Solid Steel (13th December) It's another extended show this week as DK takes over proceedings with Part 2 of his Solid Steel retrospective mix. We kick off with a club selection from Dobie, Zed Bias & Mark Pritchard, LB, Grain and Airfrog on R & S from 2001. Then it's lush Techno from Space Continuum, Arthur Russell at the controls with Dinosaur L and Dan Snaith in his pre Caribou days as Manitoba. DK fav Cid Rim appears with his track Draw, plus Burial, two from Pearson Sound, Mouth from '82 and a DK retrospective wouldn't be complete without Herbie Hancock's Nobu from 1974, arguably the first ever Techno track. We continue through James Blake, Joy Orbison, Letherette, Eprom and The Brooklyn Allstars, before hitting classic jungle with Congo Natty and onto Drum & Bass from Ray Keith, Source Direct and Roni Size, and closing with reggae from Jah Screechy and Tenor Saw.

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PART 1 + 2    -	 DK		
				
Dobie	_	refuse to lose 	_	Unknown
Zed Bias	_	Trouble In The Streets feat Mark Pritchard	_	Tru Thoughts
LB	_	Superbad	_	Output
Carl Craig	_	At Les	_	Planet E
Zed Bias	_	Music deep inside	_	Swamp81
Grain	_	Untitled	_	Fat Cat
Airfrog	_	Bon Voyage	_	R & S
Space Continuum	_	Swing fantasy	_	Reflective
Dinosaur L	_	Go Bang	_	Sleeping Bag
Manitoba	_	If assholes could fly	_	Leaf
Burial	_	Archangel	_	Hyperdub
Pearson Sound	_	Stifle 	_	Hessle Audio
Cid Rim	_	Draw	_	Lucky Me
Mouth	_	Yahoo	_	Y Records
Reilly Steel	_	The Healing 	_	Senseless
Peverelist	_	Dance Til The Police Come	_	Hessle Audio
Herbie Hancock	_	Nobu	_	Sony Japan
Pearson Sound	_	Blanked	_	Hessle Audio
James Blake	_	CMYK	_	R & S 
SBTRKT	_	Ready Set Loop	_	Young Turks
Joy Orbison	_	Hyph Mngo	_	Hotflush
Sun Ra	_	Satellites Are Spinning (Zero dB remix & Hectic remix)	_	Fluid Ounce
Letherette	_	Surface	_	Ninja Tune
Kendrick Lamar	_	Swimming Pools (Drank) 	_	Interscope
Genys & Piotrus Pan	_	Keep It Tight	_	Mondayjazz
Azealia Banks (Machinedrum)	_	Fantasea	_	Unknown
The Brooklyn Allstars	_	I'm Glad You're Mine	_	Jewel
EPROM	_	Regis Chillbin	_	Rwina
Wayne Smith	_	Under Me Sleng Teng	_	Jammy's
Skoobz	_	Sleng Teng	_	Rockers Dubs
Tribe Of Issachar Feat. Peter Bouncer	_	Fever	_	Congo Natty
Ray Keith	_	Now is the time	_	Planet V
Source Direct	_	Mind Weaver	_	Science
Roni Size / Reprazent	_	Share the fall	_	Talkin' Loud
Jah Screechy	_	Walk & Skank	_	Blacker Dread
Tenor Saw	_	Golden Hen	_	Humming Bird
Jay Electronica	_	Exhibit C 	_	Decon

