Thursday, 15 December 2022
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Have you got something a bit harder?
DJ'ing a couple of hours for some friends' party last weekend, it was great to flexx and move, smiling faces (sometimes) - here's the rub:
Zeca Polina - Clareia
Emeline Michel - Plezi Mizi
Franck Valmont - Moin C’est La Biguine
Francisco - Biguine Le Le
Carlinhos Cardozo - O Morro Não Tem Vez
VS Quartet - A Pu Zot
DAO - Chenn La
Gaoule Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzuki Gwoka Dub)
Sandy B - Shona Phansi
Focus - Moger
Witch - Let’s Get Together
Rebles - Taboo (Club Mix)
Rick Poppa Howard - I Won’t Lay Back (Inst.)
Antena - Camino Del Sol (Joakim Remix)
Unknown - Benga Benga 1
Diogal - Sore (Joaquin Joe Claussell’s edit & overdubs)
Mission Control - Outer Limits
The Laughing Light of Plenty - The Rose
House of House - The Rough Half (Don’t Stop)
Alice Coltrane - Ghana Nila (Secretsundaze Rework)
The Brothers - Under The Skin
Henrik Schwarz - Leave My Head Alone Brain (Mix 2)
Mark Seven - Never Leave (Pressure Dub)
Madteo - There’s Gotta Be A Way (Vision Of Love Club Mix)
Bas Noir - I’m Glad You Came To Me (Dub Mix)
Shari Muir - Bad For Me (Shelter Dub)
Prince Osula - Kick The Devil’s Butt
Amrit Pamal - Sohni Mahiwal
Tuesday, 19 July 2022
Saturday, 9 July 2022
The End?
The Restless Funk Radio Show
30/06/22
Playlist:
Scott Grooves - E2-E4
Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold - Camel Toe Central
Richard Wahnfried - Druck (Pressure)
FE - Radiance
Pedro - My God
Mammane Sani - Lamru
Froid Dub - Iguana Style
Holy Tongue - Between The Vessel And The Light
Space Farm - The Dawn Of Birds
Suns Of Arqa - Ananta Snake Dance
TNT Roots - Chant Down Babylon Verse 2
James Mason - Nightgruv
Man Friday - Love Honey, Love Heartache (Victor’s Tribute Mix)
Dr Mary Bain - Black History
The Shades Of Love - Keep In Touch (Body to Body)
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Penultimate Zone
The Restless Funk Radio Show
23/06/22
Playlist:
The Lukanga Melodies - Ujamaa
Orch Innocents - Liwa
Holy Tongue - Spirit Mask
Eko Kuango - Fura
Belaya & the Bafuga - Yoyohiyo
O.U. Wilson - Nne
Oney - Show Me
Leroy Sibbles - Now You’re Gone
Rudolph Zuku Braithwaite - Join The Army (Dub)
Eek-A-Mouse - Schizophrenic
Gregory Isaacs - Same Mistake
Rider Shafique - Lion
Nkrumah - Congo Riddim
Dadawah - Seventy-Two Nations
Akwasa Joe & his Singing Party - Agbahilala Aguu
Etubom Rex Williams - Akpaisong
Etubom Rex Williams - Don’t Be In A Hurry
Prof Y.S. and his B.B. Band - Iwa Rere
Clément Mélomê et l’orch Poly Rhythmo - Nougbo Vêhou
The Black Santiagos - Olé
Kelenkye Band - Too Bad Girl
Mother Braintree - Sailing
White Feather - Summer Days/Golden Haze
Morrison Kincannon - On Mt Diablo (For Peace Of Mind)
America - Tin Man
Tobias - Don’t Look Back
The Willow Band - Willowman
Mike Lundy - Tropic Lightning
Crosby Still & Nash - Dark Star
Hudson Ford - 95 In The Shade
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Monday, 20 June 2022
Country Boy Style
The Restless Funk Radio Show
16/06/22
Playlist:
Lloyd Miller - Earthquake of the Fallen Trumpet
Warren James, Lou Lausche & Terry Moore - Lama Govinda
Don Cherry - Meditation/Words Cannot Explain
Shades of Joy - Flute In A Quarry
Deep Purple - Lazy
