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Best Kept Secret

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About Me


EVENTS UPCOMING:
EVENTS PAST:
Best Kept Secret: What we do!
Booking Agency:
(live and dj - soul/jazz/hiphop/leftfield dance)
Record Promotion
(press/radio/club - anything as long as its good)
Radio Show:
Click Here: www.samurai.fm
Club Night / Annual Music Festival / Weekender:
(Info posted on this page)
Consultancy:
(ask us stuff - we tell you)

And now more in depth...
Merging the lines between behind the scenes booking agents and front line promoters, Best Kept Secret strides purposefully and confidently into its sixth year as a unique and truly modern music company. Since its foundation in 2002, the booking division has flourished in the international live and events arena, exclusively representing the diverse talents of Madlib, Blacksmith Records (Talib Kweli), Peanut Butter Wolf, Marlena Shaw, Candi Staton, Roy Ayers, Marc Mac (4hero), Dwele, Spiritual South, Ohmega Watts, Drumagick, Faze Action, Robert Strauss, Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators & zero dB (Ninja Tune).

As well as pimping out our artists across the globe through our 4 man team in London, we also promote events under our BKS banner. In London, we rotate around the boutique and perfectly formed pastures including the likes of The Westbury, Big Chill House, Cargo, Jazz cafe and other joint and colloborative events as well as regular events in around the world including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Cape Town and beyond...see the full list of gigs below for alll the artists cureently on tour as well.
Best Kept Secret? Not any more it ain't! Check out our website: www.bestkeptsecret.uk.com


CONTACT US:
Nick Matthews - General Manager
EMAIL : [email protected]
Jules de Lattre - Head of Bookings
EMAIL : [email protected]
James Rubin - Agent
EMAIL : [email protected]
Dave Blackgrove - Bookings Assistant
EMAIL : [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/12/2005
Band Website: bestkeptsecret.uk.com
Band Members: Nick Matthews - General Manager
Jules de Lattre - Head of bookings
James Rubin - Bookings - Europe/Australia
Eric Roberts - DJ bookings
Oli Burton - Head of Promotions

Influences: Current Roster:Aesop Rock (Def Jux)
Aloe Blacc (Stones Throw)
Alex Phountzi (Bugz in the Attic)
Antibalas*
The Blackbyrds
Black Grass (Catskills)
Candi Staton (Honest Jons / EMI)
The Coup (Okayplayer)
DJ Deep
DJ MK (Kiss 100 / Roots Manuva / Dizzee Rascal)
Drumagick
Dwele
Fertile Ground
Freddie Cruger a.k.a Red Astaire
Groundation*
Guilty Simpson (Stones Throw)
Gucci Soundsystem (DFA)
The Headhunters
Heavy (BBE)
J Live
J Rocc (Stones Throw / Beatjunkies)
Jean Grae (Blacksmith Records)
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra
Kool Keith (aka Dr Octagon) & Kutmasta Kurt
Lifesavas (Quannum Projects)
Lyrics Born
Madlib (Stones Throw)
Mad Mats (Raw Fusion)
Marc Mac (4hero)
Marlena Shaw
Nicola Conte* (Bluenote)
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators*
Nick Matthews
Neil Cowley Trio
New Mastersounds
Ohmega Watts & Lightheaded
Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw)
Percee P (Stones Throw)
Prince Paul
Rainer Truby*
Robert Strauss & Leroy Burgess
Roy Ayers*
Shape of Broad Minds (Lex Records)
Soulive
Spiritual South (Raw Fusion)
Spektrum
Sleepwalker
Souls of Mischief
Steinski
Swollen Members (TVT)
Talib Kweli (Blacksmith / Warner Brothers)
The Black Seeds (Sonar Kollektiv)*
The Blackbyrds
The Heliocentrics (Now Again / Stones Throw)
Thieves Like Us (Kitsune)
Waajeed (PPP / Bling 47)
zero dB (Ninja Tune)
Z Trip
* = U.K / Ireland Only
Record Label: www.earthcorporationenterpises.com.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

BBE: Feat. Giles, Premier, Strauss & More...


Posted by Best Kept Secret on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:25:00 PST

BKS Badboy: Nick Matthews 7 hour DJ set!


Posted by Best Kept Secret on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:24:00 PST

BKS/Strauss Album Launch @ the Westbury (UK) Sat Nov 17

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Posted by Best Kept Secret on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:23:00 PST

Robert Strauss BBE Remix competition on NOW!

Hello friends, fellow creative geniuses and beyond...- Do the words: Funk, Soul, Hip Hop, House and Disco turn you on?- Can you imagine your name along side the likes of some of the greatest producers...
Posted by Best Kept Secret on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:41:00 PST

best kept secret 5th birthday weekender

For guestlist, please e-mail [email protected] BEST KEPT SECRET 5th BIRTHDAY WEEKENDER With Special guests  JOEY NEGRO & ASHLEY BEEDLE The Westbury34 Kilburn High Road,L...
Posted by Best Kept Secret on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST

Best Kept Secret - July Events

  SATURDAY 7th JULY 2007 WAH WAH 45's @ THE ELBOM ROOMS 89-91 Chapel Market, Islington, LONDON, N1 9EX // Angel (Northern Line) 9 p.m  4 a.m www.theelbowroom.co.uk £5 ALL NIGHT or E-Ma...
Posted by Best Kept Secret on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 04:29:00 PST

Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival

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Posted by Best Kept Secret on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 06:25:00 PST

Best Kept Secret Weekender

I was actually supposed to be writing this at the end of each night but for anyone who has actually visited amsterdam with any nocturnal pursuits in mind will soon realise that day and night are one a...
Posted by Best Kept Secret on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:24:00 PST

Stones Throw records @ Cargo - 11th July 2007


Posted by Best Kept Secret on Thu, 31 May 2007 03:18:00 PST

Best Kept Secret - Forthcoming tour dates

STONES THROW SUMMER TOUR www.myspace.com/stonesthrow Weds 27th June  Club AN, Athens, GREECE (w/ Peanut Butter Wolf & Baron Zen) Thurs 28th June  Soup @ Po Na Na, Brighton, UK (w/ Peanut Butter...
Posted by Best Kept Secret on Wed, 30 May 2007 03:08:00 PST