New music from Alice Russell and Bruk Rogers. Plus Ross Allen speaks to Robert Luis about his 30+ years of experience as an A&R at independent and major labels. As well as running his own labels Filter, Island Blue, Casual and now Foundation Music, Ross has worked at Ninja Tune, Domino, AM/PM and many other labels. He has A&R’ed for London Grammar, DJ Shadow, Talvin Singh, Spacek, DJ Q, Amy Winehouse and more recently Lady Blackbird plus many others. So celebrating that music legacy with lots of music including tracks and remixes from Peshay, The Underwolves, Seiji, Jay Dee / J Dilla, Bruise, Ultra Nate (produced by 4hero) and more.

A special downtempo DJ mix this week with recent and classic tunes that have influenced 25 years of Tru Thoughts. New music from Tara Lily feat Theo Croker. Mark Pritchard’s amazing unreleased remix of Massive Attack. Deep instrumental beats from Photek and Lisa Carbon Trio. Harp & Bass from Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas. Quality music from 4hero feat Carina Andersson. Tru Thoughts classics from Bonobo and Quantic. Epic sounds from Andre 3000. Beats with door creaks from DJ Vadim on Ninja Tune. Plus plenty more music treats.

New music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto (Produced by Nostalgia 77). DJ Spinna re-works Sade. A unique track from Skwirl. Deep beats from Lefto Early Bird feat Simbad on Brownswood. A brilliant dance track from Energy Exchange Ensemble feat Oscar Jerome. Jungle from Potential Badboy / Troublesome remixed by Benny Page, and Aries remixing Tyla. WheelUP remixes Alice Russell. A hypnotic builder from Edmondson. The Pete Rock remix of a classic Nick Holder feat Jemini track (check the lyriics!). Percussive grooves from Coen. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music in tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah and Amp Fiddler (Rest In Peace) that we were so excited to release on Tru Thoughts. Soul from BINA., Nevi and Mocky. Hip Hop from Bishop Nehru, Black Sheep, an M.O.P dubplate, Asher Kosher & Deema. Dancefloor Beats from Coen, Kaval and a classic from Irfane. Drum & Bass from Binta, Disrupta and Faysha. Deep Dub from Srirajah Sound System and Horus All Stars. Jazz from the Duo Brothers. Plus plenty more music treats.

Best of 2023 (Part 4) …these tracks are going to still sound good in 2024 and beyond. Soul from Loie, Moonchild, jaydonclover & Elmiene. Hip Hop from Your Old Droog, Madlib, Deema, DJ Premier, Westside Gunn, Rome Streetz & Black Star. A great Funk re-issue on BBE from Remi Kabaka. Unique dance beats from Palm Skin Productions. Gospel from Voices Of Fire feat Pharrell Williams. Drum workout club rocker from Coen. Plus plenty more music treats.

Best of 2023 (Part 3) with Jorja Smith, Quantic & Andreya Triana. Soul from Espen Horne feat Faye Houston. El Payo remixing Sharky. Drum & Bass from Tyke & Prestige feat Satin Beige. Bakey remixing a Broken Beat classic from EVM128. Uplifting music from Alogte Oho & His Sounds of Joy. Plus plenty more music treats.

The Best of 2023 (Part 2) with Soul from Steven Bamidle, Adja, Sampha & Izo Fitzroy. Hip Hop from McKinley Dixon, King Kashmere x Alecs Delarge, Aesop Rock, Sonnyjim & Lee Scott. Dancefloor tracks from Domo Domo & Deep Aztec. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers. Plus plenty more music treats.

Best of 2023 (Part 1) with big club tunes from Flowdan, WheelUP and Baalti. Soul from Cleo Sol, MELONYX, Jimetta Rose & the Voices Of Creation, Yazmin Lacey. Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS, John Wells, Little Simz, Guvna B feat Michaela Coel. Broken Beat from Sci-Clone, Kaidi Taitham and Sandunes. A hypnotic track form Tara Clerkin Trio. Plus plenty more music treats.

Starting the show with a new track from Alice Russell. Psychedelic Beats from SHYGUY, Penza Penza, Jake Ferguson & Malcolm Catto. A classic from Caron Wheeler. Broken Beat from LCSM feat Allysha Joy, and Dubplates from E14 reworking Jill Scott. Orchestral grooves from Sly5thAve. A quality track from Cbakl & Kibo. Hip Hop from Ultramagnetic MC’s & Edan. Lyrics with a message from Chowerman. Jazz from the Duo Brothers on Raw Tapes. 

A track from the excellent jaydonclover album. Jazz from Jimetta Rose, Herbie Hancock & Jonathan Klein. A classic from Tricky. King Krule remixing Tara Lily. A new remix of Steven Bamidele by edbl. Big Basslines from CESCO & Hamdi. Tyler Daley from Children Of Zeus remixes MELONYX with a UK Garage flex. Broken Beat from Sentinel 793, J Kenzo and Matica on Dance Regular. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS & Real Bad Man, Group Home, Sonnyjim & Lee Scott and KRS One. Jazz from Thysenterprise. A track from the new Andre 3000 album. Classic Drum & Bass from Karime Kendra remixed by DJ Die. UK Garage from Chimpo. Dancefloor Disco / Boogie from Scruscru, Close Counters and Mad Honey. An interview with Sandunes and some tunes from her new Tru Thoughts album ‘The Ground Beneath Her Feet’. Plus plenty more music treats.

A great track from the new Quantic album feat Andreya Triana. Soul from Miranda Joan and Moonchild. Hip Hop from Daniel Son, Homeboy Sandman (with a rap about not eating meat), Sonnyjim & Lee Scott and Craig Mack (produced by The 45 King). Quality dancefloor beats from Sandunes on Tru Thoughts. Jazz for the club from Isaiah Collier and Rebecca Vasmant remixing TC & The Groove Family. Drum & Bass from Tokyo Prose and Tyke remixing The Sindecut & Ijeoma. Plus plenty more music treats,

A track from the excellent Tara Clerkin Trio release. Soul from Cleo Sol. Songs about Peace from Sunbear and Johnny Harris. Instrumental grooves from Special Feelings and Call Sender. Classic Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest & Wu Tang Clan on the 30th anniversary of their respective albums. Broken Beat from WheelUP remixed by Wipe The Needle, Szajna and Echo Juliet. Drum & Bass from Chimpo remixing Flowdan, OneDa, Sam Binga and Particle. Bass & Beats from Mr Scruff. Jazz from Joshua Moshe. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from Sampha’s new album. Soul from Moonchild, Cleo Sol and Take 6. New music from Nitin Sawhney feat Gary Lineker & Voices From Asha Projects. Hip Hop from Aesop Rock and The 45 King. Drum and Bass from OneDa, and Tyke remixing The Sindecut & Ijeoma. A track from the excellent Grime Originals compilation from Riko Dan and Logan. Jazz from Matthew Halsall. A great song from Mo Kolours. Plus plenty more music treats.

Robert plays some tunes in tribute to the great Hip Hop producer The 45 King (Rest In Peace). A big dancefloor Disco edit from Close Counters. Funky beats from Call Sender on Tru Thoughts. Uplifting grooves from Yoruba Singers on Soundway. Broken Beat with a Brazilian vibe from Bruk Rogers feat Onj & Roberta Silva. An interview with Ed Gillett about his excellent Party Lines book. Plus plenty more music treats.

Deep grooves from Sandunes. Maurice Fulton remixes Asha Puthli. Hip Hop from MC Abdul, Ultramagnetic MC’s, King Kashmere x Alecs Delarge. Sung vocals with D&B influences from Tara Lily and Slowe remixed by Dutchie. Jazz from Joshua Moshe. Reggae from Dennis Brown, Max Romeo, Jah Mooly and Bob Marley. A Brazilian influenced track from Sault. Plus plenty more music treats.

A big tune from Bruk Rogers, plus Broken Beat from Xtra Bruk. Soul from Amber Navran, Sade (a Paul Nice blend) and Loie. Hip Hop from Ultramagnetic MC’s and Aesop Rock. Drum & Bass from Calibre remixing Jaheim, DJ Marky and Digital. Reggae from King Imxge and Jah Shaka. Dancefloor tunes from Divorce From New York and PIEK remixing Gee Lane, Nightmares On Wax and Clive From Accounts. Plus plenty more music treats.

Great lyrics from Chowerman, Flowdan, and Guvna B from their quality albums. Soul from Amber Navran (Moonchild), Cleo Sol, Steven Bamidele and Sade (with Paul Nice beats). Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS, DJ Premier, Westside Gunn & Rome Streetz. UK Garage from El-B and Pj Bridger remixing a Skream classic. Armenian synth grooves from Hamlet Minassian. A quality club track by Clive From Accounts. Plus plenty more music treats.

A new remix of Slowe by The Sindecut & Ijeoma. Deep beats from Stefano De Santic. Pj Bridger remixes a classic from The Specials UK Garage style. A track from the brilliant Cleo Sol album. A track from the Liberation 2 album by Talib Kweli & Madlib. Classic UK Hip Hop from MR 45. Quality Drum and Bass from Zero T & Onj and Paul SG remixing Ty. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the excellent new Cleo Sol album. Hip Hop from Noname, Black Star aka Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey, Gawd Status, Organized Konfusion. Jazz from Get The Blessing & Tim Deluxe. A great new club track from Murder He Wrote. Soul from Steven Bamidele and IYAMAH. Classic Jungle from Tom & Jerry. Plus plenty more music treats.

Jazz from Yussef Dayes, Ezra Collective and corto.alto. Broken Beat form IG Culture remixing EVM128 and Szjana remixing J Hus. Squelchy synths from Roland Louis. Hip Hop from Sonja Blade (produced by DJ Premier), Show and AG, King Kashmere x Alecs Delarge. Soul from Summer Pearl, Mazz, The Sindecut & Ijeoma and a classic from Finley Quaye. Drum and Bass from J Kenjo and Kings Of Rollers. A Flowdan dubplate. Plus plenty more music treats.

Check the great lyrics from Joshua Idehen on his ‘Learn To Swim’ track. Bruk from Sci-Clone on Metalheadz, Alex Phountzi remixes a classic from EVM128 and Bok Bok remixes Jorja Smith. Hip Hop from Sublingual & Chillman. Drum and Bass from DJ Marky and Makoto remixing a track from WheelUP’s latest album. Sandunes fuses 19th Century Harpsichord with Broken Beat. Quality tunes from Oscar Jerome, RUBII & J P Rose. Plus plenty more music treats.

New music from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson on Brainfeeder. Gospel from Parchman Prison Prayer & The Meditation Singers. Soul from Steven Bamidele. Deep dancefloor beats from Laroye, Njelic & Thabza Tee. A quality remix from Bakey of a classic EVM128 track. A great tune from Toya Delazy & Tash LC & Ahadadream. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music from the Fybe:One album on Tru Thoughts featuring Georgia Blackwell. Deep dancefloor groves from Thabo Tonick. Broken Beat from Donsurf remixing Sharky. Street Soul from Earth Angel and The Sindecut & Ijeoma. Plus a special Hip Hop DJ mix covering tunes from 1994-1995 including Bahamadia, Unity Committee & Rebels Of Rhythm, Boogiemonsters, plus Dubplates from Das EFX, KRS One and The Pharcyde

MELONYX are on the show this week playing some music and a short interview. Plus a Hip Hop mix covering some tunes from 1979-1983 including Grandmaster Caz, Rammellzee Vs K-Rob, Funky 4+1, T Ski Valley and Dubplates from The Sugarhill Gang and Melle Mel. Art Of Tones remixes Izo FitzRoy and a track from Yussef Dayes feat Rocco Palladino. Plus plenty more music treats.

A couple of tunes in tribute to Sinéad O'Connor (Rest In Peace) - one produced by Sly & Robbie and one remixed by Hank Shocklee (The Bomb Squad / Public Enemy). Hip Hop from Danger Mouse & Jemini, King Kashmere x Alecs Delarge and a Kool Keith Ultramagnetic MCs Dubplate. Street Soul from The Sindecut & Ijeoma. Drum & Bass from DJ Marky feat Charli Brix & Alibi, Saikon and Chug. New music on Tru Thoughts from Sandunes feat Ramya Pothuri. Plus plenty more music treats.

Steven Bamidele pops by for a short interview with Robert on this weeks show and plays a couple of tunes from his forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts. Plus Hip Hop from Black Star, YUNGMORPHEUS, Masta Ace & DJ Spinna. Broken Beat from Sci-Clone (on Metalheadz). UK Garage from Zed Bias remixing envee and Sammy Virji x Flowdan. A quality unreleased remix of Massive Attack by Mark Pritchard. Quality tracks from Jorja Smith, Tara Lily and Searchlight remixing Goldie. Plus plenty more music treats. 

Soul from Saïna, Liv.e and MELONYX. Broken Beat from Kaidi Tatham, Kuna Maze and Kabuki remixed by Atjazz. UK Garage from IZCO and Rosie Gaines remixed by Bump N Flex. A deep bass track from Big Ever. Jazz from Knoel Scott feat Marshall Allen, corto.alto, Chip Wickham & the Kenny Barron Trio. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS, Quasimoto & Rakim. Soul from MELONYX, Pieces Of A Dream and Earth Angel. A bass wobbler from Mr Scruff & Danny Breaks. Jazzy Broken Beat from Sci-Clone. Disco cut up from Lup Ino. A classic from Roy Ayers. A track from João Donato (Rest In Peace) and a big tune on Mo Wax that sampled it. Drum & (Double) Bass from Hight Contrast feat Jamie McCool. Plus plenty more music treats.

A special show this week focussing on some of the various music styles Robert is planning to play at his Sounde Balance club night in Brighton on Friday 28th July. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Ella Knight. Deep Soulful House from North Street West remixing Luman Child on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from DJ Premier, Remy Ma, Rapsody and The Beatnuts (a dubplate). Re-issued soul from Shiva on Isle Of Jura. Dancefloor Beats from Ian Pooley & Recloose. The great track from Simon Mavin (Hiatus Kaioyte). Jungle from Nia Archives remixing Jorja Smith. Dancefloor Jazz from Ezra Collective and Dave Valentin. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from muva of Earth, Thee Marloes, Moonchild, Sampha. Hip Hop from Little Simz, A Tribe Called Quest and Gang Star feat Nice N Smooth. A track from the reissue album by Brian Auger and Julie Tippets. South Asian dancefloor grooves from Shri and Mangal Singh. Funk / Soul tunes from Vicki Anderson (Rest In Peace) and Betty Black (aka Elisabeth Troy). Dancefloor Jazz from Moses Boyd, Hot 8 Brass Band and The Williams Fairey Brass Band (covering an Acid House classic). Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from Loyle Carner, Rakim, Noname and the excellent Black Star (Talib Kweli & Yasiin Bey) album. A classic from Air feat Beth Hirsch. Soul from Searchlight feat Tolü Makay and Steven Bamidele. Midtempo club beats from Ian Pooley. South Asian dancefloor sound from K15 and Mangal Singh. UK Garage styles with UK vocals from Sammy Virji & Flowdan, and Holloway feat Logan. Drum & Bass from Johnny B and mSdoS. Plus plenty more music treats.

