Tokyo's Mr Disco Kid is the latest guest to takeover the whole 2-hours of Free Association.  An eclectic mix of records you have never heard before, he starts off in soul slowies and folk before pushing into peak party territory later in the mix.

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Free Association #13 w/Mr Disco Kid & Sam Don - July 2023

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Cunningham Corner - Free and Easy (Crystal/BBE)
Resavoir - Inside Minds (International Anthem)
Mike Dogliotti - Hagalo (Sondor/Jazz Corner) 
Joyce - Nacional Kid (Feminina/Far Out) 
Jimetta Rose - Ebb & Flow (self)
Katsuya Yokoyama, The Million Pops - Tabaruzaka (Alshire Intl./BBE)
Otis Williams - I Love The Way You Love Me (Arsenii Edit) (Delmar Intl/No Label)
Ana Frango Elétrico - Electric Fish (Risco/Mr. Bongo)
Bah Samba - Save Our Freedoms (Dave Lee Original Vibe Instrumental) (ZR) 
Honeysweet - Exodus of 21 (Original Mix) (Vega) 
Max Sinàl ft. Hutch The Great & Melody Marsh - Let You In (Soul Quest)
Amanda Whiting - Too Much (Kaidi Tatham Remix) (Albert's Favourites)
jaimie branch - baba louie (International Anthem) 
Solomon Ilori And His Afro-Drum Ensemble - Igbesi Aiye (Song Of Praise To God) (Honest Jon's)
The Revolutionaries - Jah Will Cut You Down Version (Channel One/Well Charge)
Sharon Little - Don't Mash Up Creation (TEK2 Productions)
Chris Korda - Primitive Man (YYK)
SHIGETO - Please Stay (Ghostly) 
Byron The Aquarius ft. Coto Loco & Computer Jay - Mind Disasterrrr (Yellow Jackets)
Next Evidence - The Body Theme (Bodylude)/(Body Dub) (Ibadan)
Stephanie Mills - Free (Louie Vega Dub) (JM)
Gigi Testa - Echoes In The Sky (Rush Hour) 
Big Muff - My Funny Valentine (Maxi)

LOVE INJECTION WITH BARBIE & PAUL @ The Lot Radio 08-26-2023

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Brother Ahh - Nature's Children (Sound Awareness/Manufactured)
The Voices Of East Harlem - Take A Little Time To Love (Just Sunshine)
Enchantment - Sunshine (United Artists) 
Kool And The Gang - Wild And Peaceful (De-Lite)
Rotary Connection - Vine of Happiness (Cadet) 
Rare Earth - Do It Right (Rare Earth) 
Brian Auger & The Trinity - Just You And Me (RCA)
Masabumi Kikuchi - Circle / Line (CBS/Sony)
Nautilus - Lady Day & John Coltrane (Jazz Room)
Greg Foat - Blue Step (Blue Crystal)
SHOKAZULU - Earth Is Not For Humans (2000Black)
The Undisputed Truth - UFO'S (Gordy)
Tapes - MT-40 (Jahtari)
Neal Francis - BNYLV 12" (Derrick Carter Remix) (Star Creature)
Jambonne - Carpet Ride (Space Grapes) 
JUJU & The Space Rangers - Got To Be Right On It (Black Fire)
Wanda "Star" Williams - Mr. U.F.O. (DJ Nori Edit) (TK Disco)
The Fatback Band - Cosmic Woman (Spring)
Laroie - Why Don't Ya? (Hugo LX Remix) (n/a) 
Funtown - Better 2 Know U (Hot Biscuit)
James Wells - True Love Is My Destiny (AVI)

LOVE INJECTION WITH BARBIE & PAUL @ The Lot Radio 09-02-2023

Writer, historian and DJ Bill Brewster showcasing two hours of love, laughter, and music. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/bill-brewster/episodes/bill-brewster-19th-september-2023

Low Life Loves You w/ Bill Brewster 190923

Edinburgh based party and reissue label present rarities and classics every month.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/athens-of-the-north/episodes/athens-of-the-north-28th-september-2023

Athens of the North 280923

Chicago-based archival record label, The Numero Group, host a deep-digging once a month show. Expect comprehensive round ups from their crates, picking out the best old music and reissues, as well as some jubilant nerdy record chat.  
https://www.nts.live/shows/radio-free-numero/episodes/radio-free-numero-12th-october-2023

