Soul A:M Records ft Master J Podcast

Whilst the latter half of the 1980s is seldom revisited today by mainstream or alternative! In remembrance of club life with its popularity in wine bars formally known as Disco pubs and record stores i frequented for my wanton desire to set alight the hallowed turf formally known as the Dance-Floor back in this day. This week I feel the need…the need to once again inject you with the essence of my love. Let me take you on a pure & potent excursion into the 1980s to sample my mixology where each track is served to you raw, Feeling the very DNA of the artists true identity is bliss in the mix, Coupled with memories of a unique period whilst we consistently lived the very transformation of dance music and you have something very special. Welcome to my raw and pure rendition that I call The Revival.

[Com-pil-ation] Strap yourselves in to embark on a journey through recording time into the collective world of the compilation album. What is your well played compilation Album! Let us know via social Media. Since the 1970s this alternate way of releasing tracks for distribution often overlooked by their parent companies which not only rose in popularity but became an essential way of obtaining lessor known rarities to add to your collections, Often touted as Power-plays or Hits with attractive cover Art by the labels to invoke a retail attraction, the invitation to sample various artists via Long play Media [LPs] was enough pulling power for me, with many decades spent soul searching record stores globally with an attraction too enticing to resist to this very day. *Warning* you may experience surface noise, Fluctuating dynamic ranges from LPs closing in on 50 years old “But” If you have true audiophile ears! Joy lies dormant awaiting your arrival. As part of my Uncut series, i present to you A Soul-Unique Compilation.

Welcome to March and the start of something special aside from the fact that we cant wait to start roaming the streets of our neighbourhoods once more just being human, Whilst the clock counts down (slowly) I would like to invite you to sample Utopia Soul-Uniquely taken from my passed conquests unifying us through matching beats hype rhythms and funked up rhymes to wanton clobbers in the hope of you alongside others collectively experiencing the sounds of True-Soul. The 1990s were special for so many reasons, and this weeks show is but one reason to prepare to smile from the inside out as I present to you, Myself Master J Unfiltered for you to experience just how I did it my way! And may do again… if we are ever aloud out? Enjoy,

Re-energise your tired minds to unfold the Sound of Soul with within an exhibition of fine Dance productions conjured deep from the recesses of Dance Floors in time within your inner mind. As I prepare to enter the final month of eighteen years of presenting Soul A:M, I would like to share with you the Undiluted connection that I have with my records…My bond with these priceless melodies lay in unison with thousands of memories across hundreds of backdrops from Parties to Record stores wine-bars, Nite spots Concerts and so much more spanning the Globe. Sometimes… Just sometimes the best way to reconnect with my media is to switch Illuminate the ON AIR sign, power up the MK2s and just feel the good Groove for what it was is and always will be! The Music of life, I present to you Uncut and Raw 1984.

The Uncut sound of Soul defined by my longing to feed your Dance-floor desires was a state of mind seldom felt just playing tracks, but an elevation of your mind, body and soul achieved when your very being absorbs a culmination of Beats rhythms and funky rhymes served to you by a beat master sometimes using two or three platters that span liquid gold grooves aka Wax, Records and later Vinyl. Lyrics and rhythms would energise you into a Euphoric state of audio ecstasy leaving your body humming to the morning and beyond. This week I would like to take you back to 1983 a year often overshadowed by the mesmerising star-date that artists of Soul peeked perfection...1984. Embrace this selection of 12” cuts served raw & pure that will leave you wanting to sample more from this brand new series...only bettered if you have fond memories To reminisce.

MJs Love Few words are needed this episode as everything that you will need to prepare you for this listening excursion is included within, should your mood serve you right. Intertwining your minds with your bodies inject ing your Souls to a much needed serving of undiluted love is something I am sure you are all in much need of. Welcome to love unlimited, Classic love music to make you feel reel…MJ

Synopsis After dropping the Mic to enable you to truly be at one with my Undiluted Music during January, I proudly return to spearhead February’s selection of themed productions which kicks off with a brand new concept show evolving my way of celebrating the Long play Media which was previously titled an LP Showcase. My Soul-Unique way of presenting Soul truly knows no boundaries as a mere 20 mins before I was ready to start compiling albums for this episode, a concept appeared to me with a longing to present the Artists and Albums in order of Numeracy, The irony here is my LP's are vaulted in this very order unlike my 12"s which are catalogued in their years of purchase! With each show representing the title letter! you would think that I would like most in the game start my pilot with the letter A? Right! I am proud to share my feel good music lifted from albums where you will find the Tru-DNA of a recording artist, Warming up your Souls and your Speakers as i present to you the A-Z of My LPs…Enjoy, Like, Review our podcast and share across your social spectrum, MJ.

