Hot Chip (ft. Cadence Weapon) - The Evil That Men Do

OK let me just say that Hot Chip have never really grabbed me perhaps as it was my kids who played them first around the house and to be honest they played a lot of stuff that didn't have that certain 'something'that I need in my music. I could admire their pop cleverness but...

I said as much on Facebook a couple of years ago if not more and an old old London friend of mine said to me to REALLY listen to them. Now I take Mark's recommendations seriously as there are probably quite a few records in your collection that he produced or remixed 

But nah I still didn't get them and then this dropped two days ago and is stunning

This certainly has that something...

Whatever that something is

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Coldcut Solid Steel: A Keleketla Mix for Worldwide FM

I was listening to this before

Fuck me it's absolutely fugn brilliant and if it doesn't get you moving you are dead

Feel The Pain Mix

The soundtrack playing inside my head 

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Future Blues From The Past Mix

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80s Syndrum Roots (Live & Learn Special)

Spotlight on Delroy Wright and his Washington DC-based Live & Learn label. He started off as a producer in the late 70s following the footsteps of his famous brother Hyman (Papa Life) Wright who run the Jah Life label and shop from New York. Both brothers had strong link-ups with JA producers like Junjo Lawes, Linval Thompson, Al Campbell and many affiliated artists and regularly travelled to Kingston in the 80s to book out studios (mainly Channel One) and run sessions. Whilst Jah Life stuck to Roots Radics and Junjo, Delroy was more experimental and diverse, with stand-out artists like Don Carols, Junior Reid, Al Campbell (behind many of the arrangements/compositions), Jr Brammer (AKA Trinity), Michael Prophet and Winston Hussey. This mix focuses on the mid/late 80s productions with heavy use of syndrum

When Music Hits You You Feel No Pain Mix

Tracklist: 

Jamming (12" Mix/Exodus 40 Version)/Punky Reggae Party (12" Mix)/Exodus (12" Mix)/Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix)/Who The Cap Fit/Crazy Baldheads/Johnny Was (Unreleased Mix)/One Drop/One Dub/Smile Jamaica/War (Unreleased Mix)/No Woman No Cry (Live At The Lyceum)

A Donna Summary (I Feel Love)

Kode9 - Dreichwave Mix

Tracklist:

Simple Minds - Film Theme/The Associates - White Car in Germany/100% Manmade Fibre - German Voices on the Radio/Ultravox - Mr. X/The Klingons - Wake Me Up For World War 3/Simple Minds - Somebody Up there Likes You/100% Manmade Fibre - New Day/100% Manmade Fibre - One Way Street/Dick Tracey’s Wrist Radio - She is So Random/100% Manmade Fibre - Escape/100% Manmade Fibre - We Know the Truth/Dick Tracey’s Wrist Radio - Think of You/The Associates - Message Oblique Speech/Simple Minds - Veldt 

(Originally mixed for Laurel Halo's Rinse FM show)

The Under Water Magic of Lee Perry Mix

Tracklist:

1 Congoman (12" Mix) - The Congos 

2 Devils Dub Plate - The Upsetters 

3 Tedious (Dub) - Junior Murvin & The Upsetters 

4 Uh Fi Run It Down/Version - Danny Clarke/The Upsetters 

5 Mr Dubz (Dub Plate Mix) - The Upsetters 

6 Soldier & Police War - Jah Lion 

7 Dreadlocks In Moonlight - Lee Perry 

8 Green Bay Incident/Version - Lord Sassafrass/The Upsetters 

9 Ketch Vampire (Extended Jamaican Mix) - Devon Irons & Doctor Alimentado 

10 Curly Locks/Croaking Lizard - Lee Perry & The Upsetters 

11 African Freedom - Brother Hood 

12 I Forgot To Be Your Lover (12" Mix) - George Faith 

13 Roast Fish & Cornbread - Lee Perry & The Upsetters

Mickey Dread: Dread At The Controls

Ninety Minutes

The Very. First. Issue. Of Spy. 1986. pic.twitter.com/yGEMKwxjoZ

— David Kamp (@MrKamp) August 12, 2022

Dancehall Style Mix (1980-85)

Tracklist: 

1 M-16 - Lone Ranger 

2 Gunman - Michael Prophet 

3 Ganja Smuggler/Wa Do Dem - Eek-A-Mouse 

4 Soundclash - Anthony Johnson 

5 Spar With Me - Toyan 

6 Police In Helicopter - John Holt 

7 Mr Landlord - Half Pint 

8 Mi God Mi King - Papa Levi 

9 Under Me Sensi - Barrington Levy 

10 Under Mi Sleng Teng - Wayne Smith 

11 Original Fat Ting - Echo Minott

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 4 MC's: Live At The Jackson Projects (1978)

Man We're Glad To Know You Mix

A mix of Man and Help Yourself and the crossover members with Deke Leonard, Malcolm Morley and the late great (and nicest man in rock winner) Ken Whaley

Tracklist: 

1 Brown Lady/Blown Away/American Mother - Help Yourself 

2 Eddie Waring (Live) - Help Yourself with Deke Leonard 

3 7171-515 - Deke Leonard 

4 Jam Up Jelly Tight-Oh No Not Again (Live)/California Silks & Satins/American Mother (Live) - Man 

5 Man We're Glad To Know You - Help Yourself