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Louise invites old friend Tyler, The Creator onto the show to hang out and swap some of their favourite music.
https://www.nts.live/shows/louise-chen/episodes/louise-chen-14th-june-2022

Louise Chen w/ Tyler, The Creator 140622

Given hip hop's position as pop culture's new musical lingua franca in the 21st Century, it's not a stretch to suggest Gil Scott-Heron is one of the most influential recording artists of the past 100 years, given his role as the progenitor of the genre. The Chicago-born poet electrified R&B, disco, jazz & later electronic productions with no-nonsense street reportage, and critiques on the ills of a broken America. He inspired a legion of artists with his militant faith in his own beliefs.
This 2 hour compilation brings together the breadth of Heron’s work, combining soul, blues and jazz, with comedy, spoken word and a piercing insight into race relations in 20th century America.

This show has been compiled by Robbie Warin and is dedicated to Henry Miller, who first introduced him to Scott-Heron’s music.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-gil-scott-heron-10th-december-2019

In Focus: Gil Scott-Heron 101219

Greetings, Japanese Breeze fans! Mori-Ra is about to embark on a rare west coast excursion over the next few weeks! To celebrate, Mori put this mix together with some selection assistance from his son, Ren. Be on the lookout for more from him in the future! For now, sit back, pour yourself a nice drink, and enjoy the sounds of Japanese Breeze 15, the West Coast Tour edition.

Japanese Breeze Mix vol15

Mori Ra - Japanese Breeze Vol 15

Madlibs most heartache-inducing production moments, pulled from the vinyl depths of soul, gospel, and beyond. Featuring Anderson.Paak, Erykah Badu, Freddie Gibbs and more.

https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-5th-june-2023

NTS Guide to... Madlib's Romantic Beats 050623

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest'

Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murak... 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-jazz-in-murakami-novels-21st-november-2024

NTS Guide to: Jazz In Murakami Novels 211124

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A two hour overview of the distinctive blues and rock sounds from North Africa, a loose assimilation of artists and styles often dubbed "Sahara blues" or "Desert blues". The music is frequently associated with (but not exclusively) the nomadic Tuareg peoples who made the music famous around the world.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-sahara-blues-14th-march-2025

NTS Guide to: Sahara Blues 140325

An hour of Ryuichi Sakamoto's piano focussed compositions, in memory of the legendary musician's passing.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-sakamoto-piano-works-28th-march-2025

NTS Guide to: Sakamoto's Piano Works 280325

A snapshot of a short-lived microgenre, created by a niche network of producers in New York, fusing two of the dominant sounds of the city in the mid 2000s – the ostentatious, trunk-knocking drum programming of Diplomats beats, and the euphoric big-room trance sounds spilling from the city's clubs. Dipset Trance.  
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-dipset-trance-8th-april-2025

NTS Guide to: Dipset Trance  080425

A very special guest today on YOUNG's show... 
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Young w/ Sampha  070525

The LA Beat Scene emerged in the early 2000s as a loose community of producers pushing instrumental hip-hop into new territory. Built around live nights like Kutmah's Sketchbook, and later Low End Theory, it created space for new kinds of sampling, strange drum programming and a DIY approach to sharing music. This mix brings together artists central to the scene’s development - Flying Lotus, Ras G, Teebs, Samiyam, Knxwledge, and others who shaped its sound from bedrooms, basements and backrooms across LA. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/the-nts-guide-to/episodes/the-nts-guide-to-la-beat-scene-13th-may-2025

NTS Guide to: LA Beat Scene 130525

Brooklyn musician Nick Hakim takes over the NTS airwaves. 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/nick-hakim/episodes/nick-hakim-27th-may-2025

Nick Hakim 270525

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summer school radio with Lovie @ The Lot Radio 07-15-2025

Hip-hop scholar, esteemed illustrator and all round head Ted Draws holds down a killer 2 hour monthly slot on Thursday afternoons. 
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Ted Draws 170725

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NTS Guide to... Madlib's Romantic Beats 050623

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