DJ History Podcast #132

We’re back in the groove fo’ sho’. This week’s show comes live and direct from my office, overlooking Mount Kilimanjaro. It’s quite a trek getting there in the morning, what with the flights and riding on a goat for a week, but it’s worth it for the view. Dig in, it’s tasty.


MIDNIGHT MAGIC – Drop Me A Line (Permanent Vacation)
MAYA JANE COLES  Nobody Else (Hypercolour)
TOM DE NEEF FT. ROBERT OWENS - I Care (Tiger Stripes Remix)
LOCUSSOLUS - Tan Sedan (Dr Dunks Buick Regal Dub) (IFEEL)
MISS MISTY – Right Size (DJ Red Greg Edit) (Zedd)
THE BARKING GRIZZLE – Detroit Berlin (Jerome Sydenham & Norman Methner Remix)
MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE FT. OMAR & SHEILA E – Get Started (Tru Thoughts)
FANTASTIC MAN – Don't Worry It's Just Me (Wolf Music)

DJ History #131: Nick Ashford Special

ASHFORD & SIMPSON - One More Try (Warner Bros)

MARVIN GAYE & TAMMI TERRELL - California Soul (Tamla Motown)

RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN - Keep It Comin' (Warner Bros)

ASHFORD & SIMPSON - Don't Cost You Nothing (Warner Bros)

JOE COCKER - Let's Go Get Stoned

ASHFORD & SIMPSON - Street Corner (Warner Bros)

KIKI DEE - I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel (Tamla Motown)

COLLINS & COLLINS - Top Of The Stairs (A&M)

ROBERTA FLACK - Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Steve Silk Hurley Mix) (Atlantic)

DJ History #130

COLE MEDINA – Stay With Cole (Licorice Delight)

ODDISEE FT YU - Still Doing It (Mello Music Group)

MARTYN – Distortions (Brainfeeder)

ZED BIAS FT JENNA G – Fairplay (Tru Thoughts)

JAZZANOVA – I Can See (Moscatello Remix) (Wurst)

PLANNINGTOROCK –The Breaks (Fall On Your Sword Remix) (DFA)

TANNER ROSS – bSide (No 19 Music)

ELKIE BROOKS - Spiritland (A&M)

ASHFORD & SIMPSON – It Seems To Hang On (Warner Bros)

DJ History Podcast #129

Yeah, okay, I said I was behind on the tracklistings but then did nothing to rectify it. Truth is, I lost this tracklisting. Don't know what happened to it. Maybe the dog ate it. Anyhow, I had to listen to the show again to work out what the tracks. Frankly, this is the sort of thing you, the listener, could easily do yourselves, but are probably way too busy reading this week's Grazia or watching Celebrity Mud Wrestling or whatever it is your culture-less poltroons devote your time.

Here you go. Dedicattion (is what you need).

THE PROJECT CLUB - Field Of Dreams (Lexx Remix)

DEEP SPACE ORCHESTRA - Chrome Hand (Boogie Originals)

A GUY CALLED GERALD - Driver

GRACE JONES - Hurricane Dub (WOS)

DRRTYHAZE - Get Down To Your Body (Tirk)

DIRT METAL CHOIR – A Land Afar

JAMES JOHNSTONE - Sunshine Stars (Boogie Originals)

MARSHALL JEFFERSON - Move Your Body (Leo Elstob and Terry Farley Remix) (Harmless)

SEPHIROT - Space For My Dreams (Itchy Pig)

DJ History Podcast #128

Hi there. Bit behind with the old tracklistings. It's summer, I've got two ankle-biters mithering me from 7am to 7pm, so I've fallen behind with my musical housekeeping. Forgive me. It's been compensated by the honing of my sandcastle-making skills and being a monster in the park between 10am and midday most days (come down and check it out, it's pretty impressive).

