Great back to back to back DJ session on the @dubsmugglers soundsystem at this year's @dimensionsfestival in Croatia, alongside @floatingpoints, Tom Smith from the ace Cosmic Slop night in Leeds, ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/211633616863/ ) all held together by the mighty MC Kwasi. We all played vinyl, one or two tunes each for most of the session, with a slightly longer set each towards the end.

Massive thanks to everyone involved!

Full Tracklisting: 0.00 BLO 'CHANT TO MOTHER EARTH  0.06 TELEVISION 'LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL'  0.12 RACHEL SWEET 'ITS SO DIFFERENT HERE'  0.14 DARONDO 'DIDNT I'  0.18 THE FUNKEES 'ACID ROCK'   0.21 KING SUNNY ADE 'THE MESSAGE'  0.30 HONEY B'S 'WHAT LOVE CAN DO'  0.34 ANANSI 'SEA SHELLS'  0.39 SERGIO MENDES 'THE REAL THING'  0.43 HARVEY MASON 'TIL YOU TAKE MY LOVE'  0.46 EDDIE KENDRICKS 'BODY TALK'  0.53 SUN PALACE 'RUDE MOVEMENTS'  0.59 RISCO CONNECTION 'AIN'T NO STOPPING US NOW'  1.07 AIRTO MOREIRA 'ITS TIME FOR CARNIVAL'  1.15 DE LA SOUL AND J DILLA 'SHUMP'  1.18 CODEK 'TIM TOUM'  1.21 MONO/POLY 'OIL FIELDS'  1.25 PAMOJA 'OOH BABY'  1.28 JESSE MCFALL 'I THOUGHT YOU OUGHT TO KNOW'  1.31 COSMOS UNIVERSAL BAND 'THIRD EYE'  1.34 REGGAE EXPERIENCE 'ADOMS TREO'  1.36 LARRY T AND THE FAMILY 'I'M MOVING ON'  1.39 JOAO DONATO 'AMAZONAS'   1.42 STEVE PARKS 'MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION'  1.45 ELOSIE LAWS 'PUT A LITTLE LOVE INTO IT'  1.48 SUN 'WAIT A MINUTE'  1.52 AGED IN HARMONY 'TRUST IN ME'  1.56 ARNOLD BLAIR 'TRYING TO GET NEXT TO YOU'  1.59 ANAMARIA E MAURICIO 'MANDATO'   2.01 MONK HIGGINS 'GOTTA BE FUNKY'  2.02 GORDON STAPLES 'STRUNG OUT'  2.03 SUN RA 'WHERE PATHWAYS MEET'  2.10 UNSPOKEN HEARD 'JAMBOREE'  2.11 MOONDOG 'DOG TROT'  2.13 CEDRIC BROOKS 'GLORY TO SOUNDS'  2.17 THE JAMAICANS 'SING FREEDOMS'  2.19 JABO 'GETTING DOWN AT THE DISCO'  2.22 SHAWN J PERIOD 'INSTRUMENTAL BONUS NO.1'  2.24 FATIMA 'TECHNOLOGY'  2.26 DONNY HATHAWAY 'VOICES INSIDE (EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING)'  2.29 RUFUS & CHAKA 'WHAT AM I MISSING'  2.33 GRACE JONES 'MY JAMAICAN GUY (DUB)'  2.37 MARVIN GAYE 'FUNKY SPACE REINCARNATION'  2.46 NEAL CREQUE 'WHAT YOU WANNA DO IS DO IT'  2.51 PAUL NGOZI 'CANT YOU HEAR ME'  2.55 KING SUNNY ADE 'SYNCRO SYSTEM'  3.00 THE VISION 'LAID BACK AND GROOVY'  3.07 HEAVEN AND EARTH 'I REALLY LOVE YOU (INSTRUMENTAL)'  3.10 SYLVIA STRIPLIN 'GIVE ME YOUR LOVE'  3.16 DR JOHN 'WHAT COMES AROUND (GOES AROUND)'  3.18 BATTEAUX 'HIGH TIDE'  3.21 JOSE