I’ve always had a massive amount of love for the many varied forms of music around Africa but this is probably the first time I’ve gone into that properly on this podcast.

Here there is music from Mali, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and music from around the world that has been inspired by these countries and more.

There is music old and new here – I’ve been DJing a lot recently so I wanted to get stuck into a proper dance floor mix like the ones I have been playing out. So I hope you will appreciate my first proper DJ mix in AGES!

And please remember to get your tickets to the very important Simon Says… gig at the Jazz Café in London on March 25th. More details available at www.wahwah45s.com.

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• Terry Callier – Live With Me // Hidden Conversations (Mr Bongo)
• Clara Hill – Endlessly (Freddie Joachim Remix)
• Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar // Dollar 12″ (Stones Throw)
• Oumou Sangare – Iyo Djeli // Seya
• Letta Mbulu – Melodi // Sounds Of Hugh Masekela (BBE)
• Simphiwe Dana – Ingoma // Zandisile (Skip Records)
• Monomono – Tire Loma Da Nigbehin // Nigeria 70 (Strutt)
• GRC vs Luz Mob – Tabaco Y Ron (TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio Remix) // Names You Can Trust: Remixes LP (NYCT)
• Shina Wiliams & His African Percussion – Agboju Logun // Nigeria 70 (Strutt)
• Basement Freaks – Road Trip To Lagos (Innvision Records)
• Debruit – Nigeria What (Civil Music)
• J.A. Adofo & City Boys Band – Osu A Meresu // Nya Asem Hwe (Unknown)
• Kokolo – The Magnificent Seven (The Uptown Fellaz Remix) (Shiftin’ Gears)
• Friendly Fires – Hold On (XL)
• Alhaji K. Frimpong – Mensu // Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu
• A. B. Crentsil – nawa to be husband // A. B. Crentsil & The Osookoo Stars
• Letta_Mbulu – U Se Mcani // Sounds Of Hugh Masekela (BBE)
• Mounam and Trevor & Lisa – What Needs Mama (Favorite)

Beautiful traditional Chinese music to celebrate the Chinese New Year, brand new music from Emanative from the forthcoming remix album, a stunning track off the new Brownswood-forum compiled “We Made This” compilation and something made only the other night by me.

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( Artist – Track // Album (Label))

• Samoyed – For Leaving // Always From This Point (Flask) – 1st half
• Emanative – Lights On/Off //Time (Futuristica)
• Michael White – Land of Spirit & Light (part 3) // The Land of Spirit & Light (Impulse)
• Oumou Sangaré – Diaraby Nene // Moussolou (World Circuit)
• Bei Bei – Spring of Snow Mountain // Quiet Your Mind & Listen (Standby Productions)
• Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Make Me Stronger feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow (Ubiquity)
• A.K. Frimpong – Kyenkyen Bi Adu Mawu
• Berry Weight – Krakatoa // Music for Imaginary Movies (Hypnophonic Workshop)
• Nailah – Sacred // ConJazzNess (CDR)
• Scrimshire – Very Serious Things (Demo)// Untitled (Wah Wah 45s)
• Surra – Aletheia // We Made This Vol 1 (FYE/Brownswood.co.uk)
• Charles Earland – Coming To You Live (LeFtO Edit) (Free download at http://leftooo.bandcamp.com)
• Samoyed – For Leaving // Always From This Point (Flask) – 2nd half

Starting off 2010 and going at it heavy from the start. As ever, my favourite tracks of the moment. This time there is a little celebration of all the new albums we’re getting this year from some of the most exciting artists making music today.

Enjoy.

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Four Tet – Love Cry // There is Love in You (Domino)
José James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison) (Brownswood Recordings)
Subeena – Solidify Feat. Jamie Woon & Om ‘Mas Keith (Planet Mu)
Bonobo – The Keeper Feat. Andreya Triana (Ninja Tune)
Greymatter – Eu Fumo Feat. Deize Tigrona
Wrong Tom – Take It Down // Old Ghosts
Bullion – Crazy Over You (One Handed)
Stac – Glory (King Knut Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)
Souleance – Le Plaisir (First Word)
Gizelle Smith and the Mighty Mocambos – The Time is Right for Love (45 Edit) (Wah Wah 45s)
The Winstons – Amen Brother
Tammi Terrell – All I Do Is Think About You (Motown)
Timo Lassy – The More I Look At You feat. Jose James (Ricky Tick)
The Hi-Fly Orchestra – Roda De Samba
Scrimshire – The Low Road (Marc Rapson Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)

This is a special 2009 round up, with quite a mixture of tracks for your listening pleasure. It’s not a best of as such, simply recalling big tunes from this year, new, old or other that have meant something. It’s a bit longer than usual to squeeze everything in but I’ve tried to keep it to the right size for those of you who burn off a copy for the car…

I’ve loved this year, I’ve enjoyed making these podcasts for you and I’m really pleased I’m doing them monthly now too. There should be some specials coming up in the new year as well as the usual stuff from me.

