1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

Well, I think I started collecting records back in 2003 shortly after I've started producing.  I was totally into Downbeat music at that time, labels like Ninja Tune and Tru Thoughts with artists like Quantic, Bonobo, Blockhead and TM Juke were right up my alley and I bought all their records. Around the same time I started producing. First I also did Downbeat music, but I quickly was getting into the Funk/Soul thing and released several records over the next decade. 2016 I somehow had enough of this sound and started working on Downbeat music again, because originally I wanted to release that kind of music when I was getting into music producing. In 2018 my first Keno album 'Around The Corner' was released, two years later the collaboration album 'Transatlantyk' I did with Tristan de Liège from Los Angeles was released. Later this year I will release a collection of remixes and one offs in the 'Out Past The Current' album and for 2022 I plan to release my third Keno studio album. After being more than a decade part of the electronic Funk/Soul scene it feels like coming home producing Downbeat music again. The last 5-6 years I started listening more and more to Downbeat music again and luckily there are great new albums released pushing this genre to the next level.

2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

It's a nice and handy format, simple and short.

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?  

Well the mix contains some old and some modern cuts, some live Band songs and some produced more beat driven tracks. I've tried to vary a bit between live and produced music trying to put them together.

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music?

My music is on most of all platforms available, I like Bandcamp a lot. I also have a radio-show called 'Motor Jazz' every second Friday on Soho Radio London, but on the radio show I also play heavy club tunes, not just Downbeat, Electronica  and Jazz. I deejay ocassionally at the Mojo Jazz Café in Hamburg and sometimes on Festivals and clubs. 

https://keno.bandcamp.com 

5) Top 5 all time fave records

With “all-time favourite” it's such a thing, I prefer making a Top 5 of Downbeat albums I listen a lot to at the moment:  

1) Tor 'Oasis Sky'
2) Catching Flies 'Silver Linings'
3) Teis Ortved 'Parks At Night'
4) Leon Vynehall “Nothing Is Still'
5) Amon Tobin 'Fear In A Handful Of Dust'

45/7 #81 ARTIST: KENO

1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.
Well, since over 40 years I am collecting records. New Wave (later called Post Punk) was my musical socialisation in the 80s. Later followed by strong researches in 60s music and then Black Music. Funk, Soul, Disco and lots of Jazz. Then came Brazilian music in all genres.

2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.
In my special case 45/7 is not valid. All Brazilian sevens play with 33rpm (and have a small hole) That's the reason why I called my mix Compactos em 33. Compactos is the portugues word for singles. I always loved the idea of having a unique track on a small record. A musical gemm, not hidden between other tracks on album, but alone on one side of a record. With his own cover artwork in the best case. And - even better - a track that was only released on seven inches. A unique piece of art.

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?
The first half an hour is dedicated to Boogie and disco. Not the strongest musical discipline in Brazil but the examples chosen are in my humble opinion masterpieces and have not been rereleased. Well at least not all of them ... Tamanqueiro has been pressed recently as original facsimile by Rush Hour. The only seven ever made by Elizio de Buzios. Kaito is pretty unknown. Probably Cara Feia is also the only record he made. Elza Soares who recently died aged 92 in Rio is undoubtedly one of the tough queens of samba. Here's a nice Boogie on the flip side of an 80s seven. Carlos Dafé and Emilio Santiago are two well-known singers with a strong groovy attitude. Miss Lene played pop music and disco in the early 80s. Sorridente is a killer uptempo disco track. Waldirene is one of these hundreds of female singers in Brazilian pop music who is nailing it down on Queima como fogo. The Free Sound Orchestra is strongly connected to the Brazilian label Som Livre, Free sound in portuguese, an orchestra and choir that did hundreds of soundtracks for the telenovelas on Brazilian television. Rush is a masterpiece. Similarities to Quincy Jones' Summer in the city are purely coincidental... Melo da cuica is from Azymüth's first 4-track EP. A very reduced futuristic bass driven song from 1975. Carlos Mendes, guitarist and singer/songwriter presents his easy and airy Hora só. Typical Minas sound. Grupo Ébano has released their music on CD only. But I decided to make an acetate of two of the best tracks. So here's Pé no Chão from a seven! Sociedade Anônima made one seven in 1972. Stunning sounds on this one that remind me very much of New Wave of the early 80s. Psych Prog? Typical prog sounds brings us Stilo Set. Something completely different is coming from a young band called Os Tremendões on their only 4-track EP. Fresh Mod psych sounds on organ. Another female singer I can't find any info on is Watusi. But the fresh and naive way to sing speaks for itself. We are amidst the sounds of the so called jovem guarda, the young generation, maybe beat generation of Brazil. Gerson Côrtes who got fame as one of the leading figures in the funk movement later in the 70s named Gerson King Combo then, started as a beat musician. Tito Madi instead is a representative of the velha guarda, a Samba crooner. We hear a tasteful Samba Jazz from him. Followed by Djalma Dias and his version of Cidade Vazia. Continental records releases from the 60s are always appealing to collectors. Here's a singer called Rahyr with a track called Garota Castelinho from '64. Last but not least Maria Lucia with her version of Maria Moita, an often covered track composed by Carlos Lyra and Vinicius de Moraes.

