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Underground Sessions 12th June 21

'Little' Louie Vega's heritage within house is no less than historic. The son of saxophonist Luis Vegas Snr., the Nyorican is your favourite DJ's favourite DJ; throughout the 90s, Vega and Master of Work dominated clubs with their seminal productions and game-changing remixes. Along the way, the Studio 54 alumni and Grammy award winning producer, DJ, songwriter, promoter and label owner has infused the world of House with the sounds of Samba, Jazz, Bossanova, Afro-Groove, never tiring of unearthing beautiful music and sending it out into Planet House. Ahead of playing Southport this weekend, the legendary Vega kindly curated an extra special one-hour mix for i-D, featuring Jimpster's mix of Freak Seven's We Bring The Music,  Souldynamic's Equatoriale, finishing on Honeycomb and Vega's instrumental of I Put A Spell On You. Press play on sixty minutes of seriously soulful sounds as we enter the wonderful world of Louie Vega...

Masters At Work play Southport Weekender this weekend at Butlins, Minehead alongside Kerri Chandler, Nightmares on Wax, Sir David Rodigan, Black Coffee, DJ EZ and many more.

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Louie Vega: Music To... Celebrate Southport Weekender

Opolopo ZR debut CD album exclusively available now: http://www.zrecords.ltd.uk/new-releases

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Opolopo first came to the attention for many as the man behind the genre-crossing house remix of Gregory Porter’s ‘1960 What?’, a tune that finished in the Top Ten of many DJs in 2012. Labeled future jazz by some, it’s only a minor part of the Opolopo story which spans genres like a musical suspension bridge.

Opolopo was born Peter Major in Zirc, Hungary, a short drive away from the beautiful tourist spot Lake Balaton, but spent a large part of his childhood touring around with his keyboardist father, listening to the fusion sounds of Herbie Hancock, Jeff Lorber, Jean-Michel Jarre and Tomita, while finally ending up in his current residence of Sweden. It’s little wonder he’s ended up where he is.

His work, both on remixes and original productions is imbued with a life spent listening to the soul, funk, jazz and fusion of his youth. Yet, while clearly inspired by the past, Opolopo’s work still has enough clank and clamour to suggest its feet are still firmly in the present, whether it’s channeling the sound of a 21st century D-Train, dark, fathoms-deep house or doom-laden dubstep. His reworking of St Germain’s ‘Sure Thing’ suggests someone inheriting Ludovic Navarre own jazz-house crown, while ‘Treat You’ by Omar is underpinned by all sorts of wonkiness while Omar takes care of the topline. His remix and production work has appeared on JVC Japan, Tru Thoughts, Warner Bros, Tokyo Dawn and, of course, Z Records.

Arguably the best way to consume Opolopo is live, where he brings together DJing with an array of gadgetry that suggests an electrified Bob Dylan, switching between playing records, tweaking the vocoder, while still finding time for tasty keyboard flurries in between mixes. You don’t get that with Tiësto.

While Opolopo remixes dart from René & Angela basslines to delicious house music, his album Superconductor, is channeling the ’80s, a decade that has been a constant source of enrichment for the Opolopo sound. Superconductor is firmly built around the song, with many collaborations, among them Keni Burke, Diane Charlemagne, Taka Boom and others. Filleted in between even the tracks seem to a have a stronger purpose than mere fillers. ‘The Run’ sounds like a theme from a long-lost sci-fi programme, while ‘Monolith’ sounds like a tune exhumed from the vaults at Tabu Records. In short, Opolopo is a one man Jam & Lewis.

Opolopo, as you undoubtedly know, is Yoruban for ‘plenty’ and on Superconductor there is a superabundance of sounds, styles and, yes, tunes. Come feast.

01. The Best feat. Colonel Red
02. Get On Up
03. So Good feat. Keni Burke
04. Round And Round feat. Diane Charlemagne
05. Feels Good 2 Me feat. Taka Boom
06. Staying Power feat. Pete Simpson
07. Superconductor
08. The Run
09. Sustain feat. Paul Randolph
10. Candy Coated Perfection feat. Sacha Williamson
11. Monolith
12. Just Feel The Music feat. Taka Boom
13. Spare Me The Details feat Erik Dillard 



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Opolopo - Superconductor (Album Sampler)

For his worldwide mix, the Broken Beat pioneer has pulled together global rhythms, soul and disco. Essential listening from one of London's greats. Grab the tracklist at: http://bit.ly/gpww-dego

'More Things Stay The Same' LP is out now on 2000 Black. Catch Dego at Dimensions Festival 2015. 

Photo Credit: Lewis Khan

Tracklist

Dego mix on Gilles Peterson Worldwide (GPWW950)

If you like it deep and percussion fuelled you'll probably like this.

RBJ Super - Deep Mix

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Here's my warm up set for Bonobo recorded live at The Irish Centre, Nottingham.
Thanks to Simon for such a stunning set, great to see you back in town!
Big love to everyone who came down, and to Mimm and Local Motive for another ace night.
Full tracklist below ↓↓↓ 

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba - Jonkoloni (Joystick Jay's Kosmiske Edit) (Disco Delicious)
Lone - Jaded (R&S Records)
Bobby Konders - Poem (Massive B)
Black Rascals - Blaze Theme Track (Sumo Records)
Moody - Freeki Mutha F cker (Original Long Version) (KDJ)
Foolish & Sly ‎– Come A Little Closer (Cynic)
Theo Parrish ‎– Footwork (Sound Signature)
Melanie De Biasio - The Flow (Hex Remix) ([PIAS] Le Label)	
Lou² ‎– Freaky (The "Bar Heads" Mix) (Strictly Rhythm)
Delphic ‎– Doubt (Kyle Hall Remix) (White Label)
Kenlou ‎– Gimme Groove (MAW Records)
Steel An' Skin ‎– Afro Punk Reggae Dub (Honest Jon's)
Jazzanova ‎– That Night (feat. Vikter Duplaix) (JCR)
Kuniyuki - Precious Hall (Original Mix)	(Natural Resource)
Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke (Planet E)
Floating Points - ARP3 (Eglo Records)

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