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

I have been DJing and collecting records since my pre-teen years in the 80s. I always liked playing records, making music in bands, writing and talking about music and so forth.
My record collection has quite an emphasis on Hip Hop, Funk, Soul and Jazz, but you can find almost anything somewhere in there. When I was younger I always liked the fastest track on a record the most, as I was a (probably hyperactive) energetic dancer. And I loved knowing the words and stops and breaks of records. A tendency to be nerdy about these things. It helps with song selection in sets.

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

It is a very practical format to play, I think. 170 records in the box and off to a good night with music. My dear friend Keb Darge put me on in the end, when I was lucky enough to have my brother living in London and Keb inviting me to DJ at his club nights. A box of 45s and off I went. 
That kind of pushed me over the edge from compilations and LPs finally, I guess. 

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

It is a little Hip Hop heavy with some Soul, Funk and odd bits in there. I was going through a stack of records with some brand new releases, some records I purchased in the last months, a few releases on the Origu label and a few favorites from somewhere in another stack that was right next to that. It is a few reissues, originals and re-edits. All records I enjoy. I just started with the first one and let the records find their way in my hands...

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? 
You can find my radio show Home Diggin’, the label, the club sets and musical things via www.homediggin.com

5) Top 5 all time fave records
These are always difficult, as there is no all time top 5. It is always one more and more … So I am choosing 5 albums and 5 45s that I really enjoy:

LPs
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
James Brown - Motherlode
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Masta Ace - MA_DOOM; Son Of Yvonne
Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust Inc.

45s
The PCs LTD: - Fast Man
Soul Brothers Six - I’ll Be Loving You
Zilla Mayes - All I Want Is You
Osaka Monaurail - Double-Up, Now
Daddy-O - Drumma Man

45/7 #80 ARTIST: GU

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

45/7 vinyl club founder felox presents a soul special. as part of the legendary soul allnighter hamburg he recorded a mix that represents the essential sound of these nights: uptempo soul for the dancefloor! 
ain’t nothing like the real thing!

45/7 NEW YEARS SOUL MIX

45/7 #84 ARTIST: FELOX

Frank de Kova aka Coffee Garner aka Jupiter Tuning Center mit einer Kassette für RLH, per Großbrief direkt aus dem Keywax-Shop Berlin. 

JTC: https://soundcloud.com/jupitertuningcenter

#13 Jupiter Tuning Center

Follow Mr. Scruff:

Website: http://www.mrscruff.com
Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1zapbOC
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/mr-scruff
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/Mr_Scruff
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrscruff1

As a DJ, Andy Carthy aka Mr. Scruff plays across the board, flitting between soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, reggae, latin, african, ska, disco, house, funk, breaks, soundtracks and loads more. As a producer he makes music that draws on these influences, with a large dose of cheek and good humour. His cartoon drawings illustrate gig flyers, record sleeves and CD covers, and usually accompany him at gigs as live animated visuals.

Carthy’s first encounter with mixing was as a 12 year old in late 1984, when a friend played him some of his uncle's electro records, notably the StreetsoundsLP Crucial Electro Volume 1, opening his eyes and ears to the art of mixing records. Soon after he was constructing his own crude pause-button mixtapes, inspired by the electro compilations and various radio shows on stations such as Piccadilly, Radio Lancashire & Southside that exposed him to electro and hip-hop, soul, reggae and early house music. Shouts to John Peel (of course),Greg Wilson, Robbie Vincent, Richard Searling, Stu Allan, Lee Browne, Ranking Miss P, Scotty, Tony the Greek, Steve Barker, Gary Hickson, Sam Brown & Waxmaster.

Little by little Andy was building a collection fuelled by this knowledge, all the while improving his DJ skills. By 1987 he was proficient at turntable mixing and editing, although he was still using primitive home hi-fi gear. His first break came in 1994, when he met Barney Doodlebug, a DJ/Doodler who gave him his first Manchester gig, on a Sunday night in a venue called Dry Bar. He also passed on a demo tape to local label Rob's Records, which resulted in them releasing the first Mr. Scruff 12" single.

A regular on the Manchester scene through ’94-’95, he released a string of 12”s on Rob's Records subsidiary Pleasure, as well as sides for Echo Drop, Grand Central & Cup of Tea. His work for Grand Central with Mark Rae inspired some four-deck club performances, including friendly “battles” with DJ Food, which introduced him to the Ninja Tune fold.

Gigging across the UK (with Electric Chair, Off Centre, Fat City and Tru Thoughts) and Europe (with Grand Central), Mr. Scruff signed to Ninja Tune in 1998. His debut album Keep It Unreal arrived a year later, featuring the certified classic "Get A Move On", kick-starting his Manchester club night of the same name, borne of a desire to play exactly what he wanted, rather than having to fit in with the music policies of other club nights.

These were the beginnings of his famed “all-night-long” DJ sets cheerfully spanning blues, jazz, soul, funk, 60s R&B, disco, boogie, deep house, reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, electronica, electro, hip hop, African, Latin, drum & bass, breakbeat… and bolstered his standing as a passionate, digger, collector and, above all, an unrivalled selector of the good stuff.

