Listen to my guest mix for Threads Radio, which aired on 18 June 2022.

With the good summer weather now here (mostly!), I decided to dig out some old gems as well as some more recent tracks with a bit of a jazzy/funk golden thread running through (pun intended!). 

Some are full on jazz-tastic and others are far more subtle, but hopefully you'll agree they all bring warm and uplifting vibes!! Enjoy!

Tracklist:
Maffia - Made in Italy (Peshay remix)
Furney - Music for the people
Nookie & Ruth Royal - Love less chaos
J-Laze - Lazy dayz
Calibre - Got a thing
Mantra ft Lara Lee - High rise
Tango - Understanding (Madcap remix)
Solid State - He who lives in fear
John B - Slam funk
EZ Rollers - Funked up flavas
Primary Motive - Who has the jazz
Vice Versa - Still doin it
Equinox - From above
Earl Grey - French exit
Adam F ft Tracey Thorn - The tree knows everything
Pulse - Freedom time
Wax Doctor - Heat

Threads Radio - Lubi J guest mix

D&B/Jungle DJ and newbie producer (under alias Lw)

Lubi J is all about the selections, whether it’s old skool or modern, atmospheric or dark and heavy, she loves a strong tune!

Based in Cardiff, she started off mostly playing soulful/liquid dnb back in 2000, heavily influenced by Fabio’s liquid funk and artists like Calibre, Carlito and Addiction, Bukem and the EZ Rollers. 

Despite mostly playing liquid in the early days her love for jungle and the darker styles was always there and she would still pull out tracks from labels like Ram, Liftin Spirits, Metalheadz, V Recordings, Full Cycle and Renegade Hardware. 

In the latter part of the 00s she discovered her love for disco and funk after being educated by her friend and artist Hoxe on the history of breakbeats in jungle. This led to a handful of local residencies playing funk & disco over the course of the next few years.

She then returned more prominently to playing jungle dnb around 2012 when Catapult Records (legendary record store in Cardiff) started putting on events in the unique Vaults venue. 

In recent years she’s become more immersed again in the darker breaks and beats of jungle, drawing from labels like Function, Rupture, Samurai, AKO and Repertoire.

She’s held residencies and played at a number of different nights in Cardiff and over the bridge in the last 20 years, supporting a raft of the finest in the scene, including; Bukem, Calibre, Storm, Digital, Spirit, Total Science, Mampi Swift, Djinn, Roni Size, Break, Alley Cat, Randall, Klute and Doc Scott.

After feeling the void of modern jungle and heavier dnb in the capital city, the year 2022 brought the start of putting on her own events with fellow DJ, Electra. 
Headspace was born and their third event in December brings the Rupture spirit to the Welsh capital for the first time.

In addition to Headspace events, Lubi J has been quietly exploring producing and has her first release forthcoming on Exstatic Records under a new producer alias ‘Lw’ (pronounced Lou - a version of the Welsh word for ‘oath’).

Follow:

Lubi J on Instagram: @lubi_jay
Headspace on Instagram @Headspace_cdf

Threads Radio - Lubi J guest mix

lubi_jay / Lw