MORE SOUNDS FROM THE BRITISH BLUES SCENE. THIS TIME SELECTED BY PV, GAZ SMITH & M.McCARTHY 1 JOE COCKER-DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD 2 THE GROUNDHOGS-STILL A FOOL 3 DR FEELGOOD-SNEAKIN’ SUSPICION 4 LONG JOHN BALDRY-INSANE ASYLUM 5 LEW LEWIS-RIDER 6 PETER GREEN SPLINTER GROUP-CRAWLIN’ KING SNAKE 7 THE MANISH BOYS-I PITY THE FOOL 8 THE SPENCER DAVIS…

OOH, THAT’S INTERESTING SHE SAID -NO.5 IN THE ‘BETWEEN THE CRACKS’ SERIES, A SELECTION OF FAIRLY CURRENT, SLIGHTLY AVANT-GARDE, CLASSICAL, SOUNDTRACK TYPE GEAR FOR THOSE LATE NIGHTS, EARLY MORNINGS? PUT TOGETHER THIS TIME BY AK&PV. 1 ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER-SLEEP DEALER 2 BUDI UND GUMBLS-TANZ DER KORPERLING 3 MARAL-SETAR ROCK 4 TOMAGA-DUB DIVERS 5 MO…

Another interesting selection of releases, and all from this century…… Brought to you by PV, Wireshaker and Rosko. 1 Veronica Vasicka-From Here 2 Jane Weaver-Heartlow 3 Trees Speak-Pyramid 4 Vanishing Twin-Non Guardare 5 Abstract Concrete-Sad Bogbrush 6 GilScott-Heron-The Crutch 7 Penza Penza-Stompin & Motorik’n 8 Gruff Rhys-Sadness Sets Me Free 9 …

BRITISH BLUES HAD IT’S HEYDAY THROUGHOUT THE 1960’S AND EARLY 70’S. WHERE UP & DOWN THE COUNTRY THE CLUB SCENE THRIVED. THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND ANY BRITISH ROCK BAND THAT WAS’NT INFLUENCED BY THE BLUES. PT.1 KICKS OFF WITH A SMALL SELECTION OF FAIRLY WELL KNOWN ARTISTS/BANDS FROM AROUND THAT TIME DIGGIN’ THE BLUES…. 1 T…

SO, HERE’S ANOTHER BUNCH OF X ART STUDENTS/ARTY TYPES DOING WHAT THEY (PROBABLY/POSSIBLY) DO BEST? 1 MAGAZINE-MY MIND AIN’T SO OPEN 2 PINK MILITARY-SPELLBOUND 3 WIRE-THE OTHER WINDOW 4 BLUR-FAR OUT 5 RADIOHEAD-BLOW OUT 6 PERE UBU-NON ALIGNMENT PACT 7 THE BEATLES-HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN 8 MARTIN CREED-GIFT ATTACK 9 THE DURUTTI COLUMN-FIRST ASPECT OF…

Art students forming bands, bands being arty, (not unlike the ‘INCHXINCH’ playlists?) Brought to you by Mr Mark McCarthy, Mr Gaz Smith & PV. 1 The Monochrome Set – The Jet Set Junta 2 The Psychedelic Furs – Mr Jones 3 Soft Machine – Box 25/4 Lid 4 10cc – Art For Art’s Sake 5 Clock DVA – 4 Hours 6 Pulp – She’s A Lady 7 XTC – This Is Pop 8 HMLTD – Th…

IN OUR CONTINUING TRIBUTES TO FOLKS WE LOVE….. (SEE ‘ODDITIES/TRIBUTES’……..BOWIE, ROXY, STEVE MARRIOTT, DYLAN, COHEN, ZAPPA ETC………) ROSKO HAS LOVINGLY PUT TOGETHER THE LATEST & VERY LISTENABLE SELECTION OF JAZZ & BLUES- INFLUENCES OF THE LATE & GREAT DON VAN VLIET, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 1 JIMMY REED-ROLL AND RHUMBA 2 ONE STRING SAM-I…

