Great back to back to back DJ session on the @dubsmugglers soundsystem at this year's @dimensionsfestival in Croatia, alongside @floatingpoints, Tom Smith from the ace Cosmic Slop night in Leeds, ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/211633616863/ ) all held together by the mighty MC Kwasi. We all played vinyl, one or two tunes each for most of the session, with a slightly longer set each towards the end.

Massive thanks to everyone involved!

Full Tracklisting: 0.00 BLO 'CHANT TO MOTHER EARTH  0.06 TELEVISION 'LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL'  0.12 RACHEL SWEET 'ITS SO DIFFERENT HERE'  0.14 DARONDO 'DIDNT I'  0.18 THE FUNKEES 'ACID ROCK'   0.21 KING SUNNY ADE 'THE MESSAGE'  0.30 HONEY B'S 'WHAT LOVE CAN DO'  0.34 ANANSI 'SEA SHELLS'  0.39 SERGIO MENDES 'THE REAL THING'  0.43 HARVEY MASON 'TIL YOU TAKE MY LOVE'  0.46 EDDIE KENDRICKS 'BODY TALK'  0.53 SUN PALACE 'RUDE MOVEMENTS'  0.59 RISCO CONNECTION 'AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW'  1.07 AIRTO MOREIRA 'ITS TIME FOR CARNIVAL'  1.15 DE LA SOUL AND J DILLA 'SHUMP'  1.18 CODEK 'TIM TOUM'  1.21 MONO/POLY 'OIL FIELDS'  1.25 PAMOJA 'OOH BABY'  1.28 JESSE MCFALL 'I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW'  1.31 COSMOS UNIVERSAL BAND 'THIRD EYE'  1.34 REGGAE EXPERIENCE 'ADOMS TREO'  1.36 LARRY T AND THE FAMILY 'I'M MOVING ON'  1.39 JOAO DONATO 'AMAZONAS'   1.42 STEVE PARKS 'MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'  1.45 ELOSIE LAWS 'PUT A LITTLE LOVE INTO IT'  1.48 SUN 'WAIT A MINUTE'  1.52 AGED IN HARMONY 'TRUST IN ME'  1.56 ARNOLD BLAIR 'TRYING TO GET NEXT TO YOU'  1.59 ANAMARIA E MAURICIO 'MANDATO'   2.01 MONK HIGGINS 'GOTTA BE FUNKY'  2.02 GORDON STAPLES 'STRUNG OUT'  2.03 SUN RA 'WHERE PATHWAYS MEET'  2.10 UNSPOKEN HEARD 'JAMBOREE'  2.11 MOONDOG 'DOG TROT'  2.13 CEDRIC BROOKS 'GLORY TO SOUNDS'  2.17 THE JAMAICANS 'SING FREEDOMS'  2.19 JABO 'GETTING DOWN AT THE DISCO'  2.22 SHAWN J PERIOD 'INSTRUMENTAL BONUS NO.1'  2.24 FATIMA 'TECHNOLOGY'  2.26 DONNY HATHAWAY 'VOICES INSIDE (EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING)'  2.29 RUFUS & CHAKA 'WHAT AM I MISSING'  2.33 GRACE JONES 'MY JAMAICAN GUY (DUB)'  2.37 MARVIN GAYE 'FUNKY SPACE REINCARNATION'  2.46 NEAL CREQUE 'WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS DO IT'  2.51 PAUL NGOZI 'CANT YOU HEAR ME'  2.55 KING SUNNY ADE 'SYNCRO SYSTEM'  3.00 THE VISION 'LAID BACK AND GROOVY'  3.07 HEAVEN AND EARTH 'I REALLY LOVE YOU (INSTRUMENTAL)'  3.10 SYLVIA STRIPLIN 'GIVE ME YOUR LOVE'  3.16 DR JOHN 'WHAT COMES AROUND (GOES AROUND)'  3.18 BATTEAUX 'HIGH TIDE'  3.21 JOSE FELICIANO 'GOLDEN LADY'  3.27 JOHNNY LYTLE 'SELIM'  3.30 JEREMY STIEG 'HOWLING FOR JUDY'  3.35 THEO PARRISH & TONY ALLEN 'FEEL LOVED'  3.41 BRASS FEVER 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT'  3.43 PRINCE BUSTER 'FUNKY JAMAICA'  3.47 BOB MARLEY 'ROCKING STEADY'  3.49 SYLVIA TELLA 'BROTHERS UNITE'  3.51 MORGAN HERITAGE 'REGGAE MUSIC'  3.54 GEORGE FULLWOOD 'NATTY DREAD SHE WANT'  3.56 JOHNNY OSBOURNE 'LOVE IS UNIVERSAL'  4.02 FRANKIE PAUL 'DELIVERANCE'  4.07 WARRIOR KING 'KEEP THE FAITH'  4.10 AL CAMPBELL 'JAH LOVE'  4.18 MORGAN HERITAGE 'ONE RASTA MAN'  4.21 DENNIS BROWN 'CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'  4.27 WILLIE WILLIAMS & BRENTFORD DISCO SET 'ARMAGIDEON TIME'  4.29 DENNIS BROWN & ASWAD 'PROMISED LAND'  4.31 ASWAD 'DUB FIRE'  4.33 PETER TOSH 'JONNY B GOOD'  4.39 TITO PUENTE '4 BEAT MAMBO'  4.43 ELECTRIC SOUL 'ELECTRIC SOUL'  4.45 X-RAY 'LOCK IT DOWN'  4.48 SERGIO MENDES 'POMBA GIRA'  4.52 SAM MOST 'JUNGLE FANTASY'   4.54 WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS 'KUMINA MENTO RASTA'   5.01 SEXUAL HARASSMENT 'EXCERCISE YOUR ASS OFF'  5.06 PATTI LABELLE 'GET READY (LOOKING FOR LOVE) RON HARDY EDIT'  5.09 DRUM DANCE 'FANGA ALAFIA (JOE'S EDIT)'  5.13 GUNNAR WENDEL  '578 (OMAR S. RUDE BOY WARM MIX)/GIL SCOTT-HERON 'BICENTENNIAL BLUES'  5.20 SYLVESTER 'OVER AND OVER'  5.24 AMADOU ET MARIAM 'BARA (JOAQUIN'S SACRED RHYTHM DANCE)'  5.32 P-FUNK ALL STARS 'HYDRAULIC PUMP'  5.35 PARLIAMENT 'FLASHLIGHT'  5.37 PUSHA T 'NUMBERS ON THE BOARDS'  5.42 HOT 8 BRASS BAND 'SEXUAL HEALING'  5.48 TOURÉ KUNDA 'EM'MA'  5.52 WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS 'NO MORE WAR'  5.56 AZYMUTH 'TAMBORIM, CUÍCA, GANZA, BERIMBAU'  5.59 OS TREMENDOES 'THE NAME OF THE GAME'  6.02 JACK JACOBS 'I BELIEVE IN YOU'  6.07 5 MILES OUT 'SET YOUR MIND FREE'   6.09 TOMORROWS PEOPLE 'OPEN SOUL'  6.15 ARTHUR RUSSELL 'LET'S GO SWIMMING'  6.18 STEPHEN ENCINAS 'LYPSO ILLUSION'  6.23 BERNARD WRIGHT 'CHILLIN' OUT'  6.29 TAXIE 'ROCK DONT STOP'   6.32 HASHIM 'AL NAAFIIYSH'  6.37 EDEE 'MAKE IT LAST'  6.40 JUNIOR DELGADO 'ROW FISHERMAN'

