<< Back to current week MOONSTARR - November 30, 2004 Mr Kevin Moon aka Moonstarr in the mix this week! Ever since Moon's dropped the now-classic Dupont EP, he's received love for his work the world over. People like Jazzanova, Recloose, Ivana Santilli, Rednose Distrikt, Povo and others have called up the Public Transit studio red phone for remixes that have charted from San Francisco to Tokyo, London to Hamburg, and all points in between. Big name DJs like Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Rainer Truby, and DJ Spinna have mashed out many-a dancefloor with some Moonstarr niceness. Just a little note: TWO of his tracks are selected as "Best of 2004" contenders for Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 Worldwide program (that's the huge "Detriot" tune on Sonar Kollektiv and his remix of Povo's "Uam Uam" on Raw Fusion). He's rocked parties all over the planet for fans in the UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, across Canada, and of course, the USA. Get set for his Philly debut next week! ARGO - November 16, 2004 Lovely sounds from Heavy and Platinum Pied Pipers Georgia Anne Muldrow, crazy Sa Ra spacefunk, Harlem's Spymusic spreads love to ya, hot stuff from Afrikan Sciences out of Atlanta US, Detroit soul from Zoetic, always dope Dego biz, new Marc De Clive, news from Dazikue, back over to Detroit for Jimmy Edgar on Warp and a Recloose remix. KING BRITT - October 27, 2004 You know the deal... Philly's prolific soul man lays down a sweet set of pure loveliness. Check the quality releases on his own Five Six Recordings Label. ALEX ATTIAS - October 25, 2004 This weeks special guest is nu-jazz/broken beat poineer mr Alex Attias of Lausanne, Switzerland. Founder of the Corn Flex and Visions labels, he is also known for his projects as Bel Air Project, Cataylst, Mustang... collabs with Dego for Plutonia as well as projects with his brother Stephan Attias. Basically responsible for some of the broken beat scenes finest moments! Check his new Mustang album "Back Home" on Compost Records. Hot!!! JOE 90 - October 17, 2004 Lots of current hot shiz covered this week with a two part double header show featuring Joe90 of FutureBoogie. The massive track from Dazikue's upcoming solo project (dancers beware!), a funky Quantic Seiji remix, Jazzanova's Roskow Kretschmann drops the heat as Sygaire, Solid Groove is back with another banger, Spiritual South remixes Bossa Electrica on the quality Raw Fusion label, lovely new version of just a little lovin', Philly's own Jneiro Jarel debuts on Kindred Spirits, 3 tracks from GB's essential Soundtrack for Sunrise LP on Sound in Color, SaRa remix biz, Alex Attias presents Mustang on Compost, Detroit's Jason Hogans and Brownstudy drop Accepting Cookies, soulful sounds from Omar, and the Bugz BootyLaLa track of the upcoming LP. Big shouts and respect due to the Futureboogie gang holding things down in Bristol UK. Don't sleep on the FutureBoogie Radio Show. Next Monday on bbradio.... Alex Attias!!! MOWAX - September 27, 2004 Big respect to the Beyond Jazz crew, and Mowax aka Dj DiscJockey of Bergen, Norway, who sorted us out with a lovely selection of fresh broken soul goodies this week! Held Him First gets a rework from Dimlite, Alex Attias delivers an amazing new track on Compost, tracks off the MDCL sampler, some domu-esque biz from Holland via Kaapwerk, news from Da Monikeerz & Freedom Soundz, Domu, Nu Era... then takin' it back to the old school with 2000 Black numero uno. Essential listening. BEN MONO - September 20, 2004 Ben Mono is back! Vadim gettin freaky, hothot New Sector bizniss, nod your head to Mokadi featuring Dudley Perkins, Jentina gettin jiggy, some bad ass worbly basslines from White Dolemite, tuff techy beats from Madslinky, Chromeo, Ben Mono and more... PHILARMONIX - August 17, 2004 This weeks guest is our friend Phil representing the Metronomic Family out of Hamburg, Germany. Whether touring with Rainer Truby, opening for Herbie Hancock, or holding down his Metronomic nights in Belgium... he's always keeping busy spreading the sweet soulful outernational vibrations. A butter smooth mix with fresh jams from MDCL and Bembe Segue, 2000 black, Loungin', Capital A and plenty more. DRUMAGICK - August 4, 2004This week is an exclusive mix from Drumagick! Hailing from Sao Paulo, Brazil, these two brothers Jr. Deep and Guilherme Lopes jumpstarted the latin D&B scene with the massive V Recordings Brazil EP, have been dropping bomb 12's on Sambaloco, Schema, as well as doing remixes for the City of God comp, Koop, Mitchell and Dewbury and a host of others. They are fresh off a European tour and have a new LP "Checkmate!"