This week we have a very special guest- Lola Leng Taylor, with a lovely little Country mix to take us through the weekend…. 1 Willie Nelson-Can I Sleep In Your Arms 2 Townes Van Zandt-Poncho & Lefty 3 Lee Halewood-Have You Made Any New Bombs Today 4 Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Dolly Parton-Knocking On Heaven’s Door 5 Rab Noakes-Mississippi 6 Patsy Clin…

A lovely little selection of fuzzy disco, funk and alt soulful breaks to dig the sunshine to. Greetings from Cornwall. X. 1 Los Yoyi-Banana 2 The Mighty Mocabos-The Next Message 3 Roy Porter Sound Machine-Hip City 4 The Supremes-High Energy 5 Frederick Knight-Let Me Ring Your Bell 6 Howard Tate-Every Day I Have The Blues 7 Nico Gomez & His Afro Per…

The accepted Anglo-American critical consensus would have you believe that before the sudden early 70s emergence of Kraftwerk, Can, Amon Duul, Faust and their comrades, German pop was a wasteland populated only by Bavarian oompah bands and middle-aged, middle of the road schlager merchants as epitomised by James Last. This is an attempt to countera…

THE SECOND IN OUR DUBBED BEATS SERIES WITH A SLIGHTLY POST PUNK THEME? WANDERING IN & OUT. & THIS TIME BROUGHT TO YOU BY GAZ SMITH, PV & MARK McCARTHY. 1 PANDA DUB-WHO AM I 2 MUNGO’S HI-FI-BABYLON KILL BY DUB 3 JAH WOBBLE-ALBATROSS 4 THE POP GROUP-3:38 (DENNIS BOVELL DUB) 5 DEPECHE MODE-DREAM ON (OCTAGON MAN DUB) 6 SOFT CELL-TAINTED LOVE/WHERE DID …

PANICKY IN THE STREETS OF LONDON, PANICKY IN THE STREETS OF BIRMINGHAM, CARLISLE, DUBLIN & HUMBERSIDE, THERE’S EVEN PANICKY IN DETROIT….. PANICKY INTRO…… 1 JO JO BENNETT-CANTALOUPE ISLAND 2 T.REX-SCENEOF 3 FRANK ZAPPA-WILLIE THE PIMP 4 ELASTICA-MAD DOG (ASHLEY BEEDLE EDIT) 5 ESSENTIAL LOGIC-WAKE UP 6 CAN-MOTHER SKY 7 JOHN DAVIS & GEORGIA SEA ISLAND…

Back to basics. A voice, a guitar and a tapping foot. Add a mythological bargain with the devil and you have the simple ingredients that can tilt a world on its axis, which the Blues certainly did. And ground zero was an unassuming share-cropping town situated on the bank of the Mississippi at the intersection of Routes 49 and 61. Clarksdale: the p…

LET’S SIT DOWN AND PONDER SHALL WE? NO LET’S SIT DOWN AND PONDER SHALL WE? NO THE TIGER WITH 3 EYES TAUNTS THE LADY CHIMP ANOTHER WEEK OF NONSENSENESS LET’S JUST GET THIS DONE, SHALL WE? SHE SAID WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU HAD NOTHING TO DO? NOTHING. INTRODUCTION-WENDY CARLOS 1 MORT GARSON-BAMBOO CITY 2 BO DIDDLEY-SHE’S ALRIGHT 3 BRIDES OF FUNKENSTEI…

CONTINUING IN A SIMILAR VEIN, WE NOW HAVE PART 2 OF THE ALTERNATIVE ‘MOTOWN SOUND’ (SOME ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS OF MOTOWN HITS) FOR GOOD FOLKS TO SHIMMY AROUND THE KITCHEN TO (AND IF YOU’RE A SOUL, OR MOTOWN FAN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT -‘SOULTIME PT.6’ – ROOTS OF STAX & MOTOWN) 1 BRYAN FERRY-TRACKS OF MY TEARS 2 THE TECHNIQUES-I WISH IT WOULD RA…

