Ah man, I’m in a terrible rush today. Getting through a long list of jobs before I travel to France tomorrow for some work related things (and some fun hopefully) and I wanted to send out a show from the archives.

So I just listened to one of my early shows from 1BTN or 1 Brighton FM as it was known and, not to blow my own trumpet, the music is simply incredible!

I used to do my show live, and it was recorded off the broadcast feed, no-one really knew what they were doing, so the sound isn’t amazing, and I used to throw records in a bag and trundle off into Hove and see what happens. I’m pretty certain this show is 100% vinyl, although there may be a couple of tracks in there that never got a pressing, so maybe I had some digital stuff with me, but I’m quite astounded by the breadth of music I had taken along.

There is some stuff in there you’ll definitely know, like the opener Will Powers (which is a also a good psotove affirmation if you need it) Lemon Jelly, one of my all time favourites from Sebastien Tellier, even Van Halen and the Beach Boys!

But then there are some deeper cuts which I hope you love as much as me. I love Derek Gripper and his amazing guitar playing, Treva Whatevas’ Bouncing Bomb always brings a smile, and I think this is the first time I ever thoguht about mixing the Transglobal Underground into the Ewok Theme from Star Wars, a move I usually reserve for any show broadcast on May the 4th. I wonder what led me there?

So this ia three hour show with plenty of twists and turns, and I’m rather proud of myself from 2017 for being bold enough to go to all these places.

Most DJ’s have a style. or a genre and I’ve always hated that and, if I’m honest, its always worked against me as a DJ because its hard to know where to put me, I get that.

However, looking back as a proof of being someone who is deeply motivated by music and has a sizeable bag to delve into for inspiration and references when working with artists, I think I’m doing OK.

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did relistening to it.

See you soon

Cx

Will Powers - Adventures in Success

Lemon Jelly - Soft

Sebastian Tellier - La Ritournelle

Tony Allen and Africa 70 - No Accommodation For Lagos

Cara Stacey - Theta Waves

Tinariwen - Afours Afours

Derek Gripper - Elyne Road

Finnegan and Finlan - Seasons of Doubt

Matt and Boog - Radio Sunday

Matt and Boog - Night and Day

Bonobo - Second Sun

Floating Points - Kelso Dunes

Van Halen - Ain’t Talking ‘Bout Love

Eden Ahbez - Full Moon

Nancy Wilson - Son of a Preacher Man

Donald Byrd - The Weasil

Blue Mitchell - Good Humour Man

Jimmy McGriff - Blue Juice

Gand Starr - Check The Technique

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

RJ D2 - Ghostwriter

Treva Whateva - Bouncing Bomb

Transglobal Underground - Temple Head

John Williams - Ewok Theme from Star Wars

Jon Hopkins - Open Eye Signal

Jamie XX - The Rest is Noise

Theo Parrish - Footwork

Surfjan Stevens - Chicago

Vitamin String Quartet - Get Lucky

Kings of Convenience - Failure

Jeb Loy Nicholls - Going Where The Lonely Go

Mary Wells - Satisfaction

Pastor TL Barrett and The Youth for Christ Choir - Joyful Noise

Killer Joe Piro - Hang on Sloopy

Lea DeLaria - People Are Strange

The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

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