Solid Steel (26th December) The votes have been counted and the listeners choice of Solid Steel 'Mix of the Year 2014' goes to Clap! Clap!, with runners up Maribou State, Catching Flies and Matt Berry. Congratulations to Aanand Davé, who was the lucky winner of the Ninja Tune prize and here once again are the most popular mixes.

We start with Clap! Clap! from March and this mix showcases his musical style of researching and sampling tribes, bands and singers originating from the African continent with unreleased tracks, collaborations and remixes. Plus there's music from Italian film score legend Piero Umiliani, H-Sik, Debruit, DJ Earl and new Ninja Tune signing, Romare.
Maribou State also appeared in March with a beautiful mix and although no tracklist at the time, listeners soon worked out that it featured Andrew Ashong, Bibio, Jungle, Four Tet remix of Grimes and Maribou State confirmed that it included one of their unreleased tracks.

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PART 1 	- Clap! Clap! https://twitter.com/clap__clap

Le Motel	_	Toboggan	_	unreleased
Piero Umiliani	_	Il Tamourè Dei Bambini	_	quartet records
Colossius X Digi	_	Goa Leazzi	_	unreleased
The Clerk X Milang	_	Serpentor	_	doner music
H-Sik	_	One Shot	_	unreleased
HDADD	_	Mediterraneo	_	unreleased
Debruit	_	Frère	_	civil music
DJ Earl	_	WTF! Life Sent It Up	_	TAR
Digi	_	Trwick	_	Lucky Beard Rec
Clap! Clap!	_	Mo oh! (ritmo)	_	unreleased
Lorenzo	_	Savana (Clap! Clap! RMX)	_	voodoo rebel
Digi	_	Ivory	_	Lucky Beard rec
Clap! Clap!	_	Camouflage	_	unreleased
Ribongia	_	Babatunde	_	unreleased
LSWR	_	Sleepwalkers Never Die	_	unreleased
Clap! Clap!	_	Please Mother Rain Wash Our Soul From Human Evil	_	Origami Sound
Le Motel	_	Shango	_	unreleased
Ribongia X Clap! Clap	_	Tigre	_	unreleased
Ribongia X Clap! Clap!	_	Gazela	_	unreleased
Le Motel X Clap! Clap!	_	Enono	_	unreleased
Digi	_	Addis Abeba	_	Lucky Beard Rec
Pupulous X Clap! Clap!	_	VU	_	unreleased
Clap! Clap!	_	The Holy Cave	_	Black Acre
Orquestra Afro Brazileira	_	Ago Lon	_	todamerica
Shu De	_	Buura	_	real world records
Katitu Boys	_	Katika	_	soft
DJ Khalab	_	Kademougno	_	unreleased
Clap! Clap!	_	Goodbye Yoko	_	unreleased
DJ Nigga Fox	_	Hwwambo	_	principediscos
Clap! Clap!	_	Mo oh! (danza)	_	unreleased
Ckrono & Slesh	_	You Know (Clap! Clap! RMX	_	meanbucket
FeroX	_	Gargoyles	_	Black Acre
DJ Khalab	_	Cumbia Sbagliata	_	unreleased
Romare	_	The Blues (It Began In Africa)	_	Black Acre
Milongo Kissange	_	Tchandikila Uapangue	_ Milongo Kissange radio take
Flako	_	Sorcerer (KAE abusive take)	_	project mooncircle
				
PART 2	- Maribou State	https://twitter.com/mariboustate	
				
1. Andrew Ashong - Love The Way 
 2. Bibio - Jealous of Roses  
3. Kelis - Jerk Ribs (Mount Kimbie Remix)  
4. ??????  
5. Mo Kolours - Mike Black 
 6. Jungle - Drops (PEDit)  
7. ** forthcoming Maribou State 
 8. Denai Moore - The Lake (fantastic mr fox remix) 
 9. Grimes - Skin (Four tet Remix)  
10. Sivu - I Lost Myself (Pedestrian Remix)  
11. Zero 7 - Ghost Symbol 
 12. ??????????????  
13. Moodymann - Lyk U Use 2 (feat. Andrés)

Solid Steel Radio Show 26/12/2014 Part 1 + 2 - Clap! Clap! + Maribou State

Solid Steel (9th January) DK is back for his first mix of 2015 and after a brief intro from Doug Carn, it's straight into a batch of forthcoming music from Glenn Astro & Max Graef, Dan Snake and Anthony Naples from his album coming out on Four Tet's Text label. It's another spin for the huge Roots by Romare and classic deep house from 1995 from Marc Kinchen and Chez Damier under his Andthoney alias. 
Mix of the Year winner Clap! Clap! is remixed by Lurka Obeah, followed by a host of giveaways from Seven Davis Jr, Alex Patchwork, Photay and the Hudson Mohawke remix of Four Tet. Then more new music with Soundbwoy Killah and Beat Spacek with a track from the Modern Streets album out in 2 weeks, plus there's always time for another Fela Kuti track.


