DJs: Chris Read (BBE / Music of Substance) / Nick Armitage (Droppin Science / Classic … Continue reading
Final week of the Classic Material exhibition
All good things must come to an end and the Classic Material exhibition at City Arts and Music Project is no exception. This week will be the final week that the exhibition is on display, so if you’ve not yet … Continue reading
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Chris Read presents “Latin Concrete” (BBE Records) sneak preview
I’ve mentioned this forthcoming release for BBE a few times of late and had quite a lot of people asking what it’s all about so thought I would give a little preview by posting the artwork package for the promo … Continue reading
Wax Poetics Prince Issue // Dam Funk x Prince Mixtape
It’s been a while since I posted anything on here other than my own projects, but I’ve always got love for the superb read that is Wax Poetics, so when I saw this gem this morning, I decided to break … Continue reading