Trouser Jazz (2002); the epic mix CD Keep It Solid Steel (2004); and Ninja Tuna (2008) cemented Scruff’s rep as a premium freaker of frequencies, the latter featuring collaborations with the likes of Quantic, Danny Breaks, Alice Russell, Andreya Triana, Pete Simpson, Kaidi Tatham and Roots Manuva.

A fistful of EPs and singles populated 2009-2013 including Wobble Control(2011), Feel It / Bounce (2011) and Be The Music (2012).

In 2010 Big Chill Festival invited Mr. Scruff to host his own tent, testament to his inimitable raw dancefloor magnetism as are his regularly rammed-to-the-rafters Keep It Unreal sessions at Band On The Wall (Manchester) and KOKO (London).

After receiving a mighty nudge by the giant elbow of Ninja, the majority of 2013 was spent in the studio recording new album Friendly Bacteria, featuring Denis Jones, Matthew Halsall, Phil France, Vanessa Freeman & Robert Owens.


EGLO.002 Mr. Scruff

Recorded live at Brilliant Corners on 8th August 2015. 

Strictly vinyl selections from Gary Johnson, Ville Marttila, Ally Smith and Gareth Stephens.

For bookings please contact http://www.elasticartists.net/artist/mr-bongo-soundsystem/

Mr Bongo Soundsystem at Brilliant Corners 8th August 2015 - Part 2

In Hour 2 we welcome Khruangbin , the Texan trio who take influence from 1960's Thai funk (their name literally translates to "Engine Fly" in Thai ) and include Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald “DJ” Johnson on drums. Their debut album from 2015 ‘The Universe Smiles Upon You’ is steeped in the bass heavy, psychedelic sound of their inspirations and was recorded at their spiritual home, a remote barn deep in the Texas countryside. The band listened to a lot of different types of music on the long drives out to the country but their favorites were 60s and 70s Thai cassettes gleaned from the cult Monrakplengthai blog and compilations of southeast Asian pop, rock and funk. Their mix is a sublime selection of music that includes Arthur Verocai, Return to Forever, Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis and some incredibly rare records from Christy Azuma, Ahmed Fakroun and Theodora Ifudu. You can catch them playing alongside Kendrick Lamar, Jamie XX and Kamasi Washington in Hyde Park, London on 2nd July, their US Tour kicks off in September and they have a remix release coming out in early June.

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on  facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663
twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio
Email solidsteel@ninjatune.net

Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-1352016-hour-1-roly-porter

Hour 2 - Khruangbin  https://twitter.com/Khruangbin

Ennio Morricone	_	Il Tramonto (The Sundown)	_	United Artists Records
Arthur Verocai	_	Caboclo	_	Continental
Sopwith Camel	_	Fazon	_	Reprise Records
Return to Forever	_	Song to the Pharoah Kings	_	Polydor
Lonnie Liston Smith	_	Devika	_	Flying Dutchman
The Supreme Jubilees	_	Do You Believe	_	S & K Records
Hailu Mergia	_	Yegle Nesh	_	Philophon 
Scientist	_	Taxi to Baltimore Dub	_	Clocktower Records
Serge Gainsbourg	_	Vu de l'extérieur	_	Philips
Marvin Gaye	_	Come Live With Me Angel (Unedited Mix)	_	Motown
Ahmed Fakroun	_	Nisyan	_	Polydor
Theodora Ifudu	_	Hello There	_	Theagart Records
Christy Azuma and Uppers International	_	Naam	_	Afrodisia
Nom Bantomjennia Feat. Zern Sawannarei 	_	Bong Salang Own	_	unknown
Khruangbin	_	Zionsville’ (Vuelo Dub Mix)	_	Night Time Stories Ltd.
Miles Davis	_	Little Church	_	Columbia

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/5/2016 Hour 2 - Khruangbin

Mixmaster Morris @ Lunasonica Kobe pt1

Here's a little mix I did today from some fine music that was lying around.
I hope you enjoy these arabic tendencies with a touch of modalism etceteraaaaa..

Here's the game..
You must name the tracks and artists and the first one to get it right will receive a proper bundle of vinyl from Brownswood records and from the basement - some old and new in there....but I don't think you'll get it so I might as well throw in a copy of Donald Byrd's Kofi if I can find my second one!

Good luck and good digging!
GP

Magical Mystery Mix Part 1

Operating out of Melbourne, here is a group who have been showcasing jazz and diy experimentalism in a whole new light.

The four piece group have been making waves amidst funk, soul and jazz communities the world over and most recently released a nine track album via longstanding UK based imprint Mr Bongo, a label which has become an authority in the sound. 

"All News Is Good News" was released in July and was met with critical acclaim, it was well received and showcased the instrumental capabilities of a group very much on the rise. 

We invited them to piece together a mixtape, they do so in fine style.

Read & Download

Surprise Chef: The 'Shine a Light On' Mix

Tune in for Hour of Light with Ahu, Istanbul-based cult singer, DJ and songwriter.

Ahu is joined by DJ, producer, former member of A Forest Mighty Black, master of rare vinyl Rainer Trüby for a guest mix and a chat.

Hour of Light: Ahu with Rainer Trüby

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 #83 ARTIST: NADIM

45/7 VINYL CLUB

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