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Part 1 + 2 - https://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel
Doug Carn	_	Acknowledgement	_	Black Jazz
Glenn Astro & Max Graef	_	Titel 08 (feat. Paul Frick)	_	Money $ex Records
Romare	_	Roots	_	Ninja Tune
Dan Shake	_	Out of Sight	_	Black Acre
Aquadrop	_	Bloko Bloko (Douster Remix)	_	Top Billin
Hodge & Facta	_	Spheres Of Costa Rica	_	Tempa
Clap! Clap!	_	Ashiko (Lurka Obeah Remix)	_	Black Acre
Anthony Naples	_	Refugio	_	Text
Andthoney & M. Kinchen	_	The Feeling	_	Prescription
Moiré	_	No Gravity	_	Werkdisc
Ross From Friends	_	Golf School	_	Breaker Breaker
Paleman	_	Beelzedub (Famous Eno remix)	_	Unknown
Seven Davis Jr	_	Get Serious	_	Unknown
Simbad  	_	Detroit De Janeiro - Part 2	_	Here and Now
Alex Patchwork	_	Untitled Keys Bootleg	_	Unknown
Amp Live	_	100,000 WATTS	_	Plug Research
Four Tet	_	Parallel Jalebi (Hudson Mohawke RMX)	_	Unknown
Soundbwoy Killah	_	The Bounce 	_	Bodyjack
Photay	_	Frosted 	_	Unknown
Fela Kuti	_	Eko Ile	_	Makossa
Beat Spacek	_	Tonight	_	Ninja Tune

Solid Steel Radio Show 9/1/2015 Part 1 + 2 - DK

Solid Steel (23rd January)DJ Food returns to the Magpie Music theme he started last year with a second mix collecting a host of his favourite tracks from 2014 in an extended mix. Heavy beats, fuzz bass, rockist guitars and analogue synths are the rich pickings that the Magpie furnishes its nest with as well as a healthy dose of underground Hip Hop. Food favourites Jane Weaver, Temples and Ghost of a Sabre Tooth Tiger get several selections as well as Gas Giant (friend of Solid Steel, Bristol's Awkward under an alias). There's even a psychedelic Four Seasons track in there...
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Part 3 + 4 - https://twitter.com/djfood

Magpie Music intro
Ghost of A Sabre Tooth Tiger - Devil You Know (Chimera)
Jane Weaver - Mission Desire (Bird)
Temples - The Question Isn't Answered  (Heavenly)
Gas Giant - Girl Trouble Pt.3 (Ghost Locust Music)
Ghost of A Sabre Tooth Tiger - Too Deep (Chimera)
Silent Someone - Rhinoceros Funk feat. Rhinoceros Funk (Peasant Podium Music)
Mac McGraw & Audessey - Dust (MacGraw's OG SP1200 Demo mix) (Cold Rock Stuff)
A. Dobson - Drift (Rotary Tower)
Divine Styler - Pandorum (Gamma Proforma)
The Heliocentrics w. Melvin Van Peebles - Epilogue (Now Again)
T-Woc - Sentinales 06 (unreleased)
The Heliocentrics w. Melvin Van Peebles - The Dance (Now Again)
Rodion GA - Imagini Din Vis (Strut)
Heldon - Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes (Superior Viaduct)
Men of North Country - Magic (Time Warp Remix by Markey Funk) (CopaseDisques)
Gas Giant - Animals & Their Plans (Ghost Locust Music)
A. Dobson - Low Down (Rotary Tower)
Temples - The Guesser  (Heavenly)
Mike Curb & Lawrence Brown - Bad City Boys (Sidewalk)
The Four Seasons - American Crucifixion Resurrection (Phillips)
Virgil Howe - Cosmic Exotica (Breakin Bread)
Jimmy Castor - Troglodyte (Jimi Bazouka re-edit) (Pandamaki Records)
Jane Weaver - The Electric Mountain (Bird)
Temples - Sun Structures (Heavenly)
Syd Arthur vs The Amorphous Androgynous - Edge of the Universe (Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Records)

