this is my favorite acid track!!HUMANOÎD for ever....so goood to listen it now...thx!

I come back to this mix and it's one of the best old skool house mixes ever done. Dope as Fuck😁

Mads

Part 2 of the live recording of one of my favourite Body Electric parties ever at Club 121. My guest Cian is a straight up legend in Aotearoa- the Body Electric dancers found out why that night! The atmosphere was absolutely electric; it was one of those nights where everything came together magically... a packed house full of openminded dancers and this kind of indefinable euphoria in the air- I can't quite describe it!

Body Electric July 23rd 2021 with Cian: Christopher Tubbs and Cian in the mix (Part 2)

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...

Solid Steel (27th December) 2013 marked the 25th Anniversary of Solid Steel when Matt Black and Jon More from Coldcut started broadcasting together on pirate Kiss FM in 1988. It's been a year long celebration and we'd like to thank all the guests who have contributed incredible mixes throughout the year. To see off the year in style, we asked our listeners to vote for their favourite guest mix from the last 25 years and also their favourite mixes from our resident DJ's, with huge prizes up for grabs.

The guest mix you chose as your favourite from the last 25 years was Bonobo with his 'Directors Cut mix' of his Solid Steel Mix CD release "It came from the Sea", which was first broadcast on the 9th December 2005. It's his 2 hour version of the mix featuring tracks that didn't make the final cut including his own edit of Gang of Four and the brilliant Four Tet edit of Black Unity by Pharoah Saunders.

Up next it's your favourite mix from DK which was his 'Cymatic Frequencies' mix from the 21st January 2011. This was also his first solo AV mix and was packed full of musical highlights from 2010 and can be viewed here http://vimeo.com/19005861 Joy Orbison, Ramadanman and Maddslinky remixed by Toddla T all feature, alongside a Ninja Trio and a Big Dada double, plus James Blake, Caribou and Bassnectar.

Congratulations to Daniel Westlake from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, who was the winner picked at random in the competition and will receive prizes from Novation, AIAIA, Serato and Solid Steel.

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PART 1 	-	Bonobo - 09/12/2005	https://twitter.com/sibonobo	
				
diesler	_	sandcastles	_	Tru Thoughts
bonobo	_	flutter	_	Ninja Tune
the breeders	_	cannonball	_	4AD
gang of four	_	not for great men (bonobo edit)	_	World Domination
bonobo	_	pickup	_	Ninja Tune
flevans	_	hey mr bundle	_	Tru Thoughts
black grass	_	score	_	Catskills
solid steel players	_	les fingres	_	Ninja Tune
context	_	if i had a band	_	unknown
all good funk alliance	_	swing south	_	Funk Weapons
belgradeyard sound system	_	munchies	_	Cosmic Sounds
paul murphy	_	soul call	_	Afro Art
king seven	_	hidden	_	Camshot
bonobo	_	recuring	_	Ninja Tune
bonobo	_	changedown/sugar rhym	_	Ninja Tune
nat aderley 	_	soul zodiac	_	Capitol
pharoah saunders	_	black unity (edit)	_	Impulse
ko:os & cell 	_	skit	_	unknown
hugo maldoro	_	i know a little mexican	_	C-Side Trax
hu vibrational	_	locomotion	_	Soul Jazz
Honey and the bees band	_	psychedelic woman (bonobo mix)	_	Sound Way
dubben	_	cuba cabana strand	_	GAMM
recloose	_	manas bounce	_	Peacefrog
kidkanevil	_	summthin’ better	_	unknown
life boogie	_	nina cares	_	unknown
ennio styles	_	belladonna	_	IRMA
max cole	_	mo high	_	Wahwah
alice russell	_	fly in the hand	_	Tru Thoughts
elmore judd	_	otherley love	_	unknown
jazz juice	_	marra bossa	_	unknown
QSO	_	san sebastian strut	_	Tru Thoughts
b a barakus band 	_	mama said knock you out	_	unknown
omniverse productions 	_	latin gold	_	Marc Mac
				
