Aaron Ross started buying records back in 1993 and immediately began bedroom DJing for hours on end, landing him a spot on a local pirate radio station. By the age of 15 he was playing at the radio station’s local events and club-nights, which he also helped promote. In the following years Aaron had temporary work placements at various record labels including V-Recordings, Island Records, BMG and most notably Virgin.
In 2000 Phil Asher officially made Aaron a member of his long running, well respected DJ / production crew, Restless Soul and 2 years later, the BBC launched 1xtra, their first digital black music radio station. Aaron was chosen to host the soulful house show every Friday night and only recently has left the station to take care of his label.
Here is his selection for “3 Things People Play”:
Liquid People “Son Of Dragon” (Aaron Ross 2010 Re-Fix)
One of my favourite signings to Soul Heaven records – such a simple track in its original form…And I just had to have a mess around with it! I guess this is somewhere between a re-edit and a remix – I didn’t actually change the arrangement I just added parts – new drums and percussion and a bassline from Mood II Swing legend Lem Springsteen.
Soul Central “In-Ten-City” (Aaron Ross 2010 Deep Dub)
Another solid record from the back cat, there’s a dope little techy, arpegiatted sound towards the end of the main mix, I was messing around with an edit and I looped up that part as and then as the breakdown was made up of that musical part it was all without drums so I added new beats and worked an arrangement around that techy part. It totally changes the energy of the record and hopefully opens it up to the DJ.s who play that deeper techy sound.
Peven Everett “Stuck” (Phil Asher’s Soul Heaven Version)
One of my proudest signings and the record that launched the label, a soulful classic with a tight edit from Phil Asher…
Long before it featured on the cover of the best-selling Oasis album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? London’s Berwick Street was a mecca for any self-respecting record collector.
Hailed as the “Golden Mile” of vinyl, in the 1990s more than 20 independent stores once lined the street alongside the fruit market and sex shops, earning this corner of Soho a reputation as host to the greatest concentration of record shops in Britain.
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Record stores are slowly dying off, but one marketplace is healthier than ever. RA’s Richard Carnes takes a look at how Discogs has changed the face of record buying.
Where do you buy your records from? While many vinyl lovers lament the closure of countless record shops due to the rise in internet shopping and a growing digital-only audience, diggers worldwide have had to find new ways to source their fixes of the black crack. Warehouse operations such as Juno and Chemical Records, and popular specialist electronic outlets like Phonica, Boomkat, Hardwax, Rubadub and Piccadilly may be the main ports of call for listeners only interested in brand new records, but if you talk to people who are interested in disco, boogie, ’80s and ’90s house, UK garage, jungle and other genres of yesteryear, it’s likely at least some of their collection has been procured via a website which holds no stock at all: Discogs. Continue Reading »
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The multi-talented George Fotiadis,aka Basement Freaks, has been successfully churning out track after funky track for over ten years now with releases on labels such as Jalapeno, Goodgroove and Wack.
His music has a great live sound to it which is quite probably down to the fact that he can play the guitar, bass and drums.
He launched his Basement Freaks project in 2005 and in the space of a year he had an album out on the Greek label Music Kitchen Records which received high praise from the likes of Kraak & Smaak and Stereo MCs. It earned him remix work for acts like Smoove & Turrell, Chris Joss, A.G.F.A and Rephrase.
US label South City Recordings then released his first solo 12″ EP and in the same year he met Quasamodo and began their long and illustrious working career by collaborating with him for a release on Goodgroove which became a top seller and gained them both even more recognition.
Not happy to settle with the steady the stream of releases being notched up next step was to work on a live act and so the Smokey Bandits was born in 2007. Linking up once again with Quasamodo and another 17 musicians he recorded an album of nu-jazz, balcan beats and cinematic musical pieces which got released after 3 years by Klik Records to smash all the Greek indie radio charts.
This was merely a side project though and Basement Freaks have continued to go from strength to strength with releases and remixes on countless labels that have received radio play from the likes of Craig Charles (RadioBBC 6) and Ali B (Kiss FM). Add to this a steady stream of DJing gigs at clubs and festivals all over Greece and Europe and you can see why this guy is big business.
Since late 2008 he has been living Cologne in Germany in order to enhance his career. Same year becomes a member of Bureau45 agency, and co-operate with the radio station “Funkhaus Europa” (of the WDR stable!) As Global Player (Resident Dj of Funkhaus Europa) has toured across NRW.
2010 sees Basement Freaks looking to gain even more exposure and take things to the next level. And how about this for a statement of intent: he has a whole load of tracks waiting to drop and has kicked the year off with not only a promotional mix but also a 10 track booty LP. That’s the way to get yourself noticed!
In Feb 2010 Basement Freaks release the first E.P for Jalapeno Records with the title“Disco Life” The release has been a huge success for the Basement Freaks with some DJs even saying it’s their best release to date. The EP appealed to a wide range of DJs and there was plenty support across the board. The pioneer Producer/Dj of the Nu Skool Breaks scene Rennie Pilgrem gave 9/10 on his review for I-DJ Magazine. Great feedback also has been received from producer/djs such as : Fedde Le Grand, Crystal Method, ATFC, Groove Armanda, Ali B, Plaza De Funk, Freddie Fresh, Fort Knox Five, Groove Diggerz and directly got radio airplays on BBC1 Annie Nightingale show BBC6 Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show & Kiss FM in U.K.
Next record for Basement Freaks is “Jam In The Jungle feat Mc Coppa,one of the most talented Nu skool vocalists/mc to become no1 on Juno Records shop and smash the dj charts with the help of Parker s dubstep mix! The 12 came out from Badboe s label Breakbeat Paradise, was the first release on wax for the label has been sold out!
The summer of 2010 finds George recording a full album with the 2 vocalists of Disco Life Jazzmin & George Perin to come out later this year on Jalapeno Records. This is a Nu born Funk written in the Troutman s grave George Perin screams in the opening song
For just giving you an idea! Add to that a collaboration with the famous Nigerian Afro Rap singer “Ade Bantu” a song that is featuring on the album. One of the most hard working man is the title often used to present George and that s true!
In 2010 George launches BOMBASTIC JAM label and wins the respect of the scene with droping the one release after the other and all original Nu Funk quality tunes just like those that people are used to hear from the Basement Freaks. The label is smashing it only in 3 months get noticed by everyone in the scene and been in charts as well. There is no doubt that there is something new coming and as we get you out we d like to repost what Rennie Pillgrem wrote:
Greece has got the nu-funk massive and leader of the pack is Thessaloniki’s George Fotiadis the man known as Basement Freaks
