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I’m playing records, this Saturday 1st June, with the good people at Good Block:
Good Block return to Ridley Road Market Bar!
Selectors:
Heriz (Sofrito)
Mr Pineapple (Tropical Fruit Brother)
Tom Esselle (Wholemeal)
Gigolo Medina
Richard Foe
Afro / Funk / Disco / Party / Party / Tropics
8 til 1:30 - Free entry
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≈Very cool video on the Sofrito Label talking about how they started as a label, their parties, and Artwork.
“The Sofrito Super Discoteca mix reflects the disco-fied end of the Sofrito musical spectrum, drawing together vintage tracks from across the Tropics, re-editing, splicing and chopping them into a dancefloor-friendly package,” says Sofrito member Hugo Mendez. “It’s not just about straight disco sounds but also heavy bass-line highlife, soukous, and cadence—shining a light on styles that don’t always get the props they deserve. The mix reflects stone-cold classics, raw rhythm tracks and psychedelic experiments from over the past thirty years, all brought together for dancefloors and warehouses from London to Paris, New York to Bogota.”
Sofrito teams up with 101 Apparel for an exclusive T-shirt and DJ mix, available now.
Sofrito is a collective of DJs, producers and artists that combine a love for Tropical rhythms with a firm basis in modern club culture. Rooted in the legendary Tropical Warehouse Parties in East London, Sofrito mixes up vintage sounds from across the tropics with modern productions and exclusive dubplate specials, bridging the gap between eras and continents to produce a unique and intense sound that has seen them play at clubs and festivals across the world.
The Sofrito label covers everything from Nigerian acid boogie to raw Gwo Ka rhythms, futuristic sounds from new European producers and heavy Latin vibes from the Pacific coast of Colombia.
Paris-based Hugo Mendez has traveled extensively in order to produce groundbreaking compilations for labels such as Strut, Soundway, Jazzman, and Nascente and DJs regularly across Europe.
Hackney-based Frankie Francis runs the Carvery mastering and dubplate cutting studios, working on vinyl retrieval and mastering for labels such as Strut, Sir Collin’s Music Wheel, NYC Trust, Superfly and many more, as well as cutting dubs for the cream of the reggae and Tropical DJs in the U.K.
Illustrator and Designer Lewis Heriz works with labels such as Stones Throw, Now Again and Soundway, producing exceptional artwork using a variety of media.
(Source: waxpoetics.com)
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Teller is a magazine of stories, whether told by words, photography, or art. As part of its 3rd issue, I was asked to illustrate a short story by Nikesh Shukla, The Man with the Golden Arm. It’s a beautiful, subtle ode to a friend, and its depiction of a victim of an accident in Mumbai - and its effect on him and those around him - was a joy to work with.
It’s a great publication - I highly recommend grabbing a copy. You can buy directly from the site or from these bookshops.
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Sofrito Soundsystem & friends
Hugo Mendez
Frankie Francis
MC Kwasi for the vibe
Plus special guests including
Miles Cleret (Soundway Records)
Chris Menist (Paradise Bangkok)
and more playing the very best in Hot Dancing sounds
10 - very late…
£10 in advance (plus b.f), more on the door.
Arch 369-70, Hemsley Place, London E8 3SB
Advance Tickets are £10 plus £1 b/f (more on the door) and will be available in advance from Eldica (8 Bradbury Street, Dalston N16 8JN), Sounds of the Universe (7 Broadwick Street, Soho W1F ODA) and Honest Jons (278 Portobello Road, W10 5TE).
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Boston screen printers AntiDesigns hand-pulled my Original Raw Soul III design on 500 manilla sleeves for the limited LP release on Now-Again Records.
They have process shots on their site here…
Massive thanks to them for doing such a top job!
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≈Today’s musical inspiration: Tawwal - Eman & Amany, The Sudanese Twins
Via this superb playlist curated by Awesome Tapes from Africa
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Knut Hamsun - Hambre
Castellano translation of Hunger, by Buenos Aires-based publisher EDITORIAL TOR. The cover is signed either ‘odazo’, ‘cd azo’ or ‘D A Z’ with flourishes. Searches for the artist so far have thrown up nothing.
Maybe Tor were a small press, but either way the pages are untrimmed (or very, very roughly cut) and the publication date is exact to the day:
This book was finished printing in the Editorial Tor graphic workshop on the day 10th of August, 1942.
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Lewis.Heriz![Sofrito SuperDisco Tropical - Hugo Mendez at Goodgod Small Club, Sydney
[Discoteca Tropical revisited]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf151aafe37f2cddaef10e4795491936/tumblr_miy3xvOJ231rc37mzo1_1280.png)