... check it! JOEY BLANCO - July 26, 2004 A trainspotters delight with one of our favorite djs from Philly, Joey Blanco! Joey has been educating party people here in town with soulful, eclectic mixes for longer than i can remember with events like The Joint, Lowlife, Family Affair, Soul Travelling and many others. Flipping em' over like a madman, he takes you on a journey through style after style with nuff positive vibrations and political overtones. Enjoy. AYRO (LIVE) - June 28, 2004 This week the Federation and BrokeN'Beat radio bring you very hot live recording from May 7th at the Mission in NYC. Armed with an arsenal of electronics and keyboards, Ayro comes to bring it... all freestyle... without a net. A packed house got down to the electronic, the love, and the funk, the likes of which they will not soon forget. Apologies for the contagious mis-pronounciations of people's names that was going on that night. Ayro's live sets are legendary. They include shows at the Detroit Electronic Music festival in 2001 and 2003, playing with Jazzanova and Koop, headlining with Kyoto Jazz Massive in Tokyo, and rocking all-night block parties on the streets of Puerto Rico. He broke out worldwide as a solo artist in 2001 turning the heads of selectors such as Gilles Peterson, Dj Spinna, Jazzanova and countless others. His new album ElectronicLovefunk is a raw, experimental and eclectic fusion of soul, jazz and techno filled with sweet vocals and lush polyrhthyms. You can pick up this essential record at Dustygroove. MAD MATS - June 17, 2004 Mats is a force to be reckoned with. His label, Raw Fusion, has catapulted into the top of the world's Nu-Jazz illuminati record crates. The label grew out of a seven years running club night in Sweden called Fusion, and is basically a mirror image of what the club is about... signing bossa and jazz acts alongside cutting edge electro and soulful hip-hop. Expect nothing less from his mixing style... and if you are in NYC July 1st, do not sleep on the "Tropic of Cancer" party which is going to be banannas (see info to right). Plus for more downloadable mp3 tasters, check www.tropicofcancer.net. WAIWAN - June 2, 2004 Hot set this week from Earth Project recording artist Waiwan. You might remember 97' classic track "Goddess" (wore out the grooves on that one!)... Since then Waiwan has been dropping future soul bombs like "Feeling Me Feeling You" and "Changes", plus plays regularly across the UK at nights such as Plastic People in London and Manchester's Counter Culture and Electric Chair. Look for an upcoming 12" called Interstellar very soon as well as a new full length. New New Sector Movements, plenty of fresh Waiwan material, Q-Tip, Seiji remixes Ami Whinehouse, and the one track there is no follow up to... Axis Choir's "I See the Sun". CARTEL 3i - May 26, 2004 Exclusive mix this week from Lazer Kru front man Cartel, fusing sounds to create a flavour for the musically aware. Make sure to hit their Broadcite events in South London if you dig your broken jazz fusion and liquid funk bizniz thrown down next to some live sax, flute and percussion. Also check their mixes on the quality NuWaveRadio site... nice. ROB PAINE - May 20, 2004 Switching things up with Worship label owner and reggae archivist, Rob Paine. Rob popped through with a mountain of scratchy 45's and dub plates for a smoke filled 2hour session, and threw down an amazing educational timeline of ska, reggae, dancehall, dub and downtempo. Producing a tracklisting was a daunting task... more info later. Can't get enough of the intro track taken from a Worship studios recording of President Brown. When in Philly do not miss his 4year running Solmonic Soundsystem at Filo's with partner Zacharijah. Always a blessed gathering, with positive vibes and Ras Tafari love in the place! (see Rob's event schedule to the right). Nuff quality music soon to come with friends from London, Detroit & Brasil... SIMBAD - May 10, 2004 This week our guest dj is Earth Project recording artist, Simbad. Simbad has appeared on Key Recordings releases as Heal, Twitch and Simbad. His incredible range as a producer spans from big band jazz to heavy Jamaican dancehall ragga. Also a accomplished DJ, Simbad travels internationally as part of the Anokha Soundz DJ crew, spinning his blend of Funk, Hip-hop, Broken Beats, Deep House and Drum 'n' Bass. Look out for Simbad's debut Earth Project release 'Peaktime', his ace remix of Everyday People's 'I Can't Sleep'... and get a load of that piping hot Busta Rhymes remix... slammin! HEAVY USKER - April 26, 2004 You wish you were this cool! Mr. Heavy Usker from Madrid is our guest this week, and as the photo might suggest, this guy's got style. Hot hot selection with a touch of humor. Tracks from Christian Zimmermann, Antonio Ocasio, Russ Gabriel, Mighty Bop, Masters at Work... and closing with some middle eastern flavor from Turkey's Erkin Koray. Make sure to