SHE SAID, HE SAID, SHE SAID, WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF DTB. OF COURSE I CAN’T REALLY GUARANTEE EXCITEMENT, IN FACT, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, I CAN’T REALLY SAY FOR SURE THAT YOU’LL EVEN BE ENTERTAINED? THE TRUTH IS, IT’S ALL RATHER RANDOM, YOU KNOW. PERHAPS MR BEAUFORT COULD SHOW YOU TO YOU SEAT? THAT’S IT, LOVELY. ENJOY THE SHOW….. INTRODUCTION…

Get off ya horse and drink ya milk. Howdy partners, more Country an Country-esque for all those friends, strangers, roamers & ramblers -Songs of love & loss, dreams & heartaches- for ya’ll to be toe tappin’, beer guzzlin’ an shooting up the town to (not that last one you fool) 1 New Riders Of The Purple Sage-Gypsy Cowboy 2 Tammy Wynette-The Legend …

A FEW WEEKS AGO ROCKIN’ RIK LEGO INTRODUCED US TO 150 OR LESS (THAT’S 150 SECONDS!) A QUICK IN & OUT, NO MESSIN’ THIS WEEK WE HAVE THE SECOND IN THE SERIES……. ……DON’T BLINK, YOU MIGHT MISS IT! 1 THE WHITE STRIPES-SLICKER DIPS 2 THE KINKS-I GOTTA MOVE 3 THE RAINCOATS-NO SIDE TO FALL IN 4 THE DRONES-BONE IDOL 5 ALVIN ROBINSON-I’M GONNA PUT SOME HURT …

THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES OF ‘CROC’S NOT CROC’S’ AND A NOD TO THE ORIGINAL FUTURIST CLUB NIGHT IN RALEIGH, ESSEX ‘CROC’S’ THIS TIME COMPILED BY 3 OF THE OLD REGULARS FROM BACK IN THE DAY MARK McCARTHY, GAZ SMITH & PV 1 YAZOO-SITUATION (PETER RAUHOFER CLUB 69 MIX) (MM) 2 CABARET VOLTAIRE-I WANT YOU (GS) 3 ADD N TO (X)-SOUND OF ACCELERATING CONCRETE (…

The second in our series of alt/pop/crossover Classical, linking the likes of the Balanescu’s/Bowie/Eno/David Byrne/Marianne Faithfull/Warren Ellis/Mica Levi etc… 1 Emahoy Tsegue/Maryam Guebrou-The Mad Man’s Laughter 2 Masayoshi Fujita-Harp 3 Michael Galasso-Angkor Wat Theme III 4 Balanescu Quartet-Hanging Upside Down 5 Marianne Faithfull-Ode To Ni…

Trippin’ around the World, number 6 in our series for some folks to tap their toes to……. 1 Khojali Osman-Malo Law Safeetna Inta 2 King Ayisoda-Wekena (Edit) 3 Gabor Szabo-Fire Dance 4 Francis Bebey-La Condition Masculine 5 Eddy Senay-Safari 6 Jose Mauro- Ponto De Chamada 7 Ahmed Abdul-Malik- Takseem (Solo) 8 Magdy El Hossainy- Music De Carnival 9 J…

She said it’s like a ‘back to mine’ for weirdo’s, and I was thinking what an interesting selection of electronic meanderings, and then she said, if it don’t mess up your ears, it’ll mess up your mind….. Yes, well it’s the fourth in our series of experimental and non-experimental bits n bobs of electronica to keep the odd few happy. Featuring- Secon…

“Well, they’re oughta be a Beatnik movement at all times……….” Continuing on from the brilliant, very hip and very cool ‘Beats & Boho’s’ presented by ‘WIRESHAKER’ many moons ago……(way back in May 21’) We have Pt.2- “A selection of boho and beatific inspired/influenced type behaviour for swinging kittens & great nits! -to swing us through the weekend…

