current chart by jerome derradji (in no order)

 french algerian born, jerome derradji moved in the america six years ago. now living in chicago, jerome created his very own independent label still music - the label is proving itself to be one of the more exciting imprints around. still music has strong ties with rising talent such as frenchman bruno hovart aka patchworks, isoul8, paul randolph, gerald mitchell and was the first label to release a record from amp fiddler's project camp amp.

this year, jerome derradji is launching two new imprints: past due - a label dedicated to reissues of ultra rare and uber cool disco and modern soul from the midwest with some contemporary remixes and dark oddities -  a techy label bound to make some waves...

as a dj, jerome has played and promoted countless parties in both chicago and detroit with the acts like the 3 chairs (moodymann / theo parrish / the godson / malik pittman), amp fiddler, i:cube, jimpster and many others.

his eclectic style is similar to the music released on still music: from techno to afro via deep jazz and disco with a strong touch of detroit house. jerome is resident at the chicago demon days party.

www.itstillmusic.com

rondenion – “necessary one for me” [still music cdr]

electrons – “sunshine love” [genuine]

audiomontage & jesse rose -? [dubsided cdr]

ron trent – “love to the world” [future vision]

paul randolph – “believer” [still music cdr]

jimpster – “amour full length” [freerange cdr]

dj spinna feat heavy – “we can change this world” (yoruba soul rmx) [papa]

alex & reverend d – “animal vibes” [funk la planet]

phreek plus one – “new disco dimension e.p” [compost black label]

iken – “aspects”  [real soon]

zwicker – “sniff & sneeze” [compost black label]

amberflame – “subzero” [polyphonics recordings]

eric johnson – “in 2 deep” [psychostasia recordings]

dj deep – “city to city” [bbe]

moses mc clean – “dream” (patchworks & snatch rmx) [still music cdr]

isoul8 feat. paul randolph – “clover” [neroli cdr]

carolyn victorian – “sunshine” (minx queen beat) [whasdat cdr]

dj kawasaki – “the love of music” (headjob rmx) [especial cdr]

osunlade – “aquarian moon” [bbe]

furry phreaks feat terra deva – “all over the world” (version mix) [miso cdr]

unknown – “house party” [love for music cdr]

leroy & darnell – “get rich or try dying”  [sonar kollektiv cdr]

nik weston current chart (in no order)

check out the 'forwardsbackwards' radio show with nigel prankster & nik weston on www.milkaudio.com
 & the 'nippon & speedy express show' on samurai fm with dom servini & nik weston
www.samurai.fm/nipponspeedyexpress/play

roddy rod – “cuban revolt” [jazzy sport]

grooveman spot – “eternal development album” [planet groove]

cro magnon – “album” [jazzy sport]

aflex combo – “somethin blue” [test]

slowly feat quasimode – “caveman boogie” [flower test]

ino hidefumi – “satisfaction album” [innocent]

quasimode – “down inthe village” [raw fusion]

jazzinvaders – “album sampler” [social beats]

various – “dj muro edits 01” [solid]

various – “dj muro edits 02” [solid]

the jinks are dan savidge and chris gau - described by critics as 'an exquisite paradigm', the jinks' first single, 'love like this' was a veritable tour de force of post modern deconstructivism.

the follow up, 'inamorata' (available now in all good record shops) looks set to break new ground for the salacious pair, as it comprises a haunting blend of intrinsic subpatriarchialism and mythopoetical totality. of course, their fans would expect nothing less...

gigs: residency at mn2s @ the end / every saturday at match / first friday every month at dust, clerkenwell

www.thejinks.co.uk

tortured soul – “enjoy it now” [r2]

peven everett – “stuck” (restless soul mix) [soul heaven]

liquid people – “love is on the way” (dub) [cdr]

mr v – “da bump” [cdr]

roy davis jr – “i like it like that” (dub) [cdr]

quentin harris – “poor people” [cdr]

dj spinna feat selan – “back to you” (the realm mix) [papa]

the jinks – “believe me” (jamie lewis dub) [mn2s]

frankie feliciano – “invitation” [cdr]

phil asher – “amarante” [cdr]

best known for working behind the counter of blackmarket records, and release the groove previously to this. 

although working in house music sections his musical taste and dj style is extensive, djing for nights as varied as mindfluid to garage city for example.

ben's current residency is in brighton at a heist where you can hear him play for four hours twice a month.

