MD AT BLACK SHEEP MAG PARTY, AURA, MANCHESTER THIS SATURDAY

Back up north for the first time in a minute this Saturday night, and looking forward to playing at the classy Aura nightclub in The Printworks Complex, Manchester. Shout to Eddie Down and the Brown Suga crew, still running their region strong.

More on the event here.

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, MARCH/ APRIL '13

Friday 1st March

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 2nd March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 2nd March

Prive Saturdays, Aura, Manchester

Friday 8th March

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 9th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 9th March

Saturday Groove, Radio Bar, Riga, LATVIA

Saturday 16th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 16th March

The Living Room, Bristol

Saturday 23rd March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

EASTER SATURDAY

Saturday 30th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

EASTER SATURDAY

Saturday 30th March

The Living Room, Bristol

EASTER SUNDAY

Sunday 31st March

Swish Ball, Rudi's, Swindon

EASTER MONDAY

Monday 1st April

Fish Out Of Water, OX105FM, Oxford (7-9pm)

Friday 5th April

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 6th April

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 6th April

411 Club, Cardiff, WALES

Saturday 13th April

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 13th April

The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 19th April

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 20th April

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 27th April

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 27th April

The Living Room, Bristol

GOOD VIBRATIONS PODCAST, VOL. 9: IAN R CRANE

Good Vibrations moves on to explore many fascinating subject areas that may appear unrelated at first, but which ultimately all interlink.

In this instalment, Mark Devlin chats to British researcher and public speaker Ian R Crane. With subjects ranging from the experiences in the Persian Gulf that led to his awakening, through 9/11, strange synchronicities, the theory of a false flag terror attack at the London Olympics, left/ right brain function and the strange anomalies surrounding the Sandy Hook shooting, this offers 76 minutes of the good stuff for all enquiring and open minds.

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINK FOR 23/2/13

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2013

SALSOUL ORCHESTRA: OOH I LOVE IT (WHITE NOIZE REMIX)

TORTURED SOUL: DIRTY (SIR PIERS MAIN MIX)

STICKY: CUTTING SHAPES

TS7: HEARTLIGHT

BRIDGET KELLY FEAT. MEEK MILL: SPECIAL DELIVERY (REMIX)

JSUNZ: STREET LIGHTS

LOCKSMITH. TRANSITIONS

CZARFACE: LET IT OFF (PROD. BY DJ PREMIER)

LONG LASTIN' FEAT. DAVID ICKE: ME ME ME!

MIKE DELINQUENT PROJECT FEAT. KCAT & MIKILL PANE: MAMA SAID (ZED BIAS REMIX)

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

DEVOLUTION: MY FRIENDS

KAI & KYLE FEAT. ASHLEY JANA: HOME (MAIN MIX)

OLD TO THE NEW:

NEFEW: ALTERNATIVES (2010)

NEFEW: PREQUEL PART 1/ THE NAME

J PINDER FEAT. CHOKLATE: ILLUMINATE

CONSEQUENCE FEAT. CHUWEE & KILLER MIKE: SCARED OF COMMITMENT

BUMPY KNUCKLES & DJ WAYNE SKI: PEEP THE RESUME

BIG NOYD, LARGE PROFESSOR & KOOL G RAP. NATURALLY BORN

DJ KOSS FEAT. CRAIG G: WHUT UP KID

SAFFIRE D'SOUL: HOLD ON (DIGITAL DUBSTAR REMIX)

ANGELA LEWIS BROWN: SERVE BELOW ZERO (PYPER UKG REMIX)

SPIN DOCTORS: MARK DEVLIN LIVE AT SUMTHIN SUMTHIN, GLASGOW, FEB '13 PART 3:

SNOOP DOGGY DOGG: WHAT'S MY NAME?

