Global SoulJah and BBE Records radio show

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 7 February, 2010

James Barrie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:15:44 GMT

Kanyor eases us into this weeks show with a wonderful slice of new soul courtesy of the French funk, soul and hip hop obsessed French label Padlem. Starkey then shows his versatility and keeps the mellow vibe rolling with a great slice of future soul coming to Planet Mu soon. You're going to have to wait until late summer for DJ Cam's album but from what I've heard it's going to be worth the wait and I'm loving the organic, cinematic slice of bassline music called Seven. Then to destroy the mellow vibe along comes Aarvarck with a track from his Bloom series of white labels on Kindred Spirits with a nasty yet hypnotic slice of leftfield dubstep. Pretty much anything by Mike Ladd is alright with me and Kick Anthem from his Infesticons twisted rock project is no exception, album due sometime in April. First there was Akon, rather surprisingly and quite an inspired choice K'naan is the new musical voice of Coca Cola in this summer's world cup and now Nneka looks like she could be the next African to start making noise on the global urban music scene and I'm particularly liking the Changes track - album out now. The catchily entitled The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble is Madlibs latest project and it is a thing of jazzual wonder - Madlib has long left the tag of beat maker behind, this is just next level musical shizzle. I couldn't resist dropping another slice of Cuban inspired vintage African music in the form of the late great Pedro Gnonnas and then one of his heirs apparent The Soul Jazz Orchestra follow with a great slice of uptempo Fela inspired Afro Jazz and it's whetted my appetite for the album no end - quality through and through. Keeping the vintage vibes I then dropped another slice of classic disco from possibly the best Disco compilation of the year Al Kent's Disco Love, lovely. Alif Tree's Clockwork album from last year was one of my favourite albums of 2009 and Compost are keeping his vibe alive with some nice remixes via a remix competition and I'm particularly liking what Homegroove have done with Aurevoir. Prime Numbers are holding down the quality big time and the forthcoming Fudge Fingas ep is another winner, 3 tracks of quality house music. Bonobo's latest album is dropping at the end of March and an inspired set of remixes of the first single Eyesdown have just started to circulate. Personally I'm feeling the Floating Points rub but also check the bassline dancefloor winner remix from Warrior One. Kaynor - Antidote (Padlem promo) Starkey - Stars (Planet Mu promo) DJ Cam - Seven, album version (Inflammable promo) Aardvark - 1 (Kindred Spirits white) The Infesticons - Kick Anthem (Big Dada promo) Nneka - Changes, J.Period rmx (Decon inc promo) The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - Two Stories for Dwight (Stonesthrow) Pedro Gnonnas - Adigbedoto (Honest Jons) The Soul Jazz Orchestra - Agbara (Strut promo) Smile Street People - Lypso Disco (BBE Records) Alif Tree - Aurevoir, Homegrown Project (Compost promo) Fudge Fingas - It's About Time (Prime Numbers promo) Bonobo - Eyesdown, Floating Points rmx (Ninja Tune promo) Look out for Ty's album coming in April on BBE, here's a little word with the man himself:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 31 January 2010

James Barrie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:47 GMT

So it's all about the fresh beats this week. Hip hop beats, drum and bass beats, UK Funky beats, Balearic beats, deep almost spiritual 2-step beats, Baile Funk beats and from the motherland Kuduro beats. Mancini & The Creepers are back with their trademark UK hip hop wonkyness - original delivery, great lyrics and fresh for 2010 beats, love it. The lovely people at BBE are rolling out the 'Kings of' series with 4 Hero and DJ Marky dropping a tight selection of some of the best drum and bass tunes of all time - essential. The Raah Project are a couple of Australian boys from Melbourne putting their slant on a variety of musical styles and they've rustled up some great remixes of their recent material with the Patchworks remix being the pick of the bunch, 2-step never sounded so deep. Robot Koch has also been given the remix treatment from some of the hottest names around and the Blue Daisy mix of his 'While' track is tickling my lobes no end. Hip Hop is big in the show this week. Madlib has just produced underground Californian crew Strong Arm Steady and what I've heard is sounding great. DJ Center is a long time party rocking Brooklyn boy who has finally got into the studio, his output is eclectic and I'm particularly drawn by the quality hip hop of 'Leave The City' featuring the vocal talent of Oddisee. The more established Mos Def has been given a hefty bass heavy rerub from my favourite New York bassline warriors Sub Swara, another in a great line of remixes from them, they've got that Midas Touch. Silhouette Brown is back for 2010 and 2 Banks of Four have taken the quality 'Constant Questions' original into even deeper territory, lovely. My discovery of the week is the Elevator People label. I finally picked up their first release from last year on a rare vinyl buying excursion and it's a thing of balearic wonder and destined for discerning beach bars all over the world for a long time to come. So anyway the nice people at the label sent me through their next release, also from the mysterious Red Fulka and the original cut is a lovely warm slice of cosmic tropical house and i've put it in my beach bag already. Werk records threw a Lone curve ball at me recently with a 125bpm old school flavoured feel good uplifting house track which has got sunrise written all over it, the man just doesn't do downtempo cinematic afterall - keep taking the uppers mate. It looks like Hyperdub are set for another major year with some quality releases in the pipeline and first off is a tropical tinged stripped back slice of UK Funky courtesy of DVA - dancefloor killer for sure. Greymatter is about to drop his debut album after teasing us with some great re-edits in 2009 and I am happy to report that 'Eu Fumo' from the album is going to be ripping up every Baile Funk dance from Dalston to Rio - absolute killer! I finish the show with a slice of Kuduro from Killamu made in a shack in Luanda but guranteed to get the sweat flowing worldwide. Mancini & The Creepers - Trouble (Lula's Kitchen promo) Q Project - Move On (BBE Promo) The Raah Project - Will You Be There, Alex Patchwork Remix rmx (Summer Dawn Records promo) Robot Koch - While, Blue Daisy rmx (Project Moon Circle promo) Strong Arm Steady - Follow Me (Stones Throw Records) DJ Center - Leave The City Outside featuring Oddisee (Push The Fader promo) Mos Def - Quiet Dog, Sub Swara rmx (Free download) Silhoutte Brown - Constant Questions, 2 Banks of 4 40 Degree Rinse (2000 Black promo) Red Fulka - Crazy Meera (Elevator People promo) Lone - Once In A While (Werk promo) DVA - Natty (Hyperdub promo) Greymatter - Eu Fumo ft Deize Tigrona (Unique Uncut promo) Kilamu - Flaminguinho (Akwaaba Music) Check out this intersting little Kuduro report about Kilamu:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 24 January 2010

James Barrie — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:00:10 GMT

This weeks show kicks off with the admirable sentiment 'World Peace Now' one of the many great tracks on the new Build An Ark album, Love Part 1, if folk vibrations mixed with spiritual jazz sounds interesting to you then I urge you to buy it and don't forget to dig out their past offerings. The Fromwood remix of the Atjazz track Together closely follows. This was the product of a remix competition held last year and goes to show how much production talent is hidden away in bedrooms across the nation. Floating Points is back big style with a great new track called 'People's Potential' showing that his 2009 emergence wasn't just a flash in the pan and I can't wait to see what else he has up his sleeve. Monnette Sudler is a little known guitarist, arranger and composer based in Philadelphia and Heavenly Sweetness have teamed her up with French soul boy Blackjoy and the product is a pleasing tropical palm wine flavored remix to warm away these frosty nights. Orchestre OK Jazz make an appearance courtesy of a nice new compilation on Honest Jons called Africa Boogaloo a nice selection showcasing the vintage cross pollination of Cuban rhythms with the traditional music of the mother land. Carl Craig has come through with a great new jazz project, as is his want from time to time, and it's a winner. Reuniting members of the classic jazz collective The Tribe from Detroit they have recorded some brand new material as well as breathing new millennium life into a host of classics. More vintage grooves follow with a rare disco outing from Sun Ra, produced by disco production don Bob Blank whose work is being reappraised by an excellent compilation on Strut Records. Looking at his early disco work right through to his work with No Wave producers like The Aural Exciters this is a great retrospective. Thriller (not his real name) then comes through with a nice and scuzzy boogie edit 'Freak For You', who is this man of production mystery? The Q4 are a great hip hop crew hailing from the smokey depths of Amsterdam who devote great attention to production detail. They lovingly segue obscure samples and sympathetically combine them with live instrumentation and vocal touches, look out for the album coming soon on Project Moon Circle. Pangaea is is one of the great new breed of bassline experimentalists pushing the boundaries of the genre into unchartered territory and Hessle Audio is his latest home, check out the new EP. Georgia Anne Muldrow is dropping her new album in February and from what I've heard it's sounding great, look out for that on Ubiquity who are increasingly leading the charge with forward thinking hip hop and nu-soul. 24-Carat Black's second album has just been released after a 30 odd year wait after being shelved for being too non commercial, always a good sign. Admittedly it's not the cheeriest album ever produced but I'm telling you it's deep with some crazy little leftfield touches and a worth successor to Ghetto Misfortunes Wealth. Funk Deluxe provide a fitting end to this show rich in soul and jazz and it's another choice selection from the now available comp on BBE, John Morales - The M&M Mixes a timely look back at the work of John Morales courtesy of those nice people at BBE Records. Build An Ark - World Peace Now (Kindred Spirits) AtJazz feat Mr. J - Together, Fromwood Old Summer rmx (AtJazz) Floating Points - People's Potential (Eglo promo) Monnette Sudler - Baby Erik, Blackjoy rmx (Heavenly Sweetness promo) Orchestre OK Jazz - Ven Y Ven Y Ven (Honest Jons) Tribe - Denekas Chant (Planet E) Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet (Strut promo) Thriller - Freak For You (Thriller) The Q4 - One Of These Days (Project Moon Circle promo) Pangaea - Because Of You (Hessle Audio) Georgia Anne Muldrow - Thrones (Ubiquity Promo) The 24-Carat Black - The Best Of Good Love Gone (Numero) Funk Deluxe - This Time (BBE) Here's a bit more info about Carl Craig's Rebirth project:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 17 January 2010

James Barrie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:40:45 GMT

So here it is a New Year and it's looking like a good one musically already although all years are good ones if you look hard enough. I'm happy to report that the show is now available in the Balearics in FM courtesy of Ibiza Sonica, the island's best radio station - check me out on Mondays at 4pm. Rather sadly the show is now no longer available on Planet Radio in Tenerife since it's takeover and impending metamorphosis into yet another commercial music radio disaster like every other station on the island. Respect goes out to Juan, no longer with the station, who worked hard the last two years to bring the island a much needed musical alternative. So a bit of Miles Davies to kick off the show and the new year, amazingly recorded 52 years ago this is from his soundtrack to the old French film Ascenseur Pour l'Echafaud and has been lovingly repackaged and thrown together with some other recording sessions from that period by Jazz beat - lovely stuff. I received the Fog album Rebuilding Vibes this week and it could possibly be one of my albums of the year already, it's a wonderful exercise in deep, late night listening - smokey, sultry and cerebral - one for those candlelit, contemplative moments. Also soon to be released is the Jose James album which I'm thoroughly looking forward to if the sampler is anything to go by. The album is produced by Flying Lotus this is how I want all my soul music to sound. I then dug out a nice slice of soulful hip hop from a couple of years back from Panacea given a nice DJ Spinna remix - timeless, thoughtful but to the point, if only the more commercial side of hip hop was the same. One of my favourites from last year, Bullion, has made a statement of intent for 2010 with his new single about to drop on One Handed music, I'll leave you to work out how to describe it, answers in an email please. Soundway Records released the Ghana Special compilation at the end of last year and it's another thing of African musical wonder. Two CDs (or 5 LPs!!), lovingly packaged and notated containing an impeccably selected collection of Ghanaian highlife, afro sounds and Ghanaian blues. Rise Ashen provide a great dubbed out slice of Brazilian electronic trickery as Xxxy drop a some genetically modified UK funky post garage electronic mutation, or something like that. Taken from the new compilation on Fabric Records, 'Elevator Music' which documents the new wave of 140bpm bassline music currently sweeping across the UK, highly recommended and I couldn't resist dropping another slice of musical goodness from the IG Culture album, 'Zen Badizm' and his excellent version of the Eddie Kendricks classic, 'Girl You Need A Change of Mind' - inspired. Maxmillion Dunbar has come up with a killer release on Ramp Recordings bringing soul and boogie into 2010 and perfect for warming you up in this cold mid winter. Al Kent is my favorite modern day disco don, Joey Negro is now officially number two there is no doubt and lucky us he is about to release a compilation of his disco inspirations, it's not only the artwork that is the real 70's deal, wait until you hear the selection - essential!! Andrew Peckler has made a nice album on Scape of downtempo dark experimental noodlings, great for those late night sessions and 2010 is going to be a big year for Gonjasufi, a rare and unique vocal talent sounding like no one else from LA way with all the right production friends from the locality, watch out for him on Warp records coming soon. A nice little mellow dubstep excursion ends the show from Ation on a Hot Flush subsidiary label, limited white label coming right about now. Miles Davies - Generique (Jazzbeat) Fog - Waterfall (Flau) Jose James - Detroit Loveletter (Brownswood) Panacea - Flashback To Stardom, Dj Spinna rmx (Rawkus/Glow In The Dark) Bullion - Say Goodbye To What (One Handed Music promo) Dr. K Gyasi & His Noble Kings - Noble Kings (Soundway Records) Rise Ashen & Stephan Lefrancois - Venenosa, Sambastate Version (Balance House) Xxxy - Sing With Us (Fabric promo) IG Culture - Girl U Need A Change Of Mind (Freedom Sound) Maxmillion Dunbar - Wouldn't Matter (Ramp) Black Rock - New York City Bump (BBE promo) Andrew Peckler - Arches (Scape) Gonjasufi - Ancestors (Warp promo) Ation - Love For The Heads (Abucs) Check out a bit more about Al Kent and hold tight for one of the best disco compilations ever coming soon on BBE!

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 2009 Round Up!!