Welcome Groovers to the latest episode in the Undiluted series as we conclude The first January of a new dawn with an introduction to my rendition of a compilation series that so nearly was... Celebrating the best of my records Uncut. With last weeks episode concentrating on the remixes with tracks enhanced by the Master Mixers ever so respectfully to enhance the true DNA of the artists creative origins... I was left feeling like I had only scratched the surface of my floor-filling years I cherish so much, So with the mission at hand not concluded, a continuation was always on the cards! especially with the popularity of its downloads and sharing... I can only salute you... This week we continue the celebration of the remix’s as the 1980s provides the backdrop to my hay-days as wine bars and Nite spots served up spaces to socialise & Admirer... and for the DJ to inspire you to project your very souls collectively towards the conductor of the melodies to take control of your minds your bodies and more importantly... your Souls, A natural high like no other? This has been January at its most Sincere! In these modern times, you are going to need to remember what made you the person that you are today!!! And what better way to start...Than with a Dance and a smile, This is Music for Real Music lovers… Uncut, Unmissable…Undiluted, Play Loud n Proud MJ...Back live next week.

We continue this month of January as we started celebrating my music served to you the purest way I am able! Undiluted, Each week a different rendition of my nearly was Compilation Album entitled Undiluted that was so so close to construction to coincide with celebrate 10 glorious years of My weekly show Soul A:M which on this day is merely weeks away from 19 fantastic years of broadcast. Today’s excursions into my vaults serves up creations harmony’s beats n rhymes produced by wizards of the round table’s entitled Master Mixers of whom entered the foray of re-mixing records an art form which stems back to the origins of beat matching this craft in so many ways an art form daring to be at one with the music individually seamlessly segwaying independent records together to create new music... Mastering this superior level of DJ’n quickly rose in popularity due to the ability to prolong the dance-floors inhabitants subsequently enveloping them sounds with feelings of Utopian delights. Due to the demonisation of Disco which weighed down heavy on record producers and artists alike to retreat back into their studio’s to remix their own technical thoughts to evolve dance for the impending 1980s. Sadly due to its hi attention span, and the Soul Sapping concentration levels required to produce music live out of records already produced to wax challenged many Disc Jockey’s into submission thus creating a teared level of status which propelled the demand of the Mix - able DJs sky bound with the chosen few entering the recording studio to propel their passion into record production and track remixes. This production is a celebration of those DJ/Producers and record labels of whom respectfully created music out of music whilst keeping the recording artists true renditions to heart. This is Music for Real Music lovers… Uncut, Unmissable…Undiluted, Play Loud n Proud MJ.

Welcome true music lovers to the Undiluted series this week excursion as part of our Free-Style January which takes us on a Soul- Unique Journey to rediscover the pure power of records produced marked and released to be absorbed through the collective minds bonded within a celestial plain constructed to harness the collective elements of Attraction Energy, Rhythm and Harmony thus creating the Utopia that was the Dance-Floor. Tracks forged out of the heartache oppression and a longing to master the craft of music for a better life was the driving force for many artists and bands of the 1970s and we certainly felt their sweet power delivering deep R&B cuts which were served up to you well underground like a resistance movement of outcasts, fuelling excitement towards living for the weekend this culture became the stable of socialites and hipsters alike shaking their Groove things into the feel good 1980s, With Disco evolving into Dance enhanced in every way to ignite your very DNA to invoke pleasure. I have selected an ensemble of 12” records from the vaults of whom have served me well over my years feeding clubbers creating nights of pleasure, If you ever experienced being at one on a Dance-Floor you will know the very reason why the pioneers labelled our Sound Soul Music... Transmitting to you from a time zone 2021 ravaged by uncertainty! I welcome you back to Musical Freedom You can’t fake this feeling... Dance and break free!!

