LONDON UNDERGROUND @ LIFE, Old Street
Friday 19th December 2008, 9PM - 2AM
£5 (door)

Friday night sees an Xmas party at one of our favourite East London basements (I know, we have a few). A joint venture between one of the hardest working men on the scene, Wah Wah 45’s Dom Servini, Ross Allen and up and coming DJ, Tristian the bPM - they’ll be joined on the night by Brownswood’s Beccy Grierson and The Clown Prince, who’ll be doing a special live hip hop set. From soul to disco to dubstep and other underground electronic sounds… it should be a good night. Get there early and check the food in the Japanese restaurant above. Niceness

LEND ME YOUR EARS @ THE AMERSHAM ARMS, New Cross
Saturday 20th December 2008, 9PM - 3AM
£7(NUS), £8 (adv), £10 (door)

LEND ME YOUR EARS is the second in a series of not-for-profit fundraisers for the National Deaf Children’s Society.  You may remember us posting the first party this year which was held at Gramaphone in Shioreditch. This time around there’ll be a host of acts and DJs on display from the London underground music scene including, Radio 1’s Gilles Peterson, Kode9 from London dubstep label Hyperdub records.  Rinse FM’s Alex Nut and renowned beatsmiths Architeq and Lukid. All funds from the night will be given to the National Deaf Children’s Society, so easily the best way to do something for charity and still enjoy yourslef this Christmas. Check it.

Tickets are available from:
www.amershamarms.co.uk
www.ticketweb.co.uk

New Year’s Eve Shakedown @ Bedroom Bar, December 31 2008

Well its been a bit of a random year for us, with lots of high and lows but as we head into 2009 things are looking a little rosier, certainly from this side of the fence anyhow. We’re still struggling with sporadic internet access so messages have been a little lacking of late, but let me assure you we’re still beavering away behind the scenes where possible to get things sorted for the new year and beyond. In the meantime, we’ve sorted out one last party for 2008 for enjoyment, so if you’re out and about in London this New Year’s Eve and are looking for a night of good quality music, a nice vibe and a family of friends, we might just have something for you…

In order to kick start 2009 in the right way, we decided to hook up with the OK_Ma boys to bring you a little something something at another of our favourite venues, the Bedroom Bar.  On the night, in the main room you’ll get the very talented Ok_Ma duo Young Lee and Jake (the sax) Telford playing an epic set of live sax n flute with soulful house, disco, broken beats, Latin and Afro rhythms and the odd party classic thrown in for good measure.

In the back room, we’ll be holding court with our good friends the CIgarettes and Sunshine boys and Wah Wah 45s recording artist (album out soon apparently) and all round good guy Scrimshire for a night of house party fuelled madness. Expect soul, funk, hip hop, acid house, good old fashioned rock and roll and a few guilty pleasures to keep the party rocking until sunrise. The party starts from 8pm and will run through to around 5am (assuming we’re all still standing!). There’ll be a few other surprises on the night but lets not give the whole game away just yet!

Advance tickets are £10 and are available from Bedroom Bar via telephone on
020 7613 5637, online via Ticketweb or if you know one of us, physically by giving us a shout.

TICKETWEB LINK: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=302320

FULL DETAILS AND DJ LINE-UP

Bedroom Bar New Year’s Eve Special
62 Rivington Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 3AY
http://www.bedroom-bar.co.uk

DJs on the night…

OK_MA
CIGARETTES & SUNSHINE
SCRIMSHIRE (WAH WAH 45s)
ROB COLEY (SOUL-IDENTITY MUSIC)
+ SPECIAL GUESTS

8pm till very late

On Facebook? To RSVP to the event, visit the official Facebook event page

Hopefully catch some of you down there - it should be a great night. All thats left now is for us all to wish you a great Christmas time and if we don’t see you on the night, a happy start to 2009.  See you on the other side!

