Divn't Fret Pet

It's been a long time since I left you...and the rest, sorry that the blog ain't been updated recentally thats all going to be taken care of the next few days with tracklists for all the shows being upped...in case you listened and are still wondering what the fuck was that...and also so I have a record that isn't just lying around in a red A5 notebook.
Anyway yeah if you hadn't picked up on the fact that the show is now on Tuesday 21:00-23:00 on NSRFM.CO.UK then this is the warning, Forward Motion is on air again...also worth checking out in my humble opinion is the Monday back to back soundclash which all kicks off at 19:00 and blazes through to 23:00, and features my old buddies Unknown Pleasures followed by the Heavyweight guys, who bring premium dubstep action to the station, ...and to world headquarters, gutted I missed the last one due to a misbehaving gut and general fatigue due to a cold and too much work.
In the meantime tune in Tonight....
...also hold tight for a new Alex Bok Bok mix soon, in the meantime check out his show on Sub Fm which is on every other Monday 6-8pm...

Delays and more...plus Lightbomb

Ok so the news is that Forward Motion will hit the internets audio pool very soon, and it will be Tuesday 9-11 pm on NSR FM. They're just fixing the streamer at the moment, so hopefully next Tuesday will see the return of Forward Motion....don't worry we won't be focusing entirely on dubstep, it's not all I listen to and as I don't mix I figure two hours of a mixture of related music, going down the electronic, beat-based leftfield club music direction...will describe it fairly broadly and totally unaccurately. Needless to say the playlists say it all, just means I'll have to find some new tunes out there that have the same effect on me as Para One's Beat Down, which is on the Dudes EP on Shadetek records and also on the Beat Down EP on Institubes.
In the meantime get yourself down to the Chillingham Arms on Chillingham Road in Heaton, to see Lightbomb/ Syphus, Fresh Jon, Firebrand and Outgroup (formerly Hadoken) should be well worth checking out. I know from past experiences that both Lightbomb and Outgroup are well worth checking out, and all I've heard is good things about Fresh Jon and Firebrand. I sadly won't be there due to a party that has been arranged for sometime, but less of that, get yourself down there and check it out.

Heavyweight Bass Pressure

So the countdown to the relaunch of NSR begins, I haven't had my show time officially confirmed but unless I hear any differently I'll assume my show is on Tuesday 9-11pm which trust me I'm happy as fat Larry about.
Got to say big up to the Heavyweight guys who will be on NSR as well, really looking forward to hearing the show, especially after a sick night was had by all on Thursday night at world headquarters. Great sets by all, I especially felt Elgato's set of rather fine garage made me smile from ear to ear, and skank in a rather mad way. So much so that by the time that Dynamix was on the decks my skanking had gone into a lactic acid controlled quarter step, or maybe the vodka and lack of sleep was to blame, and maybe some over enthuisatic bouncing to Gareth Hocking's set too. Also it was beautiful to see that blokes were outnumbered by lasses, who were skanking and shaking like there was no tomorrow, I certainly wished there wasn't a tomorrow but that was just the thought of work at 8:30. Next time I'll take my camera so you can have some physical evidence of the night.
The rumour mill is in full effect and all I can promise is that there are plenty more larger than life nights lined up in the coming months, and well even those who venture out only at weekends can attend too.
Hold Tight

Dubstep Toon Takeover

So dubstep seems to be laying some roots in Newcastle, which can only be a good thing, I'm a little bored of breaks and drum'n'bass, let alone breakcore which although I do like the stuff I can't seem to stand a night of it.
So what are these nights I speak of, first off is Heavyweight which happens this Thursday at World Headquarters, and the guys Aems and Dynamix can then be heard on NSRFM on the 18th of this month.
Then we have a new venue for some dubstep shenigans in Stereo on the 9th November with DJ's Elgato, Gareth Hocking, Dynamix, Hado, and Nirz

Also on the NSRFM front Forward Motion looks to be back, more on this very soon.

Last One?

