https://jon-dixon.bandcamp.com/album/musicality
Music can be defined in numerous ways by those who create and listen to it. For those always looking for newer ways to define it sonically, it's a continuous journey that is ever-evolving. In this 3rd installment of the minor INVENTION series, Jon continues to explore what's musically possible with the help of trumpeter Kris Johnson and drummer Marquis Johnson.

Room 131 (Live Edit Feat. Marquis Johnson)

60 minutes of deep house and broken gems from Last Nubian this month, including some originals featuring Achantè.

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Last Nubian w/ Achantè - February 2023

Bside Incoming: Bena

We’re back with another episode of the Bside podcast (#163), this time with an exciting DJ, selector and broadcaster based in London: Bena

While regularly featuring on Peckham’s much loved radio station Balamii, and appearing behind the booth of some of London’s most estimes venues (Corsica Studios, Brilliant Corners, The Cause, Venue MOT), Bena has also began his own event series called Shedding Histories at Grow Hackney. The project aims at creating the most musically open dance floors in the capital, which will come as little surprise after hearing the great diversity of Bena’s record collection. 

Beginning with the dreamy sounds of Brazil, and moving through soul, funk, and jazz from across the globe, before settling into some hypnotically deep house with all the influences you’d expect from his earlier selections. From his first reggae 45 to some more recent purchases, we’re treated to a Bside journey intertwined with exceptional knowledge and passion for each track.

Check Bena's instagram - https://www.instagram.com/_benaaaa_/
And his soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/benabenabenabena?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1&si=BCC7BFBABB5C426088841F28718990D9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Thanks to Molly Hickey for the beautiful artwork as always. www.instagram.com/mollyth.art/

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Bside Incoming: Bena

Lev lay down another installment of house, boogie and broken selections. Floor filling tracks from the likes of Gene Harris and GUINNY inside.

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Lev - April 2023

HOUSE HOUSE HOUSE PODCAST is back after a long hiatus. This episode features 2 Nigerian dance music legends - Afrologic and Ekiti Sound. 

On the guest mix duties is DJ/producer/radio presenter AFROLOGIC (Classic FM97.3 Lagos ) https://www.instagram.com/afrologicrecordings/ who offers us a dizzyingly upbeat and eclectic Afro Disco set. His venture into music was gradual but finally exploded with the critically acclaimed album "Ede Gidi" from the Jazzhole-Lagos label in 1997. 

Afrologic went on to record several other albums, working with Nigerian legends, Fatai Rolling Dollar, Keziah Jones plus collaborations with artistes such as Portugal’s Octa Push, Angola’s D.J Satelite, plus Kenya’s Just A Band, and Wangechi. 

Remix credits include; Fela & Koola Lobitos Viva Afrika (2010), Fela & Roy Ayers Africa Centre Of The World (2012), Fela/Bob Marley M.O.P/Exodus (2013), and, Fela & Egypt 80 Pansa Pansa (2017)- theme songs for Felabration Lagos, and recently Nigerian Club Classics Remixed 1 (2021). 

He fronts the band, Afrologic - with featured vocalist Temi Oyedele, for which he has produced 3 LP’s. He also coordinates Afrologic Recordings, a digital record label.

Our artist interview is none other than the musician/producer/vocalist, EKITI SOUND (https://www.instagram.com/ekitisound/) aka Leke aka CHiF, a Lagos-based electronic music producer. His sound is an original blend and fusion of his influences living between Lagos and London. It’s a staccato propulsion of afro-juju polyrhythms, contemporary Lagos "street-style" vocals and complex textures fed through drum & bass and sound system circuitry.

The artist’s award-winning 2019 debut album ABEG NO VEX is a record whose production ingenuity nuanced a new chapter in the Afro-fusion sound, while asserting the vocalist and producer as a maverick who’s ready to keep pushing boundaries. Look out for a new single called “aLAcarte pt2” in May and his new album “Drum Money” this June, all coming out on Crammed Disks in 2023.

And I’ve got lots of tunes by Franck Roger, Oveous, K-Alexi Shelby, Megablast and more.  Hope you enjoy it! Greetings from under the palm trees and sultry nights of Abuja, Nigeria. Stay Safe!!

