Well, there is magic all around you, if we do say so ourselves! Yes, we are paraphrasing ultimate May Queen and rock ’n’ roll witch Stevie Nicks, because this month’s show is an unashamed celebration of the Fleetwood Mac queen in honour of her birthday month. Expect as much uninterrupted Stevie magic as host Zoë Howe can squeeze into two hours, from ‘Rhiannon’ to recent protest song ‘The Lighthouse’ - and *that* performance of ‘Silver Springs’ from 1997 concert ‘The Dance’. Recorded by the light of a Stevie Nicks prayer candle with love and beauteous beltane blessings to all.

PLAYLIST:
Stevie Nicks - ‘Crystal’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Rhiannon’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Dreams’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Gold Dust Woman’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Sara’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Angel’
Stevie Nicks - ‘Bella Donna’
Stevie Nicks - ‘I Will Run To You’
Stevie Nicks - ‘Leather and Lace’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Gypsy’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘That’s Alright’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Welcome to the room… Sara’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Seven Wonders’
Stevie Nicks - ‘Candlebright’
Stevie Nicks - ’Sorcerer’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Landslide’ (Live)
Fleetwood Mac - ’Smile At You’
Stevie Nicks - ‘The Lighthouse’
Fleetwood Mac - ‘Silver Springs’ (Live)

Rock 'n' Roll Witch (06/05/2025)

01 Shade K - One Two Stan
02 The Allergies feat. Andy Cooper - Breakthrough
03 Krafty Kuts feat. Dr. Luke & A.Skillz - Bring Back The Funk
04 Rephrase feat. Jimi Polar - The Return Of Jimi Fingers
05 Duke Ellington vs. Jurassic 5 - Kinda Dukish / Improvise (DJ Farrapo Mashup)
06 Sam Redmore - Jazzdance
07 Malente - Don't Stop (The Body Rock)
08 Prosper & Stabfinger - Hang On The City
09 Pecoe - Club Bounce
10 X-Ray Ted - Strut (Fort Knox Five Remix)
11 Prosper & Stabfinger feat. MC Shureshock & Kenny Beeper - Lockdown (Breaks Version)
12 Prosper & BadboE - Beastie Lifestyles
13 De La Soul feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Dres - What Yo Life Can Truly Be
14 Fort Knox Five vs. Anorre - Uptown Samaritan (Justin Nils Edit)
15 DJ Tron - Bombshell
16 Visit Venus - Space Nazis Must Die (Rae & Christian Remix)
17 Kabanjak - Night People (All Good Funk Alliance Remix)
18 Emapea - What The Funk

We Want Funk #40

Recording of something very similar my set in The Snug @ Beatherder 2025

Benny Strafford Aka Another Brother - The Snug @ Beatherder 2025

A summer's day afternoon-into-early-evening Balearic set out in the country. The glorious sunshine definitely had a very positive effect on the vibe, music and mixing. I do hope you enjoy xx
Tracklist:
1	Lady Blackbird vs Crooked Man - It Must Be Love 
2	Saint Etienne - Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Richard X Remix) 
3	TT - Dub inside (Robot 84 Balearic Rework)
4	The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost (Belohnungszentrum Remix)
5	DJ Shepdog - Groove Is In Jah Heart
6	Mark Rae - Girls,Girls,Girls
7	unDuB - Sound & Vision (unDuB Space Echo Version)
8	The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (Rich Lane Acid Barons Cotton Dub)
9	Gina X - No GDM (Chad Jackson Re-Edit)
10	Sivuca - Ain't No Sunshine (X-Ray Tedit)
11	The Doors - Break On Through (Bossa Rocker Remix)
12	Chad Jackson - Smooth Thunder
13	Boz Scaggs - What Can I Say
14	Chad Jackson - Unfinished Dubs
15	Chad Jackson - Love Power
16	Chad Jackson - White Lace and Promises
17	Rockin Moroccin - You Got The Love
18	Carole King - I Feel the Earth Move (Raw-Artes Edit)
19	Purple Disco Machine - Yo (Original Mix)
20	Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin
21	Chad Jackson - Hallelujah Feeling
22	House Gospel Choir - Promised Land (Chad Jackson Remix)
23	Berkan - Weaver
24	River Ocean Ft India - Love And Happiness Acapella
25	Chad Jackson - 28 Days Of Wonder

Chad Jackson Live at The Barley Mow, Selmeston 9-8-25

As a short addendum to my 'A 3 Hour Drive in 1985' mix (on Mixcloud/HearThis), we're off to the movies.

1985 was an incredible year for popcorn flicks. 40 years on, we go back to the cinema for a special Saturday morning matinee to take in the sounds from some of the year's biggest blockbusters; from Back To The Future to The Breakfast Club, Weird Science to Rocky IV, Beverly Hill's Cop to The Goonies.

25 tracks in 30 minutes, with clips & trailers touching on nearly 50 films in all. 

Curated and Mixed by Bobby Xennial, May 2025.
Originally produced for BBC 6 Music's Block Party.