So due to other commitments Tuesdays final show of Forward Motion is pre-recorded which means I can give you the tracklist now. I hope this one sounds as good as Fridays show to your ears, as their has been a bit more effort in editting etc than a normal two hour show entails. Sadly this is the last Forward Motion of this Utopia broadcast, and maybe the last for a while depending on the NSR situation.
Peace

Dawn Penn - No No
Skream - Deep Concentration
Headhunter - 7th Curse

Team Shadetek - Brooklyn Anthem
Davinche - Eyez on U 2
Luke.Envoy - Gamma

Sizzla - Obstacle(Blackdown refix)
Midosini - Nozimanga (Uthando Luphelile Dub)
Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub

Bonde do Tiagro - O Baile Todo
Black Jack - Have I Told You
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey (Remix)

Filastine - Judas Goat
D1 - Crack Bong
Emalkay - Gut Feelin

Omen - Aphrodite
Benga - Killers About

Doctor - Gotta Man
Wiley - One Avalanche
Scuba - Twista

The Congos feat. Paul St. Hiliare - Carthage (Fisherman Dub)
Amen Andrews - Grime II Dark
Drop The Lime - Brooklyn Skank

Various - Lost
Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Rivers of Congo
Wasteland - Shadow Line

Kelis - Suspended

Caffenine and Bass to Recover

Well that was a show and a half even if I say so myself, I'm just drinking coffee now to get myself off to work after only a few hours sleep, it was worth it though.

S.L.A.B - The Anthem Intro
Dabrye feat. Wajeed - Jorgy
Mordant Music - No Air

DJ Pinch - Punisher
Amen Andrews - Like a Machine
Jammer - Hallow Man

Peeping Tom feat. Amon Tobin - Don't Even Trip
Wasteland - Technology
Urizen - Chain Gang

Kode 9 feat. the Space Ape - Spit
Tolcha feat. RQM and Sasha Perera - Crushed Like Ice
Ghislain Poirier - Pompa Pimp

Sunship feat. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove remix)
Stacs of Stamina - Poisson Screwed
Team Shadetek - Brooklyn Anthem

Skream - Glamma
Kromestar & Cessman - Kalawanji
Wiley - Wot Do U Call It? (Igloo Instrumental)

Young Dot - Bazooka (Remix)
Benga - 6306

AFX - Fenix Funk 5
Timeblind - Ontological Ground of Being
DJ /Rupture feat. Lily - Lonesome Side

Digital Mystikz - Give Jah Glory
Burial - Distant Lights
Benny Ill, Kode 9 and The Culprit - Fat Larry's Skank

Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Dubstep, errors and there is no webcam in the studio!

So that was the show that was two and a half hours long courtesy of a computer issue, and the show before not getting played, sorry Laura, it was sounding great too, unlike my show, which if it wasn't for great music would have been absymal. So here is the tracklist:-

Kilmanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - The Nothing Changes
Elemental - Deep Unfer
Burial - You Hurt Me
Goth Trad - Back to Chill
Various Production - Hater
Surkin - Ghetto Obsession 2006
TTC - Catalogue
Rhythm and Sound - Let We Go (Ricardo Villalobos remix)

Blackdown - Crackle Blues
Boxcutter - Bad You Do
Luke Envoy - Honor Kill
Coki - Officer
Skream - Smiley Face

Bola - Vhieneray
Modeselektor feat. Paul St. Hiliare - Fake Emotion (Dabrye remix)
AFX - Boxing Day
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Drop the Lime - Brooklyn Skank
Soundmurderer and SK-1 - Toronto V.I.P

DJ Shadow feat Keak Da Sneak and Turf Talk - 3 Freaks
M.R.K.1 - Rat Trap
Benga - Killers About
Siqnature - Toque
Luke Vibert and Jean Jacques Perry - Moog Acid (Plastician Remix)
Low Deep - Str8 Flush

Slaughter Mob - Dub Weapon
Loefah - Root
Distance - Traffic

Nina Simone - Strange Fruit

FIN

The Irony Isn't Lost

What does it mean when Banksy is news worthy on Radio 2? I mean Radio 1 I could understand, but Radio 2, so yes I was flicking through stations on my phone on a metro ride home and came across radio 2 and I'm not an avid listener though I do know who they cater for and Banksy doesn't strike me as someone Radio 2's target audience would care for. I'm sure some avid fans of Banksy thanks to his exposure via the broadsheets may listen, but this seems slightly off kilter.
What was the story you may wonder, well it was that he who shall be called Banksy doctored 500 copies of the Paris Hilton album cover prior to them appearing in stores. Nice guerilla attack, I will admit she's a good target, though part of me wonders if this isn't the sort of PR that Paris's no doubt huge PR army have been dreaming about, an infamous artist doctoring you, its publicity she didn't need, hell I had forgot she was launching a sonic attack on us, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one. I have a feeling whether he intended to or not Banksy has done his victim a favour on this one.
Yes I do realise I'm acting as a PR for both of them with this, the irony isn't lost.

