Weekly Bits 11/2009

Kirk Degiorgio has dug out some of his older mixes for Nuphonic‘s London Xpress show. The only chance to listen to them is via his Soundcloud page, downloads are not available.

Kaidi Tatham – In Search Of Hope

It was shortly after Christmas, when the long expected copy of In Search Of Hope finally arrived. While writing this, I noticed how lucky I was, as both LP and CD are currently sold out at Juno Records (Rush Hour still has copies!).

Jazz re:freshed presents Kaidi Tatham

For the final Jazz re:freshed session of the year, it’s no other but Kaidi Tatham returning to London’s Mau Mau Bar to present his new album In Search Of Hope.

Interview with Kaidi Tatham

It’s almost every week now, that Freedom School drops some news about the upcoming Kaidi Tatham album In Search Of Hope, which will finally be available in about two weeks. This week we get an

2000black Album Launch Party

If you got your hands on the Japanese edition of A Next Set A Rockers, you probably forgot that 2000black‘s album is not yet available in the rest of the world. In order to celebrate the record release, London’s Uprock collective hosts a party with both Dego and Kaidi Tatham on the decks. If you’re in or around London at the end of the month, I strongly recommend dropping by at Room4Movement on November 28 – don’t let the ugly flyer scare you away!

Voices on the Kaidi album

As the release date nears, more details to In Search of Hope emerge. First there’s finally the cover artwork to see, a beautiful photograph of Kaidi on the keys. Then there are voices from Mark de Clive-Lowe, Daz-I-Kue and Dego.

Kaidi Tatham Genius Selekshan

There were a lot of Kaidi Tatham related posts recently, and as the release-date to the new album approaches, Beyondjazz dug out some gems for their latest radio show.

More on the Kaidi album

Either we got fooled by the joker, or HMV is simply wrong about their announcement of the new Kaidi Tatham album. As previously reported the longplayer In Search Of Hope is supposed to be released at the end…

Blakai recording with Lady Alma

Following the posting about the new Blakai Productions are two videos from their recording sessions. They have been recorded at the old Bugz studio (where Goya Music was residing) in November 2006. On footage are the recordings for…

Blakai Productions 2009

Mark Force and Kaidi Tatham are both members of the Bugz in the Attic collective, but they also produce music together under the name of Blakai. So far there have been two 12-inches and another track on Dego’s The Good

Kaidi Tatham Quartet at Jazz Re:freshed

Turns out the Kaidi Tatham Trio was actually a quartet and Jazz Re:freshed host Adam Rock captured their performance at London’s Mau Mau Bar on video. More on the classic jazz-tip with Kaidi on keys, Shabaka Hutchin on sax, Karl Rasheed Abel on bass and Richard Spaven on the drums.

Thylord on the upcoming Kaidi album

Matt Lord aka Thylord from Bugz in the Attic posted a message on the new Kaidi Tatham album.

hey hey!
just taking a short break from mixing the album and thought i’d write something!… Everything is…

Zen Badizm Remixes

Japanese label Freedom School has announced a remix EP of IG Culture’s Zen Badizm. The scheduled release is this September and it will feature the original version of Girl U Need a

New Kaidi Tatham Album?

This weekend I’ve been to Freedom School’s page on MySpace and look what I found: a logo saying Kaidi Tatham!

2000Black Live

Following the review of the new 2000Black album, I remembered these two videos of their live shows. Enjoy!

2000Black – A Next Set A Rockers

Another album currently available in Japan only, is the long-awaited debut from 2000Black on Third Ear. Well not quite a debut, if you leave aside the DKD or Silhouette Brown albums. Seems like Dennis McFarlane (4hero) and…