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VF Live: J. Rocc #2

Soul, electro, samba, and more with the LA legend.

In VF Live, our favourite artists take you inside their homes and record shops, for intimate mixes and performances.

Producer, DJ, and Beat Junkies co-founder J. Rocc returns for his second set, direct from his HQ in Los Angeles.

Watch and listen to the set above, and check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Monika Linges Quartet – The World Was Young
2. José Mauro – Apocalipse
3. David Benoit – Life Is Like A Samba
4. Celia – David
5. Earl Moseley – Fly In The Soup
6. D.J. Rogers – I Told Him I Would Sing
7. Sault – Sorry Ain’t Enough
8. The Kelenkye Band – Jungle Music
9. The Egyptian Lover – Everything She Wants
10. Larry T & The Family – I’m Moving On

VF Live: Other Records with Aaron P

From South African bubblegum pop to jazz-hued electronica.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops, and studios, for intimate mixes and performances.

For Other Records’ first VF Live set, Aaron P plays an all-South African selection – featuring music from the labels Afrosynth, Roastin’ Records, Mushroom Hour Half Hour & Quit Safari, spanning reissues to current releases.

Tracklist

1. Kevin Murning – Modes Arp
2. Mabuta – Bamako Love Song
3. Pamela Nkutha – Amo Tambura
4. Adaye – Turn It Up
5. Mabuta – Log Out Shut Down (Gourmet Remix)
6. Dumama & Kechou – Inataka
7. Sibusile Xaba – Open Letter To Adonia

VF Live: Laima #4

A journey from Brian Eno to Aphex Twin.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops, and studios – for intimate mixes and performances.

Artist and musician Laima returns for her latest show, playing ambient and meditation music:

“For this live set, I’ve selected some new records I’ve bought these last weeks. It turned it into a journey from Brian Eno to Aphex Twin. Again, it’s a mix of ambient and meditation music. I messed with the pitch a lot on the turntables, as I love to modify music through pitch distortions. Two records I have been listening too on repeat are Gossiwor’s ‘Lighthouse’ and Cucina Povera’s ‘Zoom’. At the end of the set, I also worked out some interesting glitches while filming, and manipulated images live too.

Watch and listen to the set above, check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Jon Hassell – Moons of Titan
2. Brian Eno – Tal Coat
3. Gossiwor – Ava Maria
4. Cucina Povera – Zoom004
5. Vesa- Matti Kivioja – Corundum
6. Minae Minae – Flossensäume
7. Muslim Gauze – Jordan River
8. Sam Kidel – Voice Recognition DOS Attack
9. Aphex Twin – Windowlicker


Laima’s album Home is out now on The Vinyl Factory, and her new single ‘Disco Pregnancy’ can be bought here. Laima will present her first video installation – Mirror – at the Vooruit in Ghent for the Gent Film Festival.

VF Live: Zudrangma #5

Thai soul and funk from the ’70s. 

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops and studios for intimate record selects and mixes.

For Zudrangma Records’ fifth instalment from its Bangkok HQ, label head, shop founder, DJ and producer Maft Sai selects shimmering Thai soul and funk records from the early to mid seventies.

Watch and listen to the set above, check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist

1. Mister Slowly – The Impossible
2. Yim Kan Dee Kwa – T. Visud
3. Wairun – Kabuan Mookda
4. Wai Auntarai + Instrumental version – Don Sornrabieb
5. Thepabut Tuasab Instrumental version – Saksan Sornaimstar
6. Rareng Soul – The Impossible
7. Kon Muenn Kan – The Erawan band
8. Soul People Says – The Cat
9. Wan Samran – The Impossible
10. Reng Vinyaan – The Exotic

VF Live: Anthony Joseph

Soulful calypso and soca records from Trinidad.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops, and studios, for intimate mixes and performances.

Poet, musician and academic Anthony Joseph graces the decks amidst his beautiful HQ set-up, for his first VF Live show:

“This set features 100 percent soulful calypso and soca vibes direct from Trinidad, the kinda things you’d hear at a house party in Trinidad – during the ’80s, when our music was steeped in the energy of soul and carried a message of revolutionary fervour forever forward.

The sets include gems by Lord Shorty, Shadow, Ella Andall and Lord Nelson. Sweet soca music, never refuse it!”

