Playing for Change

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My Baby Loves Voodoo! 
Originals written by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, D. de Vries, M. Smid, R. Allen and Y. Sprey.
Played by C. van Dijck, J. van Dijck, D. de Vries, M. Smid.
Guest musicians: S. van Dijck, J. Tuinstra, X. Vrienten, M. Vinkenoog, Y. Sprey, W. Sterke, C. Zwagerman.
Musical advice: F. Sutherland.
Published by Embrace Music.


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Playing For Change "Groove In G" (Groovin G's Remix)

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Mystery Train Playing For Change

This week's premiere arrives from the latest of a new series of edits supporting charities around the world run by the mighty Banana Hill collective. 

London-based producer Delonte Rivers takes on Mop Mop's ethereal track Kamakumba with some subtle tweaks that honours the hypnotic sound of the original.

The initiative will run alongside the Banana Hill party series in Manchester which will be raising money in tandem. Each month (or so), a new edit will be released via Bandcamp and the proceeds will be donated to a selected charity. With over £320 raised for charity since the start of the year. 

Proceeds are going to One Happy Family - Community Center, Lesvos, which is built and run by refugees and for refugees. 
ohf-lesvos.org/en/welcome/

Released on digital on July 26, 2019 
Original music by Mop Mop. 
Mastering by Sam Dunkley. 
Artwork by Bethany Porteous.

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Premiere: Mop Mop - Kamakumba (Delonte Rivers Edit)

The first single from "A Guide to the BIrdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean" comes from Belize's Garifuna Collective who interpreted the song of the Black Catbird.

This is the first single from an album of music inspired by the song of endangered birds with 100% of the profits going towards organisations working to protect them.

"A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean” is the second Volume in the series following on from "A Guide to the Birdsong of South America", originally released on Robin's old label Rhythm and Roots. Volume I raised nearly 15,000 USD for two birding organisations and featured artists like Nicola Cruz, Dengue Dengue Dengue and Chancha Via Circuito.

For this second edition we have shifted focus north of the equator and to the vulnerability of bird species like the Momoto Carenado (Nicaragua), Ferminia (Cuba) and the Jamaican Blackbird (Jamaica), birds who have dwindled in numbers as a result of the environmental repercussions of climate change, deforestation and trapping for the pet trade.

For the album we chose 10 endangered or threatened bird species and challenged 10 of our favourite producers or musicians from the region. Working with the Xeno Canto birdsong community and the Macaulay Library, we sourced a recording of each bird’s song. Each artist was then asked to create an original piece of music inspired by the bird and its song.

The project would not have been possible without the support of an incredible Kickstarter community, helping us raise £12,599 in August 2019.

Once the costs of production have been covered, all of the proceeds from this album will be donated to Birds Caribbean, La Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica and Fundacion TXORI in Mexico. All profits from the sales of the record, music streaming, poster and t-shirt will be shared between these organisations who focus on engaging local communities to help improve and grow the bird tourism sector, create awareness of vulnerable birds with young people and crucially, provide rescue, rehabilitation and breeding programmes.

A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean

A Guide to the BIrdsong of Mexico, Central America & the Caribbeam

The Garifuna Collective - Black Catbird

Music Producer / Remixer / Mixer. Production credits: MCA Records, DKG/Universal Music, Bunim/Murray Productions, Waako Records, EastWest & Black Butta Sample CD's.

Greg has a passion for music and a drive for creative exploration which has taken him on a producing, writing and remixing adventure.

After he cut his first studio demo, in the back of a store front off Dale Avenue in St. Paul, MN., he received a call from a London based lawyer looking to buy his songs. “I began to think that maybe I needed to give this music production thing a little more thought”.

And that is what he did.

Greg's first release on the Beat Oven compilation, Yoda Mistress "Is This Real" featured the silky and soulful vocals of, Melodee who spent many years touring with Alexander O'Neal.

His 1st 12 inch single released in 1996, Superstitch "Come and Get Me", saw nationwide club play, peaking at #5 on the dance charts

In 1996-1998, Greg was signed to Stacey Castro's Hollywood, CA based, GroundWorks Music, a production and management company which led to remix work and also another successful 12 inch single, "(The) Kama Sutra", released on New York's Waako Records. This single went on to see much national and international club success as well as being a choice cut for several compilation CD's released by labels such as MCA Records. It was also selected to the initial voting rounds for the 40th Annual Grammy Awards.

From 2000-2005, Greg worked with producer and former Flyte Tyme Studios (Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis) guru, Jeff Taylor of Madjef Productions. Work included programming, mixing and producing sample CD's (EastWest Black Butta series) as well as other production and remix work for various artists. Also along with Madjef, producing, writing and programming tracks for DKG / Universal Music recording artists, KUSH and Rhian Benson. 

Greg also had licensed cuts for Bunim/Murray Productions series, Making The Band 2 & How To Live Like A Model on MTV.

On a whim in 2011, Greg decided to register for a producer showcase event in Minneapolis sponsored by New York based company, iStandard Producers. Out of the 50 plus applicants he was chosen as the #2 best producer for the event by a panel of industry judges. To quote JayZ / 50 Cent producer (and judge) Buckwild, “ahhh, what can I say”.

In 2015 Greg collaborated with independent artist, Miss Krystle for a remix of her single, "Don't Leave" https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-leave-bugs-gregory-after/955292278

Today Greg continues his creative journey and exploration working out of his home based music production suite somewhere in Groovesalot, MN.

#1 position for 9 straight weeks on Broadjam's Top 10: Electronic - Dance with remixes Sherlock Tones "California Girl" (G's Props To The Father Remix): and Jessie and the Toy Boys "Push It" (G's Pushalicious Remix): 

Studio Stuff--

Signal Processing:
Mac Studio M2 Max with 12‑core CPU | Apollo x8 Gen 2 | LUNA Pro | Logic Pro | UAD-2 Octo Custom | UAD-2 Quad Flexi | UAD plug ins along with many others | Lexicon PCM-80 & 90 | Eventide H3000D/SE | Empirical Labs Fatso Jr | UA 2-610 | AKG C414 B-TL II.

Equipment:
Roland 5080 & JD 800 | Emu E4XT | Akai S3000 | Kurzweil K2000 | Ensoniq EPS 16+ | Novation Bass Station Equipment:

Monitoring:
Benchmark DAC1 | Genelec 1032 | Yamaha NS-10M | M-Audio BX5a | Auratone | ASC Attack Wall.

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