The Numero Group - Eccentric Boogie Special ‘23 121023

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Ishamel Ensemble - Intro (self)
Resavoir - Sunset (International Anthem)
Andy Hay - Children of the Sun (self) 
Leon Thomas - Echoes (Flying Dutchman) 
Yussef Dayes ft Tom Misch - Rust (Brownswood)
Thomas Capaletto - Celestial Coordinates (self)
Katalyst, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad - Reflections (Jazz Is Dead) 
Cratere Centrale - Grooveland (Roots Underground) 
Akusmi - Secant (Tonal Union)
Bruno Spoerri - Prince Karl (WRWTFWW)
L'Rain - Funeral (Mexican Summer)
everwave - Freedom Praise (everwave)
Ana Frango Eletrico - Nuvem Vermelha (Mr. Bongo)
Ancient Infinity Orchestra - Equanimity (Gondwana)
Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda - Hari Narayan (Avatar Book Institute) 
Pharoah Sanders - Morning Prayer (Impulse!/ABC)
Carlos Niño & Friends ft. Surya Botofasina & Aaron Shaw - One For Derf (International Anthem)
Photay with Carlos Niño - Mosaic (International Anthem)
Laraaji - Open The Gift (All Saints)
Kahil El'Zabar Quartet - We'll Get Through This (Spiritmuse)
Herb Alpert & Hugh Masekela - People Make The World Go Round (A&M)
The Other People Place - Sunrays (Warp)

LOVE INJECTION WITH BARBIE & PAUL @ The Lot Radio 10-14-2023

Saturday Night's recording from the Tanners, 14.10.2023....2000-2300. Mixed / not mixed... Thanks to everyone who came down and then headed off to the main event of Robert Hood, at World HQ.......

Antony Daly 586 Records Tanners Newcastle 14.10.2023.MP3

Short Cuts

Smooth Operator (DJ Jauche Radio Mix)

Revisioning a late 70’s Canadian disco track into a more dubbed cosmic direction. 'If music be the food of love play on...' Available for download here -----> https://thereframe.bandcamp.com/track/the-reframe-galactic-echo 

The ReFrame - Disco Galaxie

There’s a moment at the very beginning of Frolojaz where the track seems unsure whether to reveal itself or remain in reflection. The rhythm stutters gently, as if sound were testing its own balance – not yet settled into groove, but circling it with curiosity.
Organic percussion – tactile, earthy, full of breath and hand – opens the space with a kind of living pulse. A soft yet weighted kick joins, not in insistence but in calm invitation. It doesn’t impose. It suggests.
Then come the strings – quartal, echo-drenched, gently disintegrating across vast imagined halls. They hover, not so much leading the track as dissolving into it. There is no urgency here. Just atmosphere, tone, and time – stretched.
Gradually, without fanfare, the structure coalesces. The four-on-the-floor returns, unobtrusive and patient. A vocal sample loops into earshot – filtered, cycling, shimmering. There’s a sense of French house here, but blurred at the edges. Less homage, more daydream. Labels like Kompakt, All Day I Dream, Sol Selectas or Do Not Sit On The Furniture might come to mind – aesthetics that favor tone over tempo, and repetition as revelation.
Then the tension shifts. A bassline sneaks in – playful, thick, warm. The groove fattens. Just before the break, the drums recede, as if stepping aside. The vocal remains, now fully exposed, soft-spoken yet commanding. A snare build begins – understated, but full of intention.
And when it returns, the track opens wide.
The second movement feels sunlit. Chords rise – smooth, cool, summery. The bass grows bolder, but never brash. This is house music, clearly – but refracted through warmth, ease, and texture. It's not about climax. It's about continuation. A horizon stretched out in rhythm.
Frolojaz doesn’t chase energy – it reveals it slowly. There’s a subtle lineage here, to labels like Lump Records, or Innervisions – imprints that understand dance music as architecture, as emotion in form. But Frolojaz keeps its own posture: steady, self-contained, and quietly generous.
It doesn’t demand to be heard. It waits – and for those who do, it rewards in depth, not volume.