FELICIANO 'GOLDEN LADY'  3.27 JOHNNY LYTLE 'SELIM'  3.30 JEREMY STIEG 'HOWLING FOR JUDY'  3.35 THEO PARRISH & TONY ALLEN 'FEEL LOVED'  3.41 BRASS FEVER 'TIME IS RUNNING OUT'  3.43 PRINCE BUSTER 'FUNKY JAMAICA'  3.47 BOB MARLEY 'ROCKING STEADY'  3.49 SYLVIA TELLA 'BROTHERS UNITE'  3.51 MORGAN HERITAGE 'REGGAE MUSIC'  3.54 GEORGE FULLWOOD 'NATTY DREAD SHE WANT'  3.56 JOHNNY OSBOURNE 'LOVE IS UNIVERSAL'  4.02 FRANKIE PAUL 'DELIVERANCE'  4.07 WARRIOR KING 'KEEP THE FAITH'  4.10 AL CAMPBELL 'JAH LOVE'  4.18 MORGAN HERITAGE 'ONE RASTA MAN'  4.21 DENNIS BROWN 'CHILDREN OF ISRAEL'  4.27 WILLIE WILLIAMS & BRENTFORD DISCO SET 'ARMAGIDEON TIME'  4.29 DENNIS BROWN & ASWAD 'PROMISED LAND'  4.31 ASWAD 'DUB FIRE'  4.33 PETER TOSH 'JONNY B GOOD'  4.39 TITO PUENTE '4 BEAT MAMBO'  4.43 ELECTRIC SOUL 'ELECTRIC SOUL'  4.45 X-RAY 'LOCK IT DOWN'  4.48 SERGIO MENDES 'POMBA GIRA'  4.52 SAM MOST 'JUNGLE FANTASY'   4.54 WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS 'KUMINA MENTO RASTA'   5.01 SEXUAL HARASSMENT 'EXCERCISE YOUR ASS OFF'  5.06 PATTI LABELLE 'GET READY (LOOKING FOR LOVE) RON HARDY EDIT'  5.09 DRUM DANCE 'FANGA ALAFIA (JOE'S EDIT)'  5.13 GUNNAR WENDEL  '578 (OMAR S. RUDE BOY WARM MIX)/GIL SCOTT-HERON 'BICENTENNIAL BLUES'  5.20 SYLVESTER 'OVER AND OVER'  5.24 AMADOU ET MARIAM 'BARA (JOAQUIN'S SACRED RHYTHM DANCE)'  5.32 P-FUNK ALL STARS 'HYDRAULIC PUMP'  5.35 PARLIAMENT 'FLASHLIGHT'  5.37 PUSHA T 'NUMBERS ON THE BOARDS'  5.42 HOT 8 BRASS BAND 'SEXUAL HEALING'  5.48 TOURÉ KUNDA 'EM'MA'  5.52 WAREIKA HILL SOUNDS 'NO MORE WAR'  5.56 AZYMUTH 'TAMBORIM, CUÍCA, GANZA, BERIMBAU'  5.59 OS TREMENDOES 'THE NAME OF THE GAME'  6.02 JACK JACOBS 'I BELIEVE IN YOU'  6.07 5 MILES OUT 'SET YOUR MIND FREE'   6.09 TOMORROWS PEOPLE 'OPEN SOUL'  6.15 ARTHUR RUSSELL 'LET'S GO SWIMMING'  6.18 STEPHEN ENCINAS 'LYPSO ILLUSION'  6.23 BERNARD WRIGHT 'CHILLIN' OUT'  6.29 TAXIE 'ROCK DONT STOP'   6.32 HASHIM 'AL NAAFIIYSH'  6.37 EDEE 'MAKE IT LAST'  6.40 JUNIOR DELGADO 'ROW FISHERMAN'

Full gigs list here: http://mrscruff.com/gigs/

Mr Scruff, Floating Points, Tom Smith & MC Kwasi on the Dub Smugglers Sound System, Dimensions 2013

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About the cd:
A superb surprise episode for 041 in the series. Massive thanks to Nick Sneddon for sending over some epic CDs recently. We are really happy to feature more downtempo CDs... it feels like the recovery soundtrack to countless nights clubbing and those sun kissed days that followed (well maybe not so much if you grew up in the UK).

