Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show - September 5, 2010

So the Richy Pitch album is finally about to drop after I seem to have been playing and enjoying the album for an age, if you have any interest in the music of Africa then just go and cop the album it's a great fusion of London production values and West African musicians, singers and MCs. The Natural Yogurt Band get the band name of the week award without a doubt and their new 7" on Jazzman is tasty little nouveau retro treat. The Robot Koch album is about to drop on Project Moon Circle and is a great fusion of hip hop, glitch and bassline badness with some tasty collaborations to boot, check it..

Sideshow is Finks alter ego and he (they) are just about to release a tasty set of Dubs of tracks from his last album on the quality Aus label - great soulful bassline business. Rude Kid is one of the new breed of UK urban bassline warriors and I like the minimal but highly effective 'Rain Drops' track from his new EP. The nu-school bassline mix was then nicely rounded off with a classic slice of Augustus Pablo, just so you don't forget where it all came from. Autre Ne Veut have just released a nice album of quirky electro soulful pop and although I'm not down with all of it there's about 3 killer tracks on there and 'Emotional' is my album highlight. Soweto Kinch hopefully shouldn't need an introduction but if you need a little taster check his new album coming shortly on his own label, showcasing his amazing sax playing and some great lyrical dexterity that puts most full time MCs to shame.

The MED album on Stonesthrow is on it's way and I was happy to receive the first little taster featuring the vocal delights of Talib Kweli, the album should be something else. That was closely followed by a Dwele classic from the forthcoming Gilles Peterson comp on BBE celebrating his influential (well it certainly influenced me and has cost me well into 5 figures in the records shops!) radio show. The compilation is a classic selection of pure worldwide favourites, hold tight it's coming soon! Young Marco then followed taking the show in a pleasingly cosmic balearic direction before Cessa brough the basslines back but with a nice melodic spacey feel. That was then followed by Eskmo and a taster from his nice little album just about to be released on Ninja Tune which is great, it's a wonderful lession in cultured, musical beat making by someone who knows how an album should sound and be structured - a dying art in this day and age of the single download. Taylor Deupree then wound down the show with the title track, and one of the four extremely long tracks, that comprise his great new album called Shoals, which is a wonderfully and delightfully soporific horizontal ambient work out.

Richy Pitch - Dey Suffer feat Yasmeen (BBE promo)
The Natural Yogurt Band - Eastern Promise (Jazzman)
Robot Koch - Brujeria (Project Moon Circle)
Sideshow - Dub It All (Aus promo)
Rude Kid - Rain Drops (No Hats No Hoods)
Augustus Pablo - Black Gunn (Pressure Sounds)
Autre Ne Veut - Emotional (Olde Englist Spelling Bee)
Soweto Kinch - Trying To Be A Star (Soweto Kinch)
Med feat Talib Kweli - Classic (Stonesthrow promo)
Dwele - Too Fly (BBE promo)
Young Marco - Moving Fast, Very Slowly (Rush Hour)
Cessa - Recon (Missing Link Sound)
Eskmo - We Have Invisible Friends, Washed Mix (Ninja Tune promo)
Taylor Deupree - Shoals (12K)