Alan Kennedy - Advances 02

Mixed at The Plex, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. November 2013

Tracklist:

1.   Baboop - Yes We Can (Luis Junior Remix) - Abysoma
2.   Pablo Acenso - Bugged Out (Marc Poppcke Remix) - Flow Vinyl
3.   Dominik Eulberg - Der Tanz Der Gluehwuermchen - Traum
4.   The XX -Tides (Dixon Remix) - Innervisions
5.   Lee Burridge and Mathew Dekay - Fur Die Liebe - All Day I Dream
6.   Chloe Harris - Skooch (Oliver Lieb Remix) - Mashtronic
7.   Steve Bug - Lion On The Hunt - Get Physical
8.   Slove - Flash (Pachanga Boys Remix) - Pschent
9.   Daniel Dexter - Why So Serious? - Poker Flat 
10. Way Out West - Killa (Guy J Remix) - Balance
11. Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (Adam Freeland) - Marine Parade

Cover image by me, view of Manhattan from Governor's Island.

Advances 02

Alan Kennedy - Insight (Vol. 1)

Underground hip hop vinyl mix. Mixed in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. July 2014.

Tracklist
                                                                        
01. Q Ball & Curt Cazal - Anything you want (Aim remix) - Grand Central                                
02. Roots Manuva - Dreamy days - Big Dada                                                                   
03. Busta Rhymes - Live to regret - Eastwest                                                            
04. Akinyele - No exit - Interscope                                                                              
05. INI - Think twice - Rapster                                                                      
06. The East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12 - Uproar                                                                       
07. PMD - Leave your style cramped - Relativity                                         
08. Royal Flush - Worldwide - Blunt                                                                      
09. Onyx - Walk in New York - JML
10. Poor Righteous Teachers - Gods, Earths & 85ers - Profile                                 
11. Lewis Parker - 101 Pianos (I’ve put out the lights) - Dusty Vinyl
12. Kev Brown - Allways - ABB
13. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Appreciate - Rapster
14. Aasim - Hip Hop 101 - All City
15. Scott Lark - Insight - Contract
16. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - Streets of New York - Cold Chillin’
17. Mad Skillz - Ghostwriter - Rawkus
18. Rise - Do you know him? - Phono Synthetic
19. Rahzel - All I know - MCA
20. Blahzay Blahzay - Good cop/Bad cop - Fader
21. Mobb Deep - G.O.D. Part III - Loud
22. Jay-Z - Friend or foe ’98 - Roc-A-Fella
23. Show & AG - Represent - Payday
24. People Under The Stairs - The Cat - OM
25. Pack FM - Forevershine - Third Earth
26. Masta Ace - Good Ol’ Love - M3 Macmil
27. Jaylib - The Red - Stones Throw
28. Large Professor - After School - Paul Sea
29. Ghostface - Wildflower - Epic
30. Nas - Nas is like - Columbia
31. Nine - Lyin’ King - Profile
32. Stezo - Getting paid - Fresh
33. Screwball - Where you at? - Landspeed
34. Mark B & Blade - The Unknown - Wordplay
35. Jeru Tha Damaja - Can’t stop the prophet (Pete Rock Remix) - Payday
36. Capone-N’-Noreaga - Invincible - Tommy Boy
37. The Notorious B.I.G. - Live at the garden freestyle - White
38. The Notorious B.I.G. - Party & bullshit - Uptown
39. Public Enemy - Public Enemy no. 1 - Def Jam

The inspirations & influences: Liam Howlett, Swerve, Premier, Riz, Spinbad, Foodstamp, Scratch Perverts, Jazzy Jeff, Grandmaster Flash, Noize, Craze, A-Trak & of course New York, New York, Clive Campbell and 1520 Sedgwick Ave. where it all began…

“I wanna get out this relationship, but i’m scared that my man will flip/
he always swears how he’s gonna kill me and fill me with the bullets from his clip”

“i’m mind-shockin, body-rockin, earth-shakin, money-makin, 
Sittin high, lookin fly, drinkin on the best wine”

Cover image by me, view of Ebbets Field Projects at sunset from my old apartment.

