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Territorial replay

Morocco at the controls

So another Uncharted session passes by, and it was an extra special one this week. Marcus opened up proceedings with some fresh, up-front DnB. Our special guest Morocco delivered a storming set of dubstep and breaks (many, and I mean many, unreleased dubs on rotation there). Following that, I took things on to midnight with a bit of ambient and lo-fi drum & bass.

If you missed it live, then fear ye not, you can grab it from our radio page for the next week. A tracklisting of the show is below

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A Moroccan Territory…

Uncharted Territory on Blunt Beats Radio

This Wednesday sees the return of our spaced-out drum and bass and breakbeat extravaganza that is Uncharted Territory. And, we’ve got something very special lined up for you this week. Joining our resident Blunt space cadets Doug and Marcus Hurley will be special guest DJ Morocco.

Morocco specialzes in breakbeat and drum and bass. He was one of the major dj’s on Spice FM back in the early 90’s, and worked with the likes of DJ Nookie from Daddy Armshouse record shop. He is now playing major events with the likes of Krafty Kuts, LTJ Bukem, and High Contrast. So, it’s fair to say this show is going to banging!

Blunt Beats Radio presents Uncharted Territory. Live from 8pm UK time, Wednesday 29th April, with Blunt Residents Doug and Marcus Hurley, and special guest DJ Morocco. www.bluntbeats.com/radio

Video – Inspired Bicycles and Danny MacAskill

It’s Friday, so we’ve got an end of the week treat right here. I was sent this video via Twitter (Cheers @rrdb) and was simply blown away by the skills on show! This is quite possibly the most awesome thing I have seen this year. Enjoy…

“Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.”

Reggae Time…Seen?

We’ve got a bit of a treat lined up for you lucky weblanders in this weeks Heavy Vibes radio show. We’ve taken a look through our dusty archive recordings, to bring you some of the guest sets and other bits and pieces that have featured in the Heavy Vibes series so far. Heavyweight roots, culture, dub and rocksteady business for sure.

We’ll be starting off with a previously unreleased recording of a hazy after-hours session from our very own Erbalist, alongside special guest DJ Herb from Solution Sound. We’ve also got a live recording from our good friends Baron Studio Sound, taken from their set alongside us at the Rhythms Of The World festival on our Urban Picnic Sounds stage last year. Following that will be 2 sets from top-notch guest selectas Matty J (AKA Reggae-MATTic), and Dread-I from Liberation.

All this exclusive material has been lovingly edited together into one bumper show for you lucky people. You’re actually going to get nearer 5 hours worth of music this week, rather than the usual 4. Praise be to Jah.

Blunt Beats Radio presents Extra Heavy Vibes, with exclusive sets from DJs the Erbalist, Herb, Baron Studio Sound, Reggae-MATTic, and Dread-I. Live from 8pm UK time, Wednesday 22nd April. www.bluntbeats.com/radio

Variety Is The Spice Of Life….

Well, we stuck to our word with last nights Allsorts radio show. it was exactly that. All manner of music from across the years and the genres, lovingly supplied by Blunt residents Doug, Marcus Hurley, and Agent M.

A full tracklist of the 4-hour session is below, and you can download the entire show for the next 7 days via our radio page. Aren’t we nice?
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All Sorted Once More

BB Allsorts

Yep, that’s right. We’re ready to go with the mixed bag o’ musical tricks that is our Allsorts radio show.

Live from 8pm tomorrow night, Blunt Residents Marcus Hurley, Doug, and Agent M will be mixing an entirely indulgent, and wide-ranging selection of tunes, for 4 hours. Nice.

As those of you in the know will undoubtedly realise, this show certainly lives up to its name, with all kinds of music getting played throughout the night. Don’t take my word for it, check out some of the tracklistings of previous Allsorts shows to see what I mean.

Bunt Beats Radio presents Allsorts, with Blunt Beats DJs Marcus Hurley, Agent M, and Doug. Live from 8pm UK time, Wednesday 15th April. www.bluntbeats.com/radio

Well-Round(ed) Ground(beat)

Well, as predicted, last nights Groundbeat live radio show treated all you lucky weblanders to some wide-ranging, top-quality jazzy vibes, which were just right for Wednesdays glorious sunshine (…we’re loving the fact the clock have gone forward here at Blunt HQ).

Lots of tunes. Classics and rarities. Four hours of it. Mixed up by Agent M, the Erbalist and Doug.

A full tracklisting of the night is below. And don’t forget you can download a full recording of the whole 4-hour live show for the next 7 days via our radio page.
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Looking After Your Horn

oldskate1.JPG Not like that… (You people have gutter minds…go and say ten Hail Mary’s!).

What I’m actually talking about is the long-awaited return of our Groundbeat radio session tomorrow night. As most of you know, this is basically where we take a jazz angle to our wax-digging antics. Jazz-influenced hip-hop, soul, funk, breakbeat, nu-jazz, and straight-up Blue Note classics. All in the mix. Because we’re nice.

Your groovy-cat, zoot-suit-wearing-Djs on the night will be Blunt Beats Residents the Erbalist, Agent M, and Doug. Live from 8pm UK time tomorrow night. Smooth as a smoothie, baby.

Blunt Beats Radio presents Groundbeat, with Resident DJs the Erbalist, Agent M, and Doug. Live from 8pm UK time Wednesday 8th April. www.bluntbeats.com/radio

Noodles April review

This week’s radio saw another four-hour-noodle-fest capably delivered. The special flavouring sachet this time around was supplied by J, adding a sweet minimal techno vibe to proceedings. Nice one for that, mate!

If you missed the live stream, fear ye not, the whole show is available to download from our radio page. Tracklisting is below:

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Hold The Soy Sauce…

Electric Noodles

Tonight’s live radio show sees us getting our noodle on once more…

Blunt Residents Agent M, J, and Doug will be providing you with 4 hours of the finest electronic, ambient and experimental music, live from 8pm UK time tonight, with our Electric Noodles show.

Those of you who’ve listened to this show in the past will know that it’s a top-notch mix of electronic tunes from around the globe, and this episode will prove to be no different.

Enjoy…it’s noodles that can be savoured without the use of tricky chopsticks!

Blunt Beats Radio presents Electric Noodles – Live from 8pm Uk time Wed 1st April, with Blunt DJs Agent M, J, and Doug. www.bluntbeats.com/radio