But for now, merry Christmas, have an amazing holiday and new year. I’ll see you in 2010.
xxx

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La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (feat. Beth Ditto) (Joker Remix)
Paul White – Dream State (Dam Tales) // Sounds From The Skylight (One Handed Records)
Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone (Featurecast Remix)
St. Germain – Rose Rouge (Swell Sessions remix)
Stac – Glory (Scrimshire Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)
Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie (Eglo)
Cherelle & Alexander O’Neal – Saturday Love (Tabu)
Beggar & Co – (Somebody)Help Me Out (Beggars Banquet)
Sherrick – Just Call (Collect Call Mix)
Beatsy Collins – One of these days (Wah Wah Dubplate)
The CBs – Misdemeanour (No Fakin’ Remix)
Gideon Conn – The Man Who Drives Around Selling Fish (Free Download)
Scrimshire – Christmas Love // A Wah Wah Christmas (Wah Wah 45s)
Scrimshire – I Was Love (CDR)
Diana Ross & The Supremes – White Christmas // 20 Christmas Classics (Motown)

A conspiracy maybe? Or an unfortunate coincidence? Either way, that show was lost into the ether only to be heard by live DAB listeners but never recorded for my firstborn son to listen back to my first ever live broadcast with a proud smile on his face in some distant future moment…

Anyway, I had selected a lot of music for that night and so this podcast is a selection of my favourite tracks from that show. I hope you enjoy.

Next month I’ll be doing a little retrospective to see what some of my favourite tracks of the year were and I’ll be trying to get that one up here a little early so you can take it with you wherever you may be this Christmas.

See you again then.

Adam
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Blossom – Salim Washington & RBA (Accurate Records)
Colour Yes – Matthew Halsall (Gondwana)
The 4th Day – Mr Beatnick (Futuristica)
Dope Man – Slum Village
Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Remix) – Bei Bei & Shawn Lee feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow (Ubiquity)
Try – Bugge Wesseltoft (Jazzland)
Stylin’ Free feat. Amp Fiddler – Hundred Strong (Altered Vibes)
Watching You – Instra:mental (Nonplus Records)
Funk Positive – Paul White (One Handed Records)
Sketch On Glass – Mount Kimbie (Hot Flush)
Wet Look – Joy Orbison (Hot Flush)
Fantasy – Atjazz feat. Sarah Jane Morris (Atjazz Record Company)

In honour of that occasion I have gone digging through all of my Wah Wah vinyl and picked out some of my personal favourites.

I’ve known Wah Wah for about 5 years now and have gradually become a part of the family, so this is a fairly special podcast, going back through a lot of memories of parties, places and people that wahwah has brought together over the years.

If you are about on Friday please come down and celebrate with us. I can’t wait.

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Sesong – Love Untold
Alison Crockett – U R (Yam Who? Remix)
Alister Johnson – Invitation
Aretha – One Step (Featurecast Re-edit)
Jamie Finlay – Little Trumpet
Colman Brothers – Sem Amore (Scrimshire Remix)
Ashley Thomas – God Given
PTH Projects – Pretend Paradise (featuring Liane Carroll)
Rosie Brown – Bliss (Quantic Remix)
Max Cole – Mo High (Natural Self Remix)
Landslide featuring Ernesto – Solitary (Bob Henzell Remix)
Scrimshire – When The World Was Young (part one)
Scrimshire – When The World Was Young (part two)
Part Time Heroes featuring Jono McCleery – Angels Fly (Unforscene Remix)
Cheyenne – Come Back To Me

From the more soulful selections to the plain divine this is a taste of things that really move me and inspire me.

There’s nothing particularly new or rare or difficult to find here, this is simply a self indulgent selection of favourite tunes, but in my birthday month I reserve that right. I hope you all enjoy.

If you do and you missed the first one check podcast 10 from October last year.

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Build an Ark – The Blessing Song (extended version)
Nick Drake – River Man
The Cinematic Orchestra – Reel Life (Evolution II)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – I Love You So, Never Gonna Let You Go
Bullion – God Only Knows
Blair – Night Life
George Benson – Nature Boy
Roy Ayers – We Live In Brooklyn Baby
Jill Scott – He Loves Me (Lyzel In E-Flat)
Nuspirit Helsinki – String Interlude
Bjork – Undo
Sigur Ros – Staralfur
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By

A big old all dayer with the Heroes themselves, Nextmen, Rob Luis, Tarrbaby, Dom Servini, myself and a few others. Should be very big indeed – except I do have to vacate the place with Dom straight after our set to shoot accross to the opposite side of London for the Wah Wah Eastend Carnival Party at the Vibe Bar (that will be interesting).

But – more about this podcast.

I’m quite excited about this one. This goes from the dubbier side of things right through to a bit of disco and a few things between. There are some tracks that you may well be able to locate out there on the internet as totally legit freebies. There are so many about these days and the quality of stuff flying about is just crazy. So seek out and find all these artists, you won’t regret it.

So, get stuck in – I’m of to Carnival and then tomorrow Croatia! Yep Disco 3000 is here! Can’t wait.

