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Darran

darranpownall

About Me

I'm Darran, DJ, Vinyl Junkie, Graphic Designer and co-promoter of club night Pop Your Funk.

You can usually find me DJing at various venues in the Midlands and occasionally on the Radio.

I currently DJ at the following nights and venues, follow the links for more details
Mutations Click Here
Innerzone Collective Click Here
Sumo Click Here
Original Four Click Here
Stereotype Click Here
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Below are some links worth checking...
Pop Your Funk Click Here
Sumo Click Here
Gilles Peterson, Worldwide Click Here
Compost Radio Show Click Here
Benji B's Deviation Click Here
Sonar Festival Click Here
Big Chill Festival Click Here
Jigsaw Music - Quality Night! Click Here
DJ Mhogo - Discoid Funk Click Here
Different Drummer Click Here
Bam Bam Club Click Here
Mutant Disco - Estonia's Finest Click Here
Tony Minvielle - Folded Space Click Here
Electriks Click Here
Samurai FM Click Here
Quality Trainers/Sneaks Click Here
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My Interests

Design, Music (listening and making) , Mountain Bikes, Traveling

I'd like to meet:



Music:



powered by frazy.com Cinematic Orchestra, New Master Sounds, Marcos Valle, Deodato, Airto Moiera, Heritage Orchestra, Jazzanova, Todd Terje, Lindstrom, Prins Thomas, Madlib, Soil & Pimp, Curtis Mayfield, Metro Area, Rene Costy, Fela Kuti, Bembe Segue, Sergio Mendez, Roy Ayers, Spanky Wilson, Quantic, Prefuse 73, Pharoah Sanders, Platinum Pied Pipers, Arthur Russell, WAR, Brass Construction, Charles Mingus, Prince, Donald Byrd & The Blackbyrds, Art Blakey, Lee Konitz Quartet, Buddy Rich, John Coltrane, Alice Coltrane, Talking Heads, The Clash, Mulatu Astatke, Alice Russell, Matthew Herbert, Dorothy Ashby, Benji B, John Peel, Gilles Peterson, Aphex Twin, Moodymann, Busta Rhymes, Q Tip, Ol Dirty Bastard, Francois Kevorkian, Theo Parrish, David Bowie, The Pharcyde, Maurice Fulton, Recloose, Carl Craig, Genre's = House, Jazz, Latin, Dub, Funk, Disco, Ska, Soul, Reggae, Techno, Hip Hop & RnB (the good stuff - not that lame shit on MTV)

Movies:

Requiem For a Dream, Motorcycle Diaries, Love, Honor & Obey, Final Cut, City Of God, Team America, Sexy Beast, Borat

Television:

Funny stuff

Books:

Currently reading "Cosa Nostra" by John Dickie

Heroes:

Comedy: Bill Hicks, John Cleese, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin Music: Gonzales, Gilles Peterson, Michael Rutten, The Clash, James Brown, Theo Parish, Moodymann + Loads More! General: Steve Jobs, Banksy, Temper, Nigel Cooke, David Carson, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichenstein

My Blog

Mutations!


Posted by Darran on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:28:00 PST

BBE Disco

For your chance to hear the new compilation from Dimitri From Paris "Cocktail Disco", come down to Style , North St, Rugby for an official BBE Recordings listening party. The new album will be played ...
Posted by Darran on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:51:00 PST

DVD's Maestro & Gonzales From Major to Minor

Maestro is a quality DVD if your into Disco and the origin's of dance music, you've probably heard the story a million times but this DVD is put together with love and by people who really care about ...
Posted by Darran on Fri, 11 May 2007 09:01:00 PST

Arthur Russell on Radio 1!

I cant belive Jo Whiley played a snippet of Arthur Russell on Radio 1 today, he is one of my favourite Artists and did not expect to hear any of his music on daytime radio!, Responsible for many under...
Posted by Darran on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:26:00 PST

Mr hudson & The Library

Went to see Amy Winehouse the other night, great show, although the warm up act Mr Hudson & The Library stole the show for me, if you havent already heard them, I suggest you check them out!www.myspac...
Posted by Darran on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:00:00 PST

James Brown R.I.P

Love and respect to a true legend James Brown, keep on in heaven
Posted by Darran on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 07:44:00 PST