Taizo has been collecting and playing records for Funk and Soul lovers in Kansai, Japan for a long time now! He’s also currently involved in some online nights in Europe, as well as..  

“I started secondary school in September 1981; as with so many others of my age we grew up with those wonderful Kent LP’s. I didn’t actually start collecting seriously until the late eighties, but I’ve never stopped…….

“At 15 or 16 I began collecting vinyl and DJing, starting with soul and reggae tunes, but then focussed more and more on Soul 45’s. Since then, soul music and DJing has been a very important part of my life..”

“I'm a collector without purpose and some-time record researcher without a mission. I probably wanted to be a part-time DJ but forgot about it somewhere along the way….

Oscar has collected records “of attitude”, mostly from the jazz, reggae, and soul genres, since his youth. Much of his vinyl collection has been test-driven by his own dancing feet on the UK soul, and jazz-dance club scenes. A resident DJ at South London Soul Train since 2013…..