The Inspiration for todays ensemble of Fusion, Funk n Soul artists resides with My Mother a lady l am proud to call our leader… An inspirational icon of whom knows no boundaries, Coming home to the UK amidst the madness during December to spearhead an event of what I can only describe as the most amazing retro themed Christmas to date. My Big Brother was taken far too early in his prime! a beacon of Leadership to many throughout the 1970s and 80s further more described as a true Gent whilst known to the Lions faithful as “Tiny” to me though he will forever reside within my Soul…within my Music forever guiding me forwards to this very day to distribute my love, appreciation and longing... to share beautiful Undiluted and uplifting Music in the hope of making you smile from the inside out. "Fact" - Today's Cover is the actual front cover for my proposed first Compilation album 10 years ago ! A two part gate folded edition LP released on Vinyl only! Undiluted was to be shipped with LP 1 with inside artwork and history inc pictures feeding Dance-Floors and Radio the past 30 years, LP 2 would be later released with A&B side 30 min x 2 MegaMixes to complete the set. Advance talks with labels for copyrights were past advance stages where possible whilst negotiations were set with the Historic Abby Road recording studio's to become the first DJ/Producer to lay down a compilation live…Very exciting times these were. I really appreciated all the love and support from my inner circle during this time with even all pre-orders reserved before going to print? Sadly due to a life obstacle! Undiluted was never cut… Until now Enjoy. Believe in Love, Believe in yourself! Resist...

This weeks production spearheads a January like no other! having to now carry the weight of hope for a whole calendar year prior which was literally wiped out!!! January is special for many more reasons than I care to share! but! First and foremost this month I give my Productive mind a much needed rest! Opting for my rules of audio attraction, simply playing what I feel all in real-time of recording which ramps up the anticipation of feel good. Enjoy this weeks edition of Soul A:M Undiluted with Mic dropped to maximise your immersion into my records served to you with crackles and a few pops for an intimate connection enjoy...

When I was growing up in the 1970s being at an age to absorb the scriptures of visionaries from comics like 2000ad that had their interpretations of our future societies ring fenced into the confines of comic books purchased by younglings eager to expand their wanton minds… Seldom would I envisage that I would actually lay witness to a sequence of events that make fantastic tales of an impending dystopian society a reality…And then came 2020! With events playing out like a movie script! from amazing stories laid out like a short story, I invite you to Don’t walk towards 1 minute past midnight this NYE! but Sprint if you can… towards the light of hope! Better still this celebration of the best mixes of the worst year in modern History, Dance, Smile! feel alive…and understand The future is what “YOU” make it. Happy New Year

For anyone fortunate enough to have lived through this timeline where creativity innovation and trendsetting was as important as fame! You are now about to be transported back this Christmas week to revisit a British institution which since the late 60s has been a platter to sample the latest chart hits from artists from around the world, Over the years this platform was often subject of criticism for its lack diverse music! or if a track did make it on to TOTPs it would loose street cred and deemed commercial... That mentality was not shared within my mind! or i am sure with the artists and groups hopeful of making it, This compilation of hits made it onto this iconic show and features a varied selection of artists from 1 hit wonders to US super groups chart bound between 1975 - 1984, This was by no means the definitive selection, Whilst very difficult to compile, many tracks were unlawfully left out of selection to bring you respectfully streamlined show to fit into your Holiday’s and will warrant a sequel for sure! Merry Christmas to all who sample this Dance Decade special edition My Soulful Top of the Pops.

To round off a truly fabulous week of birthday celebrations spearheaded by my too cool family where everything was sprinkled with the very essence of disco from cup cakes to cards... The inspiration to this show goes back over 33 years where at the ages of 21 I was asked what year I wanted to celebrate next... and notable ages of 30-40 or 50 were not mentioned but one year was! 54 the year that hallmarked Disco, back then what I did not foresee was not only the demise of dance... but would be the very deconstruction of music itself. This weeks trip is hip! As I attempt to just play music selected in real time from my record vaults to ignite a spontaneous spark seldom heard on broadcast radio. Music played for their mutual attraction! Their superior production levels which were designed to compel you to abandon your best chat up lines mid flow! place down your drinks to find your place on the Dance-floor to embrace Utopia... The Music of life, Our life my music. I have so many visuals to share observing the many souls that stepped onto into the lights of Hope, Safety and expression! Sort after within the 1970s and 80s when we never knew that we were already free? Until now... Maybe one day I will unveil my Tales from the Dance-floor enjoy,