Wooden Ships - SOL 07
Dennis Bovell - Dutty
Roots Radics - Come Dub
Barrington Levy - Sensimeilia
Sugar Minott - International Herb
Nkrumah - Congo
Jonny De Ambassador - Country Boy
I-Fi - Country Boy Style
I Roy - War Zone
Judah Eskender Tafari - Rastafari Tell You
Midnight Groovers - I Am What I Am
EK Nyame Professional Band - Brothers Mankind Is Wicked
Vis-A-Vis - Odo Gu Ahoroo
De Frank Professionals - Medley
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Monday, 13 June 2022
Home and back again
The Restless Funk Radio Show
09/06/22
Playlist:
Konkie - Simadan Kologá
S.O.L.L. - Visionary
Gwakasonne - W3
EWF - Fantasy ( Al Kent Disco Remix)
Revelation - Promise
Vera Benson - Rise Up Africans
Edmund Spice - More Than Anything (Club Mix)
Don Cherry & Latif Khan - Sangam
Patrick Cowley - Journey Home
The Sequence - Funk You Up (Two Lone Swordsmen Remix)
Grandmaster Flash - The Message (Roots Manuva Remix)
Innerzone Orchestra - The Beginning Of The End
Lemme Kno - The Tie With The Most Stripes
Jersey Devil Disco Club - Homage @ 121
Pliiant Vs Pub - Lorraine In Bits
Rhythm & Sound - Truly (Vadislav Delay Remix)
Alpha & Omega - The Beginning and the End
Mixman - Killer Thriller
Leroy Brown - Color Barrier
Johnny Osbourne - Who Really Cares?
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Out there a minute
The Restless Funk Radio Show
26/05/22
Playlist:
Sun Ra Arkestra - Seductive Fantasy
J Rocc - A Great Tomorrow/Nature’s God (Oh Ras!)/Light The Way
Hen - Wiggle & Giggle
Bernard Bonnier - Soldier Boy
Bernard Parmegianni - L’OEil écoute
In Aeturnum Vale - Dust Under Brightness
Kraftwerk - Vim Himmel Hoch
JITU Ahn-Sahm-Buhl - Cimetiere des Innocents
Tenderlonious - Butterfly (Live @ Marcello’s)
Otto Taimela - Silence
Kelenkye Band - Too Bad Girl
Prince Osula - I Don’t Want To Lose You
Carlinhos Cardozo - O Morro Não Tem Vez
George Dudley - Gates of Zion
The Harmonizers - Living In Misery (Go Back Home)
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You Gotta Laugh
The Restless Funk Radio Show
19/05/22
Playlist:
Dr Dunks - The Phone
Jhelisa - Friendly Pressure
Theo Parrish & Tony Allen feat. Eska - Day Like This
Gaoule Mizik - A Ka Titine (Kay Suzuki Gwoka Dub)
Antonio Ocasio - Echu Aye
Abstract Truth - Courageous Cat
Bill Summers & Summers Heat - Walking On Sunshine
Aleem - Release Yourself
Arthur Adams - You’ve Got The Floor
Jon Lucien - Search For The Inner Self
White Feather - Summer Days/Golden Haze
Bobby Cole - A Perfect Day
Bird Curtis Quintet - The Buttertree
Burt Bacharach - Reach Out
Dionne Warwick - Reach Out
Nina Simone - Ooh Child
Travis Biggs - Fly Like An Eagle
The Jackson Five - Body Language
Four Tet - ?
Syclops - The Fly
Nacho Patrol - Africaspaceprogram
Hen - Wiggle & Giggle
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Friday, 27 May 2022
Monday, 16 May 2022
Who're You?
The Restless Funk Radio Show
05/05/22
Playlist:
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70 - Why Black Men Dey Suffer
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70 - Na Poi
Fela & Africa 70 - Shakara (Oloje)
Fela Ransome Kuti & His Africa 70 - Who’re You?
Fela Ransome-Kuti & The Africa 70 - Chop & Quench
Fela Anikulapo Kuti - Opposite People
Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70 - J.J.D.
