Friday 28 December 2012

OX105FM LIVE FROM CARBON, OXFORD ON NEW YEAR'S EVE




OX105FM is staging the mother of all New Year's Eve parties live from Carbon in Oxford this year. All the station's DJs will be spinning tunes across three rooms encompassing soulful house, garage, hip-hop, R&B, dubstep, D&B, slow jams and bashment, and the whole thing's to be broadcast from 11pm through to 5am New Year's Day. I'm on the set for the 4-5am hour!

Monday 24 December 2012

DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS



Even in spite of the mind-wasting garbage in the mainstream ... 2012 has actually been a fantastic year for real new music!  In March, I started The Sound Of Now on OX105FM in Oxford, which was a new experience for me. Rather than focus on strictly hip hop/ R&B/ 'urban', I started to showcase what I considered to be good new music from across different genres - soulful house, garage, bassline, D&B, as well as the underground hip-hop stuff.

It's been hugely encouraging to see so many great tunes still being made, and I'm genuinely inspired by all this stuff. Being open-minded sure pays off. So this year I'm officially retiring my year-end Bangers series to offer two The Sound Of '12 mixes, highlighting my favourite sounds from the past months of the show. Listen without prejudice for two interesting, inspiring and rewarding audio journeys. (Sadly, the automated Gestapo at Soundcloud objected to the algorithms on one of the tracks, hence Mixcloud. But below are the Mediafire links to be able to download them, meanwhile, as Mixcloud doesn't seem to have caught up with that concept yet.)

Mix 1 (Hip hop to D&B):




Mix 2 (Soulful/ Funky House):



There's so more to music than Rick Ross and Nikki Minaj!

*

MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 1 - 78:29

JAY ELECTRONICA: DEAR MOLESKINE
DJ KHALED FEAT. SCARFACE & NAS: HIP HOP
JEAN GRAE: KILL SCREEN
BUDDY FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR: STAIRCASES
SANTIGOLD: DISPARATE YOUTH (RC MIX)
SPEECH DEBELLE FEAT. ROOTS MANUVA & REALISM: BLAZE UP A FIRE
MASTA ACE: SLOW DOWN
CONSEQUENCE: TRUST FUND BABY
NAS: THE DON
LUPE FIASCO: AROUND MY WAY (FREEDOM AIN'T FREE)
MURS & FASHAWN: THE OTHER SIDE
BIG SHUG: FOR THE REAL
GAME: BLACK JESUS
KAMILAH SUMNER: LOVE OPERATOR
NY: TROPHY BOY (TODD EDWARDS REMIX)
RITA ORA: SHINE YOUR LIGHT (2 BEARS REMIX)
LITTLE NIKKI: INTRO INTRO (DJ Q REMIX)
NAS & ALRLISSA VS. 10 BELOW: HARD TO LOVE SOMEBODY
DJ FRESH FEAT. MS DYNAMITE: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)
MILK. BROKE UP THE FAMILY (KENNY KEN REMIX)
DR. MEAKER: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT
DR MEAKER: FIGHTER (UNREAL MIX) 



MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 2 - 73:47

BRIA VALENTE. 2NITE (DAVID ALEXANDER CLUB REMIX)
STAFFAN THORSELL: LIVING THE LIFE 
POUSSEZ: PASSIN THRU (SEAN MCCABE VOCAL REMIX)
SUNBURST BAND: IN THE THICK OF IT (JN ENDLESS SUMMER REMIX)
DAVID SHAW FEAT. CAROLYN HARDING: WHEN LOVE CALLS
HANI & ANDREA MARTIN: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
JOEY NEGRO VS SHEA SOUL. NO SUGAR (JOEY'S LONDON BUMP MIX)
DAVID MORALES FEAT. ROISIN MURPHY: GOLDEN ERA
JOHNNIKK: OPEN UP YOUR EYES
ISAAC CHRISTOPHER: BEEN THRU THE HOUSE
WHO YORK PLAYERS: PARTY GOING ON
HOOLIGAN SOUL: SHOUT LOUD (GLOBAL STEPPERS MIX)
JESSIE WARE: 110 PER CENT
KROITERKOPF. LOUNGING RHODES 
UP YOURS: TONIGHT
JESSE RIVERA. ONE DAY 
JNO: GOOD LIFE (JUAN PACIFICO LONG MIX)

Sunday 23 December 2012

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 22/12/12



THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM
PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 22ND DECEMBER 2012

THE 2012 RETROSPECTIVE, PART 1


Listen Again/ Download links:




HOOLIGAN SOUL: SHOUT LOUD (GLOBAL STEPPERS MIX)

ZINC. JUICY FRUIT

WOOKIE FEAT. RACHEL K COLLIER. 2 US (EXTENDED MIX)

