Saturday 13th June was another fantastic Intimate Connection Party. This time round not only did we have a fantastic line up of DJs (Gary Dennis of Crazy Beat, Alex Badass of Chocolate Soul, Mark Grice of King George’s Hall, Miranda B and Di-Lee), we had the unbelievable pleasure of welcoming two artists. Josh of Confection was over all the way from Australia. Not knowing for sure which time zone his body was in, Josh mingled in the crowd and had great conversations with the likes of Daz Bennett. It surely was great to have you over Josh!!
Secondly, we were very privileged to have Chidi in our midst. Chidi hails from London and surprised us all with a superb live performance (which you can hear streaming on our site). Mesmerizing the crowd in the style of Jill Scott, Chidi sang three of her favourite songs from her recent album (available on CD-Baby), which went down a storm. Chidi, you have earned your life-long membership to Soulchoonz’ Intimate Connection Parties!The evening continued in true Intimate Connection style till around 6.30am, with some of the guests pitching up their own tents in the grounds. But, that was not the end of it. We were blessed with wonderful weather on the Sunday and by midday around 12 of us were sipping our coffees reliving the night before and generally chatting about our favourite topic. Ultimately this resulted in a BBQ by late afternoon with the last guest leaving us around 7pm. Wow, what a 24 hour party this has been.
For September’s Intimate Connection Party, the DJs confirmed include Super Gary Spence (an Intimate Connection favourite), Alex Badass and John Kane. Special features this time round are a Frodisia session by Mark Grice and Tony Cooney as well as a very special guest DJ appearance from DJ Schooly (Choice FM, Galaxy FM, Capital FM, Southport Weekender and many others!).Schooly started out DJ-ing on R&B pirate radio stations in his home town of Leicester where most of his time was spent on top of thirty storey buildings in high winds trying to secure aerials for Leicester's Fresh FM. These days, life is a bit more glamorous and Schooly is more likely to be playing out the hottest new tunes. Simon 'Schoolboy' Phillips currently presents his own radio show on Radio 1 Gulf News in Dubai as well as on London's 95.8 Capital FM. Furthermore he plays alongside Trevor Nelson on the MTV Lick Tours as well as holding his club residency up in Dubai. And if that is not enough, Simon Schooly Philips has recently produced a new track Carla Thomas ‘Sunshine’ which will be featured in July’s Soulchoonz Show.
