52 Mixtapes

A very happy new year to you all. I probably should have posted news of this here sooner, but i've been busy enough setting up the whole thing and getting a mix done and ANYWAY...to be as brief as possible...

I've started a new project for 2012, where i'm attempting to put out a mixtape every week for the next year. It's called "52 Mixtapes" and you can read more about it here:

http://52mixes.blogspot.com

So add that to your readers and whatnot and hopefully it'll be some kind of fun. The good kind.

This place will hopefully remain as busy as ever (ARF) and yes i'm well aware I promised you a Best Albums of 2011 piece so I should do that at some point too.

Good look with your resolutions/revolutions. Speak soon.

xx

Top 20 Tunes of 2011

Thought i'd better let you know what's been doing the business for me this year in the form of a list. Standard. Like a lot of people in this new age of online MP3 shopping, I find myself listening to less and less full albums and tend to opt more for EPs, singles or just a selection of tracks I buzz for from certain albums where the entire release doesn't inspire. I have of course been enjoying a fair few albums this year in their entirety, but i'll talk about those in a separate post. This is just a Top 20 Tunes thing. Oh, it's in no specific order either. Far too painful, all of that.

Still with me? Here goes...

SebastiAn - Embody


It's difficult not to love this track - electro don SebastiAn taking it down to a quality nu-funk chug beat and laying that great vocodered vocal over the top. It's almost what i'd what from a new Prince record, and there's certainly echoes of the diminutive sex-funkster here. Cracking video too, which always helps.


Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Seiji Remix)


It's been a busy year for Joe Goddard. His Two Bears collaborative project with Raf Daddy has lurched onto the scene with a distinctive brand of wonky, leftfield house and then this tune dropped to huge acclaim. As is often the case for me, the remix packages were where the real interest lay and this Seiji remix just blew me away. When doesn't a Seiji production blow you away?!


Hizatron - Von Glooperstein (Mr Scruff Remix)


One of the stealth tracks of the year for me - didn't seem to make a massive impact but I can't work out why - the legendary Mr Scruff absolutely rinsing the arse out of the dirty bass synths and that relentless driving percussive beat...quality. Nice bit of acid too. More tea, vicar?


Ta-Ku - Hey Kids


The opening salvo from the quite brilliant Brownswood Electric 2 compilation, this is another nu-funk winner from Aussie beatmaker Reggie Matthews. He may or may not also feature in the Best Albums of 2011 post too...


Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You


Do I really need to say anything about this one?? Absolutely massive, proven by it clocking in at no's 3 and 1 respectively in the Resident Advisor and Mixmag 2011 charts. Caught young Bashmore DJing at Cardiff's Buffalo Bar recently and it was one of the sets of the year - go and dance to his music if you ever get chance. Which you will, because he's gonna be here for a while yet.


Sepalcure - Taking You Back


I won't say too much about Sepalcure here because they're going to feature in the Best Albums post, but this track from the Hot Flush (*applause*) Back And 4th compilation is a real stirrer. Bonus points for pitch-shifting the old Lolleatta Holloway sample to good effect.


Bottin pres. Tinpong - New Religion (Marcus Marr Remix)


Stick with this one. Hypnotic, chugging, slightly NY punk nu-disco belter. It's all about that drop at 3:35. You'll know the one I mean... ;)


Hudson Mohawke - Thunder Bay


BOOM!! POW!! WHAMMY!! and other words of that nature. HudMo is back and he wants you to know it. From the frankly rude Satin Panthers EP this one tears your face off. There's no other way to describe it. Playlisted by Radio 1, too - the future's looking bright for HudMo. Nice work kidda.


High Powered Boys - Work

High Powered Boys - Work by Surkin

I wish I knew more about this, but to be honest that doesn't really matter when a tune's this good. Lovely broken-up drums in that afro/funky/2-step style and a lovely smattering of vocal effects to punctuate it. Bassline is pure 90s flashback, which we've seen a lot of this year, but this nails it harder than most others.


C.R.S.T - Soul Glo

C.R.S.T - Soul Glo by C.R.S.T

Cardiff's own C.R.S.T. have been making huge strides into the current UK garage scene over the last couple of years, and seem to have really landed in 2011 with a ton of DJ gigs, some big-time remixes and this banging EP on Deep Thrills. Bigged up by none other than Rio Ferdinand. You can't win 'em all boys. ;)


Tall Black Guy - At Ease


I've been grabbing beats off Tall Black Guy for over a year now. He's been my secret weapon in many a DJ set but I'm afraid he's making a name for himself and he's not longer my little secret. Gah. Annoying for me, but brilliant - not to mention much deserved - for him. This is from the Hollyweird 2.0 release, which is worth a place in even the most discerning of record collections. Seek and enjoy.