Solid Steel Radio Show 23/1/2015 Part 3 + 4 - DJ Food

Solid Steel (30th January) With the brand new Beat Spacek album Modern Streets dropping this week, what better time to highlight the depth and quality of Steve Spacek's back catalogue and history of innovating in electronic music. The original Spacek trio music dates from 2001 and still sounds fresh and futuristic today, and his collaborations with the likes of Mark Pritchard and J Dilla, alongside his myriad solo productions under various monikers have been consistently and singularly brilliant. Kutmah (Sketchbook / IZWID) is one of our favourite selectors and DJs. His insatiable appetite for new music and his knowledge and passion for heritage sounds, teamed with the fact that he's a huge fan of Steve's music over the years made him the perfect candidate to do this mix. So here it is… Beat Spacek x Kutmah: Classics, collabs & unreleased heat from Steve Spacek's epic catalogue selected & mixed by Kutmah. 

http://ninjatune.net/release/beat-spacek/modern-streets

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PART 1  + 2 	- Beat Spacek x Kutmah		https://twitter.com/beatspacek
https://twitter.com/KUTMAH

Artist		Title		Record Label
Theo Parrish feat. Steve Spacek	_	Chemistry	_	Sound Signature
Beat Spacek	_	I Wanna Know (Seven Davis Jr Remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Mark Pritchard & Steve Spacek	_	Turn It On	_	Sonar Kollektiv
Black Pocket	_	Boungie	_	Exit Records
Sun Ra	_	When There Is No Sun	_	Horo Records
Africa Hitech	_	Light The Way	_	Warp
Africa Hitech	_	Too Late	_	Warp
Spacek	_	How	_	Blue (Island)
Space Invadas	_	Way We Feel	_	BBE 
Steve Spacek	_	Take Her Away	_	Sound In Color
Troubleman feat. Steve Spacek	_	Without U	_	Far Out
Steve Spacek	_	Smoke	_	Sound In Color
Black Pocket	_	Al Softly	_	Exit Records
Steve Spacek	_	After Beris Step	_	Exit Records
Beat Spacek	_	Search N Development	_	Ninja Tune
Kingsbread feat. Steve Spacek	_	Alright-ok	_	Wagram
GB	_	Simply So (with Steve Spacek)	_	Sound In Color
Spacek	_	Eve Demo	_	Blue (Island)
Spacek	_	Eve	_	Blue (Island)
Spacek	_	Eve (Jay Dee Remix)	_	Blue (Island)
Spacek	_	Getaway	_	Blue (Island)
Spacek	_	Act For You	_	Blue (Island)
Harmonic 313 feat. Steve Spacek	_	Falling Away	_	Warp
Steve Spacek	_	Thursday	_	Sound In Color
Spacek feat. Mpho Skeef	_	La Bougie	_	Studio !K7
Steve Spacek	_	Dollar (Let The Dollar Circulate)	_	Sound In Color
Steve Spacek	_	Dollar Live (Breakdown)	_	Sound In Color
Raphael Saadiq & Steve Spacek	_	Pookie Blue Room feat. Q-Tip, Ray Ray and Sir Fonzworth Bentley	_	unknown

Solid Steel Radio Show 30/1/2015 Part 1 + 2 - Beat Spacek x Kutmah

Solid Steel in association with Serato (8th May) This week we welcome Rob Booth for a special Houndstooth label mix and it's a return for Luke Vibert on Solid Steel with a crazy mash-up mix. You can also listen to his archive mixes from 2003 and 2007 on the new Solid Steel website, plus his mix as Wagon Christ from 2001. http://www.solidsteel.net/

In Hour 2 it's Luke Vibert, a man of many monikers including Wagon Christ, Plug, Amen Andrews and Kerrier District, under which he recently released an album entitled 4 on Hypercolour. This is the first Kerrier District album in over 10 years since the Rephlex release back in 2004. Luke has been a guest at Solid Steel club nights over the years and this is his 5th mix, his music has been a firm fixture on the show for over 20 years. He's even turned out a version of the Solid Steel intro especially for us and not for the first time either. And so on to his mix for this week, with artist titles such as Ragga Houston, Drexipan and AFX Jackson, you know as always with Luke Vibert, you're in for something unexpected. When asked to sum up his mix, he simply said;
"It's sum of my stupid mash-ups put together!"

