KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOT 4TH BIRTHDAY - LIVE @ KAFFA, DALSTON N16 | 15/11/2024

KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOSITORY PRESENT: THE TUNE DEPOT'S 4TH BIRTHDAY LIVE @ KAFFA N16 FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024

19:00-20:30
J-SWAN DERULO PRESENTS "INJERA + VIBES" FT. IMO

We returned, once again, to Dalston's finest cafe/bar, Kaffa, to celebrate our 4th Birthday under the jazz-soaked, beats-welcoming, wood-furnished, dimly lit and always-smelling-delicious roof of Gillet Square legend Markos' tiny and vibing establishment.

To kick-off procedings, whilst the troops and punters trickled in over the course of the opening hours, Tune Depot head honch and self-elected (but never contested) leader, podcast presenter, content creator, Tune Depot WhatsApp group exploiter, procrastinator and fiend for curation: the Swan Dog Millionaire aka Josh Swanson aka J-Swan Derulo, stepped onto the deckles with the sole-intent of noodling through The Depot's "finer" dining selections of Contemporary, Afro and Classic Jazz records peppered amidst a deftly chosen blend of Hip-Hop and RnB.

With supporting contributions from his partner in life as much as in crime, the King's very own - and recently dubbed - "Queen of the Depot" - the most terrified-and-anxious-in-spite-of-overwhelming-eagerness DJ in town, IMO. Using what little gaps the King had graciously granted her (amidst his rapidly diminishing set-list), given the matriarch's impromptu and unforeseen request to actually play some records (even though they'd spent the whole run-up to the event saying they "definitely didn't want to" and were "too scared" - but literally on the day decided that actually they did), IMO laces the ground with a sublime and complimentary selection of classic Soul, Reggae and Disco... and the J-Swan couldn't have been more proud xx

NOTES FOR TRAINSPOTTERS:

1) The set opens with two beautiful, elating and dreamlike records shared by one of Josh's closest friends and Tune Depot member, Matt McLean aka Long Hair, who wasn't able to make it down for the night: one being from Polish Jazz Ensemble @bloto-music (who's musical stylings recently featured in the Tune Depot Podcast) and an extra special alt-metal/jazz-metal record that felt as appropriate to their shared love of the leftfield as it did a beautiful contribution to set whilst also doubling as a subtle wink to the musical darkness that McLoon sprinkles into J-Swans heart (via many a Barcle indeed)

2) You'll find two subtle (one not-so and one more-so) nods to TripHop & Lounge legend - and curator of one of The Tune Depot's favourite Boiler Room sets of all time, circa 2013 - and a man who had a huge influence on Josh's formative music years, @nightmares-on-wax

3) The whole set is peppered with records from @cortoalto, a rising talent in the UK contemporary jazz circuit, blending classical sensibilities with UKG/Electronic Dance Music/Hip-Hop & RnB inspired rhythms and Jazz-Fusion badness, who closed this year's @weoutherefestival with a stellar-stand-in set on the main stage and whom Josh + Imo caught laying down a serene and vibezin' set @ The Village Underground, Shoreditch only the weekend before the Kaffa Live X Tune Depot Birthday event. Naturally deserving of a celebratory position within the mix itself.

4) Credit to NZ-based Depot Member, the beautiful Lewis Ali on the @reynatropical selections and the specific 'Hey Jane' choice from @tylerthecreatorofficial's  to Depot OG and Hip Hop Dump curator, Brad Downs 

5) Special love dedicated to @cas-casisdead, not least for their incredible 2024 We Out Here performance. And to all of the incredible rappers coming out of Dublin right-about-now, goes without saying 🐐 @rejjiesnow but Curtisy (@user-929294845), amongst many other incredible artists emerging out of the scene, all of whom are welllllll worth their sticky-green salt.

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KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOT 4TH BIRTHDAY | J-SWAN DERULO PRES: INJERA + VIBES FT. IMO @ KAFFA NOV 24

KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOSITORY PRESENT: THE TUNE DEPOT'S 4TH BIRTHDAY LIVE @ KAFFA N16 FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024

20:30-21:00
EL PABLO DOESN'T DO A LATIN THING

We returned, once again, to Dalston's finest cafe/bar, Kaffa, to celebrate our 4th Birthday under the jazz-soaked, beats-welcoming, wood-furnished, dimly lit and always-smelling-delicious roof of Gillet Square legend Markos' tiny and vibing establishment.

2nd in-line on the decks was new Depot recruit, but long-time friend (if not somewhat estrange, reunited by The Depot itself), El Pablo: Stoke Newington-born-&-raised and the son of East London's Gina Southgate - a musical (often and almost exclusively jazz and free-fom-music-focused) live portait artist who paints her subjects in vibrant, abstract oils & waters, live as they perform - has taken up the pen and paintbrush as his own acomplished graphic designer, painter and all-round artist with a wavey clothing line under the same moniker, to boot. Not to mention El Pab's younger brother, Sancho: an emerging East-London-based UK Rap artist carrying the creative flame as much as the rest of his music-loving family.

With all that in mind we could trust El Pablo to put together - and he did and more than delivered - a laid-back blend of international Hip-Hop, Jazz, Afro & Reggae grooves (and he did play some Latin-sounding flavours, tbf) for the heads, as we continued our evening's journey along The Tune Depot collectives' gorgeous musical-buffet.

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21:00-21:30
CHIPPY T’S BAD BWOY BREAKS AN’ BEATZ FROM THE ROUGH’N’TOUGH STREETS

Representing both The Tune Depot and 2024's founded, vinylist, dance party collective, Soul System (@soulsystemdance), long-time Depot 2.0 member and longer-time-friend-of-the-head-honch (Swanson), Chippy T, knew he was able to explore more than just his passions for Reggae, Lovers, Ska, Street Soul, Soul & RnB whilst operating the XDJs under the rough-loving arms of The Tune Depot.

A set builder with an artists' touch, an interior designer and antique collector's eye, coupled with a joiner's talent for design and polished assembly. Though the calluses on this man's fingers are as much a testament to his trade as they are his rough selections, rougher mixing and the occassional rifling through countless record sleeves @ Eldica Records. The East-London-based roughneck, hailing from the gull-spattered streets of Hastings, has an unfaltering passion for sound system culture, romance, sawdust, music, dancing, good times and (maybe above all) butter. So, it is without question that Chippy T can ALWAYS be trusted to provide a floor-shaking array of fist-pumping and booty-whining rhythms, from the very-very-fast to the very-very-slow. An early billing meant no Acid Rave this time around but, providing the all-important-bridge between the laid-back front end of the night's lineup and the imminent electro, techno, house and breaks thundering down the tracks, Chippy challenges the systems lower frequencies by weaving together the ruffest and tuffest street sounds available to him, expect racous, 90s, crusty Hip-Hop, Street Soul & Breakbeats abound.

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KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOT 4TH BIRTHDAY | EL PABLO // CHIPPY T @ KAFFA NOV 2024

KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOSITORY PRESENT: THE TUNE DEPOT'S 4TH BIRTHDAY LIVE @ KAFFA N16 FRIDAY 15TH NOVEMBER 2024

21:30-22:00
DJ MIMA

22:00-22:30
SALUS AKA DJ ONION RING AKA DANCING WITH ALIENS

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KAFFA LIVE X THE TUNE DEPOT 4TH BIRTHDAY | DJ MIMA // SALUS AKA DJ ONION RING AKA DANCING WITH ALIENS @ KAFFA NOV 2024

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