				
PART 2	-	DK - 21/01/2011		
				
Joy Orbison	_	Hyph Mngo	_	Hotflush
Juice Aleem	_	First lesson (accapella)	_	Big Dada
Kidkanevil	_	The Floating World (Eliphino Remix)	_	First Word
Maddslinky	_	Special Featuring Omar (Toddla T Remix)	_	Tru Thoughts
Ramadanman	_	WorkThem	_	Swamp 81
Dreadsquad & Lady Chann	_	Money ah dem god (P-Era & FJH UK Funky Rmx)	_	Superfly Studio 
Coldcut & Hexstatic	_	Timber (Seiji remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Bonobo	_	Eyesdown (Warrior One remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Thunderheist	_	Jerk it	_	Big Dada
Jammer	_	One over me	_	Big Dada
Hexstatic	_	Distorted minds (Zero dB remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Caribou	_	Sun (Altrice Remix)	_	City Slang
James Blake	_	Limit to your love	_	Atlas
Bassnectar	_	Cozza Frenzy (Bassnectar Mega-Bass Remix)	_	Amorphous Music
MJ Cole	_	Sincere (Nero remix)	_	Prolific Recordings
George Lenton	_	Cold Rocker	_	Wicky Lindows
Marco Del Horno v Swerve	_	Ho! Riddim ft. P-Money	_	Black Butter
Dyme Def	_	Do Something (Inst)	_	800 Lb
Gil Scott-Heron 	_	NY Is Killing Me (Jamie XX mix)	_	XL Recordings
Coldcut	_	More Beats & Pieces (US of Audio remix)	_	Ninja Tune
Ghislain Poirier 	_	Blazin' (Modeselektor remix) 	_	Ninja Tune
The Bug	_	Poison dart 	_	Ninja Tune
Alborosie	_	Kingston Town (Bassnectar remix)	_	Moonshine 
Dead Prez & W.T.F.	_	It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK 	_	Breakbeat Kaos
RackNRuin	_	Soundclash	_	Black Butter
Big Daddy Kane	_	Raw	_	Prism
Vent	_	Guilty	_	Hardcore Beats
Eric B & Rakim	_	Follow the leader 	_	Uni Records
Tom Central & Kaitain	_	Akama	_	Keep Up!
Slim	_	It's in the mix	_	D.E.T.T. Records
The Beatles	_	Come together (A.Skillz Remix)	_	Unknown
Bassnectar	_	Basshead	_	Amorphous Music
Mistabishi	_	Printer Jam	_	Hospital
DJ Vadim	_	The Terrorist (MIR Crew Remix)	_	Ninja Tune
ZINC	_	Wile Out (feat Ms Dynamite - DJ Marky remix)	_	Bingo Bass
James Brown	_	Sunny (Regrooved by Featurecast)	_	Good Groove
Andreya Triana	_	Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)	_	Ninja Tune

Solid Steel Radio Show 27/12/2013 Part 1 + 2 - Bonobo + DK

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

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My vocal mashup of "Don't Touch That Dial" by Rossi. X "Breather" by Chris Stussy.

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A mix I originally made ahead of Lovebox Festival 2015.

In Between

L.O.V.E. And You And I

Love In The Park Mix

Solid Steel in association with Serato (1st January) In Hour 2 Cheeba and Moneyshot drop a mix celebrating the Golden Era of Hip Hop. The track list is long and loaded with classic tracks from Nas, Public Enemy, Pharoahe Monche, Black Moon, Mobb Deep, Crooklyn Dodgers, Souls of Mischief and many more, which the pair tour as a 4 deck AV set using the original rap videos. https://youtu.be/aUOi3p0u840

