Chrome Roots 52

 

Selection of current favourite House / Tech House / Progressive House tunes - some old, some new, all good 😊

A homemade mix with the tunes that were in my crate for the BSS winter solstice party - kind of an extended version of my set 😊

Shout out to the BSS crew - inspirational party as always - epic photo below. 

Absolutely loving Asa Tate tunes at the moment (aka Tech Support), a few tracks on this one & he's popped up in the last several mixtapes - great stuff. 

Quality new-ish tunes on Phonica (Luca Lozano), Permanent Vacation (Pacific Coliseum & Johannes Albert) & new label Strange Cargo (Headhunters - the whole EP is really good, looking forward to the next one out soon).

Some classics that have felt right recently (Stereo MC's, Mylo & Deep Dish). Dub vibes from Akio Nagase, Ferg & Command D & plenty more goodness besides.

Tune in, have a listen, share it around if you enjoy it & then go buy all the tunes

'We don't care what's happening, we just want to have a good time'

Step It Up (Stereo Field Dub) - Stereo MC's (Gee Street)
Creation Dub - Akio Nagase (Emotional Especial)
Diplomatico - Damon Jee (Correspondant)
Stannum (Mondowski Remix) - Bird of Paradise (Beat Is Murder)
In My Arms (Linus Loves Remix) - Mylo (Breastfed)
Tucana (Extended Mix) - Asa Tate (Silver Bear)
Distort The Colour - Pacific Coliseum (Permanent Vacation)
Magic Strings - Ivan Fabra (Nang)
Feel The Fire (Deep Dish Burning Mix) - Naomi Daniel (Planet E)
Dust (Melvo Baptiste & AMicity Extended Remix) - Recloose feat. Joe Dukie (The Remedy Project)
House For All (Ruede Hagelstein Ecstatic Dub) - Blunted Dummies (Get Physical)
Morangos (Acid Pauli Remix) - Xinobi (Frau Blau)
Foreign Nature - Vhyce (Vhyce)
Higher Power - Asa Tate (Permanent Vacation)
Tropic Of Cancer - Asa Tate (Permanent Vacation)
The Magnificent - Luca Lozano (Phonica)
Feelings - dub.format (Maccabi House)
The Cure & The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) - Fish Go Deep & Tracey K (Defected)
Crystalised (Bletter Maccabi Edit) - The xx (Maccabi House)
Private Dancer (Magari Fantasy Mix) - Johannes Albert feat. Iron Curtis (Permanent Vacation)
Changing Energy (Manuel Darquart Extended Remix) - Benjamin Fröhlich (Permanent Vacation)
Back In Place - Ferg (Dubble)
Fever - Command D (The Vibesmith)
I Wanna Dance - Headhunters (Strange Cargo)

On This Day - 19th of July 1986

 

On this day… 40 years ago

19th of July 1986. Festival of the Tenth Summer, the 10th Event. Greater Manchester Exhibition Centre

New Order / The Smiths / The Fall / A Certain Ratio / Cabaret Voltaire & more

This was a festival organised by Factory Records. 10 events to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Sex Pistols playing in Manchester.

It was absolutely huge for me - first time I went to Manchester, having been obsessed with Factory & the Manchester scene generally for a few years, & it was so exciting.

So many good bands - ACR on early in the day, New Order with Mac from the Bunnymen for guest vocals on Ceremony, The Smiths with Morrissey waving a ‘The Queen Is Dead’ sign. Good times :) 

1. Festival postcard / flyer

2. Festival ad clipped from NME

3. Festival ticket (Block K Row B Seat 26)

4. Festival merchandise list (note #10 'The Installation' - starting price 20K)

5. & 6. Festival badge - this would have been worn on my black overcoat for many years, battered but still going. Love that the Festival, in true Factory style, had a catalogue number (FAC 151)

On This Day - 25th of June 1988

On this day... 38 years ago

25th of June 1988. A Certain Ratio live at the Astoria, London 

As mentioned on a previous post, I love ACR, one of my favourite bands. The Astoria was a wicked venue, & ACR are always excellent live, good times 🔈 

This would also have been, I think, maybe the 4th night of the Trip - Nicky Holloway’s famous acid house party. Memory is a bit hazy, but I think we got kicked out of the Astoria pretty swiftly after ACR finished, because they needed to get ready for 100’s of incoming acid house lunatics 😆

Foolishly we didn’t stay, but I do have vague memories of heaps of people waiting to get in & a buzz in the air. Instead we jumped in @vinyl.fanclub car & sped down to Brighton to go to another acid night at the Escape. It’s very possible I’ve misremembered this, it was a long time ago, but I think this was all on the same night 😆

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)

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 😊

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).