check out his slammin' remix 12" of Cesar Mariano and CIA's "Futebol de Bar" on the quality HiTop label. You can also hear him monthly on his webradio show, "Radio Madrid" at www.heavyusker.com!!!. EDWIN - April 19, 2004 Edwin back in the mix bringing you a not so obvious selection of deep deep future soul biz. News from Herbert, Amp Fiddler, 4Hero, Phillip Charles, Brooks and other asst loveliness. BEANFIELD - April 6, 2004 Jan Krause and Michael Mettke aka Beanfield deliver a mix of choice tracks off their new record with mixes from Chateau Flight and Maurice Fulton as well as selections from Herbert, Needs and a classic from Manzell. ARGO - March 31, 2004 Ethiopian jazz from Mulatu, beautiful scat filled remix from Mitchell & Dewbury, Philly's Lizz Fields gets a Yam Who remix, news from both Marc Force and Domu... a hot track from Detroit musician Zoetic, Desha brings a broken ragga flavored dancefloor gem, Carl Craig remixes Beanfield with sultry vocals from Bajka, mad twisted beats from Todd Sines and Moonstarr, and finally a massive remix of by Wah-Chu-Ku... HOT! MINUS 8 - March 22, 2004 Special guest this week is Switzerland's Jan Meyer aka Minus 8. A dope & diverse mix of nujazz, soul nuggets and hip hop. Some essential jams from Minus8 include his remix of Llorca's Indigo Blues on Fcomm, Snowblind, Cold Fusion, and his new LP "Minuit" on Compost Records. DOMU - March 15, 2004 This weeks show was recorded at IAMNY in a hot little venue on New York's lower east side on Thursday March 4th. The man with the magic fingers killed it with a air-tight set of all the latest tracks with a variety of flavors ranging from jazzy, deep and techy, soulful, housey... you name it. Check Axis Choir's "I See the Sun"... a big favorite down in Miami as well. Much love to Dominic of course, plus Hiro and Andy of Royal Flush, Brett (Boundless), and SeanB (Freeskool) who are all holding the broken beat scene down in the big apple. RESPECT!!! MELLO D - February 23, 2004 This weeks guest is local Philly dj Mello D working the house angle. A tight mix of tracks from Rima, John Tejada, Nick Holder, and Moodyman... Rich Medina tells it how it is, St. Germain on F Comm, and an intoxicating dancefloor monster from Soul Central and Danny Krivit. ARGO - February 10, 2004 Keepin it jazzy selector style this week... Digging for some Airto, Azymuth and Soul Bossa Trio, couple tracks off the lovely new Perry Hemus record, smooth bossa flavor from Jazzinho, Nicola Conte remix of Re:Jazz, beautiful live vocal jazz from Sicania Soul, McCoy Tyner madness, You Gotta Have Freedom, a hot remix of a brazilian classic by Madrid's Heavy Usker (who will be a guest on bbradio in the near future!), and a flute solo remix of the classic, Hot Music. NICK MATTHEWS - January 26, 2004 This weeks guest is London dj Nick Matthews. Nick is founder of "Best Kept Secret" a booking agency which sets up tours for some of the best in the nujazz brokenbeat genre. First up, news from Jazzanova with a hot remix of Nu Spirit Helsinki, Domu and Jinadu turn the tide, Sidewinder, Hand Polished on the Do Right label, a Spiritual South floorfiller, and a sweet house track from Japan care of Su-Paka-Pooh. PABLO VALENTINO - January 18, 2004 Top selections this week from Pablo Valentino of Faces Records/Fluid Ounce in France. A mix of soulful headnod beats and sick sick broken biz from Hipster Wonkaz, L'aroye and Fluid Ounce's Dave da Gato. Check his KENBUN radio show on Radio RBS (91.9 FM) in Strasbourg and on the web here. . DJ DIALECT - January 5, 2004 This weeks guest is Mano Narayanan aka Dj Dialect from Public Transit Recordings in Toronto. Dialect and Moonstarr do a show called Bruckbeat radio heard on CKLN, Ryerson University Radio www.ckln.fm. Fresh broken sounds from IG, Alex Attias, Moonstarr, Shifty & Domu aka Yotako, an amazing track from Nature's Plan featuring Carina Anderson and Azymuth, going waaay back with Dego and Marc Mac as Tom and Jerry, and a lovely track from Canadian artist, Ivanna Santilli. ARGO - December 29, 2003 Happy New Year!!! Music this week from the beautiful Two Banks of Four album, new sounds from Toronto care of Public Transit and Do Right, Perry Hemus on Woodland, Bakura Domu remix, deep techy sounds on Archive from Marc Force and Al Da Bubble (Kaidi and Bugz's Alex Phountzi), Dego and Kaidi on 2000 Black, and a fresh Patchworks track from the quality french label, Q-Tape. 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. 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... 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!!! 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. 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. 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! 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!