 T.E.E. – Connaissance
 JAMIE BLANCO – Moving Down (Cynic)
DOUG WILLIS – Activated (Dougyoulator Mix) (Zedd)
RONNIE JONES – Me And Myself (Soul Mekanik Edit)
PHREEK PLUS ONE – Sottocosto (Compost black Label)
KON AND THE GANG – Sunlight (dub) (Hands of Time)
ERNEST ST LAURENT – The Moon Is Gone (CD-R)
BARBARA MASON – Come Back Home (PPF Dub Edit) (PPF)
STARKEY – Craters (Civil Music)

 

DJ History Podcast #127

Tracklisting for show #127:

THE RAPTURE – How Deep Is Your Love (Emperor Machine Remix) (DFA)
LITTLE DRAGON – Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix) (Peacefrog)
TODDLA T WITH ROOTS MANUVA - Watch Me Dance (Ninja Tunes)
THE CLASH – The Magnificent Dub (Leo Zero Edit)
TUCCILLO – Without U (2020)
BETA HECTOR – Payback (Sunbeam Version) (Tru Thoughts)
VAHAGN – Relapse (Original Mix) (Buzzin Fly)
SSO ORCHESTRA – Faded Lady (Leftside-Wobble Edit)

DJ History Podcast #126

Tracklisting for show #126:

SALSOUL ORCHESTRA - Getaway
AZARI & III – Manic (Loose Lips)
MARK E – Call Me (Dixon Edit) (Merc)
KELPE – Beat Imperial (CD-R)
BETA HECTOR –  Super Bionic (Tru Thoughts)
LUCAS SANTIANA – Super Violao Mashup (Mais Um Discos)
SOUL CLAP – Fried Chicken (No 19 Music)
MUNGOLIAN JETSET – 2010 - A Space Woodysey (Smalltown Supersound)
AMY WINEHOUSE - Tears Dry On Their Own (NYPC Mix) (BB Edit)
SUZANNE KRAFT – Turning (Running Back)

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DJ History Podcast #125

Tracklisting for show #125:

MAYER HAWTHORNE FT. SOLANGE KNOWLES – When The Night Falls (Back Yard)
MEMBER OF THE CLAP – Trickski & Soul Clap (Permanent Vacation)
THE DETROIT URBAN GA RDENING ENSEMBLE - Take Root (Out Hear Audio)
RAFFERTIE – Mimetic (Ninja Tune)
HOT PEPPER – Cancion Ritual (BBE)
SATURN NEVER SLEEPS – Lotus (Saturn Never Sleeps)
DUCKBEATS – I Really Do Believe (CD-R)
JON DASILVA FT. DONALD WAUGH – Love Is All We Need (Rush Hour)
QUANTIC Y CONJUNTO – Step Into A World (Rapture's Delight) (Tru Thoughts)

DJ History Podcast #124

The final show presented by Neville Watson. Big up the Nevster!


Ford Inc. - Delirium (Throne of Blood)
Willie Burns - Key Horizon (L.I.E.S.)
Simoncino - All Night (Quintessentials)
Gerd & Elbee Bad - H.O.U.S.E. (Gerd’s 2011 Ruff Dub) (4Lux)
Virgo 4 - It’s a Crime (KiNK & Neville Watson Dub) (Rush Hour)
T.Trax - Splice (Clone Jack For Daze)
Myriadd - A Hazy Memory (Creme Jak)
LHAS Inc. - Dusk Til Dawn (Cynic)
Runaway - Chapter II (Two Dogs in a House Remix) (On The Prowl)
Tyson Ballard - Little Too Much (Voyeurhythm)

DJ History Podcast ##123

Here's the tracklisting for the show presented by Neville Watson.


Chicago Damn - Let’s Submerge (Chicago Damn)
Deep Space Orchestra - Mass Illusion (Tracky Bottoms)
Legowelt - Backwoods Fantasies - (L.I.E.S.)
Massimiliano Pagliara - A Wrong Chance (Tuff City Kids Remix) (Live At Robert Johnson)
Harkin & Rainey - Workin’ And Steamin’ (Throne of Blood)
Apiento - The Orange Place (World Unknown)
Semtek - Pizza (DJ 3000 Remix) (Don’t Be Afraid)
Nicholas - Holdin’ On (Quintessentials)
7 Citizens - Quietus (Praterei)
BFC - Galaxy (Fragile)

DJ History Podcast #122

The last one from me before I clear off on holidays and festival duty. My place will be taken by the ever capable Neville Watson. Have fun. See you in a few weeks.