Considering this came out in 1996, it features some simply gorgeous deep house and laid back electronic which go onto cement why DJ Harvey is a cult dj amongst fans and fellow spinners. It's a pleasure not just remember my own collection, but have other people send in theirs. And it's even better discovering that there's hundreds of other classics out there which need to be shared with everyone. Thanks again for the good vibes.


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029 - Late Night Sessions mixed by DJ Harvey (1996)

This is an amalgam of two mixes I did for Solid Steel at the end of November, 2013. Both were 30 minutes and with a similar downbeat, electronic nature. It's the sort of thing I like to listen to late at night when I'm working on designs or writing. Both appeared on separate shows but were done around the same time so I wanted to present them in one piece like this.

Tracklisting:
Rival Consoles _ Odyssey _ Erased Tapes
Spacedog & Belbury Poly _ Quiet Industry _ Ghost Box
A Thunder Orchestra _ Diabolocal Gesture _ La Musique Fait La Force
Sinoia Caves _ Naro Way _ self released
Dark Seed _ The Bell _ Ohmega
Jokers On the Scene _ Have You Said Your Prayers Today? _ Balkan Vinyl
Russ Garcia _ Lost Souls of Saturn _ Liberty
Roland Bocquet _ Exotique _ Cobra
Belbury Poly & Spacedog _ Find Me _ Ghost Box
Tomisnever _ Reach For The Dead _ mp3
V.I.V.E.K. _ Mantra _ System Music
Machinedrum _ Centre Your Love _ Ninja Tune
Sounds & Silence _ The Lyyke Wake Dirge _ Trunk
Howlaround _ Secret Songs of Savamala _ The Fog Signals
Pye Corner Audio _ The Ever Present Hum Pt.2 (excerpt) _ The Tape Worm

A Little Night Music...

A six hour DJ session from Manchester's Band on the Wall alongside the incredible @tarzsa_williams, hosted by MC Kwasi. 

Mostly uptempo styles on this one, and some mega energy on the dance floor. Had some great feedback during the night about Tarzsa. Big shout to all the venue crew, regulars and first timers!

https://www.instagram.com/tarzsa_williams/

Mr. Scruff B2B Tarzsa - Band on the Wall, Manchester (February 2024)

My Apple Music Early Hours mix from a December 2023. This is the kind of groove I start with when playing an all night gig. Massive shout to all the artists in the mix for their inspiration!

This was recorded on a CDJ2000, 2 technics SL1210 turntables, an Isonoe 420 mixer, a Strymon timeline, Chase Bliss CXM1978 & Audio technica cartridges.

Tracklisting 

1. Himangshu Biswas & Dulal Roy - Raga Bhupal Todi 
2. Lokkhiterra meets Shikore Bangladesh Allstars - Shaddo Ki Re Amar 
3. Stand High Patrol - Morning
4. Inna De Yard & Keith Rowe - Groovy Situation
5. David Axelrod - Wandering Star
6. Chronixx - Never Give Up
7. Bobby McFerrin - Yes You
8. Jimi Tenor - Monday Blue
9. Group Home - Baby Pa
10. DJ Plead - RT5
11. Creation Rebel & New Age Steppers - Chemical Specialist
12. D’Angelo - Brown Sugar (Acapella) 
13. Early B - Imitator - (Unlisted ‘Mad Mad’ rhythm piece from the 12”)
14. Sugar Minott - Gwan My Youth
15. Elixir - Deimos
16. Silverkick - Vinyl Silk Emotion
17. Ben Lancaster, Sean Roche & Justin Hibbs - Reverse Synthesis
18. Kevin Moore - Speak Your Mind
19. Tania Maria - Come With Me
20. Marcia Maria - Meu Amigo Branco - Bernardo Piniero Edit
21. Outside - The Lower We Fly
22. Typesun - The PL
23. Andrew Ashong - Flowers
24. Dudley Perkins - Flowers

Early Hours DJ Mix

Was nice to be back on the BBC Radio 1 airwaves!