The Daktari’s - Upside Down
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The other thing for Lyndaa
The Restless Funk Radio Show
05/05/22
Playlist:
Mighty Flames - Lyndaa
Bayo Damazio - Listen To The Music
Gobusarj Reggae - Man Angel
Prince Kene Nweze & The Jah Love Band - Babylon Kaya
Amel Addmore - Jane
Actuel Magic - Chutney Wop
Konkie - Simadan Kologá
Authorized Copies - Sem Documento
Dama Damawuzan - El Trabajo (Unreleased Alternative Take)
Sammy Katana - Vilole (Maisha Ya Mjini)
Flammer Dance Band - Lunsj pâ Gronland
Om Buschman Total - Von Cuba nach Moçambique
Jacob Collier - Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing
Ghost - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Lennox Boogie Sharpe - Can’t You See Me?
Avalanche feat. Rosita Austin - Your Love Is Such A Good Thing
U.C. Redd - Hush Now (Dub)
Ezra Smith - The Way It Is
Leroy Smart - Money Is Comfort
Maat - Rainbow Hill Dub
Unknown - Unknown
Prince Osula - Kick The Devil’s Butt
Skatalites - Fugitive
Sheila Majek - Superstition
Dama Damawuzan -
B.B. Seaton - Dancing In The Moonlight
Dennis Nolan - Killer Thriller
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Only in it it for the money
The Restless Funk Radio Show
28/04/22
Playlist:
Le Cop - Law Order & Peace
King Tutt - D-A-N-C-I-N
Heem - Piece of the Rock
Morris - Can We Melt The Ice?
The Brothers - Under The Skin
The Firebolts - Party Together (Tom Noble Edit)
Brothers Scott & Comp Band - Midnight Party People
Mystic Pleasure - Back Door (Gettin Down)
Bileo - You Can Win
Family Attraction - God’s Children
Masters of Music - Trouble Don’t Last Always
Heem - Keep God On Your Side
Minority Band - Live
Martin Dumas Jr - Attitude Belief & Determination
Judy Pollack - Fascinating (Al-Tone Edit)
Expo - Road To Sunshine
China Burton - You Don’t Care (About Our Love)
Al & The Kidd - We’re Going Non-Stop Tonight
Webster Station - If You Feel Like Dancing
Goodie - Dancin’ Free
Spookey - Friends
Denise LaSalle - I’m So Hot
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Under the influence
The Restless Funk Radio Show
21/04/22
Playlist:
Grace Jones - Feel Up (Extended Mix)
Chief Checker - Solomon OBA
Daphni - Mapfumo
Belaya & the Bafuga - Ye Ye Ye Ye Ye
Santoro II - Land Of The Pharao
Phil Manzanera - Listen Now (Velvet Season & the Hearts of Gold Unlimited Financial Resources Mix)
Pure Release - I’ll Know It’s Love For Sure
Inheritance - I Still Love You
Brief Encounter - Makin Love
James Mason - Nightgruv
Andreas Vollenwieder - Sena Stanjena?
Carlos Maria Trinidade - Guiar
Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Air A Danser
Phil Cohran & Legacy - Theme
Otto Taimela - Stars
Steve Reich - Eight Lines
Steve Reich - 2x5 [Movement III:Fast] (Vakula Remix)
Mood II Swing - Move Me
Colin Broster - Dirty Photograph
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Saturday, 16 April 2022
Mine, all mine!
The Restless Funk Radio Show
14/04/22
Playlist:
Orchestre Regional de Kayes - Sanjina
Rail Band - Dugah
Le Super Djata Band Du Mali - Nama Djidja
Super Djata De Bamako - Yamba
Le Mystere Jazz de Tombouctou - Wale Tarekk Apolo
Kanaga de Mopti - N’do n’do
K Frimpong & his Cubano Fiestas - Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena
K Frimpong & his Cubano Fiestas - Kyenkyen Bi Adi M’awu
Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux - Wassolon-foli
Maitre Ledy-Youla - Alou Kele Dabila
Nahawa Doumbia - Baroo
Florence Adooni - Mam Pe’ela Su’ure
Alkibar Gignor - Zeinabou
DJ Balani - Balani Sanga
Foster Manganyi - Fambani
Kaba Blon - Moribiyassa
Konono No 1 - Mama Liza
Dr F Kenya - Nyamele Se Metianu
Kihingo Sisters - Thina Muru Kwi Ngui Pt 2
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Friday, 8 April 2022
Healing Version
The Restless Funk Radio Show
07/04/22
Playlist:
Wofa Yaw Krupa - Nana Wiafe - Toronto
The Revolutionaries ft Lorna Bennett - It’s My House
Charmaine Yates & the Equitables - One Draw (Reggae)
Dillinger - Cocaine
Yellowman - Dub Me Strong
D C Band - Mr Officer
Shakeena - Dance Music
Tenor Saw - Pumpkin Belly
Prince Jazzbo - Replay Version
Rowan Johnson - Dubbing It Closer
Tony Cook & Tavell - The Weekend Life
John H Miller Jr - Spiritual Healing
Mary Love Comer - Come Out Of The Sandbox
Sylvie Foster - If Are You Master?
