Abi Clarke
A Selection Of Old Favourites And New Gems...All Things Soulful For The Open Minded…
Join Abi every first Saturday of the month from 11am to 1pm for a Super Natural Thing selection of music from her collection old favourites, new gems, lesser known album tracks and obscurities … From jazz funk, rare grooves, 80’s Soul, 90s RnB to Lovers Rock and so much more… selected with love, always soulful, always played from the heart, and always Super Natural.
Abi started dj ing in 1996 as a resident at a weekly night ‘DO ME A FAVOUR’ in London’s West End playing a mix of soul, jazz funk, boogie, lovers rock and rare groove. This led to her own weekly nights at The Vibe Bar (Brick Lane) and Tongue and Groove (Brixton) as well as a twice weekly residency at The Cafe de Paris (VIP rooms) and The Met Bar, Park Lane. She has played as a guest DJ at numerous UK clubs over the years including Balance with Gilles Peterson, Mind Fluid with Kevin Beadle, WarBox with Ashley Beedle, Destination Out with Ross Allen, 45 and Beyond with Dr Bob Jones, the legendary FAITH mansion house party and It’s So with Ronnie Herel to name but a few.
Festival work includes The Montreux Jazz Festival, Womad, The Urban Games, Colores Tenerife and The World Snowboarding Championships. In 1999 she started working for SOUL JAZZ records in their Soho based store SOUNDS OF THE UNIVERSE where her musical knowledge and collection grew and she soon became part of the SOUL JAZZ SOUND SYSTEM playing reggae, funk and soul in London, around the UK and Worldwide regular trips were made to Australia,New Zealand, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden,Greece,Scotland,Ireland and Montenegro.
More recent festivals include Mi-Biza Soul, The Southport Weekender,Hayling Island Spring Soul and Reggae Weekender,Ibiza Soul Week, Margate Soul Festival, Suncebeat Festival, Beautiful People Festival, We Out Here, Wild Canvas, Wilderness, Liquid Spirit Gozo, and more….
Currently she has a regular Saturday sessions – SOUL on WAX with JP at The Horse and Groom, Curtain Road, It Takes Two with fellow Mi Soul selector Terry Jones at The Royal Standard, Blackheath and regular STOMP parties with Ross Allen and Rocky (X-Press 2) at Spiritland on the legendary Faith Boat parties and elsewhere.
In 2022 she curated 2 of her own events under her own brand, Super Natural Thing – these took place at Loddington Farm in Kent and the BBE Store in Hackney… more Super Natural Thing events are planned in the future.
In 2020 Abi’s re edit collaborations with Ashley Beedle were released as an EP ’Sliced With Love’ on the GAMM imprint.
Her musical taste is eclectic but she remains a soul girl at heart. When not playing music Abi is an artist, focusing on painting, music inspired collages and screen printing. She is also a keen collector of art and curator of exhibitions.
Website https://www.supernaturalthing.co.uk
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