James Barrie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:41:24 GMT

So here it is my end of year roundup, my little addition to the abundance of end of year/end of decade charts though after the Copenhagen debacle I'm personally looking forward to the impending end of the world charts coming in the not too distant future - but that's another story. So despite much doom and gloom in the record sales business it appears that music creation shows no sign in slowing down and whilst none of the brave new generation of producers and bands will be driving luxury cars into swimming pools more and more artists and groups are trying their hand in this murky and exciting business. The trick these days seems to be not the tricky second or third album but actually producing a coherent album if you manage to make it past the 3 weeks when you are suddenly the hottest new thing on the planet before the attention deficit disordered blogoshpere and public chews you up, spits you out and proclaims you are history and crowns a new king or queen. Sure the digital age has democratised the music industry but it's becoming harder and harder sifting through all the hype, dross, RSS feeds, newsletters, record lists and badly mastered digital releases to reach the decent shit. It's increasingly not about the quality, depth and longevity of the art, simply what's new or some apparently 'fresh' micro genre. What's the rush people? Stop trying to keep up with the Jones - it's a thankless task, sit back, have a listen to that album, think for a moment and then maybe even listen again, I'm sure your brain will appreciate the respite. Rather perculiarly I start the show with a pre 2009 track but one which appeared on my favourite compilation and mix CD of the year - The Grandfather Paradox selected and mix by Ame, Dixon and Henrick Schwarz. It worked on so many levels for me, as an introduction into the world of minimal music, one which I had largely overlooked. The breadth of the selection spanning decades was truly inspired and the final mix was outstanding, a true labour of love. Being a bit of a Balearic bunny the Brennan Green remix of Mudd & Fakround tickled my fancy and sounded particularly wonderful when I played it in a little festival in a beautiful location in the Pyrenees during the summer. Floating Points was one of the success stories of the year, managing a whole 9 months in the limelight, but for me his first release on R2 records was the best of his 2009 output. Mayer Hawthorne created one of the sing along tunes of the year and a track that will mature with age and just shows that soul will never die as new fads and genres mutate, cross pollinate and then rapidly wither. Mount Kimbie produced one of the best dubstep eps of the year as they took the genre, swung it round by the balls and reassembled it's dna into an experimental and melodic thing of wonder. Kinnego Flux teamed up with Boxcutter to create a Belfast dream team and add some much needed musicality and soul into the bassline genre. Watch out for the Kinnego boys and their various guises, they're versatile, musical and I'm predicting big things for them in 2010. Civil Music were undoubtedly one of the labels of the year with more good releases and artists than most and Kotchy created a wonderful album fusing a love of the latest studio trickery with some wonderful pop moments, weighty basslines and nice lyrics - a pleasingly rounded producer. After languishing with much credibility in the leftfield jazz scene for longer than I care to remember Mark Pritchard is finally getting the props he deserves and Wind It Up was a wonderful crazy dubstep banger, ignoring what everyone else was doing and carving it's own path through the sea of unimaginative clones and sheep. Oblong produced another slice of wonderful pop as I started to dip my toe into a genre I had long decided was a dirty word - thanks to people like Oblong, Mocky, Alif Tree and Kotchy for fusing musical credibility with those pop hooks and showing me the light. The Nacho Patrol ep was a genre bending fusion that sounded like Mulatu Astake was fed pyschedlic drugs and ended up in a padded recording studio with Logic and the latest technology somewhere just outside Kinshasa - Love It. Staff Benda Bilili were one of the feel good success stories of the year. Four paraplegic street dwelling polio suffers, one adopted street orphan with a home made one stringed instrument made from a tin can and 3 able bodied Congolese musicians came together to create a great modern rumba album with touches of funk and reggae. I had the pleasure to see them live as well and I can report they rock it and when you see a musician with no legs jump from his wheel chair and start rolling about the floor in time to the music with a big smile on his face you can only be amazed and humbled, check the videos below for a bit more info. K'Naan released his second album and unfortunately seems to be going for the money (good for him I guess but bad for those who liked his more quirky productions which have largely bitten the dust) but he still managed to produce the hip hop track of the year - America, tropical hip hop banger! Lord Cobra was one of many great tracks I could have picked from any of the Soundway compilations that came out this year but special respect has to go out for their Ghana Special release and the Panama series of comps. Any labels looking to release a compilation should really have a look at the sleeve notes and packaging on the Soundway releases - BIG respect to the crew. Another young producer whose star shone in 2009 and who looks like he'll still be talked about in 2009 was Paul White and as well as loving the unique packaging on his great debut album I also loved his 'versus the BBC' single, hip hop never sounded so interesting and less like hip hop. Finn Peters, my favourite UK sax player, got the remix treatment for some of his Butterfly album tracks which took his spiritual jazz sound in some crazy dark electronic directions but it was jazz inclined producers 2b04 who really did the business. So that's it for this year, I'm going to park my lazy arse up for a couple of weeks before I get back into the show in 2010. Big thanks to all the listeners on the various stations and increasingly the thousands on the podcast. Love to all the record labels and producers who send me their music to keep the show nice and fresh, I hope I repaid you by helping spread your musical message a little bit wider. Over and out for this year, hold tight for 2010 and if you are in Barcelona for the end of the year celebration come and check me out here. Besos.. Metamatics - Blue Water from The Grandfather Paradox CD (BBE Records) Mudd & Fakroun - Drago, Brennan Green version (Claremont 56) Floating Points - Love Me Like This (R2 Records) Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No (Stonesthrow) Mount Kimbie - Vertical (Hot Flush) Boxcutter & Kinnego Flux - A Familiar Sound (Kinnego) Kotchy - Check Out My Key Chain (Civil Music) Mark Pritchard & Om'Mas Keith - Wind It Up, Freak Mix (Hyperdub) Oblong - Playing On My Mind (Exceptional) Nacho Patrol - Africa Space Program (Kindred Spirits) Staff Benda Bilili - Je T'Aime (Crammed Discs) Lord Cobra - Colon Colon (Soundway) K'naan - America (A&M/Octone) Paul White - Versus The BBC (One Handed Music) Finn Peters - Moyse, 2bo4 rmx (Accidental)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 5 December 2009

James Barrie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:34:16 GMT

Due to time restriction, no preamble, links or videos this week, just a list of good music: DJ Food - All Covered In Darkness, Mr P rmx (Ninja Tune promo) Blockhead - Farewell Spaceman (Big Dada promo) Sub Swara - Koli Stance, David Starfire rmx (Low Motion) Sqaramouche - Thinkin (Nonine Records) Skeletons - Marathon Man (Impossible Ark promo) Gizelle Smith - June (Record Kicks) Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Vendendo Saude e Fei, DJ Obah rmx (ESL) Osunlade - Break It Down (Defected promo) Medline - Mercado Negro, Gusby rmx (Propaground) Comfort Fit - Ask The Devil ft Howard Marks, Atjazz Deeper rmx (Tokyo Dawn promo) Carl Taylor - Walk On By (Dust Science) Martin L. Dumas Jr. - Attitude, Belief & Determination (BBE promo) Sticky ft Natalie Storm - Look Pon Me (Mixpack)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 28 November 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:40:40 GMT

Off to a mellow start this week with a track from the Paper Of Pins album courtesy of Bill Wells, Annie Whitehead, Stefan Schneider & Barbara Morgenstern a great album full of quirky folk, jazz, electronica with some nice avant-garde touches. I then dropped a track from Jay Haze's new album under his Fuckpony moniker - terrible name, great house music. Laroca have been given the remix treatment and the Aaron Jerome remix of Unit 125 is my favourite - lovingly stitched together, lush, intricate future breaks. Protassov new material isn't half bad but A New Beginning is particularly nice and Lone is coming through with a new album of his trademark sounding beats. Mapstation aka Stefan Schneider has just released his excellent The African Chamber album on the reliable Scape label - full of great African percussion and deep electronica. Jah Wobble is a long way from his P.I.L. roots with his dub version of Roy Budd's, Get Carter theme tune and I for am all for it, great version of this well covered track. Tapes is a super lo-fi digi-dub project with all the tracks getting transferred to tape and back for full analog hiss effect, a million miles away from the clean new digital world and all the better for it. Space were back in the day disco dons and Architeq has slashed the tempo and provided the remix highlight of the new single package on Tirk. BBE provide this weeks original disco moment with Maxx Traxx's 1982 gem, Don't Touch It - from yet another amazing collection of forgotten gems on the Mr. Peabody Records compiled, The Real Sound Of Chicago. Silkie has just released one of those rare things a dubstep album that isn't half bad and I'm personally favouring the Turvey track as Faib, another of those rare dubstep things - a female producer, hailing from Moscow and with a great melodic sensibility drops a great double A side single. The Heritage Orchestra and DJ Yoda end the show with a track from their recent album that brings the world of classical music and Prokofiev in particular into the 21st century with an interesting collaboration and plenty of interesting remixes. Bill Wells, Annie Whitehead, Stefan Schneider & Barbara Morgenstern - The Hermitage Of Braid (Karaoke Kalk) Fuckpony - I'm Burning Inside (BPitch Control) Laroca - Unit 125, Aaron Jerome 126 remix (Just Music promo) Protassov - A New Beginning (Switchstance Recordings) Lone - Karen Loves Kate (Dealmaker promo) Mapstation - Holland Wax (Scape) Jah Wobble - Get Carter (Pressure Sounds) Tapes - Gold Love Riddim (Jahtari) Space - Carry On, Turn Me On, Architeq Remix (Tirk) Maxx Traxx - Don't Touch It (BBE Promo) Silkie - Turvey (Deep Medi Music) Faib - Ticking Clocks (Ranking Records) Heritage Orchestra feat DJ Yoda - Tivannagh L'Abbe Overture (Non Classical) Check out a this clip about Mr. Peabody Records from Chicago who have compiled the new, soon to be released, compilation on BBE.

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 21 November 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:05:20 GMT

Gargarin provide this weeks gentle introduction to the show with the mellowest of the recent remixes of their material courtesy of Beesley Rothko, look out for the Robert Logan remix as well - an altogether darker nastier affair. The Heavy take a break from their more normally more raucous material with a nice mellow track called In Time. I then whip through a couple of beat snippets from the new Melting Pot Music double CD showcasing the talents of Uno, Testiculo & Suff Daddy. The new Lizz Fields remixes are a pretty sorry bunch with the exception of The Journey remix of When I See Love which takes this soulful lady into, for her, uncharted leftfield territory. The DJ Bootsie album is sounding great, hailing from Budapest his album is a great collection of hip hop and cinematic beat excursions and a great listen from start to finish - look out for it really shortly. I also had to drop another Portformat track from his great interstellar debut this time including the vocal talents of Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow. Huess is a great new beat making talent from the seemingly endless UK production line. Taking his inspiration from people like Take, keep your eye on him it looks like he's developing into a unique voice. After the release of their acclaimed double CD earlier this year Senseless are gearing up for 2010 with some new material and the beatmaking talents of Ghosttown and rising vocal star of Badness are a great combination. One of my favorite party rocking DJs Saffrolla is also gearing up for a BIG 2010 as I tease you with a forthcoming release called Catch Their Breath with MC Angel, he's got some other more than tasty little tracks to come as well, trust me! Martin Kemp, with the best haircut on Myspace, is providing some welcome deepness to the UK Funky scene, look out for his new 12 coming really soon on Blunted Robots. Ray Lugo is a NYC modern day Latin don and his latest cut for Milan's Record Kicks label is a dancefloor jazz winnner. Mamadou Barry's debut album during his twilight years is a great listen and I'm particularly liking his version of Take Five. Los Amigos Invisibles from Venezuela have always been worth a listen for some great electronic latin fusion and their new EP on Lovemonk is great and I'm particularly liking the Boohgaloo Zoo Rmx. To end the show I then finish with another killer track from the DJ Spinna compiled disco compilation on the mighty BBE. Gagarin - Straiff, Beesley Rothko Bassic Mix (Geo Records promo) The Heavy - In Time (Counter Records) Suff Daddy - D.I. Luv (MPM promo) Uno - 3rd (MPM promo) Lizz Fields - When I see Love, The Journey Remix (Blue Fields Records) DJ Bootsie - Kormenet/Procession (BBE promo) Portformat - Mothership feat Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow (Tokyo Dawn Promo) Huess - A Simple Method (Inaudible Answer) Ghosttown ft Badness & Dajila - You Know (Senseless Records promo) Saffrolla - Catch Their Breath feat MC Angel (Test) Martin Kemp - After The Night (Blunted Robots promo) Ray Lugo's L.E.S. Express - Roda de Samba (Record Kicks) Mamadou Barry - Africa Five (World Village) Los Amigos Invisibles - Plastic Woman, Boohgaloo Zoo rmx (Lovemonk Promo) South Bronx - The Bottom Line (BBE Records) Here's a couple of little tasters of the incredible new DJ Bootsie album - a little album sampler and a great video for the Mosquito Dance track from the album:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 14 November 2009

James Barrie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15:58 GMT

It's all about the soul music to start the show with a great new track from The Inns & Miles Bonny, beautiful stuff. I then trip down to Burkina Faso for some old school African Soul from the newly discovered vocal genius of Victor Deme, who's been singing all his life in local clubs with no recognition outside his local area - until now! Dokaka is a lunatic Japanese beat boxer but not as you know them. His album has now been released outside the land of the the rising sun and you can now discover more easily why he was involved on Bjork's last album. Lou Rhodes from Lamb is the first signing to Jason Swinscoe's new record label Motion Audio, look out for the album in March 2010 with more releases planned. Mr. Scruff is about to release a rare non Ninja outing on Prime Numbers with multi instrumentalist and all round musical don Kaidi Tatham and it's a winner. To follow I drop a track from the excellent compilation coming on BBE very soon that takes a look at the disco remix talents of the under recognised John Morales check the killer disco of Curtis Hairston! Analog Africa have recently released another lovingly packaged compilation (other labels take note!) this time focusing on the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - just buy it is all I can say! Jose Roberto Bertrami from Azymuth has also recently put out a, rather too suave, album of jazzy bossa vibes but there are a couple of less cheesy tracks on there and No Tempo Da Bossa is one of them. Medline hails from a funky crew running out of Paris, look out for a killer little 7" about to drop on his own Propaground label coming very soon. I've mentioned the new King Midas Sound album before and this week I'm treating you to yet another taster from the album - watch out and hold tight for the release at the end of November. Unni Lovlid is a great Norwegian folk singer prone to some little electronic leftfield excursions and ambient field recordings, I saw her live recently in concert and I recommend, if you get the chance, that you do as well. Julien Dyne's album is about to drop on BBE and it's deep and just to show you how deep I drop a spiritual jazz inspired number from the forthcoming release. DJ Food is one of the best dj's in the world and his new LP, produced with the aid of King Cannibal, is about to drop, check the instrumental version of the The The cover which is fine way to end the show. The Inns & Miles Bonny - J. Birly (MPM promo) Victor Deme - DJon'maya (Chapa Blues Records) Dokaka - Rest in Peace (Dual Plover) Lou Rhodes - There For The Taking (Motion Audio promo) Mr. Scruff & Kaidi Tatham - Fresh Noodles (Prime Numbers promo) Curtis Hairston - I Want You (BBE promo) Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou - Agnon Dekpe (Analog Africa) Jose Roberto Bertram - No Tempo Da Bossa (Far Out Records) Medline - Mercado Negro (Propaground promo) King Midas Sound - Miles and Miles (Hyperdub promo) Unni Lovlid - Bak Vaker Verda (Grappa) Julien Dyne - Spirits (BBE promo) DJ Food - Giant, Instrumental (Ninja Tune promo) For you visual obsessives here are a couple of videos one highlighting just how mental Dokaka is and one just to highlight why you should be listening to Victore Deme - enjoy..

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 7 November 2009

James Barrie — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:09:28 GMT

Straight in at the deep end this week with one of my new Womex music discoveries, Kouyate & Neerman. I was fortunate to see this due live a couple of weeks ago and the project with Kouyate on Balafon and Neerman on his vibes linked to an effects unit and distortion pedals is great forward thinking Afro Jazz fusion. The Jazz Chronicles album is out and although some of the beats are a bit rigid at times they really did the business with the One For Joe track. Portformat is a great new intergalactic hip hop project with an amazing roster of vocal talent including Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Shaunise amongst many others. Robert Strauss is coming through with some nice new material with a future soul touch but using the decidedly old school vocalist and previous collaborator, the evergreen Leroy Burgess. Kylie Auldist has been given an amazing edit by Ashley Beedle to turn her In A Week, In A Day track into an end of night soul diamond. Tony Allen is working on more projects than your average government this year and his latest is a couple of tracks soundtracking an imaginary blaxploitation movie, deep afro funk flavour. Soundway have just released a new compilation focusing on the vintage sounds of the French Caribbean and I'm happy to report it is up to their usual impeccably packaged and selected standards although the Biguine and Creole rhythms will be news to a lot of listeners, check it for some vintage global freshness. Another discovery at Womex was Cacique'97 a great Afrobeat project from Portugal taking the sound in interesting new directions with some pan African flavours and even the sound of Brasil, great project and top guys. Debruit is going from strength to strength as I drop one of his new tracks on Civil Music, with nods to his Congo Whoomph track earlier this year but with some great more melodic African touches. Incidentally I saw him live last night in Barcelona and he rocks the party as well! Pinch has just dropped a new track with the vocals of Yolanda which I've dispensed with by playing the dub as the dirty tribal dubstep rhythm doesn't really need any help. The King Midas Sound album is on it's way this month so I give you a little taste with a great vocal track called Earth A Kill You. Look out for the album it's a really diverse bassline offering. Scuba can always be relied on to deliver some bassline deepness and with his new EP on Hot Flush he's done just that with some nice tempo variations as well. I close the show with another of my Womex discoveries in the form of the Basque group Oreka TX who are single handedly reviving the old traditional regional instrument, the Xtalaparta - a great sounding wooden percussion instrument a bit like an oversized vibes played with wooden circular blocks rather than mallets - check it! Kouyate & Neerman - Niokome (No Format) Jazz Chronicles - One For Joe (Futuristica) Portformat - Life Water feat Thesauras Rex (Tokyo Dawn Promo) Robert Strauss - Love & Self Respect feat Leroy Burgess (BBE promo) Kylie Auldist - In A Week, In A Day, Ashley Beedle Streetsoul Edit (Tru-Thoughts promo) MC Jean Gab'1 & Tony Allen - E Nan Mian Nuku (Crammed Discs) El Rego Et Ses Commandos - E Nan Mian Nuku (Soundway Records) Debruit - Nigerian What? (Civil Music promo) Pinch - Get Up Dub (Tectonic promo) Kind Midas Sound - Earth A Kill You (Hyperdub promo) Scuba - Ice Tx (Hot Flush promo) Oreka TX - Ice Tx (World Village) Check out another Cacique'97 track from their album and it's nice little video here:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 31 October 2009

