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|      | 14-may-13 solid steel
Hexstatic open this week with the hypnotic 'Calling Me' by Dusky, followed by a free track from Happa with the heavy, bass vibes of 'Freak', Luv*Jam take over proceedings with a live vinyl mix of Heels of love, Chloe and early 90's tracks from YFB. Kirk Degiorgio returns for Part 2 of his mix titled 'A Beatless Planet' with soundtracks from Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones and Lalo Schiffrin and the electronic duo of Macolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff. | |
| | 07-may-13 solid steel
DJ BobaFatt opens the show this week with Om Unit, DJ Shadow, MF Doom and Robert Glasper, plus the Ninja family are represented by Leatherette and Lapalux. DJ Food the steps in with his theme to present tracks that feature references to comic book characters, playing music from Snoop Dogg to Cliff Richard, revealing their passion for Caped Crusaders and Wall Crawlers, and even Elton John singing the praises of Dan Dare. | |
| | 29-apr-13 solid steel
We welcome Mixmaster Morris in Hour 1 who plays Robert Glasper, the wonderful Letherette remix for Bibio and a track from Oriol. Coldcut starts Hour 2 with Jazz from the Claus Waidtlow Quartet, before heading to Ethiopia with Gigi and back to London with The Peddlers alongside The London Philharmonic Orchestra, before guest Blackjob closes the show with a mix of soul from Sam Cooke, blues from Lightnin Hopkins and country from Johnny Cash. | |
| | 22-apr-13 solid steel
We begin with DJ Irk's brand new 'Let Battle Commence' mix, starting with a scratch sequence featuring the 'Solid Steel' sample from classic 80s film The Running Man, The Disablists take over the decks with a mix that has the 4 x UK DMC champions cutting up Kidkanevil, Gangstarr and MOP over Roots Manuva's 'Witness the Fitness'and DJ Food turns back the clock in our 25th Anniversary slot. | |
| | 15-apr-13 solid steel
This week we welcome West Norwood Cassette Library aka Bob Bhamra, a self confessed Coldcut fan who told us that he once warmed up for Jon More at Club 333 back in 2000. Jon More from Coldcut takes over once again, with a top draw selection with music from Eddie Drenon, Chuck Brown and Four Tet from '98. We continue 25 years of Solid Steel with a mix from Photek, a legendary figure in music since the early nineties. | |
| | 08-apr-13 solid steel
We have Marcus Maack aka Vinylizer opening the show this week, starting things off with James Blake, a footwork marathon featuring Chrissy Murderbot, DJ Rashad and Cadenza, before DK steps in with tunes from Romare, Bonobo and L-Vis 1990. Finishing up the 2 hour show is Laurent Garnier who takes us through an epic 'Soundtrack' mix with dialogues excerpts as wel as Nick Cave's original score for Ghosts of the Civil Dead and Herbie Hancock from Round Midnight. | |
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| 01-apr-13 solid steel
Ninja Tunes' Falty DL kicks of his guest mix with 'Love me like this' by Floating Points before playing his own material, Aphex Twin, Theo Parrish and Luke Vibert, before Hexstatic steps in with Bonobo's new track 'Cirrus, and Richard Dorfmeister (from Kruder and Dorfmeister) drops a mix of Steve Tibbetts, Gui Boratto, Ry Cooder and many more. | |
| | 25-mar-13 solid steel
Coldcut in charge this week, easing in with a reggae selection featuring Horace Andy, Tapper Zukie and Baba Dread, we then welcome back Fink who delivers us 30 minutes of avant-bard-core for the ear waves with The Horrors, Bjork, Fever Ray, whilst Natural Self winds up the show playing some tracks from his new album 'Neon hurts my eyes', out now on Tru Thoughts. | |
| | 18-mar-13 solid steel
Forward thinking producer Om Unit joins Solid Steel this week with a guest mix of Danny Scrilla, Phaeleh, Alego, Om Unit alongside Sam Binga and the premiere of his collaboration with Fracture, before DK takes over with Space Dimension Controller, remains in outer space with Sun Ra, followed by the Machinedrum remix for Fracture, and DJ Scientist closes the show with funk-laden Soviet grooves and killer instrumental breaks. | |
| | 11-mar-13 solid steel
DK is back this week with the superb Cid Rim remix for Chvrches, another spin for Romare and the Falty DL remix for Dobie, whilst J Rocc drops in for hour two with a mix that includes the likes of Faust, Lokomotive Kreuzberg, Doris Norton, Crash Course In Science, James White And The Blacks and Delta 5. | |
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