January 5th, 2009 by ollspin

Sunday Roast on Brap.FM January 2009 Listings | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Sorry for the delay on this.  You’re going to be hearing that a lot from me over the next few weeks as I struggle to keep up with the backlog of blog posts I planned to make but never found time to cos I was far to busy partying over the festive period.  Here are the radio listings for the minging monging moody month of January.  Hurrah! Groan.

Sunday 4 January 2009 | new years eve comedown hiphop funk reggae soul jazz beats and pieces special | Download and setlist

The title says it all.  We’ll all be feeling like crap so tune in and get cheered up by some funky tunidge.

Sunday 11 January 2009 | Best of 2008 | Download and setlist

Having finally recovered from NYE it’s time for a round up of my favourite tunes of 2008.  Expect lots of breaks, dubstep, jungle, bassline and stomping 4 to the floor as featured on my Sunday Roast radio show on Brap FM and Breaks FM during 2008.

Sunday 18 January 2009 | ollspin, Dicey, P.O.D.G.E. | Download & setlist

Dicey, dubbed as the first Lady of Breaks in Plymouth, has been actively involved in the Westcountry music scene for many years.  From co-running a successful weekly electro breaks night under the name of UFO she became resident of Plymouth’s longest running and best loved breaks night Magik Bullet.  From dark tech funk to energetic and rhythmic breaks, she loves playing music with energy and depth.   A recent move to Bristol has brought new opportunities to explore a vibrant scene.  As a musician she has been focusing attention on singing and playing keyboards in her new band.  But the decks are never far away and as part of the band package she is building a reputation for playing records with a heavy dose of funk to get people moving.  She hopes to continue developing her obsessive love of music in her new home city.

P.O.D.G.E. was discovered in The Forest of Dean during the treacherous winter of 1982.  Little is known about his upbringing but it led him to believe that he was Nick Berry.  Unable to cope with the imposter on TV he left the Forest for the bright lights of Walford. Unfortunately due to a terrible sense of direction and having one leg shorter than the other, he ended up in Plymouth where he stayed for 7 years living under the stairs in the Dance Academy from where he would only venture out on the last Friday of the month.  Tired of the shabby Devon streets and seedy 4×4 beats he briefly fled the country and appeared in the American cartoon, King of the Hill playing the charismatic young Bobby.  After his brief flit with acting he was deported back to his homeland and settled in Bristol where he can be found in his trusty rocking chair playing High Contrast’s greatest hits on a banjo.  Despite some serious mental issues, a lazy eye and restricted growth, P.O.D.G.E. is a fine fellow with an intriguing taste in rhythm and can be found rocking all good dance floors near you.

Sunday 25 January 2009 | ollspin, Defazed, Little Miss DJ | Download & setlist

Defazed has been creating electronic music since around 2001.  He has played in excess of 50 live shows, many of which were versus sets with the mighty Headphobe. Defazed and Headphobe were crowned Laptop Battle UK team champions in March 2007 and more recently Defazed was crowned Laptop Battle UK solo champion in December 2007.  After a stint of 12″ and MP3 releases on labels including 1 Man Army Records and Dissident’s Jungletek Movement, he has taken his work back underground to study new forms and develop his technique.

Little Miss DJ has 9 or so years and hundreds of gigs worth of experience.  As part of the DRSS and Strangewayz soundsystems based in Manchester she has helped to put on parties up and down the country, on massive sound systems at wicked outdoor parties in the middle of the country and in warehouses.  She has also played at and promoted many club nights and appeared radio regularly on pirate radio.  She loves mixing jungle with a touch of madness, happiness, dub, reggae and gabba.

November 30th, 2008 by ollspin

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ollspin

Mattafix - Things Have Changed (Moody Boyz remix) - EMI
DJ Moule - Positive Walk - djmoule.com
Nightmares on Wax - 195lbs - Warp
DJ Hype - Dead A’s - True Playaz
Jayl Funk - A Tale of Two Cities (DJ Stefunk remix) - Timewarp

Gyu

Sclist - Guise - unsigned
Gyu - Bark - unsigned
Gyu - Kilck - Digital Distortions
Gyu - Spike - unsigned
Gyu - Hole in the Wall - unsigned
Mad-Tek - Meteor Shower - Digital Disottions
Gyu - Light Brick - Urban Scrumping
Gyu - Bust - Urban Scrumping
Gyu - Bedouin - Digital Distortions
Gyu - Think - unsigned
Si Begg - My Style (Gyu remix) - unsigned
Gyu - Cold Rock - Digital Disortions
Gyu - Unknowable - Urban Scrumping

ollspin

Jungle Brothers - Jungle Brother (Urban Takeover mix) - Gee Street
Natty Ruler - King of Kings - Hum Fi Drum
Visionary - Ganja Fire (Majistrate remix) - Co Lab
Cold Jazz & Wezzler ft Joey Fever - Serious Things - Dance Rock
Benny Page - Turn Down The Lights - Digital Sound
FX909 - Darling - Step Express
Krinjah - Bust Pure Shot - Hand Granade
Squarepusher - Plaistow - Warp

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October 27th, 2008 by ollspin

Sunday Roast on Brap.FM November 2008 Listings | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Sunday 2 November 2008 6pm-8pm | ollspin | Archive download & setlist

Sunday 9 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Breakwhore, General Disarray | Archive download & setlist

Sunday 16 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Dicey, P.O.D.G.E. | Archive download & setlist

Sunday 23 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Hattie, Defazed | Archive download & setlist

Sunday 30 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Gyu | Archive download & setlist

Sunday 2 November 2008 6pm-8pm | ollspin | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Just me on this show.  Doing what I do best.  Expect the usual mix of breaks / dubstep / jungle from artists such as Magnet Men, Rico Tubbs, Bar 9, TRG, Mickey Finn and Aphrodite.

