This morning we were happily reminded of a tune from a time gone by from Dimitri From Tokyo/Paris called Love Love Mode (Disorient) which we heard on an early episode of a regular mixcloud programme we’ve been tuning into recently called the Catface Show.
The show is presented by Bob Catface and the shows are 30 minutes in duration featuring a great mix of downtempo and all sorts (and we mean all sorts) of great music. Well worth a listen! Link to it here.
A record came out of the blue here for no reason at all this evening, the excellent New York Shine On Me! off the Ambient House (The Compilation By DFC) LP which we first heard on the John Peel show.
It’s a lovely acid tinged number with a driving kick drum made by someone called Aqua Regia (a chap called Akin Fernandez) originally released on Akin’s record label Irdial Discs. Little did we know at the time there would be a shortwave radio connection and also one with The Ritchie Family of “The Best Disco in town” fame as it was only tonight in the comments of the youtube we discovered the sample. You learn something new every day.
Another release on Irdial:
If you like horns and shortwave radio do tune into Radio Clarion on WRMI on 9395 kHz at 2200 utc this Sunday 16th October 2022 for music of a horns persuasion.
If you haven’t got a shortwave radio no problem, just tune in to 9395 kHz on AM mode at the allotted hour using this SDR here. Tune in and enjoy the blazing horns!
Whilst researching a shortwave radio mix for the Imaginary station WREN – Renaissance Radio we came across Memotone out of Bristol on Bandcamp. There was some great music on there including a haunting track from a chap called O.G. Jigg (Willl Yates/Half Nelson/Memotone) called Earth Memories. On the shortwave mix we went for the 0808 version which like the original is short and sweet but oh what a tune! One to listen to while doing a windmill on a sheet of lino on the top of Maiden Castle upon a solstice eve.
Big shout to all at RTM.FM in Thamesmead, south east London for broadcasting the Imaginary Stations show monthly from this Saturday at 6pm UK time online here.
RTM.FM is also home to our good mate Jesse Yuen who broadcasts the excellent downbeat/bass/”not a” reggae show North of the River Swan every forth Sunday of the month. Here’s the last episode which featured at 1.09.00 in a repeat of “A weeds up to me knees dub special” from a couple of years ago.
Here’s the tracks for A weeds up to me knees dub special (tracklistings for the actual show are on the Mixcloud comments).
David Harrow – Sugar Dub (Workhouse Digital)
Overseerer – Madlab (Soundclash)
Sammy Dread ft Danny Dread – Follow Fashion (Volcano)
Anthony Johnson – Zuggi Zeng version (Archive)
Jazz’min & Madtone – Open up your dub retouched (Blossoms Kitchen)
The Mighty Quark – Smokescreen (King Syndrome Sounds)
Dennis Brown – Shaka the Great Warrior (DEB Music)
An excerpt of Kukan Dub Lagan – It’s about her (MikelaBella Records)
Ralph Myers & Jack Herron band – Savannah (Emperor Norton)
The Rhythm Method – Ranking Nico (Red Megaphone Music Cassette)
Jah Mason – Request Dub (Belleville International)
Johnny Clarke – Roots Natty Congo (Striker Lee)
Tyler Ov Gaia – A portal into another world (Believe France)
We all love a bargain so here’s the studio audio of last Sunday’s KMRT Back to School Shortwave Special. As we all know KMRT is “The only official KMART radio station on Shortwave” (subject to availability and only while stocks last).
Expect all sort of Supermarket/Back to School type classics and at 44.24 there’s a mix from One Deck Pete called “A cleaner required to Aisle 5 please” and here’s the tracklist:
George Feledichuk – The Best To You (Excerpt)
Guerrilla Biscuits – RAR
Curator – Lullaby
We Buy Records – The We Buy Records Theme (MAP remix)
Horace Andy – Money Money – Black Star Liner – evol roots money mash Version
Eric Hilton – Flowering Soul
The best to you…
Do you enjoy shopping? Do you love bargains? We do here at Weeds and will be tuned in this weekend for the return of the supermarket themed station KMRT in the imaginary stations series. It’s a back to school shortwave special too!
Experience the thrill of a bustling supermarket live on shortwave this Sunday 18th September 2022 via WRMI on 9395 kHz at 2200 hrs UTC. There will be lots of blue light specials, bargains galore and also an appearance of “A cleaner required to Aisle 5 please” a mix from One Deck Pete featuring tunes by George Feledichuk, Guerrilla Biscuits, We Buy Records, Horace Andy and Eric Hilton.
Have a look at the trailer above to get you in the mood and have a couple of credit cards at the ready. Expect some great tunes “while stocks last” and some crazy price giveaways “75% off on selected items only”. Shortwave is the only place this weekend to find yourself that special offer!
Just to remind you all that on Sunday 11th September 2022 at 1000 UTC (11am UK time) there’s the return of the ethereal station Radio Lavalamp upon those shortwaves of ours.
Expect some chiilled and left-field tunes throughout the hour and at 27 minutes in there’s One Deck Pete with The Purple Nucleus of Creation 005 a mix of an alternative nature with tunes by Fila Brazillia, Past Palms and 100th Monkey. If you haven’t a shortwave radio, click the link here on Sunday morning. To tune in or not to tune in? “The decision rests with you.”
Here’s some lovely downbeat business which will appear in a forthcoming mix for KMRT in the Imaginary Radio Stations series on shortwave in a few weeks time. It’s by Curator (who is out of Brooklyn) and it’s called Lullaby (Chopan) and it’s a tune and a half.
