For the 17th installment in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

We're heading to Amsterdam with Wendel Sield. His Entity EP, released on his own label Obia Records, piqued our interest a few years ago, with its insanely lush percussion & masterful layering, and safe to say we've been following his output keenly since.

OBIA003 saw @trinidadiandeep & the Sonic Movement EP on Obia Records, guided by the Caribbean producer who delves deep into the spirit of the cosmos with a highly percussive & spacious chords filled EP.

Wendel grew up in a family that loved music, surrounded by jazz, soul and funk from an early age. We're stoked he's pulled through with a decidedly deep mix. 🚀

Thanks @wendelsield 🙏

Just For The Night #17 - Wendel Sield

Sun-soaked Balearic and deep house grooves with Medlar, live from the arcade.

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Medlar - July 2023

First (hopefully of many!) "Jazz (We've Got)" radio show.

I've been wanting to do a show inspired by this idea for the longest while, just mining and digging back through jazz (+more) and hip hop with the art of sampling being a bridging link.

Recognising a sample in a song always felt like such a wonderful easter egg, and I've always found it fascinating how a song can be universally adored, with a small portion of it being loved so much that it would form the DNA of a new piece of music (for me to fall in love with too). The idea that there's this thread connecting artists and music transcending generations, backgrounds and genres is so utterly romantic to me.

Every episode will highlight (mainly) a jazz musician whose music I love, and I'll explore their sound and catalogue through hip hop productions that sampled their sound and recontextualized it to a new generation.

I'm hoping to develop this into a show where I can invite musicians and producers to chat more about the process of sampling as well as their fav samples/approaches to production. I'd also love to get this idea to a point where at the end of every show I can share an obscure jazz or funk track by an artist, and put an open call for producers to share their reworks/reimagining of the song to feature in the next episode. Would be cool for this to be a proper musical exchange!

But! That's for the future. For now I just want to share this 1st episode: an ode to one of my fav trumpet players, the legendary Freddie Hubbard. We'll hear some of his iconic pieces (specifically 'Red Clay') that spread through such a luminary career, retold through the music of A Tribe Called Quest, Charlotte Dos Santos, Gagle, Jack Wilkins, & Raekwon.

Music by:

1) A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) Instrumental (Produced by ATCQ) - 1991
2) Jimmy McGriff - On Green Dolphin Street - 1973
3) Freddie Hubbard - First Light - 1971
4) Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower - 1979
5) Gagle - Yuki No Kakumei (Produced by DJ Mitsu The Beats) - 2002
6) Raekwon - Walk Wit Me (Produced by Scram Jones) - 2009
7) Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay - 1970
8) Jack Wilkins - Red Clay - 1973
9) A Tribe Called Quest - Sucka Nigga (Produced by ATCQ) - 1993
10) Charlotte Dos Santos - Red Clay - 2017
11) Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (Alternate Live take) - 1971

230914: Jazz (We've Got) #1: Ode To Freddie Hubbard

Recording from my set at Drugstore in Belgrade last month for the Acidform party. 

https://www.instagram.com/acidform/

Chuck a comment if you want a track ID. More of this Saturday 30/9 at Traintracks https://bit.ly/TT309

Acidform - Drugstore Belgrade - 18 Aug '23

For the 32nd installment in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

Enter the arena Texas and Nathan Stewart. With label releases on @Midnight-Riot-Records, Subplot Recordings, Masterworks Music & @WhiskeyPickle to name a handful, Nathan's a music head first & foremost, brewing up an hour leaning towards the funky, the cosmic, the soulful & the jazzy. Just imagine a whisky sour in-hand at a groovy dark speakeasy in Austin & get transported! 🍸

Eternal thanks @nathanstewart 🙏

Just For The Night #32 - Nathan Stewart

Savage Invites Barry - 21st October 2023

Lock in to vinyl picks from WOLF Music. Tracks from the likes of Shirley Bassey, Kim English, Bougie Soliterre and more.

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WOLF Music - October 2023

Recording from WOLFF playing @Séquence on 23/07/23

WOLFF @Séquence

Recorded live in-store on 28.10.2023 
@robinson-aka-jmdln

Robinson - 28.10.2023

For the 41st installment in our Just For The Night series, selectors take you on their own journey through groove. Anything goes.

Next up, a warm welcome to Matty S 🌞 He's part of Discothèque Tropicale @discothequetropicale, a DJ collective and record label who just celebrated their first anniversary, with a first reissue due early 2024. 🚀

The crew celebrates sun-filled music from around the world with a particular focus on music from Africa and The Caribbean 🌎 Matty has been collecting & playing records for the past 20 years, and also worked for CrazyBeat Records in his teens - we haven't visited just yet, it's end of the tube line in London's Upminster (IYKYK) 🚇

In the cold midst of winter, Matty has graciously served up a heart-warming mix of soulful dance-friendly sounds peppered with global treats. Shed your long johns, IT'S A HOT ONE! 🔥

All the thanks @mattys 🙏

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“In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love.
In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile.
In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.” - Albert Camus

230914: Jazz (We've Got) #1: Ode To Freddie Hubbard

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