delia gonzalez & gavin russom – “relievee” (carl craig remix) [dfa/emi]

simbad – “soul fever” [raw fusion]

craif loftis – “mary don't weep” [?]

rufuss – “exit 5 & no exit” [qualomota]

quentin harris – “haunted” [unrestricted access]

kelley polar – “ashamed of myself” (osunlade edit) [cdr]

jazztronik – “dentro mi alma” (osunlade remix) [especial]

jerome sydenham – “back door” [ibadan]

etta james – “strung out” (quentin harris remix) [cdr]

coldcut ft robert owen – “walk a mile in my shoes” [ninja]

pete can be seen djing in and around london with ben jolly at 'bubbling over' @ bar rumba on sundays, monthly @ cherry jam, monthly @ neighbourhood, every tuesday @ market place and at other one off's.

www.bbemusic.com

osunlade – “aquarian moon” various cuts [bbe/yoruba]

dj deep – “city to city 2”  various cuts [bbe/hmr]

innervision 5 – “where you at?” [sonar kollektiv]

kim english – “nitelife”  (kdope remix) [nervous]

muzikman  - “what can you do for me?” [dj3d]

mr. v – “jus dance” (quentin harris mix) [vega]

bah samba – “tired lil one” (osunlade remix)

thierry's new 4 year deal at arsenal

dilla – “the shinning” [bbe]

chilly – “for your love”  [polydor]

a french immigrant who developed a strong taste for house music in the early 90s...moved to the capital to experience the atmosphere of the parisian dancefloors and quickly embraced the sounds played by people like dj gregory, dj deep, eric rug and shazz... a few clubs nights and a weekly radio show quickly followed the move.

an old' smoke resident since 1998, he has worked for a while with vinyl junkies records store to help to promote deep underground music.

www.the-crystal-room.com 

los hermanos – “birth of 3000” [submerge]

kerri chandler – “downtown” [downtown 161]

one way feat. al hudson – “music” [mca]

prince – “black sweat” [universal]

byron moore – “life starts today” [tea party]

the clash – “mustapha dance” [epic]

pete rock & cl smooth – “take you there” [elektra]

franck roger – “when animals manifest” [real tone]

jazz liberatorz – “backpackers” [kif]

j-rawls – “pleasure before bain” [polar entertainment]

compiled by dom servini (wah wah 45s / straight no chaser/magazine / mouseorgan)

wah wah live @ cargo, mouseorgan @ medicine, islington and various spots worldwide.

speedy's audio repair on http://www.milkaudio.com konnichiwahwah on http://www.samurai.fm

www.myspace.com/wahwah45s / www.myspace.com/servini for more info.

www.wahwah45s.com

talc – “garden of dance” [wah wah 45s 12] - the ultimate bbq anthem!

felix laband – “whistling in tongues” (todd terje remix) [compost 12] - almost balaeric summer scorcher out of germany.

nicole willis – “feeling free” (aaron jerome remix) [cd-r] - hope this sees the light of day. storming remix from the boy genius!

jk re-edit – “what goes around” [pr 12] - amazing re-jig of lenny's finest moment.

bonobo – “days to come” [ninja tune cd] - his best work yet. a sure fire late summer classic feat. fink and bajka!!

nemoy – “afraw” (domu remix) [bonzajj cd-r] - killer steamy afro funk with a dope broken rub for the dance from mr. stanton.

roger robinson – “armed and beautiful” [altered vibes cd-r] - remixes galore! nicola's song gets a very tastey re-working indeed....

tuff love – “haus am wald” [leisure cd-r] - jazzy instrumental hip hop done proper.

quantic – “an announcement to answer” [tru thoughts lp] - will holland's latest is a 21st century travelogue into good vibes from around the globe.

jamie finlay – “pocket science” [wah wah 45s cd] - prepare yourself for one of the albums of the year. coming this autumn!!

dj, remixer and producer.  current resident of santorini.

man behind the yoruba records label and the yoruba soul remixes.

