Mile wide smile club radio podcast No. 2

I'm only 6 months late with this! Note to self : Must do better! Better late than never. Some of my favourite tracks of the last 5/6 months. Check!

Tracklist:

JEFFRECLOOSE - Romantic remedy - Whatchawannado 12”

ODDISEE - The Carter barron - Mello music download

FELASOUL - Stakes is high - Gummysoul download

MODESELEKTOR - Berlin - Modeselektor download

FUNKINEVEN AND FATIMA - Yellowsound  - Eglo download

QUANTIC AND HIS COMBO BARBARO - Mas pan (DJ Day remix)- Tru thoughts 12”

JAY SIMON - Faith - Wild oats 7”

EDDIE C - Yeah - Red Mororbike 7”

MOSCA -Bunching - 5000 followers download

MR SCRUFF - Feel it - Tru thoughts 12”

GWEN STEFANI - Luxurious - Lapalux bootleg download

CHRIS READ - Sons d’Afrique - Breakin bread 7”

DJ NATURE - Let it ring - Golf channel 12”

RAINER TRUBY - Welcome to our world - Compost black 12”

KNOWING LOOKS - Last kiss at the plains hotel - West Norwood cassette library 10”

KRL - Nerve - Wolf music EP010 Download

KINK AND NEVILLE WATSON Feat. Kim Ann Foxman - A Saturday in November - Rush hour 12”

LANA DEL RAY - video games (Joy Orbison remix) - White download

FINK - Move on me (Marcus Worgull edit) - Innervisions 12”

SWITCH Feat. Andrea Martin - I still love you - Dubsided download

MAURICE DONOVAN - Call my name - White 12”

FLOATING POINTS - Arp3 – Eglo 2x12”

MARTYN - Popgun - Brainfeeder LP

PANGEA - Hex - Hemlock 12”

XXXY - Kerpow - All city 12”

RADIOHEAD - Lotus flower (SBTRKT remix) - Ticker tape LTD 12”

TRG - Broken heart (Martyn remix) - Hessle  Audio CD

ZED BIAS - Badness - Tru Thoughts 12”

MIZZ BEATS - Scientific Brainpriest - Eglo download

OM UNIT - Vibrations - Eglo download

THUNDERCAT - Daylight - Brainfeeder LP

GREGORY PORTER - 1960 What? - Motema music CD

MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Tell me a tale - Communion 10”

SUN RA / MIKE HUCKABY - UFO / The reel to reel edits vol2 - Kindred spirits 12”

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DVA Feat. Vikter Duplaix - Madness. Badness!!

November charts

. . . . . . . holidays are coming, holidays are coming! Any excitement yet folks? Nah, thought not. I'm not an advocate of advertising Christmas before December. There are far too may things to do and concentrate on before that. Stop wishing time away, we are here and now!

Aaaanyways. We are in December, yes, the year has disappeared from under our noses. 

Thankfully, we can look back at November for a while in the form of the months hottest releases.

Kicking off with my favourite of the month, Floating points 'Shadow ep', simply, the bollo**s!

Killer new long player from Dimlite and closely followed by DVA feat Victor Duplaix. 

To be honest, this months top 10 has probably been the hardest for a log time to compile. Absolute unbelievable sounds. Check! Check! Check!

1/ FLOATING POINTS - Shadows EP - EGLO 2 x 12"

2/ DIMLITE - Grimm Reality - STONES THROW CD

3/ DVA Feat. Vikter Duplaix - Madness / Polyphonic Dreams - HYPERDUB 12"

4/ BEHLING & SIMOSON - Behling & Simpson EP - FUTUREBOOGIE  12"

5/JOE GODDARD - Gabriel - Inc. Seiji / Peach Melba / Ossie Remixes - GRECO ROMAN 12"

6/ GERD - Palm Leaves (Larry Heard & Deetron remixes) - ROYAL OAK 12”

7/ KINK & NEVILLE WATSON ft KIM ANN FOXMAN - A Saturday in November - HOUR HOUSE IS YOUR RUSH 12"

8/DEAN ‘SUNSHINE’ SMITH - The Sunshine Reworks Series #2 - SOULSHARE 12"

