Biography of Bradford James | |
| Real name / | Bradford Taylor |
| Moniker(s) / | Seed Allstarz, Seedadian Deep, Seed In The City |
HISTORY:
A dj since 1987, was brought up thru the golden age of Hip Hop. Bradford a Brooklyn implant by way of Providence & Boston came from a musical family; mother a singer, grandfather a jazz drummer, he played musical instruments thru junior high school till the time he decided to DJ. "As a DJ, Bradford specializes in African rhythms and as a producer, percussive elements from the motherland come to the fore....(weekly dig 2008)". Although soulful house music is his well-known specialty he thinks anything with soul or feeling fits right into his genre-less idealism. In the past two decades Bradford has played many events and held residencies across the US/Cananda including his current monthly 4 yr old party in Boston called "Seed In The City". He has also co-produced events with New York City based collectives such as Deepa Grooves, Blak-N-Yello, Herbert Holler, Poly Rhythm, Melting Pot Global, Soul Sun Soul Music & Devotion; in clubs, lofts & outdoor spaces all over the city. Also currently has co-created Brooklyn/NY Collective "NY Galaktik" event promotional team with former XM Radio's "The Move" Program Director/Native Chicago event promoter/DJ/Producer Luis Baro Galaktik parties have been some of Brooklyns best underground events the city has seen in years. Host to dj's Phil Asher, Dj Spinna, Ron Trent, Frankie Feliciano, Audio Soul Project, Chez Damier to name a few.
Bradford started Producing music in 1998, his first release in 2001 under the groovekontrol name. He has appeared on cuts produced with some of soulful dance musics heavyweights such as Quentin Harris, Tyrone Francis, Boddhi Satva, Nef Nunez, Oveous Maximus, Trinidadian Deep to name a few. To date he has releases and remixes under the names subwaysoul, seed allstarz, bradford james, jesse james project, seed in the city and seedadian deep on some of house musics most respected labels worldwide. See Discography for full list. Bradford is currently working on his first album titled "deeply rooted" and many other projects with artists Lydia Rhodes, Taihisha Grant & few others (to be mentioned) to be released within the end of the year.
Bradford started the Seed (soul enters every dancer) imprint with co-founders Oveous Maximus & Deknology in 1999. Since then has planted a "seed" in the musical community as a respectable new underground independent record label. Seed has over 20 releases under its belt, including releases and remixes from Alton MIller, Boddhi Satva, Oveous Maximus, Tyrone Francis, Jersey Soul, Jay Tripwire and many many others. Seed's catalog has appeared on compilations in Canada, UK & South Africa. The music has been played by heavyweights like Osunlade, Mr V, Louie Vega, Jojo Flores, Tony Humphries, Andy Ward to name a few... All music is available via Itunes, Traxsource, Amazon, emuzic and many other digital outlets.