NAUGHTY BY NATURE: HIP HOP HOORAY

KRS ONE: SOUND OF DA POLICE

LOST BOYZ: JEEPS, LEX, COUPS BIMAZ & BENZ

KEITH MURRAY: I GET LIFTED

JUNIOR MAFIA/ LIL KIM: GET MONEY

PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY: ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

MARY J BLIGE/ NOTORIOUS B.I.G: REAL LOVE (HIP HOP REMIX)

SWV: RIGHT HERE (HUMAN NATURE REMIX)

ADINA HOWARD: FREAK LIKE ME

AALIYAH: BACK & FORTH

702/ MISSY ELLIOTT: STEELO

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINK FOR 16/2/13

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 16TH FEBRUARY 2013

LOLEATTA HOLLOWAY: LOVE SENSATION (WHITENOIZE REMIX)

FIRST CHOICE: DOCTOR LOVE (WHITENOIZE REMIX)

TS7: HEARTLIGHT

MIKE DELINQUENT PROJECT FEAT. KCAT & MIKILL PANE: MAMA SAID (ZED BIAS REMIX)

RUKUS & BABY J: WIND PARADE (TRIBUTE TO DONALD BYRD)

LOCKSMITH. TRANSITIONS

OLD TO THE NEW:

BUMPY KNUCKLES: A PART OF MY LIFE (1999)

BUMPY KNUCKLES & DJ WAYNE SKI: PEEP THE RESUME

CONSEQUENCE FEAT. CHUWEE & KILLER MIKE: SCARED OF COMMITMENT

LONG LASTIN' FEAT. DAVID ICKE: ME ME ME!

DEVOLUTION. IF YOU BELIEVE

STICKY: CUTTING SHAPES

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

SAFFIRE D'SOUL: HOLD ON (DIGITAL DUBSTAR REMIX)

ANGELA LEWIS BROWN: SERVE BELOW ZERO (PYPER UKG REMIX)

DUKE DUMONT FEAT. AME & MNEK. NEED U (100%)

NEFEW: PREQUEL PART 1/ THE NAME

COMMON: THE NEXT CHAPTER (STILL LOVE H.E.R)

BIG NOYD, LARGE PROFESSOR & KOOL G RAP. NATURALLY BORN

BROTHER ALI: NARDWUAR

ILL BILL. THE TRUTH (PROD. DJ PREMIER)

DJ KOSS FEAT. CRAIG G: WHUT UP KID

SPIN DOCTORS: MARK DEVLIN LIVE AT SUMTHIN SUMTHIN, GLASGOW, FEB '13 PART 2:

ERIC B & RAKIM: I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL

BIZ MARKIE: SOMETHING FOR THE RADIO

DE LA SOUL: EYE KNOW

STETSASONIC: TALKING ALL THAT JAZZ

SLICK RICK: CHILDRENS STORY

MONTELL JORDAN: THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

TONY TONI TONE FEAT. DJ QUIK: LET'S GET DOWN

RAPHAEL SAADIQ FEAT. Q-TIP: GET INVOLVED

NEXT: WIFEY

TWEET: BOOGIE 2NITE

ZHANE: GROOVE THING

GUY: DANCING

DONELL JONES FEAT. LEFT EYE: YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP

MARK DEVLIN RE BEYONCE'S SUPER BOWL SYMBOLISM, ON PLANET X, RADIO CITY LIVE

Mark Devlin phones into Planet X on Liverpool's Radio City Live to chat about some of the symbolism in Beyonce's Half Time performance at the 2013 US Super Bowl.

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 9/2/13

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2013

DEVOLUTION. IF YOU BELIEVE

STICKY: CUTTING SHAPES

DUKE DUMONT FEAT. AME & MNEK. NEED U (100%)

LONG LASTIN' FEAT. DAVID ICKE: ME ME ME!

NEFEW: PREQUEL PART 1/ THE NAME

BUMPY KNUCKLES & DJ WAYNE SKI: PEEP THE RESUME

LOCKSMITH. TRANSITIONS

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

CONSEQUENCE FEAT. CHUWEE & KILLER MIKE: SCARED OF COMMITMENT

ILL BILL. THE TRUTH (PROD. DJ PREMIER)

STEVE MILL FEAT KEISHER DOWNIE. NOBODY (JAM & KEYS REMIX)

KATY B, GEENEUS & JESSIE WARE. AALIYAH (EXTENDED)

TORTURED SOUL: DIRTY (SIR PIERS FOOL'S RE-FUNKED CLUB VERSION)

JAM & KEYS: ONLY ONE (ORIGINAL MIX)

OLD TO THE NEW:

MC LYTE: RUFFNECK (1993)

MC LYTE: JORDAN EFFECT

BROTHER ALI: NARDWUAR

DJ KOSS FEAT. CRAIG G: WHUT UP KID

COMMON: THE NEXT CHAPTER (STILL LOVE H.E.R)