Another collection of interesting, quirky, electro, slo beats, dub, guitar & motorik type (Alt ) Grooves that are naturally alternative to the earlier (and mostly funky) ‘Grooves’ pt.1 & 2. Does that answer your question? she says. Then let’s just get on with it……………. 1 Patrick Cowley-Spiked Punch (Dub) 2 The Swinging Laurels-Disco Laurels 3 Claude…

Years ago, Gideon Coe once did a whole show on 6Music of songs under two and a half minutes. It was brilliant. Here’s my take on it with the first ‘150 Seconds or less’ playlist. Rockin’ Rik Lego. 1. Amazing Snakeheads-Testifying 2. Fleetwood Mac-Farmers Daughter 3. Ramones-Go Lil’Camero Go 4. Groovey Joe Poovey-Honolulu Rock A Rolla 5. Primal Scre…

Roxy. Remade, Revisited The overdue follow-up / companion to 2015’s Roxy Music mix. As before, we’ll be featuring the members’ extra-curricular activities -solo releases; outside projects like 801 and MacKay’s gig as musical director for the TV series Rock Follies- with a couple of covers chucked in for good measure. But this time round, there’ll a…

Another fine selection of 50’s & 60’s Rockin’ n Rollin’ Country & RnB tunes to see you through this Easter period. Intro…… 1 Buddy Holly & The Crickets-Rip It Up 2 Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats-Henrietta 3 Charlie Gracie-Wildwood Boogie 4 Earl Chatman-Take Two Steps Back 5 The Delco’s-Arabia 6 Charles Epps-Rock With the Boogie 7 Sonny Burgess-Sweet Mise…

The second in the series-Basement East music for pleasure/ & this week features- PV aka the slippery1. (PV) Gaz Smith (GS) Mark McCarthy (MM) 1 (PV) Adrian Sherwood/Temple Of Sound & Rizwan-Paradise Of Nada Remix 2 (GS) The Fall-Theme From Sparta F.C.#2 3 (MM) Jonathan Richman-Parties In The USA 4 (PV) The Hermon Knights-Tale Of A 280LB Shoe Salesm…

HAD A COUPLE A DELIGHTFUL DAYS WADING THROUGH A WHOLE LOT OF BLUE NOTE ALBUMS, SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE SECOND IN OUR SERIES FROM THE LEGENDARY NEW YORK LABEL. 1 JEREMY STEIG-HOWLING FOR JUDY 2 ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS-DAT DERE 3 MONK HIGGINS-GOTTA BE FUNKY 4 ART TAYLOR-BLUE INTERLUDE 5 SONNY ROLLINS-POOR BUTTERFLY 6 NIGEL KENNEDY-MIDNIGHT…

He said ‘make sure Hip-Hop gets mentioned in the first sentence’, I said O.K She said ‘being part of this world is about being fu$$ed up’ There was some old fella pointing this way an that & a bunch a kids shouting We’re doin’ our thing, we’re doin’ our thing…..whatever that was/is/was/is? Turn the TV on son. Intro- 1 Terry Thomas- Bring Back The C…

WE GOT SOME DEEP FUNK THIS WEEK FOR ALL YOU FUNKY PEOPLE- THE THIRD IN OUR SERIES… 1 JOE SAVAGE & THE SOUL PEOPLE-ALL THE POWER TO THE PEOPLE (PT.1) 2 BOB THEILE EMERGENCY-HEAD START 3 SOUL SUGAR-GET UP & GET IT/VERSION 4 WALLIAS BAND-MUZIQAWI SILT 5 BARRY WAITE & LTD-FUNKY STING PT.2 6 FAUSTO PAPPETTI-SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS 7 DENNIS COFFEY TRIO-IT…

The initial idea was to trace how Psychedelia morphed into Prog Rock (as absolutely nobody called it at the time, the favoured phrases being, according to disposition, Progressive Music, Underground, Techno-flash or Pomp Rock) but, as is often the case, this mix took on a life of its own and became something very different from the original proposi…

Finally catch up with an old friend from the Basildon punk scene, Rockin’ Rik Lego. Now happily married & settled north of the border in Glasgow. -who recently sent us a pile a homemade CD’s (not too dissimilar from the DTB’s) of some of the music that’s been keeping him busy over the years, which we’ve been busily working our way thru….. So this i…

