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#Relax Playlist #2

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2h de set avec le collègue du sud Groove Garden qui envoie la première heure.

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Playlist:

GROOVE GARDEN

- MFakka & S I M - Jungle Mist
- Dafuniks - Heard 'Em Say (feat. ASM)
- Mo’Horizons - Yes Baby Yes (sally said)
- The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Method Man - The What (Phoniks Remix)
- Umoja - Rabia
- Mas Que Nada (Maxey & Fred Spider Edit)
- Dr Dre & Snoop Dogg - Nothin But A G Thang (Dj S Bootleg Jazzy Funk Remix)
- Superfunk - funk commo le gusta (feat.DJ Hum)
- Cordae - RNP (feat Anderson Paak)
- Etta James - You Can Leave Your Hat On - Funk Ferret Edit
- Ferias'77 - Rainha Do Mar (JKriv Rework)
- Nelson Sargento feat. Beth Carvalho - Agoniza Mas Não Morre
- Rob Mehi - House On the Rock
- Summer of Love (Jean Tonique Remix)
- Hotmood -Te Voy A Encontrar
- Son Palenque - La Negra (Bosq Remix)

OLDCHAP

1		Rogér Fakhr - Fine Anyway
2		Minimatic - Cinnamon Song 
3		JEAN KNIGHT - DO ME (Professor Shorthair Remix)			     	
4		Woxow - Chaos (Dj Maars Remix) Feat. Ken Boothe, Akil from J5 & Blurum13	
5		Shantisan - Bring Back The Bossa Rock		
6		Count Skylarkin & Harvey K-Tel - Dub Of A Preacherman 
7		Sam Cooke - Having a party (ProleteR tribute) 
8		Fugees - Ready or not (Reggae levitation Remix)
9		Nas vs Bob Marley - It ain't hard to tell (L'Entourloop Remix) 
10		Emancipator - Snakes and Ladders (Poldoore Remix) 
11		Try Her -	Luca Musto 	
12		Nina Simone - Nobody's Fault But Mine (RocknRolla Soundsystem Edit)	
13		Fun Lovin' Criminals - The Fun Lovin' Criminal (DJ Bombjack Remix)
14		MC Solar - Nouveau Western		
15		Naughty By Nature - Hip Hop Hooray 
16		The Captain - We Will Rock You
17		Monetrik - Blues Soup

PARIS - CANNES /// Oldchap & Groove Garden

“The path of an originator often leads to oblivion.”

I don’t remember where I read that first and it doesn’t ring true for every trailblazing group or artist, but it sure does for The Jungle Brothers, who dropped their first single “Jimbrowski” as early as 1987, a real standout in a year when a burgeoning rap scene already came into its own with -now classic- debut albums by Eric B & Rakim, BDP & Public Enemy.

Mike G & Afrika met on Murry Bergtraum High School. The former brought in family friend DJ Sammy B. and together they formed The Jungle Brothers.
Both Tribe’s Q-Tip & Ali Shaheed went to the same school, and became good friends with them, resulting in Tip being heavily involved in The JB’s’ seminal ‘88 debut “Straight Out The Jungle”.

Not long after, both De La Soul and JB’s were booked at the same show and hit it off too, which in turn kickstarted the infamous Native Tongues movement.

But, contrary to some of their fellow Natives, time hasn’t been too kind to the JB’s; I’ve written some about it before when I revisited their sophomore masterpiece “Done By The Forces of Nature”. When they came off that album, the group took a sharp turn left, hooked up with Bill Laswell and created “The Crazy Wisdom Masters” for a ‘92 release , which got all but rejected as “too experimental” by their label at the time.
A streamlined (and still ill) version was then released as “J. Beez Wit The Remedy” in 1993, but by that time, almost 3-and-a-half year was passed since “Done By…” and that’s an eternity in Hip Hop.

A more traditional - and good- set titled “Raw Deluxe” was released in ‘97, but subsequent albums were hit & miss, focusing more on that party vibe they also displayed on their first two albums, but with none of the funkiness of those, let alone the lyrical introspection or avant-garde approach.

Which does The JB’s a great disservice, as they were crazy influential: anyone from N.O.R.E. to Pharrell to Method Man to The Roots will attest to that.

This here is a virtual follow-up to “Raw Deluxe”, a round-up of all rare, unreleased, features and/or non-album JB’s jawns I could find. 
Sure, there are a few more out there, but, to me, this is the cream.