www.yorubarecords.com

osunlade - "the day we met for coffee" (afefe iku remix) [bbe music]

byron moore - "life starts today" [tea party music]

pasta boys - "limit" (unreleased mix) [manocalda]

clara hill ft atjazz & charles webster - "nowhere (i can go)" [sonar kollektive]

bloodfire - "black" (daz & i-kue re-edit) [white]

henrik schwarz - "labeille"  [ubiquity]

taylor mcferrin - "broken vibes" [demo]

clare fischer - "african flutes" [casbah records]

d'angelo - "bullshit" [unreleased]

boddhi satva - "bria's offering" [yoruba records]

ben jolly founded bbe with peter adarkwah, but now is finding the music far too loud and prefers to sit at home and listen to bing crosby and “round the home”. in his spare time he reviews compilations and reissues for touch magazine

www.bbemusic.com

bb king - “bb king sings spirituals” [ace] - amazing, surprising set of negro spirituals from the bluesman, going back to the roots of his music

carolyn franklin - “sister soul - the rca years 69 - 76” [kent] - sister of aretha, but definitely worth checking out in her own right. downright soulful is what she is

various artists - “gypsy beats and balkan bangers” [atlantic jaxx] - exactly what it says on the tin, and diverting for a while, but a lot of them do sound the same

the counts - “it’s what’s in the groove” [southbound] - brilliant rare grooves, only previously available on japanese albums

various artists - “the soul of disco compiled by joey negro and sean p” [z] - another delve in the disco archive produces a second instalment of disco’s most soulful moments

various artists - “studio one djs volume 2” [soul jazz] - a stellar line up of classic artists from the legendary university of reggae - studio one

incredible bongo band - “apache” [mr bongo] - featuring both of their albums and yes, that break. worth investing in

lekan babalola - “songs of icon” [mr bongo] - extraordinary nigerian percussionist given the remix treatment by ig culture, mark de clive-lowe, bob sinclar, phil asher and afronaught among the rest

various artists - “boozoo bajou presents juke joint ii” [k7] - the second instalment of the laid back mellow mix of summer beats. we reviewed the first one, and this is even better

sabrina malheiros - “vibrasons” [far out] - a collection of remixes of the fresh brazilian singer, here given the treatment by kenny dope, quantic, kirk degiorgio, incognito and many others

various artists - “got the feeling work your soul 2” [trojan] - jamaica does soul too! 25 covers and originals showing the other side of the reggae island

mkl presents "suits & dashikis" cd [lion1music/r2 records joint release]

rodamall – “insomnia” (ame rmx) [buzz n fly]

peven evert – “church”

dennis ferrer & jerome sydenham – “the back door”

kumquat – “zwicker”

james flavor – “da ride” [free range records]

“louie vega presents luisito quintero percussion madness” [bbe]

tackheadz – “how does it feel”

stevie wonder – “love is on fire” (spinna)

roberta flack - "trying times" (still phil pan african rmx) [londra records]

little big bee – “water man” (cd) [flower records]

the backlight society – “love technique” [glideslope music]

slam mode – “capoeira” [desivo]

willie graf & t. tariu – “construct” [wave music]

dj scribe lives in new york city, for love, and through music. he can be found at the helm of raw fusion recordings' us operations, summering in dear old stockholm, or at his monthly residency in nyc, "nu-ish", where he and co-conspirator op! bring only the best and newest chunes to the peoples. nu-ish radio coming soon on giantstep.net.

dj scribe trivia bit #1: he produced the original version of the cooly's hot box classic, "make me happy". dj spinna on the remix

www.djscribe.com

jonah smith – “when we say goodnight” (probe dms remix) [white] - the most original sound i have heard in a long time. bill withers-esque country soul vocals meets broken future soul. props!

omar – “ghana emotion”  [ether] - nu-afro-soul-jazz like only omar can make it. classic.

nino moschella – “holding on” [ubiquity] - nino really bares his soul on this slow burner.

zero 7 – “your place”  [atlantic] - big sound and cinematic orchestra build worthy of 4hero or rotary connection.

beatfanatic – “cosmic love”  [soundscape] - synth heavy soul rework with deep pockets.

vikter duplaix – “pure”  [bbe] - take it slow...

van hunt  - “being a girl”  [capitol] - electro-retro-soul lounger.

red astaire – “tito” [gamm] - latin breakbeat madness! classic red.

nils krogh – “disposition” (inverse cinematics remix) [dnm] - neo-cool-school jazz gets a bass-bin broken epic makeover.

voice - “guerilla hustlin'“ [ptr] - more stellar dancefloor lunacy from moonstarr

lola plays weekly at her six-years-and-running party "deep see," with co-resident eman. located at sapphire, one of nyc's best underground clubs, deep see brings in dancers, headnodders, and music lovers of all stripes. she also plays monthly at the "beyond" party, currently housed at nyc's apt. lola's also part of the "stimulus > response" crew, responsible for bringing new sounds to bigger rooms and mainstream clubs in nyc: next date, june 9 2006 at nyc's pacha with pacha ibiza resident wally lopez

www.deepseenyc.com

dj pierre – “destroy this track” [djp]

marc romboy vs. robert owens – “i need” [systematic]

claude vonstroke – “who's afraid of detroit” [dirtybird]

logan – “flash” (charles webster flashy dub) [poussez!]