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/12/2013 Part 1 + 2 - DK

DJ Food & DK with the audio part of their "Now, Look & Listen" video mix, that they perform live on 4 decks and 3 mixers. Check out the <a href="http://www.solidsteel.net">Solid Steel</a> website or the 'Track video' button above, for the full video mix. 
Using Serato's Video-SL plug-in for Scratch Live, they mix, scratch and blend the sound AND vision for each track they play. Months were spent creating videos for each piece of music, either using the original source material or, in most cases sampling footage to create a new video entirely. Described as 'Video Turntablism', it has become a way for Food & DK to visualize their already legendary DJ sets. 
As usual, it's the diverse mix of music that they love and are known for, taking in current faves from Foreign Beggars & Noisia, Joy Orbison and Dorian Concept, but also plenty of classics that have kept dancefloors rocking from TTC, Pendulum, Luke Vibert, Think Tank and Z-Trip. Plus, Grace Jones, Archie Bell and sections from their two highly successful mix CD's that have Rakim rapping alongside the Human League and the Beat battling the drum and bass of Mask, and all in glorious video at the <a href="http://www.solidsteel.net">Solid Steel</a> website. 

PLAYLIST — 04/12/09

PART 1 — DJ Food & DK
ARTIST	  	-  TITLE	  	-  LABEL
Luke Vibert	  	 - Homewerk	  	 - Planet Mu
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force	  	 - Planet Rock	  	 - Tommy Boy
Captain Rock	  	- The Return Of Capt. Rock	  	 - Nia
Missy Elliott	  	 - Lose Control	  	 - Elektra
Think Tank	  	- Hack One (the Internet Worm Mix)	  	 - Hakattak
Common Ft Pharrell	  	- Universal Mind Control (hydroz B-boy Bass Mix)	  	 - Geffen
Mujava	  	 - Township Funk (l-vis 1990 Kwaito Dub)	  	 - This Is Music
Hashim	  	 - Al-naafiysh (the Soul)	  	 - Cutting Records
Dj Kentaro	  	 - Free (accapella)	  	 - Ninja Tune
Ttc	  	 - Travailer	  	 - Big Dada
Spank Rock	  	 - Rick Rubin	  	 - Big Dada
The Simon Sound	  	 - Tour De Mars	  	 - Project Blue Book
Achie Bell	  	- Tighten Up (bobby Labeat Re-work)	  	- Mp3
Drumattic Twins	  	- Crazy Love (peo De Pitte Remix)	  	- Finger Lickin
Leisur Allstars	  	- 35 Summers (substatic Remix)	  	- Leisure Recordings
Afrika Bambaataa	  	- Got That Vibe (accapella)	  	- Tommy Boy
Calvertron Vs Banga	  	-  Whoop - Rudders There It Isnt Remix	  	- Destination
Tag Team	  	- Whoomp! (there It Is) Accapella	  	- Life
Santogold	  	- Say Aha (tepr Remix)	  	- Atlantic
The Qemists Feat Wiley	  	- Dem Na Like Me (accapella)	  	- Ninja Tune
M.v.p.	  	 - roc Ya Body 'mic Check 1, 2 (instrumental)"	  	- Emi
Z-trip	  	- Listen To The Dj	  	- Hollywood
Timbaland & Magoo Feat. Missy Elliott	  	- Cop That Shit	  	- Unique
Eric B And Rakim	  	- I Know You Got Soul (accapella)	  	- 4th & Broadway
Human League	  	- Being Boiled	  	- Fast
Area Code 615	  	- Stone Fox Chase	  	- Polydor
Dj Shadow	  	- The Number Song (cut Chemist Litmus Test Re-remix)	  	- Mo Wax
Dj Food	  	- Dark Lady	  	- Ninja Tune
Q-tip	  	- Breathe And Stop (accapella)	  	- Arista
Dorian Concept	  	- Tropical Hands	  	- Affine
The Beat	  	- Mirror In The Bathroom	  	- 2 Tone
Mask	  	- Square Off	  	- Dope Dragon
Sub Focus	  	- Timewarp	  	- Ram Records
Freestyles	  	- Musically Dope (ganja Kru Remix)	  	- True Playaz
Pendulum	  	- Another Planet	  	- Breakbeat Kaos
Noisia	  	- Facade	  	- Ram Records
Sub Focus	  	- Join The Dots	  	- Ram Records
Haiku D'etat	  	- Mike, Aaron & Eddie	  	- Decon
The Prodigy	  	- Voodoo People (pendulum Remix)	  	- Xl
Pendulum	  	- Tarantula	  	- Breakbeat Kaos
Dj Vadim	  	- Terrorist (accapella)	  	- Ninja Tune
The Qemists	  	- Stompbox (spor Remix)	  	- Ninja Tune
Foreign Beggars & Noisia	  	- Contact (noisia Remix)	  	- Dented Records
Drumsound & Simon Bassline Smith	  	- Harder Faster	  	- Technique Recordings
Shimon & Andy C	  	- Bodyrock	  	- Ram Records
D-code And Chan1	  	- Glitterstep (sub Swara Remix)	  	- Shiva Soundsystem
Ghislain Poirier	  	- Blazin Featuring Face-t (modeselektor Remix)	  	- Ninja Tune
Skream & Cluekid	  	- Sandsnake	  	- Disfigured Dubz
Albarosie	  	- Kingston Town	  	- Forward Records
Babylon System	  	- Fully Loaded	  	- Argon
Zomby	  	- Kaliko	  	- Hyperdub
Grace Jones	  	- Corporate Cannibal	  	- Wall Of Sound
6-blocc	  	- Digits	  	- Lo Dubs
Bassnectar	  	- Heads Up	  	- Amorphous Music
Dead Prez	  	- Hip Hop (accapella)	  	- Epic
I.d.	  	- Late Night Hype	  	- Passenger
Joy Orbison	  	- Hyph Mungo	  	- Hotflush
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Solar Arkestra	  	- The Satellites Are Spinning (zero Db & Hectic Remix)	  	 - Fluid Ounce


