The Basement

19.07.10 Playlust

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:58:32 GMT

Nabeel:

Filastine vs. Badawi - Knife The Etherics
Omar Khorshid - Raqset El Fada (Dance Of Space)
The Funkees - Breakthrough
George Dekker - Foey Man
The Undisputed Truth - California Soul
Cornell Campbell - My Baby Just Cares For Me

Nick:

Fat Boys - Wipeout
P.I.L. - Public Image
Poirier w/ Warrior Queen - Bang Bang
Hudson Mohawke - Snapdraggon
Emika - Drop the Other (Daedelus Remix)
Andreya Triana - Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix)
Deee-Lite What Is Love
Chico Hamilton - Monday, Monday

Nabeel:

Moon Wiring Club and Belbury Poly - The Young People
Sun Ra & His Afro-Infinity Arkestra - Love In Outer Space
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
Tubby Hayes - Voodoo
Sugar Chile Robinson - Frustration Boogie
The Revolutionaries - Kunte Kinte (Version 2)
Bomb The Bass - Beat Dis (Extended Dis)

Nick:

The Spinners - I'll Be Around
MC Shan - Down By Law
Too Short - I Ain't Trippin (James Pants Remix)
Guilty Simpson - Friends Only
Poirier - Enemies (Sticky Remix)
Daedelus - Trouble With a Capital D
Toddla T - Sky Surfing (Ross Orton Remix)
2020 Soundsystem - Dark Matters

12.07.10 Playlust

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 21:03:53 GMT

Nick:
Tackhead - The Game
Steinski - It's Up To You
Filastine - Marxa
Elucid - My Mayor is a Billionaire
King Midas Sound - Earth a Killya
Scuba - So You Think You're Special
Joy Orbinson - Hyph Mngo

AverageWhiteDJ:
Suff Daddy - Look Of Suff
Kova & Miles - Clap Clap
Kion & Murda feat Errol Dunkley - Dub Cinderella
Sbtrkt & Sampha - Evening Glow
2000F & J Kamata - You Don't Know What Love Is
Fella Vaughn w/Range Da Messanga - Do My Thing

Nick:
Red - Holy Soul
Flying Lotus - Auntie's Lock Quatra330 Remix
Lazer Sword - Koopa Boss Mode
Tony Allen - Fuji Ouija (Diplo Mix)
Matt Shadetek - Funny Cats
DJ /rupture - In Front Of You
Onra - Meth n Red Dappa Dubs
Ultramagnetic MCs - Poppa Large (Andrew Broder Remix)
Carlos y Gaby - In the Whirl Emote

AverageWhiteDJ:
Unknown

05.07.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:21:02 GMT

Nick:

Contoller 7 - Shades of a Former You
Scuba - So You Think You're Special
Nicki Minaj - Saxon
John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13
Badawi - Dstry<All>Prfts (Shackleton Remix)
Mutamassik - Mestizo Blood Drums
Rammellzee & SHockdell - At the Amphitheatre
Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force - Renegades of Funk
Prince - U Got the Look
Jamie Lidell - The Ring
The Undisputed Truth - Ball of Confusion
Issac Hayes - Theme From Shaft
O Jays - Love Train
Mr Chop and C L Smooth - Straighten It Out
Antibalas - Mister President
Sun Ra - I Am Strange
Guilty Simpson - Friends Only Instrumental
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Simahlak - Untitled
Mr Dibbs - Ugly...
Biz Markie - Make the Music With Your Mouth Biz
JVC Force - Strong Island
Koushik - Brasil Beat 15
Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
Albert King - I'll Play the Blues For You
Breakstra - Getcho Soul Tegetha
The Hangmen -Let's Boggie Now
Matthewdavid -Truss
James Pants - Driftwood
8Bitch - G41 (Rustie Remix)

28.06.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 11:03:53 GMT

Nabeel:

Martyn - Natural Selection (flying lotus mix)

Irma Thomas - It's Raining

Ghablie - Ye Leili

Wheedle's Groove - H.O.E.

James Blood Ulmer - Jazz is the Teacher, Funk is the Preacher

Can - I Want More

Moody - It's 2 late 4 U And Me

Nick:

Ice-T - I'm Your Pusher

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

The Impressions - People Get Ready

Antibalas - Family Affair

The Undisputed Truth - Ball of Confusion

Malcolm McLaren and the Supreme Team - Buffalo Gals

Six Vicious - Salle Torturee

Nabeel:

Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet

Young Jazz Rebels - Ancestors

Milyoo - Dasein

Muslimgauze - Hamas Internet Gaza (Temp Sound Solution Remix)

Tokimonsta - Aching Nodes

Loops Haunt - Impact Omnihammer

Strong Arm Steady - Chittlins & Pepsi ft. Planet Asia

James Pants - Lust
Jimmy Ruffin - Heaven Help Us All

Nick:

Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life

Soul II Soul - Back to Life

Mr Dibbs - Ugly and Proud

Lazer Sword - Shot in the Nite

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21.06.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:04:55 GMT

Nick:

The Slew - Robbing Banks
Betty Davis - If I'm Lucky I May Get Picked Up
Harrell & Sharron Lucky - Pease Porridge Hot
The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It
DJ /Rupture - Cumbia De Las Piratas
Onra with T3 - The One
Nigo, GZA & Prodigal Sun - K.F.F. 2000
Filastine - To the Motherfucking East
Guilty Simpson - Back On the Road Again

Nabeel:

Gary Davis - The Pop
Matt Shadetek - Hybrid Orchid
Wiley - Morgue
dBridge- ZX81 Ramadanman Refix)
Scuba - Tense (Ramadanman Remix)
Instra:mental - End Credits
Laibach / Germania - Sympathy For The Devil (Who Killed The Kennedys?)

Nick:

Flying Lotus - I Feel Like Dying
Matthewdavid - Truss
Hudson Mohawke - Snapdragon
8Bitch - G41 (Rustie Remix)
DJ /Rupture & Matt Shadetek - New Track
Daedelus - Hrs Mins Secs (Shuttle Remix)
!!! - AM / FM

Nabeel:

Drexciya - Dr Blowfin's Watercruiser
Mantronix - Who Is It (Freestyle USA Club Mix)
Kode9 - You Don't Wash (Dub) (DJ-Kicks)
The Cinematic Orchestra - The Man With A Movie Camera (DomU Remix)
Broadcast - Elegant Elephant
Rev. Lonnie Farris - Peace In The Valley
The Gladiators Band - Soul Locks
Scuba - Eclipse
Slum Village - Players (Instrumental)
Jahtari Riddim Force - We Will Destroy Your Planet
Guilty Simpson & Bumps - Drums

Thanks to Natalie for popping in for the first hour of the show and to all our listeners

14.06.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:22:08 GMT

We didn't write anything down because it was on unusually chaotic evening just one week after our smooth Monday debut. Got to BASE at 5 to 8. Talked to An and Gemma (Jemma?) who were on before us about their music-related jobs etc. Nick was meant to be first today, but he didn't show. Unusual. So I went on instead. Said bye to An and Gemma. Played some heavy Tubby dubs on 7" version and then some 50s R&B including Dorothy Ellis's Drill Daddy Drill, Coldcut with Roots Manuva on a Tru Skool remix. Manaia Toa (AKA Splash), visiting AKL from Welli, appeared a few minutes later with his friend Nikki 'Niche'. Don't ask me about DJ names. I'm glad I don't have one. Splash and Nikki had been catching up that afternoon with some libations so were in rambunctious mood, she in particular taking the piss out of my 'old school' musical choices and surprised to see me play 7" inches. Everything from the 20th century is now deemed 'old skool', one of the most imprecise periodizations. Nick called to let us know that his car battery was dead, so Splash picked him up. Once Nick arrived he took to the decks. Splash told me animatedly what he wrote about in his postmodern art essay at Massey. Most of the art students sounded like shoegazers. Nikki gave me an account of Congo Natty style Junglist DJs in Auckland circa 1993-96. I enjoyed hearing about the intensity of this micro scene in AKL and Christchurch. There's an oral history of DJ culture to be written and BASE is one epicentre. Manaia Toa is a bit of a trickster when it comes to other people's shows so he had some fun pitchshifting and fingering our vinyl on the decks. Yes, the bullhorn and screaming woman sound bites were in full effect. I went with the flow. Nick was assured with the musical choices, but must have been discombobulated because he didn't write anything down. It's usually me who has to reconstruct my 30 minute sets afterwards. Splash took Nikki home about 9:15. In my second set, I did play some langorous Shackleton remixes and my favourite record of the moment which is Theo Parrish's When I'm Gone, one side of a 12" in Rick Wilhite's series. Spoken word about Africa and Black America, slavery, the blues, samples Bobby Bland I think, and then goes into this slowly evolving polyphony. About four minutes in, it kicks into the sub bass which is usually distorted on Theo's records on his own Sound Signature label. However, the bass was loud and clear and true on this Dutch pressing. Thank you Cian at Conch Records of Ponsonby Road for putting me on to this disc. I'd been a bit down lately about missing out on that limited Sun Ra triple 7" set when it came out in May. I finished about 9.30 and almost exactly the same time, got a text to the studio from Shuchi who said she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go to the A & E. So I packed up my stuff and went home to pick her up. A & E units in central/western Auckland have winter hours now, shutting shop by 8 pm; we had two fruitless trips to St Lukes and Ponsonby. Went home rather than Auckland hospital to see if Shuchi's swollen throat might be relieved without having to sit and wait for hours and then spend another few hours of blood tests and measurements and maybe a night in the institution. Hot water with lime, some light medication and a warm bed assuaged the situation. Go placidly amidst the noise and haste...

07.06.10 Playlist (the first Monday)

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:07:03 GMT

Nabeel:

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Stakes is High ft. Posdnous & Talib Kweli
Oliver Nelson - A Genuine Peace
Madlib - American Dream & Future (OJ Simpson mix)
Rudolph Francis - Come On
Juice Aleem - Straight Out of B.C.
Wendy Rene - Afta Lafta (Shoes edit)
Paul White - Bom Bom
Lorn - Army of Fear

Nick:

James Pants - I'm In Love With You
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full (Wobble!)
Seu Jorge and Almaz - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Kid Koala - Moonriver
Baths - Heart (Daedelus's Remix)
King Midas Sound - Outerspace (Alternative Mix)
Grace Jones - Pull Up to the Bumper
Glass Candy - Geto Boys
Debruit - Pointy

Nabeel:

Chosen Brothers & Bullwackie's All Stars - Mango Walk (Dubwise Version)
Prince Jazzbo - Replay Version
Mono/Poly - Antibodies
A Made Up sound - Crisis
Pearson Sound - Higher
Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Hi-Tech Jazz (The Elements)
Four Tet - Angel Echoes (Caribou remix)
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Kyenken Kyenken Bi Adu Mawu

Nick:

Filastine - Marxa
DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek - Meanwhile
Matt Shadetek - Funny Cats
Lazer Sword - Shot in the Nite
Quarta 330 - Sabacco
Kollosus - Breakin' Bread (Phaseone Remix)
Diplo - Brew Barrymore
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Benny Blanco Mix)
Spank Rock - What It Look Like (Poirier Remix)
Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions

29.05.10 Playlist (the final Saturday)

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 29 May 2010 07:45:15 GMT

Nick:

Eric B & Rakim - Eric B is on the Cut
Tackhead - The Game
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Lazer Sword - Koopa Boss Mode
Ohio Players - Funky Worm
Funkadelic - If You Got Funk
Otis Redding - Shake
Billy Paul - Let the Dollar Circulate

Nabeel:

Elmore James - Done Somebody Wrong
Alan Vega - Jukebox Babe
Heptones and Sound Dimension - Pretty Looks Version
Patsy Gallant - Te Caliente
Phil Upchurch - Darkness, Darkness Part 2
Sly and the Family Stone-Don't call me nigger whitey Don't call me whitey nigger
DJ /Rupture - In Front of You
Jane Birken & Serge Gainsbourg - 69 l'annee erotique

Nick:

Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Antennae Remix)
Matt Shadetek - iHop
Nephews of Fela - Mulah!
Roska - 124 Mile
Kid 606 - Mr Wobbles Nightmare
Organikismness - Standard Practice
Pinch - Joyride

Nabeel:

Guilty Simpson & Bumps - Drums (Gymbag Remix)
K-Lee - No Drugs No Judge No Jury
Mono/Poly - Oil Fields (Devonwho Remix
Dam-Funk - I Hope U Know I'm Watching June
ZvA - Nothing
Africa Hitech - Blen (Rmx)
Kraftwerk - Musique Non-Stop

DON'T FORGET TO LISTEN TO US ON www.basefm.co.nz and 107.3 FM Auckland on MONDAYS, 8-10 PM Aotearoa New Zealand Time

22.05.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 22 May 2010 07:51:30 GMT

Nabeel:

Rapson Edit - Long Ago
The Moments - We've Only Just Begun
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek present Reflection Eternal - We've Just Begun (featuring Jay Electronica, J Cole & Mos Def)
Captain Sky - Station Brake
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Funky Stuff
Johnny Harris - Light My Fire

Cut Loose:

> By The Time I Get To Arizona 2010 Redux - Toki Wright
> Sledgehammer! - Invincible
> Live Your Life Punk (Vampire Weekend vs. T.I. & Rihanna) ... See More - Party Ben
> The Uncomfortable Truth - Nneka
> Soobax - K'naan
> You Got The Bakerman (Florence & The Machine vs. Laid Back vs. Moby vs. Michael Jackson)

Nick:

Stevie Wonder - Don't You Worry About A Thing
Little Sister - Someboy's Watching You
Funkadelic - If You've Got Funk You've Got Style
OJ Simpson - Friends Only
The Whitefield Brothers - Savannahstan
Myron and E - It's a Shame
Lazer Sword - Shot in the Nite
Unknown - Mix3v2

Nabeel:

The Pops - Som Imaginario De Jimmi Hendrix
Janelle Mónae - Dance or Die (featuring Saul Williams)
Actress - Get Ohn (Fairlight Mix)
Nguzunguzu - What Dance?
Grace Jones - Love You To Life (Mala/Digital Mystikz Remix)
Max Romeo - Heads A Go Roll

Cut Loose:

> DeceptiShot (Pat Benatar vs. Le Tigre) - lobsterdust
> Born Free (High Contrast RMX) - M.I.A.
> Where Is My Mind (Bassnectar Remix) - The Pixies
> MilkShake da Floor (Kelis vs. Major Lazer) - Brand-x
> Chillin on the Plane L (M.I.A. x Wale x Lady Gaga) - Brand-x

Nabeel:

Pax Nicholas & The Nettey Family - Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef

15.05.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 15 May 2010 07:49:06 GMT

Nick:

Duke Ellington - Take the A Train
Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'Aime.. Moi Non Plus
Gonjasufi - Holidays
Nite Jewel - Suburbia
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Stezo - It's My Turn
Oh No - The Gift

Nabeel:

The Sandpipers - Louie Louie
JVC Force - Doin' Damage
Big Maybelline - 96 Tears
Mehrpouya - Soul Raga
France Gall - Zozoi
Mark Capanni - I Believe In Miracles
Chico Mann - Mentirosso
Filastine - Judas Goat
James Pants - Green Eyed Love

Nick:

Beastie Boys - Alive
Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)
MED & Aloe Black - Hold U
Unknown - Lets Talk Math
Issa Bagayogo - Filaw (Chief Boima Remix)
Fulgeance - Revenge of the Nerd
Amon Tobin - Verbal
Niki Minaj - Saxon

Nabeel:

Ears - Happy dayz
Ozborne - Afrika (Bullion Remix)
Jneiro Jarel - Android Romance 1 & 2
Vexd- Take Time Out (featuring Warrior Queen)
Ahmad Jamal - Superstition
Paul White - Funk Positive
Ramadanman - Tumble
Ikonika - They are all losing the war
Gunshot - Reign of Terror
Onra - Bombs
Val Bennett - Soul Survivor
Serge Gainsbourg - l'hippopodame
Mehrpouya - Ghabileh-ye Lilyl

08.05.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:53:28 GMT

Nabeel:

Rhythm & Sound - Mango Drive
Ranking Dread - Africa
King Tubby & The Santic All Stars - Santic Meet King Tubby
Ranking Dread - Africa (Tuby's Dub Plate Mix)
Ciccone Youth - Into The Groovy
Gary Clail - Hard Left
Eon - The Spice Must Flow (Original Mix with Notes)

Nick:

The Impressions - Three The Hard Way
Otis Redding - Shake (Live)
Curtis Mayfield - Future Shock
The Brides of Funkenstein - Disco To Go
Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie
Prince - U Got the Look
Coldcut - Beats and Pieces Edit
Arabian Prince - Simple Planet

Nabeel:

Florence Trapp - Love Came Into My Life
Dabrye - Air (featuring Doom) (Madlib Remix)
Femme Fatales - I Need A Date
Count Bass D and DJ Pocket - Mazel Tov
The Roots - Stereolab
Sarah Vaughan - Inner City Blues
Gladys Knight - It's a Better Than Good Time (Walter Gibbons Remix)

Nick:

Daedelus - It's Madness (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Flying Lotus - Satellliiiite
Dabrye - Viewer Discretion w/ Invincible & Finale
Unknown - Meanwhile...
Rusko - Hold-On-Wha-La-La-Leng (Poirier Remix)
Jammer - Better Than (Lorn Remix)
6Blocc - Talkin Too Loud
Scuba - Before

01.05.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 01 May 2010 09:53:20 GMT

WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE MAY DAY SHOUT OUT

Nick:

Oppenheimer Analysis - Radiance
A-Trak - Enter Ralph Wiggum
Coldcut - Find A Way featuring Queen Latifah
Guilty Simpson - My Time to Shine
Filastine - Palmares
Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu
Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle
Ohio Players - Funky Worm

Nabeel:

Betty Moorer - It's My Thing
Africa Hitech - Blen (RMX)
Ramadanman & Midland - Your Words Matter
Pastor Mbhobo - Yobaness
Mos Dub - History Town
Sun Ra vs. Dick and Dale - Batman Theme
Dorothy Ellis - Drill Baby Drill
African Brothers - Torturing
Mayer Hawthorne - Thin Moon
Pupajim- I Am A Robot

Nick:

Beat Konducta - Blackfire
Depeche Mode - Pain Killer (DJ Shadow Remix)
Daedelus - Welcome Home
Zomby - Daft Punk Rave
Razor X Productions - Killer Queen
Nicki Minaj - Saxon
Shafiq Husayn - Evil Man (Flying Lotus Remix)

Nick and Nabeel talked about Away We Go (Sam Mendes) and the M.I.A. video Born Free (Romain Gavras)

Nabeel:

Poirier - Immigrant Visa feat. MC Zulu (Maga Bo's Anisitia Remix)
Swindle - Airmiles
Tokimonsta - Doing It My Way
Onra - Tape This
Gold Panda - You
Suicide - Ghost Rider
James Pants - Green Eyed Love
Mark Pritchard - Heavy As Stone
Roland Alphonso & Aubrey Adams - Swinging Feast
Dobby Dobson - Loving Pauper
Kenny Knots - Watch All The People Dancing

24.04.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:24:29 GMT

Nabeel:

J.V.C. Force - The Move
Gang Starr - Who's Gonna Take The Weight?
Pax Nicholas & The Netty Family - Na Teef Know De Road Of Teef
Maahsa - Track 2 (Oyun Avasi! Vol. 1)
Ersen - Zalim
Cymande - Rickshaw
The Invitations - Written On The Wall
Sarah Vaughan - Mystery of Man (Rapson Re-Work)
James Pants - Green Eyed Love

Guest Spot from Cut Loose

Nick:

Double Trouble - Stoop Rap
Gangstarr - Work
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Nicki Minaj - Saxon
Various Productions - Hater
Poirier w/ Boogat - Kalima Shop Titi
Lady Sovereign - Randam (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
The Bug - Out of Control
Ruf - Want Some Crack?

Movies: Nick and Nabeel talked about Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, Taika Waititi's Boy, and The T.A.M.I. Show DVD

Nabeel:

Charanga 76 - Music Trance
Africa Hitech - Blen
Poirier - Immigrant Visa feat. MC Zulu
Actress - Paint, Straw and Bubbles (Zomby Remix)
Ken Nordine - Black
James Blake - I'll Stay
Tokimonsta - Aching Nodes
Gang Starr - Just To Get A Rep
De La Soul - The Stakes Is High
Whitefield Brothers feat. Edan & Mr. Lif - The Gift (Oh No's Ethiopium Remix)

17.04.10 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 20:57:05 GMT

Nick:

Karl Hector and the Malcouns - J.B. Rip
Otis Redding - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Ohio Players - Funky Worm
Kool and the Gang - Funky Granny
Precious & Passion - The Fresh Females
Madvillian - One Beer (Drunk Version)
Aesop Rock - The Next Best Thing
Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz
Beat Konducta - The Frontline
Mos Def - Casa Bey
Willie Isz - I Didn't Mean To...
Guilty Simpson - Y'all Scared
Various Productions - Hater
Steinski - It's Up To You (Television Mix)
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Wild Style - M.C. Battle
Marley Marl w/ Roxanne Shante - Wack Itt
3rd Bass - Pop Goes the Weasel
The Impressions - Mighty Mighty Spade & Whitey
Gonjasufi - Kowboyz&Indians
Flying Lotus - Auntie's Lock/Infinitum (Quarta330 Remix)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)
Onra - Onra vs Meth n Red Dappa Dubs
Kid606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

Manania Toa - Unknown Tracks

Nick:
Organikismness - Standard Practice
Fake Blood - Mars
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Scuba - Twitch (Jamie Vex'd Remix)

10.04.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:00:48 GMT

Nabeel:

Lloyd Miller - Gol-e Gandom (Wheat Flowers)
Jungle Brothers - Brain (Natural Born Chillers Remix)
Joe Gibbs, Errol Thompson and the Professionals - Worrier
Mikey Murka - We Try
Jurassic Five - Lesson 6: The Lecture
Blockhead - Hell Camp
The Roots - The Stars
Little Richard - Little Richard's Testimony
Flying Lotus - Riot (Take Remix)
Trim - Stereotype
Short Fat Sally - Sally's Attack
Ken Nordine - White
Mr Lexx - Dem A Pree
Eric Lau - For the D (Harmonic 313 Remix)
Wally Badarou - Chief Inspector
Sun Ra And His Outer Space Orchestra - Nuclear War
Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake Remix)
Eskamon (Eskmo & Amon Tobin) - Fine Objects
Badoo & Toyan - Rocking of the 5,000
Jahdan Blakkamoore - Dollar Van (Skit)
Roni Size/Reprazent -Heroes (Origin Unknown Remix)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 meg mix)
East of Underground - Smiling Faces
Hanson - Take Me To Your Home
Madvillain - All Caps
Milton Nascimento - Catavento
Flying Lotus - Do the Astral Plane
Ramadanman - No Swing
Mono/Poly - Oil Fields
The Byrds - Change is Now
Lee Moses - Bad Girl
Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi - Su Derenin Sulari
Unknown - Nay Solo from The Music of Islam Vol. 1 (Al-Qahirah - Classical Music of Cairo, Egypt)
Oh No - Loneliness / Sensation Smash
Gold Panda - Quitter's Raga
Wiley - Cable Street
The Advisory Circle - Nuclear Substation (Public Information Film)
Funkadelic - I Bet You/Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?
Mark Pritchard - Elephant Dub
Sex Pistols - Holidays In The Sun
The Maggots - Tammy Wynette

03.04.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 23:58:07 GMT

Nick:

James Pants - Chip In the Hand
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle
Parliament - Little Ole Country Boy
De La Soul - The Magic Number
JVC Force - Strong Island
Onra - Long Distance
Dam Funk - Things That Dreams Are Made Of
Iassa Bagayogo - Filaw (Chief Boima Remix)

Nabeel:

Cheyenne's Comin' - Come Back To Me
Brothers By Choice - She Puts The Ease Back Into Easy
Bettye Swann - Kiss My Love Goodbye
Ray vs Beatsy Collins - I Got A Woman
Piano Red - Big Rock Joe From Kokomo
Young John Watson - Space Guitar
Maggie Thrett - Soupy
Whitefield Brothers feat. Edan and Mr. Lif - The Gift (Oh No's Ethiopium Remix Instrumental)
Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson Two (James Brown Mix)
Lee Perry - Disco Devil
Pupa Jim - I Am A Robot
To Rococo Rot - Fridays (Shackleton's West Green RD remix)

Nick:

Gonjasufi - Speakth
Muhsunah - Lose My Fuse
Sekta - Peterpan (Doc Daneeka Remix)
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Elucid - My Mayor Is a Billionaire
Billy Paul - Let the Dollar Circulate
Aloe Blacc - I Need a Dollar
Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)

Nabeel:

Reverend Louis Overstreet, His Guitar, His Four Sons & The Congregation of St. Luke Powerhouse Church of God in Christ - Yeah Lord, Jesus is Able
Dorothy Ellis - Drill Baby Drill
Little Ann - Who Are You Trying To Fool
Fire Engines - Get Up And Use Me
Carmen McRae & Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Mark Pritchard - Heavy as Stone
The Advisory Circle - And the Cuckoo Comes
Badawi - El Topo

20.03.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:13:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Sarah Vaughan - The Mystery of Man (Rapson Edit)

Roy Budd meets MB - Get Carter (Unreleased Heavy Drum MIx)

The Carpenters - Long Ago (Rapson Edit)

Breakage - Vial (featuring Burial)

Scuba - Latch

Bone Soul and Mudie's All Stars - Bone Stripper

Bill Evans - 55 Days at Peking

Nick:

The Soul Seven - South Side Funk Pt 2

Madlib - Song Three

Filastine - Judas Goat

Gonjasufi - Kowboyz&Indians

Oh No - Problematic

Shafiq Husayn - Evil Man (Flying Lotus Remix)

Mos Def - Pistold

Birdman - Money to Blow (Chief Boima Remix)

Santogold vs Toy Selectah - Shove It (Cumbia Remix)

Gang Gang Dance - Bebey (DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek Remix)

Nabeel:

Flying Lotus - Satelliiiite!

3 Chairs - Patterns Indangerous

Caribou - Hannibal

Bullion - Crazy For You

Filastine - Hungry Ghosts (Cauto Remix)

Badawi - El Topo

Ikonika - Idiot (Altered Natives Mix)

James Blake - Give A Man A Rod

Nick:

Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit

Jean Grae - This World

Madvillain - Money Folder (Four Tet Remix)

J Dilla - Safety Dance

DJ Food - Brother John

Scuba - Before

Debruit - Pointy

Zomby - Tears In the Rain

Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo

13.03.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:35:08 GMT

Nick:

Guilty Simpson - My Time to Shine

James Pants - Drug Room

Gonjasufi - My Only Friend

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg - Je T'aime Moi Non Plus

Kid Koala - Emperor's Main Course in Cantonese

Flying Lotus - Sangria Spin Cycles

Strong Arm Steady - Soul 4 Real

Jean Grae - Take Me

Beat Konducta - The Electric Zone (Long Version)

Nabeel:

Madlib - The Frontline (Liberation)

Whitefield Brothers featuring Edan & Mr Lif - The Gift (Oh No Ethiopium Remix)

Flying Lotus - Dance of the Pseudo Nymph

Pupajim - I am a Robot

Disrupt - Robot Version

The Bug - Run featuring Flowdan

LV & Untold - Beacon

Badawi - Dstry<All>Prfts (Shackleton Remix featuring Vengeance Tenfold)

Nick:

Cheikh Lo - Shakara / Lady

Mosco Itles Fonclaire Steel Orchestra - Black Mans's Cry

Mutamassik - Marawi

Hudson Hohawke - Polkadot Blues

Zomby - Bubble Bobble

Kollosus - Breakin' Bread (Phaseone Remix)

Jammer - Better Than (Lorn Remix)

Pirate Soundsystem - My Dimension

Nabeel:

Bobby Konders - House Rhythems - Nervous Acid

The Future Sound of London - Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall mix)

Breakage - Foundation

Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype

Badawi - El Topo

Lateef the Truth Speaker - The Wreckoning

Black Moon - I got cha opin (Beatminerz Remix)

Ragga Twins - Hooligan 69

Gang Starr - Jazz Thing (Instrumental)

27.02.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:29:29 GMT

Nabeel:

John Carpenter & Alan Howarth - The President is gone

Breakage - Over

Shafiq Hussayn - Rebel Soldier

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - A Touch of Jazz

Intelligent Hoodlum - Live and Direct From the House of Hits

Ginz & Kool Money Kwame - Wet Wipe Riddim

James Pants - Fishes

Nick:

UNKLE - Main Title Theme

Ice Cube - Bop Gun

Nabeel interviewed JASON RESSLER, director of Sid Bernstein Presents... (2009)

James Brown - Funky Drummer

Headhunter - Collecting Butterflies

Nick:

Shackleton - Moon Over Joseph's Burial

Wrench - Cosmic Hierarchy (Eye Remix)

Daedelus - Busy Signal (Prefuse 73 Remix)

Gaslamp Killer and Gonjasufi - Robots

Rustie - Inside Pikachu's Cunt

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar

Jodeci - Freek (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Quarta330 - Bleeps From Outer Space

Nabeel:

Onra - Beef

Whistle - Nothing Serious (Just Buggin')

Serge Gainsbourg - La Horse Bonus Beats

Run DMC - Hollis Crew

Debruit - Changement

Poirier - Coco Drunk

Eon - The Spice must flow

Tapes - Skankless Tascam
Joanna Newsom - '81
A Certain Ratio - Shack Up
Eric B & Rakim - The R

20.02.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:25:29 GMT

Nick:

Blockhead - Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer?
Push Button Objects - Breakers Delight
Amon Tobin - Verbal
The Slew - You Turn Me Cold
Z-Trip - Rockstar Part 2
Public Enemy - Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts
Onra - Chop Your Hands
Kev Luckhurst - Wildstyle Lesson

Nabeel:

Akabu - Watch Yourself (Vocal)
Ice Cube - My skin is my sin (instrumental)
Debruit - Souvenir
Poirier - 90s backyard
Shafiq Hussayn - Evil Man (Flying Lotus Mix)
Googoosh -Talagh
Love Joys - Studio Man

Nick:

Jahdan Blakkamoore - Broken in Brooklyn
Daedelus - Order Of The Golden Dawn
Filastine - Palmares
Poirier - Kalima Shop Titi (Largartijeado Remix)
Mutamassik - Mestizo Blood Drums
DJ /rupture - In Front Of You
Telepathe - In Your Line (DJ /rupture and Matt Shadetek Remix)
Billy Paul - Let the Dollar Circulate

Nabeel:

Illegal - Back in the Day (Rowdy Main Mix)
Courtney Melody - Tonight You Gonna Die Soundboy (Version)
Terror Danjah - Acid
Gang Gang Dance - Bebey (DJ /Rupture & Matt Shadetek Remix)
James Fox - Put It Back (Ramadanman Refix)
Loops Haunt - Rubber Sun Grenade
Onra - Come Closer (Kicks & Claps Edit)
Mark Pritchard - Elephant Dub
Shut Up & Dance - Bastards

13.02.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:11:43 GMT

Nabeel:

Tricky - Hell is Round the Corner (Remix)
Betty Davis - Anti-Love Song
Charlie Ace & Faye - Punanny
Betty Moorer - It's My Thing
Bullion - Crazy Over You
Mr Fingers - Amnesia
DVA - Natty
J-Treole - The Loot (Sully Remix)
Bill Evans - 55 Days At Peking

Nick:

J Dilla - Lightworks
Al B. Sure - Night and Day (Onra Edit)
Billy Paul - Let the Dollar Circulate
The Long Lost - Woebegone (Fly Lo's Like Woe)
Blockhead - Four Walls
Method Man - All I Need
OJ Simpson - Life Goes By
Bibio - Sugarette

Nabeel:

Zomby - Float (Skream's I Was In Infants School Where Were You In 92 Mix)
Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy (Extended Remix)
Gonjasufi - Sheep
Sizzla - Babylon System
Esplendor Geometrico - Moscu Esta Helado
Supersonics - Found Out
Lee Dorsey - When Can I Come Home
Laura Lee - (I Need It) Just As Bad As You
Gucci Mane - Photo Shoot (Flying Lotus Remix)

Nick:

Strong Arm Steady - Chittlins & Pepsi ft. Planet Asia
The Slew - Problem Child
Major Force West - Here Comes the Funky Money
Hudson Mohawke - Allhot
Gang Gang Dance -? [Nick couldn't follow the typography on the CD sleeve]
Jahdan Blakkamoore- Get Hustlin
Debruit - Pointy
Juelz Santana - Dipset (Poirier Remix)
Kollosus - Breakin' Bread (Phaseone Remix)

06.02.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:22:09 GMT

The Waitangi Day special was dedicated to Manaia Toa who after six years on BASE FM is moving to Wellington to take up Fine Arts at Massey University. His show has followed ours at 6 pm for most of those years. We've been inspired by him and shared many of the same musical predilections. He educated us with many tunes. We will miss you, DJ artiste. Scalper was our guest today. We played and discussed tracks from his new album Flesh and Bones.

Nick:

Life Force Trio - Alice! Live at the Natural History Museum
Onra - The Anthem
De La Soul - Afro Connections at a Hi 5
Guilty Simpson - Pigs (OJ Simpson Remix)
Public Enemy - Lost At Birth
Eric B & Rakim - Know the Ledge
Jahdan Blakkamoore - Get Hustlin
Blockhead - Music Scene

Nabeel:

Ragga Twins - Illegal Gunshot
Loop Haunts - Impact Omnihammer
Orbital - Time Becomes
Cannibal Ox - A B-Boy's Alpha (Instrumental)
Interview with Scalper about his album Flesh and Bones:
Scalper - Threepointonefour
Scalper - Treacherous Disciple
Scalper - Abacus

Nick:

Big Black -Kerosene
Autechre - BassCadoublemx
DJ Krust & Saul Williams - Coded Language
Ruf - Want Some Crack
Flying Lotus - Sangria Spin Cycles
Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (Poirier Remix)
Organikismness - Standard Practice

Nabeel:

Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Betty Moorer - Speed Up
African Brothers - Torturing Dub
The Melodians - Last Train To Expo 67
Jahdan Blakkamoore - The General (Ticklah Remix)
Pharoah Saunders - You've Got To Have Freedom
Doug Lazy - Let It Roll

30.01.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:52:03 GMT

Nabeel:

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Inbetweenies
Harry Mudie Meets King Tubbys in Dub Conference Vol. 1 - Full Dose of Dub
Gregory Isaacs - Party in the Slums
Tapes - Ticker Tape
Bola Johnson - Hot Pants
Pablo's All Stars - Tubbs Dub Song
Little Ann - Deep Shadows

Nick:

Mantronix - Hardcore Hip Hop
Double Trouble - Stoop Rap
Run DMC - It's Tricky
Cookie Crew - Born This Way (Prince Paul Dope Mix)
Marley Marl - The Symphony
Beastie Boys - Alive
The Slew - It's All Over

Nabeel:

Rev. Louis Overstreet, His Guitar, Four Sons And The Congregation of St Luke Powerhouse Church Of God In Christ - Yeah, Lord, Jesus Is Able
Flying Lotus - Sangria Spin Cycles
Nathan Kozyra (ft. Erik Gloom) - Cherry Coloured Funk
Joy Orbison - So Derobe
RSD - Naked Mario Kart
RSD - Naked Mario Kart Pt 2
Martyn - Hear Me (Zomby Mix)
Shut Up And Dance - Arrest The President
Tafo Brothers - Par Kahin Juwariyan Da
Declaime/Madlib - State of Emergency (Instrumental)
Sun Ra - When Pathways Meet
A Made Up Sound - Sun Touch

Nick:

The Impressions - Mighty Mighty Spade and Whitey
Parliament - Aqua Boogie
Betty Davis - Talkin Trash
Nite Jewel - Weak For Me
Esser - I Love You (Prince Paul Remix)
Spank Rock - What It Look Like (Poirier Remix)
Lil Jon - Give It All You Got (Danger Beach Remix)

23.01.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:12:20 GMT

Nabeel:

Lucien's Luck - You Should Know! (Unreleased Edit)

The Family - Family Affair (Zulu & Richio B-Boy Re-Edit)

Tuff Crew - My Part of Town (Vocal) 12"
James Pants - Lickin Stick

DJ Screw - Southside (Mass 187)

Ahmad Jamal - The World is a Ghetto
Wailers - Arab Oil Weapon (Dubd version)

The Prophets - Warn the Nation
KIng Tubbys - Warn The Nation (Version)

Nick:

Mulatu with Frank Holder & Niaaza Alsherif - Nefsh Nesh

Oh No - Tha Magnificence

Gonja Sufi - Holidays

The Long Lost - The Art of Kissing

Flying Lotus w/ Laura Darlington - Infinitum

Daedelus - Going Unsteady

The Pharcyde - Runnin'

Tourettes - Letting Go

Hudson Mohawke - Fruit Touch

Nabeel:

Radio Spot for the blaxploitation film Save the Children

Curd Duca - Dusty

Nino Nardini - Afro-Beat/Afro Syn (edit)
Lloyd Miller - Gol E Gandom
Fela Kuti - Shuffering and Shmiling
Shut Up and Dance - This Town Needs A Sheriff
Soom T - Dirty Money

Nick:

Biz Markie - Pickin' Boogers

Special Ed - The Magnificent (The Magnificent Remix)

Busdriver & Radioactive - Glorified Hype Man

Antipop Consortium - The Solution

King Midas Sound - Earth A Killya

Ghislain Poirier with Zulu - Go Ballistic

Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs

16.01.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:33:59 GMT

Nick:

Booker T & the MG's - Green Onions

Gonja Sufi - Candylane

Red - I Should Tell Ya Mamma on You (Dam-Funk Remix)

B.O.B. - Satellite (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Rustie - Inside Pikachu's Cunt

Zomby - Tears in the Rain

Daedelus - A Bloodworth

Gang Gang Dance - Bebey (DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek Remix)

King Midas Sound - Cool Out

A set by our guest Cut Loose. We'll try and get the list of tunes up soon.

Nabeel:

The Fugees - Refugees on the Mic (Remix)
Ringo - Working Class
Madlib & Guilty Simpson - American Dream (OJ Simpson Remix)
Bullion - Say Goodbye To What
Jorge Ben - Negro é Lindo
Lone - Karen Loves Kate
Tortoise - Gigantes Version-Mark Ernestus
DJ Screw - Foe Life (Mack 10)
Paul White - Get 'em Up
Kid606- Straight Outtta Compton - MC DSP Mix

Nick:

Special Ed - I Got It Made

Glass Candy - Geto Boys

Villa Diamante - Dona Maria vs Ital Tek

Antipop Consortium - Shine

Filastine - Marxa

Chase and Status - Eastern Jam (Strangeloop Mix)

Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)

Taz Buckfaster - Au Revoir

09.01.10 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:27:12 GMT

First show back after ages for both of us:

Nabeel:

Fela Ransome Kuti - Chop and Quench

Helen Reddy - Hit The Road Jack

Lucien's Luck - You Should Know! (Love That Brass Unreleased Edit)

Little Ann - Lean Lanky Daddy

B-Fats - The B-Fats (Extended Mix)

Lone - Sharpest View of The Sun

The Slew - Robbin' Banks (And Doin' Time)

Man City Lion - Nah Anad

Rhythm Kings - Don't Sweat The Small Stuff

Roy Budd meets MB - Get Carter (Unreleased Drum Heavy Edit)
Lloyd Miller - Le Grand Bidou

Nick:

The Brides of Funkenstein - Disco To Go

Parliament - Little Ole Country Boy

Betty Davis - Walkin' up the Road

Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz

JVC Force - Strong Island

Marley Marl with Roxanne Shante - Wack It

James Pants - Sky Warning

Oh No - Great Oracle

Nabeel:

Curtis Mayfield - Back To The World

Diana - When Music Hits You

Cookies - Wounded

Love Joy & Rhythm & Sound - Best Friend

Peverelist - Esperanto

Untold - Stop What You're Doing (James Blake Remix)

Four Tet - Love Cry (Joy Orbison remix)

Nick:

Fulgeance - Revenge Of the Nerd

Kollosus - Breakin' Bread (Phaseone Remix)

Lil Jon with Kee - Give It All You Got (Drums of Death Remix)

Joker - Digidesign

Hudson Mowhawke - FUSE

Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs

Headhunter - Collecting Butterflies

Nabeel:

Shut Up And Dance - Twenty Quid To Get In

Earth Wind and Fire - Rock That

C.J. Mackintosh & Einstein- The Tables Are Turning

Disrupt - Whiskey Version

12.12.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:33:42 GMT

Nick:
Bibio - Fire Ant
Barry Adamson - 007 A Phantasy Bond Theme
Sweet Tee - Let the Jingle Bells Rock
Special Ed - I'm the Magnficent
Oh No - Great Oracle
Mulatu Astatke & The Heliocentrics - Esketa Dance
Ofege - It's Not Easy
James Pants - Chip in the Hand

Official Funning Mixtapes:
Vitamin String Quartet - Touch The Sky
Soul Village - We Gettin' Down
Major Swellings - Spit and Dip
Faze Action Starship - Starship
Run DMC - Dumb Girl
KRS vs. Gerry and teh Pacemakers - You Must Learn
Roy Budd - Get Carter Theme
Katzenjammers - Cars
Nina Simone - Rich Girl

Nick:
King Midas Sound - Darlin
Shackleton - Trembling Leaf
Rustie - Bad Science
Joker - Digidesign
Zomby - Tarantula
Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs
Dynomite D - Basmati Beatdown

Official Funning Mixtapes:
Vitamin String Quartet - Good Life
Janko Nilovic - In The Space
Keys N Krates - City of Awards
DJ Shadow - Dark Days Main Theme

5.12.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:42:20 GMT

Nick:

The Sand Dollars - Get Thy Bearings
Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills
Stark Reality - Rocket Ship
Betty Davis - Walkin Up the Road
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Kashmere Stage Band - Super Strut Pt 1 (Kenny Dope Mix)
L.A. Carnival - Pose a Question
Kashmere Stage Band - I Wish Pt 1 (Todd Terry Mix)
Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Slick Rick - Hey Young World
Stetsasonic - Talkin All That Jazz
LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out (Remix)
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls
Villa Diamante - Peter Rap vs Ludacris
El Remolon - Modeselektor Vs Calle 13
John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13
Burial - Fostercare
Koushik - Beep Track 14
Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)
Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends
Hexstatic - Toys Are Us
Filastine w/ Rabah - B'Talla
Debruit - Pointy
Flugeance - Revenge of the Nerd
Gang Gang Dance - Babey (DJ /ruptute & Matt Shatek Remix)
Antipop Consortium - Reflections
Ike Yard - N.C.R. (Funkstorung Remix)
Flying Lotus - Aunties Harp (Rebekah Raff Remix)
King Midas Sound - Meltdown

28.11.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:41:30 GMT

Nick:
Herbie Hancock - Fat Mama
Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies
Betty Davis - F.U.N.K.
Tom Waits - Way Down In the Hole
Oh No - Loneliness
Count Bass D - Some Music Part 5 Track 2
Red - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (D-Funk Remix)

DJ Maboulette:
Bumcello - In the Nude for Love
Serge Gainsboug - Requiem Pour un Con
Wax Tailor - Positively Inclined
Wax Tailor - Que Sera
IAM -Dangerous
Francoise Hardy - Tous les Garcons et les Filles
TTC - Telephone
Favela Chic - Horar de Valo
Mano Negra - King Kong 5
Dinah Washington - Cry Me a River (Truth & Soul Remix)

Nick:
DJ Shadow - Stem (Cops and Robbers Mix)
Madvillian - Light Of The Past
Special Ed - I Got It Made
Marley Marl with Craig G - Droppin' Science
Biz Markie - Nobody Beats the Biz
A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God
JVC Force - Stong Island
Mos Def - Quiet Dog Bite Hand
Fulgeance - Revenge Of the Nerd

DJ Maboulette:
Jamalski - track ?
Mengao 2000
Quantic & Nicodemus - Mi Swing es Tropical
Pink Martini - Amado Mio
Mark Ronson feat Tiggers - Toxic
Rob (Ghana Soundz) - Make it Fast Make it Slow
Miriam Makeba + Paul simom (DJ rupture remix) - Muslimgauze
Miriam Makeba - Le Fleuve
Stan Getz - Samba Triste

21.11.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:24:38 GMT

Nick:
Quincy Jones - The Quintessence
Lil' Lavair & the Fabulous Jades - Cold Heat
Myron & E with the Soul Investigators - Cold Game
Connie Price and the Keystones - Sweet Soul Music (Part 2)
The Whitefield Brothers with Guilty Simpson - American Nightmare
Jungle Brothers - Jimbrowski
Stezo - It's My Turn
J.V.C. Force - Strong Island
Nephews of Fela - Mulah!
Jean Claude Vannier - Theme 504
Onra - Clap Clap
Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning
Tourettes - Good Guys Write Bad Music
Bigg Jus - This Is Poor People's Day
Elucid - My Mayor Is a Billionaire
James Pants - Crystal Lite
Animal Collective - My Girls (El Remolon Remix)
Major Lazer - Pon de Floor (Murdertronics Remix)
Pirate Soundsystem - My Dimension
Fake Blood - Mars
Villa Diamante - Peter Rap vs Ludacris
Daedelus - Hrs:Mins:Secs
Organikismness - Standard Practice
Chase and Status - Eastern Jam
Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions
Joker - Solid State

14.11.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:54:33 GMT

Nick:
The Roe-O-Tation - Special Category
Sound In Light - Free Your Mind
Gary Wilson - 6.4=Make Out
Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Rubber Duckie
3rd Bass - Gas Face
45 King - Two Five
Declaime - State of Emergency
Red the Man - I Should Tell Ya Momma (D-F Remix)

Kurt:
The Brothers Seven - Evil Ways
The Quantic Soul Orchestra - Marrakech
Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - N.E.S.T.A. (Never Ever Submit To Authority)
The Herbaliser - Clap Your Hands (Featuring Jessica Darling)
Bonobo - Days To Come
Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy

Nick:
Rustie - Midnight Drive
Daedelus - Hrs Mins Secs
Filastine - Marxa
Flying Lotus - GNB BNG
Zomby - Tarantula
Steinski - Electric Vindaloo
Gaslmap Killer - My Troubled Mind (Excerpt)

Kurt:
Beastie Boys - Finger Lickin' Good
Cut Chemist - Lesson 6
Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life (Radio Clean version)
Strange Fruit Project - The Dotted Line
GZA - Stay In Line Feat. Santi White
The Herbaliser - Just Won't Stop (Featuring Yungun Aka Essa)
DJ Vadim - Kill Kill Kill Ft Big Red
Breakestra - Family Rap feat.Chali 2na / Soup / Double K / Wolf / Munyungo Jackson On Percussion
Hexstatic - Streetcrawler (The Monophones)

7.11.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:06 GMT

Nick:

Koushik - Reverse Pt 2.5
Ernie & the Top Notes - Things Could Be Better
Connie Price & the Keystones - Highland Park
The Diplomatics - Hum-Bug Part 1
Ebony Rhythm Band - Soul Heart Transplant
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Jam Fan (Hot)
Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa
Curtis Mayfield - Kung Fu
Ornette Coleman - Una Muy Bonita (Part 1)
Univeral Two - Dancin Heart
Troy Rainey - Tricky Tee Rap
Stezo - It's My Turn
Tuff Crew - My Part of Town
J.V.C. F.O.R.CE. - Strong Island
Run DMC - Walk This Way
Big Daddy Kane - Just Rhymin' With Biz
Marley Marl - Marley Marl Scratch
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It's Yours
Cash Money and Marvelous - The Mighty Hard Rocker
Spoonie Gee and the Treacherous Three - Love Rapp
James Pants - Thin Moon
Onra - The Anthem
Dabrye - Game Over (Flying Lotus Remix)
Debruit - Pointy
Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Antennae Remix)
Skream - Filth
Lil Wayne - Robo Tussin (Flying Lotus Remix)
Elucid - My Mayor Is a Billionaire
Ruf - Want Some Crack?
Diplo - Brew Barrymore
Animail Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)
Unknown - Eastern Loop
Kid 606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

31.10.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:45:03 GMT

Last show with Nabeel for a couple of months. He'll be overseas in India. Nick will be holding it down on The Basement with some special guests.

Nick:

Kid Koala - I Gotta Rock

Run DMC - King of Rock

Biz Markie - The Inhuman Orchesta

Mantronix - Hardcore Hip Hop

The Fearless Four - Rockin It

Super Coper and Clarence Breakers - This Is The Way You Do the Break Dance

Mr Sweety G - At the Place To Be

Bootsy Collins - Shine-O-Myte (No Rap Version)

Nabeel:

Red - I Should Tell Your Mama On You (Dam-Funk Remix)
Kode9 & The Spaceape feat. Cha Cha - Time Patrol
Dub & Run - Summer Breeze (Original Mix)
Hudson Mohawke - Shower Melody
Rainbow Arabia - Omar K (Ghosts On Tape Remix)
Bibio - Lover's Carvings (Leatherette Remix)
A Made Up Sound AKA 2562 - Rework
Joy Orbison - BRKLN CLLN

Nick:

Dam-Funk - 45 Track

Boards of Canada - Seven Forty Seven

Bibio - Kaini Industries

Autechre - Oval Moon (IBC mx)

Organikismness - Standard Practice

Just Ice - Cold Gettin Dumb

Battles - Atlas Loop

Nabeel:

Mungo's Hi Fi - International Roots (LD Remix)
Breakage featuring Newham Generals & David Rodigan - Hard
Scuba - Aesaunic
Shackleton - (No More) Negative Thoughts
Flying Lizards - Sex Machine
Tafo Brothers - To Shamae-Mohabbat
Minutemen - Political Song For Michael Jackson to Sing
LD - The King of Kong
Universal Robot Band - Barely Breaking Even (Club Version)

24.10.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:31:04 GMT

Playing 7" vinyl only...

Nabeel:

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness
The Sugarcubes - Birthday
The Jesus And Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
Jean Claude Vannier - Je m'appelle Geraldine (Mid-Tempo Version)
Letta Mbulu - What's Wrong With Groovin'
Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is
Credit Crunch & The Administrators Feat. The Afro Funk Express - Bim Sala Bim (Crackle & Pop edit)
Fela - Shuffa (Beatsy Collins edit)
Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Instrumental)

Nick:

Albert King - I'll Play the Blues For You

Mel Brown - Son of a Preacher Man

Beat Konducta - The Electric Zone

Bootsy's Rubber Band - The Pinocchio Theory

Betty Davis - Your Mama Wants Ya Back

The Stylistics - People Make the World Go Round

Lorez Alexandria - Baltimore Oriole

Stark Reality - Rocket Ship

Koushik - A1

Nabeel:

Hank Jacobs - Hank's Groove
Ike & Tina Turner - I Idolize You
The Creatures - Wild Thing
Mo-dettes - White Mice
Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - A Latino In Cairo
Rita & The Tiaras - Gone With The Wind Is My Love
Girls At Our Best - Politics
Public Enemy - Rebel Without A Pause
Simple Minds - Theme For Great Cities
Cabaret Voltaire - Silent Command
The Punjabs - Sitar Blues

Nick:

Run DMC - King of Rock

Declaime - State of Emergency

Funkadelic - The Electric Spanking of War Babies

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground

James Pants - Chip in the Hand

Bollywood Freaks - Last Night Bollywood Saved My Life

Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz

Aesop Rock - Next Best Thing

Diverse - Escape Earth

17.10.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:12:56 GMT

Nabeel:

Young Disciples - Get It Together

Gloria Scott - What Shall I Do (Instrumental)

Serge Gainsbourg - Evelyne

Jean Claude Vannier - Theme 504

Jon Lucien - Would You Believe In Me

Pharoah Saunders - Elevation

69 - Desire

Nick:

Getatchew Mekuria and the Ex - Ethiopia Hagene

Curtis Mayfield - Superfly

Ernie and the Top Notes - Things are Better

The Roe-O-Tation - Special Category

L.A. Carnival - Blind Man

Quasimoto - Rapp Cats Pt 3

Charizma - M-Town

45 King w/ Wildchild - Two-Five

Roberto Carlos Lange - Amazonian Pacific

Nabeel:

Danny Weed - Creeper (Roll Deep Freestyle)

Exile - Super Robot
Slum Village - Fantastic 2
Demdike Stare - Trapped Dervish
Orchestra Harlow - El Exigente
Phil Upchurch - As You Said
Eddie Bo - Can You Handle It
Vanessa Paradis - Walk On The Wild Side
Dam-Funk - 10 West
Brackles - Rawkus
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Tafo Brothers - Yeh Aaj Mujh Ko

Nick:

Busdriver - Least Favorite Rapper (Anti-Pop Consortium Remix)

Burial - Fostercare

Ghislain Poirier - Ladies & Gentleman

Quatra330 - Bleeps From Outer Space

Two Fingers - Have It Like That

Zomby - Tarantula

Filastine - Dance of the Garbageman

Paging and Bottom Toolbar

10.10.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:07:20 GMT

Just Nabeel this week. Nick is braving the rain in the Coromandel. Twas Shuchi's birthday so the show was inspired by her. Thanks to Saghir and Parag and Geoff and Michael (at least) for listening. I had a great time. Lots of spiritual jazz on 12", South Asian influences, Afrofuturist brainfeeders and steppy grooves. New Hyperdub, Shackleton getting electrophilosophical on the tablas, ska and funk bass, drums and brass on sevens. And 'Anchorage' for my sweets. Texas, sweet Tejas.

Nabeel:

Alice Coltrane - Prema

Tommie Young - That's How Strong My Love Is

Lee Moses-California Dreaming

The New Establishment - Tops of the Pops

Chase & Status/Strangeloop - Eastern Jam: Strangeloop Revolution Mix

Massive Attack - Protection (7" edit)

Terry Callier - What Color is Love?

Don Cherry - Malkauns

Lyn Collins - Take Me Just As I Am
Jackie Mittoo - Disco Jack

Flying Lotus - Rickshaw/My Chippy
King Sporty & The Supersonics - For Your Desire

Asher & Trimble - Humble Yourself

Jahmiga - Whiskey Dub

Zomby - Tarantula
Two Fingers - Jewels and Gems (Instrumental)
Shackleton - Mountains of Ashes

Martyn - Mega Drive Generation
Stevie! - Super Stitch On! (The Needle & Thread Unreleased Instrumental Re Edit)
Dam Funk-Candy Dancing feat. Mark De Clive Lowe
Weldon Irvine - Cosmic Vortex (Justice Divine)
Obama & The Yes We Can Latin Funk Express - Hold On! (Crackle & Pop Re Edit)
Roland Alphonso & Beverley's All Stars - Song For My Father
Bob Andy - I've Got To Go Back Home
Fe Me Time All Stars - She's Mine
J Dilla - Time: Donut of the Heart
Michelle Shocked - Anchorage

03.10.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:25:56 GMT

Nick:

Onra - The Anthem

Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz

Strong Arm Steady - Loose Girl

Mayer Hawthorne - Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)

Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish (TAKE Remix)

Debruit - Look 22

Cinematic Orchestra - Channel 1 Suite

Onra vs Method Man and Redman - Dappa Dubs

Nabeel:

Moondog - Enough About Human Rights
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere Part 1

Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Dachau Blues

Red The Man Without The Machine - I Should Tell Ya Momma On You (Dam Funk Remix)

Hudson Mohawke - Trace
The Orb - Suburban Smog
Luke Vibert - House Stabs
Rustie - Zig-Zag (Heinrich Mueller's Gravitational Equilibrium Mix)
The Black Dog - Tunnels Ov Set (The Bass Soldiers' Manor Top Mix)
The Black Dog - Tunnels Ov Set (Autechre Remix)

Nick:

Subtle - Sick Soft Perfection

Unknown - Eastern Jam (StrangeLoop Mix)

Filastine - Marxa

Two Fingers w/ Ms Jade - Doing My Job

Elucid - My Mayor Is A Billionaire

Anti-Pop Consortium - Capricorn One

Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)

Glass Candy - Geto Boys

Nabeel:

M. Ashraf - Mera Mehbob Hai [Instrumental Version By Tafo Bros]

The Gaslamp Killer - Zalim
Terror Danjah - Crazy Beat (Terror Danjah Mix)
E Kude - L's Theme
Poirier - Gyal Secret Pictures (feat MC Zulu)
Hopeton Lindo - Rude Boy
Disrupt - Rude Dub
Skream - Burning Up
Geiom & Spamchop - Cave Rave
DJ Lefto/Fela - Hooligan 69 Edit
The Skatalites - Malcolm X

26.09.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:36:11 GMT

Nabeel:

El-B - Son de Cali

Ultramagnetic MCs - I like your style
Fast Eddie - Jack 2 The Sound

LD - Woodblock

Special Ed - Club Scene

Anthony Ellis - I'm The Ruler
Anthony Ellis & Sound Dimension - I'm The Ruler Version

Quarteto Em Cy - Ate Londres

The Impalas with LeRoy Holmes Orchestra - Sorry (I Ran All The Way Home)

Nick:

Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low Sweet Cadillac

Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool

Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground

Beat Konducta - 45 Track

Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Red Light Green Light

Beastie Boys - Sure Shot

Mos Def - Workers Comp

The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO

Count Bass D - Can We Hang Out Tonight

KMD - Get-U-Now

Onra - Chop Your Hands

Nabeel:

Pinch - Qawwali V.I.P.
Jus Wan - Submersive (Scuba Version)
Scientist Meets the Roots Radics - Flabba Is Wild
Johnny Osbourne - People A Watch Me
Tafo Brothers - Oh My Love
Sun Ra & His Intergalactic Infinity Orchestra - Love In Outer Space
The Gladiators - Re Arrange
Ranking Dread - 19000 Dub
Rico - This Day Dub

Nick:

Death Comet Crew & Rammellzee - Exterior St

Funkstorung - DJ Craze Mit Funkstorung

Ghislain Poirier w/ Omnikrom - Jusqu'en Haut

Madvillian - Shades of Tomorrow

Two Fingers w/ Ms Jade - Better Get That

Filastine - Crescent Occupation

Kid606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

Gang Gang Dance - Bebey (DJ /rupture & Matt Shadetek Remix)

19. 09.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:37:30 GMT

Nick:

Miles Davis - Vote For Miles (Part 1)

Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin

Diplomatics - Hum Bug (Part 1)

Mayer Hawthorne - ?? (4 inch single)

Lorenz Alexander - Baltimore Oriole

Serge Gainsbourg - Melody

Herbaliser - Serge

Nabeel:

(back from a month in London, including 6 days in southern Spain, and 3 and a half weeks in the USA before that - 2 months in all! a bit rusty on the equipment, to say the least)

Bibio - Jealous of Roses

Tommie Young - That's All Part of Loving Him

Frankie Jones & The Nazarenes - Company
Jackie Mittoo - Wall Street

Demdike Stare - Janissary

The Gaslamp Killer - Turk Mex

Luke Vibert - Batting For England

Rustie - Tar

Nick:

Tommy Tee - Aerosoul

Company Flow - Lune Tns

Mos Def - Twilite Speedball

The Slew - Southeast Soliloquay

Filastine - Crescent Occupation

Jahdan Blakkamoore - The General Remix

Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Antennae Remix)

Nigo, GZA & Prodigal Sunn - K.F.F. 2000

Benga - Roller

Nabeel:

(sorry about the few seconds of dead air, all part of the live radio experience)

Liquid Liquid - Bellhead

Pearson Sound - Gambetta Sound

Two Fingers - Bad Girl feat. Cecile & Sway (King Cannibal Remix)

Bizzy B - Bad Boy

Rusko - Cockney Thug (Original Mix)

Lightnin' Hopkins - Sometimes She Will

Moondog - Lament 1: Bird's Lament

Koushik - Beep 07
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Almighty Dub
James Brown - Bring It On...Bring It On
Roots Radics/Ranking Toyan - How The West Was Won (Version)

12.09.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:59:31 GMT

Back from France!

Nick:
Filastine - Judas Goat
Brigitte Bardot and Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie and Clyde
Free Design - I Found Love (Styrofoam & Sarah Shannon Remix)
Beat Konducta - Infinity Sound
Onra - The Anthem
Guilty Simpson - Pigs
Betty Davis - Your Mama Wants Ya Back
Fela Kuti - Wayo
Flying Lotus - Infinitum (Dimite's Re-Finitum)> DJ Maboulette:
Unknown> Nick:
Prefure 73 - Preparation's Kids Choir
Gang Gang Dance - Bebey (DJ/ rupture & Matt Shadetek Remix
Method Man & Redman - Dappa Duds (Onra Edit)
Jahdan Blakkamoore - The General Remix
The Slew - Robbing Banks
Mos Def - Supermagic
Too Short - I Ain't Trippin (James Pants Remix)
Filastine - Palmares w/ Dorothy Lemoult
Flying Lotus - Testament (Breakage's Bill's Suit Mix)
Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions> DJ Maboulette:
Unknown>

08.08.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:07:54 GMT

Nick:

Grandmaster Flash - Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel
Jurassic 5 - Jayou
Slick Rick - Hey Young World
EPMD - Crossover
Mos Def and Slick Rick - Auditorium
Diverse - Escape Earth (Instrumental)
The Coup w/ Black Thought and Talib Kweli - My Favorite Mutiny
Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day
Elucid - My Mayor is a Billionaire
Count Bass D - Back Pay
Archie Shepp - Attica Blues
Seun Kuti - Don't Give That Shit to Me
Blackalicious - Nowhere Fast
De La Soul - Oh (New Bounce Remix)
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls For Life
Funkstorung w/ Tes - Chopping Heads
Two Fingers w/ Durrty Goodz - Have It Like That
Saul Williams - African Student Movement
Keith Le Blanc - No Sell Out
Shackleton - Shortwave
Mordant Music - Hummdrumm
Filastine - Bitrate Sneers
Mutamassik - High Alert A'al Geddu
DJ /rupture & Andy Moor - Untitled Live Track
Ike Yark - NCR (Funkstorung Remix)

01.08.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:02:35 GMT

Nick:
UNKLE - The Time Has Come (If You Find the Earth Boring Mix)
Diverse - Escape Earth
Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz
Koushik - Brasil Beat 15
Free Design - Umbrella (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
The Slew - You Turn Me Cold
Z-Trip - Rockstar
Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (Instrumental)

DJ Maboulette:
Unknown

Nick:
Cark - Ted (Bibio Remix)
Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
Flying Lotus - Robertaflack (Martyn's Heart Beat Mix)
Santogold vs Toy Selectah - Shove It (Cumbia Remix)
Diplo - Brew Barrymore
Architecture in Helsinki - Adrenaline (DJ /rupture Remix)
Pinch - Brigher Day
Joker - Solid State

DJ Maboulette:
Unknown

25.07.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:50:23 GMT

Nick:
Beastie Boys - Dub the Mic
Prefuse 73 with El-P & Ghostface - Hideyaface (El-P Remix)
Company Flow - Juvenile Techniques
Betty Davis - Your Mama Wants Ya Back
Nightmares on Wax - 70s 80s (RJD2 Remix)
Doom - Lightwork
Beat Konducta - Infinity Sound
Flying Lotus - Interference

DJ Maboulette:
Unknown

Nick:
Gescom - A1
Push Button Objects - Lockligger
Funkstorung w/ Tes- Chopping Heads
Atoms Family - High on Life (Break the Mold)
Brothomstates - Qtio
Gang Gang Dance - Princes
AFX - Arched Maid Via RDJ

DJ Maboulette:
Unknown

04.07.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:10:39 GMT

Our first show in the new studio in premises at 7A Rose Street. Jazz was doing the undercoat for the new sign. Dylan C did a very nice Ninjatune set for two hours just before us. Much cheer despite the crappy grey wet day out in Auckland. Studio lighting was a kind of blue.

Nabeel:

King Midas Sound - I Dub

{vinyl does beat the 320 mp3. But 12"s are so expensive in NZ}

Cotti - Warrior Charge

{nothing to do with Aswad. Think the Dub might be better}

Joker & Ginz - ReUp

{shout out to Base's re-up and all the hard work done for that}

Falty DL - Human Shadow (Boxcutter Remix)

{I do love a bit of glitch. Female wisp samples are in these days}

Scuba - Bleach

{played that for Michael Jackson. Anything Scuba does these days is good. This him going Pole-r but halfway to Jamie Vexd's recent stuff}

Nosaj Thing - IOIO

{Spacey synths and elephantine grooves are big these days. Not P-, not G-, but PG-Funk}

Nick:

J-Live - One to 31

Villa Diamante - Emisor vs Dead Prez

Quasimoto - Tomorrow Never Knows

Villa Diamante - Peter Rap vs Ludacris

Anti-Pop Consortium - Capricorn One

Elucid - My Mayor is a Billionaire

Villa Diamante - Scuba vs Alexis & Fido

Nabeel:

The Seeds - 900 Million People Daily (All Making Love)

{RIP Sky Saxon. Really hit California on the head more than Jim Morrison. Sunshine space and claustrophobia. Maybe I'll play 'No Escape' next week}

I interviewed Scalper who has a new album Flesh and Bones out soon. Thanks to Dylan for coming in some of the way through and raising the level on Scalper's mic. We played and talked about 3 tracks from the album:

Scalper - Black Glory
Scalper - Threepointonefour
Scalper - Abacus

Strong character this Scalper, ready to strike at any time. What kind of dark knight of templar is he? What alchemy does he perform? He does have some mathematical preoccupations. In a long line there: Sun Ra, George Clinton, Eric B & Rakim, Rammellzee et cetera. Scalper is performing on King Kapisi's upcoming NZ tour. Special guests also include Maitreya and Tha Feelstyle. Details here

Izenzaren - Natri

{Legends of Amazigh (Berber) music. I found this here}

Shackleton - El Din 2

{Shackleton of Arabia, part 7. What doth tempte him to turn Turke?}

Earl Zero/King Tubby - Shackles and Chains Version

{Tubby gets them chains a rattlin'. 'They must be broken'}

Nick:

Villa Diamante - Juana Molina vs Benga

Tourettes - Good Guys Write Bad Music

Filastine - Marxa

Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Antennae Remix)

The Bug - Skeng (Kode 9 Remix)

DJ /rupture - In Front of You

Manaia Toa brought his bag of Kode9 records for signing at the gig tonight. He confessed to being a nerd without being asked.

27.06.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:17:59 GMT

Last show from the studio on Ponsonby Road. Moving to a better venue at Rose Street, a coupla blocks away.

Nick:

!!! - Pardon My Freedom

James Pants - We're Through

Curtis Mayfield - No Thing On Me

Public Enemy - How to Kill a Radio Consultant

El-P - Fantastic Damage

Bigg Jus - Say Goodbye

The Very Best - Tengazako

Nabeel:

Walias Band - Muzikawi Silt

M. Ashraf feat. Ahmed Rushdi - Dama Dam Mast Qalander

Horace Andy - Zion Gate

Doug Anderson - Here Comes The Preacher

Lee Moses - Free At Last

Donny Hathaway - Someday We'll All Be Free

Hugh Mundell - Run Revolution A Come

Eek-A-Mouse - Operation Eradication

Rhythm & Sound - Let We Go Version

Nick:

Glass Candy - Geto Boys

Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)

Wale - Nothing to Worry About

? - Cumbia de los Pirates (DJ /rupture Refix)

Joker - Solid State

Filastine - Desordenador

Caspa - Ohh R Ya

DJ Food - Dark Lady

Nabeel:

Milanese - Wonderful World featuring Ben Sharp

Virus Syndicate - Bitch

Wiley - Too Many Men ft Shorty, Skepta, JME

Millie & Andrea - Temper Tantrum

Cooly G - Narst

Tortoise - Gigantes

KRS One - Sound of Da Police

20.06.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:00:10 GMT

Nabeel:

Omar Khorshid And His Guitar - Guitar El Chark

Suda Chuenbarn - Funky Broadway

Rufus Harley - Gods and Goddesses

Le Robin Orchestral - Sex Machine

Locomotiv GT - Kergeskezu Favagok

Serge Gainsbourg & Jean-Claude Vannier - La Horse

Novi Singers - The Fool On The Hill

The Pop Group - We Are Time

Coki & Benga - Night (Sonido del Principe Remix)

Nick:

Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Cut Chemist Remix)

Animal Collective - Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)

CCS - Knife

Gang Gang Dance - First Communion (TV on the Radio Mix)

Santogold - Anne (King Britt Moody Mix)

Debruit - Pointy

Nabeel:

Flying Lotus - Melt

Nosaj Thing - Caves

Amadou & Mariam - Sabali (Uproot Andy RMX)

Mr Oizo - Two It Takes

Untold - I Can't Stop This Feeling

Bill O'Reilly - Do It Live!!!!!!!!!!