Martyn - Popgun


Another fella that will be featuring in the Top Albums list, Martyn has been smashing it for a few years but really hit the nail on the head this year with his Ghost People album on Brainfeeder. It's difficult to pick a favourite tune from the album because it's rammed full of out-and-out quality. This is a strong contender though, and considering the amount i've been rinsing it this year it would be a crime not to include it in the Top Tunes list. The icing on the production cake here is that "ugh". And the way he messes with the percussion to keep it varied, but subtle.


GuGu - RockAByeBaby


Another tune that deserves a proper listen: you'd be fooled for thinking this is a standard afro-esque UK funky rhythm for the first minute or so, but it gets proper sexy and sleazy and dirtfunk when the synths kick in. Mine's a courvoisier, barman...


Eric B & Rakim - I Know U Got Soul (Leo Zero Rework)

I Know U Got Soul ( Leo Zero Rework ) by Leo Zero

Some of you are probably going to whine about this being in a Best of 2011 selection, but you'd be both wrong and an idiot. A) it's a classic being re-done to an exceptional standard and B) it WAS released this year so NERRR. As it says on the label: "a bespoke 118bpm number perfect for those Berlin mornings when daylight is poking through your converted power station / toilet / knocking shop and the horse drugs have taken their toll!".


Labrinth ft. Tinie Tempah - Earthquake


Stop laughing. Definitely a stand-out track in this year's largely uninspiring Guetta-dominated dirge pop releases, Labrinth drops the first single from his forthcoming, much anticipated debut album...and it WINS. I've got a lot of respect for a producer who chooses to turn down the likes of Beyonce and Lady Gaga because "i'm too busy working on my own album thanks". Especially when he then comes back with something as good as this. Those big snares could have been stolen from HudMo and Rustie's collections, and the screaming searing synths are as nasty as any you'd get on an IDM release. I'll be sick of it in a few months but for now i'm going to clutch it to my chest like an obsessed teenybopper. See you in the Union!


Onra - Fight Or Die


Easily the stand-out track from Onra's Chinoiseries Pt.2 (his return to Asiatic-influenced beatmaking). Much of the album could be a bunch of prospective Wu-Tang Clan beats, but this is the one that really takes the lessons learned from previous album Long Distance and ties them into the original Chinoiseries sound. Watch your neck when this one kicks in.


MJ Cole - TGV


Loads of producers get undeserved hype just for having been in the game a long time while all their decent stuff was actually years ago and now they're cruising on that first-album gravy train. I'm overjoyed that MJ Cole isn't one of them. Producer of some of my favourite UK garage tracks of all time, this is from his more forward-thinking Satellites EP. Emotional, stirring strings and stabs all underpinned by that wondrous driving beat. HE'S STILL GOT IT!!!


Canblaster - Triple Ring

This track contains several elements that float my boat: crunchy tight drums, intriguing synths, a half-time drop, lush samples and re-pitched female RnB vocal snippets. Sounds particularly good on your headphones, this one. It's all about the spacing. I challenge you to listen and NOT have that "what does she have that i don't" line stuck in your head for hours afterwards. Keeper.


Pangaea - Hex

Smashing and crashing its way to the front of the September releases pile was this absolute stormer on Hemlock Recordings. You've probably got the message with the kind of drums i'm buzzing for right now, and this doesn't disappoint on that front...but that vocal cutting and juggling is great. Unless you hate it - I realise it could be one of those Marmite love/hate things, but it's two thumbs-up from me. If I had a third thumb i'd put it up for a bassline that's reminiscent of Smith & Mighty's "B-Line Fi Blow".


Azealia Banks ft. LazyJay - 212


Jumped on and blogged by all the hipsters in the last few months, and yet the first person to give me the heads-up on this one was MY MOM. Honest - she's got her ear to the ground. She also doesn't mind a completely filthy lyric and hands-in-the-air big room dance beat. Remember Nicki Minaj? You won't after next year. This is Azealia's time. Oh, and someone get her and Missy to do something over a fresh Timbaland beat. And get me her number. Damn.

*****

And that, my friends, is that. Well done if you actually read this far - being concise was never a forte of mine. If i'd thought about it I might have set up a tea and cake table down here at the end as a reward to those who got this far. Maybe next year.

Keep an eye out for my Top Albums post, coming at some point in the next week or so, as well as some news on an exciting new project i'll be embarking on in 2012.

Until then, have a wonderfully festive Christmas break. A very merry one to you and your families. Take care, much love.

xx

Winter Kush [Nov 2011]

Here's another new mix on a horizontal tip. Recorded live/one-take for the excellent Deep Purple series on Purple Radio, this one takes you through ambient, trip-hop, jazz, dubstep, nu-soul, electronica and back out the other side. Seems to work well late at night, although it's also said to be "a top Sunday dinner mix". That might depend on who you have over for Sunday dinner.