(Diggin’ the roots of Soul) Doo-Wop #2 1.the sparrows – i stole your heart 2.the shells – baby oh baby 3.the clovers – if i could be loved by you 4.the earls – remember then 5.the bobbettes – mr lee 6.little butchie saunders – linda lou 7.copesetics – collegian 8.the camelots – don’t leave me baby 9.the coasters – hongry 10.marv johnson – come to m…

The 3rd (and probably the last) in our series of the drummers beat, the many influences of Krautrock and especially Can & Neu. Some of the usual suspects & some new. 1 Stereolab-Jenny Ondioline (alt vers) 2 Automatic-Signal 3 Turing Machine-Syncronicity lll 4 The Horrors-Sea Within A Sea 5 Wall Of Death-Tears Of Rainbow 6 Peter Bjorn And John-I Kno…

So this week we have the 5th instalment in our series of Reggae (Soul, Disco) With the usual splattering of covers, soulful tunes & funky grooves…..enjoy. 1 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires-Express Yourself 2 The Techniques-I Wish It Would Rain 3 Sydney, George & Jackie- Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone 4 Jackie Mittoo- Mother Funk 5 Barbara Jones- Oh What A ni…

Let’s go baby! – Another selection of french (influenced/inspired) bits n’ bobs which you may (or may not) find pleasant to listen to over the next hour or so? ……….smart. 1 Francoise Hardy-Viens 2 Ronnie Bird-Chante 3 Les Prospection-Casing 4 Gillian Hills-Tut, tut, tut, tut 5 Don Ellis-Theme from the ‘French Connection’ 6 Jacques Dutronc-La Metaph…

(Same !@#$ Different Day) Straight in to 23 from lounge to loungin’ Bullybones steps up with his sweet laid back hip hop selections head bobbin’ toe tappin’ an playin’ wit ya mind. Intro- 1 Loungin’ – Guru 2 Belize – Danger Mouse & Black Thought 3 Transmitting Live – Bucc Rogerz 4 Comatose – P.M.Dawn 5 Constellation – LTJ Bukem 6 The Upgrade – J-Li…

SHE SAID ‘LET’S SHAKE THINGS UP A BIT, LET’S MAKE A CHANGE. LET’S LEAVE IT AS IT IS, LET’S HAVE MORE OF THE SAME’. THEN SHE GOT ON HER OLD BICYCLE WITH HER BRIGHT TANGERINE AVOCADO SHAPED COAT AND WHIZZED OFF DOWN THE ROAD. 1 THE ROLLING STONES-SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS) 2 HUMA UTKA-CHIRONIAN WOUND 3 ABDULLAH IBRAHIM-MINDIFF/SOTHO BL…

This year kicks off with Wireshaker – Fragments from 2022. “A mixture of new purchases (even one that actually came out in 2022!) and some things I discovered for the first time while digging through the stuff residing in seldom visited corners of the collection. A bit of everything really, but a slight bias towards lounge / easy / exotica because …

Odd electronic & percussive meanderings to ease us gently out of the old year & into the new. This episode of EX-EL is brought to you from the wonderful collection/brain of Rosko. 1 Cybernaut Tonto’s Expanding Head Band 2 The Voice of the Night Aki Tsuyuko 3 A Measured Room Brian Eno 4 Muzak Paintings Positive Movement Part 2 No. 3 Cybe 5 Fairy Tal…

GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID- SOME BELIEVE AN SOME DON’T, MAN’S STRUGGLE WITH THE SPIRIT IS CONTINUOUS WHETHER YOU’RE FREAKIN’ OUT OR TUNIN’ IN- I LOOKED ‘ROUND THE CONGREGATION, SOME OF THE USUAL FACES, OLD FRIENDS TO BE SURE, AN SOME NEW, & ALL TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THEIR SITUATION- GOSPEL-ESQUE 2, SHE SAID- JUST AN ALTERNATIVE PLAYLIST FOR THE CHR…

