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

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

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

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

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