Tracklist:

Luke Vibert - Ambalek
DJ Frane - The Day The Listeners Came
Amon Tobin - Saboteur
DJ Shadow - Fixed Income
Flying Lotus ft. Thundercat - MmmHmm
Tokimonsta - Fallen Arches
Recloose - Insomnia In Dub
AFTA-1 - The Time In Between
Full Crate - Thursday
Dr Who Dat - Pharoah's Dream
Bugseed - Inner Crisis
Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Wagon Christ - Oh, I'm Tired
FS Green - Tycoon Thug
Coldcut - Eine Kleine Hed Musick
Jon Hopkins - Sleepwalker
Rehash - Month Four
J Rocc - Stop Trying
Ta-Ku - Space
Freddie Joachim - Winter Rainbows
Nosaj Thing - Coat Of Arms
FaltyDL - Metacognist
Martyn - Pointing Fingers
Don Leisure & Howard Marks - Kenfig Hill (Extended Version)
Arkist - What Do I See
Caper - Noir
Burial - In McDonalds
Clint Mansell - Welcome To Lunar Industries

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enjoy!

xx

Hip To The Hop Mix [Sept 2011]

Can't believe it's been a year since we started Hip To The Hop on Purple Radio. I took the opportunity of a new slew of dates to do a second mix for the series. It's always a pleasure (and challenge) to focus for an hour on one genre, and with the sheer breadth and choice of hip-hop that's no exception. Here i've gone for a blend of old and new, some underground and some fairly well known stuff. It starts pretty mellow but picks up pace.

As you'd expect with a hip-hop mix: there's quite a bit of bad language, so probably best not to put it on during a family supper.

Tracklist:

Letherette - In And Out
John Robinson - Stop & Think
Kan Kick - Live As It Gets
J-Live - Be No Slave
Sagat - Luvstuff (Slamm 1000 Flava Mix)
The Freestyle Fellowship - Sunshine Men
Dynamic Syncopation - 2 Tha Left
Akil, Chali 2na, Lick The Super Latin, Zaakir - Lunch Time
Shut Up & Dance - Blackmen United
Hail Mary Mallon - Meter Feeder
Interlude - Larry David vs. Krazee Eyez Killah
Beastie Boys - Make Some Noise
Dr Dre - Let's Get High
Honey Claws - Digital Animal
Onyx - Slam
Ice Cube - Check Yo Self (Remix)
Stezo - Bring The Horns
Junk - 99c Strut
EPMD - I'm Housin'
DJ Format - 3 Feet Deep
Nick Thayer - Ladies Love Cool Jams
Luke Vibert - My Style / Big L - Married To Marijuana (acapella)

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MIXCLOUD

enjoy!

xx

Slipped Disco Mix [June 2011]

There's a BRAND NEW night coming to Cardiff's brilliant Arts Institute so I thought I'd better knock out a BRAND NEW mixtape in celebration.

Bemoaning the lack of a wholly dedicated funk/soul/disco/boogie/electro-funk night in Cardiff, myself and party-starter Kaptin decided we should take on the challenge ourselves, and attempt to inject a little (more) Saturday night fever into the city's nightlife.

More specific event details to follow, but for now here's what you need to know:

SLIPPED DISCO
Cardiff Arts Institute
Saturday 18th June 2011
10pm-4am

"A celebration of the finest in Philly disco grooves, dirty drum breaks, soaring NY strings, bass-driven electro-funk, and cheeky re-edits. Cardiff's one and only dedicated disco-funk extravaganza...leave that 9 to 5 up on the shelf and just enjoy yourself."

Third Saturday of every month.

oh, and here's that mixtape...

TRACKLIST:

The Gaff - Funky Penguin Goes To New Orleans

Claudja Barry - I Wanna Dance (Todd Terje Re-Edit)

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - Bumper Funk

The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (Onur Engin Edit)

Pablo Sanchez - We Can Dub It

Cole Medina - Got My Mind Made Up

Rayko - Getting Down

Los Charly's Orchestra - Some Of The Things (Instr)

Stevie Wonder - Do I Do (U-Tern Edit)

Julia & Company - Breakin’ Down (Sugar Samba) (JM After-Session M&M Mix)

Automats - Pass Me By (Del Gazeebo & Omeron remix)

Zapp & Roger - It Doesn't Really Matter (Fingermanedit)

Simian Mobile Disco - Cruel Intentions (Greg Wilson Re-Edit)

Tiger & Woods - Love In Cambodgia

Chic - Lost In Music (The Revenge Re-Work)

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Zhino + Crisko Extended Edit)

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Hopefully see you at the party! :)

London! This weekend...

'sup y'all!

Just a quick post to let you know of two FREE London gigs you should be attending this weekend (and no, not just because i'm playing)...

