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Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Spend a Day with Gilles Peterson

 

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Defected Records has put together a nice little documentary following legendary DJ and label head Gilles Peterson around. The doc follows Gilles from presenting at a Cinematic Orchestra concert, to DJing at Southport Weekender. and finally to the goldmine that is Gilles treasure trove of records at Brownswood Studios. The salivation will be on your lips as you see Gilles' many shelves of records.

Gilles Peterson - In the House

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Monday, July 14th, 2008

Digging Lessons with DJ Kon and Amir

 

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XLR8R brings us a great look into the proper way to go crate digging in Manhattan's Lower East Side or LES for people in the know. Go to Kon's blog for video at Playin 4 Keeps.

Also don't forget to check out their "Off Track" mix album featuring all the great rare afro funk and disco tracks they are know for digging from the corners of the earth.  Released recently on BBE Records. You can pick up the album at the Underground Hip Hop shop. Good luck finding it at your local record store.

 

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Monday, July 7th, 2008

Afro Juice and Tothedisco.com

 

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Tothedisco.com is sponsoring a new night in Boston called Afro Juice. Afro Juice is a combination of DJs and live music with the jazz, funk, soul , disco asthetic in mind. Coming up on July 13th is local guest DJ Joseph Colbourne. Colbourne was recently featured on the legendary Ebony Cuts radio show out of Sweden.

Check out mix section for an exclusive mix from Joseph Colbourne.

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