So if everyone’s hip to the new layout, she said, we’ll just push on…. Thanx for comin’ he said, an thanx for making my life complete. The tension was gripping & then someone at the back just started laughing. 1 Fumaca Preta-Pupilas Dilatadas/Toda Pessoa 2 DJ Khalab & Baba Sissoka-Kumu 3 Moontribe-Technology 4 Emperor Sly-Gatecrasher 5 Djfreshmoney…

As you may have already guessed, this weeks ‘World Trip’ has a slightly Psychedelic leaning. So jump aboard the magic bus and join us on our journey to far off lands…… 1 Prince Fatty & Shniece Mcmenamin-Black Rabbit 2 Maghrebika-Neftakhir (part 1) 3 Celestine Nyam-M’bembe 4 Los Pakines-Tomalo O Dejalo 5 The Heliocentric-The Sunshine Makers 6 You Ol…

OOH, THAT’S INTERESTING HE SAID, PT.2 OF THE ‘BETWEEN THE CRACKS’ FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO- EARLY MORNIN’ WANDERINGS IN PLACES LIKE THE ISLE OF BUTE…… 1 ROGER & BRIAN ENO-DESERT SAND 2 MOONDOG-PASTORAL 3 VIA MARDOT-PORTAL (DEMO) 4 JOHN FOXX & HAROLD BUDD-COMING INTO FOCUS 5 MUSIC FOR DOGS-MUSIC FOR DOGS 6 MICA LEVI-CREATION 7 COCTEAU TWINS-CICO BUFF 8 …

A surprising amount of artists have appeared on Cherry Red Records… Definitely worth checkin’ out! But just to give you a taster- This week Bullybones weighs in with a few of his favourite selections… 1 The Monochrome Set – Eine Symphonie Des Grauens 2 The Nightingales – Eleven Fingers 3 The Reflections – Zigzagging 4 The Passage – One Born Every M…

YES, HE SAID, I’LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND YOU TAKE THE LOW, AND I’LL MEET YOU IN……….. EAST LONDON? ANOTHER HIGH/LO FI OFFERING, HE SAYS. COME ON IN ON IN SHE SAYS, DTB AWAITS… 1 WOLFGANG DAUNER-COME ON IN ON IN 2 DAVID BOWIE-HANG ON TO YOURSELF (DEMO) 3 PASTOR T.L.BARRETT & THE YOUTH FOR CHRIST CHOIR 4 VINCENT GALLO SR.-FOOLS RUSH IN 5 NIGHT BEATS-…

Ooh that’s interesting he said, Between The Cracks 3. This week we have a special extended mix of Ethereal type gear. Perfectly suited to those late nights & early mornings in such far flung destinations as the Isle of Bute. 1 BEN NICHOLS-THE JUDGE 2 MIKE GARSON-ACT ACCORDINGLY 3 MICAH P HINSON-OH SPACEMAN 4 NICK LAIRD-CLOWES- MARIANNE & LEONARD 5 …

The next instalment of Afro Flav- & we’re getting a little funkier this time around. Brought to you by Bullybones. 1 Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou Dahomey & Gabo Brown – It’s A Vanity 2 Funky Rob Way – Just One More Time 3 Vis A Vis – Kankyema 4 Vaudou Game – Roberto 5 Gyedu Blay Ambolley – Bolga Besea 6 King Sunny Ade – Synchro System 7 Tony Al…

MORE FROM THE EAST END BASEMENT THIS WEEK FOLKS ROOTS, REGGAE, DUB, SKA & ROCKSTEADY 1 COUNT OSSIE & MYSTIC REVELATION-SAM’S INTRO 2 KING STITT-I FOR I 3 JACKIE MITTOO & SOUL VENDORS-TROPIC ISLAND 4 OWEN GRAY & HIS CITY SLICKERS-SINNERS WEEP & MOURN 5 BEVERLEY’S ALL STARS-BE YOURS 6 DES ALL STARS-WALK WITH DES 7 HORACE ANDY-DUB 68 8 YABBY YOU-JESUS…