Well where do I start, groove sanctuary was killer last night..... top DJs, top music, top people and live performances. What more can you ask for when you go out?? not much, especially when the live band is Bah samba.
As I got there the venue was filling up nicely, with patrick forge spinning those jazzy house beats, now i would love to say a certain dj was stand out but quite simply there where so many plus i missed a few, it would be hard to say... PATRICK FORGE, PHIL ASHER, BOPSTAR, FAZE ACTION, MJ COLE, NEIL PIERCE, JOHN OUDO etc......
But for me, the night was centred around seeing Bah Samba live with amazing artists, now I managed to capture most of it on film but all to soon my memory card was full up!!!! (I did however delete some crap in time to film part of the last song)
Anyways check it out for yourselves and if you weren't there make sure you don't miss out again, biggup to Jimbo for organising such a wicked night. Keep em coming mate...
Excuse all spelling and grammar errors its 3am I'm quite tired writing this one.. & Im only just learning how to edit video so don't cuss lol
Big Chill presents @ The Big Chill House Ok so i have been active this weekend and first up this weekend on Friday I went to see my pal Danny Native, Bruk Down the Big Chill House quite literally......... This is the fist time I have been to Big Chill House and I have to say its not a bad little venue, theres a good little sound system and its laid out pretty well too, although some of the crowd were abit suspect lol but what can you expect from King Cross ay!!.
Anyway onto the music..... Danny Smashed out some serious bruk pressure and got the bar packed out quite literally in a matter of minutes, playing a varied Altered Natives set with alot of serious new bits (which btw I need if your reading bro). Altogether smashing it up, so props to you sir, killer little set.
restless soul with Guest Boddhi Satva
Ok so Saturday I hit up East Village to go see what was poppin off in the restless soul party and I say this time and time again, restless soul can throw a party!!!! Guaranteed you will have a good time, hear good music and meet people (and thats hard to come by these days). Anyways when I pitched up and upstairs was ram jammed where Bopstar and Dominic Jacobson where playing hip hop/soul and just grooves in general, which they continued to do all night long.
Downstairs also rammed out had, Craig Whitfield (pictured right) throwing down some serious tunage HHA style, warming up the dance floor from the moment he touched the decks, playing old and new pressure with a sprinkle of niceness in there too... Craig warmed the room up nicely for Boddhi Satva, Big props to Craig for that... Next on we had man of the hour Boddhi Satva, who i have to say tore it up!! it wasnt what i was expecting at all, not say I didnt think Boddhi was good, I just didnt think he could rock an ancestral soulful sound for three hours and keep the crowd bubbling the way he did. So full props to him for that a very good ancestral set, one of the best i have heard in a while, very deep & soulful at the same time also throwing in some classic house jams, Boddhi kept the crowd bubbling away.
As Always after that came Phil 'The Machine' Asher (not his official name but I think he should change it), Phil tore up the last half an hour alongside Craig, playing feel good house music, really putting the night to bed in a good way. Check out the video I put together, ever the Speilberg lolol....
P.s Look Out for the next Inspiration Informamation on the 14/5/10 with special guest Dj SHUYA OKINO (KYOTO JAZZ MASSIVE).
Room 4 Movement @ The Book club This was a party you dont call a party, you call a "dance"!! Simple tings!! I love a bit of old school broken beat and woooiiii is that what i got, I turned up to hear Colonel Red smacking out a serious Live PA and not to mention you had other artist in there like Vanessa Freeman and Bembe Segue just jammin on the mic.... A real treat with Phil Asher behind the decks, big up Phil everytime (shouts for playin that At One business)... I'll let you decide from the video footage I took whether it was good or not.....
So its that week of the year where everyone says there tune is a Miami hit!!! (But the truth is its not). So I am here to tell you what I think should come out of Miami championed with this tittle and its not just one thing, oh no no no (said in a Churchill dog fashion).
Phil Asher Feat. SPRY - TEXTYA (Chachalekpafun)
Textya is part of a series of trax with Phlash & Spry, now unfortunately me being encapsulated with Phils "Blak'n'Spanish" release with Afronaught, I managed to over look certain elements on this one until this saturday just gone at Deep Cover, when Phil dropped the Afrotech version which immediately caught my attention. In my defence I did know already as you can see from earlier in the blog (click here) but sometimes you miss how deep something really goes, so apologies to Phil on that. Personal picks are the Club mix and Congo Afrotech mix both no brainers, working everywhere.
Moving on track by track........
1) Club Mix (8:54) - Is rife with elements and textures that you notice the more you listen, a deep soulful journey that takes you where you need to be. With Excellent drums & percussion and music to keep you chugging. When you hear that bass lead, You know what time it is!! Phil Asher Feat SPRY - TEXTYA (Chachalekpafun) by restless soul
2) Natural Mix (7:50) - is a stripped down version of club mixed aimed at your love for deepness.
3) Lost Heroes Revision (Congo Afrotech Version 1) (9:49) - Heres the part I over looked these mixes by lost heroes are dope, taking you back to your ancestral roots with hard beats, bass and chants like no other.
