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This week I sat in for Gilles Peterson on his ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1 show while he's off in Cuba and Ibiza (alright for some eh?). Kept it with the Gilles left of centre vibe for the first hour of the show:

• Gil Scott Heron - 'Angel Dust' (Strata East)
• The Game ft Common - 'Angel Dust' (White)
• Scratch ft Music Soul Child - 'Tonight' (WMD Ltd)
• Kid Cudi ft Wale - 'Is There Any Love' (Fools Gold)
• Onra - 'The Anthem'
• Koushik - 'Lying In The Sun' (Stones Throw)
• Mujava - 'Township Funk' (Warp)
• Exchange Bureau - 'Spookie Ookie' (Third Ear)
• W Beeza - 'Heavy Stuff' (Bang N Trouble)
• Little Dragon - 'Twice' (Aaron Jerome remix)
• Aaron Jerome Maida Vale Session
• Aaron Jerome ft Yungun - 'Late Night Mission' (In Session)
• Bunny Mack - Let Me Love You (Bugz In The Attic Bruk Vox Mix) (Defected)
• Illmana - 'Mother Africa' (Test)
• P-Money ft Vince Harder - 'Everything' (Dirty Records)
• Chase & Status - 'Eastern Jam' (RAM Records)
• Caper - 'Hybrid' (Studio Rockers)
• Raphael Saadiq - 'Be Easy'(Sony)
• Raphael Saadiq - 'Hundred Yard Dash' (Sony)
• Jasmine Sullivan - 'Bust Your Windows' (Sony/BMG)
• Jasmine Sullivan - 'Need You Bad' (Sony/BMG)

Then I took the opportunity to dig some classics out -

I'm going through the process of converting over to to DJ
with and one of the first things I put on the mac was my old school reggae selection. Thought covering Gilles' show would be the perfect opportunity to draw for them!

• Errol Dunkley - 'A Little Way Different' (Arawak)
• Dennis Brown - 'Sitting And Watching' (Island)
• The Tamlins - 'Baltimore' (Taxi)
• Johnny Osbourne - 'Truth and Rights' (Studio One)
• Dennis Brown - 'Revolution' (VP)
• Barrington Levy - 'Here I Come' (Spectrum)
• Cornell Campbell - 'Queen Of The Minstrels' (Studio One)
• The Jays - 'King Of The Minstrels' (Channel One)
• Jacob Miller - 'Tenement Yard' (Island)
• The Abyssinians - 'Satta Massagana' (Clinch)
• Dennis Brown - 'Money In My Pocket' (Amalgamated)
• The Mighty Diamonds - 'Right Time' (Virgin)
• Carrol Thompson - 'I'm So Sorry' (Carib Jems)
• Aswad - 'Warrior Charge' (Takoma)
• Aswad - 'Mosman Skank' (Island)
• Dennis Brown - 'Promised Land' (Blood & Fire)
• Maxi Priest - 'Should I' (Virgin)
• Tenor Saw - 'The Golden Hen'
• Eek-A-Mouse - 'Wa Do Dem' (Greensleeves)
• Althea & Donna - 'Uptown Top Ranking' (Frontline)
• Ini Kamoze - 'World -A-Reggae' (Taxi)

Check it here for the next 7 days. Absolutely loved playing some real reggae gems I remember my family playing during my childhood on national radio - shouts to Beccy and Niamh!