On the Wire - 24th April 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt.1 (China intro) - Leghorn
Kasai Allstars - Kasai Munene (Ekiti Sound Remix) - Crammed Discs
DJ Karawai - Deleting your data data 313 - urwaxx (Goa Tekk)
Scotch Rolex - Success feat. Lord Spikeheart - Hakuna Kulala (Tewari)
Tribal Brothers & DJ Polo - Bullet Rice (Digi master) - Livity Sound
Pessimist - Dem Control - Berceuse Heroique (All Hope Lost)
Mabe Fratti  - Hacia El Vacío - Unheard of Hope (Será que ahora podremos entendernos?)
Claire Rousay (a softer focus) - Peak chroma clairerousay.bandcamp.com
Pan Daijing - Dust 五月 - PAN (Jade)
Patrick Belaga - Rust - PAN (Blutt)
Roger_Robinson and the Black Space Quartet - Smoke City - Boomkat Editions (Seasons)
Blue Gene Tyranny - Harvey Milk (Portrait) 1979 - Unseen Worlds (Degrees of Freedom Found)
 

Fenny
Victor Uwaifo - Iranm Iran - Analog Africa (Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1)
BLK JKS - Harare – Glitterbeat (Abantu/Before Humans)
Last Days of April - Even the good days are bad - Tapete Records
Ja Panik - The Cure - Bureau B

White Label - Do You Believe Ft Bim Sherman - no label
Howie Lee - Wave, Wave, Wave - Mais Um Discos (Birdy Island)
A New Line (Related) (Love In A Unitary Authority Parts 1-9) - Love In A Unitary Authority Part 5 (Home Assembly Music)
Celer - Mirror Falls (8, 9, and 11) - Two Acorns (Malaria)
The Same - Hot & Cold  - Freedom to Spend (Sync or Swim)
Vladislav Delay - Rakas - Cosmo Rhythmatic (Rakka II)
Steve von Till - Nightshade High Country - Neurot (A Deep Voiceless Wilderness)
Gulls - Wind & Delay - gulls.bandcamp.com
Tony Conrad - Four Violins (1964) - Table of the Elements (Early Minimalism)

 

On the Wire - 17th April 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar No.1 (China intro) – Leghorn
Marcia Aitken – I’m still in love (edit) – Joe Gibbs
Trinity – Three Piece Suit and Thing – Joe Gibbs
Gregory Isaacs & Trinity - My Number One – Heartbeat
Jacob Miller & Trinity - I'm Just A Dread/One Shut – Joe Gibbs
Trinity & the Heptones Uptown Thing Carry the Swing - TR International
Trinity - Quarter Pound A Ishens - Blood & Fire (Shanty Town Determination)
Trinity - Set Up Yourself - Well Charge
The Prophets & Trinity - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom discomix - Blood & Fire (Yabby You – Jesus Dread 1972 – 1977)
Trinity & Blood & Fire Sound System – Live in France 1999
Culture - Down In Jamaica (Where Marcus Garvey Came From) (12 Inch Mix) – Doctor Bird (Children of Zion: High Note Singles Collection)
Culture - Love Shine Bright (12 Inch Mix) – Doctor Bird (Children of Zion: High Note Singles Collection)
I Roy - Tougher than tough – Doctor Bird (Derrick Harriott Presents Earthly Sounds: Classic Reggae from the Crystal Vaults)
Augustus Pablo - Tougher than tough version – Doctor Bird (Derrick Harriott Presents Earthly Sounds: Classic Reggae from the Crystal Vaults)
Augustus Pablo - Bells of death – Doctor Bird (Derrick Harriott Presents Earthly Sounds: Classic Reggae from the Crystal Vaults)
Bongo Herman - Bells of death version – Doctor Bird (Derrick Harriott Presents Earthly Sounds: Classic Reggae from the Crystal Vaults)
Lee Perry – Roast fish and cornbread – Trojan (Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread)
Lee Perry – Roast fish and cornbread version – Trojan (Roast Fish, Collie Weed & Cornbread)

Fenny
La Chica - La Loba – Zamora (La Loba)
Witch - No Time - Now Again Records (Introduction)
The Desert Wolves - Love Scattered Lives - Optic Nerve
Crimi - La Vicaria - Airphono  Records (Luci e Guai)

The Revolutionaries - Addis Ababa Dub/Marcus Dub - Channel 1
Vibronics – China Rock – Scoops 7”
Vibronics – China dub – Scoops 7”
Disciples - Prowling Lion/Raw mix 1 - Partial Records
New Age Steppers - John Peel Session Pt. 1 1983 (New Age Steppers Peel Session)
New Age Steppers - Not A Nobody (New Age Steppers Peel Session)
New Age Steppers - The Riddle (Maybe Socca Dub version) (New Age Steppers Peel Session)
New Age Steppers - Send For Me (New Age Steppers Peel Session)
Christopher Martin - Rent Free - VP Records
Macka B - Hail Rasta [Official Audio] – ZED2DIZEE Music Production
Jah Jah Time (instrumental) – ZED2DIZEE Music Production
Renee - Bruk life (clean) – Maximum Sounds
Androo & Bony Fly - Xoxo Dub – Les Disques Magnetique

 

