04/06/2026

Chrome Roots 51

 

























Sending love & strength to Ombak Sound 🧡

Music for road trips / campfires / the South Downs / afternoon sunshine at the Big Chill / bush walks / Bouddi / watching waves / living in the trees at #35

Dub / Indie / Folk / Electronica / D&B / Reggae

'Relax & Breathe'

Psalms 25 - Xterminator All Stars (Xterminator)
Dub Latina - Calexico (Spunk)
Plains - Tycho (Ghostly International)
Light Inside Of You - Andrew Kidman (Spunk)
Lips - Sunhouse (Independiente)
Small Dub - Bill Callahan (High Note)
Under The Covers - Carla dal Forno (Kallista)
Tempest Dub - Edge Test 2 (React)
Peacock Tail - Boards Of Canada (Warp)
Lugu Lugu Kan-Ibi - Bunun Tribe / David Darling (CMN)
Wild Majesty - Up, Bustle & Out (Unique)
Chant At Dusk - Mista Savona & Rootbound System (Elefant Traks)
Without Love - Mista Savona & Sugar D (Elefant Traks)
Danny's Song - PFM (Good Looking)
Flowers Bloom (Secret Lover Remix by PFM) - Mandalay (Organic)
Chasing Circles - Broken Chip (Feral Media)
Love & Some Verses - Iron & Wine (Sub Pop)
Heartbeats - José González (Imperial)
Temporary - Rogue Wave (Sub Pop)
First Day Of My Life - Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek)
Paris, Texas - Ry Cooder (Warner)
Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (Capitol)
A Gentle Heart - Neil Halstead (Brushfire)
You Got The Silver - The Rolling Stones (Decca)
Dub To The Rescue - King Tubby & Friends (Blood & Fire)
Love Light (Burning) - Gregory Isaacs (Trojan)
Magic In The Air - Wayne Jarrett (Wackies)
Drive (Remix) - Spacemen 3 (Fire)

02/06/2026

Groovetech Radio / Haywire Sessions


Groovetech Radio
Haywire Sessions
Year 2000, early live streaming, grainy video of Weatherall (& friends) playing incredible tunes, beamed across London to my flat in Camberwell (via 1p a minute dial-up internet).
Happy days
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01/03/2026

On This Day - 1st of March 1989








































On this day... 37 years ago

1st of March 1989. Spacemen 3 live at Keele University

What a band! 
Was so very into them when we went to this gig, & still love & often listen to them now - just brilliant (see also post Spacemen work as Spectrum / Sonic Boom / Spiritualized).


27/02/2026

Chrome Roots 50

 











































Reaching Chrome Roots 50 seems like some kind of achievement (it's taken 5 years to get here)

To celebrate, I wanted to do a long, genre-hopping mix, a bunch of current favourites old & new. It covers a lot of ground but I love this kind of ebb & flow - for heads & hips, for feet & floating :)

Reggae | Dub | Electronica | Hip Hop | Post-Punk | House | Tech House
Techno | Balearic | D&B | New Wave | Trance

Made on a sunny late afternoon, sunset & into the night. Studio door open, nature sounds, incense burning, good vibes :)

Split into 3 parts for listening convenience

Last track is for anyone that was still dancing at 6am in the big room at Final Frontier, Club UK in 1994 :)

If anyone wants a postcard let me know :)

'Everybody online, looking good'

