PHILIPP BROEKELMANN - July 24, 2003 From the decks of Eastside FM and Rhythm FM to the desktop of German label Compost Records / JCR in Munich, Phil B aka Curl Curl drops a set of broken and two steppy biz. Check him out at curlcurl.com

JOLAH - July 7, 2003 Philly's own Dj Jolah keeping djs honest and raising the bar with a swirling maelstrom of tweeky phat beets, brazilian classics, jazz, hot broken beat and neo-soul stitched lovingly together with samples and various turntable acrobatics. Tracklisting coming soon... check the Seiji Loose Lips remix featuring QTip. Don't sleep, this one's a doozy! You can find Jolah in Philly spinning at Saint Jack's, and at various venues with the 4 Headed Hydra crew.

BEN MONO - July 1, 2003 This weeks special guest is Ben Mono dropping some hot techy electro styles including some advance tracks off of his new record "Dual" on Compost Records. Swag remixes P'taah, Sonic Surfer on Spinning wheel, and a new track from the Truby Trio all in the mix. Site soon come at www.ben-mono.de and check Compost for additional info.

ARGO - June 17, 2003 Back on the decks after a not so short hiatus! Dark remix of Banda Favela, Kaidi and Dego join forces, track off the Truby Trio's amazing new record, diggin deep for the Likwid Biskit B-side, Oba Funke afrobiz, sick jiggy broken-hop in a loose lips vein from Capital A and Dego, a mad Zero DB remix of Sun Ra, and smoking hot dancefloor number from Xantone Blacq care of Vinyl Junkies.

DANYDAN - June 9, 2003 This weeks guest is out of Strousbourg, France. DanYdan drops an extra broken set of all the jamz... a hot new Jazztronik joint on Especial, 4Hero rework of Grupo Batuque, Alex Attias aka Freedom Soundz, Swell Session, some funky broken bass guitar biz from L'Aroye, and takin you back to the first Co-Op with Nu Era.. love that one! Check out his site at www.drum-bass.net.

EDWIN - May 27, 2003 Deep soulful vibes provided by local Philly dj and frequent bbradio guest, Edwin. Heady jazz on Prestige, new Rima, fresh sounds from Madlib and Donald Byrd, gettin jazzy on Good Lookin, a Theo Parrish re-edit, news from Somatik on Twisted Funk, some CDR Secret Powers bizniz off of Titonton's Residual label care of Zoltair (aka Domu & Volcov)... WOW!, followed by more of the same with some advance Nu Era taking you into the future...

RUSS DEWBURY - May 19, 2003 This week's special guest is Russ Dewbury. Dewbury is one of the UK's original Jazz DJs preaching his musical gospel worldwide since the mid 80s. He is the sole power behind the Jazz Rooms, host of one of Britain's longest running club sessions, attracting aficionados from the farthest corners of the earth with its unique blend of club jazz, underground funk and Afro-Latin rhythms mixed together with the current musical mores. He is also the man responsible for Brighton's world famous Jazz Bop events.

Dewbury is also one of Britain's leading antiquarians of black music. His compilations of forgotten treasures, carefully dusted down and lovingly restored, have become must-own material for music lovers everywhere. He has worked with such jazz luminaries as Art Blakey, Pharoah Sanders and also folk-jazz legend Terry Callier, whom Dewbury managed. Tune in to Russ' renowned New Jazz Spectrum radio sessions on Totally Radio and check out the new LP "Rapping with the Gods" from Mitchell and Dewbury. Essential! Click here for the interview and more info on that.

LORNE - May 12, 2003 This weeks guest is local dj/producer Lorne. Lorne has spun soulful sounds in various philly night clubs for years. He has spun jungle with Substitution, done a weekly internet broadcast called Future International Roadblock, and rocks it at the MudPeople parties. Check out the debut of his track (1st one in the show) right here or get more info at From Philly With Love. The 12in is available on Groovedis and features quality tracks from Lorne, Cozmic Cat and John Gill.

JOHN ARNOLD - May 5, 2003 A tight set of broken biz, techneo and funky future goodness. Sorry, no tracklisting, but you got some deep techno inna Theo Parrish style, Tortured Soul, Seiji, Nutmeg, and Orin workin it. Check his Ayro collaboration "We're Not" somewhere in the BBRadio archives... and keep an eye out for a couple of his past EPs on Transmaat.

