8 Tracks for 8 Ball Radio with Frances Underhill

First episode with photographer, community organizer and founder of 8 Ball Community - Lele Saveri. Take a listen to the 8 tracks that made the biggest impact on his life and stories of growing up in Rome - from graffiti to gabber.

Tracklist:
La guerra di Piero - Fabrizio de André
Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta F' Wit - Wu-Tang Clan
Lullaby - The Cure
Spara Jurij - CCCP
Lazy Sunday - Small Faces
The Final Part of the Raveworld - Rotterdam Terror Corps
Madness - Prince Buster
Raze the Stray - Neurosis

8 Tracks - Ep. 1 - Lele Saveri

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 2 with Amanny. Listen to 8 tracks chosen by Amanny that remind her of Palestine, and speak to the larger picture of oppression and marginalization of indigenous peoples all over the world.

‘Our inclination is actually to be a people of poetry, and a people who relate to the world with a natural attraction to the inherent poetry and beauty that exists even in these really harrowing moments’

Amanny’s 8 Tracks:
Baktob Asmik Ya Balady
Ounadikoum - a poem by Tawfiq Zayyad performed by Ahmad Kaabour
Asfour/ Sparrow - Marcel Khalife & Oumaima el Khalil
Oday Fursan
Protesters in Khartoum, Sudan, 2019
Inn Ann - Daboor & Shabjdeed produced by Al Nather
Children of the Neighborhood - Abu Nisreen
Ali Alqahdi
Bonus: Live recording of AIM song

YouTube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLylIrpjO4aOU8rPJsRPG1X-wxfIaDhvq9&si=MzUBlumqeSTrZ8yI

8 Tracks - Ep. 2 - Amanny

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 3 with Sahiba.

Sahiba’s 8 Tracks:
Bina Maahi - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Husna Di Sarkar – Jazzy B
By The Time I Get To Pheonix – Dorothy Ashby
Way Star – Rubba
Massari and Me – DJ Plead
Jiya Lage Na – Sona Mohapatra
Jelly Charm – Sweet Trip
The Miracle Planet OST – Nebraska - Ryo Stobbart

8 Tracks - Ep. 3 – Sahiba

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 4 with Frank Carson, owner of Leisure Centre - 48 Hester Street, NYC - chatting to Frances Underhill about British style, vintage curation, swimming, and dubstep.

Frank’s 8 Tracks:
The Swimming Song - Loudon Wainwright III
I Need Your Love - Frankie Pharoah
Brown Paper Bag - Roni Size
Halftime - Nas
Has It Come To This - The Streets
Uptown Girl Remix - Tinchy Stryder ft. Wiley
On A Ragga Tip - SL2
Night - Benga & Coki

8 Tracks - Ep. 4 - Frank Carson

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 7 with Dorothy Allen-Pickard, a filmmaker from London - giving Frances Underhill a masterclass in filmmaking and chatting about the 8 tracks most important to her.

You can watch Dorothy's films on her site – www.dorothyallenpickard.com

Dorothy’s 8 Tracks:
S Club 7 – Reach
Shaggy – Angel ft. Rayvon
Kanye West – We Don’t Care
Loose Joints – Is It All Over My Face
Batsumi – Batsumi
Kylie Minogue – Slow
Fernanda Abreu – Speed Racer
Yazmin Lacey – Bad Company

8 Tracks - Ep. 7 - Dorothy Allen-Pickard

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 8 with poet, DJ and musician from London, James Massiah chatting to Frances Underhill about the 8 tracks most important to him.

“It’s all about connection, it’s all about community. And I see my practice now as almost an extension of early ministry - I’m trying to connect, I’m trying to share the gospel of: life is for living, don’t give up, stay alive, keep fighting, have a good time, don’t get bogged down by anyone else’s opinion of you and what you should or shouldn’t be doing.”