BIG NOYD, LARGE PROFESSOR & KOOL G RAP. NATURALLY BORN

RAS KASS FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR & PROVERB: FOCUS

SPIN DOCTORS: MARK DEVLIN LIVE AT SUMTHIN SUMTHIN, GLASGOW, FEB '13 PART 1:

YOUNG DISCIPLES: APPARENTLY NOTHING

BLUEBOY: REMEMBER ME

GWEN McCRAE: FUNKY SENSATION

SOUL II SOUL: JAZZIE'S GROOVE

DNA FEAT. SUZANNE VEGA: TOM'S DINER

JILL SCOTT: GOLDEN

SUNSHINE ANDERSON: HEARD IT ALL BEFORE

LAURYN HILL DOO WOP (THAT THING)

MARIAH CAREY FEAT. OL' D B: FANTASY

LOOSE ENDS: HANGING ON A STRING

GAP BAND: OUTSTANDING

CASHFLOW: MINE ALL MINE

HIP HOP: WHAT HAPPENED???

"Man fuck ya'll with a sick dick

Semi automatic no click click, we don't feel you

Like an elephant, getting fucked with a tick dick

Little nigga with a thick bitch, and before I fuck this bitch

"Go stupid, go stupid, go stupid..."

Lil Wayne, 'My Homies Still', 2012

*

"Well, Mr. Black Man tell me where you're heading

The last few years I watched while you were shedding

Pounds and pounds of growth off the population

Soon we won't be able to have a strong black nation

"It's not a white man's finger on the trigger

Car-jacks, drive-by's, callin' each other "nigga"

I'm not here to scold but rather shape and mold

A young black mind that won't live to grow old."

Nonchalant 'Five O Clock' (1995)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XijhkfZqfj0

*

"Drop it the floor make that dick shake

My home girls slurp it like a milk shake

All you niggas want some Nick cake

If you eat ass I got a thick plate."

Nikki Minaj, 'Mercy', 2012

"Pardon me, mister warden, I'm askin for a pass

To comfort some of my brothers who made mistakes in the past

It's really not their fault, you see times are hard

And it was probably difficult for my man to find a job

Before he was forced, forced to make a living

By lying, stealing, and eventually killing

No one was born bad, we're all God's Kids

So who's to really blame for the wrong that he did?

And speakin about the law, what are they for?

To beat us with a stick face down on the floor?

You preach and you preach that you want crime to stop

If you want crime to stop, stop hiring crooked cops."

Heavy D & The Boyz, 'Peaceful Journey' (1991)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7gG0i2Ncn0

*

"Ass ass ass ass ass ass ass

Ass ass ass ass ass ass ass

Ass ass ass ass ass ass ass

Stop... now make that motherfucker hammer time like

Go stupid, Go stupid, Go stupid

Wobble-dy wobble-dy wa wobble wobble."

Big Sean Feat. Nikki Minaj 'Ass' (2012)

"No need for me to run away, brother put the gun away 

You wanna take my life away as if we were in combat 

You can buy some new Adidas but you can't buy my life back 

Aiyyo whassup with that? Why is it like that? 

Let's stand together y'all... and fight that in our race 

To replace waste with a taste, just in case 

you can't face the place that you've been put in 

If you was my kid, for what you did you'd have a foot in 

right in your ass, another term's rectum 

Kids are having kids, they're not parents so they let them 

do things that shouldn't be done 

You're not a father cause you got a son unless you're taking care of him'

Edo G & The Bulldogs, 'I Got Ta Have It' (1991) 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrdzedMx1rk

GOOD VIBRATIONS PODCAST VOL. 8: MARCELLO ASSINI/ JUSTIN WISEUP

2013's first instalment steps the subject matter up several notches from previous volumes. Having looked in detail at the many manipulation techniques employed in the music industry - and how this in turn slots into the much wider picture of human control - we now go far deeper into the rabbit hole to address questions of life, human consciousness and the very nature of reality itself!  

Mark Devlin is joined by hip-hop artist-turned author/ researcher Marcello Assini, and all-round switched-on guy Justin Wiseup for a wide-ranging chat of the sort you don't usually hear in your local pub. This is thought-provoking subject matter for those who have accepted that life is not exactly the way it is presented to us by governments, organised religions and the mainstream media, and are now ready to peer much further beyond the veil to find out more.