RIMA - April 28, 2003 This week's special guests are Domu and Volcov aka Rima. Since his early releases as Sonar Circle on Reinforced Domu has consistently dropped top quality broken beat bombs on labels like 2000 Black, Visions, Neroli, Spinning Wheel, Bitasweet, Skin Deep, and an LP for Archive. Volcov is the founder of both Archive and Neroli record labels. He produces as Isoul8 as well as collaborating with Paradox, and continues to deliver the stylish dancefloor remixes for artists such as Frankie Valentine, SK Radicals, Modaji, and Big Bang. The duo's first LP, "This World" is on JCR and features contributions from acclaimed artists and vocalists such as Ian O'Brien, Julie Dexter, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Kaidi Tatham, Nicola Kramer amongst others. Let them take you on a little trip through some of the past influences which shaped their sound. Enjoy!

April 11, 2003 Sweet new drum and bass from Brazil's Drumagick, an older Sly and Robbie gem remixed by Ashley Beedle, a joyous Latin jazz journey with Ben Mitchell and Russ Dewbury... look out for the new LP "Rapping with the Gods"... Smokin hot!, Misa Negra remixes Victor Davies and a twisted Quantic remix of Kyoto Jazz Massive from the folks at Compost, diggin' deep for a broken version of Coltrane's "Impressions", and closing with a new school vs. old school battle to the death between Adonis and Rima... guess who won...

DJ FOG - March 23, 2003 This week is dj Fog hailing from Denver, dealing you some shuffled beats and assorted juicy naked treats. Lovin' that Vikter Philly Experiment track, a hot Beanfield Tweak remix on Straight Ahead, deep dubby bass biz on GStone, sweet organic beats care of Nickodemus and Osiris, Kyoto Jazz Massive gets the Wiawan treatment, a soulful John Cutler Afronaught remix, and wash it all down with some Naked Music vibes.

March 3, 2003 Hot new track from Paul Murphy of Afro Art, sweet jazzdiscohouse jam on the vinyl junkies label... one of the dopest record stores around, some fresh soul vibes from P'taah, a massive remix of Underwoves, going deep with AtJazz, and winding down with a classic future soul track for the aj headz...

February 11, 2003 Starting out with Philly's Massive Soul, Moonstarr and John Kong deliver some dark jazz on the Do Right label, a hot broken Banda Favela track, a lush house builder from Japan care of Deliberate Sea, Wagon Cookin' drops a badass groove, Nicola Conte remixes High Jazz, off the hook broken beat Fire remix by Afronaught, and the new Jazzanova remix of Shaun Escoffery.

January 20, 2003 Jazz from Detroit ala Carl Craig on Ropeadope, shuffly beats from Madrid, KJM off their lovely LP, Alma Horton delivers a chunky house number, smokin batucada beats on Afro Art, Fredric Galliano brings the hot afro biz, going back with Phoojun to visit old New Seasons, and some classic Recloose.

TAJIRI SAEDI - January 13, 2003 A dope set from dj/producer Tajiri Saedi. Tweeky electronic jazz from Recloose, hot hot vocal bizniz from the one called Bembe Segue, smoking grooves out of France with Patchworks, going deep with Herbert, lovely uplifting sounds from Blaze, Swell Session decides, and some bugged out afro tekno deepness from Sweet Exorcist... lovin' it!

2002 ARCHIVES
December 22, 2002 This week Edwin drops a sweet set jams we don't have the playlist for. You'll find some Cinematic, some Metro Area label jamz, the new remix of Rainer Truby's "High Jazz", Give A Little Love, a bit of sexual healing, Total Science, i thought i heard Needs in there... Nice set to cool out late night to.

RICH MEDINA - December 16, 2002 Rich Medina drops a set of afro beat gems from the Nigerian legend Fela Kuti. If you like Fela, and parties where the bass line commands your body to move, check his Jump n' Funk party. Next up Rich's new track with Kemetic Just, a deep Theo Parrish Sun Ra fusion, Titonton Duvante with some minimal broken techno on his new label Residual, Ayro remixes Jazzanova, and an amazing rework of a Roy Ayers classic!

December 8, 2002 Taking a look at some excellent full lengths and comps from the past few weeks. iAlex Attias brings expected diversity on The Chromatic Universe, Tony Allen goes deep, Bobby Hughes and Carla Alexandra bring Brazilian jazz, and Big Bang makes an excellent showing on his new LP.