For More coverage see the linked to article in the heading or here

Updates and meandering self indulgent blogging

Ok so I return briefly, just to keep things updated, September 16th sees Utopia relaunch with a few tit bits hopefully from me...including Forward Motion and hopefully a one hour narrative in music, more on that when I have it done. Also the dubstep documentary should be stepping up a gear in the next few weeks, if you want to suggest voices/opinions you want to hear let me know, I'm trying to escape the normal documentary route so abstract thoughts are welcome. I'm thinking alot about narratives recentally, I'm thinking of weaving narratives on this documentary.
So why so quiet, I know this blog has and for the near future has never been on a par with the real blogs that I feed google reader with daily but I feel that this absensce has been extreme, even more extreme when I think that even the dubstep forum hasn't been accessed for far too long either. It feels like I've been withdrawn from music, and I'm not sure how it happened bar the fact that working in a jewellers has became my exsistence something I need to escape from quite quickly. If only to save my chances of completing a masters or even entering a world outside retail. I'll fill this with links when I have time. Relationships with work colleagues are frowned upon apparantly, I usually find them frought with very little common ground but your status quo, and well everyone has differing asspirations and goals. Though I have to comment that although it is all to obvious to what relationships they're refering, surely it just says something about the world we live in that they phrase it like this, ensuating as it does if you take it too literally that all around you should remain alien for fear of the firing. Although the banning of relationships in workplaces is surely a repressive line, I mean even if it's a ban against those between various levels or roles, surely work is the one place that relationships are likely to grow...I'm deeply romantic, in my opinion, as those who've read my ramblings long ago will know but meeting in work is more likely than say developing a close meaningful relationship on the public transport system, which is more than likely taking you too and from work. Maybe I should join a knitting club.
If you've stayed with this throughout well done, I expect you to buy my novel should I ever write or publish such a thing, judging from this I think it unlikely.

A Primer For July On This Wet June Night

Next month sees the release of the follow up to what I think of one of the best albums in my collection, and of 2004, October by Wasteland. The album itself merged so many genres into a melting pot that seemed to have hardcore structual backbone based in grime and somewhat loosely in crunk, yet had enough deep ambience and hints at both I-Sounds and DJ Scuds individual pasts that it made it a totally essential album for home listening, as well as one that had tracks that worked so well in a night environment it was untrue. Well now 2006 is upon us, the focus of 'urban music' has slightly shifted and so it seems has the focus of Wasteland from the one track that I've heard from the album before it hits the shops in July, Technology is a bass heavy, dark, judder monster that wears it's dubstep allegiences on the sleeve. I for one can't wait for the album.

Newcastle and Sunderland people beware DJ Marloboro is hitting World Headquarters on the 9th July as part of the excellent No-Fi series, bring on the funk carioca I will be there.

Doughnuts

I have to say that Lethal Bizzle although not my favourite MC has delivered a defence of "black music" in the wake of David Cameron's slamming of Tim Westwood's Radio 1 show and generally the presence of violence in lyrics. Its an age old accusation of culture creating a social problem, froms murders inspired by metallica to Cameron's current rage. My line on it is that targeting music is turning your eyes away from the causes of the problem and going for a target that doesn't require a great reassessment of the situation and the beliefs held by yourself and society at large.

Notice of Cancellation of Your Supply....and a few thoughts

So thats it until September, no more shows, but I shall survive somehow without a microphone near my mouth. Turns out that the streamer and playout computer in the NSR studio have had near fatal episodes in the past few weeks. I'd do a great job of explaining why, but quite frankly I think NSR overall doesn't deserve me trampling upon it, especially considering the last five years of broadcasting experience it's given me. I'm not sure if Forward Motion will return to NSR, we'll have to wait and see. Though fear not the show will be on Utopia in September all being well.
Not much to report at the moment, summer jaunts that have been planned seem unlikely to go ahead or will not go ahead. I'm definitley not going to Barcelona for Sonar or in fact the soot party in that fair city...I'm unlikely to be hitting London for FWD on Thursday, as much as I wanna go. In the meantime I'm currently setting up a documentary that will be looking at Dubstep and its roots...so people be wary I'll be hitting inboxes soon.
I'm currently listening to what I can only describe as a pleasant excursion into the country in the form of soft melting electronic loops, and folk elements, with lovely ambient samples all courtesy of a fellow geordie by the name of Matinee Orchestra, if you want what I just described for a bit of summer home listening I can't recommend enough if you wanna shock out and rave go pick up Kid 606's latest effort Pretty Girls Make Raves...a very true statement, it seems to be a recurring theme that to be a good night you need female presence...too many men spoil the party.

