Househead LDN Present Jihad Muhammad & Johnny Reckless

Following on from their homeless charity fundraising events, The Long Good Friday Parts 1 & 2 on Good Friday, March 29th, Househead LDN are excited to announce an Extended masterclass DJ set from one of New York’s most creative DJs, Jihad Muhammad, on Saturday, April 27th. An International Special will be held this evening. Bang The Drum’s mix maestro Jihad Muhammad will team up with Ldn’s original underground champ, Johnny Reckless. Taking over Waterloo’s immersive venue, Aures, expect pure House music magic all night long..going deeper through the speakers.

Jihad Muhammad connects the dots between New York’s golden age of DJs, remixing, and clubs and today’s modern afro-soul-deep dance floor. Early on, he was inspired by Master Mixers Shep Pettibone and Tony Humphries. Jihad further honed his DJ skills with Larry Levan, Timmy Regisford, and Merlin Bobb.

Providing a multi-coloured landscape of styles within the soulful house music diaspora to “hungry” House music audiences worldwide, Jihad is always pushing the boundaries of complacency, injecting a unique blend of grooves, afro electro sensibilities and vocal soul. His sets are applauded for their distinctive style and grace, exemplified in his 300+ remixes and original productions.

His popular Bang The Drum residency catapulted him onto the International stage, and he has since spread his musical message to clubs such as Paris’ Djoon party, Southport Weekender and Househead LDN, Italy, South Africa, Japan and Canada. In the States, he’s played at New York’s LeBain and Cielo plus the legendary Apollo and is a Regular guest on Kiss F.M.

Jihad has released music on West End Records, King Street Sounds, Cameo Recordings, and Offering Recordings. He also has his own production and label, Movmentsoul Recordings, and has worked with House music legends such as Louie Vega, Danny Krivit (Body and Soul/718 Sessions), and Blaze Productions’ Kevin Hedge.

Joining Jihad for another 3-hour journey-style setting is London’s fearless longstanding disco and deep house DJ Don, Johnny Reckless. Johnny always gets the party started from his sets at the We Out Here Festival, Four Directions events and his residency at the sadly closed House Of St Barnabus Soho club. He hosts a Monday evening show from 7 pm on Colourful Radio. He is also one of the connoisseur curators at Hackney’s BBE store and hub, supporting Louie Vega, Osunlade and DJ Spen at events there.