Mos Def - Auditorium feat Slick Rick

Myron and E with The Soul Investigators - Cold Game

Alton Ellis with Tupac - Rocksteady with Tupac

King Tubby - Ten To One Version

Nick:

Kode 9 + Spaceape - Sine

Elucid - My Mayor is a Billionaire

Filastine - Con Las Manos En La Masa

Benga - Roller

Caspa - Ohh R Ya

Joker - Solid State

Ike Yard - NCR (Funkstorung Remix)

13.06.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:38:43 GMT

Nick:

Ty - Do You Want More? (Refix)

The Muppets - Sax and Violence

De La Soul - I Be Blowin

DJ Vadim w/ Slug - Edie Brickell (Sixtoo Remix)

Doom - Lightworks

Mos Def w/ Slick Rick - Auditorium

Beastie Boys - The Negotiation Limerick File

LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out

Anti-Pop Consortium - Capricorn One

Major Lazer - Hold the Line (An-ten-nae Remix)

Nabeel:

LFO - Mentok

Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says

A Tribe Called Quest - Oh My God

Dillinger & Friends - Five Man Army/Send Another Moses

Jazzanova - L.O.V.E. And You And I (Madlib Remix)

Rick James & Friend - Ebony Eyes

Nick:

DJ Food - Consciousness (Ashley Beedle Remix)

Dynomite D - Basmati Beatdown

Filastine - Marxa

Two Fingers w/ Durrty Goodz - Have It Like That

Mr Lee G and Ghislain Poirier - They Wanna Know

Spank Rock - What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

Ruf - Want Some Crack?

Nabeel:

Joker & GInz - Purple City

Jamie Vexd - Radiant Industry

Elucid - My Mayor Is A Billionaire
Onra- Haterproof

Untold - Anaconda

Falty DL - Human Meadow (Luke Vibert Remix)
Martyn - For Lost Relatives
Lee Scratch Perry with Samia vs. Kode 9 - Yellow Tongue (Vox)
Weldon Irvine Jr. - Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk

06.06.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:41:38 GMT

Nabeel:

Supreme DJ Nyborn - Versatility

Ty with Bembe Segue - Groovement (Parts 1 & 2)

Steve Spacek - Dollar

Flying Lotus & Declaime feat. Pattie Blingh - Whole Wide World

The Upsetters - Cold Weather

Nick:

Tricky with PJ Harvey - Broken Homes

The Cinematic Orchestra - All That You Give

Tourettes - Letting Go

Roots Manuva - Dreamy Days

Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes (Dam Funk Remix)

Santogold vs Toy Selectah - Shove It (Cumbia Remix)

The Drab Doo Riffs - Motor Scoot Scoot

Nabeel:

The Specials - Stereotype

Shuggie Otis - XL-30

Scuba - Klinik

Theo Parrish - Space Station

Tortoise - Gigantes
!!! - Me and Giuliani Down At the Schoolyard (LFO Remix)
Fast Eddie featuring Sundance - Get Up
Orbital - Chime

Nick:

Filastine - Singularities

Ghislain Poirier - Exils

Mutamassik - High Alert A'al Geddu

Aphex Twin - Girl Boy

Mordant Music - Hummdrum

Kid606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

30.05.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:52:13 GMT

Nick:

Mel Brown - Cheap At Half the Price

The Heliocentrics - Dance of the Dogons (Part Two)

Willie Bobo - Broasted or Fried

Betty Davis - Shoo-B-Doop and Cop In

Myron and E with the Soul Investigators - Cold Game

James Pants - Future Delight

Vast Aire - Supafriendz

Aesop Rock - The Next Best Thing

Nabeel:

Monolake - Plumbicon (Rebreather Mix)

A Made Up Sound and Heinrich Muller - Puttin It Out (A Made Up Sound Mix)

Lee Scratch Perry with Samia vs. Kode 9 - Yellow Tongue (Dub)

Efdemin - Acid Bells (Martyn's Bittersweet Mix)

Untold - Anaconda

Major Lazer feat Baby Cham - Call Me (Dave Kelly's Hold The Line Mix)

Fulgeance - Revenge of The Nerd

Invisible Scratch Piklz - White Label Edit

Nick:

DJ Qbert - Pumpkin Squeeze Mix Segment

DJ Vadim - Till the Suns in Your Eye

Roots Manuva - Clockwork

Tourettes - Dance 2 Misery

Nettle - Gut

Burial - U Hurt Me

Timeblind - Most Eye (Remix)

Shackleton - Shortwave

Nabeel:

DJ Cam feat Guru - Espionage (Dynamic Duo Remix)

Mobb Deep - Up North Trip

4 Hero - Mr Kirk's Nightmare

Sterling Void - Runaway Girl

Phuture - Acid Trax

Dead Kennedys - Holiday in Cambodia

23.05.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 23 May 2009 08:13:18 GMT

Nabeel:

Flying Lotus and Declaime - Keep on Moving (Instrumental)

Mr Scruff & Roots Manuva - Nice Up the Function

Sideshow feat Paul St Hilaire - If Alone (Dub mix)

DJ BC - Bucky Done Electronium

Boiling Point - Let's Get Funktified (Part 1)

Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Aya Mood

Juaneco Y Su Combo - Vacilando con Ayahuesca

Panda Bear - A Musician and A Filmmaker

Nick:

Mulatu - Yekatit

Fontella Bass - Hold On This Time

Georgia Anne Muldrow - Mr President

Guilty Simpson - Stress

James Pants - Crystal Lite

Coco Solid - Crimefighters

Organized Konfusion - The Rough Side of Town

Debruit - Pointy

Nabeel:

Herbie Hancock - Water Torture

Filastine - B'talla (feat Rabah)

The Pop Group - She is Beyond Good and Evil

Schoolly D - Gangster Boogie

Declaime & Flying Lotus - Whole Wide World feat. Patti Blingh

Flying Lotus - Whole Wide World

Cornell Campbell - I'm Lost

Shackleton - Hamas Rule

Linton Kwesi Johnson - Street 66

Nick:

DJ /rupture & Andy Moor - Untitled

Kode 9 - Nine Samurai

Ghislain Poirier - Diaspora

Kid606 - Mr Wobbles Nightmare

Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions

Autechre - Goz Quarter

16.05.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 May 2009 08:39:52 GMT

Nick

Pinch - Brighter Day feat. Juakali

AFX - Children Talking

Bullion - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times

Diverse - Escape Earth

Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Land of Funk

The Roots - The Next Movement

Howard Johnson - Say You Wanna (Pants Re-Edit)

Nabeel:

G Corps meets Lee Perry and Dubble Standart - Dubstep Devil

Justin Blakkamoore - The General

Runa Laila - Suno Suno

Prince Buster - Sata A Misa Gana

Nosaj Thing - Quest

Crazy D - Flex Ting

Jamie Vexd - In System Travel
Walter Hawkins - Voice Throwin' Blues

Nick:

Luke Vibert - I Love Acid

James Pants - Cosmic Rapp (Egyptian Lover Remix)

Debruit - Look 22

Kid606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

Major Lazer - Hold the Line (Antennae Remix)

Busdriver - Me

Justice - D.A.N.C.E. Remix (featuring Mos Def)

The Qemists - Iron Shirt

Nabeel:

Tortoise - Northern Something
Benga - On The Edge
Bionic Commando - Bionic Commando (Rusko Remix)
Franz Auffray - Sweet Popcorn Part II
EFDEMIN - Acid Bells (Martyn's Bittersweet mix)
Skream - If You Know
Chiddy Bang - Kids
Lady Chann & Sticky - Your Eye Too Fast
Clouds - Protecting Hands Part 1
Augustus Pablo - Clean Sweep

09.05.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:11:05 GMT

Nabeel:

Ty - Break The Lock

LD - Woodblock

Four Tet - As serious as your life (Jay Dilla remix)

Adonis - No Way Back
Masterdon Committee - Funkbox Party

Nick:

Herbie Hancock - Wiggle Waggle

Nephews of Fela - Mulah!

Dam Funk - Let's Take Off

Dynomite D - Basmati Beatdown

Cannibal Ox - Pidgeon

Kashmere Stage Band - Ain't No Sunshine (J Rocc Remix)

Nabeel:

Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming
US Health Department - Swine Flu PSA

Los Destellos - Guajira Sicodelica

The Charmaines - I Idolize You

Coco Lagos Y Su Combo - Mamblues

Onra - The Anthem

The Fall - Totally Bent (Burglar Tom Edit)

Anagram Jam - The Anagram Jam

Païkan & The Sadhus - Dance Floor Fight
Parva - Mosem-E-Gol (The Time Of The Blossom)
A Guy Called Gerald - Call For Prayer

Nick:

LFO - Advance

Kid606 - Mr Wobble's Nightmare

Hold the Line - Major Lazer (Antennae Remix)

Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (Modeselektor Remix)

Appleblim - Vansan

Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call

02.05.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 03 May 2009 09:22:40 GMT

Nick:

Beat Konducta - 45 track

Diverse - Escape Earth

Madvillain - One Beer (Drunk Version)

The Whitefield Brothers w/ Guilty Simpson - American Nightmare

Koushik - Brasil Beat 15

Count Bass D - Can We Hang Out Tonight?

Resident Alien - Shakey Grounds

MC Serch - Here It Comes

Digital Underground - No Nose Job (Fat Beats International)

Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies

Jaylib - Starz

Nightmares on Wax - Finer (DJ Paul Nice Mix)

Our guest TV Disko played a set for which we'll try and get the playlist to post soon.

Nabeel:

Joker - Psychedelic Runway

Jamie Vexd - Radiant Industry
TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)
Bar 9 - Murda Sound (VIP Remix)
Tanya Stephens - It's A Pity (Lulu Rouge Remix)
Breakage - Together featuring David Rodigan
Santogold - Shove It (Toy Selectah Cumbia Remix)
MF Doom - Go With The Flow featuring Sci Fly
Khayree & The Luvva Twins - Hubba Head
Neil Landstrumm - The Race
Lovejoys - Stranger

25.04.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:30:53 GMT

Nabeel:

LD - Traumatic Times

Andy Stott - Brief Encounter

Underground Resistance - Final Frontier

Rubi Dan, Benga & Coki - It's On Tonight (The Heatwave Remix)

Tyree - Hard Core Hip House

Nick:

Madlib - Slim's Return

Subtle - Eneby Kurs

Aesop Rock - Holy Smokes

Prefuse 73 - Point to B

Tommy Tee - Aerosoul

MC Lyte - 10% Dis

Madvillian - America's Most Blunted

James Pants - Comic Rapp

Nabeel:

Jean-Claude Vannier - Je M'Appelle Josephine (Up-Tempo)

Paikan & The Sadhus - Dance Floor Fight

Kamal Ahmed feat. Noor Jehan - I Am Very Sorry

Bow Wow Wow - Sun Sea And Piracy

Jamie Lidell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Remix)

Mudhoney - Touch Me (I'm Sick)

MC 5 - Kick Out The Jams

Tony D - Get Off The Rhythm

Nick:

Coldcut - Atomic Moog (Cornelius Remix)

Jackson and His Computer Band - Rock On

Autechre - Bass Cadet

Bullion - Get Familiar

Ruf - Want Some Crack

Coki - Spongebob

DZ - Just Rollin

The Bug - Skeng

18.04.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:03:29 GMT

Nick:

Ko-Wreck Technique - Behavior (Prefuse 73 Remix)

Jaylib - React

DM & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life

Wu-Tang Clan - Tearz

Gravediggaz - Defective Trip

Sly and the Family Stone - Loose Booty

Beastie Boys - Root Down

Shape of Broad Minds - Buzz Around Town

Nabeel:

Lyn Collins - Backstabbers

Moodymann - Black Mahogany

Kid n Play - Last Night Changed It All

Three Times Dope - Funky Dividends (Goin For Broke Remix)

Celestine Ukwu & His Philosopher's National - Okwukwe Na Nichekwube

Banbarra - Shack Up

Thomas Brinkmann - Wait A Minute

Nick:

Aphex Twin - Window Licker (Acid Edit)

Roni Size - Hi-potent

Filastine - Fitnah

Diplo - Brew Barrymore

Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin

Natasja - Ildebrand I Byen

Shut Up & Dance - Lamborghini

Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions

Nabeel:

Two Fingers - What You Know feat. Sway (Emalkay Remix)

Orbital - Omen

Mordant Music - 24 Million or Sell Neverland

LD - Woodblock

Nasty Habits with Doc Scott -Last Action Hero

Yabby U/King Tubby - Warn The Nation Dub

Johnny Osbourne/Roots Radics - Night Fall/Night Fall Dub

11.04.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:27:21 GMT

Nabeel:

Orbital - Belfast

Skream - Trapped In A Dark Bubble

Pinch - Joyride

Benga - Technocal

Fake Blood - Blood Splashing (Fake Blood Theme)

El-B - The Club

Martyn - Yet

Rustie - Jagz the Smack (Neil Landstrumm remix)

G. Corp - Salute The King

Sizzla - Obstacles (Blackdown Refix)

X-Men - My Sound Rule

Mr Vegas - Old School Hustling

Themselves - Rapping 4 Money (feat Why, Odd Nosdam & CloudDead)

The Wilcannia Mob - Downriver (Mad Decent Edit)

Pinch - Attack of the Giant Killer Robots

Pablo All Stars - Tubb's Dub Song

Bobbi Humphrey - Chicago, Damn

Weldon Irvine - I'll Name It Tomorrow

Jon Lucien - Kuenda/Would You Believe In Me

Terry Callier - What Colour Is Love?

Boards of Canada - Davyan Cowboy

Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz (Featuring MF Doom)

Shackleton - Death is not final (featuring Vengeance Tenford)

Foremost Poets - Reasons To Be Dismal

Moodymann - Freeki Mutha F cker

Theo Parrish - Chemistry
Shackleton - The Rope Tightens (Badawi Remix)

04.04.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:00:09 GMT

Nabeel:

Weldon Irvine - Cosmic Vortex

Marchel Ivory Quintet feat. Roger Boykin - Trippin

Blossom Dearie - I like London in the rain

Esther Phillips - Alone Again Naturally

Terry Callier - You Don't Care

Astor Piazzolla and Gerry Mulligan - Close Your Eyes and Listen

Jon Lucien - Esperanza

Nick:

Mos Def - Modern Marvel

A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation

The Avalanches - Since I Left You

Kid Koala - Annie's Parlor

Birdy Nam Nam - Abbesses

Madvillian - Shadows of Tomorrow

Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads

Coldcut - More Beats and Pieces

Nabeel:

Eric B & Rakim - Follow the Leader

Eddie Floyd - Big Bird

Buzzcocks - Boredom

Madlib - The Get Over (Move)

J Dilla - Only Two Can Win

Diego Bernal - Diego's Donut (RIP Dilla)

Juana Molina - Un Dia

Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon (Version)

2562 - Kontakt

Nick:

DJ Shadow - Midnight In a Perfect World

Beastie Boys - So What 'cha Want

Newcleus - Jam on Revenge

The Coup - Wear Clean Draws

Dr Octagon - Earth People

Terranova - Bombing Bastards

Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (Modeslektor Remix)

28.03.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:21:21 GMT

Nick:

Willie Bobo - Soul Foo Young

The Whitefield Brothers w/ Guilty Simpson - American Nightmare

Diverse - Escape Earth

Koushik - Nothing's the Same

Blockhead - The Stain

Animal Collective - Daily Routine

Madvillain - One Beer

Charles Hunt - Apollo Commanders Medley

Connie Prince & the Keystones - Time to Kill

Nabeel:

Troublefunk - Let's Get Small (Live)

Fela - Shuffa (Beatsy Collins edit)

Mr Brown - There Was A Time (KD Edit)

Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Live at the Rainbow, 1974)

Dam Funk - Hood Pass Intact

TRG - Broken Heart (Martyn's DCM mix)

AGF - Disturbia

Nick:

James Pants - Crystal Lite

James Chance - I Can't Stand Myself

Tourettes - Dance 2 Misery

Cannibal Ox - Ridiculoid

MC 900 Ft Jesus - Adventures in Failure

Count Bass D - (Don't) Run Out on Me

Beat Konducta - Infinity Woman

Nina Simone - See Line Woman

Nabeel:

Turntable Symphony - Instructions of Life (Blappa Posse Remix)

Geiom feat. Marita - Reminissin' ( Kode9 refix)

Kode 9 - Black Sun

Filastine - Hungry Ghosts (Featuring Wire MC & ECD)

Mutamassik - 5X8Cell

MC Lyte - Cappucino (Remix Version)

Panda Bear - Comfy in Nautica (Remix)

Stylistics - You and Me

Jo Jo Bennett and Mudie's All Stars - Rome
Cornell Campbell - Tenament (sic) Yard

21.03.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:51:41 GMT

Nabeel:

Orchestra Julian - Do It With Class

Weldon Irvine - Walk That Walk, Talk That Talk

Likwid Continual Space Motion Ope-ra - Space is the Place

Kode 9 - Black Sun

Nick:

Aloe Blacc - Whole World

Scienz of Life - Anthology: A Tribute to Music

Aesop Rock - Battery

Tourettes - Almost Out of Water

Bigg Jus - This is Poor People's Day

Daedelus - Girls

James Pants - Crystal Lite

Nabeel:

Baby Washington - The Time

Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz

Karen Dalton - Something on my mind

Gudrun Gut - Pleasure Train

Joe Turner - After My Laughter Came Tears

Pablo's All Stars - Tubb's Dub Song

Carl Craig & Moritz Von Oswald - Villalobos "Uli, Mein Ponyhof" Rmx

Mulatu of Ethiopia - Chifara

Lorez Alexandria - Baltimore Oriole (King Version)

Esther Phillips - Home Is Where The Hatred Is

Nick:

Saul Williams - Talk to Strangers

DJ /Ruptrure & Andy Moor - Untitled Live In France

Burial - U Hurt Me

Filastine - Fitnah

Natasja - Ildebrand I Byen

Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions

Flying Lotus - My Chippy

14.03.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:52:23 GMT

Nick:

Hedfunk - Dark Lady

House of Reps - U Gotta Love Us

EPMD - Manslaughter

MF Doom - All Outa Ale

J-Live - School's In

King Geedorah - Krazy World

A-Trak - Enter Ralph Wiggum

Nabeel:

U Roy - Linger You Linger Version
Bullion - Young Heartache
Jneiro Jarel - Big Bounce Theory
Wally Badarou - Mambo
Foremost Poets - Reasons To Be Dismal
Sideshow Featuring Paul St Hilaire - If Alone (Original Mix)
Sideshow Featuring Paul St Hilaire - If Alone (Dub Mix)
Moodymann - Freeki Muth F cker
Glitch - Stringles
Dynamix II - Ignition (The 747 Mix)
Bizzy B - Infactuation
DJ Will Roc - The Scat
New Order - Bizarre Dub Triangle

Nick:

De La Soul - Breakadawn

The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO

Iron Shirt - I Gave You All My Love (Matt Shadetek's Remix)

RSD - Forward Youth

DZ - Just Rollin

Natasja - Idlebrand I Byen

Scuba - Twitch (Jamie Vex'd Remix)

Nabeel:

Sister Mary Wilson - Judgement
Jon Lucien - The War Song
Quarteto Em Cy - Tudo Que Voce Podia Ser
Freddie McGregor/King Tubbys - Leave Yah (Version)
DJ Zinc - Super Sharp Shooter
Barry Brown - Spotlight
Disrupt - Echobombing
Gudrun Gut - Pleasure Version
My Bloody Valentine - Slow
Dennis Brown - 3 Meals A Day
DEB Players - 3 Meals A Day Version

07.03.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:22:04 GMT

Nabeel:

Bobbi Humphrey - Harlem River Drive

Moodymann - Heaven

Joe McDuphrey Experience - Solar Waves

Zomby - Test Me For a Reason

Lukid - Fall Apart

Onra - Hard Times

Pangaea - Bear Witness

Pharoahe Monch - Acapella Verse

2 Bad Mice - Bomb scare

Nick:

Talking Heads - Drugs

Grizzly Bear - Showcase (Phiiliip Remix)

DJ Shadow - Devil's Advocate

MC 900Ft Jesus - Killer Inside Me

Beat Konducta - Dirty Hop

C-Rayz Walz - Buck 80

Blackalicous - Rock the Spot

J. Rocc - Cold Heat Funk Mix

Nabeel:

Roxanne Shante - Bite This (Extended)

Martyn - Natural Selection (Flying Lotus Remix)

Barry Brown - Give Another Israel A Try

Mala - Miracles

The Illuminoids - Rock on Robot Planes

Rustie - Zig Zag

Norma Jean Bell - I'm the baddest bitch (Moodymann dub)

Makonde - Soseme Makonde

Augustus Pablo - Satan Side

Nick:

Funkstorung - Sounds Like a Break Record

Aphex Twin - Digeridoo

Appleblim - Vansan

Zomby - Rumours and Revolutions

Kode 9 vs LD - 2 Bad

Fake Blood - Mars

Babylon System - Examination of Time

28.02.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:02:04 GMT

Nick:

Kid Koala & Money Mark - Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

Cornelius - Typewrite Lesson (Coldcut Remix)

Beastie Boys - High Plains Drifter

James Pants - Ka$h (Trizzy & xxxchange Remix)

John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13

Tom Waits - Way Down in the Hole

Bullion - Get Familiar

Nabeel:

Billy Green & The Love Machine - Tubular Bells

Gudrun Gut - Pleasure Train

Unknown - Nude
Chris Watson - Oceanus Pacificus-10m

Gudrun Gut - Pleasure Version
Betty Davis - Don't You Call Her No Tramp (Record Plant Rough Mix)
Mr Brown - There Was A Time (KD Mix)
Mika Vainio - Behind The Radiators
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz - WIthers In The Whist (Wandering Embers Mix)
Disrupt - Bezerk Dub
Virus Syndicate & Various Production - Neva Argue
Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Black River
The Detroit Executives - Cool Off

Nick:

Mr Lif - Pull Out Your Cut

Count Bass D - Back Pay

Mos Def & Diverse - Wylin' Out (RJD2 Remix)

Beat Konducta - Infinity Sound

Blockhead - Jet Son

Shape of Broad Minds - Lullabanger

Prefuse 73 - The End of Biters

Fake Blood - Mars

A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Rage

Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)

Nabeel:

Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz feat. MF Doom (Dabrye Remix)
Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz (Dabrye instrumental)
U Roy - Linger You Linger (Version)
Horace Andy - Jamaican National Heroes
Jackie Mittoo & Sound Dimension - Woman of the Ghetto (Sidewalk Doctor Version)
Keith Hudson - Smoke Without Fire
Skatalites - Tribute To Nehru
Aisha - The Creator

21.02.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:54:13 GMT

Nabeel:

Roots Radics Band - Cuss Cuss Rydem

Cornell Campbell - Tenament Yard

Disrupt - Echobombing

Cornell Campbell - Tenament Yard Version

Augustus Pablo - Satan Side

Eek-A-Mouse - Operation Eradication

Keith Hudson & Chuckles - Satan Version
Roots Radics - Eradication Dub

Bobbi Humphrey - Blacks and Blues

Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue

Mr Brown - There Was A Time (KD version)

Nick:

Shirley Scott - Soul Sauce

The Mind Liberators - Comin' Through Pt.2

Stark Reality - Red Yellow Moonbeams Pt.2

Parliament - Dr Funkstein's Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Medly (Live)

Beat Konducta - J.D. & J.B. (Long Version)

James Pants - Crystal Lite

Herbie Hancock - Rockit

Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 1

Nabeel:

James Brown - Escape-ism (Parts 2 & 3)

Fella Cutie - Water No Get Enemy (Unreleased Edit)

El Michels Affair - Glaciers of Ice

Jennifer Lara - Woman of the Ghetto
Jackie Mittoo & Sound DImension - Sidewalk Doctor Version

John Holt - Ali Baba

King Tubby & the Aggrovators - Dub in A Quite Place

U Roy - Linger You Linger

Vast Aire w/ MF Doom - Da Supafriendz (Dabrye mix)

Nick:

Beat Konducta - The Electric Zone (Long Version)

Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls

Nelly F & Timbaland - Promiscuous (Flying Lotus Remix)

DJ Rolando - Jaguar (Derrick May Remix)

Funkstorung - Grammy Winners

Two Fingers - Have It Like That

Autechre - Bass Cadet 12/4Cadetmz

DJ Food - The Crow

14.02.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:57:34 GMT

Nabeel:

Northgate 'A' Band - Theme From Rocky

The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Dem A Bomb We 7"

Billy Green & The Love Machine - Tubular Bells
Betty Davis - He Was A Big Freak (Reocrd Plant Rough Mix)

Dabrye feat. AG - Get Dirty (Instrumental)

Roxanne Shante - Bite this
Mantronix - Who is it? (Bonus Beats)
Geeneus feat. Riko, Wiley & Breeze - Knife & Gun (Blackdown Devil Mix)

Vast Aire feat. - Da Supafriendz

Tommy McCook & the Supersonics - Black River
Vast Aire - Da Supafriendz (instrumental) (Dabrye mix)

Nick:

Charles Mingus - II B.S.

Archie Shepp - Attica Blues

The Aristocrats Organization - Don't Go

Egon w/ Percee P - Reverse Pt 2.5 (Koushik's Apples & Oranges Mix)

Count Bass D - Can We Hang Out Tonight?

MF Doom - Hey!

James Pants - I Choose You

Spank Rock - Bump (Switch Remix)

Nabeel:

Elmore James - Rock My Baby Right

Otto De Rojas - El Ritmo Del Bump-Bump

Cecil Holmes - Call Me

Charles Bradley - The Telephone Song
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Long Hot Summer Night

Tommy McCook & The Supersonics - Sweet Lorna

Barry Brown - Sweet Sixteen

U Roy - Linger You Linger

Lisa Dainjah - Lola Rastaquère
U Roy - Linger You Linger (Version)
David T. Walker - On Love

Nick:

Soul Centre - Can I Ask You?

Animal Collective - My Girls

Battles - Atlas

Piano Overlord - Diplo Electric Manatee Final Mixdown

DJ Craze mit Funkstörung -

Rammelzee vs K.Rob - Beat Bop

07.02.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:39:08 GMT

Nick:

DJ Shadow - Bring Madlib Up

Mos Def w/ Q-Tip & Tash - Body Rock

Boo Yaa Tribe - Psyko Funk (Prince Paul Remix)

Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning

Coldcut - Just for the Kick (Original Version)

The Qemists - Let There Be Light

Nabeel:

Doug Carn - Suratal Ihklas (Fulgeance Smartbangin Remix)

Barrington Levy - Revelation

Fire Engines - Candyskin

Randy's All Stars - Revelation version

24 Carat Black - Foodstamps
Terminator X featuring Andreas 13 - The Blues
Baby Washington- That's How Heartaches Are Made
Trimbal - Thief in the Night
Shackleton - The Rope Tightens (Badawi Remix)

Nick:

DJ Food - The Dusk

Piano Overlord - No Community (Blu Jemz K.Kings Version)

Push Button Objects - Breakers Delight

Wu-Tang Clan - Reunixed by Funkstorung

Atoms Family - High On Life (Break the Mold Mils Mix)

Fake Blood - Mars

Ruf - Want Some Crack

Nabeel:

Noor Jehan - Lutta Uljahi Sulja Ja
Quiet Village - Singing Sand
Various Production - Hater

Various - The Color of Frequency (from Radio Morocco)
Sultan Youssef - Khouthni Bthemmetak

Saint Etienne - Only love will break your heart (A Mix in Two Halves by Andrew Weatherall)

Derek Martin - Daddy Rollin' Stone

The Gun Club - For the Love of Ivy
The Meters - Liver Splash

Doug Carn - Tropical Sons
Quarteto Em Cy - Sabato Mole

Dusk and Blackdown - This is London

Wiley - Racist people featuring Trim & Scratchy

Bawin - Ya Binaya Goumi

John Yoko-Papa was a Rodeo
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Fireworks

31.01.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 08:41:15 GMT

Nick:

Round Four w/ Tikiman - Find A Way

DJ /rupture w/ Lily - Lonesome Side

13 & God - Perfect Speed

Madvillain - Great Day (Four Tet Remix)

Shape of Broad Minds -OPR8R (Collie Park Remix)

Cannibal Ox - Atom

The Bug - Gun Disease Version

Nabeel:

Pole - Alles Gute

Buraka Som Sistema & Skream - Blipstream

Jahdan Blakkamoore - Payola Riddim

Jahdan Blakkamoore-Go Round Payola

Neill Landstrumm-Shit Daddy Bass (w Carlton Kilawatt)

Shy FX-Bambaataa (Breaks Remix)

South Rakkas Crew - Mad Again (Fake Blood Remix)

Buraka Som Sistema & Diplo -Um Milhao

Ikonika - Millie

Shackleton - Hamas Rule

Nick:

Company Flow - Juvenile Techniques

EPMD - Jane

GZA - Shadowboxin

Pailhead - Ballad

Busdriver - Kill Your Employer

Appleblim - Vansan

Nabeel:

Leroy Smart- Mr Rich Man

Big Joe - Sufferation in the City

Delroy Wilson - Better Must Come

Keith Leblanc - Heaven on Earth

A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) (Re-recording)

Os Mutantes - Ave, Gengis Khan

Dorothy Ashby - Heaven & Hell

Masha Qrella - Don't Stop The Dance

Terry Callier - Holdin' On (To Your Love)

Brother Jack McDuff - Channel One

The Aggrovators- Love Version

24.01.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:22:36 GMT

Nabeel:

In Crowd - Born Ethiopian

Devo - Satisfaction

Dinosaur L - #1 (you're gonna be clean on your bean)

Thomas Leer - Letter From America

Kode9 vs. Badawi - Den of Drums

Ricardo Villalobos - Enfants (Chants)

Sex Pistols - Holiday in the Sun

Nathan Abshire - Choupique Two Step

Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device

Les Edits du Golem - Don't Unless

Nick:

J-Live - The Best Part

Black Star - Definition

Busdriver - Unemployed Black Astrognaut

Steinski - NY NY

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - Scorpio (Plaid Remix)

James Pants - Ka$h (Trizzy & XXXchange Remix)

Bullion - Get Familiar

Lil Wayne - Robo Tussin (Flying Lotus Mix)

Nabeel:

Unknown - Chase The Devil (Dubstep)

Lee Perry - Chase the Devil (Special)

Filastine - Hungry Ghost (Instrumental)

Byetone - Black is Black

Neil Landstrumm - Witches Butter

Medaphoar - Place Your Bets

Zomby - The Lie

Roots Radics - Cuss Cuss Riddim

T++ - Storm

Heatwave - Piano Riddim

Al Moodie - Everything Crash

Nick:

Rhythm and Sound w/ Jah Cotton - Dem Never Know

Bigg Jus - Say Goodbye

Fela Kuti - Shuffa (Beatsy Collins Re-Edit)

Team Shadetek - Brooklyn Anthem (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

NASA - Whachadoin'?

Two Fingers - Have It Like That

The Bug - Angry

Nubulla - Getting Doe

17.01.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:55:57 GMT

Nick:
Flying Lotus - Mr Chippy
DJ /rupture w/ Elizabeth Alexander - Watermelon City
Parliament - Chocolate City
J-Live - Them That's Not
MF Doom - Deep Fried Frenz
A Tribe Call Quest - Check the Rhime

Shutta:
Burial - Shell of light
Dusk - Focus
Rogue & Reso - No Such Thing as Hate
Marlow - Once Upon a Time Called Now
Distance - Fallen (Vex'd Remix)
Geiom - Reminissin (Shackleton refix)
Shackleton - Death is Not Final
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler (Shackleton remix)

Jah Praise:
(Lost in Space and Time)

Shutta:
Virus Syndictae/Various Production - Apollo
Various Production - Hater
Kuma - Dawn Stepped Outside (Horsepower Mk7 Mix)
Sully - Phonebox EP
Skream - One 4 Heads Who Remember
Beachdrifta - Unknown
Blu \Marten vs Erykah Badu - You Got Me (bootleg)

10.01.09 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:00:23 GMT

Nick-
Beat Konducta - Untitled 45
Quasimoto - Microphone Mathematics (Remix)
Eric B and Rakim - Put Your Hands Together (Fon Force Remix)
The Herbaliser w/ What What - Mission Improbable
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It? (Extended Boilerhouse Remix)
Z-Trip - Rockstar

Dan-
Ananda Shankar - Dancing Drums
Ella Fitzgerald - Sunshine of Your Love
Dances With White Girls - Everyone's Got To Make A Living
Prince Zimboo - Say Heh
Mophono - The Edge Re-Edit
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Spot
Junior Parker - Tomorrow Never KNows

Nick-
J Dilla - Anti American Graffiti
Radiohead - Reckoner (Flying Lotus Remix)
Thom Yorke - And It Rained All Night (Burial Remix)
Zomby - Spliff Dub (Sukh Knight Remix)
Techno Animal w/ Antipop Consortium - Glass
Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning
Wale - The Kramer
Andrew Broder vs Ultramagnetic MCs - Poppa Large

Dan-
Gerhard Rede - Signals
Placevbo - Humpty Dumpty
Hiro Tsunoda - Type A to E
The Hood Internet - Bumpangel
Timebox - Beggin'
Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles
Just Brothers - Sliced Tomatoes
Glitch - Stringles
Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out
Fabio - On Films
James Brown - Good Good Lovin'

03.01.09 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:52:37 GMT

Nick

Mulatu Astatke - Almaz
Otis Jackson Jr Trio - Hornets Nest
Leroy & the Drivers - The Sad Chicken
Koushik and Dudley Perkins - Don't Cry Baby
Koushik - Untitled 45 Track
Kashmere Stage Band - Ain't No Sunshine (J. Rocc Remix)
The Free Design - Umbrellas (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
Digable Planets with Lestie Bowie and Wah Wah Watson - Flyin' High in the Brooklyn Sky
Easu Mwamwaya & Radioclit - Kamphopo
Flying Lotus - Sleepy Dinosaur
Filastine - Fitnah
Saul Williams - African Student Movement
Guilty Simpson - Pigs
Antipop Consortium - Ghostlaws
Flying Lotus - Comet Course
UNKLE - Berry Meditation (Last Ever Mix)
Jaylib - Starz
Madlib & J Rocc - Blindfold Test #10 (He Don't Play)
Peanut Butter Wolf -The Chronicles (I Will Always Love H.E.R.)
Public Enemy - Terminator X To the Edge of Panic
Keith Le Blanc - No Sell Out
Flying Lotus - 1983 (Daedelus's Odd Dance Party Remix)
Zomby - Diamonds and Pearls
Pinch with Juakali - Brighter Day
Flying Lotus - Spicy Sammich
Shackleton - Death Is Not Final
The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)
Scuba - Twitch (VEXd Remix)

27.12.08

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:12:02 GMT

Nick

Koushik - What's Around

Jackson Conti - Upa Neguinho

Stark Reality - Rocket Ship

Ahmad Miller - Traffic Zone

Mayer Hawthorne and the Country - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

Timberland and Nelly - Permiscous Girl (Flying Lotus Remix)

Connie Price and the Keystones - Time to Kill

Kid Koala & Dynomite D - An Elegy

Nabeel:

Rod Freeman & THe Blue Men - I Hear A New World

My Bloody Valentine - Moonsong

Quarteto Em Cy - Sabato Mole

Nazz - See What You Can Be

O.V. Wright - Let's Straighten It Out

Freda Payne - The Easiest Way To Fall

Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love

Les Edits Du Golem - In the Basement (X-Rated Edit)

Jamie Liddell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Mr Oizo mix)

El Michels Affair - C.R.E.A.M.

TV Disko:

Francois de Roubaix - Le Dernier Domicile

Dennis the Fox - Pile Driver

Mike Berry - Dial My Number

Colorado - My Babe

Glitter Band - Makes You Blind

Rubberroom Re-Edit - Hippie Dance

It's a Fine Line - Woman

Nick:

Z-Trip & Radar - Private Parts

Steinski - It's Up to You (Television Remix)

Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day

Madvillain - Light of the Past

MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

James Pants - We're Through

Parliament - Chocolate City

Nabeel:

Black Moon - Buck Em Down (Beatminerz Remix)

Martyn - Natural Selection ( 3024 Remix)

Hank Levine & Orchestra - Image Part 1

John Barry - Theme For The Persuaders

TV Disko:

Epsilon - Leave the City

Breakwater - Release the Beast

Japan - Unconventional

John Ozila - Funky Boogie

Jona Lewie - Love Detonator (Rat Salad Edit)

The Jellies - Jive Baby on a Saturday Night

Nick:

Flying Lotus - Secrets (Soundmurderer Refix)

Ruf - Want Some Crack?

Fake Blood - Mars

Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)

Appleblim - Vansan

Pinch - Joyride

Iron Shirt - I Gave You All My Love (DJ /Rupture Mix)

The Bug - Poison Dart

Nabeel:

King Midas Sound - Cool Out
Quarta 330 - Sabacco
Rustie-Zig Zag
Neil Landstrumm - Easter Krunk Power
Theo Parrish - Chemistry
Daedelus feat. Abstract Rude & Busdriver - Girls
Yesterday's New Quintet- Mystic Brew/Knuckleahead/Harlem River Drive
Lone - Koran Angel

20.12.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:12:45 GMT

Nabeel:

Shackleton - Shortwave (Pole Remix)

Morgan Geist - Detroit (c2rmx2 by Carl Craig)

Quarta 330 - Sabacco

Rustie - Tempered

Pinch - Midnight Oil

DJ /Rupture - Reef

Starkey -Spacewalk

Kode9 vs. Ld - 2 Bad

Zomby - Spaceman

Caspa and Rusko - Soulful Geeza

Monolake - Helical Scan Index II

Martyn - Vancouver (2562's Puur Natuur Dub)

Joe McDuphrey Experience - Fifty Eight/Solar Waves

Cornell Campbell-Be thankful for what you got

A Certain Ratio - Waterline

Kenzie & Augustus Pablo - Clean Sweep

Flying Lotus - Rickshaw

KIng Tubby - Lotion A Guy From Spain

Colourbox - Looks Like We're Shy One Horse
EPMD - It's My Thing

Roots Radics - Helicopter Version

Marvin - Grapevine (Dapson Edit)
Les Edits du Golem - Shaking
The Impressions - Inner City Blues
Norma Jean Bell - I'm the Baddest Bitch (Moodymann dub)
Fela - Shuffa (Beatsy Collins re-edit)

Flying Lotus - Roberta Flack
Les Edits Du Golem- Girl Like You
Shackleton - In The Void

13.12.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:31:19 GMT

Nick:

Sound Directions - Tribe

Ahmad Miller - Traffic Zone

Breakestra - Deuces Up, Double Down Part 1

James Pants - This Christmas Girl

Count Bass D - Can We Hang Out Tonight

Jamie Lidell - Little Bit Of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Mix)

Flying Lotus - Grapesicles (Samiyam Remix)

Blockhead - Jet Son

Nabeel:

King Midas Sound - One Ting (Dabrye Remix)

Ricardo Villlalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)

Alk-e-d - Selector Remix

Foul Play - Ricochet

Warp 9 - Nunk

Singers and Players w/ Prince Fari - Bedward The Flying Preacher

Billy Boyo - One Spliff A Day (Version)

Billy Boyo - One Spliff A Day

Fedayi Pacha - Yallah, Cowboy

Nick:

Kid Koala & Dynomite D - An Elegy

Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock)

Aesop Rock - Tomorrow Morning

Public Enemy - Louder Than a Bomb

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)

Ruf - Want Some Crack?

Nabeel:

Scuba - The Upside (Martyn's Down Mix)

C-Jam & Kid Frost - Commando Rock (Vine Street MIx)

Melle Mel - 81

Les Edits Du Golem - Islamabad Serena

Gudrun Gut - Move Me (Thomas Fehlmann Tango Shuffle)

Ranking Dread - Super Star

Pablo All Stars - Pablo Meets Mr Bassie (Version)

Marvin - Mercy Mercy Me (Rapson Edit)

Mayer Hawthorne & The County - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

06.12.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:03:59 GMT

Nabeel:

Menahan Street Band - Tired of Fighting

Suicide - Cheree

Pablo's All Stars - Tubbs Dub Song

Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger

Tony Allen - Road Safety

Les Edits du Golem - Sumak

Nick:

Harrett & Sharron Lucky - Pease Porridge Hot

The Free Design - Cross Over Interlude

De La Soul - Patti Dooke

The Free Design - Where Do I Go (Madlib Remix)

J Dilla - Anti American Graffiti

Koushik - Lying in the Sun

Mayer Hawthorne and the Country - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out

James Pants - We're Through

Flying Lotus - Roberta Flack (Martyn's Heart Beat Mix)

Nabeel:

King Midas Sound - Lost (Flying Lotus Mix)

DJ Fokus - Media

Vindicatrix - Private Places (Shackleton & Mordant Music Remix)

Unknown - Bam Bam (Dupstep)

Scuba - The Upside (Martyn's Down Mix)

Double H Productions - Noise Level 1

Illuminarcy - The Real Arab Money

Nick:

Round Four w/ Tikiman - Found A Way

Appleblim - Vansan

Filastine - Fitnah

The Bug w/ Cutty Ranks - Gun Disease

Shackleton - Into The Void (Rupture Remix)

We - Second Hand Science

Kode9 - Distant Lights (Burial Remix)

29.11.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:10:12 GMT

Nick:
Amnesty - Everybody Who Wants to Be Free (Part 1)
Donald Byrd/Madlib - Steppin' Again
Money Mark - Cry (Dust Brothers Remix)
Kashmere Stage Band - Ain't No Sunshine (J Rocc Remix)
Flying Lotus - Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Kid Koala - Fender Bender
Koushik - Whats Around
Baby Elephant - Scratchinatanitchouttareach
Stetsasonc - So Stetsa I

Dan:
The Beginning of the End - When She Made Me Promise
RATAT - Falcon Jab
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Gerry and the Holograms - Gerry and the Hologram
Tomorrow - Space
Quiet Village - Circus of Horror
Altered Beats - Return of the Black Falcon

Nick:
The Coup - Pimps
MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
Nelly F - Permiscous (Flying Lotus Remix)
DJ Krush w/ Company Flow - Vision of Art
DJ Shadow - GDMFSOB (UNKLE Remix)
Pinch w/ Juakali - Brighter Day
The Bug w/ Warrior Queen - Posion Dart

Dan:
DLT - Trueschool
The Others - Let's take it back
SHOGUN aSSASSIN - Lone Wolf's Theme
Kraftwerk - Ruckzucker
Can - Mothersky (pilooski Edit)
Third Bardo - Five Years Ahead of My Time
Freestyle Fellowship - 7th Seal
Steinski - Let's play it cool

22.11.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:10:07 GMT

Nabeel:

Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down

Rufus Harley - About Trane

The Clark Sisters - You Brought The Sunshine (Into My Life)

Rhythm & Sound w/ Jennifer Lara - Queen In My Empire

Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)

Nick:

Kraftwerk - Europe Endless

Arabian Prince - Professor X

Double Dee and Steinski - Lesson 3

Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite (Cuts Remix)

Kraftwerk - Home Computer

Nabeel:

Kraftwerk - The Telephone (Francois Kevorkian Remix)

LFO - Syndrome

Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove

Muslimgauze - The Syrian Majishan

Was Not Was - Tell Me That I'm Dreaming

Shackleton - El Din (Part One)

Tom Waits - 16 Shells From A 30.6

Bunny Clarke - Be Thankful

Leila - Ode To Mr Hermann

Nick:

Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogram

Guilty Simpson - Footwork Size 12 Version

Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Francois K Remix)

Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock

Kraftwerk - Music Non Stop

15.11.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:12:47 GMT

Nick:

Nettle - GUTted (Mehmet Irdel Remix)

Timeblind - The Rastabomba

Saul Williams - Talk to Strangers

Madvillain - Light of the Past

Mutamassik - War Booty

Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop

James Pants - Cosmic Rapp

Beat Konducta - Open (Space)

Nabeel:

Ernest Ranglin - Surfin (Part 2)

ESG - Moody

Dinosaur L - In the Corn Belt

Nicolette - No Government in the Biosphere

Liquid Liquid - Cavern (The Cut Chemist Rocks a Rave in A Missile Silo Mix)

Mordant Music - Olde Wobbly

Horace Andy/King Tubbys & The Aggrovators - Blessed Dub

DJ Shadow - Organ Donor

Nick:

Beat Konducta - Pyramids (Change)

Boo-Ya Tribe - Psyko Funk (Prince Paul Remix)

KMD - Smokin' That S*#%

A Tribe Called Quest - Get A Hold

Blockhead - Jet Son

Sly and the Family Stone - Loose Booty

Mixmaster Mike + Lateef and The Gift of Gab - Kalkuta Show

Aesop Rock - The Harbor is Yours

The Bug w/ Warrior Queen - Insane

Nabeel:

Flying Lotus - LTWXRMX

Coldcut feat. Roots Manuva - Tru Skool (Opensource/Teksupport Refix)

Nicodemus - Jah King of Kings

Ebony Sisters & Mudies All Stars - Let Me Tell You Boy

Mudie's All Stars - Serious Version

Koushik - Untitled 7" A -Side

Brother Jack McDuff - On The Case

Weldon Irvine - Jungle Juice

08.11.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:01:33 GMT

Nabeel:

Inamans - Rythm (sic) Rock
Dee Edwards - Why Can't There Be Love?
Mantronix - Join Me Please (Homeboys Make Some Noise) (Noise It Up Mix)
Black Riot - A Day In The Life
Lennie De Ice - We are IE (Caspa & Rusko Remix)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Respiration (Flying High Main Mix)
Sly & The Family Stone - I Want To Take You Higher
Barrington Levy - A Yah We Deh
Koushik - Untitled 7" a-side
Panda Bear - Bros

Nick:

Aloe Blacc - Whole World

Curtis Mayfield - Wild and Free

Stevie Wonder - Black Man

Outkast - Rosa Parks

Mos Def - Hip Hop

Public Enemy - Brothers Gonna Work It Out (Remix)

Beastie Boys - Shadrach

Zimbabwe Legit - Shadow's Legitimate Mix

Madvillain - Great Day (Four Tet Remix)

Saul Williams - PG

DJ Food - Dark Lady

DJ Shadow - Organ Donor (Extended Overhaul)

Up, Bustle and Out - Hip Hop Barrio

Liquid Liquid - Let's Hear It for the B-Boy Remix

Bigg Jus - Say Goodbye

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Massive Attack - Hymn of the Big Wheel

Koushik - Lying in the Sun

01.11.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:32:44 GMT

Nabeel:

Maurizio - Ploy (Strategic Mix Part 2)

A Guy Called Gerald - Silent Cry

Flying Lotus - Paper Crane Gang

Trim - Thief In The Night

The Wailers - Duppy Conqueror

DB Shrier Quartet - East

Koushik - Untitled a side Stones Throw 7"

Dorothy Ashby - Wax and Wane

Nick:

Prince Paul - And the Winner Is?

Ta$h - Vote Obama

Ice Cube - Bird in the Hand

Prince - Sign of the Times

Parliament - Chocolate City

Eric B and Rakim - Eric B is President Dub

Saul Williams - Not in Our Name

Mos Def and Talib Kweli - Know That

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Amos and Andy Instrumental

Nabeel:

Selda - Ince Ince

Lefties Soul Connection - Organ Donor

Diverse feat. Vast Aire - Big Game (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

Dancing Djedi - Body Surfin' (Gamm) (Mos Def vs. Emest Ranglin)

Johnny Osbourne - Waterpumping

Roots Radics - Waterpumping Version

Keak Da Sneak/BDP - Super Hyphy/The Bridge Is Over (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

Pete Rock - Return of the Mecca

Nick:

Brian Eno and David Byrne - America Is Waiting

Malcolm X/Keith Le Blanc - No Sell Out

Saul Williams - African Student Movement

Tricky - Black Steel

DJ Shadow - In Flux

M.I.A. w/ Jay Z - Boyz

Sam Cooke - Change Gonna Come

25.10.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:29:38 GMT

Nick:

Kid Koala - I Gotta Rock

Yesterdays New Quintet - Superstition

M.I.A. w/ Jay-Z - Boyz (Remix)

Saul Williams - List of Demands (Memory Crash Remix)

Public Enemy - Can't Truss It (Almighty Raw 125th Street Bootleg Mix)

Madvillain - Great Day (Four Tet Remix)

Guilty Simpson - Footwork Size 12 Instrumental Version

Nabeel:

A Tribe Called Quest - Clap your hands

Flying Lotus - Rickshaw

23 Skidoo - Vegas El Bandito

Shackleton - You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix)

Les Edit du Golem - Islamabad Serena

Weird Tapes - My Babe Walk

Kraftwerk - Expo2000 DJ Rolando Mix

Nick:

Parliament - Chocolate City

Pharoahe Monch - Welcome to the Terrordome

Blackalicious - Paragraph President

Flying Lotus w/ Lil Wayne - Robo Tussin

Unknown Japanese Artist - Just Wanna Touch Her (Stoned Jazz Remix)

Pressure w/ Warrior Queen - Money Honey

Kode9 - Nine Samurai

Appleblim - Vansan

Nabeel:

Dorothy Ashby - The Moving Finger

Lupe Fiasco, Pharrell, Q Tip, Sarah Green - Paris, Tokyo Remix

Taggy Matcher - Frontin

Shackleton - Shortwave (Pole Remix)

Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)

18.10.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:29:27 GMT

Nabeel ('to all my people who have passed away'):

The Diddys featuring Paige Douglas - Intergalactic Highway
Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon - Why did you leave me to cry
Horace Andy - Jamaican National Heroes
Jorge Ben - Take It Easy My Brother Charles
Serge Gainsbourg - Black Trombone
Khedayer Bin Kessab - Taqsim
Dusk & Blackdown - Lata VIP
The Four Tops - 7 Rooms of Gloom
Alton Ellis - Cry Tough

Nick:

Prince Paul - And the Winner Is?
Public Enemy - Anti Nigger Machine
Parliament - Chocolate City
The Coup - Ride the Fence
The Perceptionists - People 4 Prez
DJ Vadim w/ Moshun Man - The Terrorist
Bigg Jus - Night Before
Company Flow - End to End Burners
Madvillain - Butter King Jewels

Nabeel:

Charlie Feathers - Bottle to the Baby
Darondo vs. Nas - Hope (Z.A.K. Remix)
Organized Konfusion - Walk Into The Sun
Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne - Girls Around the World
Eazy E - Boyz-N-The-Hood (Remix)
dj BC - Stop The Violence in Africa (Toto vs. BDP)
Pace - Reagan Flexi
Marc The 808 Bass Queen - 900 Bass Number
M.O.P. - Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Slakah The Beatchild - B-Boy Beef
Kazi - A.V.E.R.A.G.E.
Danny Kirwan - Midnight in San Juan

Nick:

Nicolette - No Government
Kode9 + The SpaceApe - Sine
Depeche Mode - Painkiller (DJ Shadow Remix)
Dragon Ash w/ Rappagariya - Deep Impact (DJ Krush Remix)
Madlib w/ J. Rocc - Blindfold Test #10
Mulatu Astatke - Mulatu

11.10.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:43:42 GMT

Nick:

Shackleton - Blood on My Hands
Pinch w/ Juakali - Brighter Day
Blockhead - The Art of Walking
DJ Shadow - Bring Madlib Up
Madvillain - Sermon
Flying Lotus w/ Lil Wayne - Robo Tussin
Count Bass D - False or True
One Self - Fear the Labour
Daedelus - Vote Obama
Of Montreal - Id Engager (Mad Decent Remix)
Blackalicious - Rock the Spot
The Herbaliser w/ Latyrx - 8 Point Agenda (Version 2)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - T.A.T.B. (For the Saints and Sinners Remix)
Public Enemy - Shut Em Down
Gangstarr - DJ Premier In Deep Concentration
Herbie Hancock - Rockit 2.002
Gescom - Track 1
Kraftwerk - Expo2000 (Francois K and Rob Rives Mix)
Burial - U Hurt Me
Bigg Jus - Poor People's Day
Aesop Rock - Bring Back Pluto
Saul Williams and Krust - Coded Language
The Bug w/ Spaceape - Fuckaz
Two Fingers - Have It Like That
Appleblim - Mystical Warrior

04.10.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:01:09 GMT

Nick:

Blockhead - The Strain
James Pants - Ka$h (Trizzy & XXXchange Remix)
Radiohead - Reckoner (Diplo Remix)
Beastie Boys - Alive
The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO
Boogie Down Productions - Illegal Business

Nabeel:

DJ Einstein & MC Zaakir - Impeach the president
Third Wave - Eleanor Rigby
Quiet Village - Victoria's Secret
Shoes - No Hands Gramma (Bill Withers re-edit)
Paul Blackman - Say So
Timmy Thomas - We Can't We Live Together (Underdog Rework)
The Zombies - Beechwood Park
Barbara Acklin - I Can't Be Myself (Floorman Edit)
Flying Lotus -LTWRMX

Nick:

Madvillain - One Beer (Drunk Version)
Madvillain - Light of the Past
Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
Shut Up and Dance - Lamborghini
Shape of Broad Minds - Electric Blue (Dr Who Dat Remix)
Subtle - Not
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Red Light Green Light
Kraftwerk - Man Machine
Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact

Nabeel:

John Brown - Sarah Palin (I wanna lay pipe)
Caveman - I'm Ready
Lennie De Ice - We are IE (Caspa & Rusko Mix)
Zomby-Float
Boy 8-Bit - Fogbank
Shackleton - You Bring Me Down (Peverelist Remix)

27.09.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:32:16 GMT

Nabeel:

Nick was at a SAFE meeting so I took the helm on the music front. The order's wrong in a few places I'm afraid, since I didn't bother to type the playlist. I may have missed the odd tune. Began on the financial crisis front just after the Obama/McCain debate had ended...

Harry J Allstars - Liquidator (DJ Eleven Remix)
Roots Manuva - Again and Again (Matt Elders Remix)
John Brown - Sarah Palin (I Wanna Lay Pipe)
Rebel Diaz - Trillion
N.W.A. - Panic Zone
Articulate - Arab Money
Dee Dee Sharp - Easy Money
Funkadelic - Funky Dollar Bill
The KLF - Make Mine a "99"
Sarantis - More than Money (Featuring Warrior Queen)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)
The Staple Singers - After Sex
Stevie Wonder - Golden Lady
Mia Doi Todd - My Room Is White (Flying Lotus Remix)
Ricardo Villalobos - Electric Water
Lee Moses - Time and Place
Madlib the Beat Konducta - Pyramids (Change)
DJ Negro - Andres Ladero vs. The Roockie
Mark Lee Allen & The Driver Brothers - The Oil Field is Burning
Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - Ramadan in Space Time
Barry Adamson - The Man with the Golden Arm
Orlando Julius & His Modern Aces - Solo Hit (Instrumental)
Jean Claude Vannier - Je m'appelle Geraldine (mid-tempo)
Flying Lotus-Shadow
Flying Lotus - Shhh
Johnny Clarke - Babylon
Leila - Mettle
Trimbal - Taliban
A Guy Called Gerald - The Nile
Róisín Murphy - Primitive
Ragga Twins - 18" Speaker
Osymyso - Eternal Father
Dick Hyman - Give It Up or Turn it Loose
Shoes - Kyen Kyen
Baris Manço - Lamaya Püf De
Chubb Rock - Just The Two of Us (Trackmaster Remix)
Maurizio - Ploy (Strategic Mix part 2)
Shackleton - Shortwave (Pole Remix)
Augustus Pablo - Arabian Rock

20.09.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:00:59 GMT

Nabeel:

Nightwriters - Let the Music use you (dub)
Flying Lotus - Promiscuous (Nelly and Timbaland remixed)
Shackleton - Shortwave (Pole Remix)
Dahi Ben Walid - Soubhanak Allah
Shackleton - Shortwave
Cabaret Voltaire - Spread the virus
The Upsetters - Nyambia Dub
Mulatu of Ethiopia - Mascaram Seteba
Francoise Hardy - Le Temps Des Souvenirs

Nick:

Coco Solid - Style Economy
James Pants - Ka$h (Trizzy and XXXchange Remix)
Of Montreal - Id Engager (Mad Decent Remix)
Professor X - Professor X (Saga)
Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogramm
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls (Instrumental)

Nabeel:

Mordant Music - Olde Wobbly
Eon - The Spice Must Flow (Saul Kane Version)
Mantronix - Who is it (Radio version)
DJ Muhava - Township Funk
Dusk & Blackdown - Rollin with Raj Deep
MC Lyte - Cappucino
A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) (Re-recording)
Badoo & Toyan - Rockin of the 5,000 (12" version)
Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)
Bad Brains - Banned in DC

Nick:

The Kleptones - Revolverlution
Bollywood Freaks - Last Night Bollywood Saved My Life
Sneakers and Lace - Sidewalk Convoy
Murs - Transition
A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Rage
The Bug with Cutty Ranks - Gun Disease
Appleblim - Girder

13.09.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:24:18 GMT

Nick:

Charles Mingus - Devil Woman
Karl Hector & the Malcouns - Followed Path
Jackson Conti - Upa Neguinho
Baby Washington - Think About the Good Times
Aloe Blacc - One Inna
Koushik - Lying in the Sun
DJ Vadim - Vad Forgive Me (Bullfrog Kid Koala Mix)
The Esso Trinida Steel Band - I Want You Back
White Mice - Nothing Never Done Before the Time
Keith Hudson - California
Rhythm and Sound w/ Shalom - We Been Troddin
Shackleton - Death is Not Final
Mutamassik - Sa'aidi Hardcore
Steel an SKin - Afro Punk Reggae (Dub)
Coco Solid - Ninjas Attack
Subtle - Eneby Kurs
The Kleptones - Question
DJ Marz - City of Fork Yuen
Beat Konducta - Untitled
MC Serch - Here It Comes
N.W.A. - Panic Zone
Shut Up and Dance w/ Ragga Twins - Lamborghini
Model 500 - Night Drive
Pinch - Brighter Day
Burial - Distant Lights (Kode9 Remix)
The Bug - Murder We
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)
Skream w/ Warrior Queen - Check It

06.09.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:07:53 GMT

Nick:
Kraftwerk - Die Mensh-Maschine (Live)
Arabian Prince - Simple Planet
James Pants - We're Through
Davy DMX - One for the Treble
Z-Trip - Further Explorations Into the Black Hole
Quarta 330 - Sunset Dub

Dan:
Fujiya & Miyagi - Knickerbocker (Inst)
Truckasaurus - Super Copter
Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck
Zeet Band - Boogie Loo
Koto Mata - Tali Bong
Michael Cook - Kevin Harris Sectio
Michael Cook - Pools Section
Can - Mushroom

Nick:
Blockhead - Dough Nation
Santogold and Amanda Blank - I'm a Lady (Diplo Mix)
MC Lyte - 10% Dis
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls For Life
Push Button Objects w/ Del, Mr Lif & DJ Craze - 360 Degrees
Two Fingers w/ Durrty Goodz - Have It Like That
Keak Da Sneak / BDP - Super Hyphy / The Bridge is Over (Ghilain Porier Mix)
Nephews of Fela - Mulah!

Dan:
Ignace De Souza - Asaw Fofor
Santogold - Guns of BRooklyn
DELTRON 3030 - Virus
Thunderball - Electric Shaka
Scattermish - New Bollywood Chemicals
RZA - Afro Samurai Movement 1
Glen Porter - Transient
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightin' 68
Manu Dibango - Weya

20.08.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:08:29 GMT

Nick:

Jackson Conti - Casa Forte
Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker - Let's Start
Tony Allen - Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
Karl Hector and the Malcouns - Popcorn With a Feeling
Nobody with Blank Blue - All the Shallow Deep
Guerrilla New Network - Happy Ramadan Osama bin Laden
The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO
Chuck D - No
Boogie Down Productions - Poetry
Eric B and Rakim - Know the Ledge
Gravediggaz - Defective Trip
GZA - Shadowboxin'
Tricky - Bad Things
Radiohead / DJ Shadow - Would You Buy a War From This Man
Dr Ring Ding - Bombs Over Baghdad
Shackleton - Blood On My Hands
Mutamassik - Doun Doun (The Crux)
Bigg Jus - This is Poor People's Day
Squarepusher - Welcome to Europe
Blackalicious - Deception (Ruby Dee Mix)
Rusko - Cockney Thug
The Bug - Jah War
Appleblim - Gold and Silver
Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
Flying Lotus - Rickshaw

23.08.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:51:36 GMT

Nick:

Milt Jackson - Oo-Oo Bossa Noova
Tony Allen - Reggae Land Dub (Wareika Hill Sounds Mix)
Shinehead / DJ Lengua - Jamaican In New York (DJ Rupture Blend)
C-Rayz Walz - Buck 80
Ultimate Force - I'm Not Playing
James Pants - Crysal Lite

Nabeel:

Schoolly D - It's Crack
Redman - I'll be dat
Eddie Bo - Can you handle it?
The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination - Amalinja
Big John Hamilton - Take This Hurt Off Me
Geiom - Reminissin' (Shackleton Remix)
Ricardo Villalobos - Minimoonstar (Shackleton Remix)
Girl Talk - I want you back

Nick:

DJ /Rupture - No Heathen
Kode9 and The SpaceApe - Fukkaz
The Bug - Warning
Shackleton - Naked
Burial - U Hurt Me
Gatekeeper - Tomb
Atoms Family - High on Life (Mils Mix)

Nabeel:

Moritz Von Oswald & Tikiman - Live PA at Shanti, Moskow 11.04.08
Ranking Dread - Superstar
Tenor Fly & Congo Natty - Comin On Strong
Virus Syndicate - Peng in the air
Skream - Headbanger
Ragga Twins - 18" speaker
Applebim - Vansan

16.08.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:30:22 GMT

Nick:

Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix)
Aesop Rock - Catacomb Kids
Diplo - Brew BMore
Funky 4 + 1 More - That's the Joint (Steinski Remix)
James Pants- We're Through

Nabeel:

Isaac Hayes - Ike's Mood
Tricky - Hell is Round the Corner
Brand Nubian - Don't Let It Go To Your Head
Diverse feat. Vast Aire - Big Game (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Chaka - Carnivor President
Genius/GZA - Labels
Leila - Mettle

Nick:

Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogram
Zombie - Spliff Dub (Rustie Remix)
The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls
Wale - The Vacation From Ourselves
Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brooklyn (Aesop Rock Remix)
The Bug - Freak Freak

Nabeel:

Esau Mwamwaya, Santogold & MIA - Get It Up
Shut Up & Dance feat. Ragga Twins - Lamborghini
Tribe of Issachar - Junglist
Rusko - Cockney Thug
Faction G - Tortured
Sting Ray All Stars - Fort Augustus Riddim
Steel An' Skin - Afro Punk Reggae (Dub)
Nitro Deluxe - Let's Get Brutal

09.08.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:38:20 GMT

Nabeel:

Nas - One Love (One L Main Mix)
Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground
Boards of Canada - In A Beautiful Place Out in The Country
Mayday - To Be Or Not To Be
Black Moon - Buck Em Down (Da Beatminerz Remix)
Labelle - Sun Shadow (Re-Edit)
Theo Parrish - Satisfunktion

Nick:

The Avalanches - Since I Left You
James Pants - We're Through
Amanda Blank & Diplo - I'm a Lady
Mr Len w/ Brewin & Jean Grae - Love Venom
The Coup - Ride the Fence
Tokyo Police Club w/ Aesop Rock - Baskervilles Amplive Die Hard Remix
Spank Rock - What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Steinski - Electric Vindaloo

Nabeel:

Doug Anderson - Mama Here Comes The Preacher
Nephews of Fela - Mulah!
Elephant Man - Tainted Love
Ghislain Poirier - Go Ballistic feat. MC Zulu (Toddla T & Duckbeats Remix)
Diplo - Bandida (feat. Deize Tigrona)
Skream - Movin' Snares
Prince Jazzbo - Replay Version
Flying Lotus - Interference

Nick:

Burial - U Hurt Me
Kode9 & the Spaceape - Konfusion
Digital Mystikz & Loefah - Twis Up (Youngsta and Task VIP Remix)
The Bug - Angry feat. Tippa Irie
Saul Williams - List of Demands (Memory Crash Remix)
Unknown - mix3v2 [Careless Whisper inna breakcore stylee]
DJ /Rupture - In Front of You

02.08.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 10:02:50 GMT

Nick:

Innerzone Orchestra - People Make the World Go Round (Kenny Dixon Jr Remix)
Talking Heads - Seen and Not Seen
Harmonic 313 - Problem 1
Kraftwerk - Home Computer
James Pants - Future Delight

Nabeel:

Eliot Lipp - The Area
Bass Clef - Get On the A10 and Drive and Drive
Pole - Achterbahn (Shackleton Remix)
Disrupt - Jah Red Gold And Green
El Guincho - El Guincho Final De Archipielago
Lakim Shabazz - Style Wars
The Silhouettes - Lunar Invasion
Burial - Exit Wounds

Nick:

Peanut Butter Wolf - The Chronicles (I will Always Love H.E.R.)
Tha Alkaholiks - Hip Hop Drunkies
Tobacco - Dirt
Public Enemy - Do You Want to Go Our Way ???
Bigg Jus - Supa Nigga
Pinch - Brighter Day (featuring Juakali)
Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish

Nabeel:

Ulf Lohmann - Because Before (The Orb Remix)
The Third Eye Foundation - For All The Brothers And Sisters
Venetian Snares - CCUK
Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy (Black Lung Remix)
The Walias Band - Muziqawi Silt
Steven 'Lenky' Marsden - Diwali Riddim
Cecile - Respect Yuh Wife (Diwali Riddim)
The Egyptian Lover - Girls (Dub Mix)
Folkways - Gangland (Excerpt)
Loefah - Disko Rekah
Dave Clarke - No One's Driving
Mr Lif - Take, Hold, Fire!
DJ Negro - Lluvia

26.07.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:07:26 GMT

Nabeel:

Just me today coz Nick was at the film festival catching another eyeful. I thought I wasn't going to make it either coz of the severe storm warning (Civil Defense!), but the weather hadn't got so terrible in central Auckland at that point. The rolling thunder sample on the Base desk came in useful today.

