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