One for Melv

Melv was my record shopping buddy, starting when I bumped into him one day on the corner of the Kingsway and realized he now worked 100 meters away just round the corner.

We could make it over to Soho and back in a lunchtime and that became a regular thing. Soul Jazz, Sister Ray, Reckless, Cheapo Cheapo records and Rough Trade in Covent Garden all became regular haunts, along with the odd trip to record and tape exchange in Notting Hill on a Saturday.

In putting together this mix, I realized that Adrian changed what I listened to more than anyone I know. There isn't a track here that he didn't lead me to. An introduction to MoWax led to DJ shadow and Japanese hip hop, he recommended Kruder and Dorfmeister's DJ Kicks and expressed a love of Love T.K.O.. I can vividly picture standing at the bottom of the spiral staircase in Rough Trade whilst Lazarus Man by Terry Callier was playing, with both of us unable to leave until it finished.

Made with Love