Enjoy. 🙏🏼

1. Here We Go / Hit Me
2. The Jungle, The Brothers
3. 718 Kit
4. How U Want It (OG)
5. Corner Pocket (ft. All Natural)
6. A Kick Out Of You
7. Promo No.2 (ft. Q-Tip)
8. Mike, Af & Sam
9. Jungle Fam (ft. Maseo, Indeed, Truth Enola & Stereo MC's)
10. Battle Show (ft. Sensational)
11.   Funky Piano
12. Take It Back
13. Hit Me Again (ft. Monie Love, Chip-Fu & Black Sheep Dres)
14. Monologue From The Motherman
15. N.Y. Flow

Bonus Tracks:

16. Who Could It Be?  -  Luciano ft. The JB's
17. Gimme That

All tracks produced by The JB's, except track 4. prod. by Roc Raida & Knobody, track 5. prod. by Andy C., track 9 (2nd part) produced by Maseo, Track 10 co-produced by Bill Laswell & Track 17 prod. by Ali B.

Jungle Brothers - "The Jungle, The Brothers"

Hex Click

Made In Paris

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BLIZZARD ETERNEL

Been a minute I did one of these, but lately I find myself goin' back often to that late 90's Ummah sound, and one of the MC's very much in the midst of it was this man called Consequence.

A full cousin of Q-Tip, he made his 1st splash on the flip of Tribe's '93 "Award Tour" single, and 3 years later had a lot of cameo's as well on the "Beats, Rhymes & Life" album, but when his own debut album was due in '97/'98 -reportedly titled "Hostile Takeover"-, it somehow didn't take off.

Fast forward a few years, Cons signed with Kanye's "GOOD Music" imprint, and finally released his official debut "Don't Quit Your Day Job!" in 2007.
But although a solid outing, and with good reviews to boot, it didn't shift the (likely) anticipated numbers for an artist signed to a label by a boss, who at that point in time was becoming one of the largest in the game.

So Cons went back to his grind, kept putting in the work, dropped a series of mixtapes over the years, as well as steadily stream of singles, and guested also on various songs for Tribe's 2016 swansong "We Got It From Here...".

Since a lot of Cons' material is so scattered (and in most cases hard to find on streaming services too), I assembled & sequenced all the tunes I dig, starting with most of the stuff made for his shelved late 90's debut (which covers 1/3rd of the tracklist on this), added some singles from over the years, a few choice cuts from his mixtapes + some cameo verses as well, only to round it all up with his very 1st appearance from 1993 (which serves as an intro here), in an effort to kinda create a version of his shelved debut album.

Consequence reportedly is in the final stages of finishing up his sophomore LP called "Nice Doing Business With You", and if you like his stuff, this'll probably hold you over for a sec.

Moreover, if you're a fan of that 'snappy' late 90's Dilla/Tip/ Ummah/Soulquarians type of sound, this certainly is your thang.

Great soundtrack for a sunny Sunday, imho  ;)



Tracklist:

1.   The Chase pt. II
2.   The Consequences (ft. Q-Tip)
3.   Caught Up In The Hype
4.   Rock 'n Roll
5.   Trust Fund Baby
6.   Blood Stain
7.    Fo Sho
8.   Weekendz
9.   The Riot (ft. Busta Rhymes)
10.  Stick Up (ft. Q-Tip)
11.  Here Comes Trouble
12.  Complex Con (ft. Conway The Machine)
13.  Queens Get The Money (ft. Havoc)
14.  Got Me Trippin'
15.  Countdown (ft. Lupe Fiasco & Chris Turner)
16.  Chain Heavy (ft. Kanye West)
17.  No Place Like Home (ft. Phife Dawg & Alex Isley)


Producers:

Q-Tip (1, 5, 9, 10, 11, 14 & 16)
J. Dilla (2 & 4)
Nottz (3)
Kanye West (6)
Ge-Ology (7)
88-Keys (8)
Havoc (13)
Consequence (12, 15 & 17)
Mike Cash (co-producer 15 & 17)

Consequence - "The Consequences"

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On February 10th, 2006, the world of Hip Hop lost J Dilla aka Jay Dee.
James ‘J Dilla’ Yancey leaves behind an impression on Hip Hop that will last the test of time. A bridge between Hip Hop’s underground and mainstream, Dilla’s contributions ranged from single- handedly defining Detroit Hip Hop as a founding member of Slum Village to providing his production talents to Common, D’Angelo, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, The Roots, Janet Jackson and Macy Gray.

