Solid Steel Radio - Appreciation Thread.

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Coldcut and the crew at Ninja Tune always deliver. Can't say enough good things about their mixes - diverse, quality selections. New mixes go up all the time.

http://solidsteel.ninjatune.net

Was just listening to this new one...

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Hip hop heads may dig this too...

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Tracklists on the main site.

[volcanogeorge]

yesssss

bonobo mix for solid steel was huge, got heavy rotation on the headphones

[wub]

Saw Herbaliser and DJ Food live Saturday night

[Forum]

Havn't listened for a while but back at uni i was on these every time.
They could overdo it with the 70s and 80s music sometimes but mostly they were gold

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It all depends on who the guest DJ is. I don't mind the oldskool sounds so much, it's when someone does 2 hours of house that puts me off.

BUT: the awesome thing is that if you're not feeling a particular mix, just wait a couple days and a new one'll be up that's pretty much guaranteed to be different from the last. For instance, the last one had a bunch of mashups which I'm ambivalent about at best, but then went on into some completely different vibes with Dobie, Jah Warrior, new Grace Jones, etc.

Gotta say again that for anyone looking to hear bassy sounds outside of dubstep proper (whatever the fuck that even means anymore) and into the many cool currents happening across the board - juke, trap, bruk, skweee, post-everything - then I know of no finer resource.

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New shows up...

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New shows are FUCKIN' BANANAS, yo...

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[node]

Mint, I've generally well enjoyed them when I've caught a show.

[skevin]

loooooove the solid steel mixes, you catch the beastie boys reconstruction one?

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Mint, I've generally well enjoyed them when I've caught a show.

What's amazing is how frequently they post new mixes: I used to catch them infrequently before but they're so good I've made a point to check in on their homepage once a week for the latest installments.

loooooove the solid steel mixes, you catch the beastie boys reconstruction one?

DEFINITELY. That one was amazing. The Amon Tobin one is also .



EDIT:

The 2nd one here - the DJ Food mix - is incredible too. Tunes like this...

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[node]

Ye, that's inspired me to bookmark it, not really sure why I haven't before!

Think it's appropriate to put this here? ...
It's the JDJ mix Coldcut did and it pretty much blew my head off after hearing it..After checking loads of good but straight solid genre mixing back in the day, I heard this and just thought it pissed in the faces of everything else. Pretty much still does

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The more people listen to Solid Steel, the more the world will become a better place.
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December 10th, 2012 - NEW SHOW BITCHES: RESO!
IF YOU DON'T LISTEN TO IT, YOU ARE A SILLY TWAT.

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Only posting Part I here. Go listen to Part II yourself here: http://solidsteel.ninjatune.net/

That is all.

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PART 1 — Coldcut meets The Orb

ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL

The Orb / Hold Me (interlude) (feat. Lee Scratch Perry) / Dub Temple
Oicho / Buried / Workhousedigital
Gaudi & The Orb Feat. Lee Scratch Perry / I Start To Pray / Unreleased
Youth Vs Brother Culture / Bubble Up / Unreleased
Mulatu Astatke / Yegelle Tezeta (my Own Memory) / Mochilla
Coldcut / Isotoke / Unreleased
Sun Ra / Astro Black / Impulse
John Coltrane / So What Solo / Columbia
Arthur Russell / Lets Go Swimming / Logarhythm
Gene Kelly / Singing In The Rain / Decca
Derek Scott / Sounds Unusual / Music De Wolfe
Nitty Gritty / Use To Be My Dubber / Uptempo
Yabby You / Heads A Roll Dub / Profit
The Orb / Man In The Moon (instrumental) / Cooking Vinyl
Manuel Gottsching / Ash Ra Temple / Pluralis / Kosmiche Musik


PART 2 — Coldcut meets The Orb

ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL
Moondog / Dance Rehearsal / Prestige
Delta Uniform Bravo / A Stooges Lament / Unreleased
Steve Hillage / Rainbow Dome Music / Virgin
Killing Joke / Exorcism (youth Dub) / Unreleased
William Burroughs / Ah Pook Is Here / Giorno Poetry Systems
Delta Uniform Bravo / On & On (skewed Version) / Unreleased
The Animated Egg / Sock It My Way / Alshire Records
Bonnie Dobson / Bird Of Space / Prestige
Monty Python / The Rhubarb Tart Song / Charisma
Ry Cooder / Paris Texas / Warner Bros
The Amorphous Androgynous / Guru Song / Artful Records
Overture / Orchestra / Varese Sarabande
Killing Joke / European Super State (youth Dub Remix) / Unreleased
Pole / Berlin / Kiff
Master Musicians Of Bukkake / Tainted Phenomena / Southern Records


PART 3 — Coldcut meets The Orb

ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL

Coldcut & The Orb / Countdown Intro Feat. Jfk / Unreleased
Popol Vuh / Through Pain To Heaven Ii / Egg
Nicodemus / Mad Over Me / Black Joy Records
Prince Jammy / Shielded Approach / Jammy's Records
Gil Scott-heron / The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [early Version] / Flying Dutchman
The Upsetter / Lover's Skank / Spangler's Clapp
Coldcut / Space Brother No.1 / Unreleased
Augustus Pablo / Don D Special Dub / Rockers International
Youth Vs Brother Culture / People Love The Music (dub) / Unreleased
Coldcut & The Orb / Shadow Jam / Unreleased
Actress / Shadow From Tartarus / Honest Jon's Records
Coldcut & The Orb / Guru / Witches Jam / Unreleased
Delta Uniform Bravo / Bullnose Step / Unreleased
Celtic Cross / Hicksville / Liquid Sound Design
Osho / I Celebrate Myself / Unknown
Charanjit Singh / Raga Kalavati / Bombay Connection
Coldcut & The Orb / Beats Working Jam / Unreleased
Youth & Penny Rimbaud / And If I Lust / Unreleased


PART 4 — Coldcut meets The Orb

ARTIST / TITLE / LABEL

Ry Cooder / She's Leaving The Bank / Warner Bros
Teebs / While You Dooo / Brainfeeder
Killing Joke / Eighties (youth Dub) / Unreleased
Delta Uniform Bravo / Mad Don The Kebab Killing 3 / Unreleased
The Orb / Pluto Calling (twinkle) / Malicious Damage
Youth & Jake / 106 Degrees Far Out / Unreleased
Celtic Cross / Jade Garden / Liquid Sound Design
White Noise / Love Without Sound / Virgin
Hal 9000 / Jacob Miller / Knocking Version (dub) / Greensleeves
Iggy Pop / Mass Production / Rca
Coldcut & The Orb / Hal 9000 Jam / Unreleased
Monty Python / Finland / Charisma
Elliot Goldenthal / Estrella Oscura Feat Lila Downs / Frida Soundtrack
John Bonham / Drum Outtakes / Unknown
Skatilites / Guns Of Navarone / Trojan
Celephais / Zodiac Free Arts Club / Permanent Vacation
Robag Wruhme / Thora Vukk / Pampa Records
Rootmasters / Fade 2 Blue / Unreleased
Hank Williams / Jambalaya (on The Bayou) (dj Yoda Mash) / Unthugged Classics

[alphacat]

First half of this mix is... weird. Like, unexpected, but after a while, kind of interesting stream of consciousness listening. Second half is the don dada himself, Jack Dangers.

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Also a DJ Food mix... haven't heard it yet, but it's probably good based on the TL.


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