A track in tribute to Jaimie Branch (Rest In Peace). Plus lots of music influenced by the We Out Here festival. Soul Beats from Allysha Joy. Broken Beat from EVM128, Lord Byron and WheelUP remixing Anushka. Jazz from Searchlight, Rebecca Vasmant and Bristol’s Snazzback. A recent classic from Flowdan. El-B remixing SW2. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A quality funk dancefloor tune from Oumou Sangare. A classic from Portishead. Hip Hop from Danger Mouse & Black thought, Pete Rock & CL Smooth plus a cover of it from Heroes Of Limbo. A track in tribute to Jaimie Branch (Rest In Peace). A track from the new re-issue of zero dB on Tru Thoughts featuring Pase Rock. Broken Beat from Donsurf & WheelUP remixing Natalie Duncan. A great rework from Anish Kumar. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A track from the excellent Backwood Sweetie album. New music from Shy One on Eglo. Heroes Of Limbo with an Afrobeat cover of Eric B & Rakim. Carnival beats from Omar & Zed Bias. A quality track from South Africa’s China Charmeleon feat El Payo & Dindy. Classic Hip Hop from Bahamadia and a classic from Roni Size Reprazent featuring Bahamadia too. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A classic track from Lamont Dozier (Rest In Peace). Plus a special downtempo DJ mis from Robert with soul from Moonchild, N’Dea Davenport (remixed by J Dilla) and Cleo Sol. Khruangbin covering Summer Madness. 90’s Bristol Beats from Dadomo remixed by Crustation. Hip Hop from The Boogiemonsters, A Tribe Called Quest & The East Flatbush Project. Ahmed Sirour flips John Coltrane. Deep minimal piano music from Calibre. A classic from Children Of Zeus plus plenty more musical treats.
A special DJ Mix from Robert this week featuring tracks that have been going down well in his DJ sets at his Brighton club night Sonic Switch (next one is on Friday 12th August). With Jazz Beats from J Rocc. Obas Nenor’s epic remix of Sefi Zisling. Banging Gospel from Ron Hall reworked by DJ Spen. Break Beat from Bill Shales and Broken Beat from Murder He Wrote. The excellent remix of Beyonce from Casamena. Drum & Bass from MELONYX, Zero T, Chimpo, Peshay and Tyke & Recipe feat Dakotta S...
A great track from the Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation album on Night Dreamer. Hip Hop from Public Enemy, Deema, Krs One & J Dilla. A track from The Maghreban album and excellent Kaidi Tatham album. Drum & Bass from Think Tonk and Chimpo plus classic pioneering Jungle from Tom & Jerry. A great anti-war song from Kate Bush. A classic from Loose Ends (as featured on series 3 of Atlanta). A tune from STR4TA. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A track from Khruangbin feat Quantic. Reggae from Chronixx, Sister Nancy & King Tubby. Hip Hop from DJ premier, Remy Ma, Rapsody and T-Love. A cover of the Freeez classic from the Luke Una compilation on Mr Bongo. New music from the second album by Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A track from Rhi’s new EP on Tru Thoughts. Soul from Sio and Mave and Dave. Kaytranada’s extended edit of Chance The Rapper. Inflo (the producer behind Sault) with an uplifting Afrobeat anthem. Bruk Rogers’ remix of MELONYX. Brand new music from Congo Natty. Classic Dancehall from Cham and the song that inspired it by High Mikes. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Soul from Erykah Badu, MELONYX, D’Angelo (remixed by Jay Dee). Casamena remixes Beyonce. Deep Disco from Snacks. Broken Beat from Marc Mac (4hero). Dancefloor Jazz from Sons Of Kemet. Uplifting Dancefloor Gospel from Ron Hall reworked by Spen. The Reflex remix of Quantic’s The Western Transient project. Plus plenty more musical treats.
