Disc jockey duo Many Hands Berlin/UK have made public their playlist for 'Basement Soul' show 33. Scientific Sound Asia is an English-language electronic music station for expatriates and locals in Asia.
Many Hands is the intellectual property of musically absorbed wide-ranging DJs Jona J & Kava. Jona's real name is Jona Jefferies and he was born in Barcelona and raised in both Spain and the UK.
He started as a disc jockey in the flourishing free party and rave scene in the southwest of England in the early nineties. After relocating to Ibiza he was enchanted by its Balearic sound and hedonistic style and Jona has frequented the island since then, both as a raver and disc jockey.
After his stint in Ibiza Jona headed over to Bass City, Bristol, being framed by its inner-city frame of mind and sound system culture and spent several years there honing his art. Jona is a free soul and after being well-received in Berlin's growing international musical ensemble and performing at a good spread of venues over the urban sprawl of Berlin he headed back to the United Kingdom, earlier in 2020.
Jona's release ‘Nocturnal’, a collective effort with an old buddy, namely, Stardelta Mastering’s Lewis Hopkin as 'Sapience' for Tom Middleton's 'Sound Of The Cosmos' record label. This gained notoriety and radio plays by renowned DJs such as Gilles Peterson, Mala & Laurent Garnier.
Originally raised as a Kiwi, Kava has resided in his new home Berlin for over 10 years. Kavas' musical introduction started on a journey through the melodious Wellington music scene repeatedly doused with frequent injections of Soul, Bashment, Hip Hop, Disco, House, Techno and Drum n Bass.
Kava evolved in New Zealand selling vinyl records to the masses of New Zealand and had a good share of radio shows on many radio stations. After migrating to Berlin, Kava, from the beginning was a resident for a now-defunct monthly radio show with Rodi Kirk of Scratch 22 fame.
This went on for a considerable amount of time and was called Float Some and Jet Some on the now-extinct Berlin Community Radio. He gained notoriety doing this as well as performing his art at a good number of venues across the German capital.
Jona and Kava through a close ally met up close by OYE Records in Berlin and the pair immediately knew they possessed a musical pairing and that they had a fusion. This led to Many Hands, an eclectic dance, defrag, alleviating music session, in a basement (Hence Basement Soul), in the heart of Berlin.
Jona J & Kava perform across the rhythmic and harmonic cultural spectrum. Disco, Soul, Latin and Afrobeat share hips with MPCs and Drum Machines, Jamaicans in New York, and West Africans with Synthesizers and funky Euro-freaks. Sometimes quirky, sometimes bashy, but always for the dancers.
This show originally aired on Friday 22nd of January listen to the Mixcloud player below, Enjoy the show.
Many Hands 'Basement Soul' Episode 33, 22nd of January 2021.
Azimüth - Manhå
The Visioneers - The World is Yours
Mark de Clive-Lowe - Niten Ichi
Kiosk - Mona Call
Vladamir Vasilikov - Theme of the Adults
Maynard Ferguson - Pagliera
Kenny Dope - The ILLOUT
Sofatalk - Truth Theme
Pasteur Lappe - Na Real Sekele Fo’ya
Axel Bowman - Africa Shakedown 002
Earth Boogie - Route 10 to Innerzone
Rah Band - Questions (3rd Degree Mix)
Gavsborg - Quality Time with Pele, Shanique, Nico & Nic
Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Kreidekreis
Jura Soundsystem - Tiger Leone
Elizio de Buzios - Tamanqueiro (Selvagem Edit)
Guy Cuevas - Obsession
NuYorican Soul ft. Jocelyn Brown - It’s Alright (A. Van Helden Remix)
Tom Esselle - Létet
Delfonic - All in Africa
Giovanni Damico - Fall in the Groove
Listen on Mixcloud here.