With a busy weekend ahead for Ninja Tune and Big Dada artists in London, DJ Irk steps up with a heavy mix which includes music from DJ Kentaro, Hexstatic, The Bug and Congo Natty who are all playing at Village Underground. There's more from the label with Two Fingers, Machinedrum, Raffertie and Toddla T all representing, plus  Killer Mike who is due to release on Big Dada alongside El-P in November. All this and tracks from Eprom, London Grammar, J Dilla and Reso wraps up a mighty fine show.

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PART 3 + 4  -	DJ Irk		
				
DJ Kentaro Featuring DJ Krush 	_	Kikkake (Anchorsong Remix)   	_	Ninja Tune
Killer Mike	_	Go!	_	Williams Street
The Bug Featuring Flowdan	_	Louder	_	Ninja Tune
Two Fingers	_	Moth Rhythm	_	Big Dada Recordings
Jonny Faith	_	Odyssey	_	The Frequency Lab
Two Fingers	_	Lock86	_	Big Dada
The Bug Featuring Danny Brown & Kiki Hitomi	_	Freakshow	_	Ninja Tune
Eprom	_	Regis Chillbin	_	Rwina
Collie Buddz	_	Youts Today	_	Self-Released
London Grammar	_	Strong (Fracture Remix) 	_	Metal & Dust Recordings
Dr. Meaker	_	Don't Think It's Love (Typesun Remix)  	_	New State Music
Machinedrum	_	Gunshotta (Fracture's Astrophonica Remix) 	_	Ninja Tune
Raffertie	_	Principle Action	_	Ninja Tune
J Dilla	_	The D	_	Pay Jay Productions
I Am Legion	_	Jelly Fish	_	Division
Keita Sano	_	Outer Space	_	Keep Up!
Al Dobson Jr and Creole+	_	Bushi (Jr) 	_	One-Handed Music
Lazerbeak	_	Bully	_	Doomtree
The Bug	_	Diss Mi Army 	_	Acid Ragga
Deltron 3030	_	City Rising From The Ashes	_	Bulk Recordings
Pixelord	_	Vibrate (XI Remix)	_	Civil Music
Dark0	_	I KNW	_	Self-Released
DJ Kentaro	_	North South East West feat. Matrix & Futurebound (Taiki & Nu Light Remix) 	_	Ninja Tune
Reso	_	Check 1,2 (DJ Kentaro Remix) 	_	Civil Music
Toddla T Sound	_	Flash	_	Ninja Tune
Distal & HxdB	_	Booyant (Archie Pelago Rework) 	_	Multiverse
RobHex	_	Timegone	_	Lower Level
Congo Natty	_	Get Ready	_	Big Dada

Kikkake Remixes

Solid Steel Radio Show 4/10/2013 Part 3 + 4 - DJ Irk

Massive Attack - On Galaxy Radio - 1994 (Miranda Rae Show)

Part two of the 8K followers celebrations: a bunch more samples from the, well, Headz era... pretty much anything and everything that didn't fit the first one; truly eclectic, this one is. Samples used by Dillinja and Lemon D, Adam F, Renegade Hardware, Goldie, Photek, Full Cycle Crew, Wax Doctor, Boymerang... Hidden Agenda fans in particular are gonna looove it. TIA for any comments/likes/reposts and all other forms of impromptu promotion on your social media channel of choice. 
Big love <3

Bernard Herrmann - Eye Of The Beholder Suite
> Excerpt from 'The Twilight Zone' - 'Eye Of The Beholder'
Bob James - Valley Of The Shadows
> Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Lalo Schifrin - Scorpio's View
Maze - Twilight
Raymond Castoldi - The Deep And Slow
Donald Byrd - Perpetual Love
Global Communication - Funk In The Fridge
Nuyorican Soul - Nautilus (Mawtilus)
> Street Smartz feat. OC & Pharoahe Monch - Metal Thangz (Acapella)
> Roberta Flack - This Time I'll Be Sweeter
Slip Capone & C.P.O. - The Eulogy
> Profile Records - Love Is/Love Is (Chorus) (Acapella)
Sade - Jezebel 
> Jah Shaka - Verse 1
Sade - Mr. Wrong
> Plez - Can't Stop ((Acid) Rain Forest Mix)
Nancy Wilson - Sunshine
Grover Washington Jr. - A Secret Place
Bernard Purdie - Bernard's Back Beat
> Roy Ayers - I Still Love You
> Guru – Loungin’
> Johnny "Guitar" Watson - Jet Plane
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Feel Like Makin' Love
> Delegation - Oh Honey
Frank Strazzeri - Cloudburst
> George Crater - The Jazz Night Club Scene
Pharaoh Sanders - Astral Traveling
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes - Meditations
Jimmy Smith - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe
Roy Ayers - We Live In Brooklyn, Baby
> Special Ed - Neva Go Back (Acapella)
Chick Corea & Gary Burton - Crystal Silence
> Sangoma - Siya Dengelela Kgonyama (Roni Size Remix)
> Excerpt from ‘Round Midnight’
Azymuth - Morning
Commodores - Saturday Night
Mahavishnu Orchestra & John McLaughlin - Dawn
Hilton Felton - Be Bop Boogie
Donny Hathaway & Quincy Jones - Vegetable Wagon
The Real Thing - Won't You Step Into My World
> Louchie Lou & Michie One - Rich Girl
Jimmy Helms - Putting It Down (To The Way I Feel)
> Diana Ross & The Supremes - I'm Still Waiting
Commodores - Say Yeah
Eric Dolphy - Jim Crow
> D-Train - Keep On
Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (Brighton Daze Mix)
Mother Earth - The Life Eternity 
Tony! Toni! Toné! - It Never Rains (In Southern California) (The Daze Remix)
> Mattie May Thomas - Workhouse Blues
Claude Debussy - Syrinx