A great percussive dancefloor track by Baalti out of San Francisco. Deep Soul from Imman Houssein, Mica Pris (produced by Omar), The Sindecut and Ijeoma. Hip Hop from Little Simz, Che Noir, De La Soul feat MF DOOM. A classic from Kate Bush. New music from Tara Lily. Drum & Bass from Zero T & Onj feat Mercy's Cartel. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the excellent Lady Aicha & Pisko Crane's Original Fulu Miziki of Kinshasa album. Soul from Izo FitzRoy, MELONYX, Espen Horne feat Faye Houston and Supreme Jubilees (re-issued on Light In The Attic). Brand new music from Quantic feat Andreya Triana. Deep basslines from Marla Kether. A new remix of Ebi Soda by Ash Walker. Bruk from Sentinel 793, envee and Marc Mac. Reggae influenced Dub Step from 16 Bit. Hip Hop from Little Simz, Westside Gunn and a KRS One dubplate. Grove with another tune with a message in their own style. Plus plenty more music treats.

A great track from Jorja Smith. Soul from The Degrees and Izo FitzRoy. Deep beats from Palm Skin Productions. Dancefloor grooves from Thes One, Recloose, Nickodemus feat The Candela Allstars, and Move 78 remixed by Supertaste. Jazz Dance from Vipertime. Dubplates from Flowdan and The Pharcyde. Plus plenty more music treats.

A big funk track and also a cover of Massive Attack from Tina Turner (Rest In Peace). Soul from Moonchild. A classic from Portishead. A great new track from Mungo's Hi Fi x Hollie Cook. A Reuben Wilson (Rest In Peace) track as sampled by A Tribe Called Quest (which gets a play too). Beats from Gan Gemi. A big dancefloor track form Jorja Smith. Gospel House from Jasper Street Co, Dames Brown and Wajeed. A hypnotic electronic track from Neil Landstrumm on Fabric. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soulful beats and grooves from Izo Fitzroy, 77:78, ROLROLROL feat Jamie Woon and Slowe. Hip Hop from Backwood Sweetie, Your Old Droog (produced by Madlib), A Tribe Called Quest and JD aka J Dilla. Downtempo vibes from Ebi Soda and EABS meets Jaubi. Maestro & DJ Supa D remix Cleo Sol. Dancefloor House from HCCR. Classic Jungle from Tom & Jerry and new Jungle from Dub-Liner & Riffz. Deep Bass UK Garage styles from Grove, TC4, Daffy & Riko Dan. Plus plenty more music treats. 

Dancehall with Grove, Capleton & Andrew Bradford. Soul from Yazmin Lacey, Espen Horne, Faye Houston & Steven Bamidele. Hip Hop from Backwood Sweetie, Your Old Droog and a Wu Tang classic. Broken Beat from WheelUP featuring Destiny Will. Drum & Bass from Tara Lily and the classic Calibre remix of Jahiem. Uptempo percussive beats from Dijit. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Linda Lewis (Rest In Peace) and Steven Bamidele. Hip Hop from The Beatnuts, Bishop Nehru & MF DOOM. Gospel form Supreme Jubilees and a DJ Koze remix of the Gerry Read track that samples it. A cover of Fela Kuti by Snips feat Eduardo Brecho. Classic R&B from Little Richard (featuring Jimi Hendrix on guitar). Deep Beats from Sampology & Charlie Hill. Broken Beat from Sumjii remixing The Maghreban feat Omar and Jonny Faith. Breakbeats from Anunaku & DJ Plead. Plus plenty more music treats.

Uplifting Beats from Running Loving Something and Catching Flies. A classic from DJ Shadow. Hip Hop from Amy True, Snips feat Juno, Godfather Don feat Kool Keith. Soul from AOH, Thundercat & Tame Impala. A Drum & Bass version of Roy Ayers by Hi Fidel Cartel and the Pola & Bryson remix of Adam F. Reggae / Dub from Jah Shaka, Origin One, Mafia & Fluxy. Jazz from Yussef Dayes & JSPHYNX. Broken Beat from WheelUP. Plus plenty more music treats.  

A Jazz focussed show to celebrate International Jazz Day with music from Ahmad Jamal (Rest In Peace) and some Hip Hop tunes that sampled him from Nas, De La Soul and Shadez Of Brookyln. Deep building grooves from Sefi Zisling feat Layla Moallem on vocals. Broken Beat Jazz from IG Culture & Rebecca Vasmant. Uplifting vibes from Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation. A tempo changing epic from 4hero & Chris Bowden. Plus plenty more music treats.

Reggae and Dub tunes from Terri Walker, Jah Shaka (Rest In Peace), MELONYX and Horace Andy. Jazz from Fast3, Born74 & Onj. Deep beats from Totek. A classic from Mr Fingers. Broken Beat with South Asian influence from Baalti, Nirobi & Barakas. Soulful Drum & Bass from Tiger Lily. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEOUS, Pep Love, Boogiemonsters & Audio Two. Soul from Sweet Charles (Rest In Peace), Mavis Staples and Freya Roy. Electronic Soul from Iman Houssein & Fybe One feat Liam Bailey. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers and 3421 (with a cover of Radiohead). Jungle from Pete Cannon feat Ghost Writerz, Dub Liner & Riffz. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from McKinley Dixon, Cappo, MF DOOM and Lakim Shabazz. Soul from Adja, MELONYX, The Degrees, Jhelisa, Danny Kuttner & Roy Reemy. Broken Beat from Trev, Kuna Maze & Steve Spacek. A Gospel Disco edit from Love Drop. New music from Dele Sosimi & The Estuary. A track from Enayet on Slink / Daytimers Records. A big Jungle tune from Dub-Liner & Riffz. Plus plenty more music treats. 

Soul from Victoria Jane, Alice Russell, Reel People feat Jill Rock Jones. Hip Hop from T Love, Roxanne Shante and a dubplate from Melle Mel (of the classic The Message). Quality dancefloor beats from Zar & Ben Hauke. Dimitri From Paris remixes the excellent Asha Puthli. A track from the forward looking Jazz album from JSPHYNX. South Africa’s El Payo with a great remix of Sharky on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more music treats.

Deep dancefloor grooves from Marla Kether, Plumm, Kimberly Brown and Zar. A soul classic from Bobby Caldwell (Rest in peace) plus brand new music from Steven Bamidele feat Scarlett Fae on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Common, Fliptrix, JJ DOOM, KGB, El Michels Affair & Black Thought. Jazz from JSPHYNX, Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi. Broken Beat from Hint. A quality track from Qwalia. Plus plenty more music treats. 

Dancefloor Beats from Close Counters and WheelUP feat Toya Delazy. Hip Hop from John Wells, Rammellzee Vs K-Rob and a special dubplate from The Pharcyde. Soul from Steven Bamidele, Reel People feat Jill Rock Jones. Drum & bass from MSDOS, Law, Johnny Osbourne and Chopstick Dubplate.A classic from SBTRKT & Sampha. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Yazmin Lacey, Steven Bamidele, Terri Walker, Devin Tracy, Danny Kuttner & Roy Reemy. Hip Hop from Little Simz and Bahamadia. Dancefloor beats from Bruk Rogers and yourboykiran. Drum & Bass from Adam F remixed by Pola & Bryson, Unglued and Chopstick Dubplate. Jazz from Egypt by Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band. A classic Masters At Work remix. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Grace Carter, MELONYX, Leikeli47 & Roman GianArthur. Hip Hop from John Wells, De La Soul, Guvna B & Michaela Cole, Eric B & Rakim. Instrumental beats from Kai Meara. Dancefloor tunes from Scruscru, Jehan, Meowsn & Pete Herbert. Reggae from Origin One, Willie Williams & Yaya Bey. Plus plenty more music treats.

A deep Hip Hop track from Guvna B and Michaela Cole. Soul from Alice Russell. Some classic Burt Bacharach (R.I.P) songs from Aretha Franklin, Smith & Mighty and The Wild Bunch feat Shara Nelson. Drum & Bass from Zero T & Onj feat MELONYX, Chimpo, Tom & Jerry. Jazzy Beats from JSPHYNX. Broken Beats from New Sector Movement, WheelUP and Abacus.Plus plenty more music treats. 

Music from De La Soul (Rest In Peace Trugoy The Dove). Quality Australian music from 30/70 and Close Counters. Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS, John Wells, Master Jay & Michael Dee. Edo Funk from The Good Samaritans. New music from Kirk Degiorgio. Dancefloor tunes from Gayance and Edmondson. Plus plenty more music treats.

A wonderful track from Arooj Aftab. Soul from Moonchild. Hip Hop from John Wells, Jehst, Sonnyjim, The Purist and a Sadat X dubplate. A classic from The Clash. Ashley Beedle, Darren Morris and Jo Wallace remix Luman Child featuring Robert Gee under their North Street West guise, into a deep dancefloor Gospel epic. New music from Aurora Dee Raynes. Deep beats from Bonobo. Plus plenty more music treats.

New music from WheelUP with Abacus and Victoria Port (Anushka). Broken Beat / Bruk from Close Counters plus Jonny Faith remixing SMTHNG SMTIME. A great track from OneDa produced by Mr Scruff. Gospel Beats from J Rocc. The original Jerry Dammers demo of the classic Ghost Town. Dub & Reggae influenced Grime from Jus Rival & Joe Fire. Deep Soul from The Degrees (on Goldie’s label). Hip Hop from Ultramagnetic MCs and DJ Premier featuring Slick Rick. A Piano track from Ben Hauke. Plus plenty more music treats.

A classic from Public Enemy (influenced by watching the recent documentary from Chuck D). Hip Hop from YUNGMORPHEUS, Macklemore feat DJ Premier, Your Old Droog feat MFDOOM (produced by Edan) and a dubplate of a KRS One classic. Brand new music from Tru Thoughts artist Slowe. New Broken Beat from Haze City. Jazzy vocal beats from El Payo feat Sio and Born74 feat Arema Arega. Uplifting Disco Gospel Edit from Marc Davis & Sadar Bahar. A soulful tempo changing song from Penny Goodwin. Plus plenty more music treats.

An excellent Soul / Jazz track from Adja. Gospel Soul from SAULT. Orchestral Soul from The Bamboos. Grammy nominated Soul from Moonchild. A brand new track from IG Culture’s New Sector Movement feat Allysha Joy which is quality. Dancefloor tunes from Murder He Wrote and Kornél Kovács remix of Tevo Howard. Hip Hop from Robert, TrueMendos and YUNGMORPHEUS. Amapiano from DJ Black Low. A great Reggae track from Jah Thomas and Josey Wales. An interesting track from Mosca. Plus plenty more music treats.

Drum & Bass from Watch the Ride & Nia Archives remixed by Kings Of The Rolllers. Soul from Flying Lotus feat Devin Tracy, Tyson feat Delilah, Alice Russell and Mark Pritchard’s quality remix of Massive Attack. Hip Hop from The Beatnuts, Little Simz, Jurassic 5 and Truemendos. Deep beats from Bruise, WheelUP & Abacus. The big tune from Skrillex, Fred Again & Flowdan. A classic Dancehall dubplate from Beenie Man. Plus two songs in tribute to Terry Hall (Rest In Peace) from The Specials and his release with Mushtaq. Plus plenty more music treats.

We continue with Part 4 of some of the best releases of 2022. This show has many which were released recently, so will no doubt be big in 2023 too. With soul from muva of Earth and V.C.R. Hip Hop from Truemendos, Makeba Mooncycle, Little Simz, Your Old Droog, Westside Gunn feat Black Star, Ab-Soul (produced by DJ Premier). The show starts with a track featuring Maxi Jazz (Rest In Peace) by Benji Boko. Brilliant Jazz / Broken Beat from 30/70. Funky dancefloor basslines from Payfone & Edmondson. Plus plenty more music treats.

The 3rd Best Of 2022 show focuses on some of the Head Nod, Deeper and Downtempo tracks with a DJ mix from Robert. A tune from the amazing Jimetta Rose album. Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar, Backwood Sweetie, Crafty893, Danger Mouse & Black Thought. Soul from Moonchild feat Lalah Hathaway, Searchlight, Sio and Natalie Duncan. A brilliant tune form Iman Houssein. Reggae from Chronixx and a track from SAULT (both produced by Inflo). Plus plenty more music treats. 

The second Best of 2022 show with Robert in the mix playing tunes that have been going down well in his DJ sets this year. Drum & Bass from MELONYX remixed by Zero T, Nia Archives, Workforce featuring Shady Novelle and Borai Lights. Uplifting Disco from Telephone Man and Tommy Rawson. TM Shall I Bruk It aka IG Culture with a great remix of Kendrick Lamar. Broken Beat from Murder He Wrote. Black Science Orchestra remixing Emma-Jean Thackray. Plus plenty more music treats.

The first Best Of 2022 show with Robert in a mix of tunes that have been sounding good this year in his DJ sets. With Hip Hop from Sonnyjim & The Purist, Meduulla, Loyle Carner, Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow. Deep building grooves from Sefi Zisling remixed by Obas Nenor. J Rocc with the Jazz Beats. WheelUP and SW2 with the Broken Beats. Casamena remixing Beyonce. Qualiy dancefloor deepness from Sampology. Plus plenty more music treats.

A play of the new single from Tyson feat Delilah Holliday. A quality track from Iman Houssein. Soul from Adja. A new song from Tiawa on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Westside Gunn and a dubplate special of a KRS One classic on a J Dilla beat. A 12” Disco remix of Silk (the original was sampled by LF System). Broken Beat from Close Counters. Funk Soul from Experienced Unlimited. A Reggae classic from Fabian. A track from the excellent tyroneisaacstuart featuring Theon Cross and Moses Boyd. Plus plenty more music treats. 

UK Garage styles from Interplanetary Criminal & El-B remixing Aurora Dee Raynes. Broken Beat from Jonny Faith, Bruk Rogers, WheelUP & Abacus. A track from Gal Costa (Rest In Peace) plus the Kaytranda track that samples the tune. Hip Hop from Heavy D feat Q Tip produced by Jay Dee. A brilliant track from Iman Houssein. Deep Soul from Gene Dunlap. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the Ezra Collective album featuring Kojey Radical. Deep Broken Beat from WheelUP & Abacus. Jazz Dance from The Sultan’s Swing. Soul from SAULT and Rita Wright. Slowe has a quick chat with Robert Luis about her influences and her new single on Tru Thoughts. A great Nigerian Boogie track with synths by Gboyega Adelaja from his 1979 album. A classic track from Don Blackman. Hip Hop from Loyle Carner. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soulful sounds from Yazmin Lacey and BINA. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers, Sentinela 793 and WheelUP. A track from the new STR4TA album. Jazz Beats from 30/70 and Byron The Aquariius. Reggae / Dub from King Tubby, Sister Nancy, The Heatwave feat Riko Dan, Terror Danjah and Scientist. Hip Hop from Ultramagnetic MC’s and Your Old Droog feat MF DOOM. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Obongjayar gets a quality remix from Vigro Deep. Classic Hip Hop from Artifacts (Rest In Peace Tame One) and Redman (Rest In Peace Hurricane G). New Hip Hop from TrueMendos featuring Skinnyman. Ghana influenced music from Bonobo. Deep Broken Beat from Don Pascal. A great track from El Payo feat Sio. Soulful groves from Karolina produced by Rejoicer. Dancefloor grooves from Steady Weather and TC4. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music from new Tru Thoughts artist Slowe. Soul from Alanna Royale on Colemine and Betty Black. A classic from Joyce Sims (Rest In Peace). Music from the excellent Cymande (check the documentary about them if you get the chance) plus a couple of Hip Hop tracks that sampled them from Master Ace and MC Solaar. A track from one of the five Sault albums recently released. A quality tune from South Africa’s El Payo. The hypnotic IG Culture remix of Nikitch & Kuna Maze. The Sindecut rework The Beatles with extra beats. A Brit Funk influenced track from The Jam and new from STR4TA. A track from the excellent album by DRS produced by Dub Phizix. Plus plenty more music treats.

