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Edition#14 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of the year 2000, the beginning of a new decade and the end of what many consider to be hip hop’s greatest era, the 90s. The year 2000 marked a turning point for the Indie scene with artists such as De La [...]

Myself and Chris Read are pleased to announce our final blowout Classic Material party or the series; Edition#14: 2000 with special guest Big Ted, plus myself, Chris Read and Dh Hudge. DJs on the night playing Hip Hop from 2000 only: BIG TED (Teddy’s Jam / Colourful Radio) CHRIS READ (Music of Substance / BBE) [...]

Just a very quick one to let you know that we are currently offering 11% off all stock in the Classic Material store. Why? Well, it’s not only 11.11.11, but we released the Edition#11 products this month too! All you need to do, is add your items to the basket, and type in the discount code below before checking out. Code: ALLTHEONES [...]

Edition#12 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1998, a year often celebrated as the pinnacle of the late 90s ‘Indie’ era. Revered independent labels including Rawkus, ABB, Fondle Em and countless other less well known imprints released some of their strongest material during the year. Major labels were quick to [...]

October’s Classic Material party is just around the corner, and we’re happy to announce that this month welcomes special guest Excalibah (1Xtra) who’ll be joining myself and Chris Read in celebrating the Hip Hop of 1998. Facebook Event here. More info here.

Edition#11 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1997, a year which many associate with the dawn of the so called ‘Indie’ era. The music of 1997 set the stage the development of two distinct sounds over the following years, the underground independent sound nurtured by labels such as [...]

On Saturday 17th September, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the eleventh installment of Classic Material, a series events and exhibitions celebrating 30+ years of recorded rap music promoted by London based collective of DJs, designers, photographers and filmmakers, the ‘Rap Music Fan Club’. Each month we celebrate an individual year of rap’s colourful [...]

Massive congratulations to my good friend Chris Read for his first 7″ release “Disco Cumbia” b/w “Ritmos Colimbianos”, out NOW on the Breakin’ Bread label. This 7″ single has a cumbia disco banger on one side and a midtempo Colombian headnodder on the flip. Both of which I’ve enjoyed spinning at some of my more [...]

Edition#10 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1996, a year which marks a turning point for the genre with a divide growing between the popular RnB influenced sound and the underground ‘independent’ sound blossoming in reaction to it. Whilst many established artists including De La Soul openly attacked [...]

So Much Soul is back for another month at the fantastic Queen of Hoxton. Myself and DJ Chris Read host the ground floor from 9pm-2am playing nothing but real funk and soul music, new and old. Facebook Event here. Join the Facebook Group here. For a taster of what to expect, download our free mix [...]