Tag: 2000 Black
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Better Than This (Dego & Kaidi 2000 Black Mix) – Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson is a wonderfully emotive UK-based singer, who has worked with everyone from the London Community Gospel Choir to Bluey Maunick of Incognito. Here, “Dego” McFarlane and Kaidi Tatham give Paul Johnson’s new single Better Than This a soulful, broken beat remix. The Better Than This EP, which includes a house remix from the […]
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Don’t Have Chairs That Look Nice… mix – Dego
Listen to an enigmatically entitled broken beat mix by Dego from 4hero and Silhouette Brown “Dego” McFarlane of 4hero and Silhouette Brown has released a broken beat mix enigmatically entitled Don’t Have Chairs That Look Nice But Are Not Comfortable To Sit In. Hmm. What is clear is that Dego is one of the most […]