Happy New Year and Welcome to the first Accaliberation of 2021. Since National Lockdown has been recommissioned for series 3, this month’s story time focuses on the theme of ’Never Alone’. I call on some soulful sages and wise wordsmiths from Soulclap, The Beatles, James Brown, Fame Gospel Choir, Marco Faraone, Bobbi Humphrey, Patrice Rushen, Brainstorm, Blaze and many more to channel a message of how we can make our way through this lockdown and the pandemic with dignity, a smile and a sweaty body. It’s a soul, funk, disco, house genre-hopper and tells an isolation story like only music and lyrics can.
Welcome to Episode 2 of ‘HEAR HEAR’. Consciously uncoupled from my Reform Radio show, it’s my chance to share the wisdom and joy of some extraordinary people in a lockdown regulated session that is exclusive to my YouTube channel. I am blessed and schooled this month by the inspirational and unfuckwithable Jamz Supernova. She’s a BBC 1Xtra and Selector Radio powerhouse and the brains behind the Future Bounce parties and record label and she brings the fire in some beautiful ways.
Here’s my Christmas-ish (and birthday-ish) show for Accaliberation. I’ve popped some random thoughts about 2020 and my hopes for 2021 into a blender to make a fun, super smoothie. Everyone from The Avalanches, Clarence Carter, J Boogie, Donny Hathaway provide a tangential perspective on my isolation Christmas.
I invited the powerhouse Heléna Star (Foundation FM) to do a guest mix and an interview to close out 2020’s isolation shows with a flourish.
It doesn’t seem that long ago when my Takeover was blessed with the honour of hosting French house music royalty. Enjoy the show where David Duriez schooled us all. Feel free to leave a comment and plenty of love for my 9th isolation takeover for Reform Radio.
As promised, here is part 2 of the fascinating VOICES Black Bandcamp conversation with DJ Paulette (part 1 can be found on the Black Bandcamp page on Mixcloud).
Welcome to Voices by Black Bandcamp; a mixed media series of interviews with talented Black artists and music industry members, where we champion the voices of Black people within the global electronic music sphere. Part one of a two part interview.
People keep asking me for a link to my set for the @Fac51hacienda #newyearseve2020 #nyepartyofparties Here is the @StreamGm link for the live #part1 from 10.00-18.00. I played from 14.00-15.00 so should be nestling somewhere in the middle. Enjoy.https://t.co/Fg4zM2cyTT
— PAULETTE (@DJPAULETTE) January 14, 2021
People keep asking me for a link to my set for the Hacienda NYE 24 Hour House Party #newyearseve2020 #nyepartyofparties Here is the @StreamGm
link for the live with sets from Hewan Clarke, Soul Central, DJ Woody, Tom Wainwright, DJ Paulette, Norman Jay MBE, Greg Wilson and K-Klass. Stream with conscience and please donate what you can afford to #OneGM.