With some trepidation we step out for our first show since leaving Resonance FM in Dec. 2009. Battling a few technical gremlins we toured the usual broad array of treats, taking in anything from poorly freestyled classical to rap reggae to southern harmonies to blaxpoitational soul. And Rastamouse.

With Trick suddenly bed ridden with a vicious case of the sniffles, the original plan for a decade rundown show was scuppered. Fortunately all was not lost as Santa’s little helper dropped by in the shape of our irregular regular Ed Zed who suggested a last minute ‘spiky dread’ special. Cue a deluge of dub and reggae music made by punks and new wavers, all giving their unique twist to the scruffy skank.

It may sound like a one trick pony of a show but we can assure you that this is no less varied than our usual fare. From the mechanical skank of Basement 5 to the Danish distortion drenched Sods, Ed & Tom prove that punks knew a thing or two about the one drop, the three foot skank and doing the rocksteady.

Plus there’s more of the same idle chit chat, erroneous facts (replace “Thomas Dolby” with “Howard Jones” when listening) and shameless self promotion, not to mention possibly one of the best band names we’ve aired yet in the shape of I-Jog and the Tracksuits.

Tracklisting:
Basement 5 “Immigrant: Dub”
Dangerous Girls “Dangerous Girls”
Red Beat “More Or Less Cut”
The Flesheaters “Cry Baby Killer”
The Clash “Crooked Beat”
The Ruts “Love In Vain”
In2xs “Too Many”
The Sods “Copenhagen”
Return Of The Panthers “Calling Captain Nemo”
I-Jog and the Tracksuits “Worrying Man”

Soundbed – Wrongtom Meets The Rockers “Lost In The Supermarket” from Shatter The Hotel.

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This week’s featured video – Basement 5: “Riot”

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It has come to our attention of late that our show’s live slot (Wednesdays, 10pm if you didn’t realise yet) mean that we compete with the TV vampire soft porn of True Blood. So, to combat this, Tom steps up this week with a variety soft porn-related selections covering anything from Emmanuelle’s more interesting moments (well, the soundtrack anyway) to the squeaky-bed conga-fest that is “Erotica: The Rhythms Of Love”.

Oh and Trick plays some music too… of no bearing to porn whatsoever. Hence the rather brutal opening from the Big Game Hunter himself, Mr Dibbs, newies from Lou Rhodes, The Irrepressibles and Beach House and the fine raw rock of Grifters – a band Jack White was clearly listening to back in the early nineties…

Go!

Tracklisting:

Mr Dibbs “Live at 1st Ave”
Pablo & Fay “Bedroom Mazurka”
Grifters “Skin Man Palace”
Pierre Bachelet & Herve Roy “Emmanuelle Theme (Up-tempo Instrumental)”
Pierre Bachelet & Herve Roy “Opium Den” (excerpt)
Pierre Bachelet & Herve Roy “Rape Sequence” (excerpt)
The Irrepressibles “In Your Eyes”
Funkineven ft Fatima “Kleer”
Beach House “Used To Be”
Lou Rhodes “There For The Taking”
soundbites from “Erotica: The Rhythms Of Love”
Prince & The Revolution “Lady Cab Driver”

And the soundbed, with the emphasis on ‘bed’ is courtesy of Donna Summer who Loves To Love You Baby

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Despite the urge to post some soft porn to accompany the main theme of this week’s show, we plumped instead for this mighty dub version of Bedroom Mazurka – as sublime as dub ever gets…

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Finally! Apologies all – getting this show podcast has been a task akin to the Homer’s Odyssey, leading me to wonder if the spirits somewhere detected that this show May Contain Dubstep.

Yes, dubstep.

Alarmingly it was Tom’s turn this week to break out his inner Grumpy Old Man, with an inspired rant about the new Fourtet Joy Orbison remix which bears striking similarities to the broken beat scene led by Victor Duplaix among others. With a gentle track from Laura Veirs and a nod to the ‘Ardkore days with Lennie De Ice it amounts to the usual smorgasbord of wide focus music selection. You love it. Go get some.

Tracklisting:
J:Kenzo “Conqueror”
Coventry Automatics “Look But Don’t Touch”
Fourtet “Love cry (Joy Orbison Remix)”
Nepa “You Know What You’re Supposed To Do”
Victor Duplaix “Manhood”
Laura Veirs “Where Are You Driving?”
Lennie De Ice “We Are I.E.”
Lorez Alexandria “Baltimore Oriole”
Emika “Drop The Other (Scuba RMX)”

Soundbed this week was a more obscure release on Domino: side A of Cinema Recorded Music Library’s “P Beretta”…

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Featured video this week is not so much a video but a reference point. In the show I (Trick) mention Oxford ‘Ardkore as a fine example of the homespun rave tracks that briefly flooded indie dance stores of note all around the Orbital. Well, some kind soul has posted it onto YouTube, thereby saving me the trouble… Enjoy!

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It had to happen eventually. In fact I’m amazed it didn’t happen sooner. Yes, 59 shows in and FINALLY me and Tom both brought in the same track to air. What was the track? Jammer’s acid-friendly new one, “Party Animal”, which takes its place alongside the ever-reliable Maytals, Mr Chop reworking Pete Rock, Fulgeance on the remix and Les Crane being… well… flat out strange if I’m honest…

Remember, if you like what you hear then do us a favour and click here to launch our page on iTunes to leave a comment and a rating… (and many thanks in advance if you do or have already!)

Tracklisting:
Aufgang – “Barok (Fulgeance RMX)”
The Afro Blues Quintet Plus One “Moses”
Jammer – “Party Animal”
Les Crane “A Different Drummer”
(in the background while Trick arses around with his Dub Siren iPhone app) Niney The Observer – Travelling Version
Toots & The Maytals “Pee Pee Cluck Cluck”
Mr Chop feat. CL Smooth “Straighten It Out”
The Private I’s “Transgression Dub And The Professor In Action”
Courtney Tidwell “Sun and Moon (The Hands Off Cuba RMX)”

Mr Beatnick on soundbed duties with “The 4th Day”

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Featured video this week was a choice from Tom: Toots and the Maytals performing “Sweet And Dandy” in the ever marvellous The Harder They Come…

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