KOJI - November 25, 2002 This week, special guest and good friend DJ Koji takes over the decks. Koji has been wrecking floors for so many years that his name is uttered in Philly with warmth and reverence. The city's expert on Tropicalia and the canon of Brazilian classics, he's just as at home with the latest, baddest beats. This week he weaves us some madness from Kenkou, Jamez Nylon, Global Soul, Vikter Duplaix, Lanu, and Soul Bossa Trio. Enjoy.

November 9, 2002 Nod to the late, great JamMasterJay, Madlib remixes Jazzanova, new Hopper track with sweet vocals from Carina Anderson (apologies for the bad sound quality, sounds like all of these 12s weren't pressed right), Domu remixes Sail Away With Me, early Nubian Mindz biz, chunky techno flavor from Son of Scientist, going back to 96' with Titonton, Seiji remixes Micatone, and some twisted Paradox breaks.

November 6, 2002 Another catchy Swell Session gem, Tony Allen characteristically deep, Bobby Hughes combination makes a wonderful showing on their new LP, Stereolab geeks out on Jazzanova, Micatone blesses Nicola Conte, the great I.G. Midasly touches Donnie, and finishing off with some seriously scattered snares.

WILLYUM - October 27, 2002 Special Guest Willyum of Philly Soul Collective and Worship Recordings drops a sweet set of lovely house tracks. Willyum is a Philadelphia staple who has helped shape the scene from the ground up. You can catch him at the 3 years running Philadelphia Experiment parties or his night Soulglow at Filo's where he has hosted the likes of Miles Maeda, John Howard, Miguel Migs & Lisa Shaw, The Rurals, Derrick Carter, Dubtribe, Hesohi, Corey Black, among many others. For more info check Philly Soul Collective. To contact Willyum or for booking info email him at will@worshiprecs.com.

October 21, 2002 Special Guest Edwin in the studio. Lovely 4hero Twisted remix, BB Boogie's dancefloor number, Domu posing as Realside, pre-release Moonstarr and Seiji remixes, and some Total Science.

October 14, 2002 A Modaji syncopated dub, sweet techy soul with John Arnold and Omoa's Ayro, Dego raises the bar once again with his Pavel Kostiuk alias... hold tight for the LP! some new broken jazz from Big Bang, Domu and Volcov put a dancefloor twist on a not-so-old favorite, Alex Attias spells his name backwards, new LP of broken jazz from Japan's Okino Bros, and Nubian Mindz drop a monster on Mark Mac's hot new label... Twisted Funk.

ORGANIC GROOVES - October 7, 2002 This weeks guests are Organic Grooves. The recording was made live at the monthly Soul Samba party at Silk City. 4 hours of global rhythms, jazzy dancefoor bizniz, dubby roots flavor, and cosmic afro-brazilliance... one pulsating vibe, fused together by instruments, electronics and the frenzied crowd.

October 1, 2002 Chill Brasil and some jazz on top. Nicola Conte remixes Suba, Mustang updates a favorite from a while back, John Kong and Moonstarr shine from thier seat on the nice Fluid Ounce comp, and Fertile Ground offer your daily dose of uplift.

September 23, 2002 Going deep with Theo Parrish and Attica Blues, Jazzanova remixes Masters at Work and Roy Ayers, Vikter remixes Philly Experiment, and the new GoodGood2 comp raises the bar with two breathtaking gems from Marc De Clive Lowe and Domu.

September 18, 2002 Well, it's that time of year, and rather than let 99 rant for an hour, which no one wants really, we'll give some artists their time at the podium. Mr. Burroughs grumbles a grimy tale, Ms. Coltrane takes an elephant ride through unease, Mr. Thoreau, though dead, is awfully on point, Mr. Sawney too (and very much alive), Doug Carn and Fertile Ground look at war of the spirit, Sun Ra wants to know what you plan to do without your ass, T'Boys, Femi Kuti and Tony Allen give wisdom from the great continent, an early Ani rant, Zakir Hussain and Bob Holman work us into a frenzy, and Plutonia points the way to satori.

September 8, 2002 Commentary by Jello, Hot new Paradox productions on Reinforced, Osunlade remixes Ms. Dynamite, and going way back for some Jacob's Optical Stairway...

September 3, 2002 Kicking off the proceedings we have Philly's own Black Riddim Trio making their Broke and Beat Radio debut. Keep an eye on this one! Lovely cuts from Realside and Baaba Maal, continuing the Co-Op trip with Fini Dolo, and going back in time for some Demusphere and Dino and Terry on Guidance. Also revisiting Jazzanova, Oba Funke, Kaidi Cat, and the great 4 Hero.