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)

Chrome Roots 49

 

One from the archives - Social Living Dub Shack Version Part 2 - recorded January 2009.

I recently rediscovered a box full of minidiscs & CDR's (mixtapes going back to 1999) & have been really enjoying this one - top drawer reggae selection (all vinyl).

I must have recorded this after playing in the Dub Shack at Peats Ridge Festival 2008, so is likely similar to my set. Was there a Part 1? Probably yes, but since lost in a dead hard drive somewhere :)

Peats Ridge was a great festival (see previous post), I played in 2006 & 2008 & loved it. I think I was also supposed to play in 2007? Memory is a bit hazy, but possibly it got cancelled due to extreme weather conditions?

The last time I played was a pivotal moment for me though - it was a pretty hot few days & I was genuinely concerned that my records were going to melt in the car & spent too much festival time worrying about that! Definitely a big factor in moving to digital for DJing & vinyl for home use only :)

'Music which tells about the future'

El Toro - Etherealites (Roots Garden 7")
Pon Mi - Knatty P / RDK & Disciples (Universal Roots 10")
Jah Eternally - Sister Charlotte (Black Wheat 12")
Let Us Unite Dub - Sister Charlotte / Munky Lee (Black Wheat 12")
Fade Away - Junior Byles (Heavenly LP)
Chant Rasta Man - Knowledge (Wambesi 7")
Fire Burn Version - Knowledge (Wambesi 7")
Dub In Unity - The Rebels (Ja-Man 7")
Truth & Rights - Johnny Osbourne (Massive B 7")
Something Dub - Danny Red / Gussie P (Cousins 10")
China Rock - Vibronics (Jah Tubbys 10")
Cool & Humble Riddim - Murray Man / Disciples Riddim Section (Cultural Warriors 10")
Never Get Burn - Kenny Knotts (Reggae On Top 10")
Kunte Kinte - Aquizm & Mad Professor (Ariwa 10")
Arrival Part 2 - Knatty P / RDK Hi-Fi (Universal Roots / Free Radical Sounds LP)
War Of The Stars - Gregory Isaacs (Blood & Fire LP)
Victory Train - Tenor Saw (Victory 7")

On This Day - 29th of December 2006

 

On this day… 19 years ago

29th of December 2006. Day 1 of the Peats Ridge Festival, 4 days of ‘world music, blues roots & dub, chilled beats, contemporary music’.

Stunning location on the Central Coast of NSW (not too far from where we live now), sunshine & good vibes, beautiful way to welcome the new year & I got to play 2 DJ sets (as Social Living in those days) 😊🔈

Some dubby Balearic stuff in one of the big tents (early afternoon, on the first day I think, to very few people 😆) & later in the weekend a reggae set in the Dub Shack - all vinyl for both - happy days 😊

Such a good festival - beautiful location, lots of reggae & dub, swimming in the lagoon, Chai tent, Banco De Gaia for NYE. Good memories 😊

Tune Of The Day - Christmas Special

 
                    

Tune Of The Day: Santa Baby - The French Impressionists / Jingle Bell Rock - Thick Pigeon (Operation Twilight, 1982)

Festive 7” goodness, a jazzy version of Santa Baby & a post punk / synth pop version of Jingle Bell Rock.
Released on Operation Twilight which was an offshoot of @lesdisquesducrepuscule

I don’t know anything about the French Impressionists but Thick Pigeon were pretty good - a decent album on Factory & some later, more electronic, work as Stanton Miranda.

Merry Christmas to all :)

Chrome Roots 48

 

Acid House / Deep House / House / Tech House

An hour of dubby, chugging, acid house groovers - followed by some house / deep house & into some more techy goodness.

'Can you hear? Everybody can hear?'

