As of today it’s officially British Summertime, and I’ve been in the local park sketching out ideas in the sunshine.

Due to that fairly mundane fact, this week I’m recommending a podcast from another sunny place – the ‘Sunshine State’ of Florida.

Black Market Funk (not to be confused with the legendary, London record store), is a great show I blundered across in iTunes and grabbed a few mixes. Continue reading…

Time marches on… By Wednesday, April Fools day will be out of the way, and we’ll be well into British Summer Time. Nice.

Also, it means that the time has come round once more for another one of our “Allsorts” radio shows. Djs on the night will be Blunt residents Doug, Marcus Hurley, and Agent M. As per usual, we’ll be starting live from 8pm UK time.

You should know what to expect by now. A full-on mixed bag o’ tricks from the record collections of three of Blunt Beats finest. I can’t really give you any indication, musically, of what will be happening on the night yet, but rest assured it’ll be top quality as per tradition!

Blunt Beats presents “Allsorts”. Live from 8pm UK time, April 2nd 2008. Blunt Beats DJs on the night: Doug, Marcus Hurley, and Agent M

Okay, I know I’m going a little off-tangent here…

It’s not very “British” to complain about a bad retail experience. Well, us stiff-upper-lips might mumble to our chums, but remonstrating in the shop isn’t the done thing. It’s the sort of thing the French do, old bean…

(Well, that’s when they’re not eating horses, or holding the country to ransom over petrol and taxes, or striking in their airports….but, I’m digressing here….) Frankly, knickers to all that. Our Gallic brothers have got it right if you ask me. Viva La Revolution! Continue reading…

As you may have been able to tell from Wednesday nights show, our guest Christafari was less than happy with all the laptop glitches he suffered on his mix.
Good old M$ and their reliable software solutions eh?
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Tracklisting from the last Heavy Vibes show. And Ting.

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Our good friend Dex Digital over at mixtapeshow.net has been keeping busy. Aside from the recent Jay Electronica video footage, he’s also just put out some new material on a kind of nu-soul/soultronica kind of vibe.

Now it’s always nice to get pointers when it comes to music. We get people who open our ears up to music, in the same way we do to you guys out there. So, here, I’m kind of passing one on to you.
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If you’re a regular listener to Blunt Beats Radio you’ve probably heard me play many, many tracks from the cracking UK indie label Tru Thoughts. It makes sense then that this week I’m recommending you grab their Tru Thoughts Mixes podcast.

There’s been six installments so far, each one profiling an artist from the TT stable. With episodes featuring Quantic, Nostalgia-77, The Bamboos and new signings, Saravah Soul, the series gives you an interesting behind-the-scenes view of what goes into the albums they release.

If you know Tru Thoughts then you’ll probably be subscribed already, if not, then give it a go. As the late, great JB said: “Get in to it… Get involved!”

Wednesday 26th March sees us turning up the pressure once more. Straight up roots, dancehall and dub sounds, live from Blunt HQ, in deepest darkest babylon.

Selectas on the night will be Blunt residents the Erbalist and Agent M, who will be joined on the night by special guest Christafari, with an exclusive set for Blunt Beats.

Blunt Beats presents Heavy Vibes – Live from 8pm UK time – Wed 26th March - Erbalist, Agent M, and special guest Christafari. Pack the pipe and feel the vibes. Heavy Vibes.

Here’s the tracklisting from last weeks AFRO show.
Some quality sets all round I’m sure you’ll agree.

Big up to DJ Sicknote for his set – this guy knows his beats! Nice one mate

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It’s time to get loud again. Tomorrow’s live radio show sees the return of the ear bleeding bluntness that is Absolute Fucking Rinse Out (or AFRO, for short).

Expect to hear dirty breaks, dubstep, drum and bass, and other such noisy noises as provided by Blunt Residents Marcus Hurley and the Erbalist. We’ll also be welcoming special guest DJ Sicknote to Blunt HQ to provide some of his beats on the night….we organise some nice treats for you lucky listeners!

Blunt Beats presents AFRO, with Marcus Hurley, the Erbalist, and special guest Sicknote. Wed 19th March 2008 from 8pm UK time. If your ears hurt on Thursday, don’t blame us!