Greymatter
July 2nd, 2007 by sparky
G is a diverse and experienced soulful music DJ/producer. His dancefloor sound fuses all forms of soul music from all era’s; disco, boogie, broken, other electronic music, dance/deep jazz, deep funk, latin, hip hop, samba, african, world and more. He is the founder of the Brighton based Unique Uncut soul music collective and record label - visit www.uniqueuncut.co.uk for more information.
Influences run from Pharoah Sanders and Stanley Clarke, to A Tribe Called Quest and Lord Finesse, to Moodymann and Maurice Fulton, to Dave Clarke and Jeff Mills, to Slipmatt and Hype, to Tina Marie and Loose Ends, to Teddy Prendergast and Diana Ross, to Bugz In The Attic and Marc Mac, to Tito Puente and Jorge Ben, to Rich Harrison and Timbaland, to Fela Kuti and Mulatu…
He works closely alongside younger brother and 2 x UK DMC finalist Phat Kev - together they are a production team (formerly ‘Other Brothers’) and operate as a 4 turntable + FX DJ setup.
G is a member of the Mr Bongo Records, Basement Soul and Russ Dewbury’s Jazzrooms Allstars DJ collectives.
Regular DJ slots include his own Basement Soul club night that has recently moved into London as well as new locations in Brighton. Guest slots have included the MTV European Dance Music Awards, carnival events in Brazil, dates across Eastern Europe, the USA and China (NYE in 2006), alongside top venues and festivals in the UK including Jazz Cafe, Big Chill Bar, Cargo, WOMAD and others.
He has played alongside the likes of Gilles Peterson, DJ Yoda, Rainer Truby, Benji B, DJ Marky, DJ Patife, The Nextmen, Yungun, Omar, Fink, Koop, Marcelo D2, Fingathing, Russ Dewbury, Mark de Clive Lowe, Bembe Segue, Phil Hartnoll (Orbital), Max Cole, Novalima, Evil Nine…
2007 is set to be an interesting year; solo production work featuring the likes of Lyric L and Emma Brammer is ready to go, Basement Soul : Sounds from the floor volume 01, the first release on Unique Uncut will be shops in April and he now has a regular Mr Bongo show with Samurai FM (www.samurai.fm). The Basement Soul club night has moved into London too.
