UK Street Soul with Heels & Souls

Heels & Souls is the non-profit event series, reissue label and DJ duo of Ben Croft and Patrick Forrester. Running since 2015, to date they’ve raised over £50k for different charities through parties in London, have DJ’d around the world under the Heels & Souls moniker, and relicensed several excellent 12’s and LP’s for their essential label. The pair recently announced a new monthly residency on Rinse FM, and are currently in the midst of a mini-tour in South America & South East Asia. On this episode, Ben & Pat share some of their favourite UK street soul records. For those who don’t know the genre, it’s defined by its raw, minimal, hip-hop inspired drum-machine rhythms, reggae-influenced bass, and ‘80s synth riffs topped with sweet, soaring vocals. Born from the clubs, blues parties, and pirate radio of London, Manchester, Birmingham and beyond in the late 80s and early 90s, it’s a foundational sound for them both that’s often criminally under-represented in the story of UK music culture. Expect a healthy dose of low-end frequencies, off-kilter vocals and rough n ready production that hits in all the right places, plus some forthcoming material from their label! ------------ Our Silver and Gold Tier supporters get uninterrupted, uncut, ad-free, high-quality audio of all mixes. To support this channel, you can visit our Patreon page and make a small donation! Or make a one-time donation with no sign-up: ------------ Cameras: - Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro Mixer: Condesa Electronics ------------ The “Aladdin’s Cave of hi-fi”, Audio Gold specialise in new and second-hand stereo equipment for your home, restaurant or bar. We will find an awesome sound for you and your space, whatever your budget. All the hi-fi equipment in this video is available in our North London store. Stop by or give us a call, we are here to help with all your hi-fi needs. 0208 341 9007 info@ 308-310 Park Rd, N8 8LA The list of Hi-Fi equipment provided by Audio Gold: - Celestion 66  - Tannoy Eaton  - Icon Audio 25mkII  - Revox B77 Tape Machine  - Yamaha CR-2020  - Mordaunt Short Festival Series 2 - Oak Turntable Plinths ------------ Find My Analog Journal: Find Heels & Souls @heelssouls4811 ------------ * All materials presented on this channel are copyrighted by their respective copyright owners and are subject to use for informational purposes only. * As a copyright owner, if you don’t approve your music material to be presented on this channel or would like any additional info to be published, please contact me via my Youtube channel and I’ll remove it immediately.