Tag: Dego

  • Sunday Avuncular EP – 2000 Black (Dego)

    Sunday Avuncular EP – 2000 Black (Dego)

    Jazzy chords and dance rhythms combine as one half of 4hero joins forces with keyboardist Kaidi Dego, of 4hero and Silhouette Brown fame, tends to tease his fans with a couple of EPs a year. Each release displays a brand of boogie and funk that has few imitators and many admirers. Jazzy chords and dance […]

  • It’s A World Before You album – Kaidi Tatham

    It’s A World Before You album – Kaidi Tatham

    Keyboardist adds rap and neo soul to his jazzy brand of boogie and broken beats Having come to prominence at the turn of the century with broken beaters Bugz in the Attic, what you’d expect from a solo Kaidi LP is a jazzier, purer version of the west London collective’s sound. Here, however, the keyboardist […]

  • Simmering & The Long Climb In The Sun EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Simmering & The Long Climb In The Sun EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Jazzy boogie courtesy of a quartet well-practised in crafting a groove Kaidi Tatham, Dego, Matt Lord and Akwasi Mensah release a 12″ that will no doubt have sold out by the time you’ve read this. Their music is popular. Downloads are, of course, still available. On both Simmering and The Long Climb In The Sun, […]

  • Two Way Here One Way Go EP –  Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Two Way Here One Way Go EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Third instalment of “London boogie” since the UK quartet released their celebrated 2012 album The collaboration between Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and Dego is one of the most polished combinations the 2000Black label partakes in. Music along the broken beat-boogie spectrum often sounds like the creation of lone individuals beavering away in home […]

  • Cascade, The Inside Is The Outside, The Believer EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Cascade, The Inside Is The Outside, The Believer EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Listen to some 21st-century boogie from a funky foursome that includes Kaidi Tatham and Dennis “Dego” McFarlane The quartet of Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and Dego made fans wait three years between their eponymous 2012 album and their next release. Their follow-up, however, to 2015’s Off The Christmas Card List EP hasn’t taken […]

  • Off The Christmas Card List EP  – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    Off The Christmas Card List EP – Tatham, Mensah, Lord & Ranks

    The quartet of Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and Dego return with more UK boogie and broken beats The last time Kaidi Tatham, Akwasi Mensah, Matt Lord and (Dego) Ranks got together was on their eponymous 2012 album. Its seductive blend of broken beats, Mizell Brothers boogie and jazz-funk grooves made it one of […]

  • Don’t Stop (Let It Go) single – Dego & The 2000 Black Family

    Don’t Stop (Let It Go) single – Dego & The 2000 Black Family

    Dego, one half of 4hero, drops Don’t Stop (Let It Go), some delectable funk-infused boogie This track isn’t due out till mid-December, but it will likely leapfrog into the upper echelons of most people’s best-of lists for 2015. Don’t Stop (Let It Go), on Italian label Neroli, is quite simply one of the best tracks […]

  • EP2 – Dego & Kaidi

    EP2 – Dego & Kaidi

    Fans of jazzy “broken house and boogie” will relish EP2, the follow-up to Dego and Kaidi Tatham’s 2014 EP Last year 4hero co-founder Dennis “Dego” McFarlane and Kaidi Tatham put out EP, a release that should win a prize for having the world’s least pretentious title. So in keeping with the pair’s unfussy naming convention, […]

  • The More Things Stay The Same album – Dego

    The More Things Stay The Same album – Dego

    Listen to The More Things Stay The Same, Dennis ‘Dego’ McFarlane sophomore album that spans boogie, broken beats, jazz funk and neo soul Dennis ‘Dego’ McFarlane, one half of esteemed strings ‘n’ bass duo 4hero, has released a follow-up to his superb (an oddly entitled) album A Wha’ Him Deh Pon?. On the strength of […]

  • Make It Hard EP – 2000Black

    Make It Hard EP – 2000Black

    4hero’s Dego releases the Make It Hard EP on Netherlands-based label Rush Hour Under the 2000Black moniker, 4hero’s Dennis “Dego” McFarlane has joined forces with longstanding collaborators Kaidi Tatham and Akwesi Mensah to produce three instrumentals for Netherlands-based label Rush Hour Recordings. Due out later this year, Make It Hard features Dego’s twisted melodies over […]