Forty Five Kings – 24 Hour Live Stream – 26 July 2020 About a month ago I suggested to Rob (DJ Lob) – creator of the Forty Five Kings Facebook group – that it would be a good idea to do a live stream through the group.
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DJ Bacon – Interview When and how did you first get into DJing and in particular 45s? I finally bought my 1200’s in 1998. Before then I had belt drives, and before that a 3 in 1 unit that let me record onto tape with both the
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It has been a long time coming since I first heard about this release but finally I have a copy (doubles in fact) of this excellent 45 in my hands. 45s come in all styles and genres including many re-issues, re-edits and remixes. In my opinion this
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MiSTerSalT – Custom 45s sleeves 45 Day 2020 DJ and Artist MiSTerSalT designs custom sleeves for 45s. We found out more about what inspires him and his techniques. Creatively, I go by the name MiSTerSalT, real name Paul Salt. I bought my first pair of turntables in 1989
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Pete Brady – Superfly Funk & Soul Belfast – Interview When and why did you start Superfly Funk and Soul Belfast? I have been DJing on and off over many years in Belfast, ever since I was 16 actually, so have always had a healthy interest in
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Chrome – Interview When did you first fall in love with hip hop and which artists got you into the scene? I really fell in love with Hip Hop as soon as I found it which was around 82/83 when the ‘Breakin’ phase happened. But it was
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Dr Diggns – Q&A Thank you for being the second guest on the 45 Day Radio show. Christos, thank you for having me on Forty Five Day. Great to connect from way down under! When and why did you set up Dr Diggns and what do you
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77 Sevens Around the time that 45 Day was being launched, Lee Poynter was busy putting together his own unique 45s project – 77 Sevens. Lee tells us more about how it came together. The 77 Sevens project has just dropped (what I’m optimistically calling) ‘Volume One’,
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DJing after the virus As countries across the World ease their Coronavirus restrictions, music events are starting to return. Timbe, from Belgrade in Serbia and part of Funky Fresh DJs collective, tells us about his first DJ gig after lockdown. Today is May 29th 2020, 82 days
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DJ Honey – Q&A Thank you for being the first guest on the 45 Day Radio show. Can you tell us about a few of the tracks you included in your mix. Thank you very much for the invitation! I played a mix of 60s soul jazz,
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