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HJ7 Blends #95 features the latest Soulful R&B and Hip Hop beats curated by Orion. Artists featured on the latest show include: Jessica Jolia, Cisco Swank, LUCIIA, Saba, Susan Carol, Octavio N. Santos, James Fauntleroy, JON VINYL, Tokyo Ave, CJ Fly + many more!

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London based DJ, Mr. Dex drops an hour long mix featuring the very best in true school hip hop with a twist of soul. Tune into itch.fm every Sunday at 2PM (GMT) to hear him spinning the latest gems.

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This month on HJ7 Blends, DJ Show-Ya takes us through a number of his favorite instrumentals and vocal cuts on vinyl. The mix prominently features music from J Dilla, music inspired by his work and some new underground Japanese Hip Hop singles.

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DJ SHOW-YA (JPN): DJ Show-Ya is a Sapporo, Japan based DJ. Born (Showya Yamamoto) in November of 1993, he got into turntablism at the age of 18. He then moved around Kutchan and Tomakomai pushing and advocating for much of the prefectures local Hip Hop as well as music being made outside of It. He draws strong musical influences from artists like Budamunk, DJ Mitsu The Beats and Illsugi, having also performed live with the latter. Show-Ya also takes keen interest in the music of J Dilla’s Slum Village tenure.  When not DJ’ing around the cities Hip Hop club circuit, he enjoys digging for jazz-centric hip hop vinyl in record stores. His equipment of choice includes a Vestax mixer and Technics turntable.

Websites: Mixcloud, Soundcloud, Twitter, Instagram

Scientific Monkey drops his second HJ7 Blends mix as a Valentines special consisting of non-cheesy R&B and Neo-Soul from artists/producers like; Floetry, Emmavie, Platinum Pied Pipers, Eric Lau + many more!

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Adnana Sun starts this years first show with an hours worth of Underground sounds alongside some Jazz driven Hip Hop gems. From Epidemic to Large Pro the Bucharest DJ's selection of underrated classics will warm listeners up during this cold period.

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Jesse Fischer is a Brooklyn, NY based Pianist/Composer/Producer. As a child he grew accustomed to creating music on a Tascam Portastudio. Influences in his music range from artists like Booker T & MG’s, Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock to Hip Hop producers like Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and J Dilla. Between recordings in youth with his rock band and in his words the “rudimentary remixes of hip-hop songs” he was steadily building up experience in audio engineering and production techniques.

Around the 00’s he formed a jazz-funk band which continues to release music today, including his current album Day Dreamer; simultaneously he began to work as engineer/mixer/co-producer for artists such as Laura Izibor, Brenda Nicole Moorer, Ezra Brown. The past few years have seen him putting out a slew of fresh unofficial remixes (e.g. Takuya Kuroda, ATCQ, Gregory Porter) alongside several fruitful ventures including the opening of his own studio and the “Vein Melter” project (Modern electronic/jazz fusion reinterpretation of the Head Hunters album). His favourite equipment includes a 1979 Mark I suitcase Rhodes, Moog Little Phatty, Juno 106, MPC 2000XL and other secret gems.

Websites: Facebook, Instagram, SoundCloud, Twitter

72 Soul is a Belgium based DJ/Singer, Writer and Organizer. Born (Peter Beda) on February of 1972, he cites early musical influences from Curtis Mayfield to Marvin Gaye, as well as Acid Jazz acts like Galliano and 90's sample-based music like 4hero or Massive Attack. Both English and American instrumental music had become of great interest to him as he started digging in youth. As a DJ with 10 years under his belt he always kept one step ahead of peers, by having an ear to. the underground while looking for fresh vibes that drew resemblance to the sound of artist like Digable Planets and ATCQ. Artists like Hawk House, Moka Only and Clear Soul Forces are just some of his favourites of recent times; the latter of which he interviewed on his "RE:! FRESH" Radio show (FM Brussel) He has DJ'd and organized events at venues in Cape Town, SA to Ibiza, BI and hosts his own weekly" Fresh Hip Hop and Future Beats "show on Mixcloud His equipment of choice includes the Gemini Turntable, Pioneer Mixer, Yamaha MG10XU mixing table, Macbook, and Reaper.

Photo courtesy of Hakim Joundy (Wiseman Shooting)

Websites: About.Me , Mixcloud , FMBrussel