The brand new Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and new archive shows every week.
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Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-852015-hour-1-rob-booth


Hour 2 - Luke Vibert
01 Grandmaster International - Dub Be Good To Message
02 fix up humpty - digital rascal
03 Genius Look Sharp - Dizzee Club
04 I Knew 2000 - George, Aretha & RPM
05 Juggling Baby - Ragga Houston
06 another part of juggling - ragga jackson
07 Emanuelle Jackson - Bad Moments
08 The Luther Abrams Ceiling
09 Evolution Crush - Candy Jets
10 ghostbang - drexcipan
11 Kickin' Track - Pamela & LFO
12 sex, lies and calcium - FSOL Lyce
13 rock with joyrex - afx jackson
14 Dub Terrorist - Beats Renegade

Solid Steel Radio Show 8/5/2015 Hour 2 - Luke Vibert

Solid Steel in association with Serato (17th July) Funkstorung return to Solid Steel this week, having been guests back in 2001 (you can hear that mix in the 'Featured' section at SolidSteel.net ). After releases on Studio K7, Compost and Chocolate Industries and remixes for Bjork, Wu Tang and Jean Michel Jarre, they took a break for 10 years. Now they are back and their latest self titled album is out now on Monkeytown. A remixes EP follows in August that features a remix by Mouse on Mars that's included in their mix. They had this to say;
"This mix has everything Funkstörung is about.  Poppy vocals vs. weird beats, nice melodies vs complex sounds… all in a funky suit.
To us the mix feels like a journey… it's stuff from the past, yet unreleased tracks and 'classics' (in our eyes).
It has been a big honour to do another Solid Steel Mix… over 10 years after we did the last one.  It definitely feels really good to be back."

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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-1772015-hour-2-aardvarck

Hour 1 - Funkstorung   https://twitter.com/Funkstorung
Taylor McFerrin	_	Degrees Of Light	_	Brainfeeder
Funkstörung	_	Sevn	_	unknown
Iamamiwhoami	_	Play	_	To whom it may concern.
Dimlite	_	On The Same Picture	_	Now-Again Records
ILLingsworth	_	Cracklemore	_	unknown
Lapalux	_	Lustmore	_	Brainfeeder
E.A.R.L.	_	Berry (Demo)	_	unknown
Mo Kolours	_	Biddies	_	One Handed
The Child Of Love	_	Give Me	_	Double Six Recordings
Riow Arai	_	Side Swipe	_	Soup-Disk
The Fear Ratio	_	ONEFIVEOOOH	_	Skam
Eraserfase	_	Look Inside	_	unknown
Hudson Mohawke	_	Polkadot Blues	_	Warp Records
Harmonic 313	_	Cyclotron	_	Warp Records
Jai Paul	_	BTSTU	_	XL
Funkstörung	_	Spark (Demo)	_	unknown
Ben Khan	_	Drive	_	Dirty Hit
Kotchy	_	Sing What You Want (Rusko's Skwee Rmx)	_	unknown
Ammoncontact	_	Uncle Randy's Electribe 1	_	Plug Research
Aphex Twin	_	Diskhat 1	_	Warp Records
Taprikk Sweezee	_	Volt	_	unknown
Sweat X	_	Interstella	_	unknown
Fulgeance	_	Revenge Of The Nerds	_	unknown
Mono/Poly	_	Punch The Troll	_	unknown
Koenigleopold	_	Rhythmusübung Markus 1	_	unknown
Alexander's Dark Band	_	3000 Dancing Bears	_	unknown
Shante & Spark D	_	The Battle	_	unknown
REQ	_	Train Jam	_	unknown
Hiatus Kaiyote	_	Ocelot	_	unknown
Aphex Twin	_	Marchromt 30a Edit2b	_	unknown
Mr Projectile	_	Barry White Ass (Demo)	_	unknown
Thom Yorke	_	A Brain In A Bottle	_	unknown
James Blake	_	CMYK	_	unknown
Sophie 'Bipp' vs Feadz	_	B!...Run That	_	unknown
Georges Clipton	_	Atmikohm	_	unknown
Funkstörung	_	Laid Out (Mouse On Mars RMX)	_	unknown
Autechre	_	T ess xi	_	unknown
Prefuse 73	_	Infrared Remix	_	unknown
Jacques Greene	_	No Excuse	_	unknown
CPR	_	CLNK (Taprikk Sweezee Rmx)	_	unknown