An uplifting deep dancefloor tune on Tru Thoughts from Luman Child feat Robert Gee on vocals. A new remix of Natalie Duncan by 4hero. Hip Hop from Wiki, Meduulla and Jeru The Damaja. A classic track from Skipworth & Turner in tribute to Patrick Adams (R.I.P). A track form the Fixing Barbie album by the amazing Michaela Coel. Dancefloor beats from Darama x yourboykiran & Szajna. Austin Ato with a new mix of a zero Db classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Hip Hop from Meduulla, The Boogiemonsters, Camp Lo, Eva B (as featured on Ms Marvel) and Jianbo (produced by Henry Wu). Jazz Beats from DJ Counselling and Ezra Collective. Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Sharky. A wonderful children’s choir PS22 cover Kate Bush. A quality Soul track from South Africa’s SIo. Calibre’s classic Drum & Bass remix of Jaheim. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Playing some tunes to celebrate the memory of Fredrik Lager aka Red Astaire aka Freddie Cruger (Rest In Peace) with some of his quality music that has rocked dancefloors and headphones across the world. Plus new music from the excellent BINA. Hip Hop from MF Doom, Slum Village, Deema and Kendrick Lamar. Brand new music from Crafty 893. A big Jazz with Drums tune from SW2. Drum & Bass from Salo, Chimpo, Zero T & Onj and Tyke & Recipe feat Dakota Sixx. A tune from Anderson Paak. Plus p...
Music from MELONYX remixed by Zero T. Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar, CZARFACE, KRS One and from Scotland’s S.T.S. Excellent Disco from Reality re-issued by Jazzman. A great new track from Shy One on Eglo. The Windows 95 sound by Brian Eno (slowed down x 23 which sound like an ambient track). Big Dancehall from Beenie Man and Bounty Killer. A classic from Cleo Sol. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A special ‘Rebel Songs’ DJ mix for Jubilee Week in the UK. Inspiring tunes from M.I.A, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy, Riz Ahmed, Bobbie Johnson, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Specials, Fela Kuti, Peter Tosh, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra covering the Sex Pistols, Nina Simone and more.
Music from the excellent Kendrick Lamar album. Classic tunes from Portishead and Jaylib. An epic and quality remix by Obas Nenor of Sefi Zisling. Jazz Beats from Viper Time and Ebi Soda. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Peshay, Traumatize & Mampi Swift. A big Broken Beat tune from Murder He Wrote. Zo! & Tigalo (aka Phonte from Little Brother) cover a Toto classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Music from Allysha Joy, Kutiman and Knucks feat Stomzy. Plus Simon Richmond aka Palm Skin Productions joins Robert to play tunes and speak about his new album “Other Times’ on Tru Thoughts. Simon talks about being part of K-Creative who were signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label, the early days of James Lavelle’s Mo Wax and being one of the first artists to release on the label, getting signed and then dropped by Virgin and more stories on his fascinating journey with music.
Dancefloor tracks from Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim, and Session Victim on Rhythm Section International. Jazz Beats from Ebi Soda. Hip Hop from Mooke Da God, Run The Jewels and a classic from Notorious B.I.G. Harp music from Amanda Whiting on Jazzman. Reggae from Willie Williams and Horace Andy. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A classic from Labi Siffre. Hip Hop from Robert feat Kool Keith, Rakim and Public Enemy (a track about processed food). A tune from the new SAULT album. Uplifting Gospel House with Soulful Session & Cheryl Lee. A quality remix of Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl by yourboykiran & Chandé. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Deep beats from Shy One and Daniel Maunick. Soul from dego feat Samii and STR4TA. A track from the forthcoming Palm Skin Productions album on Tru Thoughts. UK classics from The Sindecut and Loose Ends. Epic music from the new SAULT album. A track from the new Horace Andy album. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Reggae from Queen Ifrica and Chronixx (produced by Info). Beats with Strings from UNKLE. Hip Hop from ODB, Ultramagnetic MCs and Public Enemy. A classic from Chaka Khan. Dancefloor Jazz from corto.alto and Rebecca Vasmant. Drum & Bass from Ben Hauke, Dub Phizix and Om Unit. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A song from Allysha Joy’s forthcoming album on First Word Records. Hip Hop from KRS One’s new album, Busta Rhymes feat Rakim and Chris Rock and a classic from A Tribe Called Quest. Deep meditative choir styles from Beautiful Chorus. Jazzy Jeff & James Poyser remixing Moonchild. Alex Nut reworks Sade. A tune from Prince and a quality Drum & Bass tune from Zero T. Plus plenty more musical treats.
