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Born in the UK to an Irish mum and an English Dad in 1977. Moved to Ireland at 14, bought my first guitar at 15 and got really into heavy metal for a while - had all that tapping shit down until I realised it was a pile of shite!

Then I found some crazy soul and funk records in my mums collection and got hooked. Lot of early Santana, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, The Fatback Band. Then got given 'Mulligan meets Monk' by my Grandmother who found it on top of somebody's wardrobe, and got bit by the Jazz bug bigtime.

Whilst living in Dublin, around 1998, I attended a MIDI workshop, just as a favour to a friend, and got blown away by what you could do with a PC and a sampler. Got myself kitted out with an Akai S950 and a PC.

After a while, got bored with Dublin and moved to Amsterdam in 2001 - a wicked place to live - still got big love for it. Then came on a holiday to Croatia in 2003 and fell in love with the place so stayed. My Irish skin aint too happy though...

I've tried a lot of different gear & loads of different software, but now pretty much settled on Cubase, Fruityloops, an MPC1000, my Rhodes, my bass, guitar, and my latest toy - a Hohner D6 clavinet. Ooooh yeah! Plus all those old stomp boxes I bought in my guitaring days are coming in handy now...
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http://www.ishfaq.co.uk
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All music with soul...

Check my mix on www.theplayers.fm...


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Ishfaq needs your help to get to round 2 of the Roots remix contest!

Just finished my entry for the Roots remix contest for their track Criminal. Check it out in the widget below - the original is on the left play button, my version is on the right - if you like it, go vote for me! You don't need to sign up or anything, just put your email in, they send you a confirmation link, and that's it!… Continue

Posted on November 12, 2008 at 7:52pm —

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All In A Day - Stee Downes - Produced by Yours Truly

I've spent the last while producing a new album by Stee Downes. It'll be out on Sonar Kollektiv on October 20th, and it's titled 'All in a day'. All instruments were played by myself and Stee, and I did the final mixdowns too, which was a first for me so I learnt a hell of a lot from it! If you want to find out more about it, head over to Stee's m… Continue

Posted on October 13, 2008 at 12:01pm —

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New Remix Out - We Don't See, by Beatspoke

My remix of Beatspoke's 'We don't see' is out now on Inphusion Records, and is available at the following places: bagpak (US) | clickgroove (UK) | soulseduction (AT) |… Continue

Posted on October 13, 2008 at 11:59am —

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Ishfaq - The Change EP - Out Now

My new super fresh as a daisy 12" is out now on Scribble Records - it's called The Change EP. Featuring Sweden's Kissey Asplund, New Zealand's Adi Dick, and the UK's Chef, plus a few other guests helping out.

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Posted on September 29, 2007 at 9:06pm —

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At 12:06am on September 18, 2008, Marcia Carr, the DJ said…
Just saying howdy!

A soulsista inna LDN

x0x
At 5:51pm on February 11, 2008, idleberg said…
this year in croatia.. perhaps? :)
At 11:48am on February 6, 2008, Monique said…
Cool tunes, Ishfaq !!!!
:)) Mo
At 12:24am on January 29, 2008, J-Justice said…
hit me with the new ish when you have a sec! can't wait to hear what you've been up to. pz.
At 5:52pm on January 15, 2008, Andrew Edward Brown said…
Yeah man.....thanks for the shout.....tunes heavy like-wise. Gonna need u to do a remix for me @ some point!!! Respect.
At 8:41pm on January 11, 2008, Indelible said…
ha ha, yeah mate. You can't see in the photo, but just behind the microphone there's 4 litttle drum pads - it's got it all. Thought I'd get my son into beats early, his album bout ready to drop!! Tunes are hot.
At 9:58pm on January 10, 2008, DJ Stylus said…
oh, I most DEF need that in my life.
At 8:04am on January 6, 2008, DJ Stylus said…
dang... I still rock those D'Angelo and Bilal joints.
At 4:12pm on October 4, 2007, Wouda I Dopeness Galore said…
nice1! Was there three years ago...really enjoyed the city! Also went to maliston, dubrovnik and a bunch of islands Croatia is dope...
At 12:38pm on October 4, 2007, Wouda I Dopeness Galore said…
serious, in which city do you stay? I'm already in "winter mood"...
 
 

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