Welcome to what could quite possibly be the most unique December on record! As we enter the festive armed not with reindeer printed face coverings…or Christmas tree scented sanitiser? But with a studio filled to the brim with records as i embark on a brand new mission in search of the perfect beat… Over the decades for those fortunate to have graced the Hallowed turf of a real dance-floor served like a Platter for the curator stat stood tall on the booth armed with 1&2s loaded with killer cuts caught fresh from the days record store hunting…if they were True-Players mind! Guaranteed to become a series in the new year, prepare to hear beats rhythms and dope rhymes that are driven not by the lyrics… But the beat, Enjoy MJ

This null n void November continues to hold up its end to the bargain of keeping us all conformed and paranoid asking will we or wont we! have a Festive holiday we so deserve… There are some so tuned into the Soul sapping Messages projected from the screens that consistently threaten a future like so many science fiction dystopian depictions before, that if you do not comply! Sorry Sci Fi!!! Good Gods is nothing original anymore! Its now changed to SyFi Damn SJWs. Thankfully there is Music, and this week we take you back to the Hallowed turf of Dance-Floors past in the hope of unlocking the sweetest pain unleashed within the confines of your memories should you be so fortunate to have collated them. Conceived a decade after Disco’s demise the Sounds of House unleashed many formats, But it was the 1990s that the once Soulfulness of 80s dance would once again infect beats and tempo’s this time through the harmony’s of Uplifting messages of hope in the guise of Gospel House. It was within these years that this music was best served ironically within the confines of a converted church at a then Night club called Limelight situated in central London’s Shaftesbury Avenue There were many more hotspots…But this was a very special venue. After deciding to reduce the length of our weekly excursions in soul to between 1 hour and 90 minutes very reminiscent of cassette tape TDKs anyone! Until the Festive period at least where i am quietly confident bigger productions will be created for you to break free to enjoy Family & Friends to the fullest. Break free from conformity and feel the unmistakably positive “Message in the Music” Enjoy.

Grab the Water! Clear the furniture! And switch off the Mind-manipulation tool that is Television as it is indeed time to prepare to be transported back to a decade of sincerity, positivity and an era when we appreciated the artists musicians and producers for their authenticity for believing in their crafts thus creating the origins of the Dance…. Feel the raw undiluted power of this cultural vibe spawned from mainstream rejection, A disillusioned society fuelled by paranoid oppression thus unwittingly creating an underground society locked within a closet separated from societies acceptance… Until the music pushed back until containment was no longer an option? Breaking free like a Fever that would infect all. Welcome back to the glorious 1970s and a time we working to live…and not the other way round which is a sad fact of these dystopian times… After deciding to reduce the length of our weekly excursions in soul to between 1 hour and 90 minutes very reminiscent of cassette tape TDK anyone! At least until the Festive period where i am quietly confident bigger productions will be created for you to break free to enjoy Family & Friends to the fullest. Break Free from the Matrix and Dance to my Soul-Unique DISCO.

Wow what a week! with last weeks big production leaving me so feeling depleted as everything i had in the locker went out towards you through arranging and compiling a ensemble of hits to respectfully allow us to once again dance with the Soulful deceased now endorsed into the Afterlife… It was you my cherished and respected listeners who made me aware of the fact that “Givin out” my very essence every week must sometimes take its toll! and as now know! that you know that i give it my all for my music to reach you in the most sincere way i can… I have decided to reduce the length of our weekly excursions in soul to between 1 hour and 90 minutes very reminiscent of cassette tape TDKs anyone! Until the Festive period at least where i am quietly confident bigger productions will be created for you to break free to enjoy Family & Friends to the fullest. Meanwhile enjoy todays gathering of albums which was really fun to choose knowing full well that you were in for a real treat, Every record that i play is given the ultimate respect in the hope of being absorbed by appreciators of quality Soul Music…