Cancelation again

Oh damnation having to the cancel show tonight, and in fact I think that we don't have much time left for NSR shows...hopefully next week. Sorry guys

Reload

Sometimes it good to get back to NSR...I may have technical issues, and I may be a bit rusty, but it at least allows me to play whatever I want, without worrying about language contained within tracks thats the joy of an online broadcast, there's a little less to worry about. So without further a do here's tonights tracklist!!!

Wasteland - Industrial Injury
Vex'd - Smartbomb
Kode 9 and the Space Ape - Fukkaz
Benga - 6306
Dusk and Blackdown - Submerge

Uniform feat. Lydia Lunch - Sex is a contract, History is a Trick
Ghislain Poirier feat. Beans - Cold as Hell
Project Polaroid (Kool Keith) feat. Prince Po - Mechanical Mechanix
Atki2 feat. Rennee Silver - Shocking Out Proud

Razor X feat. Cutty Ranks - Boom Boom Claat
Timeblind feat. Wayne Lonesome - Come Back Wicked
DJ /Rupture feat. Wicked Act - No Heathen
Modeselektor feat. Matt Shadetek - Hasir
Mutamassik - M28

Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey (Remix)
Skream - Smiley Face
Boxcutter - Bad You Do

Wiley - Eskiboy
Black Jack - Have I Told You
Virus Syndicate - Ready to Learn
Kano - Reload It

TTC - Catalogue
Autechre - LCC
Al Haca feat. Ras Mc Tweed - Screw

Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Does sub-bass effect the movement of a pendulum?

I'm not entirely sure where that question appeared from, it just struck me as a curious question. Anyway moving on I played my penultimate show on Utopia Fm last night for this FM broadcast at least, and here is the tracklist...tonight I will be back on air on NSRFM sorry about the one week absence...this summer I promise to put the Forward Motion house in order, we will have something more than just music and me introducing the tracks, I promise...
In the meantime here is last nights show tracklist, typed while I listen to the new Rekid album on Soul Jazz -it's quite tasty, in a glitched up house type vain.

Wiley - Gangstarz
Ghislain Poirier - Pampa Pimp
Jimmy Edgar - My Beats
Skream - Glamma
Scuba - Thank U

DJ Distance - Taipan
Lewi White - Platoon
Plastician - Aqua Riddim
Enduser - Interuption
Sunship feat. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove Mix)

Rhythm and Sound feat. Cornell Campbell - King In My Empire
Coki - Officer
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Boxcutter - Silver Birch Solstice
Boards of Canada - Dayvan Caravan

Team Shadetek feat. Wayne Lonesome - Dem Nuh Know Me (Yoga Mix)
Drop the Lime - Get On
DJ /Rupture feat. DJ Collage - Rude Boy Talk
Filastine - Crescent Occupation
Burial - Southern Comfort

M.R.K. 1 - Daywalker
Bong Ra - Serpent Tongue for the Blues
Diplo - Money Power Respect
Bjork - The Truimph of a Heart
Gregory Issacs - Spot and Beat the Bank

Bringing the beats to all along the wear

So its a little quiet on the blog front on my end, I seem to have found far too much to keep myself busy with including two radio shows for Utopia, Forward Motion and me getting my collab on with a friend named Jacob Strong to do a little folk show, entitled That's all Folk...a little more on that later.
Right now I'm preparing tonights show for Sunderlands airwaves, and well thought best inform you guys what I was playing.....