Public Enemy - Can't Truss It (Instrumental)
Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Girls I Got 'Em Locked (Acapella Version)
Jurassic 5  - Quality Control (Acapella)
EPMD - Crossover
Naughty By Nature - Clap Yo Hands (Acapella)
A.D.O.R - Let It All Hang Out (Rae & Christian Remix Instrumental)
Melle Mel - The Message (Acapella)
Antoinette - I Got An Attitude (Acapella)
Kool G Rap & Polo - Road To The Riches (Instrumental)
Method Man - Release Yo Delf (Acapella)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Straighten It Out (Instrumental)
Double Trouble - Stoop Rap
Joe Budden - Pump It Up (Instrumental)
A Tribe Called Quest feat. Busta Rhymes  - Scenario (Remix)
Joe Budden - Pump It Up (Acapella)
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Half Steppin’
Wu-Tang Clan - Da Mystery of Chessboxin' (Acapella)
Beatnuts - Watch Out Now (Instrumental)
Beatnuts feat. Big Pun - Off the Books (Acapella)
Latyrx - Lady Don't Tek No (Instrumental)
Skibadee - Tika Toc (Instrumental)
Onyx - Shiftee (Acapella)
Terminator X feat. Prince Colli - Mashitup 
Mad Lion - Take It Easy (instrumental)
BDP - You Must Learn (Live from the Caucus Mountains Remix)
Big L - Put It On (Acapella)
Gang Starr - Full Clip (Instrumental) 
Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth - DWYCK (Acapella)
Gang Starr - Gotta Get Over (Large Professor Remix Instrumental)
Da Youngstas - Pass the Mix (Remix Acapella)
Gang Starr - You Know My Steez (Instrumental)
Pharoahe Monche - Fuck You (Acapella)
Organized Konfusion - Stress (Instrumental)
Black Moon - How Many MC's
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear (Instrumental)
BDP - My Philosophy
Craig Mack - Flava In Ya Ear
Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell
Black Star - Definition (Instrumental)
Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell (Acapella)
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats The Biz
Blahzay Blahzay - Danger (Acapella)
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Richard Pryor - Have Your Ass Home by 11:00
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Acapella)
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour (Instrumental)
A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour 
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God
KRS-One - Step Into a World (Rapture's Delight)
Blondie - Rapture (Acapella)
M.O.P. - Ante Up (Instrumental)
Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says (Acapella)
Tha Alkaholiks - Daaam! (Instrumental)
Tha Alkaholiks - Daaam! 
KRS-One - Sound of Da Police
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot (Instrumental)
Beastie Boys - Sure Shot (Acapella)
Moms Mabley - The Funny Sides of Moms Mabley (Side 1)
Nine - Whutcha Want
Das EFX - Real Hip Hop (Acapella)
Channel Live feat. KRS-One- Mad Izm (Instrumental)
Black Moon - I Got Cha Opin 
Channel Live feat. KRS-One- Mad Izm (Acapella)
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Part II (Instrumental)
A Tribe Called Quest - Everything is Fair 
Gang Starr feat. Jeru the Damaja - Speak Ya Clout
Gang Starr feat. Jeru the Damaja - I'm the Man
Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn 
Gang Starr -The Place Where We Dwell
Crooklyn Dodgers ’95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers 
Crooklyn Dodgers ’95 - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers (Instrumental)
O.C - Time’s Up (Acapella)
Slick Rick - Hey Young World
Rodman - It's Like That (My Big Brother) (Instrumental)
Notorious B.I.G - Gimme The Loot
A Tribe Called Quest feat. Kid Hood - Scenario (Remix)
Ice Cube - What They Hittin' Foe? 
Slick Rick - Children’s Story (Instrumental)
Greg Nice - Set It Off (Acapella)
Run-D.M.C. - My Adidas (Acapella)
Souls of Mischief - 93 'til Infinity
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (Acapella)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth  - They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
David Porter - I’m Afraid The Masquerade Is Over
Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz 

Solid Steel Radio Show 1/1/2016 Hour 2 - Cheeba & Moneyshot

Peace

David Holmes   Breezeblock Radio 1

Solid Steel (24th May) Following on from last year's treatment of 'Paul's Boutique' (by DJ Food, Cheeba and Moneyshot), United States of Audio does the same with De la Soul's groundbreaking album 3 Feet High and Rising. It's not just a mix, but more like an audio documentary about an album that is also about to celebrate it's 25th anniversary. In his own words;
'Several years in the making and including around 100 tracks, this is my personal tribute to De La Soul's '3 Feet High and Rising'. Using original sample sources, album tracks, interviews and rarities, 'How High's The Water Mama' tells the story of one of hip hop's most influential albums.
When De La Soul's debut album dropped in 1989 I was ten years old. Yet, by some stroke of amazing good fortune a cassette copy of '3 Feet High and Rising' found its way into my hands thanks to my best mate's older brother (though I'm pretty sure said brother had no idea of this fact!). The music was a revelation and had a significant influence in shaping my musical tastes - in fact I can't think of any other album that has had such a profound effect on me as this one. Thus '3 Feet High and Rising' holds a special place in my musical affections. Now, some twenty-five years after its original release, it's time to pay my respect to Pos, Dove, Mase, and Prince Paul...'

