Hey dudes.

We’re back with our latest podcast and it’s a Mark E special! Mark is an internationally renowned DJ and producer. Having wowed Gilles Peterson with his Womack & Womack Edit back in 2005, he’s gone from strength to strength playing around the world, running his own record label and releasing his debut album last year on the amazing Ghostly International label. Mark did a wonderful remix of our track ‘Unraveling After The Lottery’, so we tracked him down to his new home town, Oxford, and sat him down in a beer garden. It was F-U-N! So F-U-N , we couldn’t fit all the F-U-N into one episode! Here”s Part 1…enjoy….. x

Tracks this episode:
1. Kultra Edits 1 
2. Womack & Womack - Baby I’m Scared Of You
3. Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix)
4. Matthew Dear - Little People (Black City)(Mark E Remix)
5. Innerzone Orchestra - People Make The World Go Round (C2 Mix)

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/free-schools-podcast/id433240500

Podomatic link: http://wearefreeschool.podomatic.com/entry/2012-06-01T12_45_22-07_00

Brum Notes did a nice feature on us. Click on the photo and go to Page 9! Or click on dis link:

http://www.brumnotes.com/magazine/

Gilles Peterson. What is left to say about Gilles Peterson that hasn’t been said before? I might just leave it to Questlove:

Ludicrously tucked away in the small hours on Radio 1 for many years, he’s now on 6 Music on Saturday afternoons, hopefully turning more listeners on to his own brand of forward-thinking soul music. I suppose that sums him up; everything he plays has soul whether it’s soul music or not.

What’s your favourite Gilles show? Mine was probably the Questlove ‘Sample Lesson’ mix:

But just putting the time in to listening to the tastemaker general himself, selecting rare tunes is worth every second. Mark E tells a nice story about him too, which you can hear on our forthcoming podcast.

And on Sunday June 3rd 2012 he returns to the Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath as part of a Leftfoot / Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival co-promo. We’re playing with him at the festival which is a bit of a dream come true. Here’s the line-up for Gilles’ night:

http://mostlyjazz.co.uk/line-up/friday/

Go to the Hare & Hounds website for the chance to win tickets:

http://hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/2012/05/28/win-tickets-for-gilles-peterson/

Come out and support your local disco. Here’s a taste of what we can expect:

Walls were amazing tonight. Lovely guys too. Arc Vel keeps on getting better. Another great ThisIsTmrw show. Here’s a lil’ shot of us on stage with the sultry Greg Bird on vox (and me in, er, shorts…)