First up it's the second monthly installment of the recently resurrected Aardvark to Zebra. This month it's myself, resident Ben Ketsbaia and Brighton's party-hard legend, Del Gazeebo. behold the shiny flyer!

The April gig was a total blast but be warned: the venue is VERY intimate so if you're hoping to get a decent spot on the dancefloor (!), get there early. Seriously.

If you've survived that, then the following night you can catch me and disco-king Mr Black at the Big Chill Bar for Purple Radio's bi-monthly party. It's always a pleasure to play on Brick Lane, and if you've never been to the BC Bar on a Sunday night before...you're doing the weekend wrong. Complete disregard for the conventional working week, every time - Mondays Don't Matter...
*phew*

If I live through all of that then i'll post some recent radio shows/mixes up. Sorry it's been so long on that front.

Hopefully see you this weekend. Whatever you're up to - enjoy it!

xx

Aardvarks & Zebras Mixtape

It's the return of the fantastic Aardvark to Zebra this month, and I'm chuffed to be playing at the re-launch alongside London noise-mongers Bam Bam Sound and the John Peel of real ale (as well as AtoZ head honcho), Ketsbaia.

I thought i'd take the opportunity to put out a little mixtape in honour of the event...and there hasn't been a mixtape for a few months now so it seemed like as good an excuse as any! It's a bunch of the kind of stuff you can expect to hear me playing at AtoZ: jazz, funk, latin, hip-hop, beaty breaky goodness, recorded in one take using two decks, a mixer, my hands, and occasionally my ears. I'll let you spot the warts for yourselves.

Tracklist:

Spark Arrester - Jazz Pearl
Niles Philips - Whatcha Doin'
Quantic - Bomb In A Trumpet Factory
Greenwood Rhythm Coalition - Regresar A Cali
Michael Jackson - Scream (Ed Smith Remix)
Visioneers - Funkbox (Visioneers Remix)
The Urban Allstars - It Began In Africa (Norman Cook Remix)
Z-Trip - Listen To The DJ
Afrodisiac Soundsystem - Dimples By The Lake
Vernon Burch - Do It To Me (AJ's Funky Edit)
Mr Bird - Dr B's $ Bills (Smoove Remix)
DJ Day - Kossa
Mexican Institute Of Sound - Educación
Totalcult - Hardcore Cramp
Quantic feat. Spanky Wilson - When You're Through

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Aardvarks & Zebras Mixtape [April 2011] by marky de sade

I hope you enjoy the mix, and hopefully we'll be seeing you at the event on 16th April for a right old knees up!

Event Info on Facebook

xx

Saturday Soul with Mr Black 26/02/11

Here is this weekend's installment of Saturday Soul, complete with Mr Black's outstanding monthly guest mix. I'm keeping the Postbocks account for just the BPK uploads, so i'm afraid there's no streaming on this one. Every track's a gem though, so you won't be sorry for downloading.

Full Crate & Mar - Surreal Moments
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Honey Dove
Ginuwine - Pony
DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. ChinahBlac - Touch Me Wit Ur Handz
Freddie Cruger feat. Linn - Pushing On
Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton - Never Give You Up
Eddie Harris - It's All Right Now

*Mr Black's Guest Mix*
Marvin Gaye ~ Funky Space Reincarnation
Stevie Wonder ~ Too High
Monica & Brandy ~ The Boy Is Mine
The Brothers Johnson ~ Strawberry Letter 23
The Futures ~ No Time Fa Nothing
Archie Bell & The Drells ~ Don't Let Love Get You Down
Jean Carn ~ Got Some Catching Up To Do
Bill Withers ~ Just The Two Of Us
Creative Source ~ Can't Hide Love
Doc Severinson ~ Be With You
Van McCoy ~ Pick Up The Pieces
Lee Dorsey ~ Night People
Kool and The Gang ~ Funky Stuff

Red Astaire - Rollin' Stone
Quantic Soul Orchestra - Feeling Good
Beyonce - Work It Out (Maurices Nu Soul Mix)
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Mary J Blige - Just Fine
DJ Shadow - This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)
DJ Mitsu The Beats - Everlasting (Remix)
Cat Stevens - The First Cut Is The Deepest
Bobby Byrd & Vicki Anderson - You're Welcome, Stop On By

Download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/j2fz08

If you just want a copy of Mr Black's guest mix, then you can grab it HERE.

Badly Packed Kebab 26/02/11

Lovely to be back on the Purple Radio airwaves after a couple of weeks' "sabbatical" leave (read: I went raving). The usual mixed bag as ever this week, with some drum & bass, electronica, disco, garage and a few laidback numbers to finish us off. Special shouts-out to Monky for providing me with some amazing beats of his to play.

