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New York legend Joe Claussell stops off in London this weekend (5th and 6th June)
for a two date special at East London's monument to sound, Plastic People.

As a DJ, Producer, Remixer, Label-Head (Spiritual Life Music and Ibadan), and record-shop owner (Dance Tracks) Joe has always kept in the forefront of the NY house scene, as a DJ he has always inspired it. When long time friend François K invited him to join Danny Krivit and him for a Sunday session at Body and Soul it quickly became a night famous around the globe still inspiring
and capturing a unique driving Deep House sound.
Launched in 1996 - Spiritual Life Music has released tracks from a host of New York Nu-House teams including Claussell himself, Mateo & Matos, Blaze, Slam Mode and frequent production partner Jephte Guillaume. Spiritual Life soon became the home for productions embracing all forms of Groove music from the past few decades, as comfortable working through Caribbean Folk and Salsa Rhythms as the expected Deep House. He also formed a second label Ibadan on which he
has released many of his own tracks including the 1997 Brazilian House track "Escravos de Joe.
" His productions are often mirror his eclectic styles of music, dropping in plenty of acoustic instruments and rich percussion patterns and his the rare London
performance should not be missed.