And here we are! The one night of the year when we intentionally and hopefully warn of dark spirits ghouls and otherworldly forces that fill us with a sense of impending Dread! Little would we have known back in 2019 that we were about to experience a whole year of Darkness laced with curiosity powered by our own fears of uncertainty of just what the NWO “whoops” I meant World health organisations world will look Like when the Plandemic agenda is realised by the many! all too late to matter. To make matters even more weird! This years theme loosely based off of a Masterpiece of film making from 2002 that hit cinema-goers hard with a stylised and updated take on the Zombie trope that i actually created for last years show! Sadly Postponed due to software issues only to be re-released this year... The year that an actual global pandemic would be unleashed upon our world playing out frame by frame like another pandemic Hollywood movie with a frightfully similar plot line from the first contagious frame to last... For 2020 I have remixed the way you will celebrate our artists n craftsmen and women of the Soulful dead, In total respect to all of the musicians, singers song writers and producers who have left our rheum, This all Hallows I have not only dropped the mic! But I have created a very rarely constructed playlist for you to be able to synchronise whilst you listen to see if you got the artist right... This year pioneering DJs are included with a few of the tracks made famous by David Mancuso, Larry Levan Froggy and the Mix doctor, Respec is due. Have fun! And remember! On this night and day of Sam Hain, Artist return to take back what has always been rightfully there’s…You Souls! PROJECT AFTERLIFE 28 PLAYS LATER 1 Ashford & Simpson - It seems to hang on RIP Nick Ashford 22/08/2011 2 Curtis Hairston - Take time RIP 18/01/1996 3 The Whispers - Up on Soul Train RIP Nick Caldwell 05/01/2016 4 A W B - Work to do RIP Molly Duncan 08/10/2019 5 Leon ware - On the Island RIP 23/02/2017 6 Donald Byrd - You and Music RIP 04/02/2013 7 Sharon Redd - Beat the Street RIP 01/05/2002 8 Carl Anderson - Somebody up there likes me RIP 23/02/2004 9 Stanley Turpentine - I’ll be there RIP 12/09/2000 10 The Temptations - Law of the Land RIP Denis Edwards 2018 Eddy Kendrick 1992 11 Chic - My forbidden lover RIP Bernard Edwards 18/04/1996 12 Sherrick - Tell Me RIP 22/01/1999 13 Minnie - Memory Lane RIP 12/07/1979 14 Crown Heights Affair - Larry Levan Mix 15 George Duke - I want you RIP 05/08/2013 16 Emotions - Your the one RIP Pamela Huchingson 20/092020 17 Kashif - Help yourself to my love RIP 25/09/2016 18 Brothers Johnson - No 23 RIP Louis Johnson 21/05/2015 19 The Jones Girls - Sitting on top! RIP Brenda 1993 Shirley 03/04/2017 20 Ingram - Music the power RIP James Ingram 29/01/2019 21 EWF - Sir Maurice White RIP 22 George Howard - Love will find the way RIP 20/03/1998 23 Phylis Hyman - Falling under your spell RIP 30/06/1995 24 The Jackson’s - This Place Hotel RIP MJ 25/06/2009 25 Harold Melvin and the Blue-notes - The love I lost RIP Teddy P 30/01/2010 26 Heatwave - Groove-line RIP Rod Temperton 2016 Johnny Wilder 2006 27 Marvin Gay - My Love is waiting RIP 01/04/1984 28 Luther Vandross - The Sweetest one RIP 01/07/2005

After a successful summer transporting you back to the now unbelievably musical safari that was the 1980s, like many others I was fortunate enough to have experienced the evolution of Dance music all played out to a never ending backdrop of record stores, night clubs parties choice encounters and so much more! Fast forward to today!!! Filled with uncertainty dystopian authorities around the globe pulling us down in unison from a count of billions to a percentage of 1? My hope is the dance decade will serve you well to a much needed love injection of creativity and artistry seldom seen or heard since the turn of the millennia. Whilst I prepare my next project to unleash the Soulful dead All Hallows’ Eve through unlocking the vinyl vaults for them to reclaim what they gave us... their Souls. I would like to unleash a powerful show rewound from Feb 2019 which aired Pre Pandemic, absorb this fine selection of Me music which for all the right reasons... I would love to share once again on a Global scale Enjoy.

This episode brings us to the year it all changed! Whilst we still had the very popular wine bars and disco pubs to feel the groove within this Star-date we lived for the night life, From a UK perspective up and down the United Kingdom night clubs dominated the dance landscape from Wigan to the West End the sound of Chicago house set the tempo us to feel free...whilst Soulful Jazzy Flava’s would make a welcomed return 1990 and beyond! this year ironically would reflect a decade before where disco evolved honestly only to become demonised through blatant hijacking by the mainstream to curb its meteoric rise that elevated its popularity threatening the very fabric of the music industry. Here we are in ten years on and yet again out of the ashes of Disco comes this raw sound that emerged once again from the Hispanic & Black underground only to once again take control... the critics said it just would not last! Welcome back back to the very definition of dance music 1989 this weeks conclusion to my favourite timeline of music... The Dance Decade.