4) Lost Heroes Revision (Congo Minimal Version) (8:14) - Stripped down and beaty.
5) Lost Heroes Revision (Deeper Version 2) (10:03) - This edit is crazy techy, it just makes u wanna groove.
The Lost Heroes Edits are remixed by Christian Pronovost for Lost Heroes Out Of Montreal. Which takes this to another level with the help of the Amazing vocal Talent of Mabika. This is a package of niceness wrapped up in a ball Restless Soul.
Also you should be watching out for these forthcoming release on Restless Soul which I have been lucky enough to have been kept in the loop for.....
BAH SAMBA - Reach Inside (Sean McCabe Mixes) - Bah Samba and restless soul have the pleasure of exclusively releasing a Bah Samba Classic. Rising star Sean McCabe remixes Reach Inside with great intensity - adding guitar and saxophone he gives us his interpretation of the underground anthem. Loving this one a very nice re-work on the original pure soulful house.
AC LAYNE - Addicted feat Selina Campbell - A C Layne's stunning debut on restless soul has two vocal and instrumental cuts. Both Deep House, and both designed to blow your mind across the dance floor. Addicted features the Sublime Vocals of Selina Campbell, who delivers a stunning sultry performance. Let's Go is a homage-style mix with a modern Slant, not too dissimilar from some of restless soul's Deep House favourites from the 80's/90's with A C Layne certainly coming on strong. Killa vocal on this with a gourmet soulful house sound, total support on this. A.C. Layne - Addicted / Lets Go - Traxsource.com - the best House Music WAV and MP3 downloads
Karizma ft Monique Bingham - Good Morning EP (Incl. Osunlade & Atjazz Mixes) This Package is also the real deal, now if you copped "Karizma - A Mind Of Its Own V2.0" you would know this is beautiful music, Karizma teams up with Monique Bingham my favourite house music vocalist of all time, anything she touches is gold, and I would love to work with her.
Anyway this package is full of dope remixes, of 'good morning' and 'Groove A 'K' Ordingly'. I think you will find yourself in love with tho vocal on 'good morning' and although I like both mixes alot I'm playing the Karizma mix out fo'sure. An Groove Da Dub for me kills it.
1) Good Morning feat. Monique Bingham (Yoruba Soul Mix) (4:33) - If you listen to Osunlades radio show you know what your getting here, a dope mix filled with soul and emotion with great strings & keys.
2) Good Morning feat. Monique Bingham (Kaytronik Remix) (6:14) - Do I really need to say anything? dope track, dope vocal, solid all round. Just what it needs to touch dancefloors all over.
3) Groove A 'K' Ordingly (Atjazz Remix) (7:38) - At Jazz is jus churnin' 'em out, If you follow my blog you should know this, hes always on U-stream remixing.
4) Groove A 'K' Ordingly (Deep Order Dub) (6:13) - For me this is how you add emotion to a hard track, nuff said.
5) Groove Da Dub (Karizma Dub) (5:22) - This dub is set to just get you in hype mode a wicked edit on the original.
Unfortunately as much I would love to I cant sit and write reviews all day I can't so, I will give you direct links to traxsource to go Cop 'all this MIAMI HEAT
There is so much I actually dont have time to go through it all, please make sure you dig deep!!!!
Peace an Blessins
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Ok so im seeing some dope shit, as you guys may have guessed im a fan of karizma, his innovation and work in general. An boy if your not following me on twitter, you should be following him!!! Kaytronik As the updates are coming through, thick and fast....
Kaytronik Remix of "Good Morning" feat. Monique Bingham. Released 30th March on Digital & Ltd 12"
I think i can see this house music VET pushing through some serious boundaries this year...... with so much going on so early only god knows what he has in store for us... I will try to get an exclusive interview with him at some point, not forgetting the interviews that are already in the pipe line with the likes of Phil Asher, Aphrodisiax, Bopstar etc etc
Kaytronik First up i'm going to confirm what I said before about Karizma mixing the new Strictly Rhythm Miami Comp, he posted up on twitter yesterday "KARIZMA DOES STRICTLY RHYTHM NUFF SAID ...DUE OUT MARCH 2010". I'm ready to hear that one, woooiiiyy!!! Also mentioning something of a new mix comp of his own, so yet another thing to look out for...
Bopstar Give Away Ok, if you do or don't know Bopstar, you should get to know him as part of the Restless Soul family & also Soul Heaven. Bop is coming out with some fire this year trust me, with a set of nice productions behind him, this year looks to have alot in store from him.
Anyway Bop is giving away the free radio edit of, one of his new songs "Material Thing".... if you like it support it on the 1st of March when its released.
Groove Armada Remix Bid!! You can now bid to get your track remixed by Groove Armada on Ebay, the duo have launched a Haiti charity appeal auction, the auction ends, 02 Feb, 2010 - 12:51:33 (GMT)......... So early bird i guess......
