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radio show [as0848]

RESO, PLANETARY ASSAULT SYSTEMS + JEROME LOL are featured new music selections on this week’s program. WIDMAN leads off with a mix of 1/2 step + footwork-inspired drum n bass–including a 1997 BOYMERANG favorite from the era when jungle became dnb–into a short international interlude of early reggae + ethiopian funk, before launching into floor-moving…

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radio show [as0847] frankie knuckles + droog

FRANKIE KNUCKLES memorial tribute, DROOG interview + new music from PRINS THOMAS, JAMIE XX, ITAL TEK + FANTASTIC MR FOX are highlights of this week’s program. MISTER JOSHUA kicks it off with space disco, before moving into bass music and then techno to showcase his exclusive interview with ANDREI OSYKA of LA trio DROOG. HENRY…

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radio show [as0845]

BEN FROST, ADDISON GROOVE, TYCHO, TODD OSBORN + SBTRKT are featured new music selections for this week’s program. WIDMAN begins with the refreshingly beat-driven teaser from FROST’s forthcoming LP, following with a few more on the 70/140 bpm axis before diving into a set of next wave drum n bass and low-end heavy jams, wrapping…

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radio show [as0844]

TODD TERJE, BOOKASHADE feat. FRITZ KALKBRENNER (remixed) + TOSCA are among the featured new music selections for this week’s program. diverse tempos from LUKE and HENRY, as their sets run along late night vibes, with laid-back beats and disembodied vocals operating in vast spaces (with touches of epic pop, before diving off an ambient cliff)….

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radio show [as0843] valentin stip

VALENTIN STIP (interview), UNTOLD, TEEBS + PINCH are featured new music for this week’s exploration. MR JOSHUA fills his hour with introspective + intricate sounds, surrounding an exclusive interview with VALENTIN STIP from NICOLAS JAAR’s OTHER PEOPLE label. WIDMAN brings up the tempo, starting with SHACKLETON’s latest orchestral epic, mixing into gritty selections from dubstep-gone-techno…

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tonight: shigeto + absci djs at smart bar chicago

>> fri 07 march 2014 SHIGETO [ghostly int’l] ABSTRACT SCIENCE djs smartbar 3730 n clark http://www.smartbarchicago.com http://www.facebook.com/events/1458679041014630/

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radio show [as0482]

LENKEMZ ft SLICK DON, KUSH ARORA + MC ZULU + DJ NK’s zouk bass start off the show, as WIDMAN moves from an upfront mix of UK grime, global bass and dancehall into experimental jungle, funky drum n bass and finally rewinding to an O’JAYS classic on PHILADELPHIA INT’L. HENRY segues appropriately into the latest…

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new music: cooly g “hold me”

Few labels have done as much to reinforce bass music’s amorphous and far-reaching qualities as Hyperdub. And while credit is due to the leadership (and productions) of label head Kode9, it’s the company he keeps that truly establishes the label’s, well, anti-establishment quality—at least when it comes to the breadth of sounds it squeezes under…

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radio show [as0841]

VALENTIN STIP, HYPERDUB’s COOLY G + HAUSCHKA are among the future music selections on this week’s program. [aired 20 february 2014] > Mister Joshua Com Truise “Subsonic” – Wave 1 – Ghostly International Teebs “Holiday” – E S T A R – Brain Feeder Recondite “Still” – Hinterland – Ghostly International Scarper “Hypnophoniac” – Plexus…

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radio show [as0840]

TRUNCATE on 50WEAPONS, NINJA TUNE neo-junglist LEE BANNON, + OM UNIT are featured on this week’s future music program. WIDMAN kicks things off with a hip hop intro, flowing into dubstep + techno, followed by HENRY SELF with a selection of laid-back remixes & grooves, capping off with the 1983 classic “I Wanna Freak” by…

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