Full gigs list here: http://mrscruff.com/gigs/

Mr Scruff, Floating Points, Tom Smith & MC Kwasi on the Dub Smugglers Sound System, Dimensions 2013

Rahaan & Mr Mendel teamed up for a night of underground disco and house at BAR, Rotterdam. Two generations of DJ's, from Chicago and Amsterdam, spinning back2back all night long!

Rahaan & Mendel at BAR Rotterdam (2014)

A six hour DJ session from Manchester's Band on the Wall alongside the incredible @tarzsa_williams, hosted by MC Kwasi. 

Mostly uptempo styles on this one, and some mega energy on the dance floor. Had some great feedback during the night about Tarzsa. Big shout to all the venue crew, regulars and first timers!

https://www.instagram.com/tarzsa_williams/

Mr. Scruff B2B Tarzsa - Band on the Wall, Manchester (February 2024)

Troisième émission en direct du 6 rue Beaurepaire du le label parisien @platon-records.

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Platon Records #3

If you are a techno person and you listen deeply into this music you will hear the beginnings of one side of my inspiration to make electronic dance music.  This is the music I grew up listening to.  When I hear some of the reactions from some of my American brothers.. musically they actually thought I was living around the corner from them - which I was, musically. It's funny, we could have almost communicated the same then as you can online now through music. Brothers if you are reading this - don't forget it - we still have an open line of communication. Some people think it's all about the $.
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Gerald 
Still deep in the Jungle
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rastafarian folk song - cymande
clap ya hands - the meters
easin in - edwin star
intimate frends - eddie kendriks
cant turn me away - sylvia striplin
turned on to you - 80s ladies
you caught me smilin - sly and the family stone
dont stop the music - yarbrough and peoples
genius of love - tom tom club
rapture - debbie harry 
hydraulic pump - p-funk
dog talk - k9 corps
nobody can be u - steve arrington
encore - cheryl lynn
just a touch of love - slave
rock creek park- the black byrds
last night a dj saved my life - indeep
set it off - harlequin 4
super rap inst - grandmaster flash 
etc etc ;)



A Guy Called Gerald's 70's-80's Funk on Da Chill

Unadulterated summer sleaziness with added flashes of funk and disco drops.  Lose your mind and your ass will follow...

Ralph Lawson - Sounds Like Summer

Diggin' in the archives and unearthed this one for you. Early MJ live set from back in the day. Vintage vinyl journey. 

Mushroom Jazz Live at Club Kaya - 10_9_95

Having written a piece on Precious Hall which you can read above(see the blog button), I thought you might enjoy the first part of my set there on Oct 5. 

I was playing alongside Toshio Matsuura who as I walked in the club was playing some electronic bits that sounded so heavy, I threw a few in myself… Hope you enjoy.

Blog here

Gilles Peterson DJ set - Precious Hall, Japan (5th Oct 2015)

Gilles Peterson remembers great artists who have passed in the last year with his annual RIP Mix for Worldwide Awards 2020.

Gilles Peterson: Worldwide Awards 2020 RIP Mix

In this lockdown, finally organized all my old early 90's Italian house vinyl.  Here's some of those selections.

Platon Records #3

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