August 26, 2002 New Seiji remix off the upcoming comp, hot neo-soul from Rima, Domu drops a couple, one under his alias Realside, Donald Byrd lays down some grooves...

BELEZA! - August 16, 2002 This weeks show is a special edited recording of this weekend's Beleza event. The music was a soundtrack to a lazy Saturday afternoon under the sun with friends here in West Philly's Clark Park.

EDWIN - August 12, 2002 Featured mix by Edwin. Check him out at Savannahs on Tuesdays and the monthly Mudpeople party here in Philly. Smooth downtempo sweetness with Andy Bey, Spacek, new Jimpster and Cinematic. Also an Alex Attias rework of "Give a little love", some assorted Archive nuggets and the monster "no europe" from the man called Domu...

August 5, 2002 An old school Alex Attias project, lovely nu-soul from Yukihiro Fukutomi, UFO drops "V", some jazz dance biz from Lonnie Liston Smith, BB Boogie tweaks out Agent K and a single off of the new Calm LP.

July 29, 2002 Funky Lowlives tell it like it is, more sublimity from wonderwoman Uschi Classen, Filta Facta chills the room a few degrees, Truby Trio takes on Us3, Big Bang has a soundclash with Alex Attias, and Razoof and the Strike Boys earn their keep on Stereo Deluxe.

July 22, 2002 This weeks a doozie with two contenders for album of the year... Fertile Ground & Uschi Classen! Vanessa Freeman drops a future soul one-sider, some french nu-jazz from Patchworks, Nu Tropic on Comet, Toshio from U.F.O with with a project called Fantasista, Misa Negra makes some noise with an essential remix of Tom Noble, some dancefloor biz from 4 Hero and Phil Asher, smokin new Recloose, and Ursula 1000 gets old school... who says flutes don't mix with electro?

July 17, 2002 Gotan Project remixed by Peter Kruder, 2 peeks at the all-star cast of the new Co-Operation comp from Neon Phusion and Blakai, Tweak reworked by Raw Deal, chill drum and bossa from Nicola Conte and Les Gammas, and the unbelievable, ever-shifting Jazzanova boggle the mind with a trip through 3 time signatures.

July 9, 2002 Sci-clone remixed by Marc Force (G-Force), hot broken bossa from Nu Era, Frankie Valentine remixed by Volcov, local philly talent Ivan Ross drops a soulful broken afro jam, beautiful Wikkaman track inna live jazz style, takin' you back with Abstract Truth, new Dzihan and Kamian, and a peak hour feelgood number from Grupo X.

July 1, 2002 Manu Dibango gets the Chateau Flight touch, Partial Arts goes bleepy with Riton, Ian O'Brien brings much joy, Andreas Saag (Swell Session) gets rejected, and Cousin Cockroach (Dego) absolutely kills it.

June 24, 2002 Izzi Dunn and Kaidi's trip hoppy version of the classic Betcha, awesome funky grooves from Bobby Hughs, new Dom Um Romao future bossa style, broken neo-soul from Erro, Vikter's take on That Night, hot off the presses trax to wreck your speakers with... Nubian Mindz and Dego alias Cousin Cockroach, and an awesome not-to-miss Orin Walters production.

June 16, 2002 A bagful of Brazilian classics, and tweaky broken beat for counterpoint. Ras give a nod to Mongo Santamaria's classic Afro Blue, beleza pura courtesy of Sergio Mendes, Gilberto Gil, Airto, Carlos Penha, and Jorge Ben, plus Philly/Nigeria's Oba Funke goes to Africa, Jupiter and back.

June 3, 2002 Cinematic Orchestra moves in some new directions, Big Bang track off the upcoming LP, Koari takes another look at a classic house track, Sun Ra remix, DJ Toshio of United Future Organization teams up with John Beltran, and King Kooba's take on Lake of Perseverance.

May 27, 2002 Another sneak attack from Black II Basic , older Bobby Matos by way of a new comp on Harmless, a peek at the Grupo Batuque remixes plus an extra treat from Far Out records, wicked Brasilian full length from Banda Favela on Irma, the Agent K listening party continues, and Briskey brings it briskly.

May 20, 2002 Jazzanova gets the King Britt treatment, Wai Wan comes with a piano riddled broken beat jam, track off the new Kaidi Tatham LP, Charlie Dark and Oba Funke do some Philly Experiment remix bizniz, sweet jazz vocal from Bobby Hughs, acid jazz from Italy, and Blackilicious puts out another jaw dropping full length.