The Pyramids - Brother
Kiru Stars - Mumbi
Wayne Barnes - Asante Sana Pt 1 & 2
Rift Valley Brothers - Mucang’ang’o Ugiraga Mukindirio
Eba aka Jerome et Sanwi Star - Adja Ahile
Jean Paul Mondo - Zangalon
La Grande Bleue - Kalamatianos
Serge Gainsbourg - Lola Rastaquouere
Otto Taimela - Silence
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Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Don't Touch That!
The Restless Funk Radio Show
31/03/22
Playlist:
Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Magic’s Groove Mix)
William De Vaughan - Be Thankful For What You’ve Got (Tom Moulton Remix)
Lady & Friends - Trying To Get A High (Instrumental)
Isaac Hayes - Moonlight Lover
Donald Byrd - Wind Parade
Theo Parrish - Early Byrd
Build An Ark - You’ve Gotta Have Freedom
Sleepwalker ft Pharoah Sanders - The Voyage
Joy O - Sicko Cell
LCD Soundsystem - Too Much Love (Rub n Tug Remix)
Findlay Brown - Losing the Will to Survive (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)
The Aliens - Only Waiting
Bullion - Crazy Over You
Mehrpouya - Soul Raga
Melómê Clément et L’Orchestre Poly Ritmo - Gendarme Si We
Orchestre Ryco Jazz - Kahounga
Kenji Jammer - Hula Dance
King Tubby & Soul Syndicate - Seaview Corner Rocking
The Aggrovators - Breaking Up Dubwise
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Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Afro-Jazz
The Restless Funk Radio Show
24/03/22
Playlist:
Bob Marley & Wong Chu - Keep On Moving
Zambia Broadway Quintet - I Want To Get Out Of The Ghetto
Stone-face and Life Everlasting - Love Is Free
Psychedelic Aliens - Homowo
Godwin Immortal Egwuatu - Bleutsy Girl
Isaac Way Key Sounds - No Fight Again
Afro Beat Allstars - Original Wayo (Inst.)
Fela Kuti - International Thief Thief (I.T.T.) Part One
Afro Beat Allstars - Free Afrika
Basa Basa Experience - Homowo
Oluko Imo - Oduduwa
Oiro Pena - Jani
Fågelbörs - Marjassa
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Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Dumming
The Restless Funk Radio Show
17/03/22
Playlist:
Wareika Hill Sounds - Kumina Mento Rasta
Wareika Hill Sounds - No More War
Ernest Ranglin - Earth Sounds
Wareika Hill Sound - Coconut Head Version
Tapes meets the Drums of Wareika Hill - Datura Mystic Dub (Version)
Wareika Hill Sounds - Proverbs of Proverbs
Gerard Lockel - Mode no. 2 (Lérose)
DAO - Chen’n La
Boukan Ginen - Ede M Chant
Gayap Rhythm Drummers - The Challenge
Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba - Sabebe
Cedric Im Brooks & The Light Of Saba - Lambs Bread Collie (Version)
Ijahman Levi - I Am A Levi (Part 2)
Pachyman - Rocking
Johnny Clarke - Gotta Be Strong
Dennis Brown - I Don’t Want To Be No General
Lloyd McTaggart - You’re Back Part II
John Clarke - Pollution
Brentford Allstars - The World Is A Ghetto
Flying Vipers - Cloudkill
Froid Dub - Shotgun Dub
Froid Dub - Shotgun’s Beat
Wareika Hill Sound - Sweet Incense
G-Strings - Images (Dub)
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Friday, 11 March 2022
One step forwards, two steps back
The Restless Funk Radio Show
10/03/22
