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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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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
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PLAYLIST — 8/2/2013

PART 1 — Group Modular
ARTIST   TITLE   LABEL
Suzanne Ciani   Discover Magazine (tv Spot)   Finders Keepers
Sandy Nelson   Beat From Another World   Sunset
Celio Balona   Tema De Batman   World Psychedelic Funk Classics/bemol
Brian Bennett   Ergon   Qdk Media/kpm
Mort Garson   The Ride Of Aida   Qdk Media/kpm
Florenci Salesas   Caravana Polar   La Olla Express
Benoit Kaufman   Jingle 1   Lo Recordings
Large Number   The Creaky Ok   White Label Online Ltd
Mr. Chop   The Red Baron   Jazz&milk Recordings
Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7   Jaipur   Truth & Soul
Johnny Pearson   Product Efficiency   Kpm
Mel Kaiser   Medium Freq. Sweeps   Folkways Records
Wojciech Karolak   Instant Groove   Polskie Nagrania
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra   Zero Zoom Novembra   Bungalow
Beta Hector   Payback   Tru Thoughts
PART 2 — Group Modular
ARTIST   TITLE   LABEL
Men Of North Country   People Of Tomorrow (the Visitor Remix By Markey Funk)   Acid Jazz
Nino Nardini & Roger Roger   Malaysia   Dare-dare/neuilly
Giuseppe De Luca   Rito A Los Angeles   Lo Recordings/cam
Mordy Laye And The Group Modular   The Savage Planet   Audio Montage Entertainment
Les Merseys   Freakout   Gumbubble/dsp
Sputnik-1   Space Race   Ubiquity
Mb   Spiritual Interlude   Unknown
Virgil Howe Feat Malcolm Catto   B-boy Spaceshuffle   Breakin' Bread
Czeslaw Niemen   Fatum   Polskie Nagrania
Kalyanji-anandji   Professor Pyarelal   Motel Records
The Simonsound   Against The Clock   First Word Records
Claude Lombard   Les Musiciens   Mpls/disques Jacques Canetti
Ennio Morricone   Le Foto Proibite Di Una Signora Per Bene   Dagored
Mule Driver   The Proud Ones Variation 2   Something On The Road
PART 3 — DJ Food - Kraftwerk Kover Kol
ARTIST   TITLE   LABEL
Kraftwerk   Minicalcolatore (discoring Tv Show Intro)   Unknown
Stephan Cox   Kraftwerk Ticket Blues   Mp3
Dumbfounded City   Nana Para Cris   Mp3
Golden Shower   Mehn Maashyn - The Bollywood Version   Golden Shower Projects
Menschmaschine   Die Mensch-maschine   Meta
Hot Chords Of Piano   Trans Europe Express   Hotchords
New David Sings   Neon Lights   Junk Music
The Mercurials   Neon Lights   Mp3
Octopus   Neon Lights   Emi
Menschmaschine   Spacelab   Meta
Joan Chia   The Model   Mp3
Xelius Project   Radiosterne   Mp3
Florian Schneider   Electronic Poem   Mp3
Menschmaschine   Heimcomputer   Meta
Saito Tetsuya   Computer Love   Tendice
PART 4 — DJ Food - Kraftwerk Kover Kol
ARTIST   TITLE   LABEL
Eric Wllo   Computerlove   Spotted Peccary
Hot Chords Of Piano   Robotronik   Hotchords
Joakim   Kraftwerk Mashup   Mp3
Hot Chords Of Piano   Computer World   Hotchords
Menschmaschine   Computerwelt   Meta
Hot Chords Of Piano   Franz Schubert   Hotchords
New David Sings   The Model   Junk Music
Scala & Kolacny Brothers   Das Modell   Pias
Adrian Edmondson & The Bad Shepherds   The Model   Live
Powerplant   Radioactivity   Signum Classics
Beautify Junkyards   Radioactivity   Bandcamp
Hot Chords Of Piano   Electric Caf   Hotchords
Milo Mclaughlin   Computer World   The Tate Modem Remix
Hot Chords Of Piano   Computer Love   Hotchords
Menschmaschine   Der Telefon-anruf   Meta

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VIDEOS

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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.

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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
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FSK Hamburg - Germany
Radio FM 4 - Austria
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