James Barrie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:46:25 GMT

Rejoice, all the albums Fela Kuti ever recorded are being re-issued by Knitting Factory records and let's face it you can't have enough Fela so to celebrate I play the whole 11 minutes of Water Get No Enemy one of my favourite Fela tracks. King Cannibal has finally released his album on Ninja Tune, a multi-genre specialist he revels in perverting accepted notions of genres and twisting them in his own image, usually taking them to darker realms - watch out for him, this is just the start. On another Afrobeat tip Jimi Tenor has teamed up with Tony Allen and they've brought out the best in each other, Allen reveling in the deeper Avant-Garde world of the maverick Tenor and the deeper jazz flavours - this album is the best of Tony Allens many projects this year. Percussion master Trilok Gurtu is always doing something interesting and I'm particularly liking the Indian Middle Eastern fusion of Dive In. Lloyd Miller is an amazing jazz ethnologist and his constant experimentation with jazz and Eastern styles is being celebrated by a wonderfully selected Jazzman compilation. I had to drop another Reason or Romanza track from their forthcoming Civil Music EP, they really are that good and the same with Trus'me as I give you another taste of his new album on Fat City Records which segues perfectly into a slice of new old style house music courtesy of SE62. Boddhi Satva has given George Levin the remix he needed and turned his soulful vocal track The Better Life into an excellent slice of deep deep afrocentric house music. A Mountain Of One are producing some great balearic prog/kraut rock cosmic mash up type of stuff and I'm particularly liking the Sky Is Folding from their recent album. To finish the show I had to drop a track from the latest Matthew Halsall album another great slice of modern jazz from this Manchester youngster who is punching well above his years with both his music and the fact he is self releasing his music on his own excellent Gondwana label which he is also using as a vehicle for some other excellent British players notably Nat Birchall and his amazing recent spiritual jazz album Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy (Knitting Factory Records promo) King Cannibal - Virgo feat Face-A-Face (Ninja Tune) Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen - Ceila's Walk (Strut promo) Trilok Gurtu - Dive In Lloyd Miller - Hue Wail (Jazzman Records) Reason or Romanza - Seven Uses Of Difference (Civil Music promo) Trus'me - Pretend (Fat City promo) SE62 - Wall Ride, Eddie C rmx (Home Taping Is Killing Music promo) George Levin - The Better Life ft Clara Hill, Boddhi Satva Ancelstral Soul rmx (BBE promo) A Mountain Of One - Sky Is Folding ( Matthew Halsall - Colour Yes (Gondwana promo) Check Lloyd Miller live back in the day:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 24 October 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:43:48 GMT

The Life Force Trio start procedings this week with a great slice of musical spirituality which was taken from the excellent Echo Expansion records compilation featuring a roster of 'who's who' and 'who's about to be'in the world of quality underground leftfield music. I then steal a Milt Jackson track from a possibly even better compilation, Peter Kruder's Private Collection one of the nicest selections I've heard in a while - essential purchase and the Portico Quartet have been given a great sympathetic dubstep remix from Sbtrk who beefs up the bottom end but keeps the musicality, great job. Eskmo goes to show that not all dubstep comes from small bedrooms in South London as Planet Mu kindly showcase this great producer from San Francisco and Gang Gang Dance are given a nice remix by Dj Rupture and Matt Shadatek which has been lifted from their new mix CD - Solar Life Raft. Civil Music have come up trumps again with Reason or Romanza who are about to release their EP full of great original tracks and some excellent remixes - watch out for these boys and always keep an eye on what Civil Music are putting out. Chickenwing All Stars are a South London reggae dub collective under the leadership of Anderson and Craig Tamlin, percussionist with Anthony Joseph & the Spasm band and their debut is a nice deep reggae cover of the classic Gary Bartz track Celestial Blues. Lambent is a hot Japanese producer now resident in Berlin who has just released an album of his mellower offerings on the always interesting Project Moon Circle and Eglo come through yet again this time courtesy of progressive soul boy Funkineven and a great slice of future boogie feat Fatima. Happy Days - Trus'me is back with a new album after his acclaimed debut and you wont be disapointed, just wait till you hear it and look out for some great guests as well. Moonstar is still whacking out the fresh jazz beats in his inimitable style this time with the help of some crazy keys from Tony Ezzy and there's a great compilation coming out on Tirk of some of Greg Wilson's finest edits - you know that's essential. Keeping on the compilation tip, the disco compilation kings BBE are coming through soon with a DJ Spinna compiled disco selection and the Jan Leslie Holmes track is just a taster of the aural delights to come. The Life Force Trio - Alice! Live At The Natural History Museum (Porter Records) Milt Jackson With The Ray Brown Big Band - Enchanted Lady (G-Stone) Portico Quartet - Lines, Sbtrk More Hang Mix (Real World Records promo) Eskmo - Let Them Sing (Planet Mu Promo) Gang Gang Dance - Bebey, DJ Rupture & Matt Shadatek rmx (The Agriculture Promo) Reason or Romanza - Two Times Three Times (Civil Music promo) Chickenwing All Stars - Celestial Bingi, Find Yourself version (Heavenly Sweetness) Lambent - After All (Project Moon Circle) Funkineven 1956 - Kleer feat Fatima (Eglo promo) Trus'me - Put It On Me (Fat City promo) Moonstar - Laham Baagine feat Tony Ezzy (PTR promo) Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk, Greg Wilson edit (Tirk promo) Jan Leslie Holmes - I'm Your Superman (BBE promo) Reason or Romanza also do a nice line in videos as well as great music - check it:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 17 October 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:03:15 GMT

Kicking off this week with some deep dub techno hybrid late night lushness courtesy of Rooflight, a promising talent if ever there was one. Tony Allen drops a raw percussive, surprisingly non Afrobeat, gem and Gamal Goma show that it's not just the Africans who do amazing percussion. Mordant Music provide a slice of mesmerising, leftfield, boundary pushing house music that you wouldn't know which section of the record shop to put it in. The forthcoming Ogris Debris ep is so good that I drop the original late night floor destroying cut after dropping the more cerebral Dorian Concept mix last week. Troy and Shea Soul show that UK Funky can be well produced and super soulful and I also drop another track from the excellent new Paten Locke album, just how hip hop should be sounding. DJ Devastate provides another slice of deep lazy jazzy hip hop taken from his excellent forthcoming album on BBE Records, all you beat heads looking for some chilled beats watch out for that one. To be honest I'm having trouble telling a lot of the Dam Funk tracks apart, as much as I like his sound but he's hit 'kick back with your girl' gold with the super mellow 10 West, pure easyness. The new Impossible Ark compilation of jazz covers is a wonderful thing as The Fiction Trio tune ably demonstrates, France's finest Afrobeat boys Fanga come up trumps yet again as do the ever excellent Soundway boys as I play a track from their incredible Panama II compilation - look out for Volum 3 coming soon, you know it's going to be essential.. Rooflight - In Your Hands (Styrax) Tony Allen - Gbedu (Honest Jons) Gamal Goma - Shara Saidi (Pirhana) Mordant Music - Symptoms, Version (Mordant Music) Ogris Debris - Raid The Itch (Compost Black Promo) Troy and Shea Soul - Fools Gold (Broadcite Promo) Paten Locke - Just Me (Tres Records) DJ Devastate - Don't Stop (Tres Records) Dam Funk - 10 West (Stonesthrow) The Fiction Trio - Haitian Fight Song (Impossible Ark) Fanga - Ni I Ma Toro (World Music Network) Chilo Pitty - Piculina (Soundway Records) Check a bit of the multi talented Paten Locke below, some proper hip hop in these troubled times for the genre.

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 10 October 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:13:43 GMT

No rundown this week as I've been on holiday and I'm catching up on a million things, just a list of good tunes and links so you can do your own research on the artists and record labels involved. VoicesVoices - Flulyk (Manimal Vinyl) Collage - Ehted Kadunud (Wool Recordings) Calima - Lunita (Putumayo promo) DJ Devastate - Spoken (BBE promo) Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong (Ninja Tune Promo) Paten Locke - Auto Reverse (Tres Records) Shed - Estrange (Ostgut) Joy Rose - Waiting (Broadcite promo) David Baxter - All This Broken Lushness (Unreleased) Ogris Debris - G-Thong, Dorian Concept Restring (Compost Black promo) Gold Panda - Back Home (Various Production) Knalpot - AV 1 (Eat Concrete Records) Talen - Sniper Sniper, A Cutty Ranks Tale (Mouthwatering Records) The Very Best - De Cuba (Green Owl) Ruth Tafebe And The Afrorockerz - De Cuba (World Music Network)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 3 October 2009

James Barrie — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:08:09 GMT

Not a show this week for people with attention defecit disorder as I cut down the track count and get into some longer grooves kicking off with a slice of new tango with an electronic jazzy twist from UK outfit Tango Siempre. Grackle have been one of my discoveries of the week and I'm liking the mish mash of styles from this US duo, friends since childhood. Nancy Elisabeth is producing a fine blend of folktronica from her Manchester base and Virgil Howe is a talented multi-instrumentalist who is making interesting music as befits the son of a member of prog rock outfit Yes. Julien Dyne is a hot new producer coming through with a deep blend of soul and jazz inspired beats and probably the best thing to come out of New Zealand since The Lord Of The Rings, look out for his album on BBE coming out this autumn. Floating Points has just released a great EP on his own Eglo imprint and is finishing off the year how he started it - STRONG. Zwicker is a Swiss based deep house bod and the John Talabot remix has taken his 'Oddity' track into wonderful deep disco house territory. The Revenge are just about to release some singles influenced by some of the classic sounds of years gone by aptly summed up by the title 'Forever In Their Debt'. The Bulgarian public voted for some of their favourite pop songs in a big public contest and the winners, in a fit of inter country collaboration, were given to some UK producers to remix. I don't know what they were expecting but Ramadanman has chopped up the catchily titled 'A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kafe' track from ska popsters Wickeda into an amazing broken percussive dubstep joint - tune! Still on the dubstep track I also throw in another more techno inspired cut from the new 2562 album and then finish with some Cuban inspired Congolese Rumba from Papa Noel just to give you a little warm feeling on these cooler autumnal nights. Tango Siempre - Triphop & Fugue (Rough Guide promo) Grackle - We Are It (Supersoul) Nancy Elizabeth - Feet Of Courage (Leaf Recordings) Virgil Howe - Someday (3 Bar Fire promo) Julien Dyne - Fallin' Down ft Parks (BBE promo) Floating Points - Argonaut (Eglo) Zwicker - Oddity, John Talabot Dub (Compost Black promo) The Revenge - Forever In Their Debt, Red Rack'em Remix (White) Wickeda - A Nie Dvamata S Bobi Piem Kafe, Ramadanman Refix (White) 2562 - Love In Outer Space (Techtonic) Papa Noel - Kin Havane (Tumi Music) Here's a little video taster of Julien Dyne live in session with some mates at The Red Bull Academy in Auckland - I'm telling you LOOK out for this boy!

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 26 September 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:01:36 GMT

A great mixture of electronic experimentalism and soul music this week, kicking off with a great Japanese talent, Yosi Korikawa, a sound designer who likes mixing up the sound of the world with some great beats. The mysterious AFMB come up with a great house remix of the Maze classic 'Sunshine and Rain' and I pull out some old school Philly goodness with Executive Suite. The latest Dillanthology is about to drop and is another well compiled retrospective look at the mans work. N'Dambi, one of my favourite nu-soul artists from the last few years, is about to drop a new album on the resurrected Stax records and it's sounding nice. I had to drop more vintage Estonian jazz pop folk fusion from Collage, the album really is that good. New York post garage soulful electronic fiddler, Falty DL, is coming through with a new ep on Planet Mu and 'Must Sustain' is a great slice of future electronic soul. Red Snapper return a recent favour and remix the mighty Robert Logan in their dark electronic jazzy style and The Eerier Child come through with my favourite track from the interesting new forward thinking Mindtricks/Redrum compilation Frequencies Of The Mind. Fink is still putting out some remixes of his recent album and his Sideshow alter ego beefs up the bass to great dubby effect on his rework of Dub It All. Architeq is another of the seemingly endless supply of promising UK electronic producers and I play a track from his great debut album available soon on Tirk recordings. I'm liking The Baker Brothers reworking of the Steve Winwood classic 'Fly Like An Eagle', mainly because I'm a sucker for the original and Bei Bei and Shawn Lee have come up with an outstanding version of Billy Paul's 'East' and I'm looking forward to hearing what their forthcoming album is like. Yosi Korikawa - Painting (Eklektic promo) AFMB - Here & There (White) Executive Suite - When It Comes To Loving Me (BBE test) J Dilla - Crushin (Rapster promo) N'Dambi - Can't Hardly Wait (Stax promo) Collage - Memme Vaev (Wool Recordings promo) Falty DL - Must Sustain (Planet Mu promo) Robert Logan - Accurate Spit Boy, Red Snapper rmx (Slowfoot promo) The Eerier Child - Into The Sun (Mindtrick/Red Rum) Fink - Dub It All, Sideshow rmx (Ninja Tune promo) Architeq - Birds of Prey (Tirk promo) The Baker Brothers - Fly Like An Eagle (Freestyle Records) Bei Bei and Shawn Lee - East (Ubiquity Promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 19 September 2009

James Barrie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:51:18 GMT

Back to normality, familiar studios and better sound quality this week kicking off with wonderful singer song writer Jeb Loy Nichols and possibly my favourite track from his new album on Impossible Ark. The Portico Quartet are back with a new album soon to come and a new record label, if you liked their previous outing you wont be disappointed. Collage are being re-issued and their album is a great quirky mixture of late 60's Estonian folk, jazz and pop, check it - I think you'll like it, it's better than my poor description! Mr. Thing is returning with his new installment of Strange Breaks and Mr. Thing rare breaks compilation on BBE chock full of great sounding soul and funk that I never knew existed - good work. Aardvark is about to unleash his latest album on the ever interesting Eat Concrete records and the Kronos Quartet have released their 40th album (spread over 30 years!) of string led adventures and it's a wonderful thing. Anti Pop Consortium are coming out of their self imposed 6 year solo project time out and have a new offering on Big Dada and The incredible Funk League have enlisted the Large Professor for some great golden age hip hop vibes. Raz Ohara and The Odd Orchestra win the best name of the week award and have just released a great quirky jazz flavoured eclectic electronic album which is well worth a listen and Kelpe has produced one of the best album of beats you'll hear this year, familiar but avoiding the cliches and coming through with his own flavour, I like it alot. Dancer vs Politician are some sensitive Anglo German folksters who are sounding nice and one of my favourite mixtape DJs ever Ruckus Roboticus has just given LA based Electro Hopsters LMFAO a great Latin makeover - BIG party tune. Edu K has done wonders remixing Daniel Haaksman, minimal forro is now officially the future of dance music. Point B wraps up the show with an atmospheric dubstep corker from his new album on Combat Recordings. Jeb Loy Nichols - Probably Never Stop (Tru Thoughts) Portico Quartet - Dawn Patrol (Real World promo) Collage - Halb Sirp (Wool Recordings promo) Frank Pleyer Big Band - Sally (BBE promo) Dick Walter - Spooky Doo (BBE promo) Aardvarck - idlunt (Eat Concrete promo) Kronos Quartet - Tashweesh, Interference (Nonesuch Records) Anti-Pop Consortium - New Jack Exterminator (Big Dada promo) The Incredible Funk League feat Large Professor - Through Good and Bad (Favorite promo) Raz Ohara & The Odd Orchestra - Varsha (Physical promo) Kelpe - After Gold (DC Recordings promo) Dancer vs Politician - Die Fantastischen Vier (Mono Music Records promo) LMFAO - I'm In Miami Bitch, Ruckus Roboticus Remix (White) Daniel Haaksman - Kid Conga feat MC Miltinho & Edu K, Mininal Forro rmx (Man Recordings promo) Point B - To Follow You (Combat Recordings promo) Here's a quick look at the ever adventurous Kronos Quartet getting all 'Purple Haze' with their strings:

