Interview Sessions - Off The Record - 24.08.2011

Name That Tune - Interview Sessions 24.08.2011 by Brokenhomes

Hits you know and hits you should. Richard Walsh and Orsii playing magical music at Off The Record.

Had the spotters going wild!

Off The Record - September 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 September

September Listings

7th - Peach | Cleophas | Matt Baker

First line up in September includes a very different mix of vinyl enthusiasts. First up we have Peach who will be making her 'DJ' début. Peach who has already been involved in the night by taking some pictures has taken an even bigger step and decided to come and play a slot for us. Recently spurned on to start her own record collection! From the demo I got from Cleophas you can expect a good mix of soul/hip hop/funk with some special gems he has collected over the years. Matt has recently been out in 'beefa' so will be closing the night with electronic house flavours.

14th - Dr. Wink Importer / Exporter | Klaus | Laurent Fintoni

With probably the best DJ name this side of the Galaxy Dr. Wink I/E (for short) plays music definitely from this planet but of the soul variety. His demo had me vibing at work so this should be fun. Klaus, who has released music on R&S has this Boiler Room mix online, judging by the depth of that track listing, we will be in for some treats. And finally we have Laurent Fintoni, (taken from the Rhythm Incursions site) 'Presenter, curator, content manager and the man currently in charge of looking after Rhythm Incursions and guiding it forward'. A guy who knows about the beats, helping compile the latest Finest Ego release.

21st - Naqwon | Greedykid | Lee Henry

Naqwon the chef aka End of Level boss is a music enthusiast and has decided after much persuasion to get behind the decks and play some records for us. Sounds of jazz and hip hop will probably be the order of the day. Greedy Kid, my younger brother, went and splashed out £30 on records especially for this set. Into the more broken beat side of things, we will all find out what gems he has uncovered. Lee 'HEE MAN' Henry appears for the second time at Off The Record. After his storming début, he caught the bug and was the first name down for September. Soul/Funk/Breaks and classic hip hop

28th - Will Furtado | Your Mumford and Sons | Ray Juss

Back once again are the Recordstore.co.uk team playing music from all over the globe. Will provides the funk and avant garde selections he is famous for and myself, Ray Juss will be playing classic tracks that only I could get away with. Your Mumford and Sons are a new DJ partnership of regular Martin Daniels and Andy Fenn. House/eclectic/Balearic/indie/schmindy all thrown in, get your drinks ready!

Interview Sessions - Off The Record - 17.08.2011

Hip and House Interview Sessions 17.08.2011 by Brokenhomes

Week 3 of Interview sessions. This week, joined by Sunil Chauhan and Jamie Blanco. I think the Tiger Beers had got to me by the last interview. Sorry Jamie! Thanks for taking part both

Pictures from August - Off The Record

Few snaps taken by me at Off The Record

Arrival of stock - Tape Packs

Sitting at the space ship looking down the hallway at the new arrival of stock

In a previous post I mentioned some ideas I had for some new things for Off The Record. So the idea to record to cassette definitely blossomed. Last Wednesday I picked up a tape deck (which I still need to test) and today my tape order came. Pretty cool getting 100 blank tapes and cases in the mail. Well not mail but delivered. I was at work and white van man kindly left the package in the lobby.

3 cassette presentation boxes

I also picked some 'box sets' as you can see above. Will be making some ultra limited collections with amazing things inside so keep your eyes peeled for those.

Each tape is 90 mins long, that is 45 per side. Sets will be recorded live direct to cassette from Wax Jambu with some slight ambience on the recordings. Obviously, there will have to be some testing to get the recordings right but I think they would sound good and be an excellent piece to own. I know tapes are not the most used format in the world now but the whole ethos of the night is harking back to the analogue times and these tapes will all be limited.  (plus I will throw in a download code)

Anyway, keep telling your friends about the night. Got some imitators popping up round London so got to keep this the number one! 

Interview Sessions - Off The Record - 10.08.2011

Friends Night - Interview Sessions 10.08.2011 by Brokenhomes

Week 2 in the set of interviews. Guests included Lee 'He-Man' Henry and Bensamba. Check out the interviews with lots of traffic in the back ground all recorded to cassette.

Looters didnt wanna bring it, so we had a party y'all!

Interview Sessions - Off The Record - 03.08.2011

Recordstore - Interview Sessions 03.08.2011 by Brokenhomes

Following on from my previous post about making things more interesting. I decided to start to take interviews. Here are the first set which will happen every week. No one is safe from my boring questions! MWAHAHA