On the Wire - 10th April 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar No.1 (China intro) – Leghorn
Kangundo D Boys - Mpenzi Maggie - No Wahala Sounds (The Boys from Nairobi)
Les Filles de Illighadad - Surbajo - Sahel Sounds (At Pioneer Works)
Laurie Anderson - Let X=X – Nonesuch (Big Science)
Laurie Anderson – It Tango – Nonesuch (Big Science)
Arthur Russell - Another Thought – Audika Bandcamp (The Deer in The Forest- March 2, 1985 Live at Roulette)
Facta - Sistine Plucks - Wisdom Teeth (Blush)
Caterina Barbieri - Carlo Maria Fantas resynthesized for 808 and 202 - Editions Mego (Fantas Variations)
Colleen – Gazing at Taurus – Night Sky Rumba – Thrill Jockey (The Tunnel and a Clearing)
Dialect - Flame Not Stone - RVNG Intl (Under-Between)
Donato Dozzy and Daniele di Gregorio - Sessione4 - Maga Circe Musica (Buchla-Marimba)

Andy “Madhatter – Funkology - The Meters Pt. 2 : "The Josie Years"
Sophisticated Cissy
Ease Back
Yeah You're Right
Pungee
Hand Clapping Song
Look-Ka-Py-Py
Tippi Toes
Cardova
Cissy Strut
Here Comes The Meter Man
Go For Yourself
Same Old Thing
Little Old Money
(All Josie Records)

Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - Lost Futures - Thrill Jockey (Lost Futures)
Richard Youngs - Thought Plane 2020 - Blackford Hill (Transmissions / Volume One)
Rob St John - Surface Tension - Blackford Hill (Transmissions / Volume One)
Enzo Favata - For Turiya - Niafunken (The Crossing)

Fenny
Samba Toure - Sambalama -Glitterbeat Records (Binga)
Tidiane Thiam - N'Dianguene Demngai Men - Sahel Sounds (Sahel Sounds Label Sampler 3)
Map 71 – Aces - Foolproof Projects (Belladonna Sunsets EP)
The Fall - Jawbone and the Airifle - Castle Face Records (Live at St Helens Technical College '81)

Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Timewhys – Atlantic
Seefeel - Spangle (Autechre remix) – Warp

Pete Haigh – Funkology Nu & Recent tunes April 2021
Sean Kahn - Starchild (Kaidi Tathum Remix) - BBE Records
Dee Jay Sound - Runnin' (Original Mix) - Funk Hut Records
Vince Broomfield - I'm Ready For a Love of My Life - Broomfield Music
Ten City - Be Free (Emmaculate & Shannon Chambers Mix) – Ultra Records
Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues (Mark De Clive Lowe Remix) - Concord Records
STR4TA - Rhythm in Your Mind - Brownswood UK
Adam Cruz - Obatala (Mixtape Sessions Mix) - Mixtape Sessions Records
DJ Said & Reelsoul - Joy til Midnight - Fat Souls Records
STR4TA - Aspects - Brownswood UK
Anthony Nicolson - Dirty Disco Jazz Funk - Jazz Diaries Records

Loscil - Vespera - Kranky (Clara)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - OUR SIDE HAS TO WIN (for D.H.) – Kranky (G d s Pee AT STATE S END)
Dougie Stu - Familiar Future - Heavenly Recordings (Familiar Future)
Elite Beat - Sports Radio – Boomarm Nation (Special Edition Dub)

 

On the Wire on the BBC

 Good news is that On the Wire is back on the BBC. Bad news is that we are only on air four times in 2021. You’ll find us on Bank Holidays .....
 

We have not received any statement from the BBC to explain why this a good idea, so here’s a recent quote from the acting manager at BBC Radio Lancashire:
 

“BBC local radio has moved to a simplified schedule. With our new format we’re not able to have a weekly programme. The idea of the quarterly show was to keep the bond with the programme so that if the situation changed in the future we would still have contact.”
 

So, we are hoping and aiming to be back in our weekly slot in 2022. In the meantime we will continue on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/otwradio
 

You can contact On the Wire at steve.barker@bbc.co.uk

Playlist - 3rd April 2021

 

 

 Dub Syndicate – Ravi Shankar Pt.1 (China intro) – Leghorn
Basic Rhythm – Hayward Road – Planet Mu
Forest Drive West – Dualism (digi) (edit) – Livity
Bakongo – Thirteen – Trule
Afrosounds - Caliventura - Vampisound (Colombia) (La Danza de los Mirlos)
Los Robbins - Patricia - VampiSoul (Honduras)
Las Cuatro Monedas - Buena suerte - El Palmas (Venezuela) (Color de Trópico)
Sebastião Tapajos & Pedro Dos Santos - Sorongaio – (Vampisoul Brazil)
Not Waving & Romance - Romance While My Heart Is Still Beating - Ecstatic (Eyes of Fate)
Meemo Comma - Tikkun Olam - Planet Mu (Neon Genesis Soul Into Matter)
Para One - Shin Sekai - Animal63 (Machines of Loving Grace)
Sunroof - 1.1 Edit - Mute (Electronic Music Improvisations Vol.1)
Kink Gong - Khmu Miao Qiang - Zomia Vol.1 (Discrepant)
Dagar Gyil Ensemble Of Lawra - Dagara (edit) - Sublime Frequencies (Gyil Music of Ghana's Upper West Region)
Omar Sosa - Veloma E - OTA Records (An East African Journey)
Altin Gun - Kesik Cayir – Glitterbeat (Yol)
Islandman - Sem Voce - Music for Dreams (Kaybola)
Wau Wau Collectif - Mouhamodou Lo and his Children - Sahel Sounds (Yaral Sa Doom)
Hailu Mergia - Nefas New Zemedie - Awesome Sounds From Africa (Tezeta)
Teno Afrika - Trip to Vlakas (Main Mix) - Awesome Tapes From Africa (Amapiano Selections)
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Movement 7 – Luaka Bop (Promises)