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 12 September 2009

James Barrie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:52:00 GMT

Back on the airwaves after a weeks break due to other commitments and broadcasting from the Planet Radio studio down in Tenerife whilst on a little break. It's always a bit of a weird one though working in a new studio with a whole host of new equipment and being thrown in at the deep end with no engineer but at least the music is still good even if the presenting is a little shaky as I'm trying to work out what to slide or press! Kicking off this week with a trio of Big Dada releases. After the Speech Debelle Mercury prize win they are hotter than hot and certainly not resting on their laurels with a whole host of great releases in the pipeline. The reclusive DSL has given Boozou Bajou their hottest remix by far and I can only wish he was a bit more active! Bonobo is about to drop his latest album, check a great little remix from the first single from the project. Nailah is a hot new vocal talent from the West Coast of the states with a great voice, expect big things from her. Keeping it jazzy i also drop another spiritual jazz work from the great Dutch crew, Kindred Spirits Ensemble and some fresh dancefloor jazz from the Milano Jazz Dance Combo. Al Kent is a modern day disco don right up there with Joey Negro and his new Disco Sex track is a dancefloor bomb. Drumpoet Community carry on their deep house mission with a great Alex Dallas and Ron Shiller compiled EP, essential house music. Subeena is a hot new talent and it's always nice to hear the girls doing it. Her forthcoming EP on Planet Mu is a killer and the inclusion of Jaimie Woon on vocals and Om'mas Keith on keys is a new generation dream team. Pinch and Rudey Lee's 'One Blood' gets a wicked Distance remix for all you dubstep lovers. Paul White's new limited 7" is a great slice of 'hip rockdelica' and Captain Planet is a New York producer with a love for all things soulful afro and latin and a mission to add his twist on the genres.. Speech Debelle - Spinnin (Big Dada) Thavius Beck - Go, Offshore remix (Big Dada promo) Anti-Pop Consortium - End Game (Big Dada promo) Boozou Bajou - Sign, DSL remix (K7) Bonobo - The Keeper, Grasscut Bitter Peace Remix) Nailah - Beautiful Anyway (NaiMuse Records) Kindred Spirits Ensemble - John Coltrane (Kindred Spirits) Milano Jazz Dance Combo - Much More ft Colonel Red (Record Kicks promo) Al Kent - Disco Sex (BBE promo) The Lost Men - More Of That (Drumpoet Community promo) Subeena feat Jamie Woon and Om'Mas Keith (Planet Mu promo) Pinch ft Rudey Lee - One Blood, One Source, Distance remix (Techtonic promo) Paul White - Versus The BBC (One Handed Records) Captain Planet - Fresh Delivery (Bastard Jazz promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 29 August 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:56:12 GMT

Another episode this week pushing the global side of my musical world, kicking off with an incredible track from 3 oud playing Palestinian brothers otherwise known as Le Trio Joubran, amazing. The mysterious Clutchy Hopkins follows with one of his dubbier creations closely followed by a killer rework of Soldier, my favourite track from Vadim's recent album. Keeping it urban I then drop my hip hop track of the year without a doubt, K'naan's, America - the maddest break of the year and some Somalian lyrical flavour - just BRILLIANT. Gangbe Brass Band are from Benin and mixing the local rhythms with some nice soul jazz touches and putting most of the recent brass band efforts in Europe to shame. Manteca was an old school Cuban percussionist and also a comedian and his Abacua track is a great example of original drum and bass. I couldn't resist dropping The Sausage a cheeky calypso track from the well named Baldhead Growler(what was his mum thinking) that makes me crack me up every time I hear it, full of great, none too subtle double entendres. My recent fascination with the Congolese legend Franco continues, so check another track from the excellent Stern's compilation (which includes great sleeve notes). Brownout are another Grupo Fantasmo offshoot exploring the scuzzier more phychedelic side of latin funk, look out for the album soon. After last weeks little global vocal showcase I highlight a couple more amazing vocalists - the African flamenco soul jazz sound of Buika and the Portugese/Cape Verdean sweetness of Sarah Tavares. I'd forgotten about my Max Richter albums until I got sent a great new compilation exploring the collision of the classical and electronic worlds compiled by Me Raabenstein - a really interesting listen, as you would expect. Taken by Trees is a great new Swedish Global Folk Poptronica project and Lusine is coming through with some great new atmospheric cinematic beats from his Seattle home. I finished the show with a Les McCann penned jazz dance classic from Anita Moore forthecoming on BBE sometime this year. Le Trio Joubran - Masar (Randana) Clutchy Hopkins - Lord Kenji (Ubiquity) DJ Vadim - Solidier, UK Flex rmx (BBE promo) K'Naan - America (Octone) Gangbe Brass Band - Yonnatche (Contre Jour) Manteca - Abacua (Nascente) Baldhead Growler - The Sausage (Trojan) Franco et le T.P. OK Jazz - Kinsiona (Sterns) Brownout - Framed By Deats (Six Degrees promo) Buika - La Nina De Fuego (Warner) Sara Tavares - So Imgagina (World Connection) Max Richter - Arboretum (Universal) Taken By Trees - To Lose Someone (Rough Trade promo) Lusine - Baffle (Ghostly International promo) Anita Moore and the TSU Jazz Ensemble - Compared To What (BBE Test) If you want to know a bit more about Buika and I suggest so(!), then check the video below:

Global Souljah and BBE Records Radio Show - August 22, 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:11:06 GMT

There's a really nice global flavour in this weeks show as I catch up on some world music album buying which tends to go through phases rather than be constant. Kicking off with more Dub Colossus and some wonderful jazzy Ethiopian dub closely followed by a second play for Joker's dubstep rework of Bristol's funky rockers, The Heavy. Tres Records keep up the independent hip hop pressure with another great release and hot new Tru-Thoughts signing Stonephace gives Kinny a little drum and bass rework. I give you another slice of unreleased Kinnego Flux and a some Caribbean soul and funk from the re-energised Strut Records. Soul Jazz records can always be relied on to release well thought out compilations and Brazil 70 their collection of post Tropicalia Brasilian artists is no exception, check the Erasmo Carlos track. Keeping it Brasilian I also drop a track from the excellent Beto Villares album which explores his interest in all aspects of his countries rich musical diversity. Lura is one of the new generation of singers from Cape Verde building on the exposure of the islands music created by the success of Cesaria Evora. Rokia Traore isn't news to most world music fans but to anyone who hasn't explored the music of Africa and Mali in particular she has quite simply got one of the best voices in the world. Peter Fish was better known for his work in tv and film music in New York in the 70's but he also found time to record some great jazz which you can now listen to courtesy of the great re-issue series from Kindred Spirits. Linkwood has slowly been making a name for himself amongst the lovers of the deeper side of house music and is about to release a great album full of boogie, disco, electro, dub and house flavours on the pleasingly reliable Prime Numbers label. On the Tears tracks that I played from him I am happy to report a rare appearance from Reggie Watts on vocals a great vocal talent and full time comedian! Finishing the show is SelfSays a young but promising MC talent from the UK riding a neat little Bullion produced beat. Dub Colossus - Negus Dub (Real World) The Heavy - How You Like Me Now, Joker remix (Ninja Tune Promo) CO$$ & Fonetic Simbol - La's Best (Tres promo) Kinny - Afro Forest Love, Stonephace Remix (Tru-Thoughts promo) Kinnego Flux - Lend Us A Tender (Unreleased) Joblonski And The Randy's Allstars - Soul Makossa (Strut Records) Amral's Trinidad Cavaliers Steel Orchestra - 90% Of Me Is You (Strut Records) Erasmo Carlos - Mane Jaoo (Soul Jazz Records) Beto Villares - Santo Negro (Six Degrees Records) Lura - Um Dia (LusAfrica) Rokia Traore - Dianfa (Nonesuch) Peter Fish - Friend And Lover (Kindred Spirits) Linkwood - Tears (Prime Numbers promo) SelfSays - Same Space (Unreased) I've been checking the new book 'From Jazz Funk & Fusion To Acid Jazz - The History of The UK Jazz Dance Scene' by Mark 'Snowboy' Cotgrove this week and can't recommend it highly enough for anyone with an interest in the scene, the music or dance in general. It also offers a fascinating insight into an important period for the development of black music in the UK and is chock full of interesting interviews with all of the major players in the scene - great work. It's also inspired me to check out some old jazz dance footage, here's a little taste:

Global Souljah and BBE Records Radio Show - August 15, 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:38:28 GMT

An amazing amount of new music has just come my way and it's my pleasure to start sharing it with you. Kicking off with a fantastic South African musical export Tumi & The Volume, a great new hip hop project with it's influences more in Afro America than Africa but none the less great stuff. Mary Anne Hobbs, queen of the electronic new school is going to be releasing her latest compilation for Planet Mu in September and I drop two tracks from this gateway into the musical future - the excellent Sunken Foal 'folktronica' project from Dublin and the majestic, atmospheric slice of UK Funky from Bristol bad boy Gemmy who actually shares a house with Appleblim and whilst making some quality beats also passes on his production knowledge through his teaching job. Lobisomem hails from Chicago and is making great uncategorizable (easier to spell than say - just listen to this weeks show!) music, he also runs an excellent blog, with great mixes from the cream of the Chicago musical underground. I also played another track from The Brave New World Of Bernard Fevre and expect more tastes in the coming weeks. Crown City Rockers are a funky fresh five piece hip hop crew from Oakland, check them if you despair at what is classed as hip hop these days, ditto Shafiq Husayn, one third of the boundary pushing Sa Ra Creative Partners crew. David Baxter is back with some new solo efforts and collaborations, look out for this great young talent from Belfast under his Filaria moniker or with his Kinnego Flux team efforts. My favourite Afro Peruvian electronic fusionists, NovaLima, have just had their last album remixed and the Da Lata rerub is probably the pick of the bunch and I give you a taste of the new Fat Freddy's Drop album another slice of down under (depending on your gps co-ordinates) reggaefied soulful goodness. Culture Musical Club are taking East Africa`s Arabian musical heritage, adding Swahili lyrics and a good percussive Afro twist to produce some great culture clash musical goodness and I finish off the show with some great old time gems. Nigerian guitarist Victor Coker comes through with some old time hi-life, Alerth Bedasse & Ivan Chin provide a little Mento gem and Slim Smith shows some of those Jamaican boys sure have soul. Tumi And The Volume - Johnny Dyani (Mr. Bongo promo) Sunken Foal - Of Low Count and Light Pocket (Planet Mu promo) Lobisomem - Plasma Is For Lovers (Tall Corn Music promo) Bernard Fevre - Stay On Grey (Lo Recordings promo) Crown City Rockers - Soul (Gold Dust Media Promo) Shafiq Husayn - Nirvana (Plug Research/Rapster promo) David Baxter - Hare's Gap (Unreleased) Gemmy - Rainbow Road (Planet Mu promo) Lady Chann & Sticky - Sticky Situation (Free Fabric download) Novalima - Tumbala, Da Lata remix (Cumbancha Records) Kinnego Flux & Defcon - Unravel feat Def Con (Unreleased) Fat Freddy's Drop - Pull The Catch (The Drop promo) Culture Musical Club - Muziki Ni Kazi Yetu (World Village) Victor Coker - Ilu Oyinbo Dara (Honest Jons) Alerth Bedasse & Chin’s Calypso Sextet - Guzoo Doctor (Pressure Sounds) Slim Smith - I Need Your Loving (Jah Slams) Any regular followers to my musings will know about my developing sand art fetish, well I've found the best example so far a truly moving mixture of sand art, story telling, history and music plus the artist is good looking enough for me to forgive her rather overly dramatic theatrics and the fact the clip is from the tv program Ukraine's Got Talent!!

Global Souljah and BBE Records Radio Show - August 8, 2009

James Barrie — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:19:21 GMT

No time for roasting my flesh in the sun as the radio show rolls on into the summer. Not so many releases at this time of year but I've been receiving plenty of good promos from projects that will be released once everyone gets their lazy arses back to work in September and onwards.

The Phantogram album is coming on BBE and sees a bit of a departure for the label with this mixture of shoegaze, pop, electronica underpinned by some great drums, often hip hop flavoured - a really unique sound, make sure you check it. The Strange New World of Bernard Fevre is without doubt one the albums of the year and definitely the most mysterious. Red Snapper are back and have created a dream team by asking Robert Logan for a remix and Oblong has created a majestic slice of pop flavoured house music which by rights should be ripping up every sunny dancefloor this summer.

I also dig out a classic slice of Malik Alston. One of the unsung Detroit heroes he has worked with the likes of Dwele, Slum Village and Recloose - hear why here. The Kindred Spirits Ensemble are part of a new wave of spiritual jazz warriors alongside Nat Birchall and Finn Peters and are about to release a welcome album of covers bringing back to life some of the genres classic tracks. The Radek Azul Band are a great new soul jazz outfit coming out of France and promising big things.

Mr. Bongo have picked up the Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca album for release later this year and it's a real mix of Latin rhythms, great tropical fusion as befitting a group from the New York cultural melting pot. Comfort Fit have come through with a really interesting album of experimental beats and varied vocal styles even including Mr. Nice, Howard Marks! The Herbaliser band are dropping their second album and Wah-Chu-Ku is gracing Drumpoet Community with some great future beats.

Phantogram - 10,000 Claps (BBE promo)
Bernard Fevre - Dali (Lo Recordings promo)
Red Snapper - Deathroll, Robert Logan remix (Lo Recordings)
Natural Self - The Origin (Tru-thoughts promo)
Oblong - Playing On My Mind (Exceptional Records)
Malik Alston - Butterfly (Third Ear)
Kindred Spirits Ensemble - Ja-Mil (Kindred Spirits promo)
Chynna Blue and Radek Azul Band - Give You All (Q-Sounds promo)
Jose Conde Y Ola Fresca - Descarga Inez, Old School Cuban Jam Session (Mr. Bongo promo)
Zion Train - Why, Alambic Conspiracy rmx (Universal Egg promo)
Comfort Fit - Rendevous, Dub (Tokyo Dawn Records promo)
The Herbaliser Band - Blackwater Drive (K7 Records promo)
Wah-Chu-Ku - Flowin' (Drumpoet Community promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - August 1, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:21:14 GMT

Here we go again. Kicking off this week with pop hero (albeit with a touch of soul) Jack Penate and a great quirky beatless remix of 'Tonight's Today'. Ezekiel Honig supplies a slice of his trademark warm acoustic electronica before I launch into a future Balearic classic from DJ Hell's recent album, co produced by Peter Kruder (more on him later) amongst others. Rhythm Of Elements continue a string of great releases on R2 this year with a great piece of jazz flavoured house, replete with Japanese scatting, now you don't hear that everyday. Peter Kruder marks the 50th release of the excellent Compost Black house label with an an amazing piece of deep electronic but super soulful house music and Faze Action provide some of their increasingly trademark disco deepness. Dub Colossus has been one of my favourite projects of the year so far and Colombia's Sidestepper gives this Ethiopian reggae project a further global fusion twist - wonderful. Lynx & Kemo have produced possibly the best conceptual drum and bass album of all time and I drop this great bassline ethno inspired percussive track from their album, although it's about as far removed from most peoples perception of drum as bass as you can get. There is a great new compilation on Freestyle of Cuban Funk compiled by Tom Wieland and the Orquesta Riverside track is just one of the many great tracks on the album. If you don't know Tom Wieland he is a deep deep digger so expect a great original selection of previously obscure gems. I've only just stumbled across Dollboy and wanted to share this great new folktronica find from this ex-bigbeat producer. DJ Day & Miles Bonny are just about to release an EP of Raphael Saadiq covers and I'm loving their interpretation of Skyy, Can You Feel Me, although with such great source material you can't go too far wrong. Robert Glasper is about to drop his new album and this hip hop inspired jazzer has enlisted Bilal amongst others on the project. Finally I end up with deep jazz beats by Venetian Snares which I meant to play last week but somehow overlooked - the joys of one take, live radio :) Jack Penate - Tonight's Today, Julianna Barwick rmx (XL) Ezekiel Honig - Broken Marching Band (Anticipate) DJ Hell - The Angst (International Gigolo) Rhythm Of Elements - Praia (R2 Records) Peter Kruder - After The Dawn (Compost Black promo) Faze Action - Starship (Faze Action Records) Dub Colossus - Black Rose, Sidestepper remix (Real World records) Lynx & Kemo - Tribes (Soul:R) Orquesta Riverside - En Casa Del Trompo No Bailes (Freestyle) Dollboy - California (Static Caravan Recordings) DJ Day & Miles Bonny - Skyy Can You Feel Me (MPM promo) Robert Glasper - All Matter ft Bilal (Blue Note promo) Venetian Snares - This Bitter Earth (Addict Records)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - July 25, 2009.

