Three New Mixtapes — Soulful Beats & Vintage RnB

Here are three new mixtapes for you to dance and party to! The tracks are a mixture of Funk, Soul, RnB, Hip-Hop and some pop-vibes. For anyone who heard the DJ-sets I used to do in the UK the blend should be familiar! I’m at my happiest when I get artists like James Brown, Alicia Keys, Q-Tip and Lion Babe to fit side by side like they were always meant to be that way. There’s something magical in crossing the boundaries of generations, style and time while maintaining an illusion (or a truth?) of musical ‘oneness’. One of my greatest joys as a DJ was when I managed to sneak one of my own tracks into a set while the dance-floor and party was ‘business as usual’ — made me feel like I would belong side by side with my heroes for a moment. My internal imagery shows pictures of people dancing on Soul Train when I work on these tapes. I know I sometimes go outside of their repertoire, but I still hope Don Cornelius would be proud!

Playlists are on the Mixcloud page if you click on the links. Hope it makes you want to dance and have fun!

Three Hot Runway Mixtapes

I just put out three runway mixtapes on Mixcloud. They were made some time back for my good friend Andreas Constantinou who is a top of the range international hair stylist. Andreas runs Zoosh International in the UK and you can check it out on this link! Andreas choreographed some amazing shows to these tapes. It was all captured on camera by the equally amazing photographer Dave Sander.


Hope these get you dancing and jumping around!

Runway Mixtape 1 (For Stylist Andreas Constantiou) - by DJ Snowdrift by Snowdrift on Mixcloud

Runway Mixtape 2 (For Stylist Andreas Constantiou) - by DJ Snowdrift by Snowdrift on Mixcloud

Runway Mixtape 3 (For Stylist Andreas Constantiou) - by DJ Snowdrift by Snowdrift on Mixcloud

Snowdrift News 1 – Music News

2010 was an action filled first year for Snowdrift Productions and Harald Haltvik (aka. DJ Snowdrift). Here is an update from the projects of 2010, especially the latter ones:

1. Pre-Production:
Snowdrift has been working with a handful of songwriters at various stages of developing their original material. The activity has mainly revolved around arrangements and production planning and has run through the whole year.

2. Runway mixtapes:
DJ Snowdrift has made mix-tapes for several events by hair-stylist Andreas Constantinou throughout 2010. The aim of the collaborations has been to create a complete experience in sound, vision and modelling around the hair-styles that have been exhibited. Dave Sander of 1ClickPhotography has captured the events beautifully through the camera.


With some of the models after a show.


Model line-up after show.
(Photos by Dave Sander)


3. Hope For Justice charity gig:
Big happening at the charming Old Tramshed in Saltaire. Featuring DJ Agent M & DJ Snowdrift, Starling, Marmozets, The Coopers, Dolly Peters, Mark Stevens and Kate Walker. One amazing night!


DJ's view: panorama of the Old Tramshed.

4. DJ-ing:
DJ Snowdrift has appeared at several events in the UK through 2010. The repertoire has been from the 60’s and 70’s and containing Soul, R’n B and Funk, with the occasional added flavas’ of neo-soul, modern R’n B and Hip-Hop. Most of the events have been collaborations with the one and only Steven Lynch, aka. DJ Agent M.

Stephen Lynch - DJ Agent M

Harald Haltvik - DJ Snowdrift

5. London Jazz Festival:
On the more relaxing note I had a great time attending a concert by one of my former lecturers. Mr. Jeremy Monteiro, aka. “Singapore’s King of Swing” played in Soho one night during London Jazz Festival.


Jeremy Monteiro Trio at London Jazz Festival

IMPACT in Bradford

It’s happening again! Tomorrow, October 30th 2010 to be exact.

Come and dance and enjoy life at Ac Hc in Bradford!
DJ Snowdrift (Harald Haltvik) has made the mixtape for the runway-show and does the first set from 6:30 pm and an hour onwards. It’s gonna be Northern Soul, old school R’n B, Funk and other things that will make you wanna move!

There will be several live acts, and DJ Agent M will set the final vibe of the night and play into the early hours of the next day.

See you there!



Click here for Facebook event.