A Sonic Switch DJ mix from Robert this week with tunes going down well at his Brighton club night residency. With Drum & Bass from Nia Archives, Think Tonk, Borai. Disco Gospel from Luman Child feat Robert Gee. Jazz Beats from The Natural Yoghurt Band, SW2 vs El-B and Dave Valentin. Bruk / Broken Beat from Haze City and Donsurf. Hip Hop from Loyle Carner, Sonnyjim & The Purist. A Capleton dubplate on the classic Neptunes produced Nothin. Plus plenty more music treats.

A themed show this week celebrating the remix, so every song on the show is a remix. Starting with Obas Nenor’s epic version of Sefi Zisling. Zed Bias with an anthem in the making remix of Murkage Dave. Ashley Beedle’s North Street West project remixing Maxin Scott and Alf E. Classic Hip Hop remixes from Da Beatminerz, DJ Premier and Pete Rock reworking of Public Enemy. Kaytranada’s dancefloor essential remix of Janet Jackson. The inspiring Larry Levan remix of Gwen Guthrie. Seiji taking Amy Winehouse into deep Broken Beat territory. One of the best remixes ever with Calibre’s rework of Jaheim. Plus plenty more remix treats. 

Hip Hop from Sonnyjim & The Purist feat MF DOOM & Jay Electronica, Crafty 893, Loyle Carner, Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow and Mos Def & Q Tip. Soul from Jimetta Rose and Searchlight. Deep beats from Enver Göyke. A classic from Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers (Rest In Peace Pucho). Uplifting previously unreleased Funk Soul from 1975 by Joe Graham. A great track from the new The Natural Yoghurt Band album. Jungle from Congo Natty and Pete Cannon. Shy One remixes Aurora Dee Raynes. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the new Sharky album on Tru Thoughts. Soul from Ari Lennox and Moonchild. Hip Hop from 12 year old Palestinian rapper MC Abdul, Stormzy, Danger Mouse & Black Thought feat MF DOOM. Jazz from Pharoah Sanders. A great uplifting Disco Gospel tune with strings from Tommy Rawson. Broken Beat / Bruk from Donsurf, Haze City and Landslide. Jungle from Nia Archives, Chimpo and Undercover Agent. Another great tune from dego and Samii. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music from Pharoah Sanders (Rest In Peace). Soul from Searchlight feat Tolü Makay and a classic from Soul II Soul. Hip Hop from JJ Doom, Jeshi (feat Obongjayar), Stormzy, Sly5thAve & JSWISS. Zero 7’s remix of Mos Def. Broken Beat with Bass from WheelUP & Sam Interface. Uplifting deep dancefloor music from Titeknots. Plus plenty more music treats.

A great new track from Loyle Carner (plus a spin of the original Pastor T.L. Barrett it samples). Hip Hop from Backwood Sweetie, Sonnyjim & The Purist, Sly5thAve & JSWISS. Jazz from JK Group & Chip Wickham. A soul classic from Martine Girault. A dubplate from Truth Hurts. The wonderful voice of Shazia Manzoor. Drum & Bass from Clipz feat Nia Archives & Beenie Man & DJ Die remixing Karime Kendra. The anthemic Zed Bias remix of Murkage Dave. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the excellent DOMi & JD Beck album. 4hero’s classic remix of Nuyorican Soul. New music from Karolina on Tru Thoughts produced by Rejoicer. Tracks in tribute to Drummie Zeb from Aswad and Ramsey Lewis (Rest In Peace). A great new club track from Bonobo plus the track it samples by Atakora Manu on BBE. Hip Hop from Sonny Jim & The Purist produced by DJ Premier. Brand new WheelUP feat Kaidi Tatham & Brint Story plus plenty more musical treats. 

Soul from Jenevieve, Maxine Scott x Alf.E and Sharky. Jazz from DOMi & JD Beck. Hip Hp from Sonnyjim, The Purist, MF DOOM, Jay Electronica & Loyle Carner (produced by Madlib). Great lyrics and basslines from Murkage Dave remixed by Zed Bias. Bruk from Donsurf. A bumping new track from Sarathy Korwar. A quality soulful beat fusion from TURNA featuring Gillian Mapp on vocals. A classic from Quantic remixed by Seji (Bugz In the Attic). Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track in tribute to Jaimie Branch (Rest In Peace). Plus lots of music influenced by the We Out Here festival. Soul Beats from Allysha Joy. Broken Beat from EVM128, Lord Byron and WheelUP remixing Anushka. Jazz from Searchlight, Rebecca Vasmant and Bristol’s Snazzback. A recent classic from Flowdan. El-B remixing SW2. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A quality funk dancefloor tune from Oumou Sangare. A classic from Portishead. Hip Hop from Danger Mouse & Black thought, Pete Rock & CL Smooth plus a cover of it from Heroes Of Limbo. A track in tribute to Jaimie Branch (Rest In Peace). A track from the new re-issue of zero dB on Tru Thoughts featuring Pase Rock. Broken Beat from Donsurf & WheelUP remixing Natalie Duncan. A great rework from Anish Kumar. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Backwood Sweetie album. New music from Shy One on Eglo. Heroes Of Limbo with an Afrobeat cover of Eric B & Rakim. Carnival beats from Omar & Zed Bias. A quality track from South Africa’s China Charmeleon feat El Payo & Dindy. Classic Hip Hop from Bahamadia and a classic from Roni Size Reprazent featuring Bahamadia too. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A classic track from Lamont Dozier (Rest In Peace). Plus a special downtempo DJ mis from Robert with soul from Moonchild, N’Dea Davenport (remixed by J Dilla) and Cleo Sol. Khruangbin covering Summer Madness. 90’s Bristol Beats from Dadomo remixed by Crustation. Hip Hop from The Boogiemonsters, A Tribe Called Quest & The East Flatbush Project. Ahmed Sirour flips John Coltrane. Deep minimal piano music from Calibre. A classic from Children Of Zeus plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ Mix from Robert this week featuring tracks that have been going down well in his DJ sets at his Brighton club night Sonic Switch (next one is on Friday 12th August). With Jazz Beats from J Rocc. Obas Nenor’s epic remix of Sefi Zisling. Banging Gospel from Ron Hall reworked by DJ Spen. Break Beat from Bill Shales and Broken Beat from Murder He Wrote. The excellent remix of Beyonce from Casamena. Drum & Bass from MELONYX, Zero T, Chimpo, Peshay and Tyke & Recipe feat Dakotta Sixx. Quality Hip Hop form Brighton’s Bobbie Johnson. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great track from the Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation album on Night Dreamer. Hip Hop from Public Enemy, Deema, Krs One & J Dilla. A track from The Maghreban album and excellent Kaidi Tatham album. Drum & Bass from Think Tonk and Chimpo plus classic pioneering Jungle from Tom & Jerry. A great anti-war song from Kate Bush. A classic from Loose Ends (as featured on series 3 of Atlanta). A tune from STR4TA. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A track from Khruangbin feat Quantic. Reggae from Chronixx, Sister Nancy & King Tubby. Hip Hop from DJ premier, Remy Ma, Rapsody and T-Love. A cover of the Freeez classic from the Luke Una compilation on Mr Bongo. New music from the second album by Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A track from Rhi’s new EP on Tru Thoughts. Soul from Sio and Mave and Dave. Kaytranada’s extended edit of Chance The Rapper. Inflo (the producer behind Sault) with an uplifting Afrobeat anthem. Bruk Rogers’ remix of MELONYX. Brand new music from Congo Natty. Classic Dancehall from Cham and the song that inspired it by High Mikes. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Soul from Erykah Badu, MELONYX, D’Angelo (remixed by Jay Dee). Casamena remixes Beyonce. Deep Disco from Snacks. Broken Beat from Marc Mac (4hero). Dancefloor Jazz from Sons Of Kemet. Uplifting Dancefloor Gospel from Ron Hall reworked by Spen. The Reflex remix of Quantic’s The Western Transient project. Plus plenty more musical treats.

An uplifting deep dancefloor tune on Tru Thoughts from Luman Child feat Robert Gee on vocals. A new remix of Natalie Duncan by 4hero. Hip Hop from Wiki, Meduulla and Jeru The Damaja. A classic track from Skipworth & Turner in tribute to Patrick Adams (R.I.P). A track form the Fixing Barbie album by the amazing Michaela Coel. Dancefloor beats from Darama x yourboykiran & Szajna. Austin Ato with a new mix of a zero Db classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Meduulla, The Boogiemonsters, Camp Lo, Eva B (as featured on Ms Marvel) and Jianbo (produced by Henry Wu). Jazz Beats from DJ Counselling and Ezra Collective. Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Sharky. A wonderful children’s choir PS22 cover Kate Bush. A quality Soul track from South Africa’s SIo. Calibre’s classic Drum & Bass remix of Jaheim. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Playing some tunes to celebrate the memory of Fredrik Lager aka Red Astaire aka Freddie Cruger (Rest In Peace) with some of his quality music that has rocked dancefloors and headphones across the world. Plus new music from the excellent BINA. Hip Hop from MF Doom, Slum Village, Deema and Kendrick Lamar. Brand new music from Crafty 893. A big Jazz with Drums tune from SW2. Drum & Bass from Salo, Chimpo, Zero T & Onj and Tyke & Recipe feat Dakota Sixx. A tune from Anderson Paak. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from MELONYX remixed by Zero T. Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar, CZARFACE, KRS One and from Scotland’s S.T.S. Excellent Disco from Reality re-issued by Jazzman. A great new track from Shy One on Eglo. The Windows 95 sound by Brian Eno (slowed down x 23 which sound like an ambient track). Big Dancehall from Beenie Man and Bounty Killer. A classic from Cleo Sol. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special ‘Rebel Songs’ DJ mix for Jubilee Week in the UK. Inspiring tunes from M.I.A, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy, Riz Ahmed, Bobbie Johnson, Hot 8 Brass Band, The Specials, Fela Kuti, Peter Tosh, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra covering the Sex Pistols, Nina Simone and more.

Music from the excellent Kendrick Lamar album. Classic tunes from Portishead and Jaylib. An epic and quality remix by Obas Nenor of Sefi Zisling. Jazz Beats from Viper Time and Ebi Soda. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Peshay, Traumatize & Mampi Swift. A big Broken Beat tune from Murder He Wrote. Zo! & Tigalo (aka Phonte from Little Brother) cover a Toto classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Allysha Joy, Kutiman and Knucks feat Stomzy. Plus Simon Richmond aka Palm Skin Productions joins Robert to play tunes and speak about his new album “Other Times’ on Tru Thoughts. Simon talks about being part of K-Creative who were signed to Gilles Peterson’s Talkin Loud label, the early days of James Lavelle’s Mo Wax and being one of the first artists to release on the label, getting signed and then dropped by Virgin and more stories on his fascinating journey with music.

Dancefloor tracks from Anish Kumar & Barry Can’t Swim, and Session Victim on Rhythm Section International. Jazz Beats from Ebi Soda. Hip Hop from Mooke Da God, Run The Jewels and a classic from Notorious B.I.G. Harp music from Amanda Whiting on Jazzman. Reggae from Willie Williams and Horace Andy. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A classic from Labi Siffre. Hip Hop from Robert feat Kool Keith, Rakim and Public Enemy (a track about processed food). A tune from the new SAULT album. Uplifting Gospel House with Soulful Session & Cheryl Lee. A quality remix of Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl by yourboykiran & Chandé. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Deep beats from Shy One and Daniel Maunick. Soul from dego feat Samii and STR4TA. A track from the forthcoming Palm Skin Productions album on Tru Thoughts. UK classics from The Sindecut and Loose Ends. Epic music from the new SAULT album. A track from the new Horace Andy album. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Reggae from Queen Ifrica and Chronixx (produced by Info). Beats with Strings from UNKLE. Hip Hop fromODB, Ultramagnetic MCs and Public Enemy. A classic from Chaka Khan. Dancefloor Jazz from corto.alto and Rebecca Vasmant. Drum & Bass from Ben Hauke, Dub Phizix and Om Unit. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A song from Allysha Joy’s forthcoming album on First Word Records. Hip Hop from KRS One’s new album, Busta Rhymes feat Rakim and Chris Rock and a classic from A Tribe Called Quest. Deep meditative choir styles from Beautiful Chorus. Jazzy Jeff & James Poyser remixing Moonchild. Alex Nut reworks Sade. A tune from Prince and a quality Drum & Bass tune from Zero T. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Playing a classic from The Roots (Big up to Questlove on his Oscar win for the important Summer Of Soul film). A track from the album of Oscar winner Riz Ahmed’s short film (Big up Riz). Hip Hop from Slum Village, Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. Previously unreleased music from Charles Stepney on the ever excellent International Anthem. Quality House from Austin Ato. A track from the new Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

An excellent track from the Fatima & Joe Armon Jones release. Quality beats from sndtrack on Street Corner Music. Hip Hop from Brand Nubian. Robert Glasper and Lalah Hathaway cover Tears For Fears. Check the tune from Brighton based singer and producer Blu Ernest. A peaceful anthem from Lonnie Liston Smith. Jazz Beats from Gee W. A big Broken Beat, House, Brazilian fusion tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ mix from Robert this week with some of the tunes that have been going down well at his Sonic Switch club night in Brighton recently. Drum & Bass from OneDa, StillZ and A.K.A. Hip Hop from Mos Def, Skibadee & Det. A big new dancefloor tune from Nikitch & Kuna Maze from their forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts. DFA remixing M.I.A. Percussive grooves from Torozebu on Black Acre. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Jimetta Rose album produced by House Shoes. Soul from Moonchild feat Tank and The Bangas and Jimmy Scott covering Prince (who was 73 when he recorded this version). Wonderful uplifting harp music from Alina Bzhezhinska. Boogie Jazz by JD73’s ElectTrio on the excellent Colin Curts compilation. Jazz Broken Beat fusion from Rebecca Vasmant. Producer Villem does a quality downtempo tune which is taken from the Drum & Bass producer 130+ tracks compilation Together With Ukraine. A play of the Bun Down Boris track from the new album by DJ Vadim feat Irah, Killa & Lasai. Plus plenty more musical treats.

In tribute to Skibadee, the influential and legendary MC, we play some of his more Hip Hop orientated releases, including his big club track Tika Toc and music from the project 2 X Freestyle (Skibadee & Det). Rest In Peace. An all time Reggae classic from Fabian plus brand new music from Chronixx (produced by Inflo) and Shy FX and Liam Bailey. Hip Hop from Paula Perry (produced by DJ Premier). Jazz Beats from Ebi Soda feat Yazz Ahmed on Tru Thoughts. A great tune from Kutiman & Elif Çağlar. A track influenced by the UK 90’s / 00’s Asian Underground scene from yourboykiran but done in a futuristic style. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new Moonchild album. Hip Hop from Godfather Don, Kendrick Lamar, Ghostface and a classic from Talib Kweli produced by Kanye West. Pioneering Funk Soul from the influential Betty Davis (Rest In Peace). Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers on CoOpR8, Quiet Dawn on First Word and Rebecca Vasmant on Tru Thoughts. A track from the excellent London Pirate Radio Adverts on Death Is Not The End. Drum & Bass from Paul SG, DJ Die and a big tune that’s rocking the dancefloor at Sonic Switch from OneDa, Sam Binga and Particle. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ Mix with the music and songs from Lata Mangeshkar (Rest In Peace) and tracks that have been influenced by her releases including Mos Def, Slick Rick, Madlib, Jaylib, Planet Asia, Four Tet, Little Simz, Flying Lotus, Truth Hurts, Rakim and more. Plus music from Moonchild, Bonobo and Bigga Bush.

