Tracklist / Contenido del programa:

Optimo music reaches release number 10 with a release straight out of Jakarta(!) and it’s a wonderfully diverse ep and the ‘less is more’ approach of Space System’s ‘Petik’ track is a very worthy start to this weeks’ show. Darkstar then keep the quality flowing with the great ‘Under One Roof’ track from their newly released North album which is this weeks album of the week for sure. ‘Mass Dreams Of The Future’ then followed as R&S march into 2010 cherry picking the cream of new wave producers, look out for this killer cut and a wicked flip side from Untold coming to a discerning record store near you soon.

The new wave of US urban stars (rarely rich with new ideas) are about to pay musical tribute to one of the all time greats Quincy Jones and I’ve picked up on the instrumental version of ‘Soul Bossa Nostra’ which somehow straddles the line between cheese and forward thinking dubstep quite admirably and which led me nicely into the purplish bassline workout of Velour from their recent Night Slugs ep. Dam Funk then held down the 80′s vibes with a killer synth wig out from the latest All City release also featuring the talents of Computer Jay.

The Funk League and Raashan Ahmad then gave us all a reminder of how funky fresh hip hop used to be before the accountants took over and the new Balearic project from the Incarnations collective kept the sunshine vibes rolling and slid nicely into the classic 80′s soul vibes of Raw Silk’s ‘Do It To The Music’ now available via the great G.I. Disco compilation on BBE for a 99c download as opposed to the €20 slab of vinyl I brought not 5 years ago. How times have changed and to be honest I’m quite happy to have both formats.

A couple of quality deep house tracks with pleasing production twists and turns then followed by Eliphino and Bloody Mary before I finished the show with some quality fresh hip hop courtesy of the Swede:art remix album just out on Tokyo Dawn which was sadly cut short by my big clumsy fingers hitting the record stop by mistake 34 seconds before the usual 60 minute end to the show, ooooopps

Space System – Petik (Optimo)
Darkstar – Under One Roof (Hyperdub)
Untold – Mass Dreams Of The Future (R&S promo)
Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nostra, instrumental (Qwest/Insterscope promo)
Velour – Booty Slammer (Night Slugs)
Dam Funk – Love Affair (All City promo)
The Funk League – Why You? featuring Speech Defect (Favourite)
Raashan Ahmad – Sunshine feat Noelle Scaggs (Trad Vibe)
Incarnations – Make You Mine (Love Monk promo)
Raw Silk – Do It To The Music (BBE)
Eliphino – I Just Can’t (Somethinksounds promo)
Bloody Mary – Arabesque feat Sam Leigh Brown, original (Dame promo)
Swede:art – Linguistics feat Stray, Ishfaw remix (Tokyo Dawn)

Optimo music reaches release number 10 with a release straight out of Jakarta(!) and it’s a wonderfully diverse ep and the ‘less is more’ approach of Space System’s ‘Petik’ track is a very worthy start to this weeks’ show. Darkstar then keep the quality flowing with the great ‘Under One Roof’ track from their newly released North album which is this weeks album of the week for sure. ‘Mass Dreams Of The Future’ then followed as R&S march into 2010 cherry picking the cream of new wave producers, look out for this killer cut and a wicked flip side from Untold coming to a discerning record store near you soon.

The new wave of US urban stars (rarely rich with new ideas) are about to pay musical tribute to one of the all time greats Quincy Jones and I’ve picked up on the instrumental version of ‘Soul Bossa Nostra’ which somehow straddles the line between cheese and forward thinking dubstep quite admirably and which led me nicely into the purplish bassline workout of Velour from their recent Night Slugs ep. Dam Funk then held down the 80′s vibes with a killer synth wig out from the latest All City release also featuring the talents of Computer Jay.

The Funk League and Raashan Ahmad then gave us all a reminder of how funky fresh hip hop used to be before the accountants took over and the new Balearic project from the Incarnations collective kept the sunshine vibes rolling and slid nicely into the classic 80′s soul vibes of Raw Silk’s ‘Do It To The Music’ now available via the great G.I. Disco compilation on BBE for a 99c download as opposed to the €20 slab of vinyl I brought not 5 years ago. How times have changed and to be honest I’m quite happy to have both formats.

A couple of quality deep house tracks with pleasing production twists and turns then followed by Eliphino and Bloody Mary before I finished the show with some quality fresh hip hop courtesy of the Swede:art remix album just out on Tokyo Dawn which was sadly cut short by my big clumsy fingers hitting the record stop by mistake 34 seconds before the usual 60 minute end to the show, ooooopps

Space System – Petik (Optimo)
Darkstar – Under One Roof (Hyperdub)
Untold – Mass Dreams Of The Future (R&S promo)
Quincy Jones – Soul Bossa Nostra, instrumental (Qwest/Insterscope promo)
Velour – Booty Slammer (Night Slugs)
Dam Funk – Love Affair (All City promo)
The Funk League – Why You? featuring Speech Defect (Favourite)
Raashan Ahmad – Sunshine feat Noelle Scaggs (Trad Vibe)
Incarnations – Make You Mine (Love Monk promo)
Raw Silk – Do It To The Music (BBE)
Eliphino – I Just Can’t (Somethinksounds promo)
Bloody Mary – Arabesque feat Sam Leigh Brown, original (Dame promo)
Swede:art – Linguistics feat Stray, Ishfaw remix (Tokyo Dawn)