QUANTIC & HIS COMBO – The Dreaming Mind (Part 1) (Tru Thoughts)
STARKEY – Craters (Civil Music)
DOUG WILLIS – Activated (Dougyoulator Mix) (Zedd)
BEN SUN - Salty Tears (Voyeurhythm)
MARCEL KING – Reach For Love (Strut)
DENIZ KURTEL – Best Of (Dixon Remix) (Crosstown Rebels)
TUCCILLO – Rainbow (2020)
KEVIN MCKAY & PHIL KELSEY - Witness The Deepness (Glasgow Underground)
GENE CHANDLER - I'll Make The Living If You Make The Loving (Strut)

DJ History Podcast #121

Hello hello I'm back again. Loads of oldies on the show today primarily because I got sent a pair of really nice compilations: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love (a Mo West comp) and True Soul: Deep Sounds From The Left Of Stax. I've played a few of my personal favourites, but there were also some others that I didn't know prior to getting sent the albums, including a really good Frankie Valli song. He really is a mine of hidden gems. 


I'm sure you will also have been taking note of how nicely the Grimsby Town squad is shaping up so far pre-season, too. I bet you're as excited as I am over the signings of Liam Hearn, Shaun Pearson and Anthony Church. Rooney who?

CHIP WICKHAM - Apache (Lovemonk)

TRY TO FIND ME - Needs Ending (Golf Channel)

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS – You're A Song That I Can't Sing (Mo West/Light In The Attic)

THE RIGHT TRACK – Gotta Move With The Groove (Stax)

BLACKBEARD - Friends In Lo Places (KAT)

SUZEE IKEDA – I Can't Give Back The Love I Feel (Mo West/Light In The Attic)

HOTEL MOTEL FT. SNAX - Fall (UTS)

LEADERS – It's A Rat Race (Stax)

BLOOD ORANGE - Toshito (In Flagranti Remix) (Domino)

ODYSSEY – Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love (Mo West/Light In The Attic)

DJ History Podcast #120

Well last week was a sad one with the news that Kenny Hawkes, an old friend, had died. We knew he'd been ill for sometime, but it's still always a shock when it happens, especially to someone so young (he was 43).  So this show was dedicated to him and we played a song he'd remixed with David Parr ages ago but never came out. I've been told by reliable sources that it will be released shortly, to coincide with Kenny's birthday in July. If you don't know it, listen to the show, it's properly amazing.

I was lucky enough to play with Kenny at both Space and Fridays R Firin', the two nights that made his name in London and the the thing I remember most (apart from his impeccable taste in music) is how fucking funny he was and just how bloody loud he had the monitors on when he was DJing. You'll be missed, mate.

DJ PHONO – La Rencontre (Dynamic)

MOUNT KIMBIE – Carbonated (Hotflush)

SOUTH WEST SEVEN – What We Do (Autodeep Mix) (Seven Music)

TEELOO – Sooo oooH (No 19 Music)

THE UNITS – Bug Boy (The Sneekers Mix) (Opilec Music)

LITTLE DRAGON – Brush The Heat (Peacefrog)

RICARDO VILLALOBOS & MAX LODERBAUER – Reannounce (ECM)

OMAR –  Gimme Sum (Rap Version) (Tru Thoughts) 

KENNY HAWKES DAVID PARR - Green Grass (Vocal Mix)

DJ History Podcast #119

There are some proper corkers on this show. I don't know if it's just me living in my own little fantasy-land out here in the burbsville, but this year has been really good for albums. There's scarcely a week passes without an album arriving that's genuinely dead good. It might only be a compilation, but more often than not, it's an original album. In the past few weeks I've had the Junior Boys album (track included on this show) and the Omar album (ditto). I do love Omar, I think he's the most seriously underrated songwriter in the UK and I'm perplexed that he's not more venerated, though very happy to see he's landed on a label that will be sympathetic and supportive of his music.

Also on this show is Edward's 'Naxa'. Now I don't normally single out things for praise too mich because it makes the rest of the music on the show sound like makeweights which is indubitably not the case. However, 'Naxa' is absolutely ace. And it uses the drum loop from Shriekback's 'My Spine Is The Bassline'. Win, win, innit?