Find us:
www.instagram.com/housexhousexhouse
www.instagram.com/g_rizo

Lineup/Timestamp: 
00:00 - 1:00:04 : DJ Set - G.rizo (Abuja - Hezekina Pollutina/House House House) 
1:00:04 - 1:32:25: DJ Set - Afrologic (Lagos – Afrologic Recordings)  
1:32:25- 2:19:37: Artist Interview - Ekiti Sound (Lagos - Crammed Discs)

G.rizo Playlist
1. Tuccillo - Questions
2. Halo feat. Maiya – Glory (Atjazz 2022 Rework)
3. Franck Roger – Reachin (Vocal Version)
4. Satoshi Tomiie – Bassline
5. K' Alexi Shelby & Tony Lovelesss – Likes It RAW
6. Oveous, Don Kamares – Legacy
7. Karizma – Raw Ink-ColdGettinDumb
8. K-Alexi Shelby – So Chicago (Original Mix)
9. Dan Shake – Freak
10. Baza – SOS Fever Dub
11. Megablast – Vamos (Pulsinger & Irl Dub)
12. Delano Smith – Time and Place
13. Romanthony – Bring You Up (Extended 2017 Remaster)

Afrologic Playlist - Transe-Afrika Mix 
1. Oneness Of Juju – Interlude-Rhythms Timeless
2. Shur-I-Kan – Away (Original Mix)
3. Lonesome Echo – Spirit Of Drum (Sumo Mix)
4. Lekan Babalola – Oba Awon Oba (Afronaught vs Misa Negra Beatz)
5. Ralph McDonald Ft. Jimi Solanke – The Path
6. Babatunde Olatunji – Jingo
7. Amerigo Gazaway – Fela vs Kano (I.T.T)
8. Afrologic, Haruna Ishola – Ina Ran (Afrologic Re-edit)
9. TW Funkmasters – Love Money (Joey Negro Revision)
10. Octa Push Ft. Isaac – Khuchenda Halala
11. Perera Elsewhere Ft. Aremu – Ebora (Spirits)

Ekiti Sound Interview Playlist
1. Ekiti Sound – Area 10K Boys Riddim
2. Ekiti Sound – Testify
3. Ekiti Sound – Ife
4. Kasai Allstars – Kasai Munene (Ekiti Remix)
5. Ekiti Sound – A Song For Lara (Stan-ley & BeatSoul Remix)
6. Ekiti Sound – Chairman Feat Aunty Rayzor
7. Ekiti Sound – aLAcarte pt2

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House House House Podcast Episode VI, April 2023 - Afrologic, Ekiti Sound & G.rizo

Souldeep Sikh - Deep Fusion Sessions 05.12.2023

Apparel Radio (waves) are happy to host an exclusive mix by Kuna Maze. Keep an eye on him for his LP out now on Tru Thoughts, called Night Shift.

Link:
@kuna-maze

Radio Show #246: Kuna Maze

section of an impromptu all vinyl mix featuring a bunch of house records from the collection...

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Listen back as Sampology ran through some funky percussive flavours into smooth broken beat this month. Tracks in the bag from the likes of Yuksek and Alex & Stephanie Attias.

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Sampology - June 2023

This month on West Friends, an hour of deep house and footwork business, followed by heavy hitting jungle and breaks from Noodles.

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The West Friends Show w/ Noodles - June 2023

[PSMDUB005] Trinidadian Deep - Jah Fe Movements

Phuture Shock Musik keeps it moving with No. 5 in their limited dubplate series, which sees deep house titan Trinidadian Deep return to the Bristol imprint with a 2-track juggernaut of  percussion-heavy riddims and mystical frequencies; entitled ‘Jah Fe Movements’ b/w ‘Casa Profunda’. 

Picking up where he last left off on PSM; with 2021’s ‘Dub Rockas’ EP, and following a recent remix for label mate Rosie From The Block, the NYC-based producer delivers a sure-fire pair of secret weapons, that once again captures his inimitable brand of deeply spiritual house music, with a typically rich medley of African, Caribbean and Latin influences oozing throughout.

Fronting the A-Side is the meditative vibes of ‘Jah Fe Movements’ a tech-infused heater for the late-nighters, where driving 4/4 kicks and frenzied percussion charge forth in unison with an entrancing keyboard riff, largely engulfed by a smoky haze of livity chants and bubbling dubtronic tones immersed in reverb and delay. On the flip is the uplifting, Afro-Latin-flavoured rhythms of ‘Casa Profunda’, which by contrast is a more sky-facing affair but no less aimed at the dancefloor as the lead cut, awash with breezy, euphoric pads and jazzy sax licks, that meander between sultry Latina vocals hovering over percussion-fuelled beats and a rolling bass groove with a tropical bounce.

Label: Phuture Shock Musik
Cat #: PSMDUB005
Format: 10" Vinyl
Release date: 27th October 2023

Jah Fe Movements

[PSMDUB005] Trinidadian Deep - Jah Fe Movements

DJ & Radio Host

Host of the Natural Element radio show, a feel good journey into soulful sounds across the spectrum, from the past to the present and beyond.

Head to my Mixcloud (link below) for more mixes and radio sessions.

For bookings or anything else: maxlgersh@gmail.com

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