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Radiohead – Reckoner (Lukid remix) (www.myspace.com/lukid)
Tristan Perich – All Possible Paths (http://www.tristanperich.com/)
Desolate Crew – First Go
Landslide – Parables (CDR)
Bandishprojekt – 21st century manifesto (CDR) (www.myspace.com/bandishprojektofficial)
Klipmode – Sageburnsredux feat. Suzi Analogue (http://klipmo.de/)
Amede & The Soundsmith – Will She Ever Know? (http://soundcloud.com/amede_unuabona)
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble – Embers (Ad Noiseam)
Jonathan Jeremiah – See (Rosario Records)
Herma Puma – Sunshine Trumps Rain (CDR)
Kissey Asplund – Move Me (feat Soliloquy) (Record Breakin’ Music)
Raashan Ahmad – If I (unknown)
Orquesta Riverside – En Casa Del Trompo No Bailes (Freestyle)
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache (Strut)
Jackie Beavers – Mr Bumpman (Liamski ReEdit) (spacebass free D/L link)
Gentle – Bionic Lover (Harrison Fraud)
Atjazz feat Dawne B – Parallels (Jazzanova Serial remix) (Atjazz Record Company)

I’ve just missed Laura at the Jazz Café supporting Homecut in order to play a gig where I was surrounded by models in underwear. It’s been a weird night and if it wasn’t for the fact I got to play music with Stac I would definitely rather have been seeing Laura do her thing as she is amazing!

Some magic from Strutt, my favourite track off the incredible new Quantic album – can’t wait to see him at the Big Chill next month.

Some lovely free music in here too, please google the names and grab your own copies!

Other than that – Enjoy. I’m off to the Secret Garden Party to play some more music with Stac.

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Doki Doki – Laura J Martin (First Word)
Kanimba – Bako, Kassé Mady, Kerfala (Syllart productions)
Undelivered Letter – Quantic & His Combo Barbaro (Tru Thoughts)
Oio Gebe – Watusi (Strutt)
Foni Tu Argile – A Hawk & a Hacksaw (The Leaf Label)
Persian Prince – Singing Statues (free download EP)
Far ft. Becki Biggins (Eugene Kipe Remix) – Head and Neck Sessions (A Future Without)
Garden Of Buddha (Sotu The Traveller remix) – Onur Engin (Ubeat Records)
What Did He Say – Nite Jewel (Italians Do It Better)
Spring Breeze Bossa (prod. by Eric P. & LuiGi) – Infinitskills (Free Download LP)
Reverse – Breakplus (CDR)
Positive Thinking – Brainstorm (Tabu)
I Heard – Annabel (lee)(Further Out)
Natrual – Hear Me Yahzarah (Pony Canyon)

This takeover is by none other than the infamous Blackclassical. I know this man by a couple of names, I know that he is a serious authority on jazz records, I know that jazz is not the only tickler of his musical fancy, I know that whatever he does he goes very, very deep indeed, I know he also produces his own beats and I know that his twitter updates are not for the easily offended. But that is all…

Blackclassical offered to do a mix and to take things somewhere a little different, a little electronic, a little hip-hop and a little jazz. I said to go nuts but he needed no encouragement.

And here you are; the following mix is not for the faint hearted, in three distinct parts and featuring some exclusive Blackclassical beats in the Hip Hop section.

Dig in and enjoy, I’ve not stopped listening to this for a couple of days now – this is a proper treat. and if you would like to find more of his consistently and offensively (to us podcasters at least) excellent mixes, visit http://blackclassical.wordpress.com/.

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Electronica Stuff:
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Get a Devil – Boards of Canada
Theme from Space 1999 – Barry Gray
Breakaway – Bary Gray
Bomb#20 does Descartes with Dolittle – John Carpenter
Altibzz – Autechre
Zeal – Plaid
Buns – Plaid
Me and My Variflex – Ocre
Triple Helixed – Jacob
Children Talking – Aphex Twin
I See Ghosts – BoomBip-v-Venetian Snares
Energy Warning – Boards of Canada
A is to B as B is to C – Boards of Canada
More Music Less Math – Mr Projectile
Forcassa3 – Bola

Jazz Section:
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Le Allucinazion
African Dream
Postscriptum
Shadow Of Our Life
Sachapacha
The Chromatic Universe Parts [i ii iii]
Fireflutes
La-Si-Do
Magical Cirus
Afrodesia

Hip Hop:
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The Dialect of the Black American
Dilla – Son of a Step clapper
Seen – Madlib
Hydrant Game – Quasimoto
Anonandon – 02beat
2-B2 – cLOUDEAD
The Undenied – Portishead
Defjux Maintenance – Aaesop Rock
Broadfactor – Quasimoto
My Melody – MF DOOM
Nas – It aint hard to tell
Nas – Made You Look
Ghostface/Raekwon – New York
Nas – Theif Theme
AZ – New York
Ghostwhirl – MF DOOM

And don’t forget to check in with us at www.scrimshire.com or www.facebook.com/scrimshire to become a fan.

Take care,
Adam