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Crucial Digable Planets

The Don's selections cross time, space and genre and include Crucial Vinyl from Digable Planets.

The Don's selections cross time, space and genre and include Crucial Vinyl from Digable Planets.

Each week, as well as blending his favourite new music with classics from the UK, USA, Jamaica, Africa and way beyond, Don highlights a piece of Crucial Vinyl - a cherished album from his own collection. He explains why it means so much to him, and features three key tracks. This week it's Blowout Comb released by Digable Planets in 1994.

Don says, "Straight out of Brooklyn, New York, this alternative hip-hop trio's second release didn't make that much of a mark initially, but it obviously caught my ear. Their sound was a unique combination of live instruments mixed with a culture clash of samples. All of which was complemented by their laid-back vocals and very Afrocentric themes - a surprisingly easy listen for a record with such serious content.".

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Sun 22 Jan 2017 22:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Fun Boy Three

    The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)

    • Chrysalis.

  • Orange Juice

    Rip It Up

    • Polydor.

  • Status Quo

    Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Aquostic Version)

    • Aquostic (Stripped Bare).
    • Rhino.
    • 001.

  • Dreadzone

    Mountain

    • Dread Times.
    • Dubwiser Records.
    • 2.

  • New Order

    Regret

    • Now.

  • Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins

    The Big Guns

    • Rabbit Fur Coat.
    • Team Love.

  • Wayne Wonder & Cham

    Joy Ride

    • Joy Ride.
    • Mad House.
    • 1.

  • The xx

    On Hold

    • Young Turks.

  • Jah Wobble

    I Offer You Everything

    • Umbra Sumus.
    • 30 Hertz Records.
    • 1.

  • Les Amazones d鈥橝frique

    Donna

    • I Play The Kora.

  • Shaun Escoffery

    Healing Me

    • (CD Single).
    • Dome.
    • 1.

  • Code Walk

    Guess What (feat. Smerz)

  • The Beta Band

    Assessment

    • Regal.

  • Dub Spencer & Trance Hill

    Deep Dive Dub

    • Deep Dive Dub.
    • Echo Beach.
    • 1.

  • Malawi Mouse Boys

    Ndinasangalala (The Dhol Foundation Mix)

    • Terraforming In Analogue Space - IRL Remixes 2000 - 2015.
    • IRL.
    • 6.

  • Fatboy Slim & Macy Gray

    Demons

    • Universal.

  • Elbow

    Magnificent (She Says)

    • Little Fictions.
    • Polydor.

  • Stevie Wonder

    My Cherie Amour

    • Soul (Various Artists).
    • Polygram Tv.

  • Mungo鈥檚 Hi Fi

    Touch The Stylee (feat. Little John)

    • Touch The Stylee - Dumbarton Rock 7".
    • Dumbarton Rock.
    • 1.

  • Harleighblu x Starkiller

    Save Me

    • Amorine.
    • Tru Thoughts.
    • 4.

  • Solange

    Junie

    • A Seat At The Table.
    • Saint Records.
    • 2.

  • Bally Sagoo, Reema Das Gupta, Debashish Dasgupta & Cheshire Cat

    Chura Liya

    • Chura Liya.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Ashley Slater

    Private Sunshine

  • Bob Dylan

    Lay, Lady, Lay

    • Heartbeat: Love Me Tender (Various).
    • Global Television.

  • Digable Planets

    Jettin'

  • Digable Planets

    9th Wonder (Blackitolism)

    • Blowout Comb.
    • Pendulum Records.
    • 1.

  • Digable Planets

    Black Ego

    • Blowout Comb.
    • Pendulum Records.
    • 2.

  • Deep Throat Choir

    Ada

    • Be Ok.
    • Bella Union.
    • 001.

  • Paul McCartney

    Another Day

    • Parlophone.

  • The Senior Allstars

    Slipping Into Darkness

    • Dub From Jamdown Darker Than Blue.
    • Echo Beach.
    • 2.

  • John Barry

    Midnight Cowboy

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Jan 2017 22:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music