With the Music industry experiencing one of the biggest transformations in over a decade, the dance floor spaces we were accustomed to around a bar or disco pub were about to be assaulted as the sound of the underground previously shunned by the yuppie wine bar scene were about to create their own stage bigger, louder and more progressive than any sound experienced post Disco. Garage house had hit our shores as early as 1985, but it was about to evolve once more! Infected with the signature British sound with bpm’s cranked up to meet the elevated heartbeats of both excitement...and a prescription on enhancements that some needed to fuel the desire to hyper dance to the acid house sounds best experienced at undisclosed locations to heighten the excitement to attend a Rave. Hip Hop, Dance Soul and house now known as Classic all took centre stage... Exciting time for those who like myself were at the right age, at the right time to live and breathe this exciting period of change! The irony is this same change happened a decade before with Disco... Coincidence !! or Planed?? Welcome back to the Star-date 1988 this weeks Dance Decade 80s

Within this Soul-Unique episode our music and its origins are in jeopardy of dilution as corporate labels and media yet again spin their web of deceit and lies tempting our artists of soul towards the darker side of fame and fortune. With many contracts not worth the paper that they were written on our sound was at risk of disappearing into popular culture forever, But there was hope as raw Hip Hop & now Classic House withstood the temptation to dilution forging there own empires that the mainstream said would not last. Within this Year they would all Sound clash together on the precipice of change this eclectic mix of high hats, Bass Beats n rhymes would make for one undiluted excursion for true music lovers everywhere... Music is just not celebrated in its purest vinyl format anymore to share Joy without gain… Make sure to like and review to keep the vibe alive… Welcome back to the Star-date 1987 this weeks Dance Decade.

Amongst the bright lights and commercial awareness of our music being thrusted onto the centre stage our artists stand front and centre on the cusp of Fame. Those envious, corrupt and greed filled glares of envy were about to pounce with the objective of twisting our pure sound, Manipulating the very DNA of our Dance code and the worst thing of all… It started from within. At this stage the virus of deception was minuscule, For this years contend was potent vast and varied from Hip Hop to Club Classic Soul with many anthems celebrated locally in micro clubs that infected the high streets nationally bringing the sound of Underground soul tempting the mainstream. Within this year the Tarquins of the financial sector armed with Filofax’s dared to mingle with regular wine bar goers to embrace the euphoria that swept our nation… Welcome back to the Star-Date 1986 this weeks Dance Decade.

We were so alive! A stark contrast from the Cold War that was playing out on the theatre that is life, Within this very Star-Date we sought Dance music on LAND-Dance-Floors SEA-Soul boats and AIR-Pirate radio. What you will be able to hear if you listen very carefully to this weeks production is the last year that the artists were able to create because their very soul compelled them to sing out and share what message lies within... This Year sees an unwanted attention from the record labels spearheaded by so called music moguls of the commercial market as they lye in wait with envious eyes to coerce, manipulate and tempt artists of Soul into diluting their pure sound for awareness fame and fortune... If this sounds familiar this same agenda happened a decade before in the 70s with Disco and a decade before that with the commercialism of original 60s R&B cemented by the Stax Tamla Motown sound. Do you see the pattern… One thing was assured... Our music was simply Solid Soul enjoy. Welcome back to the Star-date 1985 this weeks Dance Decade..

Welcome to the year that all of the hallmarks indicated that Soul Music artists got it so right, Producers continued to enhance the values pioneered in the previous decade whilst to evolution of dance music spilled over onto popular music, culture, tv and film. A culmination of Ghetto, street Rap, hip hop & electro morphed...enhanced mainly by airplay from the UK's pirate radio scene, An explosion of fashion saw a steady incline of sports wear brands become institutions whilst all of this played out amongst a cold work as two superpowers played out politics to a game of Russian roulette tempting the other into pressing the button first... Welcome home to the nearly wasn’t 1984 Dance Decade 80s.

