Cut Chemist was always a favorite deejay of mine coming up. Judging by his recent audio/visual show in Miami at the weekly Shake party @ The Vagabond and his new one-turntable mixtape Sound of the Police which you can stream on Radio KCRW he’s still pushing the boundaries on how a deejay should sound live and behind the boards. Here’s a short Q&A I recently did with him, click below for an excerpt plus some ill videos of the man called Cut.
Was honored recently to interview Brazilian great Seu Jorge. In between Brazil world cup matches and travel connections, you can check the article here and in full below. If you’re unfamiliar, start by picking out the new Seu Jorge & Almaz album…
Interview I did with local resident DJ Contra for the New Times before this year’s winter music conference. Shouts to Contra on the class act Q&A. Catch him by Purdy Lounge on Sundays running the pool table, Wednesdays @ LIV and backing up Santigold around the country. Full interview below.
One of the best young groups coming out of Miami right now, Ketchy Shuby definitely has their own unique sound of “downtown soul” from motown to funk, afrobeat, reggae & rock. Its been great to see this group grow and exceed expectations with every show. Here’s an article I wrote on them last year (thanks to Jay on the assist!) and go below for some videos.
The Funk is back….that’s Dam (pronounced Dame) Funk to be precise. The Los Angeles, Leimert Park based producer/selector, who came up on early-80s funk, boogie, electro and new wave records from the likes of Prince & Slave is now on a full-blown galactical journey to bring his music to heads around the globe with his upcoming LP, ToEachIzOwn.
Rich Medina gets busy, period.
Here’s the rest of a Q&A from an interview done before this Winter Music Conference to hype his Jump & Funk Jam.
The trio of DJ Eleven, Ayres & Cosmo Baker all currently based in NYCity, have been some of the most prolific DJs on the planet over the past decade. They rock hip-hop to hip-house and r&b disco to club music without skipping a stylus.
MG & JL of Basic Vocab talk about their recent play on Entourage, the groups origins and more
Dutch-born producer Nicolay speaks on the come-up from his musical background in Utrecht, Holland to moving overseas to North Carolina crafting beats for the Justus League and as part of the super-soul group, The Foreign Exchange