May 12, 2002 Sultry smooth Mark de Clive-Lowe remix off the much-acclaimed Verve remix project, Azymuth still unstoppable, Fragment Orchestra brings an Eastern influence, and some classic Compost.

May 4, 2002 It's a Co-Op thing off the new comp, IG's Quango reworked, Trevor Loveys samples Saul Williams, Jazzanova featuring Vikter, Oba Funke and King Britt drop an afro-jazz monster, A Bossa Electrica drop a latin jam to confuse dancefloors, and a track off the new Nu Spirit Helsinki LP.

April 28, 2002 Hot new Jazzanova material, breakbeat treats from Ian O'Brian, some broken electro jamz, remix pressure on Verve, Cinematic Orchestra gets afrobeat, and some dope downtempo from Russ Gabriel.

April 21, 2002 Afrobeat pressure with new Antibalas plus Tony Allen from the Umoja comp, Neon Phusion does it again, Seiji brings the wierdness, and MAW gives Tom and Joyce the magic touch.

NIK WESTON - April 15, 2002 This weeks featured mix is Nik Weston. Nik keeps himself busy touring Japan, running his own is own press/radio and club promotion company, putting together compilations and spinning all over the world playing jazz, funk, boogie and latin new an old. Look for him at Point 101, Jazz Rooms with Russ Dewbury and various other clubs on the UK circuit. Click here for his full bio.

April 8, 2002 Some tasty jazz nuggets, Bugz remix of Zero 7, blazin' hot new Seiji track, percussive bizniz from Sasso and broken 2-Step from MadSlinky.

MUDPEOPLE LIVE - March 29, 2002 This weeks show was recorded live at Mudpeople here in Philly last Friday. A dope sound system and a packed house of people getting down to broken beats and jazzy bidness. A blazing rework of Art Ensemble of Chicago's "Theme De Yo Yo" by Su-Paka-Pooh, new Neon Phusion, the Bugz remix of Hold It Down, hot new broken jazz from Kyoto Jazz Massive, sweet organic sounds from Japan's Chari Chari, a Wagon Cookin single off the new LP, and plenty of other treats we don't have a tracklisting for!

March 25, 2002 New single from neo-soul artist Ayro, Riton remixes Partial Arts with a broken 2step dancefloor stormer, Mr Old Dirty Bastard reflects on various topics on a remix from Kenny Dope.

March 18, 2002 Dusting off some vintage Afronaught, new Uschi Classen on Earth Project, Volcov reworks SK Radicals, sweet sounds out of Norway on Jazzland.

KOJI - March 10, 2002 This weeks featured guest is dj Koji. Koji can be found spinning his mix of bossa and nu-jazz at various venues and outdoor parties around Philadelphia. Be sure to check out the archives from his radio show, the Global Soul Cafe, which ran from 99-2000 on Media Bureau Networks.

NAT RAHAV - March 3, 2002 Special guest Nat Rahav drops over an hour of deep, deep multicultural beats. Check him out at Turntables on the Hudson and fat loft spaces throughout New York City. Click here for his full bio. Some other items of note include John Kong and Moonstarr's Future Visions, new track from Total Science, deep broken house on Neroli, smokin' hot afro-beat flavored joint from Misa Negra on Counterpoint, Ian O'Brian on Peacefrog, Incognito gets the IG treatment, and a new Landslide production featuring Karime Kendra.

February 24, 2002 Hot new spacejazz on Thirsty Ear out of NYC, Les Gammas gettin high, upcoming Brazillian Beats 3 on Mr. Bongo, Nina Simone gets the MAW treatment, Latin jazz workout from Girardo Frisina, and vocal jazz pressure from Neo on Blackjazz.

February 17, 2002 Contemplating on some jazz with Attica Blues... classic!!!, Kv5 with some sweet downtempo soul, AtJazz reworks Kabuki, amazing new Vikter track, vocal jazz vibes from Jazztronik, broken biz from Canada's Moonstarr, and some lovely latin house out of NYC. Special guest in the studio, dj Edwin.

February 3, 2002 New Alex Attias remix with Jessica Lauren, Mark Pritchard aka TroubleMan on Far Out, Wah-Chu-Ku on charlie dark's surplus label, new artist Double Identity brings some broken afro flavor on XLR8R.

January 28, 2002 Hot new promo biz from Paradox on Archive, King Britts Scuba project gets the Domu treatment, Zero Crossing one sider, the amazing new single from UFO revisiting a Jon Lucien classic...