Buckle up, The Southboundhangers come with a brand new in-your-face dub step mix – definitely one for the download…!

Track listing:

1. Southboundhangers anthem – Funtcase
2.Hex ft ID -Riskotheque & Atman
3. Skeleton Chair- Southboundhangers
4. Dirty boy- Southboundhangers
5. Warning- Funtcase
6.Duckjam- JFB
7.Chosen Fool – Afterdark (itchy robot)
8.Face the music- Southboundhangers
9. Ready 2 rage- Bassnecter & Jansen remix
10. Act like you know- Nero
11.Gorilla flex- Funtcase
12. Sunday morning- Boregore
13. Only one- Toast
14.Whiplash- Afterdark (toxin remix)\
15.Together-Breakage Feat David Rodigan
16. “White lable forgot the name”????Sorry-Benga
17. Warriors Dance (benga remix)-Prodigy
18. Follow me- Southboundhanger vs Afterdark
19. My kung fu- Afterdark
20.Maniac- Twist -Mellowtheque remix (Riskotheque and MarchMellow)

Hey. This is the show I uploaded and promptly deleted last week (what a pain in the arse that was…)

I re-recorded it on Tues and in predictable fashion it didn’t ‘feel’ quite as good (although that’s no doubt to do with the heavy weekend I experienced – being 33yrs old is no joke if you like a brew…). Same music though (barring an ‘hilarious’ incident where I managed to forget my MJ tribute record which lead to a drastic re-working of the last 3 tracks). Oh – and an unlisted bonus right at the end that enabled me to get the show up to the 1hr 55mins that’s required for Reverb.

So, some great hip hop new & old, some good funk & the usual dose of other stuff interspersed with my occasionally incoherent ramblings. Selling it well aren’t I ..?

Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Amon Tobin – 4 Ton Mantis (Bonobo Remix)
Anti Pop Consortium – Apparently
Jackie Wilson – Light My Fire
Dub MD & Cyrano – Sonar
Harvey Mandel – Wade In The Water
Sonorous Star – Tonight, We Kill The King
Pete Nice & Daddy Rich – The Sleeper
Gwen McRae – Rocking Chair
Elemental, Caruana & Count Bass D – Pay Me A Visit
The Heavy – 16
Griffin, Fudge & Pothero – Remembering Tomorrow
Donnie Hathaway – I Believe To My Soul
Das Efx – Dum Dums
Pepe Deluxe – Everybody Pass Me By
Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson – I Want To Love You Baby
Eric B & Rakim – I Ain’t No Joke
Ratatat – Mirando
Fink – Sort Of Revolution (Sideshow Dub)
King Curtis – Memphis Soul Stew (Live)
Awol One & Daddy Kev – Rhythm
Black Heat – Zimba Ku
Rider Shafique & Mista Melody – Rider (Rhyme Provider)
AZ – I Feel For You
U Ziq – The Hwicci Song
Huey Piano Smith – Little Liza Jane
Alvin Cash Scott Bros. Orchestra – Keep On Dancing
Me & You – Last Night

1  Napt & Kish Mauve – Lose Control (Vocal Mix)
2  Kiwa – Drop Control
3  OshiOne – Hold’m Back
4  Plastic Shell – Dead End
5  Dylan Rhymes – I Am Sweet feat. Pablo Decoder (Ctrl Z Remix)
6  Tim Healey & Marc Adamo – Ghetto Blaster (Krafty Kuts Remix)
7  BreakZhead – The Lost (Ways & Means Remix)
8  Specimen A – Exodus RIP
9  Wardian – Tongo
10 Xim & Bass – Die feat Viper X
11 Lumiere & Googah – Psycho (BreakZhead Remix)
12 Drumattic Twins – Hyperspeed
13 Marzetti – Chevy Six Four
14 J2K – Millenium
15 konversion – Crosswalk
16 Farace – The Life

“all you have to do…is try.  all you have to do is…testify.”