Lost In Translation (International Observer Meets Horace Remix) - Pitch Black (Dubmission)
Zephyr - Guy Contact & Solar Suite (Wax'o Paradiso)
Karahi King (Dub) - Jura Soundsystem (Isle Of Jura)
Morisyen Acid - Akio Nagase (Emotional Especial)
Manifesto - Shape Of Space (Shape Of Space)
Sleighride Blizzard (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Timothy J Fairplay (Astro Lab)
Burning Down The House (Tech Support Dub Version) - Talking Heads (Tech Support)
Natural Lifespan (Acid Orchestra Mix) - Cos / Mes (ESP Institute)
Just A Daydream Away (Joe Morris Beach Breaks Remix) - Marshall Watson & Cole Odin (Shades Of Sound)
Sunwave - Hybrid Man (Wax'o Paradiso)
Keep Me Hangin' On (Hardway Bros Swamp Dub) - Dan Wainwright (Through God's Own Eyes)
Time Passage - Asa Tate (Silver Bear)
I'm Doing Fine - Moodymann (Peacefrog)
Ezio - Motorbass (Motorbass)
Dust (Melvo Baptiste & AMicity Extended Remix) - Recloose featuring Joe Dukie (The Remedy Project)
The Cure & The Cause (Dennis Ferrer Remix) - Fish Go Deep & Tracey K (Defected)
Deep Inside (Extended Mix) - Ferreck Dawn & Hayley May (Defected)
Voices (Fata Morgana Remix) - KC Flightt vs Funky Junction (Alternative Route)
Bubblebath (Omid 16B Remix) - Agent 001 (Alola)
Know What You Mean - Ambusher (Grayhound)
Mispent Years (Silicone Soul Darkroom Dub Mix) - Schatrax (Soma)
As - Klon Dump (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

On This Day - 19th of November 1988

 

19th of November 1988. Classic NME cover

ACID CRACKDOWN
PANIC IN THE STREETS OF LONDON?

I don’t have the original NME anymore (I got NME weekly for many years & the hoarder in me wishes I kept them all, but they’re long gone).
i do have this, which is a postcard that came with NME a few years later - I think maybe a set of postcards of NME covers?

Love it ❤️📷

Tune Of The Day - Halloween Special

 

Some spooky 7 inch vinyl:    

1. There's A Ghost In My House - The Fall (Beggars Banquet 1987)

I have many records by The Fall, but this was probably the last one I bought on release day. They'd put out a lot of excellent albums & singles before this, but were always singularly uncommercial. Mark E Smith in the pop charts would not have been considered possible prior, yet here they were at #30. Manchester meets Motown, splendid stuff & with a cool, limited edition hologram cover.

2. I Ain't Nuthin But A Gorehound - The Cramps (New Rose 1983)

The Cramps were so good, I think I love them ever more as the years pass, just brilliant. This was probably the first of their records I bought, live at The Peppermint Lounge, raw, groovy, punk, rockabilly with a classic sleeve, love it.

3. Spirit - Bauhaus (Beggars Banquet 1982)

Bauhaus would be considered one of the originators of Goth, but they were always more than that, definitely dark & moody but also full of funk & dub. This one came out just before their big hit (a cover of Ziggy Stardust), & is a decent, kinda Bowie-esque track.

4. Ghosts - Japan (Virgin 1982)

Loved Japan, great band, before this they'd released European Son, Life in Tokyo & Quiet Life which were all excellent. Ghosts was a massive hit, #5 in the pop charts & really just such a weird record to be so big - slow, minimal & moody, with no drums at all. Later sampled by Goldie for a Rufige Kru release that definitely did have drums :)

5. Anaconda / Phantom - The Sisters Of Mercy (Merciful Release 1983)

Anaconda is nothing special, but Phantom is one of my favourite Sisters tracks, groovy & spooky. I was very into this band, they had a great run of singles leading up to the first album, & also amazing live shows, full of dry ice & vibes. I remember being quite underwhelmed when the album came out, but I've been listening to it recently & really like it now :)

I don't buy a lot of records these days, having settled into the convenience of digital, but still love crate digging when there's opportunity. It's always a joy going through the collection & digging out gems - all these records still sound good 40+ years later. 

There's something very satisfying about vinyl, that digital can never have - the memories, cover artwork, even the ring-wear on the sleeves & dusty crackles are all part of the magic.

