SOUL CIRCLE RADIO MIX SERIES VOL.21 - ORION (LONDON, UK)

Soul Circle Radio Mix Series Vol.21 Orion (London, UK)

For the 21st installment we got laced with a nice one here from UK beat-smith, Orion Anakaris (Hardjazz7). We discovered Orion back in 2015 via our good friend, Kazumi Kaneda (Japan) with their colabo project "Alpha Thought" and then with their recent banger "Phantom Record" Be on the lookout from this rising sensation!

Orion is a London, UK based beatsmith and founder of the HardJazz7 Music Netlabel. Born (Ope Alayande) in March 1990, he was raised on a wide variety of music including jazz, hip hop, disco, funk and soul. His parents got him into Gospel artists like Kirk Franklin, while Fela Kuti was his earliest introduction to Jazz leaning afrobeat music. In his early teens he’d found himself listening to alot of UK Garage and House music through pirate radio sets. Mini Discs, CD’s and Tapes were his initial formats of choice when listening to music. Some of which would prove useful when he started messing around with production on Ejay and an old PC.Around 2007, learning Grime production had become of great interest to him, leading to production in Hip Hop a couple years later. “I always find there’s usefulness in honing both hardware and software production skills”. He founded the HardJazz7 Music Netlabel in 2012 at a time when Electronic and Experimental focused labels were some of the only options for new indie artists/DJ’s producing/creating/DJ'ing Neo-Soul music, Hip Hop music and Jazz leaning beats. Outside of music, he enjoys Sci Fi/Comic Book genre films and tv shows.

Playlist:

01 Omar - Gave My Heart (Feat. Leon Ware) (DJ Jazzy Jeff Remix)

02 whereisalex - catamaran

03 Black Moon - Buck Em Down (Remix)

04 Orion X Kazumi - The Fourth World

05 Native Dancer - Big Blue (Eric Lau Remix)

06 Dwele - A.N.G.E.L.

07 Noveliss - What You Got For This

08 Floetry - Floetic [Max I Million x Classical Remix]

09 Tek & Figub - Ninjaz In The Mist

10 Dave. & Dom B - Night Life (Prod. Dr. Dundiff)

11 Jay Dee - It's A Party (Ummah Remix) (Instrumental)