Dr Mark Baynes & Miss Dom celebrate NZ Music Month by playing 100% homegrown Jazz Selections - our 2 featurettes/ guest Mixtapes were by Los Angeles-based Kiwi Jazz Guitarist, composer, & vocalist Andrea Lisa - & Waikato based Crate Digger, Vinyl Seller (Dujons Digs), & Vinyl Selector Dujon Cullingford.
I let Sinead's passing have an effect on the show cos it affected me and I thought it'd sound good. Loretta Lynn, Joan Baez, Hurray for The Riff Raff, Dylan, Eilen Jewel, Allison Russel, Drive by Truckers and more all telling it like it is. Interview with Julian Temple and a bunch of finds out of the bFM vinyl library (Bodeans from the 1980's!) in between and then a strong finish for Ms O'Connor with the Dropkick Murphies and the song Kris Kristofferson wrote for her. What a loss.
BFM Vinyl Librarian & Archivist Chris Forster sits in for Blind Mango Chutney this week.
Chris steps on the gas & the show takes a left-turn detour as Chris stages a Jazz-infused Trip Hop, Downtemp, Show takeover.
DJ Sassy joins in a supporting role - & also hosts this week's Jazz Gig Guide, & Vinyl Fair Guide.
Throw-back electronica vibes are well received by listeners — who are hot with feedback on ye olde text machine — as the classic cuts keep rollin...
Massive thanks going out to our Jazz Show sponsors — the fine eatery San Ray on Ponsonby Road. Big congrats to our show winner Andrea, who was lucky enough to win this week’s generous San Ray 'Breakfast Card' giveaway prize.
Blind Mango Chutney, & Miss Dom slide into a New York Groove - following Blind Mango's trippy opening track. The pair are then joined by a Special Studio Guest Jason Wald - Jason is a Kiwi & also a 95 BFM Alumni, Resident Lower East Sider (NYC) & Founder & Host of the East Village Jazz Show.
The Jazz Gang get into a real cool Jazz Hangout during the course of the show - jamming some sweet tunes. Jason as Guest Selector shares a bunch of his favorite jazz jams - & for the most part - Jason's selections are centered around his & the station's New York Neighborhood of the Lower East Side.
DJ Sassy joins & Hosts the Jazz Gig Guide & also gets the crew percolating - by turning on a few rounds of super smooth, & awesome Expresso Martinis ! Miss Dom follows the Jazz Gig Guide with a Vinyl Fair Guide.
Blind Mango rounds off by paying tribute to the recently passed Lalo Schifrin - & then hits a high as he Fizzes at his recently purchased VG+ Gene Ammons vinyl.
P.S: Check out Jason Wald's past shows here: https://eastvillageradio.com/the-east-village-radio-jazz
In Hour 1 we're joined by Steven Rutter from B12, the label and production duo that also features Mike Golding, who were at the forefront of the UK Techno scene in the early 90's, inspired by the sounds coming out of Detroit at the time. They were signed by Warp featuring on the seminal Artificial Intelligence series (alongside Aphex Twin, Richie Hawtin, The Black Dog and Autechre) and their classic Electro-Soma from 1993 was reissued last year and he has a new album coming out on his FireScope label in March. He told us;
"When I was asked to do a mix ; I got kinda nervous as I have never done one of these before .. I am only a bedroom mixer … and certainly doing something like this was a bit frightening. I don’t pretend to be cutting edge or really listen to much new music. Although I own and run my label FireScope Records, this is not an issue for me personally. Anyhow, so I just allowed my mind to go back to the days of standing by the window in my bedsit, situated in Walthamstow east London and I dug out the tunes that I loved then and still love today. I also cheekily included 3 FireScope records tunes too :-) but none of my own recent solo releases !!!
I was no longer 51 years old ; but a bright eyes bushy-tailed music nut, and the mix just put itself together as my hand and ears were once again guided by my higher power. I hope you will enjoy this selection. Thank you to each and everyone that has supported me through the years as I start developing my own solo identity going forward.
I just played Berghain New Years Eve ; a massive club, it was wonderful and the people loved it. It was in the Halle AM ambient room and there were some B12 beats going on in there. In contrast to this, I will be playing a very small gig in May for my friends at Touched music where all proceeds go to McMillan Cancer Support - Touched is a cause I am constantly working with, having given them their first vinyl release last year :-)
November 2017 was a good month for me ; I released FS009 - Steven Rutter - From Me To You - on my FireScope records label and for the first time I used my name as the artist name it was well received ; and sometime probably March ; my solo album (cat no. FS012) will be out there."
In Hour 2 it's Bearcubs the solo project from 26 year old electronic artist Jack Ritchie. Over the past 3 years, Bearcubs has honed in on a distinctly unique blend of emotive electronic music, future garage and lofi house music in his meticulously crafted productions. With two singles and two highly acclaimed EPs ‘Chroma’ and ‘Underwaterfall’ that have seen him heavily championed by the likes of Annie Mac, MistaJam and Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Bearcubs announces the release of his debut full-length album ‘Ultraviolet’ for a March 2018 release. He had this to say;
'The mix is a collection of dance music from the 90's to the present that is inspiring my own music making at the moment. There's some unreleased tunes in there and also some Memphis rap tunes that I've been listening to from dusty tapes posted on youtube. It's kind of supposed to be a late night London soundtrack with some unexpected moments.'
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