D.C. reissue and private press label People's Potential Unlimited specialise in preserving the weirdest and rarest of boogie, funk, and more from the 70s and 80s - plus a new generation of artists drawing from the lo-fi DIY sounds of the cosmic boogie past.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-10th-february-2023

NTS Guide To: PPU 1979-1989 100223

https://www.nts.live/shows/blue-note-80/episodes/in-focus-bobbi-humphrey-4th-december-2019

Blue Note 80 - In Focus: Bobbi Humphrey

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest'

Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murak... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-jazz-in-murakami-novels-21st-november-2024

NTS Guide to: Jazz In Murakami Novels 211124

Across 110th Street 9/27/25

Edinburgh based party and reissue label present rarities and classics every month.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/athens-of-the-north/episodes/athens-of-the-north-20th-november-2025

Athens of the North 201125

opening set for nowadays x Dekmantel non-stop party on November 15, 2025. mastered by Karl Scholz ☆

Lovie ☆ Live at nowadays x Dekmantel (November 2025)

Funkmosphere resident Billy Goods heads up a 2 hour slot with James Yamagucci - all vinyl, all live and direct from our LA studio.

From the host: _"Bump City 060 Mix - 2 hours of sophisticated soul, signature sounds & L.A. vybrationz with residents Yamagucci & Billy Goods."_ 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/billy-goods/episodes/billy-goods-10th-february-2026

Bump City w/ Billy Goods & Yamagucci  100226

Gilles Peterson with Stewart Lee in conversation - 31.01.26

Join Errol and the Touching Bass family every month for regular voyages into inner-city, concrete jungle productions plus astral-facing funk, jazz, broken beat and anything else with a soulful pulse. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/touching-bass/episodes/touching-bass-4th-march-2026

Errol & Alex Rita present Touching Bass 040326

RANDOM ONES 001

Following the release of his latest album Aquarium Nightclub, 
Space Ghost delivers a fresh new mix of dance selections. This tape 
aims to share a small bit of insight into the genres of music that 
inspired his album. Expect a combination of tropical and psychedelic 
boogie tracks mixed with moody house and dance floor heaters.

Tracklist:

Underground Resistance - Big Stone Lake
Nu Guinea - The Sun Returns
Pascal - Arcipelago
Supa Frika - Dance The Nite Away
Shot - Main Thing
Barbara Fowler - Come And Get My Lovin’
Space Ghost - Mirage
Wally Badarou - Hi-Life
Condry Ziqubu - She’s Impossible
Psychic Mirrors - I Come For Your Love
The Pilotwings - Dfc Du Pauvre
Kurt Harman Project - Comin’ Back
Julian Jonah - Jealousy And Lies
Bas Noir - My Love Is Magic (Club Mix)
Paul Rutherford - I Want Your Love (Steve Bourasa CD Edit)
Tony Lee - Love So Deep (Instrumental)
DTR - How Many Times? (Unity) (Free Flight)
Julian Jonah - Where Did U Go (Dub)

Aquarium Dance

Doctor of Arts, Mercury Prize nominated musician. 
Poet, DJ, Activist. Tea addict.

RANDOM ONES 001

Ghostpoet

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