The Shining marked the reunion of J Dilla & BBE, who had released Welcome 2 Detroit, J Dilla’s debut album. The Shining serves as a showcase of J Dilla’s talents which features him not only as a producer, but also as a rapper, singer and musician. Featured guests on this album include Busta Rhymes, Common, Pharoahe Monch, D’Angelo, Madlib, Black Thought, Medaphor aka MED, and Guilty Simpson. 
http://jdillafoundation.org/

The Shining Instrumental

Body Movin'

J Dilla - Body Movin (Feat. J. Rocc & Karriem Riggins)

Check out the official Funkin Stylez Beat Tape Vol.I...!

This beat compilation was released back in 2010 for the Funkin Stylez World Finals in Düsseldorf and was requested from people all over the world! 

Since many people still ask for this beat tape, I want to share it now with you all! 

THX for you support!



The Funkin Stylez Beat Tape Vol.I (2010)

Wishing you a brilliant new year. Sharing my Vik Benno New Year Celebrations Music Mix to help soundtrack your celebrations. Big love and thanks for listening / reposting / adding to your favourites to help support the artists who created the amazing tracks in this music mix. Comments turned off to give us all some time back during the holiday season. 🥳🎼🎧🔊🔊🎉💃🕺💙🌎🙏 

DJ Vik Benno Epic New Year Celebration Set

Crates./10/24

🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊

New Collaboration between the one and only 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗠𝗢𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 & 𝗦𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗦, from Berlin city down to the south to Munich City.  We are super thrilled to drop this new and super dope Mixtape with a real legend within the German Hip Hop Bizz, all his mixtapes are out of the books and have been a great inspiration to us since day one here on Soundcloud.  

▶️ Follow Grandmoflash here on Soundcloud to get amazed about his sense of music: https://soundcloud.com/grandmoflash

And now let the music speak for itself, here is our tracklist:  

🅿🅰🆁🆃 1 - 🅶🆁🅰🅽🅳🅼🅾🆂🅵🅻🅰🆂🅷 
1. Schlemihl & Ernie - Intro
2. Cuthead - The Poncho
3. J Dilla & Madlib - The Red (Instrumental)
4. Chomsky - Friandises
5. The Gaff - Time with you
6. DeeJay Irie - New to the Old
7. Jim Sharp - Tell me what to do
8. The Pharcyde - Soul Powder (Smoove Remix)
9. Q-Tip- I wanna Vivrant Thing (The Maestro Remix)
10. Eric B. & Rakim - Don’t sweat the Technique (Double A Breaks rework)
11. A Tribe called Quest - Scenario (Bombast Dubplate)
12. Altered Tapes - Let the Power Flow (Horny Remix)
13. Ghostface Killah - Daytona ( 45 Edit)
14. Toxic Funk - Dirty Glass
15. Second Hand Audio - Dance to the Beat
16. Marlena Shaw - California Soul ( Jim Sharp Edit)
17. Toxic Funk - World gone Def
18. Ludwig Hill - Going out with a Fifth
19. Dj Agent 86 - All about Money
20. Angela G	 - Love to regulate
21. Blondie - Rapture
22. King Most - Standing out
23. Souls of Mischief - 93 till (Dj ADS Remix)

🅿🅰🆁🆃 2 - 🆂🅰🅲🅷🅴🆁🅱🆁🅾🆂.
1.⁠ ⁠Intro - Bro´s vorm Club
2.⁠ ⁠King Bromeliad - Floating Points
3.⁠ ⁠⁠Artifacts - lower da Boom
4.⁠ ⁠⁠Dialated People - Acid Raindrops
5.⁠ ⁠⁠Füchse - Instrumental
6.⁠ ⁠⁠GZA / Method Man - Shadowboxin
7.⁠ ⁠⁠Digable Planets - La Femme Fetal
8.⁠ ⁠⁠Mark B. & Blade - The Unknown
9.⁠ ⁠⁠Diamond D _ Fat Joe - Best Kept Secret
10.⁠ ⁠⁠The Artifacts - C´Mon Wit da Git Down
11.⁠ ⁠⁠Black Sheep - Similak Child
12.⁠ ⁠⁠The East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12
13.⁠ ⁠⁠Capone-N-Noreaga - invincible 
14.⁠ ⁠⁠Black Sheep - Flavor of the Month
15.⁠ ⁠⁠Smoove - Big Balls
16.⁠ ⁠⁠Tosca - Boss on the Boat
17.⁠ ⁠⁠The Return of the DJ Vol. II - Aerosoul by Tommy Tee.
18.⁠ ⁠⁠High on Nothing
19.⁠ ⁠⁠A Tribe Called Quest - Oh my God
20.⁠ ⁠⁠Massive Attack -Light my Fire

What a GREAT connection from the north to the south of Germany, we really hope you enjoyed our first collaborated Mixtape and it will be for sure not the last one peeps.  

