Best Of 2024 Part 1 with tracks from Tara Lily, Ezra Collective, and Aja Monet. Soul from Allysha Joy, BINA. and a track from the brilliant album from Norah Jane x Mor.lov. Jazz from Sefi Zisling and Ishfaq. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers, Cengiz and Cyclonix. Rap from Pataka Boys, Bashy, Che Noir, Your Old Droog and namesbliss. Disco from Scruscru. Plus plenty more music treats.
A track in tribute to the excellent poet and activist Nikki Giovanni. Deep downtempo music from Anchorsong remixed by Salamanda, and Duval Timothy. Soul from Yaya Bey, dego feat Samii and a classic from Blue Zone (feat Lisa Stansfield on vocals). Uplifting house from Julio Bashmore feat J’Danna, Gayance feat Judith Little D and Walter Murphy. A quality Jungle track from Tim Reaper and Kloke from their album on Hyperdub. A Bruk blend of Haze City with the current Grime Scene Saviours tune from Ch...
A new song from Sade from the excellent TRANSA compilation. Rap from insyt, Coby Sey, Jadasea, and Das EFX. Turkish Grooves from Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek on Big Crown. A dig in the crates Tru Thoughts tune from Hint feat Laura Vane on a UK Garage / Broken Beat vibe. DJ Spinna’s remix of Otis Redding. A classic from Moodymann. Chip’s new track with a load of Grime legends including JME, Jamakabi and Flowdan. Lefto remixed by Iman Houssein. Plus plenty more music treats.
A great track from Sho Madjozi and Double Zuksh (South Africa / Egypt / Amapiano fusion). Jazz from Work Money Death. A soul re-edit of Candi Staton. A brilliant track form the Metro Beirut label. Zero T re-works Janet Jackson Jungle style. Broken Beat from Footshooter, Natty Wylah & brother portrait, and Mark Pritchard. A classic and influential tune from Depth Charge. Brand new music from Kuna Maze. A Quincy Jones track as sampled by MF DOOM. Plus plenty more music treats.
Soul from TYSON’s new album, Demae x Madlib, Sylvia Yau & FloFilz. Jazz from Edrix Puzzle, Emma Jean Thackray, Carlos Garnet and Work Money Death. Rap from Crafty 893. Hip Hop from Awet, Cappo, Showbiz & AG, Cordae feat Joey Bada$$. An influential track from Depth Charge in tribute to J. Saul Kane (Rest In Peace). Dancefloor beats from Objekt and Fixate. Plus plenty more music treats.
Soul from Mereba, Mondo Grosso, Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Victoria Port, Romy & Sampha. Music in tribute to Lou Donaldson (Rest In Peace) plus two Hip Hop tracks that sample him from Brand Nubian and the Demon Boyz. Jazz from Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra. Broken Beat from Cengiz remixed by Matica and Belleruche remixed by Hint. A classic from Quincy Jones. Plus plenty more music treats.
Tunes in tribute to Quincy Jones (Rest In Peace) including a classic soundtrack and Hip Hop classics that sample his tracks. New music from WheelUP feat Sio. A quality tune from K15 with deep Broken Beat styles. Drum & Bass from SubMarine and Harmony. Soul from Sade, Cleo Sol & Hiatus Kaiyote. Werkha remixes Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Plus plenty more music treats.
In tribute to DJ Clark Kent (R.I.P) there's a Rakim track featuring his production, plus Hip Hop from Pataka Boys, Awet & KRS One. Soul from CHERISE, BINA., Marysia Osu & Plumm, Norah Jane x Mor.lov. A Tribe Called Quest aka The Ummah remix of Bristol’s Crustation. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Toya Delazy and Matica. A great track from drummer Salin. Club tracks from Clive From Accounts and Stacy Kidd feat Peven Everett. A classic from Luther Vandross. Plus plenty more music treats....
A track from the new Visioneers album. Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest, KRS One and Boogiemonsters. Broken Beat from Quiet Dawn feat Lyric L, Footshooter feat Andre Espeut, and Bruk Rogers. Boogie from Another Taste and G.Q. Jazz from Roman Norfleet and Be Present Art Group. The Dimitri From Paris Re Edit of Roland Louis. Dancefloor grooves from Gayance feat Judith Little D. Plus plenty more music treats.
With Hip Hop from Goya Gumbani, Madlib remixing MF DOOM, Wahid, and a track from KA (Rest In Peace). Ezra Collective feat Olivia Dean. Deep sounds from Jaubi and Tara Lily. Jazz from Divorce From New York and Ebi Soda. Drum & Bass from Alix Perez and Zero T. Visioneers aka Marc Mac with a great version of Tom Scott’s Today. Peaceful Soul / Funk energy from Lonnie Liston Smith. Plus plenty more music treats.