Tall Black Guy Productions - We Can Ride The Boogie
Bassnectar - Kick It Complex (Citrus Remix)
Natural Born Chillers - Rock The Funky Beat (Original Mix)
The Wildlife Collective - Bad Bwoy
Deekline & Ed Solo - Pass Out (Will Street Wise Mix)
Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb (DJ SS Remix)
Darkhouse Family - Mein Atari
Julio Bashmore - The Horn That Time Forgot
Falty DL - Discoko
K'Bonus - Kletsmariet
Space Ranger - Shave Me, I'm Famous (Instrumental)
Secondo - It's Any Late Time
Domu - Dusk3
West Norwood Cassette Library - Blonde On Blonde
Kraak & Smaak feat. Sebastian - Dynamite
Orange Hill Productions pres. Chino & Richie - Dan Man (Main Mix)
Julio Bashmore - Battle For Middle You
Martyn & Mike Slott - All Nights
Gsub - Hudu
Ezequiel Lodeiro - El Latinazo (Arni Kristjansson Remix)
Monky - Drunkerdz VIP
West Norwood Cassette Library - What It Is
Sepalcure - Fleur
Alf Alpha - Only When I Dream
NBC's The Office - Dunder Mifflin Infinity (Freddie Joachim Remix)
Aim - The Force
Souls Of Mishief - 93 Til Infinity
Falty DL - Metacognist
Freddie Joachim - Sexual Chocolate
aBillion - Soldiers (Dub Mix)

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Badly Packed Kebab 05/02/11

Some hip-hop, funk, wonk, bass, disco and downright horizontal lushness to be had on this weeks' show. If there's one track you NEED to hear, it's the last one (hahaha, typical eh?). It's by a group called Incarnations (pictured above) and it's truly stunning. Early contender for Track of 2011?!

Enjoy!

Water Color - All Bundled Into One
DJ Format feat. Sureshot La Rock - Mr DJ
Mr Scruff feat. Roots Manuva - Nice Up The Function
Metabeats feat. Pergyl & C-Minus - Live & Let Live
Lunice feat. Troy Dunnit - The Name Dunnit
Me & You - Last Night (Bassnectar Remix)
Cut Chemist - (My 1st) Big Break
Dexter - Practice
Mantecao y Su Combo Gitano - Achili Funk (Danny Breaks Remix)
Powell - Dimension X
Blunt Instrument - Turtle Slap
Grooveman Spot feat. PSS - Disc-O-Island (Space Africa)
Craig Bratley - Birdshell (6th Borough Project Shell Toe mix)
J*Star - Girl's Town
DJ Format - Here Comes The Dope Pusher (B-boy Version)
Brentford Allstars - Greedy G
Kokolo - Soul Power (Lack Of Afro Rmx)
DJ Day - Gone Bad
Mooqee & Pimpsoul - Keep Pounding
Neighbour - Body Slam
Max Essa - Uptown Vibration
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Mosca - Tilt Shift (Julio Bashmore Remix)
Funkineven - Another Space
Lunice - Fancy Forty
Beem - The Famous
Last Order - Summertime
Grooveman Spot - Ponsonby Beat Down
Hazel - Lightmares
Jackhigh - Earth Changes
B. Lewis - Frozen
Incarnations - Let Love Find You

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Badly Packed Kebab 29/01/11

Quite a bass-heavy one, this week - so hold onto your socks in places (and perhaps have an adult nappy at the ready). Plenty of future-garage-tunestep for all you hipsters, as well as the usual unashamed post-pub indulgences.

Palov & Mishkin - Brothers
Spoek Mathambo - Mshini Wam
Subvert - Pump Et Up
Bestboygrip - Fonck
Bias & Cole - Rampwiddem
Sick Girls - V-Skank
ReSketch - Fine Rain
George Fitzgerald - Don't You
Ramadanman - Don't Change For Me
Whistla - Pillowtalk (Submerse Remix)
Demos - The Dirty Way
CJ Reign - Watch Out (Two Steppers Mix)
Redlight feat. Roses Gabor - Stupid
Bassnectar - Everybody (Freq. Nasty & Bassnectar Remix)
Beat Assassins - Direct Hit VIP
Orbital - Chime (Del Gazeebo Breaks Edit)
Hint - School Bell
Jose James - BLACKMAGIC (Joy Orbison Remix)
Demos - Hibernate
Sepalcure - Love Pressure
Caper - Noir
Kavsrave - Baggage Handler
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust (Flux Pavillion Remix)
I.N.T. - Raw Funk
RJD2 - 2 More Dead
Harmonic 33 - The Rain Song
Brass Roots - Karma Police

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Badly Packed Kebab 22/01/11

A real mixture this week, from chuggy sluggers right up to bassy two-steppers. And back again.