Shape of Broad Minds - Electric Blue (Dr Who Dat? Remix)
Kode9 - Konfusion (Dub)
Jan Jelenik - Traffic Echoes
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes (Molecule Remix)
Mala - Alicia
Calle 13 featuring La Mala Rodriguez - Suerte Con El 13
Myrna Hague - Touch Me
James Pants - Ain't Nobody (Frankie Knuckles Hallucinogenic Dub)
The Chromatics - I'm On Fire
One Self - Fear The Labour
Goodie Mob - Inshallah
Darondo - Didn't I
Clark - Ted (Bibio Remix)
Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers
Jon Lucien - Kuende/Would You Believe in Me
Koushik - Lying In The Sun
DEB Players - Robbery In The City
MLZ - Dark Days
Gene Autry - Dust
A Plus D - $20 Monday
Madvillain - No Brain
Macka Diamond - Robbery
Trim - Taliban
Ninja Crew - We Destroy
Don Armando's 2nd Avenue Rhumba Band - I'm An Indian Too
Tego Calderon - Ni Fu Ni Fa
Flying Lotus - Rickshaw
DJ Negro - Mundo Quiero
Lotfi - Batard
Jackie Mittoo - Ayatollah
Eric B & Rakim - Casualties of War
Leila - Duwayne

19.07.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:48:42 GMT

Nick:

Kraftwerk - Computer World
Diplo - Brew Barrymore
Tony Allen - Fuji Ouija (Diplo Remix)
Tom Tom Club - Genius in Love
Baby Elephant - Plainfield
Edan - Sagittarius Rap
Beastie Boys - Shadrach (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)

Nabeel:

David Axelrod - Holy Thursday
Lil Wayne - Dr Carter
Too Short - I Ain't Trippin (James Pants Ruff Remix)
Flying Lotus - Robo Tussin (ft. Lil Wayne)
The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made For These Times (Bullion Remix)
Wale - Cuz I'm African
Izza Kizza - 11ven 12welve
D Train - You're The One For Me (Ulysses82 Ultramagnet Re-cut)

Nick:

Shape of Broad Minds - Opr8r (Collie Park Remix)
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls For Life
The Bug - Poision Dart
Shackleton - Death is Not Final feat. Vengeance Tenford
Saul Williams - Black Stacey (Remix)
Dr Octagon - Blue Flowers (Prince Paul Remix)
Count Bass D - Thank The Lord

Nabeel:

Jamie Liddell - Little Bit Of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Remix)
Little Junior & His Blue Flames - Feelin' Good
Flying Lotus - Rickshaw
Oro11 - Pibes Walk Out
Santogold & Diplo - Guns of Brooklyn (Doc and Jon Hill Dub)
Cornell Campbell - Ten To One
Glass Candy - Geto Boys
Dillinja - Steal The Way
Lehmber Hussainpuri - Oh Kudi Patni (Remix)
Wayne Jarrett - Bubble Up
Gas - Track 3 from Pop

12.07.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:38:41 GMT

Nabeel:

Gas - Track 1 from Gas
Asa-Chang & Junray - Tabla Bol (Catastrophe)
Arthur Russell - The Platform on the Ocean
Ghislain Poirier - Exils feat. Abdel Hak Rahal
Dabrye - Air (featuring Doom)
Flying Lotus - Roberta Flack feat. Dolly
Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top

Nick:

Jackson Conti - Upa Neguinho
DJ /Rupture - Musquito (Club Foot Remix)
Flying Lotus - Paper Crane Gang
Baby Elephant - Babyelephant n Thangs
Major Force - The Re-Return of the Original Art Form (Cut Chemist Mix)
The Roots - Stay Cool
Tony Allen - Tetsuya's Theme (Newham Generals Remix)
James Pants - Dragonslayer

Nabeel:

The Marvels - Rocksteady
Eric B & Rakim - Casualties of War
Eddie Bo & Inez Cheatham - Lover & Friend
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth - Slave To My Soundwave
Conquering Lion - Code Red (Original Dubplate Remix)
Al Haji K. Frimpong - Kyenken Bi Adu Mawu
Asiko Rock Group - Lagos City
Marvellous Cain - CB4
Bo Diddley - Background To A Music

Nick:

Coco Solid - Ninjas Attack
Eric B & Rakim vs Andrew Broder - Follow the Leader
Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact
Saul Williams - World on Wheels
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - My World Premiere
Laurie Anderson - From the Air (Automator Remix)
Benga - Tech Wobbler

05.07.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 07:20:55 GMT

Nick:
Mel Brown - Son of a Preacher Man
J Dilla - Signs
Flying Lotus - Paper Crane Gang
Shape of Broad Minds - Electric Blue (Dr Who Dat? Remix)
Baby Elephant - If You Don't Wanna Dance
Tony Allen - Awa Nare (Bonde De Role Remix)
Architecture in Helsinki - Adrenaline (DJ /rupture Remix)
Tenastelin - Burial Tonight
Kode9 and the Spaceape - Konfusion

Kurt:
MF Doom - Smokin' That Shit
Grey Boy feat sharon jones & quantic - Got to be a love
Tribe Called Quest - I Left My Wallet In El Segundo
Jungle Brothers - The Brothers
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
DJ Vadim - It's Obvious
Herbaliser feat MF Doom - It Ain't Nuttin'

Nick:
Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit
Cornelius - Typewrite Lesson
Lelia - Deflect
The Bug w/ Paul St Hilaire - Live and Learn
Coco Solid - Graffiti Girls for Life
Tony Allen - Fuji Ouija (Diplo Remix)
Burial - Untrue

Kurt:
DJ Krush - Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
DJ Food Giorgio Moroder - Tears
Jean Grae - Take Me
Oh No feat Murs - In This
The Herbaliser feat what what - Bring It
Mos Def feat q-tip - Mr. Nigga
Amon Tobin - Straight Psyche
Blockhead - Dough Nation

28.06.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:51:15 GMT

Nick:
Arthur Baker - Breakers Delight (Freestylers Remix)
Herbie Hancock - Rock It (2.002 Remix)
Ice T - I'm Your Pusher
Jeru the Damaja - Come Clean
The Herbaliser and Latyrx - 8 Point Agenda
The Alkaholiks with Lootpack - Tore Down

Dan T:
Lefties SOul Connection - Organ Donor
Can - Mothersky (Pilooski Edit)
Spaghetti Head - Funky Axe
Jerry Cole and The Stingers - Mo Jo
Ebony Rhythm Band - Drugs Ain't Cool (Instrumental)
The Dragoneers - Kung Fu
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Methods (Part 1&2)
Africa Show

Nick:
Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See (Instrumental)
The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)
Flying Lotus - Spicy Sammich
John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13
Wilman De Jesus - Walk Like an Egyptian (Pytter Mix)
Guilty Simpson - Pigs
Da Lynch Mob - Guerillas In Tha Mist
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselekor Remix)

Dan T:
Lil Wayne - A Milli (Dubbel Dutch Remix)
Gamilah Shabazz - America's Living in a War Zone
Public Enemy - Welcome to the Terrordome
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - My World Premiere
IRN MNKY - How Soon is MVP
Edan - Fumbling over words that rhyme (crazy remix)
The Marvels - Rock Steady

21.06.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:46:43 GMT

Nick:
Shackleton - Death is not Final
Coldcut - Atomic Moog (The Qemists Remix)
GZA, Prodigal Sunn and Nigo - K.F.F. 2000
Kid Koala - Emperor's Main Course
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Dan T:
Myspace(?) - Beepy Keys
Myspace(?) Sega Genesis
Shoes - Kyen Kyen
DJ Shadow - MLK (Say No Go Steel Drum Edit)
Marc Moulin - Balek
Statik Selektah - Punch-Out
Myspace(?) - My Nintendo
Kid Carpet - The Kid's Back
Dan Tanner - Terminator X is
Ratatat/Spank Rock - Wildcat/Backyard Betty

Nick:
James Pants - Future Delight
Diplo - Brew Barrymore
Andrew Broder vs ODB - Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Jamie Lidell - Little Bit Of Feel Good (Senior Coconut Remix)
Edan - Sagittarius Rapp
Betty Davis - Anti Love Song
6ix - I'm Just Like You
Jay Z - 99 Problems
Dizzee Rascal - Sirens

Dan T:
Ratatat - Mirando
The Bacao Rhythm and Steel Band - Look-A-Py-Py
Stevie Wonder - 1-2-3 Sesame Street
Manzel - Space Funk
Notorious BIG - Party and Bullshit (Ratatat Remix)
Mike The 2600 - Oh Yeah!
Lefties Soul Connection - Chop It!
Zeph & Platurn - Rock The Funky Episode
Skinny Friedman - Buck Buck Champions

14.06.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 06:16:06 GMT

Nick:

Prince Paul - Inside Your Mind
Boogie Down Productions - Advance
Newcleus - Jam on Revenge
James Pants - Ka$h
T La Rock & Jazzy Jay - It's Yours
Loefah - It's Yours
The Bug - Skeng
Benga - Zero M2

Nabeel:

Theo Parrish - Still Love Still Happiness
Donald Byrd - Stepping Into Tomorrow
Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers (Rae Davis Remix)
The Pharcyde - She Said (Jay Dee Remix)
King Britt presents Sylk 130 - Beauty Of Machines
Chaz Jankel - 3,000,000 Synths (Sean P Edit)
Funkmaster Wizard Wiz - Grand Concourse & 138th

Nick:

Organized Konfusion - The Rough Side of Town
MC Lyte - MC Lyte Likes Swingin'
Ty w/ Roots Manuva - Oh You Want More
Bigg Jus - Say Goodbye
Heliocentrics w/ MF Doom and Percee P - Distant Star
John Carpenter - Assault on Precinct 13
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge

Nabeel:

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo Remix)
Erkin Koray - Cemalim
Paula Perry - Extra Extra
Roxanne Shante - Big Mama (Large Professor Remix)
Fela Ransome Kuti & Nigeria 70 - Funky Horn

07.06.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:37:13 GMT

Nick:

DJ Shadow - Bring Madlib Up
Organized Konfusion - Fudge Pudge
Roots Manuva - Clockwork
Two Fingers w/ Durrty Goodz - Have It Like That
Skream w/ Warrior Queen - Check It
Coldcut - Just for the Kick
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin (Modeslektor Remix)

Nabeel:

Shy FX - Junglist
Ghislain Poirier - Cham/Sixtoo
Michael Smith - Black 'n' White/Mi Feel It
Bounty Killer on DP's Hip Hop Beat - Fed Up
Fela Anikulapo Kuti with Afrika 70 - Dog Eats Dog
Mutamassik - Doun Doun (The Crux)
Theo Parrish - Synthetic Flemm

Nick:

Jamie Lidell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Senior Coconut Mix)
Cocoa Brovas w/ Mr Cheeks - Super Brooklyn
3rd Bass - Steppin' to the AM
Digital Underground - No Nose Job (Fat Bass International Mix)
EPMD - Crossover
Slick Rick - Mona Lisa
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - Thou Shall Always Kill

Nabeel:

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Creator (EP Remix)
Redhead Kingpin & The FBI - Do The Right Thing (The Happiness Remix by Nellee Hooper & Jazzie B)
Soul II Soul - Keep On Movin' (Teddy Riley's Rub A Dub)
The Pharcyde - Passin Me By (Fly as Pie Mix)
Lee Perry/Keith Rowe - Groovy Dub
Don Cornel & The Eternals - Reach Out Darling
Lee Moses - California Dreaming
Mudie's All Stars - Reach Out Darling (Version)
Ruby Andrews - Casanova (Your Playing Days Are Over)
Tommy McCook - Harvest in the East
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta

31.05.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:59:24 GMT

Nabeel:

Nick was in Welli with Erin so I was personning The Basement again. Thought Fanon Che Wilkins was coming in but he may have had the jet lag or been delayed. Anyhow, in anticipation of his appearance I had more classics than usual with a big emphasis on late 80s and early 90s hip hop. Some dubwise and dubstepping tracks. The odd R & B thing. Disco and even house. The time went very quickly. Thanks to Cian and Saghir for texting in. Manaia Toa followed me with that Coca Cola red wine and ice cubes concoction. Again, have forgotten the order of my tunes but a lot of the following went down:

Disrupt - Blast You To Bits
El Hijo De La Cumbia - Cumbia de Los Barrios
Rebel MC - Rich A Getting Richer feat. Little T
Kode9 & SpaceApe - Sine
Applebim - Vansan
JME - Pence
Kode9 - Konfusion (dub)
Laurent Garnier - Acid Eiffel
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart (Skream Remix)
DJ Apex - EZ Ting
DJ STV SLV - Bumpangel
Santogold - Shove It
Clout - Sunshine Baby
Ringo - Working Class
Howard Johnson - Say You Wanna (Pants Re-Edit)
El Coco/Jimmy Ross - First True Love Affair (Eddie Tour Edit)
Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (Siik Remix)
Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star - Respiration (Flying High Main Mix)
Rakim - It's Been A Long Time
Mixmaster Mike - Terrorwrist (Beneath the Under)
Common Sense - The Bitch in Yoo
King Tee - Ya Better Bring A Gun
De La Soul - Ego Trippin' (Part Two) (Gumbo Funk Remix)
The Pharcyde - Drop
Fonda Rae - Over Like A Fat Rat
Ty featuring Eska - Sophisticated and Course (Everyday Thoughts)
Dennis Brown - 3 Meals A Day (Dub)
Freddie McGregor - Leave Ya (Version)
Dillinger & Friends - Five Man Army
Ragga Twins - The Killing
Tipper Irie - Complaint Neighbour
Thomas Leer - West End
Jo Jo Bennett & Mudie's All Stars - Leaving Rome (With Strings)
Ernest Wilson - I Know Myself

24.05.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:54:30 GMT

Nick was away this weekend so just me in the studio on my todd. Didn't write or type anything so this playlist is certainly off kilter but these tunes were all there. So much fun. Complete immersion. I was totally lost in the sounds, no prep and completely improvisatory, with messy blends and some thematic links. I'm sure it was disquieting listening for the on-point beatmasters on Base, but let's be open about various DJ styles/messthetics. Though in no way trying to do the same thing, I was inspired this week by Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix of Turkish and Middle Eastern sounds (Cian kindly gave me a copy) and the deepness of Theo Parrish's Sound Structures Volume 1 CD which I just got in the post. Stunning black music, black to the future. A profoundly political and funkalicious work. So lots of Theo and those sorts of headspaces and grooves. Time, time, time, time, as John Holt sings. Next week Fanon Che Wilkins will be on the show to talk about Hurricane Katrina and hip hop and other stuff. He teaches African-American history in Japan and just interviewed Pete Rock. So I'm looking forward to that. Keeping it (sur)real....

Nabeel:

Nightmares On Wax - Stars
Theo Parrish - Music
Shackleton - Death is Not Final feat. Vengeance Tenford (T++ Remix)
Benga & Coki - Drumz West
Ultramagnetic MCs - Give The Drummer Some
Harmonic 313 - Solve It: Problem 4
Blak Twang - Red Letters
Theo Parrish - Synthetic Flemm
John Holt - Time is the Master
John Holt - Rainy Night in Georgia
Theo Parrish - Still Love Happiness
Lee Moses - Free At Last
Ramsey Lewis - Jungle Strut
Clive Brown & Sound Dimension - So So Bandolo Version
The Skatalites - Lee Harvey Oswald Jr.
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix feat. Rich Boy & Bun B)
The Heliocentrics - Distant Star feat. MF Doom & Percee P
Shina Williams and His African Percussionists - Agboju Logun
Fela Kuti vs. Kano
NMS - Brave New World
Kolera - Bugün Mutlu Olmaacak Gibiyim
Quiet Village - Circus of Horror
Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (Siik Remix)
Brother Typewriter - Herbie Mann Rides Again
Common - Cold Blooded (Instrumental)
Sarah Vaughan - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Esso Five - I Want You Back (Big J Edit)
Bill O' Reilly - Do It Live!!!!!!!! (DiscoTech Mix Version 2)
Burial - Archangel (Leif Remix)
Selda - Zamani Geldi/Utan, Utan (from Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix)
Selda - Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar (from Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix)
Kagura - Tokyo Black Star
Theo Parrish - Goin Downstairs

17.05.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 18 May 2008 01:23:34 GMT

Nick:

Arve Henriksen - Glacier Descent
Loefah - It's Yours
Cinematic Orchestra - Breathe (Susumu Yokota Remix)
Kode9 and the Spaceape - Konfusion
Nigo - K.F.F. 2000
The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)

Nabeel:

Daleduro - Bombon Asesino (ORO11 Remix)
John Holt/Agrovators - Rainy Night in Georgia version
Sun Ra/Theo Parrish - Saga of Resistance
Abblebim - Vansan
The Electric Prunes - Holy are You
Badawi - After A Path Has Been Paved
Rufus Harley - Sunny
Sabaya Al Intifada - Min Al Muhkayyam Toulad Al Ru'aya
Muslimgauze - Al Aqsa Intifada (Original Mix)

Nick:

The Mountain Goats - Lovecraft in Brookyln (Aesop Rock Remix)
Aesop Rock - The Harbor is Yours
Thirston Howl III - Live with my Moms
Spank Rock v Burial - Bumpangel
Mr Lee Gee and Ghislain Poirier - Whisper Song (Remix)
Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Andrea Parker Remix)
The Bug - Jah Warrior (Loefah Remix)

Nabeel:

Matthew Dear - Deserter (Four Tet Remix)
L.L. Cool J - Going Back To Cali
Gang Of Four - I Found That Essence Rare
Dennis Walks - Heart Don't Leap
Nicodemus - Jah King of Kings
Mudie's All Stars - It Coming
Don Drummond/The Skatalites - Confucious
Disrupt - Foundation Bit
Mutamassik - Sa'aidi Hardcore

10.05.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:58:35 GMT

Nabeel:

Rossib & Luca - Ghost Town
Stush - Dollar Sign
MIA - Paper Planes (Scottie B Remix)
New Order - Thieves Like Us (Edit)
Bass Clef - Subwoofer Love Letter
Badawi vs. Juakali - Crows
Elmer Bernstein - Clarke Street

Nick:

DJ Shadow - Bring Madlib Up
Jaylib - React
MC Serch - Here it Comes
Jamie Lidell - Little Bit Of Feel Good (Mr Oizo Mix)
Guilty Simpson - Pigs
Deltron 3030 - Positive Contact
Mr Lif - Murs iz My Manager
Two Fingers w/ Durrty Goodz - Have It Like That
DJ Krush - Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)

Nabeel:

Angell Prince - You A Fool Boy
Lee Moses - Reach Out I'll Be There
Sarolta Zalatnay - Munanyag Almok
Terry Callier - Holdin' On (To Your Love)
Minnie Riperton - Baby This Love I Have
MIA - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)
The Prats - Disco Pope
Kode9 vs. Badawi - Den Of Drums

Nick:

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Language of Violence
Saul Williams - Talk to Strangers
Massive Attack - Risingson
Timeblind - Most Eye
The Bug w/ Warrior Queen - Poison Dart
Gescom - Keynell

03.05.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:01:46 GMT

Kurt:
The Herbaliser feat what what - Bring It
Iron Butterfly - Soul Experience
Dangerdoom - Space Ho's (Madlib ReMix)
Oh No - Beware feat Cali Agents
Jean Grae - Code Red feat Block Mccloud & Pumpkinhead
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - ??

Nick:
Aloe Blacc - Whole World
Count Bass D - Down Easy
Tony Allen - Moyage (Mark's Mix)
Flying Lotus - Tea Leaf Dancers
Piano Overlord - Diplo Electric Manatee Remix
The Coup - Ride the Fence

Azuki:
Antipop Consortium - Disorientaion
Dizzee Rascal - Brand New Day
This One - Little Train Dub
Varous Production - Hater
Milanese - Caramel Cognac
MRK1 - Sensi Skank
Nephtys - Mas de lo Que Esperan
Frantik - Back in Black
Saul Williams - Talk to Strangers

Kurt:
DJ Vadim - That Which is Coming feat Revd Clevie Brown
Larry Ellis & the Black Hammer - Funky Thing
Smith - Baby It's You
The Brothers Seven - Evil Ways
The Herbaliser - Styles
Black Spade - Revoluntionary Bullshit

Nick:
Clouddead - Dead Dogs Two (Boards of Canada remix)
Pinch - Brighter Day
Kraftwerk - Elektro Kardiogramm
Burial - Near Dark

26.04.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:14:00 GMT

Nick:

Harmonic 313 - Level 1
Prefuse 73 - The Class of 73 Bells
Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys - Do's and Don'ts
Battles - Atlas
!!! - Must Be the Moon (Hot Chip Remix)
Neon Neon - I Lust U
? - Last Nite a DJ Saved My Life (Mirage Remix)
Jamie Lidell - Little Bit of Feel Good (Senior Coconut Remix)
Jimi Tenor - Total Devistation (Maurice Fulton Remix)
Red Snapper - Some Kind of Kink (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)
Ackie - Call Me Rambo
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There is a Hell Below We're All Going to Go
Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence
The Coup - Not Yet Free
DJs of Mass Destruction - War is What They Got
Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
DJ Krush & Anticon - Song for John Walker
DJ Food - The Crow...
Plaid - Cost III
Leila - Ode to Mr Herrmann
DJ /rupture - Into the Ohio River
The Bug - Politicans Version
Ghislain Porier - Blazin (Modeselector Remix)

19.04.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 22:47:55 GMT

Nick:
Heliocentrics - Dance of the Dogons
Madlib - Raw Ground
Lootpack - Questions Remix
Liquid Liquid - Caverns
MC Lyte - I Cram to Understand You
Boogie Down Productions - South Bronx

Azuki:
Boom Box
Devil Laugh
Watch out for this Dapht One
Lazy Foot Lock Groove
Quick Ghost One
Dope Signal -Violyn
A Letter Ft: ILL
Full Ruin Dubstep
J Q redux@140

Jah Praise:
Unknown

Nick:
Push Button Objects - 360
Company Flow - End to End Burners
Public Enemy - Can't Truss It (Conga Radio Mix)
Themselves - Poison Pit
DJ /rupture & Jenny Jones - Grit
Mutamassik - Sa'aidi Hardcore

Azuki:
Unknown

12.04.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:09:22 GMT

Nick:

Bumps - Tryplmeade Gorsmatch
Boogie Down Productions - My Philosophy
DJ Shadow - Entropy (Part C Count & Estimate)
Big Daddy Kane - Ain't No Stoppin Us Now
Kwame - U Got 2 Get Down
Eric B & Rakim - Paid in Full (Coldcut Remix)
Fela Kuti - Igbe
Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice
Elf Agin)
Curtis Mayfield - Now You're Gone
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Dizzy Gillespie - Manteca (Funky Lowlives Remix)
DJ Food - Spiral
Out Hud - Dear Mr Bush, There are Over 100 Words for Shit and Only 1 for Music. Fuck You, Out Hud
!!! - Get Up
Subtle - Mercury Craze
Nearly God - Black Coffee
Tobacco & Aesop Rock - Dirt
Saul Williams - PG
Koushik - Basketball Beat
Coldcut - Autumn Leaves (Irresistible Force Remix)
Burial - Ghost Hardware
Gescom - Keynell

05.04.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:21:33 GMT

Nabeel:

Maceo & The Macks - Soul Power '74
Jay Mitchell - Mustang Sally (Shoes 'Ready To Ride' Mix)
El Michels Affair - Duel of the Iron Mic
Courtney Melody - Black Liberation
Courtney Melody - Black Liberation (Version)
Moritz Von Oswald - Watamu Beach Rework
George Perkins - Cryin' in the Streets

Nick:

Guilty Simpson - Pigs
Mr Lif - Murs Iz My Manager
The Coup - Not Yet Free
East Flatbush Project - Tried by 12 (Funkstörung Mix)
Atoms Family - High On Life (Mils Remix)
DJ /Rupture and Andy Moor - Live in France (Track 1)
Timeblind - Most Eye (Kit Clayton Remix)

Nabeel:

Daleduro - Bombon Asesino
Trimski - Thief in the Night
Ghislain Poirier - Cham / Sixtoo
Elephant Man - Fuck U Sign
Alec Empire - 22:24
Qulfus - That Girl's Alright
Loefah - It's Yours
MC Lyte - 10% Dis

Nick:

Autechre - Basscadoublemx
Mr Lee G and Ghislain Poirier - Whisper Song Remix
Pinch - Brighter Day
Juelz Santana - Dipset (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Prefuse 73 - Hide Ya Face (El-P Remix)
Mutamassik - High Alert A'ala Teta
Burial - Near Dark
Squarepusher - Welcome to Europe

29.03.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:20:32 GMT

Nick:

Charles Mingus - II B.S. (RZA's Mix)
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Georgia Anne Muldrow - Killa Peach
Quasimoto - Raw Deal
Shape of Broad Minds - Let's Go
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Peanut Butter Wolf and DJ Design - Phonies

Nabeel:

DJ Shadow - Six Days (Remix featuring Mos Def)
Ultramagnetic MC's - Funky
Goldie - Digital (feat. KRS One)
Cubic 22 - Nights In Motion (Original Mix)
Ackie - Call Me Rambo
Disrupt - Foundation Bit
Deepchord - Sunset
Benga & Coki - Night
23 Skidoo - Vegas El Bandito

Nick:

M.I.A. - Kope Hombre (Diplo Remix)
KMD w/ Brand Nubian - Nitty Gritty
Mr Lif & Murs - Sneak Preview
Lupe Fiasco w/ Jill Scott - Daydreamin
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (Ghislain Porier Remix)
Flying Lotus - It's a Secret
Ghetto Boys - Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Cornelius - Typewriter Lesson

Nabeel:

The Nigerian Police Force Band - Asiko Mi Ni
Art Ensemble Of Chicago - Theme De Yo Yo
Deodato - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Harry J All Stars - My Cherie Amour
Panda Bear - Bro's
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance

22.03.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:15:54 GMT

NICK:

Slick Rick - Mona Lisa
Run DMC - Hit It Run
Whodini - Friends
Beastie Boys - Namaste
Radar - Radar Frees Tibet (Gasho Mix)
Aesop Rock - Numb (to the Guns)
Antibalas - Indictment
Steinski & Mass Media - It's Up to You (War Mix)
Minor Threat - Good Guys
El-P - Dead Disnee

NABEEL:

Shackleton - Death is Not Final feat. Vengeance Tenford
Ed Rush - Bloodclot Art Attack Lick 1
Barrington Levi- Hunting Man
The Bug feat. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart
Ghislain Poirier - Lil Wayne/Collie Budz
Applebim & Peverelist - Circling

NICK:

Kode9 and the Spaceape - Sine
Mehmet Irdel - GUTted
4AM - InDaClub
DJ /rupture and Sister Nancy - Little More Oil
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Scene Creamers - Candidate
Pharoah Monch - Welcome to the Terrordome

NABEEL:

The Coup - Baby Let's Have A Baby Before Bush Does Something Crazy
Brother Jack McDuff - Oblighetto (J Dilla Remix)
James Brown - Women Are Something Else
The Five Stairsteps- We Must Be In Love
BFC - It's A Shame
AGF - Letters Make No Meaning
Wilman De Jesus - Walk Like An Egyptian (Pytter Mix)
Depth Charge - Bounty Killer III (The Eyes of Johnny Ringo)
Scientist - Steppers Dub

15.03.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:56:43 GMT

Nabeel:

Moodymann - Black Mahogany
Blackalicious - Swan Lake
Marlena Shaw - Woman of the Ghetto
The Hippy Boys - Capo
Slick Rick - Hey Young World

Nick:

KMD - Boogie Man!
The Roots - Concerto of the Desperado
Boogie Down Productions - Stop the Violence
All Natural - Vegetarian
Madvillian - Figaro (Madlib Remix)
MC Lyte - I Cram To Understand You
Resident Alien - Resident Alien
DJ Food - The Riff

Nabeel:

Infesticons - Monkey Theme: Saul Williams
Skitz - Twilight of the Gods feat. Rodney P, Skinnyman, Wildflower, Riddla, Cuts by Prime Cuts
Mu-ziq - Make It Funky
Kraftwerk - Numbers (live)
Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Fuzzy Reactor
Kode9 - Portal feat. Ms Haptic
Muslimgauze - Untitled
Blind Willie McTell - Travelin' Blues
Gabor Szabo - Bacchanal

Nick:

Burial - Shell of Light
The Bug - Skeng (Kode9 Remix)
Kode9 and the Spaceape - Nine Samurai
The Bug and Warrior Queen - Poison Dart (Skream Remix)
Dizzie Rascal - Sirens
Flying Lotus - Spicy Sammich

08.03.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:01:37 GMT

NICK:

Beastie Boys - 33% God
Boogie Down Productions - Dope Beat
MC Lyte - 10% Dis
The Coup - Me and Jesus the Pimp in a 79 Granada Last Night
EPMD - Gold Digger
Public Enemy - Night of the Living Baseheads

NABEEL:

Rip Rig & Panic - Bob Hope Takes Risks
Champion Doug Veitch -Jumping into Love
Gudrun Gut - Move Me (Thomas Fehlmann Tango Shuffle)
BMG 44 - 44
DJ Vadim feat. Sarah Jones - Your Revolution (version)
Glen Brown & King Tubby - World Dub (Away With The Bad)
Prince Jammy - Crowning of Prince Jammy
Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Mirage Remix)
David Byrne & Brian Eno - The Jezebel Spirit

NICK:

Gescom - Untitled
Clark - See See
Burial - Archangel (Leif Remix)
The Sugarman Three & Co - Bosco's Blues (Bull Jun Remix)
Jaylib - React
Lady Sovereign - Hoodie (Spank Rock Remix)
Diplo - Way More (Johnny Blaze Remix)

NABEEL:

Susumu Yokota - Ucho Tanjyo
Shackleton feat Vengeance Tenford - Death Is Not Final
Sway - Black Stars
Ghislain Poirier - Blazin' (Modeselektor Remix)
Dabrye - Game Over feat. Jay Dee & Phat Kat (Flying Lotus Remix)
The Doors - Break On Through (Bossarocker Remix)

01.03.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:10:06 GMT

Nabeel:

Laub - Deinetwegen
Four Tet - As Serious As Your Life (Jay Dilla Remix)
Serge Gainsbourg - En Melody
Candi Staton - Evidence
Can - I'm So Green
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Rollerdisco
King Tubby - Minefield
Val Bennett - The Russians Are Coming (Take Five)
Ranking Dread/Roots Radics - Shut Up Shut Up
The Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss (Jimpster Mix)
Fairport Convention - Farewell
Gabor Szabo - I've Just Seen A Face
Boris With Michio Kurihara - You Laughed Like A Watermark
Free Design - Black Boy
Milton Nascimento - Catavento
Glass Candy - Rolling Down The Hills
Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
Japan - The Experience Of Swimming
Massive Attack - Teardrop
Substance & Vanquier - Emerge Processed Original
DJ Bone - Aliens Speak (Titans)
Tortoise - Why We Fight
Ian Dury & The Seven Seas Players - Spasticus Autisticus (Version)
Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Thinking Black
Madvillain - Great Day (Four Tet Remix)
M.I.A. - Galang (Dave Kelly Remix featuring Cham)
Dave Hamilton Orchestra - Who Do You Think You Are Trying To Fool
Parliaments - Don't Be Sore At Me
Matmos - Theme For A Biker Movie Featuring Kid606
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas - Hwehwe Na Yi Wo Mpena
Buzzcocks - Moving Away From The Pulsebeat

23.02.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:54:07 GMT

Nabeel:

Desi Roots - School Tonight
The Roots - Distortion To Static (At Ease Mix)
The Meters - Joog
Tortoise - Eros
DJ Hype - Revolution
DJ Monk - Dance Hall Style
The Bug - Dem Version
Big Dada Sound - Showtime
Ranking Dread - Shut Me Mouth
Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Ugly Edit)
The Supremes - Breakdown
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Juicy Bananas - Bad Man
The Wooden Glass Ft. Billy Wootten - In The Rain
A Tribe Called Quest - If the Papes Come (Remix)
Roni Size/Reprazent - Ballet Dance
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
King Britt Ft. Bahamadia - Transcend
The Nightwriters - Let The Music Use You
Cerrone - Je Suis Music
Charles Mingus - Fables Of Faubus
Weekend - Drumbeat For Baby
Jacob Miller/King Tubby - Knocking Version
Little Willie John - You Hurt Me
Tony Middleton - Paris Blues
Mulatu Astatqe - Yegelle Tezeta
Darrell Banks - Open The Door To Your Heart
T. Rex - Metal Guru
Fire Engines - Candyskin
Jamaica Girls - Rock The Beat
Brother D & The Collective Effort - How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise

16.02.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:37:44 GMT

Nabeel:

Theo Parrish - Solitary Flight
Young Disciples - Apparently Nothin'
Cedric Im Brooks - Ethiopia
Smith & Mighty - Jungle Man Corner
The Selecter - The Selecter
Rhythm & Sound w/ Walda Gabriel - Boss Man
The Barmy Army - Stadium Rock
Banbarra - Shack Up Part 2
Steinski & Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On
Ultramagnetic MCs - Brainiac
Grooverider - On The Double
Miles Davis - Vote For Miles
Hank Jacobs - Hank's Groove
Dry Bread - Words To My Song
Bronx River Parkway - La Valla
The Wu-Tang Clan - Uzi Ring
Shirley J Scott - Goose Pimples
Jimmy McGriff - I've Got A Woman Parts 1 & 2
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
Kalyanji Anandji - Dharmatma Theme Music (Sad)
The Byrds - Tribal Gathering
Yo La Tengo - Danelectro 2 (Nobakazu Takemura Remix)
Steve Gurley - Hotboys (Dub)
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
The Gap Band - Yearning For Your Love
Goldie - VIP Riders Ghost
Fog - Decoder
Ras Norris - Revelation Dub
The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (The Streets Remix feat. Roll Deep)
Substance & Vainqueur - Emerge Edit

09.02.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:20:50 GMT

Nabeel:

Thought I'd typed the playlist on to this webpage via The Base studio computer, live and direct, but some electronic glitch meant that it never embedded itself. Anyway, here's a list of the stuff I played though this ain't the right order:

Brown Sugar - The Game Is OVer (What's the Matter With You)
Jimmy Soul Clark - (I'll Be Your Champion) I'll Be Your Winner
Percee P & Lord Finesse - Rematch In The Patterson Projects
3rd Bass - Product Of The Environment (Marley Marl Remix)
Dizzee Rascal - Pussyole (Old Skool)
Gang Starr feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxx - The Militia
Count Bass D - Philosophy Award
Damian Jnr Gong Marley - Jamrock Low Bee Remix Call It Murder
Special Ed - The Bush
Tommy Tee feat Pete Rock - Worldrenown
DJ M. Aynot Feed - Get Ur Typewriter On
Invisible Conga People - Cable Dazed
Mr. Oizo - Nazis (Justice Mix)
Gary Lambert - Revolution No. 9/11
Mutamassik - Omani Revolutionary Army - "A'aish el Shaab" Raggamuffin mix
El Michels Affair - Duel of The Iron Mic
Divine Force - Holy War (Live)
Prefuse 73 - Pomade Suite Version One
Burial - In McDonalds
Go Home Productions - Carpenters Christmas (Karen Meets Roots Radics Uptown)
Bad Brains - Gene Machine Remix
Murcof - Cosmos I
Matthew Dear - Deserter
Dabrye - Game Over feat. Jay Dee & Phat Kat (Flying Lotus Remix)
Kode9 - Dislokated
Various Production - 13 (feat. Cat Power)
Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down (Mondkopf Plus De Sommeil Remix)
Milt Jackson - Rose Of The Rio Grande
Molemen Ft. MF Doom - Is He Ill
Motorbass - La Doctoresse
Peverelist - Roll With The Punches
Dillinja - The Angels Fell
Loefah - Disko Rekah

02.02.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:36:53 GMT

Nabeel:

The Heptones - Book Of Rules Version
Lil Wayne - President feat. Currency
Dalek - Abandoned Language
James Whitehead - Air Attack Over Kabul Airfield (2005)
Nina Simone - I Hold No Grudge
Klimek - For Marvin Gaye & Russell Jones
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles - I Care About Detroit
Oswald Wang - Magical Mystery Retour
Disrupt - Selassi I Continually
Excavating Shellac: Various Arabic Recordings - Istwanat
Art of Noise - Moments in Love (Caspa Remix)
Tony Tuff - Run Come Come
Les Edits Du Golem - Klout
Evelyn "Champagne" King - Smooth Talk
Los Reyes73 - Adeoey
The Audible Doctor - Lost Cry (Unreleased)
Johnny Jones - Purple Haze
Lionel Hampton and his Inner Circle of Jazz - Greasy Greens
The Egyptian Lover - Girls (Dub Mix)
B. Rich & AC Slater - Poison
Syntheme - Finnial (Chevron's Bhuna Mix)
The Specials - Gangsters (Mike B SkaMore Edit)
Brenda and the Tabulations - Scuse Uz Y'All
Ghislain Poirier - Diaspora (We Are Wolves Remix)
B+ (Spyder D) - B-Beat Classic
Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking
Ginger Folorunso Johnson - Egyptian Bint Al Cha Cha
Badawi Quintet - Market Place
The Daktaris - It's All A Big Hustle (Mad Professor Remix)
Matty G - War
Pinch - Pepper Spray
BJ Nilson - Black Light
The Audible Doctor - King Heroin (James Brown)
Imagination - Just An Illusion (Lindstrom Vocal Remix)
Black Milk - Popular Demand
Anthony Hamilton - Coming From Where I'm From
Mandrill - Feeling Good (Theo Parrish Re-Edit)
Bernard Herrmann - Theme from Psycho (Crooks & Gunn Psych! Remix)
Lil Mama - Lip Gloss (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Jon Lucien - Kuenda
Bloc Party - Where Is Home? (Burial Remix)
DJ Krush Feat. Black Thought & Malik B. - Meiso (Silent-Gun Mix)
The Ragga Twins - Illegal Gunshot
Daws Butler - Southern Wolf Speech (from Droopy Dog episode 'Blackboard Jumble'
Senor Coconut And His Orchestra - Behind The Mask (Al Usher Remix)
Telly Savalas - Side B, Band #3
TS7 - Bradford
Amy Winehouse - Love Is A Losing Game (Truth & Soul Remix)
Freddie Cruger - Pushing On (Featuring Linn)
Bobbi Humphrey - Blacks And Blues
Aloe Blacc - Nascimento (Birth) - Scene II
The Heptones - Book Of Rules
Sylford Walker - Burn Babylon Version
Dizzee Rascal - Like Me
Braintax - D90 Rules
Salah Ragab And The Cairo Jazz Band - Latino In Cairo

26.01.08 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:20:32 GMT

NICK:

The Heliocentrics - Distant Star
J-Live - I'm a Rapper
Aesop Rock - Daylight
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Remix w/ Mos Def & Spank Rock)
Beastie Boys - Professor Booty
Massive Attack - Daydreaming
EPMD - Crossover
Eric B and Rakim - Paid in Full (Coldcut Remix)

NABEEL:

DJ Hype & Mr Lif - Pull out your cut (remix)
Mobb Deep - Survival of the fittest
Brian Auger - Maiden voyage
Soul Syndicate - Riot
Salah Ragab & The Cairo Jazz Band - A tribute to Sun Ra
Etta James - In The Basement (Theo Parrish's Ugly Edit)

NICK:

DJ /Rupture & Andy Moor - Untitled
Nettle - Firecamp
Tony Allen - Moyege (Mark's Mix)
MIA - Paper planes (Soindo Martines Remix)
Burial - Shell of Light
Pinch - Brighter Day (w/ Juakali)
DJ Food - The Dusk

NABEEL:

Dalek - Corrupt (knuckle up)
Trimbal - Taliban
The Bug ft. Warrior Queen - Poison Dart (original mix)
Substance & Vanqeur - Emerge I (Processed original)
Photek - Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (TeeBee Remix)
Johnny Osbourne - Jungle Buddy Bye (Hiroo Onoda Dub)
MLZ - Dark Days
Gudrun Gut - Cry Easy (Pole Mix)

19.01.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:52:19 GMT

Nick M:

Nonplace Urban Feild - Golden Star
Oumou Sangare - Ah Ndiya
Jonzun Crew - Pack Jam
Prince - Uptown
Jah Wobble/The Edge/Holger Czukay - Snake Charmer
Ollie and Jerry - Aint Nothing Stopping Us
Solid Doctor - NIke Air
Hidden Agenda - Get Carter

Nick:
Burial - Archangel (Lief Remix)
The Bug - Poison Dart (Skream Remix)
DJ /rupture - In Front of You
Pinch w/ Juakali - Gangstaz
Will Webb - Cosmic Kung-Fu Funk

Nick M:
Atomic Dog - All I see is Murder
ESG - You're No Good
NUFF - Western Dub
??? - off the 'Upsetters' somethin or other Disk
Softcell - Memorabilia

Nick
Prince - Sign of the Times
Cocoa Broves - Super Brooklyn
Antipop Consortium - Ghostlawns
The Bug - Skeng
Pharoah Monch - Welcome to the Terrordome
K Otix - George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
Beat Konducta w/ Guilty Simpson - New Bombay
Avalanches - Since I Left You (Prince Paul Remix)

12.01.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:08:50 GMT

Nick:
Depeche Mode - Painkiller (DJ Shadow Mix)
Bjork - All is For Love (Funkstorung Remix)
Battles - Tonto (Four Tet Remix)
Dr Octagon - Blue Flowers (Automator Remix)
Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up Look Sharp (Ghislain Porier
Remix)

Nick M:
Uusitalo - Lunni (not a remix - the *original*)
Autechre - C/Pach
Desmond Dekker - Fu Manchu
Mahmoud Ahmed - Aynotche Terabu
Bernd Friedman - Hard Drive Dub
The Slits - Heard it Through the Grapevine
Holger Czukay - Cool in the Pool

Nick:
Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - The Beat that My Heart
Skipped
Madvillian - Figaro (Madlib Remix)
DJ/ ruptre w/ Sister Nancy - Little More Oil
Pinch w/ Juakali - Brighter Day
Timeblind - Most Eye (Remix)
Ghislain Porier - Blazin (Modeselector Remix)
Burial - Untrue

Nick M:
Hidden Agenda - Pressin On
More Rockers - In the Beginning
Jah Wobble - Amore (More Rockers Mix)
Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion
Polygon Window - Bike Pump Meets BUcket
Robert Hood - Blackness

05.01.08 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:13:43 GMT

Nick:
Jay Z - 99 Problems (Instrumental)
Organized Konfusion - The Rough Side of Town
Blahzay Bhlahzay - Danger Part 2
Method Man - Bring the Pain
GZA - Shadowboxin'
EPMD - It's Going Down
Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat the Technique
Company Flow - End to End Burners

Dapht One:
Method Man - All I Need
Skitz feat. Dynamite - Double Reds
Pinch feat. Juakali - Trauma
MRK1 - Steppas Delight
2562 - Kameleon
TRG - Horny
Darquan - Warrior Stance

Nick:
Count Bass D - Antemeridian
The Coup - 5 Million Ways to Kill a CEO
Quasimoto - Greenery
Push Button Objects - 360 Degrees
Ghislain Porier - Blazin (Modeselector Remix)
Sarantis w/ Warrior Queen - More than Money
Diplo - Way More (Johnny Blaze Mix)
3rd Bass- 3 Strikes 5000

Dapht One:
El-B -
The Bug feat. Killa P + Flow Dan - Skeng
Rouge State - feat. Lone Ranger - Root Of All Evil
RSD - Pretty Bright Light
Gatekeeper - Let Go
Kode9 feat. Spaceape - Portal
Burial - Near Dark

29.12.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:34:25 GMT

Nick-

(Tracks lost in the ether)

Dan-

Kick & Luigi Strut - Look Around You
Out of Business Intro - EPMD
Rock The Lynn - Connoisseurs of Groove
Pump Up The Volume (Flosstradamus Remix) - The Cool Kids
Wampercycle - A-Trak
Pepsi Commercial Freestyle - Notorious B.I.G.
Live With My Moms - Thirstin Howl III
How We Met (feat. Edan) - Count Bass D
Cola Bottle Baby - Edwin Birdsong
Stop, Look, Listen - Statik Selektah
Koto Mata - Tali Bong
Vans (Diplo's Vans Till Infinity Remix) - The Pack
High School Love - Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf
Where I'm From - Digable Planets
Success - Jay-Z and Marvin Gaye
Subway Theme (dialogue) - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
Pussy Juice - Tizwarz
Get 'Em High (A-Trak Remix) - Kanye West
A Touch of Jazz - DJ Jazzy Jeff

22.12.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:18:59 GMT

Nick:

Count Bass D - Thank the Lord
Madlib - The Wigflip
Cocoa Brives - Super Brooklyn
MF Doom - All Outta Ale
Dizzie Rascal - Sirens
Pharoah Monch - Welcome to the Terrordome
Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass
Battles - Leyendecker (DJ Emz Remix)
Burial - Archangel (Leif Remix)
Flying Lotus - Spicy Sammich
Ghislain Porier - Blazin (Modeselector Remix)
DJ /rupture and Andy Moor - Untitled
Burial - Near Dark
Kid606 - Watch Me Switch

Dan:

Dan Tanner - Introcuting
Dan Tanner - Make the People Flash
Wendt Rene - Bar-B-Q
The Advantage - Bubble Bobble
Statik Selktah - Punch Out (feat. Big Shug)
My!Gay!Husband! - Stand Up Tall and Dance
Harrell Lucky - Hands Clasp
Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Proto Culture (feat. Khaos Unique)
Lupe Fiasco - Gorilla
Cool Kids - '88
Diplo - Battles/M.I.A.
Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell (Instrumental)
Notorious BIG - Party and Bullshit (Ratat Remix)
Edan - Fumbling Over Modular Words (DJ STV SLV Remix)
Double Trouble - Stoop Rap
DJ STV SLV - B-Boy Battles
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Apple Juice Break
The Clash/Stevie Wonder - Casbah Uptight
O.D.B. - Got Your Money (Dre Skull Remix)
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (Spank Rock and MOs Def Remix)
DJ Doc Rok - American Dreamin'/When The Levee Breaks
MF Doom & MF Grimm - Shifting Lanes (feat. Kurious)
Outcaste Records - Baby, Let's Dance Together

15.12.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:33:06 GMT

Nick:

Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You
Curtis Mayfield - Keep On Keeping On
Bobby Womack and the Roots - Summertime
Latyrx - Lady Don't Tek No
Jaylib - Starz
Prince Po - Social Distortion
Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip - The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jel Remix)
Subtle - Mercury Craze
J Dilla - Donuts
Beat Konducta - Conducted Rhythms
Dangerdoom - Old School
Steinski and Mass Media - The Motorcade Sped On
Lootpack - Questions Rmx
Carlo - Collapse
Nightmares On Wax - Da Mess Sticks
Percee P - The Hand That Leads You (Egg Roll Version)
The Dix - Here Come the Dix
Donald Byrd / Madlib - Steppin' Again
Mel Brown - Son of a Preacher Man
The Heliocentrics - Dance of the Dogons (Part 2)
Beat Konducta - In India 45 A1
Tes - New New York
Quasimoto - The Front
Aloe Blacc - About Love
Dudley Perkins - War Goin' On
Aesop Rock - The Next Best Thing
Madlib - Cut 6
Lyrics Born - Burnt Pride
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Tricky - Christiansands (The Imposters Mix)
Kode9 and the Space Ape - Sign of the Dub
Trecherous Three - Santa's Rap
The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Prince Paul Remix)

8.12.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:39:57 GMT

Nick:
DJ Food - The Dusk
MURS - Transitions a2a Ridah
Push Button Objects - Fly
The Perceptionists - Career Finders
Del the Funky Homosapien - If You Must
Resident Alien - Yam What I Yam

Kurt:
Amon Tobin - Toys
Hedfunk - Freedom
Pest - Duke Kerb Crawler
The Herbaliser - Scratchy Noise
DJ Vadim - Getting Friendly
Skalpel - Flying Officer

Nick:
Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (The Chief Xcel Remix)
Architecture in Helsinki - Ardenaline (DJ/ rupture Remix)
The Coup - Laugh/Love/Fuck
Digable Planets - 9th Wonder
Beastie Boys - So What'cha Want
Molemen w/ MF Doom - Is He Ill
Genius - Shadowboxin
Beat Konducta - Indian Deli
Irresitable Force - Power (Mix Master Morris Mix)

Kurt:
Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
Public Enemy - Politics of Sneaker Pimps
DJ Cam - Renegade feat Silvah Bullet
Quasimoto - Hydrant Game (Jaylib Remix)
Jean Grae - Not Like Me
King Geedorah - Monster Zero
Kero One - The Cycle Repeats
James Brown - Talkin' Loud And Sayin Nothing
Talib Kweli & Hi Tek - Move Somethin'
Oh No. - Banger
Nickodemus - The Spirits Within feat Apani B

01.12.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 19:09:50 GMT

Nick:

Gangstarr - DJ Premier in Deep Concentration
Jaylib - Champion Sound Remix
Nas - Made You Look (Andrew Broder Remix)
Prince Paul w/ De La Soul - More Than U Know
Beastie Boys - Jimmy James (Original Version)
Steinski - NY NY
DJ Marz - City of Fork Yuen
Quasimoto - Tomorrow Never Knows
Coldcut - Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Mix)
DJ/ Rupture & Andy Moor - Untitled
Tony Allen - Moyage (Mark's Mix)
Yusef Lateef - Bamboo Flute Blues (Kid Koala Remix)
Nigo w/ GZA & Prodigal Son - FFK 2000
El-P - EMG
Last Emperor - Secret Wars
Herbaliser w/ Jean Grae - Nah'mean Nah'm Sayin'
Blackalicious - Nowhere Fast
DJ Vadim w/ Slug - Eddie Brikell (Sixtoo Remix)
The Temptations - Ball of Confusion
Shape of Broad Minds w/ MF Doom - Lets Go
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Rhythm and Sound - Let We Go (Villalobos Remix)
Rammelzee vs K-Rob - Beat Bop
Edan - Rock N Roll

24.11.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:25:49 GMT

Kurt:

ZAP POW - Lottery Spin
SABU - El Cumbanchero
OCEANLINERS - Cutting Room (Hot Ppants)
KAMALA WALKER AND THE SOUL TRIBE - Street Talkin' -
CHOCOLATE - Chocolate En C7
TOM JONES / DJ ANDY SMITH - Looking Out My Window
THE OUTLAW GANG - Funky Fast Bump
BREAKESTRA - Humpty Dumpty

Nick:
J DILLA - Nothing Like This
QUASIMOTO - Microphone Mathematics
BEASTIE BOYS - Alive
BIG DADDY KANE - Young Gifted and Black
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS - Drug Dealer
PUBLIC ENEMY - Live and Undrugged
PERCEE P - Put It On the Line
BIGG Jus - Silver Back Mountain King

Kurt:
ALI FARKA TOURE - Sidi Gouro
DJ VADIM - Killer Kela Remix - Your Revolution feat Sarah Jones
TALIB KWELI - Say Something feat Jean Grae
MF DOOM / MF GRIMM - Mugwort + Cinnamon = Shifting Lanes feat lurious
KERO ONE - My Story
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Since the last time
The ROOTS - Mellow My Man

Nick:
DJ /RUPTURE and ANDY MOOR - Untitled
FLYING LOTUS - Spicy Sammich
MR LEE G and GHISLAIN POIRIER - Whisper Song Remix
MUTAMASSIK - Sa'aidi Hardcore
HRVATSKI - Uncivilibertarian
THE BUG - Imitation
CHESSE ROOTS - Rambo Gun Salute

17.11.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:03:20 GMT

Nick:

GEORGE KRANZ--Din Da Da
DJ /RUPTURE--Musquito
PRINCE PAUL--Vexual Healing
BONDE DE ROLE--Jabuticabs
DE LA SOUL--My Brother's A Basehead
THE COUP--Ride The Fence
MOS DEF W/ TALIB KWELI--Know That

Nabeel:

THE PROPOSITIONS--Africana
NAS--It Ain't Hard To Tell
JEAN CLAUDE VANNIER--Le Roi Des Mouches Et La Confiture De Rouse
GAL COSTA--Tuareg
LOVE--Softly To Me
MULATU ASTATQE--Netsanet
SHACKLETON--Hamas Rule
LOVEJOYS--Let Me Rock You Now

Nick:

ADVENTURE TIME--This Dome Is Our Home
KOUSHIK--Basketball Beat
COCO SOLID--Rap N Roll Pt 3 (2 Da East Remix)
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST--Oh My God
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI--Heart It Races (Trizzy's Rusty Tin Can Mix)
PRINCE--Erotic City
M.I.A.--Paper Planes
MADLIB--The Wigflip
3RD BASS--Steppin To The A.M. (Remix)

Nabeel:

ISAAC HAYES--Pursuit Of The Pimpmobile
NEW ORDER--Blue Monday (Africa Broke Dub)
GHISLAIN POIRIER--Blazin ft. Face-T (Starkey Remix)
LFO--Freak (Dan-O Remix)
SHOCK--R.E.R.B.
FLYING LOTUS--Dancefloor Stalker
COKI--Red Eye
TICKLAH--Si Hecho Palante (Featuring Mayra Vega)
DEADBEAT--Gimme A Little Dub
NAS--It Ain't Hard To Tell (Instrumental)

10.11.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:43:29 GMT

Nabeel:

GUDRUN GUT--Move Me (Burger/Voigt Mix)
MATTHEW DEAR--Elementary Lover (DJ Koze Remix)
BATTLES--Tonto (The Field Remix)
MAXINE BROWN--It's Torture
ESTHER PHILLIPS--Home Is Where The Hatred Is
VARIOUS PRODUCTION--Hater
GUDRUN GUT--Cry Easy (Pole Mix)

Nick:

ALOE BLACC--Whole World
GUILTY SIMPSON--Man's World
HELIOCENTRICS--Dance Of The Dogons
NOBODY--All The Shallow Deep
BEAT KONDUCTA--Freeze
BLACKALICIOUS--Blazin Arrow
OH NO--Action (Rap)
FLYING LOTUS--Vegas Collie
MOLEMAN FT. MF DOOM--Is He Ill

Nabeel:

BOBBY AITKEN & HIS CARIBBEATS--Curfew
CLAUDETTE & THE CORPORATION--Skinhead A Bash Them
JAMIE LIDELL--Planet Rick
JAHCOOZI--BLN
TEGO CALDERON--Ni Fu Ni Fa
M.I.A.--Boyz (Rene Goulet's Backside Bump)
ADVENTURE TIME--This Dome Is Our Home

Nick:

PHAROAH MONCHE--Welcome To The Terrordome
EAST FLATBUSH PROJECT--Tried By 12
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS W/ COUNT BASS D--It Lives On
EL P--Smithereens
PERCEE P--Throwback Rap Attack
LYRICS BORN--Pack Up Remix

03.11.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:44:46 GMT

Nick:

THE HELIOCENTRICS--A World Of Masks
MADVILLAIN--Figaro (Remix)
COMPUTER JAY W/ THE GREY KID--1000 Fold
OH NO W/ POSDNOUS--Smile A Lil Bit
DE LA SOUL--Patti Duke
EPMD--Crossover
BATTLES--Leyendecker (DJ EMZ Remix)

Nabeel:

MALA--Alicia
THE MOMENTS--Baby Let's Rap (Part Two)
PERCEE P--The Lady Behind Me
DONALD BYRD/MADLIB--Steppin' Again
LEE PERRY & THE UPSETTERS--Disco Devil
SCIENTIST--Scientist
THE SUPREMES--Breakdown

Nick:

PREFUSE 73--I Knew You Were Gonna Go
DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP--The Beat That My Heart Skipped (Jel Remix)
GRIZZLY BEAR--THE KNIFE--(Girl Talk Remix)
NENEH CHERRY--Buffalo Stance (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
FLYING LOTUS--Spicy Sammich
M.I.A.--Kopa Hombre (Diplo Mix)
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS--Opr8r
GHETTO BOYS--Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangster

Nabeel:

THE HELIOCENTRICS--Sounds Of The East
QUEEN LATIFAH--Come Into My House (Orbital Dub)
MATTHEW DEAR--Elementary Lover (DJ Koze Remix)
BATTLES--Tonto (The Field Remix)
THE BUG FT. KILLA.P & FLOW DAN--Skeng (Kode9 Remix)

27.10.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:27:01 GMT

Nabeel:

BREAKAGE--Clarendon
THE BUG FEATURING KILLA. P & FLOW DAN--Skeng
SCIENTIST--Scientist
ANONYMOUS--Honest Brokers
VAL BENNETT--The Russians Are Coming
SOULFUL STRINGS--Within You Without You
DIPLO--Guitar
DUDLEY PERKINS--War Going On

Nick:

MEHMENT IRDEL--GUTted
FIRE THIS TIME--Reluctant Warrior
DJ KRUSH FEATURING ANTICON--Song For John Walker
COMPANY FLOW--Patriotism
PUBLIC ENEMY--Hazy Shade Of Criminal
TIMEBLIND--Myanmar

Nabeel:

FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS--Beggin' (Speaker Killer Remix)
FRANKIE VALLI & THE FOUR SEASONS--Who Loves You
MARY WELLS--Two Lovers
LIL WAYNE--Crazy
PETER, BJORN & JOHN--Youngest Folks (Best Version by Diplo)
PHAROAH MONCHE--Simon Says (Estaw Instrumental Refix)
D.I.T.C--Day One
COUNT BASS D--Nina & Weldon
GREGORY ISAACS--Slum

Nick:

DJ /RUPTURE--Pitfall
LADY SOVEREIGN--Hoodie (Spank Rock Remix)
STEINSKI--Electric Vindaloo
SPANK ROCK--What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI--Heart it Races (Trizzy's Rusty Tin Can Mix)

20.10.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:32:55 GMT

Nick:

YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET--I Remember John W. Coltrane
DJ KRUSH--Stormy Cloud (Raindrops Remix)
FLYING LOTUS--Spicy Sammich
MUTAMASSIK--High Alert A'al Geddu Feat. 4th Pyramid
THE BUG W/ WARRIOR QUEEN--World War III
SQUAREPUSHER--Ultravistor

Nabeel:

LOTFI--Batard
DJ /RUPTURE--Sizzla-Obstacles; Seeed-Music Monks
IVY QUEEN--Guillaera
TS7--Bradford
CLARENCE G--Data Transfer
808 STATE--Disco State

Nick:

PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--Non Existent (Gescom Mix)
SAUL WILLIAMS--African Student Movement
MR LEN W/ JEAN GRAE & BREEZY BROWN--Lover Venom
COMPANY FLOW--End To End Burners
KRS ONE--My Philosophy
CANNIBAL OX--Atom
MF DOOM--Hey!

Nabeel:

THE FOCUS GROUP--Soho St. Ives Tangier
SCHOOLY D--Gucci Time
SELDA--Yaylalar
WALIAS BAND--Muziqawi Silt
LLOYD CHALMERS--Zylon
THE CLARENDONIANS--Rude Boy Gone A Jail
SKEPTA--Stageshow Rhythm

13.10.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:36:00 GMT

Nick:

MR LEE G & GHISLAIN POIRIER--Whisper Song Remix
SUBTLE--Ebony Kurs
J-LIVE--The Day I Fell Off
LA SYMPHONY--Broken Now
BLACKALICIOUS--Swan Lake
MADVILLAIN--Figaro
CURTIS MAYFIELD--No Thing On Me

Nabeel:

THE MYSTIC MOODS--Cosmic Sea
BEGINNING OF THE END--Funky Nassau (Part 2)
GATO BARBIERI--Viva Emiliano Zapata
THE INCREDIBLE T.H. SCRATCHERS STARRING FREDDIE LOVE--Hip Hop Bommi Bop Bop
KILO--White Horse
DJ KRUSH--Endless Railway (Sentiment Mix) Featuring Ahmir ?uestlove Thompson

Nick:

MUTAMASSIK--Mawlid
TSEHAYTU BERAKI--Medjemerya
OH NO--Higher
BEAT KONDUCTA--Freeze
KOUSHIK--Be With
FLYING LOTUS--It's A Secret
BLOCKHEAD--Insomniac Olympics
ANDREW BRODER VS ULTRAMAGNETIC MCS--Poppa Large
AESOP ROCK--Holy Smokes

Nabeel:

LV FEATURING ERROL BELLOT & DANDELION--Globetrotting
J*STAR--S'Biggerdan
RANKING DREAD--If Nanny Was Here
ROOTS MANUVA--Seat Yourself (Diplo Mix)
KODE 9--Ping
TAANA GARDNER--Heartbeat (Larry Levan Remix)
JOHN HOLT--Strange Things
EL MICHELS AFFAIR & RAEKWON--The PJ's... from afar (clean)

06.10.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 08:35:28 GMT

Nabeel:

INNERZONE ORCHESTRA--Bug In The Bassbin
BARRY ADAMSON--Something Wicked This Way Comes
MASSIVE ATTACK--Daydreaming (Brixton Bass Mix)
M.I.A.--Paper Planes Remix featuring Bun B and Rich Boy)
THE DIXIE CUPS--Iko Iko
MULATU ASTATQE--Yegelle Tezeta
PETER KING--Ajo
JORGE BEN--Comanche
RICARDO VILLALOBOS--808 Queen of Bass
JAHCOOZI--Double Barrel Name (Siriusmo Mix)
FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK--The Acid Life
SIZZLA--Yaahdie (Raw)
MALA--Left Leg Out
COMMON--Cold Blooded (Instrumental)
CARL CARLTON--This Feeling's Rated X-Tra
TELLY SAVALAS--Radio Special (Self Portrait) (Excerpt)
LITTLE BEAVER--Party Down Part 2
TOMMY MCCOOK--Harvest In The East

Nick:

PRINCE--Uptown (Remix)
SABRES OF PARADISE--Wilmot's Last Skank
THE SUGARHILL GANG--Rapper's Delight
OZOMATLI--Cut Chemist's Suite
MASSIVE ATTACK--Blue Lines
?--Man's World
BOMBAY THE HARD WAY--Ganges A Go Go
AUTECHRE--Basscadet 12/4 Cadmx
TOMMY TEE--Aerosoul
MADLIB--Fantastic Four
SLICK RICK--Mona Lisa
ALOE BLACC--About Love (Remix)
J DILLA--Signs
RADAR & Z-TRIP--Private Parts
RUN DMC--Hit It Run

29.09.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:19:19 GMT

Nick:

PERCEE P--The Hand That Leads (Instrumental)
PERCEE P--The Hand That Leads
LOOTPACK--Questions Remix
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS--So Much (Chaos)
PUBLIC ENEMY--Night Of The Living Baseheads (Anti High Blood Pressure Encounter Mix)
J-LIVE--The Day I Fell Off

Nabeel:

I.G. OFF & HAZARDOUS--The Nicest (Instrumental)
ANDRES--Salvador De Bahia 1
RARE PLEASURE--Let Me Down Easy (12" Disco Version)
DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS--There There My Dear
BROTHER TO BROTHER--The Bottle
SON OF BAZERK FT. NO SELF CONTROL--J-Dub's Theme
TALKING HEADS--This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
PRINCE--Erotic City
WILL POWERS--Adventures In Success (Dub Copy)

Nick:

PREFUSE 73--Class Of 73 Bells
ALEMAYEHU ESHETE & HIRUT BEGELE--Temeles
OH NO--B2 (7")
BEAT KONDUCTA--Enter Hot Curry
J DILLA--Signs
MARLENA SHAW--California Soul
DJ SHADOW--Hardcore
DJ Z-TRIP--Rockstar

Nabeel:

SONIC AREA FT. SCALPER--Que Les Larmes Me Viennent
LATA MANGESHKAR--Thoda Resham Lagta Hai
BOB DYLAN--Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
ODETTA--Hit Or Miss
RAMELZEE VS. K-ROB--Beat Bop
THE CLASH--Straight To Hell
THE B-52'S--Mesopotamia
DJ KRUST--Maintain

22.09.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:31:00 GMT

Nabeel:

ROBERT BROWNE--Karachi
MAKOSSA & MEGABLAST FT. CAPITAL A--Like a Rocket
BARNA SOUND SYSTEM--Gonna Get You
MUSIC DOCTORS--The Wild Bunch
PRINCE BUSTER--Answer Your Name
THE JACKSON 5--It's Great To Be Here (Kenny Dope Remix)
BANBARRA--Shack Up (Part 2)

Nick:

VARIOUS PRODUCTION--Hater
NINA SIMONE--Sinnerman
THE TEMPTATIONS--Ball Of Confusion
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--70s 80s (RJD2 Remix)
PIANO OVERLORD--No Community (Blu Jamz Version)
MF DOOM--All Outa Ale

Nabeel:

MALA--Alicia
BASS CLEF--Get On The A10 And Drive And Drive
FNAIRE--Yed El Hanna
MARVIN GAYE--Give It Up (U-Tern REMIX)
J ROCC--Bubbha's Dance
JAZZTRONIK--Rock With You
KING TUBBY & ROOTS RADICS--King Tubby's Explosion Dub
THE CLASH--One More Dub
CALLE 13--Tributo a la Policia

Nick:

COMPANY FLOW--The Fire in Which You Burn
DJ KRUSH--Kemuri (Untouchable Mix)
MR LEE GEE & GHISLAIN POIRIER--Whisper Song Remix
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM--Ghostlawns
TIMEBLIND--Most Eye (Kid 606 Remix)
PIANO OVERLORD--Diplo Electric Manatee
LUPE FIASCO W/ JILL SCOTT--Daydreaming

15.09.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:12:35 GMT

RIP Bobby Byrd
RIP Joe Zawinul

Nick:

MILES DAVIS--Double Image
OTIS JACKSON JNR TRIO--Bitches Brew
ALOE BLACC--Long Time Coming
DJ /RUPTURE--Taqasim
RESIDENT ALIEN--Article Don
BLACK STAR--Definition

Nabeel:

BEAT KONDUCTA--Accordion For Raj
DJ SANDRINHO--Berimbau
CLARENCE G--Data Transfer
BJORK--Earth Intruders (Spank Rock Remix)
MAURIZIO--M06A (Edit)
OSCAR BROWN JNR--Forty Acres And A Mule
DJ /RUPTURE--Richard Martin: White Liva Version
DEAD PREZ--Propaganda
FANGA--Kononi (feat. Kady Diarra)

Nick:

JAY Z--99 Problems
NMS--Super Pretzel (Diplo Damage)
AESOP ROCK--None Shall Pass
VIKTOR VAUGHN--Lactose & Lecithin
MR LEN W/ CHUBB ROCK & MR LIVE--Dummy Smacks
PUBLIC ENEMY--Gotta Do What I Gotta Do
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF & MADLIB--Rawcore

Nabeel:

BOBBY BYRD--I Know You Got Soul
BOBBY BYRD--If You Don't Work, You Can't Eat
IKE TURNER & HIS KINGS OF RHYTHM--Ghetto Funk
MENELIK ET LE TRIBU--Un Petit Rien De Jazz
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST ft. BUSTA RHYMES--Come On Down
SOHAIL RANA--Soul Sitar
BEAT KONDUCTA--Untitled bonus 7" B-side
MULATU ASTATQE--Chifara
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS--Rainbow Country Rhythm
KRAFTWERK--Tour De France (Live)

08.09.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:25:04 GMT

Nabeel:

CARL CRAIG--At Les
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS--Choci Loni
GLASS CANDY--Computer Love
KRAFTWERK--Computer World (Orpheus Remix)
KRAFTWERK--Aerodynamik (Hot Chip's Intelligent Design Mix)
TETINE--Lick My Favela
SANY PITBULL--Tribos
TOM TOM CLUB--Rappa Rappa Rhythm-Yella

Nick:

BEAT KONDUCTA--Untitled
JAYLIB--The Red
MOS DEF--Ms Fat Booty
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST--Jam
3RD BASS--Product Of The Environment (Marley Marl Remix)
DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN--If You Must
THE COUP--Head (Of State)
J-LIVE--Satisfied (Dub)
COMPANY FLOW--End To End Burners

Nabeel:

THE UPSETTERS--Justice To The People
FIRE--Father's Name Was Dad
BREAKOUT--Planet Rock
L.V. FEAT. ERROL BELLOT & DANDELION--Globetrotting
L.V. FEAT. ERROL BELLOT & DANDELION--Takeover (Dub)
MAX ROACH--Garvey's Ghost
RANKING DREAD--Shut Me Mouth
LOVEJOYS--Stranger

Nick:

CYPRESS HILL--Hand On The Pump (Miggs' Blunted Mix)
SAUL WILLIAMS--P.G.
KO-WRECK TECHNIQUE--Behavior (Untitled Mix)
ATOMS FAMILY--High On Life (Mils Remix)
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL--Runway Song
GRAVEDIGGAZ--Defective Trip

01.09.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:22:43 GMT

Nick:

KOUSHIK--Be With
TRICKY--Pumpkin
BILLIE HOLIDAY--Speak Low (Bent Remix)
DUDLEY PERKINS--War Goin' On
DEAD PREZ, JORGE BEN JOR, TALIB KWELI, BILAL, POSITIVE FORCE--Shuffering & Shmiling
OH NO--Track 4 7"

Nabeel:

SANDY NELSON--Casbah
GANG STARR FEAT. BIG SHUG & FREDDIE FOXX--The Militia
THE WATTS POETS--Pledge Of Allegiance
THE POP GROUP--Thief Of Fire
ESG--Moody (A New Mood)
COUNT BASS D--Jamaicans Get Down
LAURIE ANDERSON--From The Air (Dan The Automator Remix)
BEAT KONDUCTA--Variations
PRINCE BUSTER--Hard Man Fe Dead
THOMAS FEHLMANN--Little Big Horn (Liegend)

Nick:

MADVILLAIN--Money Folder (Four Tet Remix)
SKREAM--Midnight Request Line
PHAROAHE MONCH--Welcome To The Terrordome
M.I.A.--Bird Flu
JAYLIB--React
EPMD--It's Going Down
DJ KRUSH W/ COMPANY FLOW--Visions Of Art (Remix)

Nabeel:

AMEN ANDREWS--1000001 Style
ELIZABETH ARCHER & THE EQUATORS--Feel Like Making Love
UNKNOWN--Midnight Cowgirl
BESSIE BANKS--Baby You Sure Know How To Get To Me
MARC MOULIN--Inner City Blues
THE JACKSON FIVE--Big Boy
ILYA SANTANA--Quasar (Original Mix)

25.08.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 09:24:03 GMT

Nabeel:

THEO PARRISH--Ebonics
GRACE JONES--I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
TRICKY--Hell Is Round The Corner (The Hell & Water Mix)
TORTOISE--Glass Museum
BUNNY WAILER--Battering Down (DubDsco)
UPSETTERS--Drum Rock
SVEN LIBAEK--Dark World

Nick:

DJ KRUSH--Stormy Cloud (Random Mix)
ALOE BLACC--Whole World
PREFUSE 73--Radio Attack Part 2
RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT--Hi Potent
4 HERO--In The Shadows
TERRANOVA--Bombay Bastards

Nabeel:

CHRISTIAN PLUMMER--Strings Of Life
NEW ORDER--Temptation (Secret Machines Remix Full Length)
CARIBOU--Melody Day (Four Tet Remix) ft. Luke LaLonde, Adem & One Little Plane
MINNIE RIPERTON & ROTARY CONNECTION--Magical World
SKREAM--Movin Snares
GYPTIAN--Guns and Guns
RAGGA TWINS--Illegal Gunshot

Nick:

LATEEF--The Wreckoning
DEPECHE MODE--Painkiller (DJ Shadown Remix)
GESCOM--Kernell
ORGANIZED KONFUSION--The Rough Side Of Town
EL-P--Tasmanian Pain Coaster
THE COUP--5 Million Ways To Kill a CEO

RIP Max Roach

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:25:04 GMT

Just to expand this a little I wanted to post a link to this clip of Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln. Big ups to Mania Toa for his postering work in rememberance of the passed giant.

