A Broken Beat / Bruk special this week with Robert in the mix for most of the show with new, classic and digging deep Broken Beat tunes. Featuring 4 Hero, WheelUP, Afronaut, Seiji, Phuturistix aka Zed Bias, Son Of Scientist aka IG Culture, Nuff Pedals remixing Rhi, EVM128, Sivey, Cousin Cockroach, Domu and more. From soulful grooves to heavy basslines and of course lots of great drums. Lock in to this special DJ mix.
May 04, 2020
J-Felix joins Robert (via Zoom) for the second hour of this week's show playing music from his album and bringing tunes from The RH Factor feat. D’Angelo, Homecut, Goldlink, Liam Bailey, Crown City Rockers and Footshooter as well as talking about the album, how it is working with Swindle and Alice Russell and more. Robert has some classic Broken Beat from Son Of Scientist aka IG Culture. Ron Basejam on the remix of Catching Flies. Hip Hop from The Fugees….not that track…but still a good one from...
Apr 27, 2020
A track from the excellent new Cleo Sol album. Soul music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto and Bill Withers. Music from John Carrol Kirby on Stones Throw. A DJ Premier classic from Group Home plus a classic from Ty feat Roots Manuva. A catchy whistle dancefloor tune from Wajatta on Brainfeeder. A track from the latest EP from Werkha on First Word. Big Soul / Jazz anthem from Abstract Truth. Instrumental Beats from DJ Spinna. Brokent Beat from Sivey. Plus plenty more quality music treats.
Apr 20, 2020
Music from Bill Withers (Rest In Peace). African Funk from Los Issufu. Deep music from Pascal Schumacher. Drum & Bass from Makoto & Calibre. A classic from 4 Hero. Broken Beat from WheelUP and EVM128. Jazz from Vibration Society. A great track from Laurence Guy. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Apr 13, 2020
A good mixture of styles and genres this week with music from Manu Dibango (R.I.P). Hip Hop from the long anticipated album from Jay Electronica. New music from Little Dragon and Yazmin Lacey. The first single from new Tru Thoughts artists Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl. Drum and bass from Calibre, Peshay and The X (sampling Nina Simone with heavy drums). Reggae from Dennis Brown & Protoje. Massive Attack’s classic remix of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Soulful dance music from Australia’s Middle N...
Apr 06, 2020
A special DJ mix this week repping some good dancefloor tunes across a variety of tempos. The mix is called the Stay Home & Sonic Switch DJ mix for those wanting some home lockdown dancefloor action. Music from El Train & Celeste. Hip Hop from Camp Lo, London Posse and the Boogiemonsters. Dancefloor beats from Titeknots, Dego & Nasty Dolls. Brazilian Disco from Kassin. Catchy clapping Jazz from Kitty Winter. Tropical synth action from Jimmy Salcedo Y Su Onda Tres. Drum & Bass fro...
Mar 30, 2020
A special DJ mix of uplifting and inspiring music. Tunes from Marvin Gaye, 4 Hero, Stevie Wonder. Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar. A cover of Mos Def by female singer Dasha. A brilliant tune from TettoryBad. A clip from an essay by C.S Lewis about celebrating and enjoying moments in life even when times might seem hard. Positive soul from Terri Walker. Plus lots more great songs to lift up your spirits.
Mar 23, 2020
A track from the quality new release from Riz Ahmed. Classic Hip Hop from Natives From Da Underground (co-produced by JD aka J Dilla). New music from Emma-Jean Thackray, Greentea Peng and Sly5thAve feat Denitia. Dancefloor beats from Malcom Catto and Anunaku. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Mar 16, 2020
A track from the new J-Felix album on Tru Thoughts. Soul from Moonchild (as recently covered by Erykah Badu and her daughter Puma) and a classic from Erykah Badu too. A Hip Hop track from 1999 by Common on Rawkus. Gospel from Sunday Service Choir. Jazzy Beats from Shall I Bruk It, and Ivan Conti remixed by Eddie Ramich. Drum & Bass from Dillinja, Roni Size Reprazent, Hedex & Bou. A great dancefloor tune from Anunaku. A new track from Sarathy Korwar. Plus plenty more musical treats....