In this edition of Soul A:M we continue to absorb the essence of the ingredients that collectively progress the evolution of Soul music in the UK and indeed all around the globe. Within this Star-Date our music continues to evolve as producers continue to bend the envelope testing the constitution that regulates pop music culture. This year the scene gets colourful, the influence of the B-Boy scene spills over onto the dance-floor as sportswear brands Adidas, Nike, kappa and my fave Fila Bjorne Borg track suit illuminating the already bright lights of any hallowed turf with my petrol blue coolness... In this very production you will experience the progression of a dominating force, an Unstoppable entity that compelled music lovers to gravitate towards night clubs eager to show off a weeks choreography sweated out in front of your bedroom mirror. I welcome you to a very special place in anyone’s heart that has the pleasure to be around the grand old age as I, welcome you home to the Star-date 1983 this weeks Dance Decade...

If rumour be believed there was a secret code embedded within the lyrics of Disco for all to embrace...If you were indeed within the Soul-Space to receive its transmittion across the Dance-Floors of the 1970s it read that... Love was the message! After disco's demise [by namesake only] and out of the Oppression and depression of the turn of this new 80s decade, the dance music community once more emerging with a new found enhanced sound filled with pride but was that enough to cut through the barriers! It was only time that hope would once more materialise in the guise of a wordsmith from the streets who would lay out a stark reality of just how it is if you seek fame and lay claim to riches without gain... A Message which stands tall as a warning for all to this very day Profit or Poet! Welcome home to the truly inspirational 1982 this weeks Dance Decade.

Ever wondered what the 1980s were really like? Are the tracks you know and love that circulate on every compilation a real representation of the true sounds of Soul? Join me Master J as I invite you to sample my favourite timeline of music recorded in my mind from a Soul-unique perspective of both the DJ Booths and hallowed turf of Dance-floors from London to Miami, Jamaica and beyond... Prepare for music served undiluted all in original Vinyl with the Soul Intension of making you feel good. This week we move up one to 81 that will be forever known as the year that the Brit Soul music scene spearheaded a revolution that would both unite us as a nation on the Dance-Floor whilst breaking down barriers towards creating a truly United Kingdom... Welcome back to the Star-Date 1981 this weeks Dance Decade Enjoy, Review, like, care, and share.

Ever wondered what the 1980s were really like? Are the tracks you know and love that circulate on every compilation a real representation of the true sounds of Soul? Join me Master J as I invite you to sample my favourite timeline of music recorded in my mind from a Soul-unique perspective of both the DJ Booths and hallowed turf of Dance-floors from London to Miami, Jamaica and beyond... Prepare for music served undiluted all in original Vinyl with the Soul Intension of making you feel good. Launching with a 40th anniversary edition celebrating the definitive Star-Date that is 1980. I present to you the Dance Decade... Enjoy, Review, like, care, and share.

Wishing away the last seven days to continue our celebration of this Soul-Unique period within our musical spectrum responsible for the building blocks of Dance R&B Jazz and Fusion. Catapulted into a Euphoria that would set the tempo for dance music for decades to follow. Inadvertently acting as a beacon of hope for song writers musicians singers bands, record labels and Disc Jockeys to Ignite a spark that would set up the definitive lights sights and sound of the 1980s. I invite you to feel free once more to 1970s Floor-Fillers slippin and sliding towards concluding this prelude to this years event. Get ready for blast off!! Warn the neighbours... and turn up the base! Star-date 1980 next weeks Dance Decade.

In eager anticipation of this years Dance Decade event, I would like to take you on an Unscripted Unauthodox and 101% Undiluted journey out of today’s Dystopian society and transport you back to a timezone once lived filled with Originality, Creativity & innovation, energetic Nightlife long lines decorated with boob tubes big hair and flared trousers underpinned by uncut dance music, This part 1 of 2 will reintroduce you to Artists who dared to dream to propel themselves out of oppression and straight onto the now hallowed turf that I once called my home… The Dance-Floors, Acting as a Prelude to this years DD18 series I welcome you back to the Groovy 70s, Subscribe Review, like and share most importantly…Enjoy MJ.

