Biography and media

BIOGRAPHY

Writer/DJ/radio broadcaster/amateur artist

1991-1995 – Self-Published a fanzine ‘Left on the Jazz Side’. Interviewed Jason Rebello for the second issue, at the time the UK’s biggest selling jazz artist.

1995- Trace magazine, my first commercially published piece, a live review of George Clinton. Commissioned by Will Ashon, who later set-up the Big Dada label.

1996-2001. I worked for Blues and Soul magazine including writing the monthly jazz column between 1999-2001. I interviewed the great and the good including: Carl Craig, LTJ Bukem, Ashley Beadle, Courtney Pine and Kenny Garrett.

2003-2004 – BBC Music online.

2008- 2011 –  Shook magazine including one of the first published articles on record shops.

2013 – The Secret List – Los Angeles.

2014 – The Secret List – Paris.

2016 – The Secret List – London.

DJ gigs: London – Brilliant Corners, Spiritland, Jumbi, The Standard Hotel; Manchester – The Refuge; Leeds – Outlaws Yacht Club; Paris – Superfly Records; New York City – The Ace Hotel; Hanoi – CAMA ATK.

Radio: interviews – UK nationwide, 6 Music (Gilles Peterson and Cerys Matthews); Brighton, 1BTN (Jim Lister); Melbourne, Triple R (John Bailey); presenting – Voices Radio, Run Dem Radio.

MEDIA

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DJ GIGS, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2023

Hello all, Happy New Year! I have three DJ gigs in Leeds and London, it would be great to see some of you in person.

3pm-8pm, 21/1 – Outlaws Yacht Club, 38 New York Street, Leeds LS2 7DY

7pm-12am, 8/2 , Brilliant Corners, 470-472 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AE

7pm-9pm – Brother Sanjiv: ambient/jazz/folk/ psychedelic funk/rock

9pm-11pm- Sean E , Melomaniacs/ Voices Radio

11pm-12am – Brother Sanjiv – eclectic, dance

7pm-12am, 23/2 Jumbi ,Unit 4.1, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Rd, Peckham London SE15 3SN

A slight change from previously advertised. As most new music from the Caribbean, outside of Jamaica, is on digital, and Jumbi is a one deck venue, I will be playing these sounds to this rough timetable:

7pm-8pm – jazz

8pm – 10pm- Studio One, dub, dancehall, global sounds

10pm-12am – eclectic, hip hop, dubstep, drum n’ bass. Bring your ears and dancing shoes! 

DJ SET AT BRILLIANT CORNERS, DALSTON, 7PM-12AM, THURSDAY 9TH DECEMBER

I’m excited to be DJing at Brilliant Corners, 470 Kingsland Road, Dalston E8 4AE between 7pm-12am, Thursday 9th December. I’ll be taking you around the world musically from ambient to house; to soundtracks to the leftfield. Rough timings and genres below. For dining, Brilliant Corners offers a £30 set menu, booking advisable. Listen here to my previous DJ sets. Come along and say hello.  

7pm-8pm: ambient, soundtracks, classical

8pm-9pm: jazz

9pm-10pm: esoteric; global grooves

10pm-12am: house; uptempo

WEBSITE LAUNCH PARTY, BRILLIANT CORNERS, LONDON, SATURDAY 13th APRIL

I am having a launch party for the “it’s better to travel” website at Brilliant Corners, 470 Kingsland Road, Dalston E8 4AE between 5.30pm-1am, Saturday 13th April. Come and join Ben Newton, head of the Ceres Motion label and me for an eclectic selection, from jazz to new house, to obscure global dance floor gems!

SET TIMES:

5.30pm-7pm – Brilliant Corners playlist

7pm-8pm- Brother Sanjiv (ambient, jazz)

8pm-10.30pm – Ben Newton

10.30pm – 1.30am – Brother Sanjiv (music from around the world, eclectic, house); back to back Brother Sanjiv and Ben Newton