Campbell Ngata is at the controls this week with his signature selections mining a vein in soulful tunes including Disco, Boogie, Hip-Hop Jazz, Hous, Broken Beat, New Jack Swing and Dub. Dig in!
Playlist
Campbell Ngata is at the controls this week with his signature selections mining a vein in soulful tunes including Disco, Boogie, Hip-Hop Jazz, Hous, Broken Beat, New Jack Swing and Dub. Dig in!
Bad Girls - Too through (1981)
Board of Directors - Hanging Tough (1978)
Brothers Johnson - Do it for love (1981)
Jaymz Bedford - Just keep my boogie (1981)
Jimmy Young - Times are tight (1983)
Helen Hollins Singers - Jesus will give you love (1982)
Sparque - Let's go dancin' (1981)
Guardian Angel - Crucial Loving (1983)
Rick James - Big time (1980)
Brass Construction - We are brass (1980)
D-Train - Keep giving me love (1983)
Jeru The Damaja - D-Original (1994)
Walter Bishop Jr. - Philadelphia Bright (1977)
Marcus Belgrave - Glue Fingers II (1974)
John Minnis Big Bone Band - I found out (1979)
Gary Bartz - Music (1980)
Manu Dibango - Bayam Sell'em (1976)
Koumbit - Tchouk tchouk (1981)
Koumbit - Mister Business (1982)
Sipho Gumede - Something to say (1985)
BT Express - Star Gazer (1977)
Blaze - I think of you (ft Amira, 2002)
Bugz In The Attic - Worla hurt (2006)
David McPherson - You can't stop (1982)
9th Creation - Much too much (1979)
Sidney Barnes - Love in the moonlight (1978)
Glenn 'Sweety G' Toby - Somebody to love me (1989)
Slam Slam ft DC Lee - Free your feelings (1990)
James Brown - People wake up and live (1977)
Randy Brown - Do you love me? (1980)
Johnny Bristol - When he comes (1978)
The Boys Choir of Harlem - Overjoyed (1994)
Cruzial - S.M.Y.L (1988)
Brick - Sure feels good (1981)
Wado Brown - Turnin' Round (2023)
Ernest Ranglin - Surfin' Part 2 (1979)
And the clocks go forward! Welcome to long summery nights <3
We finish our chapter book, The Ice Monster, this week, plus chat with Captain Festus and Kath Bee about their new news.
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Your Daylight Savings starts now!
We finish our chapter book - The Ice Monster by David Walliams, chat with Captain Festus McBoyle about his upcoming show (tickets available here), the wonderful Kath Bee comes in to the studio to help with the What Am I? game and chat about her new song and book she's cleverly made together with Suzy Cato called "I can do it" and we give away an amazing sail on the Ted Ashby thanks to our wonderful sponsors The NZ Maritim Museum - Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa!
Take your pick from Afrofunk, big band boogie, moody antipodean horns, good vibes (literally) and much more – Blind Mango Chutney delivers another discerning jazz selection.
Playlist
The Lee Morgan Quintet - Bess
Frances Faye - Frankie and Johnny
The Sextet Of Orchestra USA - Alabama Song
Anita O'Day - Boogie Blues
Delvon Lamaar Trio - Hole In One
Afr - House Of The Rising Funk
Milt Jackson Quintet - Listen Here
cassandra Wilson /Angelique Kidjo - Voodoo Reprise
Steve Khan - Infant Eyes
Tom Ludvigson/Greg Johnson - Blue Robin
Gary Burton New Quartet - Open Your Eyes You Can Fly
The whole team is back together in the studio for the first time in a while! Highlights include Sam's Dennis Bovell mix in celebration of the announcement of Dennis Bovell live-in-session with support from Logg, Empress Naima & Samuel Harmony, powered by the Reggae Rodeo Soundsystem Sunday 22nd October (Labour Weekend) - Hollywood Avondale, Auckland.
Tickets on sale via UTR (with ticket to Babylon film screening option available).
Playlist
Om Alec Khaoli - Say You Love Me
Penny Penny - Shaka Bundu
Maurizio Serafini - Oha Oha
Headache - That Thing with the Rabbit
The Durriti Column - Future Perfect
deepState - Now That You're Gone
Blotter Trax - Muscle Relaxer
Golden Harvest - All Along The Watchtower
Erny Belle - Stay Golden
Mitski - Heaven
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child
Southside of Bombay - What's The Time, Mr Wolf?
Jack Johnson, Dennis Bovell - Calm Down (Dennis Bovell DUB Mix)
Mountain Of One - Custard's Last Stand (Dennis Bovell DUBfinity Version)
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Riot In Lagos
The Slits - Instant Hit
Thomspon Twins - Make Believe
Sadaa Bonaire - More Women
Orange Juice - All That Ever Mattered
Dennis Bovell - Jazterpiece
Dennis Bovell - Rowing
Jamal Moss - When Love Knows No Bounds
Cardopusher - Mirror Terror
Ed Dix - Cha Cha
Mothball Records - Se Tu Vuoi (Flemming Dalum Edit)
Rounding off the star-studded cast of lovely guests hosts is the wonderful Ali! We check in with Candice of Radio One in Ōtepoti through the magic of the SRN Breakfast Buffet. On Travelling Tunes with Dr Kirsten Zemke, we explore songs that incorporate narration. Graeme Jefferies is in the studio chatting about recent albums, upcoming shows and his 100-year-old-marxophone. Whakarongo mai nei!