i’ve been putting off this mix for over a year.  recent events finally made me get off my butt and commit myself to getting this one done.  between the election unrest in iran, economic instability, and a number of significant deaths in june (ed mcmahon, farrah fawcett and michael jackson in one week alone), the fragile nature of life has been weighing heavy on my mind.  i needed to make this mix for me more than anything, but i’m all about sharing music with others, so hopefully somebody else will find some solace in these selections.

as the title suggests, there is a first installment to this mix and i can’t believe that i left the winstons off that one.  sampled countless times, it’s here as not only a great addition to the unconventional hymnal, but as a nod to phuture frequency’s championing of drum and bass, a genre that is quite familiar with the “amen break.”  so there’s funk and soul-driven gospel here along with some secular tunes that i thought made great segue pieces.  some psychedelic interludes from john rydren, who’s totally getting his ken nordine on in terms of spoken word delivery.  some gospel glitch sharing space with broken beat, choirs that wouldn’t be out of place at the disco, and a group of hebrew israelites who damn near sound like the jackson 5 (tonistics).  and you will never hear pat boone sound as cool as he does on “the addicts psalm.”

i remember interviewing ohmega watts for impose magazine (back when it was still in print and not strictly web) and he was telling me about sugar pie desanto’s inspiration for “are you satisfied.”  her husband died around the same time that a fire gutted her home.  in spite of those setbacks, she persevered and it’s that same spirit that bursts forth through the song.  joy jones exemplifies that as well: i absolutely had to include “the joy” as part of the unconventional hymnal.  it’s my song of encouragement as of late.  the same can be said for doom’s “thank ya,” which i play every week right before i walk into work.

my apologies for the low volume on “open your eyes” – my copy of the organized konfusion record is a low pressing.  beyond that, i really didn’t rehearse this mix, although i had a good idea as to where certain songs should go.  basically, i wanted to move as the spirit led me, so to speak.  some of the transitions may not be their smoothest, but neither is a believer’s spiritual walk through this life.  with that said, i hope that you enjoy this one.  peace, beats, and blessings…

1.  – enter in… -
2.  voices of east harlem – oh yeah
3.  the winstons – amen, brother
4.  – …noosgnimocsidroleht -
5.  trevor dandy – is there any love
6.  ted taylor organisation feat. tubby hayes – he who would valient be
7.  ohmega watts – are you satisfied (feat. sugar pie desanto)
8.  – butterfly… -
9.  pastor t.l. barrett – after the rain
10. ralph carmichael feat. pat boone – the addicts psalm
11. voices of conquest – o yes my lord
12. – the lord is my shepherd… -
13. jessy dixon – love lifted me
14. joubert singers (celestial choir) – stand on the word
15. – a reverend moment… -
16. organized konfusion – open your eyes
17. geeez ‘n’ gosh – calling Jesus
18. voices of east harlem – music in the air
19. geeez ‘n’ gosh – soul of mine
20. donnie – masterplan
21. beatless – the truth part two (mono uptempo mix)
22. the basement boys present mudfoot jones – see the light
23. kool & the gang – here after
24. tonistics – dimona (spiritual capital of the world)
25. roy ayers – He’s a superstar
26. joy jones – the joy (daru’s drop it mix)
27. – thelordiscomingsoon… -
28. doom – thank ya

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(”lay your hands on the radio…”)

I have to say that this show is a bit of a banger, one of those rare occasions where it all seems to flow tidily all the way thru and I at once consider giving up doing radio because I couldn’t possibly better it – yep it’s that good. Thoughts and comments are as always welcome. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have

(* it’s entirely possible that the dentist I mention on the show injected me with more than the usual dose of cocaine which could explain my unusually cheery state – we’ll see next week)

Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Band – Enchanted Lady
DJ Food – The Crow (Dub)
Husky Rescue – Blueberry Tree (Pts 1 & 2)
Matumbi – The Law Of The Land
Roots – Section
The Crusaders – Try A Little Harder
DJ Babu feat Doom & Sean Price – The Unexpected
Headhunters – I Remember I Made You Cry
Shona Foster – Hard Work
Nina Simone – Take Care Of Business
Gangstarr – Check The Technique
El Gran Lapofsky – Recess
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul – So Much Trouble On My Mind
Tito Puente & His Orchestra – Hit De Bongo
Dusty – Keep It Raw (Vono Box Remix)
The Doors – Five To One
Krafty Kuts – Executions At Dawn
Paris – Break The Grip Of Shame (The Final Call)
Sola Rosa – Del Ray
Laura Lee – Crumbs Off The Table
TM Juke – Bees On Mars
Underground Mafia – Caught Up In The System
Melvyn Bliss – Synthetic Substitution
Roy Budd – Get Carter (Bobby Hughes Experience)
Vincent – Golden State
Tim Love Lee – Again Son

Part four of my aesthetics series, now with some nice shiny artwork to boot. Same as last time, starting with dubstep and moving into d&b later. Enjoy!

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Tracklisting:

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• Untold – Cant Stop This Feeling
• Kode 9 – 2 Far Gone
• Untold – Bones
• Untold – Kingdom
• Joker & Rustie – Play Doe
• Jazzsteppa – One
• Subscape – Slow Moe
• Search & Destroy – Blue Mantra
• Subscape – Artificial Dreamer
• Search & Destroy – Daybreak
• Matt-U – Free Me
• Marcus Intalex – Debbit
• Scuba – Klinik
• Scuba – Volt
• Kontext – Curved Mirror
• Sigha – Rememberance
• dBridge & Instra:mental – Translucent
• Data – The Causeway
• Hobzee & Zyon Base – 1000 Paper Cranes
• Data – Delicate
• Instra:mental – No Future
• Edward Oberon – Fatal Hour
• Sinistarr – Park Avenue
• Eveson – Deeper Still
• Beta 2 – Harrys Game
• dBridge – Kismet
• Alaska & Paradox – Mauja
• The Law – Sophine

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Mulatu Astatke – Yegelle Tezeta
Bellruche – Minor Swing
Charles Wright – Express Yourself
Elemental & Caruana feat. Count Bass D – Pay Me A Visit
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Darkest Light
Godfather Don – Fame
The Whatnauts  – Why Can’t People Be Coulours Too?
Os Mutantes – A Minha Menina
Reflection Eternal feat. Mos Def & Mr Man  – Fortified Live
Monty Alexander – Love & Happiness
Breeze Brewin – Bumpy Johnson
O.V Wright – Drowning On Dry Land
Roots Manuva – Do Nah Bodda Mi (Wrongtom Mix)
Althea & Donna – Uptown Top Rankin
Natural Self – In The Morning
Slave – Slide
Space Raiders – Dance
Henrick Debich – Theme From Shaft
Doug e Fresh – The Show
Propellerheads & Shirley Bassey – History Repeating
4Tet – You Could Ruin My Day
Curtis Mayfield – Right On 4 The Darkness
Mulatu & The Heliocentrics – Live From The Tiger Lounge
EPMD – Please Listen To My Demo
Argument About Yellow – Some Grips Slip
Les Demerle – A  Day In The Life
Orbital – Oi!

My interview with The Custodian of Records

http://stuckinthepast.podomatic.com/entry/2009-05-31T19_07_18-07_00

SYKIK Vs. CH3SH
ASSASSINATION SQUAD MKII

The Original Naphalm Assassination Squad are back,
With there toxic combination of sick roadworks for your lugs!
All limitations have been stripped…
So expect blood ]=]

1. Bad Robot – Forever
2. Cooh – Armeny
3. Counterstrike & Eye-D – The Grind
4. Dieselboy (Counterstrike’s Zentraedi RMX) – N/V/D
5. Prisoners of Technology – Trick of Technology
6. Dylan & Limewax – Cleansed by a Nightmare
7. SPL – Nihil
8. Mista – Make It Go Away
9. Axiom – Sputnik
10. Evol Intent – The Blood
11. Loxy & J Dub (Keaton & Hive RMX) – Twisted 3rd Mind
12. Vortex Involute – The Pain
13. Noisia – Concussion
14. Tech Itch & Kemal (Evol Intent & Ewun RMX) – The Calling
15. Cause 4 Concern – Control Freak
16. Current Value – One in a Million

