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An eclectic selection of soul, funk, house, d&b and a little rocksteady to celebrate an end to my musical hibernation and spring being here.

Hello again. Some wicked vocal house this week...Spring has finally

arrived in London and it's good for the soul. Tracklist

peven everett - can't do without (peven's new mix)
maxwell - no one (house mix)
ralf gum ft monique bingham - kiss from a stranger

(feliciano mix)
black coffee - you turn me on
reel people - alibi
ritual drums
kem - heaven (this is such a baaaaad tune!!!)
seal - latest flame (joe clausell mix)
kerri chandler - sun is coming up
fred everything cdr
hardrive - jus' believe
sarah devine - special (vega mix)
alicia keys - me and you (ty quon do mix)
river ocean - love and happiness (sao benitez mix)

A laidback summer roots and culture selection - strictly freestyle, a few forgotten classics, some nu-school tunes, all played from vinyl with a bit of echo and fx in the mix. enjoy.

happy love - down in the valley / version wackies 12"
johnny clarke - give thanks and praise ariwa lp
creole - jah creation / version - pressure sounds 7"
rasheda - hands of your works - riz lp
zap pow - river / version ims repress 7"
teamworks- rockfort rock / version - mr modo 12"
prince malachi - revolution / versions - dubsicarius 10"
dub from atlantis - sax dub - reng rang 10"
junior reid - thanks and praise / version - 12"
barry brown - from creation / version - jackpot 7"
sylford walker - africa - kingley sounds 12"

Digging deep into the golden era hiphop crate this month. Some dope beats from the late 80s and early-mid 90s for your delectation.

Mixed live, all from original vinyl coz I like to keep it real.

krs one - question (diamond d mix)
jeru the damaja - can't stop the prophet
brand nubian - slow down
black sheep - fever for the flava
ed og - love comes and goes
public enemy - shut 'em down (pete rock remix)
nas - halftime
lord finesse - funky technician
jvc force - strong island
n-tyce - hush hush tip
group home - supa star
triflicts - genuine
kool g rap - death wish
big daddy kane - raw
main source - peace is not a word to play
pete rock & cl smooth - t.r.o.y

I just got back from a wicked time in Bahia, my favourite state in Brazil. It's beautiful there. Like the country itself, Brazilan music is really diverse and every time I visit, I hear different styles of music I've never heard before. This selection is a mix of old and new music from, or inspired by, Brazil mixing some straight up samba, batucada, timeless classics from sergio mendes and milton nascimento with house from Joe Clausell, new school tunes from Zeep and Da Lata and a bit of drum of bass from DJ Marky...and me. You can get my Bahia Beats tune that's included towards the end of the mix on the newly released No 1 Drum and Bass Album through Demon Records. Enough plugging...hope you like the mix - oh, and email me for a tracklist if you want one coz I've forgotten some of the tune names for now.

I had a proper crate digging session for this one. A live mix of some of my favourite classic house tunes - plus a couple of new tunes chucked in coz they go with the flow. Approximate tracklist:

Underground solution - luv dancing - strictly rhythm
cover ups 1
earth people - dance - kerri chandler mix - champion
lectroluv - if we try - 8 ball
disco elements - good thing - azuli
freedom williams - let yourself go maw dub - columbia
7 grand housing - the question
john legend - heaven - karizma mix - white
unit 46 - don't go
hot toddy - diy
coming home - danny tenaglia mix - flying
alone in the dark with...
a new us 12" dubby thing that i can't remember the name of now
susuma yokata - sound of sky track
newish louie vega track with fierce vocal - the music - this sounds like it could have been made anytime in the last fifteen years
royal house - can you feel it - champion promo
deskee - let there be house - big one
xpress 2 - london xpress - junior boys own
jon cutler track on a yellow label us 12"

This week's live DJ mix of funk breaks, soul re-edits and lost classics.

artist unknown - white label
modaji - grass is greener
guaranteed
i don't believe in magic - jisco bootleg
you've been had by a hustler - ballistic bros
bad mama jama re-edit
little space odyssey - white
colonel abrams - trapped jazz mix
amp fiddler - faith (jazzanova mix)
amp fiddler - faith (original)
la funk mob - ravers suck our sound
jaziac sunflowers
cloud nine - real gone, turn it on
raphael sadiq - sky - yam who mix
roy ayers - we live in brooklyn baby re-edit
message from the soul sisters - re-edit
re-de-troit
brothers on the slide - dynamics re-edit