Good morning my friends!

I hope all is well with you. Im sitting an listening to the MTV unplugged album with Jay-Z, woke up stupidly early considering how exhausted I am. I think Im still buzzing from the madness that was this weekend. I know it’s been a couple of days since I touched base, but my internet connection has been playing tricks on my again, and this crazy manic weekend took up most of my time again.

I had a slow start on Thursday evening when I met up with Bart from Onda Sonora & Lefto after work. It felt so nice to finally meet Bart, I always wonder in the back of my head if people like him, who’s blogs/websites Ive been reading & following for years, actually realise how much they’ve changed my life. Needless to say, he was absolutely wonderful and Lefto was, haha, yeah Left was just Lefto, we had a good laugh. Im so happy to be extending my music family to Brussels, they are such great people, and I can’t wait to go there this Autumn. They deserve all the love in the world.

Friday evening I spent with one of my friends that was spinning reggae records at the three blind mice near old street. After some rum & ginger beer, all plans of making it a quiet night flew out the window, and I ended up coming home around 6am in the morning. Was not feeling the sunshine on Saturday morning, but dragged my ass out of bed to go and meet up with Julien from Laid Back Radio, who was here in London for a quick visit.

We met up by Charlotte Street in town, went to one of my favourite small authentic Italian coffee shops located just off Tottenham Court Road for a coffee and a little chat in the gorgeous weather. Ended up heading east towards the Shoreditch area to check out some street art (turns out he is a big fan, which was a nice surprise). Checked out Brick Lane, and ended up at Vibe Bar for a drink. It was the perfect afternoon, the sun was shining, the conversation was stimulating, and aaaah, I have so much love for this man in my heart. I respect his views on this whole music thing immensely, and I think the ideas he has for the future and the mentality he has about/behind the Laid Back project really fits in with my own views and opinions, which in these days are rare to come by. So safe to say I had a wonderful time, and I am really looking forward working with the Laid Back crew in the near future. Be prepared for magical things my friends, it’s all coming together!

After we parted I bumped into some friends, and we went back to vibe bar to say hello to Simbad, Lefto & the bPm who were being their troublesome selves. Nice to finally see Thristian again, I have missed that boy so much. I have to come up with a way of somehow working or doing something with him again, I need my weekly fix of that wonderful laugh of his. Anyway, had some drinks, a lot of laughter and a boogie or two, and went to Cargo to see the nextmen. Cargo was absolute madness, and the queue was the craziest Ive seen it since worldwide awards early this year. After failing to sort anybody else out to get in (I wasn’t gonna be the twat who stayed because I was the only person on the list… not how I roll) we decided to move on. Safe to say it became a bit messier after that, and we ended up in Hoxton Square in the park, drinking beer and talking about life (yes it was one of those…) Rolled home in the wee hours of the morning, and bed never felt as good.

Sunday started rather slowly, but I had a “date” with my best friend Cata in the city for some gossip & giggles, so I pulled myself together and went down to see her. After some late lunch, I had to go east to see Jide & his crew for the crooked tongues BBQ party. The sun was shining, so perfect bbq weather, and who in their right mind will turn down free food & drinks combined with great music on a beautiful Sunday like that!? I personally felt that the majority of the people there were a bit too pretentious, and a bit too styled and “poser-like” for my own personal taste, but you win some and lose some. We bailed around 8pm to attend the “Soul Power” after party at Market Place.

Now that party was the perfect finish to an amazing weekend. Organised by the lovely Amelia from Put Me On It & Shook Mag, it was like the perfect party – with great people, amazing music and wonderful vibes. Was a pleasure to finally meet Amelia after only having met her online, and I can honestly say that she is one of the most beautiful people, personality & looks wise, that I have ever met. Much love & respect to that girl, she is amazing, I hope you’ve checked out her blog Put Me On It! Was also nice to Charlie who I hadn’t seen for a couple of weeks. We had a bit of a giggle, and he then went on to playing a set that was simply on FIRE, I dont think there was one single person that was able to stand still during it. That man is a legend and such an inspiration, I feel so lucky and blessed to have met him… (Much love to you Mr Dark, we need to do dinner soon!) Eric Lau played a wicked set as well, and he has personality that just makes you want to run up and give him a big hug (next time I will!) Oh and funnily enough, I found out yesterday that the guy I was checking out in the corner all night was Oddisee. Haha, small world, and a great party.

All in all, another amazing weekend, and I needed yesterday to kind of recover from the madness. But as they say, no rest for the wicked.

Right, this became a very long post, I need to have a shower and get to work. Hope you all have a wonderful day, will drop by a bit later to check up on you. Much love! x

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