Here & Now Recordings Launch Party @ Plastic People, September 18 2008

Easy now… while we work on exactly how we top the last party (it was a corker, but as it happens it was the LAST party at that venue), here’s a bonafide soul-identity approved session for your attention. Previous soul-identity music guest and all around music good guy, JC brings a night of Here & Now goodness to one of our favourite (if not favourite) London clubs, Plastic People on September 18th. In attendance on the night will be the man like Yam Who?,  Steve Laviers (Motivators) and of course label boss JC. Anyone who’s caught any of the Here & Now releases, will know what to expect - something in the realm of soulful disco boogie bruk afro latin dance music - just the way we like it. See you on the dancefloor

SOUL-IDENTITY MUSIC PRESENTS TUMBAO W/ SPECIAL GUEST JAKE TELFORD (OK-MA)

For the 8th, we’ve also roped in a bit of extra live goodness in the form of Mr Jake Telford (Ok-Ma / Favourite Things), who’ll be bringing down his myriad of horn instruments to accompany the music with his own brand of rhythmic flow.

Apologies for the slackness recently. We are working on getting a regular blog up and running and not just using it for spam purposes (!). Regular visitors may have noticed that we are slowly integrating everything into a more coherent site design, instead of the disparate pages and random sub domains we were using before. Slowly surely. In the meantime you can check out the new radio site by clicking the radio option on menu bar above. Next project is to get the homepage up to speed and the podcast series back up and running (can you call it a series if we’ve done two in two years?). London is still as busy as ever and we’ve been experiencing a mini heatwave, so with lots of events going on and little time in the hq, the online elements have been slipping.

Anyhow, we’ve been digging deeper than usual and picking up more and more jazz and disco on the vinyl tip. As more and more record shops and distributors go under, its still important to support the original sources of music. Call us old-fashioned, but we still love the hum and the feel of a vinyl record when possible.

We’ve got a few gigs coming up in the next week or so, as Rob Coley will be guesting at the mighty Dom Servini’s live jazz session “Favourite Things” at the Proud Galleries, Camden on Monday 04 August, and we launch our new night “Tumbao” at Barrio North on Friday 08 August (more details to follow). At “Favourite Things” it’ll be a strictly vinyl jazz set (with a hint of Latin) and its free entry all night. The Favourite Things house band will also be dropping some science on the night and of course Dom will be on hand to show us how it’s really done. Should be a good night. If you can’t reach next week, you should check it out anyway soon, as it really is worth a Monday evening of your time sometime.

Check it:

Favourite Things Myspace: www.myspace.com/favouritethingsclub
Proud Galleries: www.atproud.net

SOUL-IDENTITY MUSIC PRESENTS A SUPA SOUL SOUNDCLASH W/ SPECIAL GUESTS AIN’T NO NEW THING.

Yep, yep… its that time again. This Friday, we return to the Barrio after a two month absence for a supa soul soundclash of epic proportions. Joining us in the box this month will be the residents of one of London’s newest club nights, master Rhodesman and DJ in his own right, Mr Adam Scrimshire of Wah Wah 45s fame (Making his second appearance at the Barrio fact fans), and connoisseur of all things soulful, jazzy and funky Mr Sid Ford (File Under Jazz).

Musically, expect a mixed bag of goodness incorporating everything from classic funk, jazz and underground disco through to the eclectic rhythms of bossa nova, Latin boogaloo and Nuyorican soul. As with all soundclashes, the aim of the game this time around will be for each DJ duo to out do the other over a series of heats, using only their skills and the records in their bags.

Should be a hot one!

The fun starts at 8pm and admission is FREE all night.

More info:
http://www.myspace.com/soulidentitymusic
http://www.myspace.com/barrionorth

Just a quickie to let you know of a party organised by some of our friends this Sunday all in the name of charity. If you’re still not sure what you’re upto this bank holiday, this would rank pretty highly on my list. One look at the lineup should tell you its going to be a bit special.

Check the flyer…

LEND ME YOUR EARS is a charity fundraiser for the National Deaf Childrens Society. All proceeds to the NDCS. Come and join us as we celebrate the gift of music.