Follow James @jamesmassiah

James’s 8 Tracks:
Larry Heard – Sun Can’t Compare
Sting and the Police – Walking On The Moon
Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)
The Smiths - This Night Has Opened My Eyes
Dizzee Rascal – Graftin’
Speakers Corner Quartet ft Léa Sen – Dreaded !
Kirk Franklin - You Are The Only One
James Massiah - Charlie

8 Tracks - Ep. 8 - James Massiah

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO Ep. 11 with industrial designer Safwat Riad chatting with Frances Underhill about being a beach boy, butts as design inspiration, Egyptian wedding raves and a whole lotta tranceeee

Check out his work at @paragonbroadway @kotn @elsewherespace @lucia.alimentari 

Tracklist:
Al Koha - Hamid El Shaeri 
Ouda - Hamid El Shaeri
Enty ma3lema - Hamo Beeika & Omar Kamal 
Bebo Adam
The Anthem - Sensation
High on Life – DJ Encore
Clear Blue Water - Above & Beyond pres. OceanLab 
Fainted (MCR-T Remix) - Frederic.
DJ Rainstick’s N EGYPT DISmagazine mix

8 Tracks - Ep. 11 - Safwat Riad

8 TRACKS - EPISODE 13 with photographer and man about the grill Bijan Sosnowski giving us hot takes on dressage, his love of character mode outfits, a true story about his dad racing Teddy Prendergrass in Philly, and some feel good tunes.

Tracklist:
Tjomme (DJ Koze remix) - José González
Kavire Del - Marjan
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. Adagio – Joaquín Rodrigo
Just My Imagination - The Temptations
Mezmorized - Wiz Khalifa
Rich Inna Jah Jah Love – Callendar Sisters, Chalawa, Johnny Osbourne & Stranjah Cole
Saya (Remix) – Sona Jobarteh & Jay Nunez Beats
Running Out Of Time – musclecars

8 Tracks - Ep. 13 - Bijan Sosnowski

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO with Xeyal Qertel, educator, activist and founder of the New York Kurdish Cultural Center – taking a look at 8 incredible songs that represent Kurdish identity and resistance.

“Unfortunately our colonizers took our lens away, but they also took everything that makes us proud, everything that makes us take ownership of our identity… Now I listen to our songs in Kurdish, I watch films in Kurdish, I dance as a Kurd… for us, for Kurds, it’s all about resistance, it’s about claiming and cleansing our system of years of political and educational assimilation.”

The Kurdish Film Festival, New York takes place Oct 12 – 19 at Village East by Angelika. Come through! https://nykcc.org/nykff8/

Xeyal’s 8 Tracks:
1)	Aram Tigran - Lo Lo Pismamo
2)	Aynur Dogan - Keçê Kurdan
3)	Ayub Ali & Gare Sazkar – Kurdim
4)	Hunergeha Welat – Şervano
5)	Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit
6)	John Lennon – Imagine
7)	Hozan Serhat – Hewlêr
8)	Sivan Perwer – Delale

#Kurdistan


8 Tracks - Ep. 14 - Xeyal Qertel

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL RADIO with the multi talented Whitney Wei: writer, editor, artist and creative consultant. Recorded long distance from Berlin > New York, we chatted sharing a name with The Voice, discovering dubstep nights in NYC, and rediscovering Taiwan with some ambient playlists.

Listen to Whitney's sad n sexy 8 tracks:

1.	I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
2.	Coming Up Roses - Elliott Smith
3.	Ghost Hardware - Burial
4.	All Yours - Submotion Orchestra
5.	BYF - ASAP Mob
6.	Let It Go - Kelela
7.	A Pure Person - Point Hsu
8.	So Will Be Now - John Talabot 


8 Tracks - Ep. 15 - Whitney Wei

8 TRACKS FOR 8 BALL with, for the first time, not one but 2 special guests: Nick and Phil from NY-based brand Small Talk.

Listen to us chat about drawing Dennis Rodman in some Oakleys, how Nick has banned rock opera in the studio, and their hopes and dreams for a collab with Taco Bell.

Check out their site here: https://smalltalkstudio.biz/

Tracklist:
1. Fluorescences - Stereolab
2. Leo - Jeanette
3. Blue and Moody Music – Hiroshi Sato
4. Boy Life in America – Cody ChesnuTT
5. Window - Paul Bryan (Sérgio Sá)
6. Bank Robber – The Clash
7. Ngiculela- Es Una Historia - I Am Singing - Stevie Wonder
8. Flea at Woodstock '99 – E-Prime

8 Tracks - Ep. 16 - Small Talk

I first met Missy at her incredible restaurant Rita's - she spotted my 8 Ball Community hoodie and struck up convo - so it only felt right to get her on 8 Tracks for 8 Ball Radio! Chatting about Rita’s – a London Soho staple – where I’ve had many a delicious and fun night full of margs n gildas, and hearing some of the songs that set the scene, and make the space feel extra special.