Nick

18.08.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:52:25 GMT

Nick:

MAX ROACH--Man From South Africa
DONALD BYRD--Steppin Into Tomorrow (Madlib Remix)
OH NO--Track 2 from Stone's Throw Bonus EP
J DILLA--Signs
LOOTPACK--Questions Remix
THE COUP--Pimps
SHAPE OF BROAD MINDS--Let's Go
AESOP ROCK--None Shall Pass

Nabeel:

I was still getting used to Scratch Live/Serato and so forgot to write my tracks down in order, but I recall playing these tunes on the show. I've missed out about three mp3s that sounded super yukky, so apologies to listeners. I dig me some distortion sometimes but it's got to be the right kind of distortion:

DAHLAK--Welcome To My Cypher
RAGGA TWINS--Illegal Gunshot
WILEY--Rock And Roll
COUNT BASS D--95% Of The Music Industry
CHICO HAMILTON--For The Mods Only
EDU LOBO--Memorias
CARIBOU--Melody Day
ROLL DEEP--Celebrate (Instrumental)
M.I.A.--Mango Pickle Down River (with the Wilcannia Mob)
BARRY GRAY--UFO Theme
JERRY JONES--Still Water
NEW ORDER--Subculture (Razormaid mix v.2.0)
FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA--Chinatown, My Chinatown
PEKKA POHJOLA--The Madness Subsides
VOLUME 10--Pistol Grip Pump
THE BROTHERS HAWK--Tweedle-Dee Tweedle-Dum
SVEN LIBAEK--Dark World
SELDA--Meydan Sizindir
J DILLA--Shouts (Instrumental)
CLIFFORD BROWN & MAX ROACH--Max's Variations

Then ADDISON came in and did a short 20-minute set from the cuts he hopes to release as an album. This was the last show he did here. He's on his way to Londinium via France to try and cut it with the boys and girls in the big smoke.

Nick:

BATTLES--Atlas
BIG DADDY KANE--Young, Gifted and Mid
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL--First... And Then

Nabeel:

some tracks from the list of songs listed above.

RIP Max Roach
RIP Tony Wilson
RIP Lee Hazlewood

11.08.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:57:40 GMT

Nabeel:

THE MAGNIFICENTS--On Main Street
52ND STREET--Look Into My Eyes (12")
A CERTAIN RATIO--Do The Du (Casse) 12"
808 STATE--Cubik (Pan American Excursion)
PUBLIC ENEMY--Rebel Without A Pause
JACOB MILLER MEETS FATMAN RIDDIM SECTION--Standing Firm
FATMAN RIDDIM SECTION--The Black "Spy"
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI--Heart It Races (DJ /Rupture Remix)
NEW ORDER--Everything's Gone Green
M.I.A.--Paper Planes

Nick:

DIZZY GILLESPIE--Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac
MOS DEF--Hip Hop
THE COUP--Ride The Fence
JAYLIB--React
3RD BASS-Brooklyn, Queens
VAST AIRE & MF DOOM--Da Super Frendz

Nabeel:

CAMP LO--Sparkle
CAL TJADER--Leyte
CALLE 13 FEATURING LA MALA RODRIGUEZ--Mala Suerte Con El 13
FREDDY CRUGER--Pushing On (Featuring Linn)
DA KING & I--Tears (Contemporary Mix Album Version)
LIL WAYNE--Crazy
JAYLIB--Champion Sound (Instrumental)
JIMMY CLIFF--Vietnam

Nick:

THE TEMPTATIONS--Ball Of Confusion
SOUL CENTER--Are You Ready?
MR LEE G--The Whispering Song (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
TERRANOVA--Bombing Bastards
EAST FLATBUSH PROJECT--Tried By 12 (Ac Remix)
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--Lock Ligger
STEINSKI--Electric Vindaloo
JUELZ SANTANA--Upset

04.08.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 09:50:42 GMT

Nick:

JAYLIB--The Heist (Instrumental)
EPMD--Let The Funk Flow
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--360 Degrees
VAST AIRE--Life's Ill Part 2
RESIDENT ALIEN--Horrorscope
ARABICA PRINCE--Strange Life
PUBLIC ENEMY--Shut Em Down (The Functionist Version)

Nabeel:

MUSTAFA OZKENT--Burçak Tarlalarl
SAROLTA ZALATNAY--Hadd Mondjam El (with Skorpio)
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND--I'm Waiting For the Man
THE MODERN LOVERS--Roadrunner
M.I.A.--Bamboo Banger
ASHA BHOSLE--Kahan Hai Woh Diwana
VAL BENNETT--The Russians Are Coming
MAHMOUD AHMED--Tezeta

Nick:

WILL WEBB--Cosmic Kung Fu Funk
DAVE CLARKE--Wisdom To The Wise (Rob Hood Remix)
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI--Heart It Races (Trizzy's Rusty Can Remix)
SUBTLE--Ebony Furs
ALL NATURAL--Vegetarian
MF DOOM--All Outa Ale
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS--My Philosophy

Nabeel:

ROXANNE SHANTE & BIZ MARKIE--Freestyle (Live)
ABSTRACT RUDE FT. THE HEAVYWEIGHTS--Heavyweights Round 4
HARRY MUDIE MEETS KING TUBBY IN DUB CONFERENCE--Heavy Duty Dub
THE ROYAL RASSES--Unconventional People
DELROY WILSON--I'm Still Waiting (12" mix)

28.07.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:19:18 GMT

Nabeel:

PLUG--Feelings
TOMMY MCCOOK & THE AGROVATORS--At The Dub Market
GANG STARR--JFK To LAX
DARONDO--Didn't I
BOXCUTTER--Gave Dub
TOASTY BOY--Guesswork

Nick:

C RAYZ WALZ--Bucked
ORGANIZED KONFUSION--Stray Bullet
COMPANY FLOW--8 Steps Of Perfection
JUGGAKNOTS--Clear Blue Skies
DIGABLE PLANETS--Flyin' High In The Brooklyn Sky
J-LIVE--Satisfied
AESOP ROCK & SLUG--I'll Be OK

Nabeel:

DJ DEZ--Word
ZODIAC PROJECT--Oneness (featuring Scalper)
THE BUG--Jah War (Featuring Flowdan)
JAMIE WOON--Wayfaring Stranger
ART LINKLATER--Civil Defence Spot: Don't Use Your Telephone
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI--Heart It Races (DJ /Rupture Mix)
GUDRUN GUT--Girlboogie6
LIL WAYNE--We're Takin' Over (Remix)
FILASTINE--The Mud, The Blood and The Beer: A Fistfight With The Near East (Excerpt)

Scalper was in the studio. Came in from his new home west of the city. We played a tune from his collaboration with Zodiac Project. He didnae wanna chat today. A bit clunky during the second half of this set coz I was trying to get started on Serrato and the mac was playing up. Jerky transitions, I'm afraid. Will try again next week with Addison's help.

Nick:

NINA SIMONE--Sinnerman
NETTLE--The Ballad of Jimmy Holla
MUTAMASSIK--We-Do
SAUL WILLIAMS--Act III
KID 606 VS. NWA--Straight Outa Compton
THE BUG VS. ROOTSMAN--Imitato
DJ /RUPTURE--In Front Of You

We went off to the Joe Strummer documentary after the show.

21.07.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:42:49 GMT

Nick:

DAEDELUS--Patent Pending
SAUL WILLIAMS--PC
DR OCTAGON--Blue Flowers (Automator Remix)
THE COUP--My Favorite Mutiny
AESOP ROCK--Numb To The Guns
MR LIF--New Man Theme
BIG DADDY KANE--It's A Big Daddy Thing

Nabeel:

CRU--Just Another Case
MAGGIE THRETT--Soupy
THE BROTHERHOOD--The Monkey That Became President (Part 1)
PHAROAHE MONCHE--Welcome To The Terrordome
ESKIBOY--Levels
DR ALIMENTADO--Conscious Man
BURIAL--Ghost Hardware
THE BUG FT. FLOWDAN--Jah War
BARRINGTON LEVY IN DUB--Skylarking Dub

Nick:

HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL--I've Been Thinking
BLACKALICIOUS--Swan Lake
LA SYMPHONY--Broken Now
WILDCHILD--Code Red
MF DOOM--Bells Of Doom
EL-P--Poisonville Kids No Wins
TIMEBLIND--Most Eye

Nabeel:

RICARDO VILLALOBOS--Fizheuer Zieheuer Pt.1 & some blather about Control
GUDRUN GUT--The Land
BARBARA LYNN--Trying To Love Two
LUKE ENVOY--Honour Kill
DHAIMA--Ina Jah Children
WGANDA KENYA--Tifit Hayed
BERNARD PURDIE--Song For Aretha
HENRY MANCINI--Here's Looking At You, Kid
OJUS DE BRUJO--Memorias Perdias
MARVIN GAYE--A Funky Space Reincarnation

14.07.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:14:09 GMT

Nabeel:

I returned from overseas on Thursday, and probably due to jet lag, I misplaced the piece of paper with the playlist on it. Whoops. Sorry Nick. I'll try and find this document and then post the tracks we played. In the meantime, many apologies to any interested parties.

07.07.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:09:08 GMT

Nick:

KOUSHIK--Be With
DJ /RUPTURE--Musquito
THE DIX--I Luv U Girl
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE--Runnin Away
COUNT BASS D--Antemeridian
K.M.D.--Nitty Gritty
J DILLA--Let's Take It Back
SPANK ROCK--What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
MaDLIB--Payback
MR LIF--Pull Out Your Cut

Kurt:
DJ VADIM--Fear
TALIB KWELI and MADLIB--Funny Money
KURTIS BLOW--The Breaks (Spank Rock remix)
BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE TO MODEST MOUSE--Float On
Z-TRIP feat SOUP--Listen to the DJ
BJORK--Wonderlust
OH NO and OTIS JACKSON--It's All the Same Hip Hop
TEK 9--Getting Down Again

Nick:
DAEDELUS--Nouveau Nova
4 HERO--Universal Love
TIMEBLIND-tMost Eye (Kid606 Remix)
DAVID BYRNE and BRIAN ENO--The Jezbel Spirit
13 & GOD--Perfect Speed
EL-P--Smithereens
GRAVEDIGGAZ--Defective Tip

Kurt:
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT--U
TALIB KWELI--Work It Out
THE BLUE HERB--My Heart
LOOTPACK--Innersoul
MF GRIMM and MF DOOM--Dragon's Blood + Cayenne= 1000 Degrees
THE ROOTS--You Got Me
DJ VADIM--Ballistic Affairs

30.06.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:08:19 GMT

Nick:

U.N.K.L.E--Time has Come (If you Find the Earth Boring Mix)
DJ KRUSH--Stormy Cloud
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM vs MATTHEW SHIPP--A Knot In Your Bop
ROOTS MANUVA--Clockwork
THE CLIPSE--Strutin Y'all (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
GESCOM--Keynell
FUNKSTÖRUNG--Sounds Like a Break Record
PHON.O--Kyoto Station 6 Pm
DAN LE SAC vs SCROOBIUS PIP--Thou Shall Always Kill (Knifeandchop Remix)
NETTLE--Untitled (Canción Hiphop Arabe)
THE BUG vs THE ROOTSMAN--Run the Place Red
MUTAMASSIK--Imigrants On Course
AUTOMATOR with KOOL KEITH--A Better Tomorrow Part 2
WHITE MICE--Tallawah
BUSTA RHYMES--Touch It (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
RONI SIZE--Heroes (Origin Unknown Remix)
CUJO--Popside
AUTECHRE--Nine
TIMEBLIND--Most Eye (DJ /rupture Remix)
SQUAREPUSHER--Hanningfield Window
DEATH COMET CREW--Exterior St (Protein Version)
KID606--Watch Me Switch
AESOP ROCK--None Shall Pass

23.06.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:26:03 GMT

Nabeel:

NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN--Mustt Mustt (Massive Attack Remix)
BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE--Pitch To Voltage
APPLEBLIM--Cheat I
DJ /RUPTURE--Secret Google Cheat Codes IX
BLACK DICE--Roll Up
BOIKUTT--Mish Beinatna (B-Dub Remix)
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE--Shadow Of A Dune
ORIGIN UNKNOWN--Valley Of The Shadows
BOIKUTT FT. THE UNPEOPLE, ILLAMAN, UNCLE WILL, ROXY & JHON--Subversive Elements

Nick:

DIGABLE PLANETS--Dial 7
DUDLEY PERKINS--Dollar Bill
BLACKALICIOUS--Deception
COMPANY FLOW--Krazy Kings
JUGGAKNOTS--I'm Gonna Kill Up
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--Lock Ligger
MAJOR FORCE--Circling Round

Nabeel:

NICODEMUS--Computer Knife & Fork
SHOLA FEAT. GLAMMA KID--Taboo (MJ Cole Remix)
MS THING--Jump Up And Rail
DJ MEHDI--Lucky Boy (Outlines Remix)
IMPERIAL BROTHERS--We Came To Rock (Club Version)
IMPERIAL BROTHERS--We Dub To Scratch (Be Bop Scratch Mix)
THE TUSS--Alspacka
BEAT KONDUCTA--Masala
HEMLATA/KALYANJI-ANANDJI--Na Na Na Yeh Kya Karne Lage Ho
ASHA BHOSLE--Dil Jalon Ka
ONE SELF--Be Your Own

Nick:

NETTLE--Firecamp
NETTLE--GUTted (Mehmet Irdel Remix)
OUT HUD--Dear Mr Bush...
APPERT ORGAN QUARTET--Romantiks
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM--Sugar Worm
DJ /RUPTURE--Into The Ohio River

16.06.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:41:05 GMT

Nick:

OUTKAST--Elevators
DIZZEE RASCAL--Pick Up Look Sharp (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
MF DOOM--Hey!
SAUL WILLIAMS--PG
BIGG JUS--No Dessert Till You Finish Your Vegetables
LOOTPACK--Episodes
COUNT BASS D--Word!

Nabeel:

5 SPIRITUAL TONES--Bad Situation
CAN--Vitamin C
DJ /RUPTURE--Rhythm & Sound: King Version & Aaliyah: We Need A Resolution
POLE--Sylvenstein
BOREDOMS--Seadrum
BADAWI--Stampede
JOE ACOSTA--All Night Long

Nick:

BIOSPHERE--The Fairy Tale
SEAN DEASON--Razorback
RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT--Brown Paper Bag (Photek Remix)
SKREAM W/ WARRIOR QUEEN--Check It
DOPPLEREFFEKT--Sterilization
SPEEDY J--Patterns (Remix)

Nabeel:

MASSIVE ATTACK--Protection (The Eno Mix)
CEDAR WALTON--Low Rider
DONNA SUMMER--C'est Non Le Disco
THE FIELD--Over The Ice
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE--Banshee Beat
SLY & THE FAMILY STONE--In Time
CAL TJADER--Black Orchid
MILT JACKSON--Tahiti
QUASIMOTO--The Front
KING SPORTY--A Year of Sundays
BADAWI--War On Mt Zion

09.06.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 08:49:24 GMT

Nabeel:

MOODYMANN--Technologystolemyvinyl
CAN--I'm So Green
JOYA LANDIS--When The Lights Are Low
LAUB--Tofu
MORENO +2--Deusa Do Amor
GABOR SZABO--The Beat Goes On

Nick:

JNR. WALKER & THE ALL-STARS--Shotgun
6IX--I'm Just Like You
DUDLEY PERKINS--Gotta Go
THE TEMPTATIONS--Ball Of Confusion
ORGANIZED KONFUSION--The Rough Side Of Town
PUBLIC ENEMY--You're Gonna Get Yours (Reanimated Terminator X Getaway Version)
PRINCE PAUL--J.O.B.
TRICKY--Christiansands
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--Breaker's Delight

Nabeel:

PANDA BEAR--Laughed For a World Filled With Fantasy
SPANK ROCK--Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)
THE GUN CLUB--Sex Beat
LORD INVADER--Fidel Castro
DJ /RUPTURE--Musquito (Club Foot Remix)
BADAWI--Den Of Dreams
KING SUN--Sippin' Brandy
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM--North American Scum
WILEY--Ground Zero (Main Mix)
MC SOLAAR--Arkansas

Nick:

MODEL 500--Night Drive
DREXCIYA--Quancum Hydrodynamics
SUV--Parklands
UNKNOWN--Mix3V2
MUTAMASSIK--Gulf Rock Mix
MR LEE G & GHISLAIN POIRIER--Whisper Song Remix
BUSDRIVER--Less Yes's More No's
EL-P--EMG
MADLIB--Selah's Children
M.I.A.--Sunshowers (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
QUASIMOTO--Astro Travellin
THE AVALANCHES--Since I Left You
COUNT BASS D--Potholderz (Instrumental)
MF DOOM--Dead Beat
CHESSE ROOTS--Rambo Gun Salute

02.06.07 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 01:36:47 GMT

Nick

MADLIB- 6 Variations of in the Rain
DIGABLE PLANETS- GRAFFITI
DXT and BOOTSY COLLINS- If 6 Minutes was 9 Minutes
LOOTPACK- Crate Diggin'
ZIMBABWE LEGIT- Rhymin' Wit the African Symphony
STEINSKI and MASS MEDIA- It's Up to You (War Mix)
DJ FOOD- The Dusk
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHoOL- The Runway Song
ANTICON- Pitty Party People
BEASTIE BOY- Grattitude
EPMD- Headbanger
JAYLIB- Pillz
BRIAN ENO and DAVID BYRNE- Mea Culpa
OUT HUD- Dad There's a Little Phrase Called Too Much Information
APHEX TWIN- Digeridoo
PHOTEK- Smoke Rings
CUJO- A Vida
DONNA SUMMER- C'est Non Disco
IKE YARD- N.C.R. (Funkstörung Version)
SPANK ROCK- What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
JAZ KLASH- The Party Next Door
DJ /RUPTURE- Cheerz
RHYTHM and SOUND with BOBBO SHANTI- Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)
AESOP ROCK- None Shall Pass

26.05.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:50:50 GMT

Nick:

ZIMBABWE LEGIT--Shadow's Legitimate Mix
DUDLEY PERKINS--Yo' Soul
13 & GOD--Ghostwork
MURS--You and I
PUBLIC ENEMY--Gotta Do What I Gotta Do
SAUL WILLIAMS--List Of Demands
DJ /RUPTURE W/ WAYNE LONESOME--Dem Nuh Know Me

Nabeel:

LYRICS BORN FT. EVIDENCE & KRS-ONE--Pack Up Remix
NEWCLEUS--Jam On It
LAUB--Covering
PANDA BEAR--Take Pills
BABS GONZALES--Ornithology
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Stars
DONALD BYRD--One Gun Salute
BEASTIE BOYS--Hey Ladies
WORLD CLASS WRECKIN' CRU--Cabbage Patch
KING TEE W/ DJ KEITH COOLEY--Payback's A Mutha
KID FROST--Terminator

Nick:

BOOM BIP--The Pinks
!!!--Must Be The Moon (Hot Chip Remix)
DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PP--Thou Shalt Always Kill (Knifehandchop Remix)
SUBTLE--Mercury Craze
JUELZ SANTANA--Dipset (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
DJ Z-TRIP--Further Explorations Of A Black Hole
LIQUID LIQUID--Cavern (Let's Hear It For The B-Boy Remix)

Nabeel:

MR FINGERS--Washing Machine
!!!--Pardon My Freedom (Maurice Fulton Instrumental Mix)
THE STAPLE SINGERS--Slippery People
NASTY HABITS WITH DOC SCOTT--Last Action Hero
4 HERO--We Who Are Not As Others (Jazzanova Remix)
LUOMO--Wanna Tell
POLE--Sylvenstein
MICHAEL ROSE & JAMMY--Born Free

19.05.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 19 May 2007 10:36:09 GMT

Nabeel:

MAX ROMEO VS. ?--One Step Forward
OBSERVER ALL STARS--No Conscience
I ROY--Sister Maggie Breast
MILT JACKSON--Olinga
THE DYNAMITES--Move On Up
BOBBY WOMACK--If You Want My Love, Put Some Down On It
JOYA LANDIS--When The Lights Are Low
FATBACK BAND--Keep On Steppin'
CRAIG G--Shootin' The Gift (Remix)
TROUBLE FUNK--Still Smokin'
MC LYTE--Poor Georgie
SKINNYMAN--Council Estate Of Mind (Beats)
IKE TURNER & THE KINGS OF RHYTHM--Ghetto Funk
CARRIE RILEY & THE FASCINATIONS--Super Cool
EDDIE BO--If It's Good To You (It's Good For You)
GRANT GREEN--Ain't It Funky Now
BO DIDDLEY--The Shape I'm In
SKITZ FEAT. WILDFLOWER, TEMPE, ESTELLE, CUTS BY HARRY LOVE--Domestic Science
LUOMO--Paper Tigers
LUIS GASCA--Spanish Gypsy
TITO RODRIGUEZ--Descarga Cachao
M.A.N.D.Y VS. BOOKA SHADE--Body Language (Senor Coconut Mix)
O.V. WRIGHT--I Don't Do Windows
SERIGNE M'BAYE--Senegalais De France (feat. Flagada, Iron Sy, 16ar, Gaye Cissokho & Mental)
SALAH RAGAB & THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND--Egyptian Strut
ROSS CARNEGIE--Cool Dad
JUNIOR PARKER--Tomorrow Never Knows
TOMMY MCCOOK--Real Cool
CHANNEL LIVE--Mad Izm (Buckwild 95 Mix)

12.05.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 13 May 2007 08:40:12 GMT

Nick:

WHITE MICE--School Days (Version)
WHITE MICE--School Days (Vocal)
KMD--Peach Fuzz
DE LA SOUL--Fanatic of the B Word
THE DIX--Here Come The Dix
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST--After Hours
LATYRYX--Lady Don't Tek No
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL--Metaphysical
YO LA TENGO--Speedy Motorcycle (DJ Jester Remix)

Nabeel:

THE BLACK POPE--Human Radio Station
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE--The Message (Datashat Remix)
THE SUPREMES--Bad Weather
SLY STONE--Crossword Puzzle
MC LYTE--Cha Cha Cha
SANY PITBULL--Tribos
KARIZMA--All Teched Out
JST*R--S'biggerdan
RIAA--I Hate Your Little Red Book (Kelis vs. Love)

Nick:

CARLOS--Collapse
DJ VADIM W/ EL-P & DMS--Viagra
C-RAY WALZ--Buck 80
THE PERCEPTIONISTS--Party Hard
MED--Can't Hold On
MF DOOM--Deep Fried Frenz
PASHA--Nah
BUSDRIVER--Reheated Pop
PUBLIC ENEMY--Louder Than A Bomb

Nabeel:

DJ CAM W/ GURU--Espionage (Dynamic Duo Instrumental)
THE MUSICIANS OF THE NILE--Sir Bina Ya Qitar
SIDE9000--Dhun
SHORTY PIETERSTEN--A History of Jazz
BASS CLEF--Hilda
BASS CLEF--Clapton Deep
DROID--Scotty
KEITH HUDSON--Image Dub
LOEFAH--Goat Stare
DIGITAL MYSTIKZ--Anti-War Dub

05.05.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 06 May 2007 07:27:41 GMT

Nabeel:

SHUGGIE OTIS--Pling!
GIL SCOTT HERON--We Almost Lost Detroit
HERBIE HANCOCK--Rain Dance
LEFTFIELD--Swords (To Roccoco Rot Remix)
POLE--Warum
JOY DIVISION--She's Lost Control
FABIAN--Prophecy

Nick:

MR LEN W/ JEAN GRAE--Taco Day
THEMSELVES--Good People Check
ICE CUBE W/ CHUCK D--Endangered Species
EL-P W/ AESOP ROCK--Run The Numbers
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM--Sugar Worm
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF & MADLIB--Rawcore

Nabeel:

T-SKI VALLEY--Catch The Beat
DAVE & ANSEL COLLINS--Double Barrel
THE EXCITERS--The Exciters Theme
BOOKER T & THE MG'S--Soul Limbo
THOMAS LEER--West End
DJ MONK--Dance Hall Style
PRIMAL SCREAM--Screamadelica

Nick:

RUN DMC--Hit It Run
BEASTIE BOYS--Shake Your Rump
KID 606--Watch Me Switch
SQUAREPUSHER--North Circular
LADY BUG W/ WARRIOR QUEEN--Dem A Bomb We
KOPA VS. M.I.A.--Kopa Hombre
DIVERSE & MOS DEF--Wylin' Out (Kutmaster Kurt Mix)
DJ /RUPTURE--Into You

28.04.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:58:22 GMT

Nick:

BIG DADDY KANE--The House That Cee Built
ERIC B & RAKIM--I Know You Got Soul
THE TEMPTATIONS--Ball Of Confusion
CURTIS MAYFIELD--Now You're Gone
BETTY DAVIS--Anti Love Song

Nabeel:

FENNESZ--Caecilia
VERA HALL--Trouble So Hard
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON--See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
POLE--Schöner Land
CEDRIC IM BROOKS--Silent Force
SERGE GAINSBOURG--Aux Armes Et Cetera
LEE PERRY--Zion Blood
SMITH & MIGHTY--Walking
KING JAMMY--Slaughterhouse Five

Nick:

ANTIBALAS--Beaten Metal
TALIB KWELI W/ CONSEQUENCE--Engine Running
MR LEE 6 W/ GHISLAIN POIRIER--Whisper Song Remix
EL-P--Tasmanian Pain Coaster
PUBLIC ENEMY--How To Kill A Radio Consultant
QUASIMOTO--Greenery
J DILLA--Nothing Like Us
CLOUDDEAD--Dead Dogs Two

Nabeel:

FUNKDOOBIEST--XXX Funk
SON OF BAZERK FEATURING NO SELF CONTROL--J Dub's Theme
GANG STARR WITH FREDDIE FOXX & BIG SHUG--The Militia (Remix)
TAPPER ZUKIE--Dub MPLA
RONI SIZE/REPRAZENT--Brown Paper Bag (Photek Remix)
MONOLAKE--Terminal
KODE9 & THE SPACEAPE--Addiction
SOUL SYNDICATE/KING TUBBY--Ethiopian Version

21.04.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:46:54 GMT

Got to the studio half an hour early and the Navigator was playing, so I got an extra 30 minutes on the decks. Vinyl only from me this week. Nabeel

Nabeel:

MEL BROWN--Luv Potion
DOROTHY ASHBY--Life Has Its Trials
CHET BAKER--But Not For Me
MULATU OF ETHIOPIA--Kasalefkut-Hulu
DENNIS BROWN--Wolves & Leopards
THE OBSERVERS--No Conscience
JOHNNIE OSBOURNE--Back Off Ring Craft
ROOTS RADICS--Crafty Dub

Nick:

LOUIS ARMSTRONG--St James Infirmary
MAKE UP--HeyJoe
!!!--Must Be The Moon
TALKING HEADS--I Zimbra
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM--North American Scum
BATTLES--Atlas
KOUSHIK--Be With

Nabeel:

WEEKEND--Past Meets Present
JOHNNY CLARKE--Everyday Wondering
SCRITTI POLITTI & RANKING ANN--Flesh & Blood
ASHER & TRIMBLE--Humble Yourself
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN--Heads Will Roll (Summer Version)
EDWIN STARR--Twenty-Five Miles
COOKIE CREW--Got To Keep On

Nick:

AUTECHRE--Play Weissensee Against Im Glück by Neu
NAS--The World Is Yours (Count Bass D Remix)
GRAVEDIGGAZ--Defective Trip
EL-P--Smithereens
JAYLIB--React
SPANK ROCK--What It Look Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
LADY SOVEREIGN--Random (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

Nabeel:

BARRY ADAMSON--Preface
MANTRONIX--Join Me Please (Homeboys-Make Some Noise)(Dirty Dub)
LOS HERMANOS--My Mother's Guitarra
DJ BONE--Alien Speak
HERBERT--Suddenly (Herbert Redub)
SADE--Motor City Soul (White Label Remix)
PANDA BEAR--Bro's (Terrestrial Tones Mix)
THE MTHEMBU QUEENS--Asambeni
THE PHARCYDE--Passin' Me By (Fly As Pie Mix)
LITTLE ESTHER PHILLIPS--Turn The Lamps Down Low
JAMES CARR--Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
HANK JACOBS--Hank's Groove

14.04.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:59:08 GMT

Nick:

UP, BUSTLE & OUT--La Morena En El Viento Andaluz
MAJOR FORCE WEST--Here Comes The Funky Monkey
MADVILLAIN--America's Most Blunted
THE ROOTS--Stay Cool
AESOP ROCK--Holy Smokes
SHELSHOCK--Dragon Coaster (Malik's Mix)

Nabeel:

CHARLIE HADEN & CARLA BLEY--The People United Will Never Be Divided
MR FREEDOM--Balls!
LIL WAYNE--Georgia... Bush
KODE9 & SPACEAPE--Bodies
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66--For What It's Worth
RICH MEDINA--Mindgames
GLAXO BABIES--Christine Keeler
MIKEY MURKA--Back Your Automatic
ANTONY RED ROSE--Tempo
DJ 3000--Merchants Of Identity (The Marketplace)
BURIAL--You Hurt Me

Nick:

SUBTLE--The Mercury Craze (Soft Pink Truth Remix)
GENERAL PATTON VS. THE X-ECUTIONERS--Roc Raida Riot Control
PUBLIC ENEMY--Son Of A Bush (DJ Pone Baghdad Mix)
NMS--Strike Back
SPEEDY J--Something For Your Mind (Funkstörung Remix)
KRAFTWERK--Radioactivity (Live)
COLDCUT--Everything Is Under Control (Qemists Remix)

Nabeel:

COMMON--New Wave (Playgroup Remix)
BROTHER D & THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT--How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise
KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS--Annie I'm Not Your Daddy (Special Edit)
KING TUBBY/AGRROVATORS--Invasion
DJ MONK & ANTONY RED ROSE--Jungle Tempo

07.04.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:21:38 GMT

Nabeel:

POLE--Sylvenstein
DON CARLOS--Lazer Beam
JEAN GRAE--Not The One (DJ Raze & Skibeatz Remix)
LEE MOSES--Hey Joe
BETTY HARRIS--What'd I Do Wrong
RALPH "SOUL" JACKSON--Sunshine Of Your Love
BRAD MEHLDAU--River Man

Nick:

MEL BROWN--Cheap At Half The Price
YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET--The Birth Of Yesterday's New Quintet
DONALD BYRD--Steppin' Again (Madlib Remix)
MADVILLAIN--Sickfit
MAJOR FORCE WEST--Circling Round
DJ KRUSH W/ KEN SHIMA--Stormy Cloud
COUNT BASS D--Art For Sale
J DILLA--Nothing Like This
BATTLES--Atlas (DJ Koze Remix)

Nabeel:

I interviewed John Hutnyk about Fun^Da^Mental and Asian Dub Foundation, music and activism in the UK with a low volume soundtrack of Mutamassik playing in the background. He's been visiting from the UK for a few days. He's written a lot on South Asian music in Britain, travel and anthropology.

Nick:

COUNT BASS D--Exclusive Two
SUBTLE--Middle Class Haunt
BUSDRIVER--Less Yes's, More No's
MAD MIKE--Attack Of Sonic Samurai
DREXCIYA--Black Sea
BATTLES--Atlas
SPANK ROCK--Bump (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

31.03.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:30:55 GMT

Nick:

DJ SHADOW--89.9 Megamix
EPMD--Strictly Business
K-OTIX--George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM--Ghostlawns
COOL CALM PETE--Get With The Times
LATYRYX--The Quickening (The Wreckoning Part II)

Nabeel:

THE ETHIOPIANS--The Whip
THE WAILERS--400 Years
BURNING SPEAR--I And I Survive (Slavery Days)
THE ABBYSSINIANS--Declaration Of Rights
CARLTON JACKSON--History
GANG OF FOUR--At Home He's A Tourist
I-ROY--War And Friction
THEO PARRISH & MARCELLUS PITMAN--African Roots

Nick:

KRAFTWERK--Elektro Kardiogram
THE QEMISTS--Let There Be Light
DJ KRUST & SAUL WILLIAMS--Coded Language
SQUAREPUSHER--Ultravisitor
RED SNAPPER--Last One (DJ Food Remix)

Nabeel:

DREXCIYA--Journey Home
RX--My Generation
MODULATIONS--The Old World's Going Down
SERGE GAINSBOURG--The Horse
JIMMY 'BO' HORNE--Spank
LORD RHABURN--Disco Connection
THEO PARRISH--Reaction To Plastic
DJ /RUPTURE--Rumbo Babylon (Minesweeper Suite version)
PRINCE FAR I--The Conquest

24.03.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:45:33 GMT

Nabeel:

ASWAD--Natural Aggression
WILLIE WILLIAMS--Valley of Jahosaphat
YABBY U--Deliver Me From My Enemies
BASS CLEF--Clapton Deep
COCO ROSIE--Rainbowarriors
KARAOKE MOUSE--Shanghai Reggae (DJ Side's Alternative Take)

Nick:

MUM--Boychild (Diblex Inc Remix)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION--T.A.T.B. (For The Saints & Sinners Remix)
JIMI TENOR--Total Devastation (Maurice Fulton Mix)
ERIC B & RAKIM--The R (Remix)

Nabeel:

PIERO UMILIANI--Panoramica (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS--River Jordan
RANKING JOE--River Jordan
SALAH RAGAB & THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND--The Crossing
GEORGE PERKINS & THE SILVER STARS--Crying In The Streets
THE IGUANAS--I Can Only Give You Anything
THE OTHER HALF--Mr Pharmacist
THE RAMONES--Beat On The Brat
TEK 9--London Sumtin'
DETROIT ESCALATOR COMPANY--Gathering Memory
TOUSSAINT MCCALL--Nothing Takes The Place Of You

Nick:

SPANK ROCK--What It Looks Like (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
M.I.A.--Kopa Hombre (Hollatronix Remix)
BUNJI GARLIN & JMC TRIVENI--Doi Festival (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
MUTAMASSIK--Sa'aidi Hardcore
PHOTEK--Axiom
EL-P--Smithereens
BUSDRIVER--Happiness ('s A Unit Of Measurement)
AESOP ROCK--None Shall Pass

17.03.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:53:42 GMT

Nick:

!!!--Myth Takes
GRIZZLY BEAR--Knife (Girl Talk Remix)
JUELZ SANTANA--Dipset (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
DEL THA FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN--If You Must
DESPOT--Get Rich Or Try Dying
ALL NATURAL--Vegetarian
AESOP ROCK--None Shall Pass

Nabeel:

FELA KUTI--Let's Start
PANDA BEAR--Bro's
KOOL & THE GANG--Summer Madness
FREDDIE HUBBARD--Cry Out
RIZ ORTOLANI--Adultress' Punishment
LOEFAH--System
JERU THA DAMAJA--Statik

Nick:

GESCOM--Keynell
EL-P--Smithereens
SUBTLE--A Tale Of Apes 1 & 2
GENERAL PATTON vs. XECUTIONERS--Dueling Band Marching Drill
CLARK--Bruise Animations
QEMISTS--Iron Shirt
ATOMS FAMILY--High On Life (Mils Remix)

Nabeel:

BADAWI--Sound On Its Echoing
AMON TOBIN--Kitchen Sink
ROBERT HOOD--Color Of Skin
ASENA--Warda
LFO--Syndrome
THE CURE--Fire In Cairo (Digitalism Remix)
SLY, ROBBIE & THE REVOLUTIONARIES--Junglist Dub
MASTA ACE INC.--Slaughtahouse (Murder 'n' Death Edit)

03.03.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:36:34 GMT

Nabeel:

J DILLA--This Is Dilla's World
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD--I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face
STORMY--The Devastator
FONTELLA BASS--You'll Never Know
THE MEDITATION SINGERS--Let Them Talk
LIL WAYNE, DEVIN & BUN B--Gone Bad (Mr J Pat Remix)
HEATWAVE--Mind Blowing Decisions
SMOKEY ROBINSON--A Silent Partner In A Three-Way Love Affair
DEBBIE TAYLOR--I Don't Want To Leave You
DAVID AXELROD--Human Abstract
EL MICHELS AFFAIR & RAEKWON--The PJ's...From Afar (Clean)
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--The Sweetest
TENASTELIN & VIBES POSSE--Burial Tonight
VIBES POSSE--Burial Version
SIA--Breathe Me (Four Tet Remix)
TONY ALLEN--Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
ROOTS MANUVA--Colossal Insight (Royskopp Remix)
TRAE--Cadillac (Featuring Paul Wall, Three Six Mafia, Jayton & Lil Boss of S.L.A.B.
GRIZZLY BEAR--A Good Place (Soft Pink Truth's Blow By Blow Remix)
M.I.A.--XR2 (Tigerstyle Remix)
DJ /RUPTURE--Taqasim
PAPOOSE--Stuttering
JME--Subbuteo
WILEY--One Line Flow (Remix)
CUIZINIER--No Good For Me (Featuring Busdriver)
SUNSHIP FEATURING WARRIOR QUEEN--Almighty Father (Solid Groove)
JUSTIN WARFIELD--Steppin' With The Sound
THE BEATNUTS--Confused Rappers (Featuring Rahzel)
RENE COSTY--Scrabble
FRANK CARDONA Y SUS ALEGRES TEJANOS--Funky Nassau
DR. WHO DAT?--B-Boy Portrait In Spain

24.02.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:37:16 GMT

Nick:

FELA KUTI--Kalakuta Show
THE SUGARHILL GANG--Rapper's Delight (Long Version)
MASSIVE ATTACK--Five Man Army
AESOP ROCK--Daylight
CANNIBAL OX--Ox Out The Cage
BIGG JUS--Silver Back Mountain King

Nabeel:

LORD FINESSE FEATURING KRS ONE--No Gimmicks
DR WHO DAT?--March To Viberia
THE OGYATAANAA SHOW BAND--Disco Africa
LIL LOUIS--Blackout
CYBOTRON--Clear
KODE9 & THE SPACEAPE--Portal
JAYS & RANKING TREVOR--Queen Majesty
JIM NASTIC--Original Rhythm

Nick:

CHEESE ROOTS--Rambo Gun Salute
JAZZISTICS--Marcus, Martin & Malcolm
EL-P--Got Modal
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL--Waterworld
MADVILLAIN--Accordian
EPMD--Crossover
PERCEE P--Perverse Part Two
SAUL WILLIAMS--African Student Movement

Nabeel:

LOEFAH--System
COLDCUT FEATURING ROOTS MANUVA--Tru Skool (Opensource/Teksupport Refix)
MONOLAKE--CCTV
ASWATT VS. BOIKUTT--Dameer Mustater 1973
CONNIE PRICE & THE KEYSTONES--Sticks And Stones

17.02.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 07:18:27 GMT

Nabeel:

JUNIOR MURVIN--Police & Thieves
JUNIOR DELGADO--Sons Of Slaves
PABLO GAD--Hard Times
DEB ALL-STARS--3rd Generation
DILLINGER & FRIENDS--Five Man Army
SUGAR MINOTT--Oh Mr DC

Nick:

TONY ALLEN--Ise Nla (Wareika Hill Sounds Reggae Land Dub)
!!!--Heart Of Hearts
M.I.A.--Sunshowers (Ghislain Poirier Mix)
DJ /RUPTURE--Overture: Watermelon City
GRIZZLY BEAR--Knife (Girl Talk Remix)
AESOP ROCK--The Next Best Thing
LUPE FIASCO W/ JILL SCOTT--Day Dreamin'

Nabeel:

JACKSON 5--All I Do Is Think Of You
COLDCUT W/ ROOTS MANUVA--Tru Skool (Open Source/Teksupport Refix)
BRAINTAX--D90 Rules
COLDCUT--Tru Skool (Open Source/Refix Instrumental)
JAMMER FEAT. WILEY, D DOUBLE E, KANO & DURRTY GOODZ--Destruction V.I.P.
MIXMASTER MIKE--Terrorwrist (Beneath The Under)
BRAINTAX--D90 Rules (Instrumental)

Nick:

BUSDRIVER--Less Yes's, More No's
KID 606--Where We Left Off (Things Changed Remix)
THE QEMISTS--Icon Shirt
SQUAREPUSHER--Welcome To Europe
DJ /RUPTURE--In Front Of You
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--Non Existent (Gescom Mix)
DIZZEE RASCAL--Pick Up, Look Sharp (Ghislain Poirier Mix)

10.02.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:56:05 GMT

Nick:

WARP SPECIAL

LFO- Advance
PLAID- Object Orient
JACKSON- Utopia
TORTOISE- EROS
BROADCAST- America's Boy
NIGHTMARES ON WAX- Dread Overboard (DJ Food Lifesaver Mix)
BOARDS OF CANADA- An Eagle in Your Mind
JIMI TENOR- EUROPA
!!!- Hello is This Thing On? (Thomas n' Eric Rub & Tug Throwdown)
RED SNAPPER- Shellback
JAMIE LIDELL- A Little Bit More (Luke Vibert Remix)
SABRES of PARADISE- Wilmont's Last Skank
AUTECHRE- Basscadoublemx
ELECTROIDS- Japanese Electronics
APHEX TWIN- Windowlicker (Acid Edit)
LFO- Freak
BROTHOMSTATES- Qtio
SQUAREPUSHER- My Red Hot Car
AFX- Children Talking
KO-WRECK TECHNIQUE- Behaviour (Remix)
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM- Ghostlawns
PREFUSE 73 W/ GHOSTFACE & EL-P- Hide Ya Face
BOARDS OF CANADA- Beautiful Place Out in the Country

03.02.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 04:02:06 GMT

Nabeel:

LINVAL THOMPSON--Rastafari Is My Religion 12"
ZION I & THE GROUCH--Trigger
UHURU DANCE BAND--Olufeme (Natural Self Remix)
ABASS--Abass
OJOS DE BRUJO--Feedback (Nitin Sawhney Remix)
THE ROOTS--Workinonit (Demo, produced by J Dilla)
VICIOUS--Neka (Hip Hop Remix)

Nick:

MEL BROWN--Son Of A Preacher Man
BEASTIE BOYS--In 3's
TORTOISE--Whitewater
KID KOALA--Gorillaz Routine
BOARDS OF CANADA--Dayvan Cowboy
COLDCUT--Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Remix)
TORTOISE--C.T.A.
MONEY MARK--Cry (Dust Brothers Remix)

Nabeel:

FLYING LOTUS--Pet Monster Shotglass
BLACK RIOT--A Day In The Life Of
LFO--Brainstorm Part 1
CUBIC 22--Night In Motion (Original Mix)
BIG RIA--Hey You Knuckleheads
MARLEY MARL FEATURING MC SHAN--Marley Marl Scratch
RUBY ANDREWS--You Made A Believer Out Of Me

Nick:

THE HERBALISER--Something Wicked
JUSTIN WARFIELD--Dip Dip Divin'
RESIDENT ALIEN--Shakey Grounds
BDP--Sex And Violence
PUBLIC ENEMY--She Watch Channel Zero
DJ'S OF MASS DESTRUCTION--War (If It Feels Good Do It)
ORGANIZED KONFUSION--Drop Bombs
ROOTS MANUVA--Clockwork
ATOMS FAMILY--High On Life (Mils Remix)
BUSDRIVER--Unemployed Black Astrognaut

27.01.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:11:53 GMT

Nick:

NIGHTMARES ON WAX--A Night's Interlude
KEITH HUDSON--Treasures Of The World
WHITE MICE--Youths Of Today Version
ROUND THREE W/ TIKIMAN--Acting Crazy
BARRY BROWN--Nice Up The Session
THE BUG W/ WARRIOR QUEEN--World War 3
SARANTIS W/ SICK SENSE CREW--Beef Starts

Nabeel:

PINCH--Qawwali V.I.P.
MODEL 500--Info World
BUSINESS MAN--Dubby Games
MAD PROFESSOR--Freedom Chant
DJ /RUPTURE--In Front Of You
LUKE VIBERT--I Love Acid
TOO BADD--Cummin' Up

Nick:

HELL RAZAH, TALIB KWELI & MF DOOM--Project Jazz
VIKTOR VAUGHN W/ KOOL KEITH--Dope Skiller
JAYLIB--No $ No Toke
LYRICS BORN W/ EVIDENCE & KRS ONE--Pack Up Remix
STETSASONIC--Miami Bass
LIQUID LIQUID--Cavern (Let's Hear It For the B-Boy Remix)
DJ SHADOW--Hardcore
KOUSHIK--None In Mind

Nabeel:

Interviewed Nadeem AKA SCALPER AKA 7th Thief. He also rhymed over some of his own beats.

20.01.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:25:28 GMT

Nabeel:

SALAH RAGAB & THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND--Ramadan In Space Time
BRAND NUBIAN--Allah U Akbar
ERMIT STANCIL---Tobacco Auctioneer in Hi-Fi
MED--Don't Sleep (Instrumental, produced by Madlib)
J DILLA FEATURING ROCC 'C' & OH NO--Pandemonium
KALYANJI ANANDJI--Title Music (Dharmatma)
THE FALL--Powderkex
WILEY--I'm A Sinner
JME--African Zulu Warrior (Instrumental)

Nick:

ALICE COLTRANE--Los Caballos
PHAROAH SANDERS--The Creator Has A Master Plan (Trip Hop Remix)
DJ FOOD--The Crow
SCIENZ OF LIFE--Anthology: A Tribute To Music
QUASIMOTO--The Unseen

Nabeel:

JACK NITZSCHE--Rumble
SOULJAH--Down With The Lites
KODE9 & THE SPACEAPE--Kingstown
ASHA BHOSLE--Yeh Hai Rashmi Zulfon Ka Andehra
SALAH RAGAB & THE CAIRO JAZZ BAND--Egyptian Strut
HENRY MANCINI--Lujon

Nick:

SLY & THE FAMILY STONE--Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--70s 80s (The Scientist Remix 2)
DJ /RUPTURE--Musquito (Club Foot Remix)
MC SERCH--Here It Comes
HANDSOME BOY MODELING SCHOOL (W/ PRES)--First/...and Then
KMD--Peachfuzz
KOUSHIK--Be With

13.01.07 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:28:16 GMT

Nick:

PIANO OVERLORD--Diplo Electric Manatee Remix
M.I.A. vs. KOPA--Kopa Hombre (Diplo Remix)
SARANTIS w/ WARRIOR QUEEN--Retaliate
AMY WINEHOUSE--Rehab (Hot Chip Remix)
SUBTLE--The Mercury Craze
!!!--Heart of Hearts

Nabeel:

THEO PARRISH/SOUND SIGNATURE--J.B.'s Edit
PANDA BEAR--Bro's 12"
CHURCH UNIVERSAL & TRIUMPHANT, INC. Feat. ELIZABETH CLARE PROPHET--Invocation For Judgement Against And Destruction Of Rock Music
A GUY CALLED GERALD--The Reno
GARY CLAIL & TACKHEAD--Hard Left (12" B-side)
WAR--Galaxy
FRED WESLEY & THE JB'S--I'm Paying Taxes What Am I Buying

Nick:

RHYTHM & SOUND w/ BOBBO SHANTI--Poor People Must Work (Carl Craig Remix)
SARANTIS--Buffalogical Dub
LUPE FIASCO w/ JILL SCOTT--Day Dreamin'
TALIB KWELI & MADLIB--Over The Counter
GETO BOYS--Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta

Nabeel:

BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS--Poetry (Hot Club Version)
RIAA--Reach Out For The Queen
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS--Poetry
KODE9 & THE SPACEAPE (Featuring MS. HAPTIC)--Curious
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Flip Ya Lid
OPEN SOULS--Rise Up Pt. 1
MANNY DURAN & HIS SEXTET--Johnny Comes Marching Home Mambo

30.12.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 07:56:41 GMT

Nabeel:

JAMES BROWN--Funky Drummer
JAMES BROWN--Intro/The Payback (Live in Zaire 1974)
THE JB'S--Gimme Some More
JAMES BROWN--Sex Machine/Brother Rapp
JAMES BROWN--Mashed Potatoes Part 1
BRENTFORD ROAD ALL STARS--Greedy G
JAMES BROWN--Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose (Toshio Matsuura's Fantastista Re-Formation)
LB--Superbad
UNITED INTERNATIONAL--Slaughter's Big Rip Off (Radio Ad)
JAMES BROWN--Slaughter's Theme
STOKELY CARMICHAEL--We Want Black Power
JAMES BROWN--Say It Loud-I'm Black And I'm Proud (Parts 1 & 2)
DOUBLE DEE & STEINSKI--Lesson Two
BIZ MARKIE--The Vapors
BIG DADDY KANE--Raw (Remix)
BOBBY BYRD--Hot Pants I'm Coming (Bonus Beats)
ERIC B & RAKIM--I Know You Got Soul
MACEO & THE MACKS--Soul Power '74

Tony Mitchell:

HIRINI MELBOURNE & RICHARD NUNNS--Porotiti (Epsilon Blue Mix)
FOUR CORNERS--Urban Maori
KOOLISM--'Oiaue
CURSE OV DIALECT--Curse Ov The Valk Makedonski
MOUSU & DAMEZA--True South Side
HIRINI MELBOURNE & RICHARD NUNNS--Wai (Warren Maxwell Mix)

Nabeel:

ROD FREEMAN & THE BLUE MEN--I Hear A New World
BRILLIANT--It's A Man's Man's Man's World
PARLIAMENT--Chocolate City
JAMES BROWN--Money Won't Change You Parts 1 & 2
JAMES BROWN--Funky President (People It's Bad)

23.12.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:52:13 GMT

Nick:

PIANO OVERLORD--Diplo's Electric Manatee Remix
KRAFTWERK--Elektro Kardiogram
DJ SHADOW--Devi's Advocate (Heaven vs. Hell Bonus Beat)
SAUL WILLIAMS--List Of Demands
PUSH BUTTON OBJECTS--360 Degrees
AESOP ROCK W/ SLUG--I'll Be OK
JUGGAKNOTS--Trouble Man

Nabeel:

TBC POUNDSYSTEM--Losing My Sledge
THE KNIFE--Christmas Reindeer
MATMOS--Steams And Sequins For Larry Levan
2 BAD MICE--2 Bad Mice (Original)
THE HUMAN BEINZ--Nobody But Me (Pilooski Edit)

Nick:

NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Thaihi
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Da Mess Sticks
J DILLA--Signs
SUBTLE--Midas Gutz
MADVILLAIN--Figaro (Madlib Remix)
KMD--Peachfuzz
EPMD--It's Time To Party
SLICK RICK--Hey Young World

Nabeel:

TORTOISE--TNT (Nobukazu Takemura Remix)
KODE9 & THE SPACEAPE--Sine
TONY ALLEN--Moyege (Mark's Mix)
TOM TOM CLUB--Genius Of Love
LE MANS--Mi Novella Autobiografica
SLY, ROBBIE & THE REVOLUTIONARIES--Sly Tough Dub

16.12.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:11:28 GMT

Nabeel:

SLY, ROBBIE & THE REVOLUTIONARIES--Dub The Hard Way
THE EXCITERS--Exciters Theme
BO DIDDLEY--I Can Tell
BRENDA HOLLOWAY--Operator
JIMMY 'SOUL' CLARK--Sweet Darlin'
CSS--Let's Make Love And Listen To Death From Above (Diplo Mix)
ESG--Dance
TOM TOM CLUB--Lorelei (Instrumental)

Nick:

KALYANJI-ANANDJI--Theme From Don
LELONEK--Kizmet
MUTAMASSIK--Babomb
DJ /RUPTURE--No Heathen
LADY SOVEREIGN--Hoodie (Spank Rock Remix)
PEANUT BUTTER WOLF & MADLIB--Rawcore

Nabeel:

DIPLO VS. THE BEATLES--Shhake It Up
GEORGE JACKSON--My Desires Are Getting The Best Of Me
THE EQUALS--Police On My Back
FRANKIE VALLI--Beggin' (Pilooski Edit)
SHOCKING BLUE--Love Buzz
EL MICHELS AFFAIR--C.R.E.A.M.
MANNY DURAN & HIS SEXTET--Johnny Comes Marching Home Mambo

Nick:

NEW CROSS SOUL--Guntest 2006
DJ /RUPTURE--Little More Oil
KOUSHIK--Be With
MADVILLAIN--Monkey Suite
DEL THA FUNKEE HOMOSAPIEN--If You Must
COUNT BASS D--Ear Regardless Track 6
DIVERSE, MOS DEF & PREFUSE 73--Wylin' Out (KutMaster Kurt Remix)
SOFT BALLET--Jail Of Freedom (Jailtilsli Autechre Mix)

09.12.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:58:38 GMT

Nick:

BLOCKHEAD--Insomniac's Olympics
SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS--I Put A Spell On You
LOUIS ARMSTRONG--St James Infirmary
KOUSHIK--None In Mind
BUSTA RHYMES--Shake (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
LA FUNK MOB--Bass Get Phunked Up (Electrofunk remix)
DAMIAN MARLEY--Murder In Jamrock (Cut & Run Remix)

Nabeel:

FAT FREDDY'S DROP--Cay's Crays (Digital Mystikz Remix)
GO HOME PRODUCTIONS--GHP Rids The World Of The Evil Curse Of The Space Invaders
THE ROOTS--Masters Of War (Live)
AHMAD JAMAL--M*A*S*H Theme
RUFUS HARLEY--Bagpipe Blues
BOIKUTT & STORMTRAP (FEATURING LETHAL SKILLZ)--Qararat

Nick:

JAY-Z--99 Problems (Instrumental)
COCO SOLID--Crimefighters
DOSEONE--Spitfire
QUASIMOTO--Discipline 99
RESIDENT ALIEN--Shakey Grounds
COUNT BASS D--Half The Fun
DWIGHT TRIBLE--Waves Of Infinite Harmony (Instrumental)

Nabeel:

TOM TOM CLUB--Who Feelin' It (Mista Sinista Full Remix)
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE--White Lines (Don't Do It)
CUIZINIER--Regarde Dans Mes Yeux
JAHCOOZI--Black Barbie (Modeselektor Remix)
THE BUG (FEATURING WARRIOR QUEEN)--World War 3
BUNJI GARLIN--Kingdom Of Heaven (March Out Riddim: I-Wayne diss)
THE TERRORIST (RAY KEITH)--The Chopper (Shy FX Remix)

02.12.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:45:35 GMT

Nabeel:

HARRY MUDIE MEETS KING TUBBYS AT THE GRASSROOTS OF DUB--Dub Strings In Rema
TONY ALLEN--Moyege (Mark's Mix)
TALKING HEADS--Born Under Punches (The Beat Goes On)
WAR--The World Is A Ghetto 12"
23 SKIDOO--Coup

Nick:

ERIC B & RAKIM--The R (Remix)
BUFFALO DAUGHTER--Pshychic A-Go-Go
KRAFTWERK--Man Machine (Live)
PARLIAMENT--Dr Funkenstein's Supergroovalistic-Prosifunkstication Medley (Live)
DJ SHADOW--Number Song (Cut Chemist's Party Mix)

Nabeel:

MR THING & YUNGUN--Dancing Shoes (Instrumental)
DOUBLE DEE & STEINSKI--Lesson Two (James Brown mix)
THE MOHAWKS--The Champ
LAURA LEE--I Need It Just As Bad As You
JACKIE WILSON--I Get The Sweetest Feeling
COLOURBOX--Baby I Love You So
MASSIVE SOUNDS FEATURING MUTABARUKA--The Poem

Nick:

NINA SIMONE--See Line Woman
THE BEAT--Mirror In The Bathroom
CURTIS MAYFIELD--Superfly
PRINCE--Uptown (Remix)
!!!--Hey? Is this Thing On?
GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE--The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel (Freddy Fresh Remix)

25.11.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 04:52:05 GMT

Kurt:
PEST- Jefferson Shuffle
BLACK EYED PEAS w/ DE LA SOUL- Cali to New York
DJ VADIM w/ SARAH JONES- Your Revolution (Killer Kela Remix)
THE HERBALISER w/ LATYRX- 8 Point Agenda (Version 2)
MF DOOM w/ K.D., KING GHIDRA, KONG, MEGALON, RODAN, & X-RAY- Who Do You Think I Am?
DIZZEE RASCAL- Flyin

Nick:
ARCHIE SHEPP- Attica Blues (Chief Xcel Remix)
MIXMASTER MIKE, LATEEF & GIFT OF GAB- Kalakuta Show
FEMI KUTI w/ MOS DEF- DO YOUR BEST
STEINSKI- NY NY
SOUL CENTER- Can I Ask You?
COCO SOLID w/ EMMA JEAN- 2 Face

Kurt:
CUT CHEMIST- (My 1st) Big Break
KEN NORDINE- Hazel
DJ CAM w/ SILVAH BULLET- Renegade
DJ FOOD- Cosmic Jam
A TRIBE CALLED QUEST- Electric Relaxation (Properly Released Mix)
BEASTIE BOYS- Professor Booty
ESTHER PHILIPS- Home is Where the Hatred Is
THE HERBALISER w/ JEAN GRAE- Twice Around

Nick:
BATTLES- Fantasy
PALM SKIN PRODUCTIONS- Evolution of the Beast (Autechre Remix)
TALVIN SINGH- OK (Heavy Rotation Radio Refixx)
DJ/ RUPTURE- In Front of You
KID 606 vs NWA- Straight Outa Compton
UNKNOWN- Mix3v2

18.11.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:19:06 GMT

Nabeel:

ESG--The Beat
JASON MORAN--Planet Rock
NINA SIMONE--Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter (Jazzeem's All Styles Remix)
BETTY WRIGHT--One Thing Leads To Another
ROY HAYNES--Guadalupe
ANGELA BOFILL--People Make The World Go Round
DAVID RUFFIN--I Want You Back
SISTERS SLEDGE--Love Don't Go Through No Changes On Me
JACKSON SISTERS--Rockin' On My Porch
CANDI STATON--As Long As He Takes Care Of Home
LEE DORSEY--Riverboat
EL MICHELS AFFAIR--Bring The Ruckus
ALIF--Addu Kalpin
MR. VEGAS (feat. LEXX)--Taxi Fare
DAVY D (feat. HURRICANE)--Bustin' Loose
T LA ROCK--Lyrical King (From The Boogie Down Bronx)
ICE T & THE TIME--The Coldest Rap
NEW ORDER--Confusion (Instrumental)
DR. DRE--Still D.R.E.
ROOTS MANUVA--Colossal Insight (Royskopp Remix)
BUS feat. MC SOOM-T--Keep Life Right (Dabrye Remix)
NICKODEMUS--Cleopatra In New York (Zim Zam mix)
JEANETTE--Porque Te Vas (DreamTime mix)
AZYMUTH--Young Embrace
TONY ALLEN--Moyege (Mark's Disco Dub)
RAGGA TWINS--Wipe The Needle
U ROY--Wet Vision
DINOSAUR L--Go Bang

11.11.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:28:35 GMT

Nick:

TONY ALLEN--Moyege (Mark's Mix)
NICOLETTE--No Government (Plaid Remix)
LADY SOVEREIGN--Hoodie (Spank Rock Remix)
SQUAREPUSHER--Hello Meow
GHISLAIN POIRIER--Mic Diplomat
TECHNO ANIMAL--Monoscopic
BOOM BIP & DOSE ONE--Town Crier's Walk

Nabeel:

HIGHER INTELLIGENCE AGENCY--Ketamine Entity
THE METERS--Joog
GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS--For Once In My Life
JOHN BARRY--Theme From The Persuaders
THE EXCITERS--New Bag
FELA KUTI & NIGERIA '70--Expensive Shit

Nick:

DARK TOWER--Ten Thousand Voices
MONSTA ISLAND CZARS--Sumthin To Prove
DANGERDOOM--El Chupa Nibre
MOS DEF & DIVERSE--Wylin' Out (Kutmaster Kurt Remix)
STEINSKI--Electric Vindaloo

Nabeel:

J.V.C. FORCE--Strong Island
AL GREEN--Sha La La (Make Me Happy)
THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA--Man With A Movie Camera (Domu Remix)
ED RUSH & NICO--Technology
LOEFAH & SKREAM--Fearless
SCIENTIST--Blood On His Lips
SLUM VILLAGE--Players (Instrumental)
NEW ORDER--Your Silent Face
HORACE ANDY--Just Say Who

04.11.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:53:55 GMT

Nabeel:

BUNNY CLARKE--Be Thankful For What You Got
WILLIE WILLIAMS & JACKIE MITTOO--No-one Can Stop Us Re-edit
HARMONICS 33--Where Have They Gone?
LITTLE ANN--Deep Shadows
HUGH MUNDELL--Arise & Shine
BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS--The P Is Free (Remake)

Nick:

NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Les Nuits (DJ Spinna mix)
MADLIB--Distant Land
DR WHO DAT?--B-Boy In Spain
J-LIVE--Satisfied?
LYRICS BORN FEATURING EVIDENCE & KRS ONE--Pack It Up (Remix by Jumbo)
VIKTOR VAUGHAN WITH KOOL KEITH--Doper Skiller

Nabeel:

YOUNGBLOODZ FEATURING LIL JON--George Bush
THE DETROIT EXPERIMENT--Church
DR OCTAGON--Al Green (Chapter 2, Verse 908 remix)
EXILE--Algae
RAW SEX, PURE ENERGY--Stop The War/Give Sheep A Chance
FELA RANSOME KUTI & NIGERIA '70--This Is Sad
ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION--Rivers Of Dub

Nick:

ALL NATURAL--Vegetarian
ANDREW BRODER VS. ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S--Poppa Large
!!!--Me And Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard
TOM TOM CLUB--Genius Of Love
Z-TRIP--Rockstar Part 2
BOREDOMS--Track 4 (Circle sign) of Vision Creation Newsun

28.10.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:43:53 GMT

Nick:

DARK TOWER--Mr Moonshine
NIGHTMARES ON WAX--Damn
DM & JEMINI--Only One
COUNT BASS D--Sandwiches
JAYLIB--React
ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM--What Am I?
SLUG & EL-P--RPM 2.1

Nabeel:

KEITH HUDSON--Black Rights
BARRY BROWN--Spotlight
KING TUBBY MEETS THE UPSETTER AT THE GRASSROOTS OF DUB--Crime Wave
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON--It Dread Inna Inglan
WILLIE WILLIAMS--Credential
YABBY U/KING TUBBY--Beware Dub
KING TUBBY--Great Stone
THE SPECIALS--Ghost Town 12"

Nick:

DIZZY GILLESPIE--Manteca (Funky Lowlives Remix)
DEAD PREZ, JORGE BEN JOR, TALIB KWELI, BILAL & POSITIVE FORCE
--Shuffering & Shmiling
LYRICS BORN--Callin' Out
BLACKALICIOUS--Blazing Arrow
BLACK STAR--Definition
3RD BASS--Steppin To The AM (Remix)

Nabeel:

D.I.T.C--Day One
BROOKLYN RIVER PKWY--La Valla
JOE GIBBS--Rockers Delight Re-edit Radikal Roots Vol. 1
THE EXCITERS--Exciters Theme
FRANKIE BONES & LENNY DEE--Another Time, Another Place (Brixton Bass Remix)
TALKING HEADS--Life During Wartime (Alternative Version)

21.10.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:01:11 GMT

Nabeel:

THEO PARRISH--Solitary Flight [4 Shamini]
PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS--Acid Raindrops
ONE SELF--Be Your Own
RANKING DREAD--Fattie Boom Boom
SCIENTIST--Steppers Dub
ASHER & TRIMBLE--Humble Yourself

Nick:

KEITH HUDSON--Trust & Believe
VAINQUEUR--Antistatic
ROUND FOUR W/ TIKIMAN--Find
SUBTLE--FKO (Remix by Console)
PEEPING TOM--Celebrity Death Match
DR WHO DAT?--Rhyme Cycle

Nabeel:

MASSIVE ATTACK--Safe From Harm (7" Instrumental)
LFO--Simon From Sydney
CANNIBAL OX--B-Boy Alpha
ED RUSH--Bloodclot Art Attack (Lick 1)
CUTTY RANKS--Armed & Dangerous (Goldie Remix)
RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE--Thunder
LINTON KWESI JOHNSON--Inglan Is A Bitch

Nick:

BUSDRIVER--Mop Your Psyche
CLARK--Herzog
PLAID--Miami Vice
DJ VADIM--Lord Forgive Me (Doomsday Line Mix By The Bug)
SQUAREPUSHER--Planetarium
BOOM BIP--Last Walk Around Mirror Lake (Boards Of Canada Remix)
LFO--Millionaire Dogs

14.10.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:20:07 GMT

Nick:

DR WHO DAT?--Kelly Drive
FAT FREDDY'S DROP--Kay's Cray's (One Self Remix)
DANGERDOOM w/ TALIB KWELI--Old School
3RD BASS--Gas Face (Prince Paul Remix)
THE DIX--Here Come The Dix
STEINSKI & MASS MEDIA--The Motorcade Sped On
COUNT BASS D--Brown

Nabeel:

T.J. CHESSER--Field Holler
JACKIE MITTOO--Drum Song
NINA SIMONE--Baltimore
EMILÍANA TORRINI--Sunnyroad (Manasseh Mix)
THE LUNIZ/DAWN PENN--No Got 5 On It (DJ B. Cause Mix)
VARIOUS PRODUCTION--Hater
MORE FIRE CREW FEATURING DIZZEE RASCAL--Still The Same
KODE9 & DADDI GEE--Spit (Dub)

Nick:

NIGHTMARES ON WAX--African Pirates (Troubleman Remix)
PEEPING TOM--Getaway
AUTECHRE--Basscadet (Double Mx)
SQUAREPUSHER--Henningfield Window
UNKNOWN--Mix3V

Nabeel:

2/5 BZ--Okuz Istanbul (Peel Session II)
PREFUSE 73--No Origin
BUG KANN & THE PLASTIC JAM--Made In 2 Minutes
CHAM--Rudeboy Pledge
M.I.A.--XR2
ALTERN 8--E-Vapor-8
SQUAREPUSHER--The Modern Bass Guitar

07.10.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 10:00:38 GMT

Nabeel:

John Lee Hooker--Moanin' The Blues
Hailu Mergia & The Walias--Musical Silt
George Bush Snr.--We're Not Just In This For The Price Of A Gallon Of Gas
Balance--Let The Bass Go
Modeselektor--Fake Emotion (Dabrye Remix)
Kamikaze--Gheto Kyote
Tolcha--Rising Tides (Featuring Rider Shafique & RQM)
Roots Manuva--Bashment Boogie (Shadowless Tomz Remix)
Gil Scott Heron--B-Movie ('Well the first thing I want to say is: Mandate, my ass')
Alif--Dakamerap Addu Kalpin

Nick:

Prince Paul--What Are You Afraid Of
Steinski & Double Dee--Jazz
Steinski--Vale Men
Up Bustle & Out--The Dance Of Caravan Summer
Antibalas--N.E.S.T.A. 75
Madlib--Slim's Return
Tony Allen, Res, Ray Lema, Baba Maal, Positive Black Soul & Archie Shepp--No Agreement

Nabeel:

Randall Harris/Philip Glass--execution zeal of Dallas D.A (The Thin Blue Line)
Mista F.A.B.--City Limits (Featuring Messy Marv & Mr. Kee)
Ce'cile--Bun Rapist
Phuture Assassins--Future Sound (2 Bad Mice Remix)
M.I.A.--Pull Up The People (A Study In Her Remix)
Connie Price & The Keystones--Fuzz And Them
Prince Buster--The Dark End Of The Street
Padded Cell--Unknown Zone

Nick:

Pete Miser--Scent Of A Robot
Nicolette--No Government (In The Jungle Remix by The Budd Brothers)
Rhythm & Sound--Rod Of Iron (François K Remix)
East Flatbush Project--Tried By 12 (Autechre Remix)
DJ /Rupture--In Front Of You

30.09.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:19:15 GMT

Nick:

Rhythm & Sound--See Mi Yah (Basic Reshape)
The Cinematic Orchestra--Everyday
Nightmares On Wax--Damn
Prefuse 73 & Four Tet--Creating Cyclical Headaches
DJ /Rupture--Pitfall

Nabeel:

Quarteto Novo--Algodao
My Bloody Valentine--Moonsong
Cloud One--Dust To Dust
Parliament--Chocolate City
Thomas Leer--Letter From America
The Coup--5,000,000 Ways To Kill A C.E.O.
Public Enemy--You're Gonna Get Yours

Nick:

Subtle--Swanmeat
Kid 606--Watch Me Switch
DJ Food--Scratch Yer Head
DJ /Rupture--In Front Of You
The Bug vs. The Rootsman--Imitator
Talvin Singh--Butterfly
Boom Bip--The Use of Unacceptable Colors in Nature

Nabeel:

Various--Madame Foyer (from Radio Palestine)
The Velvet Underground--Lady Godiva's Operation
Dr Alimentado--Gimmie Mi Gun
Prince Far I--Throw Away Your Gun Dub
Big Youth--Pope Paul Feel It
Johnny Osbourne--Truths & Rights
Frankie Knuckles presents Satoshi Tomiie featuring Robert Owens--Tears (Classic Vocal)

23.09.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:36:02 GMT

Nick:

Steve Reich--Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix)
Coldcut--Atomic Moog 2000 (Post Nuclear Afterlife Lounge Mix)
Coldcut--Say Kids What Time Is It
Coldcut--More Beats & Pieces (DJ Lord Fader Turntable Mix)
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five--Scorpio (Coldcut Remix)

Nabeel:

Thug Life--Pour Out A Little Liquor
Heatwave--Ain't No Half Stepping
dj BC--Dutch Holiday
Boney M--Felicidad
E-Sir--Leo Ni Leo
Jorge Ben--Sou Da Pesada (7 Samurai Afroraduno Remix)
Gudrun Gut--Move Me (Tango)
DJ Mehdi featuring Fafi--Lucky Boy

Nick:

DJ Food--Spiral
Beastie Boys--Hey Ladies (Count Bass D Remix)
Tom Waits--Top Of The Hill
Steinski--NY, NY
DJ Food--Dark Lady
The Bug vs. Rootsman--Run The Place Red

Nabeel:

Vybz Kartel--Run Them Down
Neneh Cherry--Buffalo Stance (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Kelis--Fuck Them Bitches
Muallem featuring Amazon--Are You Ready? (Turn The Lights Off)
Lil' Wayne--Pump That Bass
Betty Davis--He Was A Big Freak
Carly Simon--Why? (Instrumental)
Horace Andy--Jamaican National Heroes
Gal Costa--Tuareg

16.09.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 11:01:03 GMT

Nabeel:

Dexter Wansel (featuring Jean Carn)--The Sweetest Pain
Soul Village--We Gettin' Down
Pablo All Stars--Kid Ralph (Version)
Sylford Walker--Burn Babylon
Barrington Levy--Revelation
Sylford Walker--Burn Babylon (Version)
Barrington Levy--Revelation (Version)
Horace Andy--Spying Glass (Wackie's Version)

Nick:

Archie Shepp--Stick Em Up
Archie Shepp--Attica Blues
El-P--Get Your Hand Off My Shoulder, Pig
Tom Waits--What's The Building
Animal Collective w/Vashti Bunyan--Prospect Hummer
Kid Koala--Fender Bender
Resident Alien--Alone

Nabeel:

Tex Williams & His Western Caravan--Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette!
Sam Cooke w/ The Soul Stirrers--I'm On The Firing Line
The Specials--Too Much Too Young (Album Version)
Lou Donaldson--Love Power
Akufen--Skidoos
A Guy Called Gerald--Nazinji Zaka
Stetsasonic--DBC Let The Music Play (Instrumental)

Nick:

Autechre--Bike
Squarepusher--Significant Other
Milanese--Cowboy
Team Shadetek--Two & A Half Months
Amon Tobin--Get Your Snack On
Funkstörung--Sounds Like A Breakrecord

09.09.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:14:48 GMT

Nick:

Blockhead--Insomniac Olympics
Scienz Of Life--Anthology, A Tribute To Music
The Roots--Concerto Of The Desperado
CRay-Walz-Buck 80
Declaime--Trouble N Da West
Cannibal Ox & Kasm--A & I
EPMD--Crossover

Nabeel:

Lord Digga--Can You Feel It
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo--Erase Racism (featuring Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band--What's Going On (featuring Chuck D)
The Roots--Don't Feel Right
ESG--Keep On Moving
Steve Spacek--Dollar
Hieroglyphics--Oakland Blackouts

Nick:

Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ Cat Power--I've Been Thinking
Squarepusher--Iambic 9 Poetry
Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp--A Knot In Your Bop
Prefuse 73 vs. The Books--Pagina Dos
Daedelus--At My Heels
Clouddead--Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada Remix)

Nabeel:

Oaysis--Outcry
Pressure--Money Honey (featuring Warrior Queen)
Tolcha--Blckrckrd (featuring Maxx & Noelle Poeller)
Cadence Weapon--Sharks (Ghislain Poirier Remix)
Immortal Technique--The Point Of No Return
Omni Trio--Renegade Snares (Foul Play VIP Mix)

02.09.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 11:00:30 GMT

Nabeel:

Tenth anniversary set for Shuchi:
Max Berlin--Elle Et Moi
Eddie Kendricks--Intimate Friends
Sweet And Innocent--Express Your Love
Lionel Hampton & Earl Hines--Misty
Mark Murphy--Come And Get Me
Dorothy Ashby--Come Live With Me
Betty Davis--He Was A Big Freak

Nick:

Sly & The Family Stone--Brave And Strong
RJD2--Ghostwriter
Daedelus--Nouveau Nova
Tortoise--CTA
Boom Bip--Cimple
Coldcut--Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Mix)

Nabeel:

Cut Chemist--Re-return of the Original Art Form
Goth Trade--Back To Chill
Penthouse Players Clique--Droppen Bombs
Dead Prez--Propaganda
Art Ensemble of Chicago--Tatas-Matoes
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien--The Wacky World of Rapid Transit
Masta Killa--Pass The Bone (remix)

Nick:

J-Live--Them That's Not
Madvillain--Accordion
LA Symphony--Broken Now
Handsome Boy Modeling School--Waterworld
Quasimoto--Shrom Music
Clouddead--Son Of A Gun
Autechre--Basscadet
DJ Food--Spiral

26.08.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:50:24 GMT

Nick:

DJ Z-Trip--Rockstar
Handsome Boy Modeling School--Rock N Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)
Del The Funky Homosapien--If You Must
Prefuse 73 w/ Ghostface & EL-P--Hide Ya Face
Coldcut & Grandmaster Flash & DJ Food--Last Night A Cliché Saved My Life
Prince Paul--Flattery
Beastie Boys--Hey/Ladies

Nabeel:

Marvin Gaye--Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
Nina Simone--4 Women/Save Me (Live in Antibes 1969)
George Jackson--Aretha Sing One For Me
Milt Jackson--What's New
Ray Charles--Here Comes The Honey Man
Carmen McCrae--Get It Straight (Live)/Straight No Chaser
Pierre Laniau--Four Gnossienes 2 (Avec Etonnement)
Hijack--Hold No Hostage

Nick:

Double Dee & Steinski--Jazz
Bullfrog--Snakeskin
A Tribe Called Quest--Scenario
Blackalicious--Swan Lake
Count Bass D--Truth To Light
Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie--Seconds
The Herbaliser w/ Jean Grae--Mission Impossible
GZA & Method Man--Shadowboxing

Nabeel:

SD Burman--Dance Music
Freddy B & The Mighty Mic Masters--Coolin' On The Ave (featuring Captain Gee Whiz)
Wiley--U Aint Real
C Brand--Wired For Games
J Dilla--Love Movin' (featuring Black Thought)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads--Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Autechre--Lowride

Big Shout out to Kate, Jake, Manaia Toa, Stinky Jim, Slave, Trevor and Nikolai! Boo Yaka! Bo Yaka! Byaka bo beep! Much respeck to the media resources.