James Barrie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:33:05 GMT

It's funny how some shows just seem to come together with a bit of a theme and this weeks could loosely be described as 'bass line atmospherics'. I kicked off this week with a track from the epic Moritz Von Oswald Trio release on Honest Jons - amazing stuff from Mr. Oswald, Vladislav Delay and Max Loderbauer - 4 tracks and 45 minutes of deep percussive afro leaning dubbed out techno flavour. Clubroot is an ex drum and bass producer turned dubstep don and his latest album is laden with bottom heavy haunting soundscapes. Mount Kimbie are another outfit taking dubstep in brave new directions and I am loving the Vertical track from their recent ep. The Heavy are a bunch of Bristol funk rockers (terrible description) and Joker has brought their sound into the dubstep arena in wonderful style. Prince Fatty are the best reggae group you have probably never heard of but this year could be their year and this ODB cover should at least give them exposure on all good party dance floors over the warmer months. It somehow took me 3 years to hear about Root 70 and their jazz take on Burnt Friedman so this week, better late than never, is a great slice of left leaning jazzy reggae from them. Ricky Tick have been one of the most consistent jazz labels of the last few years and their forthcoming single from Timo Lassy featuring Jose James is going to do that reputation no harm whatsoever. Impossible Ark will be releasing one of this years finest compilations and The Rhythmatic Orchestra's take on African Mailman is just a little taster of the musical joys to come. Tres Records, home of consistently good independent hip hop, are 5 years old this summer and have just released a great compilation to celebrate, check out the rising star of Paten Locke. Sarah Linares drops a quality slice of forward thinking soul music and Blue Daisy drop their eagerly awaited single of lo-fi, hazy crazy, forward thinking beats. Young David is a young house inclined producer I've had my eyes on for a while and this new track from him is a great slice of slo-mo cosmic/balearic goodness. As if Floating Points hadn't done his reputation enough good this year I finish the show with KG Beat, another stellar production with a hint of Mark Princhard's infamous Carambola remix, this time on Planet Mu. Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Pattern 3 (Honest Jons) Clubroot - Low Pressure Zone (Lo Dubs) Mount Kimbie - Vertical (Hot Flush) The Heavy - How You Like Me Now, Joker remix (Counter Records promo) Prince Fatty - Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Mr. Bongo) Root 70 - Get Things Straight, instrumental (Nonplace) Timo Lassy - The More I Look At You feat Jose James (Ricky Tick promo) The Rhythmatic Orchestra - African Mailman (Impossible Ark promo) Paten Locke - Funky Hit Record (Tres Records) Sarah Linares - It's All True (Public Transit Records promo) Blue Daisy - Fall (Black Acre Records) Yound David - Over Again (Unreleased) Floating Points - KG Beat (Planet Mu)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - July 18, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:06:31 GMT

Kicking off this week with a track from my favourite Balkan obsessed producer Dunklebunt and a nice mellow remix of global fusionists Watcha Clan before Woon gives a great melancholic twist to Olive's pop smash You're Not Alone. Discovery of the week for me is a great young jazz label hailing from Manchester, called Gondwana. Two albums strong they are shaping up to be one of the freshest new labels to appear on the jazz scene for a while and Nat Birchall's new album in particular has been on repeat and flooding my living rooms with spiritual vibes all week, great stuff. I had to drop some more tracks from a couple of great albums of recent note. Check out the downtempo side of the versatile Karizma and more beautiful Angolan 60s/70s pop from the excellent new project on Out Here Records, Comfusoes 1. Stones Throw can usually be relied on to hold down the quality and Dam-Funk is doing just that with his synth funk soul killer, 'On and On'. Cessa is a great sounding new project from a couple of mystery producers but there is no mystery about the quality of the music, great bassline, techno fusions - look out for the ep, highly recommended. The boss of one of the homes of avant-garde electronica, No Nine has just released his last album and here is my favourite track from it, the wonderfully titled, 'Chimps in Space Part I and II'. Terror Danjah is showing his versatitlity with a new release on Planet Mu, due soon and I've picked up on the soulful synths of Zumpi Hunter. Rather randomly I then threw in a couple of recent global discoveries with Franco & Le Tout Puissant OK Jazz. Franco was one of the most prolific and influential African musicians ever having recorded literally thousands of tracks and here he gives us his take on the sound of Cuba as does the following track from Rhany but in his own inimitable North African way. Just to randomise this weeks show even more I then finsish off with a great quirky disco style cut up from Labulo due out soon on Eklektik. Wathca Clan - Ch ilet Yani, Dunkelunt Remix (Piranha) Woon - You're Not Alone (Tru-Thoughts promo) Nat Birchall - Many Blessings (Gondwana Records) Matthew Halsall - Sending My Love (Gondwana Records) Mauricio Pacheco - Anglole (Out Here Records) Karizma - If You Don't Know (R2 Records) Dam-Funk - On and On (Stones Throw promo) Fulgeance - Smartbanging (One Handed Records) Cessa - Movement (White label) Me Raabenstein - Chimps in Space Part I and II (No Nine) Terror Danjah - Zumpi Hunter, Swindle Remix (Plant Mu promo) Franco & Le Tout Puissant OK Jazz - Tcha Tcha Tcha De Mi Amor (Sterns) Rhany - Chan Chan (World Music Network) Labulo - Don't Be (Eklektic promo)

Couldn't resist droppin in another sand art video which rather handily has a Matthew Halsall soundtrack

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - July 11, 2009.

James Barrie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:44 GMT

No musings this week on the show due to the fact I was away in the Pyrenees this weekend on a little holiday so you've just got the track listing and links for you to do your own investigation, I'll be back to a more verbose state next week. Mark Pritchard and Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up, Freak mix (Hyperdub promo) Jack Sparrow - The Chase (Techtonic promo) Ramadanman & Appleblim - Justify (Apple Pips) Echaskech - Deserted (Just Music promo) Robert Glasper - Butterfuly (Blue Note promo) Kissey Asplund - Move Me (Record Breakin) Marcio Local - Samba Sem Nenhum Problema (Luaka Bop) Moreno Veloso - Kappopola Makongo (Out Here promo) Sonia Santos - Poema Ritmico Do Malandro (Strut promo) Edson Frederico E A Transa - Bobeira (Strut promo) Kassin and Berna Ceppas - Kapakiao (Out Here promo) George Levin - Runaway (BBE Records promo) TJ Kong - Music, The Clashing Egos Interpretation (Compost promo) Karizma - How Fly This Life Is (R2 records)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - July 4, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:03:40 GMT

Joe Lovano starts the show this week on a nice deep leftfield jazz vibe - the best track from his new album on Blue Note. Obba Supa is about to release his new album on the always interesting Project Moon Circle label - gritty and intelligent tales of UK inner city life riding some quality jazz beats. Shafiq from Sa Ra is dropping his solo album in September (those Sa Ra boys are ubiquitous this year) and you can hear a little taster this week. Another album forthcoming is from George Levin, best known for his killer souful house cuts a while back, shows his versatility with a nice building nu-soul cut and is a wicked little taster of the album due later this year on BBE. Amede and The Soundsmith is yet another of the new young beat producers that I love to showcase on the show, 19 years old and a big talent with a bright future ahead. Bretzel Zoo is the bastard beat making love child of Eat Concrete records stalwarts Herrmutt Lobby, Cupp Cave, Dalcym and Dr. Vaen. Mad programming, bass bin bashing eclecto funk at it's most twisted. Eat Concrete also have a nice line in tripped out sand artists - check the video below! 2562 returns after his acclaimed album of last year with a nice new ep on Tectonic as Ceu provide a nice mellow Brasilian counter to all the electronic madness with a sweet acoustic track from her great new album. Andy Ash is a versatile house producer and I'm loving the deep percussive soulful vibes of Going Down. New Nolder is an Lithuanian ex piano prodigy who has been lured to the electronic dark side and will be releasing a album full of disco glitch tech micro house goodness on Planet Mu shortly and I'm loving the post Herbert avant-garde house style of Lizzy Mercier Descloux on Ze. Kylie Auldist adds a bit of quality old school soulfulness to procedings and the Ragga Twins get a mentalist remix by dub step hero Ramadanman. Joe Lovano - Drum Song (Blue Note) Obba Supa - Fly On Turntable Planet Moon Circle Promo) Shafiq - lil Girl feat. Fatima (Plus Research/K7 promo) George Levin - Falling Masonary (BBE Promo) Amede & The Soundsmith - The Underground reprise (Bohemian Music promo) Bretzel Zoo - Shugaring Emrod Baywatch (Eat Concrete promo) 2562 - Love In Outer Space (Techtonic promo) Ceu - Vira - Going Down (6 Degrees promo) Andy Ash - Going Down (Universal Vibes promo) Few Nolder - Pillow (Planet Mu promo) Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Hard-Boiled Babe (Ze Records) Kylie Auldist - Ship Inside A Bottle (Tru-Thoughts promo) Ragga Twins - Spliffhead, Ramadanman rfx (Soul Jazz promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - June 27, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:32:54 GMT

Kicking off this week with the title track from the interesting new Laroca album, they are still not the finished item but are bursting with ideas and heading most definitely in the right direction. This was closely followed by another track from the excellent new Quantic album which is, without doubt his finest work to-date, let's hope he stays in Colombia it's doing his music no end of good. Little brother of J.Dilla, Illa J gets his new single, laughably called a remix, but in fact completely re-invented by Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, although the original is a solid slice of nu-soul. BlackJoy comes correct with his take on Cosmic Disco using the quirky French vocals of Sandra Nkake, a future Balearic classic if there is any justice. Stevie J comes up with a post broken/Dilla hybrid for 2009 proving sometimes less is more for the ever interesting Eglo Records and Phreek Plus One drop a slice of classic instrumental disco, loving those spacey keys. Pepe Bradock rips apart the mellow vocals of Zero 7 whilst retaining the soul and upping the tempo to deliver a broken house goodie and I finally drop an AtJazz track from his album and can only apologise for the delay in doing so. I am glad to report that my favourite Afro house don, Issa Bagayogo, had just got the remix treatment for several of his recent album tracks and here I present the epic and rather good Soft Rocks remix of Filaw. Rob Tex comes up with one of the party hip hop tunes of the summer if there is any justice with his jazzy and cheeky rework of Method Man and Redman, bootlegs are rarely so good. Ouch - check the new Reso releases, essential for anyone with an interest in bass bin destroying interesting new direction in dubstep, an artist to watch for sure. In a perfect example of art responding to life comes Inja's (and in fact most of the UK's urban youths) response to the CCTV proliferation in the UK, just "wear your hat LOW, hat LOW, hat LOW", BIG tune for the summer. Mark Pritchard, always one to watch has just created a twisted dubstep monster with a little help from Om'mas Keith from Sa-Ra, who seems to be cropping up everywhere at the moment, a mad, twisted, quirky, fun floorfiller, I like it loads. Pearson Sound, a little side project of prolific and ever reliable Ramadanman, closes the show and again is a dubstep mutation this time showcasing a deeper, melodic approach to the genre and is a suitably cosmic dub ending to this weeks show. Laroca - Valley Of The Bears (Just Music) Quantic And His Combo Barbaro - The Dreaming Mind Part 1 (Tru-Thoughts Promo) Illa J - Sounds Like Love, Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson's In Space Remix (Delicious Promo) Sandra Nkaké - La Mauvaise Réputation, Blackjoy Vocal Mix (Discograph Promo) Stevie J aka FUNKINEVEN - Mad Swing! (Eglo Promo) Phreek Plus One - That's it (Compost Promo) Zero 7 - Today, Pépé Bradock Wtf Happnd Mix (BBE Records) Atjazz feat. Dawne B - Parallels, Alt. Album Version (AtJazz) Issa Bagayogo - Filaw, Soft Rocks Remix (Six Degrees) Rob Tex presents The Red Method - How High (White label) Reso - Beasts In The Basement (Civel Music Promo) Inja - Hat Low featuring Skinny Man and Fallacy, Mr. Thing remix (In Records Promo) Mark Pritchard and Om'mas Keith - Wind It Up, Freak Mix (Hyperdub promo) Pearson Sound - So Far Ago (Soul Jazz)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - June 20, 2009.

James Barrie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:02:44 GMT

So the Sonar festival madness has ended, big ups to Mulatu Astake and The Heliocentrics who rocked the house despite bad sound problems - shame on you Sonar, it really was awful. Konono No 1 smashed it big style and got everyone in the hall dancing and trying their best to bust some African style moves - not a pretty site but the energy was great! Debruit did himself loads of favours by delivering a killer set of wonk funk and Bullion dropped a wonderfully eclectic dj set of future beats mixed with classic soul, jazz, latin and disco obscurities, too slow for most but it got my groove on. Respect also goes to Culoe de Song for getting me and most of the rest of the crowd into a deep pure afro house trance proving you don't need to be a headbanging 128bpm+ house mentalist to get the crowd going, it's all about the groove people not the BPMs! So to the show. Rainer Trueby is back from his post nu-jazz obscurity with a couple of wonderful house chuggers on Compost produced with Danilo from Motor City Drum Ensemble - deep, deep. The Belletunes come through with some nice retro funky newness and I drop more soulful lovelisness from the eagerly anticipated Sa Ra debut lp. Debruit is sounding like he's really coming of age with his new material which you can expect soon on the great Civil Music who are also responsible for the future beats of the hotly tipped Reso who is mashing up the dubstep dance in his own fresh sounding way. The Jega album coming on Planet Mu is sounding hot and the new Quantic And His Combo Barbaro album is by far his most accomplished effort yet and I look forward to more musical adventures utilising his new South American musical friends. The Cha Cha Shaw album re-issue on Kindred Spirits captures this old school twisted jazzer at his quirky funky best and the decision not to re-master this poorly recorded live album adds an interesting authenticity and aged charm to the re-issue. I had to finish with a little house trio, kicking off with the stellar PanOptikum remix of the little known Arabic artist Sheharzad - Detroit meets the Ayatollah. More Pepe Bradock appears courtesy of the essential new Pepe Bradock compilation on BBE and Noze provide a Ethiopian jazz/Minimal soundclash where the only winner is fresh new music for 2009. Rainer Trueby - Ayers Rock (Compost promo) Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto, J Dilla remix (Rapster promo) The Belletunes - Stare It Cold, Dublex Inc remix (Infracom promo) Sa Ra Creative Partners - The Bone Song (Ubiquity promo) Debruit - I'm Goin Wit You Feat Om'Mas Keith Sa-Ra Creative Partners & Jamie Woon (Civil Music promo) The Clonious - One At A Time feat Muhsinah (Affine Rec Promo) Jega - Antiphon (Planet Mu promo) Reso - Busted Crunk (Civil Music promo) Quantic And His Combo Barbaro - The Dreaming Mind Part 1 (Tru-Thoughs promo) Stanley Beckford - Sam Fi Man (Calaloo Records) Cha Cha Shaw - Melted Soul (Kindred Spirits) Sheharzard - Yalla Yalla, PanOptikum remix (Fine Art Recordings) Charles Webster - I Am Falling, Paris-Bordeaux Remix (BBE promo) Noze - Songs On The Rocks (Get Physical)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - June 13, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:22:15 GMT

Love them or hate them, mash ups and re-edits on bootleg vinyl or free download are here to stay and I kick off the show with one of the better reggae ones courtesy of the excellent Heatwave crew from the UK, cheers boys, BIG tune. Build An Ark are back and keeping it deep and uncompromising in today's increasingly disposable music world. Sounds dodgy but it works - West Papuan tribal sounds meet dubstep with Inkling's remix of The Lani Singers and Sa Ra are back with their most accessible music to date, their album is about to drop and will be one of my summer albums for sure, oozing soul, quality beats and production. Funky DL has got together a collection of amazing UK lyrical talent on his latest track for BBE, quite an achievment to get that many stars in the same room and rising star The Clonious, only 23 and from Vienna, gives us a taste of his forthcoming album - watch out for him. You are never far away from some classic disco re-edits these days, most of them rubbish or just plain unnecessary but I dropped a couple of the better ones with the fantastic Greymatter rework of the Brit funk classic Dancing In Outer Space and a teasing rework of the soul boy classic Georgie Porgy. Show-B has crafted a MASSIVE house tune for the summer and Roy Davis Jr comes through with some deep, classic Chicago vibes from his new lp. If you are coming to Barcelona next week for Sonar then be sure to check out the Brainfeeder Records party on Thursday night hosted by the Plat Du Jour crew in a nice space overlooking the port. Flying Lotus and an amazing line up of guests are in the house and to be honest I'm more excited about this party than Sonar!! Spice and Horace Ferguson - Fight Ova Sensi, The Heatwave Refix (Cheeky Download) Build An Ark - Morning Glory, Stargazing From A Rooftop Garden Remix by Carlos Nino(Kindred Spirits promo) Build An Ark - In Her Smile, Daedelus Remix (Kindred Spirits promo) Lani Singers - Wologwe, Inkling remix (Dancing Turtle Records) Sa Ra Creative Partners - Spacefruit (Ubiquity promo) The Latin Project - Legal, album mix (TLP Musica Records promo) Funky DL and the London Allstars - The London Convention featuring Funky DL, MCD, Skinnyman, Blak Twang, ESP, TY, Phoebe One, Kwes (BBE promo) Mancini And The Creepers - Ever So Calm (Lula's Kitchen promo) The Clonious - Fogged Spacesuit (Affine rec promo) Toto - Georgie Porgy, OOFT Rework (L.E.S.S. Productions) Show-B - Moory (Compost Black Label promo) Roy Davis Jr - What Is Love feat Mark (Nice and Smooth promo) Atmosfear - Dancing In Outer Space, Greymatter Re-Edit (Wolf Music)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - June 6, 2009.

