DJ Big Mango

02/08/2024

Loving these photos by Matthew Smith of Glastonbury from 1989. Well worth checking out.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/mhL8LVugEDWm5ZGm/

26/07/2024

Great to see one of Smokescreen's greats t'other day. Lawrence from the Inland Knights played a killer set.

18/07/2024

Just found this jump blues mix I did for the bedroom bar (RIP) a few years back. Thought I'd share it cos it's a doozy.

https://www.mixcloud.com/BedroomBar/the-uptown-jump/

11/07/2024

Sooooo happy to be DJing at Beatherder Festival next weekend. If you're there, I'll be at the Gay Paris stage - make sure to come and say Hi!

https://m.facebook.com/gayparisbeatherder/

Can you find it? I'll give you a clue - its in the trees...

15/02/2024

London facepals. Make sure you come down to Doña tonight for Dale, a night of sultry South American tangoes Titillating Mambo and Red Hot Rumba.

¡DALE! An evening of smokin' Latin sounds w/ a firey raw energy! 8pm - 1am Vinyl DJs Spinning '60 - '70s Rumba, Flamenco, Salsa, Peruvian Cumbia & so much...

13/02/2024

I'm really looking forward to DJing with Sonia Shahid at her Dalé event at Doña in Stoke Newington. You can expect Latin rumbas, Colombian Cumbia, Guaguanco, Salsa, Mambo and a sprinkling of 1950s calypsoes.

There's also a live band. Taylor del Mundo will be dropping their unforgettable sounds.

Get your tickets here.

¡DALE! An evening of smokin' Latin sounds w/ a firey raw energy! 8pm - 1am Vinyl DJs Spinning '60 - '70s Rumba, Flamenco, Salsa, Peruvian Cumbia & so much...

19/01/2024

Deano Hannan and I set up our new video wall for the first time on Tuesday which was pretty exciting. It's 6m x 4.5m in this configuration, but can be set up in any shape. Max 15m². We are still at the snagging stage with it but it will soon be road ready and available for hire.

27/10/2023

Tonight the Saturn Symphony Orchestra are sporting their fine gold rings 'cos the solar flares are prancing over moonbase pimpin' alpha. This one's for Bootsy Collins and all the wild space rangers out there. It's Electro-Funkin' Flash Gordon poplockin' shizzle, and it's dedicated to all the slap-bassers, the low-slung b***y shakers and the hotlegged love makers who wanna trip the light fantastic.

Tonight the Saturn Symphony Orchestra are sporting their fine gold rings 'cos the solar flares are prancing over moonbase pimpin' alpha. This one's for Bootsy Collins and all the wild space rangers out there. It's Electro-Funkin' Flash Gordon poplockin' shizzle, and it's dedicated to all the slap-ba...

25/09/2023

Very happy to receive my copy of Normski Andersons new book, The Man with the Golden Shutter. So many amazing photos from the golden era of hip hop.

I've met Normski a few times when I was production manager at POW in Brixton and he still takes amazing photographs to this day and has a fantastic eye for the perfect moment to let the golden shutter fly. Very fly!

21/09/2023

Nice mellow disco mix from Ramon Santana here:

Music....

05/05/2023

Rip Harry Belafonte

20/12/2022

Put on your Christmas stockings and get down and dirty to the lascivious sound of Big Mango's naughty Christmas Calypsos. All the family may be having fun, but Grandma needs some ear muffs! You, my dear, are lucky enough to hear the whispered gossip of scandal and debauchery from the days of yule!

Put on your Christmas stockings and get down and dirty to the lascivious sound of Big Mango's naughty Christmas Calypsos. All the family may

23/11/2022

Don't sleep on this fantastic LP from the amazing Ethiopian musician Hailu Mergia released on the Amazing Tapes From Africa imprint.

11 track album

23/11/2022

If you like that 60's era big band vocal sound then there's a new record label on the block.

Check out Skyline Recordings.

https://youtu.be/Otx0Zrg4-iM

https://youtu.be/JEb-PCqfYuo

need to put a smile on your face? This classic song has been given a fantastic new lease of life by the incredible Betty Black, never have you heard it sung ...

13/11/2022

With its sultry low-slung bass and haunting vocals this is one of my all-time favourite downbeat funk tracks. Best listened to in the dark...

Back to 1973,Lyn Christopher in a Mellow groove with "Take Me With You".Tune has such an infectious BASSLINE!..Hope you Enjoy!

09/11/2022

I just can't get enough of this track which probably has to be my favourite of the last year.

Not sure why really - is it the gentle build of the arrangement the killer strings or the message about overcoming in different ways? Just love it.

classic modern northern soul from 1975

15/10/2022

This arrived in the post today...the other side is woman of the ghetto, a fantastic tune but I bought it for this which is a bit of a soul blues belter.

29/07/2022

https://www.mixcloud.com/big-mango/big-mangos-life-in-the-concrete-jungle/

I've been working on this mix for ages trying to get the tracks put together in such a way as to tell a story. It's the story of the ghetto in the USA during the 1970s and the plight and hopes of some of the people who lived there. These are the highs and lows of city life and the struggle for survi...