Solid Steel Radio Show 4/12/2009 Part 1 - DJ Food & DK

Coldcut - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix - 29.01.2006

In Hour 2, DJ Food continues with the same decade, but takes proceedings overground and compiles an hour of unofficial remixes, re-edits and versions of classic pop songs from the 80's, remodelled by fans or studio engineers with access to the separate track stems. What emerges is a collection of pop classics seen through a distorted looking glass, culled from the darkest corners of Soundcloud or the hard drives of engineers with access to audio they shouldn't have and time on their hands.
Depeche Mode remixed by a Hip Hop engineer, Tears For Fears cut to ribbons by a tape edit king, Bow Wow Wow and The Human League streamlined into a steady disco groove. Grace Jones' 'Slave To The Rhythm' gets three radically different make overs and then she covers Tubeway Army!

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PART 3  +  4	-	DJ Food	 https://twitter.com/djfood	
				
Gary Numan	_	Films (DJ Butcher Instrumental)	_	soundcloud mp3
Shout	_	Tears For Fears (Remix di Marco De Luca)	_	soundcloud mp3
Grace Jones	_	Slave To the Rhythm (Better Days' Rough Slave version)	_	Unknown
We Mean Disco	_	Slave To the Disco (Tribute to Trevor Horn mix)	_	Unknown
Bow Wow Wow	_	I Want Candy (Deep Sound Design Balearic Dub)	_	soundcloud mp3
Frankie Goes To Hollywood	_	Relax (Hibakusha 'Don't Crack' mix)	_	CDR
Talking Heads	_	Once In A Lifetime (Hibakusha remix)	_	CDR
The Human League	_	Seconds (Antony Toga Unlimited Orchestra Mix)	_	soundcloud mp3
Japan	_	Life In Tokyo (Extended Disco mix)	_	Virgin
Grace Jones	_	Slave to the Rhythm (Steve Anderson & Chad Jackson remix)	_	soundcloud mp3
Tears For Fears	_	Mad World (ABH Remix)	_	soundcloud mp3
Depeche Mode	_	Big Muff K Master bootleg demo	_	soundcloud mp3
Heaven 17	_	Penthouse and Pavement (Eggman Remix)	_	soundcloud mp3
The Clash	_	Rock The Casbah (Dubrobots 12")	_	soundcloud mp3
Grace Jones	_	Me, I Disconnect From You	_	Island
Tubeway Army	_	Me, I Disconnect From You	_	Beggars Banquet