Soul from Lynda Dawn & Demae. Rap from Lex Amor, dereck d.a.c, Sonja Blade & Jaycen Spades. Broken Beat from Matica remixing Cengiz, Footshooter feat Natty Wylah & brother portrait. A track from Quantic on Aus Music. Drum & Bass from Zero T, Calibre, Hight Contrast and Demolition Man. New music from Hot 8 Brass Band. A Gospel Soul stomper from Evelyn Freeman. A track from the Ezra Collective album. Plus plenty more music treats.
A track form the new Tara Lily album. Hip Hop from Pataka Boys, Group Home, CLBRKS & NickyDiesel. Broken Beat from Matica, Bruk Rogers & Kaidi Tatham remixing Magic Number. Jazz from Nostalgia 77 & Edrix Puzzle. Dancefloor grooves from Scrscrum, Jazz N Palms and G.Q. Gospel Disco from Jay Rook. A classic from Alex Reece. Plus plenty more music treats.
Rap from the excellent Bashy album, Jeru The Damaja, JSWISS and namesbliss. Gilles Peterson remixes Bobby Bazini on a Mukatsuku 7” vinyl release. Matica with a Bruk remix of Q-Tip. Palm Skin Productions remixes Alice Russell. A brilliant track from Magic Number (lyrics about getting off your phone!). An epic track from Jordan Rakei. A version of MF DOOM’s ‘Raid' by Visioneers (aka 4hero’s Marc Mac). A great new Drum & Bass track from Zero T feat Steo & Onj. A track from Sampha. Plus plen...
Brand new music from Footshooter featuring Natty Wylah & brother portrait. A quality track from Norah Jane x Mor.lov from Amsterdam. Broken Beat from D’Monk on Touching Bass, Ashley Beedle, and a quality tune that builds and builds from Seiji on Talkin Loud. Mannix Okonkwo’s Boogie style version of Lionel Richie from the Nigeria Special 3 compilation album on Soundway. Hip Hop from LL Cool J (produced by Q-Tip), Ty, and Bashy. Reggae from Aswad. Plus plenty more music treats.
Soul from BINA., Kirby, and Martine Girault. Rap from Che Noir, Your Old Droog, LL Cool J produced by Q-Tip, and Bashy. UK Garage from Zed Bias, Groove Chronicles, Sammy Virji. Drum & Bass from Workforce feat Tyler Daley, Tara Lily, and DJ Die remixing Karime Kendra. A classic from Maze in tribute to Frankie Beverly (Rest In Peace). Jazz from Jaubi and Divorce From New York. A new track from Mulatu Astatke, plus plenty more music treats.
The Portishead cover of Abba recently released on 7” vinyl in support of War Child. Rap tunes from namesbliss, Knucks and Jazzy Jeff feat CL Smooth. Ashley Beedle’s Re-edit of Kylie Auldist’s Soul & Strings track. The classic 4Hero remix of Nuyorican Soul. IZCO with the Drum & Bass. Jamz Supernova & Sam Interface remix a track from the latest Sly5thAve album. Jazz from SML on International Anthem and the brilliant LCSM album from IG Culture. A Crazy P tune in tribute to Danielle Moor...
A big orchestral track on Tru Thoughts from the forthcoming Benji Bower & the Terra Collective Orchestra album. Hip Hop from the Pataka Boys and De La Soul feat MF Doom. A classic from Portishead. Zach Witness reworks the classic Hot Music. Quality club music from Mystery Tiime. A quality remix of the Cengiz tune MOTF. Brand new music from Tara Lily plus Drum & Bass from Roni Size Reprazent feat Bahamadia and Phaze One (using a classic Tom & Jerry inspired Jungle sample). Reggae from...
A show influenced by all the artists, DJs and tunes Robert heard at We Out Here festival recently. An important track from aja monet. Deep downtempo tunes from Andre 3000 & Tara Lily. Soul from Dee Dee Bridgewater, Asha Puthli, Steven Bamidele, Loose Ends and Allysha Joy. A classic from Omar & Zed Bias. Broken Beat from Matica on Dance Regular. Reggae from Mr Vegas and Yaya Bey. An uplifting dancefloor groove from Gayance featuring Judith Little D. Plus plenty more music treats.
A track from the NxWorries album on Stones Throw. Two tunes on Tru Thoughts that were used in the Olympics Breaking competition from Alice Russell and The Bamboos, plus tracks from the DJs at the event, Plash and DJ Fleg. Broken Beat from Oliver Knight feat Bel Cobain remixed by IG Culture, iMantús x Reon Vangèr, and an unreleased BlackTonez Remix. Soul from Sio, Hiatus Kaiyote, and the Love & Purpose compilation put together by DJ Gilla on his First Word label. Rap from Namesbliss, Kool Kei...
Drum & Bass from Randall (Rest In Peace) and Alix Perez. Soul from Sunbear. Reggae from The Travellers. Rap from JayaHadADream & Zoutr, Pataka Boys, Gang Starr, J Live and Richy Pitch (Rest In Peace). IZCO and Reek0 remix oreglo. A classic from Soul II Soul. New club tracks from Murder He Wrote and Jon E Cash. Plus plenty more music treats.
