 The Show : Crooked Stylus (Chill) Difficult to define the closest we can come up with is ‘downbeat’. Expect everything from the worlds of house, funk, hip hop, soul, jazz and electronica, the show is disarmingly engaging. Crooked Stylus is a chill out show for a musical generation. Presented by : Darius Akashic Has been a vinyl junkie since the age of 14 (20 years!) when he used to make edit tapes with early electro/ hip hop. Discovered pot at 16 at which point the musical influences broadened to a massive degree. Darius first started putting on free acid house parties in Brighton at the end of '88 and hasn't looked back. Since then, Darius has been flown to France, Iceland, Japan, Spain and Greece to ply his vinyl trade as well as numerous residencies and guest slots around Britain. |
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Show : Nu
Jazz Spectrum (Nu Jazz) A very special selection of funky, dancefloor jazz. Presented by : Russ Dewbury From his debut in 1986, Russ Dewbury has become one of the most influential and highly respected figures on the global dance/jazz scene. Brighton-based Dewbury is one of the top DJs on the international circuit and is also an acknowledged champion of live music via the legendary Brighton Jazz Bop sessions. Russ Dewbury was the man behind the BGP label (through Ace Records) which has been responsible for re-introducing artists such as Terry Callier, New Rotary Connection and Gary Bartz. As well as compiling the hugely successful Africa/Funk compilations for Harmless Records, Dewbury continues to programme releases through his own label Counterpoint which seeks to combine the best of past and present genres. |
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show : Roots
Garden (Reggae) A broad selection of reggae and dub from the 1960s to the present. With plenty of rare items and less known remixes as well as more familiar material. Presented by : Papa Steve The resident selector at the Roots Garden club night in Brighton. He has been collecting reggae music for over 30 years and has been DJing on and off for 25. Papa Steve used to work with legendary Roots Controller Sound System in the late 70s and early 80s, starting out humping speaker boxes and working his way up to selector. |
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Show : The
Jazz Show (Jazz) Latin Jazz and coolbeats including all the greats of Jazz. Looking at the most influential and inspiring jazz legends. Presented by : Terry Seabrook Terry is the leader/pianist of top UK Latin Jazz Band Cubana Bop as well as a leading jazz pianist. He has worked with the likes of Joe Lee Wilson, Snowboy, Pucho, Sonny Stitt, Chet Baker and Archie Shepp. Recently, Terry has set up a new trio with Spike Wells on drums and Paul Whitten on bass. |
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Show : Viva
La Musica (World) An inside look at the past, present and future of African and Latin music, with new releases, classics and obscurities. Informative, funky and flavoursome. Presented by : John Warr Has been working as a specialist African and Latin music DJ and radio presenter under the name of Ashanti with colleague Martin Sinnock for over 20 years. With a long time enthusiasm for African and Latin dance music and a strong leaning towards contemporary Cuban and fusion music, John enjoys the meeting of musical cultures unbound by their traditions. Whether you enjoy dancing to salsa, soukous, or samba, the focus is Africa. And : Martin Sinnock Martin "Papa Mundele" Sinnock is acknowledged to be one of the world's authorities on Congolese music. He works as a freelance broadcaster and music journalist with a column in celebrated US publication The Beat, regular reviews of new releases in Songlines magazine and contributions to www.africasounds.com. Martin's writings and photographs can also be found on various artists websites and CD sleeves. |
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Show : The
Kundalini Dub Lounge (Chill) Music with a transcendental flow inspired by the mystic mayhem of Asia. Relax in the kundalini lounge, take the weight off your mind and tune in to the best in Asian Sonic Dub. In Darragh's own words, the kundalini dub lounge is all about "...music that can take you out of the space that you're in and open up other worlds that exist beyond this third dimensional realm. If it gets you relaxing and releasing your stress then it's achieved the same effect as both legal and illegal toxins, and without the comedown!" Presented by : Darragh Brady Has been involved in music production for the past decade. Working in the UK for Chrysalis, EMI and Festival Records in Australia, Darragh feels he has developed an idea of "how the musical spark is brought in to life". As your guide for "travels through new musical landscapes", Darragh wants the lounge to be somewhere that you, the listener, can "feel comfortable to express yourself, request tracks and be free to say what you think with total interaction and feedback". |
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Show : Viva
Latina (Latin) Sampling the harder edges of Latin music and featuring exclusive cuts, live slices, rare gems, fusions and brand new stuff, along with news, interviews and features on legends and up-coming artists. Presented by : John Warr Has been working as a specialist African and Latin music DJ and radio presenter under the name of Ashanti with colleague Martin Sinnock for over 20 years. He currently co-hosts the web radio show ashanti presents viva la musica for totallyradio. With a long time enthusiasm for African and Latin dance music and a strong leaning towards contemporary Cuban and fusion music, John enjoys the meeting of musical cultures unbound by their traditions. And : John Child Made his first trip to the Caribbean in 1979 with his Trinidadian wife, Helen. The experience opened up whole new musical vistas for him and marked the beginning of an ongoing passion for two music genres: salsa and calypso. John wrote and provided recordings for the six-part series Kaiso! Calypso on BBC Radio Two, broadcast in 1996, and special Kaiso! Christmas, broadcast on Christmas Eve 1996. The shows were presented by Trinidad-born Trevor McDonald, Britain's most famous and most popular TV newscaster. |
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Show: Straight
No chaser (Jazz) Fusing ancient and future, the straight no chaser show unites the spiritual with the political with cutting edge music. Modern and urban yet outer-national and esoteric, straight no chaser taps in at the source and finds itself naturally propelled into the new age. Presented by : Max Cole, Tyler Askew, Crispin Dior, Pete Yak, Matt 'Dr Banner' Bailey, Sean McAuliffe and Simon 'the Freak' Brant... play a variety of great music as a natural progression alongside their magazine… |
Alt.indie
/ Alt.country/ Leftfield
Electronica
/ Techno / Trash
Hip Hop / Breaks
World
/ Reggae / Jazz / Chill / Latin
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