Missy’s Tracklist:
I Only Have Eyes for You – The Flamingos
Belfast - Orbital
Head Over Heels - Tears for Fears
Functions on the Low - Ruff Sqwad
Human Behaviour – Björk
Hybrid Moments – Misfits
Mountain Energei - The Fall
Send Me a Postcard – Shocking Blue

Visit Rita's at 49 Lexington Street, London
https://www.ritasdining.com/

8 Tracks - Ep. 17 - Missy Flynn

When back in London was lucky to grab time with my pal Taro Ray, the talented cofounder of AFFXWRKS, to hear his 8 TRACKS. The selection was impeccable, every single track he picked was new to me, and speaks to Taro’s constant curiosity about finding hidden pockets, subcultures and communities in his city. We chatted about how this influences his design, the best BPM for manual labor, and why England is so cool 

Tracklist:
Nisennenmondai – #3
Ceili – Rough N Ready
Eterna – Now Remains 
Clara Rockmore - The Swan 
Carlton “Killawatt” Valley – Special Request 
Substance and Vainqueur - Emerge 1 (British Murder Boys Remix, Pt. 1)
MU - We Love Guys Named Luke
Tygapaw - MYSM 


8 Tracks - Ep. 18 - Taro Ray

8 TRACKS episode with writer Aissa Rose who has worked on legendary shows Rap Sh!t and Random Acts of Flyness & created the ‘Read the Room’ event series for writers to get in front of a live audience. We chatted riffs’n’runs, writing chaotic characters and how ‘Cranes in the Sky’ is the perfect song. 

Tracklist:
If I Ain’t Got You - Alicia Keys
Cranes in the Sky – Solange
You Loving Me (Session) – Erykah Badu
Nightmares – Clipse feat. Bilal & Pharrell Williams
Gravediggers – Blue Daisy
Rich Spirit – Kendrick Lamar
FLIGHTS - JEMS!
The Better Benediction - PJ Morton

https://www.aissarosegueye.com/

8 Tracks - Ep. 19 - Aissa Rose

8 Tracks with Taylor Simmons – celebrating his show ‘HangTime’ opening February 28 at Public Gallery, London

Tracklist:
Caught Up In the Rapture – Anita Baker
85/Billy Dee Interlude – Youngbloodz
Super Stars – Yves Tumor
My Favorite Things – Outkast
Empire Ants – Gorillaz ft. Little Dragon
I and I Survive – Bad Brains
I Seen a Man Die – Scarface
A Love Supreme, Pt. 1 – Acknowledgment – John Coltrane

https://public.gallery/exhibitions/hangtime


8 Tracks - Ep. 20 - Taylor Simmons

8 Tracks is back after a little hiatus with Soft Power Vote to remind the NYC listeners there is less than a week to vote in the Mayoral election! 🗽 I’m sure you’ve seen their posts breaking down politics and getting us informed on voting - and now you can hear 8 Tracks they’ve chosen featuring artists reflecting the times we’re in and helping us make sense of it all ✨ Get informed (and have a lil dance too).

We’ve got 4 tracks from Molly and 4 from Melissa. 
Tracklist:

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land 
2Pac – Changes 
Bad Bunny - El Apagón
Blood Orange – Hands Up
A Tribe Called Quest – We the People.... 
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message 
Ana Tijoux - Somos Sur ft.  Shadia Mansour 
Deee-Lite - Deee-Lite Theme

“The federal level can seem so big and daunting. But with local votes stuff actually your vote really hits, hard. These people impact our everyday lives: the Mayor, city council. Whether garbage gets picked up on your street, whether the school in your neighborhood gets funding, whether libraries staying open on Sundays…These local elections have a much more clear impact on our everyday lives, especially for a city like NYC that’s a sanctuary city that has a lot of immigrants and undocumented people. We are voting for millions who don’t have a voice or an opportunity to vote.”

