Under a Spell

The Phantoms - Under a Spell - Single

DK digs a little deeper into the vinyl vaults for the second half, starting with a boogie selection from Windy City, Universal Robot Band, Wickett and onto Buddy Miles, Don Thomas and two P & P classics from Queen Yahna and Florence. It's back to 1969 for killer Tropicalia from Brazilian legend Caetano Veloso, then Northern Soul at it's finest with Roy Roberts and a couple of funk 45's from The Touch and Backyard Heavies. We cross to Belgium for Placebo, Canada for electronic wizardry from L'Infonie and Czechoslovakia for Jazzrockova Dilna. David Axelrod crosses over with Charles Stepney's Rotary Connection,  followed by two modern soul classics from Michael Kiwanuka and Raphael Saadiq, before taking it down with Arnold Blair, The Prime Element, Gil Scott Heron and finishing with the sublime Irresistable Force mix of Autumn Leaves by Coldcut. 
Just some of the vinyl in this mix https://vine.co/v/h25LXzg1Qtp


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PART 3	+  4   -  	DK		
				
Windy City	_	Chicago	_	Basic Fingers
Universal Robot Band	_	Barely Breaking Even	_	Moonglow
Wickett	_	Can't get enough	_	Mr. T Records
Buddy Miles  	_	The Segment	_	Mercury
Don Thomas	_	Come On Train	_	NUVJ
Queen Yahna	_	Ain't It Time	_	P&P Records
Florence	_	Groove I'm in 	_	P&P Records
Carl Holmes	_	Investigation	_	C.R.S.
Caetano Veloso	_	Alfomega	_	Philips
The Third Wave	_	Love train	_	MPS
Roy Roberts	_	Got To Have Your Love	_	Ninandy
Harold Johnson Sextet	_	Kealiians	_	Revue
Jean Cousineau	_	Fugue avec Marie	_	Dinamic
The Touch	_	Pick and shovel	_	Lecasver
Backyard Heavies	_	Expo 83	_	Scepter
Gregory James Edition	_	Ain't No Sunshine	_	Brunswick
The Undisputed Truth	_	Sandman	_	Whitfield Records
Placebo	_	Humpty Dumpty	_	CBS
L'infonie	_	L'affaire	_	Polydor
Jazzrocková Dílna	_	Svedek Sveta	_	Panton
David Axelrod	_	Holy Thursday	_	Capitol
Rotary Connection	_	Tales of Brave Ulysses	_	Cadet
Michael Kiwanuka	_	Tell Me a Tale	_	Communion
Raphael Saadiq	_	The Answer	_	Columbia
Pastor T.L. Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir	_	Nobody Knows	_	Light In The Attic
Jo Ann Garrett	_	It's No Secret	_	Chess
JR Bailey	_	Just me and you	_	MAM
Arnold Blair	_	Trying to Get Next to You	_	Gemigo
The Prime Element	_	In the dawn of time	_	Trova
Gil Scott-Heron	_	Me & The Devil (NYC Orchestral version)	_	XL
Coldcut	_	Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Mix)	_	Ninja Tune

Solid Steel Radio Show 13/12/2013 Part 3 + 4 - DK

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

In conjunction with compiler and highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester, Soundway Records present a very special release. Double CD & triple 180g gatefold vinyl (with a bonus 7 inch).

This 45 includes the two first ever recordings by a certain Fela Ransome Kuti with his band The Highlife Rakers. Recorded by Melodisc in London in 1960 both tracks have been unearthed after more than fifty years in hiding.

In many ways this compilation is a prequel of sorts to Soundway's groundbreaking Nigeria & Ghana Special compilations, telling the early story of modern highlife's foundation & formulation. It traces the music from West Africa to London, adding elements of jazz, mambo and calypso along the way and paving the way for the afro sounds of the 1970s.

Accompanied by a 44 page CD booklet and 12 page vinyl booklet, the notes by Dr. Coester include rare photographs, labels and advert reproductions alongside some stunning and very rare recordings. 

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Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Highlife Rakers - Fela’s Special

It's a New Year and a new logo, and we kick off in suitable style with a mix from Bonobo. One of our former contributors to the acclaimed Solid Steel Mix CD series, Bonobo delivers a mix to ease us into 2012. Music from Seams, Nufrequency and the Ramadanman refix for Jamie Woon sooth any New Year hangovers. Then it's an 808 mix of his track 'We could forever' and we move onto some of his musical highlights from 2011 with tracks from Juk Juk, Fourtet and Falty DL, plus Blawan and Mosca upping the beats and bass. We close with lush sounds from Koreless, Ifan Dafydd and Sepalcure, as we look forward to Bonobo's 'Black Sands Remixed' album released next month.

PART 1 	+    2   -	Bonobo		https://twitter.com/@sibonobo
				
Seams	_	Hung Markets	_	Pictures Music
Nufrequency	_	Fallen Hero (Motor City Drum Ensemble remix)	_	Rebirth
Jamie Woon	_	Night Air (Ramadanman Refix)	_	Candent Songs
DJ Medhi	_	Pocket Piano	_	Ed Banger
Bullion	_	You Drive me to Plastic	_	Young Turks
Bonobo	_	We Could Forever (Bonobo 808 mix)	_	Ninja Tune
Sect	_	Man of Wisdom	_	Culprit
Nickodemus	_	Conmigo (Es E remix)	_	Wonderwheel
Floating Points	_	ARP3	_	Eglo
Dauwd		Ikopol	_	Pictures Music
Teebs	_	Jahara	_	Brainfeeder
Juk Juk	_	Winter Turn Spring	_	Text
FourTet	_	Locked	_	Text
Eliphino	_	L.F. (i know)	_	Somethinksounds
Falty DL	_	The Sale Ends 	_	Ninja tune
Blawan	_	Potchla Vee	_	Hessle Audio
Jack Dixon	_	Coconuts	_	Hot Biscuits
Mosca	_	Bax	_	Numbers
Koreless	_	4D	_	Pictures Music
Ifan Dafydd	_	Miranda	_	Push & Run
Sepalcure	_	Pencil Pimp	_	Hotflush 

Solid Steel Radio Show 6/1/2012 Part 1 + 2 - Bonobo

Song off the Sample Size Vol. 1 tape. Samples Cosy in the Rocket by Psapp.

Rocketship (Psapp, Cosy in the Rocket)

Confused

Behold the lights of carnival samsara!
The heart strays in diverse abundance,
Feedbacking into abstraction...
...stranded in remote isolation.
A rising storm whirls, a friend and a teacher.
Love observes with silent resilience...
...allow the dust to settle,
Fierce grace, clear confusion,
A pillow, a candle,
home within
a storm.

tracklist:

Anwesend Spring Morning (field recording)
Beautiful Chorus - Faith's Hymn
Monireh - Baha'i prayer 
Wanderwelle - Ancestral Guidance
Sounds of Isha - Mage Ubha Mangesh - An Ode to Shiva 
Michael Stearns - Monk with a bell,
Hamlet Gonashvili - Chela
Luis Paniagua - Mientras Vivas Brilla
Bobby Mcferrin - Grace
Tetê Espíndola - Ararinha Azul
Nicola Cruz - Okami (Peter Power Remix)
Lewis Snowfield - Moonlight Point
øjeRum - In The Fever Sun Of Winter Nights
Ramses - Earth People
Burt Bacharach - What The World Needs Now Is Love
Bjork - All Is Full Of Love

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home within a storm - Mix

Taken from debut album "Engravings" out now through Tri Angle Records. 

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Confused

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