Wotcha, this is my latest show for Totally WIred and for you Substackers, man, its been a hectic couple of weeks and my brain has been not storing the inspiration it usually does, so when it came to putting this show together, I had to lean back on my vinyl collection and my musical instincts to slowly creep through this one.

Saying that though, Melanie Be Biasio looks like she has done a couple of gigs recently, sadly, for me, in her homeland of France, but that did remind me of her last album, which I love and you should too. In fact,, you should go listen to everything Melanie has done, she is incredible. She did send me a postcard for all the love and support I’ve shown her over the years, it’s a much treasured possesion.

I then played a bit more of that William and Kieran (Four Tet) record which is doing it for me, I like the acoustic guitar matched with electronica, its got my brain whirring…

So I can do a little self promotion, I played Nara Back by Chip Wickham, which I co produced. Its sounds so good on vinyl and the vocals are out of this world. My poor tired brain can’t handle the fact they were recorded right by where I am typing this, they sound otherworldy.

The new Sault record has been largely unlistened to by me, so a track had to be played.

Then a little journey into XL recordings Richard Russell’s Everything is Recorded, which is a stunning record with some heavy colabs, then into the Jamie XX/Gil Scott Heron colab from a few years back, again on XL.

Into a little mix (but not Little Mix) with an old Scruff remix, nicely into brand new Oliver Night feat Roots Manuva, into Cabin Dance and then Jazzanova. That led me to a tune from Gilles Petersons ‘INCredible Sound of’ album for the track by Incognito. I’m generally not a fan of Brit Funk or whatever its called, but this remix is top notch.

Briefly into some orchestral moves with Godtet and then London Symphony doing the Star Wars end theme, then a massive swerve into Crooked Mans remix of Jarvis Cockers ‘Cunts are stilll Running the World’ which seems as apt as ever.

Then a bunch of new bits (apart from Ezra Collective)to finish up and there we go, another two hours of music, which I hope will prick your ears, make your head nod, give you a little solace and make your world a little better.

Tracklist:

Melanie De Biasio - The Chaos Azure

William Tyler and Kieran Hebden - Loretta Guides My Hands Through The Radio/Secret City

Chip Wickham - Nara Black feat Peach

Sault - H.T.T.R

Everything is Recorded - My and Me

Jamie XX Gil Scott Heron - My Cloud

Omni Trio - Byte Sized Life (Mr Scruff Remix)

Oliver Night - Boss Feat Roots Manuva

Cabin Dance - Octo Octa

Jazzanova - Coffee Talk (Yukihiro Fukatomi Remix)

Incognito - I Can See The Future (Ski’sa Main Mix)

Godtet -

The London Philharmonic Orchestra - Star Wars End Theme

Crooked Man - Cunts

Lia Kuri - Cyclone (Ryan Hemsworth Mix)

Brian Jackson and Masters At Work - Lady Gray and John Coltrane

Gerardo Batiz - Aguamarina (A Elis Regina)

Ezra Collective - Dark Side Riddim

Nubian Twist feat Fatoumata Diowara - Chasing Shadows

Dina Ogen - Mergeretas Sang

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