Tracklist:

1. P. Lindsay And Sandport Chanters – Eti Mama
2. Ella Andall – Black Woman
3. Brother Resistance – Glory of Kings
4. Baron – Gimme de water
5. Lord Nelson – Pepper
6. Lord Shorty – Vibrations Groove
7. Shadow – The Storm
9. Ronnie Macintosh – Hold It Back

VF Live: Peter Adjaye presents Ceremonies Within

Playing records that influenced his new album, including Sun Ra, Midori Takada and Tony Allen, alongside selections from the release.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops, and studios, for intimate mixes and performances.

Sound artist Peter Adjaye returns for his latest set, playing a selection of compositions from his new album Ceremonies Within – alongside music that influenced his creative process, including records by Sun Ra, Midori Takada and Tony Allen.

“My new VF mix is a celebration of the release of my new album Ceremonies Within, which is my response to a new collaborative exhibition called A Countervailing Theory with Toyin Ojih Odutola at The Curve Gallery, Barbican open now through 31st January 2021,” shares Adjaye.

The soundscape sees Adjaye combining ancient African instrumentations with modern contemporary synthesizers and strings.

Watch and listen to the set above, head here to find out more about the release and order your copy here.

VF Live: Eliza Rose #7

Soul and disco records from India.

In VF Live, artists take you inside their homes, record shops, and studios for intimate selects and mixes.

Londoner Eliza Rose has spent over a decade working at her local record shop Flashback, acquiring a formidable collection along the way – sourced from the racks and beyond.

In Rose’s latest VF Live set, she plays records from a trip to India, before lockdowns began.

Watch and listen to the mix above, find out more about the set below.

“I picked these up during my trip to Delhi with my dear friend and amazing DJ Jess Farley. The Wild City Crew had invited Rhythm Sister to run a short course teaching women to DJ! It was an unforgettable experience and trip, I met some wonderful people and found some of my most prized records…”

VF Live: Yo-Yo Records #8

“Latin, Brazilian, gospel, jazz, funk and disco.”

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops and studios for intimate selects and mixes.

Hackney shop Yo-Yo Records takes us through selects drawn straight from the racks, with “Latin, Brazilian, gospel, jazz, funk and disco.”

Watch and listen to the set above, check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. The Crazy Men (Los Dementes) – Descarga Cuatricentenaria
2. Quarteto Em Cy – Salva O Verde
3. Claudia – Garra
4. Truth & Devotion – I Must See My Lord
5. William Hudson III – Love So Great
6. Spirit Of Love – The Power Of Your Love
7. Freddie Cole – Brother Where Are You?
8. Webster Lewis – El Bobo
9. Bumblebee Unlimited – Lady Bug

VF Live: Sarah Evans #15

Funk, soul and Afrobeat from her South London HQ.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops and studios for intimate selects and mixes.

Presenter and producer Sarah Evan returns for her latest VF Live, plays direct from her South London abode

Watch and listen to her set above, check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Frank Pleyer Big Band – Sally
2. The Sultan’s Swing – Dune (feat. Chip Wickham)
3. The Altons – When You Go (That’s When You’ll Know)
4. Magic In Threes – Takes 10 Minutes
5. Natural Lateral – Bossa Blue
6. Clever Girl – Teleblister
7. Sassouma Kouyate – Niani (Jose Marques)
8. I Rainy – Bonafide Rojas – Shook (Unnayanaa Mix)
9. SHMLSS – Andong

VF Live: Dubplate Pearl #4

Shimmering funk, soul and reggae with the effervescent selector.

In VF Live, our favourite collectors take you inside their homes, record shops and studios for intimate mixes.

London legend Pearl Boatswain aka Dubplate Pearl – one half of DJ duo Camberwell Connection – grew up with sound system culture in the city, immersing herself in blues parties and weekend sessions.

For her latest VF Live set, she dips into her home collection for shimmering selects.

Watch and listen above, check out the tracklist below.

Tracklist:

1. Donald Byrd – Morning
2. Roy Ayres – Turn Me Loose
3. Tammy Payne – Take Me Now
4. Scandal featuring Lee Genesis – Love Either Grows or Goes
5. Tradition – Breezing
6. Carolyn Caitlin – Peaceful Woman/Eve Orchestra – Jumpers in Session (version)
7. Zabandis – Your Love To Me
8. The Traps – Higher
9. Derrick Harriott – Being In Love
10. Coxson Dodd and The Sound Dimension – Real Rock

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