Harp music from Brandee Younger. Hip Hop from dereck d.a.c, DJ Premier & 2 Chainz. Plus three songs from different eras that are all connected from De La Soul (produced by Jay Dee), Ahmad Jamal and Lance Ferguson. Brand new Jazz from Sly5thAve & Roberto Verástegui. Broken Beat from Jonny Faith and Alison David remixed by Afronaut. Dancefloor Jazz from Theon Cross and Ebi Soda. The excellent Nina Simone track from the Summer Of Soul (Or When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) soundtrack. A track from Bristol’s Slowe. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Sly & Robbie (Rest In Peace Robbie Shakespeare) feat N’Dea Davenport on vocals. Rebecca Vasmant remixes Tamil Rogeon. A wonderful track from Black Flower. Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy remixes Lady Blackbird. A track from the Stoney & Meatloaf album on Motown off shoot Rare Earth. Hip Hop from Gawd Status feat Jehst, Kojey Radical and a UK classic from Caveman. Alex Reece’s deep D&B remix of United Future Organisation on Talkin Loud. A track from the new Quantic EP on Aus Music. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from FloFilz feat Alfa Mist. Soul from Moonchild feat Lalah Hathaway and FKJ feat Jordan Rakei. Drum and Bass from A.K.A and a big tune from Tyke & Recipe feat Dakota Sixx. Hip Hop from Ghostface, De La Soul and Organized Konfusion. A track from the new Bonobo album which samples his own remix of Nostalgia 77(which gets a play too). Kid Fonque with a deep Broken Beat remix. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A cover of the classic Doris tune by Matt Berry with Emma Noble on vocals. Brand new music from Moonchild featuring Lalah Hathaway. A quality song from Bristol based singer, instrumentalist and producer Slowe. Uplifting soul from Paul Johnson & Daz I Cue. A tune from Mtume (Rest In Peace). Hip Hop with a message from Gawd Status feat Jehst and Your Old Droog feat MF DOOM. The epic STR4TA remix of Anushka. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2021 (Part 4) with some favourite tunes of last year that will no doubt be sounding good in 2022 too. Songs from Lady Blackbird and Quantic & Nidia Góngora. Hip Hop from KRS One. Dancefloor tracks from sUb_modU, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Ashley Beedle and Darren Morris. Drum & Bass from Calibre, Unglued and Workforce. A big tune from Ivy Lab. The heavy shaking tune from The Bug feat Flowdan. A cover of a classic Frankie Knuckles song by Reggae Disco Rockers form Japan. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2021 (Part 3). With a track from Little Simz. Hip Hop from Rakim, Sly5thAve feat Marlon Craft, and Common. Jazz from Daniel Casimir. Broken Beat from EVM128 remixed by Cengiz. Quality tunes from Sault and Moonchild Sanelly. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best Of 2021 Show Part 2. With music from Hiatus Kaiyote, Greentea Peng, Cleo Sol and Bina. Broken Beat from Afronaut. Boogie from Nu Genea. The big anthem from Chandé & yourboykiran. A track form the Madlib album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of year selections (Part 1) on the show this week. With big vocal tunes from MELONYX, Children Of Zeus, Tyson and MidnightRoba. Hip Hop from Quakers, The Black Opera, Gawd Status and Lex Amor. Dancefloor tunes from Close Counters, WheelUP, STR4TA and Bruk Rogers. Jazz from Emma Jean Thackray and LCSM. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new Aurora Dee Raynes album on Tru Thoughts. IG Culture reworks Jamiroquai Broken Beat style. UK Garage / Dancehall fusion from Main Phase. Hip Hop from Rakim. A great tune from Chowerman x Owleybeats. Future Soul from Sahala. A track from the new Nightmares On Wax album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

The new single from Rebecca Vasmant on Tru Thoughts fusing Jazz and Broken Beat. A classic from IG Culture’s New Sector Movement. A hypnotic track from Anadol. A wonderful Afrobeat tune from Ahmed Sirour. Drum & Bass from Jack Boston, Madcap and Dr Meaker. A Broken Beat style Remix from Virgil Abloh (Rest In Peace). Soul from Moonchild and Tyson. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Wajatta on Brainfeeder. A quality track from Knxwledge. South Asian styles from a great compilation on Naya Beat and a great rework of SL2’s On A Ragga Tip from the Stuntman soundtrack. Drum and Bass from Zero T and Paul SG. Hip Hop from Bahamadia, Kid Acne, Jehst and KRS One. Brand new music from Ebi Soda on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality tune from Lex Amor, K15 & Karun on Extra Soul Perception. Soul from Moonchild and BINA. Hip Hop from KRS One (a brand new track), Das EFX and Run the Jewels. A great cover version of Space (the track sampled in Busta’s Woo Hah) by Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band. South Asian beats with synths from DJ Cable. Greg Wilson remixes STR4TA. New music from Bonobo and O’Flynn. Broken Beat from WheelUP. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from fika & Bambie on Tru Thoughts. Soul from BINA, Joy Crookes and Aretha Franklin. A dancefloor live track from Lonnie Smith (Rest In Peace). Futuristic sounds from Sun Ra. Broken Beat from Kuna Maze and EVM128. Deep Jazz from Emanative & Liz Elensky. Grooving beats from Taraach. A Chaka Khan classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality new song from Grace Carter. Brand new music from Moonchild and Nightmares On Wax. A classic from Tracy Chapman (and a Hip Hop tune that samples it from Nice and Smooth). The Pro-Teens cover KMD from their forthcoming MF Doom covers album. The big South Asian fusion anthem from Chandé & yourboykiran on Daytimers. Percussive drums from Jeremiah Asiamah. A great tune from Makaya Mccraven on Blue Note. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A special Sonic Switch themed DJ mix from Robert this week, representing some of the tunes going down well at his Brighton club night residency. With Soulful grooves from Miryam Solomon & Huw Marc Bennet. Hip Hop from Little Simz, dereck d.a.c and a Grandmaster Flash featuring Melle Mel classic dubplate. Funk from Alan Hawkshaw. Boogie from Nu Genea and Samii. Deep dancefloor beats from El Payo. WheelUP’s excellent remix of Tiawa. Drum and Bass from Flytronix remixed by Origin Unknown. Ronin remixing Sade. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Music from Steam Down, Aurora Dee Raynes and Bonobo. Hip Hop from Che Noir, KRS One & Big Daddy Kane. Boogie from Samii. The much sampled classic from The Mohawks in tribute to Alan Hawkshaw (R.I.P). A great Piano and Beats track from Witness Protection Program. In tribute to Pee Wee Ellis (R.I.P) a track from James Brown he co-wrote. Drum & Bass from DJ Marky featuring Evabee on vocals. WheelUP remixes Tiawa. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Bonobo. Hip Hop from Big Daddy Kane featuring Jay Z, ODB and more, KRS One and DANGERDOOM. Spiritual Jazz from Doug and Jean Carn. New music from Palm Skin Productions and Crafty 893 on Tru Thoughts. A classic soul track from Andrea Martin. Broken Beat with a Brazilian twist from Banda Favela remixed by Alex Phountzi. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Deep soul grooves from Sampology, Aurora Dee Raynes and Sault. Broken Beat from Afro Force and MP. Classics from Angie Stone and Portishead. Jazz from Daniel Casimir on Jazz Refreshed, and Abstract Truth. Hip Hop from Quakers feat The Black Opera, Jamire Williams feat Fat Tony & Zeroh and Che Noir. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new Quantic & Nidia Góngora album. Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest (from the classic The Low End Theory album), Che Noir and Doug E Fresh. Soul from Children Of Zeus, Nina Simone and Teddy Pendergrass. Bassically re-works a Sun Ra classic for the dancefloor. Broken Beat from WheelUP, Abacus and Karmasound. A big tune from Switch with Andrea Martin (Rest In Peace) on vocals. Breakbeat from Radio Slave. Drum and Bass from Makoto with Danny Wheeler and a classic remix from DJ Die. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from BINA, Cleo Sol and Lady Blackbird. Deep Boogie from Werkha remixed by Tom Blip. An 80’s Soul classic from Change. Broken Beat from WheelUP and Cengiz. Disco beats from Palmskin Productions. UK Garage with the bass from Ms Dynamite & Menta (aka Artwork). Jazz from Sefi Zesling and Herbie Hancock. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Little Simz album. South Asian beats from Ahadadream, DJ Aps, Nirobi & Barakas (aka Robert Luis and Bonobo) and the big club tune from Chandé & yourboykiran. Deep Disco from Close Counters. New music from Rhi & Telemcahus on Tru Thoughts. Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant and Lady Blackbird. Deep Broken Beat from El Payo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A classic Hot 8 Brass Band track in tribute to Bennie Pete (Rest In Peace). A track from the excellent Little Simz album. Deep Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant. A song from Nina Simone that features in the brilliant Summer Of Soul documentary. A classic from 4hero featuring Jill Scott. Future Soul from BINA. A brand new track from Gawd Status check the BLM influenced lyrics. Quality dancefloor boogie from Nu Genea. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent new Cleo Sol album. Music from the new Tru Thoughts EP from fika. An unreleased tune from around 10+ years ago by Martin Topley Bird produced by Quantic (with strings). A great club tune from Nu Genea. Broken Beat from EVM128, Bruk Rogers and Kuna Maze. A track from Emma Jean Thackray's album. Music from Victor Uwaifo who recently passed away. Of course in tribute to Lee "Scratch" Perry who recently passed away too, some classic songs and productions. An amazing bass wobbling track from The Bug feat Flowdan and new music from Strategy produced by Bristol's Fiend. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from AP Dhillon, Hiatus Kaiyote and Common Saints. Soul from Iyamah and MELONYX. Gospel beats from Snips. South Asian Beats from K15 and 4Koothu. Zed Bias covers Roy Ayers. Anushka reworks WheelUP. Piano dancefloor business from Brief Work. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Victoria and Max from Anushka join Robert via Zoom to talk about their music and their story; including how the first song they ever made got played by Gilles Peterson and released on his Brownswood label, their musical journey and process, and playing music from the 'Yemaya' album on Tru Thoughts. Plus there is music from Gabriels, IG Culture reworking Candido, Emanative & Liz Elensky, plus plenty more musical treats.

New music on Tru Thoughts from Nãnci Correia & Origin One. Hip Hop from Black Moon, Public Enemy and dereck d.a.c. Soul from Tyson and Lynda Dawn. Broken Beat from Jazztronik. A quality tune from Paul Johnson (Rest In Peace). Breakbeats from Anz and Nasty Habits. Drum and Bass from Workforce and Pola & Bryson feat Strategy. New music from El Train. Classics from Portishead and Quantic & Alice Russell. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This week's show has a classic from Mary J Blige plus Soul from Sault, Kenu Burke and Aaron Frazer. Gospel Boogie from Enlightment. Broken Beat from Afronaut, LCSM and Cengiz. Jungle from Chopstick Dubplate, Logistics, DRS and Dynamite. South Asian Bass and Beats from Koothu and MadStarBase. Electronic / Gnawa fusion from Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music in tribute to Biz Markie (Rest In Peace) including some classics and features with De L Soul, Roxanne Shante & Big Daddy Kane. Soul from Alice Russell, Jaydonclover, Natasha Ramos (unreleased tune produced by The Neptunes) and Isabelle Brown. A great new rewok by Opolopo on GAMM. Broken Beat from Afronaut and TM Shall I Bruk aka IG Culture reworking a D Train classic. A classic from Mala. New music from their forthcoming Tru Thoughts album by Quantic & Nidia Góngora. A big tune from Ivy Lab. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hemai, the 22 year old multi-instrumentalist and producer, joins Robert via Zoom to talk about the influences on his recent album on Tru Thoughts, including his love of Brazilian music and the influence of his Dad (check the Perry Hemus track). Plus some tunes from Azymuth, The Rebirth and Jamiroquai alongside Strange Beauty album tracks. There is also music from Biz Markie (Rest In Peace), Calibre and John Carrol Kirby.

Soul from Iyamah, Red Astaire (a new version of the classic ‘Follow Me’), Silas Short (Stones Throw) and MELONYX. Deep beats from Ivy Lab, Simon Richmond & John Metcalfe. Brand new music from Afronaut (Bugz In the Attic) on Tru Thoughts. Hemai remixes BaggE & Tyegreen and Sefi Zisling remixes Alice Russell. Portishead’s version of S.O.S. New music from Sampology. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Part 2 of a special Sonic Switch DJ mix covering tunes that came out during lockdown which Robert would have been playing at Sonic Switch, his club residency in Brighton, if clubs were open. So a celebration of some of the good dancefloor tracks that came out this last year plus a few more classics. Includes percussive grooves from Baronhawk Poitier. Jungle from Dub Liner and Salaryman. Dubplates from Stylo G & Sister Nancy. Deep disco from Fybe One. Dancefloor Soul from Tyson and Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu. Broken Beat from WheelUP. A big tune from Vicor Uwaifo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Sault and MELONYX. Plus a special Sonic Switch DJ mix covering tunes that came out during lockdown that Robert would have been playing at Sonic Switch, his club residency in Brighton, if clubs were open. So a celebration of some of the good dancefloor tracks that came out this last year plus a few classics. Includes music from dereck d.a.c, Hadiya George, Wonky Logic, MF DOOM, Close Counters, Penza Penza, Anushka, Mr Scuff & Mark Rae. Plus a classic Blackalicious track in tribute to Gift Of Gab (R.I.P). Look out for part 2 of the Sonic Switch mix next week including Jungle, Broken Beat and Soul selections.

Soulful grooves from Joy Crookes, Sault and The Mighty Sceptres (remixed by Kenny Dope). Brand new music from Anushka from their latest album on Tru Thoughts. Dancefloor sounds from Wonky Logic and Lavrutz. Hip Hop from dereck d.a.c. X KIANVSLIFE, KRS One, Quakers feat Sampa The Great and Blackk Chronical. An instrumental classic form the Beastie Boys. Dancefloor drums and percussion from Jeremiah Asiamah, Afronaut and Baronhawk Poitier. Tempo changing Jazz from the excellent Ebi Soda. A Hip Hop and Bass classic from Danny Breaks. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A big track from Tyson. Soul from D’Angelo, Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, fika & El Train. Out there but funky beats from Georgia Anne Muldrow and Danny Breaks. Disco from Palmskin Productions and Kon’s version of The Blue Velvets. Wonky Logic’s remix of Bryony Jarman-Pinto. The Exemen’s remix of a 4hero classic. A quality song from This Is The Kit. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new Tiawa album on Tru Thoughts (part sung in Portuguese). Deep music from Greentea Peng. Soul from Tyson. A classic from Tricky. A great track from Lex Amor. Brand new music from Quantic on his label Selva. Jazz Dance from Nubiya Garcia remixed by Mark De Clive Lowe and Da Lata. A classic from The Specials (on the 40th Anniversary of its release) and a tune that possibly inspired it, from Buster’s All Stars. A track from the quality new Georgia Anne Muldrow album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music to inspire change from Shungudzo. Soul from Jerome Thomas, Red Astaire’s classic re-work of D’Angelo and Aaron Taylor. Aroop Roy reworks the current classic from Gabriels. Plus Mr President covers the classic song Gabriel featuring Hawa on vocals. Deep instrumental goodness from Hemai. K15 with an excellent Broken Beat remix of Yelfris Valdes. Drum and Bass from Calibre remixing Jaheim and Nu Tone remixing Quantic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

An exclusive DJ mix from WheelUP featuring his own dub plate edits, music from Karizma, Bugz In The Attic, Mark De Clive Lowe, Bembe Segue, Seiji and more. It’s big! Plus keeping with the Broken Beat / Bruk theme Robert plays tunes from Afronaut, Close Counters, K15, Moses Boyd, Abstract Truth, The Seshen remixed by Ben Hauke, Nirobi and Barakas plus plenty more musical treats.