Skream - Midnight Request Line
Kode 9 and the Space Ape - Stalker
Kode 9 and the Space Ape - Spit (dub)
Davinche - Sometimes
Techno Animal - Robosapian
Team Shadetek - Limes
Vex'd - Bombardment of Saturn

Ghislain Poirier feat. Seba - Elephant (Partie Un)
Atki2 feat. Renee Silver - Shocking out Proud
Badawi - Lack of dub to the brain
Benga - 6306
Jimmy Edgar - Pret a Porter
M.R.K 1 - Ready to Love

Black Jack - Have I told you
Blackdown and Dusk - Drenched
Amon Tobin - Ruthless
The Bug - Bomb Version
Wasteland - Shadow Lines

Boxcutter - Tauhid
Enduser - Another Door Opens
Cyrus (Random Trio) - Indian Stomp
Radiq - Dub Suite (Tokyo Dub)
Clark - Urgent Jell Hack
Kid 606 - Hold it together
Jamie Liddel - Multiply (in a minor key (Gonzales remix))

Utopian Ideals

Firstly sadly have to say that tonights Forward Motion on NSRFM is off, there is a myriad of reasons behind this but it is off tonight...next week we should be back.
Now for the good stuff the tracklist of the first Forward Motion on FM, and the first FM broadcast I've done for a while. It went pretty well, with feedback ranging from it being good through to it being challenging, both of which are compliments.
So here goes

Wiley - Wot do u call it? (Igloo Instrumental Mix)
Bruza - Doin Me
Skream - Smiley Face
M.R.K 1 - Rat Trap
DJ /Rupture feat. Sister Nancy - Little More Oil

Ghislain Poirier feat. Mr. Lee G - They Wanna Know
Modeselektor - The Rapanthem
Atki2 - The Year of the Cockeral
Boxcutter - Brood
Distance - Traffic

Loefah - Root
1 Speed Bike - Why are all the dogs dying of cancer
Beans - 3
dDamage & Kowatbo - The Pervert
Pinch - Qawwalli V.I.P
Burial - Broken Home

Richard Devine - Timach
Siqnature - Toque
Venetian Snares - Aamelotasis
Razor X feat. He-Man - Killer
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey (Remix)

Low Deep - Str8 Flush
Slew Dem - Joyride Riddim
M.I.A - Pull up the People
Bonde de Role - Melo de Tobacco (Paul Devro Mix)
TTC - Du Sang Sur Le Dancefloor


Slow Song
Tiombe Lockhart - Don't Understand

When the neighbours hear the low end rhythm there's gonna be

Just came across a tidy website and crew called Trouble & Bass who feature some blogger favourites such as Kid Kameleon, Starkey, Mathhead and Syrup Girls...even better than that there are a few tasty mixes up there too.

A view from the studio

So here I come with the latest tracklist. Also I'm feeling the strange excitement as the Utopia Fm broadcast draws near, my first show on Monday night and hell am I not ready...I never am.

DJ Pinch - Qawalli
DJ C feat. Capleton - Conscience A Hang Dem (Aaron Spectre remix)
dDamage - Boggle
Skream - Rottan
Scuba - Words
Wiley - One Avalanche
Beans - 5
Shadow Huntaz - Deander
DJ Shadow feat. Keek da Sneek - 3 Freaks
Spank Rock - Sweet Talk
Modeselektor feat. Paul St. Hiliare - Fake Emotion (Dabrye Remix)
Jimmy Edgar - Pret~a~Porter
DJ /Rupture feat. Wicked Act - No Heathen (Blacksmith Mix)
Elephant Man, Wayne Marshall etc - Dem Time Deh Mixdown
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey
Wiley - Fire Fly (Bass Mix)
Young Dot - Bazooka
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Loefah - Goat Stare
Benga - Electro Musik
Dusk and Blackdown - Submerge
Search and Destroy - Candyfloss (Loefah Remix)
Burial - Broken Home
Massive Attack - Teardrop (Mad Proffesors Remix)

If only Radios had bass bins

I'd like to blame the fact that I never get the playlists up quickly or at all down to pure work overload, sadly I fear it has more to do with laziness. Though fear not just short of 48 hours later here is Tuesdays playlist.