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PART 1 + 2 - United States of Audio  https://twitter.com/usofaudio

United States of Audio - De La Intro
Average White Band - School Boy Crush - Atlantic
De La Soul - Intro - Tommy Boy
Bob Dorough - Three is a Magic Number - Capitol
Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix) - Tommy Boy
Run DMC - Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) - Profile
Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising - Columbia
Syl Johnson - Different Strokes - BGP Records
James Brown - Funky Drummer - Harmless
De La Soul - The Magic Number (Too Mad Mix) - Tommy Boy
Fatback - Is This the Future? - Spring Records
De La Soul - The Magic Number (1-2-3 Mix) - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - The Magic Number - Tommy Boy
The Monkees - Mary, Mary - RCA Victor
The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached - Volt
Cymande - Bra - Janus
The New Birth - Got to Get a Knut - RCA Victor
De La Soul - Can U Keep A Secret - Tommy Boy
Maggie Thrett - Soupy - Dynovoice
De La Soul - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) - Tommy Boy 
De La Soul - Derwin - Tommy Boy
Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run - Mercury
Liberace - Chopsticks - Columbia
De La Soul - Ghetto Thang - Tommy Boy
Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express - Capitol
James Brown - Funky President - Polydor
The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park - BGP Records
De La Soul - Eye Know (Know It All mix) - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - Eye Know - Tommy Boy
Steely Dan - Peg - ABC Records
Otis Redding - (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay - Atlantic
The Mad Lads - Make This Young Lady Mine - Volt
De La Soul - Tread Water (Squire Mix) - Flying International
De La Soul - Tread Water (Mr Fish Mix) - Flying International
De La Soul - Tread Water - Tommy Boy
The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It - Mojo
The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It (Extended Mix) - Jamie Record Co.
De La Soul - What's More - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - A Little Bit of Soap - Tommy Boy
The Jarmels - A Little Bit of Soap - Laurie Records
Sly & The Family Stone - Poet - Epic
De La Soul - Description - Tommy Boy
Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution - Sunburst Records
War - Magic Mountain - ABC Records
De La Soul - They Don't Know That The Soul Don't Go For That - Tommy Boy
Parliament - Little Ole Country Boy - Invictus
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby - 20th Century Records

United States of Audio - A Cooler Breeze on the Rocks
[Featuring:
Richard Pryor - Crap Game - Laff Records
Vaughan Mason And Crew - Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll - Brunswick
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock - Atlantic
Ashford & Simpson - Solid - Capitol
Fearless Four - Rockin' It - Enjoy Records
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (Acapella) - Tommy Boy
Cutmaster D.C. - Brooklyn Rocks - Zakia Records
Run DMC - Hit It Run - Profile 
Beastie Boys - The New Style - Def Jam
Treacherous Three - Body Rock - Sugar Hill
The Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom - Cooltempo
Public Enemy - Night of the Living Bassheads - Def Jam
L.L. Cool J - Rock The Bells - Def Jam
Michael Jackson - Rock With You - Epic
The B-Boys - Rock The House - Streetwave
Disco Dave - High Power Rap - Mike & Dave Records
Imperial Brothers - We Come To Rock - Streetwave]

Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude - Atlantic
The Turtles - You Showed Me - White Whale
De La Soul - Plug Tunin' (Original 12" Version) - Tommy Boy
The Invitations - Written on the Wall - DynoVoice 
Billy Joel - Stiletto - Columbia
De La Soul - Buddy - Tommy Boy
Taana Gardner - Heartbeat - West End Records
De La Soul - Buddy (Native Souls Instrumental) - Tommy Boy
The Commodores - Girl, I think the World About You - Motown
Eddie Harris - Get On Up and Dance - Atlantic
De La Soul - Take It Off - Tommy Boy
Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint - Sugar Hill
The Turtles - I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're The Royal Macadamia Nuts) - White Whale
Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - Westbound
Hall and Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) - RCA Victor
De La Soul - Say No Go (Bonus Beats) - Tommy Boy
Sly Stone - Cross Word Puzzle - Epic
The Emotions - Best of My Love - CBS
De La Soul - Say No Go - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - Say No Go (Unity Mix) - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - Me Myself and I (Richie Rich remix) - Tommy Boy
De La Soul - Me Myseld and I (Instrumental) - Tommy Boy
Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper - Salsoul
Funkadelic - Not Just Knee Deep - Warner Bros
Doug E. Fresh - The Original Human Beatbox - Vintertainment
Sequence - Funk You Up - Sugar Hill
De La Soul - This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Full Time ERA (L.I.F.E.) - Tommy Boy
Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' - Motown
Ohio Players - Funky Worm - Westbound
De La Soul - Ain't Hip to be Labeled a Hippie - Tommy Boy
T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat - Grand Groove
The Rascals - My World - Atlantic
De La Soul - D.A.I.S.Y. Age - Tommy Boy
Johnny Cash - Five Feet High and Rising - Columbia

Credits: 
Respect and thanks to DJ Moneyshot for providing the original inspiration for the mix, Strictly Kev for sample sourcing, design work and general encouragement, DJ Cheeba for keeping me on my toes, Chris Binstead (wherever you may be) for his great taste in music and for unwittingly exposing my young ears to '3 Feet High and Rising' in the first place, and of course, to Dave Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer, Vincent Mason and Paul Huston without whom none of this would be possible.

Solid Steel Radio Show 24/5/2013 Part 1 + 2 - United States of Audio

In Hour 2 Robin Hexstatic is in the mix celebrating 25 Years Of Solid Steel and a mix inspired by Clink Street in London. "Why?" you ask,.. Robin explains.,.."1988, 25 years ago, and the 'Summer Of Love' in London, little did I know how much this street would come to mean to me. An explosion of new music, new headspace, new ideas. The birth of Solid Steel on Kiss FM. It is highly coincidental that driving from the suburbs up to the infamous Clink street raves for the first time we were listening to that exact show on the radio. To Borough, and down a side street,… at the time nobody went to this area. You could park your car on a double yellow all weekend and not get a ticket. And so into Clink Street, the RIP nights, run by Mr C and his merry cohorts. The sound here was always a bit 'darker', heavier beats, stripped down music and decor, the strobe and smoke. This place was definitely about the dance,..you couldn't really hear anything but music and see anything but your hands in front of your face :) Evil Eddie and Kid Batchelor were my favourite DJ's at the time and I'm pretty sure Coldcut played there too? Little did I know. The Jungle Brothers even came down once to do a PA of 'I'll House You'. They looked pretty bemused. There's a video of it on Youtube somewhere, with Mark Moore jacking at the end. Skip forward nearly a decade of dance and I'm back in Clink street, Winchester Wharf, a few feet opposite Clink prison, at Ninja Tune HQ, talking to Matt Black about animations for their forthcoming album. Who'd have thought it. I spend a fantastic few years there and later teamed up with Stuart as Hexstatic, we hire our own studio in the building and embark on the task of making an AV album with a couple of pocket calculators. The building was great, full of music and arts people coming in and out all the time, (David Byrne and Jean-Jaques Perrey just dropped in once!) I was signed to a label, travelling and working with people who I greatly admired. I go past now and again. It's luxury flats and a bloody Starbucks now :( "

