Od svog pokretanja pa do danas, kompilacija Southport Weekender se uvrstila na listu onih za koje kažemo "obavezno poslušati". Do sada su ovaj album radili sve mahom kvalitetni autori sa scene: Jazzanova, Mr. Scruff, Kerri Chandler, Gilles Peterson, Jazzy B, DJ Spen, Tony Humphries, Quentin Harris i mnogi drugi.
Ashley Beedle i King Britt su imali nastupe na 43. izdanju Southport Weekendera u studenome prošle godine pa im je to dalo mogućnost da rade novo, 8. izdanje ove serije.
Za one koji ne znaju Southport Weekender je jedinstveni i najbolji europski festival u zatvorenome, koji slavi 21. godišnjicu rada. Odvija se dva puta godišnje. Posjećuje ih obično 5000 clubbera u britanskom gradu Southportu. Osim što ima niz DJ arena za nastup live actova i izvođača, ovaj festival poznat je po brojnim glazbenim podžanrovima koji se puštaju tijekom događaja. Glazbeno se orjentiraju na najbolje iz housea, jazza, breakbeata, drum and bassa, hip-hopa, deep housea, r&b-a, soula, jazz funka, nu soula.
Ashley Beedle i King Britt su za album Southport Weekender Vol. 8 pripremili glazbu baš kakvu promovira i festival. Svaki umjetnik na svom CD-u donosi fantastičan mix najboljih zvukova gore spomenutih žanrova uz mnoštvo ekskluzivnih uradaka. Mix izlazi 21. travnja.
SOUTHPORT WEEKENDER VOL. 8 CD1 MIXED BY ASHLEY BEEDLE
1 THE DELLS – WALK ON BY 2 FAZE ACTION – WE DON'T KNOW HOW 3 ASHLEY BEEDLE – HEIGHT 4 LEO ELSTOB – HOW HIGH? 5 ROOT SOUL FEAT. VANESSA FREEMAN AND MIKE PATTO – SPIRIT OF LOVE (PHIL ASHER'S RESTLESS SOUL BOOGIE MIX – YOSHI EDIT) 6 X-PRESS 2 FEAT. KISSING THE PINK – ENJOY THE RIDE (ASHLEY BEEDLE'S MAGIC SESSION VOCAL) 7 BLACK GHOSTS – IT'S YOUR TOUCH (ASHLEY BEEDLE'S HEAVY DISCO EDIT) 8 CRAZY P – STOP SPACE RETURN 9 PEVEN EVERETT – SURELY SHORTY ( ASHLEY BEEDLE'S HEAVY DISCO EDIT ) 10 JOEY NEGRO AND THE SUNBURST BAND – OUR LIVES ARE SHAPED 11 LEE MCDONALD – I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU ( PATCHWERKS REMIX ) 12 DON DOWNING – DOCTOR BOOGIE 13 ISAAC HAYES – I CAN'T TURN AROUND (ASHLEY BEEDLE'S KING CHOCOLATE MEMPHIS 2 CHICAGO RE-EDIT) 14 D NOTE – THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (BALLISTIC BARRIO BOOM MIX) 15 NATURAL SELF – IN THE MORNING 16 THE LONDON HEAVY DISCO REVUE – …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
CD2 MIXED BY KING BRITT
1 ZAKI IBRAHIM – MONEY (KING BRITT REMIX) 2 EDWIN STARR – WAR (KING BRITT REMIX) 3 BUNNY MAC – LET ME LOVE YOU (BUGZ DUB) 4 MARTIN SOVEING – CABO PARANO 5 GLENN LEWIS – STAY WITH ME (TERRY HUNTER DUB) 6 TEDDY DOUGLAS – WHATCHA GONNA DO (HARLUM VOCAL MIX) 7 JOEY NEGRO – SAMBA PARTY 8 JELLYBEAN BENITEZ – LATINA 9 DJ OJI – ESTEBAN (MARK MENDOZA EDIT) 10 URSULA RUCKER – ELECTRIC SANTERIA (KING BRITT FIVESIX MIX) 11 LUCA BACCHETTI – NIGHT OVER KWAZULU 12 SOLOMONIC SOUND – MASH DOWN 13 UP BUSTLE AND OUT- DANCE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY (KING BRITT REMIX) 14 JOHN TEJADA – .DESIRE FEAT NICOLETTE 15 DJ DOZIA – LATIN HIGH 16 SVEN VAN HEES – TSUNAMI (BUSCEMI REMIX) 17 SUSANA BACA – LA NOCHE (REMIX)