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Eclectic Samples: One For The Headz

Eclectic Samples: One For The Headz [8K Followers Special 2/2]

Grand Central Records was an independent record label based in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, England. It was started in 1995 by DJ Mark Rae (who, along with Steve Christian make up the duo Rae & Christian)
This is a mix dedicated to all the artists who were signed to the label along with some remixes by Rae and Christian.
Featuring artists such as The Pharcyde, Aim, Only Child, Funky Fresh Few, Tony D and many more.

00:00 Tony D - Second Street Gogo
02:54 The Pharcyde - Runnin' (Rae & Christian Remix)
08:20 Rae & Christian Ft QnC - Anything You Want (Aim Remix)
12:15 Funky Fresh Few Ft Afu-Ra - Drop A Jewel 
14:00 Rae & Christian - Catch A Rude Awakening
16:23 Tony D - My Mind Is Clear
18:51 Fingathing - Head To Head
22:10 Funky Fresh Few Ft Derogatory & Mr Dick - Live Wire
25:45 Aim - What Do People Do All Day
29:16 Only Child - I've Got A Right (Nextmen Remix)
32:57 Texas - Say What You Want (Rae & Christian Remix Instrumental)
35:40 Mark Rae - Make No Mistake
36:25 Aim - Loop Dreams (Grand Central Remix)
40:15 J-Walk - Soul Vibration
42:02 Tony D - Dirty Dog (Rae & Christian Remix)
44:30 First Priority - Jazz Hypnosis
47:30 Aim - Ain't Got Time To Waste
50:50 Aim - Soul Dive (All City Mix)
54:30 Funky Fresh Few Ft Jimmy Grand, Craig G & Dirt Diggla - However You Want It
57:50 Aim - Let The Funk Ride
01:02:15 J-Walk - Following The Noughties
01:05:25 Mark Rae - Mind Body & Soul
01:07:12 Aim - Underground Crown Holders
01:09:04 Aim - Just Passing Through
01:12:38 Rae & Christian Ft The Pharcyde - Ain't Nothing Like (Nextmen Remix)

Reordered From The Catalogue - Grand Central Records Mix

Digital Twin Simulate

Oldskool Reunion

Awesome mixtape in the classic tradition, first half old skool hip-hop (the real deal) into funk, jazz, breaks and allsorts in the second. No tracklist. Highly recommended!

DJ Format: Jumping On The Mixtape Bandwagon

DJ Format: Jumping On The Mixtape Bandwagon (2000)

MR SCRUFF ESSENTIAL MIX TRACKLISTING

1.	Body & Soul ‘In The Beginning’ (National General)
2.	Leroy Hutson ‘Lucky Fellow’ (Curtom)
3.	Eddie Kendricks ‘Girl You Need a Change of Mind’ (Motown)
4.	Zed Bias & Jenna G ‘Let Me Change Your Mind’ (Development)
5.	Mr Scruff ‘Give Up To Get’ (Ninja Tuna)
6.	Mr Scruff ‘Rocking Chair’ (Ninja Tuna)
7.	Theo Parrish ‘Chemistry’ (Sound Signature)
8.	Arcadion ‘Ghostfeeder’ (DC Recordings)
9.	Ragga Twins ‘Wipe The Needle’ (Shut Up And Dance)
10.	Q Tip ‘Manwomanboogie’ (Motown)
11.	Mr Scruff  with Skuff & Inja ‘Zen’ (Ninja Tuna)
12.	James Brown ‘Get On The Good Foot’ (Polydor)
13.	Mr Scruff & Quantic ‘Donkey Ride’ (Ninja Tuna)
14.	Mr Scruff ‘Fish’ (Ninja Tune)
15.	Mr Scruff ‘Get On Down’ (Ninja Tuna)
16.	Thomas Bangalter ‘On Da Rocks’ (Roule)
17.	Psychotropic ‘Only For The Headstrong’ (Raw Bass)
18.	Mr Scruff ‘Chicken In A Box’ (Ninja Tune)
19.	DJ Mitsu The Beats ‘Kuro Fessional MC (Instrumental)’ (Mukatsuku)
20.	Color Climax ‘Disque O Heights’ (Breakin’ Bread)
21.	Jazzanova ‘Boom Clicky Boom Klack (Mr Scruff Mix)’ (Sonarkollektiv)
22.	Talking Heads ‘Once In A Lifetime’ (Sire)
23.	Mr Scruff ‘Kalimba’ (Ninja Tuna)
24.	Sweet Salvation ‘Rock Steady’ (Elektra)
25.	Cosmic Force ‘Ghetto Down (Kenny Dope Mix)’ (Truth & Soul)
26.	Mr Scruff ‘Sweetsmoke’ (Ninja Tuna)
27.	Benny Ill, Kode 9 & The Culprit ‘Fat Larry’s Skank’ (Tempa)
28.	Nicolette ‘Dove Song’ (Shut Up And Dance)
29.	Channel One ‘Jungle Skank’ (Channel One)
30.	Junior Delgado ‘Fort Augustus’ (Fort Augustus)