Techno Animal - Robosapian
DJ Pinch - Qawwali
Uniform feat. Franko B - No One Saw the Difference
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Dem a Bomb We (Dem Version)
Filastine feat. MC Subzero Permafrost - Boca de Ouro
Team Shadetek - Limes
Wiley - Freeze (Devils Mix)
Plastician - Aqua Riddim
Loefah and Skream - 28 grams
Kode 9 and Space Ape - Fukkaz
Lewi White - Platoon
Burial - Broken Home
Boxcutter - Tauhid
Coki - Officer
Razor X feat. Wayne Lonesome - Slew Dem
Bong Ra feat. Mike Redman - Red Rum
Al Haca feat. Sizzla - Break the Silence
Rhythm and Sound feat. The Chosen Brothers - Mash Down Babylon
Mala - Neverland
Vex'd - Bombardment of Saturn
Cyrus - Indian Stomp
Modeselektor feat. Sasha Perera - Silikon

The Slow Song
Tiombe Lockhart - Don't Understand

Information overlord

So this is the news upfront, hell it's being put on here before the official sources release it. Forward Motion will hit the FM parts of your dials, if you're in Sunderland or nearby, four times in the space of two week, for a grand total of 8 hours, do the maths.
So when can you catch me disrupting the airwaves, well lets start with a location and work towards times and dates. It'll be on 102.4 Utopia Fm and you'll be able to hear me on Monday 23:00 - 01:00 (Gonna be able to follow me with the Breezeblock, clever programming even if I say so myself) and Friday 23:00 - 01:00 (That's gonna kill me, with work at 10 the next morning).
What can you expect - the same music policy, jingles, me still, oh and internet users do not fear I will be still doing the NSR Tuesday night show, which will be used to highlight the best bits of the FM show too.
Oh and Myspace is taking over the world here is Utopia and the myspace music account for me.
In the meantime it's good to see that there is more new artwork up at eatmorechickens.
If I have anymore news be sure to know it will be here first...and no sadly there are no gigs lined up for me to DJ at which is just as well because I still can't beat match.

This is how we return

Aaliyah - Try Again (Yes, I really did start with it)
Badawai - Lack of dub to the brain
Vex'd - Killing Floor
Scuba - Thank U
Davinche - Sometimes
dDamage - Boggle
Ghislain Poirier feat. Mr Lee G - They Wanna Know
Bola de Toya - Aloladinha
Unknown Artist - Cabecada
Boxcutter - Bad You Do
Benga - 6306
Cyrus - Troy
Loefah - Goat Stare
Al Haca feat. RQM - Irationfea
Skream - Midnight Request Line

Bok Bok Vocal Mix Part 2

Paul St. Hiliare - Carthage
Pinch - Qawalli V.I.P

Shouldn't have left ya without a dope beat to step to

Ladies and gentlemen, the wait is nearly over...Forward Motion returns tomorrow night 9-11 at NSRFM complete with PART 2 of Bok Bok's latest mix for us, which is well worth the month long wait trust me.
Hold tight for Utopia

In the meantime

Oh man, do I feel some frustration bubbling to the fore. NSR FM is off on it's easter break and not being at Newcastle Uni I didnt realise til the Tuesday afternoon, so part 2 of the grime vocals mix by Bok Bok will have to wait till late April, early May.
Talking of May, I'm happy to announce that between May 15th and 26th if you're in the Sunderland area you will be able to catch me on FM 2 times a week, we're working on sorting out a stream all being well. So that is Forward Motion twice a week on FM for 2 weeks in May. Yes, Forward Motion is the name thats been opt'd for, hopefully the show will be a nice bass filled excursion for the mackem lads and lasses.
Tracklists for the last few shows will appear here soon, as will a top 10.
In the meantime hold tight for the Burial album on Hyperdub, that is gonna be something serious.
Also get your ears digesting DJ Pinch's V.I.P mix of Qawwali...sparse and haunting, just immense.
Peace

Hold Tight

Sorry to anyone who has been awaiting tracklists for the previous shows, they will appear soon, I promise, along with some news.

