CLASSIC RADIO RIP: THE SWING SHIFT, GALAXY 101, 9/8/96

Back into the archives for another edition of my Swing Shift show from Galaxy 101 Bristol, this one dated at 9th August 1996. 

The usual hip-hop section appears to be absent from this one, so it's soul/ swing all the way. Part 2 consists of an extended selection of late-night Slow Jams. A reminder of how consistently great the music all used to be!

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Part 2:

MD HOSTING THE BANK JOB @ THE OLD BANK, SWINDON, SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST

All set for this one on Bank Holiday Saturday in Swindon. Across-the-board sounds of the type I play on the radio show.

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, AUG/ SEP '13

Saturday 17th August

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

Saturday 17th August

The Kingsbury, Aylesbury

Saturday 24th August

Cybernetic's Summer Soul Vibes, Queens Park, Swindon (Daytime)

Saturday 24th August

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

Saturday 24th August

The Bank Job, The Old Bank, Swindon

Sunday 25th August

Old School Jams, Yates', Bicester

Monday 26th August

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

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

Saturday 31st August

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

Saturday 7th September

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

Saturday 7th September

Prive Saturdays, Aura, Manchester

Monday 9th September

Soul City, San Antonio, IBIZA

Saturday 14th September

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

Saturday 14th September

The Bank Job, The Old Bank, Swindon

Saturday 21st September

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

Friday 27th September

TBC, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND

Saturday 28th September

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

Saturday 28th September

Sumthin Sumthin, The Living Room, Glasgow, SCOTLAND

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 10/8/13

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 10TH AUGUST 2013

Listen Again/ Download links:

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Part 2:

LITTLE NIKKI: LITTLE NIKKI SAYS (GRANT NELSON VOCAL MIX)

SAFFIRE D'SOUL: SWEET MUSIC (NDREAD REMIX)

PARDESSA: I'M YOURS (TOBY IOI REMIX)

IMAGINATION FEAT. LEEE JOHN: KRASH (FUNKYSTEPZ REMIX)

UPTOWN XO: FINDING MY WAY

PETE ROCK & CAMP LO FEAT. TALIB KWELI: LADIES & GENTLEMEN (INTRODUCING 80 BLOCKS)

CASTLE: OPIUM (BLUEPRINT REMIX)

R.A THE RUGGED MAN FEAT. HOPSIN & JARREN BENTON: UNDERGROUND HITS

OLD TO THE NEW:

JILL SCOTT: GETTING IN THE WAY (2000)

ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT FEAT. JILL SCOTT: CALLS

BONECRUSHER FEAT. RAHEEM DEVAUGHN: VIBRATION

TORTURED SOUL FEAT. N'DEA DAVENPORT: MIGHT DO SOMETHING WRONG

DAWN 'SOULUVN' WILLIAMS: GIVING UP NEVER STOP (RICCI MELILLO UPI VOCAL MIX)

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

CELL BROCCO: LITTLE BIT IN LOVE

MARC JB & INAYA DAY: EVERY BREATH (DIRECTORS CUT CLASSIC CLUB MIX)

MIKE MAGO: THE SHOW (FRIEND WITHIN REMIX)

DENNIS FERRER: MIND UR STEP

THE RUB FEAT. TATIANA OWENS & BIGG BASE: BLACK & WHITE (TRACKADAMIKS REMIX)

E THA MAD ASSASSIN: CAN'T GET ENOUGH

RAPPER BIG POOH: DON'T CHANGE

BIG NOYD, ALI VEGAS & NATURE: SOUTHSIDE

DJ MIX: MARK DEVLIN LATE 90s REVIVAL MIX

JUST BUGGIN' ILLUMINATI SPECIAL, SUMMER 2013 EDITION

Here we go with the newest selection of real music old and new from switched-on, awakened artists, addressing many aspects of the truth/ conspiracy/ consciousness fields. An empowering antidote to the mind-melting spirit-crushing garbage permeating the mainstream! Real music for free thinkers. 

Now it's our turn.

JUST BUGGIN' ILLUMINATI SPECIAL: SUMMER 2013 EDITION

PUBLIC ENEMY: FIGHT THE POWER (1989)

DISL AUTOMATIC: THE SOUND OF FREEDOM

TERAWRIZT & TONY MAHONEY: NEVER QUIT

COSMIC SOUL POETRY: KEMPTON COLLABORATIONS

KILLAH PRIEST FEAT. HELL RAZAH: ONE STEP (1998)

RAS KASS: ORDO AB CHAO (1996)

ETANA: BETTER TOMORROW

INDIA ARIE: I AM LIGHT

ROYAL PRIESTHOOD: CHAMPIONS

IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE FEAT. MELA MACHINKO: NATURAL BEAUTY (2011)

KLEVAKEYS FEAT. DIAMOND DANCER: RAISING VIBRATIONS

K-RINO: SOLITARY CONFINEMENT (2009)

SPEECH DEBELLE: COLLAPSE

CROWSTICK: THE PEACE SONG (2009)

G.E.M.S (TRAGIC ALLIES & TRAGEDY KHADAFI): WITHOUT YOU

UNKNOWN FEAT. JORDAN MAXWELL: METALLIC SERPENTS

DJ WRONG & OLD HARRY ROX: THOUGHT CRIME

DON THEORIST: ACROSS THE LINES

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: SECRET SOCIETY SPEECH

THE SOUND OF NOW. PLAYLIST & LISTEN AGAIN LINKS FOR 3/8/13

THE SOUND OF NOW, WITH MARK DEVLIN, OX105FM

PLAYLIST FOR SATURDAY 3RD AUGUST 2013

Listen Again/ Download links:

Part 1:

Part 2:

PARDESSA: I'M YOURS (TOBY IOI REMIX)

LITTLE NIKKI: LITTLE NIKKI SAYS (GRANT NELSON VOCAL MIX)

DAWN 'SOULUVN' WILLIAMS: GIVING UP NEVER STOP (RICCI MELILLO UPI VOCAL MIX)

JACK & JOY: ALL ABOUT HOUSE MUSIC (MENINI & VIANO SUPERMERCADO MIX)

RAPPER BIG POOH: DON'T CHANGE

BIG NOYD, ALI VEGAS & NATURE: SOUTHSIDE

UPTOWN XO: FINDING MY WAY

R.A THE RUGGED MAN FEAT. HOPSIN & JARREN BENTON: UNDERGROUND HITS

OLD TO THE NEW:

CAMP LO: LUCHINI (1996)

PETE ROCK & CAMP LO FEAT. TALIB KWELI: LADIES & GENTLEMEN (INTRODUCING 80 BLOCKS)

MIGUEL FEAT. NUTTA BUTTA: ADORN (DJ SOULCHILD REMIX)

TORTURED SOUL FEAT. N'DEA DAVENPORT: MIGHT DO SOMETHING WRONG

STREET BEAT OF THE WEEK:

MARC JB & INAYA DAY: EVERY BREATH (DIRECTORS CUT CLASSIC CLUB MIX)

DENNIS FERRER: MIND UR STEP

ROUTE 94: IN MY HEART

E THA MAD ASSASSIN: CAN'T GET ENOUGH

TECH N9NE FEAT. CEELO GREEN, BIG KRIT & KUTT CALHOUN: THAT'S MY KID

COSMIC SOUL POETRY: KEMPTON COLLABORATIONS

DJ MIX: MARTIN 'IN FULL SWING' RAFFERTY BACK IN THE DAY REVIVAL MIX, PART 2

MISS JONES: WHERE I WANNA BE BOY

BOYZ II MEN: THANK YOU (UNTOUCHABLES REMIX)

RAHSAAN PATTERSON: WHERE YOU ARE (SILK'S OLD SCHOOL MIX)

HORACE BROWN FEAT. JAY-Z: THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE

MONICA: LIKE THIS & LIKE THAT

BRIAN McKNIGHT FEAT. MA$E: YOU SHOULD BE MINE

BIG PUN & JOE: STILL NOT A PLAYER

LL COOL J: DOIN' IT

SHADES: TELL ME

911: CUTIE

SOUL IV REAL: EVERY LITTLE THING I DO (LINSLEE MIX)

CLASSIC RADIO RIP: THE SWING SHIFT, GALAXY 101, 29/8/97

Here we go then with another vintage episode of The Swing Shift on Galaxy 101. This one's from 29th August 1997, which means Princess Diana had little more than 24 hours to live. 

Already, you can hear the music had started to wane from the 1996 selection - the last consistently decent year for R&B and hip-hop!  But even so, the Class of '97 remains far superior to the output of the following decade. This instalment features DJ Diggz and MC Krissy Kriss of Soul Power in their regular mix spot, plus Bristol's Mixmaster M and JNR in a guest mix, alongside vocalist NQ.

CLASSIC RADIO RIP: THE SWING SHIFT, GALAXY 101, 21/6/96

Classic sounds from classic times!  Here's an early episode of my Swing Shift show from June 1996 on Galaxy 101, Bristol. Hip-hop soul, New Jack Swing and soulful grooves all the way. Trainspotters challenge: Can you name all the tracks in the selection??

MD'S CLUB/ RADIO DATES, AUG/ SEP '13

Saturday 3rd August

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

Saturday 10th August

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

Saturday 17th August

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

Saturday 24th August

Cybernetic's Summer Soul Vibes, Queens Park, Swindon (Daytime)

Saturday 24th August

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

Saturday 24th August

The Bank Job, The Old Bank, Swindon

Sunday 25th August

Old School Jams, Yates', Bicester

Monday 26th August

BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY

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

Saturday 31st August

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

Saturday 7th September

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

Saturday 7th September

Prive Saturdays, Aura, Manchester

Monday 9th September

Soul City, San Antonio, IBIZA

Saturday 14th September

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

Saturday 14th September

The Bank Job, The Old Bank, Swindon

Saturday 21st September

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

Friday 27th September

TBC, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND

Saturday 28th September

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

Saturday 28th September

Sumthin Sumthin, The Living Room, Glasgow, SCOTLAND

MARK DEVLIN GUESTS WITH LEE COOPER OF WAKE UP PROMOTIONS, MANCHESTER, JULY '13

Here's the audio of my recent chat with Lee Cooper at Wake Up Promotions in Manchester. The subject matter is very far-reaching and wide-ranging, shooting through various aspects of the truth/ consciousness/ conspiracy/ music biz fields. As such I feel it's one of my best chats so far.

Ironically, given we're talking about sound frequency, the questionable quality does make it sound like I'm on the phone from a space station on Mars. But hopefully the information will over-rule any annoyance before too long!