BENOIT & SERGIO – Around The World Cover (Double Standard)
OMAR – Kiss It Right (Tru Thoughts)
EDWARD – Naxa (Merc)
IFEEL STUDIO - Morgengruss III (IFeel)
JUNIOR BOYS – The Reservoir (Domino)
CHICAGO DAMN – Let's Submerge (Merc)
LUCKY PAUL FT. MILOSH – Thought We Were Alone (Gadi Mizrahi & Eli Gold Mix) (Wolf + Lamb)
RUDY'S MIDNIGHT MACHINE – Ecstatic Love Glow (Retrofit)
LITTLE DRAGON – Crystalfilm (Peacefrog)

DJ History Podcast #118: Gil Scott Heron

We left normal transmission for a special show dedicated to the music of Gil Scott Heron last week.

I first discovered his music on a Jive Wire NME cassette (you had to save vouchers and send away for it). In fact, I discovered a lot of incredible artists on those first few NME tapes: Robert Wyatt, James Blood Ulmer, David Gamson, Ornette Coleman, King Sunny Ade, Liaisons Dangereuses... The list goes on. I bet you don't get music like that covered in the NME now. In fact, I know you don't get music like that covered in the NME now. I weep for you teenagers, with your bereft lives of instant access to all the music in the world at your fingertips in a second.

Anyhow, I digress. Gil Scott Heron. Blew me away when I heard B-Movie. I was just discovering serious black music and also training to be a Trotskyist revolutionary and Gil's music hit me right between the lugholes fair and square. He was funny, satirical, biting and - ye Gods - funky. (The Redskins did their best, God bless, but in comparison they sounded like the Black Dyke Mills Band trying to make James Brown records.)

So I went out and bought the album that contained B-Movie, Reflections, and then worked my way back through the catalogue. Amazingly, a lot of his records were available as cutouts, which presumably meant they did not sell terribly well. He was probably bigger in the UK than his home country. Bought half his catalogue at knockdown prices from Selectadisc's cutout shop.

I also went to see him play three times, the first time in Nottingham in about 1982 (promoting Moving Target). I think it was at the Marcus Garvey Centre, but it could equally have been in Rock City. Anyone remember? Anyhow. Brilliant. Just brilliant. Like a funky Michael Moore (it takes a lot of squinting to imagine that). Great band, amazing songs, switching from the ballads to the funk and never forgetting the talking in between the songs, which was almost as entertaining as the music itself. I saw him twice more subsequently, the last time at the Jazz Cafe in about 1994 and the gigs got progressively worse. The last one was a bit of shocker, although mildly amusing for the presence of Jay Kay from Jamiroquai prancing up and down like a pixie with a pencil stuck up its arse. Gil was terrible. He hadn't made a good record - or ANY record - for a long time and he was a bit of a state.

I was made up when he made his comeback last year. Personally, I thought the album was a bit overhyped and overrated, but I was so pleased he was at least making music and being creative again. So it's such a damn shame that he's gone, thought that's what happens when you get involved in all that shit, innit, Gil?

You were great and we loved you. And your demons showed you were human. And your dad played for Kidderminster Harriers. How fucking cool is that?

Tracklisting:

GIL SCOTT-HERON – B Movie
GIL SCOTT-HERON – Fast Lane
GIL SCOTT-HERON – Home Is Where The Hatred Is
GIL SCOTT-HERON – Lady Day & John Coltrane
GIL SCOTT-HERON – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
GIL SCOTT-HERON – 1980
GIL SCOTT-HERON – Your Daddy Loves You
GIL SCOTT-HERON – Johannesburg

DJ History Podcast #117

Fantastic weekend, just gone. Not just because of the bank holiday (though obviously that helps), but we went to our friend Sam & Rui's wedding which was on a campsite just on the edge of the New Forest. Everyone should get married on a campsite. It's so much more fun than a church (but then, frankly, what isn't?) Hog roasts, kids running wild in a Lord of the Rings style (one of them ended up with a broken wrist, falling out of a tree). Adventures, adventures. It was great.

As is this week's show. I know I always say that but it's darn well true.

