Nightmares on Wax is thrilled to unveil the trailer for the mini-documentary Carboot Soul Live at The Royal Festival Hall, ahead of its full release on August 22nd, 2024. Directed... The post Nightmares On Wax unveils mini-documentary ‘Carboot Soul Live At The Royal Festival Hall appeared first on Decoded Magazine ..read more

DJ, producer and label owner Gilles Peterson continues his exploration into the Warner archives with the release of Lost Takes, a twelve-track album featuring a collection of demos recorded six months prior to Roberta Flack’s debut album First Takes. The tracks were released on CD in 2020 and are made available here on vinyl for the very first time. Set for release on January 12th 2024 via Peterson’s Arc Records imprint, the album features Flack’s inimitable take on songs including Mongo Santamaria’s ‘Afro Blue’, M ..read more

TTeo is the pseudonym of Matteo Capreoli – a half German, half Italian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer with a deep musical heritage. Recently, though, he was serendipitously handed a batch of cassettes by his dad of some of Lovexpress’ (the former band of his father) live shows from the late 1970s. TTeo was deeply impressed by the quality of the music and got his father to digitise them immediately! These recordings form the basis of, and the inspiration for, his upcoming LP – Lovexpress77, and are the only known recordings of the band who never quite made it into the st ..read more

This July the esteemed scribe, proper DJ, and discreetly deft twiddler Bill Brewster, drops the latest instalment in his ‘After Dark’ series, for Late Night Tales.  A throbbing, louche and leisurely affair, groove is very much at the heart of this freestyle selection, a vibe which Bill describes as “a basement, a red light and a sound system. Or, as the Beastie’s once rapped, slow and low, that is the tempo”. There’s Hawaiian drum machine bossa balearica from Island Band, percussive afro post punk from Czech jazz singer Jana Koubkova, and breathy-bubbling-dubwise ..read more

After legendary House Music producer, The Shapeshifters took the cathedral by storm in February, 360º is back in April with another roof-raising lineup. Headlining April’s party will be none other than Jocelyn Brown, the distinctive, powerhouse vocals behind 1980s smash hits “ Somebody Else’s Guy”, “Keep on Jumpin” and more. In addition to the disco Queen herself, also featuring in this edition of the 360º party series will be Soul Boutique (Roger Simpson & Lee Crank), Bombard Groove, Disco Kath and Scott Forrest back-to-back with Sharples. The exclusive event will be held inside the magni ..read more

Enigmatic Belgian trio KAT channel their inner French touch with sly nods to Daft Punk, Modjo and Cassius, utilising 70s funk, disco and house as a canvas for an upfront club cut ‘Le Weekent’, out now through Capitane Records. “We call it lo fi hi fun; we found challenging to have a song theme played with woodblocks, while the intro was based upon some previously recorded delirium on Kool and the Gang’s celebration drum fill. Then we imagined a gang of late 80’s cat party wavers dancing on it and the mood was there.” – KAT For years, KAT’s recordings have been shrouded in mystery. But they sur ..read more

Decoded Magazine · Decoded Sundays – Flip Fantazia Fresh from their release on John Digweed’s Bedrock Records under their more covert Techno guise ‘Cypherpunx’ the Brighton based duo Flip Fantazia recently unleash their debut album ‘The Trip’. Touching on influences from Air to Bonobo, The xx to DJ Shadow, this mix guides you down a road less travelled meandering through Downtempo, Electronica & Trip Hop with a few Jazzy twists & turns with this Decoded Sundays exclusive mix Essentially Flip Fantazia is a meeting of two minds, four hands, several synths, quite a few guitars, some very ..read more

DJ, producer, artist, and remixer Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez is opening the vault to his legendary record collection and taking Apple Music listeners along for the ride on his brand new radio show on Apple Music Hits — ‘Full Spectrum Radio’. As the title suggests, listeners can expect a full spectrum of genres, including house, hip-hop, R&B, reggae, Latin, jazz, disco, funk, soul, and more.  Throughout his career spanning over three decades, Kenny Dope has earned a reputation as one of the most influential figures in music — both as a solo artist and as part of the legendary Mas ..read more

Lockdown FM: Broadcasting In a Pandemic is a 600+ page cultural documentation of a year in lockdown. Densely populated and rich in imagery, it records the response of London based DJ and Broadcaster, Gilles Peterson and the community network of global music and culture platform, Worldwide FM to the impact of Covid-19 and that moment in time when the world went into lockdown to slow down the deadly impact of the virus.  “I wanted to document the most turbulent period in my life and how so many of us got through it – with music.” Gilles Peterson  ..read more

The Brixton Courtyard set to reopen from 12th April with Craig Charles, Crazy P and Horse Meat Disco all playing this Spring.   With beer gardens and outdoor hospitality given the green light to reopen from 12th April, The Brixton Courtyard plans to reopen its outdoor beach, courtyard and terrace areas at Brixton Jamm from that date. The venue’s successful run of ‘Socially Distanced Socials’ will re-commence with much of its cancelled December and January music programme already in place. Jerk inspired street food traders Only Jerkin’ will also retu ..read more