Big ups to FACT Mag and their super solid podcast series. Though admittedly it’s often a bit more abstract and experimental, sometimes they land a more traditional hipster/EDM dj and it really works out for the best.
Enter Seven Davis Jr., a LA-based hip-hop ghostwriter, session vocalist, script writer and poet.
Here’s a bit about Davis via an interview he did with FACT Mag last month:
Born into the gospel world, the young Samuel Davis was initially groomed for mainstream musical success. He likens the experience to being constantly told that the earth was flat – in other words, he just saw things differently. It was a trait which didn’t serve him well. As his teenage years wore on, his natural inquisitiveness led him into the nether regions of the underground. When he began to show label executives the music he’d been making, they thought he’d gone mad.
From there Davis faded into the background, ghostwriting for hip-hop acts (he won’t say which), working as a session vocalist and writing scripts and poetry. It’s only in the past year or so, a little older and a little wiser, that the tides have turned in his favour. An early break came from Kutmah, who heard music Davis had made in the late ’90s – sleazy bedroom funk reminiscent of Dam-Funk and Sa-Ra – and convinced him to release it as The Lost Tapes Vol. 1. Soon after came ‘One’, a gorgeous disco-house number which became something of an anthem last year, and the recent, ruggeder P.A.R.T.Y. EP, which might be even better.
Either way, this mix sways between soul and old school EDM but stays dancey though out. It’s usually going to kick off your Friday night in the right way.
Tracklist:
Whirlpool Productions – From Disco to Disco
A Number Of Names – Sharevari
Close & Second Storey feat Kid A – No Love Lost (SDJR Remix)
Adam Feingold – Jahkra (Apron 12)
Harvey Sutherland – Q3 (12 Mix)
Four Tet – Buchla (SDJR Remix)
Eliphino – Lay Me Down (The Love Below 003)
Philou Louzolo – Ron Dynamite
Seven Davis Jr – Beautiful (Classic Records)
Jamie Jones & Gadi Mizrahi – Nasty Things
Prince – Head
Time – Can’t You Feel It
Central Line – Walking Into Sunshine
Kai Alce – World Causes
Joe Smooth – Promise Land