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? 
A few mixes you can grab on mixcloud. Check DUBBEN DIG

5) Top 5 all time fave records
Looking forward to finding them!

45/7 #82 ARTIST: DUBBEN

1) Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

Hey Im Nadim a 22 year old DJ and Beatmaker from Cologne. I started collecting records when I lived in England in 2015 and since then I haven’t stopped spending most of my money for vinyl. I think I have around 1.500 records at the moment in my flat. A lot of my records (especially jazz) also came from my fathers collection who is a jazz musician and my grandmother + her friends collection who are all big jazz fans but didn’t listen to their records anymore.

2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

What I love about 7 inches is that the sound is always dope and that I always have them for any set that I play. Whether traveling from Budapest to Berlin and then to Cologne my 7” are always there to back me up!

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

Honestly it was a pretty spontaneous mix haha. I just went after what felt right (which is what i usually do when I dj) and just went with the flow. 

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? 

You can follow me on Instagram which is where I post on my stories where I play @nadimbrah ,this usually happens twice a week in bars, clubs or events in Cologne but sometimes I do play in other cities like Berlin or Hamburg (which I definitely want to do more!). I don’t really record dj sets as I play enough in front of people and like I said before really like to try and feel the room and adapt my sound to the vibe that I feel. I did record 3 previous sets @dublab and I’ll try to record more sets in the future.

@midantheflorist

5) Top 5 all time fave records

Oh man this is such a hard question … I could give you a top 5 for every genre but a Top 5 like that Is reaaaaaally difficult. For me it always depends on the mood but Ill try to give 5 albums that I really dig :) (no particular order)

Sambaiana - Candeias
A Voz e o Violão - Djavan
Any A tribe Called Quest album OR any Azymuth album!
People Under the Stairs - OST
In Flight - George Benson

45/7 #83 ARTIST: NADIM

paris-born and cologne-based vinyl curator SHARLIE explores a wide variety of genres. her musical identity lies in a mix of organic assemblages consisting of jazz, afrobeat, 70's psy rock, tribal sound, bass and downtempo. her selection for the mojo club ranges from balearic sounds and rockstready to latin jazz.

mojo in the mix feat. SHARLIE

from folk, soul, hip-hop and disco to contemporary beats, MME FLORETT has put together a relaxed and varied musical journey, finding her way back to her passion for vinyl.

uncompromising turntables

mojo in the mix feat. MME FLORETT

PETE HERBERT CORONA SUNSETS MIX PART ONE

Our mixtapes are based on original vinyl records and we seek to present unheard or forgotten music to the world every time we bring out a new mix. And so it often takes time for everything to fall into the right place. We approached Gouranga a while back and are happy now to be presenting this special mix on their channel. We sincerely hope you enjoy this joint and drop a comment below!

What glues this mix together is a string of songs connected to capoeira, samba and afro-brazilian music. And the lovely sound of the berimbau. Some real gems are uncovered here - as the slow, promotion seven-inch Zaira song “Das Aldeias” or the heavy groove private label track Negro de Angola by Roberto Gomes. The inspiration to this mix grew out of a very special DJ gig for friends at the Capoeira Malungos 10 year anniversary in Copenhagen. A dance floor so open and full of energy that the records were almost crawling out of the DJ bag begging to be played.

Starting and ending slow, this is a dance floor mix for deep music lovers. But we recommend horizontally positioned enjoyment as well. Uplifting samba jazz tracks with a long cut-back session of the 2 minute Grupo Zurana tune breaks out in the middle and the last track slows down to present zoomed out Brazilian freak funk on the amazing Walter Franco track “Partir do Alto” where Walter chants throughout the song: I was taught by my Master. Indeed he was!

Dona Carla and DJ Quaseleiro aka EVFB.

