Selector's Cuts - Best of 2023

Bad-ass funky mostly dnb set... gets ur mind and ur body movin.  For the radicals of the world....

Coldcut - 70 minutes of madness

Solid Steel (1st November) Having announced that Four Tet will be joining the line up for the Solid Steel 25th Anniversary night at Fire in London on 6th Dec, we now hand over the decks to him for a 2 Hour exclusive mix. 
Four Tet's history with the show extends back to his first mix in 2001 and part of the Solid Steel US Tour that year with DJ Food, DK and Bonobo. He was also the first guest at the monthly Solid Steel club night in 2004, with more mixes to follow and his music has been consistently played on the show. 

As with all our 25th Anniversary guests, we asked for something different and here's what he said about his mix;

"This mix is made from unofficial edits and mixes.  I guess these edits were mainly made to be played in clubs and I've always like the tradition of DJs extending and rearranging to make things work in their sets.  Most of the edits here are unreleased because they are just tools for DJs really.  The Black Unity one was done for the Solid Steel US tour that I did in 2001.  Thanks to Daphni, Floating Points and Happa for the edits I got from them."

Tickets for Fire on Dec 6th are available here: http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?491503

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Four Tet - Solid Steel Mix November 2013 https://twitter.com/FourTet
 
The unofficial mix
 
1. Playboy Mommy edit
2. Musiq - Photomachine H.E.R raw edit
3. HR Groove (J Rocc edit)
4. Marcos Valle Floating Points edit
5. K54 - Aight Aight Aight!
6. Sweet Love (volca edit)
7. Ain't no need (Zernell and Goodking edit)
8. Give it up and turn it loose (Black Cock edit)
9. Girl you need a change of mind (Bobby Busnach edit)
10. Marvin time to get it together (Daphni edit)
11. Everyday Extended Edit
12. Joni Mitchell Dreamland edit
13. Arthur Russell Flagrant Foul edit
14. Jerry Green Daphni edit
15. Weather Report - Non stop edit
16. Peaches and Prunes edit Ron Hardy
17. Funky Nassau (KH edit)
18. Teddy Pendergrass - Sunshine Sound edit
19. Happy song or dance (FK edit)
20. Ugly Edit 6
21. Kikrokus Ron Hardy edit
22. Edie and the Eggs edit
23. Jack Your Big Booty (Happa edit)
24. Canned Heat Daphni Edit
25. Pharoah Black Unity club mix
26. What's going on extended loud drums
27. silence
28. Peter Finger loop
 

Solid Steel Radio Show 1/11/2013 - Four Tet

DJ Shadow Essential Mix

Coldcut - BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix - 29.01.2006

Basement Session 050 - 2023/01/28

050 - SC - Set I - You'll Be Battling DOOM

Basement Session 051

051 - SC - Set II - Sunglasses at Night > Tractorbeam > You Better Run > Utopia > Down is the New Up

Basement Sessions 051

051 - SC - Set I - Harder (Shermanology remix) > Looking At Your Pager (Solomun remix)

Basement Sessions

52 - SC - Caravan remix > Tribulations remix > Idioteque remix (ft. Gift Of Gab)

054 - SC - Auditorium > Gangster > I-Man > Nobody Speak

053 - SC - Multiply > The Center Will Not Hold > Resurrection jam > B+C ending

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

From the liner notes:

"The assocation between myself and Cream is not an obvious one, But the objective is to help break down the categorization within dance music. This mix hopefully gives a different perspective into another side of dance culture. Mixed by James Lavelle, additional mix, production and scratches by the Phyconauts. Mix down engineer - John Lyons, edits assistance by Richie Fermie. Recorded and fucked up at Dos Shot Studios/Mo' Wax London. "

***This came out before web reviews, however, IMHO, it's one of the most badass and technically accomplished mixes of its time.

The pic is an actual scan, the Cream logo is embossed and the light gold and gray print doesn't show up very well, but it's Cream for  sure... :-)

Cream LiveTwo - James Lavelle Mix (1996)

Coldcut - Breezeblock - 2001/05/28

Solid Steel (24th June) On June 18th 1996 Beck Hansen released his genre-smashing Dust Brothers produced second album, Odelay. 20 years later, DJs Moneyshot and Cheeba present a chronological mixtape charting the vast amount of samples, remixes, influences and references involved in the LP, with exclusive narration from Dust Brother, Mike Simpson. 
Not only a multi-layered and expansive mix project, Moneyshot and Cheeba will also soon be hitting the road with a stunning audio visual adaptation, live on... 'Four Turntables and a Microphone'

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
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Go to Hour 2 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-2462016-hour-2-serendeepity