Gramaphone
Commercial Street
London E1

Sunday 25th May 2008
£5 min donation

DJs | Acts on the night

ROBERT MITCHELL TRIO (LIVE)
DORIAN CONCEPT (LIVE)
DOMU
MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE
MARK PRITCHARD
DJ EXCALIBAH
PAUL WHITE
MAMIKO
C-TOP & LIAM FEELMUSIC

Have a good one, whatever you get up to.

Next “soul-identity Music” party is on Friday 6th June at Barrio North, N1. Further details on the main site homepage or on this here blog nearer the time.

A SELECTION OF TRACKS ADDED TO SOUL-IDENTITY INTERNET RADIO, APRIL 2008

afefe iku :: movement
alton miller :: tell me
andres feat lady :: el ritmo de mi gente!
architeq :: sleeping bear lament
art bleek :: all night [original mix]
bilal salaam :: fourfit
ceramic feat aisling stephenson :: broken dreams [original mix]
copyright :: wizeman
dabrye :: temper
guilty simpson :: i must love you
gyasi :: the dance [lars behrenroth remix - jojoflores edit]
hardkandy :: hey lover (feat laura vane)
henrik schwarz & amampondo :: i exist because of you [dixon's stripped down version]
jazz liberatorz :: u do (feat stacy epps)
karizma :: groove a ‘k’ ordingly
kimara lovelace :: these times [main time vocal]
kissey asplund :: 6am
kode 9 & the spaceape :: konfusion
mark knight & funkagenda :: shogun [jimpster remix]
marlon d & charles spencer :: the dancer
milez benjiman :: ixlanaplaz
nick holder :: 2012
olivierdaysoul :: potion no. 9
opolopo & amalia :: get it together
palimpsest :: i bet you thought i’d never find you [pacifica remix feat dj chikashi]
plantlife :: time traveller
quentin harris :: joy
quiet village :: pacific rhythm
recloose :: maui’s lament
reggie b :: grow
rongetz foundation :: range
snowman :: street corner music
the john betsch society :: song for an untitled lady
the sunburst band :: turn it out
tiger stripes feat hanna hais :: consecration [tiger stripes dub]
timmy regisford & quentin harris :: astral [shelter main mix]
tm juke feat elmore judd :: electric chair
two banks of four :: shadowlands
vega feat johnny dangerous :: new york city
vicelounge :: cause of love

To catch all of the above and a whole lot more, tune into soul-identity internet radio over at  radio.soul-identity.com. No talk, just good music broadcast 24 hours a day in 96 Kbps MP3PRO  sound.

Got MP3?

Check out our MP3 download store for all your house, bruk, hip hop, future soul and Latin needs. All in stock and available at the push of a button.

Login to pick up the latest tracks/ forgotten classics from some of the scene’s most respected labels (and some of the freshest newcomers too).

http://soul-identity.ithinkmusic.com

SELECTED TRACKS ADDED TO SOUL-IDENTITY INTERNET RADIO, MARCH 2008

ON A HOUSE TIP
afefe iku :: mirror dance
agev munsen :: munsen’s groove
ananda project :: let love fly [joe claussell’s sacred rhythm lp version]
atjazz feat robert owens :: love someone remixes [atjazz deeper mix]
dazzle drums :: gypsyman
ethan white and lisa shaw :: find the way [richard earnshaw tech dub]
fanatix feat lady alma :: higher
glenn underground & daisy villa :: rize [main mix]
jimpster :: dangly panther
kemistry :: city slang
peven everett :: take away my sunshine [syam edit]
pirahnahead :: music
quentin harris :: slow velocity
reel people feat tony momrelle & imaani :: amazing [jon cutler’s distant music mix]
scott wozniak feat dirty turk :: give me a sign [ga’s beatdown dub mix]
shahrokh soundofk :: chicago [simon flowers remix]
soni :: here to stay [pastaboys main mix]
studio apartment feat monique bingham :: found him [kerri chandler bigga mix]
v :: born again [boddhi satva & mr. v retouch]
vega :: bahia