PNAU: UNITE US (WOOKIE REMIX)

BOOG BROWN. GROWTH (14KT REMIX)

TORAE FEAT. KHRYSIS: GETTIN' BIIZ

STRONG ARM STEADY & STATIK SELEKTAH FEAT. CHACE INFINITE: FOREVER

KRAAK & SMAAK FEAT. LEX EMPRESS: HOLD BACK LOVE

TANJA DIXON. MEMORIES OF (JAMES VIBE REMIX)

KOHN ACTED: THE ANSWER (SATOSHI FUMI REMIX)

PATRICK GREEN. NUBIAN PRAYER (DEEP MIX)

JEREMY SYLVESTER: DOO DAA DAY 

DREADCHILD: THE DEFINITION

RICK ROSS FEAT. ANDRE 3000: SIXTEEN

SKYZOO: JANSPORT STRINGS

BIG SHUG: BLUE COLLAR

PUBLIC ENEMY: WTF

MARIO MARQUES FEAT. LATASHA JORDAN: COME SEE ABOUT ME 

2 BEARS: TAKE A LOOK AROUND

NY: TROPHY BOY (TODD EDWARDS REMIX)

RITA ORA: SHINE YOUR LIGHT (2 BEARS REMIX)

LITTLE NIKKI: INTRO INTRO (DJ Q REMIX)

NAS & ARLISSA VS. 10 BELOW: HARD TO LOVE SOMEBODY

DJ FRESH FEAT. MS DYNAMITE: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)

MILK. BROKE UP THE FAMILY (KENNY KEN REMIX)

DR. MEAKER: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT

DR MEAKER: FIGHTER (UNREAL MIX) 

Friday 21 December 2012

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, DEC 12/ JAN 13





Friday 21st December
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 22nd December
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 22nd December
The Living Room, Bristol

Monday 24th December
CHRISTMAS EVE
The Green Man, Hemel Hempstead

Wednesday 26th December
BOXING DAY
Old School Jams, Yates', Bicester

Thursday 27th December
Fish Out Of Water, OX105FM, Oxford (7-9pm)

Friday 28th December
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 29th December
The Sound Of '12, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 29th December
The Living Room, Bristol

Monday 31st December
NEW YEAR'S EVE
The Green Man, Hemel Hempstead

Monday 31st December
NEW YEAR'S EVE
OX105FM NYE Live, Carbon, Oxford (4-5am)

Saturday 5th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 5th January
The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 11th January
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 12th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 12th January
The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 18th January
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 19th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 19th January
The Earl, The Second Bridge, Bath

Saturday 26th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 26th January
The Living Room, Bristol

Thursday 20 December 2012

DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS!




DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS

Even in spite of the mind-wasting garbage in the mainstream ... 2012 has actually been a fantastic year for real new music!  In March, I started The Sound Of Now on OX105FM in Oxford, which was a new experience for me. Rather than focus on strictly hip hop/ R&B/ 'urban', I started to showcase what I considered to be good new music from across different genres - soulful house, garage, bassline, D&B, as well as the underground hip-hop stuff.

It's been hugely encouraging to see so many great tunes still being made, and I'm genuinely inspired by all this stuff. Being open-minded sure pays off. So this year I'm officially retiring my year-end Bangers series to offer two The Sound Of '12 mixes, highlighting my favourite sounds from the past months of the show. Listen without prejudice for two interesting, inspiring and rewarding audio journeys. (Sadly, the automated Gestapo at Soundcloud objected to the algorithms on one of the tracks, hence Mixcloud. But below are the Mediafire links to be able to download them, meanwhile, as Mixcloud doesn't seem to have caught up with that concept yet.)

Mix 1 (Hip hop to D&B):



Mix 2 (Soulful/ Funky House):



There's so more to music than Rick Ross and Nikki Minaj!

*

MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 1 - 78:29

JAY ELECTRONICA: DEAR MOLESKINE
DJ KHALED FEAT. SCARFACE & NAS: HIP HOP
JEAN GRAE: KILL SCREEN
BUDDY FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR: STAIRCASES
SANTIGOLD: DISPARATE YOUTH (RC MIX)
SPEECH DEBELLE FEAT. ROOTS MANUVA & REALISM: BLAZE UP A FIRE
MASTA ACE: SLOW DOWN
CONSEQUENCE: TRUST FUND BABY
NAS: THE DON
LUPE FIASCO: AROUND MY WAY (FREEDOM AIN'T FREE)
MURS & FASHAWN: THE OTHER SIDE
BIG SHUG: FOR THE REAL
GAME: BLACK JESUS
KAMILAH SUMNER: LOVE OPERATOR
NY: TROPHY BOY (TODD EDWARDS REMIX)
RITA ORA: SHINE YOUR LIGHT (2 BEARS REMIX)
LITTLE NIKKI: INTRO INTRO (DJ Q REMIX)
NAS & ALRLISSA VS. 10 BELOW: HARD TO LOVE SOMEBODY
DJ FRESH FEAT. MS DYNAMITE: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)
MILK. BROKE UP THE FAMILY (KENNY KEN REMIX)
DR. MEAKER: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT
DR MEAKER: FIGHTER (UNREAL MIX) 



MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 2 - 73:47

BRIA VALENTE. 2NITE (DAVID ALEXANDER CLUB REMIX)
STAFFAN THORSELL: LIVING THE LIFE 
POUSSEZ: PASSIN THRU (SEAN MCCABE VOCAL REMIX)
SUNBURST BAND: IN THE THICK OF IT (JN ENDLESS SUMMER REMIX)
DAVID SHAW FEAT. CAROLYN HARDING: WHEN LOVE CALLS
HANI & ANDREA MARTIN: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
JOEY NEGRO VS SHEA SOUL. NO SUGAR (JOEY'S LONDON BUMP MIX)
DAVID MORALES FEAT. ROISIN MURPHY: GOLDEN ERA
JOHNNIKK: OPEN UP YOUR EYES
ISAAC CHRISTOPHER: BEEN THRU THE HOUSE
WHO YORK PLAYERS: PARTY GOING ON
HOOLIGAN SOUL: SHOUT LOUD (GLOBAL STEPPERS MIX)
JESSIE WARE: 110 PER CENT
KROITERKOPF. LOUNGING RHODES 
UP YOURS: TONIGHT
JESSE RIVERA. ONE DAY 
JNO: GOOD LIFE (JUAN PACIFICO LONG MIX)

OX105FM LIVE FROM CARBON, OXFORD ON NEW YEAR'S EVE



OX105FM is staging the mother of all New Year's Eve parties live from Carbon in Oxford this year. All the station's DJs will be spinning tunes across three rooms encompassing soulful house, garage, hip-hop, R&B, dubstep, D&B, slow jams and bashment, and the whole thing's to be broadcast from 11pm through to 5am New Year's Day. I'm on the set for the 4-5am hour!

RAS KASS: JACK FROST II - MERRY SATURNALIA!


Ras Kass goes in on the real origins of Christmas. Shakin' Stevens and Cliff Richard it ain't. Merry Saturnalia!

Tuesday 18 December 2012

DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS



DOWNLOAD THE SOUND OF '12 MIXES - EXCITING NEW MUSIC FROM THE PAST 12 MONTHS

Even in spite of the mind-wasting garbage in the mainstream ... 2012 has actually been a fantastic year for real new music!  In March, I started The Sound Of Now on OX105FM in Oxford, which was a new experience for me. Rather than focus on strictly hip hop/ R&B/ 'urban', I started to showcase what I considered to be good new music from across different genres - soulful house, garage, bassline, D&B, as well as the underground hip-hop stuff.

It's been hugely encouraging to see so many great tunes still being made, and I'm genuinely inspired by all this stuff. Being open-minded sure pays off. So this year I'm officially retiring my year-end Bangers series to offer two The Sound Of '12 mixes, highlighting my favourite sounds from the past months of the show. Listen without prejudice for two interesting, inspiring and rewarding audio journeys. (Sadly, the automated Gestapo at Soundcloud objected to the algorithms on one of the tracks, hence Mixcloud. But below are the Mediafire links to be able to download them, meanwhile, as Mixcloud doesn't seem to have caught up with that concept yet.)

Mix 1 (Hip hop to D&B):



Mix 2 (Soulful/ Funky House):



There's so more to music than Rick Ross and Nikki Minaj!

*

MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 1 - 78:29

JAY ELECTRONICA: DEAR MOLESKINE
DJ KHALED FEAT. SCARFACE & NAS: HIP HOP
JEAN GRAE: KILL SCREEN
BUDDY FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR: STAIRCASES
SANTIGOLD: DISPARATE YOUTH (RC MIX)
SPEECH DEBELLE FEAT. ROOTS MANUVA & REALISM: BLAZE UP A FIRE
MASTA ACE: SLOW DOWN
CONSEQUENCE: TRUST FUND BABY
NAS: THE DON
LUPE FIASCO: AROUND MY WAY (FREEDOM AIN'T FREE)
MURS & FASHAWN: THE OTHER SIDE
BIG SHUG: FOR THE REAL
GAME: BLACK JESUS
KAMILAH SUMNER: LOVE OPERATOR
NY: TROPHY BOY (TODD EDWARDS REMIX)
RITA ORA: SHINE YOUR LIGHT (2 BEARS REMIX)
LITTLE NIKKI: INTRO INTRO (DJ Q REMIX)
NAS & ALRLISSA VS. 10 BELOW: HARD TO LOVE SOMEBODY
DJ FRESH FEAT. MS DYNAMITE: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)
MILK. BROKE UP THE FAMILY (KENNY KEN REMIX)
DR. MEAKER: MUSIC IN THE NIGHT
DR MEAKER: FIGHTER (UNREAL MIX) 