9/ DIRG GERNER - Preface EP ft. Fatima - HOTEP 12"

10/ KRL - Nerve - WOLFEP010 upfront download

11/OM UNIT - Transport EP - CIVIL MUSIC upfront download

12/ TOM CROOSE - Cho Chua (Dukes Dub) - RESISTA 12"

13/ VARIOUS ARTISTS - Oi! A Nova Musica Brasileira! - MAIS UM DISCOS cd

14/ NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY - Off The Traxx (Catch That Train) / Conqueror - LOBSTER BOY 12"

15/ TENSNAKE - Need Your Lovin (Tiger & Woods Remix) - PERMANENT VACATION 12"

16/ JAZZANOVA Upside Down (Motor City Drum Ensemble & Manuel Tur & Dplay Remixes) - SONAR KOLLEKTIV 12"
17/ VARIOUS ARTISTS - Supafrico Volume 1 - SUPAFRICO 12"

18/ GIFTED AND BLESSED - The provider ep - DIMENSION UNKNOWN  12”

19/ LATECOMER - Cosmic Cart - Inc. SoulPhiction Remix -  MCDE 12"

20/ 1000 NAMES - Invisible architect - PROJECT MOONCIRCLE - upfront download

Michael Kiwanuka, We were evergreen, Nick Mulvey @ The Hope.

This was a nice surprise. I had a text from my mate last week asking if i wanted to go and see Michael Kiwanuka. D.E.F.O! was my response. 
See, you take your eye off the ball for a moment and you risk missing what promises to be one of the gigs of the year.
I haven't been keeping up with what's on for a few weeks and if i'd have missed this . . . . well, i would have missed this. Tickets have gone.
Thanks Ollie and your hawkeye!
I first heard of Michael Kiwanuka back in the spring, when his sublime debut track 'tell me a tale' first broke.It sounded like an old track, booming soulful vocal, jazz style drum shuffles and afro horn stabs.
I was really pleased to find that he is a talent at a tender age of just 23. He has already been drawing comparisons with the likes Van Morrison and Bill Withers. High praise indeed and just. His first 2 releases have come via Communion records on ltd edition 10" vinyl. Tell me a tale is fetching a tidy £70 on Discogs.

There is stellar support from We were evergreen  - who i have to confess to having never heard of - and the excellent Nick Mulvey from the Portico Quartet. 
Gonna be a real good , feel good winter warmer!

New Julio Bashmore - Well wishers

Lovely new tune from the man like Julio Bashmore.

It's been a big year for this talented young producer.
I have at least 2 of his tracks in my top 50 of 2011.

I think this will lift the roof off many a club night. Big!!

Kinshasa One Two - The worldwide sound of DRC!

The Drc (Democratic republic of Congo) project is an Oxfam initiative spearheaded by former Blur frontman Damon Albarn, which saw a troupe of UK based musicians travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo to record an album with local musicians.
Damon is a partner in the Honest Jon's record label and is no stranger to the sounds of World music. Having been involved in numerous projects; none more so than the excellent 'Honest Jon's chop up' which i was lucky to see recently.
He was joined on the voyage to Central Africa by a varied cast of musicians including XL record label boss Richard Russell, Actress, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Dan The Automator, Jneiro Jarel, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka, Rodaidh McDonald and Kwes.
The album, entitled Kinshasa One Two, was recorded in Kinshasa over a five day period in July this year and will see release via UK label Warp

All of the proceeds from the album go to Oxfam's work in the DRC, worthwhile indeed

I have just bagged a heavyweight vinyl package, which comes with an automatic download of the album.Whatever your flavour, check this album out and support by buying one of the formats.

Flaoting points on point.

For me, having listened to all 5 promo tracks on Floating points new Shadows EP, on Eglo records, i am of the opinion that this uber talented producer is one of our finest Electronic music pioneers.

I have been following him since his first releases back in 2009 and i think that his music has developed a mature sound of someone well beyond his 25 years.
From the outset, he has released lush atmospheric deep house music and over the last 3 years or so his sound has become instantly recognisable.

Check out this new EP, scheduled for release on the 21st Nov.