Mizell Brothers,Quincy Jones,Stevie Wonder, Donald Byrd, Steely Dan, Metallica, Led Zepplin, Carl Craig, Underground Resistance, Tribe Called Quest, Larry Levan,Grandmaster Flash,Jay Dilla, Twitch & Brainstorm, Beastie Boys, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Keith Jarrett, Ol Dirty Bastard & Snoop Dogg, Ashford & Simpson, to name a few
Blackbeard are South London producers Gordon Smith (previous work with Francois Ks Wave Imprint) and Toni Rossano, a former hand at the retrospective Strut label. Both have worked with several British independent Record companies over the past ten years.
Fed up with current soulless musical trends the boys set out to inject a fresh approach. They took their love for traditional and new Afro American centric soul from luminaries such as DAngelo, Tribe Called Quest, Donald Byrd and used it to reinvent existing tracks.
It was only a matter of time before record companies were itching for a shot of the Blackbeard injection! Max Sedgleys Euro 2004 football theme Happy received the Blackbeard rework touch opening the door for other labels to get in on the action.
Recent major-label remixes include Jill Scotts Golden and Down Here in Hell with you by Van Hunt.
In 2005 with a bundle of remixes under their belts it was time to prove that Blackbeard were capable of more than enhancing anothers production. Their first original material was launched on Uptown Safari (a label set up by Blackbeard and Yam Who?)
The Holding On e.p took off where the reworks left off adding U.S rapper Bobby Boyds vocal exploits to the Blackbeard equation. Now with growing support from Groove Armadas Tom Findlay, Radio 1s Annie Mac and legendary French d.j/producer Laurent Garnier Blackbeard are ones to watch!
Remixes & Productions *
Mark Rae ‘Medicine’ Grand Central Recordings
Max Sedgley ‘Happy’ Sunday Best Recordings
Deeper, Wider, Higher ‘Darkside’ Counterpoint Recordings
Kevin Mark Trail ‘ Bread’ EMI
Jill Scott ‘Golden’ Epic/Hidden Beach
Exilados ‘Tabuada’ (Unsigned)
Van Hunt ‘Down Here In Hell With You’ EMI/Capitol
Verna Francis ‘Twilight’ Chilli Funk
Rob Scott ‘Fallin’ Sunshine Enterprises
Yukihiro Fukatomi ‘Equality’ Pantone
D.J First Rate Featuring Skinnyman ‘ Bar Fight’ Scenario Records
Jamiroquai ‘ Seven Days In June’ Sony
Goapele’ First Love’ SkyBlaze Enterprises
Holding On e.p Uptown Safari*
Funk Mode (Various) Scenario
Maxine Braham ‘If’ BKO Productions
Low Budget Soul ‘You Are The One Abstract Blue
Bittersweet ‘Overdue’ Quango
TY ‘Closer’ Bigdada/Ninjatune
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators No One's Gonna Love You - Above The Clouds
Compilations
R’N’B 3 Sessions – Union Square Music 2006
East Coast Hip Hop –The Soulside Unisex Records 2006
This Is How We Lounge 2 – The Sunshine Remix Collection – Sunshine Ent
Hello Folks New Release Available In Garbage Records Rework of the best classic releases from Garbage Records Noise in the City & 2nd Experience By Rick Pier O'Neil
"Larry and I would blow up balloons, set up the food bar, prepare the punch, and give out acid, but we also spent a lot of time in the DJ booth, watching Nicky's every move. He pretty much taught us what he was doing". says Frankie Knuckles We're doing another Love Fever Party on November 7th... This time we've got NYC Legend Nicky Siano over for a proper disco session. We'll be putting our usual Love Fever attention to detail into the sound system, decor, staff, artwork, balloons, roller girls, projections, etc. And music wise we're got a Funktion One system and two rooms of underground disco new and old. Expect a night of disco fuelled Love Fever debauchery. www.lovefever.org for tickets and info ..
Hello, Available in Frekency Records RPO - Just For Mix 2009
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01. Sa-Ra - Melodee n' mynor - Ubiquity 02. Cerebral, Vortex & Erik L - Never fall in love3 - Mpm 03. Shawn Jackson - Go there with you ft. Ty of Ty & Kory 04. Nadsroic - Step back - Lucky me 05. Jank Random vs Earl Leonne - Stille woke - Poo-bah 06. Flying Lotus - Melt - Warp 07. Paul White - Hustle (Bullion rmx) - One-handed 08. Maspyke - Recipe - Abb 09. C.r.a.c. - Love don't - Tres 10. Jneiro Jarel - Eeee love ft. Capitol people - Kindred Spirits
THE DOCTOR'S ORDERS 9pm-3am FRIDAY 4th September 2009 @ HERBAL, 10-14 KINGSLAND ROAD, LONDON E2 John Robinson / Lowkey / DJ Mk / Harry Love / Spin Doctor Get tickets and info... TheDoctor'sOrders.com / Ticketweb.com
The new Guynamite 180 gram 12 inch -''Born in '82' 4 Track Soul Boogie EP is out now on Mukatsuku Records (Cat MUKAT 015 )featuring the amazing vocals of Shea Soul & Dee.
As played by Phil Asher,Simbad,Kyoto Jazz Massive,Tubbs,Kevin Beadle,Mr Scruff,dam funk and more !
Trippin.. on 80..s Black music; funk, soul, jazz are all met on this classy EP that..s deliberately risk taking too. Down tempo BPM..s electro key pads and rustic synths inserts lead on ..Take My Dreams sung by Dee, while the beats are prominent on instrumental ..Patrice.. dedicated to keyboardist Patrice Rushen. Inputting new wave forms and bonus beats in double time ..Space Elevator.. has plenty of funk with the gorgeously sung headliner ..Set Me Free.. from Shea Soul sweetly soul broken boogie u p ! 10 out of 10 (IDJ Magazine)
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