This year's mix helps you salvage what's left of this rollercoaster year with special contributions from Lorde, Yebba, Sampa the Great and Mike G from the Jungle Brothers. Buckle up, as it'll weave its way from Glasgow's Primal Scream to Chicago's Deepest House; blending music from Argentina, Colombia, Bay Area, Paris and Norf London along the way. Appreciation to Marilyn Carino (intro), Chris Read (engineering), and Karl Humphries (art).  Let this mix turn that frown upside down.

We Aint Done With 2021

We Ain't Done With 2021

Time to go top down on lockdown. You need this, I need this. We all need to get through this. From the Amapiano rhythms burning up the streets of Cape Town, to the new house movement outta Compton, California, a full year of digging in the global crates to get you this mixtape. Special thanks to Platoon’s Hagar Graiser and Lucie Watson, Troy Carter, Chris Read, Marilyn Carino, Ross Michaels, Connie Price, Adrian Miller, DJ Hi-Tek, Anderson Paak, Channel Tres, Hameed “Fresh’ Feshitan, Nathan Burke, DJ Esa, DJ Bosq, Karl Humprhies (Cover Art) Laurent Bizo and especially Oumou Sangaré - the greatest living female voice in African music.

Time For Some 2020 Vision

This year's mix launches on the 50th anniversary of Carole King's central park concert on May 26, 1973. Named after her masterpiece from the Fantasy album it features an exclusive introduction from Carole herself. (Yes, that is not a typo!) And there's more. So much more. Look out for Nile Rodgers reflecting on finding a second life with Anderson .Paak; a Reflex exclusive where the Boogie's Gonna Get Ya; and this is the only place on the planet where you'll get to hear Greg Wilson's boogie down remix of the Gabriels seminal Love And Hate. A musical treat, you can feel it already. All inside an hour - listen and share.

2023 Believe In Humanity

C'mon Everybody, Up for The Downstroke, the roots of Uptown Funk! Diggin' into the foundations the biggest hit of 2015, threading together the tracks that inspired it. Special thanks to Chris Read at WhoSampled, Andy Gray at GrayLabel, Joey Carvello, Ben Rubin, Marilyn Carino and the Analog Player Society in Brooklyn.

Downtown Funk 2016

Digging deep into the crates of Miami’s TK Disco timeless funk to uncover music that’s as relevant today as when it was first recorded four decades ago. Spliced into the mix, first-rinse exclusives from B00ty (LA) and Shiro Schwarz (Mexico City) alongside with an exclusive authorised DJ le Spam remix of Sherman Hunter’s ‘Dance to Freedom’ anthem. Respects due: Gilles Peterson, Marilyn Carino, Pablo Ahogado, Troy Carter, Daniel Glass, Harry Casey, B00ty, Jimmy ‘Bo’ Horne, Willie Clarke, Shiro Schwarz and especially DJ Le Spam for spinning my spiders' web into Miami’s musical heritage. Take a bow Chris Read and Karl Humphries on production and design respectively.

Full Tilt Boogie 2018

The title pays tribute to Ensign Records founder Nigel Grainge (1947-2017); a mentor to me both professionally and personally. A year of digging in the crates went into this mix, sourcing funk from as far afield as Russia and Israel and a global exclusive from B00ty. Respects: Chris Read, Andy Gray, Marilyn Carino, Kutiman, GRIZ, Sofi Tukker, Rodney Hunter, Paul Bradshaw, Analog Player Society in Brooklyn and everyone at KCRW Santa Monica.

Ensign of the Times 2017

Ensign of the TImes 2017

Inspired by Gilles Peterson, Patrick Forge and  Straight no Chaser magazine to get the message across, without crossing over.

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