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Elle J

journalist/ promoter/ media whore

About Me

I'ma music journalist and RIO ROX baile funk/all-things-lovely-and-Brazilian party thrower ;o)

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My Interests

music, yoga, hot weather, dancin like it's 1999, brazil, parks, the sea, travelling, good vibes

I'd like to meet:

you... if you like doing things like this...

Music:

soul, good hip hop, decent rnb, carioca AKA baile AKA rio funk, jazz, latin, funk, broken beat, reggae, dancehall, funky house, old skool garage, the odd bitta grime, booty bass and whatever else tickles my fanny... i mean fancy ******some of my fave artists/DJs/producers etc in no particular order: jill scott, jazzy jeff, d'angelo, bugz in the attic, goapele, talib kweli, kero 1, dj sandrinho, musiq soulchild, mary j blige, soul 2 soul, omar, the early michael jackson, james brown (RIP), djavan, dj deekline, dwele, amp fiddler, spank rock, zero 7, massive attack, portishead, faith evans, biggy smalls (RIP), tupac (RIP), nas, jay-z, the early ll cool j, foxy brown, india arie, amy winehouse, alicia keys, jamiroquai, lady sovereign, sway, emma feline, lynda pheonix, shortee blitz, dj swing (RIP), dj hermit, giles peterson, norman jay, masters at work, ms dynamite, eric benet, erykah badu, TLC, en vogue, stevie wonder, 4hero, gill scott-heron, the fugees, lauryn hill, aaliyah (RIP), unibombers, kyoto jazz massive, outkast, raphael saadiq, dilated peoples, angie stone, xana, mr catra, dj edgar, deize tigrona, diplo, gilles peterson, miss beats, spacek, zap mama, dizzee, divinche, bob marley, buju banton, the early sizzla, terry callier, lucy pearl, caetono veloso, gilberto gil, seu jorge, quantic, alice russell, nostalgia 77, nicole willis, corinne bailey rae, earth wind & fire, jackson 5, hot chocolate, marvin gaye (RIP), curtis mayfield (RIP), ella fitzgerald (RIP), nina simone (RIP), barry white (RIP), sia, the earlyman, mc kombo, kanye west, john legend... and probably forgot some other amazing talent... this was fun doing this- made me realise why i do what i do

Movies:

grease, dirty dancing, trainspotting, pulp fiction, chitty chitty bang bang, mary poppins, bednobs & broomsticks, beetle juice, the goonies, back 2 the future, amelie, the thomas crown affair, taxi, la haine, school of rock, city of god, bullet boy, pretty woman, friday, ghostbusters, being john malkovich, shrek 1 & 2, the usual suspects, snatch, lock stock, the godfather, casino, eternal sunshine of a spotless mind and lots more i can't think of

Television:

LOST... that's about it at the moment except from that wicked david attenborough at 40 documentary thing and have i got news for you (is that really sad?)old shows: the office, sex in the city, absolutley fabulous, only fools and horses, eastenders (when it was good), fresh prince of belair, neighbours (when i was 11)

Books:

alice in wonderland, the beach, memoirs of a geisha, any winnie the pooh, she's come undone, the lovely bones, the alchemist, wonderland avenue, the famous five, the secret garden, permanent midnight, midsummer night's dream, on the breath of the gods, the witches, the twits and any other roald dahl book

Heroes:



My Blog

Mark Ronson interview

Feature: Mark RonsonPublication: Blues & SoulDate: March 2007Words by Elle J SmallGROUNDBREAKERHuge! Gigantic! Mahusive! Mark Ronson has proved, with his gob-smackingly spectacular second album, he's ...
Posted by Elle J on Thu, 03 May 2007 06:43:00 PST

Amerie interview

Just in case you missed the last issue of Blues & Soul, with its brand new, spangly revamp, here's my Amerie interview... Feature: AmeriePublication: Blues & Soul DON'T JUDGE A BOOK Words by E...
Posted by Elle J on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:03:00 PST

Gwen Stefani interview

Feature: Gwen StefaniPublication: easyJetDate: March 2007 Words by Elle J Small *a version of the below interview will appear in easyJet's inflight magazine soon Gwen Stefani: "I fell in love wi...
Posted by Elle J on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:30:00 PST

That Ben Westbeech...

That Ben Westbeech's not arf good. Saw him at Ronnie Scott's last week and was thoroughly impressed by his Geography teacher's jacket, bad-ass band and smoother-than-a-baby's-bum vocal. Seeing that he...
Posted by Elle J on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:33:00 PST

Wicked James Brown t-shirt

Calling all worshippers of the James Brown variety! Came across wkd T-shirt designer Rage Johnson and his funk God T on myspaz... gotsta get meself one. Full story and details of where to bag one&nb...
Posted by Elle J on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:02:00 PST

Gwen Stefani on Lady Sovereign:

I had the great pleasure of meeting and interviewing Gwen Stefani yesterday. For the record, she's even more fabulous in the flesh. "It's really rare that a girl comes along with a nice little attitud...
Posted by Elle J on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:01:00 PST

Janet Jackson interview

Feature: Janet JacksonPublication: Blues & SoulDate: August 2006NEW NATIONWords by Elle J SmallBlues & Soul get a date with the icon who soundtracked a generation. Her brand new album, love an...
Posted by Elle J on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:17:00 PST

Jay Kay interview

Feature: Jamiroquai Publication: Blues & Soul Date: November 2006   Words by Elle J Small   This Boogie is for Real On the verge of Jamiroquai's 'High Times' release, Blues & So...
Posted by Elle J on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 02:04:00 PST

Nas interview: on rap, Kelis & living in America...

Q&A: NasPublication: Blues & SoulDate: November 2006Words by Elle J SmallNas on filming a reality TV show with Kelis: "I think there's been so many disgusting images of black people in music, specific...
Posted by Elle J on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:04:00 PST

Gilles Peterson interview

Q&A: Gilles Peterson Website: fmagazine.com Date: July 2006     THE MUSIC NERD'S GURU Interview by Elle J Small     Why were you were sacked from Greater London Radio in t...
Posted by Elle J on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:44:00 PST