Solid Steel Radio Show 16/5/2014 Part 3 + 4 - DJ Food

Solid Steel (16th May)This week the show has a distinct 80's feel about it starting with a mix from Cut Chemist featuring remixes and songs from 'Funk Off', a compilation of music by 1980's French post punk, industrial, minimal collective Vox Populi! and Pacific 231. Cut Chemist discovered their material in 2004 while on tour/record digging in Milan where he picked up a compilation featuring their track “Megamix”. Originally released in the 80s, the track was not rooted in disco, hip hop & DJ history but rather post punk and industrial influences. Music Concrete is what the collective would have perhaps described their approach at the time. “Wild Style on dust” was how Cut’s collaborator Tom Fitzgerald described it on hearing it 20 years later. Finding this record ultimately led to Cut Chemist tracking down the group, bonding over shared aesthetics and getting their blessing for this collection, which includes unreleased tracks, photographs and little-seen flyers and art from the group. The vinyl and CD are released in the UK on 9th June through A Stable Sound.
 
DK picks up the reigns in a similar vein, but starting with Illum Sphere's industrial edged Spectre Vex and then it's strictly 80's, including music from the UK that directly influenced Vox Populi, with tracks from Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and A Certain Ratio. Music from New York also features with Liquid Liquid and Death Comet Crew featuring Rammellzee and Italy's version of Delia Derbyshire, synth wizard Doris Norton, plus the Francois Kevorkian produced collaboration between Jah Wobble and Holger Czukay.


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PART 1 	-	Cut Chemist	 https://twitter.com/Cut_Chemist	
				
Cassette Culture                   -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Relyoun Remix                     -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Metal Storm Dub                  -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Mystere Moyo                      -Vox Populi!
Megastorm featuring Edan   -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Mind Remix                         -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Alternative Fresh Club Mix  -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!      
Les Des Copenhague           -Vox Populi!
Satyriasis                              -Pacific 231
Funk Off                              -Vox Populi!
Madman                               -Cut Chemist
Chabman Remix                  -DNTL         
Chabman Remix                  -Mumbles
War In Pieces                       -Cut Chemist/ Pacific 231 featuring Deantoni Parks on drums
Try Again                            -Gone Beyond
Feet On The Ground           -Cut Chemist featuring Omas Keith on piano and Mia Doi Todd on guitar.

				
PART 2	-	DK	   https://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel	
				
Illum Sphere	_	Spectre Vex	_	Ninja Tune
23 Skidoo	_	Coup (Version)	_	Illuminated Records (1983)
Liquid Liquid	_	Lock groove	_	99 Records (1981)
Doris Norton	_	Norton Apple Software	_	Durium (1984)
Hard Corps	_	Dirty	_	Survival Records  (1984)
Death Comet Crew with Rammellzee	_	Exterior St.	_	Beggars Banquet (1985)
A Certain Ratio	_	Knife Slits Water	_	Factory (1982)
Crash Course in Science	_	Flying Turns	_	Press Records (1981)
Flying Lizards	_	Steam Away	_	Virgin (1981)
Throbbing Gristle	_	Hot on the Heels of Love	_	Industrial (1979)
Royal Family And The Poor	_	Art On 45	_	Factory (1982)
A Certain Ratio	_	Do the du (casse)	_	Factory (1981)
Cabaret Voltaire	_	Black Mask	_	Rough Trade (1981)
Francois Kevorkian presents Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay	_	Snake charmer (reprise)	_	Island (1983)

Solid Steel Radio Show 16/5/2014 Part 1 + 2 - Cut Chemist + DK

90s Mix

The Gaslamp Killer - 90s Hip-Hop Mix

The Dj mix we did (PABLO / PAUL / LIONAL) for Pete Tongs Essential Selection back in 1996




