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Chaos In The CBD - June 2022

Sam Shepherd a.k.a Floating Points barely needs introduction. Cataloguing depths uncharted to expose some of the best jazz, soul, rare groove and disco around.

https://www.nts.live/shows/floating-points/episodes/floating-points-13th-february-2023

Floating Points 130223

Massive New Years Eve party with over 20,000 people at London's Alexandra Palace - original home of the BBC! The chillout room lineup was me, Gilles Peterson, James Lavelle and Tom Middleton (!)

Mixmaster Morris @  Alexandra Palace 31/12/1995

The Lot Radio Stage at Making Time ♾️ 2024

https://www.instagram.com/anishkumaruk

Anish Kumar @ MAKING TIME ♾️ 2024

6 Hour B2B from joyful Sunday evening at Le Sucre in Lyon. many thanks to all the venue crew and everyone who came down to dance with us. Photo: William Chareyre.

Mr. Scruff B2B Danilo Plessow at Le Sucre, Lyon (November 2024)

Contrary to the misinformed UK rap didn’t start with Dizzy Rascal, The Streets & Stormzy

Neither was it always an inferior emulation of its US counterparts. The UK took musical influences from diverse sources inspired by the countries uniquely diverse spectrum of international cultures, embryonic influential moments that transformed into multiple worldwide musical phenomenons, hugely successful genres that could only of been forged in the UK. 

The evolution of rap in the UK is a complex and fascinating story, many of its first commercial releases might of been novelties or pop hit records but a parallel strong & passionate underground scene developed via events, clubs, magazines and nationwide specialist Rap radio shows, Hip Hop in the UK was a transformative colour blind unifying force. 

Although  much of it was ignored outside of the UK, Early British rap from across all regions of the country created many landmark timeless anthems that still sound as fresh and urgent today as they did when first released, equally as relevant as seminal revered releases from the same era across the pond, they deserve more respect and attention. 

I’ve tried to include as many of my favourite tracks from 1980-1996 as possible in this mix. In chronological order, but by no means definitive, I’m fully aware I’ve missed out loads of other great records, (and added some curveballs simply to infuriate purists) so my apologises to those legends & pioneers I didn’t feature. 

Also I’m certainly no turntablist so please don’t expect cutting, scratching or masterfully theatric blends, I’ll leave that to the experts. 

Apologies for playing Ian Dury during tracks from 1981, it was originally released in 1979 so really should have started the mix. 

Enjoy!

NB : Original broadcast as 3 parts on Noods Radio in 2025, this is an extended version of those mixes featuring bonus tracks not in the original Mixes.

UK RAP / 1979-1995 - Classics, Oddities + Novelties - NOODS RADIO

Label: 
Studio !K7 ‎– !K7046cd 
Series: 
DJ-Kicks – 
Format: 
CD, Mixed 

Country: 
 Germany  
Released: 
 19 Aug 1996  
Genre: 
Electronic 
Style: 
Downtempo, Breaks, Drum n Bass, Dub 

Kruder & Dorfmeister - DJ-Kicks (1996)

Hello, this the live recording of our second "Welcome to our World. Part 2" radio show. Recorded live at Red Light Radio. We had a great time!

Keep on listening. Keep on dancing together!

Antal & Hunee - Welcome To Our World - Part 2

Mellow sounds, crafted in Amsterdam's Red Light district.

Read more here: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=571

@youngmarco

Resident Advisor podcast

RA.571 Young Marco

Dekmantel Radio w/ Frits Wentink (12/04/2019)

A few years back, my friend Otis did a mixtape called ‘a time for peace’. It’s an effortless mix of melodic & vocally driven music which became a source of some of my favourite records that I was yet to discover. There was never a tracklist for it, but over the years, have found them serendipitously in record shops and had a few joyful moments when finally the needle drops on one of the tracks from this mix!
The past week has given me an opportunity to reflect on some of the records that I return to constantly, can get lost in & consider something else for a while. I hope that perhaps someone out there might find something in here that opens their ears to something new, can get lost in and one day have that needle drop moment too! Thanks to everyone who put me onto these records in one way or another.

Dialogue Between Dreamers Pt. One

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