Playlist:
Macho - Mucho Macho
Foots - Gotta Feelin’ About You
Deep South Band - Deep South Is
Ghost - Expansions
Jason Lev & Payzant - Magic Body
Christy Essien Igbokwe - Rumours
Julie Coker - Elelemi
Marva Grey - Stop The War
Digital Mystikz - Anti War Dub
Oro - Stop The War
Witch - Kuomboka
Ackim Simukonda - Lady Sunshine
Hill - Delicate Rose
Jamie Principle - Waiting On My Angel (Frankie Knuckles Dub Mix)
Jamie Principle - Baby Wants To Ride (Original Unreleased Mix)
Fingers - A Path (Unreleased Mix)
Cool McCool - World Turns Round
Adonis - No Way Back (Unreleased 24 Track Version)
James Jackrabbit Martin - There Are Dreams And There Is Acid
Mike & Mark - Unknown
Pink Champaign - He’s Back Gonna Do It Again (Peabody’s Re-Edit)
Z-Factor - I Like To Do It In Fast Cars
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Sunday, 6 March 2022
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The Restless Funk Radio Show
03/03/22
Playlist:
Murl Allen Saunders - Waterlillies
Otto Taimela - Muistan
Vague Imaginaires - Mais Qu’est-ce Que
Enno Velthuys - To Dance WIth You
Lena Platonos - Shadows Of Blood
The Unlimited Dream Company - Up In Dub Heaven
Dub Ghecko - Love Like
Rabbi Filawsha - Man A Warrior
Junior Byles - Beat Down Babylon
Rhythm & Sound - Aerial
Nuel - Gender
Molero - Jaguar Capybaras
Christos Chondropoulos - Disco Bwaba
Jau-bi - Mosty
Wildflower - Where The Earth Meets The Sky
Chugga - 900 Year Orbit
Rhythm Based Lovers - Caught In The Moment
Vakula ft Dices - Asuwant
Classic Man - A Passing Thought
Vernal Equinox - A New Found World
D.K. - The Ancient Kingdom
Rider Shafique - Lion
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Storm Shelter
The Restless Funk Radio Show
24/02/22
Playlist:
Fela Kuti - I.T.T. (Instrumental)
Coulibaly Tidiani et l’Authentique Orch. Dafra Star - Ram Passomayé
Moussa Doumbia - Keleya
Rail Band - Nanthan
Akwesi Roberto - Hwewodofo
Sammy Obot - Edue Ukot Akpa Itong
Kingsley Bucknor - You Gotta Keep On Lovin’
Gyedu-Blay Amoblley - Apple
The Martin Brothers - Mon’ Begye’ Nsa N’Nom
Carl Bradney - Slipping Into Darkness
Linford Lee - Doin The Best You Can
Oney - Show Me
Peaches - Your Love Is King
Reggae Disco Rockers - The Whistle Song
Jennifer Lara - Wishing On A Star
Tony Curtis - Ain’t Nobody
Anthony Selassie - Variety
MAAT - New Egyptian Love Song
Colin Broster - Complicated
Roger Sherman - Say You Love Me
Love Junkie - Growing Good Marijuana
Unknown - Show You
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Monday, 21 February 2022
Seatbelts on
The Restless Funk Radio Show
17/02/22
Playlist:
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Snob Dose
The Restless Funk Radio Show
10/02/22
Playlist:
Christian Reim Sextet - Mona Lisa Part 2
Oiro Pena - Lani Part 1
Oiro Pena - Voi Maa!
Oiro Pena - Jazzpelle
Tenderlonious - The Shakedown
Ill Considered - Upstart
Ill Considered - Observant
Idris Ackamoor & Hakeem Muhammad - Tomorrow’s Tomorrow
Billy Bang Trio - Live @ Inroads NYC
Billy Bang’s Survival Ensemble - Ganges/Enchantment/Tapestry
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