Hour 1 - Moneyshot & Cheeba https://twitter.com/DJ_Moneyshot https://twitter.com/djcheeba
Beck	-Intro - BizarreFest '97
Beck 	-Devil's Haircut	Geffen Records
Them 	-Out of Sight	Decca
Beck 	-Devil's Haircut (Rock N Roll Edit)	promo cassette
Beck	-Trouble All My Days (Intro)	Geffen Records
The Troggs	-I Can Only Give You Fontana	Fontana
Beck	-Dark and Lovely (Dust Brothers Remix)	Geffen Records
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie	-Soul Drums	Date
Mort Garson	-Climax One	Sensuous Records 
Beck 	-Devil's Haircut (Live '99)
Beck 	-American Wastland (excerpt)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Hotwax (Live intro, Treasure Island Music Festival
Beck	-Hotwax	Geffen Records
Freda Payne	-The Easiest Way to Fall 	Invictus
Pretty Purdie & The Playboys	-Song For Aretha	Flying Dutchman
Black Sabbath	-Behind the Wall of Sleep	Warner Bros
Mandrill	-Universal Rhythms	Polymor
Monk Higgins	-Up On The Hill 	United Artists Records
Mike Millius	-Lookout For Lucy	UNI Records
Edgar Winter Group	-When It Comes	Epic
Beck 	-Lord Only Knows	Geffen Records
Beck	-The New Pollution (Live Intro)	
Beck 	-The New Pollution 	Geffen Records
Gus Poole	-Hallelujah, Alright, Amen	Novasonic Records
Beck	-The New Pollution (The Newest Pollution Mix)	Geffen Records
Beck	-The New Pollution (Remix by Mickey P)	Geffen Records
Joe Thomas 	-Venus	Groove Merchant
Beck 	-Derelict	Geffen Records
Rare Earth 	-I Just Want to Celebrate 	Tamla Motown
Pickin' On Series	 -New Pollution	(CMH Records)
Lee Michaels	-(Don't Want No) Woman	A&M Records
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes 	 -Poeme Non Epique No. III	(Fontana)
Beck	-Novacane	Geffen Records
Freedom	-Get Up and Dance	T.K Disco
Them	-It's All Over Now Baby Blue	Decca
Beck	-Jack-Ass	Geffen Records
Beck	-Jack-Ass (Butch Vig's Lowrider Mix)	Geffen Records
Dyke & The Blazers	-Let A Woman Be A Woman Original Sound
Beck	-Where Its At (Bonus Beats)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Where Its At 	Geffen Records
Beck	-Where Its At (U.N.K.L.E. Remix)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Where Its At (MTV Unplugged)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Where Its At (Remix by Mario C. and Mikey P.)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Where Its At (Remix by John King)	Geffen Records
Beck	-Make Out City (Remix By Mike Simpson)	Geffen Records
Mantronix	-Needle To The Groove	Sleeping Bag Records
Lee Dorsey	-Get Out of My Life Woman	Amy
Beck	-Lloyd Price Express (John King Remix)	Geffen Records
The Frogs	-I Don't Care If U Disrespect Me Homestead Records
Stanley Z. Daniels, M.D.	-Sex For Teens (Where Its At)	Carapan Records
Beck	-Minus	Geffen Records
Mattel	-Barbie Phone Commercial 
Dick Hyman 	-The Moog And Me	Command
Beck 	-Sissyneck	Geffen Records
Country Funk	-Apart Of Me	Polydor
Sly & The Family Stone	-Life	Epic
Laurindo Almeida	-Desafinado	Tower
Rory Gallagher	-Admit It	Polydor
Beck 	-Readymade	Geffen Records
Walter Wanderley	-Baia	GNP Crescendo
DJ Grand Wizard Theodore 	-Cold Crush Brothers vs the Fantastic 5 M.C.'s
Beck 	-High Five (Rock the Catskills)	Geffen Records
Beck	-High Five (Rock the Catskills)
Rasputin's Stash	-Mr. Cool	Cotillion
Beck 	-Novacane	Geffen Records
Beck	-Ramshackle	Geffen Records

Solid Steel Radio Show 24/6/2016 Hour 1 - Moneyshot + Cheeba (Odelay Tribute Mix)

"Without a doubt the most technically-involved set I've ever been a part of.  Eight turntables, often all playing at once, with our feet controlling loop pedals.  We had toured versions of the set on and off for nearly two years, and by this point we were pretty much at our peak.  Cut and I have occasionally discussed doing another 45 set, but we always come back to the same conclusion: 'We'll never be able to top The Hard Sell!" - DJ Shadow

From The DJ Shadow Archives - DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Live in Portland (July 2008)

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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