ON A BEATS TIP
ben hadwen :: too good
benga :: loose synths
chaz jankel :: get myself together [hercules & love affair hercbump mix]
connie price & the keystones :: master at work (feat ohmega watts)
duminie deporres & theo parrish :: no demons, no magic
eric lau :: i don’t do it to (feat tawiah)
erykah badu :: me
face :: act like all is right
jd73 :: dark dub
kissey asplund :: hit me with medication
kova & miles :: clap clap (handclapping song)
mia doi todd :: night of a thousand kisses
milez benjiman :: feel glorious
nathan haines :: right now (feat marlena shaw)
nicolay & kay :: tight eyes (feat oh no & the luv bugz)
restless soul feat shea soul :: turn me out
scrimshire :: all roads lead you home
sekoya :: love’s in need
sepalot :: she likes me (feat frank nitty)
simbad :: ain’t no sunshine
soulphiction :: ghana wadada
surra :: 2,3,4 [instrumental mix]
tempo :: that touch
the john betsch society :: ode to ethiopia [loving heart collage by carlos nino feat build an ark & najite & the agindotan family band]
zomby :: spliff dub [rustie remix]

ON A JAZZ TIP
christian prommer’s drumlesson :: plastic dreams
elizabeth shepherd :: george’s dilemma [jazz dance version]
hal singer & jef gibson :: garvey’s strut
kenny barron :: in the meantime
l.t.c. :: shibuya crossing
larry ridley :: changa chikuyo
malena :: fried samba
marco di marco :: camparenda [yosaku re-edit]
middlewood sessions :: red waters
saravah soul :: homesick
shirley eubanks ensemble :: the blessing song
swingers :: panamerican high way
the rongetz foundation :: east [patchworks remix]
timo lassy :: weldon
zimbo trio :: zimbo samba

To catch all of the above and a whole lot more, tune into soul-identity internet radio over at  radio.soul-identity.com. No talk, just good music broadcast 24 hours a day in 96 Kbps MP3PRO  sound.

Got MP3?

Check out our MP3 download store for all your house, bruk, hip hop, future soul and Latin needs. All in stock and available at the push of a button.

Login to pick up the latest tracks/ forgotten classics from some of the scene’s most respected labels (and some of the freshest newcomers too).

http://soul-identity.ithinkmusic.com

Hosted By: soul-identity music
When: 04 Apr 2008, 20:00
Where: Barrio North
45 Essex Road
London, N1 2SF
United Kingdom
Description:

It’s that time again as the soul-identity Music bandwagon rolls into the Barrio for another night of fun, frolics and exceedingly good music. This month we welcome the very special talents of JC who runs the soul, funk, jazz, Latin and Afrobeat influenced imprint Here and Now Recordings.

Home to an assorted roster of artists comprising of Yam Who?, Funkanala, Motivators (who feature Manu Dibango’s rhythm section) plus new signings DJD and Chaz Jankel (with Angie Brown on vocals!), Here and Now Recordings are firmly committed to providing credible soul and jazz influenced dancefloor music. After making a serious impact by licensing the Funkanala anthem “Economy Class” to Defected for their Miami compilation, the label hasn’t looked back with their releases gaining DJ support from the likes of Carl Craig, Stacey Pullen, Shuya Okino, Patrick Forge, Danny Krivit, Spiritual South, Kev Beadle and Seiji.

In the midst of celebrating the release of Record 4 (Motivators’ “Jobu / Le Groove De Prune” - fact fans), JC will be joining the soul-identity residents on the night to spin a mixed bag of dancefloor friendly business incorporating everything from New York City funk and disco boogie, Latin Afro breaks and beats, through to nu soul and future bruk basslines.

Admission as always is FREE.

First Friday of the month, 8pm till late.