This was recorded live at my monthly 'Keep It Unreal' residency in Manchester, plying mostly vinyl with a couple of cds thrown in there too. The venue at the time was the Music Box, a sweaty, dark basement, which is now a Tesco. Listening back, I can feel the atmosphere, the heat, and a room full of lovely people enjoying the music. Now that same room is full of stock assistants & chilled celery. Oh well! We have since moved the night to Band on the Wall, and will be celebrating the 15th year of Keep it Unreal in June 2014.

Mr Scruff Essential Mix, broadcast 7th feb 2009

Gift from the past - Coldcut's Solid Steel show. Christmas 2000'

Coldcut with DJ Food and Z-Trip - Solid Steel 12-25-2000

Back in the late 90's we were touring in N. America and Japan a lot and mixtapes were a small, cheap piece of merchandise to sell at shows so I put this collection together. Using scraps of turntable jams from Stealth, Solid Steel and various other gigs we'd been recording over the preceding years as well as answerphone messages and other miscellanea, this ramshackle collection resulted.
It's all live, virtually all improvised, there are mistakes, needle skips, sloppy scratches and bad sound quality (sound sources were from cassette or portable DAT generally). There were possibly around 500 copies made but I only had one myself. The audio for this rip was taken from the master DAT though and EQ'd and balanced in places to make it a nicer listen. The cover image of a John Coltrane painting was taken in Tortoise's kitchen in Chicago, one Sunday on a day off when PC and I were there with Bundy K Brown, hence the title.Sunday At Bundy's - DJ Food's Audio Scrapbook (side A.)

Tracklist:
1/ Starter  - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96) 
2/ Words I Manifest - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
3/ Here We Go, Are You Ready For Another? - (Stealth - Blue Note Dec '95)
4/ Ge' Down - (Krush & Food - Osaka Nov '96) 
5/ Don't Push Me! - (Koln '95)
6/ Give The D.J A Breakfast - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
7/ Electro Inferno - (Liquid Rooms - Tokyo Nov '96)
8/ Squarepusher vs. Strictly Pt.2 - (Solid Steel Dec '95)
9/ Crank This Mother - (Osaka Nov '96) 
10/ Idle Banter (Warwick '95)

DJ Food - Sunday at Bundy's (Side A.)

The Chemical Brothers (or Dust Brothers as they were at the time) live at The Albany, London.

Sunday 14th August 1994.

Recorded on DAT by Robin Turner.

The jump into Boops at 27.52 is because the DAT was removed in order for Tom and Ed to play music they'd made in the studio that week (instrumental of Life is Sweet often got played around this time). Any record jumps were caused by people banging into the decks, or pogoing! (I'm guilty as charged in Voodoo People). Last record cuts off due to the DAT running out. 

Big up all the Heavenly Sunday Social crew.

Enjoy x

The Chemical Brothers (Dust Brothers) Live At The Heavenly Sunday Social - 14th Aug 1994

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Home of my own mixes - predominantly jungle/hardcore with the odd bit of D&B, plus eclectic sample-digging, breaks and hip-hop, techno & electronica. 

Pre-2001, all mixes vinyl; Post-2016, all mixes digital (DJay 2); Post-2018, Ableton Live. Why? Why not?
I've got an old skool DJ's mentality, early influences ranging from Sublove, Ratty, Randall & Hype to Coldcut, DJ Juice, MK & Primo.  In the early 00s I turned my back on D&B, retired my turntables in favour of family/work commitments, and got into funk, soul, reggae and so on... a lot of this driven by curiosity around the sample roots of hardcore and jungle.  Forward another decade and an early mid-life crisis saw me messing around with virtual decks on my phone, and later acquiring a vinyl ripper, with one vision in mind: making mixes.
Although I'm partial to the odd DJay or vinyl mix when I get the chance, the progression into Ableton Live was a simple means to an end.  My ideas stretch further than the limitations of my physical collection and real-time mixing, and by sequencing I can pick, choose, chip away and structure mixes at my leisure. Which I do... a lot :)

Wait, there's more ... an absolute stack of classic golden era/old skool hip-hop/turntablism, jungle and d&b, hardcore, techno and house mixes retrieved from my dusty tape & CD archives.  This includes (by my reckoning) the most exhaustive collections of classic Full Cycle and Sublove Galaxy Radio shows, live Ruffneck Ting jungle tapes, loads of studio & compilation mixes, all manner of rave tapes, and so on. 
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