Well, it's been quite a year and, in my little attempt to brighten the mood since way back last March, I've enjoyed making these 'All Together Now' mixes, largely based around retro funky vibes, with the odd surprise  thrown in to keep you guessing. This is the last one if its sort for now (at least the last one I expect to record in Lockdown conditions), and it follows the same template of mostly old songs and grooves given the contemporary edit treatment and a bit of bump 'n' bass! 

TRACKLIST:
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (Jeremy Sole's Ethereal Distillation)
Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto (Lego ReFunk)
Nina - Holis (V's Afro-Blues edit)
Smoove - Take It Easy
Mad Dog Fire Department - Cosmic Funk (Mop Mop edit)
Koichi Toyama - Tomorrow (Koichi Toyama edit)
Marvin - Funky Space (V's As It Goes edit)
Fonda Rae - Over Like A Fat Rat (Victor Simonelli Club Mix)
Destime Band - Bring The Best In Me (V's edit)
Luther & Change - Searching (edit)
Ella Fitzgerald - Blue Skies (Mary Jane Coles Remix)
Billy Griffin - In The Rain (Dr Packer edit)
Maze - Right On Time (Mikeandtess Edit 4 Mix)
Joe Thomas - Funky Fever (Mop Mop fun edit)
Mr Franklin - Get Down With The Get Down
Boz Scaggs - Lowdown (Live Version - Mr K Edit)

All Together Now - The Final Lockdown Party Tape

Aroop Roy is a producer, musician and label head, who joins the dots between electronic music and borderless organic sounds. From house, disco and techno to jazz, funk and Afrobeat, he has enjoyed universal acclaim as a producer and DJ.

Like his productions, his sets are full of personality and style and have earned him a growing reputation as a uniquely gifted DJ. In 2022, he closed We Out Here Festival with Mr Scruff who described Aroop as a 'ridiculously skilled selector, musically able to move in any direction with ease'. We were fortunate enough to witness this magic, so it's with great pleasure we welcome him to the series. Enjoy

Artist: @aroop-roy

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SlothBoogie Guestmix #370 - Aroop Roy

I was recently invited to spin some tunes at a local street party, and I thought what might I play that would appeal to a broad range of ages, tastes and cultures, albeit being tunes I'd also be happy to play and listen to (and, in the case of my more energetic neighbours, even nod and shimmy to...)?  This was the initial set I came up with... (I am going to try out a variation of this set again in another East London street in a matter of weeks - let's see how it goes...!)

DeHav StreetParty Take1

Here's a generous buffet of winter-warming jazz-flavoured goodness. While it may prove far too diverse for the purist and it doesn't seek to appeal to those looking for familiarity, I still hope there's something in this selection to satisfy and nourish the hearts and souls of most open-minded listeners. It was a pleasure to pull together and I hope some of that pleasure emerges from your speakers and headphones...

Jazz Loungin' Winter 2025

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Jasper Street Company - Another Day (Random Soul 2025 Booty Rub)

"Clean Up Woman" (T.G.I.D. & Barry Harris Club Mix)

"Hot Butterfly" (T.G.I.D. & Barry Harris Club Mix)

I've been listening (and buying) hip hop for many decades but, with fairly well-defined and selective tastes (decidedly 'old school', strongly leaning towards conscious, organic and jazzy/soulful trax, and with a penchant for 'abstract' instrumentals) and not being a turntablist, I haven't really considered it as part of my 'core' collecting or DJing output. But, having recently been asked to put together a few CDs, I enjoyed the selection process so much, I thought I'd share some of the tunes with you in a loosely-layered mix. As usual with all my mixes, this is definitely not a sequence of classics and all-time faves but, that said, it does include a fair few pioneer artists and some unmissable tunes.      