various artitsts – “unity kolabo ep uq-005” [underground quality]

beatkilla – “seducer” [i records]

henrik schwartz, dixon, ame – “where we at version 1” [innervisions]

layo & bushwacka! feat. green velvet – “life2live” [olmeto]

akabu – “phuture bound” (ame remix) [z records]

levon vincent – “air raid” [ovum]

dj & production unit samba la casa (aka pablo martinez & chris allan):

dj cocoe's early summer joints (in no particular order)

cocoe has been throwing one of the longest running eclectic hip-hop soul club nights in southern california (abstract workshop). you can catch him rocking anything from soul, disco, dub, reggae, hip-hop to house tunes in and around town. be on the look out for abstract workshop music this year. you can check his up coming shows and releases at:

 www.abstract-workshop.com

greg gauther & tony l ft. mandel turner - “dance culture” [kif]

yam who ft. noel mckoy – “summer time” [papa records]

frank roger - “say can you love me” [seasons]

mark de clive lowe ft. lady alma – “twilight” [especial records]

clara hill & vikter duplaix – “paperchase” [sonar kollectiv]

common – “go” (remix by josh one) [bootleg]

marc mac ft. marvin – “tell me now” [omniverse]

nino moschella – “the fix” [ubiquity records]

jay dee – “bossa nova re-edit” [detroit city records]

ron trent – “love to the world” [future vision records]

abstract workshop collective ft. jud nester & erinn karman - "ok sexy" [abstract workshop music]

matt hosts a weekly mix show on www.routesinrhythm.com.  a website that he also runs and maintains.

"...apart from helping scared sparrows down from trees with ladders fashioned out of match sticks and sticky tape, i am a "multi-media" designer. >www.signor.com<

byron moore – “life starts today” [tea party music]

luisito quintero feat. francis mbappe – “gbagada, gbagada, gbogodo, gbogodo” (louie vega eol mix) [vega records]

campsoul feat. tanya stephenson – “fallen” (reel soul main mix) [home recordings]

dj romain feat. darryl d. bonneau – “it's the spirit” (83 west vocal remix) [nu faze]

jon cutler & matthias heilbronn – “640” (marlon d's edit) [distant]

dj spinna – “intergalactic soul” [columbia japan]

jazztronik – “city of rivers riding the b train” (franck roger remix)  the remixes part 1 [tokuma communications]

peven everett – “put your back in it” easy livin' lp [unified]

mark de clive-lowe feat. lady alma – “twilight” [especial]

aidonia – “ukku bit” (dem time deh riddim) [legends]

kyri runs r2 records

catch him every friday and saturday at yes my friend, akbar, dean street w.1 at right area with jeremy newall & frankie valentine, [plastic people]

www.r2records.com

the rh factor feat. d'angelo - "bullshit"

frankie valentine - "marinaro" (mitsu the beats remix)   

aceyalone & rjd2 - "disconnected" 

cl smooth - "american me"

bernard wright - "just chillin' out" (ok_ma edit)

india arie - "not my hair" (yoruba soul)

rakim & talib kweli - "getting up anthem: part one"

rhymefest - "beautiful"

talib kweli - "listen"

omar feat. stevie wonder - "feeling you"

nicole willis - "feeling free" (aaron jerome dub)

n'dambi  - "can't change me" (ron trent remix)

rosalia de souza - "jogo de roda" (innervision mix) 

clara hill meets vik duplaix - "paperchase"

camp soul - "fallen" (k2's broke down  dub)

jihad muhammed – “no way back”

osunlade - "the day we met for coffee" (afefe iku rmx)

t.i. - "why you wanna" (instrumental)

played at various venues check www.myspace.com/okma

ok_ma have releases coming this year on r2, sick trumpet and still music (chicago)

 www.furioustyles.co.uk

ok_ma – “bwoy gal” [r2 cdr]

zero db – “bongos beats and basslines” [ninja tune]

jazzconductor - “wadin” [gamm]

d'nell – “this thing” (yam who remix) [bbe]

rich medina – “b boys to men” (tettory blk nu birth remix) [kindred spirits]

dj rolando – “from there to here + now” [nrk]

airto samba – “de flora” (tango terje edit) [white]

joe claussell - "instant house/the lost dance trax takes” [?]