19.08.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:35:35 GMT

Nabeel:

Boards of Canada--Under the Coke Sign
Pigmeat Markham--Here Comes The Judge
DJ Green Lantern--Impeach My President
Kashmere Stage Band--Scorpio
Special Ed--I'm The Magnificent
Dyna-Might--Borracho
Alhaji K. Frimpong--Kyenkyen
The Beginning Of The End--When She Made Me Promise
Jackie Moore--Time
Dennis Rollins--Fast Car
L'Altra, Phil Ranelin & Slicker--Hefty Naked Ninja (Eliot Lipp remix)
MF Doom & Ghostface--Angeles
Eliot Lipp--Glasspipe (Daedelus' Journey To The Center remix)
Love--Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark & Hilldale
Os Mutantes--Bat Macumba
Ananda Shankar--Streets of Calcutta
Arthur Verocai--Na Boca Do Sol
The Beach Boys--'Til I Die (Alternative Mix)
Tanya Stephens--These Streets (Tarantula rhythm)
Faybienne Miranda--Prophecy (12" version)
The Love Joys--Let Me Rock You Now
Wally Badarou--Theme From Countryman
Yukihiro Takanawa--Dragon Lady (Instrumental)
Lady Stush--Chromedollar
Starflight--Dance To The Beat
Mental Cube--Q
Junior Boys--In The Morning
Dr Octagon--Al Green (Chapter 2, Verse 908 remix)

12.08.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:34:42 GMT

Nabeel:

Bibio--London Planes
Pinch--Qawwali
Fun'Da'Mental--Cookbook DIY
Gotan Project--El Capitalismo Foráneo [Antipop Consortium Remix]
Kode9 & Daddi Gee--Spit (Vox)
Loefah--Bombay Squad
The Streets--Pranging Out (Skepta Grime Remix)

Nick:

Gabor Szabo--Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
Jimi Hendrix Experience--All Along The Watchtower
Quasimoto--Bus Ride
Fela Kuti--Sorrow Tears and Blood
Talking Heads--Born Under Punches
Squarepusher--My Red Hot Car
Daedelus--Samba Legrand

Nabeel:

Love--Seven And Seven Is
DJ Honda featuring Jeru Tha Damaja--El Presidente
Fun'Da'Mental--I Reject
Lady Sovereign--Love Me Or Hate Me
DJ Hype & Zinc--Six Million Ways To Die
D-Styles & DJ Flare--Turntable Circumcision
Trae--Cadillac featuring Paul Wall, Three Six Mafia, Jayton & Lil Boss of S.L.A.B.

Nick:

Clouddead--Dead Dogs Two
Terranova w/ Tricky--Bomb Bastards
DJ Vadim w/ Motion Man--The Terrorists
Eric B & Rakim--Know The Ledge
Aesop Rock--Wise Up
Tranquility Bass--They Came In Peace

05.08.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:47:31 GMT

Nick:

Alania--L'Eglise (Biosphere Trekking mix)
!!!--Pardon My Freedom (Maurice Fulton Instrumental mix)
Up Bustle & Out--Hip Hop Barrio
Madlib--Slim's Return
Kid Koala--Emperor's Main Course
Shortee--Caverns of Dub

Nabeel:

Cymande--Dove
Madosini--Nozimanga (Uthando Luphelile Dub)
Cheb I Sabbah--Toura Toura (The Medina Mix)
Rachid Taha--El H'Mame
Unknown--Rocky Theme

Nick:

Boards of Canada--Happy Cycling
EPMD--You Had Too Much To Drink
MU--We Love Guys Named Luke
Aphex Twin--Window Licker (Acid mix)
DJ Z-Trip--Rockstar Part II

Nabeel:

Third Eye Foundation--Shot In The Head
Girl Talk--Smash Your Head
Cansei De Ser Sexy--Let's Make Love & Listen To Death From Above (Spank Rock remix)
Brian Eno & David Byrne--Regiment
Super Cat featuring Cutty Ranks--Kill Dem
Loefah & Skream--Fearless
Fennesz--Rivers of Sand

29.07.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:51:52 GMT

Post-birthday Special for Nick

Nabeel:

Kool & the Gang--Summer Madness
The Special AKA--War Crimes (The Crime Still Remains The Same)
Ernest Ranglin--Surfing Pt. 2
Booker T--Press Ah Version
Augustus Pablo--August
ESG--Moody
Womack & Womack--Love Wars
Eric B & Rakim--Follow The Leader (acapella)
Bronx River Pkwy--La Valla

Nick:

Organized Konfusion--Drop Bombs
Aesop Rock--Kill Em All
Latyrx--The Quickening
The Cinematic Orchestra--Channel 1 Suite
The Herbaliser w/ MF Doom--It Ain't Nothing
Company Flow--Krazy Kings
NMS--Super Pretzel (Diplo mix)

Nabeel:

The Upsetters--Dub in the Back Seat
Fabulous Souls--By The Time I Get To Phoenix
The Capitols--Cool Jerk
Deon Jackson--Love Makes The World Go Round
Blend Crafters--Lola
The Truth--Truth Theme
Champion Doug Players--Deep End Version (mixed by Mad Professor)
M.I.A.--Galang (Dave Kelly remix featuring Cham)
The Bug featuring Sister Nancy--Dem Version
Public Enemy--Rebel Without A Pause (instrumental)

Nick:

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion--Greyhound Pt. 2 (GZA remix)
Curtis Mayfield--We Got To Have Peace
Count Bass D--Antemeridian
Gift of Gab--Rhyme Like A Nut
M.I.A.--Sunshower
DJ Food--Spiral
Saul Williams--Act III Scene 2

Nabeel says: I played only seven inch singles this week as a change from heavily MP3 influenced selections in recent times. Nice to feel that disc in the hand, brush the dust away and spin those B-sides and versions that often get forgotten. And I think the design of the plastic seven inch single adaptor is one of the most beautiful things in this world.

22.07.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:50:58 GMT

Nick:

Kode9 + Daddi G- Sign Of The Dub

Rhythm & Sound w/ Ras Donovan & Ras Perez Let We Go (Villalobos Remix)

TheIrresistible Force- Power (Remix By Mixmaster Morris)

UNKLE- Berry Meditation (Last Ever Mix)

Zack de La Rocha and DJ Shadow- March of Death

Boogie Down Productions- My Philosophy

Mr Lif and Murs- Sneak Preview

The Coup- We Are the Ones

DJ Shadow- GDMFSOB (Unkle Remix w/ Roots Manuva)

The Perceptionists- What Have We Got to Lose?

RJD2- Smoke and Mirrors

DJ Marz- City of Fork Yuen

Handsome Boy Modeling School- The World's Gone Mad

Count Bass D- Worst Case Scenario

Mike Ladd- The Last Word

Jaylib with Quasimoto- React

Cannibal Ox- Atom

Rob Sonic- Dylsexia

Rage Against the Machine- Testify

Saul Williams- List of Demands

Quasimoto- Tomorrow Never Knows

Radiohead vs DJ Shadow- Would You Buy a War From This Man?

Latyrx- Latyrx

Buck 65- Wicked and Weird

Subtle- FKO

15.07.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:14:15 GMT

Nick:

DJ Shadow--Fixed Income
DJ Shadow--Count & Estimate
Diverse, Mos Def & Prefuse 73--Wylin' Out (RJD2 mix)
Latyryx--Lady Don't Tek No
DJ Shadow--Hardcore
Mos Def--Know That (w/ Talib Kweli)
DJ Krush feturing Black Thought & Malik B--Meiso (Klub mix by DJ Shadow)

Nabeel:

Pink Floyd--Interstellar Overdrive
Television Personalities--I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
Nelly Furtado--Crazy
Gianfranco Reverberi--Nel Cimetero Di Tucson
John Yoko--Papa Was A Rodeo
Nouvelle Vague--Israel
The Slits--Man Next Door

Nick:

DJ Shadow--89.9 Megamix
DJ Shadow--Stem (Cops n Robbers mix)
DJ Krush w/ Mos Def--Shinjiro
Mos Def--Ghetto Rock
DJ Shadow--Flashback
DJ Shadow with Mos Def--Six Days (remix)

Nabeel:

Randy's All Stars--Ordinary Version (Take 3)
Kode9 & the Spaceape--Fukkaz (vocal)
Loefah--Goat Stare
Mizz Beats Featuring Lady Sovereign, Skepta, JME, Ears, Jammer & Baby Blue--Adidas Hoodie Remix
Half Pint--Political Fiction
Marvin Gaye--Anger
Rasiyah--U Better Run
Hugh Masekela--Grazing In The Grass (instrumental)

Nabeel says: This week on The Basement Nick bigged up the upcoming Wednesday show of Shadow, His Mos Defness, Latyrycal flow and televisually crunked MCs and beats. Unfortunately my partner is unwell so I cannot attend the St. James function (that's the theatre not the infirmary). My playlist included a minor Syd Barrett tribute and some feelings on the Middle East crisis, UK Islamophobia and Islamophilia, Zidane's headbutt fallout, and the Conservative party leader in the UK saying that Hoodies weren't all bad and that we needed to understand them. They were real people like everyone else behind those hoods, not just hip hop thuglifers. Aah, how sensitive. Anyhow, you can read more on some of these topics at my blog Topical Ointment. Most importantly, my track selection was made up of tunes that banged and hummed as well as being topical. The Basement also had a guest Sunil Narshai, writer of The Customer Is Always Trite, a short film that is part of the Homegrown: Works on Video programme in the International Film Festival. He seemed a radio natural, took to the Mic like a Brooklyn bomber. Nick and I also chatted about some of the films we'd seen already. More of that next Saturday. Keep it locked on 107.3 Base FM.

08.07.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:23:11 GMT

Nick:

DJ Shadow--Right Thing (Z-Trip Set The Party Off Mix in 3 Parts)
Handsome Boy Modeling School--Holy Calamity
Count Bass D--Antemeridian
Quasimoto--Don't Blink
MC EZ & Troup--Get Retarded
Company Flow--Juvenile Techniques
Aesop Rock--Holy Smokes

Nabeel:

Dub Syndicate--Short Sharp Shock Treatment
Burial--You Hurt Me
Loefah & Skream--28g
Muslimgauze--Pale Elegant Egyptian
Mitchell Brothers--Routine Check (Roll Deep Remix)
Aziza A--Kim Dedi Instrumental
LFO--Mentok 1
Mantronix--Hardcore Hip Hop (NME version)
The Bug featuring Warrior Queen--Dem A Bomb We

Nick:

Tom Tom Club--Genius of Love 12"
Cut & Run--Murder In Jamrock
Magnet--Miles To Go
Skew--Invading My Space
Skew--Be Reasonable

Nabeel:

Gracie Fields--Pass Shoot Goal
Gudrun Gut--Move Me (Tango)
Burial--Distant Lights
The Prodigy--Everybody In The Place (Fairground edit)
RD Burman--Bachna Ae Hasinon
Prince Jammy--The Crowning of Prince Jammy
Sleater Kinney--Let's Call It Love

01.07.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 03:15:14 GMT

Nick:

The Roots- Lazy Afternoon

Bullfrog- Bullfrog Theme

The Beastie Boys- Professor Booty

EPMD- Let It Flow

Mr Lif- New Man Theme

Cannibal Ox- The F Word

Zimbabwe Legit- Shadow's Legitimate Mix

Femi Kuti w/ Common- Missing Link

Antibalas- Indictment

!!!- Pardon My Freedom

Polyphonic Spree- Solider Girl (Rjd2 Remix)

DJ Food- Concentric Circle

Nightmares On Wax- A Night's Interlude

Money Mark- Insects Are All Around Us

Billie Holiday- Speak Low (Bent Remix)

Air- Le Soleil Est Pres Des Moi

Rjd2- Here's What's Left

Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie- Seconds

Count Bass D- Blues For Percy Carey

Madvillian- Curls

Del the Funky Homosapien- If You Must

C-Rayz Walz- Buck 80

Lyrics Born- Do That There

Wu Tang Clan- Uzi (Pinky Ring)

A Tribe Called Quest- Oh My God

DJ Shadow- The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)

Sly & the Family Stone- Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)

Marlena Shaw- California Soul

DJ Vadim w/ Slug- Edie Brikell (Sixtoo Remix)

Robag Wruhme- K.T.B.

The Yeah Yeah Yeah's- Golden Lion (Diplo Remix)

24.06.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:37:59 GMT

Nick:

Ciccone Youth- Into the Groovey

Pixies / Mobb Deep- Where is My Mind / Shook Ones

X-Clan- Heed the Word of a Brother

Cyprus Hill- Hand on the Pump (Mugg's Blunted Mix)

Eric B & Rakim- Eric B for President

Mr Lif- Pull Out Your Cut

Slum Village- Conant Gardeners

Blacula Trailer

Gangstarr- DJ Premier in Deep Concentration

Andrew Broder vs Nas- Made You Look

Boogie Down Productions- My Philosophy

J-Live- Braggin Writes Revisited

Jaylib- Champion Sound

Depeche Mode vs DJ Shadow- Painkiller

Saul Williams- Twice the First Time

Blackalicious- Nowhere Fast

DJ Krush w/ Black Thought- Mesio (DJ Shadow Remix)

Danger Doom- ATHF

Quasimoto- Greenery

Diverse- Explosive

Stetsasonic- 4 Ever My Beat (Beat Bongo Mix)

Dizzy Gillespie Manteca (The Funky Lowlives Remix)

De La Soul- Breakadawn

Mos Def- Ms Fat Booty

LA Symphony- Broken Now

Souls of Miscef- 93 Till Infinity

Aesop Rock w/ Slug- I'll Be Ok

17.06.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 01:28:10 GMT

Nick:

Boards Of Canada- In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

Nightmares On Wax- Thaihi

Nightmares On Wax- 70s 80s (The Scientist Remix 1)

Prince Paul- Brother No Blood

Resident Alien- Article Don

Sugarhill Gang- Rapper's Delight (Extended Mix)

Yesterday's New Quintet- Superstition

Detroit Experiment- Too High

Innerzone Orchestra- People Make the World Go Round

DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo- Sun is Shining

Kid Koala- Basin Street Blues

Talvin Singh- Vikram the Vampire

DJ Shadow w/ Mos Def- Six Days (Remix)

The Coup- My Favorite Mutiny

Lootpack- Crate Diggin

People Under the Stairs- Afternoon Connection

Roots Manuva- The Falling

Gravediggaz- Defective Trip (Trippin)

Autechre- Goz Quarter

DJ Food- Aerosolilque Pts 1-3

Ko-Wreck Technique- Behaviour

Dr Octagon- Blue Flowers (Automator Remix)

DJ Vadim w/ Motion Man- The Terrorist

Quasimoto- Microphone Mathematics (Remix)

10.06.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 04:12:17 GMT

Kurt:

Grandmaster Flash- The Message

We- Caya's Kids

Thurston Moore- Root (Cheap Glue Remix)

Beastie Boys- Egg Man

Public Enemy- Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

De La Soul- Pony Ride

DJ Andy Smith- How Ya Want It

Ghostface Killah- 9 Milli Bros

Nick:

DJ Marz- City of Fork Yuen

X-Clan- Day of Outrage

Aesop Rock- Share Khan

Subtle- I Heart LA

MC Serch- Here It Comes

Latyrx- Lady Don't Tek No

A Tribe Called Quest- Award Tour

Kurt:

Mouse on Mars- Tamagnocchi

Amon Tobin feat Roots Manuva- Saboteur

DJ Krush- 40 Winks (No Sleep Vadim Mix)

The Herbaliser feat Wild Flower- Good Girl Gone Bad

Topogigio- Nakatali

Kid Koala- More Dance Music

Ken Nordine- Green

The Herbaliser- Generals

Nick:

The Detroit Escalator Company- Flail

Monolake- Static

Autechre- Second Bad Vibel

Boom Bip- The Unthinkable (Venitian Snares Remix)

DJ Krust & Saul Williams- Coded Language

Ike Yard- N.C.R. (Funkstörung Version)

DJ Krush- Kemuri Part II

03.06.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:17:40 GMT

Nick:

3rd Bass- Brooklyn Queens

Liquid Liquid Cavern (Let's Hear It For The B-Boy Remix)

Tes- New New York

Coco Solid- Rap N Roll

The Majesticons- Majestwest Party

Company Flow- End to End Burners

The Herbaliser feat Jean Grae- How to Keep a Girlfriend

Rhythm & Sound w/ Ras Donovan & Ras Perez- Let We Go

Rhythm & Sound- Boss Man (Tiki's Prue Blue Mix)

The Detroit Escalator Company- Crystilized

DJ Krush & DJ Cam- Le Temps

DJ Shadow- Midnight In a Perfect World

Steve Reich- Music For 18 Musicians (Coldcut Remix)

DJ Z-Trip- Further Adventures in the Black Hole

Up Bustle & Out- Hip Hop Barrio

Nina Simone- See Line Woman

Prince- Uptown

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (Prince Paul Remix)

4AM- In Da Club

DJ Q-Bert- Sneak Attack

Bill Maher- Teenage Suburban White Girls

Madvillian- All Caps

Blackalicious- Deception

Jurassic 5- Swing Set

Ramellzee & K-Rob- Beat Bop

27.05.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:01:02 GMT

Nick:

Run DMC- Rock Box

De La Soul- Cool Breeze on the Rocks

UNKLE- Rock On (95 Edit)

Z-Trip- Rock Star

DJ Shadow- Devil's Advocate (Heaven V. Hell-Bonus Beat)

Jackson- Rock On

Kurt:

Mr Len feat Jean Grae- The Hurt (Early Years Version)

The Blue Herb- Front Act

The Blue Herb- Trans Sapporo Express

Tom Waits- Filipino Box Spring Hog

DJ Vadim- My Favourite Letter

Goe (aka the Goester)- The OG

Live Human- Lagoona's Bliss (Elephant Mix)

James Brown- Licking Stick

Madlib- Sir Bang (Bounce)

Million Dan- Dogz N Sledgez

Nick:

Radiohead- The National Anthem

DM & Jemini- Ghetto Pop Life

The Coup- My Favorite Mutiny

Trillion- Hallelujah

DJ Green Lantern- Impeach the President

Kurt:

Maceo & All the Kings Men- Got to Getcha

Hurby's Machine feat Antonette- I Got an Attitude

DJ Krush- On the Dob-ble

Pest- Heard Your Bird Moved In

Bootsy Collins- I'd Rather Be With You

Leftier Soul Connection- Welly Wanging

DJ Vadim feat Demolition Man- Who Me

Madlib- Offbeat (Groove)

Apathy feat Emilio Lopez- It Takes a Seven Nation Army to Hold Us Back

Allen Ten Orch- These Boots Are Made for Walking

20.05.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 20 May 2006 08:01:36 GMT

Nick:

Luke Vibert- I Love Acid

Coldcut- Atomic Moog 2000 (Cornelius Mix)

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five- Scorpio (Plaid Remix)

Steinski- Electric Vindaloo

Cassette Boy- Da Vinici Code

3rd Bass- Brooklyn Queens

Nightmares on Wax- 70s 80s (Rjd2 Remix)

Joc:

Jeru- Come Clean

Gang Starr- Work

The Herbaliser- If You Close Your Eyes

Roots Manuva- Oh Yeah

De La Soul- Me Myself & I / Say No Go (The Unity Mix)

Digital Underground- Dowutchtalike

Evil 9 & Aesop Rock- Crooked

Nick:

The X-ecutioners- Mad Flava

Jay-Z- 99 Problems (Instrumental)

Bill Maher- Teenage Suburban White Girls

DangerDoom- Korn Dogs

Curtis Mayfield- Pusherman

Tom Tom Club- Genius in Love (12" Extended Mix)

Money Mark- Cry

DJ Vadim & Slug- Edie Brickell (Sixtoo Remix)

Boredoms- Seadrum

DJ EY3- " "

13.05.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Tue, 16 May 2006 00:20:44 GMT

Nick:

Count Bass D- Sanctuary

Andrew Broder vs Ultramagnetic MC's- Poppa Large

Wagon Christ- Reddin

Hexstatic- Chase Me

DJ Food- Turtle Soup (Wagon Christ Mix)

Archive- Londinium

The Detroit Escalator Company- Mandala/Toronto

múm- Smell Memory

Boom Bip- Roads Must Roll

Blockhead- Road Rage Breakdown

Kid Koala & Money Mark- Carpel Tunnel Syndrome

Cornelius- Typewrite Lesson

DJ Shadow- Monosylabik

Ryuichi Sakamoto- Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)

LCD Soundsystem- Losing My Edge

Mu- We Love Guys Named Luke

Team Shadetek- Hard Dragon

Mike Ladd- The Art of Timing (Freestyle Poem for Moms)

Will Webb- Cosmic Kung Fu Funk

Unknown- Mix3V2

Soul Center- Can I Ask You

Boards of Canada- June 9th

Z-Trip & Radar- Private Parts

06.05.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Tue, 09 May 2006 22:47:52 GMT

Nick:

Irresistible Force- Nepalese Bliss

Major Force- Economic Animal in Concrete Jungle (Tycoon To$h)

East Flatbush Project- Tried By 12

Cyprus Hill- Hand on the Pump (Mugg's Blunted Mix)

EPMD- Manslaughter

DJ Spooky w/ Organized Konfusion- Murder by Syntax

GZA- Liquid Swords

Kurt:

Apani B- A Million Eyes

DJ Nu-Mark- The Way I Think

Jean Grae- A-Alikes

Shuren The Fire- Double Barrel

RZA as Bobby Digital- Glocko Pop

The Blue Herb- Once Upon a Laif in Sapporo

Nick:

Aesop Rock- Water

Cannibal Ox- Atom

Push Button Objects w/ Del, Mr Lif, & DJ Craze- 360 Degrees

Push Button Objects- Non Existent (Gescom Mix)

Funkstörung- Test

NWA vs Kid606- Straight Outa Compton

Aphex Twin- Windowlicker (Acid Edit)

Kurt:

Björk- Bílavísur

Amon Tobin- Chocolate Lovely

DJ Cam- Gangsta Shit

DJ Honda w/ De La Soul- Trouble in the Water

DJ Food- The Crow

Jaylib featuring Quasimoto- React

The Herbaliser featuring Rakaa-Iriscience- Verbal Anime

29.04.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Mon, 01 May 2006 00:18:23 GMT

Nick:

Tortoise- DJED (Bruise Blood Mix by UNKLE)

Buddy Peace- Track 2 from A Friendly Game of Chess

Peanut Butter Wolf & Madlib- Rawcore

J-Live- Wax Paper

Handsome Boy Modeling School feat Encore- Waterworld

Kurt:

Viktor Vaughn feat Apani B.- Let Me Watch

Leonard Nimoy- Marionettes Inc.

Mr. Scruff / DJ Vadim- Ug / The Terrorist (Acapella)

The Blue Herb- Stoicizm

The Blue Herb- Coast 2 Coast 2

The Herbaliser feat Latyrx- 8pt Agenda

Kid Koala- Basin Street Blues

Viktor Vaughn feat Kool Keith- Doper Skiller

Nick:

DJ Shadow- Devils Advocate

EPMD- So What Cha Saying

Mos Def, Diverse & Prefuse 73- Wylin Out (RJD2 Remix)

Mixmaster Mike, Lateef & The Gift of Gab- Kalakuta Show

Mixmaster Mike- Ill Shit

DJ Qbert- A Word From Fresh Breath Mouthwash

Roots Manuva feat Seanie T.- Big Tings Gwidarn

Count Bass D- Antemeridian

Danger Doom- ATHF

DJ Vadim feat BMS & El-P- Viagra

Themselves- Good People Check

Kurt:

Ken Nordine- Olive

Obie Trice- Got Some Teeth (DJ Rectangle Remix)

King Geedorah- Monster Zero

Cunninlynguists- Missing Children

Orishas- El Kilo

Orishas- Al Que le Guste

A Tribe Called Quest- Butter

Miguel Diaz- Round Midnight

Miguel Diaz- Jerry's Tune

22.04.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sat, 22 Apr 2006 07:29:41 GMT

Nick:

Madlib- 6 Variations of In the Rain

Double Dee & Steinski- Jazz

Count Bass D- Truth to the Light

LA Symphony- Broken Now

Count Bass D- I’m Overjoyed that You’ve Come Clean

Marlena Show- California Soul

MF Doom- Kookies

Justin Warfield- Drug Store Cowboy

Latyrx- Say That

Kode9 & Daddy Gee- Sign O' The Dub

Rhythm and Sound- Smile (w/ Savage)

Fluxion- Bilateral Motion

Rhythm and Sound- Let We Go (Villalobos Remix)

Prince Paul- Brother No Blood

Resident Alien- Alone

All Natural- Vegetarian

Nigo- K.F.F. 2000 (w/ GZA & Prodigal Sunn)

GraveDiggaz- 1-800 Suicide (RZA Remix)

Beastie Boys- Shake Your Rump (Madlib Remix)

DM & Jemini- Omega Supreme

Skew- Johnny Cash Remixed 1

Z-Trip- Rockstar

Saul Williams- List of Demands

Aesop Rock- Daylight

M.I.A.- Sunshowers (Diplo Remix)

Lady Sovereign - Fiddle With The Volume (Ghislain Poirier Remix)

Madvillian- Money Folder (Four Tet Remix)

Mr Magic w/ Cuzz Band Magic Life Coast to Coast (Edan Edit)

15.04.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:17:02 GMT

Nick:

Fela Kuti- Ikoyi Blindness

Curtis Mayfield- (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Below We Are All Going to Go

Dizzy Gillespie- Manteca (The Funky Lowlives Remix)

Sound Directions- Fourty Days

Peanut Butter Wolf- Tale of Five Cities

Prince Paul- Inside Your Mind

Z-Trip & Radar- Private Parts

MC 900 Ft Jesus- Killer Inside Me

Quasimoto- Good Morning Sunshine

EPMD- Let the Funk Flow

Beastie Boys- Alive

!!!- Instinct

Buffalo Daughter- Pshychic A-Go-Go

DJ Shadow- Right Thing (Z-Trip Set the Party off Mix in Three Parts)

Prefuse 73- Point to B

Boom Bip- Closed Shoulders (Clouddead Remix)

Boards of Canada- Dayvan Cowboy

Edan w/ Daggah- Rock n Roll

Atoms Family- High On Life (Break The Mold) (Mils Remix)

Björk- All Is Full Of Love (In Love With Funkstörung Remix)

Subtle- Eneby Kurs

08.04.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:03:38 GMT

Nick:

EPMD--Let The Funk Flow
Blackalicious--Deception
Boards Of Canada--An Eagle In Your Mind
UNKLE--Berry Meditation (Last Ever Mix)
!!!--Dear Can
Prefuse 73 w/ Ghostface & El-P--Hide Ya Face (El-P remix)
Z-Trip--Further Explorations Into The Black Hole
DJ Food--Spiral

Nabeel:

Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee--Another Time, Another Place (Brixton Bass remix)
Lady Fury--Too Much Drugs In The System (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Skream--Midnight Request Line
DVD LOUNGE REVIEW: The Sound of Dubstep (7:42 BBC documentary 2006)
A Certain Ratio--Flight
My Bloody Valentine--Moonsong
Stereolab--Whisper Pitch
The Seeds--No Escape
The Jesus And Mary Chain--April Skies
Bob Brady & The Con Chords--Everybody's Going To The Love-in

Nick:

Radiohead--Packed Like Sardines
Rhythm & Sound--Let We Go (Ricardo Villalobos mix)
Boom Bip--Closed Shoulders
Blockhead--Insomniacs Olympics
DangerDoom--ATHF
Gorillaz--Dirty Harry
Kid Koala--Gorillaz Routine

Nabeel:

Tosca--Rondo Asparacio (DJ DSL remix)
M.I.A.--Galang (Dave Kelly mix with Cham)
The Bug featuring Warrior Queen--Dem A Bomb We
M.I.A.--Galang 05
The Bug featuring Warrior Queen--Dem Version
Parliament--The Big Bang Theory

01.04.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 22:59:14 GMT

APRIL FOOL'S DAY SPECIAL

Nabeel:

Beatleg Bootles--How Does It Feel To Be Rich
Chris Morris--Tony Blair cut-up
Billy Brimstone--Keep It Live
Angell Prince--You A Fool Boy
Tony Avon & The Belairs--Stone Soul Candidate
Gene Dozier & The Brotherhood--Funky Broadway
The Johnny Otis Show--The Watts Breakaway
Mr K AKA Danny Krivit--Dance To The Music (Sly & The Family Stone re-edit)
The Mexican Revolution--C.C. Strut
The Electrostats--21st Century Kenya
Hamilton Bohannon--South African Man

Nick:

Cassette Boy--God Bless America
The Roots--Seed 2.0
DangerDoom--Space Ho's (Original Madlib Beat)
Ricky D--Ghetto Classics
De La Soul--Ego Trippin (Part Two)
Public Enemy--Gett Off My Back
Roosevelt Franklin--It's All Wrong
Chris Rock--Me & ODB
Blue Boy vs. ODB--Shimmember Me

Nabeel:

Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm--Gettin' Nasty
Millie Scott--Prisoner Of The Groove (Instrumental)
Ghostface Killah w/ Raekwon & Slick Rick--The Sun
J Dilla--Anti-American Graffiti
Beny Moré & Joseito Fernandez--Guantanamera
Eddie Bo--Skate It Out
Gnarls Barkley--Crazy
Lady Fury--Too Much Drugs In The System (Ghislain Poirier remix)
Jarnail Dosanjh w/ Jelly, Spider, Turbo Ranks, Neelam--Ellegal Base

Nick:

DJ QBert--Track 2 Segment from Demolition Pumpkin Squeeze
DJ Marz--City of Fork Yuen
Cassette Boy--Tony Blair 2
Steinski--Electric Vindaloo
Squarepusher--Come On My Selector
Shitmat--I'm Never Gonna Dance Again
AFX--Arched Maid Via RDJ
Roosevelt Franklin--Funky Molly
!!!--Shit Schiesse Merde
Ciccone Youth--Into The Groovy

25.03.06 Playlist

nfit@xtra.co.nz (Welcome Nick) — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:09:52 GMT

SAMPLICIOUS SPECIAL

Nick:

Unknown Sample About Sampling
Coldcut--Say Kids What Time Is It?
EPMD--Strictly Business
Prince Paul--What U Got
Tommy Tee--Aerosoul
MF Doom-Hey
Quasimoto--Return Of The Loop Digga
Handsome Boy Modelling School--The Runaway Song

Nabeel:

The Orb--Little Fluffy Clouds
Rhythim is Rhythim--Strings of Strings of Life
Theo Parrish--J.B.'s Edit
Rose Royce--Is It Love You're After?
Jay Dilla--Time: The Donut Of The Heart
Bobby Byrd--I Know You Got Soul
Eric B & Rakim--I Know You Got Soul
Jem Snowbar--Black [John Oswald does James Brown on Plunderphonics]

Nick:

Cassette Boy--My Dad Knows Russell Crowe
Prefuse 73--The End Of Biters
DJ Shadow--Entropy Part A
Gang Starr--DJ Premier in Deep Concentration
Kid Koala--The Emperor's Main Course
DJ's Of Mass Destruction--Weapons? What Weapons Of Mass Destruction?
Blackalicious--Rock The Spot
Juggaknots--Trouble Man
Beastie Boys--Jimmy James (Original Version)
Dr Octagon--Bear Witness
The Family Guy--Osama
The Avalanches--Since I Left You

Nabeel:

Negativland--Favorite Things
Undertaker Interlude From A 1960s Biker Movie
Bollywood Freaks--Last Night Bollywood Saved My Life
The Books--Read, Eat, Sleep
DJ Jazzy Jeff--A Touch Of Jazz
De La Soul--Transmitting Live From Mars
Chris Morris--Bushwhacked (Osymyso Slushaldo mix)
Go Home Productions--Where's Your Talking Head At?
Brian Eno-David Byrne--America Is Waiting

A SAMPLE OF SAMPLING LINKS:

Copyright Criminals
Creative Commons
Illegal Art
The History of Sampling
A History of Sampling
Wikipedia on Digital Sampling
Joseph Schloss, Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip Hop
Mastermix.Org

18.03.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 22:06:35 GMT

Nabeel:

check out my personal blog Topical Ointment

[Nail in Milosevic’s coffin mix]

DJ Pantshead & The Evolution Control Committee—Yugoslavia

Laibach—Sympathy For The Devil

The Human League—Circus Of Death

Plasticman—Shallow Grave

Heaven 17—(We Don’t Need This) Fascist Groove Thang

Ladytron—Destroy Everything You Touch

Ryuichi Sakamoto—Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)

Nick:

George Russell—A Helluva Town (SA-RA ‘Go’ Remix)

The Herbaliser—Who’s The Realest?

Beastie Boys—Barrel Of A Gun

Themselves—Good People Check

Organized Konfusion—Stray Bullet

Company Flow—End to End Burners

Madvillain—Shadow of Tomorrow

Nabeel:

Fela Kuti—Coffin For Head Of State

Rotary Connection—Memory Band

Yesterday’s New Quintet—Superstition

Candi Staton—Evidence

Nick:

The Make-Up—Little Black Book

Aesop Rock—Holy Smokes

Funkstörung—Sounds Like A Break Record

Push Button Objects—Non Existent (Gescom Remix)

Busdriver—Avantcore (D-Styles Remix)

Autechre—The Egg

Boom Bip—From Left To Right

Shout outs from Nabeel

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:26:33 GMT

To Nikolai with blogspace and technical help, Manaia Toa for vinyl purism and blitzkrieg bass beats, Cian for Turnarounds, Peter Mac for positive feedback, and all the Baseheads who want to keep listening broader than broad. Thanks a bundle.

11.03.06 Playlist

n.zuberi@auckland.ac.nz (Welcome Nabeel) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 02:48:00 GMT

Nick:

Negativland—The Letter U And The Number 2

Blockhead—Carnivores Unite

Prince—Black Sweat

Gwen Stefani—Hollaback Girl (Diplo mix)

Lady Sovereign—Fiddle With The Volume (Ghislain Poirier remix)

Beans—You’re Dead Let’s Disco

Beastie Boys—Barrel Of A Gun (Egon remix)

Nabeel:

Ali Farka Toure—Allah Uya

Nigerian Army Rhythm Group—Ebawa Se

Najat Aatabou—Just Tell The Truth

Mutamassik—War Booty

The Revolutionaries—Heavier Than Lead Version

Kraftwerk--Radioactivity (live)

Nick:

J Dilla—Workinonit

Maureen Yancey—Thank You

Gorillaz—Dirty Harry

DangerDoom w/ Ghostface—The Mask

DM & Jemini—Knuckle Sandwich

Push Button Objects—360 Degrees

Busta Rhymes—Light Your Ass On Fire (Ghislain Poirier remix)

Quasimoto—Microphone Mathematics (remix)

Prince Paul—Why Must You Hate Me

Skew—Cash Remixed part one

Subtle—Song Meat

Yeah Yeah Yeah’s—Golden Lion (Diplo mix)

Nabeel:

Os Mutantes—A Minha Menina

Mystic Moods—Cosmic Sea

DVD LOUNGE REVIEW: Oscars Post Mortem

Cloud Nine—Disco Juice

Aphex Twin—Say Hello To Allah (Black Lung remix)

DJ /Rupture—Bong: Old Skool Armageddon/Junior Byles: Fade Away

Shitmat—I’m Never Gonna Dance Again

04.03.06 Playlist

Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:31:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Davy D- Keep Your Distance
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five- Super Rappin' No. 1
Public Enemy- Politics of the Sneaker Pimps
Schooly D- B-Boy Rhyme and Riddle
C.I.A.- My Posse
Common Sense- The Bitch In You

Nick:

Slick Rick- Hey Young World
EPMD- The Big Payback
Eric B and Rakim- Move the Crowd (Wild Bunch Remix)
Young MC- Know How
Dr Octagon- 1977
Public Enemy- Night of the Living Baseheads
Cyprus Hill- Latin Lingo (Prince Paul Remix)
DJ Shadow- Count and Estimate

Nabeel:

BDP- My Philosophy
The Gap Band- Yearning for Your Love
Nas and AZ- Life's a Bitch
The Pharcyde- Runnin' (Jay Dee Remix)
Eric B and Rakim- The R
J Dilla- Un-American Graffiti
Gnarls Barkley- Crazy
Sponnie Gee- The Godfather
Trouble Funk- Still Smokin' (The Beat is Bad)
Talking Heads- Life During Wartime

Nick:

Leftfield- Swords
DJ Krush- Ryu-Ki
Negativland- Timezones
Saul Williams- African Student Movement
DM & Jemini w/ Sadat X- Ghetto Pop Life (Remix)
Jay-Z / Beastie Boys- 99 Problems
Ced Lover Gee- I Got a Good Thing
DJ Food- Dark Lady
MF Doom- Deep Fried Friends

25.02.06 Playlist

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:12:00 GMT

Nick:

Quasimoto—Jazz Cats Pt 1 (Instrumental)
Quasimoto—Jazz Cats Pt 1 (Vocal)
Albert Ayler—New Ghosts
Pharaoh Sanders—Ore-Se-Rere
Charles Mingus—11B.S. (RZA’s Mingus Bounce Mix)
DJ Food—Taste Strange
DJ Vadim—Vad Forgive Me (Bullfrog Kid Koala Mix)
Scienz Of Life—Anthology: A Tribute To Music

Nabeel:

M83—Birds
Gudrun Gut—Paula Fliegt
Camille—Rue De Ménilmontant
AFX—Bit
Ennio Morricone—L’Uccello Con Le Plume Di Cristallo (Titoli)
Tes—Plasma
Mahmoud Ahmed—Bemen Sebeb Letlash
US Department Of Agriculture—PSA 4: Bachelor Cooker
Lhennj Ono (John Oswald)—Sfield
The Focus Group—Planning For Urban Green
DJ Shadow—Letter From Home
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant—West Of Samoa
DJ Pantshead & The Evolution Control Committee—Toad
Lisbon Raincoat Mojo (John Oswald)—Brazilianaires Theme
Milton Nascimento—Catavento
Beat Konducta AKA Madlib—Stax (Strings)
Stan Freberg—Scared Witless
The Go! Team—Air Raid Gtr
Roll Deep Crew—When I’m Here (instrumental)
Broadcast—Minus 3

Nick:

!!!—Hello Is This Thing On?
Funkstörung—Grammy Winners
Techno Animal w/ Anti Pop Consortium—Glass
Jimmy Edgar—Semierotic
Subtle—Red, White & Blonde
DangerDoom—ATHF
Queen Latifah w/ De La Soul—Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children
Gravediggaz—Defective Trip (Trippin’)

Nabeel:

Bud Powell, Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins—Dance Of The Infidels
MU—I Hate U
Mixmaster Mike—Battle For The Mind
Masterdon Committee—Get Off My Tip
Ninjaman—Border Clash (Punanny riddim)
Gravediggaz—Diary Of A Madman
Cassette Boy—CNN Impeachment of the President skit
Shirley & Company—Shame, Shame, Shame
Cassette Boy—Jeremy Paxman & Tony Blair The Liar skit
Mutamassik—War Booty

18.02.06 Playlist

Mon, 20 Feb 2006 03:43:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Wailing Souls & Ranking Trevor—War

Coldcut—Everything Is Under Control

Os Mutantes—Panis Et Circenses (Bread and Circuses)

The Coup featuring Black Thought & Talib Kweli—My Favourite Mutiny

Daedelus featuring MF Doom—Impending Doom

J Dilla/Jay Dee—The Twister (Huh, What)

Hossam Ramzy—Eshta

The Mitchell Brothers featuring Kano & The Streets—Routine Check

Kid 606 vs. Ward 21—This Anuh Rampin’

DJ Vadim featuring Motion Man—The Terrorist

Nick:

Deflon Sallahr—Don’t Fake It

Public Enemy—I Stand Accused

Terranova w/ Tricky—Bombing Bastards

Vernon Reid—Important Safety Instructions

Souls of Mischief—’93 Til Infinity

Beastie Boys—Root Down

The Roots—Concerto of the Desperado

Nabeel:

Coldcut—Sound Mirrors

DVD LOUNGE FILM REVIEW: River Queen (Vincent Ward, 2006); No. 2 (Toa Fraser, 2006); Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee, 2005); You and Me and Everyone We Know (Miranda July, 2005); Gegen Die Wand/Head-On (Fatih Arkin, 2004)

Lali Puna—Together In Electric Dreams

Boards of Canada—Dayvan Cowboy

Cat Power—He Was A Friend Of Mine

Johnny Cash—Talking In Vietnam Blues

The Louvin Brothers—Don’t Let Them The Bible Out Of Our School Rooms

Negativland—Gun & The Bible

!!!—Take Ecstasy With Me

Nick:

Bomb The Bass—Bug Powder Dust

Gwen Stefani—Hollaback Girl (instrumental)

Boogie Down Productions—The Original Way

EPMD—So Wat Cha Sayin

Peanut Butter Wolf & Madlib—Rawcore

J-Live—Braggin’ Writes (Dome Cracker mix)

Marlena Shaw—California Soul

11.02.06 Playlist

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:45:00 GMT

Handsome Boy Modelling School w/ Roisin Murphy & J-Live- The Truth

Shelshock w/ Vast Aire & Blueprint- Dragon Coaster 2 (Maliks Remix)

King Geedorah- Crazy World

Slick Rick- Children’s Story

BlackStar- Children’s Story

Latyrx- Lady Don’t Tek No

Murs- Transitions

Slug & El-P- APM 2.1

La Funk Mob- Ravers Suck Our Sound (N.O.W. Remix)

Fela Kuti- Kalakuta Show

Dizzy Gillespie- Manteca (Funky Lowlives Remix)

DJ Food- The Crow

Oliver Nelson- Hoe-Down

Lyrics Born- I Changed My Mind (Rattlesnake Mix)

Ozomatli- Cut Chemist Suite (Cuts Remix)

EPMD- Crossover

Mr. Lif- Pull Out Your Cut

Blackalicious- Clockwork

Will Webb- Cosmic Kung Fu

Saul Williams & DJ Krust- Coded Language

Boom Bip w/ Buck 65- The Unthinkable (Venetian Snares Remix)

Squarepusher- Re Hot Car

Antipop Consortium- What Am I? (Remix)

Gravediggaz- Defective Trip

04.02.06 Playlist

Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:51:00 GMT

Nabeel:

The Sandpipers—Things We Said Today

Quarteto Em Cy/Tamba Trio—Agua De Beber

Arthur Russell—The Platform On The Ocean

Mutamassik—Gulf Rock Mix

Badawi—Enter The Heretic

Muslimgauze—Palestine Is Our Islamic Land Part Two

Dangerdoom—El Chupa Nibre

Ghostface featuring Tara Ellis—Milk ’Em (Benny Cassette version)

Z-Ro—What Happened To That Dude

Nick:

Marlena Shaw—California Soul

A Tribe Called Quest—Stir It Up

Mos Def—Rock ’n’ Roll

Edan featuring Dagah— Rock ’n’ Roll

Death Comet Crew featuring Rammelzee—Exterior Street (Protein version)

Robag Wruhme—K.T.B.

Quasimoto—Maingirl

Jaylib—Champion Sound

Gerald Wilson—California Soul

Nabeel:

Three Times Dope—Funky Dividends (Big Money Talkin’ Beats)

Bigg Juss—Plantation Rhymes

DVD Lounge Review: Crash (Paul Haggis, 2005)

Isaac Hayes—Hung Up On My Baby

Ludacris—Area Codes (Dirty)

Irene Reid—Dirty Ole Man

KMD—Black Bastards!

EPMD—Let The Funk Flow

Manzel—Space Funk

Nick:

Paris—Sheep To The Slaughter

Public Enemy—Prophets Of Rage

Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ Kid Koala—Runaway Song

Bomb The Bass—Braindead

The Herbaliser w/ MF Doom—It Ain’t Nothing

Madvillain—All Caps

Danger Mouse & Jemini—Ghetto Pop Life remix starring Sadat X

Prince Paul—My Friend The Pop Master

28.01.06 Playlist

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 00:08:00 GMT

Nick:

Kid Koala—Skanky Panky

Jurassic Five—Swing Set

De La Soul—Change In Speak

3^rd Bass—Brooklyn Queens

A Tribe Called Quest—Can I Kick It? (extended Boilerhouse mix)

KMD- Gasface Refill

Bootsy Collins—If 6 Minutes Was 9 Minutes

Nabeel:

Cassetteboy—Simon Cowell

Dangerdoom featuring Ghostface—The Mask

June Christy—Sorry To See You Go

Scritti Politti—Asylums in Jerusalem

Marcia Griffiths—Feel Like Jumping

Roots Radics—Mission Impossible

The Wailers—Hypocrites

Devendra Banhart—Heard Somebody Say

One Self—SD2

Nick:

The Melvins—Barx-The Rocking M

El-P—Lazerface’s Warning

Nightmares On Wax—Stars

DVD Lounge Film Review: Chris Penn RIP (Respect to Yuri)

Dangerdoom—Basketcase

Mr Len w/ Mr Live & Chubb Rock—Dummy Smacks

Prince Paul w/ Chubb Rock, MF Doom, & Wordsworth —Chubb Rock Can You Please Pay Paul The $2200 You Owe Him

Diverse—Certified

Nabeel:

The Stooges—Loose

DJ Z-Trip—Tool Outkast (live)

Ellay Khule—I Remember Hip Hop

Skream—The Bug

Cabaret Voltaire—Yashar

LCD Soundsystem—Tribulations (Lindstrom remix)

Dream Warriors—Wash Your Face In My Sink

21.01.06 Playlist

Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:39:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Ennio Morricone—Forza G (Quella Donna)

Bootsy Collins—Munchies For Your Love

Ken Nordine—Hunger is From

Vashti Bunyan—I’d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind

Maxine Brown—All In My Mind

Camille—Quand Je Marche

Lali Puna—40 Days

Can—I’m So Green

Esther Phillips—Disposable Society

Skream—Midnight Request Line

Linval Thompson—Curfew

DJ /Rupture—Pirate Style

Kode9 & Daddi Gee—Sign Of The Dub

M83—Don’t Save Us From The Flames (Superpitcher remix)

Roisin Murphy—Ramalama (Bang Bang)

De La Soul—My Mindstate

Scarface—My Block

Young Holt Unlimited—The Beat Goes On

DJ Z-Trip—Motown Breakdown Part 1

Wilson Pickett—Engine Number 9

Aasim—Hip Hop 101

Z-Ro—Crooked Officer

Turf Talk feat. Mistah Fab & E-40—Super Sick Wit It

Willie Bobo—Funky Sneakers

14.01.06 Playlist

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:49:00 GMT

Nick:

Eric B and Rakim- Paid in Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness - The Coldcut Remix)

Coldcut w/ Queen Latifah- Smoke Dis One

The Go! Team- The Power is On

Mr Len w/ Jean Grae- Taco Day

DJ Shadow- Stem (Cops and Robbers Mix)

Aesop Rock- Basic Cable

Edan- Just Listen

Count Bass D w/ Edan- How We Met

The Roots- Stay Cool

Madvillian- America's Most Blunted

J-Live- The Best Part

Public Enemy- Gotta Do What I Gotta Do

Big Daddy Kane- Young Gifted and Black

Wu Tang Clan- Uzi (Pinky Ring)

Femi Kuti w/ Common- Missing Link

Lyrics Born- Calling Out

Gil Scott Heron- We Almost Lost Detroit

Billie Holiday- Yesterdays (Junior Boys Remix)

Andrew Broder vs Ultra Magnetic MC's- Poppa Large

EPMD- Mr Bozack

Blackalicious- One of a Kind

DVD Lounge Film Review- Crooked (2002 WordSound)

Spectre- Crooked

Prince Paul- Connections

Pixies vs Mobb Deep- Where is My Mind / Shook Ones Part 2 (Zilla 'Slash Your Face in' Remix)

Tommy Tee- Aerosoul

The Perceptionists- The Razor (Ikey Remix)

3rd Bass- Pop Goes the Weasel

Prince Paul- Original Crime Pays

Count Bass D- Blues for Percy Carey

07.01.06 Playlist

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:12:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Cedric Im Brooks—Silent Force

Skream—Midnight Request Line

Kode9 & The Space Ape—Kingstown (vox & dub)

Muslimgauze—Myrrh & Teargas

Go Home Productions—Wash Ya Wart (My Bloody Valentine vs. Beastie Boys)

Tomorrow—My White Bicycle

Nick:

Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St Hilaire—Free For All

Sly & the Family Stone—Family Affair

Digable Planets—Borough Check

Mos Def—War

Ike Yard—N.C.R. (Funkstörung version)

Jean Grae—Keep Livin

The Cinematic Orchestra—Channel 1 Suite

Nabeel:

DangerDoom—Vats of Urine

Perez Prado—Mambo No. 5

Los Hermanos Lebron—Descarga Lebron

Russ Henderson—West Indian Drums

Asha Bhosle—Jab Chaye

Go Home Productions/Khia—I Dream of Pussy

Nick:

Depeche Mode vs DJ Shadow—Painkiller

BOOK REVIEW—Thurston Moore (ed.), Mix Tape: the art of cassette culture (New York: Universe Publishing, 2005)

Subtle—FKO

Zilla—Track 18 fragment from Grinted Teeth & Brawlsville mix

4AM—InDaClub

Cage—Hell’s Winter

NMS—Last Days

31.12.05 Playlist

Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:23:00 GMT

Nick:

Fat Freddy's Drop--Roady

Devendra Banhart--White Reggae Troll/Africa

Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ Cat Power--I've Been Thinking

Prefuse 73 vs. The Books--Pagina Dos

Out Hud--It's For You

Spleen & Zen--Rock 'n' Roll

J-Live--Stir of Echoes

Roots Manuva--Awfully Deep

Nabeel:

State of Mississippi Tax Commission--Closed on the 17th

Erlend Oye--Last Christmas

Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band--Sunshower

Boards of Canada--'84 Pontiac Dream

Ejigayehu 'Gigi' Shibabaw--Abay

Konono No. 1--Paradiso

Barry Brown & Ranking Joe--Rumour Them A Spread

MF Doom & RZA--Biochemical Equation

Nigo--Kung Fu Fighting (Haruomi Hosono remix)

Nick:

Dangerdoom---Mincemeat

Count Bass D--No. 3 Pencil

The Go! Team--Lady Flash

Quasimoto--Greenery

M.I.A.--Lady Killer (Diplo mix)

Archie Shepp--Attica Blues (Chief Xcel remix)

Chok Rock--Buzz

Buffalo Daughter--Pshychic A Go-Go

Nabeel:

Jean Jacques Perry--Eva

Edan featuring Percee P--Torture Chamber

DJ Muro--Microphone Pager

The Fall--Telephone Thing

Kode9 & Benny Ill--Fat Larry's Skank

Quincy Jones--Summer in the City

DVD Lounge Film Review: In Cold Blood (Richard Brooks, 1967)

Slave--Slide

Esther Phillips--Boy I really tied one on

24.12.05 Playlist

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 23:22:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Kode9 & Daddi Gee—Sign of the Dub

Ulf Lohmann—Because Before (The Orb remix)

MU—Paris Hilton

Roots Manuva—Colossal Insight (Soft Pink Truth remix)

MC Solaar—Dans Un Film

Papa Levi—Mi God Mi King

Sade—Moodymann mix

Nick:

Treacherous Three—Santa’s Rap

Cassetteboy—Christmas track 9

Andrew Broder vs. Ultramagnetic MCs—Poppa Large

!!!---Dear Can (Live at the BBC)

The Go! Team—Bottle Rocket

J-Live—Them that’s not

K-Otix—George Bush don’t like black people

Nabeel:

George Bush—The Wit & Wisdom of George Bush

Lil Kim—Put Your lighters up

Count Bass D—Art for Sale

Pete Rock & Dead Prez—War Zone

DJ /Rupture—Bong Ra: ola skool Armageddon & Junior Byles: fade away

Rebel MC featuring Tenor Fly & Barrington Levy—Wickedest Sound

The Nextmen featuring Dynamite MC—Blood Fire

Lady Sovereign—Random (DJ Menta remix featuring Rico)

M.I.A.—Bucky Done Gun

Quasimoto—Rappcats Pt. 3

Nick:

Dean Martin—Jingle Bells (Automator remix)

Lootpack—New Year’s Resolution

Dangermouse & Jemini—Ghetto Pop Life

Prefuse 73 & Mos Def & Diverse—Wylin Out (RJD2 remix)

Coldcut—Atomic Moog (Cornelius remix)

3^rd Bass—Portrait of the Artist as a Hood

Steinski—Electric Vindaloo

Kid Koala—Gorillaz Routine

Happy and peaceful holidays to all our listeners, txtrs and readers.

Thanks for the feedback over the year.

17.12.05 Playlist

Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:11:00 GMT

Nick:

Cassette Boy—Iggy Pop

Grace Jones—Nightclubbing

Nightmares on Wax—A Night’s Interlude

Richard Pryor—Black Funerals

DJ Food—Dark Lady

Richard Pryor—Exorcist

Andrew Broder vs. Missy Elliot—Gossip folks

Madvillain—All caps

De La Soul—3 days later

The Avalanches—Electricity (Harvey’s Night Club mix)

Nabeel:

King Tubby/Yabby U—King Pharaoh Dub

Big Youth—Screaming Target

Yabby U—Beware

Rhythm & Sound w/Jennifer Lara—Queen in My Empire

Rhythm & Sound—King version

Linval Thompson—Rock me in dub

Scientist—Blood on my lips

Gwen Stefani—Hollaback Girl (instrumental)

James & Bobby Purify—I’m your puppet

Nick:

Cassette Boy—Christmas

Coco Rosie—Good Friday

Zimbabwe Legit—Shadow’s Legit mix

Jay-Z—99 Problems (Instrumental)

Richard Pryor—Dogs and Horse

Polyphonic Spree—Soldier Girl (RJD2 mix)

Andrew Broder vs. Nas—Made You Look

DJ Krush w/ Black Thought—Meiso (DJ Shadow remix)

DangerDoom—Sofa King

DJ Shadow—Right Thing (Z-Trip party mix)

Nabeel:

P-Bass Expressway/Downtown Brown—Easy ride (Downtown Brown easy ride mix)

DVD Lounge Film Review: Loop Select 007 (Various Artists, 2005): Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess, 2004); Punk: Attitude (Don Letts, 2005)

The Modern Lovers—Roadrunner

Bad Brains—Pay to Cum

Public Image Ltd.—Public Image

Siouxsie & The Banshees—Nicotine Stain

DJ /Rupture—Jahba: Bush is a pussycloth & Krumble: Backward country boy dub

Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys—Dickson Country Breakdown

16.12.05 Nabeel

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:22:00 GMT

Not blogged for ages, so this is just a brief interruption. I’ve been travelling a fair bit recently (Sydney and Wellington)—Sydney to see a friend for a few days and Wellington for a pop music conference. More on both in tomorrow’s show and subsequent blog entries. Will review Punk: Attitude tomorrow. I’ve also got a friend Saghir who’s visiting from San Diego, California. And today I’m trying to finish a long overdue draft of a 6500 word chapter on the Desi-hip hop crossover rip off sampling thang.

10.12.05 Playlist

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:21:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Cloud One—Disco Juice

Bollywood Freaks—Last Night Bollywood Saved My Life

Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames—Yeh Yeh

Ennio Morricone—Astratto 3

Stiff Little Fingers—Gotta Getaway

Don Fardon—Georgie Best (Belfast Boy)

Special Ed—I Got It Made

Spank Rock—Put That Pussy On Me

The Meters—Liver Splash

Hannibal Lecter—I ate his liver with fava beans and a nice chianti

The Chi-Lites—Are You My Woman (Danny Krivit edit)

Nick:

Stars As Eyes—Resistance Days (múm remix)

AFX—Children Talking

Kraftwerk—Dentaku (live)

Jackson & His Computer Band—Rock On

Unkle—Rock On (Nutcracker mix)

The Bulletproof Space Travellers—Black Hole

Coco Solid—Denim & Leather

Nabeel:

Cover Girls—Boom! I Fucked Your Boyfriend

Cabaret Voltaire—Sensoria 12”

Nitty Gritty—Hog In A Minty

Baraji—Midnight Class in Howick [selected by guest Tony Mitchell]

Paris Sisters—I Love How You Love Me

The Downlow—Ponsonby Girls [selected by guest Tony Mitchell]

Blowfly—Crackers Kiss My Ass

Ennio Morricone—Giorno Di Notte

Nick:

Dizzy Gillespie—Manteca (Funky Lowlives remix)

Quasimoto—Hydrant Game

Prince Paul—Gangster My Style

M.I.A.—Amazon (Diplo mix)

MF Doom—Kon Queso

DJ Food—Cosmic Jam

Saul Williams—PG

Clouddead—Dead Dogs Two

Prefuse 73—I’ve Said All I Need To Say About Them

Milanese—Billy Hologram

DJ Z Trip—Further Explorations Into The Black Hole

Stetsasonic—Just Say Stet

03.12.05 Playlist

Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:14:00 GMT

Nick:

Tomoyasu Hotei- Battle Without Honor or Humanity

Mos Def- Ghetto Rock

!!!- Me And Giuliani Down By The School Yard (A True Story)

Terranova- Bombing Bastards

Outkast- Elevators (Me and You)

Rhythm & Sound w/ The Chosen Brothers- Mash Down Babylon

Coldcut- Panopticon (Irresistible Force Mix)

Irresistible Force- Nepalese Bliss

Kraftwerk- The Numbers

Kraftwerk- Computer World

Cornelius- Typewrite Lesson (Remix)

El-P- Get Your Hand Off My Shoulder Pig

Dinah Washington- Baby Do You Hear Me (Danger Mouse Remix)

Madlib- Distant Land

Count Bass D- Down Easy

Jean Grae- Thank Ya

Aesop Rock- No Regrets

Mr Lif- Pull Out Your Cut

Edan- Just Listen

The Herbaliser w/ Latyrx- 8 Point Agenda

M.I.A.- 10 Dollar

The Wu-Tang Clan- Uzi (Pinky Ring)

Coldcut- Heigh Ho

J-Rocc- Say Ho!