Tracklist:

1. Nachtbraker - Hamdi
2. Gledd - Papa Bel
3. Roland Tings - Hiding in the Bushes
4. Quantic - Japanese Knives
5. Friedrich Raphael - Fondante feat. Robert PM
6. Musclecars - Tonight Louie Vega Bronx Dub
7. Philippa & Jimpster - Dreaming feat. Care
8. Kassian - 8th Movement
9. Baiuca - Alentejo
10. Blake Leisurely - Piano Power
11. Coffintexts - Todo Mi Cuerpo
12. Cousin - ~O.V.O~
13. INVT, K-LONE - Ascenso Dub
14. The Combinations - Kipanga (Break Mix)
15. Quantic feat Pongo Love - Duvido (Remix)

Radio 1 Dance Presents - Quantic

Memories and other dreams

Back in 2010, Gilles Peterson recorded a special Brownswood Basement show focusing on the evolution of drum & bass through the 90s and into the 00s. It was by no means a comprehensive history of the genre, but it did represent an excellent snapshot of the tunes that struck a chord with Gilles back then. 100% vinyl (and acetates), Gilles spent the best part of a day rummaging through hundreds of records and picked out around 40 then @alex-patchwork got deep in the mix. Part 1 dropped last week, and here is Part 2 that made up that show - no links, jingles or drops - just the music. We hope you enjoy it.

Brownswood Basement D&B Special // Part 2

Innerzone Orchestra – Bug In The Bassbin (Planet E)
Original Playboys – Come To Me (Dubplate)
Scorpio feat. Leonie – Breakbeat Era (Full Cycle) 
Roni Size – Music Box (Full Cycle) 
Tom & Jerry – Maxi(mum) Style Booty Style – Part III (Shell)
Johnny One-Drop – Travelings (X Project Remix) (Talkin Loud)
Carlito – Carlito’s Way (Creative Source)
Fernanda Porta – Sambassim (DJ Patife Remix) (V Recordings)
UFO – Something Out There (Ray Keith Samba Mix)
Uncut – Midnight (Mist 2003 Mix) (Warner) 
DJ Kane – Let’s Go To Work (Trouble On Vinyl) 
Peshay – Switch (Island Blue) 
Peshay – Miles From Home (Island Blue)
John Coltrane – Like Sonny (Peshay Remix) (Talkin Loud)
Underwolves – Under Your Sky (Origin Unknown Mix) (Island Blue) 
Roni Size – Problems (Dubplate) 
Calibre – Hypnotise (Soul:r) 
Drumagick – Easy Boom (Sambaloco) 
Alex Reece – Feel The Sunshine (4th & Broadway)
Krust – True Stories (Talkin Loud) 

D&B Special Part 2 (2010)

Tracklist: http://bit.ly/roy-ayers-75

Celebrating the 75th birthday of Mr Roy Ayers with this mix, showcasing some of my favourite tracks from his slightly lesser known material… Well, I mean compared to tracks like Everybody 
Loves The Sunshine, Searching, We Live In Brooklyn, Running Away, Love Will Bring Us Back Together…

I also hear new stuff that I hadn’t noticed before when I listen to his music - the track with Jack Wilson that opens the mix up is so heavy and cosmic for its time, and I’d forgotten about the track with Wayne Henderson! There are so many great albums out there including the 2 Virgin Ubiquities BBE put out... We could devote a whole week of radio programmes to Roy, his archive is so large… 

He is the key to all things between jazz, soul, disco and hip hop…. Thank you roy for all the music...


Tracklist

Roy Ayers 75th Birthday Mix

A global band in the largest sense of the world, Khruangbin takes inspiration from Thai funk to the sounds of Spain and the Middle East, particularly Iran. The music of the dreamy Texan trio is rooted in the deepest waters of world music infused with classic soul, dub and psychedelia. They perform a DJ set in advance of the release of their new album, Con Todo El Mundo, out on 26 January 2017.

