Corsica Studios
Tama Sumo & Lakuti present Your Love with BBE Records
Your Love returns to Corsica studios on the 22nd November 2024, with one of London's leading lights, BBE Records, who will be taking over Room 1.
Founded in 1996 by Peter Adarkwah, Barely Breaking Even (BBE Music) started life as a London club night, taking its name from the eponymous Disco record by the Universal Robot Band. The label grew from the vibrant early 90's club scene with its first release, Stop & Listen compiled by Dr Bob Jones in 1996, opening the door to iconic series' such as All Back To Mine & Late Nite Tales.
A ton of releases followed, ranging from Disco to Funk, Jazz to House. In the year 2000, the label celebrated Masters at Work's 10th Anniversary with a mighty box set that featured near 80 tracks. A year later BBE Music spawned the Beat Generation Series of artist albums, notably introducing J Dilla (Welcome 2 Detroit) & a young Will.I.Am's first solo outing, alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, Madlib & DJ Spinna, all of whom contributed to this seminal set of long players.
A quarter of a century and well over 500 titles later, having worked with Mark Ronson, Roy Ayers, Questlove, Hugh Masekela, DJ Premier, Dimitri from Paris, Joey Negro, Kon, RZA, Laurent Garnier, Black Coffee, DJ Shadow, David Rodigan and John Morales among many others, BBE Music looks to the future, celebrating its rich heritage while continuing to release a bounty of fresh titles.
The label's most recent projects include an expansive reissue series from pioneering Nigerian label Tabansi, new imprint 'Batakari' in association with Boddhi Satva and the critically acclaimed 'J Jazz' Japanese Jazz multi-album project, not to mention the recent landmark 500th label release: a brand new version of 'Barely Breaking Even', featuring Leroy Burgess, Patrick Adams and Louie Vega. In 2021 BBE Music is celebrated its 25th anniversary. To mark this milestone, the label is offered up some special projects, from the 20th Anniversary edition of J Dilla's 'Welcome 2 Detroit', through David Bowie tribute album 'Modern Love', to a special new 'Worldwide' compilation from old friend Gilles Peterson. BBE with it's eyes fixed firmly to the future is embracing a new generation of artists , with Musclecars being one of their newest signing , culminating with a fresh album by the New York Duo , titled , Sugar Honey Iced Tea! 2016 saw what started of as a popup store to celebrate BBE's 20 years of releasing Real Music For Real People, The BBE Store is now a permanent fixture in Hackney's musical landscape.
Housed in Arch 376, a creative collaborative space comprising a bar, restaurant, events & work-space, The BBE Store stocks thousands of new & 2nd hand vinyl & CDs. They specialise in BBE releases (past & present), plus new music from friends at Brownswood, Mr Bongo, R2 Records, Atjazz and many more .
The shops in-stores have seen some of the best international DJs come perform. DJs such as Louie Vega , Dj Spinna , Kenny Dixon Jnr /Moodymann , Kenny Dope, Gilles Peterson.
Lakuti and Tama Sumo will take over Room 2 all night long.
Expect the best in House , Disco , Funk , Soul , Jazz ++
- Room 1
- Pete BBE
- Johnny Reckless
- Jeff Higgins
- Room 2
- Tama Sumo
- Lakuti