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About Me

Bopstar radio: sundays 8PM GMT on Deja Vu http://www.vulive.co.uk

DJ, producer, writer Bopstar is an affiliate of restless soul, the collective spearheaded by Phil Asher, with whom Bop released his first single 'Octavia' ( http://restless.ithinkmusic.com/ ) (the bruk refix is on the ' Our Music, Our Culture ' compilation)

As well as the show on Deja, Bop co-runs the club Patterns alongside Afronaught, Kay Suzuki, and Simbad.

Other tracks so far:

'Chiaroscuro', is on Mr Bongo/Unique Uncut's Basement Soul compilation, www.basementsoul.co.uk - all new remixes due out soon

'Captured' getting played in 1 or 2 spots still demo bizness, labels and all that is still yet TBA, (includes phil asher mixes)

Sampler ep very soon come.

Also, the Phlash/Bopstar collab 'Hazy Afternoon' on the Phlash and Friends album. Yessi :)

The "mixtapes", up on the restless soul podcast feed...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2006
Band Members: bopstar, zara mcfarlane, charlie edwards...
Influences: kodwo eshun 'more brilliant than the sun: adventures in sonic fiction'

maw, j dilla, CO-OP, ig culture, dego, marc mac (4hero), phlash, afronaught (bugz), 2 banks of 4, blaze, sa-ra, derrick may ...

mike ladd, mf doom, madlib, ammoncontact, d'angelo, bilal, omar...

stevie wonder, john and alice coltrane, pharaoh sanders, meshell ndegeocello, quite sane, m-base, vijay iyer, robert mitchell, jason yarde, eska mtungwazi, marcina arnold, doug and jean carn...

matthew herbert, moondog, shigeru umebayashi, asa chang, bjork, john cage, david sylvian, anthony braxton, kodwo eshun, steven shaviro, michel chion, wassily kandinsky, michel serres, marshall mcluhan, cornelius cardew, derek bailey, vilem flusser, david toop...

wong kar wai, SEIJUN SUZUKI, jim jarmusch, spike lee, kurosawa, kubrick, bergman, the coens, kieslowski, lynch, gilliam, len lye, oskar fischinger, norman mclaren, james and john whitney...
Sounds Like: tanuki palace in-house band
Type of Label: None

My Blog

22 things Ive lernt lastcouple yrs aka r u gettin started producin & aint got da sound u want?

22 things ive learnt in the last couple of years, aka, are u getting started producing, and havent got the sound u want yet?1 check the basics - if u aint done a course, or got schooled in a studio by...
Posted by Bopstar on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:44:00 PST

New podcast - Bopstar radio Sep 14 - Thank You Patrick

Plenty of new heat starting with that Seiji rub of Jazmine Sullivan, plus a preview of the Bopstar remix of Perempay n Dee, and a Thank-You-Patrick (Forge) selecshun.(And no distortion! I got the tech...
Posted by Bopstar on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:30:00 PST

Radio Show from Aug 31st 08 - The Peven Edition

After an oh-so-speical gig in London town from the man like Peven Everett, this week's show HAD to be about the man himself. Plus Vu family members and fellow Peven appreciators Unique and Equilibrium...
Posted by Bopstar on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:46:00 PST

Bopstar radio show August 10th 2008

Fresh new biscuits from Phlash and Friends, Bugz in the Attic, Peven Everett, a coupla Bopstar dubs, plus some sensual soul from Ra-Re Valverde, and as we get that bit closer to Carnival, more pre-Car...
Posted by Bopstar on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:07:00 PST

Bopstar and Mark De Clive Lowe podcast

Posted now on http://www.bopstar.tv/blogAlso available on itunesEz people. On this week's show Mark De Clive Lowe aka Mashi touches down and hits us up with a set of all-new MDCL exclusives, and ...
Posted by Bopstar on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:37:00 PST

6 July Playlist

Playlist from last night's show on Deja:(podcast archive soon come...)Keyshia Cole 'Shoulda Let You Go' (Feliciano mix)4Hero 'Look Inside' (Izmabad mix)Alison David 'Dreams' (Bopstar mix)Shuya Okino /...
Posted by Bopstar on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 02:17:00 PST

80s selection for Alternative week on Deja

As part of Deja Vu's alternative week, I dropped an 80s foundation selection on Sunday: House and pre-house, spanning '80 to '89Hour 1 was all about the ladies, hour 2 was all about the fellas.Kickin ...
Posted by Bopstar on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:56:00 PST

Good idea Simbad: June Chart

Bopstaz' June Chart(as heard on vulive.co.uk Sundays 8pm GMT)Erykah Badu Seji mixRestless Soul Tricks the unreleased mixKaidi Tatham Do what you gotta doSimbad Digital RevolutionDeetron Lets get over ...
Posted by Bopstar on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:41:00 PST