BRAZIL SPECIAL CHILL MIX

GOURANGA MIXTAPE: Epic Vinyls from Brazil - Capoeira, chill and dance mix

My first soul mix in seven years! Chock full o ' some of the most action-packed RAW SOUL, HOT BOOGALOO, and WILD RHYTHM AND BLUES VINYL you dance to at the SOUL CLAP AND DANCE-OFF, SOUL SCREAM, and other signature NY NIGHT TRAIN PARTIES! The ingredients: 100% ORIGINAL RARE 1960s 45RPM 7-INCH RECORDS (all real! no bootlegs! no reproductions! no artificial flavors! no artificial colors!). The distinctive sound and feeling of the NY NIGHT TRAIN rolling down the track! Play loud for maximum dancing and listening enjoyment.... 

Thank you for your kind indulgence,
JT

Track list:
	1.	Otis Riley backed by The Losers "The Zebra" (Sphinx, 1961)
	2.	Johnie Brown & the Fabulous Arcades “Watch Me Work” (Puff, ?)
	3.	Connie Austin “She Made A Mistake” (King 1968)
	4.	Johnny Young “Polly Wolly” (Sumpter, 1968)
	5.	Monguito Santamaria “Hey Sister” (Fania, 1969)
	6.	Isaac Clark “Do The Dog Funk” (Miro, ?)
	7.	Irene & the Scotts “Stuck On My Baby” (Smash, 1967)
	8.	Pete Terrace “Shot Gun Boogaloo” (Pye International, 1967)
	9.	Willie Baby “Hot Buns - Part 2” (Ding Dong, 1967)
	10.	Big Ella “The Queen” (Push, 1968)
	11.	Bobby King & His Silver Foxx Band “Fat Bag” (Mos-Be, ?)
	12.	Vic Lee "Minit Skirt” (Big Beat, 1968)
	13.	John & Carol “Get Your Hat” (Botone, 1964)
	14.	The Bamboos “Tighten Up” (1st part) (Kay-Dee, 2004)
	15.	Sonny Bravo “Tighten Up” (Columbia, 1968)
	16.	The Bamboos “Tighten Up (2nd part) (Kay-Dee, 2004)
	17.	Roosevelt Matthews w/Billy Ball and The Upsetters “Tighten Up” (King, 1968)
	18.	Little Flint featuring Wayne Perry “Pain” (Beast, 1970)
	19.	Bobby Valentin “Bad Breath” (Fania 1967)
	20.	Willie Mae “Big Mama Thornton” (SotoPlay, 1965)
	21.	Gene Holiday “Scratch My Name Off The Mial Box” (Johnson, 1964)

Jonathan Toubin's NY Night Train Soul Clap Classics 2020 Mix

It's the return of our Record Club Guest Mix series! And for this instalment we present Palo Santos Discos and his exquisite 60's Bossa Album selection. A friend of the label and a DJ whose selections we always make sure to check, it is a pleasure to have him reigniting our Record Club Guest Mix series. The mix is accompanied by an interview with Palo Santos Discos and the complete mix tracklist on our blog - https://www.mrbongo.com/blogs/news/mr-bongo-record-club-guest-mix-palo-santo-discos.

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix- Palo Santo Discos - 60´s Bossa Albums Selection

Miles Cleret vinyl only Africa mix.

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Miles Cleret - Deep Africa Mix

DJ Resoul pays tribute to one of Berlin most important club-nights of the last 20 years: Jazzanova's residency night Kaleidoskop. For this mix he chose tunes that where played there and that era (around 2000). Resoul was a regular dancing guest and an occasional dj there.

The long-running party's roots reach back to 1999, with its beginnings at Berlin's famed WMF club. The multi-membered Jazzanova collective have helmed the nights, that attracted international guests such as Louie Vega, Gilles Peterson, Carl Craig, Maurice Fulton, Phil Asher, Dego, Questlove, Mr. Scruff and LTJ Bukem over the years.The club-nite showcased the sounds of hip-hop, house, disco, jazz and boogie that Jazzanova are renowned for championing in techno-friendly Berlin.

DJ Resoul/ Berlin >> BEST WORKS << Exclusive Mix Nr.8 - A Tribute to "Kaleidoskop" Club Night

the 45/7 VINYL CLUB is a mixtape and event series focused on playing music on 7" vinyl. based in hamburg. rooted at the mojo club. 
founded by @felox.

this project was founded to give djs, producers, label heads and music lovers the opportunity to present a selection of their 7" vinyl favourites.

the 45/7 VINYL CLUB stands for pretty much any genre: soul, jazz, disco, brazil, dub, funk, house, hip hop, electronica, psychedelic, offbeat...  

7" vinyl only!

artwork by patrick hanke

45/7 #82 ARTIST: DUBBEN

45/7 VINYL CLUB

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