Playing a classic from The Roots (Big up to Questlove on his Oscar win for the important Summer Of Soul film). A track from the album of Oscar winner Riz Ahmed’s short film (Big up Riz). Hip Hop from Slum Village, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Previously unreleased music from Charles Stepney on the ever excellent International Anthem. Quality House from Austin Ato. A track from the new Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.
An excellent track from the Fatima & Joe Armon Jones release. Quality beats from sndtrack on Street Corner Music. Hip Hop from Brand Nubian. Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway cover Tears For Fears. Check the tune from Brighton based singer and producer Blu Ernest. A peaceful anthem from Lonnie Liston Smith. Jazz Beats from Gee W. A big Broken Beat, House, Brazilian fusion tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats....
A special DJ mix from Robert this week with some of the tunes that have been going down well at his Sonic Switch club night in Brighton recently. Drum & Bass from OneDa, StillZ and A.K.A. Hip Hop from Mos Def, Skibadee & Det. A big new dancefloor tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. DFA remixing M.I.A. Percussive grooves from Torozebu on Black Acre. Plus plenty more musical treats.
A track from the excellent Jimetta Rose album produced by House Shoes. Soul from Moonchild feat Tank and The Bangas and Jimmy Scott covering Prince (who was 73 when he recorded this version). Wonderful uplifting harp music from Alina Bzhezhinska. Boogie Jazz by JD73’s ElectTrio on the excellent Colin Curts compilation. Jazz Broken Beat fusion from Rebecca Vasmant. Producer Villem does a quality downtempo tune which is taken from the Drum & Bass producer 130+ tracks compilation Together With ...
In tribute to Skibadee, the influential and legendary MC, we play some of his more Hip Hop orientated releases, including his big club track Tika Toc and music from the project 2 X Freestyle (Skibadee & Det). Rest In Peace. An all time Reggae classic from Fabian plus brand new music from Chronixx (produced by Inflo) and Shy FX and Liam Bailey. Hip Hop from Paula Perry (produced by DJ Premier). Jazz Beats from Ebi Soda feat Yazz Ahmed on Tru Thoughts. A great tune from Kutiman & Elif Çağl...
Music from the new Moonchild album. Hip Hop from Godfather Don, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface and a classic from Talib Kweli produced by Kanye West. Pioneering Funk Soul from the influential Betty Davis (Rest In Peace). Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers on CoOpR8, Quiet Dawn on First Word and Rebecca Vasmant on Tru Thoughts. A track from the excellent London Pirate Radio Adverts on Death Is Not The End. Drum & Bass from Paul SG, DJ Die and a big tune that’s rocking the dancefloor at Sonic Switch from...
A special DJ Mix with the music and songs from Lata Mangeshkar (Rest In Peace) and tracks that have been influenced by her releases including Mos Def, Slick Rick, Madlib, Jaylib, Planet Asia, Four Tet, Little Simz, Flying Lotus, Truth Hurts, Rakim and more. Plus music from Moonchild, Bonobo and Bigga Bush.
Harp music from Brandee Younger. Hip Hop from dereck d.a.c, DJ Premier & 2 Chainz. Plus three songs from different eras that are all connected from De La Soul (produced by Jay Dee), Ahmad Jamal and Lance Ferguson. Brand new Jazz from Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui. Broken Beat from Jonny Faith and Alison David remixed by Afronaut. Dancefloor Jazz from Theon Cross and Ebi Soda. The excellent Nina Simone track from the Summer Of Soul (Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) soundtra...
Music from Sly & Robbie (Rest In Peace Robbie Shakespeare) feat N’Dea Davenport on vocals. Rebecca Vasmant remixes Tamil Rogeon. A wonderful track from Black Flower. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy remixes Lady Blackbird. A track from the Stoney & Meatloaf album on Motown off shoot Rare Earth. Hip Hop from Gawd Status feat Jehst, Kojey Radical and a UK classic from Caveman. Alex Reece’s deep D&B remix of United Future Organisation on Talkin Loud. A track from the new Quantic EP on Aus Music. ...