Prefuse 73- Hide Ya Face (El-P Remix)

26.11.05 Playlist

Sat, 26 Nov 2005 05:49:00 GMT

Nick:

DJ Shadow- Building Steam With a Grain of Salt

U.N.K.L.E.- Berry Meditation (Last Ever Mix)

Liquid Liquid- Optimo

AFX- Laughable Butane Bob

Subtle- Eneby Kurs

Hymie’s Basement- Moonhead

Hymie’s Basement- The Pump

Coldcut- Every Home is a Prison (Shut Up and Dance Mix)

The Perceptionists- Blo

NMS- Super Pretzel (Diplo Mix)

Cassetteboy- Bush

DJ Shadow w/ The Gift of Gab- Entropy (Part C-Count & Estimate)

Prince Paul- Profit

Quasimoto- Greenery

MF Doom- Operation Greenback

Cassetteboy- The Streets

Grandmaster Flash- Adventures on the Wheels of Steel (Freddy Fresh Mix)

LCD Soundsystem- Losing My Edge

Irresistible Force- Power (Mix Master Morris Mix)

Alanïa L'eglise (Deuxième Partie) (Biosphere Trekking Mix)

Gabor Szabo- Mizrab (Prefuse 73 remix)

Cannibal Ox- Atom

Company Flow- End to End Burners (Remix)

Danger Mouse and Jemini- Medieval (Starring The Pharcyde)

M.I.A.- Fire Fire

DJ Food- Dark Lady

Steinski and Mass Media- We’ll Be Right Back

The Avalanches- Since I Left You (Prince Paul Mix)

19.11.05 Nick

Thu, 24 Nov 2005 05:34:00 GMT

As mentioned on a past entry I was in Wellington a little while back during the Punk Fest. I noted that the event seemed to be more about death metal than my conception of punk with an old school image of Minor Threat and the Dead Kennedy's. Well I was too young, geographically displaced, and in the wrong musical circles to be aware of any of those bands while they were active. Thankfully apart from the recorded material there has been plenty of good documentation of the happenings of the times. I mention this mostly because I finally had a chance to see the Decline of Western Civilization, which is off course not new, but unfortunately rather rare. Seeing bands like Black Flag and the Germs performing and talking about life is, well, pretty cool, given their on going legacy. So I then got interested in what other material was out there. Just a small search uncovered Punk Attitude (Nabeel already mentioned this and I think this is widely available), a movie about the Germs called What We Do is Secret, and We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen. Incidentally Mike Watt is the fill in for the Stooges when they play at the Big Day Out. Regular concert goers might remember that Watt played at a pervious Big Day Out where he was a ringer with Porno for Pyros. Good times.

The news this week is as disturbing as ever. In the politics versus the fourth estate battle there was the idiotic claims by Winston Peters that NZ Herald was committing treason. More seriously was the revelation of a secret memo where George Bush wanted to bomb Arabic television station Al Jazeera. After indicating that such a memo exists, the UK's Daily Mirror was threatened with legal action by the UK government should they go onto publish its contents. Although it is hardly surprising that Blair's people would take this position, I don't think I am alone in wanting to know if the "Leader of the Free World" really contemplated something so vile. Sadly such behaviour, however horrifying, is not surprising. After all, the Bush administration is trying to legalise torture and claim that white phosphorus is not a chemical weapon. What's more, it also held one of its own citizen's for over three years (much of it spent in solitary confinement) before charging formally him. I wonder if there is a public breaking point, when it will finally be all too much. One can hope.

Anyway onto brighter things, as I mentioned a little while back, the Grey Lynn Festival is this weekend. Hopefully the weather report will be wrong for that one. Indoors there is the Quantic Soul Orchestra and Alice Russell on Friday, then a special Turnaround on Saturday. All things being equal I should actually make it out of the house. Shout out to Nabeel who is probably soaking up the nightlife of Sydney. Also good luck to the wonderful Sophie who is unfortunately the latest casualty at Base. She has been super important to the station and really helpful for our show.

Peace y'all

Nick

19.11.05 Playlist

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:15:00 GMT

Nick:

Boards of Canada—Dayvan Cowboy

Pharoah Sanders—Astral Traveling (Boozoo Bajou remix)

Kid Koala—Annie’s Parlour

Up Bustle & Out—Hip Hop Barrio

Cassetteboy—Michael Jackson

The Sequence—Simon Says (Deckwrecka remix)

RJD2—Good Times Roll Pt 2

Nabeel:

Frankie Crocker—Rap

Roni Size/Reprazent—Watching Windows (Masters At Work remix)

Laila France—Trashy Like TV

John Holt—Rainy Night in Georgia

Aggrovators—Version

Esso Steel Band—I Want You Back

Young Tiger—Calypso Be

Gwen Stefani vs. Miles Davis—Summatime Girl

Gwen McCrae—Rockin’ Chair

George Benson—Footin’ It

Nick:

Dizzy Gillespie—Swing Low Sweet Cadillac (Gerardo Frisina remix)

DVD Review: Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004); In Good Company (Paul Weitz, 2004); Must Love Dogs (Gary David Goldberg, 2005)

Buffalo Daughter—Li303ve (Suzuki Dekard San) (remix by UNKLE)

Digable Planets—Pacifics

Push Button Objects—360 Degrees

Mos Def/Diverse/Prefuse 73—Wylin’ Out (RJD2 remix)

DJ Shadow—The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)

Nabeel:

Basehead—Not Over You

De La Soul—Transmitting Live From Mars

Aziza A—Biz Bizi Biliriz (We Know Ourselves)

Piero Umiliani—Panoramica (Cinematic Orchestra remix)

The Flamingos—I Only Have Eyes For You

Jon Lucien—Would You Believe In Me

Marlena Shaw—Woman Of The Ghetto

Jean Grae—The Jam

M.I.A.—Pull Up The People (D’explicit remix)

Cedric Im Brooks—Shaft

Wayne Jarrett—Youth Man

18.11.05 Nick

Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:25:00 GMT

Last Sunday I got a call from my bank saying that they had spotted some suspicious activity on my credit card. Some one had used my number someone in mid-Western USA for what I think was some hardware store purchase, and luckily the security team knew right away that this was outside my usual spending patterns. So steps were taken and I got a new card, luring me into a false sense of security. False because, today I was at the supermarket making a purchase only to have my eftpos transaction declined. Thinking that this must be a mistake, I went over to an ATM to see what the numbers held. Turns out, I well into overdraft, a figure that was totally out of sync with the big calculator in my head. So as my sweat glands went into overdrive I made my way to check my online statement to see how this could have possibly happened. The culprit was rather large withdrawal made in Notting Hill, UK, somewhere I have never been. Immediately I call the bank who are helpful but also puzzled. For someone to have access to my normal accounts (not my credit card) they need a physical card to get a withdrawal. The woman I spoke to said that this is pretty rare but has happened once before. Now I have the banks fraud team working on my case. So if you are that person in Notting Hill, we will have your number soon, and you shall be cast into the pit of financial hell. Where this fits into the 9 circles of Hades I cannot accurately say.

Anyway I noticed that here is a call for military help in Afghanistan. It strikes me as odd that this is partly the consequence of American's pulling their troops out to strengthen their presence in Iraq. It is very clear that the Taliban in Afghanistan harboured and was sympathetic to groups like Al Qaeda. It is also very clear that prior to the US invasion Iraq did not. Post-invasion, surprisingly, Afghanistan hasn't stabilised into one of the shining lights of democracy in the area. Instead its drug trade has increased, war lords have once again become common, and old forces like the Taliban have been popping up to make guest appearances. Yet this doesn't seem to trouble the American's who instead still insist on staying on course on Iraq and not bowing down to the forces of evil. The great John Cusack has some words on the state of his nation.

In other news, I was very happy to attend the Great Blend, put on by the fine folks at Public Address. It had a great panel discussion about the future of TV with the advent of recordable digital hard drives and internet technology. What this means for NZ, and TVNZ in particular is quite uncertain. It is worrying to see their ongoing developments, particularly the news that shows like Frontseat may face an uncertain future. The time might come for some more intervention. Please, no more reality TV. It is a dying trend anyway.

Also at the Great Blend were performances by Ladi6 and Pitch Black. Pitch Black had bought along their new remix CD, Halfway: Between Ape & Angel. I got a copy, as I like to think that the money would go directly to them as opposed to being filtered down through retail. Interesting to see that it is still illegal for me to now put that CD onto my iPod. I am not sure what the government thinks people do with digital music players. Hope the law gets changed before someone tries to test it on some poor soul.

peace y'all.

Nick

12.11.05 Playlist

Sun, 13 Nov 2005 00:31:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Martin Luther King Jnr—Dr King’s entrance into the Civil Rights movement

Charles Mingus—Prayer for Passive Resistance

Rudy Ray Moore—On the Bus

Beat Kondukta—Payback (gotta)

Chosen Brothers & Bullwackie’s All Stars—Mango Walk (dubwise version)

Ebenezer Obey—Eyi Yato/Elere Ni Wa

Ambrose Campbell—Ashiko Rhythm

Esther Phillips—No Headstone on my Grave

Nick:

Cassetteboy—Impeachment/Perfect Day

Funkstörung—Grammy winners w/ Triple H

The Tape vs. RQM—Hip Hop is dead

Dr Octagon—Earth People

AntiPop Consortium—Tuff Gong

Cassette Boy—Dido is shit

Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ Casual—It’s like that

The Noice w/ Aceyalone—Mix Tapes

Aesop Rock—Daylight

Blockhead—You’ve got Maelstrom

Cassette Boy—Margaret Thatcher followed by Stephen Morrissey

Nabeel:

Maurice Chevalier—Paris, Sera Toujours Paris

Terry Hall & Mushtaq—Gathering Storm

Various—Madame Foyer (From Radio Palestine)

Mutamassik—Babomb

DVD review: The Sorrow and the Pity; A Self-Made Hero; La Haine/Hate

NTM/Cut Killer—Nique La Police

Resident Alien—State of Emergency

The Ruts—Babylon’s Burning

Sonic Youth—Kool Thing

The Bug featuring Daddy Freddy—Politicians & Paedophiles

Nick:

Cassette Boy—Tony Blair apologize

DJ Shadow—Would you buy a war from this man?

Saul Williams—African Student Movement

Public Enemy—Hazy Shade of Criminal

Cassette Boy—Bill Cosby sells drugs to children

Tes—Say when

The Herbaliser w/ Cappo—Failure’s No Option

AFX—Arched Maid Vic RDJ

12.11.05 Nabeel

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:52:00 GMT

So I started writing this entry on 7/11. Which reminds me of Ali G’s gag on US TV that ‘thing have been difficult for Americans since the tragic events of 7/11’. For those of you haven’t been stateside 711 is a chain of convenience stores. Some people without a sense of humour were upset.

I missed The Basement on Saturday because I had to pick up my brother from the airport. His earlier flight from Sydney was cancelled. So Nick kindly filled in for me on the show. This was the first visit to these shores from a Zuberi. My bro Sameer is a paediatric neurologist with specializations in narcolepsy and epilepsy. He flew down to Sydney from his home in Glasgow, Scotland for a conference on epilepsy, and sneaked in a couple of days in Auckland. We managed to cover a lot in 45 hours: up north to Tawharanui, Warkworth, the eastern bays, atop Mt Eden and around the eateries of Kingsland, and managed to show him one of my favourite movies Office Space too. Have just dropped him off for his flight to Sydney.

A visit from someone provides a really welcome interruption in the routine of your everyday life.

I have prepped my belated Rosa Parks tribute for the show. Still working through the Loop Select 007 CD, booklet and DVD.

Yay, let’s here it for the ‘scum’ as that French Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy described them. Babylon’s burning! France believes it is the font of western civilization. It thinks it has the monopoly on universal values of liberty, fraternity and equality. Bollox. Only if you’re white. For a secular society, it deals more easily with Catholics and Protestants than Muslims and Jews. Many French collaborated with the Nazis under the Vichy regime. Check out Marcel Ophuls’ documentary The Sorrow and the Pity and for the postwar hypocrisy about France’s racist and fascist legacy, see Jacques Audiard’s film A Self-Made Hero. Audiard also directed the excellent Read My Lips, which I reviewed on the show a weeks ago. The film stars Matthieu Kassovitz who plays a guy who pretends that he’s a hero of the French resistance even though he comes from a family of Nazi collaborators. A great satire on how the Vichy sentiments were re-integrated into France after the war. Kassovitz directed the essential La Haine which follows three young French men of Algerian, Jewish and West African descent in the day after a riot in one of the suburbs or banlieus of Paris. Sound familiar? It was made in 1995. Anyhow, may the hordes from Africa and the Middle East swamp the white old guard of a nation that is economically in the doldrums.

More later,

Nabeel

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11.11.05 Nick

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:15:00 GMT

The headline news continues to baffling thing. It was easy enough to point out that there was a huge imbalance in the coverage between the hurricanes battering South Eastern America and the devastating earthquake that hit Pakistan. But now it seems that although Paris has been burning for nearly two weeks the mass media (at least down here) doesn't figure this as being hugely important. It took nearly two weeks before the unfolding events made the front page of the world section in the NZ Herald. In once case the riots were trumped by unusual tornado's in America's mid-West. And as far as any analysis goes, well locally thank god for Russell Brown. I know that the French have been the butt of many a joke, but isn't this just taking the whole stupid American thing a bit far? It is not like we are trying to suck up to the Bush administration like our neighbours across the sea.

Meanwhile it has been fun to see a nice round of poltiical defeats. While it may seem petty to take pleasure in the failings of others, these clowns deserve a lot worse. Here is hoping that voting amnesia does not kick in. And bring on more indictments! (fingers crossed, fingers crossed, fingers crossed…)

Last Saturday there was a book fair up at ASB Stadium, and as it started at midday I got there just as it opened. Although I do read quite a bit, I am not a collector of any sort books or publications (my obsessions lie elsewhere). I haven't been to that many book fairs, and certainly none as crazy as that. People were running around with boxes grabbing stuff getting somewhat agitated. It made casual browsing quite difficult. The fair was actually running for 24 hours straight, but I declined to see how bumping it was at 3am.

Strangely enough though I met a woman called Brenda who felt that she had to say hello to me on account of seeing me at both the Real Groovy in Auckland and Wellington. It is a little strange to have someone notice you in three different spots, particularly as I usually have my head down checking out the wares, but she seemed pretty cool. I on the other hand suddenly felt self-conscious and struggled to say anything interesting.

Although I know Nabeel reviewed Sideways awhile back I don't think we covered American Splendor. I mention this both because of my aforementioned awkwardness, and having the occasion to once again see the film. This has finally promoted me to go and check out the wonderful comic's that Harvey Pekar has put out. His comments on music collecting were pretty funny, but scary for someone as obsessive as myself.

On the horizon the onset of summer lots of events have started to bubble up. There is the Quantic Soul Orchestra with Alice Russell on the 25th of October in Auckland and the 26th in Wellington. The 26th is also the day for the Grey Lynn Park Festival and the Turnaround. Blackalicious are returning on December the 15th for a gig at Studio in Auckland. Then the Big Day Out looks quite promising (do I dare go yet again?). Then there is the return of both Soundsplash and Splore. Splore as scored Talib Kweli, something that I am sure Dylan C from the Headspace was trying to tell me last night. However with my bad hearing I told him I didn't know who that is, making me sound probably like a bit of a dick. Will try and correct myself to Dylan tomorrow. Otherwise the universe might end as I know it.

Finally, rest in peace Rod Donald. New Zealand politics will sorely miss you.

Peace y'all

Nick

05.11.05 Playlist

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 23:38:00 GMT

Nick:

Tortoise- DJed (UNKLE Remix)

Rammelzee vs K-Rob- Beat Bop

Young MC- Know How

Roots Manuva + Chali 2na- Join the Dots

Trillion- Sign Hallelujah

Guerrilla New Network- Happy Ramadan Osama bin Laden

All Natural- Vegetarian

NWA vs Kid606- Straight Outta Compton

Autechre- We R Why?

Jay-Z vs Jeru- 99 Problems (Remix)

Count Bass D- I’m Overjoyed That You Came Clean

Fela Kuti- Kalakuta Show

Archie Shepp- The Cry of My People

Prince- Sing O the Times

Subtle- Eneby Kurs

Blackalicious- Attica Black

Red Snapper- Some Kinda Kink (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)

Jackson and His Computer Band- Rock On

Danger Doom- Mince Meat

Mr Len w/ Mr Live and Chubb Rock- Dummy Smacks

MC Serch- Here it Comes

De La Soul- The Grind Date

Piano Overlord- Diplo Electric Manatee Remix

04.11.05 Nick

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:59:00 GMT

I finished reading Sarah Vowell's Assassination Vacation (I do have a bit too much spare time right now). Great book, and interesting comments on the current state of American political affairs. Of particular note is her material on the McKinley administration. If you don't know a lot about American history, it used to harbour a strong sense of isolationism, something to look back on fondly. But at the end of the 19th century its ambition and greed finally sprang forth, with the Spanish-American war. White gold (sugar) was the prize, hazy reasons for sending a nation to war were created, and shady justifications were made. Cuba and the Philippines would be liberated, freed from their European colonial shackles. As to what actually happened, history speaks for itself quite clearly on this matter. I am still unsure as to whether the subsequent administrations have just been too stupid to learn from the past, or if they think that no one is really paying attention.

One thing made very clear to me by the book is the hope that no one will able to shoot George Jr. This is not only a reflection of my sincere abhorrence to violence, but also the horrible possibility that such a twist of fate might try and make a martyr out of a clown. If there is any sense of real justice, this administration will continue on its self destructive path before a largely delighted world public. More indictments please.

On another troubling note, is anyone ready for the Bird Flu yet? Unsurprisingly certain people have already realised that with fear comes money making opportunities. I know practically nothing about how a virus evolves, so am in the wait and see camp. The total lack of poultry in my diet continues keep make me happy as things unfold. Am actually surprised that people are not getting more wary of places like KFC, but then again it sort of surprises me that anyone would go there for any reason at all. Would also love for the intelligent design camp to try and weigh in on this one, is this disease changing on its own accord, or is their a larger guiding hand?

Tomorrow, apart from being time for the weekly musical excellence of the Basement, is of course Guy Fawkes. Once again press is given to those who want to ban fireworks. In some sort of weird political twist it seems to be Labour defending the publics right to illuminate and make small explosions, while National for a ban (perhaps they are too politically correct). It is always sad to see what a few idiots do when they get the opportunity to play with fire, not just because of the physical damage they cause, but because it is then thought that an all out ban should be enacted. Back in the day, my fireworks experiences were relatively extreme. I grew up in a place where they were completely banned, leading to sales under the counter and out of the backs of cars. It also meant that the goods were usually very powerful. Powerful, like blowing off pieces of solid brick wall. Accidents were abound, and going to hospital was never pretty. I however received no injuries, and look back upon this time with fondness. So about all I can suggest is that, kids, be safe and lets all play nice.

Peace y'all

Nick

29.10.05 Playlist

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:00:00 GMT

Nick:

Hymies Basement—21^st Century Pop Song

Antibalas—Indictment

Devendra Banhart—White reggae troll

Prefuse vs. The Books—Pagina Tres

The Avalanches—Since I left you (Prince Paul remix)

Lyrics Born & RL Burnside—Going down south

Nabeel:

Mulatu Astatke & his Ethiopian Quintet—Alone in the crowd

Billy Brimstone—Keep it live (vocal) & instrumental

Notorious B.I.G.—Machine Gun Funk (DJ Premier remix)

Mutamassik—Immigrants on course

DJ /Rupture—Knifehandchop (Vertical Noize Creator remix)

Linval Thompson—Rude Bwoy

Ghostface—Be Easy

William S. Burroughs—No more Stalins, No More Hitlers

The Cramps—Human Fly

The Urinals—I’m a bug

Nick:

DJ Vadim w/ Motion Man—The Terrorist

Quasimoto—Hydrant game

Dr Octagon—Blue flowers (Automator remix)

DM & Jemini—Don’t do drugs

Viktor Vaughn—Full back/Titty fat

Saul Williams—Talk to strangers

Funkstorung vs. Wu Tang—ReUnited

Madvillain—Meatgrinder (Four Tet remix)

Themselves—Good People Check

Nabeel:

Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm—Gettin Nasty

DVD Review: The Kid Stays in the Picture (directed by Brett Morgan & Nanette Burstein, Madman Films, 2003)

A Taste of Honey—Boogie Oogie oogie (album version)

DVD Review: The Mayor of the Sunset Strip (directed by George Hickenlooper, Caldera Productions 2005)

The Sandals—Tell us Dylan

The Chymes—He’s not there anymore

Kim Fowley—The Trip

Roll Deep—Shake a leg

Horace Andy & Nigger Kojak—Green Bay Killing

28.10.05 Nick

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:52:00 GMT

I sit here on a Friday night, partly anticipating the (hopefully) forthcoming indictments in Washington, and otherwise wondering why I have not got any thing more important to do. For example, I could be getting all excited about going to something like the wonderful Turnaround with its grand return to Rising Sun, but I am feeling old. Perhaps it is because a lot of my friends are all grown up with more domestic things to worry about than dancing till the break of dawn. Then again it could just be me. Maybe if I stop worrying the grey hairs will go away.

As noted somewhere in the archives I spent last weekend in Wellington. I now have the pleasure of sleeping in both Brooklyn Welli and Brooklyn NY. I won't express a preference, but can safely say there was no risk of a momentary geographic confusion. The only big event I can report on from the weekend was a Punk Fest. Although I do own some punk, it is rather old school (Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys). I probably experienced a generation gap, because the screaming in a style that I would normally equate with Death Metal did not do very much for me. Nor did the legions of kids in the black, the volumes of cheap alcohol, the drunk guys who tried to spark a conversation with me, and the guy who felt he had to kiss me. There was also an idiotic instance of someone being bottled. Luckily she is fine, and having spoken to her today she is considering taking out a restraining order, rather than adopting for the code of the street. The one interesting musical thing at the fest was the wonderful Coco Solid. Although they were not wearing black, screaming, or playing an instruments really fast (or at all), they had ended up on the bill and went down rather well. Big ups.

I continued to look for people who are actually happy with our government, and no one really wants to put their hand up. But just when the new/old line up should be enduring more critical drilling Don Brash goes and makes Wayne Mapp the spokesperson for Political Correctness Eradication. I haven't really got anything fresh to add to the other volumes of scorn that this move has created. I only wish our politicians did not insist on putting New Zealand on the world map by continuing making us look ridiculous. That should be Rachel Hunters job.

Returning to my earlier anticipation, it is much nicer to look across the Pacific. Although in the grand scheme of things outing an undercover CIA agent may not seem like a big deal, if it is enough to remove Karl Rove and with a bit of extra luck Dick Cheney (and dare I hope for an even further step) then I shall be smiling. Some people do wonder what will George do without his brain, one answer could be to seriously hire Andy Dick.

On another nice note from the States, it seems that the Boondocks has been made into an animated cartoon. If you haven't seen the Bookdocks, it is very good, and that is probably an understatement. No other syndicated comic (or other any type of commentary) has dared to take on the Bush administration so fiercely or make as many astute social observations. Supposedly the first episode was going to feature Rosa Parks attacking R Kelly (a bed wetter, who knew it?) but out of appropriate sympathy this was cut out. Don’t expect many more concessions. It is going to be on Adult Swim over there, which probably means that we shall have to wait for a DVD. Maybe a petition could be started for a full service channel, after all Danger Doom made an album about it.

On a final (musical) note (that is what this is all about n'est pas?) I have to say Thurston Moore's book Mix Tape : The Art of Cassette Culture looks particularly cool (as mentioned in Nabeel’s entry). As one who has been making takes and then mix CD's for awhile I do often wonder if it is nearly a dead art. While pondering it all, I came across an episode of American Life where Sarah Vowell tries to hire herself out as a mix tape producer. This is not to be confused with the hip-hop notion of a mix tape (code of the streets y'all) but merely one where selections are put together to make (special) friends. If you don't know who Vowell is, she did the voice of Violet in the Incredibles, and more importantly wrote a book called Assassination Vacation, which outlines American Presidents (mostly Republicans strangely enough) who met untimely ends. Nuff said.

Peace y'all

Nick>

26.10.05 Nabeel

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 01:41:00 GMT

Death toll of US Military in Iraq reaches 2,000.

It may be Syria next, but here's a really informative piece on Iran by Aijaz Ahmad.

26.10.05 Nabeel

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:58:00 GMT

Kinda strange being in the studio on my own this week. This was the first time I was flying solo on The Basement. I had a lot of fun though. Really got into the headspace after Dylan C. The new Boards of Canada is out to mixed reviews. That was an event of sorts, so I played a track from that. And since the Turnaround is back this Friday with Cian returning from his overseas sojourn, I spun some tunes recommended by him, Submariner, Manuel, and Finn from the monthly newsletter. The Damian Marley album sounds really excellent, at least what I’ve heard so far. His vocal on Road to Zion has been processed to sound really thin and is disturbingly close to his daddy’s voice. Anyway, I began the show with that murky sound like you’re listening to a really fuzzy AM station. That nostalgic analogue aesthetic seems to be part of electronic music and other genres right now and frankly I’m a sucker for it. I like the way sound is degraded by various technologies. Thurston Moore has written about the way old cassette tapes sound warm with their hiss in comparison with the digital precision of CD recordings. Listen to Ariel Pink who sounds like he’s singing through a vacuum cleaner. Maybe we should call the whole development something like Technostalgica.

Forgot to play a track in memory of RL Burnside so will definitely remember to do it this week.

You’ve probably heard that the great Rosa Parks died this week. Will play something for her, though I might avoid the obvious selections.

Have also been getting back into punk so gave some of that genre an outing on the show. I picked up a bargain copy of England’s Dreaming, an international collection of punk and ‘new wave’ classics and obscurities from 1977-79 selected by Jon Savage, author of the definitive book of the same name. It’s on the excellent German label Trikont. I was amazed at how good the obscure stuff sounded and how early punk started opening up its sound to take in other musical developments—reggae, dub, electronic sounds, cut-up, funk and so on. Will explore more of this terrain in future weeks, including a review of recently released DVD Punk Attitude, directed by Don Letts, once I get hold of it. Thanks to Peter Mac for his responses to the blog and emails. Didn’t realize he was also influenced by this stuff. I was really shaped by that moment of Punk and Two Tone in so many ways—politically, culturally etc. So the Stooges got another outing on The Basement, from Raw Power this time, as well as Bad Brains and blues punksters The White Stripes.

I’m really enjoying The Basement these days as I free my ass up about what to play whatever and wherever my fancy takes me. I’m all over the shop these days. And no one’s yet dissed me for it. What punk and hip hop taught me is that you should take in the whole history of recording, not be genre bound. I hate genre purists. That seems so contrary to the spirit and ethos of hip hop anyway, which is all about cannibalizing/enhancing/dialoguing with other music, sampling it, giving a big shout out to it, and incorporating the grain of old sounds into the new. That’s one of the reasons I love it, and so let’s have more country music and rock and roll and blues and electronica and spoken word and whatever making its way into the soundscape of Base FM. Freeform radio, y’all.

Finally finished marking my Bollywood & Beyond essays last night. Yippee. Just the exams to do now and a few administrative meetings and I’m on research and sabbatical leave until July. Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowshah! as Chic shouted. I’ve nixed the possibility of a Cuba trip for 2006, since a big international music conference is going to be held in July 2007. That might be the time to venture there.

One thing I’ve been thinking about that some Baseheads might have ideas about is the vogue for chipmunk voices and high-pitched sounds in black Atlantic music in the last few years. You know: Kanye West pitchshifting all those women’s voices, Bollywood strings and voices, Madlib’s Quasimoto persona etc. Why is that aesthetic appealing? When did it really kick in big time? Is it fuelled by all that E that got into the hip hop game circa Stankonia or is it something else. Or do we just want to hear the sounds of little girls sped up? Is it an aesthetic or just a gimmick for a while? Or both? Write to us.

Thanks to all listening to the show, and those of you who txted while I was on the air—Damien, Shuchi, Sunil, and others. Cian, I will pop down to Conch on Thursday, after I’ve been paid, so I can pick up the odd platter. Though you’re probably not reading this anyway.

22.10.05 Playlist

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:54:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Bibio—Wet Flakey Bark

CocoRosie—Brazilian Sun

The Velvet Underground—Here She Comes Now

Broadcast—Tender Buttons

Boards of Canada—Ataronchronon

Yesterday’s New Quintet—That Girl

Mulatu Astatke & this Ethiopian Quintet—Alone in the Crowd

Os Gatos—Chuva

Ariel Pink—Life in LA

Caribou—Subotnick

The Moments—Love on a Two-Way Street

The Eternals—Push Me in the Corner

Mudie’s All Stars—Push Me in the Corner (Version)

Marlon Asha—Ganja Farmer

Matumbi—Empire Road

Damian Marley featuring Nas—Road to Zion

George Perkins—Cryin’ in the Streets

Johnny Guitar Watson—A Real Mutha 4 Ya

Asha Puthli—Right Down Here

Yabby U--Feel All Right

George W. Bush—Dictatorship

The Chordettes—Mr Sandman

William S. Burroughs—Thanksgiving Prayer

Ohmega Watts—That Sound

The Megatons-Shimmy Shimmy Walk Part 1

Pigmeat Markham—Here Comes The Judge

Vernon Garrett—Runnin’ Out

Gladys Knight & The Pips—The Nitty Gritty

Horace Andy & Nigger Kojak—Green Bay Killing

Eno & Snatch—RAF

My Bloody Valentine—Off Your Face

Bad Brains—Pay To Cum

Iggy & the Stooges—Search and Destroy

The White Stripes—My Doorbell

Jimmy McGriff—All About My Girl

Prince Buster—Blackhead Chineman

Scientist—World Cup Match One

Scientist—World Cup Match Two

20.10.05 Nick

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:20:00 GMT

I can't really see how anyone would be happy with the new government. The mood I have picked up seems to be a mixture of amusement and disgust. Clark seems intent on moulding her party after its UK counterpart, where holding onto power is more important than political ideology. Some people seem willing to give all the parties concerned the benefit of the doubt, but I will let their track records speak do the talking. Props to the Green Party who deserved much better. Shame on the rest of them.

Elsewhere, it is sad to see the Pakistani earthquake quickly disappear from major news sources, while Katrina still gets mentioned. And it is like the disaster in Guatemala never happened (hope all is good with you Lara). I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but surely, America, the supposedly the world's wealthiest and most powerful nation, can take care of its own? The people of Pakistan, Kashmir, and India are much more in need of international attention. See Nabeel’s post below if you want to help. I shudder to think what will happen when the bird flu hits.

Also of note, strange to see that despite its massive significance, the referendum in Iraq is barely being mentioned, except for some voting irregularities. Instead we have Saddam trotted out to face what Gwynne Dyer a very selective list of charges. As Dyer rightly points out, by limiting accusations to the events that Saddam is charged with, the Americans avoid facing uncomfortable questions. A quick history recap, up until 1990 America had complicit knowledge, if not a direct hand in Saddam's actions, including "gassing his own people." After 1990 America was at least partly to blame for encouraging groups to revolt against Saddam's tyrannical regime, then leaving them out in the cold to face retribution.

Returning back to all things Basement, once again a happy birthday Nabeel. Yes he did fall asleep during Smog's good performance, and his snoring did have people turning heads. I actually did try and poke him but his slumber was deep and not to be interrupted. To be fair he did wake up for Joanna, who was fairly stunning. Her set was indeed shorter than I would have liked, but it must be hard work playing that enormous harp (stunning to watch though). Holding out for her new material with grand anticipation.

For the train spotters, the white label of Eric B and Rakim's "I Know You Got Soul" that Nabeel mentioned is actually off a label called Arcola (hence ARC). It is rumoured to be remixed by an artist called Brothomstates, although I cannot confirm this. I am still finding multiple versions of Jay-Z's 99 Problems, the latest being one mashed up with Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" (apparently of a project called the Purple Album). No comment. By the way, for 99 Problems on Danger Mouse's infamous Grey Album uses the Beatles' "Helter Skelter", the song Charles Manson stole. I don't think DM quite claimed it back though. Look out for the Danger Doom project "The Mouse and the Mask." Adult Swim madness!

Off to Welli this weekend to see some wonderful people. Apparently there is a punk fest on, but what that entails I cannot say.

Also happy belated birthday to Jason!

Peace y'all

Nick

20.10.05 Nabeel

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 01:02:00 GMT

Forgot to mention that on Monday due to a rebellious stomach I missed the launch of a book of poetry by a friend of mine:

Olivia Macassey, Love in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction >

Congratulations, Liv. I hope to grab a copy soon.

An event that might be of interest to Baseheads is the annual conference of the Australia-NZ chapter of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM). This year the organization is meeting on 3-6 December at Victoria University, Wellington. The theme is Contemporary Popular Music Studies. You can check out the program at the link above.

You can donate money for South Asian earthquake relief and other crisis situations at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.>

I also received the email below related to the Pakistan Association of New Zealand's effort to send blankets, warm clothes and dry and canned goods to Pakistan and India. 75% is going to Pakistan and 25% to India, I was told by people at the pan-South Asian Shanti Nivas organization for senior citizens in Auckland. Drop off points are in Mt Roskill and Otahuhu as below. The organization is also accepting financial donations. Details below. There's also a contact number below if you need more information.

-----Original Message-----
From: finance zone [info@financezone.co.nz>>]
Sent: Wed 10/19/2005 4:35 PM
To: Nabeel Zuberi
Subject: Information

Hi there,thank you very much for your enquiring regards to helping out
with donations to Pakistani earthquake victims,please find enclosed are
two places where you can drop off any goods.

1) Masjid Al-Umer Mosque, 185 Stoddard Road,Mt Roskill,Auckland

2) Masjid Al-Mustafa Mosque, 26 Mangere Road,Otahuhu,Auckland

Deposit:Pakistan Association of NZ
Westpac: 03-0118-0133861-00

forward cheques to Pakistan Association of NZ
PO BOX 23085,Hunters Corner,Auckland

for further enquiries please don't hesitate to contact any of the number
below
contact:09 2772021 or 09 2772022 or Toll free 08004346966

your kindness if very much appreciated.

Kind sincerely
Finau Ahosivi (assistant)

------------------------------------------

Nick is off to Welli this weekend so it’s a Nabeelsome Basement this week. Will have to dig even deeper.

Safe drive down for the FitzHerberts & Co.

19.10.05 Nabeel

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:38:00 GMT

Twas a peculiar show show for my old birthday. What a weekend. Youth and age, eh. Euthanasia, some might shout. On The Basement Saturday we had a technical glitch due to our own inadvertent sleight of hand. Thanks to Barry for tech help on the phone. We weren’t off the air for long and the Base computer-navigator brought in some skrawnchy Dirty South hit, I think. Thanks to Joc and others for txting. I’m sure that V Shakin was one of the wits on the old mobile with another Shakatak! Nick brought in some interesting mashups. I love that Eric B thing on Warp or illegal warp or whatever those ARC caps stand for. Rakim is taken to outer space on that one. I know you got soul is probably still in my top 5 tracks of all time, so for a rework to do the trick, it has to be really good. Versions of 99 Problems are multiplying. This week the Beasties were deployed. Can’t remember the other remix. Of course, there’s DM’s. Forgotten what he clashes it with. I prefer What more Can I say with While My Guitar Gently leaps, sorry sleeps, on the Grey Album. Technical difficulties were compounded by our usual CD decks going AWOL. Only one unfamiliar CD deck and two turntables remained in Base space. Still had a chucklesome time on air and also had an opportunity to wind up Manaia Toa who came in to do his show after ours.

My review of the DVD of Nathaniel Kahn’s film My Architect: A Son’s Journey was lamer and more forgetful than usual, but therefore not as wordy as I tend to be. I forgot to emphasise that the architectects talking about Louis Kahn’s (1906-1974) work and the later buildings (particularly the Bangladesh capital building) were more moving and tearjerking than the narrative of a half Jewish-half Anglo American ‘bastard’ in his early 40s trying to find out about his once-a-week dad. I’m not disparaging that search at all. Just that Nathanial’s WASPish Philly relatives (apart from his aunts) and Louis Kahn’s first wife Esther seemed really cold. The three women in Kahn’s life were really passive victims. Each of them had one child. Each had separate lives, compartmentalized by Kahn within a few miles of each other in and around Philadelphia. Though he fucked these women around and by extension their children, it was hard to emphathise with them, though I guess their capitulation to male power was a sign of the times. Even in retrospect they just loved the ugly little two-timer and just wouldn’t point to his shortcomings. But his work is breathtaking. A kind of spiritual modernism that looked to ancient cultures for architecture of monumental longevity that wasn’t so soulless that it expunged human inhabitants from its design like a lot of that high modernist crap. I wept when a Bangladeshi architect, himself crying, described Kahn’s government building as a gift of democracy. You had to laugh though when one of the Bangladeshi workers from the building thought the filmmaker’s father and the architect of this revered and loved national building was ‘Louis Farrakhan’. Definitely check this film out if you’re interested in architecture or just the lives of artists, and the family memoir/detective story as a doco genre.

I had a fabulous day on my birthday really. Went to Crucial Traders in Kingsland for a hearty breakfast/brunch earlier in the morning. Then browsed in Real Groovy and with a measure of self-discipline only bought a CD of Yesterday’s New Quintet doing Stevie. Did The Basement of course. Nick presented me with the new Caribou album which is excellent and even better than the previous incarnation of Manitoba, and also Antony & the Johnson’s I A Bird Now which I’ve still got to listen to all the way through. In the evening I went with my partner Shuchi and a friend Sunil to Mekong Nua in Kingsland for a hearty Thai-Laotian meal. Had an excellent green curry with terakihi. I also got a new jacket. An embarrassment of riches that was honestly unexpected.

The next day some friends came over for lunch. Stephen and Misha gave me a Shoot soccer annual from 1974. This included some amazing pictures of British soccer players with mullets and enormous furry sideburns. What innocent times. Now stuff that I grew up with is Vintage. That’s one of the fringe benefits of ageing. It all comes around again, with added value. Adam and Liz bought me the DVD of The Mayor of Sunset Strip, a real rock and roll doco which I haven’t seen yet. But I will definitely review it on The Basement alongside some rawkin’ tunes for a change. Unfortunately the Sunday afternoon in the haze of a sunny hour or three of post-birthday revelries, was marred by one thing. I succumbed to too many liquid pleasures, and mixed the grape and grain to my eternal shame. When Nick and I made it to Joanna Newsom’s show at the Maidment Theatre, I heard one song by Smog—something about ‘Dress sexy for my funeral, dear wife, for once’ and promptly fell asleep. Apparently I was snoring though Nick was too polite to give me a prod with his elbow to wake me. Smog/Bill Callahan’s voice was really lugubrious so I can’t be entirely blamed for snoozing. Then after the interval, I perked up—40 winks is just the ticket—and stayed awake for Joanna Newsom’s entire set. From a distance, she looked lovely in a dress that belonged on the set of John Ford’s western My Darling Clementine. Her voice is fuller, with more depth than her recordings suggest. And the harp playing was just fine. Ms Newsom only played for about an hour or so. Not a long set. A couple of new songs went on forever, more like stream of folky consciousness with many angular changes in melody and tempo, than her crisp songs on The Milk Eyed Mender album. These days I find myself mimicking her voice on a few memorable phrases e.g ‘and you can see the COUNCillor’. It was getting hot and stuffy as we left the Maidment just after 11 pm. Let’s report only that the queasiness did not depart for another 20 hours. And thanks to Nick for gentlemanly and considerate conduct with his motor car.

This is the last week of teaching for me for some time. Students have exams for another three weeks. I finished my last lecture of the year today in Bollywood & Beyond, and won’t lecture again in my department until mid-July because I will be on research and sabbatical leave. Really looking forward to the chance of serious reading and writing time away from the university. Will be here for the summer and will travel around the world from May for a couple of months. Hope to visit Cuba as well as the usual research and family and friends enclaves in India, UK and the USA.

Heard yesterday that blues singer and guitarist R.L. Burnside died last week. So I will play a track in his memory this coming Saturday.

I was presumptuous about Peter Dunne and even Winston Peters in the last blog post. They haven’t been consigned to the margins. We’ve now got a more right-wing Labour government. Don’t know how long it will last. Winston Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs is like having Marc Ellis as Minister for Culture. They just can’t keep their mouths shut when they need to listen. Peter Dunne has ransomed the country. ‘I see a red door and I want it painted black’.

‘Don’t worry about the government’ was one of Talking Heads’ early tracks (all albums now reissued in extended versions). No worries, my foot.

Thanks and love to old and new friends who have made the last weekend memorable.

15.10.05 Playlist

Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:52:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Astor Piazolla—Milonga for three

Vinicius E Toquinao—Carta ao Tom 74

Nina Simone—The other woman

Antony & The Johnsons—Hope there’s someone

Loefah—Bombay Squad

DJ Vadim—Micro course in Russian

Peaches—Fuck the pain away (Kid 606 remix)

The Stooges—Loose

Nick:

Grace Jones—Send in the clowns

Sly & the Family Stone—Thank you falletinme be mice elf agin

Prince—Uptown

Eric B & Rakim—I know you got soul (white label remix)

DJ Z-Trip- Black Hole

Nabeel:

Kode9—Babylon

A Guy Called Gerald—Nazinji Zaka

DVD Review: My Architect: A Son's Journey (Nathaniel Kahn, 2004, New Yorker Films)

The Detroit Escalator Company—Folding Space

The Detroit Escalator Company—Mandala/Toronto

Dillinger & Friends—Five Man Army

Dillinger—Buckingham Palace

The Melodians-Swing and Dine

Aubrey Adams & Roland Alphonso—Swinging Feast

Nick:

Handsome Boy Modeling School w/ Cat Power—I’ve been thinking

Boards of Canada—Roygbiv

Murs & Mr Lif—Sneak Preview

Jay-Z vs. Beastie Boys—99 Problems vs. Check the Mic

Danger Mouse & Jemini—Ghetto Pop Life

Danger Doom—Mince Meat

Quasimoto—Hydrant game

DJ Food—Dark Lady

14.10.05 Nabeel

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 23:27:00 GMT

Low blog activity in recent weeks due to being snowed under with work duties at the end of the semester and academic year.

I’ve also been writing the first draft of a 7,000 word academic essay on the dialogic sampling of South Asian music and African American music. Trying to figure out how we can use Missy Elliot, Timbaland & Magoo, Bollywood Freaks, One Self, Panjabi MC and Jay Z, and M.I.A. to think through wider changes in the production, distribution and consumption of music in an economy characterized by the greater speed and volume of mobile digital information. Music is informatic! What are the aesthetics and ethics of these encounters between ostensibly different sound worlds? Who’s rippin’ off who? How are musicians and listeners yearning for a bit and byte of the other? Any thoughts would be gratefully received?

The earthquake this week in my birth country of Pakistan, and one of my adopted ‘homes’ India has been another blow. After a spate of recent ‘natural’ disasters around the globe, it seems like the rich get richer and the poor suffer for the negligent planning and building construction of those with power and money. This is not Armageddon Time, as Pat Robertson and the snake oil salesmen would have us believe. Earthly karma makes a difference though. Some disasters can’t be avoided. But they can be contained with the proper efforts. If states and their national and regional governments don’t act with a view to the future then the detrimental effects of phenomena like tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes are worse. But capitalism hasn’t tried to correct its myopia. It’s so short sighted and doesn’t care for the long term. Sustainability is just a buzzword, when most of the corporations and their state partners are more concerned with taking and not giving back to the land, air, water or the people. Fuck globalisation, we need planetarity.

We’re almost done with the governmenting here in New Zealand. The deals have almost been struck and Winston will be the minister for senior citizens. I’ll be relieved if Peter Dunne has to retreat to the wings. He’s not reasonable or commonsensical at all, but a right-wing family values peddling fly fisherman. His hair wave reminds me of the Big Boy icon from the chain of US restaurants.

Check out Onegoodmove for regular bits of reportage and hilarious video clips that expose the US cultural-political landscape. The clips on this site from Jon Stewart’s Daily Show are better than the ones from Bill Maher’s programme. Maher enjoys having a go at religious types, and they deserve it most of the time, but his debate with Salman Rushdie, Andrew Sullivan and Ben Affleck was simplistic in its attack on all religious people. I know the secularists seem to have been relegated in recent years, particularly in an America of intelligent design and end-times rhetoric, but let’s have a principled and ethical secularism. You can still be funny in your criticisms of abusive priests, televangelical hustlers and bigoted mullahs. I say this as a born-again atheist.

Live shows. Saw Roots Manuva on his second Auckland night last month. Good to see a jamming funkified reggae band with turntables, but frankly I was rather disappointed by the show. On record, Rodney Smith is tremendous. I love his flow. His content moves between small everyday details and gnomic messages about some serious stuff. The production is innovative drawing in everything from 80s electro to the dub factor and bashment boogie. But I think Rodney was so mashed that he didn’t bother with his rhymes on more than several occasions. I like his Gentleman Jim or Sir Peregrine English gent persona, which was quite cute when he handed flowers to ‘the ladies’, but the ‘Hello Auckland city’ patter got really tiresome. It was like one of those big acts from the 80s like Boston and Styx who would always say, ‘London, we love you’ whenever they were on tour in the UK. Cue the lighters and candles in the audience. Faintly patronizing really. But then Manuva MC must have had some pretty strong stuff from Northland. I heard the Wednesday show was less all-over-the-place, more on point, less mashed but more mashed up.

Looking forward to Joanna Newsom on Sunday 16th. She’s got a voice that sounds like Kermit the Frog crossed with the great honky tonk singer Kitty Wells, and a harp technique that is percussive and blue. No annoying trills to take you into another soap opera flashback mode. Actually, Newsom’s voice, like MIA’s, is one of those voices that sounds old, and I mean really old, and young at the same time that it’s quite disturbing. Supporting Newsom is Smog. Great voice reminiscent of Lee Hazelwood on opium.

And I’ve got my birthday to look forward to on Saturday though I haven’t figured out how to celebrate that in the tunes I play on The Basement.

But calling all hip hop heads, can you send me the names of any recent interesting tracks that meld South Asian influences in hip hop and R & B and any African diaspora music really. And any links to related information. Much appreciated. Credis and props will be abundant for any aid in my researches.

Thanks for reading and, if you can, listening.

Nabeel

08.10.05 Playlist

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:38:00 GMT

Nick:

Massive Attack—Karmacoma (Unkle Situation mix instrumental)

DJ Shadow—Fixed Income

Subtle—FKO

Prefuse 73 vs. The Books—Pagina Dos

Beastie Boys—Egg Man

DJ Vadim w/ Motion Man—Till Suns in Your Eye

Company Flow—Juvenile Techniques

Nabeel:

Suicide—Cheree (remix)

Sim Sisamouth—Don’t let my girlfriend tickle me

Pablove Black—Consumer Sounds

Devendra Banhart—I feel like a child

Anthony Sangie Davis & Lee Perry—Words

Tom Tom Club—Wordy Rappinghood

The Associates—Message Oblique Speech

Various Artists--Radio Delhi#1

The Special AKA—Theme from The Boiler

Nick:

Eric B & Rakim—Know the ledge

The Herbaliser—Generals

The Perceptionists—The Razor (Ikey remix)

Handsome Boy Modeling School—Day in the Life

Jeru vs. Jay Z—99 Problems (remix)

De La Soul—Patti Dooke

El-P—Lazerfaces Warning (RJD2 remix)

El-P—Tuned Mass Damper (instrumental)

Nabeel:

Augustus Pablo—East of the River Nile

Augustus Pablo—East of the River Nile version

DVD review: Read My Lips (Sur Mes Lèvres)

Lata Mangeshkar—Hum the jinke sahare

Rhoda & The Special AKA—The Boiler

A Certain Ratio—Guess Who

Organized Konfusion—Stray Bullet

Bollywood Freaks—Last Night a DJ saved my life

World Famous Supreme Team—Hey DJ

Supreme 3—When you’re standing on the top

07.10.05 Nick

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 05:59:00 GMT

My dietary choice has become the closest thing that I have to religion. As I have grown older I have steered away from the soapbox approach to only bringing it up when it counts (meal time). But as the heading (and some track titles) indicates for the last Basement we did a Vegetarian Day special, openly celebrating a positive choice.

For my part I tried to find as many hip-hop songs where vegetarianism is mentioned. There are a bunch of websites that list celebrities who have taken the no-meat option (I still find this a bit strange), and amongst them high several profile hip-hop figures. But not many to talk about it in their work (perhaps it may rule out possible McDonalds product placement money). So not all the songs I ended up playing (sadly) had anything to do with being a veggie. However I am proud to have played the following pro-veggie tracks:

Boogie Down Productions—My Philosophy

Blackalicious—Nowhere Fast

Dead Prez—Be Healthy

All Natural—Vegetarian

Bobby Digital—Unspoken Word

Count Bass D—Worst Case Scenario

Why?—Darla

Sage Francis—Different

All these artists, at least in the context of those songs profess to not eating meat, which I as a fellow non-meat eater can do nothing but admire (google the song titles for specific lyrics). Vegetarianism as an issue in hip hop (even in underground circles) is a sweet thing (like that amazing cacao white chocolate).

After all who hasn't learnt something from KRS-One? And the RZA got some mad knowledge (he was in Ghost Dog after all). My raw foodist friends (the hardcore of the hardcore!) in California particularly like Dead Prez's Be Healthy. I have yet to meet a raw foodist down here in Aotearoa, although I have been told the dedication has caught on in small sectors in Wellington (should a local raw foodist read this shout me back).

On a final note this site has gathered a list of this site has gathered a list of 51 places to eat around the country. Go eat your veggies (they are phat), and save room for desert.

Peace y'all

Nick

PS: Respect as always to Manaia Toa for telling me to play it LOUD at Musical Chers (the most enthusiastic guy at 420). If I weren't for a dodgy venue I would have done the same for him the night before.

01.10.05 World Vegetarian Day Special Playlist

Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:23:00 GMT

Nabeel:

The Smiths—Meat is Murder

Funkadelic—Maggot Brain

Ivor Cutler—Vegetarian

KLF—Pulling out of Ricardo and the Dusk is Falling Fast

Devendra Banhart—Little Monkey/Step in the Name of Love

The JB’s—Pass the Peas

Radio ad for the film The Mack

Willie Hutch—Brother’s gonna Work It Out

Brentford Road All Stars—Greedy G

Nick:

M.I.A.—Ba-na-na

Boogie Down Productions—My Philosophy

Blackalicious—Nowhere Fast

Dead Prez—Be Healthy

All Natural—Vegetarian

Bobby Digital—Unspoken Word

Count Bass D—Worst Case Scenario

Company Flow—Linoleum

Nabeel:

Mulatu Astatke—Mulatu

Mulatu Astatke—Mascaram Setaba

DVD review: 9 Songs (2004, Michael Winterbottom, UK)

Primal Scream—Velocity Girl

Primal Scream w/ Kate Moss—Some Velvet Morning

Shenley Duffus—Cornmeal Juckanoo

Akabu—Watch Yourself (instrumental)

Mongo Santamaria—Green Onions

Nick:

Why?—Darla

Sage Francis—Different

Jay Z—99 Problems (Bruce Lee mix)

Outkast—She Lives in My Lap

Subtle-Song Meat

MF Doom—Beef Rapp

Mr. Lif—New Man Theme

Jay Z—99 Problems (inst)

29.09.05 Nick

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 03:08:00 GMT

For a couple of days I was pretty sure the election results were supposed to be in yesterday. However all is supposed to be revealed by 2pm on Saturday, although the people in charge of counting aren't making any promises. I am very wary of being optimistic over this but from unofficial accounts through their scrutinisers both Labour and the Green's are happy with the way things are stacking up. So fingers crossed.

The other big news for the weekend is Base Base FM's Musical Cherrr's party (well big news if you live in Auckland and listen to Base). Nabeel and I decided to sign up taking our talents beyond the studio. We come the warning that we are not so much mixers as selecta's which has helped us secure the opening spot for the night (see below). Half and hour between two people is not that much, and it kind of rules out me playing 90% of my Fela Kuti catalogue, but will try to deliver something interesting nonetheless for all the souls who desperately want to be at the party as soon as the doors open.

That same evening I am actually attending a dinner to celebrate world vegetarian day. This promises to be interesting if only to see how many vegetarians actually show up. I have meet a few people overseas who have remarked that they thought NZ would be a vegetarian paradise. I hated to be the one to dispel part of the Clean Green image that PR agencies have poured millions of dollars into, but we live in a country that still very dependant on meat. Perhaps the ongoing mutation of animal to human viruses will have an impact on this, but I won't hold my breath (will need something more industrial to stop the flu anyway). So to help celebrate the veggie day I am trying to put together a list of hip-hop tracks that deal with the subject. Any suggestions between now and the show are welcome.

Also upcoming are both DJ Nu-Mark and Manaia Toa's second Axis gig at the Grand Circle in the St James. There is a slight personal dilemma in choosing between the two, if only because Nu-Mark promises to bring the rare 7" madness. But for those who have not checked out Manaia Toa, Paddy, Simon and Wolfpack spin before, they great DJ's and super cool people. On a personal level I have to say that Galatos gets a bit much when it is busy. Damn bottleneck design.

Looking back, I had a lot of fun at Roots Manuva on his Thursday night show. Talking to one person who went to both nights, the feeling was that Wednesday was more of an energetic performance, while Thursday was more "laid back", perhaps as a consequence of sampling some natural product. At the gig I was approached by a woman who swore she knew me asking if my name was Wade. I am now slightly fearful that nature has played some cruel duplication joke. Am hoping her comments were in line with the natural product thing.

Lovely to hang out with Amber last week at Roots Manuva and beyond. Big ups to Anand for dropping by the studio last week, hope your trip back to Welli was OK. Also not sure who the guy was who was sleeping in the studio throughout our whole last show (didn't think this was actually possible), but hope you found yourself a better spot to catch some Z's.

Peace y'all

Nick

MUSICAL CHERRRR’S LINEUP

Upstairs 420…Hip hop, soul, reggae…

10pm – Nabeel & Nick

10.30 – Scott Doughboy

11.00 – Big Sene & Alepa

11.30 – Big Stuff

12.00 - Kirsty

12.40 – ¼ Time

1.00 – Dino

1.30 – Penfold

2.00 – Tuff Enchant & Bamba Sound System

2.40 - Sgt Benji

3.20 – Finn

4.00 – Black Reign

4.40 – Selecto & Parks

Downstairs Rising Sun…Dope beats, jungle and breaks

10pm – Sey

10.30pm – Pauly Who

11.00 - Chip

11.30 – Ota

12.00 – Manuel B

12.30 – Bobby Brazuka

1.00 - Edd G

1.30 – Manaia Toa

2.30 – Getafix

3.30 – Omen

4.30 – Carnage

5.20 – Delta Mutoid

24.09.05 Playlist (Post Election Limbo)

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:04:00 GMT

Nick:

Jackson & his Computer Band—Utopia

Autechre—Basscadet

Saul Williams—List of Demands

Kelis feat. Andre 3000—Millionaire

Prince Paul—And the Winner is?

Tommy Guerrero w/ Lyrics Born—Getting it Together

Company Flow—Friend vs. Friend

Nabeel:

Love Unlimited Orchestra—Strange Games and Things

Unidentified Irate Preacher—I’m Gonna Strap It On

Freddie Hubbard—Little Flower

John Holt—Strange Things

Boards of Canada—In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country

Dromed—Retro Dub

Sister Rosetta Tharpe—Strange Things Happening Every Day

Ty feat. Bembe Segue—Groovement 12”

Nick:

The Herbaliser w/Latyryx—8 Point Agenda

Roots Manuva—Clockwork

Cage—Hell’s Winter

Aesop Rock—Food, Clothes, Medicine

Jaylib—Champion Sound

Mos Def—Katrina Klap

Nabeel:

K-Otix—Georbe Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People

Quasimoto—The Front

King Britt w/Bahamadia—Transcend

The Revolutionaries—Earthquake Dub

Dr Alimentado—Poison Flour

The Clash vs. Peaches—Fuck Em Boyo

Burro Banton—Politicians (Siren Riddim)

Sister Iona Locke—Let’s Get It On

The Perceptionists—Black Dialogue

Mutamassik—Mawlid

Lord Kitchener—Election Derby

21.09.05 Nick

Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:30:00 GMT

Whenever I get down to do the blog, I try and consider whether this particular forum should be mostly about music. After all its derived from our show on Base. I pretty much conclude that we often bring politics into our music, so hope that you indulge me. When we played our selections this week we had an election theme (the track titles should allude to something in case you missed it). However we were conscious of the fact that on election day, no one in the media is supposed to say anything that would influence anyone's vote (there was not a note posted in the studio but we are a responsible pair). So although both of us were extremely nervous that there would be shift to the right, all we could encourage people to do was to get out and vote. But I am pretty sure that the Base listenership is not made up of a lot of Brash supporters (although if there are we do not want to exclude you from our mainstream).

I think there is about a week to go before we know the final tally of the special votes. I want to be as optimistic as possible and believe that the previous election trends will continue, so that the Green Party will get Nándor Tánczos back in. He is after all the only MP I have ever seen at a dance party. More seriously his voice is important in getting some well needed drug law reform underway. And an extra MP for the Green's puts more weight on vital issues that seemingly get ignored by virtually everyone else, namely doing our best to avoid environmental chaos.

Before the election I thought that the biggest problem to the country was Winston Peters. He had consistently run on essentially a racist platform throughout NZ First's political history. However, after Saturday a new contender stepped up to the plate, Peter Dunne. Not that I held a lot of respect for United Future in that past, I thought that the fact that they had won as many seats in 2002 was bizarre. Their stance against civil unions was absurd and thankfully failed. But despite all that I just thought of them all as a nuisance at best, knowing that this time around their support base would drop. Thankfully I was right, and United Future lost more than half their ministers. Unfortunately it was not enough, as now Dunne wants to act high and mighty proclaiming he cannot work with the Green Party despite the fact that they have a much stronger base than he does. My big hope now is that Labour does the right (or should that be proper?) thing and leave him out of government all together. Although this clip by Bill Maher is refers to the American state of mind, it alludes to Dunne's idiotic position against the Greens. I am not going to go into too much more local analysis, mainly because other sites have done some very comprehensive breakdowns, including the wonderful Frog Blog.

Bringing in the musical element to political issues, there have been a couple of Hip Hop response tracks to the devastation of Katrina. K-Otix have released a song built on Kanye West's comments called George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People. Mos Def has also busted out with Katrina Klap. This might signal a shift away from endless rapping about materialism back to attacking authority (I try to be optimistic). Also nice to see Hugo Chávez offering aid to Katrina victims. Maybe that is why Pat Robinson wants him dead? Finally what is up with the right wing Christians claiming that The March of the Penguins supports the concept of intelligent design? Hopefully it will make them more concerned about the disappearing ice caps (still trying to be optimistic).

peace y'all

Nick

10.09.07 Playlist (Election Day!)

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:16:00 GMT

Election Day Special

Nabeel:

Unknown artist—Survivor (Tribal Council Theme)

South Park—Vote or Die

People’s Choice—Do It Any Way You Wanna

Chris Rock—Taxes

Pedro—Vote For Me (from the film Napoleon Dynamite)

Bauhaus—Bela Lugosi’s Dead

Rodney Rude—John Howard

Mutamassik—High Alert A’Ala Teta (Interlude for Granma)

DJ Food featuring Ken Nordine—The Ageing Young Rebel

Nick:

Coldcut—Every Home is a Prison (Shut Up & Dance mix)

Radiohead—Fittier Happier

Ryuichi Sakamoto—Anger (Rare Force 2 Meg Mix)

Quasimoto—Tomorrow Never Knows

Lyrics Born—Stop Complaining

Talking Heads—Born Under Punches

Nabeel:

Marx Brothers—Rules of his Administration

Ella Fitzgerald—Vote for Mr. Rhythm

Kraftwerk—Aerodynamik (live)

Theo Parrish—Major Moments of Insanity

Review of The Hamburg Cell

Sabres of Paradise—Wilmot (Wilmot’s Last Skank)

Prophet Omega—I Am What I Am

Unknown artist—The Sensuous Black Woman

Boom Bip & Gruff Rhys—Do’s and Don’ts

Nick:

Femi Kuti—Fight to Win

Aesop Rock—Commencement at the Obedience Academy

Saul Williams—Act III Scene 2 (Shakespeare)

Irresistible Force—Power (Mix Master Morris mix)

CocoRosie—By Your Side

DJ Shadow—Blood on the Motorway

14.09.05 Nick

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 06:00:00 GMT

Well unless you live in a cave you probably know that the election is this weekend. Such is its impact that the cultish Exclusive Brethren have taken time out to try and convince us godless folk of its importance. I know this has been pointed out before but you would think that having spent half a million dollars to try and steer things their way they would also be inclined to turn up and vote. Apparently not.

Unfortunately this is just one of many examples that lend this election season perfectly into Hunter Thompson's phrase "Fear and Loathing". While watching all the horrible things that transpired during last year's American presidential election there was of course a sense of outrage (if only the world could have voted then). But the biggest consolation of that outcome was that at least a stronger democratic system existed here. Similarly when the British system re-elected the Labour party, despite what should have been serious trouble for the Tony Blair, there was the feeling that at least our Parliamentary system was more representative of its population.

Sadly what has transpired is an extremely dirty campaign in which few - if any - of the parties can be applauded for their vote gathering tactics. Negative ads and smear campaigns seem to have become the norm. Statistics and promises are thrown from left and right, hoping to appeal to base instincts. There are a plethora of experts each standing up to claim why one set of numbers are right and others wrong. Empty phrases such as "traditional family values" and "mainstream NZ" are thrown around. And poll after poll has shown was a confused mess it all has become.

I honestly don't know what is going to happen on Saturday. I do have my hopes, hope that votes are not cast out of fear, ignorance, or greed. Perhaps this is naive, but then again we don't live in Kansas and don't have to worry about Fox News. Tune into the Basement on Saturday as Nabeel and I try and figure out how to construct an election special, but don't forget to vote.

On a quick music note, once again big ups to Professor Pitt and Jedi. Glad to get a chance to play some of Pitts organic hip hop down in NZ, and great to go back to Lyricist Lounge to check out Jedi (After the Show). Will get some of his Reggaeton soon. And if all goes well I think I finally found a good swap for my Roots Manuva ticket.

Peace y'all

Nick

13.09.05 Nick

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:21:00 GMT

I am going to do a proper post soon but just wanted to put a notice out, if anyone wants to go to Roots Manuva on the Wednesday (the 21st of September) I am looking to swap my ticket for the Thursday show. If you can help me out just reply to this post and I will get back to you.

Peace

Nick

10.09.05 Playlist

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:17:00 GMT

Nick:

Boom Bip & Dose One—Wishful Thinking

Busdriver—Happiness (C’s Unit of Measurement Prefuse 73 mix)

Rob Sonic—Shoplift (El-P remix)

Professor Pitt—Breathe

Subtle—The Hook

Apsci—Tirade Highway

Tes—New New York

Words, Rise, Punch, Jedi & A.L—After the Show

Prince Po—Social Distortion

Nabeel:

George W. Bush—The Curious Wit & Wisdom of George W. Bush (foreword)

Fresh—Hey Fuck Boy (instrumental)

Rev. Webb—Moses was rescued by a Negro Woman

Charles Mingus—Pithecanthropus Erectus

Mutamassik—War Booty

International Observer--Welcome

Unknown artists—Track 2 from Radio Palestine on Sublime Frequencies label

Bo Diddley—I don’t like you >

Nick:

Jaylib (feat Quasimoto)—React

DJ Marz—City of Fork Yuen

DJ Z Trip—Downtime

Out Hud—It’s for you

M.I.A/Cutty Ranks—Drop it like it’s hot

Count Bass D—Nutcracker Sweet

Cherrywine—Anchorman Blues

!!!—Get Up

Nabeel:

Allen Toussaint Orchestra—Underdog Theme

The Meters—Stormy

The Meters—Dry Spell

DVD review: A Room for Romeo Brass (directed by Shane Meadows)

Susumu Yokota—Reflux

Rx—Who’s the Nigga

Dirty South Girls—I Hate My Baby Daddy

Count Bass D—Bullets Hit Brains

Mutamassik--Babomb >

08.09.05 Nabeel

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:22:00 GMT

Glad that Nick is back safe and sound and happy birthday to Leith, his Moms. Looking forward to getting back in The Basement groove this Saturday and checking out all those wang dang doodley tunes Nick tracked down for me stateside.

Anyhow, I’ve been a bit delayed posting the track listing from last Saturday due to marking around fifty essays on Bollywood films. All that’s done and dusted, yippee. Had great weather over this two-week vacation from teaching. The Waiheke wedding anniversary 24-hour chill-out was glorious. This was a welcome break from ongoing building work in my bedroom.

Also got to see some DVDs (to be reviewed on the radio soon) and make some mix or rather compilation CDs that summed up the psychosoundscape right now.

In fact, last week’s show was really a response to Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans and various parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. My friend Matthew Bannister, who’s a former member of the Flying Nun recording artists Sneaky Feelings, and the Dribbling Darts of Love, and currently in The Weather, came along to play some tunes from the Dirty South and assorted tidbits.

Matthew and I also talked about Fred Wesley Jr., legendary trombonist with James Brown and Bootsy Collins’ Rubber Band. Wesley Jr’s autobiography Hit Me Fred: Recollections of a Sideman was published earlier this year. Matthew reviewed the book and we discussed Wesley’s job as arranger for James Brown’s band. We also played some of the man’s work.

But the bulk of the show was our homage to New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi. I feel a mixture of sadness and anger about the response to the disaster. And you can be sure some of that anger will be directed at George Dubya (Go Kanye West!) in the next show. It’s going to be more difficult for the Prez to make political mileage out of the September 11 anniversary this year.

Many Baseheads will know that New Orleans has an incredible jazz tradition that stems from its Creole history (Kid Koala has been diggin’ in those crates recently). New Orleans gave us those rolling R & B piano rhythms in the work of Professor Longhair and Fats Domino, the definitive rock and roll drumming of Earl Palmer on the early Little Richard cuts for Specialty Records of New Orleans, the spacey almost dubbed out funk of The Meters, the psychedelicate soul sophistication of Allen Toussaint, the aching soul of Irma Thomas and the Neville Brothers, the shamanesque swamp funk of Dr John (Mac Rebennack) and so many other moments of pure weird hybridized musical bliss. The radio stations of the city were heard in the Caribbean and those cuts dominated the early Jamaican sound systems like Downbeat in the late 1950s. Jamaica’s Alpha School jazz musicians that went on to be the Skatalites and session men for countless recordings in Kingston were steeped in New Orleans music. More recently Nawlins has given us the Dirty South bootylicious hip hop sound. Louisiana also produced the swamp boogie of Cajun and Zydeco music and the crazy stylings of Jerry Lee Lewis. And Mississippi and the Delta is the home of the blues. More southern tunes to follow this Saturday…

Nabeel

03.09.05 Playlist

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 04:19:00 GMT

Nabeel and Matthew Bannister:

Tommy McCook—The Saint

Mac Rebennack—Storm Warning

Jimmy Clanton—Just A Dream

Tony Joe White—Swamp Boogie

Little Richard—Short Fat Fanny

Lee Dorsey—Little Ba-aby

Backyard Heavies—Soul Junction

The Meters—Joog

Dr John—Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya

David Banner—Mississippi

Wilson Pickett—Barefootin’

Robert Parker—Where The Action Is

Wilson Pickett—You’re So Fine

Jimmy Reed—Down in Mississippi

The Cookies—Don’t Say ’Nothing ’Bout My Baby

The Dixie Cups—Iko Iko

The Weather—Ask Anyone

James Cotton--When The Levee Breaks

Bootsy Collins—Hollywood Squares

Fred Wesley & the JB’s—Doing It To Death

Fred Wesley & the JB’s—I’m Paying Taxes, What Am I Buying?

Aimee Mann—4^th Of July

Coco Rosie—Jesus Loves Me

The Kinks—Lavendar Hill

Irma Thomas—It’s Raining

The Kinks—I Go To Sleep (demo)

Allen Toussaint—From A Whisper To A Scream

Lee Dorsey—Yes We Can Can

The Pointer Sisters—Yes We Can Can

The Platters—Twilight Time

Tommy McCook—Real Cool

Baba Brooks—Duck Soup

08.09.05 Nick

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 01:56:00 GMT

I am now back in NZ, having had a fantastic time in Cali. The last few days in the states became a bit of a mad rush as more guests began to show up from around the country. I met an MC called Jedi who appears on the first Lyricist Lounge. Damn could he spit. He is now working heavily in developing his own label and getting lots of Reggaeton acts out there (I had not heard of Reggaeton before but it is sort of like Spanish Dancehall and is getting pretty popular in the Americas). I also met a guy called Professor Pitt who was kind enough to pass me some of his tracks where he rhymes of beatboxing and the sound of a harp. Tres cool. He has also done the first Hip Hop Kung Fu movie called Hip Hop Dynasty Vol 2: Mixture, which features a guest spot by DJ Qbert. On the way to pick up Pitt, Jedi was kind enough to take me through Berkeley giving me a little more Amoeba time. But then we got a little lost and had to bust it back to Mill Valley to arrive just moments before the wedding ceremony.