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this is me getting used to the new mixer in my house after not having one for at least a year and a half.  i hadn’t touched a pair of turntables in what seemed like forever.  i didn’t want there to be a whole lot of planning although i did have certain songs and blends in mind.  i just hit record and went for it.  everything between plaid and hrvatski was one take.  mike ladd and diego cortex were added on as bookends later.  i’ll admit that this is somewhat of a nervous mix, but it’s also an honest one.  and honesty has been pushing its way to the forefront of my life lately, which is a good thing.

some may recognize the gravelly voiced brother speaking on “social narcotics” over squarepusher.  that’s bama the village poet.  dj shadow sampled the intro for “social narcotics” for his own “in/flux” piece a while back.  it’s a dynamite piece, but “nothingness” remains my favorite from bama’s album.  misterjon’s “gratis” is off the ultimate dilemma label in london.  joint’s from 1996, but it’s still one of the grimiest beats i’ve ever heard.  the way the piano’s chopped up just kills me.  both khromozomes and the prunes are from new york’s new breed label, an imprint that specialized in killer hip-hop instruentals for the better part of the mid-’90s.  nobody was touching them.  the prunes reminded me that the rough, rugged and real can come from anywhere in the world (they’re a trio of producers outta denmark).

the freddy fresh record remains a bit of a mystery to me.  it’s a 10″ single from fresh’s own label (catalog number FRESH 002), the only distinctive thing about it being a crude drawing of a hick shouting “yew’r a sissy” to some mustache-donning gentleman at the turntables wearing sunglasses and a bandanna around his neck.  think it came out in either 1999 or 2000.

very happy that i was able to track that karriem riggins cut down – been in love with it ever since he dropped it in a dj set at last year’s hella international party at the winter music conference.  if anyone has any idea when material from the supreme team (riggins/madlib collaboration) is going to be released, please let me know.  don’t be surprised if you hear more from las flores project on this show – their colores y memorias album is one of the most beautiful downtempo releases i’ve heard in the past five years.  i continue to swear by caural’s stars on my ceiling album.  “all these todays…” is the opening cut.  prefuse 73’s “last light” is the musical accompaniment to every crush i ever had in junior high school.

the diego cortez piece will probably be a strange choice to some people, but i find it beautiful and haunting and something that doesn’t leave you once you hear it.  cortez recorded the piano part first, then the cornet player (butch morris) did his part after listening to what cortez committed to tape.  so the interplay between them never actually happened:  dj spooky made their solos fit together.  i am of the opinion that cortez’s stuzzicadenti album is spooky’s finest moment behind the production board.  a five-star album from beginning to end.

there’s lots that i could talk about here, but i don’t wanna bore you to death.  the mix is a little off the beaten path, but hopefully it’s something that you can enjoy.  thank you for listening…

1.  mike ladd – libations
2.  plaid – llasas
3.  missy elliott – the rain (supa dupa fly – acapella)
4.  squarepusher – plaistow flex out
5.  bama the village poet – nothingness
6.  misterjon – gratis
7.  dream warriors – you think i don’t know
8.  gescom – leritue (gibber mix)
9.  antipop consortium – lift (acapella)
10. karriem riggins – 12’s in 8
11. mophono – the edge
12. freddy fresh – untitled (side b)
13. prefuse 73 – last light (w/sam prekop)
14. binary star – glen close
15. khromozomes – perfection
16. the prunes – not what you think
17. las flores project – on the way in between
18. caural – all these todays just melt into tomorrows
19. 23 skidoo – coup
20. hrvatski – eintrag raum
21. diego cortez – delta
22. flesh o.n.e. – cherry love [free download]
23. flako – crying on the in [free download]

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(”compared to something, it was still nothing…”)

02 : desmond dekker – it mek

03 : toots and the maytals – monkey man

04 : desmond dekker – 007

05 : the ethiopians – train to skaville

06 : roland alphonso & the skatalites – skaravan

07 : lone ranger – the answer

08 : dave & ansel collins – double barrel

09 : symarip – skinhead moonstomp

10 : the heptones – book of rules

11 : johnny osbourne – nah skin up

12 : the maytones – money worries

13 : yami bolo – she loves me so

14 : steel pulse – man no sobre

15 : kiddus i – graduation in zion (acoustic version)

16 : easy star allstars ft the mighty diamonds – getting better

17 : johnny clarke – just call me african roots

18 : steel pulse – a who responsible ?

