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

TRACKLIST AVAILABLE AT http://bonobomusic.com/news/essential-mix 

See all Bonobo's upcoming DJ and live shows here: http://bonobomusic.com/tour

Essential Mix - BBC Radio 1

The voice is taken from an old vinyl record made for secretary training. I sampled hundreds of words that I found interesting, but only these three ended up in the initial mix—and I somehow love how they relate to the album title in their own way:

Understand, Out of stock, Information

Beyond that, there’s not much to say about this track, except that it’s based on an idea and a collection of stems I originally created for a live performance. One night, I recorded an arrangement and bounced it flat to my hard drive. Later, I couldn’t find the original “open” project file. I don’t remember how many hours I spent searching for it. Since there was something in that recorded version I simply couldn’t recreate with the original stems, I decided to stick with it, only adding a few cello parts afterwards.

I’m a big admirer of Alva Noto and his minimal sound aesthetic, and I’ve always wanted to borrow elements from his outstanding work. Being more of a musical maximalist, I typically fail whenever I try, but I still attempted to find a balance between emptiness, highly processed artificial sine waves, and what I’d call naturalistic expression.

Composed and produced by Christophe Stoll

EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT COUNTED WILL BE LOST

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EDLX.004-machine

Riots recorded on iPhone saved directly to soundcloud with the FiRe iPhone app

X-berg riots test

Alex and me are going to play a few DJ gigs this summer – thought that's a super nice reason to put a few tracks together for you ! We hope to see you around somewhere sometime soon, until then have a great time!! 

Togetherness

Wald

Black Noise

Behind The Stars

Nitrada aka Christophe Stoll is an electronic music producer from Hamburg, Germany. Active since the early 2000s, his work often features intricate soundscapes and hypnotic rhythms, blending elements of acoustic, ambient, and experimental electronic music.

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Nitrada

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