Brilliant South African soul jazzy wares from The Anchors, this is Black Soul

It’s a scorcher outside, warrants a bbq tonight. The soundtrack to that apart from the sound of swifts screeching overhead? That’ll be this ace compilation courtesy of Soul Jazz: Rebel Island Soul, Under The Influence, Reggae, Soul and Funk in Jamaica in the 1970s.

An absolute jewel here, Keith Hudson’s Playing It Cool & Playing It Right. Echoes of Sly Stone, yet entirely its own. Big love ❤️

Scientist encounters Pac-Man at Channel One this afternoon

Opening today with a chapter in Prince Istari’s ongoing and highly recommended Riddim Dub School series. This is 8th Grade - Top Ranking Steppers Science Class

Early peek at the June Eclectic Corner @madwaspradiomwr.bsky.social family photo

Squarepusher is giving a Kammerkonzert this afternoon

Time for a crank (up the volume) call from @bluenoterecords.bsky.social, it’s Dexter Calling…

McCoy Tyner’s Asante spreading joy around the house. Thank you indeed @bluenoterecords.bsky.social

Phone photo so forgive the blurry quality, but yes, meet our local eagle owl chicks who is about five weeks old

Good morning and welcome to your Sunday, the weather forecast predicts at least an hour’s worth of sonic sunshine as the May episode of the Eclectic Corner is now available to stream: www.mixcloud.com/MartinTHC/ec...

For a generous helping of dub techno, you should consider giving Beppu’s Objects a go

In need of a mid week pick up? Perhaps the Eclectic Corner can be of assistance. Tune in to @madwaspradiomwr.bsky.social tonight at 7pm CET and let your ears feast on this lot

Moving into Sunday early evening territory, with a forecast of torrential rain forecast within the next couple of hours. What do you turn to? ECM in our case, here’s Benjamin Lackner’s Last Decade from this decade, recorded in ‘21, released in ‘22. It’s a pre-rain peach.

Crucial dub techno 12” this. Deadbeat feat. Paul St. Hilaire with Rooms Of Kairo Sessions. A basement scorcher…

Right, signing off for the weekend. If anyone needs me, I’ll be down at Cafe Bohemia getting lost in The Complete ‘Round About Midnight with Kenny Dorham and crew by invitation from @bluenoterecords.bsky.social

For another angle on the Black Jazz catalogue, Theo Parrish chose a bunch for this compilation some years ago, equally stellar

Soul Jazz has released a Best of Black Jazz Records 2xLP which is a great showcase for the label. Covering the years 1971-76 this is sonic life elixir

Think I saw this is due a reissue, so felt inclined to dig it out. Cat Power’s The Greatest

The happiest of birthdays to Sir David Attenborough, without whom nature and the need to care for it, would remain a strange concept to even more of us. Here’s music from the 1979 BBC series Life on Earth, scored by Edward Williams.

This morning Scientist met the space invaders and now Prince Jammy enters the fray and outright destroys them

Bim Sherman’s Ghetto Dub from 1988 next, it’s pretty much impossible not to answer the front door when Station Dub plays. This track is actually one of my favourite dubs ever, even if it gets tiring running back and forth to open said door ;)

Think I’ll be keeping it dub today. This is Scientist meets the Space Invaders from ‘81

You down with e.s.t.? Yeah, you know me. Live in Hamburg, spread over 4 LPs. Solid gold

Got a few select Drexciya side projects lined up for today

Alright Drexciya, let’s get to it

Ashley Beedle has always had the midas touch, nothing but love for him ❤️

Larry Heard remains a legend. This remains a brilliant remix 12” with Slam and Musique Tropique throwing everything and the kitchen sink at the remixes. Top package from 98

In an ocean of great Kerri Chandler releases, his Digitalsoul EP holds a special place in my heart

When I first picked up the Sueno Latino 12” way back then, I had no idea it was a rip off of Manuel Göttsching’s E2-E4 - I didn’t even know of Manuel Göttsching at the time. That being said, I still love it to bits

The eagle eyed will spot the source track for Those Guys’ Love, Love, Love classic in one of the pictures ❤️

David Bowie kind of Saturday, here’s Ziggy

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge @deborann.bsky.social @brucegeob.bsky.social @marksmusic1977.bsky.social @paulakeenan.bsky.social From this year so far thehomecurrent.bandcamp.com/track/chew-u...

#NowPlaying @thehomecurrent.bsky.social - A Point Blank Dream thehomecurrent.bandcamp.com/album/a-poin...

It’s always a bit of an occasion around here when Harmonious Thelonious lets go of a new album. I have loved his work for years, new one is called Grumpy Pieces, something the music in no way reflects to my ears at least :)

Year is 1956, a very young Lee Morgan steps up to the mic and ignites a career that will have him become one of the jazz greats, the session courtesy of Hank Mobley and his crew (Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Art Taylor). Introducing Lee Morgan it is.

Starting the week with Extrawelt’s Dystortion 3xLP. Excellent electronic music

Nick The Record 12” disco greatness

Anyone else getting messages from the stars this afternoon? Rah Band just bought some around for us

This one is for The Loft, Studio 54 et al heads. Inner City Sound Archives with an EP carefully populated with a number of Unreleased NYC Disco Cuts 1978-1982. Smoking hot gear…

A Studio One Sound start to the Saturday

The aforementioned Charif Megarbane is a one man powerhouse of a musician, here he’s under his Cosmic Analog Ensemble name with Les Grandes Vacances - an album that plays like a long lost Jean Claude Vannier session from the Melody Nelson era

Superb meeting between Indonesian band Ali and Lebanese composer and producer Charif Megarbane, captured over a few days in Berlin. Album’s called Tirakat and is now out on Habibi Funk

Hogan, The Hawk & Dirty John Crown get to sound in the weekend. Top shelf UK library jams from ‘72. Released by De Wolfe, the label describes it as ‘up-to-date group and orchestral sounds, with accent on movement and beat’. This is a reissue from @bewithrecords.bsky.social

Splendid 2xLP collection of Dennis Bovell productions mostly from the second half of the 70s. This is Sufferer Sounds

Think I saw somewhere that there will be a repress of the compilation collecting the Rhythm & Sound 10” series on Burial Mix. What a great thing, it’s timeless stuff

Swifts are in

Yes, this thing actually exists. Composed by Eric Satie, dubbed by Prince Istari. The two meet Inna Heavy Dub Encounter.

I normally don’t engage with politics online, but this I simply need to mention to you. It concerns a bass cabinet meeting during a Dub Conference between Winston Edwards & Blackbeard at 10 Downing Street

Stanley Turrentine, McCoy Tyner, Bob Cranshaw and Mickey Roker keeping it lit on Easy Walker @bluenoterecords.bsky.social