To be able to enjoy this production to its fullest! you are invited to play it very loud and proud...This Production is a sequel to last weeks smash hit where I invited you to once again appreciate the finest floor-fillers that were served up to you in our Heyday on the hallowed turf of music and lights where we congregating to dismiss the worries and woes of the working week. Lets travel back to a timezone where being a DJ was an expensive career choice or sideline! Soul satisfying and a heavy crate sifting privilege to collect records…and not something you did because of convenience! Make some space and feel that natural base…Enjoy.

This weeks Edition pulls no punches as I introduce a selection of heavy hitters that I have had the very Soul Unique pleasure of selecting to Rock n Shock the hallowed turf that we call The Dance-Floor. Whether it be a one hit wonder... the one title that got away....Or a 12" anthem that the title has eluded you to this very day! We have the pleasure of reintroducing you to the very spark that could make you place down that drink... and Hit! the Dance-Floor to shake your groove thang, Enjoy.

Great to be back, Hosting the Music of life! Needed in these times more than ever! I Present to you this selection of 12" releases seldom played let alone shared from a magical period where artists plied their trade to seek perfection through passion and creativity! in the distant hope of making it and the riches fame brings…And not the other way round. Enjoy this Soul-Unique journey that will unleash the true lover in you... Enjoy!

Production is well underway for the main event of the Soul A:M Calendar which depicts my favourite timeline of music which i unleash yearly titled The Dance Decade, So much so in fact! I did not think you would disapprove of us rewinding back into our vaults to celebrate another moment of historic magic… The nineties is seldom revisited in remembrance of club world or record labels…So whilst i feel the need…the need to prance and dance! Let me take you on a potent excursion into the 1990s to sample my rendition I call The Revival.

Todays Production concludes the month of June in a very Soul-Unique Style with an invitation to share a historic but seldom celebrated evolutional jump in Dance culture. Out of the ashes of disco’s premature but calculated demise cames the true sound of an oppressed class. Created by the Pioneers…these Masters of the “Get Down” break beats crayoned out from deep R&B cuts of the 1970s were used as armoury for a new way for gangs to clash! With block parties as the battlefield and Mega Sound Systems Projected as battering rams, It was destiny for the mainstream to once again take note of street music’s desire to inspire. 1981 the Location UK, Londons Southbank area aka Skate City, 40 years ago this now iconic location was mainly known for Crypto’s and roller blades, I witnessed and partook in true-art created with a US/UK flavour by a youthful craze with Poppers n Lockers, Free-Style Breakers who would all converge armed with Booming boxes and floor covering [Lino] ready to throw it down all to a backdrop of creative taggers, Fly Girls and B-Boys. Embrace this phenomena once again as i serve ten memorable original records beat matched to you raw & Pure… Electro Hits MJ Mix Vol 5

The Master J returns to feed his microphone to present an undiluted & unorthodox selection of Rarities from the 1980s Bars and dance-floors. Perfectly timed to coincide with the imminent return of the Dance Decade laced with the upcoming summer sun... Prepare to unlock your most cherished memories as these tracks unfold memories recently dormant now confined to the vaults of your inner mind... Be sure to Like! Share review & care! I love true soul music and I can only hope that you do too... Enjoy.

Continuing my connection with the dance floors of my Soulful past, I would like to invite you to absorb the magic that created the utopia that we experienced the latter half of 1990s early 2000s! Join me in embracing this very expansive and exciting Spectrum of Soulful house music! It is indeed my sincere pleasure to continue to share my records with you, Like, Review, Subscribe and share… and Enjoy!

resist-dance (rɪˈzɪst/-/dɑːns/) Master J returns to host this weeks vinyl excursion to unleash an ensemble of power plays crafted to reflect the turbulent times the nations of the world are facing, feeling! For decades of oppression has forged the moods and song writing and compositions... the world just favoured to ignore it, substituting the message within our music for an artificial diluted quicker fix. I invite you open your hearts minds and your very souls, to be at peace with yourself and other, for together we are one!

This Soul A:M Weekend I would like to invite you to sample just how I fed your desires within the confinement of the hallowed turf of the Dance-Floors teasing and caressing you to Break free and escape the conformities of life. This week as part of celebrating 18 continuous years of broadcast I invite you to open your mind! feel the positivity of these vibes as I unleash two free styled Mega-Mixes back2back forged from the origins of my original house 12”s served with the Soul intention of making you feel so good... Like, Comment and share as there could be someone out there! Who may need a love injection of pure dance…Just like you! Enjoy.