ok_ma – “international journey / switch” [sick trumpet]

baker brothers – “bakers dozen”  [peddler]

rodamaal – “insomnia” (ame remix) [buzzin fly]

roddy rod - "cuban after mark" [jazzy sport]

jimpster  - "left and right" [freerange]

sumo – “danceband” (orig) [heya hifi]

dj debbie plays an eclectic global vibes mix. her legendary gaialive sessions are archived in www.gaialive.com and resonancefm selections in www.african-essence.com . dj debbie launches ‘outerglobe – out of this world’ at inn on the green, thorpe close, london w11 on july 1^st 2006 and on the first saturday of the month from september 2006 onwards. full update at

www.outerglobe.com.

k’naan – “the dusty foot philosopher” [track and field] - this is superb with its totally conscious fusion of the best hip hop with with ancient somalie grooves telling it how it is in mogadishu. real originality counting  dead prez, mos def as peers, toronto based with the same producers as nelly furtado getting the best out of roots to make new shoots

netsayi – “chimurenga soul” [militant price records] - mbira influenced music with a jazz flava here, dance there, nothing predictable in these strong eyes open love songs and chronicles of struggle in english and shona. beautiful

fusing naked beats – “outer perspective” [just play records] - dj asif  rises above the asian underground tag whilst staying close to his roots nonetheless. a gone clear housier oriented sound than previously and some superb lyrical collaborations with miss kat and najma akhtar and alok verna’s dhol and tables along the way

inemo – “afrofunky beats” [black mango music] - a clear understanding  of how fusion works with authentic afrobeat with left foot funk base and jazz excursions; so refreshing too to find uk global label support for a uk band

african rebel music – “roots reggae and dancehall” [out i here records] - forget ‘back to africa’, this is africa calling in all its mother tongues exploring every reggae idiom for itself with tough lyrics introducing new artists and some international  favourites. hot stuff

lagos stori – “plenty” [out i here records] - new music in a range of dance styles, especially hip hop afrobeat style  taking a satirical stab at corruption, lyrical love tales and more. especially pleased they took a track from my artist weird mc – the only woman on side

haji mike – “the story man”  [olive tree music] - the vraggamuffin and other strong cypriot and us collaborators spiel for unity, peace and jah glory roots style

various – “roots of dub funk” [tanty records] - sourced far and wide, kelvin’s annual selection thrills anew with deep dubs on unexpected riddims

natacha atlas – “mish maoul”  [mantra] - temple of sound and transglobal underground both produce tracks on this great album which sees atlas exploring gnawa roots, latinesque swirls, egyptian and even rap this time around on an album that’s both retro and new

adham shaikh – “journey to the sun” [interchill] - one of my favourite labels reaches back in time to give pioneer indo/ambient shaikh’s 1995 vibrant spiritual sharing brighter light

andy runs the body music night at london's key club which has seen him dj alongside kerri chandler, quentin harris and dj spinna to name but a few. also catch him as on of the resident djs at life & soul @ madame jojos each and every saturday. for more info checkout www.bodymusic.org or www.myspace.com/andybird

 
www.soulbrew.com

coldcut ft robert owens - "walk a mile in my shoes" (henrik schwarz mix) [ninja tune germany]

etta james – “strung out” (quentin harris mix)

jon cutler ft peter simpson – “living” [distant music]

atjazz - "put it on" (osunlade remix) [mantis]

jazzanova – “boom clicky boom klack” (mr scruff vocal mix)

alton miller - "clouds are gone" (henrik schwarz remix)

essential soul - "come on" (glenn underground remix) [wave]

idjut boys - "(a place called) tarot" (idjut boys remix) [tirk]

“afrotech” lp

morgan geist - "most of all (instrumental)" [environ]

sweden's resident house guru

www.audiobuff.se

buset – “footsteps”

henrik schwarz, ame, dix, derrick carter – “where we at”

3 kings – “shake that booty” (alix alvarez mix)

mowgly – “solar system 2”

vlado – “ska love”

100birds – “blackwater” (dimitri from paris edit/mix)

lil louis painting – “give it up” (frankie felliciano mix)

franck roger/jovonn – “remember”

markus enochson – “love is on the way”