Solid Steel Radio Show 17/7/2015 Hour 1 - Funkstorung

Solid Steel in association with Serato (13th November) This week on Solid Steel we feature the recent Radio 1 Essential Mix from Coldcut and DK, minus the talking and available to download. As part of the Ninja Tune 25th Anniversary, Matt Black said "We wanted to represent as many of the current Ninja Tune roster as possible and also throw a couple of classics from the archives into the mix, in addition to some influential and inspirational tracks" 
We start with the brand new single from Roots Manuva, plus music from Ninja Tune artists Romare, Beat Spacek, Bonobo, Machinedrum, an unreleased track from Illum Sphere and 'Glassbeadgames' by Martyn and Four Tet, with classic tracks from The Bug, Squarepusher remix for DJ Food, DJ Vadim and cLOUDDEAD remixed by Boards of Canada. Meanwhile Dream Continuum grab a cheeky sample of Coldcut's People Hold On and we hear the Eddie Kendricks track that lyrically inspired said tune. All this plus New Yorks finest Arthur Russell, Konk, jeru and OC, footwork from DJ Spinn & Rashad featuring Danny Brown, Flying Lotus and spiritual jazz from The Prime Element.

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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-13112015-hour-2-prequel-tapes

Hour 1 - Coldcut + DK  
https://twitter.com/Coldcut   https://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel

Roots Manuva - Don’t Breathe Out (Big Dada)
Romare - Roots (Ninja Tune)
Reckonwrong - Radio Magic Tracks - (Whities) 
Konk - Your Life (What U Want) - (Sleeping Bag Records)
Beat Spacek - I Wanna Know (Seven Davis Jr Midnight Remix) (Ninja Tune)
Klasmos - Looped - (Erased Tapes)
Arthur Russell - See My Brother, He’s Jumping Out (Let’s Go Swimming #2) - (Audika)
Martyn & Four Tet - Glassbeadgames (8 Hours at Fabric Dub) (Ninja Tune)
Lee Bannon - Memory 6 (Ninja Tune)
The Bug - Poison Dart (Ninja Tune)
Wiley - Step 2001 (prod. by Zomby) (Big Dada)
Teeth - Shawty - (502 Recordings)
Moresounds - Altercations - (Astrophonica)
DJ Spinn & Rashad - Dubby feat. Danny Brown (Hyperdub)
Bonobo - Eyesdown feat. Andreya Triana (Machinedrum Remix) (Ninja Tune)
Dream Continuum  - Giv A Lil Luv - (Planet Mu)
Funki Porcini - King Ashabanapal (Dillinja Mix) (Ninja Tune)
DJ Food - Scratch Yer Head (Squarepusher Mix) (Ninja Tune)
Machinedrum - Eyesdontlie (DJ Shadow Remix) (Ninja Tune)
DJ Vadim -  Terrorist (Instrumental) (Ninja Tune)
Jeru Tha Damaja - Come Clean (Sabre’s 20/20 Bootleg) (No Label)
East Flatbush Project - Tried by Twelve - (Ninja Tune)
OC - Times Up - (Wild Pitch)
Illum Sphere - Ritual (Ninja Tune)
Brother Ahh - Love Piece - (Strata East)
The Prime Element - En El Amanecer Del Tiempo (In The Dawn of Time) - Trova
Flying Lotus - Zodiac Shit (Warp)
Eddie Kendricks - My People, Hold On - (Tamla)
Wife - Bodies - (Left Blank)
cLOUDDEAD - Dead Dogs Two (Boards of Canada Remix) - (Big Dada)

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/11/2015 Hour 1 - Coldcut + DK 'Essential Mix' September 2015

Solid Steel (25th November) Jon More and Matt Black - aka Coldcut - are back on vinyl and back on Solid Steel celebrating the release of their new  EP 'Only Heaven' released on Ahead Of Our Time, the label name Matt and Jon chose for their first records. The EP features Roots Manuva and Roses Gabor and producer Dave Taylor (Switch / With You.) Their mix is heavy on the reggae featuring music from Max Romeo, International Observer, Dillinger, The Upsetters, Big Youth, alongside Congo Natty, Bjork and the title track from their new EP.