Deep Jazz Beats from Emanative & Liz Elensky. Classic UK Street Soul from Courtney Buchannon. The new single from Tru Thoughts signing Tiawa (sung in Portuguese). Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band return with a cover of Jay Z. Broken Beat from Swell Session featuring Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon) on vocals. Soulful UK Garage from WTS. Instrumental goodness from the new Hemai album. Breakbeats and Soul samples from Lay Far. The new single from Sampology. A great re-issue of the Jackie McClean & Michael Carvin dancefloor Jazz drums epic on Floating Points label. New Funky Disco from The Fantastics. Some quality early 90’s Hip Hop from Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Souls Of Mischief and Roxanne Shante. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul music from new Tru Thoughts signings MELONYX. A new track from Manchester's Evabee. Hip Hop from Ty and T Love (Produced by Jay Dee aka J Dilla). Broken Beat from Close Counters, Focus, Solid Groove and WheelUP. In tribute to Hector “Tempo” Alomar (R.I.P) a classic track from Quantic and Nickodemus. Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant and Emma Jean Thackray. Bollywood beats from R D Burman. Classic tracks from Portishead and Masters At Work. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul from Children Of Zeus, MELONYX and Hiatus Kaiyote. Broken Beat from WheelUP, Sault and Turbulace. Dancefloor Jazz from Jamie Branch. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Calibre, Chug, Shy FX, Break, Dr Meaker & Gold Dubs. Music from Hemai’s debut album on Tru Thoughts. A great remix of Scrimshire feat Omar by Photay. A track from the new dego album feat Samii on vocals. Plus plenty more musical treats.

In tribute to Shock G (Rest In Peace) there is music from Digital Underground and a track he produced for 2Pac. New Soul music on Tru Thoughts from Nottingham duo MELONYX. Heavy drums and Funky noise from the excellent Penza Penza. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Abacus and a classic from Bugz In The Attic. Drum and Bass from Calibre remixing Lady Blackbird, S.P.Y remixing Zero 7 and Pola & Bryson & Ruth Royall on Brighton’s Shogun Audio. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Broken Beat from WheelUP (check the album on Tru Thoughts which is out now). Deep music from Ravi Shankar and Nitin Sawhney. A tribute to MF DOOM from Jaubi plus a cover of the Madvillain classic ‘Raid’ done Heavy Dancefloor Jazz style by Soul Supreme. Jazz from Pharoah Sanders. Doo Wop from Gabriels and The Bonnevilles. Hip Hop from Empress Starhhh, Mos Def and Slick Rick. A classic from Aaliyah feat DMX (R.I.P). New music from DJ Format and Hiatus Kaiyote. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Yaya Bey on Big Dada. Soul from Children Of Zeus and India Arie. Deep Gospel from Los Hermanos. Prins Thomas’ Re-Edit of Quantic. A great track from Cut Chemist. Heavy Drums with psychedelic funky noise from Penza Penza. Classic music from Sault. A track from Crafty 893’s album on Tru Thoughts featuring Manga Saint Hilare. Check the lyrics on the track from Genesis Owusu. Jazzy Beats from Rebecca Vasmant. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Starting the show with music from the Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders album. Then continuing with the deep music with a track from Kutiman. Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Hemai. A classic from DJ Shadow. Mid-tempo Disco / Boogie from Hadiya George, Samii (produced by dego) and Larry Levan’s remix of Central Line. Broken Beat from Marc Mac, EVM128 remixed by Cengiz and WheelUP remixing Anushka. Brazil influenced beats from Prequel’s new album. Uptempo Colombian dancefloor synth grooves from Jimmy Salcedo. Drum and Bass from the new Hospital 25 compilation. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Quality Broken Beat from Close Counters feat Allysha Joy. The new single from Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Arthur Verocai and keeping with that theme a spin from Quantic & His Combo Bárbaro with a track also featuring Arthur Verocai. New Music channelling Brit Funk from STR4TA. A VIP version of a Skream classic. Brand new single from Anushka (from their forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts). The amazing Chameleon tune from Herbie Hancock in tribute to Paul Jackson (R.I.P) who played bass on and co-wrote the track (as sampled by so many artists). Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul from Kaisha, Kinny, Aaron Frazer and Gabriels. Brand new music from Anchorsong on Tru Thoughts. A classic from The Fugees. Deep Boogie from The Secret Soul Society. A great dancefloor track from Close Counters. Music from STR4TA on Brownswood. Hip Hop from Organised Konfusion and A Tribe Called Quest. A great uplifting Soul re-issue from Roz Ryan. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Hiatus Kaiyote featuring Arther Verocai. Doo Wop from The Flamingos. Soul from Kaisha, Tiawa and Gabriels. Hip Hop from Rasco (a Stones Throw classic), Common,  L'Orange & Solemn Brigham. New music from Crafty 893 and Grime from Norf Face and JME (with a little nod to Orbital’s Chime…which also gets a spin). A big tune by Victor Uwaifo from the new Analog Africa compilation. Drum & Bass from GLXY feat Rhi, Danny Breaks, Kings Of The Rollers feat Chimpo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Bryony Jarman-Pinto joins Robert via Zoom for an interview about her recent releases on Tru Thoughts and her music journey plus some of her excellent tunes. Plus Robert spins Broken Beat from WheelUP, Daz I Cue remixing Hector Plimmer and Close Counters feat Allysha Joy. Hip Hop from The Notorious B.I.G and The Herbaliser feat MF DOOM and a track from the Judas and The Black Messiah soundtrack by Masego feat JID & Rapsody. New music from Greentea Peng and Brighton based singer Kaisha. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from Common’s latest album feat Black Thought and PJ, plus Hip Hop from Strange U and Viktor Vaughn. Deep soul music from Sly5thAve feat Denitia, Mara TK and Master Soul Boy. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Tiawa (who both have albums out this year on Tru Thoughts). Big Percussive Dancefloor Bass from Trends. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Roni Size, DJ Gunshot, Heist and Jonny Faith. A classic from Major Force on Mo Wax. A great tune from the latest Analog Africa compilation. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Starting off the show with a track from the highly recommended Aaron Frazer album (soul vocals / good drums). Keeping on that tip, there is music from Rhye, MidnightRoba, Bryony Jarman-Pinto and Erykah Badu. Plus some tunes from the pioneer U-Roy (R.I.P) including his collaboration with Quantic’s Flowering inferno. Hip Hop from All Natural (sampling the old Spiderman cartoon theme), MF DOOM and the game changing tune from the Disco 3 aka the Fatboys (R.I.P Prince Markie Dee). A tune from the new Madlib album (plus a spin of the original sample). Uptempo bouncing tracks from Focus, Yadava, Samii and plenty more. Press play.

Pleased to finally be able to play the first single from Anushka from their forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts. Brand new music from Calibre (not Drum and Bass but a good deep bass line on it). A classic from Burial (as have been watching the new Adam Curtis series and a few of the Burial memes associated with it made me laugh this lockdown week). A great Afro(Broken)Beat track from Daniele Baldelli. Classic Independent 90’s Hip Hop from Shadez Of Brooklyn. A track from People Under The Stairs (Rest In peace Double K). Soulful Boogie from Samii and Luther Vandross. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Lots of good tunes including a deep remix of vocalist Tiana Khasi. Soulful Boogie from Samii (produced by dego) and Blaze remixed by Phil Asher. Brand new music from UNKLE (a percussive builder). Hip Hop from Mad Skillz (produced by Jay Dee aka J Dilla), MF DOOM and a new Nirobi Edit of De La Soul. Jumping Tropical beats from Nebeyu Hamdi. Brand new music from Anchorsong with uplifting choir vibes. Broken Beat from WheelUP and Kjell Anderson. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Plenty of music on the show this week celebrating the music of Phil Asher (Rest In Peace). Lots of quality across his great catalogue so Broken Beat, Boogie, House and Abstract Beats too. The show starts with a great track from Tiana Khasi plus dego (4 Hero) remixing Bryony Jarman-Pinto on Tru Thoughts. A track from the excellent Samii EP. Hip Hop from Mad Skillz, Q Tip, Large Professor, MF DOOM, Prince Paul and Run DMC. A classic cover from Quantic & Alice Russell. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special Jazz DJ mix this week with music from Theon Cross, Thijsenterprise, LCSM (Broken Beat meets Jazz), The Heliocentrics with MF DOOM, a classic track from Salah Ragab. Piano and heavy drums from Sun Ra. An already classic track from Steam Down. Spiritiual Jazz from Michael White. Plus plenty more musical treats. Also some music from Phil Asher (Rest In Peace). Celebrating some of the tunes we have been playing over the years on the radio and in clubs (and there will be more on next weeks show too).

Soul from Lianne La Havas, UNKLE feat. Eska, and Moonchild. Hip Hop from MF DOOM aka Viktor Vaughn and Duke Bootee (Rest In Peace) ...who wrote and performed on the classic Grandmaster Flash song “ The Message”. Percussive dancefloor grooves from Peter Luedemann & Pit Troja. Drum and Bass from Nu:Tone feat Lalin St Juste (from The Seshen), Mutt and Calibre. A great uplifting soul / funk track by Jelly reissued on 7” vinyl by Forever Love Records. Broken Beat from Sivey remixing Nikitch & Kuna Maze. Badbadnotgood covering a Johnny Hammond classic with MF DOOM on vocals. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special tribute to MF DOOM DJ mix this week. Includes his first ever feature as Zev Love X with 3rd Bass on Def Jam, the KMD releases with his brother and starting off with the classic Scooby Doo sampling track on the influential Fondle Em records. Collaborations as NehruvianDOOM (with Bishop Nehru), DANGERDOOM (with Dangermouse) and JJ DOOM (with Janeiro Janell) on Lex Records. The all time classic Madvillain (with Madlib). Features with Kool Keith and YOTA. A track from the excellent Viktor Vaughn album. Some of the original tracks as sampled on the releases are in the mix too. Celebrating some of the inspiring tracks from one of the best Hip Hop artists ever. Plus music from Nikitch & Kuna Maze (remixed by Sivey), IG Culture reworking a James Brown classic, a big tune from Trends, plus lots more musical goodness.

The final Best of 2020 show (Part 4) with some music that only came out recently and lots of music that will be sounding good in 2021 too. Starting off with the excellent Lady Blackbird. Hip Hop from Westside Gunn (feat. Black Thought), Che Noir, Marlowe and MF DOOM (R.I.P). Soulful dance music from Sault, The Seshen (remixed by Ben Hauke) and Roisin Murphy. New Tru Thoughts signing Hemai. A big tune from Samii (produced by Dego). Tunes from Photay, Fybe:One, Enny, Amia Brave and plenty more goodness.

Part 3 of the Best of 2020 shows with a great song from Arlo Parks. Hip Hop from Griselda, Busta Rhymes and Riz Ahmed. Big tunes from Sault & Little Dragon. A tune that has been on repeat from Huw Marc Bennett feat Miryam Solomon. Grime from Chip feat JME & Dizzee Rascal and Flowdan. Broken Beat from WheelUP and LCSM. Bryony Jarman-Pinto remixed by Dego. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Part 2 of the Best Of 2020 selections with Anderson .Paak’s BLM anthem. Soul from Madison McFerrin, Yazmin Lacey and Sly5thAve feat Denitia. Hip Hop from Bishop Nehru feat MF Doom, Jay Electronica and Che Noir (who released so much quality in 2020). Dancefloor deepness from Wajatta, Catching Flies remixed by Ron Basejam, Nikitch & Kuna Maze and Kaytranada. Gospel from Rev Milton Brunson (as used in one of the best TV series of 2020… I May Destroy You). Plus plenty more musical treats that kept us going in 2020 and will no doubt keep us going in 2021.

The first Best Of 2020 show so quality music guaranteed. Of course starting off with Sault who came with two classic albums this year. Soul from Demae, JGrrey & Tiawa. Deep music from MJ Cole, Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas. Hip Hop from Sa Roc, Nayana Iz, Durrty Goodz (in tribute to Ty) and Noname. Dancefloor grooves from Slowly remixing Onegram and Stretch & Bobbito. Broken Beat from Ben Hauke remixing The Seshen, Laroye and WheelUP. The big Deemus Dub of Str4ta on Brownswood. Tunes from Khruangbin, Teeth Agency and a timeless tune from Steam Down. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent album from Thijsenterprise (tough Drums and Jazz). Soul from Zilo, Moonchild, Patrice Rushen, Yazmin Lacey & Congi. Dezron Douglas & Brandee Younger cover Kate Bush with Harp and Double Bass. Broken Beat from Fradinho and Coach Leo (remixed by Groove Chronicles). A big Soulful Boogie tune from Samii (produced by Dego). Gospel Disco from Soul Central on Tru Thoughts. Spiritual Jazz from Matthew Halsall. A Doo Wop / R&B / Rock & Roll protest song from 1958 by The "5" Royales. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special Christmas themed DJ mix this week with tunes from Khruangbin, Sharon Jones, Camp Lo, Jimmy Jules & The Nuclear Soul System, Cocoa Tea, The Brute Force Steel Band Of Antigua, James Brown, Nancy Lee, Quantic remixing Peggy Lee, Lou Rawls, Donny Hathaway and many more. Plus music from new Tru Thoughts signing Tiawa, Batitda remixed by Octa Push on Soundway, Ebi Soda and Madlib.

A special DJ mix this week with some Bruk / Broken Beat tracks from the 00’s, from deeper Soul to heavy drums. With music from Amy Winehouse remixed by Seiji, Alice Russell remixed by Bugz In the Attic, Kenny Dope re-editing Solid Groove aka Switch, a big tune from that era by Quantic, a classic from Ty. Jazz deepness from IG Culture. Rounding off the show with some more mellow music from Sarathy Korwar, Ujjy and Iman Houssain. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great version of The Creator Has A Masterplan from Brandee Younger & Dezron Douglas plus a classic from Gary Bartz. Hip Hop from Sa-Roc and Quakers feat Sampa The Great. A great UK fusion as JME & Swindle combine with Ezra Collective. Deep Disco Gospel from HNNY. Music from Quantic’s label Selva and his new artist project under the name Teletronix (bumping synth grooves). Ebi Soda remix Ian Simmonds in their own unique fusion way. Plus a couple of Drum & Bass classics from S.P.Y and Calibre and brand new music from Nu Tone. A classic from Pressure Drop. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new Andrew Ashong and Kaidi Tatham EP. Hip Hop from Reks, De La Soul, Joker Starr & Micall Parknsun, and Sa-Roc. Soul from Moonchild and Nao. Middle Eastern grooves from Satellites. A big rolling funk bass line tune from Str4ta remixed by Demus on Brownswood. Deep music from Terror Danjah. Drum & Bass from Chug and Law. Left beats from DJ Haram remining Clap Clap and Kjell Anderson. Plus plenty more musical treats.  