Chrome Roots 47

 

House / Acid House / Tech House / Progressive House / Techno / Trance

Still feeling the post BSS Spring Bounce glow – a very welcome return to playing tunes & dancing in beautiful Bouddi – a stunning location, great music & good vibes

This is pretty similar to what I played at the party, with a few extras that I could have played – deep, groovy, spacey sounds 😊

Big up to all the BSS crew

‘more freedom than you’ve ever felt before’

Sometimes Feel Like - Nuage (House Of Youth)

Dancing Is Life (feat. Diamondancer) - Massiande (Freerange)

Foreign Nature - Vhyce (Vhyce)

Love You Got (Club Edit) - Kelly Lee Owens (DH2)

Meteors - Scuba (Last Night On Earth)

Euphoria Simulator - Guy Contact (Haws)

Fever - Command D (The Vibesmith)

Entropy & Ecstasy - Mooglepuff (Shades Of Sound)

Into Dust (Still Falling) - Four Tet (XL)

Close To You - Boys' Shorts (Correspondant)

Hot Life - Retromigration (Edits From The Function)

Monte Kali - mpeg (Haws)

Far Away Places - Escape Artist (Craigie Knowes)

Sunscreen (Live Mix) - Spriitzz (Punctuality)

Reward Chemicals - Sleep D (Kalahari Oyster Cult)

To The Edge - Spencer Parker (Trick)

Artist Of The Day: Blancmange

 

Listening to Blancmange today.

Wonderful early 80's electronic pop. Loved these records then & still love them today.

From the moody electronica of Running Thin & the excellent I've Seen The Word, to the dancefloor with Feel Me (best heard in Greg Wilson / Derek Kaye version) & Blind Vision (12" extended mix). Sitars & tablas on Top Of The Pops for Living On The Ceiling, & the Mange Tout album is just full of highlights (+ the 12" versions of the singles). 

All brilliant stuff :)

Top marks for the artwork as well, particularly on the first three.

RIP Stephen Luscombe

Blancmange Spotify Playlist

Chrome Roots 46

 

House / Tech House / Progressive House / Techno / Trance

Friday night dub house disco | Deep spacey goodness :)

Look out for BSS Spring Bounce, coming to a lush Bouddi location 04/10/25

'This cosmic journey'

Bansuri Breeze (Extended Club Edit) - Mooglepuff (Mooglepuff)
Lose Your Love (Andrew Weatherall Remix) - Le Carousel (Phil Kieran Recordings)
The Hope (Recondite's Nocturnal Car Ride) - Scuba (Hotflush)
Eternal Thing - Nhar (Azzur)
Samarkanda (Zombies In Miami Audio Guide Remix) - Cannibal Ink (Rotten City)
Astra (Sasha's Daydream Mix) - Sasha & Super Flu (Last Night On Earth)
Animatronic - Scuba (Last Night On Earth)
Spa Down - Rambal Cochet (Space Lab)
Close To You - Boys' Shorts (Correspondant)
Planet Love - Boudi & Boy Boogie (Work Them Records)
Sort Of Like A Dream (feat. Anunaku) - Avalon Emerson (Dead Oceans)
Virtual Flight - Solar Suite (On Rotation)
Forward Motion - Nathalie Capello (Permanent Vacation)
Invoke Hysteria - Tifra (Haws)
Reward Chemicals - Sleep D (Kalahari Oyster Cult)
Remembering - Escape Artist (Phonica)

On This Day - 11th of September 1991

 

On this day… 34 years ago.

11th of September 1991. Flowered Up at The Event, Brighton. Support from Soul Family Sensation & DJ Terry Farley.

Saw Flowered Up a few times, great band, always very vibey. Good times 🔈

It’s On & Weekender (+ Weatherall remixes) are still top tunes 🔈
The Flowered Up album was reissued last year with extra tracks & some new remixes - all good stuff, go check it out 😊
Had a listen to the Soul Family Sensation album earlier, for the first time in many years, enjoyed it 😊

@flowered_up_official @terryfarley

Tune Of The Day: Total Confusion (Heavenly Mix) - A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd

Tune of the day: Total Confusion (Heavenly Mix) - A Homeboy, A Hippie & A Funki Dredd (Tam Tam 1990)

The A side is pretty good, kinda breakbeat / hardcore (with P.E samples)… but the Heavenly mix is an absolute gem, almost trance, totally hands in the air 🙌

