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NEWS — GIGS

Solid Steel - 25 years of The Broadest Beats

To celebrate 25 years of broadcasting, Solid Steel have commissioned exclusive mixes from iconic artists and DJs from around the world. These mixes will be broadcast throughout the year and will feature Four Tet, J Rocc, Skream, The Gaslamp Killer, Kirk DeGiorgio, Trevor Jackson, Chris Carter from Throbbing Gristle, Toddla T, Benji B, Photek, Andy Votel, Z-Trip, Tom Middleton, Richard Dorfmeister, Greg Wilson, DJ Kentaro, James Lavelle, Gilles Peterson, Don Letts, Jack Dangers, Future Sound of London, Kid Koala, Luke Vibert, Laurent Garnier, Congo Natty, Andrew Weatherall, Francois Kevorkian, Fink, Ross Allen, Mixmaster Morris, Manasseh and the first guest to appear on Solid Steel back in 1988, Juan Atkins, plus many more to be announced.

Solid Steel represents where the DJ mix came from - and where it's going.

RELEASES

Various Artists - Solid Steel 1988-2008 : 20 Years Of The Broadest Beats

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Various Artists - Solid Steel Presents DJ Food & DK: Now, Listen Again!

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Various Artists - Solid Steel presents Bonobo: It Came From The Sea

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RADIO

Solid Steel Radio Show

DK, Gilles Peterson

It's two bumper mixes this week as we gear up for the Bonobo all day festival at the Roundhouse on Saturday 18th May. Our guest in Hour 2, Gilles Peterson will be DJing at the event and Solid Steel will be broadcasting live all day with Coldcut, DJ Food and DK on Roundhouse Radio from 2pm (UK Time) - Roundhouse Radio

DK opens this week with a track off the awesome Thundercat album and into Ten Tigers from Bonobo, the return of Slum Village and back to '95 for T Power & MK Ultra. Then it's another spin for the Machinedrum mix of Clissold, Leatherette (who are also playing at the Roundhouse), Joy Orbison and Owiny Sigoma Band. African and Latin rhythms take over with Irakere, Roberto Roena, Four Tet remixing Rocket Number Nine and Azymuth ahead of their UK tour next month. The beats turn heavy with Spatial, Dorian Concept, Walter Ego and two from Die & Addison Groove, before BRTSH KNIGHTS and Ronnie McNeir add a soulful slant. And with the Fela Kuti tribute show also happening this weekend in London, we feature a 1975 cover version from Johnny Rodrigues and a track from the legend himself, off the suitably titled 'Fela's London Scene' album recorded at Abbey Road.

For the second hour we welcome Gilles Peterson in the slot for the 25th Anniversary of Solid Steel, a DJ who (along with Coldcut) also presented a show in the 90's on Kiss FM. For this mix he's layed down a 'Brit Funk 1977 - 1982' mix, returning to a period of music that was an important part of his life growing up. Music from independent labels, some run by record shops, like the first track by Cache on Groove Records. This is followed by the classic 'Trip to your mind' by Hudson People, a record that a 15 year old Gilles Peterson caught from them in the crowd at a Purley all-dayer. Then it's more music from the likes of Freez, Atmosfear, Hi Tension, TW Funkmasters and Sun Palace, but to hear more about this mix from the man himself, check out this video he made for us - Gilles Peterson Brit Funk Mix video

Part 1 + 2 - DK

Part 3 + 4 - Gilles Peterson

PLAYLIST — 30/11/2012

PART 1 — Coldcut

ARTIST	TITLE	LABEL
Grover Washington	Hydra	Kudu
Lords Of The Underground	The Clinic	Affluent
Smokey Johnson	I Can't Help It	Nola Records
Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	Chess
Baby Huey	Hard Times	Curtom
Dreadsquad & Natalie Storm	Beat That Chest - Part 2 Style Remix	Superfly Studio
The Aztext & Touchphonics	Make Records	Elevated Press
Oneness Of Juju	Poo Too - Liberation Dues	Black Fire

PART 2 — Coldcut

ARTIST	TITLE	LABEL
James Brown	People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul	Polydor
The Jb's	Pass The Peas	Polydor
Ebo Taylor	Heaven	Strut
Roger Morris	Hard Labour	L'illustration Musicale
Airto Fogo	Satine Dog	Deram
Jaln Band	Everybody Gettin Some	Magnet
Eddie Bo	Can You Handle It	Bo- Sound
Bt Express	Bt Express	Roadshow

PART 3 — Polar Pair

ARTIST	TITLE	LABEL
Universal Robot Band	Space Disco	Panther
Polar Pair	Star	Botanika
Elizabeth Rose	Ready (sinden Remix)	Grizzly
Polar Pair	Six In The Morning	Unreleased
L-vis 1990	Tonight (kink Like It's 1990 Dub)	Island
Zombie Zombie	Rocket Number 9 (a Cappella)	Versatile
How To Dress Well	& It Wa U (polar Pair Dress Up Remix)	Promo
Deft	The Traveller	Skullcandy
Django Django	Skies Over Cairo (bullion Version)	Because
Tim Maia	You Don't Know What I Know	Luaka Bop