Mar 09, 2020
A percussive dance track from Logic1000. Deep Dancefloor Dub from Andrew Weatherall. Dancefloor Jazz from Jaimie Branch. Soul from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Nita Rossi and Asha Pulthi. A track from Quantic’s new label featuring Denitia. Hip Hop from B.o.B, Griselda, Kendrick Lamar and Gawd Status. A big club tune from Dego (catchy synths). Drum and Bass from Chimpo and S.P.Y remixing Zero 7. A brand new Nuff Pedals remix of Rhi on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Mar 02, 2020
Robert is joined in Brighton by Moonchild playing some of their releases and an interview discussing self-releasing their debut album, the support they have received from Jazzy Jeff, speaking up as an artist and not believing it was real when Stevie Wonder got in touch asking them to perform. Plus Robert has lots of good tracks this week. Jazz from Jaimie Branch and Moses Boyd. Hip Hop from Madlib’s new 'The Professionals' project, Mac Miller and Main Source. A quality remix in tribute to Andrew...
Feb 24, 2020
Robert is joined in the second half of the show by Sam Wills in the Brighton studio. Sam brings along some tunes he is currently enjoying including Eliza, Jake Milner, Kiefer, as well as playing some of his recent releases. Robert has Soul from Greentea Peng and Yazmin Lacey. Hip Hop from Quasimoto, Gawd Status and Catching Flies feat Blu & Jehst. Uplifting music from Sunday Service Choir and Quantic & Alice Russell. Drum and Bass from S.P.Y remixing Zero 7 and Chimpo. Plus plenty more m...
Feb 17, 2020
Soul from Madison McFerrin, Sefi Zisling, Luv Rell and Terri Walker. Hip Hop from Life & Nappa (check the switch), Your Old Droog and Rapsody. A Nirobi Edit of Sunday Service Choir, Soul II Soul and Stro Elliot. Broken Beat from Pote, Kid Fonque and Sio remixed by China Charmeleon and Troubleman aka Mark Pritchard. Electronic Tropical Bass from Kokoko and Saravah Soul remixed by Debruit. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Feb 10, 2020
Soul music from Yazmin Lacey, Bina, Madison McFerrin and a classic from Alice Russell remixed by Bonobo. Big dancefloor tunes from Moses Boyd feat Poppy Ajudha, Nightmares On Wax remixing The Vision featuring Andreya Triana, and Pote. A catchy Broken Beat / Tropical style track from Alex Figueira. Brand new music from Peshay and Jungle from Pete Cannon and Special Request. Some Dub from Sevana and Wrongtom remixing Flowdan. A classic from The Young Disciples remixed by Large Professor. Plus plen...
Feb 03, 2020
A special downtempo DJ mix from Robert this week covering a few genres. Instrumental goodness from Calibre, Steve Spacek and Modaji. Hip Hop from Mos Def, Mac Miller (produced by Disclosure) and Noname. Great vocal tracks from Rhi & Masok on Raw Tapes. A classic from Zero 7. A minimal cover of a classic tune by Robert Glasper. Plus plenty more musical delights.
Jan 27, 2020
The final best of 2019 show so quality music all the way. Soul from Greentea Peng, Sunday Service Choir, Theo Parrish feat Maurissa Rose. Dancefloor tracks from Dego, Roddy Rod and Marc Mac’s remix of the Zero dB classic. Drum and Bass from Posij, Hedex & Bou. Grime from JME feat Wiley. Big epic music from Octo Octa. Wonderful deep music from Calibre’s latest album (it’s not D&B). Plus plenty more musical treats.
Jan 20, 2020
Brand new music from Kaytranada, DieMantle and Psychemagik. Plus the first track from J-Felix’s forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts featuring Andrew Ashong. Hip Hop from Your Old Droog, Stormzy, Lowkey & Rodney P. Big dancefloor tunes from Dego & KOKOKO! A quality track from Theo Parrish feat Maurissa Rose. Classics from Grace Jones & Zero 7. El Train on production for Fika. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Jan 12, 2020
Best of 2019 Part 4 so big tracks all the way. A track from Joe Armon-Jones feat Georgia Anne Muldrow. Beats from Ivy Lab. Soulful Boogie from Garden Of Eden. Tropical tempo changing grooves from Los Piranas. Dancefloor Bass from TC4 & Terror Danjah. Jungle from Aries remixed by Benny Page and John Holt remixed by Benny L. Big Gospel club tune from Alan Dixon. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Jan 06, 2020
Best of 2019 Part 3 so guaranteed good music all the way. Music from Sio, Moonchild, The Specials feat Saffiyah Khan and Kate Tempest. Hip Hop from Gawd Status. Broken Beat from Xtra Brux. Dancefloor tunes from Likwid Continual Space Motion & Daphni. A big tune from Shafiq Husayn feat Hiatus Kaiyote. Plus plenty more quality music.