Sunday 9 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Breakwhore, General Disarray | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Breakwhore and General Disarray came together two years ago to establish Blunderphonics, a night at the legendary Black Swan consisting of some of Bristol and Manchester’s newest and heaviest music.  Inspired by their passion for jungle, breakcore, heavy drum and bass, gabba, metal and much in between, their music is a mashup of these often rather punishing genres.  Much of the philosophy behind the idea was to bring some new faces and tunes to the scene so expect the show to include a whole load of tracks from the extended Blunderphonics family.

Sunday 16 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Dicey, P.O.D.G.E. | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Dicey, dubbed as the first Lady of Breaks in Plymouth, has been actively involved in the Westcountry music scene for many years.  From co-running a successful weekly electro breaks night under the name of UFO she became resident of Plymouth’s longest running and best loved breaks night Magik Bullet.  From dark tech funk to energetic and rhythmic breaks, she loves playing music with energy and depth.   A recent move to Bristol has brought new opportunities to explore a vibrant scene.  As a musician she has been focusing attention on singing and playing keyboards in her new band.  But the decks are never far away and as part of the band package she is building a reputation for playing records with a heavy dose of funk to get people moving.  She hopes to continue developing her obsessive love of music in her new home city.

P.O.D.G.E. was discovered in The Forest of Dean during the treacherous winter of 1982.  Little is known about his upbringing but it led him to believe that he was Nick Berry.  Unable to cope with the imposter on TV he left the Forest for the bright lights of Walford. Unfortunately due to a terrible sense of direction and having one leg shorter than the other, he ended up in Plymouth where he stayed for 7 years living under the stairs in the Dance Academy from where he would only venture out on the last Friday of the month.  Tired of the shabby Devon streets and seedy 4×4 beats he briefly fled the country and appeared in the American cartoon, King of the Hill playing the charismatic young Bobby.  After his brief flit with acting he was deported back to his homeland and settled in Bristol where he can be found in his trusty rocking chair playing High Contrast’s greatest hits on a banjo.  Despite some serious mental issues, a lazy eye and restricted growth, P.O.D.G.E. is a fine fellow with an intriguing taste in rhythm and can be found rocking all good dance floors near you.

Sunday 23 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Hattie, Defazed | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Drum & bass / breakbeat DJ / Producer Hattie was originally from Southampton but is now based in Bristol.  He has not been making music long, about 8 or so months on his own, but has been playing around with other peeps in their studios for years.  He can’t remember exactly when he started mixing, about 6 or so years ago.  He like a drink and a smoke and will come play house parties for free, just trying to have fun with music so kick back, roll up, chillax and enjoy the tunes.

Defazed has been creating electronic music since around 2001.  He has played in excess of 50 live shows, many of which were versus sets with the mighty Headphobe. Defazed and Headphobe were crowned Laptop Battle UK team champions in March 2007 and more recently Defazed was crowned Laptop Battle UK solo champion in December 2007.  After a stint of 12″ and MP3 releases on labels including 1 Man Army Records and Dissident’s Jungletek Movement, he has taken his work back underground to study new forms and develop his technique.

Sunday 30 November 2008 6pm-8pm | Gyu | Listen | Chat | Brap.FM

Back in 1999 when Gyu first heard Hip Hop Phenomenon he knew his life had changed forever.  This was his first experience of nu skool breaks and it was the catalyst that inspired him to begin to mix breaks.  A year or two later he moved to Bristol, and was soon a key player in the free party scene, being an original member of the Dissident crew.  He found himself a resident at the infamous Bashout nights in Bristol as a part of the Dissident crew, which was followed up by his debut 12″ release, Tryst on Jungletek Movement in 2005.  It was shortly after this that he began to struggle to pick out records which excited him from the breaks genre.  He discovered instead the early sounds of artists such as Vex’d, Search & Destroy, Toasty and Reso.  The production values of such artists resonated with his own musical ideas, resulting in his own fresh take on breaks.  He began to collaborate with Dissident member Globe Rotter as Mad-Tek and released the False Flag E.P. on Digital Distortions.  This was followed by his solo effort Ill Shaped on the same label.  Gyu’s music continues to demonstrate his clinical production providing dramatic impact alongside melodic depth, and receives a wide range of support from artists such as Warlock, Noyeahno and Blackmass Plastics.  Recent releases include remixes for Subgrade Records and Noodles Recordings, as well as his first release on Urban Scrumping Records, with the Rorschach E.P. out now.