Tracklisting:
PATTI JO - Ain't No Love Lost (Leftside Wobble Edit)
OMEGAMAN – Skankin Riddim (AGFA Remix) (Super Hi Fi)
WILD BEASTS - Reach A Bit Further (Domino)
CRYSTAL FIGHTERS – Plage (Compuphonic Remix) (WOS)
PENGUIN PRISON – Mulit Millionaire (Neville Watson Remix) (WOS)
BRIAN ENO – Imagine New Times (Warp)
BLACK DEVIL DISCO CLUB FT. NANCY SINATRA – To Ardent (Grovesnor Remix)
DEGO FT. OBENEWA – Love & Hate You (2000 Black)
TENSNAKE – Something About You (Mirau)

DJ History Podcast #116

Psst: tracklist for last week's show. It's dead good. Tell your mum.

STEVE MASON & DENNIS BOVELL – Lost In Dub (Double Six)
SPACE RANGER - Plastic Romance (MCDE Mix) (Lovemonk)
GALACTICA - Out Of City (Emperor Machine Mix) (Lipservice)
ABYSS - Birdsong (Flowers & Sea Creatures Remix) (Buzzin Fly)
GECKO TURNER – You Can't Own Me (Mudd's 56 Remix) (Lovemonk)
JAZZY EYEWEAR - The Renaissance (Toomy Disco Mix) (Umalu)
KEN LOCKIE - Ultraman (Nang)
TEDD PATTERSON - Grooveline (Get Up)
SUNLIGHTSQUARE LATIN COMBO - I Believe In Miracles (BBE)

DJ History Podcast #115

Blimey, it's all go.

Maybe it's necessary, I don't know, but I'm really properly hating the "This is a promotional copy" robot voice that seems to blight every CD I get sent these days, especially albums. Firstly, it really destroys the listening experience. (Can you imagine, say, The Beatles' Revolver being sent out to eager reviewers only for "this is a promotional copy" to be plonked on the top of 'Tomorrow Never Knows'?) Frankly, it puts me off my stroke. And, also, as a minor cog in the world of music broadcasting, it renders all of these said CDs absolutely useless to me, since I can't play any of the tracks I've been sent due to said robot. Also, most of these tracks are already floating about on the ether long before any hacks or DJs ever get their hands on the files.


Tracklisting:
LOVEBIRDS FT STEE DOWNES - Want You In My Soul (Hot Toddy remix) (Winding Road)
FERNANDO - The 87 (UTS)
CHARLES WEBSTER FT DIVINITI - Learning To Love Me (P's Deep Rebooted Dub) (Miso)
MIRROR PEOPLE – Reaction! (Hands Of Time)
SOCIAL DISCO CLUB & RED D FT. METROBOX - We Made This Jack (We Play House)
HOTEL MOTEL – Donna Nook (John Daly Remix) (UTS)
OWINY SIGOMA BAND - Wires (Lexx Edit)
MR SCRUFF – Wobble Control (Ninja Tunes)
GIL SCOTT HERON V JAMIE XX - I'll Take Care Of You (Nirobi Edit) (XL)
MITZI - All I Heard (Bonar Bradberry Remix)

DJ History Podcast #114

Tracklist for podcast broadcast on May 6th is here.

JUREK PRZEZDZIECKI – My Left Side Is Yours (Definition)
YSE FT FRANK CARTER III - Guessing Games (Rhythm Plate Loose Dub) (LMD)
PROVIANT AUDIO – Slutten Pa Alt (Ralph Myerz Mix) (Paper)
JAMIE BLANCO - 11.06 (Russell Club)
SIMON BAKER - No Pressure (Art Department Remix) (2020)
THE OFF KEY HAT - Super Sound Single (Ism)
THE FLOWERPOT MEN - Jo's So Mean To Josephine (YearZero)
OHIO PLAYERS – Pride and Vanity (Johnny Miller Re-Edit)

Moody Remix Competition

No, silly, not moody as in miserable. We mean Moody as in the ace Sessomatto cover version of the ESG classic. We've got the parts down below (ooh-err). All you need to do is download them, and get cracking. The winner will see his or her mix appearing on a future Zedd Records release (as well as being on sale in the DJhistory Download store) and will also receive a personal lapdance* from label boss Dave Lee.

Closing date for the competition is Thursday, June 30th.

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