Craig Bratley - Birdshell (6th Borough Project Shell Toe Mix)
MustBeat Crew feat MC Columbo - Pigs On Fire
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (Samples Remix)
Crown City Rockers - Break
D-Funk - The Boss
The Revenge - Cadillac
Grooveman Spot - Do The Dance
Neighbour - Body Slam
Mooqee & Pimpsoul - Keep Pounding
Philly Blunt - The Jam
Chic - Chip Off The Old Block (NELUE Re-Edit)
Trotter - Back in Time (Kool Hertz Remix)
Loin Brothers - Garden of Vargulf (Tornado Wallace Remix)
Mosca - Tilt Shift (Julio Bashmore Remix)
Neighbourhood Romeo - Westside Slide
DJ Obese - The Pigs Bollox
Neighbourhood Romeo vs Kastout - The Whole World
Cubic Zirconia - Fuck Work (Dam Funk Remix)
Malente&Dex - In Nightclubs (Camel Remix)
Neighbour & Cal Bass feat. Kool Kieth) - Drugs
TNT - Hot Gyal
Randomer - Alize
Meat Beat Manifesto - Return To Bass
Jam Baxter - BarrelEyeSpookFish (Promo Dub)
Raashan Ahmad feat. Dominic Lalli - My Imagination
Common Market - Doors (Instrumental)
BMB aka Space Kid - Likeubrowneyes
Grooveman Spot - Take Back
St Germain - Land Of...

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Badly Packed Kebab 15/01/11

Keeping it mostly on a funk-tip this week, with plenty of new slabs as well as a load of old favourites. Some very cheeky edits and remixes going on too, many of which are being given away free online (Google is just over there, mate...). Good on those artists.

Full Melt - Dub Be Rotten To Me
Dam Funk - Rollin
Nick Holder feat. Jemini - No More Dating DJ's (Nirobi Remix)
Blackpocket - Cyborg
Clause Four - Daze
DJ Wood - Ghetto Living
Blunt Instrument - Funky Kingston (Mid-tempo Glitch Mix)
Bob Marley - Get Up Stand Up (JPod Remix)
Mashed Up Funk - Door Stoppa
DJ Rupture - No Heathen (Blacksmith Mix)
InputJunkie vs. Sean Paul - Gimme The Version (Marky de Sade Edit)
Stevie Wonder - I Wish (Qdup Remix)
Grace Jones - Pull Up To The Bumper
Flevans - Foot Tied
The Funk Hunters - Shake The Room!
DJ Day - What Planet What Station
Bestboygrip - Copyright
Shannon - Let The Music Play
Space Rangers - Chocolate Bar
Philadelphia International All-Stars - Let's Clean Up The Ghetto (Danny Krivit Edit)
The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (DJ Day Acoustic Intro Mix)
The Beatles - The Word (The Captain Remix)
Adventures Of Stevie V - Dirty Cash
Mylo - In My Arms
Tubby T - Ready She Ready (Seiji Remix)
Andy Taylor - Lopez HiJack
Quantic - Disco Caribe
Brass Roots - Good Life
Kanye West feat Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield & Kid Cudi - The Joy

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Badly Packed Kebab 08/01/11

New Year, New Tunes! Well, mostly new. This year i'm giving Postbocks a whirl as the place to host all of my Friday night radio recordings. It gives you the option to stream from the site, or download for your own devices. Always a bonus.

Anyway - here's to 2011!

Krystal Klear - Tried For Your Love (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
James Pants - Ka$h (Trizzy & XXXchange Remix)
Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (The Pinker Tones)
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M (DJ Moneyshot's Travesty Mix)
Gold Panda - Marriage
Martyn - Shook Up
Till West & DJ Delicious - Same Man (Hagenaar & Albrecht Mix)
Seiji - Whisky
Skinny Friedman - Bear Conditioner
DJ Apt One - Bang The Bass
Funkineven - Another Space
Genoc1de - Want You (Rush'd Remix)
Blawan - Iddy
The XX - Crystalised (Dark Sky Remix)
▽nkown ShΔpes - Shapes And Stars
Kaya Project - Dobro (The Opiuo Bro - Cuzz Remix)
Darkhouse Family - Mixed Grill
Georgia Anne Muldrow - The No-No Chords
Prince Paul - Boston Top
Take - Bouncing Cherries
Arp.101 - Warriors Galactic
Suff Daddy - Chinatown Chill
Georgia Anne Muldrow - If So
Dexter - One For Yusuf
Prince Paul - Night My Girlfriend Left Me
Nightmares On Wax - Finer
Uno - Diploma
Ta-Ku - Sylvia
FS Green - Tycoon Thug
Kanye West feat. Mos Def, Swizz Beatz, Raekwon Charlie Wilson - Lord Lord Lord
Mr Chop - The World Is Yours

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Badly Packed Kebab featuring: Darkhouse Family

We've got a very special edition of the Badly Packed Kebab coming this Friday, 3rd December on Purple Radio. Dropping into the studio with a bunch of dirty beats, some banter and hopefully a few beers ('cause i'm running low) will be South Wales' production duo du jour, Darkhouse Family.