Tracklist: https://worldwidefm.net/show/brownswood-basement-gilles-peterson-5/

Khruangbin Guest Mix on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Basement // 18-01-2018

This epic set is taken from one of those 'all-nigh-long' affairs where I got to play from start to finish; this one happened on Monday November 29, 2010. Whenever I got a chance to do this, Cielo's sound system was really helpful and always inspired me to play a certain way because of the amazing sonics. 

Such great memories! 

Track Listing:

Song Title // Artist // Label
		
Hold Your Heart Up	Sigha	Hotflush
Circling	Applebim & Peverelist	Skull Disco
Masai Mara (VIP)	Seven & Youngsta	Wheel & Deal
Black Sun	Kode 9 	Hyperdub
Love Dub (Refix)	Cooly G	Hyperdub
unknown song		
Wad	Pearson Sound	Hessle Audio
Love Harmonic (Carl Craig Soundscape Remix)	Mirko Loco	Cadenza
Rootz Man Edit 	Rootz	Rootz
Sure Know How To Love Your Man	Willie Hutch	Motown
Freedom (Color 4 Frankie Dub)	Black Magic	Strictly Rhythm
Another Generation (Joey Negro Extended Mix)	Akabu	Z
People Say (Nic Fanciulli Remix)	Paolo Rocco	Saved
The Beast	Mighty Mouse	?
Hit On You (Idjut Boys Edit)	Roundtree	
1010 (original Mix)	Boys Noize	Boysnoize
unknown track		
Dim's Love Train	D Train - vs- Pete Heller	mashup
No Worries (Daniel Stefanik Edit)	Butch	Cecille
Time Moves On	DJ Marky & S.P.Y. 	Digital Soundboy
Dance Sister Dance (Latin Soul Brother Remix)	Santana	white
Bass Junkie	Silkie	Deep Medi
Three-Sided Shape	Scuba	Hotflush
Plastik (Todd Terje Remix)	Simon Baker	Playhouse
Distant Shores	Petar Dundov	Music Man
Energy Fields (Quince's Dubbed Out Reconstruction)	Taho	Delsin
Woman Is The Devil	Levon Vincent	Reconstruct
Ping Pong	Espresso	Maxi
She Is Music	Psycatron feat. Blake Baxter	Planet E
Masikulu Dub	Mark Ernestus -vs- Konono Nº1	Congotronics
For 12 Minutes (Joris Voorn Rough Mix)	Gerd	Rejected
Bow Wow Wow	Funkdoobiest	Epic
Never Never Land	UMC's	Wild Pitch
Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)	De La Soul	Big Life
Popcorn	James Brown	Polydor
Umi Says	Mos Def	Rawkus
Oh What A Life	Gibson Brothers	Island
She's So Heavy (Eric Kupper Remix)	Groove Collective	Giant Step
Djurgårdsbron	The Persuader	Svek
Litoral	Michel Cleis	Cadenza
Clapping Song	Justin Vandervolgen	Golf Channel
Kill 100 (Carl Craig Remix)	X-Press 2	Skint
Exiting The Milky Way (Surgeon Remix)	Traversable Wormhole	CLR
unknown track		
Just Come	Cool Jack	Black Moon
Bang Bang You're Mine	Bang The Party	Warrior's Dance
Optimo	Liquid Liquid	99 Records
Power	Earth, Wind & Fire	Columbia
Inside My Love (Timmy Regisford & Karizma Remix	Tina Broussard	?
Blowback	Paul Du Lac	Clone
Mashanyana	Masheleng feat. T. Sekowe	
Untitled 	Donato Dozzy	Further
Don't Cry - It's Only The Rhythm	Grace Jones	Island
Waiting For The Rain (Instrumental) 	The Philly Sound	Filet-O-Soul
Universal Horizons	Pacific Horizons	Pacific Wizard
Sugar Beet	Bah Samba	Estereo
Dancin'	Grey & Hanks	RCA

François K extended Deep Space set 11/29/2010

Record collector / DJ / Broadcaster / Producer / Brownswood Recordings boss / occasional remixer

D&B Special Part 2 (2010)

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