Stay tuned for more Berlin - Munich connected Hip Hop Mixtapes and have fun guys.  

Cheers,
Your GRANDMOFLASH & SACHERBROS. 🤜🏼🤛🏽

MOBROS.

MOBROS. Mixtape # 1

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Intro (Alt)

A round-up of Quest's non-album material, unreleased tracks, soundtrack stuff and rare cuts, sequenced in a manner they might've done themselves.

Note: I made this years ago, before they released their 2016 masterpiece and before my former SC account got terminated. Some lyrics can offend a little, but this was from back then.


Tracklist:

1.   Intro (ft. Mos Def)
2.  Hey
3.  Hot Sex
4.  Pokerface (Wanting You)
5.  Bonita Applebum pt. II
6.  Game Day
7.  I C U Doin' It (ft. Erykah Badu)
8.  Glamour & Glitz
9.  Mr. Incognito
10. Ya Heard Me
11.  It's Yours
12. Jazz (re-recording)
13. Same Old Thing
14. One, Two Shit (ft. Busta Rhymes)
15. That Shit (ft. J. Dilla)
16. Practice Session
17. Peace, Prosperity & Paper
...
... 


All tracks produced by A Tribe Called Quest, except tracks 6, 10 & 15 produced by Jay Dee. Track 7 produced by Rashad Smith.

The Lost Movement 1990-2003

A Tribe Called Quest - "The Lost Movement 1990 - 2004"

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The Shining

E=mc2 (feat. Common)

Love Movin' (feat. Black Thought)

Give them flowers while they still can smell 'em.

Q-Tip has been one of my favorite artists; ever since he popped up on The Jungle Brothers' seminal 1st album, "Straight Out The Jungle", back in 1988 and -contrary to a lot of his contemporaries-, didn't lose a step over all those years, as evident by his work on Tribe's 2016 swansong "We Got It From Here.."

It's Tip's birthday today (10/04)and I figured to do an album sequence on him as well, as I just did one too, a couple of weeks ago, on his homie Phife Dawg to commemmorate his passing 4 years ago, by rounding up left overs, guest shots, rarities and 'homeless' singles.

The same recipe here, but to be fair, none of the material here is particularly rare, but since it's scattered, I thought it would be nice anyway to combine and sequence all this into one album, in the exact way The Abstract would've done it himself.

Enjoy & be safe.

And happy birthday, Kamaal! 




Tracklist:

1.   Moneymaker
2.  Work It Out
3.  For The Nasty (ft. Pharrell & Busta Rhymes)
4.  Feva
5.  That's Sexy (ft. Andre 3000)
6.  Black Boy
7.  Lisa
8.  I'm Not Gon' Havin' It
9.  Makin' It Blend (ft. Wordsworth)
10. To The Beat (ft. Rahzel)
11.  Scram Jones
12. What Lies Beneath
13. We Fight, We Love (pt.II ft. Kanye West & Consequence)
14. The Fear In The Heart Of A Man
15. Keep It Moving (ft. Dion & Kurupt)
16. Damn You're Cool
...
...


All Tracks Produced by The Abstract, except

Track 3 produced by Pharrell
Track 4 produced by J. Dilla
Track 9 produced by DJ Roddy Rod
Track 10 produced by Rahzel & Bob Power
Track 14 produced by Erik Rico
Track 15 produced by Hi-Tek

The Lone Ranger

Q-Tip -- "The Lone Ranger"

The first time I heard De La Soul was on a square in the town I grew up, somewhere around '88/'89. Boys & girls were jammin' and breakin' to “Jenifa Taught Me” from their seminal first album "3 Feet High & Rising".

Me, I was this kid standing on the side, watching their moves, but above all, occupied listening to that tune blastin' out of the boombox, which harboured all I liked about music: that old, vintage sound I was really missing in those days as music became too synthesized for my taste. So when I first heard “3 Feet High..”, my head was buzzing. Here was this band that took bits & pieces from records I heard my dad and uncles play in years, prior to that pivotal moment.