Made up of Cardiff's Don Leisure and Barry's hip-hop mainman, Metabeats, Darkhouse Family have thrown themselves to the fore of glitchy wonk-hop production styling. First catching ears with BPK-favourite, "Stay Blazed" (their contribution to Fat City's Producer #2 compilation) the duo have also received rave reviews for their debut EP, "Family Trees". They have received DJ support from Gaslamp Killer, Kutmah, Martyn, Radio 1, Ras G, Illum Sphere, Stagga, Starkey & Slugabed (to name but a few) and are currently setting out on projects with Low End Theory badman Jon Wayne and EPROM, as well as remix work for Frite Nite.

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Fat City describe their sound as "shiny yet gritty with dusty records and imagination in a 21st century style. Heavy synth-work, syrupy melodies, processed sample snippets with tough kicks and hard snares in a freeform collision make their debut EP a heavyweight production"; which sums them up perfectly, and is far better than I can manage on a cold Tuesday morning.

Darkhouse Family are the perfect fit for a guest slot on the BPK, so we're chuffed they wanted to come along...and they're certain to bring some fine beats (and hopefully a few exclusives) to the Purple Radio decks. Be sure to tune in this Friday night, midnight until 2am (GMT) for what promises to be a memorable show!

Badly Packed Kebab 13/11/10

another mish-mash of all sorts of stuff on the BPK this week, including some cheeky pop remixes, plenty of dirty bass and a bit of an extended tin-out selection. enjoy!

tracklist:

Iyaz - Replay (Skratch Bastid Classified Maritimes Dirty Remix)
The Gaff - Funky Penguin Goes To New Orleans
Jack & Juke - 9th Wonder
Lopez - Zapping
Neighbour vs. Spilt Milk - Get With This (Opiuo Remix)
DJ Day - Kossa
Stevie Wonder - Do I Do (U-Tern Disco Edit)
Space Rangers - Chocolate Bar
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic (Skratch Bastid Remix)
John Ozila - Funky Boogie (Some DJ Remix)
Beatconductor - Loco Moto
Space Rangers - Costa Verde
Tubby T - Ready She Ready (Seiji Remix)
I.D. & Baobinga - BackFoot
Fantastic Mr Fox - Evelyn
Sunship feat. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove's Underground Souljah Mix)
Kid Kenobi - Acid Break (Vox)
Shy FX feat. Kano, Donae'o & Roses Gabor- Raver (MJ Cole Remix)
Toddla T feat. Wayne Marshall - Sky Surfing (Ross Orton Remix)
LV feat. Rubi Dan And Errol Bellot - Crossfire
Kashii - So Hot
JayL Funk - Ab Aeterno
Jaylib - Nowadayz
Qwel & Maker - Down Dumbing (DJ Day Remix)
Fat Jon - Altais
Dirtybird Beats - Not Done Yet
Bestboygrip - Fonck
Bugseed - Tear Loose
Kanye West feat. Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson, Curtis Mayfield & Kid Cudi - The Joy
Flying Lotus - Pie Face (My Dry Wet Mess Remix)

download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lcigvv

Saturday Soul with Andy Devine 06/11/10

this weeks' Saturday Soul featured a guest mix from show debutante Andy Devine - be sure to check out his excellent Shipton St Sessions on Purple Radio too!

tracklist:

Lorez Alexandria - I'm Wishin'
O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out
Mike James Kirkland - Hang On In There
The Love Affair - Never In My Life
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire

*Andy Devine Guest Mix*
Soloman Burke - None Of Us Are Free
Mahalia Jackson - Summer Time/I feel Like A Motherless Child
Erykah Badu - On & On (Live)
Barry White - Playing Your Game, Baby
Luther Vandross - So Amazing
Dusty Spingfield - Spooky
Jill Scott - Getting In The Way
Level 42 - Its Over
Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady
The Real Thing - Rainin' Through My Sunshine
Billy Ocean - Suddenly
The Temptations - Pap Was A Rollin Stone - (DJ Jazzy Jeff & Pete Kuzma Soulful Remix)
Sam and Dave - Soul Man

Onra - High Hopes
MED feat. Aloe Blacc - Where I'm From
Mato feat. LadyGatica - Forget Me Nots
Johnny Morisette - I'm Hungry
Steve Spacek - Dollar
The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes (Futureshock Main Ingredient Mix)
Gil Scott-Heron - Gun
HP Riot - I Have Changed

download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/bfoea8

Badly Packed Kebab 06/11/10

a strange BPK, this one: it's the soberest Friday night show i'd done in a while, but yet contains more cock-ups/botched mixing than any other previous BPK. haha, sometimes I guess it just goes like that. lesson to self: get more drunk in future.