Psychonauts - The Essential Mix: 1996-12-15

rare unreleased Kid Koala mix on Solid Steel

Rare Kid Koala Solid Steel Mix

Back in the late 90's we were touring in N. America and Japan a lot and mixtapes were a small, cheap piece of merchandise to sell at shows so I put this collection together. Using scraps of turntable jams from Stealth, Solid Steel and various other gigs we'd been recording over the preceding years as well as answerphone messages and other miscellanea, this ramshackle collection resulted.
It's all live, virtually all improvised, there are mistakes, needle skips, sloppy scratches and bad sound quality (sound sources were from cassette or portable DAT generally). There were possibly around 500 copies made but I only had one myself. The audio for this rip was taken from the master DAT though and EQ'd and balanced in places to make it a nicer listen. The cover image of a John Coltrane painting was taken in Tortoise's kitchen in Chicago, one Sunday on a day off when PC and I were there with Bundy K Brown, hence the title.Sunday At Bundy's - DJ Food's Audio Scrapbook (side A.)

Tracklist:
1/ Starter  - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96) 
2/ Words I Manifest - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
3/ Here We Go, Are You Ready For Another? - (Stealth - Blue Note Dec '95)
4/ Ge' Down - (Krush & Food - Osaka Nov '96) 
5/ Don't Push Me! - (Koln '95)
6/ Give The D.J A Breakfast - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
7/ Electro Inferno - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
8/ Squarepusher vs. Strictly Pt.2 - (Solid Steel Dec '95)
9/ Crank This Mother - (Osaka Nov '96) 
10/ Idle Banter (Warwick '95)

DJ Food - Sunday at Bundy's (Side A.)

DJ Shadow Live at Oxford Sound City (Complete Set)

This is one of my favourite mixes in recent years, it encompasses so much different music that I love, both old and new. It also finishes a trilogy of mixes that showcase the three EPs that made up 'The Search Engine' album and some of the records that influenced the making of it. Originally aired on Solid Steel in Oct 2011, the 'Magpies, Maps & Moons Reader accompanies the EP of the same name plus much more.

Tracklisting:
A-ko - Chicago (Melting Pot Music)
Murgatroyd Band - Magpie (Decca)
DJ Food - Discovery Workshop (Ninja Tune)
DJ Food feat. 2econd Class Citizen - A Positive No (Ninja Tune)
The Stepkids - Santos & Ken (Stones Throw)
Primal Scream - Xterminator (DJ Food Re-edit) (Creation)
Steinski - excerpt from Some Dreams You Never Forget (Mp3)
The Creatures - Say Yes! (Sioux Records)
DJ Food feat. 2econd Class Citizen - No More Stars (Ninja Tune)
Pete Sasqwax - excerpt from Malapropriated Psychedelia (Six Ton Armour Mp3)
DJ Food - Percussion Map Pt.1 (Ninja Tune)
DJ Food feat. 2econd Class Citizen - Finder's Keepers (Ninja Tune)
Pepe Deluxe - A Night & A Day (Catskills
Eagles Of Death Metal - Chase The Devil (Ant Acid Audio)
DJ Format - Here Comes The Dope Pusher (Project Blue Book)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Hibakusha Pleasure Dub) (Unreleased)
The Orb - Blue Room (remix 2010) (Mp3)
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (DJ Food Re-fix) (Unreleased)
DJ Shadow - Redeemed (Verve)
DJ Food feat. 2econd Class Citizen - Translucence (Ninja Tune)
Goldmund - Turquoise Hexagon Sun (Unseen)
Delia Derbyshire & Barry Bermange - excerpt from Within Dreams (BBC)
The Stepkids - Wonderfox (Stones Throw)
2econd Class Citizen - Carolyne (Equinox)
DJ Food - In Orbit Every Monday (Ninja Tune)
Diplo - Now's The Time (Big Dada)
DJ Food - Prey feat. JG Thirlwell (Ninja Tune)
Foetus - Quick Fix (Ectopic Ent.)

DJ Food - A Magpies, Maps & Moons Reader

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