A fan from there-on, I kept track of anything De La did. And while their first four albums are classics, I was less impressed by their later albums, though each project had their gems. So it's only right to sift through their more obscure catalogue of b-sides and non-album cuts, between 1994 & 2009, for another virtual album, giving it some shine.

Tracklist:

1.   Intro
2.  So Cool
3.  Turn It Out (ft. Yummy Bingham)
4.  Speed Limit (ft. Supa Dave West)
5.  Ego Trippin' pt.3
6.  Do De Damn Thing
7.  Lovely How I Let My Mind Float (ft. Biz Markie)
8.  So Good (ft. Camp Lo)
9.  Trouble In The Water
10. More Than You Know
11.  Chanel No. Fever 
12. The Hustle
13. Sh.Fe MC's (ft. A Tribe Called Quest)
14. I Can't Call It
15. La, La, La
16. Stakes Is High pt.II (ft. Mos Def & Truth Enola)
17. Sweet Dreams


All tracks produced by De La Soul, except

Track 1 produced by 88-Keys
Track 2 produced by Muro
Track 4 produced by Supa Dave West
Track 5 produced by Spearhead X
Tracks 7 & 10 produced by Prince Paul
Track 9 produced by DJ Honda
Track 12 produced by Da Beatminerz
Tracks 15 & 16 produced by J Dilla

De La Soul - "The Impossible Mission II: The Search For AOI3"

Check out "The Funkin Stylez Beat Tape Vol.II"...!

Released in 2011  for the dancers, beat- & groove-lovers and requested all over europe and beyond! Over 50minutes of bangin beats, smooth grooves and a lil bit of house! 

Note that this is not a common mixtape, but rather a beat-tape/compilation! Enjoy listening!


The Funkin Stylez Beat Tape Vol.2 (2011)

And for my 3rd Native Tongues installment, so far (or 5th, if the solo endeavors by both Phife & Tip count as such), I'm delving into the archives of Black Sheep, specifically that of  Dres' aka D.R.E.S.

A little introduction: Black Sheep was one of the last additions to The Native Tongues, a movement of like-minded artists, such as The Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Monie Love & Queen Latifah (Chi-Ali came in a little later).

At the time, Black Sheep consisted of Dres & Mista Lawnge, and though details are sketchy about when exactly, and in what capacity they became involved, they nevertheless were all over De La's '91 sophomore set "De La Soul is Dead" and later that year released their thoroughly enjoyable debut album "A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing", fully produced by Lawnge, carried mostly on the mic by Dres, with Lawnge droppin' a few verses too and some features by Q-Tip & Mike G. of the JB's.

Somewhere spring '92, the album reached gold status, on the strength of the classic monster single "The Choice Is Yours", while roughly around the same time Native Tongues' youngest member Chi-Ali released his debut album "The Fabulous Chi-Ali" (mainly produced by peripheral members The Beatnuts, and with appearances from Native brethren like Phife Dawg, De La's Dave and ofcourse Dres, as Chi was like his little brother), but not very long after cracks started to appear within the Tongues; the most, but still cryptically, addressed by De La on their underrated '93 masterpiece "Buhloone Mind State".

So late '94, when Black Sheep released their, still alright, sophomore set "Non-Fiction", the crew was scattershot, resulting in an album with no input at all from the Natives, other than Chi-Ali.

Sadfully, the Sheep themselves went thru their own internal problems at well, so by '95, Dres & Lawnge split up too, with the former relocating to North Carolina, to start up a solo career, subsequently releasing "Sure Shot Redemption" in '99.

Lawnge & Dres regrouped in 2000, only to break up again, reportedly leaving an album, ironically titled "The Tragedy of Almost", in the can. 
Dres now mostly carries the Black Sheep moniker by himself, but there seems to be some talk to come back together again, so stay tuned to that.

In the meantime, I went thru the tons of non-album material by both Black Sheep and Dres solo + features, to trickle out those I dug and sequenced them in an album, worthy of the Black Sheep name.

Enjoy!