Quality Hip Hop from the Sa Roc album, Busta Rhymes, new from De La Soul with a whole host of features, and Che Noir. Dancefloor deep beats from Fybe:One, Rockid Sound Machine (from Russia) and Footshooter remixing Vels Trio. Quality Broken Beat from EVM128 remixing the Soul Central release on Tru Thoughts. Drum & Bass from Alix Perez feat Liam Bailey and 4Hero feat Imani. A soulful track from Ujjy (from his album exploring dealing with depression and featuring his Mum & Dad). Big tunes from Sault and Steam Down. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Jean Grae and Che' Noir. Broken Beat from WheelUp, Moses Boyd feat. Poppy Ajudha, Domu, Contours & Yadava. An Afrobeat remix of the Soul II Soul anthem. Soul from Outside and Madison McFerrin. Kenny Dope remixes Sun Palace on BBE. A classic from St Germain. The wonderfully hypnotic track by Huw Mar Bennett. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Che' Noir, Hoodratz and Cypress Hill. Deep dancefloor beats from new Tru Thoughts signing Fybe:One. Jazz for the floor from Osunlade’s Centour Jackson. Broken Beat from IG Culture remixing Reginald Omas Mamode IV and WheelUp feat Brint Story. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Think Tonk, DJ Stretch and new music from DJ Krust. Jazz from Nubya Garcia, Sefi Zisling, Don Rendell and Ian Carr Quintet. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Hemai (21 year old multi-instrumentalist and producer). Jordan Rakei’s cover of Donald Byrd on Blue Note. Hip Hop from Black Moon (sampling Donald Byrd), the excellent Che Noir album, Cypress Hill, and a classic from Skitz featuring Wildflower, Tempa & Estelle. Dancefloor tunes from WheelUP, Roisin Murphy and deepness from DJLMP. Reggae from Likkle Jordee, Lila Iké and La Grima (covering Nirvana Reagge / Dub style). A tune from John Lennon. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Chug, DJ Die, Shay and Kings Of The Rollers feat. Chimpo. An Unfold favourite from Arlo Parks. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Quantic released on his own label Selva. A great new track from Ivy Lab. Previously unreleased music from Domu. Broken Beat from WheelUp featuring Brint Story on vocals. Hip Hop classics from Public Enemy, Gang Starr feat. Nice & Smooth, and Ras Kass. Drum and Bass from Alix Perez feat. Liam Bailey, Jrumhand. PaulSG and DJ Marky. Reggae from Dennis Brown, Likkle Jorde via the excellent Aloha Got Soul, Protoje & Lila Iké. Another spin of the remix by Slowly from Japan of Onegram. Nourishing music from Sault. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Nourishing music from the latest Sault album. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Brint Story (check the anti-Trump lyrics) and a classic Switch Edit of Seiji & Q Tip.  Hip Hop from Ras Kass, Blackalicous, 2Pac and Main Source. Brand new music from Steve Arrington on Stones Throw. A track from the new Roisin Murphy album. Deep downtempo music from Calibre. A quality song form Okay Kaya. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Sly5thAve’s new album, Pete Rock & Camp Lo and Ms Melodie. A quality tempo changing track from the new On The Corner compilation from Tamar Collocutor V. Soul from Demae, Freddie Cruger feat. Linn and the excellent new Sault album. Deep dancefloor beats from Austin Ato and club tracks from Tiptoes and Karizma. In tribute to Toots (R.I.P) there is music from The Maytals plus Reggae / Dancehall from Mr Vegas & brand new Super Cat. Star Wars Cut & Paste from Si Spex. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from the very talented Crafty 893, taken from his new EP on Tru Thoughts. Deep dancefloor music from Mall Grab. In tribute to Ronald Bell (R.I.P), who co-founded Kool & The Gang, there are two songs from the group plus two Hip Hop tunes that sampled the songs from A Tribe Called Quest and Malcolm McClaren and the World Famous Supreme Team.  A classic from The Quantic Soul Orchestra featuring Alice Russell. Quality music from Brighton’s Ebi Soda. Star Wars themed Cut & Paste from Si Spex. A track from Sault. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul from JGrrey, Rahaven, Greentea Peng and Tiawa. A Hip Hop classic from Natural Resource. Star Wars Cut & Paste from Si Spex. A great track from Huw Marc Bennet. Quality music from Steam Down on Blue Note. Record Store Day vinyl specials from Sarathy Korwar and Ezra Collective. Gospel with Rap from the 1950’s by The Jubaliares. A Drum and Bass classic from Goldie remixed by 4hero. A quality Jungle Remix from Think Tonk. Plus plenty more musical treats.

On the week the new Shapes compilation is released on Tru Thoughts we play a couple of tunes that are on the vinyl from Gawd Status and WheelUP. A great 7” release from Steam Down on Blue Note. Hip Hop from Biz Markie and Natural Resource. Soul from Caron Wheeler and Monica. Si Spex cuts and pastes some Star Wars samples. Piano Broken Beat from Cengiz. Soulful South Asian sounds from Shazia Manzoor. The excellent 2000Black remix of Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Plus plenty more musical treats.

To celebrate Record Store Day 2020 finally happening, this week's Unfold show is a vinyl special featuring some RSD releases alongside other vinyl treats new, old and classic. Soul from Moonchild (remixed by Jazzy Jeff and James Poyser) and Minnie Riperton. Hip Hop from the Jungle Brothers and Scorzayzee. Revolution inspiring Soul / Funk from Magnum. Dego remixing Bryony Jarman-Pinto (forthcoming on a Tru Thoughts 12”). Classic Broken Beat from Da One Away aka Dego. Quality re-issue of the Asha Puthli album from Mr Bongo records. Plus lots more great music to enjoy across the genres.

Dancefloor grooves from Souleance & Kartell. Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Tiawa. A track from the new Khruangbin album. Greentea Peng drops another good single. Music from 20 year old multi instrumentalist and producer Hemai. A classic from The Young Disciples on Talkin Loud. Drum & Bass / Jungle from The JB (sampling Soul II Soul) and Think Tonk. Gospel soul from PJ Morton. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This week in the second half of the show Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl join Robert via Zoom to play tracks from their recent album on Tru Thoughts, talk about the history of Gnawa music from Morocco and how this project fusing Gnawa and electronic music came about.  For the first hour there is music from Jack Penate (produced by Inflo… the man behind Sault and also featuring Malcom Catto on drums). A brand new remix of Anderson .Paak’s Lockdown anthem. Smoove cleverly chops up the original breaks as used by A Tribe Called Quest together. Krewcial re-edits a classic from Chaka Khan. The Sugarloaf Gangsters with a tempo changing Brazilian influenced drum workout. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Lots of quality music this week including the new single from Space Captain on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from The Roots (Rest In Peace Malik B) and Westside Gunn. Jazz from Emma-Jean Thackray on the vinyl label Night Dreamer. Soul from Sound Of Superbad and Cleo Sol. Broken Beat from Laroye remixing Pegasvs, Son Of Scientist (aka IG Culture) and Domu making a welcome return remixing Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A classic from Abstract Truth. Drum & Bass from Jrumhand and older but newly re-issued Tom & Jerry (from the Reinforced crew). Plus plenty more musical treats.

In tribute to Denise Johnson (R.I.P) we play her UK soul classic ‘Just A Little More’. Another track from the Sault album (so many tunes!). Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar, Ty feat. Durrty Goodz, Diamond D and Bishop Nehru. A classic from Mr Scruff. Broken Beat from WheelUP and Haze City. A track from Bonobo’s debut album on Tru Thoughts celebrating the 20th anniversary since its release! Jungle from Gold Dubs, Aries and Stylo G. Soulful sounds from Bryony Jarmon-Pinto and Marco McKinnis. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great song from Amrit Kaur. A track from the excellent Sault album. Hip Hop from Black Moon, Organised Konfusion and Divine. Broken Beat from Wheel Up and Laroye remixing Pegasvs. A dancefloor track by Jidenna (as featured in Series 4 of Insecure). Janelle Monae (as featured in the excellent I May Destroy You series). Reggae from Billy Boyo and a Sister Nancy Dubplate special. Drum and Bass from Dave Owen, Chug and Leviticus (the Amen version). Plus plenty more musical treats.

A classic tune from Sade. A track from the excellent Sault album. Hip Hop sampling the Pinball Song from Sesame street by Nautilus. IG Culture reworking Fela Kuti & Tony Allen. Heavy Bass and Drums from Monsterz. Broken Beat from WheelUP on Tru Thoughts. Gospel from Rev Milton Brunson as featured in the series I May Destroy You. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new Soul music from Lynda Dawn. Classics from 4 Hero and Hiatus Kaiyote. Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Noname and Gang Starr. Gospel from Enlightment and Lisa Taylor. Drum & Bass from Peshay, Steppa, Jrumhand & Poschek. Broken Beat from LCSM & WheelUP. A track from the excellent Sault album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality song from Arlo Parks. Soul from April + Vista and Sault. Hip Hop from The Roots, Gawd Status, Wu Tang Clan and a new version of Public Enemy’s Fight The Power feat. Rapsody, Nas and more. Dancefloor Soul from Anderson .Paak, Luther Vandross and Vex Ruffin. Electronic / Jazz fusion from Nikitch & Kuna Maze on Tru Thoughts. Broken Beat / Jazz from LCSM. 4Hero’s classic remix of Nuyorican Soul. Drum & Bass from Villem and Jrumhand. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Sault and Anderson Paak. Hip hop from Noname, Paula Perry, Public Enemy (produced by DJ Premier). Jazz from the excellent Gary Bartz and Maisha album. Broken Beat from WheelUP and LCSM "Likwid Continual Space Motion". Gospel from Rev Milton Brunson. Soulful Beats from Souleance and Nikitch & Kuna Maze. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality tune from Siti Muharam’s album on On The Corner records. A great track from a great album by IG Culture’s LCSM "Likwid Continual Space Motion" project. Souleance deliver a wonderful piano boogie track. Brand new Broken Beat from WheelUP’s latest EP on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Noname, and Strategy x Footsie x Cimm. A great (non Drum & Bass) track from Hidden Agenda on Metalheadz. Also Ben Hauke’s excellent remix of The Seshen. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the Moodymann album. New music on Stones Throw from Teeth Agency (Jesse Hackett, Bullion and Eska). Dee Bridgewater as re-issued by Mr Bongo. Hip Hop from J Live and Jay Electronica. Deep beats from Tek 9 aka 4 Hero. A classic track from Fela Kuti. Drum and Bass from G Force and Potential Badboy. Jazzy electronic beats from Nikitch & Kuna Maze. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ Mix this week called 'Hip Hop Songs About The Police & Protest'. With the recent murder of George Floyd and subsequent protests the show has Hip Hop tunes that have been danced to and enjoyed and educated people across the world. With music from the 80’s, 90’s, 00’s, 10’s and 20’s ….five decades, where ultimately the story has not changed but the Hip Hop protest energy has had to continue. Black Lives Matter has brought the story to the mainstream and as this happens we are all hoping a re-set happens soon. Music from Public Enemy, Main Source, Jay Dee, KRS One, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Rodney P, Life (with a track about Stephen Lawrence), Big L, Quasimoto and more. Turn up loud and listen to the stories and boundary pushing songs.

A quality tune from Nayana Iz. Brand new music from Space Captain on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Bishop Nehru feat. MF Doom and Rodney P. A track from the album on Blue Note by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes. Good dancefloor Beats from Nuff Pedals feat. Maddslinky and Felipe Gordon. Country Soul from Blaze Foley. Drum & Bass from G Force, Roni Size and Sky Joose. A track from the Stretch & Bobbito album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Nikitch & Kuna Maze on Tru Thoughts. A great catchy tune from Evabee. Hip Hop from Bishop Nehru feat. MF Doom, IG Culture feat. Ty, and a classic from Group Home. J-Felix with a Boogie cover of Be Thankful.  Disco Jazz from Greenskeepers. A quality UK Garage tune from Sky Joose with a funky bass and chicken noises! A big tune from Likwid Continual Space Motion fusing Broken Beat / Jazz. Drum and Bass from Peshay (with a Chic influence), Viewer, and Calibre. sUb_modU with electronic Afrobeat inspired synth grooves. A classic tune from DJ Takemura. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This week’s show is a tribute to Ty (Rest In Peace) who sadly passed away recently. It has been broadcast early in addition to its regular Sunday slot. So a DJ mix for most of the show, focussing on some of the great music Ty recorded over the years. Including music from his albums on Big Dada, BBE and Jazz Refreshed. Some of Ty’s earlier releases with Shortee Blitz and The London All Stars. Recent music from the KINGDEM project alongside Rodney P and Blak Twang. A great remix of Lizz Fields Ty did with his co-producer Drew (soulful Broken Beats). Ty’s feature collaborations with Dego, The Bamboos and Terri Walker and more. A quality tribute to Ty from Durrty Goodz. A few tunes from the Kick Snare and an Idea EP series we were so pleased to release on Tru Thoughts. Gamechanger tracks like Wait A Minute and Groovement. Plus plenty more musical goodness

In tribute to Tony Allen (Rest In Peace) there is music from Fela Kuti, Sebastian Tellier and more. Hip Hop from Westside Gunn, Princess Nokia and Jay Electronica. Soul from Sly5thAve feat. Melissa McMillan, Cleo Sol and DJ Spinna remixing Zero 7. Brand new music from Nikitch & Kuna Maze’s forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts. Uplifting whistling grooves from Wajatta on Brainfeeder. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A Broken Beat / Bruk special this week with Robert in the mix for most of the show with new, classic and digging deep Broken Beat tunes. Featuring 4 Hero, WheelUP, Afronaut, Seiji, Phuturistix aka Zed Bias, Son Of Scientist aka IG Culture, Nuff Pedals remixing Rhi, EVM128, Sivey, Cousin Cockroach, Domu and more. From soulful grooves to heavy basslines and of course lots of great drums. Lock in to this special DJ mix.

J-Felix joins Robert (via Zoom) for the second hour of this week's show playing music from his album and bringing tunes from The RH Factor feat. D’Angelo, Homecut, Goldlink, Liam Bailey, Crown City Rockers and Footshooter as well as talking about the album, how it is working with Swindle and Alice Russell and more. Robert has some classic Broken Beat from Son Of Scientist aka IG Culture. Ron Basejam on the remix of Catching Flies. Hip Hop from The Fugees….not that track…but still a good one from The Score album. Soul from Nicolette, Bill Withers and Cleo Sol. Plus a track from the Ezra Collective. Press play.

A track from the excellent new Cleo Sol album. Soul music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto and Bill Withers. Music from John Carrol Kirby on Stones Throw. A DJ Premier classic from Group Home plus a classic from Ty feat Roots Manuva. A catchy whistle dancefloor tune from Wajatta on Brainfeeder. A track from the latest EP from Werkha on First Word. Big Soul / Jazz anthem from Abstract Truth. Instrumental Beats from DJ Spinna. Brokent Beat from Sivey. Plus plenty more quality music treats.

Music from Bill Withers (Rest In Peace). African Funk from Los Issufu. Deep music from Pascal Schumacher. Drum & Bass from Makoto & Calibre. A classic from 4 Hero. Broken Beat from WheelUP and EVM128. Jazz from Vibration Society. A great track from Laurence Guy. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A good mixture of styles and genres this week with music from Manu Dibango (R.I.P). Hip Hop from the long anticipated album from Jay Electronica. New music from Little Dragon and Yazmin Lacey. The first single from new Tru Thoughts artists Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl. Drum and bass from Calibre, Peshay and The X (sampling Nina Simone with heavy drums). Reggae from Dennis Brown & Protoje. Massive Attack’s classic remix of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Soulful dance music from Australia’s Middle Name Dance Band. Uplifting Gospel Boogie from Salt Of The Earth. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special DJ mix this week repping some good dancefloor tunes across a variety of tempos. The mix is called the Stay Home & Sonic Switch DJ mix for those wanting some home lockdown dancefloor action. Music from El Train & Celeste. Hip Hop from Camp Lo, London Posse and the Boogiemonsters. Dancefloor beats from Titeknots, Dego & Nasty Dolls. Brazilian Disco from Kassin. Catchy clapping Jazz from Kitty Winter. Tropical synth action from Jimmy Salcedo Y Su Onda Tres. Drum & Bass from Barrington Levy remixed by Chug, Zero 7 remixed by S.P.Y and Jaheim remixed by Calibre. A rave classic from Liquid. Broken Beat from Xtra Brux. DJ Madd remixing the Magic Drum Orchestra feat Bunty cover of Shy FX. Plus plenty more musical treats.  

