'HAPPY YOU CALLED' A BEAT TAPE PRODUCED BY YOURS TRULY. 
AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

BANDCAMP: https://tadithegreat.bandcamp.com/album/happy-you-called 

HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AND IF YOU DO SHARE IT FAR AND WIDE 

ARTWORK BY SGOMBAKOMBA.COM

LINER NOTES: 

- INTRO
JOE TEX & THE VIBRATORS - DON’T GIVE UP 


- CHANTESGOTAFLIP
JANET JACKSON - GOT TIL’ IT’S GONE
CHANTE MOORE - CHANTE’S GOT A MAN 

- IFTHISWORLD
*LUTHER VANDROSS - CHERYL LYNN - IF THIS WORLD WERE MINE

- AUNTIE DIANES INTERLUDE
GANGSTA PAT - KILLA KILLA 
SUFJAN STEVENS - ALL FOR MYSELF
DIANE ABBOTT SPEAKING ON DRILL

- 4SHO
*MED - CAN’T HOLD ON
THE WATTS PROPHETS - DEM NIGGERS AIN’T PLAYIN’


- HOMESICK
REFLECTION ETERNAL - AFRICA DREAM
MELE - AMBIENCE

- THRUMYWINDOW
GABRIELLE - SUNSHINE (WOOKIE MAIN MIX) 
DJ TARGET ON #TARGETSNOTICEBOARD 

*(SAMPLE RECORDED WITH JIVES TAKEN FROM HIS VINYL COLLECTION)

SPECIAL THANKS TO QUIN FOR GETTING ME THE VINYL SAMPLED FOR THE INTRO

BANDCAMP

HAPPY YOU CALLED

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FROM ZAMUNDA WITH LOVE

MIXES

GUEST MIX FOR SHAY D 'EVERYTHING RAP' SHOW ON REPREZENT RADIO - TUESDAY 6TH APRIL

TRACKLIST: 
SIA - GET ME 
STRO ELLIOT - SOUL II STRO
MR SCRUFF - MUSIC TAKES ME UP (FT ALICE RUSSELL)
RIMON - GRACE
J DILLA - RICO SUAVE BOSSA NOVA (MR THING EDIT) 
 INTRO - LOVE THANG 
DONAE’O - NUMBER ONE 
OMAR - SING (IF YOU WANT IT)

YOU CAN LISTEN BACK TO THE FULL SHOW THROUGH THE LINK BELOW: 

https://www.mixcloud.com/shaydrap/shay-d-everything-rap-show-on-reprezent-radio-tuesday-6th-april/

GUEST MIX FOR 'EVERYTHING RAP'  SHOW ON REPREZENT RADIO

TAKEN FROM THE UPCOMING 'FROM ZAMUNDA WITH LOVE' TAPE WHICH WILL BE OUT SOONER THAN LATER THIS MONTH. HEAVILY  INSPIRED BY THE FILM COMING TO AMERICA WHERE I SAMPLED BITS OF DIALOGUE ETC AND INCORPORATED IT WITH MY OWN PRODUCTION WHERE I'VE FLIPPED SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

DOWNLOAD: https://tadithegreat.bandcamp.com/album/no-dey-carry-last-injera

NO DEY CARRY LAST / INJERA

INJERA

NO DEY CARRY LAST

PARDON ME

EFFF

NGOMA INTERLUDE

BAMAKO

KUMBA

ANTÙ MIX VOL. 12 BY TADI THE GREAT

Tadi the Great is a DJ, MC, Producer who regularly holds down All Night Long sets at the venue with his hypnotic genre defying music. His debut for our Mix Series is a beautifully put together selection of all he plays running through hip hop, dancehall, soulful house into 140. 

Strap yourself in and let Tadi take you on a ride.

Tadi the Great - 003

BARKING

REMIX THE TING REMIXES

FREE DOWNLOAD

START WITH WHY (REMIX)

FREE DL

HARD WORK (REMIX)

Tadi the Great 001

THIS WAS FUN! 
BIG UP EVERYONE WHO CAME THROUGH

TASCAM DR-40

ALL NIGHT LONG @ GONZO'S TWO ROOM

A PROJECT BROUGHT TO YOU BY TADI THE GREAT

++ SOCIAL MEDIA ++

TADITHEGREAT.COM
FACEBOOK.COM/TADITHEGREAT
TWITTER.COM/TADITHEGREAT
INSTAGRAM.COM/TADIWANASHE

EXPERIENCE

LYRICS: 

LOOKING AT MYSELF THROUGH THE MIRROR
CONTEMPLATING WHETHER 
I'M THE SAINT OR THE SINNER
AM I THE LOSER OR THE WINNER?
WILL I HAVE ENOUGH TO BUY MYSELF A BIMMER? 
I'LL SIT BACK AND LET THOSE WORDS
NINE TO FIVE OR THE TOUR LIFE
I REALLY HAVE TO CONSIDER...
SITTING AT THE TABLE DURING DINNER
OR BE ON A BUS SOMEWHERE DRINKING ALL THE LIQUOR 

THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND
THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND 
(SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND) X 4

ONE DAY I HOPE IT AS A RAPPER
I HOPE I NEVER FALL OF 
LIKE THE FINGER OF A LEPER 
I HOPE TO PUSH IT REAL GOOD
LIKE SALT AND PEPPER
IT WILL HAPPEN ONE DAY
I KNOW THE LORD IS MY SHEPPARD
SHOPPING SPREES WITH MY B
NYC TO HAWAII
BY THE SEA
DJ BLASTING OUT SOME JODECI
I BE DRIVING THROUGH MY CITY 
SHOUTING 'NOW YOU SEE'

'NOW YOU SEE' 
(I KNOW YOU SEE)

THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND
THESE ARE JUST SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND 
(SOME THOUGHTS ON MY MIND) X 4

++ SOCIAL MEDIA ++

TADITHEGREAT.COM
FACEBOOK.COM/TADITHEGREAT
TWITTER.COM/TADITHEGREAT
INSTAGRAM.COM/TADITHEGREAT

ON MY MIND [?]

'HAPPY YOU CALLED' A BEAT TAPE PRODUCED BY YOURS TRULY. 
AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

BANDCAMP: https://tadithegreat.bandcamp.com/album/happy-you-called 

HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AND IF YOU DO SHARE IT FAR AND WIDE 

ARTWORK BY SGOMBAKOMBA.COM

I WILL WRITE DOWN A LIST OF LINER NOTES AS TIME GOES ON.

THRUMYWINDOW

HOMESICK

4SHO

AUNTIE DIANE'S INTERLUDE

IF THIS WORLD

CHANTESGOTAFLIP

'HAPPY YOU CALLED' A BEAT TAPE PRODUCED BY YOURS TRULY. 
AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

BANDCAMP: https://tadithegreat.bandcamp.com/album/happy-you-called 

HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS AND IF YOU DO SHARE IT FAR AND WIDE 

ARTWORK BY SGOMBAKOMBA.COM

INTRO

Tadiwanashe’s journey started in the very green and mountainous, Mutare, Zimbabwe back in 1996. The name means “we’ve been blessed by God” in the Shona language. Being the youngest of the three siblings meant he would soak up all the musical tastes of the family from the mother’s Gospel, father’s Dub, sister’s R’n’B & brother’s Hip Hop which would become very useful much later on in his open format DJ sets, influences and sample searches as the artist Tadi the Great. The name pays homage to the Shona tribe - of which he is a part - who built the Great Zimbabwe ruins in the late Iron Age and is often capitalised, an ode to the legendary MF DOOM who also had Zimbabwean lineage & British citizenship. Before his move to the UK, he was fascinated by the idea of making music and as soon as he got to the UK started sourcing software and low budget equipment to create his works. Tadi’s earliest musical endeavours involved him providing vocals for Tisoki-produced tracks then later on moving to independently creating his music. After years of trying to find his lane, he sought to explore djing as a means to improve his musical ear and production. During this period, he was making use of BBC Introducing, regularly used #TargetsNoticeBoard and tested his material at a show at the now-defunct Owl Sanctuary venue (not an actual owl sanctuary).

Skip a couple of years, and you’ll see Tadi playing DJ sets in Norwich as a member of various collectives namely Tropico which has taken him to festivals such as Gilles Peterson’s We Out Here Festival, opening for Zed Bias, Flowdan, Jammz & more. Tadi’s relationship with Boom Bap Festival saw him open up for GZA (Wu-Tang) and this was a strictly SP404 set as well as fly to the Netherlands to play at the festival’s Amsterdam Sessions. The year 2019 saw the birth of LowCUT, a show by Tadi on Keakie and despite being based in Norwich, Tadi still came down to record at the offices. From 2019, he held a weekly djing residency at Gonzo’s Tea Room and this was cut short in 2020 by the lockdown restrictions. Despite feeling frantic, Tadi decided to carry on trying to be productive and not overthink and that’s how he ended up with the release of Happy You Called, a beat tape, statement, E.P, a body of work. This received very positive reviews all around and brought back the confidence in releasing music again. Shortly after, Tadi was picked up to be part of Gilles Peterson & Brownwood Music’s Future Bubblers and through this, he has had the opportunity to have his music played on Worldwide FM & perform at the Jazz Cafe. For the Jazz Cafe performance, Tadi was rapping over his production, performing basslines on his Korg Monologue as well as triggering samples and effects via the SP404SX. In the same summer, he was part of No Signal’s first-ever cohort of NS Academy which saw Tadi explore radio-related duties including but not limited to curation, presenting and even a live mix.

TADI THE GREAT

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