The Vibe Conductor
Been inserted into the Marvin week day rotation a few times lately, and since I’ve been getting lounge crowds more suited to hanging out than raving, I’ve been playing Refuge style sets… and enjoying it.…
Continue Reading Tuesday night at Marvin: a Refuge special
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I salvaged the lone live mix marking the end of my Refuge residency. Lots of deep treats.
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After 23 sessions since October of 2009, we’re retooling the Refuge concept and putting it on ice for a while. Stay tuned to this site for information on the next Refuge incarnation. Thanks to everyone…
Continue Reading A Refuge sabbatical
It’s time for June’s Refuge and we’ve got a double dose of freshness to share. After half a century of blessing the world with the sounds of Brazil, jazz treasure Sérgio Mendes is releasing his…
Continue Reading Refuge #22: Sérgio Mendes, Stef Renée & May recap
Long a favorite around these parts and identified early as someone to watch, Nicholas Ryan Gant and his soaring tenor are popping up on many more intriguing bits of nu-soul, from these shores all the…
Continue Reading Refuge with Nicholas Ryan Gant, Wed. 5/5
***A reminder: Refuge is on a monthly schedule. 1st Wednesdays of the month.*** Erik Rico came through and did the damn thing last week armed with Ableton Live, a mean Moog plug-in, BHE‘s MIDI controller…
Continue Reading Refuge #21: Erik Rico was here. Monthly schedule + new guest.
Kicking off the new monthly Refuge schedule of featured guests is one of my favorite modern soul artists as well as an international ambassador for all things funky and futuristic. Rico has continued to evolve…
Continue Reading Refuge with Erik Rico, Wed. 4/7
I’m back from WMC. I’ve got a lot of tunes. Did you miss me? Let’s hang out, but not in the basement lounge this week. I’ll be in the Red Room at Tabaq, which is…
Continue Reading Refuge location change + Erik Rico + new schedule
No Refuge this week. I’m flying south to that thing I go to every year in order to do some things. These highlights from last week’s set will freshen your library until we resume. Al…
Continue Reading Refuge #20: WMC bye week
Here are a couple joints from my set last week that you should welcome into your lives. Think of them as appetizers in case you’ve been missing Refuge. I’m getting ready for WMC so I…
Continue Reading Refuge #19: Two piece
If you were to approach me on the Metro during my daily commute recently and ask me what was playing on my iPod, these tracks would figure prominently. I shared a bunch at Refuge last…
Continue Reading Refuge #18: Heavy rotation
We had a bit of fun in the wayback machine last week. Dropped some old beloved pop jams then played “stump the fam” with joints I used to love that I guessed they wouldn’t be…
Continue Reading Refuge #17: Lost classics