A special DJ mix of uplifting and inspiring music. Tunes from Marvin Gaye, 4 Hero, Stevie Wonder. Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar. A cover of Mos Def by female singer Dasha. A brilliant tune from TettoryBad. A clip from an essay by C.S Lewis about celebrating and enjoying moments in life even when times might seem hard. Positive soul from Terri Walker. Plus lots more great songs to lift up your spirits.

A track from the quality new release from Riz Ahmed. Classic Hip Hop from Natives From Da Underground (co-produced by JD aka J Dilla). New music from Emma-Jean Thackray, Greentea Peng and Sly5thAve feat Denitia. Dancefloor beats from Malcom Catto and Anunaku. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new J-Felix album on Tru Thoughts. Soul from Moonchild (as recently covered by Erykah Badu and her daughter Puma) and a classic from Erykah Badu too. A Hip Hop track from 1999 by Common on Rawkus. Gospel from Sunday Service Choir. Jazzy Beats from Shall I Bruk It, and Ivan Conti remixed by Eddie Ramich. Drum & Bass from Dillinja, Roni Size Reprazent, Hedex & Bou. A great dancefloor tune from Anunaku. A new track from Sarathy Korwar. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A percussive dance track from Logic1000. Deep Dancefloor Dub from Andrew Weatherall. Dancefloor Jazz from Jaimie Branch. Soul from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Nita Rossi and Asha Pulthi. A track from Quantic’s new label featuring Denitia. Hip Hop from B.o.B, Griselda, Kendrick Lamar and Gawd Status. A big club tune from Dego (catchy synths). Drum and Bass from Chimpo and S.P.Y remixing Zero 7. A brand new Nuff Pedals remix of Rhi on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Robert is joined in Brighton by Moonchild playing some of their releases and an interview discussing self-releasing their debut album, the support they have received from Jazzy Jeff, speaking up as an artist and not believing it was real when Stevie Wonder got in touch asking them to perform. Plus Robert has lots of good tracks this week. Jazz from Jaimie Branch and Moses Boyd. Hip Hop from Madlib’s new 'The Professionals' project, Mac Miller and Main Source. A quality remix in tribute to Andrew Weatherall (R.I.P)…Dubby and Wobbly basslines. Plus a great track from Lucy DeBono.

Robert is joined in the second half of the show by Sam Wills in the Brighton studio. Sam brings along some tunes he is currently enjoying including Eliza, Jake Milner, Kiefer, as well as playing some of his recent releases. Robert has Soul from Greentea Peng and Yazmin Lacey. Hip Hop from Quasimoto, Gawd Status and Catching Flies feat Blu & Jehst. Uplifting music from Sunday Service Choir and Quantic & Alice Russell. Drum and Bass from S.P.Y remixing Zero 7 and Chimpo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul from Madison McFerrin, Sefi Zisling, Luv Rell and Terri Walker. Hip Hop from Life & Nappa (check the switch), Your Old Droog and Rapsody. A Nirobi Edit of Sunday Service Choir, Soul II Soul and Stro Elliot. Broken Beat from Pote, Kid Fonque and Sio remixed by China Charmeleon and Troubleman aka Mark Pritchard. Electronic Tropical Bass from Kokoko and Saravah Soul remixed by Debruit. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul music from Yazmin Lacey, Bina, Madison McFerrin and a classic from Alice Russell remixed by Bonobo. Big dancefloor tunes from Moses Boyd feat Poppy Ajudha, Nightmares On Wax remixing The Vision featuring Andreya Triana, and Pote. A catchy Broken Beat / Tropical style track from Alex Figueira. Brand new music from Peshay and Jungle from Pete Cannon and Special Request. Some Dub from Sevana and Wrongtom remixing Flowdan. A classic from The Young Disciples remixed by Large Professor. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A special downtempo DJ mix from Robert this week covering a few genres. Instrumental goodness from Calibre, Steve Spacek and Modaji. Hip Hop from Mos Def, Mac Miller (produced by Disclosure) and Noname. Great vocal tracks from Rhi & Masok on Raw Tapes. A classic from Zero 7. A minimal cover of a classic tune by Robert Glasper. Plus plenty more musical delights.

The final best of 2019 show so quality music all the way. Soul from Greentea Peng, Sunday Service Choir, Theo Parrish feat Maurissa Rose. Dancefloor tracks from Dego, Roddy Rod and Marc Mac’s remix of the Zero dB classic. Drum and Bass from Posij, Hedex & Bou. Grime from JME feat Wiley. Big epic music from Octo Octa. Wonderful deep music from Calibre’s latest album (it’s not D&B). Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Kaytranada, DieMantle and Psychemagik. Plus the first track from J-Felix’s forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts featuring Andrew Ashong. Hip Hop from Your Old Droog, Stormzy, Lowkey & Rodney P. Big dancefloor tunes from Dego & KOKOKO! A quality track from Theo Parrish feat Maurissa Rose. Classics from Grace Jones & Zero 7. El Train on production for Fika. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2019 Part 4 so big tracks all the way. A track from Joe Armon-Jones feat Georgia Anne Muldrow. Beats from Ivy Lab. Soulful Boogie from Garden Of Eden. Tropical tempo changing grooves from Los Piranas. Dancefloor Bass from TC4 & Terror Danjah. Jungle from Aries remixed by Benny Page and John Holt remixed by Benny L. Big Gospel club tune from Alan Dixon. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Best of 2019 Part 3 so guaranteed good music all the way. Music from Sio, Moonchild, The Specials feat Saffiyah Khan and Kate Tempest. Hip Hop from Gawd Status. Broken Beat from Xtra Brux. Dancefloor tunes from Likwid Continual Space Motion & Daphni. A big tune from Shafiq Husayn feat Hiatus Kaiyote. Plus plenty more quality music.

The second Best of 2019 show with tunes that have been sounding good this year and will no doubt be sounding good in the future too. Quality all the way. With Anderson Paak, Quantic, Little Simz. Jazz from Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & Blue Lab Beats. Deep dancefloor tracks from Saronde remixed by Jimpster and Somethin Sanctified. Soul from Lynda Dawn, Pieces Of A Man and Laville. Drum & Bass from Dogger feat Liam Bailey and Brookes Brothers. Broken Beat from Sivey and WheelUp. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Jme, Sir Hiss and Bakar. Plus a special Christmas DJ mix featuring Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae, Funk and Jazz with Blondie, Run DMC, The Treacherous Three, Children Of Zeus, DJ Spinna, John Holt, Tuxedo, Sharon Jones, Wiley, Donny Hathaway and many more.

This week Robert is joined in the studio by Rhi who plays some tunes from her second album on Tru Thoughts – "The Pale Queen". Rhi also brings a selection of quality tunes and discusses the world of a solo artist who sings, writes, plays, programs, makes the beats and records all her songs. Robert brings some new fresh tunes from Jme featuring Wiley, Steam Down, Alphabets Heaven, TSVI and a track from the excellent new (not Drum & Bass) Calibre album. Press play…it’s a good show.

The first of a few Best Of 2019 shows (there will be one in January to make sure any December releases are covered too). On the Soul side there are tunes from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Swindle feat Andrew Ashong and Sault. Hip Hop form Gang Starr, Rapsody, Loyla Carner and J Hus. A great track from Snowy feat Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods)…check the lyrics. Beats from Nuff Pedals and Ezra Hames. Jazz from Ezra Collective and Theon Cross. Dancefloor tunes from Pote & Matthew Herbert. Grime from Flowdan & Skepta. Deep Disco from Sticks & Stonez feat Liv East & Roisin Murphy. Plus plenty more music you want to hear.

Quality music from Stro Elliot. Soulful Boogie from Texas by The Vapor Caves. Jazz Beats from Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A classic from Frankie Knuckles and Satoshie Tomie. A great track from Kate Tempest which seems to capture a moment. Deep Broken Beat from Yadava and Trev. A Gospel tune from the Armstrong Brothers. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Broken Beat from WheelUP, Yadava and Marc Mac remixing Zero dB. A quality Gospel / Hip Hop track from Stro Elliot. Sampology on the remix of Quantic. A nice and uplifting tune from The Vapor Cave with tempo switches. A great track from the new compilation on Analog Africa of music from Somlia…deep dancefloor Reggae style. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the brand new and good for you Gang Starr album feat Q Tip plus Hip Hop from Rapsody and an all time classic from Scor Zay Zee. Broken Beat from Likwid Continual Space Motion. Deep dancefloor music from Quantic. Ashley Henry’s Jazz & Beats cover of Solange. A quality tune from Kate Tempest. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from Fela Kuti featuring Ginger Baker (R.I.P) on drums. Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib feat Yasiin Bey & Black Thought. Deep electronic vocal tracks from Mindchatter and Rhi. Soulful instrumental electronic music from Floating Points new album and Black Pocket aka Steve Spacek. A track from the latest Quantic album featuring Alice Russell. Plus plenty more music you will enjoy.

Music from the new Kindness album. Hip Hop from The Goats, Rapsody and Gang Starr. Deep dancefloor music from Paul Epworth. A great track from IG Culture’s Likwid Continual Space Motion featuring members of Steam Down on a Jazz/Broken Beat tip. A classic from Tom Tom Club. A tune from the latest Quantic album (which has Quantic on vocals). Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new, self-produced album from solo vocalist and songwriter Rhi on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from Donny Arcade, Rodney P and Gang Starr. A great live recording of Sun Ra Arkestra. Dancefloor tracks from Wajeed, Paul Epworth & TC4. Uplifting Disco from The Vision feat Andreya Triana and Mass Syndicate. Drum & Bass from Fixate remixing Zero dB, Selecta J-Man & Gold Dubs and Chase & Status feat Irah on the remix of the all time classic Original Nuttah. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Gang Starr, Freestyle Fellowship and The Unspoken Heard. A track from the great Damon Locks album and new music from the excellent Sault. Dancefloor tunes from ESG & Leoparden. Jazzy tunes from Shigeto and Lafleur. A deeper track from the Terror Danjah album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great track from Norway’s Leoparden. A deep Jazz dancefloor tune from new Tru Thoughts signing Sefi Zisling. Dancefloor beats from Ossie and TC4. Drum and Bass from Karime Kendra remixed by DJ Die, Chug and Beat Merchants on V. A classic Dancehall track from Louie Rankin (R.I.P). Another quality release from Romare. A tune from Quantic’s latest album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the latest Moonchild album. New Hip Hop from Gang Starr and Rodney P plus classics from A Tribe Called Quest and Wu Tang. Sung vocal tracks from Lynda Dawn and Speelburg. Broken Beats from Jazzanova reworking Harlem Youth Percussion and new Tru Thoughts signing WheelUP. A quality epic track from Brian Owens with strings and important messages on the lyrics. Tempo changing Tropical Synth music from Los Piranas. A track from the Top Boy Soundtrack by Dave. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Big tunes from Ego Ella May and Rosie Lowe. Hip Hop from Sampa The Great, Ras Kass Gawd Status & Roc Marciano. Boogie from Radiance feat Andrea Stone. Dancefloor beats from Pote and new Tru Thoughts signing WheelUP. A percussive tune from Ahadadream. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great new track from Blue Lab Beats. Hip Hop from Gawd Status, Black Moon and a new track from Missy Elliot. A quality track from Ego Ella May (produced by Budgie). Drum & Bass from D Double E & Watch The Ride, Peshay & Sense and T>I remixing Alton Ellis from the Jet Star Meets Hospital box set. Brand new music from Middle Name Dance Band from Australia on Sampology’s label. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Another great track from the excellent Sarathy Korwar album. Hip Hop from Nolan The Ninja, Gawd Status, Chip, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib feat Yasiin Bey and Black Thought. A quality track from Tenesha The wordsmith from her album released by On the Corner. JD Reid reworks a Tim Deluxe classic in a Bass heavy style. Music from Moonchild’s new album on Tru Thoughts. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Nikitch & Kuna Maze join Robert in the Brighton studio playing music from their latest Tru Thoughts release and also tunes from Azymuth, Blue Lab Beats, DJ Nature, Edu Lobo, K15, Ty, Pinty & Herbie Hancock. Plus Robert drops tunes from The Diabolical Liberties (new on On The Corner). Broken Beat from Xtra Brux. Drum & Bass from Kings Of The Rollers feat Queen Bea and Shy FX & UK Apache’s update of their classic. Plus music from the Bryony Jarman-Pinto album.

This week's show is heavily influenced by the We Out Here festival that took place last week in the UK featuring music and tunes from lots of the artists and DJs who were playing there. The show starts off with an all time classic from Gary Bartz. Plus we have Soul music from Harleighblu, Yazmin Lacey and Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Jazz from Moses Boyd, Sons Of Kemet and Matthew Herbert. Broken Beat from Marc Mac and WheelUP. Afrofunk from Sean Kuti and Rob. Dancefloor Beats from Ahadadream. A new track from Terror Danjah and Nii-Teiko on Tru Thoughts. Plus a big tune from DJ Krust. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Sio album (a great singer from South Africa). Music from Sault. Good dancefloor tracks from Kalbata feat Tifgris and Citizen Deep. Hip Hop from Gawd Status. A UK Garage style remix of Flowdan by Izco (which samples Yussef Kamaal). Chip’s Daily Duppy over a more Jazz style beat. Music from Scrimshire’s album featuring Ego Ella May. Heavy but with catchy piano groove Drum & Bass from Chug. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Rhi on Tru Thoughts (from her forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts). A couple of tracks from the amazing Sarathy Korwar album. Slowly from Japan remixes Cruisic’s verson of Todd Terje’s Inspector Norse. Another play for the Disco / Wiley bootleg from Oneman & Fred Again. Drum and Bass from Calibre, SoulStructure feat Paul SG & Madcap, Dub Phizix & Strategy. Soul music from Sault and Sio. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Some great music from Ras G (R.I.P). Hip Hop from Eric B & Rakim and Bobbie Johnson. A new release on Tru Thoughts from Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Soulful Beats from Anderson .Paak, Moonchild, Joe Armon-Jones feat Georgia Anne Muldrow. Tropical Beats from Tom Blip and Swordman (from Uganda). A track from the excellent Sault album plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Moonchild from their forthcoming album. A great track from Scrimshire featuring Ego Ella May. A classic from Fred Wesley as sampled by Public Enemy and a classic from M.I.A. Music from the Gomorra TV soundtrack by Mokadelic. Drum & Bass from Hugh Hardie and a big Benny Page remix of Aries. Reggae from George Boswell on Trojan. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A Hip Hop themed show this week with a variety of Hip Hop tracks in the mix from recent releases to mid school and old school. Brand new music from the excellent Bandana album from Freddie Gibbs and Madlib featuring Yasiin Bey and Black Thought. Dubplates from Masta Ace, Jeru The Damaja, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Das EFX, Camp Lo and Dead Prez. Faster tempo Hip Hop from Organized Konfusion and Little Simz. Psychedlic Hip Hop from new Tru Thoughts signing Gawd Status. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from Sampa The Great and Gawd Status. Soul from Anderson .Paak, Pieces of a Man and Llorca. Brand new music from Bonobo. A Re-Edit by Quantic of one of the big tracks from his album. Some quality tunes with no drums from Paolo Mantini, Duval Timothy and Catching Flies. Classic Reggae from Fabian. Drum and Bass from Kings Of The Rollers and an alternative mix from DJ Zinc of one of his many classics. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great dancefloor Gospel track from Alan Dixon. Broken Beat from WheelUp. Hip Hop from Masta Ace (dubplate style). Some tunes influenced by the recent Glastonbury festival from Stormzy, Dave and AJ Tracey and The Cure. A track from the latest Quantic album. A big Piano Jazz club banger from Daphni.  Street Soul from new Tru Thoughts signings Gawd Status. Plus plenty more musical treats.