Massive flashback, joyful memories of Stoke on Trent 1989/90 🔈

Very happy to find this in @relitrelit today 😊

Chrome Roots 45

 

Ambient / Dubstep / Dub / Post Punk / Reggae / Techno / Electronica

The whole world has gone mad, it’s been cold & raining for weeks & has also been the toughest time for our family

Escaping into music for a few hours, when I can, is really helping me right now 😊

Introduced with some words of wisdom from Joe Strummer, this is 2 hours of dread bass weight, music for serious times, but there’s always beauty & light in the darkness 🔈

(when I recorded it I saved it as ‘Moody’ 😆)

‘It’s all of us or none’

Past Is Past - Demdike Stare (Modern Love)
State Forest - Burial (Hyperdub)
Ghost Town - Kode9 & The Spaceape (Hyperdub)
Your Say - Headhunter (Tempa)
One Of Us - Kryptic Minds (Swamp 81)
Friend Version - Rhythm & Sound (Burial Mix)
Can't Touch Jah (Dub) - Centry (Dubhead)
Forward Youth - RSD (Punch Drunk)
Lockjaw - Special Request (Houndstooth)
Skeng (Feat. Killa P & Flowdan) - The Bug (Ninja Tune)
Robber Dub - The Clash (Columbia)
Two Thieves And A Liar - Gary Clail & On U-Sound System (On-U Sound)
Black Eye Boy - Renegade Soundwave (Mute)
Lone Swordsman - Daniel Avery (Phantasy Sound)
Pushed - Stray (Exit)
Focus Inwards - ASC (Nonplus)
Life We Live - Commix (Soul:r)
Electronic Rhythm Number Two - Pye Corner Audio (Type)
Things You Do For Love (Heartbeat) - Apiento (Test Pressing)
Fast Moving Cars - Carla Dal Forno (Blackest Ever Black)
Laundry Pt. 1 - Neotropic (Ntone)
Arachnae - Ancestral Voices (Samurai Horo)
Like a Motorway (Skin Up, You're Already Dead) - Saint Etienne (Heavenly)
Paradise Circus - Massive Attack vs Burial (Massive Attack)
Street Halo - Burial (Hyperdub)
Breakthrough - Versa (System)
Jammin' For Survival (12" version) - The Morwells & Prince Jammy (Trojan)
War Of The Stars - Gregory Isaacs (Blood & Fire)
Spying Glass - Horace Andy (Wackie's)
Live Up - Bush Chemists (Dubhead)
Version 78 Style - Glen Brown & King Tubby (Blood & Fire)
Nuh Skin Up Dub - Keith Hudson (Pressure Sounds)
Long Life - Prince Far I & The Arabs (Pressure Sounds)
A Wonderful Life - Carl Craig (Blanco Y Negro)

Chrome Roots 44

       

    

Winter solstice mix 2025

Deep sounds for peace in troubled times

Ambient / Electronica / World / Dub

'It's like being in the eye of a hurricane'

No Safety Zone - ASC & Sam KDC (Auxiliary)
Drunken Galleon - Walls (Kompakt)
Shinagawa - Kiyoko (Auxiliary)
Vision - Versa (At One)
Weed Out Version - Zvuloon Dub System (Med Tone)
Lightning Flash Weak Heart Drop - Big Youth (Front Line)
Amassakoul 'N' Ténéré - Tinariwen (Independent)
Plains - Tycho (Ghostly International)
Good Over Evil - A.J Robinson / WhoDemSound (Meditator Music)
Too Dangerous Dub - Manasseh (Roots Garden)
Sweet Incense - Wareika Hill Sounds (Honest Jon's)
Textures - The Amalgamation Of Soundz (Filter)
The Frequency Ov Thee Truthers - The Black Dog (Dust Science)
Candles - Jon Hopkins (Domino)
Into The Night - Angelo Badalamenti (Warner)
Come To Me Slowly (Pt.2) - Rohan (One World)
Knuddelmaus - Ulrich Schnauss (City Centre Offices)
Balthus Bemused By Color - Harold Budd (All Saints)
Dorje Ling - David Parsons (Celestial Harmonies)
Sub-Surface - John Beltran (R&S)
Melt - Leftfield (Quango)
Chasing Circles - Broken Chip (Feral Media)
Ralome - Plaid (Warp)
Danny's Song - PFM (Good Looking)
Living - Moby (Elektra)