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Ashley Beedle
The last time Ashley DJ'd at The Big Chill was in 2005. When he got back home home, he sent us this mail...Hi everybody who got down at the Fat Tuesday tent on Friday night . Respect due to Yam Who Crew and The Idjut Boys ( Start Me Up ! ) .
I had a thoroughly brilliant time and thought the crowd were top notch ! After playing at Big Chill last year with X-Press 2 which was on Friday as well , that is the day for me.
The Chill crowd allow you to stretch out musically and i certainly did.
A big thank to all the Big Chill staff and organisers who made it stress free.
My " Ross Allen " moment at the Wray and Nephew Rum bar , all girl stage invasion, Rob Da Bank playing Give It ,Luke Unabomber in a field of his own and enough nocturnal moments to keep me giggling for weeks. Big Chill we salute you !
One Love
Upcoming shows...
16 Aug 2007 - Po Na Na, Brighton
18 Aug 2007 - Def Mix @ Pacha, Ibiza
24 Aug 2007 - Heavy Disco @ The Old Queens Head, Islington, London
ASHLEY BEEDLE - Biography
Ashley Beedle became one of the UK's most celebrated house producers in the late '90s as Black Science Orchestra. In addition, Beedle also produced tracks as the Black Jazz Chronicles, the Rising Sunz, the Ballistic Brothers, and X-Press 2.
Born in Hemel Hempstead, England, in 1962, Beedle began DJing during the acid house explosion of the late '80s, but was turned on to disco as well when he heard Norman Jay DJing obscure tracks on the pirate station KISS FM. After he joined long-time friend Rob Mello and John Howard as Black Science Orchestra, the trio reworked the Trammps' "Where Were You (When the Lights Went Out)?" into their debut single "Where Were You," released on Junior Boy's Own. House godfather Frankie Knuckles began spinning the record, as well as the second BSO offering, "Strong" (recorded with Linsey Edwards replacing Mello). Beedle recruited engineer Marc Woolford and keyboard player Uschi Classen for a third single, "New Jersey Deep," and watched the record become a classic, selected by Knuckles and the Masters at Work team for use in their DJ sets.
Though Beedle teamed up with Dave Hill and Rocky & Diesel to form the Ballistic Brothers and release one of 1994's hottest LPs, London Hooligan Soul, he was back with Black Science Orchestra that same year, now just Beedle and Woolford. Though troubles with sample clearance delayed their album almost two years (the duo eventually drafted session musicians and vocalists instead), Beedle kept busy with the formation of the disco-rave project X-Press 2, this time including him and Rocky & Diesel. The trio released singles for Radikal-Q and Junior Boy's Own, but hit the jackpot with a track called "The Sound." It spent weeks at the top of the American dance charts. Later that year, the debut Black Science Orchestra LP, Walter's Room, was released on Junior Boy's Own.
Instead of continuing with Black Science Orchestra, Ashley Beedle reunited with Hill and Rocky & Diesel for a second Ballistic Brothers LP, Rude System. Beedle also released two proper solo EPs during 1997, both recorded as Black Jazz Chronicles. The following year brought a BJC album, Future Ju-Ju, the most well-integrated fusion of disco, jazz, and techno of his varied career. Beedle is an in-demand DJ and also runs three labels: Soundboy Entertainment, Afroart, and Ill Sun.
Most recently, Ashley has been promoting and playing at Warbox, a monthly reggaefest at The Big Chill house.
Written: 6th Jun, 07
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