The Quintessential info provider for the Soul Survivor 1ST JUNE - 31ST JULY 2021 Issue 92 - The '15th Anniversary' Issue Credit: Sauvage News Reviews & Interviews Morgan Khan, Marcus Miller, Hayden Browne & Andrew Levy WHAT’S INSIDE? Welcome to our Fifteenth Anniversary Issue ninety-two of The Soul Survivors Magazine. Since July 4 FITZROY SPEAKS 2006 our publication has seen a few WITH MORGAN contributor and personnel changes, KHAN OF STREET various advertisers and also several SOUNDS logos and graphic design changes. Co-founder Anna Marshall left six 10 DARRELL'S FUNK years ago after nine years and I’ve BOX been totally hands on with a little 12 FITZROY SPEAKS help from a few friends. In these WITH MARCUS Roberta Flack ‘Trying Times’ we are MILLER proud to still be able to produce this magazine. 22 RECORD REVIEWS 29 FITZROY SPEAKS WITH This issue is another special and features interviews with world HAYDEN BROWNE renowned bassist Marcus Miller, Hayden Brown (aka HB) of Soul II Soul and Andrew Levy bassist of the UK’s home-grown Brand New AKA AITCH Heavies outfit. We also have an article feature with Street Sounds 40 FITZROY SPEAKS WITH founder Morgan Khan, who ahead of celebrating forty years of ANDREW LEVY OF THE Street Sounds next year, speaks about his new exciting venture BRAND NEW HEAVIES Street Sounds Radio. Due to the lack of space we are unable to dedicate editorial for the Roll Call Of Fame where we usually pay homage to those who have All adverts are placed in good faith and passed away in recent times. Since the last issue hip-hop legends The Soul Survivors Magazine take no DMX, Shock G of Digital Underground and Black Rob have sadly responsibility for any issues arising from the passed. BB Dickerson the original bass player of the ‘L.A. Sunshine’ use of those who have advertised. All dates crew, WAR has gained his wings and we wanted to remember the are correct at time of going to print – please legacy of my old ex partner in rhyme Steve Sutherland and rapper check with venue or promoter if unsure. All rights reserved 2006 - 2021 Ty who both passed last year. Subject to space we’ll try and remedy © The Soul Survivors Magazine them not being in this issue in our August and September issue. 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Ice cream, jelly, party Flat 2, 69A Trinity Road, poppers and lashings of ginger beer will be arriving at your office. London SW17 7SD Thanks to our advertisers and our members whom without your E: [email protected] financial contribution we would struggle to function. I hope you M: 07956 312931 C fitzroy.facey enjoy this issue full of soul surviving information from the ‘info C Fitzroytheoriginalsoulsurvivor provider for the soul survivor’ C TheSoulSurvivors MSoulSurvivors1 www.thesoulsurvivorsmagazine.co.uk Peace, Fitzroy. PAUL ELLIS, DIRECTOR "STREET SOUNDS RADIO is getting even better. Coming in July 2021, three NEW MORGAN KHAN, Street Sounds DIRECTOR Radio stations” MORGAN KHAN STREET SOUNDS Morgan Khan (aka Mr Street Sounds) is an entrepreneur who never gives up despite the many, many hurdles he has had to leap over. As he approaches his fortieth year with his Street Sounds brand his latest exciting venture is Street Sounds Radio. So we caught up to share the good news. Page 4 - Issue 92 Tell us about Street Sounds The music played on Street Sounds Radio is aimed at a Radio, how you put it together more discerning audience and dedicated to lovers and and how long it has been aficionados of black/club/street music. We broadcast a going? veritable aural feast of the greatest music of black origin from the 70s, 80s and 90s and let us not forget there are Street Sounds Radio was born also some great sounds from the millennium. However out of my love of music as we didn’t want to be the new kid on the block trying to a punter rather than looking at it from a commercial compete for a new young audience. We wanted to create venture. I heard what was currently being played on a station where you’d step into the DeLorean and travel radio and discovered that there was a huge void of the back to the 1970s and 80s and crystallise the best of the music that people like myself grew up with. Yes, there is best music by listening to Street Sounds Radio. We want a plethora of specialist stations but none were catering to create that vintage soul, hip-hop and electro scene for the demographic of music that was the soundtrack that Street Sounds were famed for with the compilations of my life, hence this is where the slogan for the radio we did back in the day. We wanted to do a snap shot station ‘The soundtrack to your life ‘ came in. I met Paul of the anthems of all those genres and that is how Ellis who is my business partner in the radio station who Street Sounds was born out of doing some rudimentary had a very similar vision and he also knows the heritage market research, and with our thousands of social and pedigree of the Street Sounds brand. We already media followers we already knew we had a guaranteed had thousands of followers on social media where the audience. The station launched in August 2020 and we brand has been growing exponentially in the last few would never have expected after eight months how our years because of the record side of the business, with audience participation figures, downloads and interest that showing a need for people to remember the good has exponentially grown. times in their life. Music from the 1970s was exceptional and it was an organic and incredible time for music. Paul What is your studio set up? Ellis and I met and sat down and discussed becoming a partnership in Street Sounds Radio in terms of the financing and making this dream become somewhat of a reality about nineteen months ago. How long ago was it when you first decided to embark on the idea? About eighteen months ago. It actually came together sitting outside in a beer garden in Marylebone High Street. I was actually a little bit dubious because even though I wanted to do something like this I thought the brand wasn’t actually as big as I believed I wanted it to be. We actually did a random survey and went up to people in the street, black, white old and young and asked them if they had heard of Street Sounds. This was in Marylebone High Street and I can say with my hand on my heart that out of ten people, eight or nine said yes. so setting up a radio station seemed to be the obvious thing to do. thesoulsurvivorsmagazine.co.uk Paul Ellis is the studio manager and director of Street so to be clear Sounds Radio and we built two bespoke studios in Leigh there will On Sea Essex from scratch to the specifications of what be in total the presenters asked for. four Street Sounds How have you scheduled your programming of shows R a d i o and what platforms can you find Street Sound Radio on? stations. All the four I am the head of daytime music programming (7.00am- stations can 7.00pm) and Andy Smith is Head of Presenters and be heard via the Evening Music (after 7.00pm & weekends). Street Sounds Street Sounds Radio Radio has followed the format of the first carnation of App, Street Sounds Radio early Kiss FM. During the day 7am -7pm it’s playlist. Our website (www.streetsoundsradio. com) and playlist is second to none as we have three thousand third party players, including Alexa, Sonas, Radio of the best jazz, funk, soul anthems from the late 70s Player. However, only Street Sounds Radio (Original) 80s and 90s and we are constantly adding to it. It also is available on DAB Essex. We are aware through our includes the best of the underground scene around the listeners that have we have audiences in Buenos Aires country. After 7pm we have the specialist urban shows Argentina, Sidney Australia, Cairo, Singapore, Hong on different nights, which could be electro, hip-hop, Kong and the many places where there are ex pats mixed shows of new disco, or house themes. abroad who tune in. We actually do have one of our presenters broadcasting from Australia hence that helps STREET SOUNDS RADIO is getting even better.