Dec 30, 2019
The second Best of 2019 show with tunes that have been sounding good this year and will no doubt be sounding good in the future too. Quality all the way. With Anderson Paak, Quantic, Little Simz. Jazz from Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & Blue Lab Beats. Deep dancefloor tracks from Saronde remixed by Jimpster and Somethin Sanctified. Soul from Lynda Dawn, Pieces Of A Man and Laville. Drum & Bass from Dogger feat Liam Bailey and Brookes Brothers. Broken Beat from Sivey and WheelUp. Plus plenty ...
Dec 23, 2019
Music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Jme, Sir Hiss and Bakar. Plus a special Christmas DJ mix featuring Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Funk and Jazz with Blondie, Run DMC, The Treacherous Three, Children Of Zeus, DJ Spinna, John Holt, Tuxedo, Sharon Jones, Wiley, Donny Hathaway and many more.
Dec 16, 2019
This week Robert is joined in the studio by Rhi who plays some tunes from her second album on Tru Thoughts – "The Pale Queen". Rhi also brings a selection of quality tunes and discusses the world of a solo artist who sings, writes, plays, programs, makes the beats and records all her songs. Robert brings some new fresh tunes from Jme featuring Wiley, Steam Down, Alphabets Heaven, TSVI and a track from the excellent new (not Drum & Bass) Calibre album. Press play…it’s a good show.
Dec 08, 2019
The first of a few Best Of 2019 shows (there will be one in January to make sure any December releases are covered too). On the Soul side there are tunes from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Swindle feat Andrew Ashong and Sault. Hip Hop form Gang Starr, Rapsody, Loyla Carner and J Hus. A great track from Snowy feat Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods)…check the lyrics. Beats from Nuff Pedals and Ezra Hames. Jazz from Ezra Collective and Theon Cross. Dancefloor tunes from Pote & Matthew Herbert. Grime from ...
Dec 02, 2019
Quality music from Stro Elliot. Soulful Boogie from Texas by The Vapor Caves. Jazz Beats from Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A classic from Frankie Knuckles and Satoshie Tomie. A great track from Kate Tempest which seems to capture a moment. Deep Broken Beat from Yadava and Trev. A Gospel tune from the Armstrong Brothers. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Nov 25, 2019
Broken Beat from WheelUP, Yadava and Marc Mac remixing Zero dB. A quality Gospel / Hip Hop track from Stro Elliot. Sampology on the remix of Quantic. A nice and uplifting tune from The Vapor Cave with tempo switches. A great track from the new compilation on Analog Africa of music from Somlia…deep dancefloor Reggae style. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Nov 18, 2019
Music from the brand new and good for you Gang Starr album feat Q Tip plus Hip Hop from Rapsody and an all time classic from Scor Zay Zee. Broken Beat from Likwid Continual Space Motion. Deep dancefloor music from Quantic. Ashley Henry’s Jazz & Beats cover of Solange. A quality tune from Kate Tempest. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Nov 11, 2019
A track from Fela Kuti featuring Ginger Baker (R.I.P) on drums. Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib feat Yasiin Bey & Black Thought. Deep electronic vocal tracks from Mindchatter and Rhi. Soulful instrumental electronic music from Floating Points new album and Black Pocket aka Steve Spacek. A track from the latest Quantic album featuring Alice Russell. Plus plenty more music you will enjoy.
Nov 04, 2019
Music from the new Kindness album. Hip Hop from The Goats, Rapsody and Gang Starr. Deep dancefloor music from Paul Epworth. A great track from IG Culture’s Likwid Continual Space Motion featuring members of Steam Down on a Jazz/Broken Beat tip. A classic from Tom Tom Club. A tune from the latest Quantic album (which has Quantic on vocals). Plus plenty more musical treats.
Oct 28, 2019
Music from the new, self-produced album from solo vocalist and songwriter Rhi on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Donny Arcade, Rodney P and Gang Starr. A great live recording of Sun Ra Arkestra. Dancefloor tracks from Wajeed, Paul Epworth & TC4. Uplifting Disco from The Vision feat Andreya Triana and Mass Syndicate. Drum & Bass from Fixate remixing Zero dB, Selecta J-Man & Gold Dubs and Chase & Status feat Irah on the remix of the all time classic Original Nuttah. Plus plenty more mus...
Oct 21, 2019
Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Gang Starr, Freestyle Fellowship and The Unspoken Heard. A track from the great Damon Locks album and new music from the excellent Sault. Dancefloor tunes from ESG & Leoparden. Jazzy tunes from Shigeto and Lafleur. A deeper track from the Terror Danjah album. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Oct 13, 2019
