Thursday, 28 March 2013

Digital Bellend

The Restless Funk Radio Show 27/03/13 

Playlist:

Jo Boyer - Isabelle & The Rain
Sammy Gordon & The Hip Huggers - Making Love
Thick As Thieves - Really Fast
Serious Intention - You Don't Know
Syclops - Jump Bugs
Tin Man - Flip
Moodymann - Dancer
Motorbass - Home
Kevin Harrison - Ink Man
Michael Shrieve - Transfer Station Blue
Ron Carter - Baretta's Theme
Joe Bataan - Subway Joe
Fela Kuti & The Koola Lobitos - Everyday I Got The Blues
Midnight Express Show Band - Terry's Jam 2
Chubukos - Witch Doctor Bump
Jackie Lee - The Duck
Dwight Sykes - Songs LP
Billy Love - U Bring Me Up
The Upsetters - Freak Out Skank
Alice Russell - I Loved You
Mark Ernestus meets Ben Zabo - Wari Vo Dubwise
The Phantom Band - Phanton Drums
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Cheek To Cheek


Archive Streaming Links:
Restless Funk 27/03/13 Part One
Restless Funk 27/03/13 Part Two

Restless Funk is a radio show broadcast LIVE from 8-10pm GMT every Wednesday evening on 97.2FM and www.camfm.co.uk


Thursday, 21 March 2013

Tres Dope

The Restless Funk Radio Show 20/03/13

Playlist:

Phil Manzanera - Caracas (Daniele Baldelli & Marco Diogini Mental Remix)
Soho - Hot Music (Jazz Mix)
Dwight Sykes - Songs Vol 1 Promo LP
Ruff Sqwad - Functions On The Low
Tapes - Persian Pulse Width
Pev - Livity
Mark Ernestus pres. Jeri-Jeri - Bamba Version
Cedric Im Brooks - No More War
The Mighty Three's - Sata
King Tubby - African Sounds
Nitty Gritty - Penetentiary Dub
Barney Wilen - Fete A Tam II
Rev Louis Overstreet - Getting Richer
Barney Wilen - Leave Before The Gospel
Artistic Heritage Ensemble - Unity
Os Mutantes - Baby
Isobel Campbell - Pretty Things
Harmurt Geerken - Sarakiniko #3 
Jesse Saunders - On & On
Neal Howard - The Gathering (Club Mix)
Billy Paul - Only The Strong Survive (Benguin Edit)
Earth People - Dance
Bidol Cath - Bidolicism
Indian Ocean - Treehouse/Schoolbell (Bootleg Edit)

Archive Streaming Links:
Restless Funk 20/03/13 Part One
Restless Funk 20/03/13 Part Two

Restless Funk is a radio show broadcast LIVE from 8-10pm GMT every Wednesday evening on 97.2FM and www.camfm.co.uk

Dream World

Someone's living the dream!


Thursday, 14 March 2013

Beard Ready

The Restless Funk Radio Show 13/03/13

Playlist:

DJ Fett Burger - Disco Tre
The Kreeps - All I Wanna Do Is Break Some Hearts (Mungolian Jetset Exit To The Jaja Mix)
Westbam - Alarm Clock
Rhye - The Fall (Maurice Fulton Alt Mix)
Zombie Zombie - Illuminations (DJ Sotofett's House-Chugging-Tuff-Trip Mix)
Ike Yard - Loss (Regis Remix)
Marcos Valle - Tiara De A Mao
Nelsinho E Sua Orqestra - Upa Neguinho
Hugh H - Chante Vs James aka The Same
Trade - Half Nelson
Lucy Hawkins - Gotta Get Out Of Here
Clarence Reid - I'm Your Yes Man
Dinosaur L - Kiss Me Again (Tim & Paul's Edit)
Dinosaur L - Kiss Me Again (Japanese Phonetic Translation)
Jean-Claude Vannier - Danse Des Mouches Noires Gardes Du Roi
Bryony James - Feeling Good
Mark Ernestus Pres. Jeri-Jeri - Casamence Version
Nuel - Mentalism
Joe The Boss - Skinhead Revolt
Jimmy Cliff - Roots Radikal (Radikal Roots Edit)
Denise La Salle - I'm So Hot
Hokis Pokus - Nowhere (Danny Krivit Edit)
The Jetsons - All Souled Out

Archive Streaming Links:
Restless Funk 13/03/13 Part One
Restless Funk 13/03/13 Part Two

Restless Funk is a radio show broadcast LIVE from 8-10pm GMT every Wednesday evening on 97.2FM and www.camfm.co.uk

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Rude Nation

The Restless Funk Radio Show 27/02/13

Playlist:

The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks - Fox
Housemaster Boyz - House Nation
Levon Vincent - Rainstorm II
Juju & Jordash - Coffin Train Getaway
3rd Wave - New Body
141G - Whatcha Gonna Do? (12" Dub)
Two Of China - Los Ninos Del Parque (Tormenta Mix)
The Rhythm Odyssey & Dr Dunks - Night Addict
Cyclopean - Apostles
Kloot Per W - Programmed
Leven Signs - This Inner Space
Boys From Patagonia - It's So Exciting
Brian Bennett - Rock Dreams
Marcos Valle - Paisagem De Mariana
Fania All Stars - El Raton
Fania All Stars - Soul Makossa
Taj Mahal - Why Did You Have To Desert Me?
Urban Tribe - Untitled A1
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind
Spike - Can You See Me?
The Velvet Underground - Ride Into The Sun
Tim Maia - Over Again
Lodi - I Hope I See It In My Lifetime

 Archive Streaming Links:
Restless Funk 27/02/13 Part One
Restless Funk 27/02/13 Part Two

Restless Funk is a radio show broadcast LIVE from 8-10pm GMT every Wednesday evening on 97.2FM and www.camfm.co.uk



Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Getting hot

(Fashionably?) Late to the party, but with youtube now on your living room TV I've been catching up with the latest hype, "boiler room tv". Like that mad Thomas Bullock DJ set we previewed here in the village, it's basically a DJ playing records on camera (boring, right?) in a TV studio a bit like DJ on "top of the pops". So the idea sounds whack, and actually it is whack, but if you're going to listen to a mix, or perhaps a radio show, it's kinda like having a webcam in the studio - you can pretty much ignore what's happening on screen, but actually it's a pretty fun and compelling game to watch the idiots in the TV studio pretending that they are in a club. Honestly, you'll be amazed by how you can't take your eyes away from the dude with the strange moustache/glasses combo, or the girl quite obviously gurning her face off, or the midget doing the really weird anti-dance. Regardless, the music is pretty tasty and some of the DJ's work their socks off, take this set below from Young Marco, he works the studio from dead still into a proper spin, sweating his tits off and smoking furiously throughout. Others to check include the Carl Craig set (he brings his home studio with him), the Daphni set and the Actress set. We watched Charlie Brookers's Black Mirror straight afterwards, the irony of our viewing not entirely lost on us...





While I'm at it, I read this morning about the new version of NI's Traktor software for iPad 2. Further inflaming the digi-debate, the newest version of the software means not only you can DJ solely with an iPad, but it now in addition to snapping the beats to a grid to enable beatmatching via the sync feature, is able to read the musical key of the track in question and will suggest songs in your iTunes library which would sound appropriate mixed in. Critics have long feared the advent of this type of functionality bemoaning robot DJ's and the like, however I reckon if you've already stepped along the path towards digital DJ'ing then it's already a different beast and shouldn't be compared to the traditional role. You're stepping towards the future which means a change in thinking - embrace every new advance and use it to your advantage to mold the future and become an artist. But you will look like a twat.