TRACKLIST:

Pete Moore - Asteroid (Pearl & Dean Theme)
Dave Grusin - Map and Willie (The Goonies)
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Real Genius)
Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me (The Breakfast Club)
John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (St. Elmo's Fire)
Sheila E ft. Prince - A Love Bizarre (Krush Groove)
James Brown - Living In America (Rocky IV)
DeBarge - Rhythm of The Night (The Last Dragon)
Harold Faltermeyer - Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
Madonna - Into The Groove (Desperately Seeking Susan)
Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love (Back To The Future)
Robert Folk - Police Academy Theme (Police Academy 2)
Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (Jewel of the Nile)
Duran Duran - A View To A Kill (A View To A Kill)
Oingo Boingo - Weird Science (Weird Science)
Big Audio Dynamite - E=MC2 (Samples the movies of Nicolas Roeg)
Cyndi Lauper - The Goonies 'R' Good Enough (The Goonies)
Paul McCartney - Spies Like Us (Spies Like Us)
Madonna - Crazy For You (Vision Quest)
Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
Patti Labelle - Stir It Up (Beverly Hills Cop)
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (Stranger Things)

Billy Taylor - I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (Film '85 Theme)
Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin - Separate Lives (White Nights)
Lindsey Buckingham - Holiday Road (National Lampoon's European Vacation)


Clips / Trailers / Features:

Beverly Hills Cop
Back To The Future
The Goonies
The Breakfast Club
Krush Groove
Weird Science
St Elmo's Fire
Rocky IV
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
A View To A Kill
Desperately Seeking Susan
Spies Like Us
Jewel of The Nile
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Police Academy 2
Vision Quest
Brewster's Millions
Brazil
Cocoon
My Science Project
Explorers
Fletch
Teen Wolf
Legend
Commando
Witness
The Color Purple 
Rambo: First Blood Part II
Mask
Silverado
Out of Africa
A Room With A View
Red Sonja
Ladyhawke
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Jagged Edge
No Retreat, No Surrender
Prizzi's Honor
Young Sherlock Holmes
Ewoks: Battle For Endor
The Last Dragon
The Sure Thing 
That Was Then, This Is Now 
Once Bitten
Real Genius
Return to Oz
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (TV movie)


Additional Samples:

Film '85 (with Barry Norman & Michael Parkinson) (BBC 1985)
Run DMC - Sucker MCs (1984) (also in Krush Groove)
Slick Rick & Doug E Fresh - Ladi Dadi (1985)
James Brown - Funky Drummer (Bonus Beats) (1986)
Kurtis Blow - Tough (1982)
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh (The Soul) (1983)
The Sopranos (1999) ("...ohh, National Lampoon's Vacation...")
Ghostbusters (2016) ( "...is that DeBarge?..." )


Bobby & The Xennial's Movie Matinee Mixtape 1985

Artwork is a painting by Ernie Barnes named "Full Boogie"

01 Bo Diddley - Stop The Pusher (JR.Dynamite Edit)
02 The Swizzlas - Dippin Deux
03 The Soul Snatchers - Do You Wanna Get Down?
04 The Haggis Horns - The Traveller (Part 2)
05 Alex Grenier - The Return Of The Blues Bob
06 Skeewiff - Get Some
07 Speak Low - Soul Is What You Got
08 Ralph Weeks - Let Me Do My Thing (Voodoocuts Edit)
09 Cookin' On 3 Burners - Cookin' The Books
10 Soopasoul feat. Dionne Charles - Hot & Cold
11 Jagúar - That's Your Problem Baby
12 The Haggis Horns - The Jerk
13 Funky Destination - I Do Voodoo
14 The Tibbs - Suffocated
15 The Whispers - The Planets Of Life

Full Boogie Soundtrack

This is part 2 of a project done for Strut Records in London whereby I took old school jams into my analog studio and played keyboards and drum machines over the beats to do unique unreleased versions of the trax.. this time around the project is free as I have not cleared the trax
Mr. Sweety G - At the Place To Be
Margo’s Koolout Crew - Death Rap
Lovebug Starski & The Harlem World Crew - Positive Life
Fearless Four - Rockin’ It
Key-Matic - Breakers In Space
O.G.C. - Buggin’ Out
Scoopy - Scoopy Rap
Jazzy Three - Rappin’ Spree
Ronnie Gee - Raptivity
Fresh 3 MC’s - Fresh
Disco 4 - Do It
Lambchops - Shake'm On Up
Mid Air - Ease Out
Spyder D - Rap Is Here To Stay
Sons of Harlem Crew - Harlem Rap
Newcleus - Jam On It
Kool D Ultimate MCs - Freestyle
Family - Rap Attack
Freddy Fresh - Into the Drum
NJ-4 - How Many Girls You Got?
Freddy Fresh - Are You Ready For Freddy (bonus)
Check This mix out if you dug this one
https://soundcloud.com/freddy-fresh/freddy-fresh-real-old-school-master-mix-1970s-80s-rare-free-dl

Old Skool Party Rockers Volume 2 Free Dl

Hey music lovers! On the show this month we have upfront rap bizness from Chrome, Jaz Kahina, and MCRE. Some electro funk from DJ Prime Cuts and MC Conrad (RIP). New 45s from Premier League Pressings and the homie Andy Cooper. Plus, a Shake Up B2B mix session featuring wedding bangers and deep cuts from the crates that might have had the dust knocked off them, but still sound as fresh as ever. Enjoy!