The wedding was great, really beautiful seeing two wonderful people commit to each other with all their friends and family surrounding them. Then the food was all vegan (super cool) with a vanilla bean wedding cake to top it off. Some time approaching midnight few of us started to fell the weight of a long day and set about trying to get home. Pat was kind enough to offer his car so that myself, Maggie and Mihoko could venture out into the night. This was all cool, but then we hit a flat tire. So I had to step up to the plate and do the big change. I still can't remember if I had done this before, but with a little help from Maggie “Muscles” got the spare on avoiding any trouble in the infamous Mill Valley. We then got lost and had a few problems figuring out how to work an American gas pump, but eventually arrived at home in once piece.

The next day would be my last in the country and kicked off with the final nice breakfast of coffee and bagels with avocado and tomato with Maggie (less than $5 for two people!) and a trip to the Bocce Ball court. I then was offered a ride to the airport from a guy called Mike. This meant leaving a few hours before I had planned, but beggars cannot be choosers. I did a mad rush to pack and say goodbye then set out South with Mike and a couple of other Howard's Beach guys. They wanted to go to the Marina in SF so I did my best to give directions making several mistakes, but still making it in time. From there was the trip to SF international, where in check in the I was advised that X-Rays could damage camera film forcing me to search through my suitcase. My good friend Lord also made a nice trip to the airport to keep me company before the flight (ISM!). Then it was back on United airlines, where upon the fruit juice in my carry on bag burst. It was the thick Spirulina kind of juice. Had to covertly use the airline blanket to try and soak it all up. When I got to NZ the sniffer dog came right up to me and the customs guy asked what I had. But as it was spilt juice he seemed not to care.

Anyway lots of shouts and respect to all those over there: Anthony and Liz (the wonderful couple), Lord (gotta do it again sooner than later), Maggie (super strong in so many ways), Shaggy (mad science), Mihoko (raw knowledge), Pat (lotta beans), Jedi (Reggaeton 2006!), Pitt (organic flows), Shaanan (write on), Jillian (will get your NZ fan club going), Francisco (thanks for the roll and hook me up with your doctor), Bridgett and Todd (thanks again for the ride, am ever in debt), Rob (hugs), Mike (take care of those animals), Jimmy (come surf in NZ), Antony (that's “celebrant”), Paula (Auckland or São Paulo?), Liz's parents (if I am in Seattle...), Liz's brothers (made it), and Anthony’s Grandfather (straight from Brooklyn). There are quite a few more but I am at a loss of how to spell their names so will not embarrass myself.

Finally I got some photos that I will try and post (I still operate in the analogue days) but Mihoko has put some up on her raw Japanese site. Tune in to the Basement this Saturday as I try and make a cohesive set out of all the new sounds.

(also a very big happy birthday to my amazing mother)

Peace y’all

Nick

01.09.05 Nick

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 19:38:00 GMT

Still in Cali. San Rafael is a bit further from the city than I had expected but have made some trips in for the music shopping. Lots of good stuff, but my mind was totally scattered so was running around Amoeba trying to think of everything I could possibly want. I should have made a list. I am hoping that I will get me a chance to go to the Berkley stores as well but time is running out.

The people here are fantastic. When they talk about red and blue states I am not sure if this area would fit into either. They are certainly not happy with what is going on, but would probably not be happy to support all the comprimises by the Democrats.

There is plenty of great food here (a few raw food resturants), and being vegan is no problem. There are lots of Yoga spots, but hardcore exercise early in the morning kinda freaks me out. Some people here do this thing called sun gazing where they stare at the sun as it sets. Haven't really given it a good shot as don't want to mess my eyes up any further.

Peace y'all

Nick

27.08.05 Playlist etc.

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:59:00 GMT

Nabeel: So I'm having few problems as a Mac user with my postings. The information and interface for PC users (of which Nick is one) seems to be different. Anyway, this might mean that the following playlist for last Saturday's show will just look like one long scroll of tracks. So apologies but we'll fix this layout issue soon, I hope. Anyway, the theme around this week was MOOG. Robert Moog, the inventor of this synthesizer died last week so Jochen and I decided to pay homage and play some of the tunes that use the Moog or 'electronically enhanced' tracks that have happened because Moog opened up our ears in new directions back in the late 1960s and 70s. I also reviewed the DVD documentary Moog, directed by Hans Fjellestad, which was made a couple of years ago and released on DVD this year. Sorry to Peter Mac, who had requested/suggested Dick Hyman's Moog-laden version of James Brown's Give it up or turn it a loose as a selection for the show. Couldn't find it unfortunately. Please send us the names of any other Moogy classics. We barely scratched the surface of the archive. Diggin in the crates... Nabeel:

Kool & The Gang--Summer Madness

Stereolab--Moogie Wonderland

Walter Carlos--Scarlatti Sonata

Buffalo Daughter--Dr Moog

Morcheeba--The music that we make (Omni Trio mix)

Billy Preston--Space race

Sun Ra & his Intergalactic Myth Science Arkestra--Outerspaceways incorporated Eddie Warner--Pathetic motion

Joc:

Outkast feat. George Clinton--Synthesizer

Unknown artist--Superstition

DJ Food--Full Bleed

DJ Shadow--Organ donor

Dizzee Rascal--Learn

Roots Manuva--Witness

The Herbaliser feat. Jean Grae--If you close your eyes

Jackson & his Computer Band--Rock on

Nabeel:

DVD review: Moog, directed by Hans Fjellestad (2004)

Kraftwerk--Music Non-Stop (live)

BBC Radiophonic Workshop/Ron Grainer--Dr Who (original theme)

Jonzun Crew--Pac Jam

The Coup feat. Bernie Worrell--5,000,000 ways to kill a C.E.O.

New Order--Blue Monday

Joc: Cherry Wine--What I'm talking about

APSCI feat. Tunde of TV on The Radio--Runaway

Z-Trip--Breakfast Club

Evil Nine feat. Aesop Rock--Crooked

One Self--Be your own Coldcut--Atomic Moog (Live in Barcelona!)

West Street Mob--Break dance electric boogie

Good to hear from Nick out there on the Best Coast. I'm envious of his trip to the Amoeba record store on Haight Street. I'm off to Waiheke for a couple of days to celebrate my 9th wedding anniversary. Take care and keep listening and writing to us. I hope you're out there. We didn't get any text messages this week. Boo hoo.

26.08.05 Nick

Sat, 27 Aug 2005 00:06:00 GMT

As I am “on the road”the next few blog entries will be rather personal. I do realise that it is mostly my friends who read this anyway, but apologies for anyone who doesn’t know me if this isn’t that interesting. So I am safely in greater San Francisco now after a grueling trip. To save money I decided to fly through Sydney to SF rather than taking one of the now many direct flights that Air NZ offers. This didn’t seem so bad on the way to Sydney as I was given a sweet spot with plenty of room. The Warriors were on the plane and the son of the son of the coach (who was maybe 6 or 7) seemed very excited that his dad had pulled him away from school to see the team’s last game for the season. I don’t follow the sport so have no idea what was happening or any likely outcome.

Arriving in Sydney was not too bad. The departure lounge looked like it had some promise. But then I realised you could pretty much walk around it in about 10 minutes and there was little left to do. So I started reading Sylvia Plath’s novel The Bell Jar. I got engrossed and finished it. Fantastic book (thanks Amber!)

Flying from Sydney to SF was not a wonderful experience. In a telling moment, when boarding I saw a woman with a bag for something like the 11^th Annual Congress of Pain (or about Pain?). I didn’t have good legroom, the guy next to me kept hogging the arm rest, and as I was on an aisle seat I had nothing to put my head against so got no rest. The movies sucked (Kicking and Screaming, half of Something Like Love, Cheaper By the Dozen, and something else I forget). I must say that the food was good though, props to me for ordering a special meal. This did mean that I got my food way before anyone around me though.

Getting into the US was a barrel laughs too. The post 9/11 experience means having your fingerprints and photo taken. This made things slow for all us non-resident types. But apart from that no worries. Once out though I had the very generous Bridget pick me up (very much so given that I had not met her before) and the wonderful Anthony and Liz invitation into their home even though they are away. So now am here in San Rafael , which is a very nice community. Lots of promising places to eat and interesting stores. I found a music store already and scoped out one potential bargain. Tonight if all goes well will catch up with an old high school friend and get some Ethiopian food. I have also passed some time trying to keep awake by watching Vincent Gallo’s Brown Bunny. It is not something that I would recommend to anyone who doesn’t already completely love Gallo (you know who you are). Indulgence is the name of the game.

More soon.

Peace.

Nick

25.08.05 Nick

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 10:21:00 GMT

Wow, Nabeel's post certainly did generate feedback. It feels strange to think people are actually reading us. Next thing you know we shall be invited to outline the state of the nation on prime time TV. Or not.

Wellington was wonderful last weekend. Relatively warm and wind free which contributed to my well being. Caught up with all my lovely friends (this one is for you Jenny, Russell, and Amber) and met a whole bunch of others. It is nice finding lots of other people with similar dietary outlooks, but at the same time not having to focus on this issue. Also got a chance to DJ at a party. Well sort of, it was a tag team effort with then birthday girl Jenny, and I had to resort to playing off my iPod. I don't think that the audience really dug LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge. Then again it could have just been that time of the evening.

Also had a nice chance to visit Radio Active for the Roots and Culture show. I was warned that the studio was a bit messy, but I tell you nothing can really top the setting of Base FM. Thanks again to Amber for taking me up there and for the wonderful walk to check out the ever smelly seals.

Found some nice musical scores in the Welli stores too. I am most stoked to find Cloudboy's self titled debut EP (NZ music!). Have been looking for this one for awhile, ever hopeful that the promise of a repress will materialise. Am not too sure what has happened to the group as they set off for Europe and seem to have gone their separate ways. Here is hoping for some new music soon.

Tomorrow I am off to San Fran for a wedding. I in the city for a brief period (pre 9/11 2001) and it was great. Have been really looking forward to going back and catching up with my friends. Good food should be on the menu, not to mention a whole range of excellent record stores. Shall have to make some tough decisions. Have had to trip my beard though and hope my name is not on some crazy checklist.

All this running around has left me a little out of the political loop. This feels a little strange for a political junkie like me. I have come across so many different people over the last several weeks who pretty much cover the political spectrum (with the notable exception of any Winston Peters supporters or Destiny Party nutcases). I have no idea how this is all going to go down, but it is hard to be optimistic.

But it is good to see GWB struggle with growing opposition to his war. Strange how he didn't have the time to take off from his holiday to go talk to Cindy Sheehan, but was able to make a previously unscheduled trip to Utah to try and bolster support. Also strange that although Utah is not exactly known for its liberal tendencies, many people, including the Salt Lake City Mayor came out to protest his visit. You have to have some crazy warped vision to try and pretend that things are going OK in the Middle East.

Anyway time is slipping away and I need to finish packing. Will do my best to post from a whole new time zone. Tune in to the show this week to hear Nabeel and Joc pay tribute to the late great Robert Moog.

Peace.

Nick

24.08.05 Nabeel

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 03:21:00 GMT

Thanks to everyone who responded to my 'controversial' post about reggae and hip hop in this country. I was surprised and pleased that most responses were supportive.

In the last show, Jochen responded by playing some local reggae as well as his some of his other Ja-flavoured faves. I'm not sure if he proved my case wrong with the local stuff but a nice try anyway, Joc :-) Twas a soundclash of sorts. As I said on air, I'd put my French reggae up against NZ reggae any time. Have you heard that wicked Serge Gainsbourg album he did with Sly and Robbie? And I really enjoy that hit 'Joe le Taxi' by Vanessa Paradis. She mentions Yma Sumac in there!

Anyhow, the reggay will still be in the Basement jeggay for some time to come. More heavy heavy monster sounds to follow.

Thanks to Tim from Elephant Traks in Melbourne for sending us some Aussie Hip hop (the excellent Hermitude album) and to Stinky Jim for the Round Trip Mars release of the International Observer album. Now there's some moody local reggae. Tom Bailey has gone to Londinium but the music was made in Aotearoa.

In the meantime, I mentioned on air that I would be reviewing the DVD of the documentary 'Moog' this coming Saturday. Sadly, in the last few days, we've heard that Robert Moog died. So the show will include a tribute. I'm bringing some of my favourite Moog sounds to play on the show. So if you've got any suggestions of tracks you'd like to hear, let me know on this blog, and I'll try and play those selections on the next Basement. I've got Kool & the Gang, Billy Preston, Stereolab, Hot Butter and Funkadelic in the works, but would appreciate more suggestions. I even picked up a country moog album from a terrific antique store in Helensville some months ago.

As well as the stuff that makes it to the Basement playlist, I'm listening to a lot of honky tonk right now: Ernest Tubb, Faron Young, Buck Owens, Kitty Wells. Maybe I'll risk some of this on air. I'm sure the odd Basehead will appreciate a Texan twang or Tennessee waltz interspersed amongst the riddims and rhymes.

Otherwise picked up a few tracks by the Perceptionists whose album title track 'Black Dialogue' I will definitely play on the upcoming show. Killer Diller! The track about the Iraq war, 'Memorial Day', is fantastic too.

As Nick noted recently, the Gaza pull-out (sounds like post-coital penis movement) has taken up a shitload of media time and space. Oh, woe is me, it's just like being ripped from your home by the Nazis! I couldn't believe this analogy from some of the Zionist settlers. If only the Palestinians had as much television coverage for their mass expulsions from land and towns for the last sixty years. Everybody's praising the Israeli Defence Force for their peaceful repatriation of the settlers. I was thinking, Man, they've had a lot of practice turning people out of their houses and demolishing them, so you'd expect them to do a decent job. Maybe 6,000 Jewish settlers at most and 1.4 Palestinians have lived in Gaza. Those settlers occupied about a third of the land. However, even with the settlers gone, Gaza is a prison camp or Bantustan, depending on your point of view. It's by no means clear how much access the Israelis are going to give Palestinians to cross the border with themselves or their economic goods. Some commentators have said, despite a couple of settlements disappearing, the West Bank is still occupied and the Israeli government is committed to securing large Jewish settlements in that territory. The wall they've built has also taken more Palestinian land. Dropping Gaza as part of Greater Israel was also a demographic move. You can't have a state founded on a Jewish religious identity that might have more non-Jews than Jews in it. So cut off the Arab bits that threaten to shift the demographic balance. It will be a long time before the Palestinians can hope seriously that East Jerusalem will be liberated from occupation.

The Iraq debacle keeps getting worse, with the Americans hopefully realising that you can't just come up with a constitution in five minutes. Did the great founders of the United States have to do that? No, and they weren't even bombed to smithereens in their 'liberation'? Like the Mujahideen the USA supported in Afghanistan with Saudi Arabian help, including one-time CIA buddy Osama Bin Laden, this is a case of Dr Frankenstein's monster about to run amok. You say you're going to liberate the country, but then you create a situation that produces possible division of the nation into a federation that might dissolve into three nations. For a start, a Kurdistan. That will please the Turkish government no end. Then you punish the Sunni Arabs who had disproportionate power under Saddam Hussein. Well, you punish those who haven't gone into the puppet administration. In the process, you create a situation where Shias want more power and possibly an Islamic theocracy or Shariah law and thus potentially extend the influence of Iran and Islamist statism in the region. Iran is acting beligerent and goes on to develop its nuclear power because it knows the US is in above its head in Iraq. The war is more and more unpopular at home. Every day more news of dead troops. What next, a wave of September 11 movies to rebuild confidence and belief in the 'reasons' for going to war. Watch this space. And all in the name of bringing peace and democracy and ridding the world of weapons of mass destruction.

At home, I've actually watched quite a few of the election debates. The tax cut was bathetic. It seems not to have given National the leg-up it needed. Don Brash can't perform on radio and television. He says the same thing every time, doesn't recall his party's policies very easily and is a bit vague about details. Never mind certain policies going by lunchtime. I couldn't believe he made such a cheap and lame/cliched shot at the Greens with that crack about a Green Transport minister having us all ride bicycles. Groan. Helen Clark seems to have her teeth stuck in. Act is out it seems. So Rodney Hyde will be gone. Doesn't he remind you of Uncle Fester from the Addams Family? I'm hoping Winston gets trounced at the voting polls and disappears too. There's a chance now that he's seen Islamo-terrorists in every corner of Aotearoa. Although I fear that Winston might turn up as a talkshow host to haunt us, maybe with Mike King as a sidekick. OK, I'm screaming at the thought. I'm amazed that immigration, biculturalism meets multiculturalism debates have not entered that much into the campaign apart from the usual Treaty bashing and National's 4 year probation policy for all new migrants. On the latter, I was tempted to retort that all migrant workers should then not pay any taxes until they're given the green light to become legit residents of our fair isles. As far as the media coverage of the campaign goes, I like the directness and hands-on approach of the campaign but I found that whipped up audience in the TV1 debate between Clark and Brash a bit too much. It's New Zealand not the Globe Theatre. The proles on each side were yelling and whooping it up a storm. Well primed by the TVNZ folks. I'm sure Bill Ralston was out there egging em on. Gawn! Louder louder! Anyway, look forward to the next two weeks and wonder if the banana skins will owe their slipperiness to some added oil from the media or to the actions of the political combatants themselves.

How come the election campaigns haven't had their own songs? Or maybe I've missed something?

Safe travel to the US for Nick and thanks again to Joc for coming in last Saturday. See you this one too.

Look forward to hearing from readers out there.

20.08.05 playlist

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 03:34:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Kishore Kumar--Mere naina sawan bhadon

Susan Cadogan--Don't burn your bridges

Roots Radics--Roots Man dubbing

Barry Brown--Far East

Roots Radics--Answer riddim

Prince Paul--Brother no blood

Nightmares on Wax--70s 80s (Roots Manuva remix)

Big Youth--What's going on

Joc:

Gregory Isaacs--Night nurse

Trinity Roots--All we be

The Marley Brothers w/ The Ghetto Youths Crew--Kinky reggae

Katchafire—Getaway

Black Uhuru—Youth

Fat Freddy's Drop—Roady

Bob Marley & the Wailers--Sun is shining

Nabeel:

Vanessa Paradis--Joe le taxi

Lizzy Mercier Descloux--Five troubles mambo

Shystie--Make it easy

Roll Deep--The avenue

Lady Sovereign--9 to 5

Kano--9 to 5

Rebel MC--Tribal bass (featuring Tenor Fly and Barrington Levy)

Aswad-Warrior charge

Damian Marley--Welcome to Jamrock

Hermitude--Tales of the drift

Unknown Artist--Military riddim version

Hermitude--Tapedeck sound

Joc:

DVD review of Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, directed by Park Chan-Wook

One Self--SD2

Ugly Duckling--Now who's laughing

Wedeman--Athletico borough upsetters mix

De La Soul--Say no go (New Keys remix)

19.08.05 Nick

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:55:00 GMT

Once again I have left my blog entry right until the end of the week, and once again I don't really have that much to say about music (talking all that jazz). Although I do have to respond to Nabeel's somewhat provocative last entry. We do live in a relatively small community that can be quite sensitive. I have to admit that I have been a little worried that people would take his comments the wrong way. However it is nice to see some supportive feedback come his way. For my own part without going into any detail or pointing fingers I do think that a reasonable part of the local music community is over hyped. This is probably the case for virtually ever other music market in the world. That being said there are acts that I think are amazing acts and they should be celebrated. When I come across these I am more than happy to give them my support, not because they are local, but because they make good music.

Last night I ventured out to see John Ralston Saul at the Hyatt. He talked about the collapse of globalism, the subject of his new book. It was a great talk, where he did not try and force an ideology, but rather made arguments about why the big drive to push globalism was in decline, if not nearly at an end. The central idea of this is that the economic dogma that has been dominant since the 1970s is in a period of crisis. To back this up he made several points including the return to a focus of the nation state in the post 9-11 world, the reconsideration of debt obligations by Argentina and several countries in Africa, and the growing arguments between established economists. Great speaker and a good evening. Also must note he commented on Garth George's absurd column about Islam in the NZ Herald. It is a shame anyone would take this seriously let alone publish it.

Have been bombarded by images of the Jewish withdrawal from Gaza. Wonder if the next time a Palestinian community is uprooted they will receive equal coverage? Or even half as much? Just a thought.

I am off to the wonderful metropolis of Wellington this weekend to see some even more wonderful friends. With my upcoming trip to San Francisco this is going to mean I will not be on Base for three weeks. I am pretty sure Nabeel will have some guests come in though so keep tuned.

Big David L rest in peace.

Peace y'all

Nick

16.08.05 Nabeel

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:29:00 GMT

So it’s almost two weeks since I blogged anything other than the playlists for the shows. So here are a few scattered thoughts and things I need to get off my chest. Damn that asthma. Pass me the critical ventolin.

This week we played a predominantly jazz-oriented set though I sneaked in a couple of reggae tunes: Linton Kwesi Johnson ‘Street 66’, which makes me think of police raids on black residents of London, and Barry Brown’s long version of ‘Promises’ which reminds me of politicians and their blarney during an election campaign. The latter also has an incredibly militant dub, produced by Jammy, I think. The latter track was played for Danny Lemon of Roots Hi Fi in Wellington, who informed me that Barry Brown had died recently.

One of the thought-provoking things about music I read in the last couple of weeks was an interview with musician Tom Bailey (of the International Observer) in the NZ Herald. He pointed out that reggae and dub in New Zealand lacked militancy in its sound and affect. He went as far as to say it was ‘barbecue reggae’.

And I have to say that I agree with him and don’t think this is just the bias of a Brit in the Antipodes. There’s a summery good time tropical feel to reggae in the Pacific. It’s bland and too complacent and the lyrics generally suck. Even when they’re political they tend to be simplistic and cliched. The sound is more concerned with chug-a-lug ambience. It’s like Bob Marley’s ‘Jamming’ and ‘Could you be loved’ are the models, rather than the many versions of ‘Green Bay Killing’ or Junior Murvin’s ‘Police and Thieves’. Even bands that are not strictly ‘reggae’ artists have this kind of all’s-well-with-the-world vibe and make affirmative noises that lack grounding in the material of daily ‘politics’ (with a little p, not just a big P). Bu-bum-bum-bum.

In Jamaican music, the names of the rhythms respond to stuff going on, and the lyrics from people like Papa San, Capleton and others just talk about the ordinary stuff of daily life including the nasty stuff, even if they’re offensive some of the time. And they go on about Iraq and the Middle East and about the police and stuff like that.

A lot of New Zealand dub-influenced music is just too NICE: ‘let’s all chill and smoke another doobie so that we might enjoy the view. Sweet as. I can feel my culture in my veins.’ The naff advertising for fruit juices and rum drinks says it all. Let’s have more blacks grinning on TV. I thought it couldn’t get any worse than the Magnum ads with the black mammy. New Zealand likes its darkies, nah?

I’m not against the downbeat blues-y aesthetic and I’m not just a 1970s roots reggae nostalgialator. My favorite dubbed up track right now is Kode9 & Daddy Gee’s “Sign of the Dub” which is a really dread adaptation/version of Prince’s ‘Sign of the Times’. It makes Rhythm & Sound’s glacial dub pacing seem like happy house tunes. It’s ‘as serious as cancer’ but also has a dark sense of humour.

I don’t want all music to reflect the times or the zeitgeist in an obvious and direct way, but I’d welcome more of our music to be engaged with the serious shit that’s going down on the local and global levels.

Big ups to Gareth Shute for winning the Montana Award with his book on Aotearoa Hip Hop, but most commercial NZ Hip Hop remains mediocre in its lyrics, flow and production style. It largely imitates a narrow American substratum of the genre rather than finding its own aesthetic. The media can’t stop hyping it up though. Now I’m not saying it’s all crap, and I do believe in supporting local production, voices blah blah blah, but can’t we all get real and accept that the stuff made here may not ALL be the best thing since Eric and Ra came out with “I know you got soul”.

The national boosterism that says anything that sells must be good, just clouds critical judgment about local music of all sorts. Some of it’s good, but a lot of it is really boring and bland. I’m glad it’s helping people in the neighborhoods, developing the local economy and producing some nifty T-shirts, but that doesn’t mean the music is anything to write home about. These days it seems to function largely as a marketing vehicle for mobile phones to the youth and the growing brown demographic. NZ Hip Hop is not standing up, but sitting down to drink its moonshine with the corporate execs. Rap label markets forty-ouncers of Lion Red next? Paid in Full, right.

OK, got that off my chest. I’m sure some will brand me as seditious and not ‘loyal’ (cue that song) and another pom that wants to put New Zild down. But that’s the nationalist reflex mechanism that can’t take any criticism. Besides I’m also a New Zealander too (been here 8 years) and I know that many more dyed-in-the-wool Kiwis will agree with me.

13.08.05 Playlist

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:51:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Thelonious Monk—Straight no chaser (Live at the It Club 1964)

Miles Davis—Black Satin

Donald Byrd—(Fallin’ like) Dominoes

Weldon Irvine—Walk that walk, talk that talk

Jimmy McGriff—Blue juice

Eddie Jefferson—Thank you (falletinme bemice elf agin)

Roni Size/Reprazent—Jazz

Nick:

Louis Armstrong—St. James Infirmary

Miles Davis & Gil Evans—Summertime

Alice Coltrane—The sun

Charles Mingus—Devil woman

Nina Simone—See line woman

Dizzy Gillespie—Manteca (Funky Lowlives remix)

Nabeel:

Milt Jackson—People make the world go ’round [with review of St Etienne DVD ‘Finisterre’]

Henry Mancini—Dreamsville

Al Jolson—Swanee river

Milton Nascimento—Catavento

Cal Tjader—This masquerade

Linton Kwesi Johnson—Street 66

Barry Brown—Promises 12”

Theo Parrish—Ugly edit 9a

Nick:

Alice Coltrane—Morning worship

Billie Holiday—Speak low (Bent remix)

The Cinematic Orchestra—Channel 1 suite

Jaga Jazzist—Animal chin

Double Dee & Steinski—Jazz

Stetsasonic—Talkin’ all that jazz

12.08.05 Nick

Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:43:00 GMT

Although others were less enthusiastic, I managed to get myself along to the Roots this last Tuesday, and was very stoked that I did (thanks again Karina!) I did see them play last year, which was amazing, but that was seriously hampered by poor sound. This time around, although not perfect, the sound was considerably better, allowing making it easier to understand Black Thought and the amazing female singer that they had bought along. The poster promised a two hour show, and they more than delivered on this, going through much of the back catalogue in style, sometimes giving songs the full treatment, and more often integrating them into other tracks. The covers were also very abundant with tracks by Led Zepplin, Liquid Liquid, Chic, A Tribe Called Quest, Amerie, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Leadbelly, Ol' Dirty Bastard and the Wu-Tang Clan, plus a whole bunch of others that escape me. Complete props must go to a very skilled and highly entertaining group. My only regret is not heading up to Rising Sun to check ?uestlove DJ, in what was apparently a three hour set.

I guess the next big gig is One Self, but I won't be here for that one (somewhat sadly). Then is Roots Manuva who has been so popular that they have started a second show. The downside to this is now my posse of friends seems to be split over two nights. Can't we all just go along? On a non-musical event related note, John Ralston Saul, who wrote Voltaire’s Bastards and the Unconscious Civilization is coming to NZ for a talk on the Collapse of Globalism. I think he is only in Auckland speaking at the Hyatt at 6.00pm next Thursday (August 18). Will undoubtedly try to get along. Must try and fit a trip to Welli in too. Busy times.

I watched a bit of the leaders debate last night, as the worm turned. I am still puzzled why the worm is necessary. Do people really need to be see what other people are thinking? Is the fact that Peter Dunne gets a positive worm result mean that someone else is more likely to vote for him? Shouldn't you actually look at his track record and what his party stands for as a real measure rather than some else's perception of a soundbite? I still hope for a system where substance reigns over style.

Internationally things are joyous as ever. Iran is happy to play chicken with the EU and America as it pushes its nuclear capabilities. I came across this nice round-up of the situation by Michael Schwartz, who rightly points out that despite bloodlust of its politicians America is in no position to invade anyone right now leaving Iran the right bargaining chips. The hardliners on either side are doing none of us any favours. Fighting the good fight is Cindy Sheehan, who after losing her son to the conflict in Iraq has set about trying to pressure George W, to withdraw American forces. Like many before her, Sheehan has been denied access to the President, but she is persisting. Thankfully there is a reasonable amount of coverage to show a broader audience what a heartless swine George really is.

Back to everyday life, Coco Solid are playing the Wine Bar tonight (sweeeeeet). Not sure how that is all going to fit together, but it promises to be another fine performance. Tomorrow thinking about doing a jazz set on Base. Am brushing up on my Ellington now, but am not sure how this will come in effect, as planning anything too much takes the fun away, so will have to wait and see. On a jazz related note I have been reading the excellent Visions of Jazz by Gary Giddins. I can't recommend it enough for anyone interested in the evolution of the music and most of its great players.

Finally Happy birthday to Robyn!

Peace.

Nick

06.08.05 Playlist

Sun, 07 Aug 2005 00:27:00 GMT

Nick:

Kode9 & Daddy G—Sign of the dub

Coldcut—Atomic Moog (post nuclear afterlife lounge mix)

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five—The message (Roots Manuva remix)

Aesop Rock—Garbage

MC 900 Ft Jesus—The city sleeps

Gwen Stefani—Hollaback girl (instrumental mix)

Nabeel:

President Harry S. Truman announcing the dropping of the firs atom bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945

OMD—Enola Gay

The Ramones—Blitzkrieg Bop

Terror Danjah—Sneak attack

Kraftwerk—Radioactivity (live)

Yellow Magic Orchestra—Tighten up (Japanese gentlemen please stand up)

Axiom—Secret Channel (Asian Resistance mix by Bedouin Ascent)

Rhythm & Sound w/ Cornell Campbell—King in my empire

Pole—Überfahrt

The Mills Brothers—Nagasaki

Nick:

Björk—All is for love (Funkstöring remix)

Nigo & GZA—F.K.K. 2000

EPMD—Mr Bozack

Quasimoto—Rappcats Pt. 3

Steinski & Mass Media—The motorcade sped on

4 Hero w/ Butterfly—The action

La Symphony—Broken now

Roots Manuva—The falling

Nabeel:

John Carpenter—Assault on Precinct 13 (theme) [with review of the DVD]

Etta James—In the basement

Troublefunk—Drop the bomb

DJ /Rupture vs. Mutamassik—Ove Naxx—Warte/Burundi walking tune/Sabaya Al Infifada-Min al Mukhayyam Toulad al Ru’aya

James Brown—The Payback

Non Phixion—Suicide bomb

Muslimgauze—How Rustem the thief walks through fire

Rebel MC—Better world

Prince Far-I—Plant up

05.08.05 Nick

Fri, 05 Aug 2005 05:10:00 GMT

As I write this same damn virus is making its way through my body. Although it has had a relatively mild effect, it is enough to make me feel lousy. I tell myself that I am not one to get sick very often so that mild cases of a cold make me long for sleep. But enough self-pity.

It has been another memorable week with a dead Saudi King in an unmarked grave, a diplomat sneakily appointed to the UN who would like to see it torn down, an MP asking a foreign think-tank to help alter our opinions, and a motorcade that just sped on (with a little bit of time to kill). Are we amused yet?

In New Zealand with the election season in full swing we have already been forced to deal with the numerous bland and sometimes insulting billboards. We have also been hit with daily attempts by the various parties to say something newsworthy or outrageous. You have to hand it to Peters, just when you thought he had un out of ways to scaremonger he finds new people to point the finger at. I must give Claire Harvey respect for her piece in the NZ Herald on Mike King and NZ First (Swines).

Soon we are to be hit with a variety of TV debates. Not the quite the highly scripted spun-doctored fun fest that was the Kerry Bush head to head from last year, but something to look forward to nonetheless. Well that is unless you support one of the parties that TV3 decided not to allow in. The network decided that there are only 6 slots available, while there are currently 8 parties in parliament and several more jockeying for a seat. Understandably six slots is quite a lot, particularly if they are all yelling at each other while avoiding the topic at hand. After careful consideration it seems that Jim Anderton's Progressive Party and Peter Dunne's United Future are to be left off while Labour, National, NZ First, the Greens, ACT, and the Maori Party battle it out. This is probably a particular disappointment to Peter Dunne, who at the last debate had his ratings boosted by the audience triggered worm poll. But that being said apart from their ridiculous comments on the Civil Unions bill what can United Future be remembered for? The same goes for Jim Anderton. If he wasn't elected would anyone notice?

Politics aside, the Turnaround last week was good as always. Pretty much a dancehall session with Lotek Hifi on the mic and special guests Spikey T and a nice beatboxer whose name escapes me. For the turnaround fans who don't know, the night is taking a break this month while Cian goes around the world in style (safe travels). They are back with a bang though with DJ Nu Mark from Jurassic 5 as a guest. Meanwhile the more than talented Mania Toa has set up his own monthly gig named axis, which I believe kicks off on August 26 at the Grand Circle in the St James. Also this month are a bunch of gigs from the ever so talented Coco Solid who are gearing up for a overseas performances. If there is any justice they will conquer all in sight. Catch them while you can. Last and not least the Roots are back in town next week. No doubt will run into a few folks getting down. Here is hoping that they figure out how to get good sound in the St James.

A big happy birthday down to Wellington to the wonderful Amber.

Peace y'all

Nick

30.07.05 Playlist

Mon, 01 Aug 2005 04:54:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Mulatu Astatke—Mulatu

Anita O’Day—I used to be colourblind

The Viceroys—Heart made of stone (discomix)

Cornell Campbell—I’m still waiting

Tom Browne—Funkin’ for Jamaica (remix)

Joyce Sims—Come into my life

Afrika Bambaataa & The Family—Bambaataa’s Theme

Nick:

Prince Paul—MVU (Act 1)

Archie Shepp—Attica blues

Ladybug Mecca—Don’t disturb the peace

Pharoah Sanders—The creator has a master plan (trip hop remix)

DJ Signify—Winter’s going

Prefuse 73 & The Books—Pagina seis

Count Bass D—New Edition karaoke

Nabeel:

Sister Iona Locke—Beasts & dogs & whatever

Candi Staton—I’d rather be an old man’s sweetheart (than a young man’s fool)

Stezo—Bring the horns

DJ /Rupture—High resolution

Roxanne Shante—Brothers ain’t shit

Davy D—Keep your distance

Matthew Herbert—Pigs in shit

Barrington Levy—Bounty hunter

Scientist—Steppers dub

Osymyso—Holes

Nick:

Nick and Nabeel review the Dix DVD/CD The Art of Picking Up Women

Company Flow—Bee ware

Mos Def—Hip hop

RJD2—Good times roll pt 2

J-Live—The best part

Prince Paul—Flattery

Double Dee & Steinski—Lesson 3

Coldcut—Beats and Pieces (Lord Fader mix) >

29.07.05 Nick

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 02:01:00 GMT

I had my birthday this week, which despite my initial hesitation to mark the occasion has turned into a three day event. Such is the way when you try and mix together and find good times for different friends and family. So thanks to all who sent me wishes and continue to be an important part of my life.

Last week I finally got a hip hop order that I had placed way back in May. As I had begun to think I had been ripped off, it was nice to get the package. This mostly consisted of Prince Paul material with his album Itstrumental and the Dix project. Listening to it and seeing the Dix DVD I am reminded why Paul is still the greatest. Also got the new Quasimoto album with the Stone's Throw fan club 7". Great stuff. I had read some reviews saying that it was too abstract or that MF Doom's influence was too prevalent. What the hell? If you want smooth beats go get the Nelly album. Look out for a reissue of the Unseen.

To celebrate my new tunes my set was not that varied, but then I had no complaints. In the compliments department, out of the blue Ladybug Mecca sent us an email, giving thanks for playing her tracks on the Basement. It is great to hear her back in the game (after all those years since Digable Planets last album) and if you haven't heard Trip to the Light Fantastic, it is an amazing piece of work. Always good to hear people trying something different.

Movie wise I ended the film festival in style by seeing Broken Flowers. More genius from Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murrary. Also killer soundtrack with tunes by Ethiopian Mulatu Astatke. Was also pleased to hear to some tracks from Ethiopiques series on the BBC. All this is a nice build up to my opportunity to once again dine on Ethiopian food in San Francisco. Sadly there is no place to regularly get that fine cuisine in this country (if I am mistaken please let me know).

As Nabeel mentioned in his post both of us also got a chance to see Rize. I have to say relative to the hype that it had built up I was disappointed. At little too much religion at the end and all the best moves from the film were mostly derived from break dancing. Also hooked up with Nabeel to see the original Assault on Precinct 13. Full of John Carpenter B Movie madness, and his own killer soundtrack. Have not seen the remake and so have no idea how they did this in a modern context.

It is a little strange to watch the ongoing reactions to terror in England. The fact that casualties in Egypt and Iraq left another terrible toll has taken up far less news space. More discussion on the global community are in order. Locally we now we have Winston Peters attacking Islam outright. Why anyone would be dumb enough to listen to him? Tze Ming Mok from Public Address has some nice thoughts on the Tauranga rep. I still shudder at the word king maker. Surely people can remember back to last time this happened?

On the brightest end note possible all my love to Jason and Robyn with their new baby boy, and to Ruben and his partner with their new baby girl. To more lovely souls born under the Leo sign. Also big happy birthday to Cherry Bomb Comics who have their first birthday this Saturday.

Peace y'all.

Nick

26.07.05 Nabeel

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:52:00 GMT

Nabeel writes:

The show whizzed by this week, an indicator of how much pleasure it afforded. Worked through some post-London angst. Should really call it ongoing rather than post-. I was completely and unpredictably overtaken by a Yorkshire accent for about fifteen minutes of radio airtime. The sounds of a brass band playing ‘Jerusalem’ on the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu’s track ‘It’s grim up north’ set it off. I was transported back to the land of my youth in West Yorkshire and the psychogeography that nurtured the suicide bombing boys of Al Qaeda. In response, we received one txt message that simply read, ‘Bad’. I’m hoping that since Base FM is a ‘hip hop’ station, the sender was really saying ‘Bad meaning good’ (you know, like Michael Jackson). But the voice that took possession of me (like that of Linda Blair in The Exorcist) may just have been ‘bad’ meaning ‘evil’, or ‘unfunny’ or just plain ‘crap’. Thanks for listening anyway dear txt massager, whoever you are. You could be a mate. Yuri, who came by later, sent a txt reading ‘Good’ to give some media balance. A civil gesture. Thank you sir.

In the second set, I reviewed a terrific DVD of documentary short films (a short is anything less than 40 mins) from the Full Frame Festival, released by Docurama. Full Frame Vol. 3 is the latest selected by Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, Barbara Kopple and others. It features six films by four USAnians, an Australian and Indian on the following subjects: the last meal of death row prisoners in Texas. The almost choreographed chaos of thousands of commuter train passengers in Mumbai/Bombay. The ‘best’ Philly cheese steak sub joint in the city of the Liberty Bell. An Aboriginal woman plucked from her ancestral home for convent school near Alice Springs and then plucked again to star in the Chauvels’ film Jedda in 1955. A couple of US military officers (male) fall in love at first sight in Vietnam 1969. And another Vietnam film about an African-American father who shot many photographs and much super-8 film footage while on duty, but never talked about the war to his son and daughter (the latter made the film). I did ramble on air for ages about this collection (almost as long as the films put together!). In my less longwinded defense, that demonstrates how rich, varied, gripping, funny and serious, documentary shorts can be. So filmheadz of all stripes should check out the Full Frame website and see if the DVD Lounge on Great North Road can order this for you. I’m going to track down volume 1 and volume 2 in the series. Small is beautiful.

In conclusion, Nick’s Basement sets this week were ‘ba-aad’, especially the material from new Prince Paul projects. We later saw one of these which I lurved. The Dix DVD (a faux documentary) said more in about half an hour than Rize did in 90 plus minutes. The latter, the International Film Festival closer, directed by music vid maker and ‘designer’ photographer David LaChappelle, featured some amazing clown dancing and crumping. But glossy eye-candy (fetishistic in a Leni Riefenstahl-does-the-Nubians kinda way), pat affirmative sound bites, hackneyed archival footage, shallow life portraits, and no ending substituted for revealing stories and the deep context for these dance cultures in South Central Los Angeles. The filmmaker obviously didn’t realise how important battling is in black pop culture. He missed the resonances of bodily call and response, opting for simplistic self-help therapy discourse as the main component of these dance forms. He didn’t investigate the dynamics of this culture of ‘embodied speed’, apart from telling you that the film was not sped up. What a disappointing end to the festival. And that was the only film I saw. Might as well have just seen the Chemical Brothers video for ‘Galvanize’, which features some crumping and possibly the laziest rhymes Q-Tip has ever come up with. I’m hoping Nick and I will review The Dix DVD on air next week. Until then, keep listening and write to us. ‘Keep On’ as Yorkshire natives Nightmares on Wax and Long Island’s De La Soul put it. Peace with justice.

23.07.05 Playlist

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:38:00 GMT

Nick:

Prince Paul—It’s a stick up

The Dix—Here come the Dix (instrumental)

The Dix—Here come the Dix (vocal)

Quasimoto—The Front

Quasimoto—Greenery

Atoms Family—2 Coolcats

Beans & Funkstörung—Salt

Prefuse 73—Point to B

Nightmares on Wax w/ De La Soul—Keep on

Nabeel:

The Herbaliser—Take London

Randy’s All Stars—Mission Impossible

Immortal Technique featuring Mos Def—Bin Laden

Immortal Technique featuring KRS One & Chuck D—Bin Laden (remix)

DJ /Rupture—Rumbo Babylon

Mark Stewart & the Mafia—Jerusalem

The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu—It’s grim up north

Fun-da-mental—Race2war

Nick:

Kraftwerk—Numbers (live)

Kraftwerk—Computer World (live)

MC Serch—Here it comes

Prince Paul—Gangster my style

3rd Bass—Brooklyn Queens

A Tribe Called Quest—Show business

MF Doom—Deep fried frendz

Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five—The adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the wheels of steel

Nabeel:

Mulatu Astatke & his Ethiopian Quintet—Mulatu’s hideaway

Theo Parrish—Ugly edit vol. 7 a [as backdrop for review of DVD: Full Frame Vol. 3]

Theo Parrish—Ugly edit 7 b [ditto]

Willie Williams--Credential

Augustus Pablo—Credential version

Cutty Ranks—Armed and dangerous (remix by Goldie)

Jack Nitzsche--Rumble

18.07.05 Nick

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:35:00 GMT

Hmmm, was thinking about what to write about the show on Saturday, but then was hit with the news that I have been fired from my job just (this very morning). It really was one of those situations that I saw coming for quite awhile, as I was not happy where I was, and that it really was not going to get much better. I was about to start looking for something new anyway, and now have the added motivation to do so. After it happened I was trying to recall if I had been fired before, and I don’t think so. I have quit jobs, and I have worked in positions that reached a natural conclusion, but no one has told me that I would no longer be needed. It is something to do with my charming personality. So am not that upset, but am anxious about what to do next as I have not really got that dream job in my sites. Shall see what comes together.

So then reflecting back to the show, it was great to see Nabeel again, and he has plenty of new music to showcase. He was also nice enough to pick up a Charlie Haden album (Liberation Music Orchestra) and an Archie Shepp album (Attica Blues). I played tracks from these music greats on the show, without really knowing what they sounded like, turning my first half hour into a bit of a jazz fest. But no one dared complain. Attica Blues is actually a lot more funk orientated which was a little unexpected from Archie Shepp, not that this is bad thing at all though. Have since found out that his 70s material heads this way.

After the show on Saturday I was lucky enough to go along to Fat Freddy’s Drop at the James (THANK YOU SO MUCH KARINA!!!) These guys continue to be amazing, and have to be the best band in the land. The place was totally packed, which made getting a drink a nightmare and any venture into the underground toilets nearly a traumatic experience, but I could not complain about anything else. How can you go wrong with a top horn section? Big hello to Dan Paine who kindly gave me Basement props as I was walking out. Check his show on Base at 6pm Wednesday’s.

Movie’s are also coming along well. Obviously have a little more time to make the most of those day sessions, but now have added budgetary issues. Never a perfect solution. However I can recommend The Edukators, and Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson. Am aiming to do a big round up of films towards the end so perhaps more detail then. Finally big ups to all the nice people who I have run into (and met) during the festival. If only it lasted longer than 17 days.

Peace

Nick

18.07.05 Nabeel

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:02:00 GMT

‘Things are getting awfully deep, awfully deep, I can’t get no sleep’. Well, I’ve been catching up on the shut-eye after some jet lag. I got back last Wednesday from a day short of three weeks overseas (London, England and San Diego & Los Angeles, California) with most of that time coughing and sneezing and trying to unclog my sinuses. London was pollen central and Cali is famous for its allergens. Poor health was compounded by the aftershock of the London bombings. My partner and I left Heathrow the evening before Thursday 7 July. My brother, brother-in-law and father often take those trains during the morning rush hour. Fortunately, they were OK. In fact, I’d taken the Aldgate train, and gone through Edgware Road station on another tube train myself a few days before on a jaunt to Honest Jon’s, a record store on Portobello Road. These terrible events turn the banal geography of the everyday inside out, yet ‘normality’ does return, even if a mildly disturbing hum of anxiety is ever present in the background.

Despite the health tribulations (yep, I know I sound like a whiny hypochondriac Woody Allen), the trip was very worthwhile. I managed some research on recent British music, caught up with family (in particular, my rapidly growing seven nieces and nephews), hung out with some friends, read some books, and bought loads of music from my favourite record stores.

But as the days have passed, its become clear that the bombings were the first suicide missions in the UK and done by homegrown Brits of Pakistani origin from West Yorkshire in the north of England. As a Pakistani Brit who grew up a few miles away from the city of Leeds, where two of the bombers lived, I felt somehow implicated and paranoid, despite this being an ‘irrational’ feeling. Many years ago I went to the University of Leeds for two years before aborting the BSc. Chemistry programme, so I have a passing familiarity with the neighbourhoods that have now nurtured a death mission and held its explosives in their cupboards and closets. Even since I’ve gotten back to Auckland this week, I sometimes think, ‘are people looking at me differently?’ It’s completely daft, but I can’t help it. It’s not a good time to be a British Muslim really, so I’m probably ‘safe’ in dear old distant New Zealand, even with the likes of Winston Peters and his xenophobia. Anyway, check out my review of the film Yasmin (set in the Muslim north of England) in the blog from a couple of months ago to get some insights into the local context for Islamo-fervour.

Anyway, the post-London factors have contributed to a troubled mindset so I was going to play some music on The Basement that captured this mood and commented elliptically on the zeitgeist post ‘7/7’ as the new media hype puts it. But fortunately I changed my mind at the last minute and decided to play an upbeat set to cheer myself up. Thanks to Nick for the support with his sounds. In fact, he played a set of moody jazz grooves to compensate! And thanks to the person who txted with ‘Kia Kaha’. Sorry I forgot to thank you on air.

I hope the London events slip into more reasonable perspective soon. The terror attacks are terrible and qualitatively new in some ways. Therefore Muslims AND non-Muslims in the UK (and elsewhere) for that matter need to solve some problems in their communities and deal with Islamist fascism, without a mad assault on civil liberties in the name of the War on Terror. Of course, Tony Blair is going to use this as an excuse to ramp up anti-terror legislation, the introduction of ID cards, and to create more rhetoric to justify the occupation of Iraq. He and others are also making it seem as if all of Britain’s Muslim communities should somehow sort this out, which is like the Israeli administration telling the Palestinian Authority to stamp down on the ‘rogue elements’ that are active as Hamas as if ‘The Palestinians’ are responsible rather than Hamas itself for suicide bombers and missiles. As if all Muslims are responsible for London’s bombs! But I don’t see why Britain’s Muslim communities are supposed to be hanging their heads in shame because of the action of a handful of terrorist bombers. Did all white Britons feel guilty when one of their own bombed Londoners a few years ago in the name of white power? People also get whipped up about suicide bombing in particular, when the fact of a bomb that kills people should be the main issue. It doesn’t make it any better or worse because the bomber did him- or herself in at the same time. But so many folks have a desire to demonise the bomber and the cause as completely alien, so the suicide quotient helps them do that. That stops one having to try to understand the reasons (however misguided, stupid or loathsome) why someone did something so awful. The news coverage (including TV3 with lame London correspondent Rachel Smalley) has tended to hype July 7th like something totally new and dreadful. But Londoners haven’t forgotten the dread of IRA bombing campaigns that occupied the city in the last few decades. And a friend of mine in San Diego pointed out that more than 60 people die almost every day in shootings and bombings in Karachi and other Pakistani cities, so we need to put London into relief. This event occurred only a week or so after all those rich Live8ing celebrities kept reminding us with their clicks and counts how many Africans died in the few minutes they were up on stage in front of the global TV audience. But the typically amnesiac mainstream media seems to have forgotten (in a matter of days!) that lives outside the so-called ‘West’ in, say, Gaza, Falluja, and Kabul have as much value as lives in New York, London, and Madrid.

‘Back to life, back to reality’. To relativity and levity!

16.07.05 Playlist

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:52:00 GMT

Nabeel:

Kaito—Respect to the distance (Markus Guentner rmx) [from Kompakt 100]

Johnnie Osbourne—Nah skin up [from Truths & Rights LP on Studio One]

Horace Andy & Tappa Zukie—Natty dread a weh she want [12” disco 45]

Los Jimaguas—Los dos Hermanos [from Son Cubano NYC 1972-1982 on Honest Jon’s]

Tihuana—Pula [a Brazilian take on Afrika Bambaata’s Planet Rock from Funk Carioca]

Joyce Sims—All in all (dub) produced by Mantronik & M.I.A.—Sunshowers (acapella)

Kraftwerk—Elektrocardiogram (live) from Minimum-Maximum

Nick:

Charlie Haden—Song for Ché

Archie Shepp—Blues for brother George Jackson

Madlib—Peace/Dolphin dance

J. Swinscoe—Goatee part 1

DJ Shadow—Why hip hop sucks in 96 (alternate take)

Nabeel:

Aswad—Mossman skank [from a Jah Shaka compilation on Island]

Quartertone winds from Radio Morocco on the Sublime Frequencies label

RD Burman—The Burning Train (theme) [from Indiavision compilation]

Rose Royce—Is it love you’re after? [7” single produced by Norman Whitfield]

Redhead Kingpin & the F.B.I.—Do the right thing (happiness remix by Jazzie B & Nellee Hooper)

Tangoterje—Can’t help it [Swedish remix/bootleg of Michael Jackson track]

DJ Supreme Nyborn—Versatility 12”

Ice T—Make it funky (club mix) 12”

Kraftwerk—Planet of visions (live) [from Minimum-Maximum]

Germania—Sympathy for the devil (who killed the Kennedys?) [from Laibach’s album]

De Falla—Popozuda rock ’n’ roll [from Rio Baile Funk on Essay records]

Nick:

DJ Shadow—Best foot forward (alternate version)

DJ Shadow—Building steam with a grain of salt (alt. version)

Jamie Liddell—When I come back around

The Roots—I don’t care

The Herbaliser featuring Roots Manuva—Lord, Lord

Prince Po—Hello

Chill Rob G—Let me show you (Prince Paul mix)

12.07.05 Nick

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:56:00 GMT

This week on Base Joc once again filled in for Nabeel. Have heard from him and he is due back this week sometime. He had been to San Diego, a place that I considered visiting a few times. As I heard from someone who used to live there the place is terrible for allergies and Nabeel appears to be suffering from whatever causes these damn things. Here is hoping that he recovers in time for his flight.

In addition to Joc and his sweet selection of tunes, my good friend Yuri came by to say hello. We persuaded him to say a few words on air as he chatted about the current state of movies and other such matters. As to his earlier promise he ended up giving away one of his T-Shirts on air. It is always nice when people let us know they are listening.

There is not a whole lot I can say about the songs I choose to play. Was sort if going to do a post-London theme but that all seemed to be quite inappropriate. Was very sad to see the cowardly attacks on the Mosques here. The people responsible for these actions probably have spent too much time listening to Winston Peters.

With the film festival on my time spent in darkened rooms has dramatically increased. The count so far is 7 films in 5 days. If I didn't have to work tomorrow was actually considering 4 in one day. Time being what it is may have to settle for two. It was interesting seeing the Prime Minister after the opening night film (Hidden, strange choice to kick the festival off) talking to people on Queen St, not far from the Armageddon Christian preachers. Was tempted to wish her the best, if only to hope that the National NZ First alliance does not get any repeat action.

As far as the other films go, 9 Songs was mostly sex and rock and roll, The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T had nice Dr. Seuss touches but I kept wishing for more to enjoy in my old age, Dumplings was very disturbing but did not send me into any state of moral panic, Me and You and Everyone Else We Know was really good, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room was excellent, and Tony Takitani almost made me want to cry. It's a lonely thing for all you other fortune people. Might give some more detail later if I get a moment to reflect.

Anyway more films to come, which given the weather outside is a great thing. Hello to the fellow filmgoers that I have run into, Luke, Adam, and Damien. Am sure to run into other people over the next couple of weeks. Also if you haven't seen the updated movie list and action is your thing then look out for Night Watch.

Best wishes to Rebekah and Kaya on the road (safe travels), and to Robyn and Jason while they wait for the new member of their family.

Peace

Nick

09.07.05 Playlist

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 02:24:00 GMT

Nick

RJD2- The Horror

DJ Shadow featuring Mos Def- Six Days (Remix)

El-P- Truancy

East Flatbush Project- Tried by 12 (Funkstörung Mix)

Prefuse 73- TY vs Detchibe

DJ Food- Consciousness (Ashley Beedle Version 2 Remix)

Joc

Digital Underground- Doowutchyalike

Busta Rhymes- Turn It Up (Remix)

DJ Kool- Let Me Clear My Throat (Old Skool Reunion Remix '96)

Choice MCs featuring Fresh Gordon- Gordy's Groove

De La Soul- The Mack Daddy on the Left

Digable Planets- Femme Fatale

Black Eyed Peas- A8

One Self- Trying to Speak

Nick

Autechre- Basscadet (12/4 Cadet Mix)

Autechre- Basscadet (Bassadouble Mix)

Jamie Lidell- A Little Bit More

De La Soul- Ego Trippin' Part 2

The Roots- Stay Cool

Ladybug Mecca- Dogg Starr

Unknown- Last Night Bollywood Saved My Life

Joc

Pharcyde- Return of the B-Boy

Ugly Duckling- Everybody C'mon

A Tribe Called Quest- Electric Relaxation

Slick Rick- Mona Lisa

Stevie Wonder- Superstition

MC Solaar- Nouveau Western

Coldcut- More Beats & Pieces (DJ Qbert I Miss You Blabula Mix)

Price Paul- Beautiful Night (Automator Remix)

08.07.05 Nick

Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:12:00 GMT

This week I was going to write something about last weekend's Live8, which somewhat reflected my choice of songs last weekend. However last night I was sitting by my computer when a friend sent me a message from London saying not to worry that she was ok. I was not sure what she meant, and thought that maybe some post-Olympic hysteria was getting out of control around the city. So checking the BBC I read how there had been a power surge effecting the entire underground system. About 20 minutes later local TV here finally cut to the story indicating that something far more serious had happened. And so Ken Livingstone's tragic prediction that it was only a matter of time before a terrorist attack hit his city came true.

London has gone through this before when the IRA fanatics pushed their terror through an ongoing bomb campaign a little over a decade ago. But as we are in the post 9/11 world and internationally these things seem to carry more significance. It also does not help to personally know more people who could have been very close to those explosions.

After 9/11, apart from the self centred fear that someone I might know could have died, I was worried about the US response. Anyone who knows anything about American politics knows that they have very little grasp on the concept of restraint. Unfortunately these fears turned out to be warranted as two wars began, many more thousand of people were (unnecessarily) killed and the ever present danger of terrorism only seemed to grow.

Now in 2005 both the American and British governments are still locked into an ever-unpopular war in Iraq. They are no closer to finding the prince of darkness, Osama Bin Laden, despite the hefty bounty on his head. Although I may not be privy to all the secret reports and behind the scene deals, I can still not fathom how they intend to win grand war on terror.

The people who set off these terrible bombs are indeed terrible fanatics without any regard for human life. But the other danger is that several world leaders, particularly Bush and Blair, almost have their own fanatical visions that they want to drag humanity into.

This time around there does not seem like there can be much scope for a new war. Certainly the UK would not invade another country unless it has the explicit backing of a larger force. America is over extended and unless it chooses to suddenly abandon Iraq or reintroduce the draft cannot deploy a large force. However many of the same old problems will occur. Once again many elements of the media will spend time focusing on the wrong issues. Once again moderate Muslims will have to live in fear and continually remind people that they too condemn the senseless attacks. Once again certain people will push the us versus them conflict.

There is of course no easy answer. But the more aware we become about the world as a whole and how it interacts the better we should be equipped to handle and challenge those who throw terrible things at us. Also do not forget the meetings at the G8 this weekend. This cannot be used as an excuse for people like Bush to circumvent issues like Global Warming or Debt Relief.

My deepest sympathies and thoughts to not only all the victims of the this attack but all those caught in the cross fire of the evil that men do.

PEACE

Nick

02.07.05 Playlist

Sat, 02 Jul 2005 07:03:00 GMT

Nick

Curtis Mayfield- We People Who Are Darker Than Blue

Femi Kuti (w/ Common)- Missing Link

Fela Kuti- Buy Africa

Zimbabwe Legit- Shadow's Legitimate Mix

Stetsasonic- A.F.R.I.C.A. (Norman Cook Mix)

Joc

Thievery Corp- The State of the Union (Remix)

Shapeshifter (w/ P Digsss)- Been Missing

Beastie Boys- Somethings Gotta Give (Live)

Roots Manuva- A Haunting

Gangstarr- Work

3rd Bass- Gas Face

Big Daddy Kane- Nuff’ Respect

Nick

DJ Riko- P Funk is Playing at My House

Jamie Lidell- When I Come Back Around

Coco Solid- Move It or Lose It

Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell- Alsema Dub (Carl Craig Astral Africa Mix)

!!!- Shit Scheisse Merde (Instrumental)

Richard Pryor- Back to the Motherland

Whodini- Friends

Joc

Pharcyde- Devil’s Music

A Tribe Called Quest- Start it Up

Roni Size and Rahzel- In Tune With the Sound

Outkast- Take Off Your Cool

The X-Eecutioners- The Countdown

Jeru the Damaja- Come Clean

The Herbaliser- It’s Just For You

27.06.05 Nick

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:56:00 GMT

This week on the Base Nabeel was away. He had left the country less than 24 hours before the show so it is possible while we were playing he was making his way to London. One of the many people I know who is moving to or visiting Europe. Most of them aren't going for Live 8 either. As dreary as I hear London is, at least they are in summer time (sigh).

But then things aren't all bad. Just prior to starting at the Basement this week I went to a birthday party for Kaya, two year old of my friends Rebekah and Kase. I got her a Dr Seuss' Fox in Socks. I challenge anyone to try reading that book really fast. Rebekah also kept me company at another great Turnaround. They gave out badges and fortune cookies! We got there a little early but it filled up pretty fast. Then on the show Joc came to fill in for Nabeel and Nikolai (your blog needs an update) came by to say hello.

Between Joc and I, we managed to play a total of three DJ Food tracks. But who can complain about DJ Food? Here is hoping that they release more material and tour soon. The other note that I will make about my set was the Coco Solid song Qriminaal (here's hoping for fresh tracks soon) because I was lucky enough to attend an exhibition that she did with Pritika called One Day We Will All Be Dead! last Tuesday. They gave away all the their artwork, complete with frames! Not sure how they swung that one but very cool. The bit of art I was lucky enough to snag is called Your Good Looks are Doomed. How very true. Big hello to all the friends I ran into (Simon, Shaun, Tanya, Matt, Han...). Hopefully see most of you at the Zine Fest this weekend (July 2-3 come one, come all).

On the show Joc and I randomly talked about movies. We plugged a few more picks for the film festival, mentioning the fact that Jim Jarmusch's Broken Flowers has been chosen as a late entry, which stars Ghostbusting Bill Murray. Also I finally got my copy of Chris Cunningham's Rubber Johnny from Warp Films. It is only a 6 minute DVD, but still very dope. I believe at some point Warp are going to make it downloadable for those who don't want a hard copy, but can't find a link on that one. Another weird title that Joc got was the Harvey Birdman: Attorney At Law DVD. This is highly recommended for those who want a new spin on classic cartoons. I personally laughed so much that I cried (no water out the nose though). One more cinematic note, there is a special screening of The Battle of Algiers this Wednesday (the 28th) at 8pm. It is a fundraiser for Ahmed Zaoui who along with his outstanding lawyer Deborah Manning will be at the event to speak about the film and current events. I highly recommend this film as well, and it is for a great cause.

Lots of !’s this week, and yet I forgot to play !!!. Best wishes once again to Nabeel, and all my other scattered nomadic friends.

Peace. Nick

25.06.05 Playlist

Sun, 26 Jun 2005 02:59:00 GMT

Nick:

RJD2- Act 2

DJ Food- Dark River (The Angel Mix)

Count Bass D- Dollar Bill

MF Doom- Hey!

Roots Manuva- Mind 2 Motion

Aesop Rock- Water

Blockhead- Road Rage Breakdown

Joc:

DJ Food- The Crow

Tricky- She Makes Me Wanna Die

De La Soul- Skip to My Loop

Shapeshifter- When I Return (feat Lady 6)

Björk- I Miss You (feat Dobie)

New Flesh- Transition (feat Gwen Esty)

Rob Swift- Dope on Plastic (Scratch Version)

Nick:

Squarepusher- A Journey to Reedham

DJ Food- Sexy Bits (Autechre Ae9V Mix)

Nephlim Modulation Systems- Forward Transmission... Walk on Water (Instrumental)

Bigg Jus- Kingspitter

Coco Solid- Qriminaal

Prince Po- Hold Dat

Jean Grae- Fall Back

Joc:

Jeru tha Damaja- Ya Playin Yaself

Cherrywine- Dazzlement

Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hans Where My Eyes Can See

The Roots- Push Up Ya Lighter

The Roots- What They Do

Roots Manuva- Too Cold (Demo Version)

Digable Planets- Dial 7

Fat Freddy’s Drop- Ernie

20.06.05 Nick

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 06:40:00 GMT

Even though Nabeel and I walked into the studio to hear another great version of Rapper's Delight (they just won't stop) when I did my sets the flow just wasn't coming to me. I am not sure what it was, maybe the culmination of a lousy week. It is not that I didn't have some good tracks or that I was trying to be the super beat mixer, just that I was not happy in the way that they pieced together.

For my sets the stuff that I was most excited about was the Resident Alien stuff. Resident Alien was a group that Prince Paul had for a record label he was going to do with Def Jam called Dew Doo Man Records. Back in the day he was getting a lot of mainstream attention mainly for his work with De La Soul, so Russell Simmons worked a deal with him for the label. Unfortunately, as is the often the case in the industry, he fell out of favour with those who are trying to pick what is popular. God knows why, because he has to be one of the best producers in the hip hop. A lot of figures come and go, but Paul still comes up with amazing stuff. Whatever the reason was, Resident Alien's album entitled It Takes a Nation of Suckers to Let Us In, did not get a proper release. Thus the folklore began. So I must confess here that I while I would have nearly had a heart attack if I had found it in a second hand store, or even spotted it on eBay, I ended up downloading it. And as easy as this sounds, it took many, many months for me to find someone who had it to share. So although this is a far cry from digging in the crates, I was still pretty happy with my digital score. And the album is great, classic Paul beats and humour.

On the reverse side of the online digital distribution thing, it has recently occurred to me that the days of reissuing material on hard format (LP, CD, or whatever) may soon be numbered. I have noticed that some companies are starting to put their back catalogues solely on online formats. While this may make economic sense, it is a sad to think that a lot of that material will never be in its hard format again. Although a lot of vinyl heads felt that CD's did a lot of damage to the music market, at least they still had cover art and liner notes. For someone like me who likes getting old jazz titles this is incredibly sad.

Back on the show, I also played Herbie Hancock's Nobu, which appears in part on the excellent Solid Steel mix CD that DJ Food and DK put out, and which Theo Parrish nearly played in full at his stunning gig a couple of weeks ago. Also of note was the DJ Shadow's Napalm Brain track, which is the live version off his In Tune and On Time CD and DVD set. For Shadow fans the live material is very similar to the outstanding concert he played here a couple of years ago (what an awesome night). The deluxe version of Endtroducing has just been released so all those wanting those hard to find B-Sides need to look to eBay no longer.

As Nabeel mentioned below we also spent a lot of time talking about the film festival. Again it looks to me a great time for cinema and I have already begun to see how it will all fit together for me. I have seen a couple of the films already (not including the re-released classics) and so I totally recommend anyone who likes action movies to go see Kung Fu Hustle. I cannot praise it enough, one of the best martial arts films that I have seen in a long, long time.

Big up's to Nikolai for dropping by the show on Saturday. Maybe he will come in this week to do an electro set. Got a couple of other friends that I will pester for a guest spots too, someone to try and fill Nabeel's metaphoric big shoes. Yuri still wants to give away a T-Shirt, so when he gets time off work will make sure he comes in to pass on his wares. He nearly came so close to fame and glory at the scooter grand prix on the weekend. Finally if there are any DJ/rupture fans out there I came across this mix that he did which is free to download.

Peace y'all. Nick

20.06.05 Nabeel

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:36:00 GMT

Nabeel writes:

Alongside the music, Nick and I discussed the upcoming film festival in Auckland. Short entry this week because I’m wrapping up lots of things before heading off to the UK and US for a couple of weeks. Will be blogging from there so keep an eye on this page, and keep it locked on Base FM 107.3.

18.06.05 Playlist

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 05:32:00 GMT

Nabeel:

The Stylistics—You make me feel brand new

Sade—Right by your side (Neptunes remix)

Gregory Isaacs—Night Nurse

Björk—Cover me (Dillinja mix)

Plasticman—Mash up dub

DJ Shadow—Dark days (spoken for mix)

William S. Burroughs—Old western movies

Nick:

Count Bass D—Down easy

The Herbaliser w/ Jean Grae—How to keep a girlfriend

J-Live—Wax paper

Resident Alien—Article Don

Keith Hudson—I can’t still do without you

Lootpack—Weededed

MF Doom—Kon Queso

Lyrics Born—Bad Dreams

Herbie Hancock—Nobu

Nabeel:

The Books—Venice

Count Bass D—Art for sale

Negativland—Michael Jackson

Kraftwerk—Radioaktivität (François Kevorkian remix)

The Future Sound of London—Papua New Guinea (Andrew Weatherall mix)

Miriam Makeba—Samba

Nick:

Death Comet Crew—Exterior St. (Protein remix)

Themselves—Thisisaboutthecitytoo

The Cinematic Orchestra—All that you give

Kid Koala— Untitled Gorillaz routine

Resident Alien—We no play

DJ Shadow—Napalm brain (Live)

11.06.05 Playlist Nick

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:29:00 GMT

Set 1

Up Bustle & Out—Emerald Alley

Jaga Jazzist—Oslo Skyline

Tortoise—C.T.A.

Atoms Family—High on life (remix by Mils)

Ike Yard—NCR (Funkstöring mix)

DJ Food—Consciousness

Set 2

RJD2—Smokes and Mirrors

The Herbaliser with Jean Grae—Twice Around

Lootpack—On point

Aesop Rock & Vast Aire—Tap Dancing for Scratch

Prefuse 73 vs. Pedro—Gratis

Roots Manuva—Juggle tings proper (El-P remix)

RJD2—Here’s what’s left

Like Nabeel my week has been verging on the disaster end. Deadlines and sleep depravation. Some good things have come my way though. The night at Calibre checking Theo Parrish was amazing. I had my doubts about something’s but it was an amazing night. When a DJ plays Herbie Hancock and Kool and the Gang I am happy. As we all split at 6am, I am still wondering how it finished up. It was also funny to watch him sneak some puffs.