Tracklist:


1.    Intro
2.   Sleep
3.   On The Wall
4.   Doin' It Wrong
5.   B-Boys Theme
6.   Jingle Jangle (ft. The Legion)
7.   Bars In The Booth 
8.   State Of Yo
9.   Pretty Bum (ft. Jessica Mayers)
10.  We Strive (ft. Sadat X)
11.   Propagation
12.  Everyway Always
13.  North South East West [Showbiz remix]
14.  Jazz [Re-Re-Recording]
15.  Still In The Ghetto
16.  Energy (ft. Jaleel Shaw & Robert Glasper)
17.  Without A Doubt

18.  The Bonus
19.  Doin' It Wrong [remix]
20. Roll With The Flava (ft. The Flavor Unit)


Produced by Mista Lawnge (2,3, 15 & 17), Bean One (4 & 5), The Legion (6), DJ Premier (7), The Brand New Heavies (8), Paten Locke (9), Easy Moe Bee (10), Dres (11 & 12), Showbiz (13), Q-Tip (14), Jaleel Shaw (16), Jim B. (19) & D-Nice (20)

Black Sheep - "Strength In Numbers"

DJ since 1992 / Producer / Musicologist / 
Record Nerd / Father of two
Platform: Steppin' Into Tomorrow
Project: Cosmos Nucleus
Label: Wicked Wax
Bookings: will@peoplesagency.nl

Upcoming Gigs:

31/12: Madam by NIght, Amsterdam (NL)
01/01: NAR, Utrecht (NL)
01/01: Thuishaven, Amsterdam (NL)
03/01: ClubCME, Rotterdam (NL)
16/01: Nachtschade III, Skatecafe, A'dam (NL)
17/01: State Of Souls, Tampere (FIN)
25/01: Bambino, Paris (FRA)
26/01: Club'n Europe, Strasbourg (FRA)
31/01: The Mothership, Paard, Den Haag (NL)
01/02: Multipla, Amsterdam (NL)
02/02: Clubbing Forever, Paradiso (NL)
14/02: Wibar, Leiden (NL)
28/02: De Danskamer, Tolhuistuin (NL)










Past Highlights >

2024:


27/12: Doka, Amsterdam (NL)
20/12: De Residentie, NAR, Utrecht (NL)
08/12: Nightowls, Radio Radio, Amsterdam (NL)
30/11: Astra, Prisma Vision Club, Bari (ITA)
15/11: Supersonic Jazz Festival, Amsterdam (NL)
08/11: Sissi's, Amsterdam (NL)
01/11: Animo @ Shelter, A'dam (NL)
26/10: BBE Store, London (UK)
13/10: House "O" Drome, Paris (FRA)
12/10: Bambino, Paris (FRA)
05/10: Nederlandse Dansdagen, Maastricht (NL)
05/10: HRFST, Utrecht (NL)
20/09: Phono Lake, A'dam (NL)
14/09: Discotuin @ Pip, Den Haag (NL)
07/09: Lief Festival, Utrecht (NL)
31/08: Het Nest @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen (NL)
24/08: Summer Dance Forever, A'dam (NL)
18/08: Lowlands (NL)
20/07: PIV Festival, Velsen (NL)
14/07: Polpette Classic, Cittadella (IT)
06/07: Wibar, Leiden (NL)
29/06: BBE Store, London (UK) 
16/06: Soulful Sessions, Antwerp (BE)
01/06: Jazz Rave @ Skatecafe, Amsterdam (NL)
19/05: Heideglühen, Berlin (GER)
11/05:  Djoon, Paris (FRA)
06/04: All Around The House, Ljubljana (SLO)
23/03: The Bounce @ Biko, Milan (ITA)
02/03: Palet @ Levenslang, A'dam (NL)
01/03: De Schietclub, A'dam (NL)
23/02: Bambino, Paris (Fra)
16/02: Multipla, A'dam (NL)
04/02: Clubbing Forever, Paradiso, A'dam (NL)
03/02: House Dance Forever, Paradiso, A'dam (NL)
28/01: Club' In Europe, Strasbourg (Fra)
27/01: Au-Dela des Préjuges Fest, Lausanne (Sui)

2023:

09/12:  Weerd, Ekko, Utrecht (NL)
25/11:  Melodious Mosaic, Lille (Fra)
10/11:  NAR, Utrecht (NL)
04/11: Amsterdam Soul Night, A'dam (NL)
20-22/10: ADE Events, Amsterdam (NL)
23/09: Private Event, Casablanca (MOR)
11/06: Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek (NL)
27/05: 30 Yr DJ Anniversary All-Nighter, Doka (NL)

Consequence - "The Consequences"

Leroy Rey