Hang Loose (Oct '25)

My monthly 'Snapshot' Mix for October 2025!
>> SOUND: Downtempo, Hip Hop, Jazz Funk, Soul Jazz, Afro Latin Jazz, Latin Funk,...

After a jazzy start in the lower downtempo range, the musical focus quickly shifts to hip hop, with music from the new albums by Atmosphere, Evidence, Mobb Deep, Ghostface Killah, and MC Rene & Figub Brazlevic. Cover versions are another stop on the musical itinerary (including reinterpretations by Soul Sugar & Dub Shepherds, Birds On A Wire, Nouvelle Vague, and Till Brönner).
Furthermore, music from Frollen Music Library, Basement Freaks, Call Sender, The Diasonics, Cookin' On 3 Burners, Lance Ferguson, Sunbörn & Clap! Clap!, Sladek, and many more...

- Hope you enjoy! -

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>> TRACKLIST:
01. Qwalia - Elevator Company (Live) [Albert's Favourites]
02. E. Lundquist - Yellow [RE:WARM Records]
03. Frollen Music Library - Hot And Cold [Frollen Music Library]
04. D/troit - Mjello [Crunchy Frog]
05. Atmosphere - Baby [Rhymesayers Entertainment]
06. Evidence - Greatest Motivation (feat. Theravada) [Rhymesayers Entertainment]
07. Mobb Deep - Against The World [Mass Appeal Records]
08. Ghostface Killah - Sample 420 (feat. M.O.P.) [Mass Appeal Records]
09. Die Fantastischen Vier - 5 Zimmer mit Bad [Rekord Music]
10. Basement Freaks - Attic Blues [Bombastic Jam]
11. Soul Sugar meets Dub Shepherds - Family Affair (feat. Shniece McMenamin) [Gee Recordings]
12. MC Rene - Spüre diesen Groove [MZEE Records]
13. MC Rene & Figub Brazlevic - Ich bin echt (feat. Chinch 33) [Krekpek Records]
14. MC Rene & Figub Brazlevic - Leerzeichen [Krekpek Records]
15. MC Rene & Figub Brazlevic - Beinah' ein Jahr (feat. Kadir K & DJ Cutrock) [Krekpek Records]
16. Call Sender - Rainbow (feat. Buddy Elliott) [Légère Recordings]
17. Above The Clouds - Arrow Root [First Word Records]
18. The Diasonics - Black Owl [Record Kicks]
19. Aphrodelics - Rollin' On Chrome (Richard Dorfmeister 'Wild Motherfucker' Dub) [Uptight]
20. Till Brönner - L'unica Chance (feat. Sera Kalo) [earMUSIC]
21. La Chooma - Gamal Gadol [Batov Records]
22. Muito Kaballa - Epilogue [Batov Records]
23. Birds On A Wire - Lovecats [PIAS]
24. Birds On A Wire - Smalltown Boy [PIAS]
25. Nouvelle Vague - Love Will Tear Us Apart [Peacefrog Records]
26. Till Brönner - Viva La Felicità [earMUSIC]
27. Adam's Apple - La Inflación de Ofelia (Vocal) [Matasuna Records]
28. Porfi Jiménez - Miami (Retro Roland Riso 'Power Edit') [Matasuna Records]
29. Cookin' On 3 Burners - Cookin' The Books [Soul Messin' Records]
30. Lance Ferguson - Dominoes (Original Mix) [Tru Thoughts]
31. Sunbörn meets Clap! Clap! - Jolloff On The Roll Off (Album Version) [Wah Wah 45s]
32. Sladek - Lotus Eater [SLDK Records]
33. Sladek - Stranger [SLDK Records]
34. Music Community - Groove Rock [Tramp Records]
35. Fences - Mein alter Hut [Tramp Records]
36. Matahari Sons - Ladies & Gentlemen [Agogo Records]
37. Al Sunny - My Love [Légère Recordings]
38. Fabio Nobile - Kalakuta Republic [Space Echo Records]



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[*Cover image: Photo by Drew Beamer / Unsplash]

Snapshot 2025-10

Hey music lovers! Lots to spin on this month's show, with a world exclusive from Planky and Akil the MC from J5, some picks from the forthcoming Analog Mutants album, a spot of Sigma & Dynamite MC, the new Nightmares On Wax, and fresh tracks from the Dusty Donuts Classics and Superjock record labels.
Plus, a B2B Shake Up Mix taking in some of the early 2000's party beats that were a big influence on our early sound, and a free track giveaway from The Allergies Vaults. Come get some!

Hang Loose (November '25)

DJ Yoda @ BBC6 Music Festival 2020

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Rock 'n' Roll Witch (06/05/2025)

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