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Rotary Connections

Saturday night was my brother’s shindig at the cosmo bar in clerkenwell. The bar was a little on the shabby side but had a killer soundsystem (complete with wonderful Rane rotary mixer).It was a strictly third floor selection which was… Continue reading

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a prophet in his own town

Heading back to my old stomping ground tonight. It’s been a while since I’ve had any reason to return, so it’s gonna be weird seeing how much things have changed (and how much things have stayed the same). Behind my… Continue reading

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Third Floor Classics (Part Four)-Amersham in the house

Although strictly speaking from down the road in high wycombe, MCM (on the left in the pic above) went to amersham college so we could justifiably claim him as ‘hometown homeboy’ number one. He used to come and hang at… Continue reading

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Life is sweet

Had a beautiful and unexpected night on Saturday. It was the opening party for a new bar, LIFE. Ex UFO member, Toshio Matsuura was djing and there were rumours of free beer, so Mr and Mrs Quaid and I headed… Continue reading

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Something for the weekend

Hustles of Culture-Flipjack This track could also be a 3rd floor classic-it’s got the heavy drums, the upbeat jazzy break, the early 90′s vintage.It reminds me of a time when I could listen to tracks without instantly trying to pigeonhole… Continue reading

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Third Floor Classics (part three)

If I could sum-up the definitive ‘third floor classic’ sound, in two words, those words would be ‘jazzy breaks’. Of course there was a broad spectrum of styles that rocked our world back then, but it was that house tempo/… Continue reading

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The posts go off in this direction (Third Floor Classics part 2)

When I got to art college I was lucky enough to fall in with some like minded muso dudes. ‘Stevie B’ Bruno, Joe ‘Baron Samedi’ Lashbrook, Farooq ‘Faz’ Khan and I formed a heavy beats and smokes ‘collective’ named ‘Voodoo’,… Continue reading

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third floor classics (part one)

When I was growing up my brother and I were fortunate enough to have our own floor in the house we lived in. This meant our house became the defacto hang out venue for our mates as we could smoke… Continue reading

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