Somewhat sadly there don't seem to be any other international DJs on the horizon right now. But there is the film festival, which usually has me looking for my limits of tolerance. If I remember right I averaged about two films a day last year. Not sure if I will try and top that this time around but the programme looks great. I was lucky enough to go along to the press launch for the whole thing where they showed a film called Double Dare. It is documentary about two stunt women, one of them being Zoë Bell who doubled for Lucy Lawless in Xena and Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. Zoë was in the audience, making a highly entertaining evening.

Music wise, I am still waiting on a big hip hop order and have become somewhat impatient. It gets frustrating when you order stuff and some particular orders seem to take forever to come in while others arrive in a matter of days. Am looking forward to travelling so I can stock up on stuff cutting out the damn postal service. Should someone read this and want some advice on where to go in the San Francisco and the wider Bay Area I know a few spots.

For the set last weekend I had wanted to play stuff off the two new Ninja Tune (Bonus CDs again!) that I acquired, Herbaliser's Take London and Jaga Jazzist's What We Must. I am still a sucker for the double CD limited offer thing, but unlike the recent Roots Manuva's Awful Deep bonus material, both these discs have some pretty good stuff. But as I had not really heard much of the albums before the show I went with some of the main cuts and built the sets around them. The last song I played for the day had some meaning too (but for those who know).

It was great to see Yuri come by and say hello in the studio. I think he wants to make some T-Shirts for us to give away on the show. Will pester him to see if he was all talk.

As it is less than 48 hours till our next show will think of something more exciting to write next week when I am more rested. Finally, rest in peace Uncle Bruce.

Nick

11.06.05 Playlist Nabeel

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:15:00 GMT

What a week so far. Meltdown Chernobyl style averted, I hope. It’s Wednesday night and I still haven’t posted the weekly Basement playlist. Been ground under marking and commenting upon exegeses and theses. Sorry this blog is so late. I’m telling that to myself.

God, Nick’s electro jazzy opening sounded much more coherent than my first excursion at radio-activity. I thought the listeners were going to hear Huddie Leadbetter AKA Leadbelly just chatting about a record session at the Union City Hotel when he was given some hooch to get in the mood. Not sure if Lomax recorded that one. But I forgot that the conversating is on the next track on my CD burn of the compilation Blacks, Whites and Blues. So instead we heard a full folk blues by the man. The title of the track I don’t have. But it sounded fine all the same, that guitar picking sounding quite furious with the fuzzy resonance of a poor tape dub. The speaking voice is somewhere else on that cassette-to-CD burn. Huddie sounds very jolly, and much more trebly when he’s reminiscing. Quite buzzed. Start the show off with a failure of broadcasting technique. Oh well.

I overlapped with a sixties psychedelic b-movie punk rock trash tune, the kinda thing that the Cramps dream about. It was ‘The Spider and the Fly’ by The Monocles. It has a noxious electric guitar drone, a booming male voicing a scary spider, and a squeaky Minnie Mouse voice of a fly begging ‘help me, help me’. The incredible shrinking fly. Reminds me of another sixties punk classic, Web of Sound, which has a picture of The Seeds caught in a gynormous web. The Monocles are on the third volume of the Pebbles series that mined the suburban garages of the 1960s after the British invasion met the first tabs of rock and roll acid in the USA.

Then cut into a sixties mod favourite called ‘Shoes’ by Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland. I think the northern soulers called this a ‘slider’. Not to be confused with the onionized burger from Whitecastle in the American Midwest, a food that you find leaving you unexpectedly soon, this slider is apparently a tune which you can slip slide away too with your talcum enhanced leather souls. Or so I remember from the back of one of those Kent compilations that were sprayed with northern soul vernac from some diehard committed weekender. Anyway, it’s a great song, very subtle with Bland taking careful steps rather than belting it out. Recorded in the early to mid 1960s with a Brill Building flourish of strings and Latin shuffle. I actually saw the man once in the early 90s in a local dining club in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Mostly black working class women and men in their forties and fifties. All dressed up as if they were ready to let their hair down even more after church. Bobby had rather an unpleasant reddish suit of cabaret sensibility and he’d come out and walk among the ladies at the dining table picking one or two to sing more closely to. His voice was gone by then. He had that horrible hacking croak when he tried to hit a particular note. For some fine writing on Bobby Bland, check out Peter Guralnick. I think there’s a good essay in Lonesome Highway. One of the great Bobby Blue Bland record sleeves is the one for Two Steps to the Blues, which has him standing poised in front of a short staircase into a building. And guess how many steps on that staircase. They might even be the steps to the Duke/Peacock HQ in Houston. Not sure about that, but like to believe it, so don’t care to find out for sure.

Studio One bootleg territory next—a version of Wayne Fontana & the Mindbinders’ Britbeat hit ‘Groovy Kind of Love’ recorded in Brentford Road, Kingston by Hortense Ellis. Wasn’t this song written by someone who would later be in 10cc? Not Godley & Crème, but Graham Gouldman or Goldman, I think. The Jewish guy with the afro. Manchester pop of the 1960s travelled far. Hortense is one of my favourite singers at Studio One. She’s got a voice very much like Maxine Brown, the US soul singer of the same period. I’m a sucker for reggae covers of middle-of-the-road or really overexposed pop hits. You know the kind of stuff I mean—Dennis Brown doing a Perry Como tune. Hortense must be one of the ugliest names around. Thank you, British colonialism. You gave the Caribbean or the ‘West Indies’ the gift of names like Winston and Cedric. Hortense might just as well have been named Ermintrude. There’s a kind of obla-di carnival tint to this song. Must have been around the time that Coxsone and the Sound Dimension studio band were just beginning to find their own sound. Even though it’s a cover, it’s really alien like those Joe Meek productions of the early 60s. The horrible vinyl pressing from which this was burnt also adds to the lo-fidelity charm.

Then moved into Theo Parrish's epic ‘Dirt Rhodes’ twelve, which has a grunty Fender Rhodes stuttering and moving along like a very slow steam train up a (Wairika) Hill. This 11-minute tune gave Nick and I a chance to talk to the listeners about the Theo gig the night before. I haven’t danced unselfconsciously for so long for ages. I know Calibre in St. Kevin’s Arcade has a kind of semi-legendary status for Auckland dancefloor cleaners, but this was my first time, and I was impressed by the slightly older crowd, the mix of male and female, all creeds and cullahs, very relaxed, stylin’ but creating a largely non-posey vibe. Nice lighting and spaces to escape the noise and sit down if you wanted. Reminded me of one bit of The Garage, a club I went to in Nottingham from around 1984-86. My shoes were OK to get me in this time. Met some people too which hardly ever happens to me in clubs. Some quasi-steroids guy came up to me and said he’d been in my media studies class some years before. This happens fairly regularly at gigs. I don’t mean hitting on me, just recognition. I think people are surprised to see a tubby balding brown academic hanging out at a youth event. Anyway, this guy started to rap on about something he learnt in the course, this or that about the media, and I realised he didn’t have a clue about media studies. Or maybe he had taken away something no one at the front of the lecture theatre had intended. I also got to hang out with one of Nick’s friends Jason who’s a really decent fella and I met Jason’s mate Matt, a gent if there ever was one, for the first time. I think we’ve invented a reality game show for DJ skills. I talked to Kumanan who’s a doctor in town—Sri Lankan Kiwi—there’s more of them around these parts than you’d imagine, boyo. He’s a house fan and disaffected hip hop head who hadn’t been out for a while. He remarked that he hadn’t heard so much jazz in a club in Auckland before. And so to Theo. Never seen Theo before. The promotion promised a 4-hour set. He created little 20 minute arcs of dancefloor movement that cycled around and back upon themselves. It was like one wave of surf enveloping another wave becoming surf and so on and so on, et cetera et cetera. Compelling for most of its oceanic depth, though I wish he’d played some Fela and more Afrobeat. Loads of great disco tracks. Surprising how often he went from something quite downbeat and serene to something with a massive kick very quickly but not jarringly. A real variety of electronic noodlings and jazz solos in so many of the tracks. He likes to treble it up for those female harmonies in choruses and horn blasts. The distorted bass of many of his twelves was not much in evidence. Theo also really gets into the music, moving and grimacing a lot, and he was puffing quite forcefully at the turntables. Anyway, he rocked the proverbial Haus, even though he began with a disclaimer which we couldn’t hear properly in da club. Not time for proper set up or something like that. He even made some mistakes, which as a corner bumping klutz I appreciate as part of DJ aesthetix. Oh yeah, and I caught the second half of Recloose’s set which sounded fantastic. Looking forward to the next album. Shouts out to Cian who also played and whom I missed, though I greeted him as he departed with his heavy bag of hits. And respect to Mark Burgess who’s been playing out Mr Parrish for some time.

A great night. Got home about six in the morning. Thank Christ I was able to nap for a couple of hours before I went out. I wouldn’t have been able to keep standing. But when I got home, I could only intermittently nap, never actually drifting into deep sleep. I was exhausted by the time I arrived at Base HQ. And this! after performing several chores at home and around town. Can you think of anything worse than spending a Saturday morning at St. Pukes. Wasn’t that bad actually. My partner was just about to leave for Toronto and then London where I’ll hook up with her in a week and a half and where my seven nephews and nieces will receive the childish gifts we purchased in toy stores. I got this great plastic wombat for myself with an expression I too readily recognize. Oh, god I’m drifting from my purposeful radio itinerary.

We got into ‘Duggie Dhol’ by Black Star Liner from the Halaal Rocks EP, around 96-ish. Northern British Asian dance music. This has Tjinder from Cornershop parroting like a Panjabi hawker of chai, garam chai. It provided the backdrop for a discussion of Bride & Prejudice, into which I went in great detail. Nick the wag would repeatedly interject, ‘So you didn’t like it?’ And I would point out yet another blemish on Gurinder Chadha’s cartoonish and soulless bid for the US market. It lacks any romantic chemistry. Not a comedy of manners in the Austen or Boston (Henry James) vein. More a comedy of buffoonery, but there’s Panjabi humour for you. Slap and tickle, slaps on the back, huge guffaws, pratfalls, you find them in all the top sitcoms on Indian television. Never have I yearned for Ismail Merchant and Jimmy Ivory to take over the directing helm from someone else. But Merchant just karked it last week. Still there were some things like one or two song-and-dance numbers that were redeemable about B & P—God it sounds like a soap (no not a TV soap but a bathroom soap) or a little thatched cottage in a boring town. Martin Henderson, who’s a Kiwi and Shortland Street alumnus was as wooden as a shopfront Indian in the Wild West. Aishwarya Rai, or Ash the Primadonna of Bollywood was all cheesy dimples, and the acting range of a daytime soap star. Actually not even that good. Must stop slagging it off, though I’m getting that feeling I love when I manage a good putdown in print. Yippee-I-aye. And as I told Nick, there’s a virtue in bad films—they are good for teaching, so I might take bits of it for the Bollywood & Beyond course I teach at uni. I never call that course B & B, promise.

And what was left was another half hour of yours truly trying vainly to bring some generic stability to an unruly bag of vinyl, CDs and an iPod bursting at the seams of its gig capacity.

It just had to be the instrumental version of ‘It Ain’t Hard to tell’ by Nas, with that almost subliminillmatic sample of Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’ for the most recent (Black) trial of the century du-dah!. We deserve a keyapella of that, Michael. Why not release it as an extra previously unreleased collector’s version on the next ‘Vindicated’ album? To be honest, I’m a little surprised that it’s gone the way it has. I thought second time around the District Attorney’s office would have got it right, but no, the defence knew the right buttons to press with an ‘unreliable family’. Well, I wonder how long it will take for Michael to return to his ludic ways. Ironic, because just last night Nick and I watched Chris Morris’s temporarily banned Brass Eye special on Pedo-Philia, which was hilarious.

Another button pressed at the wrong time, and the first bit of ‘Mad Izm’ by Channel Live on twelve inch vinyl supported by KRS One. I just love this beat, never get tired of it, and the rhyming is as supple as a nipple.

I played a ‘Planet Rock’ era electro track produced by Arthur Baker with the help of John Robie. This was Planet Patrol’s ‘Play at your own risk’. Wonderful in places but you realize that many of these funky pioneer producers, while they were headed into James Brown-meets-Kraftwerk territory, were also fond of those classical flourishes on the keyboards that were to be found in bad prog rock, Rick Wakeman, Queen and Vangelis records. But thankfully, at 33 and a third, ‘Play at your own risk’ sounds more like Frankie Knuckles than Man Parrish or the backing track for the next Cher hit. This was the backdrop for a review of Yasmin a film written by the guy who scripted The Full Monty and directed by a Scottish geezer whose name I still haven’t checked up on. The film is set in dreary working class northern England—Corro land, basically, except the neighbourhood’s predominantly brown and white girls are giving the teenage Asian boys blow jobs for hash. Yasmin’s a feisty young British Muslim woman played by Archie Panjabi. She wears a burqa as she drives off to work but once out of the neighbourhood, on the moors, she stops her Ford Focus, removes the black for the slightly tarty colours of boob tubes and lip gloss. She fancies this white bloke at work who doesn’t know anything about her life in the hood. So it’s The Double Life of Veronique without anything mysterious in it. Belle du Jour without any sex. Yasmin’s dad is played by the worst British Asian actor to ever appear on screen (don’t know his name), but he looks like a shrivelled conker (that’s horse chestnut to you non-Brits) and is one of those stereotypes going on about keeping tradishun and not shaming the family. She’s still agreed to marry a family friend from back ’ome in Kashmir. This oik in a shalwar kameez doesn’t speak any English. With rights to his conjugal rights, and he wants to nob his wife Yasmin. But to her it’s strictly an arrangement until he gets his British residency, so he’s not coming anywhere near her bed. He and his goatee get desperate so he happens upon a goat to satiate his desires. It only gets better. September the eleventh happens and then everyone starts chucking Osama gags the way of Yasmin. And then her family home is invaded by the police, who are after the goat-friendly husband who is suspected of belonging to a terror organization. Yasmin suddenly (oh, oh, oh so suddenly) goes from being like practically a mouthy diva in waiting to that fantastic Asian woman in Footballer’s Wives to the piety of the full-time burqa and a life as a demure dame. She heads off to the mosque, expecting her now barely interested white bloke to hop along to the local (masjid, not pub) for a prayer or five. The transition to the faith is so plastic and unconvincing. Meanwhile, Yasmin’s teenage bro and part time pusher almost as suddenly gives up blow jobs from white girls for blowing up those who threaten his fellow Muslims several thousand miles away. We’re off to see the Mullah, the wonderful Mullah of Oz! OK, I’ve just done what Manaia Toa accused me of when he came into the studio a few minutes later: ‘You’ve told them too much of the plot’. Whoops. Will be more restrained next time. Nick said, ‘So you didn’t like it?’

No lust in the British Muslim community apparently, well not in the women, so I played Laura Lee’s ‘I need it just as bad as you’ which is all about women getting the horn. It’s a feminist funk joint recorded with Holland-Dozier-Holland a few years after they left Motown (loved the T-shirt, Theo!). Great keyboard sound in this one. Then Fantasy 3’s instrumental version of old skool hip hop number ‘It’s your rock’ produced by veteran of Latin hip hop, Aldo Marin. In a dub style, the voice cuts out suddenly a number of times right in the middle of a phrase, rather like our show when I press a wrong button in the Base studio. Another reason to love it.

Then can’t for the lie of me (that’s not a typo—I shouldn’t have to tell you) remember why I was inspired to play 4 Hero’s hardcore nascent drumnnnbass classic ‘Mr Kirk’s Nightmare’. The voices sound cheesy now, as bubblegum as the Archies sounded almost forty years ago, but the track still packs a punch. Then closed out the show with a song by The Jesus and Mary Chain from their second album Darklands. ‘About You’ is one of their romantic ballads with loads of reverb on guitars. This is the moment when the Reid brothers were probably deepest into the old heroin which is like the Guinness of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It’s a luverly tune predicting in its rockist way the merging of hip hop culture with stately beats to create that trip-hop tempo.

Manaia Toa called me ‘Dad’ a couple of times to take the piss. I took it calmly.

And so that was the end of that. It’s now after 1:20 on Thursday morning so I’d better try and hit the hay. God, I haven’t got long… We’ll be on to discuss the Film Festival next week. And Scrubs keeps getting better.

04.06.05 Playlist Nick

Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:18:00 GMT

My Set:

Part 1

Ghislain Poirier—Carquois w/ Séba

DJ Vadim w/ TTC—L’art d’ecouter

Abstrackt Keal Agram w/ Atoms Family—Mata Hari remix by Tacteel

Boom Bip w/ Dose One—Mannequin hand trap door I reminder

Buddy Peace—A Crew called self, Track 19

Blockhead—You’ve got maelstrom

MF Doom—Beef Rap

Part 2

DM & Jemini—Bush boys

Aesop Rock—Number nine

Company Flow—Suzi pulled a pistol on Henri

Prefuse 73 vs. Piano Overlord vs. Broadcast vs. Cafe Tacuba- And I'm Gone

Roots Manuva—The falling

Blackalicious—Attica Blues (Instrumental)

The Infesticons- Automated Hero Theme (Automator Remix)

What a crazy week. First off Peanut Butter Wolf was amazing, more than I had hoped for. As Nabeel wrote, he was very eclectic, but for me that is all good. As Dylan from Headspace noted it was quite possibly the best show since Strictly Kev came a few years back. I did hear some people wanted a less variety, but I can't understand the "pure" narrow tastes. Big ups to Ollie at the show who I have not seen in awhile (if do happen to read this do get in touch about your band) and hello to the drunk people who tried to talk to me. Am not sure if you all remember me, but I am sure I shall forget the experience soon enough.

So in addition to the good night out, I had a total of three old friends who I had not heard from in ages pop out of the woodwork. They do say that things happen in three's but this was totally unexpected. All good though, particularly suited to my long period of life reflection.

On the more uncomfortable side, my job has taken another lousy turn (long dull story that has me reflecting on the state of my CV), and the flatting plans I thought I had cemented look like they have fallen apart. I am in the process of developing a back up plan for a place to live, but if anyone I know has a good offer, I come with an embarrassingly large music collection (the actual size is a well kept secret).

The show at Base was of course lots of fun, with me riffing off Nabeel's French themed set with my own offerings. The only thing I will really note from that first half hour is the Buddy Peace track, number 19 off his mix A Crew Called Self. Am not sure of the actual musical parts in this, but the whole mix is great, as is almost everything he has done, which includes quite a few mixes with Zilla. Together they did a set called A Friendly Game of Chess, and the Warp Mix retrospective off the Warp Vision DVD set.

I don't have that much to say either about set number two. I should have played the Bush Boys track quite awhile ago, but have been somewhat depressed that the Bush presence continues to linger over the world. If only there was someone with the courage of Mark Felt (yay Deep Throat), the reporting of Woodward and Bernstein, and the audience to actually pay attention. I guess criminals protect their own.

As Nabeel wrote we did have some technical difficulty, some sort of ghost in the machine. I did remain somewhat cam during the dreaded radio dead air bit as have had to deal with at least one other technical misadventure before on the show, that time caused by a falling keyboard. This time howver the problem seemed to fix itself without any frantic pushing of buttons.

So with this shortened week (which sadly does not seem to come with a shortened work load) am gearing up for Theo Parrish. It is nice to see that Cian has chosen to be on the support DJ's as had feared it would be treated as a standard House DJ thing. There is no way that Theo will be anything like standard. Expectations are running very high. Also should have a nice hip hop order coming in this week (fingers crossed) giving me a chance to keep playing something different. And I finally got to see Bad Education that Nabeel had reviewed on the show some time back. I was out of the studio when Nabeel did the talking so am totally unsure what he said, but in short I liked it a lot. Gael García Bernal played a character that many of his contemporaries probably wouldn't even consider.

Once again good luck to Manaia Toa and Warren (the stars of Maori TV’s Coast!) as they head to the UK for recognition of their music. New Cross Soul is gonna be huge!

That's me for a bit.

Peace y'all. Nick

04.06.05 Playlist Nabeel

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:21:00 GMT

Nabeel writes:

Well it was a bit of a strange show because we had a technical glitch and were off the air for what seemed like the lifetime of a caterpillar, but was probably closer to 4 or 5 minutes. Dead Air—the nightmare of the broadcaster. That was during my second slot between 5 and 5:30p.m. I was sure I hadn’t pressed the wrong button, but in the back of my mind was a nagging feeling that I’d done something wrong. We called up the Tek Line and once we started playing music through the computer, the problem was alleviated. I was certainly flummoxed and off kilter while Nick stayed relatively calm. Anyhow, that DJ mixer mishap is what I remember most about The Basement this week.

I’d also invited my friend (and movie buff) Adam to come along to the show, but he was too shy to talk about films on the air. He watches loads of DVDs. Anyhow, we’ll have lots of movie stuff in the next couple of weeks because the film festival is coming up and both Nick and I are gearing up for that.

It was another miserable wet day in Auckland.

My first half-hour slot was intended as a dedication to the French who rejected the EU constitution on the Sunday before the show. That’s not the end of Europe in my limited understanding of the issues—just a reality check that people don’t want laissez-faire neo-liberal capitalism USA and NAFTA style in Europe which still has some social democratic traditions to protect local workers, services etc. Not many of these socialist legacies left admittedly with all that Third Way bullshit for over a decade, but a big fat NO suggests the politicos have to revisit the kind of Europe they think the people want. Of course, people voted NO for all kinds of other reasons, some of them quite nationalist and xenophobic. But then again… I still believe the unification of Europe is important as a check on US power, so I’m not an anti-European.

So lots of Francophone stuff this week. Kicked it off with an instrumental by Serge Gainsbourg I downloaded the night before. ‘African Percussion’ led into Souad Massi and Ismael Lo doing ‘Noir et Blanc’ which has an Arabic syncopation to it. Next came two tracks from Camille’s album Le Fil. Camille sang on Nouvelle Vague’s excellent album of punk/post-punk covers and her own album has received many good reviews (most notably from BBC World music DJ Charlie Gillett). Not had a chance to listen to the whole album properly, but it’s quite varied and unusually features this continuous electronic drone under many of the songs. Camille has the kind of French chanteuse voice that you want to hold to your chest. Some of us are just suckers for the style and bearing of les Francaises. ‘Ta doleur’ features Camille making these rhythmic gobbing or huffing types of sounds—very unexpected and visceral for a music recording, and a bit like Björk’s vocal machinations on recent albums. ‘Vous’ includes references to Tony Blair and the war, but my three years of French at school over 25 years ago have been woefully inadequate to the task of translation. Then Serge Gainsbourg’s wonderful drum break in ‘Requiem pour un con’ which translates as Requiem for a jerk, not ‘cunt’ as someone had once told me. I saw a 12” re-edit of this track in Conch Records recently, but forget who was responsible for it. I then played Ghislain Poirier’s instrumental ‘ConflictsTM’ which isn’t strictly French. He’s from Montreal and this track from his album Beats as Politics combines Arab oud samples with a thundering hip hop drum beat that cuts out ominously and unexpectedly. I followed this with Marseilles’ finest IAM and their track ‘Un cri couers dans la nuit’. Lovely production though no idea what the two MCs are discoursing about. Then MC Solaar with a track from the excellent movie La Haine (Hate—check it out from your local videostore) called ‘Comme dans un film’. Amazing production with buried Arab vocals wailing in the depths of the mix. Then the heartthrob of sixties French pop Francoise Hardy and her big hit ‘Comment te dire adieu’. The things I love about French pop are the arrangements of strings and beats and the clear enunciation of vocals, sexy and sophisticated like bossa nova. Yep, I know it’s a stereotype of Frenchness, but can’t deny the allure.

When I came back on and I can barely remember what I played because of our major malfunction at some point in the set. Before our sonic arrest, I remember talking on the air, and along with Nick, thanking the organizers of the Peanut Butter Wolf gig for a wonderful night. I was really surprised by how eclectic and skilful the party set was. The Stones Throw honcho played all kinds of things, mostly on seven inch, from hip hop classics, electro, disco, funk, reggae, rocksteady, ska, dancehall, the Stones, even the Smiths, and I’d forgotten how good the Charlatans’ ‘The Only One I know’ sounds in a club with its overpowering electric organ. The vibe of the set reminded me that it’s the variety of music that’s really important to me. The following night on Maori TV’s programme ‘Coast’, Base’s own Manaia Toa said, ‘Why restrict yourself to one genre of music when there’s 120 years of recorded history’. Absolutement!

So I decided that I should be less conscious about playing only what I think is typical or proper Base FM music. Why not expose listeners to more than the funk, reggae, hip hop, drum and bass and other elements of the African diaspora musical lode/changing same that we all share and love. After all, our Base programme director Manuel Bundy and the station have let us play whatever we want and given us complete editorial freedom with the show. Why not give the listeners the unexpected and throw in some rock and roll and even country if the stuff is good.

I’m reading (for a review) Real Country by Aaron Fox about country music culture in a working class Texas community, so southern white trash were on my mind. I’d brought in some rockabilly stuff on vinyl with a new resolve for variety and really weird juxtapositions of musical genres in mind. I think I kicked off my set with an instrumental twangy guitar classic from Link Wray called ‘Rumble’. I also played Jerry Lee Lewis’s ‘Milkshake Mademoiselle’, a raunchy number with paedophile tendencies (well, it is Jerry Lee who married his 13 year old cousin Myra back in 1958 or 59!). That track is from a Sun Rockabilly compilation. I also played another French track by Dominique Dalcan called ‘Le Danseur de Java’ from his excellent album Cannibale from about six years ago. This song has string and horn arrangements to rival Burt Bacharach’s best work in the 1960s.

I think somewhere around this point we had a glitch and then I blanked on what we were playing. Nick rescued the situation with an MF Doom track and then I returned briefly with ‘Action Packed’, a storming rockabilly number by teenager Ronnie Dawson, who yelps about getting wild in all kinds of ways. I’ve always loved this track because it’s got that dumb yearning for pure speed and hedonism, and no particular place to go in your convertible—some of the hallmarks of great rock and roll. I think Nick followed ‘Action Packed’ with DM & Jemini’s ‘The Bush boy is coming’. Great segue, Nick. I remember thinking that George Dubya probably had the same attitude as the teenage Dawson when he was based in Texas and caroused around Midland, drinking too much, snorting coke, and shagging women with big hair. He must have thought he was a Texan shitkicker and forgotten that he was a spoilt Mommys boy and a Yankee to boot. This is before he saw Christ at the bottom of an empty whiskey bottle. Someone should write a fucking country song about Bush’s moment of conversion to Christian fundamentalism and release it soon. Should be George Jones, Merle Haggard or maybe the Dixie Chicks.

Anyhow, apologies for not remembering exactly what I played. I was going to review the films Bride and Prejudice and Yasmin, but the technical glitch in The Basement put me off my game and I’ll do that next Saturday.

Five minutes before we went off air, Manaia Toa and rhyming MC Warren showed up for their programme. Their project New Cross Soul was on ‘Coast’ on Friday night Maori TV doing one song live in the studio. They’re off to London soon to try and hawk their demo and perform at some venues around the continent. Manaia kindly gave me a copy of the album. I’ve yet to listen to it, but will report soon. Good luck to New Cross Soul. I forgot to ask them what their name alludes to. It does sound a bit like a Christian R & B act. But I’m hoping it alludes to New Cross, a neighborhood in East London.

Anyway, that’s me for the week. I’ve got to get back to marking essays for my wages. And good luck to any readers/listeners taking exams soon.

Please write us any comments on the show or the blog.

28.05.05 Playlist Nick

Mon, 30 May 2005 23:24:00 GMT

Set 1

Edan—Just listen

De La Soul—3 days later

Count Bass D—T-Boz tried to talk to me

DM & Jemini—Here we go again

Quasimoto—Microphone mathematics (remix)

MF Doom—Hey!

J-Live—The Best Part

Beat Conductor—Galt suite #7

Set 2

Chock Rock—Buzz

Davy D—One for the treble

Mr Magic—Magic life coast to coast (Edan edit)

De La Soul—A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"

DJ Eddie Def—Demonic forces

Company Flow—End to end burners (instrumental)

First off, I had a great time at the turnaround. Damn Rising Sun was packed. Barely any room in there at all, just enough for head nodding. Have met a few people who still haven't been. They are totally missing out on the best gig in town. But then again probably couldn't fit too many more headz in that space. Big ups to Nikolai for keeping me company.

So this week it is Peanut Butter Wolf, which looks very promising. A Thursday night gig is always fun, especially when there is no urgent need to be up early on Friday. Then there is Theo Parrish on June 10. I haven't seen a big push for this and the choice of venue might turn a few people off, but I can't recommend Theo enough. He defies categorisation. Anyone with a broad interest in funk, soul, jazz, or whatever should be there.

I have also been keeping busy sorting out some travel plans. It looks like I am going to return to San Francisco to see some lovely people tie the knot. I couldn't be happier for Anthony and Liz, and am looking forward to once again crossing the Pacific. Am wondering how things will be airport wise though, as last time I did this there was no retina or fingerprint scans. Might have to consider some serious beard trimage.

Got other travel plans too, hopefully Welli soon (need to stop talking about it and do it) and India in January. The Indian trip is for another wedding (lots of tied knots recently), and being a Hindu ceremony there should be lots of music. Not sure how traditional the whole thing will be though, but look forward to seeing Yash looking his best.

As far as my set goes for the show, it was another off the cuff thing. I found a bunch of movie clips (Ferris Bueller!) and am going to keep scattering these throughout my sets for awhile. I wasn't the biggest TLC fan but I really like the Count Bass D track T-Boz Tried to Talk to Me. Looking back though, TLC are far better than many of the other over hyped groups now. Maybe that is just me being nostalgic for a time when people wore pyjamas and lived life slow. Also the MF Doom track, Hey! makes me smile every time. How many other tracks can sample Scobby Doo and sound good?

Having seen Star Wars III, I had to drop Eddie Def's Demonic Forces. The movie was okay, although I might just be relieved that it was better than I and II. I still find it strange to keep seeing the NZ crew popping up as extra's.

For those of you with Maori TV be sure to check out Coast this Thursday at 9pm. Manaia Toa's project New Cross Soul will feature. Good luck in with the trip to the UK in getting the project signed.

That's me for now. Peace y'all. Nick

28.05.05 PLAYLIST NABEEL

Mon, 30 May 2005 22:16:00 GMT

Since Liverpool won the European Champions League on penalties this week (a bit jammy at that!), I opened my DJ account this week with an old Adrian Sherwood production with loads of soccer noise from the Kop. On Tackhead’s ‘The Game (you’ll never walk alone)’ the Liverpool fans sing their adopted anthem, actually an old gospel tune (‘You’ll never walk alone’) that was covered by Mersey beat group Gerry & the Pacemakers in the early 1960s and thus found its place in Liverpudlian mythology. I’ve got an earlier awesome version of the tune by the Five Blind Boys of Alabama that is so full of holy fervour it makes you wanna holler ‘Jesus’ like Kanye West at a Brian Tamaki gig [For non-Aotearoan readers, Tamaki is a local televangelist with an Engelbert Humperdinck mullet]. This Tackhead mix is from the 12” EP based on the album track from The Barmy Army’s album The English Disease, which was released back in the late 80s at a time when football and its fans were public enemy number one. The album is sample-full of soccer commentary and the constantly mutating folksong repertoire of the terraces. It was also twenty years ago this week that the Heysel disaster at the European cup final between Liverpool and Juventus killed so many fans, so the echoes of ‘You’ll never walk alone’ carried a heavy load.

I groped around for the next track on my iPod and accidently pressed for the wrong cut. Can’t remember what I meant to play but out of the lickle white and chrome box emerged the vital organ of Jackie Mittoo’s ‘Darker Shade of Black’ which seemed to worked fine: The Beatles ‘I should have known better’ versioned in a Brentford Road style.

This legendary Studio One groove segued into 24 Karat Black’s ‘Foodstamps’, a slow-cooking scratchy guitar funk instrumental—like James Brown crossed with Brother Jack McDuff. Completely impromptu (honest), I dropped in a sample of Mos Def’s acapella called I think ‘Simple mathematics’. I was pleasantly surprised how well the Def one’s tempo fitted the unhurried beats of the early 70s funk track. Mos even had time for respiration. I’m not a beat mixer, nor scratching apprentice, but strictly an end-to-end DJ with a half-decent ear for tempo and feel. But I guess listening to a ton of mash-ups has its welcome side effects.

For some time, I’ve tentatively explored the world of Haruono Hosono (AKA Harry Hosuono), one of the most enigmatic and quirky musicians and producers from Japan. Hosono was a member of the Yellow Magic Orchestra in the late 1970s and early 80s. The YMO are as serious contenders for the mantle of deepest electro conceptualists as Kraftwerk. Like Dusseldorf’s Kling Klangers the YMO also had the touch for delicate melodies and automated beats. Ryuichi Sakamoto went on to many great things, but the track I chose to play was one by another former YMO member Towa Tei. ‘Sound museum (Harouno Hosono remix)’ has the kind of sound that wouldn’t be homesick in a DJ Shadow mix. Oh, by the way, Nick informs me that Josh Davis’s classic 'Entroducing’ has been given the special edition treatment and is re-released soon in bloated version, alongside a book devoted to it. Anyway, back to Harry---Hosono has been involved in some strange projects, including a kind of Japanese take on US exotica à la Martin Denny and Les Baxter with his project Swing Slow. He has also made some really unusual but affecting ambient country & western under the name World Standard. (Banjo electronica, anyone?). Imagine Hank Williams smoking honky-tonk hash in Singapore instead of guzzling whiskey and amphetamines in Ohio.

Was it Mikey Dread who said, ‘Dub is reggae karaoke’? So JA has been turning Japanese for a while then. Already a massive Chinese presence on the island and in reggae anyways.

Lee Perry next with one of his airy instrumentals, ‘Dreamland skank’. I’m still flogging the album 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle almost every week. Richer than a box of Rowntree Mackintosh. We’re always on Quality Street at The Basement. No wonder Scratch is often cited alongside Sun Ra as a premier Afrofuturismo. This one’s sweet and alien at the same time. Should have been used in a Disney soundtrack. There’s a dream concept album for you—Scratch Disney. Can you imagine him remixing ‘The Bare Necessities’ from The Jungle Book. Mr Kipling makes exceedingly good cakes.

I’ve also been thinking in my academic hat and as a normal person about the continuing fascination with the orient in popular music, evidenced by all this sampling of others. A bit of the other, or should I say, a bit and byte of the other. Sonic orientalism is still in full effect. For example, Bollywood samples litter hip hop and R & B. In fact, as I type these words, I’m listening to the Disruptiv show on Monday evening, and there’s a rap trick with sampled guitar and strings from some 1960s or 70s Hindi film. It’s called ‘Happy hour’ by Copywrite. Will have to track that down. Who’s getting the royalties? Shouts from Bombay.

So the next track was a grime instrumental by top UK producer Wiley called ‘Shanghai’. Plinky plonk like a Hollywood opium den but modified and distressed so it works. I think of this new stuff very much in the vein of 70s dubs by Lee Perry and King Jammy which orientalised reggae with their Kung Fu and Shaolin references years before any of the Wu Tang spawn emerged from their mommies’ fallopians. Props to Cannibal Ox for that last pleasing image. Anyhow, I followed with more beat chinoiserie from UK rhymestress Shystie and ‘One wish (remix)’ featuring Kano. The female MCs in the UK are burning up like the godmother Neneh Cherry. What is he loike? The dude’s a jigaloo, man! Buffalo stances all ’round for Shystie, Sovereign and M.I.A.

Moving from sampling the Far East sound to sampling the African-American logos (that’s The Word uttered not the brand design embossed), I played the slapback bassy techno of Thomas Brinkmann’s ‘Sweetback’ from an EP on his Max Ernst label. Max Ernst was a Dadaist artist in the Nineteen Teens and Twenties, and fancied himself as a collagist. Sonic collagist TB under the name of Soul Center has plundered the Stax back catalogue and George Clinton interview archive for three SC albums (unsurprisingly titled with Teutonic minimalism—Soul Center, Soul Center 2 and Soul Center 3). TB is a cybernetic dawg rather than an atomic dog. See his sleeves. This track from a 12” EP with one of the best sleeves ever (a faux airmail package) liberally again swipes the king of the chitlin circuit, Rufus Thomas.

Then Nick played:

Chock Rock—Buzz

Davy D—One for the treble

Mr Magic—Magic life coast to coast (Edan edit)

DJ Eddie Def—Demonic forces

Company Flow—End to end burners (instrumental)

Since Nick had developed a combusting hip-hop halo around the Base studio over the course of his set, I had to follow in that mode.

So here was a clutch of cuts that rhymed about hip-hop poetics. KRS 1 and Scott La Rock (AKA Boogie Down Productions) clunked click their criminally minded lyrical arsenal with ‘Poetry’, still the grungiest end of a gut bucket sample of James Brown in hip hop. Hip hop history is the ‘Book of Rhyme Pages’ as Jungle Brothers put it on their third and rather underrated album. And newish boys Atmosphere on the cerebral ‘Between the Lines’ capped the hip-hop literati interlude with dread thoughts of killing. Talkin’ loud and signifying something.

Then pure old gold from the sewers with Das EFX remixed by Pete Rock on one of his finest beats ‘The Real Hip Hop’. I followed with the instrumental version to chat over. Time almost up as Manaia Toa and collaborator enter the studio for their two hours so I don’t know why but I just played Renegade Soundwave, a kind of inbetweenie genre track called ‘Thunder’ that samples a Sex Pistols guitar riff (Pretty Vacant?) and still moves a dancefloor. It’s like techno but at the same time proto drum and bass, well before there was a London ting we called Jungle. To end I just wanted a burning brassy track that sounded really aggressive to signal and cue Manaia Toa’s musical assault, so I dug out an old northern soul stormer (or stomper as the soulgirls and boys would call it) from Doni Burdock. ‘Bari Track’ is an instrumental with massive horns and a rhythm section as tight as the Funk Brothers on those classic Motown hits. The title sounds like an homage to a racing track. Horses or cars, I’m not sure. But Nick and I trotted/cruised out of the studio into another Saturday evening.

21.05.05 Playlist Supplement

Wed, 25 May 2005 00:31:00 GMT

So to review what I played:

Set 1:

Pole—Halfen

Stars as Eyes—Resistance Days (múm mix)

Prefuse 73—Gratis

Out Hud—One life to leave (Requiem for a Requiem)

Prince—Erotic City

Coco Solid—2 Face

Roots Manuva—Move ya loin

Set 2:

Roots Manuva—Yellow submarine

Afronesia—Sly Mongoose

Breaks Co-op—Let your hair down

Video Kid—Dawnskate 88 (Jet Jaguar mix)

Rhombus—Winds (Dub version)

Digable Planets—Dial 7

Jean Grae—Take me

Latyrx—Say that

Prefuse 73—It’s crowded

As usual I didn’t really have any idea how any thing would come together right up until I started out with the first track. I normally have an idea of things I would like to play, but almost never put together a set list. I just try and make things flow together, so sometimes it works and sometimes not.

I had some new music this week that I wanted to get out, the first of those was the Stars As Eyes track Resistance Days, which was remixed by múm. Ever since I heard Finally We Are No One, I have been collecting stuff by múm, and now am gathering their remixes. The next new track was Prefuse 73’s Gratis. This is off his new album Surrounded by Silence, which is another fine piece of cut up work by Mr. Herren. Lots of collaborators this time, and despite their diversity the work is still quite cohesive. I liked this album so much I played It’s Crowded towards the end of my set. Undoubtable more will follow soon.

Then I played Out Hud’s- One Life to Leave (Requiem for a Requiem). Some of the people from the great band !!! are in Out Hud and they share the same producer (Justin Vandervolgen). Out Hud do have a slightly different approach though, and with their new work have moved from their instrumental past to utilise some nice female vocals. Finally on my new purchase list was Roots Manuva’s Move Ya Loin. When I bought the Awfully Deep album, my compulsiveness made me seek out the double CD version, as bonus disc’s usually suck me in. Am glad that I did not spend too much more for it though as it mainly consisted of demo’s. Only those obsessed with Mr. Manuva need worry. Awfully Deep itself is great though, and if all goes well he is supposed to tour here sometime in August or September.

Still on touring tip, Peanut Butter Wolf is here next week, playing Auckland on Thursday (June 2) and Welli on Friday. If you haven’t heard of Peanut Butter Wolf, two words; Stones Throw (which rhymes with “you must go“). Also this Friday it is once again time for the Turnaround. It is their second birthday and they have DJ-Sir Vere guesting. If you haven’t been to a Turnaround but like Base then well, “you must go“. Then sometime in the not too distant future One Self are supposed to visit. As Nabeel mentioned they consist of DJ Vadim, Yarah Bravo and Blu Rum B. And although they are probably not likely to hit these shores it is nice to see Digable Planets back on the road again. Hopefully new material will follow.

The rest of my set was kind of random. I did get some excellent local tunes in though in honour of New Zealand music month. Great stuff from Coco Solid with the jet setting Emma Jean guesting (playing at Sonar!). Also some older Breaks Co-op with the nice EPMD sample, some Rhombus, Video Kid, and Afronesia.

I feel a bit left out not having seen In My Father’s Den. How about a New Zealand Movie Month? That would be a dark bunch of weeks. Have missed a few titles lately, but have found some excellent local books. At the moment am getting through The Bone People by Keri Hulme, which is depressing but great.

Finally, hello to all my scattered friends. Hope you are all doing well, and soon will develop something more to say and hopefully entertain y’all. Nick

21.05.05 Playlist

Tue, 24 May 2005 12:07:00 GMT

Nabeel writes:

Nick played the following:

Pole—Halfen

Stars as Eyes—Resistance Days (múm mix)

Prefuse 73—Gratis

Out Hud—One life to leave (Requiem for a Requiem)

Prince—Erotic City

Coco Solid—2 Face

Roots Manuva—Move ya loin

On the narcotic tip, I played Primal Scream’s ‘Higher than the sun (a dub symphony in two parts)’ which is one of Andrew Weatherall’s great meandering mixes. It features Jah Wobble on bass recreating those leisurely lines he laid down for Public Image Ltd. circa Metal Box. I dropped in a couple of minutes of William Burroughs reading from his novel Naked Lunch. This segment was called ‘In Mexico the gimmick is to find a local junkie’. The lesson: Local knowledge is vital in all circumstances.

Another Go Home Productions’ mash-up followed WSB and the Scottish tripsters. GHP do the cleverest and most seamless bastard pop—better even than Soulwax, Osymyso and Freelance Hellraiser who are also well worth checking out if you’re a fan of pop eating itself. I love pop music and believe trash can be sublime, especially if it’s recycled. So I’ve no qualms about playing even Sting’s voice on Base FM if he’s embedded (buried up to his neck J) in the right music context. GHP’s ‘Wrapped Detective (Full Version)’ wraps The Police’s finger around the white reggae bassline of Elvis Costello’s ‘Watching the detectives’ (which has never sounded as phat) and that Wild West Duane Eddy guitar riff that Costello shook out of the Sun records closet. Elvis’s vocal does appear at opportune moments along with Robert Plant’s from Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’, Bob Marley & the Wailers from ‘Exodus’, The Hollies from ‘Bus Stop’ and Peggy Lee with her torch classic ‘Fever’.

Therefore, straight into Susan Cadogan’s murky version of ‘Fever’ produced by Lee Scratch Perry and the Upsettters’ dub version insightfully called ‘Influenza version’. The Black Ark studio sounds like it’s not just kinda cloudy à la Keith Hudson, but full of a head cold.

I then played something new and grimy that colleague from work David had recommended. Plasticman is a producer from the UK, not to be confused with Canada’s techno artist Plastikman AKA Richie Hawtin. ‘Barefoot Riddim’ is a track from one of the Grime Instrumentals albums. I really like the spare beats and whiff of tabla timbre in the drums/percussion. The syncopated minimalism and lotek studio work of a lot of these so-called grime records make the genre really fresh.

My top twelve-inch of 2005 so far has to be One Self’s ‘Be your own’ on Ninjatune records. This is a Base fave already, I think, with Manuel Bundy and Dylan C giving the tune and its various remixes mucho exposure on and off the airwaves. One Self is DJ Vadim, with male and female MCs Yarah Bravo and Blu Rum B. The original version has a sample of Asha Bhosle cooing a melisma from some Bollywood film song. Her voice seems to waft around the hip-hop headz in the studio. The MCs’ simple, sexy and smart lyrics respect the differences between partners in a relationship. I can’t see Beyonce, Usher or 50 Cent passing on that type of gender sentiment in their hip pop. Vadim’s drum sound owes a little to that Indian feel current in dancehall beats from Jamaica, which since the mid-90s seem to have dabbled consistently in bhangra, Bollywood film sound and chutney percussion (from Trinidad). Towards the end of the track, there’s a lovely riff from a sitar, distorted, cut-up and given some echo.

The riddim in Lady Sovereign’s tune also has the tablatronix tint. Regular listeners will know that I’m in lu-uve with the Sov. ‘Sad Arse Strippa’ is an amazing battle rap, Londinium wise. However, in its tone it reminds me of Roxanne Shante’s famous revenge against the UTFO. Lady Sovereign rival Jentina, really laying into her on all fronts. Jentina apparently has a smelly Gucci thong coz she hasn’t changed it in a few weeks, she can’t rhyme for custard, and she’s ‘fuckin’ fake, fuckin’ fake’. When you think you’ve heard a really hardboiled insult from Sovereign, there’s yet more. This is nasty as possum road kill. The chorus repeats that ‘money, money, money’ refrain from the O’Jays’ ‘For the Love of Money’. That Philly sound will never be quite the same after Donald Trump executed it in The Apprentice.

Then Nick stepped up with:

Roots Manuva—Yellow submarine

Afronesia—Sly Mongoose

Breaks Co-op—Let your hair down

Video Kid—Dawnskate 88 (Jet Jaguar mix)

Rhombus—Winds (Dub version)

Digable Planets—Dial 7

Jean Grae—Take me

Latyrx—Say that

Prefuse 73—It’s crowded

Nick has valuably held up the NZ music quotient for the month, for which I’m seriously grateful. I pitched in some local content with the DVD review of Brad McGann’s In My Father’s Den, one of the better Kiwi features I’ve seen. But then again, I haven’t seen many. Whenever one comes along, friends’ negative comments and hearsay about its failures tend to dissuade me from seeing it. Anyway, definitely check this one out. I haven’t got time to write out the whole review here (which is a spoken word thing anyway) so you’ll have to listen in to the show to catch future reviews.

A few comments on the film anyway to persuade you to nip down to the local video place: Movie based on Maurice Gee’s novel. The film changes location and period. War photographer and prodigal son (Matthew McFaddyen) returns to small town, Central Otago to bury his father after 17 years away. Develops a close friendship with a sixteen-year old girl played by Emily Barclay. Her creativity and desire are at the centre of the film. Prodigal son has a difficult relationship with his Christian fundamentalist mommy’s boy brother and agoraphobic wife. Mother of two boys, as befitting any NZ gothic tale, went batty and took her life. Brother’s son is a repressed boy with teenage lust for Emily Barclay’s character. Prodigal son meets his ex-girlfriend and we see flashbacks of their days as punk rockers yearning with Patti Smith’s album Horses. The music is used really well in this film to capture the play of entrapment and escape. Central points of the film: (1) Memory lies and (2) Rather be nobody somewhere than somebody nowhere. Oh, my God that sounds so-oh-oh New Zild. Oh my god, too much god out in the country. Liked the brooding air of the film anyway and its lean talk. Shot well by cinematographer Stuart Dryburgh who also did The Piano and loads of Hollyweird films like Lone Star (John Sayles). DVD comes with commentary by McGann, producer Trevor Haysum and actor Emily Barclay. Also McGann’s short film Possum, shot by Leon Narbey in sepia tone and in mythic Kiwi bush. Feral and even darker than In My Father’s Den. Anyway, dead children, unfriendly nature, and women driven mad—those elements we love in our NZ movies.

For that mood I played a haunting and building electronic track from Laurent Garnier called ‘Forgotten Thoughts’. This is from the Dead Man’s Shoes soundtrack album on Warp records. Could have played Patti Smith but it didn’t seem to fit, given the beat-driven context of the rest of The Basement this week. I do love Horses though. So check out the songs ‘Free Money’, ‘Gloria’ and ‘Horses’ if you haven’t already. Essential classics in any music database.

Continuing with some drum and bass flashbacks, I moved into a track by DJ Krust from an old V Recordings compilation from around 97-98. ‘Maintain’ is Brit Soul Drum and Bass with the sort of uplifting female vocal you might find on a Soul II Soul or Young Disciples record. I dropped in a snatch of acapella from Snoop’s ‘Drop it like it’s hot’ and then RZA’s acapella from the Wu-Tang Clan’s C.R.E.A.M. Cash rules everything around me. Indeed.

Ed Rush & Optical & Roni Size came next, firing on all cylinders with ‘Naked Lunch’. Solid post ‘Pulp Fiction’ propulsive D & B.

Then another Beatles vs. Kraftwerk mash-up: Soulwax’s spare instrumental of ‘Eleanor Rigby’ strings against the rhythm of ‘Tour De France’ with its heavy almost porno breathing cyclists. Sounds like conceptual classical music. Amazing. Sometimes you can evoke so much highly charged intensity and affect with the simplest of musical tools.

One of my favourite DJ tracks from the old school is DJ Jazzy Jeff’s ‘A Touch of Jazz’ which I’d never actually owned until a student and fellow hip hop junkie Dan copied it for me recently. I found its heavily used sample (from Marvin’s Gaye ‘T Plays it Cool’ on the Troubleman soundtrack) long before I found Jazzy Jeff’s superb track with its heightening tension brought on by snares kicking into gear.

To close out the show yet another version of Junior Byles roots staple, ‘Fade Away’. Butch Cassidy Sound System has recently resurrected this righteous number. This time I went back to the good old days and the New Age Steppers circa 1981, a version produced by the majestic baldhead Adrian Sherwood for On-U Sound. The track’s holy vocals come from Germany’s most famous Rasta, Ari Up of the Slits. The New Age Steppers has a great album sleeve with a baby’s head on a 1970s Leeds United football player (Alan Clarke of Don Revie’s army, methinks).

Then The Basement faded away for another week. We will return to dub space.

14.05.05 Playlist Supplement

Wed, 18 May 2005 23:07:00 GMT

It is nice to get the blog going a bit more regularly now. There are still a few teething issues as Safari isn’t playing nice. One of the consequences of living in a PC world I guess. Also the damn calendar on the top right hand side of the screen is a day behind. I know this shouldn’t be a big deal, but it still bugs me.

Anyway about the last show (tracks listed below on Nabeel’s post), my first set was quite acid themed. This wasn’t really planned, although I had been carrying around Squarepusher’s “Venus 17” 12" in my bag looking for the right occasion. Nabeel had built the tempo up so I thought I finally had my chance. I didn’t think I could jump right into that so came through the Aphex Twin and Boom Bip tracks. With Windowlicker, there is sort of a hip hop version with lots of scratching that gets played on the music video that sounds very nice. Don’t think it was ever released though. I also have been pushing the Madvillian remixes a bit. These are sourced from two EP’s, one by Four Tet, and the other by Koushik. They are both very short (most tracks are barely a minute and a half), so I am sort of using them as interludes.

For my second set it was strictly a hip hop affair. Am not sure how many people have heard the mix “A Friendly Game of Chess” by Buddy Peace and Zilla, but if not definitely try and hunt it down. Also got the Aesop Rock track “Holy Smoke” off his Fast Cars, Danger, Fire & Knives EP. This comes complete with a book of all the lyrics from his Def Jux work and his album Float. I sometimes see it tagged as containing his complete lyrics, but unfortunately stuff from Music For Earthworms and Appleseed has been left out (not to mention a bunch of non-album tracks). Towards the end of the set I kind of lost my flow and put on “Pop goes the Weasel” in a panic after not being able to find a good instrumental. But Patty, filling in for Manaia Toa, kicked things off with her fine selections (get your own show!)

Anyway it was nice to see Nikolai and Karina in the studio. And hope that Jason found his bag. Do check out Chris Morris’ work. In addition to his movie “My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117” and the other work that Nabeel wrote about, he also has a site called Smoke Hammer, which has him doing some nice cut ups of Bush. And in defence of Eating Media Lunch (good luck in the UK Charlotte), in my opinion it is one of the best made for TV in NZ for a long time (check out the voiceover talent).

More later. Nick

14.05.05 Playlist

Tue, 17 May 2005 22:24:00 GMT

Nabeel writes:

Winter seemed to descend on us this weekend. The sky wasn’t exactly crying (to borrow a refrain from blues legend Elmore James) but it seemed lower and more brooding. I don’t know if this weather or work was primarily responsible for my melancholic mood. I could just be a hemispheric determinist still partially stuck on the other side of the equator, expecting May to welcome more sunshine and dry weather. Anyhow, I was a little upset and unable to locate the precise source of that ennui. But The Basement soothed the sadness.

It was my turn to go first. I kicked it off with an instrumental so I could introduce the show: Lee Perry’s ‘Upsetting Rhythm #2’ from a recent reissue of Blackboard Jungle (on Auralax, a British label), one of the important early dub albums. Blackboard Jungle is not the first album devoted to dub, but after King Tubby’s LPs of The Aggrovators’ Bunny Lee rhythms in 1973-74, it is one of the most influential. This album has excellent sleeve notes by David Katz, the author of People Funny Boy, probably the definitive biography of the Upsetter. And Auralax uses these new CD cases that are more resilient and less flimsy than your typical jewel case. On the air, I described ‘Upsetting Rhythm #2’ as ‘a meaty rhythm’ (well, that bassline is definitely beefy) and then I apologized to the vegetarian listeners for the use of this epithet. I’m a carnivore, or should I say, omnivore, but my partner is a vegetarian and we keep a meat-and-fish-free household.

I realized it might be appropriate to follow with a one-minute spoken word recording by Ivor Cutler called ‘Vegetarian’. Ivor Cutler is this auld Scottish poet and surrealist performance artist. I listened to him when I was a teenager, ear close to John Peel on BBC Radio One from 10-12 p.m. every weeknight as a lad in Ilkley, Yorkshire in dear old Blighty during the late 1970s. Cutler must have been in his fifties back then. I’m not sure if he’s still alive. I trust he is. ‘Vegetarian’ consists of Cutler accompanying his spoken, almost sung vocals with an out-of-tune-harmonium. The piece describes a man who is out in the wilds and can’t find anything to eat and so eats a sheep even though he and his wife are vegetarians. He returns home and confesses his meat-eating lapse to his wife, who is upset and refuses to sleep with him for a week. He then goes off in search for another sheep to get him through the week of conjugal deprivations. I love Ivor’s sense of humour—black and off-kilter. I should hasten to add that the scenario of ‘Vegetarian’ is nothing like my own domestic situation. I often eat the flesh of beasts outside the house.

I then segued into a track by Theo Parrish called ‘Reaction to Plastic’. I’m somewhat mystified by how Parrish gets classified as ‘House’. He seems much more polymorphous-- a jazz groove, techno discipline and sometimes the house groove. In his live mixes, he plays everything from Fela Kuti to Luther Vandross and Kool & the Gang’s smooth disco pop classic ‘Take my heart’ as well as more familiar mid-level BPM Techno territory. I like his brand of funky minimalism, not as stark as Robert Hood, but insinuating and entrancing when he stretches out a leisurely groove that builds in small changes over 10 minute tracks. ‘Reaction to Plastic’ is from his Parallel Dimensions released on Sound Signature and is a little harder and more ominous than most of his more glacial offerings.

Two of Nick’s friends—Nikolai (donator of this blogspace!) and Karina—were now ensconsed in the cubby hole that is our radio studio. Lo-fi doesn’t do justice to the base electronics. Anyhow, it wasn’t planned for synchronicity but Karina is a promoter of Techno gigs in town and had been hoping to bring Theo Parrish to town next month. Instead some other dudes are doing it. He’ll be playing at Calibre on K’ Road in early to mid June

Spurred on by what seems a return to old school Jungle AKA Da Ole Droom and a Bass, my next selection was DJ Hype of the Ganja Cru with ‘Revolution’. This track from the Super Sharp Shooter EP changes tempos frequently, and incorporates sounds of Hong Kong martial arts kicks and lunges with Malcolm X declaiming on the failure of people to make a revolution.

I followed this with Lady Sovereign, from Ellowen Deeowen, with ‘Cheeky (remix)’ where she initially comes on all My Fair Lady like, before clinking and kerchinging ch-chinging over some minimal electro beats. I’ve only heard about four or five of her tracks but she’s already established herself as the shorty with the sharpest unfussy flow. Why aren’t people buying this stuff by the truckloads instead of hanging out at the Candy Shop with Fitty Cent? I love the production on these poppy less crime-related grime records. I tend to be skeptical of journalistic hype declaring the next big thing or musical movement. But the good Lady and fellow Londoners on the grime compilation Run the Road show a real variety of new production styles that are informed by hip hop, electro, dancehall, jungle, timeless JA riddims, and ye olde music hall, but go off on their own terms.

I must confess (though don’t dob me to the authorities) that I’ve been downloading a stack of those 1980s twelves that I sold ages ago or didn’t manage to nick back from my younger brother. Not to mention other tunes from that era that I’ve read about—mixes by Walter Gibbons, Francois Kevorkian, Larry Levan and others—but never heard. The whole dub disco house confluence at West End and Prelude Records resulted in some amazing soundscapes. So even without a thin leather tie and mullet, I’m happy for us to revisit and revivify the 1980s. So the next track I moved into was the brilliantly named Duran Duran Duran and their tune ‘I hate the 80s’ a legit selection from a CD that came free with The Wire magazine this month. Simon Le Bon and his frilly Birmingham boyz couldn’t copyright the name Duran Duran because they took it from a character’s name in the Roger Vadim sci-fi flick Barbarella starring pre-Hanoi Jane Fonda. ‘I hate the 80s’ repeats that synth motif from Yazoo’s ‘Situation’ again and again until it ascends briefly into drum and bass meets glitch terror frenzy. Not a long track, it gets to the point without any necessary bother.

Finally for this 30-minute set, I played something I hadn’t heard before. It had the intriguing title of ‘Politicians & Paedophiles’ which somehow seemed apt in a week of Tony Blair coming back for a third term of lies and faith-based bollox. The Bug AKA Kevin Martin produced this dubby dancehall number with Daddy Freddy rhyming in rapidfire Patois. I haven’t heard DF for ages. I vaguely remember him as one of the Fashion stable of deejays in London who took fast chatting to a new level in the mid 1980s. I’ve been looking for Philip Levi’s ‘Mi God Mi King’ for ages (also on Fashion), but haven’t had any luck tracking it down. Any leads would be appreciated.

Then Nick stepped up to play the following. I wanted to jump up and shout, ‘We call it Aci-ee-id!’:

Aphex Twin—Window licker (acid mix)

Boom Bip—The Unthinkable (Venetian Snares mix)

Squarepusher—Venus 17 (Acid Mix)

Luke Vibert—I love Acid

Madvillain—Money folder (Four Tet mix)

Prefuse 73—Shaolin finale

Dark Tower—No competition (instrumental)

Towards the end of Nick’s first set, a guy came into the studio to report that he had misplaced his bag or had it stolen somewhere between Auckland Backpackers, K Road, Mayoral Drive and Grey’s Avenue. The distraught guy’s name was Jason. He described his missing goods as a Janome sports bag with black and grey carry straps with yellow on the bag itself. It contained his passport, ID, a digital camera and travel documents. He had just returned from Thailand without his girlfriend who had decided to stay behind. Jason’s number is (021) 111 4961. There is a reward for the retrieval of the bag and its contents.

Then I came back on the air, discombobulated by Jason’s misfortune. His distress exacerbated my own downbeat mood. I realized I hadn’t brought much stuff to play on CD and vinyl. But I decided for a change that I’d play some tunes I had borrowed but not actually heard yet. This may be a cardinal sin in radio, but that uncertainty can be fun and cause a bit of a tingle.

With this perspective in mind, I kicked off my second set with Sun Ra’s ‘Disco 3000’ a noisy romp with Moog on full power. This is part of a reissue plan by the label Art Yard to re-release some of the weirder excursions of the Man from Saturn. Admittedly, this was a little too abrasive on first listen. I dropped in a very brief Malcolm X speech excerpt. Something about This government has failed you’, then segued into an RJD2 instrumental called ‘Fuck soundcheck’. It wasn’t as dirty and full of sonic phlegm like Kid 606 which I expected with this title. And so I segued into Maulawi’s “Street Rap” on the New Thing compilation on Soul Jazz Records. This collection looks at funk, free jazz, and other noise, mostly from the black nationalist moment of the late 1960s and early 70s. Maulawi’s track anticipates the funky lower end synth frequencies of Bernie Worrell and Funkadelic along with a lot of jive and chat recorded like a street documentary. I overlapped this with Afrika Bambaata’s mix of The Micronawts, ‘Let’s smurf across the surf’ which sounds like smurfs with boogie boards bouncing on waves of a Kraftwerk-meets-Arthur Baker-and-John Robie-beats.

Every week we review a DVD from our sponsors the DVD Lounge at 623 Great North Road. I had planned to review Brad McGann’s 2004 local feature In My Father’s Den but I hadn’t had time to watch the entire DVD extras. And talking about yet another Kiwi film that includes dead children and water was only going to bring me down further, so we’ve put it on hold. I still quite like a lot about the film but thought I’d save the review for later. I borrowed this DVD from a friend and colleague and not from our sponsors so I felt less guilty about postponing the film review.

Instead, Nick reviewed a short film made by the great Chris Morris—My Wrongs #8245-8249 & 117. Unusual title. Still haven’t seen it. I was none the wiser about the plot after Nick’s review, though he didn’t want to give away too much of a movie that’s only 8 minutes long. The film features a man, his dog and a double-decker bus. Warp Films released it. It’s heartening to see that the top electronic label is now producing films. Nick, who is a Warp completist, lent me the Warp-produced Dead Mans’ Shoes directed by Shane Meadows and its terrific soundtrack that is really understated and moving. It includes Calexico who I hadn’t heard before but want to track down. Calexico sound(s) like Astor Piazolla (the late tango and bandoneon master from Argentina).

While Nick was chatting about the Chris Morris short, I was desperately going through my iPod trying to find a Chris Morris recording to play. I ended up with ‘Unflustered Parents’, which is on his Blue Jam album for Warp. Dark or sick, depending on your point of view, the track is about English middle class parents whose son doesn’t come home from school. They find out that he’s been raped and murdered but don’t seem that bothered, only annoyed that finding a spade to bury the kid will be a pain. Chris Morris is best known for his Situationist comedy current affairs program Brass Eye on Channel 4 several years ago, including a very controversial, briefly banned special on paedophilia and one on the fictitious drug ‘cake’. He’s a serious media prankster whose work informs TVNZ’s Eating Media Lunch, but the Kiwi show doesn’t have the smartness and subversion of Morris’s program and tends to go for easy bloke-ish laughs too often. Morris also did the amazing late-night radio show Blue Jam (available here) for BBC Radio One with odd cut-ups and strange comic skits as well as a fantastic soundtrack. Imagine Alfred Hitchcock and Luis Bunuel doing a DJ mix together.

I then played with Savath & Savalas’ ‘Te Quiero pero per otro lado’ from the album Apropa’t. Prefuse in Espagna was followed by Ernest Ranglin’s smooth Studio One single ‘Surfin’. That was me done for the week.

Then Nick played:

DM & Jemini—The only one

Prince Po—Social distortion

Buddy Peace & Zilla—Track 2 from A Friendly Game of Chess

Aesop Rock—Holy smoke

Madvillain—America’s most blunted (Koushik remix)

AntiPop Consortium—Ghostlawns

Malcolm McLaren—Buffalo Gals (Count Bass D remix)

3^rd Bass—Pop goes the weasel

Towards the end of the show climatic compensation came in the form of a beautiful red-purple sunset over the Waitakeres. The BMW’s on the Ponsonby Road billboards were gleaming.

07.05.05 Playlist

Sun, 08 May 2005 04:39:00 GMT

This week on the Basement I kicked off my half hour with a bunch of nice local tracks in honour of New Zealand music month. The Cloudboy track is from their tragically out of print EP and the Fat Freddy's Drop track is from the amazing new album Based On a True story. If you haven’t got it I would highly recommend it.

Later on the show we had Tony Mitchell visiting discuss some Australian hip hop. It is strange that there is not a lot of Australian Hip Hop that comes across the Tasman. One of the points that Tony made was that over there they try and localise what they do as much as possible. He is giving a talk on this subject at roughly 4pm this Tuesday (the 10^th) at the Film department in Auckland University (contact Nabeel for more details). Nabeel also reviewed the DVD of Pedro Almodovar's Bad Education, which is believe is set for a theatrical release soon.

Non-music wise, apart from the unfortunate return of Tony Blair to power not that much is going on. Although have heard that Theo Parrish is finally coming to Auckland sometime early June. If so then Funkness will be guaranteed. Also big respect to Manaia Toa for the T-Shirts. Nick

Playlist: Saturday 07.05.05 (4-6 pm)

Part 1- Nick
Cloudboy--Nicknames of devils
Tubbs--The Storm
The Brunettes--Holding hands feeding ducks (Trillion remix)
Coco Solid--Cheap seats
Trillion--Sing hallelujah
Fat Freddy's Drop--Del Fuego

Part 2- Nabeel w/ Tony Mitchell
Lee Perry--White belly rat
Linton Kwesi Johnson--Bitch dub
UK Allstars--Rapper's delight (remix)
T.J. Swann--And you know that (instrumental)
Nabeel interviews guest author Tony Mitchell who discusses Australian hip hop
Unkle Ho--Roads to Roma Track One (unknown title)
Tzu--Dam busters
Peso Bionic--The ink concerto

Part 3- Nick
Blockhead--Insomniac Olympics
Boom Bip--Closed Shoulders (Clouddead remix)
Madvillain--Great day (Four Tet remix)
Beans--You're dead let's disco
Count Bass D--I'm so glad you've come clean
Company Flow--Krazy kings
KMD--Bl_ck B_st_rds
Wu Tang Clan--Pinky ring

Part 4- Nabeel
Antony and the Johnsons--Hope there's someone
The Velvet Underground--All Tomorrow's Parties
Nabeel reviews DVD of Pedro Almodovar's film Bad Education
Brilliant--It's a man's man's man's world
Arthur Russell--The platform on the ocean
T.Rex--Metal guru

30.04.05 Playlist

Tue, 03 May 2005 04:48:00 GMT

So we were meant to start this awhile ago but Nabeel has been busy travelling to Australia and Seattle and my life recently took an unfortunate turn. However we don't want to put this off any longer so kicking it off with something simple is the tracklisting from our show The Basement on Base 107.3 FM. For our film review we covered the Stone's Throw 101 DVD. Niceness. Nick

30.04.05 Playlist
Part 1 Nick
Blockhead--forest crunk (inst)
Aesop Rock--forest crunk
Viktor Vaughn--dope skiller
Big Jus--heavenly rivers
Red Snapper--ultraviolet
!!!--pardon my freedom (inst. Mix)

Part 2 Nabeel
Cassetteboy--segue
Ali G with Mohammad Al Fayed
Chris Morris--prayer for Diana's funeral
Lady Saw--If I were a rich girl
Lady Sovereign--Random (DJ menta mix)
Pixeltan--get up/say what (DFA remix)
DJ /Rupture--Mutamassik/Dead Prez/Iqbal Jorath & Party mix from Minesweeper
Suite
The Soft Pink Truth--do they owe us a living

Part 3 Nick
MIA--sunshowers (diplo mix)
Imani Coppola--legend of a cowgirl (prince paul mix)
Timbaland--ching ching ching
El-P--fantastic damage
Boards of Canada--an eagle in your mind (PBO remix)
Depeche Mode--it's no good (andrea parker mix)
Autechre--basscadet

Part 4 Nabeel
Mike Ladd--in perspective & Chris Morris--Tony Blair cut-up (live) & Bill
Bill Hicks--marketing & advertising
Ivor Cutler--I ate a lady's bun
Black Moon--I got cha opin
Charizma--Intro to Stone's Throw mix CD
Review of DVD: Stone's Throw 101
Madvillain--all caps
The Selector--on my radio
Buffalo Daughter--pshychic a go-go

Whats in your basement?

Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:10:00 GMT