Soul Prescription

As I preferred Deep Soul, I was never really out ‘on the scene’. Being for the most part territorial and interfering when it came to music, my friends often told me I should consider DJing. However, it took an opportunity to play at Burnt Toast at The Globe Tavern 2013 that made me finally take the hint. I had found a way to share what I loved.

Before I knew it I had a residency at Concrete Bar and a regular six hour set at The Hayward Gallery…but no record collection to speak of. Little did I know at the time that this was to be the first step towards my partnership at Intoxica Records. My neighbour was a friend of Nick Brown and suggested that we meet, as he might have the records I needed. There followed many afternoons spent listening - and finding - more of what I liked. More gigs turned up, from pop-up Vintage events to opening for Valerie June in Shoreditch.

Things continued to fall into place. A chance meeting with Rob Messer at Waterloo Scooter Run put me on his radio show and then as a DJ at South London Soul Train. By chance, Gavin Page and Gilly heard me play at a mellow Sunday ‘open decks’ – after which Gilly told me in no uncertain terms “You have to go to Bilbao”. So I booked. A week before flying out, I was buying clothes in London when I struck up a conversation with the shop assistant. She turned out to be Paul Thrower’s niece and put us in touch. Since Bilbao 2014 I have made several hundred wonderful friends; people that I feel at home with, who are great company and generous with both their knowledge and music.

I recently played in Barcelona at the warm up for Movin’ On with Greg Belson and Pat Bleasdale. I then came home to play the ‘one of a kind’ Carib Soul. 

Thank you to Mark, Binsy and Anthony for asking me to guest. I’m looking forward to playing you the songs I love. I do hope you enjoy them. I guarantee it will be a personal and heartfelt set…. after all, it is Soul Music