This time round Marcia DaVinylMC, Ms Soxee and Nikki Lucas: the Girlz B Like are back to party and bring you their all-vinyl selections at this big Saturday night out for you openminded admires of liquorice all sorts at Grow in Hackney Wick, on 5th March. The Hackney Wick located venue is perfectly suited to the rejuvenation and blossoming of this platform organisation who have an exciting future ahead – it’s the Girlz B Like: Back Together*. GROW are also hosting two other events to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022. On Friday 11th, the WXMB 2 selectors are to play a plethora of the latest club sounds of Black genres. Lady Banton presents Women in Soundsystem on Saturday 12th March, with features from her current collective Seduction. Lady Banton’s big highlight is that she was part of the only all female soundsystem (Mellotone) to have ever held a spot at London’s Notting Hill Carnival for over twenty years.
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Bountiful and eclectic this set by Nikki Lucas is a must to check out for some of the musical gems you can expect to hear to boogie on down to at the party.
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EvesDrop show their vinyl love, East sides.
All are welcome at Love Vinyl store for IWD2022
Heading to the big capitol to showcase female artistry behind the turntables and on the mic, the kind folk at Love Vinyl record shop are to have the Eve’sDrop crew do an instore take over on Saturday 5th March. Expect an 8-hour vinyl onslaught including sets from DJ Tunesmith, Amazon, Soxee, as Vanessa Freeman, Bembe Segue and Duchy divi up on mc, singing and ad-lib duties.
Pure Vinyl’s success and attraction is in their support of local and UK artists.
a ceaseless, bubbly and glowing lighthouse of aural joy
A Pure Vinyl affair
Set in the heart of Brixton is a fondly loved record store. Pure Vinyl records is home to owner Claudia Wilson whose humble beginnings was birthed inside the market place two decades earlier, now settled for several years at The Department Store, on Ferndale Rd, SW9. It’s since Evolving into more than a space for vinyl junkies wanting the latest promo record, the community focused outlet is also record label distributor, sells its own range of merchandise: tees, slipmats, tote bags, other brand names and books.
In house, live, mid week band jam sessions (@StraightPocketldn) have driven up interest in younger generations frequenting the shop, their Open Decks night draws collectors to share their favourite wax, at the nearby Ritzy cinema they host the shop’s Milestones jazz led episodes which has also been a plus for upcoming musicians, and highlighted pop ups with impromptu guests as well as visits from the likes of the late Ty, Thundercat, Omar, De La Soul, Shy One, Bluelab Beats, Jaki Graham, The Last Poets and reggae general Little Roy keep the vinyl hub a ceaseless, bubbly and glowing lighthouse of aural joy.
Valentine’s love x love
The art of loving your best friend until death do you part…
Love In V-minor
Every February, the western world calendar find itself in a state of love-joy flux as most of us go above and beyond to impress the one’s we lay claims to be beyond infatuated with by showering them with all kinds of gifts in the name of eros love. That’s wonderful. However, a 24-hour, over indulgent fling is not what it should end up being. If we’re honest to ourselves, how man of us really want to be in those sorts of entanglements? Love life really does take hard work and practise. A fair number of us who are more about the art of loving your best friend until death separates you, here’s a treat for both of you.
If you’re a music enthusiast why not unwind to this gorgeous playlist. Love In V-minor which is a capsule find of shining r&b soul, Boogie, Lover’s Rock, funk and jazzy drip ranging from ballads, 2 step and mid tempo scintillating tracks you can have on non stop – at home, in the car or play out loud at that couples dance party that requires all participants to produce their prettiest and flamboyant routine at their local ballroom dance club.
It was Healthy Yummies CEO Nichola Smith who recently commissioned yours truly DJ Marcia Carr to compile the said set for Smith’s customers at her themed special event. Ladies, if you find yourself in nine months times with a little addition to your family you are welcome to name that baby girl after Marcia – I’d be honoured lol. Another, saucy playlist essential to add to your Library queue is ‘Warm Hugs’ – a brilliant cocktail of soulful Balearic, jazz, bossanova and folkish selections from my buddy, queen DJ selector Nancy Noise.
Until next time, 1love and God bless x
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