Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show -March 18, 2011

Finally! Back on the airwaves after an enforced break due to moving into a new live/work space which involved apart from the obvious nightmare of moving a record collection as well as everything else my Russian builder splitting up with his girlfriend, having an emotional breakdown and going awol, torrential rain which flooded through an old chimney spewing black water on my new floor and having to sleep in a sleeping bag on a mattress on the floor for a week in a building site. So I'm never moving again EVER..

So now my equipment is out of boxes here we go kicking off with a cut from the new Marc Mac produced T.R.A.C. album, although funnily enough I dropped the only MCless cut just because the sampled spoken words seem pretty relevant to the world today. Do check the album though, the beats are soul heaven and the lyrics great, coming soon on BBE. I then kept the hip hop flavour but with a nice leftfield twist courtesy of Padwriterz and then a track from a great collaborative album between Obba Suba and the Czech experimental musician (not Belgium as mentioned in the show!) Michal Cimala, Bandcamp business...

The Stepkids are a really interesting new group on Stones Throw, hard to pigeon hole but sounding vintage, modern and fresh. I then dropped a track from a great album from last year by Gayngs, lovely stuff before giving you a taste of the new Dorian Concept material who can now be found on Ninja Tune. Shackleton doesn't really put out any filler as his new EPs for Honest Jons testify, forget the remixes it's all about the original cuts for me. Keeping the beats rolling I then veered into the Clonious remix of Take from the new album of Take remixes on Alpha Pup and then dropped the tempo but kept the beats with Adi Dick and his Spacedust tune from the latest in the Project Moon Circle Ego beatmaker comps, this time showcasing talent from Australia and New Zealand.

"Electro-aquatic-kraut-afro-funk-sonic-experimentation-unit" Snorkel then got all rowdy before Exile hit us with some exotic beats and the excellently named 'PCP laced Beedies'. If that wasn't enough I dropped some killer dubwise runnings from Black Chow, aka Kevin Martin and Kiki Hitomi - check Jahtari for the release, essential. Mago Bo with a Filastine twist kept the low end theory but added a global twist before Barbara Morgenstern arrived with a very personal take on Prince's 'Sign Of The Times', you've got to love a good cover version.

The unprolific yet quality Fudge Fingas has finally made an album and it's solid through and through as the downtempo soulful delights of 'It's About Time' testify which led into the latest Owiny Sigoma Band track - watch out for a sprawling Theo Parrish remix on the flipside, coming on Record Shop Day..

T.R.A.C. - Tel-lie-vision Marc Mac Intermission (BBE promo)
Padwriterz feat Juba Zaki - Time Don't Exist (Eklektik)
Michal Cimala & Obba Supa - Building Up, Obba Supa rmx feat Radimo (Chakra Sounds Bandcamp)
The Stepkids - Shadows on Behalf (Stones Throw promo)
Gayngs - Crystal Rope (Jagjagwar)
Dorian Concept - Thank You All The Time Forever (Ninja Tune)
Shackleton - Deadman (Honest Jons)
Take - Neon Beams, The Clonious rmx (Alpha Pup)
Adi Dick - Spacedust (Project Moon Circle)
Snorkel - Stop Machine (Slowfoot free download)
Exile - PCP Laced Beedies (All City promo)
Black Chow - Wonderland Version (Jahtari)
Maga Bo - Ransom, Filastine rmx (Senseless promo)
Barbara Morgenstern - Sign Of The Times (Monika Enterprise)
Fudge Fingas - It's About Time (Prime Numbers promo)
Owiny Sigoma Band - Wires (Brownswood promo)