Then there was this

Sorry about the highly unoriginal title, if anyone is interested there is a beautiful piece of radio by Gregory Whitehead over at Radio 3.
Anyway what did you hear/miss this week, well this is it:

Skream - Midnight Request Line
Vex'd - Smart Bomb
Distance - Fallen
Wasteland - Wintermission
High Priest - Book of Keys vol.1
Nice Nice - Uh Oh
Heat Sensor - Falls into Creek
Kode 9 feat. The Space Ape - Sign of the Dub
Burial - South London Boroughs
Benga - Walkin Bass
Slaughter Mob - Dub Weapon
Razor X - Killer Version
Team Shadetek - Gal Ya Nah Beg
Rhythm and Sound - King In My Empire
the Bug feat. Paul St Hiliare - Some Days
Wiley - Morgue
Davinche - Eyez on U
Young Dot - Bazooka
Slew Dem - Grime
Various Production - Hater
Coki - Officer
Scuba - Timba
Dusk and Blackdown - Submerge
Loefah - Goat Stare
Boxcutter - Sunshine
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me

First of two weeks of playlists

Playlist for 21/02/06

Boxcutter - Brood
Pressure - Money Honey(Remix)
Loefah - Root
Search and Destroy - Candyfloss (Loefah Remix)
Rhythm and Sound - See Mi Yah (Truly Version)
Modeselektor - Hasir
Diplo - Way More
Bonde Do Role - Funk de Eshifa
Unknown Artsist - Cabacada
DJ /Rupture feat. Wayne Lonesome - Dem Nuh Know Me
Team Shadetek feat. Red Dragon - Gal Ya Nah Beg
Vex'd - Pop Pop
Toasty - Knowledge
Loefah and Skream - Fearless
Davinche - K.Dot
Plasticman - Aqua Riddim
The Bug feat. Paul St. Hiliare - Some Day
Kode 9 feat. the Space Ape - Fukkaz
Burial - Nite Train
Mala - Neverland
Distance - Fallen
Wiley - Morgue
Grim Dubs vol.1. - track 1
Virus Syndicate - Karma
Wasteland - In Your Sleep

Love today is Music

So the show this week had to be kept away from falling into any valentines sandtraps, didn't want anything too romantic, was planning on kicking it all the way up the gears for a big shockout session to welcome back the two hour shift and also to let heads forget valentines, but somehow the show took it's own course, as ever cd's not playing, cd's skipping, cd players not recognising cd's...all the usual shenigans really.

As ever big up to Bok Bok who manages to keep me on my toes both with his feedback and his own show. For those who want to discover who the shy retiring or, if you believe certain people, the seductively voiced southern geordie is then here is Matt DV, me on myspace

So here's the tracklist, without further a do:

Tiombe Lockhart - Don't Understand
Four Tet - A Joy
Various Production - Hater
TTC - Girlfriend
Davinche - Sometimes
Skepta - Private Caller (Instrumental)
Boxcutter - Brood
Skream - Midnight Request Line
Young Dot - Bazooka
Black Jack - Have I Told You
Lethal Bizzle - Against All Oddz
Slew Dem - Joyride
Ghislain Poirier feat. Mr Lee G - They Wanna Know
Timeblind feat. Wayne Lonesome - Come Back Wicked
Kode 9 feat. Daddi Gee - Sign of the Dub
Dusk and Blackdown - Submerge
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey
Coki - Officer
Loefah - Root
Enduser - 111.01 Miles
Wasteland - Shadow Line
Vex'd with Search and Destroy - End of Line
Toasty - Take it Personal
Mark One - Anger Management
Terror Danjah - Piano Madness
Team Shadetek - She
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Peace and Happy Valentines one and all

Back once again like a renegade master

So things are changing around here again, the show is back to two hours, this time around 9-11pm on Tuesdays as NSRFM if you wanna know what to expect here is a belated posting of last weeks tracklist. This week old friend of the show Jon Whittaker will be popping in for the show.

Tracklist for 07-02-06

Loefah - Twis Up
Drop the Lime - Dreams
Sunship feat. Warrior Queen - Almighty Father (Solid Groove Mix)
Prefuse 73 and Four Tet - Creating Cyclical Headaches
Boxcutter - Sunshine
Rhythm and Sound with Jennifer Lara - Queen in my Empire
Burial - Broken Home
Wasteland - In Your Sleep
DJ /Rupture feat. Lilly - Lonesome Side
Crazy Titch - World is Crazy
Kode 9 and Space Ape - Fukkaz
Mala - Neverland
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Dem a Bomb We (Dem Version)

