The Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show August 29, 2010

Play Now -->

DATE : Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:33:06 GMT
Entered in Database : 2010-08-30 10:33:06
length : 72020668
Link to the Show / Show Notes

This weeks show has got the electo funk for sure but kicked off with some more quirky West coast beat making in a pysched out, fuzz, tape hiss style from Yuk who's pleasingly doing his own thing with his new a d w a album - nice artwork as well. Tropics, the latest Planet Mu discovery and another disconcertingly young UK producer, then followed with a great dreamy, creamy slice of ethereal poptronica, surely another talent in the making. After BBE head honcho Pete moved to Berlin he started mining the German scene for release inspiration and the latest compilation is a look back to some of the soul, funk, r&b and disco brought to the country by the GI's stationed in the country during the cold war years and I for one am more than happy to playing tracks like 'Rumours' by the Timex Social Club again! Look out for GI Disco in a store near you soon. Squarepusher has just released a track on a non Warp label shock! His latest release is a little electro funk number on Ed Banger and a welcome soul injection for the label. The Tokimonsta album has finally dropped and is a nice little debut from this young lady who adds a welcome feminine sensitivity and melodic touch to the otherwise male dominated beat making world. Pablo Mandelbrot is a warped disco moniker for hire and I'm loving the new EP of twisted disco cut ups, apparently produced by someone we all know. Now Mark E has been making waves for a while but not a lot of his work has really grabbed me until he released his new EP on Running Back records last week and the 'Nobody Else' track is something else, dark, dirty but emotive bassline driven disco at it's finest.. The Bilal album is about to drop and the new single, 'Restart' is now on the shelves and download sites and another great little teaser for what is sure to be a killer album. DOP are my favourite sort of house producers - musical! Coming to production from an instrument playing world they've been making some killer tracks over the last couple of years and impressing with a great little live show as well. Well their debut album, funnily entitled 'Greatest Hits' is coming shortly and is one of those very rare things a house music album that works as a start to finish listen, tells a story and is well crafted rather than a collection of dancelfloor bangers laughingly called and album, which is often the case in the house genre - make sure you check it when it comes out. The Owiny Sigoma Band is a great slice of Afro London musical cross polination facilitated by Gilles Peterson and his Brownswood label, taking some forward thinking London musicians down to Kenya to record with some great local musicians and they've come up with a gem of a release, watch out for the album. Sushi chef Kay Suzuki then ends the show with his personal take on the sounds of Africa made in collaboration with some great Malian musicians and given a little musical house rub, quality. Yuk - Onlywhenshesmiles featuring Teebs (Leaving Records) Tropics - Give It Up (Planet Mu promo) Timex Social Club - Rumours (BBE promo) Kab Driver - E-M-O Transistor Array (Unreleased) Squarepusher - Cryptic Motion (Ed Banger) Tokimonsta - Death By Disco (Listen Up) Pablo Mandelbrot - Hot Swap (Modisch Aber Unrentabe) Mark E - Nobody Else (Running Back) Bilal - Restart (Plug Research) DOP - 1 Gram (Circus Company promo) Owiny Sigoma Band - Doyoi Nyajo Nam (Brownswood) Kay Suzuki - Music featuring Babacarr Dieng & Jally Kebba Susso (Round In Motion) Couldn't resist posting this classic 80's video from Timex Social Club, check it on the new BBE compilation, G.I. Disco - coming soon!!

Play in your Iphone