To the music. We start with Nitro Deluxe and a track that bridged the gap between eclectic clubs like the Opera House and the start of Acid House, a few years old but was still getting played years later on the scene. Cultural Vibe's 'Ma Foom Bey' had such a heavy slow sound, coupled with the African chanting it was the first time I'd heard a mix like this,..early Tony Humphries on the cut. Next up Sueno Latino, the first 'Balearic' track I came across, it would always send the floors into a trance wherever it was played. 'Voodoo Ray' was arguably the first UK 'Acid House' record, it sounded so fresh when it came out, fusing an almost 'electro' sound with the 303, people would always dance a certain way to that record, freaky like. Another UK record and Baby Ford’s 'Oochy Koochy', this was the straight up sound of the early scene to be sure. Next, one of several from Todd 'The God' Terry in his 'Black Riot' moniker. I loved this record so much I danced to it in a car park in Kingston once. 'Big Fun' was termed 'techno' on release,..seems funny now,..but it was also a big hit in the UK, Inner City even shot the video in London to capture the vibe of the time. Fallout's 'The Morning After' had that lovely, slightly melancholic vibe that always felt refreshing, especially early in the morning. Think Tank and WestBam, were those freaky records that would spin everyone out,..turning to a friend with a massive grin and gesturing,.."what the hell is this?!". Jungle Brothers get their 'House' in order next and then into more Todd product with a reworking of the classic 'Weekend'. Next, the all time hands in the air anthem of anthems, 'Let The Music Use You' just brought a super smiley, almost spiritual vibe to dance floors,..I think most DJ's tried to judge the 'peak' moment to drop it,..matey :) Next up, probably my favourite proper 'acid' track of all time, Bam Bam's 'Give It To Me',.. 25 years later I still can't decide if it's pure genius or complete rubbish, followed by two more ‘Acid Trax’ classics from Charles B and the mighty Adonis. Stakker next and the video game sampling 'Humanoid', another track with that distinctive UK sound, fusing break beats with acid and crazy samples that later spawned FSOL. KC Flightt bringing a hip hop vibe to house without the cheesy 'Hip-House' tag and into another mix of 'UK centric' elements with the Afro Acid mix of Mory Kante's 'Yeke Yeke',...and we finish on the upbeat sound of Longsy D and the reggae acid of 'This Is Ska',..yes mate.

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PART 3 + 4	- Hexstatic		https://twitter.com/hexstatic
				
Nitro Deluxe 	_	Lets Get Brutal	_	Cutting Recs
Cultural Vibe	_	Ma Foom Bey	_	Easy Street
Sueno Latino	_	Sueno Latino	_	DFC
A Guy Called Gerald	_	Voodoo Ray	_	Rham
Baby Ford	_	Oochy Coochy	_	Ford Trax
Black Riot	_	A Day In The Life	_	Champion
Inner City	_	Big Fun	_	BMG
Fallout	_	The Morning After	_	Azuli
Think Tank	_	Hack One	_	Glow
Westbam	_	Monkey Say Monkey Do	_	Low Spirit
Jungle Brothers	_	I'll House You	_	FFRR
Todd Terry Project	_	Weekend	_	Champion
The Nightwriters	_	Let The Music Use You	_	Jack Trac
Bam Bam	_	Give It To Me	_	Serious
Charles B	_	Lack Of Love	_	Desire
Adonis	_	No Way Back	_	Trax
Stakker	_	Humanoid	_	Jumpin and Pumpin
KC Flightt	_	Planet E (House Mix)	_	RCA
Mory Kante	_	Yeke Yeke	_	London
Longsy D	_	This Is Ska	_	Big One

Solid Steel Radio Show 31/5/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Hexstatic

track-list:
- Aery Canary - Booka Shade
- True South - Glimpse
- Black Ball - The Dolphins
- Trashbend - Gaiser
- Fraaz - Ron Costa
- Destination unknown - Green Velvet / C2 Detroit-Chicago Unity Dub
- Bubbles - Pig & Dan, Mark Reeve
- 51 Mexicans - Matador (IE)
- Nighttide Lover - George Fitzgerald / Trikk Re-Dub
- Manhattan - Moteka
- Energie - Broombeck, Felix Kröcher
- Polyester - Sam Paganini
- The Robbery - Coyu
- Berghain (Darkroom Mix) - Locussolus

Pan-Pot - Sonar by Night 2013

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 31/5/2013 Part 3 + 4 - Hexstatic

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