TRACKLIST:
Essa - The Middle Man (Tall Black Guy Remix)
DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. J Live - Practice
Awon feat. Tiff the Gift - People Music
Marc Mac & The Visioneers feat. John Robinson & Jimetta Rose - Shine
80s Babies - Don't Box Me In
Mo Fingaz - 1991 Broadway
Sampa The Great feat. Blue Lab Beats, Boadi & Lori - Made Us Better
Slakah The Beatchild & Ayah - State Of The Game
Awon & Phoniks -For Your Love
H.E.R. feat. DJ Scratch - Lost Souls
Iojii & Swarvy - b4 da crowns (flip)
Eric B & Rakim - I Know You Got Soul
Paul Nice & Phill Most Chill - No Other Than
Kid Sublime feat. CoolBeanz - Fly Away
Oddisee feat. yU - Still Doing It
Marc Mac & The Visioneers feat. Baron & TRAC = Back In Time
Resolution 88 feat. Marcus Tenney - Dig Deep
Stetsasonic - Talkin' All That Jazz
Sampa The Great feat. SilentJay - Brand New
Phoniks - Drifting
Digable Planets - Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)
Igory x Yeyts - Beat Up
De La Soul (& DJ Jazzy Jeff & Eric Lau)- Time For The Summer
The Basement Khemist - Everybody (L.I.F.E)
MF Doom/Metalfingers - Smokin' That Shit!
Main Source - Looking At The Front Door
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - It's A Love Thing
Damu The Fudgemunk - It's Called The Chill Out
Children Of Zeus - Happiness
J Dilla & Erykah Badu - Front Back
A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation
Eric Lau - Tape's Rolling
Amerigo Gazaway - Invisible (Clean version)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Appreciate

DeHav Soulful Hip Hop Sessions Vol.1

The first deep house mix of 2021 and it's quite a moody one - perhaps not surprisingly given this strange and lengthy locked-down winter - although there's plenty of melody and musicality in there too. But I think the times - these quite extraordinary and challenging last few months! - have seeped through in the tone and mood of this mix, somewhere between the sombre and the celebratory, albeit charged with energy and, ultimately, optimism. Alright, it may just be a bunch of rhythmic tunes squeezed together at 122 bpm, but give it a listen and you may get a sense of what I mean...!   

TRACKLIST:
St Germain - Sure Thing (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix)
Laurence Guy - The Spirit
TBMMC - Minority Justice
Oscar P & Cris Herrera - Tears (Demarkus Lewis Raw Life Mix)
Jimpster - The Way It Is
Lego Edit - Friendly Pressure (Relative Acid Journey)
Offshore and Coen - Breathe (Staccatoman) (Original Mix)
Antenna! - Algoritmo (Extended Mix)
Crackazat - Alfa (Original Mix)
The Vision feat. Nikki-O & Andreya Triana - Remember
Mo'Cream - On You
Sade - Pearls (Timo Jahns Remix)
China Charmeleon - Hallelujah
Dan Kye - Moving
Anthony Nicholson & Mark De Clive-Lowe - Another Story (Original Mix)
China Charmeleon - I Want My Soul (Tribute to George Floyd)

DeHavilland Deep Long Winter 2021

Like so many others, I started DJing as an extension of my record collecting and partying, the main intention being to celebrate and promote the music that had become such a central part of my life. I started collecting jazz, soul and funk in my late teens and by my mid-twenties had also started DJing occasionally in various small bars and warehouse parties. I subsequently became part of (and the resident DJ for) a number of club night and party promotion teams  - WordOfMouth, RIPE, SWDeep, Strange Fruit,  FRESH! and others... 

Musically, I was increasingly drawn to the house sounds that were emerging in the late 80s and 90s. While a revelation, this stuff also sounded to me like the contemporary expression of the music I had always loved, but with a renewed commitment to inspire people to dance. 

And I figured if I gained so much enjoyment from these great tunes then others would too. I suppose all of us who enjoy playing music for others to hear (and maybe dance to) are evangelists at heart.

More recently, this has led to forays into production and the odd record release (...NUSA Records still lives!). I try not to get too hung up or limited by genres and my shelves and hard drives host an ever-widening spectrum of music. 

That said, I find I always eventually return to my roots and, in my DJing, attempt to fuse contemporary grooves with those elements of black music that got me started on this journey.

DeHavilland Deep Long Winter 2021

John 'jB' Mulligan

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