19 : cocoa tea – go home soundboy

20 : the vibronics – keep the fire burning

21 : the black seeds – come to me

Leftfield – Original

Mood – Karma

Portishead – Numb

Wax Tailor – Between Fellows

The Crusaders – The Well’s Gone Dry

MWD – Elephant

The Bees – Left Foot Step-down

Backyard Heavies – Expo 83

Cinematic Orchestra – Channel 1 Suite (Tom Tyler Mix)

Driving – O.S.T

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics – Reggae Merengue

Sly & The Family Stone – Remember Who You Are

Leaders Of The New School – Sobb Story

Suhov – Different

Natural Self – The Sound

Mr Scruff & Roots Manuva – Jus Jus

Latin Breed  – I Turn You On

Aretha Franklin – So Swell When You’re Well

Lamont Dozier – Going Back To My Roots

MF Doom – Deep Fried Frenz

Moss – Ching

Mux Mool – Night Court

Gnarls Barklay – Charity Case

D Nice & Treach – Time To Flow

Tipper – Off Kilter

Pretty Purdie – Soul Drums

MWD – Trouble Scene

The Beatles – Tomorrow Never Knows

It’s beans tim, but not as we know it:

This week the show takes an alternative direction in somuch as I have a guest in the studio with me, the delightfully cheerful Flevans. You can find out more about him on either of these sites: http://www.myspace.com/flevansmusic  or http://www.flevans.co.uk or take the more logical path of actually listening to the show. The choice is yours.

I’ve not bothered to compile a playlist as the two of us are babbling so much but I can tell you that there are some good tunes by Quincy Jones, Ty, Hereldeduke, Luke Vibert, Max Romeo, the Jazz and Milk label, Blue Mitchell, Backini, Kira Neris, Juggaknots and of course Flevans himself.

Feedback would be grand as he and I have discussed doing a regular radio show together at some point in the not too distant future. Obviously this will have a different format to this particular show as there are only so many times I can ask him questions before it gets annoying. Anyway, enough waffling – there’s plenty of it on the show…

Enjoy!

PS – Beans will be back with the standard 96% music format next week

awake from winter hibernation and ready to spring ahead with the rest of the universe.  no big concept or anything like that this time around…just playing some tunes and having some fun.  starting off with the unstoppable shawn lee (why do i see myself doing an entire show based solely on his work?), then diving into some beats and rhymes and other odds and ends.  note the pair of joints from brothers and systems circa 1992: the transcontinental weekend album is one of my desert island picks.  both happy mondays and pop will eat itself come straight off the cassette.  anybody remember when the term “mixtape” still meant cassettes?  anyone?

newness comes in the form of n.a.s.a., the nat king cole and femi kuti remixes, and a killer closer from somalia’s finest, k’naan (make one pirate joke and i may have to cyber-slap you…).  i’m making up for lost time and it starts with this episode.  hope you enjoy it…

1.  shawn lee’s ping pong orchestra – hey ya!
2.  selda – yaz gazeteci yaz
3.  thes one – cheetah
4.  brothers and systems – 1/2 4 me, 1/2 4 u
5.  baron zen – burn rubber (dam funk remix)
6.  n.a.s.a. – money (feat. david byrne, chuck d, ras congo, seu jorge, and z-trip)
7.  myka nyne – me and my girl
8.  serengeti – guess what mom
9.  minamina goodsong – sollay
10. brothers and systems – trace element
11. luke vibert – i love acid
12. nat king cole – day in, day out (cut chemist)
13. happy mondays – bob’s yer uncle
14. the pop will eat itself – touched by the hand of cicciolina (edited highlights)
15. femi kuti – you better ask yourself (abel okugawa remix)
16. k’naan – somalia

…with a cameo appearance by the pharcyde.

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(”strange days, my people…”)