tracklist:

Eugene Blacknell & The New Breed - Gettin' Down
Spank Rock - Touch Me
The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
Chad Jackson - Hear The Drummer (Get Wicked) (Original Mix)
Lopez - Zapping
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Bestboygrip - Copyright
Jolly Music - Radio Jolly
Ilija Rudman - Soul Embrace (Extended Mix)
Automats - Pass Me By (Tal M Klein Demo Mix)
Lopez - Discoshit
The Herbaliser - Goldrush
Barakas - Kes
Maddslinky ft. Mr Scruff - Dub Is For Real
Gilles Peterson - Chekere Son (Seiji Rerub)
Manare - Speakeasy
Daft Punk - High Life
Beat Assassins - Direct Hit V.I.P (Calvertron Remix)
Dizzee Rascal - Flex (Dave Spoon Remix)
The Beginnerz - Restless Girl (Stanton Warriors Remix)
Bestboygrip - Fonck
Visioneers - Funkbox (12 Beats 2nd Rmx)
Baptman - Groo
Prefuse 73 - Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing)
Murs & 9th Wonder - Bad Man!
Dilated Peoples - You Can't Hide, You Can't Run
DJ Jazzy Jeff - All I Know (Instrumental)
Roof Light - Kite Tails And Redwings

download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ckukzd

Saturday Soul - 3rd Birthday Special 23/10/10

I can't believe we've been running the ever-popular Saturday Soul show for three whole years now. time really does fly when you're having fun...and playing lush music.

as an extra treat I decided to play an additional hour. no comments about "will there be 4hrs for the 4th birthday next year?", thanks. ;)

RIP Solomon Burke.

tracklist:

Solomon Burke - If You Need Me
Wilson Pickett - It's Too Late
Smokey Robinson - Baby Come Close
Syreeta - Black Maybe
Betty Everett - Wondering
Bill Withers - I Can't Write Left-Handed (Live At Carnegie Hall)
Louise McCord - Better Get A Move On
Kissy Asplund - Caos
Full Crate & Mar - She Was Fly
Ned Doheny - Get It Up For Love
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Honey Dove
En Vogue - Don't Let Go
Alice Russell - Hurry On Now
Opensouls - In Your Hands
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Darryl Hall & John Oates - I Can't Go For That
The Spinners - I'll Be Around
Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Jamie Lidell - Multiply
Jill Scott - Golden
Donnell Jones - U Know What's Up
Barry White - It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me
The Temptations - My Girl
Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
Laura Lee - I Need It Just As Bad As You
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Al Green - Love & Happiness
Toto - Georgy Porgy
Pharrell Williams Feat. Jay-Z - Frontin'
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way
Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - Feeling Free (Aaron Jerome Remix)
Michelle Shaprow - If I Lost You (King Britt Scuba Mix)
Angie Stone - Wish I Didn't Miss You
Mary Wells - My Guy
The Drifters - Up On The Roof
Bobbi Humphrey - Baby Don't Know
Stephanie McKay - Jackson Avenue
Estelle - No Substitute Love
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack
Lauryn Hill - Doo Wop (That Thing)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Rhythm & Strings Edit)
Stevie Wonder - As

download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/iuyw1y

Badly Packed Kebab 30/10/10

i kinda forgot it was halloween last weekend and didn't play any themed tunes. my apologies. the opener's quite scary though, i suppose. and there's plenty of other treats to be had in this, the usual pissed-up Friday night selection from yours truly...

tracklist:

Bassnectar - Here We Go
Nero - Electron
Shock One ft. Reija Lee- Polygon
Mutt - Kush Talk
Prince Fatty - Insane In The Brain
Blunt Instrument - Funky Kingston (Mid Tempo Glitch Mix)
Subvert - Speaker Humpin
Jackson & His Computer Band - Rock On
Philly Blunt - Feel (Original Mix)
Shab Ruffcut ft. General Levy - Hippo Hop (Kyle Watson Remix)
Seiji - Basslips
Breach - Fatherless (Doc Daneeka MRR SNRZZ Remix)
Mr Mageeka - Different Lekstrix
Slyde - Move Ya Body
Sentinals - Love Rhythm
Warrior One - Lord Of Bashy
H Rhodez - Feel So Good (2 Step Instrumental)
KingThing - La-Di-Da
Kavsrave - Baggage Handler
Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake Remix)
ReSketch - Me & You
KingThing - Bump
Caper - Trill Ya Soul
Kavsrave - PClart
A-Trak - Ray Ban Vision
Recloose - Insomnia In Dub

download: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ja789t