The show starts with a first play of new music from Rhi’s forthcoming second album on Tru Thoughts…enjoy! Plus a tribute to Phillippe Zdar (RIP) with tunes he was involved with from La Funk Mob, Cassius, MC Solaar and Menelik. A great tune from Roisin Murphy produced by Parrot. A Jazzy Hip Hop track from Louis VI. Jazz Beats from Kamal Williams and Ethnic Heritage Ensemble. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new Quantic album featuring Alice Russell. Soulful sounds from Lady Alma and Jordan Rakei. Songs featured in the excellent and essential watch series “When They See Us” by Cinematic Orchestra, Special Ed and Public Enemy. Some great Hip Hop from Pan Amsterdam and new Tru Thoughts signing Gawd Status. Big dancefloor tracks from Greymatter and Sampa The Great. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the Slowthai album. Music from Flying Lotus and Skepta. A big track from West Loop Chicago… heavy dancefloor Jazz drums and synths and a tempo change… it’s a big tune. Brand new soulful music from Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Hip Hop from India via Azadi records. A track from the Colomobian compilation on BBE. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Jai Paul. Hip Hop from Wizdom Life & Matt Fingaz (produced by DJ Spinna) and Loyla Carner. Dancefloor Jazz from Sons & Daughters Of Life. Broken Beat from Sivey. New music from Strategy featuring Reece Williams forthcoming on Tru Thoughts. A classic from Roy Ayers. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great track from Eva Lazarus and Mungo's Hi Fi. Stro Elliot reworking Soul II Soul. Shafiq Huasayn feat Hiatus Kaiyote. Jazz from drummer Krzysztof Dziedzic and Ezra Collective. Opera / Slow Disco fusion from Shield & Robytek feat Katia Ricciarelli. A track from the new Flowdan album on Tru Thoughts featuring Irah. Plus plenty more musical treats

Hip Hop from Loyle Carner, DJ Premier and J Hus. Soul from Shafiq Husayn feat Hiatus Kaiyote, Pieces of a Man, Laville and Ella Haber. Jazz from Kamasi Washington. Gospel Disco from Bobby D’Ambrosio & Michelle Weeks. The big club track from Pote. Wrongtom remixes Flowdan Dub style plus Lovers Rock from Marie Pierre on Trojan. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New Tru Thoughts music from Bryony Jarmon-Pinto. Hip Hop from Lewis Parker, Loyle Carner and Pete Rock. Dancefloor Jazz from Ezra Collective. Big club tunes from Wiley, Madd Again!, Terror Danjah, Jamakabi, Mungo's Hi Fi & Eva Lazarus. Deep music from DJ Nature. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great track from Meernaa. Brand new music from Quantic featuring Denitia on vocals. A classic from Chaka Khan. Soul from Tanzanite and Datsunn. Drum & Bass from Brookes Brothers and Shy FX. Jazz from Sarathy Korwar, Greg Foat on Athens Of The North and Theon Cross feat Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia. A timeless hypnotic track from Modaji (R.I.P). Henry Wu’s remix of Werkha feat Bryony Jarmon-Pinto plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Jayda G, Ezra Collective and Stormzy. A classic from Skinnyman. Dub from Ebony Rockers and Wrongtom. Club tracks from Pote, Quantic (remixed by The Maghreban) and Sampology. Gospel from a great compilation on Cultures Of Soul. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Special guest Sampology from Brisbane, Australia joins Robert in the Brighton studio to have a chat about and play some of his music and also spin some other quality tunes including Clever Austin, Eli Escobar, Vulture Street Tape Gang, Wajeed, Ivan Vonti and Julien Dyne. Plus Robert drops music from BenjiFlow, Beyonce (with the Fela Kuti replay), Vbnd, Quantic, Pote and new Tru Thoughts release from Irah and Abstakt Sonance.

New music from Erykah Badu & James Poyser. A great Maya Angelou rework by Daz I Cue. Dancefloor Beats from Sampology and Zero dB. Japanese Funk on Mushi 45. Quality Drum & Bass from Dogger, Mindstate & Liam Bailey. Brand new Grime from Flowdan. A Classic from Roy Ayers. Dub from Zara McFarlane with Dennis Bovell. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great soulful Drum and Bass track from Dogger feat Liam Bailey. Hip Hop from KingDem (Rodney P, Ty and Blak Twang) and The Beatnuts. Soul from Pieces of a Man, Omar and Nina Simone. Excellent Broken Beat from Xtra Brux. Tropical Beats from Jimpster remixing Saronde. Plus plenty more musical treats.

  The show starts with the Animanz remix of the Hot 8 Brass Band which is being released for Record Store Day. Deep Broken Beat from Barakas and Marc Mac. The classic Freeform Reform remix of Isolee. Hip Hop from Nipsey Hussle (R.I.P), Freddie Gibbs & Madlib and a classic freestyle from Q Tip and Mad Skills. Soulful Gospel from new Tru Thoughts signing Pieces Of A Man (produced by Zed Bias and featuring Amp Fiddler, Harleighblu and Tyler (Children Of Zeus) amongst others). Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music on Tru Thoughts from Bryony Jarman-Pinto (the first single from her forthcoming album). Plus a special Sonic Switch DJ mix by Robert repping some of the tunes going down well on the dancefloor at his Brighton club night. Including deep dancefloor goodness from Mr Fingers and Kettenkarussell. Hip Hop from Masta Ace, Q Tip & Rodney P. Big club tracks from Herbert and Quantic. Jazz Dance from August Greene and Theon Cross (feat Moses Boyd on drums). Big bass tracks from Touchy Subject and Benny L remixing John Holt. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality track from Anderson Paak from his forthcoming album but starting the show with a great track from Matthew Herbert. New dancefloor music from Quantic, Marc Mac and Bonobo. Left of centre Grime from Flowdan (Produced by Plastician) and Chip (Produced by Lil Silva and Sampha). A wobbly Bass heavy track from Touchy Subject. Drum and bass from Chug and Sl8r. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Quantic, the first single from his forthcoming album on Tru Thoughts. Afro Boogie from Charly Kingson. Hip Hop from Akala, De La Soul, KingDem aka Rodney P, Ty and Blak Twang. Jazzy Beats from Nikitch & Kuna Maze. Deep new music from Alfa Mist. A track from The Prodigy – R.I.P Keith Flint. Jungle from Demolition Man, Aries & Stivs. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Tim Deluxe aka Tim Liken from Uniting Of Opposites joins Robert in the studio bringing in some great music selections and discussing the Uniting Of Opposites album project on Tru Thoughts. Tim talks about his journey from working in a record shop to DJing at Ministry Of Sound (whilst still a young teenager) to making big dancefloor anthems that cross over. Tim discusses life on the “Superstar” DJ circuit and how he struggled with depression through this time and eventually decided to take a step back from that world and focus on his health, returning to creativity by recording a Jazz influenced House album for Strictly Rhythm and then the Uniting Of Opposites album. Tim talks about making RIP Groove and the initial reactions to making that and the recent Sherelle, Riz La Teef, Boiler Room viral clip (with the Fixate Remix of RIP Groove) and the “Rewind / Reload” DJ debate. The musical selections from Tim are on point and this is a very honest interview with great insights on his musical and personal journey to date.

Hip Hop form Gang Starr, Roc Marciano and Main Source. A Ronin remix of Sade. Neneh Cherry produced by Fourtet. Dub from Animanz and  Zara McFarlane with Dennis Bovell. Deep Jazzy Beats from DJ Mitsu, Kamaal Williams, Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A Jay Dee Boogie rework by AbJo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop form Gang Starr, Roc Marciano and Main Source. A Ronin remix of Sade. Neneh Cherry produced by Fourtet. Dub from Animanz and  Zara McFarlane with Dennis Bovell. Deep Jazzy Beats from DJ Mitsu, Kamaal Williams, Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A Jay Dee Boogie rework by AbJo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the Neneh Cherry album produced by Four Tet. New music from Nikitch & Kuna Maze forthcoming on Tru Thoughts. UK Street Soul from Venus Tribe. Drum & Bass from Chug and Break feat Celestine. Henry Wu’s remix of Little Dragon. Hip Hop from Heems, Masta Ace, Mos Def & Diverse. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A great new track from The Specials feat Saffiyah Khan. Deep orchestral remix of Uniting Of Opposites by Tim Liken. A track from the excellent Swindle album feat Ghetts. Broken Beat from Lewis D on the Co-Op label. Deep Disco from West Loop Chicago. Jazz from Olli Ahvenlahti and Kenny Barron (as sampled by Basement Jaxx). Plus plenty more musical treats.

An exclusive Sonic Switch DJ mix this week repping some of the big tunes going down well on the dancefloor at the Tru Thoughts monthly club night. Disco from Sticks & Stonez feat Liv East, Ray Mang remixing Phenomenal Handclap Band and Prince. Deep Broken Beats from Bonobo. Dancefloor goodness from Sampology. Jungle from Benny L remixing John Holt and a Sister Nancy Dubplate special. A classic from Thundercat and many more good tunes. But the show starts with a great Deep tune by Werkha featuring Bryony Jarman Pinto on vocals.

New music from Bonobo. A new version of the big Wiley track featuring Stefflon Don, Sean Paul and Idris Elba! Hip Hop from Edo.G and Raiza Biza. Drum & Bass from Chug, London Elektricity and a heavy re-working of RIP Groove by Fixate. A great Jazz track from Makay McCraven. A big Gospel Disco tune from Phenomenal Handclap Band remixed by Ray Mang. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from Louis Cole (Brainfeeder), Astralblak and Cassidead. Hip Hop from J Dilla, Masta Ace and Mos Def. Soul from Ego Ella May, Miink and Fatima. Tropical Boogie from Jarami, Nu Guinea and Souleance. A classic track from Loose Ends plus plenty more musical treats.

Quality soul music from Ego Ellay May (who has recently signed to Tru Thoughts). Hip Hop form Mos Def, Main Source and Kendrick Lamar. Jazz from The Comet Is Coming. Dancefloor tunes from Wajeed and Prince. Plus plenty more musical treats.

First show of 2019 brings new releases from Terri Walker feat Rodney P, Kaytranada, Art Of Tones and Farai. A big tune from Flowdan’s Spentshell label produced by Maro. Hip Hop from Rakim (remixed by Pete Rock). A great tune from Sampology plus plenty more musical treats.

The 4th and final Best Of 2018 show with the tunes that were sounding great in 2018 and no doubt will in the future too. Jazz from Sons Of Kemet, Ezra Collectiive and Blood Wine Or Honey. Hip Hop from Ocean Wisdon feat Rodney P and Roots Manuva, Willie The Kid and MellowSoulBlack. The big Gospel / Disco anthem from Sophie Lloyd feat Dames Brown. Drum and Bass from Calibre and Peshay. The Ivy Lab Remix of Rhi plus plenty more musical treats.

Part 3 of the Best Of 2018 selections. Includes one of the best tracks of the year from Cleo Sol. Yazmin Lacey and Mr Fingers. Deep Dancefloor tracks from Sampology and Snips. Disco / Boogie from Kassin and Kat Roberts. Plus plenty more treats across the musical spectrum that helped make 2018 great.

The second Best of 2018 show includes soul from Miink. Hip Hop from J Cole remixed by DJ Premier, the P Brothers feat Your Old Droog, Homeboy Sandman & Edan. Tropical styles from Dur Dur Band and The Scorpios. Asian influenced beats from Anchorsong. Electronic Jazz from Khalab. Big tunes from Wiley & Flowdan. A great remix from the Maghreban plus plenty more quality tunes from 2018.

Dropping some Best of 2018 selections including music from Idris Ackamoor, Te’Amir, The Flying Stars Of Brookyln, Duval Timothy and Joe Armon Jones. Plus a Christmas themed DJ Mix including Hip Hop, Soul, Reggae and Jazz from DJ Spinna, Children Of Zeus, Wiley, James Brown, Blondie, Stevie Wonder, Cocoa Tea and Nancy Wilson.

A Sonic Switch DJ mix this week from Robert repping some of the tunes going down well at his Sonic Switch club night in Brighton. Dancefloor Jazz from Emma Jean Thackray and he Lewis Express. Boogie from  Africa Seven. Broken Beat styles from Solid Groove and Basement Culture. Drum & Bass from Break & DJ Die. Plus a classic Prince track reworked by Dimitri From Paris.

Ethiopian influenced Beats from Te’Amir on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest & Rev Shines & Conway. New music from Steve Spacek. Tropical Disco from Orange Tree. Broken Beats from Name Brand Sound and Solid Groove. Drum and Bass from Break feat Celestine, Will Miles and a classic from Renegade. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New Soul from April + VISTA. A classic from Nuyorican Soul. Dancefloor Beats from DJ Day and Floating Points. Turkish Funky Jazz from Umit Aksu Orkestrasi. Prototype Broken Beat from Basement Culture and a classic from Swicth under his Solid Groove guise. A track from the Anchorsong album on Tru Thoughts. New music from Blood Wine Or Honey. A demo recording of Blondie’s Heart Of Glass that sounds great on Numero Group. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Quality Jazz from Emma-Jean Thackray. A track from Roy Hargrove (RIP) that was remixed by Quantic. Hip Hop from public Enemy, Vince Staples, Homeboy Sandman and Edan. Tropical Boogie from Orange Tree. Drum & Bass from Karime Kendra (remixed by DJ Die) and Break feat Celestine and a special Sister Nancy Jungle dubplate. A great track from Georgia Anne Muldrow on Brainfeeder. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Brand new music from Hot 8 Brass Band & Little Dragon. Disco from Kassin and Prince. Beats from Anchorsong. Classics from Wookie and Jammin (aka DJ Zinc). Reggae from Demolition Man and Sister Nancy. Plus great future soul from April + Vista.

Electronic Soul from The Seshen. Mellow vocal tracks from Gia Margaret and Rhi. Hip Hop from Boog Brown, Noname and Fevra. Drum & Bass from Chug, Peshay and Calibre remixing Jaheim. Brazilina Boogie from Kassin, new music from Sampology, Riz MC’s latest track plus plenty more musical treats.

Special guest Sly5thAve joins Robert in the Brighton studio this week to talk about his recent album on Tru Thoughts plus what it is like to perform your versions of Dr Dre tunes in front of Dr Dre, Trump, Kanye West, playing in Prince’s band for 2 years and recommends some good music he is feeling at the moment. Plus music from Fatima’s excellent new album on Eglo, Malcom Catto from his album on Mo Wax plus the Masters At Work remix of Debbie Gibson.

Another spin from that catchy tune from Snips. Brand new music from Anchorsong on Tru Thoughts. Paying tribute to Mac Miller (Rest In Peace) with three tracks. A new club banger from Shy FX that switches from an almost 80’s soul vibe to Jungle and ba...

A great new track from Wiley. Tropical treats from Animanz, Secret Syence and the Dur Dur Band on Analog Africa. Soul from Alice Russell & Miink. A classic on Shut Up & Dance from Nicolette. Disco cut up Beats from Athens Of the North and Ossie.