MD INTERVIEWS JAZZIE B

Managed to track down the footage of my interview with Soul II Soul legend Jazzie B from the Swish Ball in Swindon a couple of months ago. 

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, FEBRUARY/ MARCH '13

Friday 15th February

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 16th February

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 16th February

The Vaults, The Second Bridge, Bath

Saturday 23rd February

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 23rd February

The Living Room, Bristol

Friday 1st March

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 2nd March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 2nd March

Prive Saturdays, Aura, Manchester

Friday 8th March

The Living Room, Milton Keynes

Saturday 9th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 9th March

Saturday Groove, Radio Bar, Riga, LATVIA

Saturday 16th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

Saturday 16th March

The Living Room, Bristol

Saturday 23rd March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

EASTER SATURDAY

Saturday 30th March

The Sound Of Now, OX105FM, Oxford (6-8pm)

EASTER SATURDAY

Saturday 30th March

The Living Room, Bristol

EASTER SUNDAY

Sunday 31st March

Swish Ball, Rudi's, Swindon

THE SOUND OF NOW, OX105FM. PLAYLISTS & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 26/1/13 AND 2/2/13

Here's the playlists and Listen Again links for the last two weeks' worth of radio shows:

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 26TH JANUARY 2013

Part 1:

Part 2:

STEVE MILL FEAT KEISHER DOWNIE. NOBODY (JAM & KEYS REMIX)

JAM & KEYS: ONLY ONE (ORIGINAL MIX)

DUKE DUMONT FEAT. AME & MNEK. NEED U (100%)

KATY B, GEENEUS & JESSIE WARE. AALIYAH (EXTENDED)

BROTHER ALI: NARDWUAR

ILL BILL. THE TRUTH (PROD. DJ PREMIER)

OLD TO THE NEW:

FAITH EVANS FEAT. THE CLIPSE: GOING OUT (2003) 

RAEKWON FEAT. FAITH EVANS. HOLD YOU DOWN 

RAS KASS FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR & PROVERB: FOCUS

RAKIM. BRING IT ON

DJ ELEVEN. LAST BEAT (KUTCORNERS REMIX)

TORTURED SOUL: DIRTY (SIR PIERS FOOL'S RE-FUNKED CLUB VERSION)

ARLISSA. STICKS AND STONES (MJ COLE REMIX)

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

DJ KOSS FEAT. CRAIG G: WHUT UP KID

J PINDER FEAT. CHOKLATE. ILLUMINATE  

JAY-Z: PRAY (9TH WONDER REMIX)

BIG NOYD, LARGE PROFESSOR & KOOL G RAP. NATURALLY BORN

DISCOSOCKS. MOTIVATION

INNER LIFE. AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH (WHITENOIZE REMIX)

SPIN DOCTORS: MARK DEVLIN 90s GOLDEN YEARS REVIVAL MIX:

BLACK GIRL: KRAZY (HIP HOP MIX) 

SWV FEAT. WU TANG CLAN: ANYTHING (REMIX) 

EN VOGUE: MY LOVIN' 

MARIAH CAREY FEAT. OL' D B: FANTASY (BAD BOY REMIX) 

ZHANE: GROOVE THING 

TONY TONI TONE FEAT. DJ QUIK: LET'S GET DOWN 

BON GARCON: IF YOU NEED A MAN 

PORTRAIT: HERE WE GO 

ERIC GABLE: PROCESS OF ELIMINATION 

MARY J BLIGE FEAT. NOTORIOUS BIG: REAL LOVE (BAD BOY REMIX) 

BEVERLEY KNIGHT: FLAVOUR OF THE OLD SCHOOL 

TRUCE: TREAT U RIGHT 

LOREN: REMEMBER 

TANYA VON: TONITE 

ZHANE: REQUEST LINE 

**

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2013

Part 1:

Part 2:

STICKY: CUTTING SHAPES

STEVE MILL FEAT KEISHER DOWNIE. NOBODY (JAM & KEYS REMIX)

JAM & KEYS: ONLY ONE (ORIGINAL MIX)

DUKE DUMONT FEAT. AME & MNEK. NEED U (100%)

KATY B, GEENEUS & JESSIE WARE. AALIYAH (EXTENDED)

