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presents GROOVE CONTROL on SOLAR RADIO every Saturday 12pm-2pm GMT UK ENGLAND TIME.DJ/PROMOTER/PRESENTER SUPPORTING SOULFUL DANCE MUSIC FROM THE PAST PRESENT & FUTURE.
ASH SELECTOR started djing back in 1980 playing soul, jazz funk, brit funk & lovers rock @ student parties.
In 1982 Ash became a club Dj with his 1st Residency "Soul Night" @ Melanies in NW London every friday night.The night became a roaring success and the club gave Ash every saturday as well to do the same.
The club changed the sound system and sold the old one to Ash with which he set up the "RHYTHM BOX SOUL SOUND" & and ran for 4 years, hiring venues, playing & promoting at his own soul music events.
In 1984 ASH had his first taste of playing @ Notting Hill Carnival with the Peoples Choice International sound system.
Throughout the next 5 years Ash continued to play on the club scene spinning anything from soul/funk/brit funk/jazz funk/acid jazz/hip hop/electro/lovers rock to soulful house and garage whilst presenting radio shows on Girls Fm & Skyline Fm, he also played @ clubs in the midlands, amongst them were "Boogies", "Bobby Browns" & "Edwards no.8" in Birmingham, "Christophers" in Kingswingford & "Alley Cats" in Stourbridge.
1989 to 1991 Ash was resident Dj in the soul/soulful house room @ Kiss Fm's 3rd Base Every Saturday night @ Shaftesburys night club attracting up to 1500 clubbers every week in the west end of London,alongside a variety of Djs including Paul Trouble Anderson,Chrissie T, Max & Dave,Steve Jackson & Chris Phillips.Ash also played at Kiss Fm's weekly sunday under 18's gig "JOY" @ the WAG club alongside Rob Blake & Maura Miller.
1991 to 1994 Ash played at various london clubs, including Pump Club @ Iceni,London Soul Night Out @ Limelight, Rhythm & Soul @ Laceys & Life @ The Middlesex & Herts country club, WITH DJS including Norman Jay, Bob Jones,Jasper the vinyl Junkie, Kev Hill , Mark Smedley & Tony Monson.
In 1994 Ash met Choice Fm's Steve Wren and was invited to join him on his Saturday night Clubtime show. After a positive initial response from the listeners, Steve invited Ash to join him every Saturday night.Ash played various comical characters and supplied sound effects for the show, the most memorable being a variety of horns and whistles.This continued for the next 5 years.
In 1995 Ash Selector & Steve Wren dj'd together at a club night Ash named "Slam"(Bar Royale, Camden), every saturday night for 6 months.Ash also mc'd for Steve @ Caister Soul Weekenders & Southport Dance Weekenders from 1994-1999 as well as djing with him on various club nights including Funk Fantasy in Surrey & The Launch Party for RnB act N-TYCE.
In 1997 Ash had the idea to launch a new club night playing soul classics alongside upfront rnb & soulful house and garage all to be played in one club room.Ash located a small club called Flamingoes in Hanover square, London.He then invited Steve Wren to co-promote and dj the night with him. Ash named the night Shaft & it was launched in Sept 1997.In April 2000 Shaft was voted No.2 club night in the Uk in Blues & soul magazine.The night ran till July 2000 with a variety of guest djs including Greg Edwards,Kwame (D influence)plus Caister Djs Chris Hill, Froggy, & Gary Dennis.
Ash was also resident Dj @ "BUBBLING FRIDAYS" monthly in Chiswick playing the best in old school funky grooves with guests Cleveland Anderson, Geoff Schuman & Steve Wren.
In 1998 Ash joined In House recordings staying with them till 1999 releasing 5 singles & remixing classic soul & current rnb in a 2 step uk garage style,one track was a cover of we got the funk by positive force using 3 mc's, B-Live, CKP & MC Neat, the tracks were well received and played by DJ EZ & THE DREEM TEAM.
In 1998 & 1999 Ash joined the Soul City Movement as a dj & mc touring Malta with RnB acts including Lemar & Kele Le Roc.
Ash located a club in London's West End called the Soul Cafe in Wardour Street. Ash launched a new club night he named Soul Shack which commenced in Feb 2000 as a weekly Friday night and through it's popularity moved to every Saturday night.
At one stage there were 4 Soul Shacks on different days of the week, Weds at Madam Jojos, Fridays at Charlie Browns, Saturdays at the Soul Cafe & Sundays @ WKD,the SOUL SHACK did a NYE special @ the Q club(Tottenham) in Dec 2000.Plus Soul Shack went on tour to great yarmouth in 2003 & 2004.
Ash has co- presented guest dj slots on internet radio stations soul 24/7,UK Rumbal & CONTINUES TO PRESENT the GROOVE CONTROL show every Saturday ON SOLAR RADIO 12pm-2pm GMT. www.solarradio.com & SKY DIGITAL CHANNEL 0129
Aug 2002 Ash remixed the Real Things- Can You Feel The Force in a disco/house style
for fx/nice n ripe recordings entitled Feel the Force, Artist Soul Shack.
In the last few years Ash has dj'd @ live gigs too -ATMOSFEAR, FATBACK BAND,CHANGE,MARLENA SHAW & EDDIE HENDERSON,LEROY BURGESS, DON BLACKMAN,JUNIOR GISCOMBE. NOEL MCKOY,TASHAN,OMAR,CE CE PENISTON,KENI STEVENS & VIVIENNE McKONE.
Plus various Choice Fm events including Hustle, Behind da Groove,Get Loose,Soul @ the Oval & guest dj'd @ Blues and Soul magazines "Hustlers Lounge", plus djing in the bassment club room (BUMP) at Bob Jones SURGERY @ THE BRIDGE & TUNNEL in Shoreditch, Crackers @ Propoganda with George Power & Paul Anderson, Funk Me @ the Rocket,Mingling @ Rouge, Solar Radio boat parties on the Thames & All Dayers in Brighton, The Boating club boat parties,Get Known @ Herbal in Shoreditch with djs including Chris Hill & George Power,Soul in the City @ Industry in Shoreditch, Nothing but the Soul @ the Blag Club in Ladbroke Grove,Soul Inspired in Benfleet,Soul Celebration @ the Cross in Birmingham, Med Soul in Spain, Believers in Vienna with Dj Samir, too many gigs to mention.
Ash regularly Djs on the London club circuit with guest performances across the UK, Soul Weekenders and abroad.