8 Tracks - Ep. 21 - Soft Power Vote

8 Tracks for 8 Ball Radio - Ep. 22 - with visual artist Daniel Derro. Daniel told me stories of illegal film shoots in Cornwall, watching his future film score composer play jazz in a vineyard in Sicily, and how he first met Izzet, the boxing gym legend who inspired his film ‘The Sum of Many’ in Berlin. We chatted avoiding the pitfalls of L.A., finding silver linings in shitty situations, and how music informs his filmmaking – and he picked some really beautiful tunes.
 
Quote of the episode: “Life’s too short to have a boring car”.

Tracklist:
Blue Iverson – Jennah’s Interlude
George F. Smallwood - I Love My Father
Donny Hathaway – He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Bassline ft. Lorraine Chambers - You've Gone
Daryl Hall & John Oates - Crime Pays
U.S. Girls - Window Shades
Oko Ebombo – Iro
Sam Wilkes - Hug (feat. Sam Gendel, Christian Euman & Ian Wurfl)

8 Tracks - Ep. 22 - Daniel Derro

This week on 8 Tracks I chatted with one of my favourite DJs Suze Webb aka @the_large. Suze has been working in the music industry for over a decade, and her monthly NTS shows are on heavy rotation for me. We chatted about the ‘great nightmare’ of picking 8 definitive tracks, sample digging, moving to NYC from London to run independent record label Mixpak, and the secret sauce for a good party – and she played me some tracks she wouldn’t play out in the club (and some she would…).

Tracklist:
Massive Attack – Unfinished Sympathy
Aphex Twin – Polynomial-C
Aaliyah - Try Again
Roy Davis Jr – Gabriel ft Peven Everett
Popcaan - Firm and Strong 
Björk – Big Time Sensuality
Dj Travella – Kilio Cha Uzuni 
M-Beat - Sweet Love Ft. Nazlyn


8 Tracks - Ep. 23 – Suze Webb

8 Tracks for 8 Ball Radio - Ep. 24 - with Jared Blake, co-founder of Lichen.

Lichen, the Ridgewood-based design incubator and store, is built on listening: to music, to people, and to how a room feels. Jared told me how digging through his dad’s CD collection shaped his musical starter pack (Nas, Jay-Z, DMX) and followed him from NJ > Florida > NYC. We talked about the origin story of Lichen, building welcoming spaces, and moving beyond Eurocentric design. Jared broke down their secret sauce — empathy: “I don’t have to think about what works, I can just listen, I can just observe.” He also managed to sneak in a 9th track lol. 

Tracklist:
Nas – Street Dreams
Pete Rock ft. Styles P & Sheek Louch - 914
Camp Lo - Luchini AKA This Is It
Dom Kennedy - Platinum Chanel
Asaad - Dirty White Leathers
MIKE - Eczema
Roy Ayers – I Am Your Mind (Part 2) 
Galcher Lustwerk - Been A Long Night
Cities Aviv - Black Pleasure

8 Tracks - Ep. 24 - Jared Blake

8 Tracks - Episode 25 - Had the funnest chat with Michelle Li about her favorite 8 Tracks - listening to Dido in the backseat of her dads car, a hotel in Italy that only played Fleetwood Mac, lifting weights to Mazzy Star and attempting Aretha Franklin at karaoke… 

Tracklist:
Hinnom TX - Bon Iver 
Thank You - Dido 
Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac 
Flowers in December - Mazzy Star 
Tracks Of My Tears - Aretha Franklin 
Cloudbusting - Kate Bush
By This River - Brian Eno
Tears on his Rings and Chains - Dean Blunt

8 Tracks - Ep. 25 - Michelle Li

8 Tracks episode 26 with multi-disciplinary artist Jess Hu after the release of her amazing film ‘Matters of Movement’ (go watch it!). Jess shared her 8 tracks with me n we chatted about DM’ing your heroes, making emo Linkin Park covers, sneaking to dance competitions as a teen without telling her parents, teaching hip hop to her university professors and loadssss more. 

Tracklist:

Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott
Lost in the World ft. Bon Iver - Kanye West 
Hey, Ma - Bon Iver
How Deep Is Your Love · Bee Gees
Day One - Hans Zimmer
In The End - Linkin Park
viscus · Oklou, FKA twigs 


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