DEVOLUTION. IF YOU BELIEVE

LOCKSMITH. TRANSITIONS

ILL BILL. THE TRUTH (PROD. DJ PREMIER)

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

BUMPY KNUCKLES & DJ WAYNE SKI: PEEP THE RESUME

DJ ELEVEN. LAST BEAT (KUTCORNERS REMIX)

TORTURED SOUL: DIRTY (SIR PIERS FOOL'S RE-FUNKED CLUB VERSION)

ARLISSA. STICKS AND STONES (MJ COLE REMIX)

OLD TO THE NEW:

RAS KASS: UNDERSTANDABLE SMOOTH (1998)

RAS KASS FEAT. KENDRICK LAMAR & PROVERB: FOCUS

RAKIM. BRING IT ON

RAEKWON FEAT. FAITH EVANS. HOLD YOU DOWN 

BROTHER ALI: NARDWUAR

BIG NOYD, LARGE PROFESSOR & KOOL G RAP. NATURALLY BORN

DJ KOSS FEAT. CRAIG G: WHUT UP KID

SPIN DOCTORS: MARK DEVLIN 90s GOLDEN YEARS REVIVAL MIX, PART 2:

YVETTE MICHELLE: EVERY DAY & EVERY NIGHT 

JUNIOR MAFIA: PLAYERS ANTHEM 

PUFF DADDY & THE FAMILY: ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS 

BRIAN McKNIGHT FEAT. MASE: DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME 

SHAI FEAT. JAY-Z: DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE 

NAS FEAT. LAURYN HILL: IF I RULED THE WORLD 

SNOOP DOGGY DOGG: GIN & JUICE 

DR. DRE: KEEP THEIR HEADS RINGING 

LADY OF RAGE: AFRO PUFFS 

KRS ONE: SOUND OF DA POLICE 

PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH: THEY REMINISCE OVER YOU 

BLACK MOON: WHO GOT THE PROPS 

SOULS OF MISCHIEF: '93 TO INFINITY 

FUNKMASTER FLEX: SIX MILLION WAYS TO DIE 

SUPERCAT: GHETTO RED HOT 

KRISS KROSS: JUMP (SUPERCAT REMIX) 

ONYX: SLAM! 

MC LYTE: RUFFNECK 

NOTORIOUS BIG: PARTY & BULLSHIT

JUST BUGGIN' ILLUMINATI SPECIAL 2013 EDITION

Time for the newest volume of the podcast series that showcases meaningful music for our times from artists who have something worthwhile to say, rather than just going through the motions for corporate profit.

Mark Devlin collates another selection of tracks you'd be hard pressed to find on any mainstream radio station, covering the broad subject areas of truth, consciousness, spirituality and, yes, our old favourite, conspiracy!  

Real music still lives.

DEAD PREZ: LEARNING GROWING CHANGING

VINNIE PAZ: YOU CAN'T STAY NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN

PUBLIC ENEMY FEAT. LARGE PROFESSOR & CORMEGA: CATCH THE THROWN

SGB: VISUALIZE THE BRIGHTER DAY

CROWSTICK: INFORMATION POWER TO MAN

THA ADVOCATE FEAT. KY WILLIAMS: BEHIND THE CURTAIN

SAIGON: BLOWN AWAY

LONG LASTIN' FEAT. DAVID ICKE: ME, ME, ME!

DEAD PREZ: THE AWAKENING

STEVE WILKS: MY SKIN

IMANI HEKIMA: NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY THE COVER

30-DAY NOTICE: DEPROGRAM

ERYKAH BADU: NEXT LIFETIME

GARY BYRD & THE GB EXPERIENCE: THE CROWN

GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE SWING SHIFT, GALAXY 101, 1996

Some more authentic 90s nostalgia!  This is one of my very earliest Swing Shift shows, which aired every Friday night on Galaxy 101 in Bristol. Pure street soul, swing, hip-hop and ragga all the way, including an interview with radio legend Kool DJ Red Alert recorded in New York. Stunningly good music that was all current at the time, and listening to it makes you realise just how great that decade was, and how much has been lost in the music that's laughingly referred to as 'R&B and hip-hop' these days!

Meanwhile, here's another chance to catch two of my very favourite radio mixes of all time. Absolute classic material!