PART 4 — Kidsuke

ARTIST	TITLE	LABEL
Alva Noto And Ryuichi Sakamoto	Attack Transition	Raster-noton
Danny Elfman	Dad's Talk	Walt Disney
Kidkanevil	Lantern 1 (daisuke Tanabe Remix)	First Word
Yosi Horikawa	Wandering	First Word
Balam Acab	Ass Pop	Self-released
Spaceghostpurrp	Raider Prayer Inst	4ad
Crystal Somethings	Spektrums	Unreleased
Itsuitsuitsu	Unknown	Unknown
Kumisolo	Cheap Pop Song	Flau
The Electronic Anthology Project Of Dinosaur Jr	Feel The Pain	Self-released
Chesslo Junior	Cash Wave (nkc Remix)	Self-released
Dza	Battle Beat 4	Unreleased
Blue Daisy	The Emperors Loss	Unreleased
Cokiyu	Little Wave	Flau
Kidsuke	Tiny Concrete Block	Brownswood
Notuv	Relation	Bunkai-kei
Sufjan Stevens	Futile Devices (shigeto Remix)	Self-released
Kidsuke Ft Sonicbrat	One Day We Thought Of Our Friends...	Project Mooncircle

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VIDEOS

See Solid Steel on Vimeo & YouTube.

Mr Armtone - Time Machine

Mr Armtone returns with his latest AV mix titled 'Time Machine' which expertly travels through quality selection of visuals and audio. As usual with Solid Steel video mixes, it's not just a collection of music videos, it's also about selecting exciting visuals to match the audio and edit into a well crafted video mixtape. We open with hip hop and beats from The Chemical Brothers, Haiku D'Etat, Jay Z and Tipper, moving on to our own Coldcut and The Herbaliser and up into TC and Cyantific. Then it's a brief old skool trip with Sir Mix-A-Lot and back again with Dizzie Rascal, Benga, Silkie and an appearance from Wiley. We close with Hexstatic, the excellent Breakage remix for Roots Manuva and a sublime ending with 'Time Machine' by Chocolate Milk.

Cymatic Frequencies II by DK - Part 1

DK returns with 'Cymatic Frequencies II' and as before it's another AV mix. This is Part 1 of 'Best of 2011', taking personal favourites from his mixes this year and adding suitable and sometimes breathtaking visuals to compliment the audio. This Video Mixtape includes a few of the artists Original video's but in most cases visuals have been sourced from animation, CGI, Short Films, archive footage and edited to each track in the mix. Some of the 2011 musical highlights include Africa Hitech, Machinedrum, Peverelist, Skream, Pearson Sound, Thundercat, Michael Kiwanuka and the Stepkids, plus there's a few dips into the archive with Wayne Smith, Tribe of Issachar, Herbie Hancock, Burial and Vangelis.

Cymatic Frequencies II by DK - Part 2

We continue with the second part of Cymatic Frequencies II by DK, the Video Mixtape reviewing some of his favourite mixes from 2011 with added visuals. Using more Original Videos from the artist this time and the quality of the music is equally as good as Part 1. It's a sombre start with Gil Scott-Heron RIP, followed by James Blake and hip hop from Paul White, Danny Brown and Shabazz Palaces. Ninja Tune feature with Mr Scruff, Toddla T, Raffertie and Fink, with Big Dada represented by Wiley & Offshore. There's 2 from Martyn on Brainfeeder, Zed Bias features 3 times and it's big club tracks from Joe Goddard, Julio Bashmore and Fourtet. Plus there's a few classics from Liquid Liquid, Radiohead and Har You Percussion group to close a visual feast.

MAILING LIST

INFO — CONTACT

Coldcut: myspace.com/coldcut
DJ Food: djfood.org
DK: twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel
Hexstatic: myspace.com/hexstatic
King Megatrip: megatrip.blogspot.com
Boom Monk Ben: mixedbizness.co.uk
DJ Moneyshot: djmoneyshot.co.uk
DJ Cheeba: djcheeba.com
Ruckus Roboticus: ruckusroboticus.com

Solid Steel is available worldwide on the following stations:

Radio Campus - France
FSK Hamburg - Germany
Radio FM 4 - Austria
Radio 3 Fach - Switzerland
Juice 107.2 FM -Brighton, UK
Radio B92 -Belgrade
Radio National - Australia
95bfm - New Zealand

Also catch the show each week via the European Broadcasting Union on;

RTE/2FM (Ireland)
RSR/Couleur3 (Switzerland)
VRT/Studio Brussels (Belgium)
NDR/N-Joy (Germany)
SR/FM (Slovakia)
PR/Radio Bis (Poland)
BNR (Bulgaria)
RTBF/PureFM (Belgium)
JSBH (Bosnia-Herzegovina)

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