MARK DEVLIN: THE SOUND OF '12 MIX 2 - 73:47

BRIA VALENTE. 2NITE (DAVID ALEXANDER CLUB REMIX)
STAFFAN THORSELL: LIVING THE LIFE 
POUSSEZ: PASSIN THRU (SEAN MCCABE VOCAL REMIX)
SUNBURST BAND: IN THE THICK OF IT (JN ENDLESS SUMMER REMIX)
DAVID SHAW FEAT. CAROLYN HARDING: WHEN LOVE CALLS
HANI & ANDREA MARTIN: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
JOEY NEGRO VS SHEA SOUL. NO SUGAR (JOEY'S LONDON BUMP MIX)
DAVID MORALES FEAT. ROISIN MURPHY: GOLDEN ERA
JOHNNIKK: OPEN UP YOUR EYES
ISAAC CHRISTOPHER: BEEN THRU THE HOUSE
WHO YORK PLAYERS: PARTY GOING ON
HOOLIGAN SOUL: SHOUT LOUD (GLOBAL STEPPERS MIX)
JESSIE WARE: 110 PER CENT
KROITERKOPF. LOUNGING RHODES 
UP YOURS: TONIGHT
JESSE RIVERA. ONE DAY 
JNO: GOOD LIFE (JUAN PACIFICO LONG MIX)


Monday 17 December 2012

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 15/12/12



THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM
PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2012


Listen Again/ Download links:




DAVID MORALES FEAT. ULTRA NATE: PLANET CALLED LOVE (SAMI DEES FLAMANTIC MIX)

ARLISSA: STICKS & STONES (MJ COLE REMIX)

DJ FRESH: GOLD DUST (SHY FX RE-EDIT)

DISCOSOCKS: LIFETIME

URAZ KURT: MISSED CONNECT

CHRISETTE MICHELE FEAT. DUNSON & BILAL: CAN THE COOL BE LOVED

LADY: MONEY

KAYLA: ONLY LONELY (SUBMERS REMIX)

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK: 
SAFFIRE D'SOUL: SWEET MUSIC

GAME: HALLELUJAH

SEAN BORN: FLOOD & DRAIN

CHRISETTE MICHELE FEAT. WALE: RICH HIPSTER

KEYSHIA COLE FEAT. ROBIN THICKE: NEXT MOVE

INNER LIFE: AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (WHITE NOIZE REMIX)

MISHO: ESENSA (BALKANDERGROUND MIX)

SAIGON: BLOWN AWAY

GAME: BLACK JESUS

THE SOUND OF THEN: 
NAUGHTY BY NATURE: WICKEDEST MAN ALIVE (1991)

SUPERCAT: GHETTO RED HOT (1992)

BRAND NUBIAN: PUNKS JUMP UP TO GET BEAT DOWN (1992)

CHUBB ROCK: TREAT 'EM RIGHT (1990)

BIG DADDY KANE: WARM IT UP KANE (1989)

SLICK RICK: MONA LISA (1988)

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH: THE CREATOR (1992)

HOUSE OF PAIN: TOP O' THE MORNIN' (1992)

SPIN DOCTORS: DJ PLAY (LOS ANGELES/ NEWCASTLE) SOUL FOOD ORGANIC R&B MIX

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, DEC '12/ JAN '13



Thursday 20th December
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Friday 21st December
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 22nd December
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 22nd December
The Living Room, Bristol

Monday 24th December
CHRISTMAS EVE
The Green Man, Hemel Hempstead

Wednesday 26th December
BOXING DAY
Old School Jams, Yates', Bicester

Thursday 27th December
Fish Out Of Water, OX105FM, Oxford (7-9pm)

Friday 28th December
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 29th December
The Sound Of '12, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 29th December
The Living Room, Bristol

Monday 31st December
NEW YEAR'S EVE
The Green Man, Hemel Hempstead

Monday 31st December
NEW YEAR'S EVE
OX105FM NYE Live, Carbon, Oxford (4-5am)

Saturday 5th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 5th January
The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 11th January
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 12th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 12th January
The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 18th January
The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 19th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 19th January
The Earl, The Second Bridge, Bath

Saturday 26th January
The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 26th January
The Living Room, Bristol