Back in Cyberspace

So I returned to the airwaves last night, one hour only now but I think to be honest that keeps what I play down to what is truly essential though I think you'll notice that grime and dubstep will begin to outweigh everything else I play. XvScott has warned me that the streaming is still a little dodgy I'll have a word about that, although I do know that everything was fine with my levels, even if I wasn't cueing things up for levels, tut tut. Apart from that the usual CD player issues struck, Kode 9's Fukkaz just didn't sound right to me tonight.
I'm currently planning a website, which will feature some downloads of my non-musical radio stuff, currently working on a reworking of a soundscape I completed less than a month ago, and also an audio version of Beauty Is A Skill if I can get my ass in gear and record it without any trips or floundering.
So anyway here is the tracklist from last night
Peace
Matt

Bonde Do Role - Funk da Eshifa
Black Jack - Haven't I Told You
Al Haca Sound System feat. Sizzla - Break the Silence
Vex'd - Smart Bomb
Kode 9 and The Space Ape - Fukkaz
Young Dot - Bazooka
DJ Distance - Fallen
Mala - Neverland
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Dem A Bomb We
Wiley - Morgue
Loefah - Goat Stare
Boxcutter - Brood
M. Sayyid - The Ills
Roll Deep - Sidewinder

Well I'm now a little more optimistic

All being well the show will return next tuesday, from what I've heard of NSR's stream the sound quality isn't back to what it should be, the show will finish at 11 from now on building management issues.
What is going on at NSR at the minute gives me the chance to reflect and in hindsight I regret being part of the executive committee that introduced the constant stream. The problem as I see it is the studio is now constantly in use, which means that NSR never gets a chance to get the team in their for one on one training, and the chance to rerecord some of the jingles, let alone tidy it up, and with the building issues it just doesn't work for NSR...to be honest NSR reflects exactally what is happening with student radio in the UK, there is a clear lack of direction. Stations are looking for ways to compete with the likes of Radio 1 and in most cases they do this by replicating Radio 1, and not looking for their own format, I'm aware of the issues you can only do what your presenters want to do, but with a bit of training it might be possible to change the direction. The other key issue is that in the current market place is student radio is financially struggling, their isn't the money about to support student radio through commercials anymore, local businesses that rely on students for business have realised that in most cases listenership is not what we'd all like it to be and that there other, better ways to attract business.
The biggest issue facing student radio is just how insular most management teams make student radio, the amount of bickering among members puts people off listening to the station, sees the genuine talent leave the station, and student radio cannot simply afford to be a club for those record collections, instead it needs to be a far more positive experience, that will help push the stations forwards, but forward thinking student unions are also needed, as well as the type of station management that will push a station in the right direction instead of gettin stuck in the replication of the past.

It's off tonight, next week I'll be back!!!

So the server/compressor are down and out of action, so I hear.
So I'm at home putting together a production file for a proposal of a radio documentary on the subject of Sonic Warfare, entitled Sounds Dangerous! Just added the exclamation mark now, I like it but it might be a little too street and young for the proposed audience, this is all hypothetical it won't be getting made anytime soon, it's just an idea for university, though I'd be interested in making it. In amongst this production file is a Kode9 compilation, which seems a bit weird so I'm currently writing a few hundred words on why I think it would work on the particular network.
But I digress, I haven't bought any new records, I have however bought some MP3's from Bleep, finally got Stalker (where is sign of the dub? disappointed), DMZ001 finally and erm some other stuff that I've forgotten already.
Anyone got any requests for next weeks show, other than that there be one! Also check out Bok Bok on Saturday nights, man his record collection.
Peace
Matt

Compression, huh?

This blog is starting to sound like I have nothing but troubles, yet again I have to state that I had problems during the show...yes the compressor was playing up and affecting the levels of bass going through, while I also got told the building was closing at 11 so I had to cut my show short by an hour. However it was good to blow the cobwebs off, and throw out a selection of some of my favourites tunes from last year, and one or two new ones. If you want some really heavy dubstep go check out the breezeblock dubwars at the usual sources.

Tracklist

Skepta - Private Caller (Instrumental Mix)
Kode 9 feat. Daddi Gee - Spit
Modeselektor - Hasir
Skream - Midnight Request Line
Bonde Do Role - Funk da Esfiha
M.I.A - Fire, Fire
Burial - Southern Comfort
Vex'd - Canyon
Pressure feat. Warrior Queen - Money Honey
Various Productions - Hater
Airborn Audio - This Year
Davinche - Sometimes
Boxcutter - Brood

Hype Hype

The show is back this Tuesday at 10pm, I've a few things lined up for this one so be at the ready. In the meantime sit back and enjoy the usual suspects on your/my rss feed.