A great track from The Zawose Queens. Soul from ELIZA and Steven Bamidele. Rap from namesbliss, KRS One, Your Old Droog, MF DOOM. Jazz from Sefi Zisling, Jaubi and a big tune from The Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble feat Chip Wickham. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers feat MELONYX, Haze City, plus WheelUP & Don Surf remix Tyla. Plus plenty more music treats.
Hip Hop from the excellent Pataka Boys album, Clyde Beats feat 5vvanky and a Nas classic. A quality remix from Domu. Colleen Murphy’s epic Cosmodelica remix of Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Jazz from Sun Ra, Chip Wickham and Ebi Soda remixed by Max Wheeler. Plus part 2 of Robert’s Love Supreme Festival inspired DJ Mix with tracks from Cengiz, Coen, Ishaq, Flowdan, Roni Size, Tyla, Aries, Sault, Jill Scott and plenty more music treats.
Soul from Jimetta Rose & The Voices Of Creation, Allysha Joy & Ganavya. Part 1 of a mix inspired by Robert’s DJ set at the Love Supreme festival recently. Hip Hop from Little Simz, Kendrick Lamar blended with MF DOOM, Samrai blended with Giggs. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers and Nutmeg. A deep edit of Cleo Sol by Lazeness. Dancefloor Boogie from Comb Edits and Oro’s track “Stop The War”. Snips & Eduardo Brecho up the tempo on their cover of Fela Kuti. Plus plenty more music treats....
A track from the excellent namesbliss album. Hip Hop from Che Noir, Pataka Boys and a Kendrick Lamar & MF DOOM blend. Jazz from Finn Rees on Mr Bongo and Sefi Zisling. Soul from Allysha Joy & Sault. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers feat ASAP Shembe remixed by Alex Phountzi, Nutmeg (aka Dego from 4hero) and LCSM "Likwid Continual Space Motion". Drum and Bass from Calibre remixing Ruti, Workforce feat Shady Novelle, Fokuz remixing Erykah Badu. A new club tune from SBTRKT. Plus plenty more musi...
A new track from Footshooter featuring Andre Espeut on vocals. Broken Beat from Oliver Night feat Bel Cobain remixed by Donsurf. Jazz from Sun Ra, LCSM and Joshua Moshe. A special dubplate of the Hip Hop classic The Message. Tunes from Flowdan, Wiley and the excellent namesbliss album. Crissy Criss remixes Brown Paper Bag by Roni Size / Reprazent. Plus plenty more music treats.
Soul from Catpack, Sio, Hijrah and Jimetta Rose. Rap from namesbliss, Wiley, Backwood Sweetie & K!NG jvmes. Deep Bass from V.I.V.E.K. UKG styles from Shina Williams remixed by Mera Bhai and Champion, Bakey, Jamakabi. Jazz from Nubya Garcia and Sefi Zisling. Monk Higgins as sampled by Kendrick Lamar, and a Kendrick Lamar mash up with the classic "The Message". A new version of a Drum & Bass anthem from Adam F. Plus plenty more music treats.
Robert has a special DJ mix this week influenced by his set at the Daytimers Festival in London recently. So a variety of genres covered of which many have a South Asian connection, be it sounds, samples, artists or labels. Rap tracks from Priya Ragu, Roots Manuva and Giggs. Great productions from Samrai and Baalti. Jungle from Killin Time feat Shana Kay, General Levy, Samurai Breaks, Coco Bryce, UK Apache and Break. Big anthems from Flowdan, Chandé & yourboykiran. Robert’s Nirobi collaborat...
Music from ISHA feat Joe Hertz. Payfone remix Alice Russell. A great new track from Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation. Broken Beat from Donsurf and Bruk Rogers. Another great re-issue from Juan Pablo Torres on Mr Bongo. A classic from Mr Scruff with Quantic. Drum & Bass from Adam F, Pola & Bryson, UK Apache and Break. Plus plenty more music treats.
A track from the new Yaya Bey album. A special Broken Beat / Bruk / UK Garage DJ mix this week by Robert with tracks from WheelUP, Quiet Dawn, Lyric L, Seiji, Donsurf, Zed Bias, Jenna G, Close Counters, Flowdan, Pj Bridger, Watch The Ride plus plenty more music treats.
A great track by Demae (from the Mixtape with Madlib beats). J Rocc remixes Sylvan Esso. A new single from Catpack on Tru Thoughts. A brilliant live track from Sun Ra Arkestra. Hip Hop from Your Old Droog, Rome Streetz, Common & Pete Rock, Neelam and Universal Soldiers. A funky 7” from Sababa. Close Counters reworks A Tribe Called Quest break Bruk style. A new 2000BLACK track featuring Samii. A lyrically important track from aja monet. Plus plenty more music treats.
