Off The Record - August Listings

Off The Record - A vinyl only night where DJs OR You get to play vinyl and vinyl only. Every Wednesday at Wax Jambu, Angel.

Come and hear some music you may never of heard before or email me to get involved and show off your own record collection

Here is what is happening in August

August Listings

3rd - Recordstore.co.uk - Andy Fenn, Martin Daniels and Ray Juss

Andy Fenn, the B from remix outfit SFB will be playing an eclectic and Balearic selection of early house music. Martin Daniels, the manager of online record shop Recordstore.co.uk will entertain us with contemporary indie music from guitar based to electronic. And if those guys were the bread, Ray Juss will be cheese filling playing well known 80s tracks from 7 inch

10th - Genre - Bensamba and Lee Henry

Ben Samba, resident at the excellent Saturday nights at Wax Jambu will be digging in the crates for a special vinyl only set. Expect to hear some brand new music. On the other hand, Lee Henry, will be taking us through new and old hiphop and hitting us with the funk. Dancing shoes will be needed!

17th - Cynic - Jamie Blanco (Cynic, Figures) and Sunil Chauhan (Woofah)

Jamie Blanco, member of the electronic outfit Figures and about to have a release on Felix Dickinson's label Cynic, has a bag full of Baleric/Chicago house music that will soundtrack the evenings drinking. Sunil Chauhan will be bringing a mixed bag of the good stuff. There should be an excellent contrast in sounds.

24th - Orsii (Jazzman, Fatcity, Laid Back Radio) and Richard Walsh

Orsii, our first female guest at Off The Record (like that matters) will transfer her excellent on line radio shows from Laid Back Radio into the live arena. Richard Walsh, a friend of a previous Off The Record guest will be playing fuzzy Rock and other gems. There will be some special music played this night!

31st - Bradley Zero and Slackk (Numbers)

Bradley Zero, who already plays vinyl at Bar Story in Peckham will be playing a selection from soul/jazz/Detroit house/rock and African music. The other guest will be Slackk from the Numbers camp. He has dug deep and will be doing a full on disco set which will turn Wax Jambu in Studio 54 (or something!)

Off The Record - Gansta Boogie Music with Heny G

For the 7th outing of Off The Record, I am joined by an ol' DJ buddy by the name of Heny G. Years ago we were cutting our teeth playing UK Garage on various pirate stations. Heny went onto start and run a successful pirate station himself and forge a bright career in today's dubstep scene. Heny has assured me that the Coki bangers will be left at home but he will be brining a good selection of vinyl. Personally, if he played Haunted, I would start a mosh pit

Come and share a cocktail or beer with us. Same great deal as every Wednesday for Off The Record. August is right around the corner!

Making Beats with Brokenhomes

Go to the crib, eat rice and chicken. Make a beat. Duck out

Brokehomes on Tour - Zurich, Switzerland

Couple weeks back I spent an excellent time over in Switzerland with my good friend Dan Cade. Whilst he went to work, I walked around and planted some Brokenhomes flyers around the city. Call me Banksy bitch

This store has the cool clothes and stuff, the Brokenhomes flyers were right at home

This was one of those 'weed shops' A few Brokenhomes flyers got thrown in the mix, get me

This was with all the postcards, hope someone tried to buy mine. Send the money to my paypal

Off The Record - The Story So Far

So, it has been a while since I have put fingers to keyboard to just put some stuff out there but probably was about time to update y'all on how things are going with Off The Record at Wax Jambu. Also, I want to try and stay awake for the Kahn fight which is another hour and a half away, (it is 1:23 right now, [weird time])

Off The Record is slowly gathering momentum which pleases me greatly and although I did feel some pressure at the start of this venture, I have been so amazed at peoples willingness to get involved and help out with what they can. There have been some hurdles, no doubt and there have been some challenges but that was the whole idea of the project.

On the 27th of July, 2011 it will be the sixth week of Off The Record and things are starting to fall into place and enhancements are being made all the time. Getting people involved is getting a bit more organised, that is just down to me and my organisational skills. The flyers have now landed, all 5000 of them and I will be distributing them across London's remaining record shops and other trendy places. The ustream is starting to pick up and will be looking into trying to make the view a little better for the people that log on across the world. I have added a page here on the blog, that links direct to the ustream and I will be adding more stuff to that page when I think about it a little more. But generally, the feedback has been very positive so far from teh excellent people behind Wax Jambu and the people I have spoke to and came down and played. I am very thankful to everyone involved, Thank you.

Some future enhancements to the night which I have thought about or have been discussed are

• Live mixes from the night with bar ambience in the back ground available to download
• Tracklistings from the mixes
• Interviews with the people that come down and play
• Change of the camera angle for the ustream
• DJs needing to dance more on camera ;)
• More themed nights, ie 7 inch only, soul night, ska night
• In house recordshop and swap shop for vinyls
• Recording some sets to cassette tape as limited editions
• Podcast/uploads

Those are some of the things, if you do have any ideas. Please contact me, I am not hard to find, email add is on the page and you can also leave a comment here.

Who knows how much of a monster (in all positive aspects) Off The Record will be? It doesnt have its own twitter or website, just running through here but then, its a vinyl only night. Gotta try and keep most of the old skool ethics alive! It has rekindled my energy and enthusiasm for DJing, buying records and gets me excited on a Wednesday. Have met some great people as well and chats about music and strange record covers is what I want to do on a Wednesday evening. Just hope there are some other people out there who want to also.

1 more hour until fight time!

Speak soon, Ray

WotNot Music Live at Off The Record

My photo buddy, Pei Chi came down and took a few quick snaps of the WotNot Music gang in action at Off The Record. Hope you enjoy the pics, JJ gets caught out in one of them!

Off The Record - 20th July 2011

Welcome back to another episode of the good stuff. The place where the cocktails are amazing, the beers magically double up before 8pm and the music is always played off them shiny (sometimes dusty) black discs. That's right folks, its Wednesday between 7pm and 11pm and that means its Off The Record!

This week I will be joined by two special guests. First up is Danny Lowe who could be treating us to a selection of crazy Bolloywood and Moog music or some Ska/Rnb. Who knows? The fact that some weird Bollywood and Moog music could be played has me excited.

Our other guest for the evening has been tearing up the Mixcloud play charts for some time now. Representing herself first and foremost, she is also affiliated with Laid Back Radio, Jazzman and Fat City. Expect the unexpected!

So y'all all know the deals by now and the promise of flyers will materialise this week hopefully. Into the 5th week now. Ah yeah, and all the live via the Ustream as always!

Off The Record - 7 Inch Special Night

Next Wednesday on the 13th I am joined by DJ Nickname who will be coming down to play a funk 45 set. I will be diggin in the 7 inch crates as well to see what dusty and crackly 7s I have that are still playable from when I was 3 years old. Expect pops and cracks to go with the most excellent cocktails and 2/4/1 Tiger beers before 8.

Its gonna be a party y’all!!

Off The Record - WotNot Music 06.07.11

This Wednesday at Wax Jambu I am joined by up coming label, WotNot Music. 3 DJs, JJ Mumbles, Rookie Sludat and K15 will be brining down some of their fave vinyl cuts to be played.

Remember, same deal as last week on the 2/4/1 Tiger Beer and 2 cocktails for £9 before 8.

Should be fun so let me see you down there.