Part 1
The Light 3000 - Schnieder TM (Groovetech)
Iqbal's Groove (featuring Farrah) - Dusk & Blackdown (Keysound)
I'm Alright - Jah Woosh (Music Club)
Don't Think About Dub - Mafia All Stars & King Tubby (Trojan)
Don't Think About Me - Earl Flute & Horace Andy (Trojan)
Melody Maker - Keith Hudson (Trojan)
My Nocturne - Keith Hudson (Basic Replay)
I Trim The Barber - King Tubby & The Aggrovators (Trojan)
Bun Some Weed - Wrongtom Meets The Ragga Twins (Tru Thoughts)
Here Comes That Dub Again - Wrongtom Meets Desta Zion (Rongorongo)
Dub That Train - Reggae Roast (Reggae Roast)
Draw Your Brakes - Scotty (Music Club)
Lonely World (feat. CW Jones & SINDYSMAN) - Jehst (YNR)
Out Of Body - Innersphere (Sabrettes)
Circles (Guy Contact Remix) - Milou Moon (Milou Moon)
C.R.E.A.M. - Wu-Tang Clan (RCA)
Clockwork - Roots Manuva (Big Dada)
Fading - Rodney P (Riddim Killa)
Feel So Good - Spacemen 3 (Fire)
Lullaby (Extended Mix) - The Cure (Fiction)
Useless (The Kruder & Dorfmeister Session) - Depeche Mode (Mute)
The Guide - Lionrock (Deconstruction)
Zephyr - Guy Contact & Solar Suite (Wax'o Paradiso)
Argonaut - Hardway Bros (Throne Of Blood)
This Earth That You Walk Upon Simple Minds (Virgin)
Sweet Harmony - The Beloved (EastWest)
I’m In Love… (GLOK Remix) - Andy Bell feat. Dot Allison & Michael Rother (Sonic Cathedral)
Lewi's Dub - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)

Part 2
Lewi's Dub - Duncan Gray (Tici Taci)
Just A Daydream Away (Joe Morris Beach Breaks Remix) - Marshall Watson & Cole Odin (Shades Of Sound)
Snappiness (Sweet Instrumental) - BBG (Hi Life)
Where Were U In 92 - Eden Burns (Public Possession)
Throwing Lines - Kelly Lee Owens (Smalltown Supersound)
Got Glint? - The Chemical Brothers (Freestyle Dust)
Feel Me (Greg Wilson & Derek Kaye Remix) - Blancmange (Cherry Red)
Claire - iO (Mo Wax)
Don't You Wan't My Love - Moodymann (Peacefrog)
Something Good (10" Mix) - Paul Haig (Cherry Red)
All Under One Roof Raving - Jamie xx (Young Turks)
Our Lips Are Sealed (Peza's 'No-ones Listening' Edit) - Fun Boy Three (Peza)
Right On 4 The Darkness - Silicone Soul (Soma)
Tucana (Extended Mix) - Asa Tate (Silver Bear)
Believe - Filter Interference (Drop Music)
Rico's Helly (Retailored By Nourizadeh & Teasdale) - Two Lone Swordsmen (Emissions Audio Output)
I Like Smoke - Akio Nagase (Emotional Especial)
Feet (Day Slam) - Sandals (Open Toe)
586 - New Order (Factory)
Throw - Paperclip People (Planet E)
Ready to Depart - Justin Robertson (Nuphonic)
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & The Attractions (Radar)

Part 3
Somatone - The Oscillation (DC Recordings)
Sometime - A.C. Marias (Mute)
Ashley's War Part 2 (Two Lone Swordsmen Mix) - Kenny Hawkes (Paper)
LA Trance - Four Tet (Text)
Cruising Detroit - PFM (Moving Shadow)
Gravitational Pull - JMJ (Moving Shadow)
An EKO In Space - Wrongtom presents Dubstack (Rongorongo)
Revolutionary - Primal Scream (Creation)
Phiesope - µ-Ziq (Hi Rise)
World Unite - World Unite (Creation)
Rat Cut A Bottle - Bassomatic (Virgin)
Agraphobia - LA Synthesis (Plink Plonk)
You Said You’d Be Good - Midland (Graded)
Drift Into The Algorithm - Midland (Graded)
Stunnalina (Hybrid Man Remix) - Aiden Francis (Haws)
Replica - Asa Tate (Rhythm Section International)
As - Klon Dump (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
The Sound Of The Crowd (Instrumental) - The Human League (Virgin)
Treasure - Marsheaux (Les Disques Du Crepuscule / Factory Benelux)
The Weeping Waste - Renegade Legion (FNAC)