Insight (Vol. 1)

Alan Kennedy - Sincere

UK Garage vinyl mix. Mixed at The Cutting House. November 2018

Sincere Instagram Showreel here: bit.ly/aksincere

Tracklist:

1. N’n’G - Right Before My Eyes (feat. Kallaghan & MC Neat) - Urban Heat
2. Shola Ama - Imagine (Asylum Mix) - WEA/Freakstreet
3. Double 99 - Ripgroove - Satellite
4. The Streets - Has It Come To This? - Locked On
5. Sia - Little Man (Exemen Works) - Long Lost Brother
6. B15 - Girls Like Us (feat. Crissy D. & Lady G) - Relentless/Oracabessa
7. Kele Le Roc - My Love (So Good) [10 Below Nu Club] - Ice Cream
8. Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers (Sunship Remix) - WEA/Milkk
9. MJ Cole - Sincere - Metrix
10. Lonyo - Garage Girls (Sunship Extended) - Riverhorse
11. Sticky - Booo! (feat. Ms. Dynamite) - Social Circles
12. Mis-Teeq - All I Want (Sunship Remix) - Telstar
13. Gabrielle - Sunshine (Wookie Main Mix) - Not On Label

All I want is what is best for you. Respect to Ceri Evans. Gimme a siggi if you’re locked in, EASY!!!!!

Cover image by me, Costa Adeje, Tenerife.

Sincere

Alan Kennedy - Advances 03

Mixed at The Cutting House, January 2019.

Advances 03 Instagram Showreel here: bit.ly/ADVANCES03

Tracklist:

1. Armen Miran & Hraach - Aldebaran - Sol Selectas (2016)
2. Butch - Veni, Vidi, Vici - Saved (2016)
3. DKA - Sum - Play Label (2015)
4. Philippe Ralos - Liquid (Alex Flatner Remix) - Fresh Lemon (2012)
5. Luca Bacchetti - The Space Between Us - Endless (2014)
6. Caltrop - “Lenny” - W.T. (2013)
7. Olivier Giacomotto & Los Paranos - Heartless - Suara  (2015)
8. H2 - What Is (AFFKT Rework) - Form Music (2013)
9. Secret Knowledge - Sugar Daddy - Deconstruction (1993)
10. Johannes Heil - Consciousness - Aras (2012)

Cover image by me, taken at Anse Lazio, Seychelles.

One way, or another…

Advances 03

Big love to @Neffa-T for having me on his Rinse FM show with an all-vinyl grime guest mix recently, broadcast Saturday 4th May 2019, 106.8FM (London) & Worldwide (Rinse.fm/player).

Instagram showreel: http://bit.ly/ak_rinsemix

Big up Geeneus, Sarah Lockhart & all at Rinse. Hold tight The Godfather @djslimzee.

Rinse FM Guest Mix For Neffa-T

Alan Kennedy - Advances 01

Mixed at The Plex, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY. March 2013

Tracklist:

1.   Bushwacka! - Grated - Olmeto
2.   Tom Middleton - Cicadas (Maya Jane Coles Remix) - Lo:Rise
3.   Greenville Massive - Lost - Soul Sheep
4.   Rone - Flesh (Sasha Involver 2 remix) - Infiné
5.   Ian Pooley - Compurhythm (Dixon 4/4 treatment) - Innervisions
6.   We Love - End of the night (Viadrina remix) - Bpitch Control
7.   Clarian & Guy Gerber - Claire - Visionquest                                                                                    
8.   Peace Division - Blacklight Sleaze - Dogmatik                                                                
9.   Marco Bailey - Whispering Leaves - Bedrock                                                                   
10. Hot Chip - Flutes (Sasha remix) - Last Night On Earth


Cover image by me, view from Hostal La Torre, Ibiza.

Advances 01

Alan Kennedy - Advances 04

Mixed at The Cutting House, Manhattan, July 2020.

Instagram showreel: https://bit.ly/Advances04

Tracklist: 

1. Stephan Bodzin - Sungam (Synthapella) - Systematic (2015) 
2. Stephan Bodzin - Sungam (Patrice Baumel Remix) - Systematic (2015) 
3. Oxia - Domino (Robag’s Ewel Xmohl Nb) - Saipens (2017) 
4. Guy Gerber - Secret Encounters - Rumors (2016) 
5. The XX - Chained (Sasha Involv3r Remix) - Ministry Of Sound (2013) 
6. Sasha - Singularity - Last Night On Earth (2018) 
7. Newman - The Sky And The Earth - Tale & Tone (2017) 
8. Marc Romboy - Counting Comets (Ruede Hagelstein Remix) - Bedrock (2016) 
9. Khen - Land Of Goshen (Patrice Baumel Remix) - Lost & Found (2017) 
10. Butch - Countach - Cocoon (2018) 
11. 747 - Ammon - Aquaregia (2016)

Cover image by me, taken at Ilot Mangénie, Mauritius.

Advances 04

Described by Boiler Room as "one of the most important innovators in UK music of the past 20 years", it was an honour to join The Godfather @djslimzee on the station which he co-founded, Rinse FM @rinsefm. 

Broadcast 19th July 2020 on 106.8FM (London) and Worldwide (rinse.fm/player). Big up Geeneus, Sarah and all at Rinse.

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