Show Notes
Ahead of his forthcoming ‘Formats’ album, dropping May 18th on The Vinyl Factory, Trevor Jackson came by the Brownswood Basement for an in-depth chat with Gilles.A decade in the making, Trevor discusses how ‘Formats’ came about, his graphic design career, growing up as the London club scene emerged, his role in Output, releasing early Four Tet and LCD Soundsystem, right through to talking about the state of club-culture today, and some exciting future projects.Raze – Break 4 Love (Champion)Brotherhood – Alphabetical Response (Instrumental) (Bite It!)Hardnoise – Mice In the Presence of a Lion (Music of Life)Brotherhood – Clunk Click (Bite It!)Source Direct – Domina (Science)Julian Priester – Love Love (ECM)Pete Shelly – Witnes The Change (Dub) (Metal Dance)S-Express – Theme From S-ExpressTrevor Jackson – Reel 2 Reel (The Vinyl Factory)Trevor Jackson – They Came From New York (The Vinyl Factory)Trevor Jackson – Scuz (The Vinyl Factory)Four Tet – Glasshead (Output)Trevor Jackson – Icaro (The Vinyl Factory)Rapture – I Need Your Love (Playgroup Remix) (Output)LCD Soundsystem – Beat Connection (Output)Dub Syndicate – Over Board (On U Sound)Delta 5 – Mind Your Own Business (Rough Trade) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pharoahe Monch came down to the Brownswood basement ahead of his sold out show at The Garage in Highbury a couple of weeks ago. We talked Hip Hop history, digging for records, sampling and his love of playing in the UK. It was fascinating to hear his stories of the early days of Organized Konfusion and Rawkus Records as well as the plans for his next album. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I avoided the really obvious hits that you can hear everywhere and went for my personal faves, and a solid dose of the music that went on to shape the unique sound of Earth Wind and Fire from his early years working with two great mentors to him, Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney.I got so much pleasure recording this – I hope you enjoy as much as I did! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gilles was recently in Brazil to play at Boiler Room with the Sonzeira Reconstructed project, as well as working on the sophomore Sonzeira album. Whilst he was in Recife and Rio, Gilles found time to do some record shopping, and here are some of the highlights! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gilles sits down with UK drum and bass pioneer Goldie, to talk about his life in music. Having been at the forefront of Drum and Bass for two decades, Goldie is back with new material. As well as the music that has helped him make his name, Goldie and Gilles discuss everything, from his breakbeat inspirations, telling the stories of his early days as a graffiti artist, through the history of Metalheadz to the current state of his scene. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Blue Note recording artist and jazz drummer Otis Brown iii swung by the Brownswood Basement back in May, and discussed his background including fellow New School graduates Bilal and Robert Glasper, and his links to legends like the most recorded drummer in history Bernard Purdie and Donald Byrd.Plus, Otis discusses his favourite drummers of all time, and the process behind his debut album from 2014, 'The Thought of You'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.