James Barrie — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:53:36 GMT

Kicked off the show with another play of the great forthcoming King Midas Sound cut, excellent new dub adventures - I like their style, leading not following. Discovery of the weeks is Paradise Found, lovely new folktronica on the quirky and diverse Dancing Turtle records. This took me nicely into a couple of Pepe Bradock remixes which are part of a great compilation of the mans work which is about to drop on BBE. If you don't know him he's one of the few house producers with a really distinctive sound and is and was way ahead of his time, even his old stuff is sounding like music from next year - a criminally underrated production legend, just buy the compilation and pay your respects. Rising UK R&B star Cherri V comes through with an Amerie style party winner and there is some great new hip hop from Funky DL (in a Bugsy Malone style!) and New Jack Hustle - Tres Records coming up trumps again. As if there weren't enough already the Finnish produce another great jazz group on the wonderful Ricky Tick label - watch out for new kid on the block, Dalindeo. I dropped a little latin fusion trio kicking off with the great Angolan Salsa flavour of Carlitos Vieira Dias. Good to see Jazz and Milk back with the latest installment of their Jazz and Milk breaks series and I'm liking Cesars Salad's version of Manteca a lot before I finished off my Latin trio with a a great tune from the impeccable Pacifico Colombiano compilation from Otrabanda, undoubtedly one of my favourtite compilations from the past few years and right up there with the Soundway releases. Just to really mix things up I finished with a bit of flavour from the Indian sub-continent. Punjabi dons Tigerstyle produce another winner this time with the new Yugraj track and Heavenly Sweetness take a break from the leftfield jazz world to release young Nepalese flute prodigy Sunil Dev Shrestra - horizontal and enlightening in equal measures. King Midas Sound - Too Long Dub (Hyperdub promo) Paradise Found - Like Attracts Like (Dancing Turtle promo) Cesaria Evora - Angola, Bateau Ivre rework by Pepe Bradock (BBE promo) Roy Ayers - I Am Your Mind, Pépé Bradock's Asynchronous Adventures (BBE Promo) Cherri V - Til The Sun Comes Up (6060 Music) Funky DL - 1947 featuring Lei-an and Xantone Blacq (BBE promo) New Jack Hustle - Lionel (Tres Records promo) Dalindeo - Vintage Voyage (Ricky Tick Records promo) Carlitos Vieira Dias - Mukajame (Tratore) Cesars Salad - Manteca (Jazz and Milk promo) Markitos Y La Sabrosa De Buenaventura - Linda Portena (Otrabanda) Yugraj - Chan Warga Chamkara (Kamlee Records) Sunil Dev Shrestra - Improvisation 1 (Heavenly Sweetness promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - May 30, 2009.

James Barrie — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:44:23 GMT

Kicked off the show this week with some of the better recent experiments in global music. One of the heirs to Tito Puentes percussion crown, Luisito Quintero, drop his inspired version of the Ray Barreto classic, Acid. French dj and producer DJ Click gives Manu Chao's mestizo sounds a credible electronic edge, Ocote Soul Sounds take their dark, dubby, tropical vibe into Fela inspired African territory and Haaksman and Haaksman give the rumba sounds of Papawa a fierce breakbeat rerub. Sbtrkt drops a great wonky tech house track, he's on the up for 2009, look out for him. Avant-Garde sounds come courtesty of Some Freak, Andreya Triana & Ritornell and their new track The Light, whilst beat box don DJ Scratch combines interestingly with one of my favourite leftfield producers Elmore Judd on one of the tracks from his latest album. Delicate, beautiful, shoegazing electronic pop comes courtesy of Franklin. UK trumpet don Abram Wilson composes a great jazz tribute to Barack Obama and Floating Points is on a roll at the moment with another killer single about to drop, this time on Eglo - great new lazy cosmic vibes. Dam-Funk continues his quest for global synth funk domination and UK beat maker du jour Paul White is just about to release his new album on the ever reliable One Handed Music so I drop a little 3 track sample of the beat tape musical wonders to come and then remind you how good new BBE signing Phantogram are - look out for their album later in the year. Luisito Quintero - Acid (BBE Records) Manu Chao - Tombola, DJ Click rmx (White) Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Vampires (ESL promo) Papawa vs Haaksman & Haaksman - La Flaca (Lovemonk Records) Sbtrkt - Breakout (White) Some Freak, Andreya Triana & Ritornell - The Light (Wald Entertainment) DJ Scratch feat Elmore Judd - So Hard To Find My Way (Gold Dust Media) Franklin - Big Cities (Wool Recordings) Abram Wilson - Obama (Dune Records) Floating Points - Truly (Eglo promo) Dam-Funk - Latrifying (Stones Throw Promo) Testiculo y Uno - Deetermeter (Melting Pot Music promo) Paul White - Floating Free (One Handed Music promo) Paul White - Sugar Free Airlines (One Handed Music promo) Paul White - The Magic Tunetop (One Handed Music promo) Phantogram - Running From The Cops (BBE promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - May 23, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:08:49 GMT

Kicking off with a long overdue cut from Mocky's outstanding new album Saskamodie, a truly crafted album full of old school musical flavour but sounding fresh for 2009 and a rare album that both your mates and your mum will like. David Baxter drops more of his unique take on future funk and the b-side Ost & Kjex rmx of German jazz maverick Wigald Boning is a deep glitchy house classic. It took me a while to check it (I blame living in Spain!) but I'm loving the Afrocentric Donaeo UK Funky track and Busy Signal comes up with a wicked Afro vibe on his latest dancehall banger. The last year has seen the Colombian Cumbia rhythm infiltrating music styles worldwide and I had to drop the deep Moonrra track from chief Cumbia hype-monger Russ Jone's great 'Arriba La Cumbia' compilation. Paten Locke is dropping his album in the summer and from the little sampler I received it's sounding great - some great jazzy breaks and quality lyrics and Notes To Self come through with another solid slice of hip hop due out on BBE soon. The wonderfully titles PANTyYRAID drop a future bassline Balearic classic and I drop the Yoggyone track that I meant to play two weeks ago (but by mistake I played another one oops. Live one take radio - love it!). I finished the show with a couple of tracks from the new Tru-Thoughts, Shapes compilation due out anytime - check the wonderfully lush Charles Stepney inspired 'Arianita' from Quantic. Mocky - Birds Of A Feather (Crammed Discs) David Baxter - A Brujo's Might (Test) Wigald Boning - Kobra Dance, Ost & Kjex rmx (Compost promo) Donaeo - Party Hard (Myish/Zephron) Busy Signal - Da Style Deh (White) Moonrra Y Su Batallon - La Cumbia Del Monrra (Crammed Discs) Roots Manuva - Do Nah Bodda Mi, Roots Manuva meet Wrongtom (Ninja promo) Paten Locke - Just Me (Tres promo) Notes To Self - Jetlagged (BBE promo) Dizz1 - Konotakosuke Yaro (Rush Hour promo) Pantyraid - Get The Money (Marine Parade promo) Yoggyone - Electric Bird (Eklektic promo) Unforscene - Dangerous, Part Time Heroes Remix (Tru Thought promo) Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - Arianita (Tru Thoughts promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - May 16, 2009.

James Barrie — Sat, 16 May 2009 21:47:42 GMT

Too much good music and not enough time - help!! Started off the show on a mellow tip with some new artists and fresh musical adventures. Beautiful music from Susumu Yokota (minus the vocal - sorry Susumu!) on the ever interesting Lo Recordings before heading into some of today's freshest beatmakers, James Blake (BIG prospect), Subeena (HOT prospect) and Dorian Concept. Some great dubby Brasilian flavour followed courtesy of Ceu with her sweet vocals and the ever reliable Digitaldubs - look out for these Brasilian rude boys touring Europe over the summer. I had to drop a track from the excellent compilation 'Vocals and Versions Vol. 1" on Senseless Records, two cds of killer modern dubstep flavour with a great array of vocalists - check it! I had another little disco moment as well with Aurra's, Such A Feeling from the now released Nightdubbin album on BBE followed by a fresh nu-disco offering from the ever reliable Aniligital Records and the even more reliable Kinnego Flux with a brand new killer from them, they seem to be going from strength to strength, make sure you keep your eyes on them. The new Shapes comp on Tru-Thoughts is about to drop and is sounding great and the new King Midas Sound on Hyperdub is just next level dub flavour - these boys are musical shepherds, not sheep. To finish the show I finally fitted in an All City release, this one from Dimlite - a true bonkers madathon end to the show. Susumu Yokota - Love Tendrilises, Montag Instrumental rmx (Lo Recordings) James Blake - Air and Lack Thereof (Hemlock promo) Subeena - Solidify feat Jamie Woon (Recorded at RBMA, Barcelona) Dorian Concept - Be Tween (Rush Hour promo) CeU - Sonambulo (Six Degrees) Digitaldubs - Youth Samba Dub (Muzamba) Sarantis ft Bunnington Judah - One Day (Senseless Records) Aurra - Such A Feeling, Shep Pettibone mix part 2 (BBE) Tal M. Klein and Anthony Mansfield - Disco Villainy (Aniligital) Kinnego Flux - Cause and Affect (Test) Marco and Orpheu - Six To Midnight (Rush Hour promo) Natural Self - In The Morning, Paul White rmx (Tru-Thoughts promo) Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada - Tu Fin, Mi Comienzo (ESL promo) King Midas Sound - Too Long Dub (Hyperdub promo) Dimlite - Quiz Tears, Instrumental (All City Records)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - May 9, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:13:06 GMT

A few Global SoulJah recent favourites rear their heads once again on this weeks show. Sub Swara have dropped some remixes of their outstanding album from last year, Coup D`Yah, one of my favourite dubstep albums todate. I had to play another Enemy Earth track - if you like beats deep, interstellar and hazy then he's your man. Finally I played a Mrs. Jinx track from her new album of mellow electronica - one for your lazier moments. ESL have got some great new albums in the pipeline and I'm overjoyed at the prospect of more slow dubby tropical goodness courtesy of Ocote Soul Sounds and Adrian Quesada. Staff Benda Bilili's, Je T'Aime is still bringing me close to tears whilst making me dance every time I hear it and Arcadion's, Fly Vision is undoubtedly one of the nu-disco tracks of the year. You heard both Kotchy and Phantogram last week and the albums are so good you're gettng more this week, two albums where the mish mash of many styles come together to create great wholes. Kinnego Flux have blessed me with an advance listen of their album and I'm over the moon, Herbie Hancock in his funk heyday meets the Northern Irish IDM/dubstep generation. To finish some great new house music from D Stephanie, Detroit inspired broken house music with a killer African vocal, look out for it on the new Broadcite compilation. Sub Swara - Alabaster Dub, Kush Arora's Industrial Espionage Rmx (Low Motion Records promo) Ancient Astronauts - Oblivion feat Dj Zeph and Azeem (ESL) Enemy Earth - Motto Sh*t (Eat Concrete Records) Mrs. Jynx - Kites (Planet Mu) Lizzy Parks - Deluge (Tru-Thoughts promo) Ocote Soul Sounds & Adrian Quesada - Coconut Rock (ESL promo) Staff Benda Bilili - Je T'Aime (Crammed Discs) Los Manolos vs. Lack Of Afro - Dame Polonio (Love Monk) Arcadion - Fly Vision (DC Recordings) Kinnego Flux - Satsuma (Test) Yoggyone - Preparation (Eklektic promo) Phantogram - Mouthful of Diamonds (BBE promo) Kotchy - Shake (Civil Music) D Stephanie - Anybody Out There (Broadcite promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - May 2, 2009.

James Barrie — Mon, 04 May 2009 08:34:47 GMT

Welcome once again to another show. I finally got my hands on the amazing new Benda Bilili album and had to kick off the show with the soulful, heart wrenching James Brown inspired 'Je Taime'. If you haven't heard of this outfit then they are a group of paraplegic street musicians and friends who live in and around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa, Congo - just because they can't use their legs doesn't mean they can't play - amazing stuff, just check the You tube link below. The sounds of nu-jazz and broken beat rear their head this week, a rare appearance since their rapid demise a couple of years ago - David Borsu comes through with a wicked jazzy house number from the forthcoming Broadcite compilation and I also played a track from the one and only Domu's new compilation of remixes and rarities due soon on Tru-Thoughts. Mayer Hawthorne has a voice to die for, if you don't believe me just have a listen to 'Maybe So, Maybe No' - real soul music. The rest of the show is spent showcasing where music is at and heading in 2009. Had to drop another Filaria track - the Kinnego boys are some of favourites of the new dubstep generation, FaltyDL is making some great twisted post garage future 2-step and you also get two tracks from what is destined to be one of the albums of the year - 89 by Kotchy an amazing mish mash of hip hop, pop, and experimental sounds by this talented multi-instrumentalist, beat programming singer. If this sounds like your cup of tea then you also have to look out for Phantogram. BBE have picked them up and their album is a similarly unclassifiable stew of quality music - more info when I hear a bit more. I also had to drop Congo Whoomp from Debruit, undoubtedly one of the biggest Wonky tunes to date.. Staff Benda Bilili - Je T'Aime (Crammed Discs) Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Air Mail, Chin Chin rmx (Heavenly Sweetness promo) David Borsu - True Loves Hair (Broadcite promo) Domu - Springbreak (Tru Thoughts promo) Trevor & Lisa - Soundshake (Favourite promo) Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No (Stones Throw promo) Filaria - Batteria Acid (Kinnego promo) FaltyDL - Wnter Sole (Planet Mu promo) Kotchy - Falling In Love (Civil Music) Kotchy - Check Out My Keychain (Civil Music) Speech Debelle Go Then, Bye, hotomachine & EL-B remix (Ninja Tune promo) Debruit - Congo Whoomp (Musique Large) Soundspecies - Mask (Burnt Progress) DJ Vadim - You Are Yours ft Yarah Bravo (BBE promo) Phantogram - When I'm Small (BBE promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - April 25, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:27:59 GMT

Hi All, Good news this week the show has now been picked up by Planet Radio in Tenerife, the islands best and most open minded radio station so I will now be broadcasting your music to a million extra people a week on this volcanic sunshine island, happy days. Look out for some more syndication moves later in the year. My magazine reviews have also been picked by Fly Global Music Culture that great portal for forward thinking and underground global music that attracts a 100,000 unique visitors a month from 153 different territories, don't forget the reviews are also printed in 3 magazines here in Spain with a monthly circulation of 75,000 as well as being blogged and appearing on the great Right On FM portal. More syndication hopefully to be announced soon. Bit of a 4/4 fest this week but I had to kick off with a track from the amazing Lee Fields & The Expressions album, this old soul boy is still delivering the goods big time - now that's what I call R&B, nu-school take note! Great new directions in funk and disco come courtesy of IDM/Dubstep stalwart Filaria and disco queen Arcadion - both with albums dropping this year, I can't wait. Young talent (I think he's still young!) Aaron Jerome revitalises the classic Critical Point track featuring Victor Duplex for 2009 and Ramadanman keeps pushing the dubstep sound with this great new percussive work out. Johnwaynes comes through with an interesting version of the Ástor Piazzoll classic, I played the deeper version but there's also a great full on peak time mix as well. Check the great new remix of Reel People featuring the one and only Omar, top quality soulful house. Blackjoy again shows us what a disco don he is with a great Afrodisco workout, due out soon and finally the distinctive sound of Rasmus Faber and more great pop tinged soulful house sweetness.. Lee Fields & The Expressions - Honey Dove (Stones Throw/Truth & Soul Records promo) Nadsroic - Leopards (Lucky Me promo) Filaria - Gone Again (Kinnego promo) Arcadion - Fly Vision (DC Recordings promo) Critical Point - Messages, Aaron Jerome rfx (Test) Setenta - Funky Tumbao (R2) Les Freres Smith - Smithian Steppaz (Melting Pot Music promo) Ramadanman - Revenue (2nd Drop promo) Jjak Hogan - Frequency, databoots version (Frequenc Records) Johnwaynes - Libertango, Llorcas Art of Tones redub (Compost Black Label promo) Reel People featuring Omar - Outta Love, Souled Bootleg rmx (Papa Records promo) BlackJoy - Djomani (Discograph promo) Rasmus Faber - Never Figure Out, original album edit (Farplane promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - April 18, 2009.

