Those simple pleasures in life - walks in the mountains, freeparties, good books, swimming in the sea, weekend papers, tea and rollies, sleeping under the stars, toast and marmite, talking rubbish, learning, music, films, roadtrips, festivals, roast dinners, sunshine, photography, cycling, travelling, gin and tonics...and stair bombing of course!
Big fat bass-heavy dub/reggae/electro/jungle/breaks/ hip hop at top volume on a crisp soundsystem in a countryside location on a sunny day please! All the better if it’s the mighty Vibrations HiFi...
Depending on the time of day I am also rather partial to the sounds of, in no particular order -
DJ Moonmonkey, Bison, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Prince, Seeed, Toots & The Maytals, Manu Chao, Bedouin Soundclash, Braintax, Quantic, DJ Rubbish, Stevie Wonder, Super Furry Animals, Orchestra Baobab, Lee Scratch Perry, Talking Heads, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Cat Empire, Sargasso Trio, Augustus Pablo, Beenie Man, Ben Harper, Bjork, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley, Madness, The Specials, Roots Manuva, Luciano, Mad Professor, Morgan Heritage, Afrocelt Soundsystem, Sizzla, Chemical Brothers, Cassetteboy, Dreadzone, The Herbaliser, Eek A Mouse, Fela Kuti, Nicky Spesh, Capelton, Femi Kuti, Nick Drake, Garnett Silk, Gregory Isaacs, Horace Andy, Parliament, Roy Ayres, Jimmy Cliff, John Coltrane, Janis Joplin, The Prodigy, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ray Lamontagne, Joni Mitchell, Damien Marley, Kunt & The Gang, Roisin Murphy, Leftfield, Tanya Stephens, DJ Shadow, The Levellers, Massive Attack, Marvin Gaye, Max Romeo, Morcheeba, The Congos, Miles Davis, Nina Simone, Nitin Sawhney, Peter Tosh, Primal Scream, Radiohead, Ruben Gonzalez, Salif Keita, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Skatalites, Tracy Chapman, Celtica, King Tubby, Sufjan Stevens, Jamie Lidell and allsorts of weirdy gypsy mayhem, funkyass techno, world music influenced beats, folk, acoustic, whatever you can chuck at me. If it makes my ass shake or soothes my soul, so much the better!
Yes, I am willing, as long as it's tasteful. Please contact my agent.
A few signed copies still available, please do get in touch via all the usual channels of communication.
Florence Treblecock, DJ Moonmonkey, Sunshine Dan, Noam Chomsky, Bob Marley. Oh and Gordon, for the ginspiration. Big up.