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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-25112016-hour-2-adrian-sherwood

Hour 1 - Coldcut  https://twitter.com/Coldcut

Max Romeo	One Step Forward
Congo Natty	Jah Warriors
Bjork x Lee Scratch Perry	Hidden Dagger
Double Sinister	grime mash
Roy Harper x Stalag	Another Day
International Observer	- Zoom Lo Fi
Dillinger	- Tambrin Season - Dub
El Carnicero	- Mosquito Riddim
Sly	- Dub Boom
King Jammy Meets Dry & Heavy	Nigh- t Flight Dub
Coldcut	- Only Heaven
The Upsetters	- Lover's Skank-Spangler's Clap
Etherealises	- King David Style - Dubplate Mix
Big Youth	- Dub Is What We Need
Big Youth	- Love Dub Remix
Johnny Clarke & The Aggravators	- A Harder Version
Gunn Sound	- Portobello - Dub Version
Coldcut Ft Roots Manuva	-Vital

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 25/11/2016 Hour 1 - Coldcut

Solid Steel returns with brand new and exclusive mixes from Four Tet and Trevor Jackson.

For this special show we have Kieran Hebden - AKA Four Tet - partnered with Trevor Jackson - founder of Output Recordings, the independent record label he ran between 1996 and 2006. 

Both artists have a long history with the show (this is Hebden’s 7th appearance and Jackson's 3rd), as well as with each other. Hebden’s early releases as part of Fridge and his first solo release - the 1997 "Double Density" single under the artist name 4T Recordings - were released on Output. The label was also home to the first releases under his Four Tet Alias, including 1998 singles "Thirtysixtwentyfive" and "Misnomer", and 1999's “Glasshead"/"Calamine" single and first full-length album “Dialogue”. Jackson also released music on the label as Skull and Open Music, and elsewhere including his work as Playgroup.

Speaking about the mix and his history with Hebden, Jackson told us: “I spend most of my time now actively searching for brand new music doing my very best to avoid the past, but for this mix decided to go back and delve through my vinyl collection for old music I haven’t listened to for ages, specifically 70’s jazz rock, fusion & strange funk, odd things that straddle genres, mostly European and also very representative of the kind of music I was totally obsessed by for many years during the early/mid 90’s . All these tracks are taken from albums I purchased during that time, things I dug out initially for strictly sampling purposes, but eventually grew to love, learn from & lovingly listen to in their entirety. Pre Youtube & Pre Discogs these tracks were stumbled upon via intense and lengthy record store & stall excursions, none of them purchased for large amounts of money, most for peanuts, and at a time when there were very few other people I was aware of interested in this stuff to gain knowledge from or share my discoveries with. 

It's been a pleasure searching through my shelves and getting a chance to rediscover them again, sitting here listening to them vividly reminds me of a precious time when I was able to retreat away from the real world for days on end in my tiny home studio, immersing myself in highly ingenious music played by some of the worlds finest musicians, painstakingly (& often clumsily) attempting to reconstruct it all into my own mutant creations. 

I started Output inspired by the progressive nature of the musicians playing on these records, when I met Keiran Hebden i’d finally met a likeminded soul who was able to channel the spirt of this music I loved into a challenging & relevant contemporary form (something I’d felt unable at the time to do myself at the time). It was massively inspiring to be able to work with him at the very start of his career and equally as inspiring to see what he’s been able to achieve via his robust passion for music, compelling natural talent and impressively consistent high quality releases.
The mix is dedicated to Ultima Thule, Honest Jon’s, Jazzman Gerald, Mole Jazz & Mark B please. ” 

You can hear the mix by Four Tet here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-030719-four-tet

There are no tracklists for the show on this occasion, the mix is instead accompanied by two photographs of the record sleeves used which you can see on Twitter twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio - one for the diggers

SOLID STEEL 03.07.19 - TREVOR JACKSON

A compilation of bits and bobs that didn't make it onto the original album all those many moons ago.
Kev has also done a mix: https://soundcloud.com/strictly/kaleidoscope-companion-pt2/s-XGOQnQNz3Bi

20 years later

20 years later: Kaleidoscopic Companion Pt.1

Ninja Tune has established itself as one of the world’s leading independent record labels. Now a bonafide global music institution, synonymous with diverse, uncompromising releases and equally visionary artists—from breaking-through to GRAMMY-winning, internationally acclaimed acts—committed to pushing the boundaries of music.

Solid Steel Radio Show 26/12/2014 Part 1 + 2 - Clap! Clap! + Maribou State

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