James Barrie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:46:48 GMT

I had to play more tracks from some killer recent albums this week so a bit more Sun Ra inspired electronic deepness from Berliner Ring, ethno jazz from Don Cherry & Latif Khan and more cinematic electro pop from Bristol`s, Bronnt Industries Kapital. Some hard hitting lyrics and great beats appear courtesy of Early Man who knows how effective rap can be when it avoids all the violence, bitches and money cliches. The new Dubterror album is sounding great with some classic roots and roots flavoured dubstep of the highest order and SMUT release the killer Badman Place track as a free download to counter the bootleggers who pressed up the 12" which is an interesting use of todays modern communication methods, although a shame they had to do it in the first place. Look out for the Pepe Bradock compilation album coming on BBE Records, a great showcase of one of the most interesting leftfield house producers of all time. Bronnt Industries Kapital - Threnody For The Victims Of Lucio Fulci Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Inspiration from Home (Heavenly Sweetness) Berliner Ring - El Amarna (Art Yard Records) Early Man - Alpha (Stopstart Records promo) Remano Eszildn - R-Track (Planet Mu promo) Nacho Patrol - Mind World (Kindred Spirits) Alice Coltrane - Stopover Bombay (Impulse) Dubterror - Shinobi (Universal Egg promo) SMUT - Badman Place (Pure Filth free download) Cottie - Warrior Charge (Studio Rockers Promo) Zaki Ibrahim - Money, King Britt Mix (Red Ink Promo) Alex Gopher - You, My Baby and I, Pepe Bradock remix (BBE Promo) Affinity - Don't Go Away, Dimitri from Paris Edit (BBE Records)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - April 11, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:25:34 GMT

Kicking off the show this week with more Soundspecies, you know it makes sense and the album finally drops this week, just buy it. Dealmaker are gearing up for some new releases so I thought I'd give you a little taster of the Keaver & Brause album more food for you melodic beat lovers, due in May i believe. Musical darkness comes courtesy of Dobie and the dark twisted beat excursion "The New Madness" and the emmerging talent of 21 year old Robert Logan - he's going to be LARGE. R2 are on a roll at the moment with the excellent slow mo future disco vibes of Floating Points a big tune for me this summer for sure plus I've dropped another track from the excellent afrolatin comp The Connection VOL 1. Demis Roussos is back with a new lp due in May, he's obviously not content with already selling 50million albums in his career - those were the days! Finished the show with a bit of Fela inspired afro flavour but of particular note is the new Nacho Patrol ep. who are taking the afro flavour into unchartered electronic fusion territory, I can't recommend their new ep highly enough - really unique sound. Soundspecies - Relax ft Deborah Jordan (CDR promo) Amp Fiddler - I Believe In You (Rapster) Keaver & Brause - Two Schools (Dealmaker promo) iTAL tEK - Red Sky (Planet Mu promo) MF Doom - Cellz (Lex Records) Dobie - The New Madness (Browswood Promo) Robert Logan - Balaton (Slowfoot) Floating Points - Love Me Like This (R2) Demis Roussos - Love Is, Danny Krivit Edit (Discograph promo) Azuka of Africa - We Don Tire (R2) Watch TV & The Lovemonk Allstars - Wild Safari, Darshan Jesrani Monkey Mix (Lovemonk promo) Nacho Patrol - Africa Space Program (Kindred Spirits) Boxcutter - Lamp Post Funk (Planet Mu promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - April 4, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:19:02 GMT

Kicked off with THAT Augustus Pablo track from the great new Rodigan Reggae compilation on BBE followed buy some deeper than deep percussion from the fantastic new AfroLatin Rich Medina & Bobbito compilation forthemcoming on R2. The new Mulatu Astatke and The Heliocentrics album is sounding as good as it promises and is the best by far in the Inspiration Information series on Strut. Deep tripped out beats come courtesy of the amazing forthecoming Enemy Earth album and the super deep Nu-Spirit Helsinki compilation coming out on Obliqsound. Ben Jones kicks off the new Arale record label in style, I'm really looking forward to what this new label on the block has got to offer in future releases. One Handed keep holding down the quality with the Bullion remix of Paul White - now there is a beat lovers dream team. The Bronnt Industries Kapital album is sounding incredible, I'd never heard of them before but I'm glad they are now on my radar. More Soundspecies in this weeks show. I finally got hold of the album due to drop in the middle of April and it is quality through and through, oozing soul with super fresh beats and sure to be one of my albums of the year - all you future soul boys, just buy it! Ended the show on a 4/4 tip, great new house music from DPlay and the ever reliable Drum Poet community label and a great new UK Funky tune surprisingly from Dobie who's flexing his production skillls in new directions with a great new release coming soon on Brownswood.. Augustus Pablo - No Entry (BBE Records) Totin - Rumba Cultura (R2 Promo) Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Addis Black Widow (Strut Promo) MF Doom - Lightworks (Lex Records) Enemy Earth - Shinobi-no-mono (Eat Concrete Promo) Tales In Tones Trio - Sabari (Obliqsound promo) Ben Jones - Stereo Sine (Arale promo) Paul White - Hustle, Bullion remix (One Handed promo) Tosca - Springer (G-Stone/K7 Promo) Richard E - Dig Infinity (Further Out promo) Bronnt Industries Kapital - An Index Of Corporate Art (Physical Promo) Marina And The Diamonds - Mowglis Road, The Last Skeptic remix (White) Soundspecies - Something New - Brazilya Part 2 (CDR promo) Dplay - Browse (Drum Poet Community promo) Dobie - Dumb Girl From Allen Road (Brownswood promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - March 28, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:03:17 GMT

I've been neglecting the jazz of late so it's back in truly deep style and some great tracks with some classic Don Cherry and Trinidadian poet Anthony Josephy and his 7 man voodoo funk band courtesy of the consistently brilliant Heavenly Sweetness label. Equally deep and quality obsessed are Art Yard records check their fantastic new Sun Ra inspired electronic act Berliner Ring and their excellent back catalogue of rare jazz re-issues. Looks like Terry Lynn is going to be the Santogold or M.I.A. of 2009 and good luck to her, I like her style and rags to (relative)riches story. The new Boxcutter album is about to drop on Planet Mu and it's sounding great, he's one step ahead of the dubstep game branching out into different rhythms,with a nice musicality and added depth - this is one boy from the dubstep scene who's work will actually still sound good after the summer! Some nice new urban bits and bobs in the show as well. The new Grand Pianoramax single is sounding good helped along with a little Spinna remix the new Soundspecies album is sounding IMMENSE - cutting edge nu-soul and hip hop about to drop and look out for Speech Debelle as well, really unique voice (you'll either love it or hate it) and great unique UK female MC talent.. Rude Kid - It's About Time (Grime Forum free download) Anthony Joseph and The Spasm Band - River of Masks (Heavenly Sweetness) Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - Oriental Mood (Art Yard Records) Don Cherry and Latif Khan - Rhthm 58 1_4 (Heavenly Sweetness) Zwicker - Dragon Fly Ep version (Compost Black promo) Nebraska - My Brother (Rush Hour promo) Sygaire & Defcon - Yigitler Ful Orkestrasi (Melting Pot Music promo) Terry Lynn - Kingston Logic, Greenmoney Bruk Logic remix (Phree Music) Boxcutter - A Cosmic Parent (Planet Mu promo) Speech Debelle - The Key instrumental (Big Dada) The Long Lost - The Art of Kissing (Ninja Tune) Grand Pianoramax - The Hook, Dj Spinna rmx (Oblik Sound promo) Soundspecies - CDR People featuring Foreign Beggars (CDR promo) Berliner Ring - El Amarna (Art Yard Records) www.globalsouljah.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - March 14, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:05:05 GMT

Had to drop Boxcutter andf Kinnego Flux again, great nu-soul for the dubstep generation.. Nice little Dilla
vibe in at the start of the show as well this week which just sort of happened naturally with tracks that I'v received recently, particuarly liking Takes version of "Fall in Love" - the mans influence on the new generation of beat makers and producers can't be underestimated. I actually played some drum and bass this week, the first time in ages with the Dr. Meaker remix of William Orbit - my advice forget the album and hunt down the remixes they're a lot more relevant to where music's at in 2009.. Some nice cosmic moments as well the new Brennan Green remix of Mudd and Fakroun on Claremont 56 is killing it and will be a summer staple in my sets for sure (can you wear MP3's out?). The new Quantic & His Combo Barbaro live tropical band project is sounding amazing and I can't wait for the album, dropping in June it could be one of the soundtracks of the summer. A couple more BBE tasters for you as well with some more Roddigans Reggae #2 with The Viceroys and a scarce Shep Pettibone mix of Aurra on the forthecoming Dimitri From Paris presents: Nightdubbin' - "a dubbed out collection of classic 80’s dance music" mixed by The Idjut Boys - now there's a dream team if ever there was one!

Boxcutter & Kinnego Flux - A Familiar Sound (Kinnego)
Dabrye feat Phat kat & Dilla - Game Over, Suff Daddy rmx (White)
Illa J - R U Listening? featuring Guilty Simpson (Delicious promo)
Take - Fall In Love Again (Eat Concrete Records)
The Viceroys - Heart Made of Stone (BBE promo)
Junglehammer vs Daktari - Live and Let Dub (Groovscooter)
William Orbit - Optical Illusions, Dr. Meaker rmx (Guerilla)
Mudd and Fakroun - Drago (Brennan Green version)
Dodi Palese - Glow, original mix (Compost Black)
Aurra - Such A Feeling, Shep Pettibone mix part two (BBE Promo)
Quantic & His Combo Barbaro - Un Canto a Mi Tierra (Tru-Thoughts promo)
Cougar - Pulse Conditioner (Layered Music)
Wynton Marsalis - Poem#7 (Blue Note promo)
Wynton Marsalis - Fears (Blue Note promo)
Bent Jaedig - B's Waltz (Ricky Tick)

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Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - March 21, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:44:44 GMT

Heavy on the beats and BBE this week. Just received the new DJ Vadim single and it's sounding great, I'm excited about the summer album already! The new BBE hip hop project, Canadian boys Notes To Self is sounding fresh as well, good production and considered lyrics. The UK is well represented this week with Paul White and Lone pushing the beat science but not forgetting the melodies. The new Two Fingers project is sounding great and Sway comes correct with the lyrical content and delivery. Some deep Balearic (I like the word Balearic because it's so evocative yet non descriptive you can get away with murder under it's banner!) moments in the show as well with the ever soothing Digitonal, one of my summer anthems the Brennan Green mix of Mudd & Fakrouns, Drago and a track from the forthecoming Fink album. Not forgettng two more stellar reggae cuts from the new Rodigans Reggae compilation coming on BBE sooooon... Digitonal - Gone, Winter North Atlantic mix (Just music) Chet Baker - Arborway, live (Dopeness Galore) Lone - Midnight Feast, Bibio remix (Dealmaker Records promo) Dj Vadim - Soldier (BBE promo) EVS - Dub4U (Studio Rockers promo) Profisee X Eprom - Zoning (Cloak and Dagger promo) Paul White - Alien Nature (One Handed Music promo) Notes To Self - Days Like These (BBE promo) Chezidek - Call Pan Dem (BBE Promo) Chaka Demus & Pliers - When King Tubby Used To Play (BBE Promo) Fink - Maker (Ninja Tune promo) Mudd & Fakroun - Drago, Brennan Green Version (Claremont 56) Mikki - Dance Love, Dub (BBE Promo) Two Fingers - Whatuknowabout featuring Sway (Big Dada)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - March 7, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:35:28 GMT

Kicking off the show this week with the incredible UK saxophonist Finn Peters who really is at the top of his game at the moment with the Butterflies album and now with a fantastic ep of remixes just released which are all great - really one of the best electronic jazz fusion releases of recent years. The show also features a few, not so much nu-soul, as future soul cuts with Shaunise, Sound Species and the Hawthorne Headhunters - who are promising to deliver great things with their album dropping in April, next level cosmic, jazzfunk drenched soul and hiphop, can't wait. Got to big up the Kinnego Flux boys from Ireland who with a bit of help from Boxcutter have made one of my tunes of the year taking dubstep into soul heaven - look out for them, they're young, musical, cutting edge and got a bright future. The Tony Momrelle vocal on "The Realm" finally hit me this week, coupled with a super deep Restless Soul Rmx, timeless house for the heads..

Finn Peters - Moyse, 2 Banks of Four remix (Accidental)
Boxcutter & Kinnego Flux - A Familiar Sound (Kinnego)
Shut Up & Dance - Epileptic, Martyn's No Strobe Mix (Z-Audio)
Mr. Cooper - What Else There Is Part08 (Project Moon Circle)
Shuanise - Masudasante (Eglo Promo)
Bullion - Young Heartache (One Handed Music)
Hawthorne Headhunters - She Wanna (HVW8)
Sound Species - Can We Call It Love ft Ahu (Burnt Progress promo)
The Realm feat Tony Momrelle - Time, Restless Soul Vocal rmx (Papa Records promo)
John Daly - This Is A Lonely Beat (Drumpoet Community promo)
Dusty - An Exotic Breed (Jazz n Milk)
Cornel Campbell - My Confession (BBE promo)
Augustus Pablo - Bring Me Up (BBE promo)
The Dynamics - Bring Me Up (Big Single promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - February 28, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:12:34 GMT

Here we go again, the usual musical mish mash - Opening up with some crazy ethnomusicological beats from Tenerife courtesy of D-Watts Riot, a blend of goat herders, arcane whistling language samples, beats and dub flavours!! A couple of wicked reggae tracks from highly recommended comps - the forthecoming stellar Rodigans Reggae II on BBE and the amazing Wackies comp available for download from BoomKat for a measley €7. More Alif Tree from the Clockwork album which is going to be in my top ten albums of the year for sure. A great jazzy take on dubstep from the aptly named Jazzsteppa and some great deep house from Mathias Vogt (really jazz with live 4/4 drumming) and a new b-side cut from the ever reliable Prime Numbers label and that's not forgetting a great lazy hip hop cut on MPM and some twisted future beats from man of the moment Dorian Concept and some proper future electronic sickness from the tongue twistingly titled crew Optikatechniqua King L Man - Arando (Test) U-Chef feat. Dar Gnawa, Sweetman & Staiffy - Idman (Crammed) Padded Cell - Beautiful Gloom (DC Recordings) Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun (K7) Matthias Vogt Trio - The Fith Day (Infracom promo) Be - When You Left (Prime Numbers promo) Alif Tree - Aurevoir (Compost Records) Block Barley - Michigan rmx featuring Guilty Simpson (Melting Pot Music promo) Jazzsteppa - Big Swing Sound (Studio Rockers) Jah Batta - Youthman Time (Wackies) Augustos Pablo - No Entry (BBE promo) Dorian Concept - Clap Beep Boom (Kindred Spirits) Optikatechniqua - Rinse It, Dank Woods rmx (Alternative Blueprint promo) Rick Wade - Rome Ext (Rush Hour records)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - February 21, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:53:37 GMT

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - February 14, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Hi all, Back for another edition of the Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show on Spains best independent radio station - Scanner 96.6FM available in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area, reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. Another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future. The show is also available on demand on the Scanner FM site and through my podcast.. A super eclectic show this week from lovers soul (well it was Valentines day) to peak time dubstep via ambient noodlings and tripped out afro jazz. Still feeling the new Jimi Tenor album hard and the soon to be released BBE minimal comp (end of the month). Looks like Robert Logan has a bright future, he's only 23 with his own sound and great sounding productions - look out for him.. Loving the Jazz Steppa vibe as well, live instruments on a dubstep riddim and they're hitting the studio soon as well, I'm expecting them to blow up this year as they take dubstep from behind the decks and onto the stages with a live show... Slowcream - Wanderlust (Nonine promo) Chris Corsano - What Movement Helps You When You Are Trying To Run Out A Batsman?(Family Vineyard) A Taste of Honey - I Love You (Capitol) JR Bailey - Just Me 'n' You (Ubiquity) Ricardo Marrerro - Feel Like Making Love (Fania) Jimi Tenor - & Kabu Kabu - Floating Organge (Sahko) Robert Logan - Cranes (Slow Foot Promo) Zo aka la Chauve Souri - Moon (Eklektic Records) Bullion - Get Familiar (One Handed Music) DJ Center - Tout Passe (Test) Bing Ji Ling - Home (Love Monk promo) Kenneth Bager - Fragment 11 The day after yester (BBE promo) Jazzsteppa - Taylor Rain (Studio Rockers) Magnetic Man - The Cyberman (Magnetic Man promo) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - February 7, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:40:26 GMT

Hi all, Back for another edition of the Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show on Spains best independent radio station - Scanner 96.6FM available in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area, reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. Another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future. Sad news this week with the passing of Charles Wesley Cooper III, one half of Telfon Tel Aviv and the first song is a tribute to him, if you don't know their music I suggest you check them out.. Continued support for the Filastine & Dusty albums due to be released at the end of the month, both essential in their different genres. If Etno Jazz is your flavour then also check the Finn Peters album Butterflies. One of the best sax players in the UK, with some of the best new generation of players records this beautiful album of floating, atmospheris, oriental jazz - ESSENTIAL! Also more BBE sneak previews, if you like the Raw Silk track then make sure you get the Night Dubbin album - selected by Dimitri and mixed by The Idjust boys!! The Liquid Liquid track is another taste from the Grandfather Paradox album compiled by Henrick Schwarz, Ame & Dixon - minimal but not quite as you know it!! You're also getting the first taste of the next installment of Real Authentic Reggae compiled by the one and only David Roddigan - essential for all lovers of that rootsier sound, more to come in the next few weeks before it's release sometime in March.. Over and out for this week.. Telefon Tel Aviv - Nothing is Worth Losing That (Hefty Records) Raw Silk - Just in Time & Space, Dub (BBE promo) Finn Peters - Butterflies (Accidental) High Places - Banana Slugs/Cosmonaut (Thrill Jockey) Filastine - B'Talla (Jarring Effects promo) La Revuelta - La Oya (Otrabanda) Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu - Higher Styx (Sahko Recordings) Dusty - Salsa Step (Jazz & Milk promo) Sekouka Bambino - It's a man, mans, mans world (Sono/Next music) Simplicity People feat Tommy McCook - Shock Shentetacky (BBE promo) Bill Conti - Reflections (BBE) Liquid Liquid - Lock Groove (BBE promo) Cro-Magnon - Black Mahogani (Jazzy Sport) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show - January 17, 2009.

