PATRICK FORGE - December 16, 2003 Co-Founder of Da Lata, longtime dj on London's Kiss FM and the man who's brought you many funky compilations including The Rebirth of Cool, delivers the goods. Curtis Mayfield, Da Lata of course, with Jhelisa on vocals, new Ursula Rucker, Hugh Masekela, and digging deep for hot hot track by Charles Earland on Prestige. Check out Cosmic Jam on Kiss in London, from 10-12pm or at Notting Hill Arts Club in West London. For a Da Lata interview, see our friends over at Knowtheledge. BEN G - September 1, 2003 This weeks special guest is Ben G from RightOn FM in France. Lovely vocal nujazz from Slope, Brooklyn's Champion Soul drops another bomb on Main Squeeze, some mad downtempo headnod shit from Detroit Experiment, Erykah Badu and QTip break it down, jazz nuggets from Donald Byrd and Doug Carn, Bugz Jazzanova remix, Dudley Perkins on Stones Throw, and a hot track from the Roots featuring Chesnutt. Very hot set!!! 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. 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! 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! YASUSHI IDE - November 18, 2003 This weeks guest is Yashushi Ide of Disorient and Mr Bongo Japan. A smoking diverse set of worldly jazz rhythms, soulful house, funk jazz and hip hop. Absolutely top notch! Check out his releases under Lonesome Echo Productions on Disorient. SIDEWINDER - October 6, 2003 This weeks guest is dj/producer Alan Bryden aka Sidewinder hitting you with a sweet set of dub, jazz, broken beat and brazilian. Some old school Bellisima by Silent Poets, lovely grooves by Sidewinder himself, broken biz on Head to Toe by Tantan, Ayro's Drink remixed, hot hot brazilian jammies by Junior Baretto, Joao Bosco, and Paulinho Da Viola, a classic latin dancefloor filler from Har-You Percussion Group and closing with Mongo Santamaria. Check stores end of October for the new Sidewinder LP on Fenetik... 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. 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.