James Barrie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:52:34 GMT

Hi all, So it's 2009 and after a short Christmas break the show is back on Spains best independent radio station - Scanner 96.6FM available in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area, reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. Another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future. The show and my record reviews are now also available on the great French on-line station for all things soulful Right On FM. If you don't know this crew then log on to the site where you can hear shows from Michael Rutten, Nikki Lucas and others as well as reviews of the latest releases and special guest mixes. A great portal to the world of soul music old & new. My recent album reviews are published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. The show is also available on demand on the Scanner FM site and through my podcast.. Quinteto Instrumental de Musica Moderna - Gandinga, Mondongo y Sandunga, Alternate Version (Sonar Kollektiv) Elmore Judd - Bass Bully (Honest Jons) Lukid - Fall Apart (Werk) XRABIT + DMG$ - Follow The Leader (Big Dada) Cerebral Vortex & Erik L - Fall In Love (Melting Pot Music promo) Laura Izibor - From My Heart To Yours, DJ Premier Remix (Atlantic promo) Lone - Cali Drought (Dealmaker) Future Loop Foundation - The Sea & The Sky, Aaron Jerome remix (Just Music) Dub Colossus - Azmari Dub (Real World) Kokolo - The Grunt (Record Kicks promo) The Blue Note 7 - Mosaic (Blue Note promo) Boozoo Bajou - Same Sun - Prins Thomas Diskomix (K7 Promo) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona - 20/12/08

James Barrie — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:25:12 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews are published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. If you are in Barcelona for New Years then watch out for The Cosmic Jam New Years Eve special party with special guest DJ Saffrolla (Solid Steel Radio), DJ 2D2 (Del Palo/Scanner FM) and myself. As a special thank you to all the people that have made the party the best underground party in the city in 2008 the door price will remain at the usual €12 which includes a beer!! Lone - Sunken (Dealmaker) Alice Russel - Universe (Six Degrees) Micatone - Last Christmas (Sonar Kollektiv) Marvin Daye (White) 37th State - Throw Away (BBE Test) Ben Sharpa - Hegemony (Pioneer Unit) Konfab - Runonsentence (Pioneer Unit) Wuf Ticket - The Key, Dub (BBE Test) Recloose - Catch a Leaf (Sonar Kollektiv) Bajofondo - Pa'Bailarte, Omar rmx (Surco) MeNeo - Tourist (Fluid Ounce) Jon Kennedy - Sit Tight (Castablast) Paul Freeth - Rumble (Fluid Ounce) Zomby - We Got The Sound (Werk) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona - 13/12/08

James Barrie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:52:26 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews are published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. BIG THANKS to King Cannibal & DJ Wrongtom who rocked The Cosmic Jam party last Saturday and thanks to all the people that attended and who have made it Barcelona's best underground party in 2008 - look out for the New Years Even session!! The Qemists - Dem Nah, King Cannibal rmx (Ninja Tune promo) AFT - The Time in Between (Melting Pot Music promo) Kutiman - Bango Fields (Groove Attack) Ben Sharpa - B To The E (Jarring Effects) Howie B vs Casino Royal - Royal Sound (Fabric promo) Sub Swara - Yeah, Heyoka rmx (Low Motion records) 37th State - Best Bet (BBE Test) Moonstarr - Tiger Funk feat LAL (PTR) Drums of Death - dodfucksupanescortune (Greco Roman) K'naan - ABCs, Chubb Rock Rmx (A&M/Octone Records) Luisito Quintero - Music for Gong Gong, Abricah Soul Rmx (BBE promo) Milton Jackson - Ghosts in My Machines (BBE) M.I.A. & A.R. Rahman - O...Saya from Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack (NEET promo)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona - 29/11/08

James Barrie — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:53:26 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews have just been published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. If you are in Barcelona next weekend definitely check my party THE COSMIC JAM with special guests King Cannibal from Ninja Tune and DJ Wrongtom the tour dj for Hard-Fi, it's gonna be a ram jam session as always... Boxcutter - Kab 27 (Planet Mu) Miles Benjamin - Soundcheckin (Unfold) Dwilt Sharp - I Need You Close (Favourite promo) Barry Styles - Brasil Soul (Fluid Ounce) Sevara Nazarkham - Kunlarim Sensi (Real World) The Stance Brothers - Dynamite (Ricky Tick) 37th State - Tic Toc (BBE Test) Ursula Rucker - Read Between The lines (Five Six Media) Issa Bagayogo - Namadjidja (Six Degrees) Sonar Kollektiv Orchestra - How To Find a Royal Jelly (Sonar Kollektiv) Moonstarr - String Theory (PTR promo) Wireman - Armour (Prime numbers promo) Ghilain Poirier feat MC Zulu - Go Ballistic, King Cannibal rmx (Ninja Tune) The Qemists - DemNah, King Cannibal rmx (Ninja Tune promo) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona - 22/11/08

James Barrie — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:19:36 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews have just been published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. Also congratulations to Sonar Kollektiv who this week put out their 200th release!! A great milestone for any record label let alone an independent - keep up the good work! Wireman - Axiom (Prime Numbers promo) Flako & Shaunise - Untitled (BBE test) Head & Neck Sessions - Ill Pleut ft Short Man (Dancing Turtle promo) Funk Off Jazz On - Magic Touch (Blue Note) The Five Corners Quintet - Habib's Habit (Ricky Tick) Stance Brothers - Upside The Head (Ricky Tick) Alex Cuba - Agua del Pozo (Caracol Records) Issa Bagayogo - Sebero (Six Degrees) Greymatter - Believe in Something ft Heidi Vogel (Unique Uncut promo) The Godson - City Bar "Reopen" Live Dancing (BBE) Season & Sygaire - Cowboys & Angels feat Randolp Mathews (Sonar Kollektiv) Alex Wilson - Antonio (Alex Wilson Records) Madera Limpia - En la Esquina (Out Here records) Kobo Town - Abatina (Music Dish) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/thecosmicjamparty www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona - 15/11/08

James Barrie — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:17:22 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews have just been published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. Nostalgia 77 sessions featuring Keith & Julie Tippet - Film Blues (Tru Thoughts promo) Aaron Parks - Nemesis (Blue Note) Little Dragon - Twice, Aaron Jerome rmx (Peacefrog Records) Pinch - Joyride (Tectonic promo) Zuco 103 - Pororoca (6 Degrees) Quantic - En Focus featuring Trinidad, Pilooski rmx (Unfold promo) The Ins vs Fleur Earth - Fil (Melting Pot promo) Head & Neck Sessions - Ill Pleut featurning Shortman (Dancing Turtle promo) Rasmus Faber - Everything is Alright (Farplane Records) Nick Van Gelder - Ain't No Friend of Mine (BBE promo) Seu Jorge - Samba Rock (Javali Valente) Obibase - Kalum Dime (Global Roots)

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona 8/11/08

James Barrie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:21:40 GMT

Hi all, Here we go again, another hour where music of black origin and global grooves meet a techno future and get broadcast on Scanner 96.6FM in Barcelona and a 30KM surrounding area reaching a potential 3,000,000 people. My recent album reviews have just been published in the three monthly magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a combined print run of 75,000. Check my blog to see the latest reviews and if you want some Spanish press for your releases then contact me for a mailing address and hit me with your promos. Niyaz - 4_ishq (6 Degrees) RadioKijada - Agua E Nieve, original mix (March Music) Milez Benjamin - Soundchecking (Tru Thoughts promo) Portico Quartet - Cittagazze rmx ((Babel/Vortex promo) Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi, Pinch remix (6 Degrees promo) Attias - Aquilo (Still Music promo) Luisito Quintero - Music for Gong Gong, Abricah Soul rmx (BBE promo) Da Lata - This is not your job, Faze Action rmx (Papa records promo) 7 Samurai - Choca Las Caderas, Oto de rojas (Poets Club Records) Super Boire Band - Samba (BBE Records) Alemayehu Eshete - Tchero Adari Negan (Manteca) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM, Barcelona

James Barrie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:34:29 GMT

Hola everyone, Here is this weeks tracklisting of the show that was broadcast last Saturday between 11pm & 12am on Scanner FM reaching 3,000,000 people in Barcelona and it´s surrounding areas on Scanner FM, Catalunyas biggest independent radio station. Don´t forget that I also write music reviews for 3 English magazines covering Barcelona and Valencia with a combined monthly print run of 75,000 so if you've got an album dropping then hit me up with a copy for a chance of some Spanish press. Normally I lament the lack of really good global electronic fusions - most world music labels and remixers seem to be stuck in the early 90's - but this week has seen a number of great releases and hence this week the show has a really strong global flavour, keep up the good work boys and girls.. The Gotan Project - Santa Maria, verion orquestral (Ya Basta promo) Speech Debelle - Searching (Big Dada promo) The Real Tuesday Weld - Kix, Bent remix (Six Degrees) Dusty - Keep it Raw (Jazz & Milk) Maga Bo - Saye Mbott feat Alif (Soot Recordings) Joker & Rustie - Play Doe (Kapa promo) Portico Quartet - Cittagazze rmx (Babel/Vortex promo) Radio Kijada - Lima Paris, Transatlantic rmx (Discograph) Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi, Pinch rmx (Six Degrees) TM Duke & The Jack Baker Trio - Heads Higher (Tru Thoughts) Quasimode - The Land of Freedom, Slope remix (Sonar Kollekitv) Darko - Danote, club remix (Universal Vibes promo) Ashen & Walker - Batucada Ostinata (Rough Guide) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show on Scanner 96.6FM - 25/10/2008

James Barrie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:43:03 GMT

Hello all, Another week another show. If you didn´t know then Scanner FM has a great new frequecy 96.6fm which now broacasts 30km around Barcelona and now reaches 3,000,000 people - BIG STYLE!! I am also writing monthly album reviews for three magazines in Barcelona and Valencia with a monthly print run of 75,000 so if you need some Spanish press hit me with your promos! You can read my November reviews in advance on my blog HERE. A BIG THANK-YOU as well to all those that made it to the last Contraflow party we did in conjunction with the Red Bull Academy. Great vibes, great entertainment and 500 satisfied customers (really sorry to all those that got locked out!), watch out December 6th for the next one. Big up this week to Sonar Kollekiv for hogging an unfair amount of the show this week but their releases have been many and strong recently! In fact if you count the other German labels and labels with German affiliation in the tracklist thats 75% of the show - strange but true. Maybe its the fall out from Berlin being the youth and artistic center of Europe for the last few years? Lars Bartkuhn - Prayer/Dance Into The Sun (Sonar Kollektiv promo) Gaudi & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Dil Da Rog Muka Ja Mahi, Pinch rmx (6 Degrees) Jazzanova - Le Me Show Ya, Henrick Schwarz rmx (Sonar Kollektiv) Inkling - Relax (Dancing Turtle Records) Recloose - Deeper Waters ft Joe Dukie (Sonar Kollektiv) Xrabit & DMG$ - Killin Em (Big Dada) Roots Manuva - Again & Again, Matt Helders Artic Monkeys rmx (Ninja Tune) Sygaire - Good To Go featuring Miss Yolanda (Sonar Kollektiv) Madera Limpia - Mente (Out Here Records) Dusty - Tap Tap (Jazz and Milk Recordings) Reel People - Alibi, Rasmus Faber rmx (Papa Records) Henrick Schwarz - I Exist Because of You (BBE Records promo) www.globalsouljah.com www.myspace.com/contraflowparty www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show 18/10/18

James Barrie — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 22:30:07 GMT

Another week, another Global SoulJah & BBE Records Radio Show on Barcelona & now Catalunyas, Scanner 96.6FM reaching a potential audience of 3,000,000 DON´T forget I also write album reviews for 3 monthly guide magazines in Spain with a combined print run of 75,00. Check some reviews on my blog.. The Long Lost - Woebegone, Flying Lotus´Luckiest Charm rmx (Ninja Tune promo) Karma & Lotus - Monk Swing (PTR) Lefties Soul Connection - Buckaloose (Melting Pot Music promo) Gabor Szabo - Little Boat, Live (BBE) Reel People - Outta Love, 4 Hero rmx (Papa Records promo) Reggie Dokes - Release Yourself (Prime Numbers promo) Da Lata - This Is Not Your job, Da Lata Original (Papa Records) Tes La Rok & Uncle Sam - Up In The VIP (Dub Police) Dusk & Blackdown - Concrete Streets ft Durrty Goodz (Keysound) RSD - Over It (Tectonic promo) TM Juke 6 The Jack Baker Trio - Omak Besar (Tru Thoughts promo) Jazzanova - Let Me Show Ya (Sonar Kollectiv promo) www.globalsouljah.com www.myspace.com/contraflowparty www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com 96.6FM Every Saturday 11pm - 12am www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com

Global SoulJah and BBE Records Radio Show 11/10/08

James Barrie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:44 GMT

Hi people, The Global SoulJah & BBE records radio show is BACK on the Spanish airwaves after the summer on the BIGGER, BETTER, CLEARER & FURTHER REACHING SCANNER FM! Scanner FM has been in transition over the summer to a great new frequency 96.6fm which now reaches 30km around Barcelona making Scanner FM now the best independent radio station in Catalunya not just Barcelona and now one of the biggest and best independents in Spain. Potential audience reach is now 3,000,000!! The Global Souljah show is now broadcast every Saturday night between 11pm - 12am. Check the show in the Scanner FM archives, my website or on my podcast... Just to remind all you record labels I am still reviewing albums for two English language publications here in the city. Guide Out to Barcelona has a 45,000 monthly print run and I also review for Barcelona Connect where the reviews get syndicated to Valencia Connect with a combined print run of 35,00 spread between the two cities. The deadline for reviews is the 15th of the previous month. You can check some of my latest reviews at my blogspot page.. Here´s this weeks tracklisting: Calvin "Bubbles" Cameron - Uhuru Pujama (Honest Jons) Hot 8 Brass Band - Get Up, Diesler rmx (Tru Thoughts) Bomb The Bass - Butterfingers, Various rmx (K7 promo) Dusk & BlackDown - Focus (Keysound recordings) Dave Da Gato - Carbon (Fluid Ounce promo) The Herbaliser - Can`t Help This Feeling, Heliocentrics rmx (K7 promo) Byard Lancaster - Us (Kindred Spirits promo) Jef Stott - Sono, David Starfire rmx (6 Degrees promo) Madnus & Scogil - Carpet Vole (Fluid Ounce) Dj Spen - Craze at Midnight (BBE promo) Guillamino - Heartache Pains (Bankrobber) Two Banks of Four - Queen of Crows, Mathew Herbert´s Golden Silence rmx (Sonar Kollektiv) -- www.globalsouljah.com www.myspace.com/contraflowparty www.bbemusic.com www.scannerfm.com (96,6FM) www.myspace.com/djglobalsouljah www.globalsouljah.blogspot.com