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artist : Strictly Kev, AmmonContact + DK
title : Solid Steel (16 May 2005)
label : none
genre : lo-fi / left-of-center beats / electronic
year : 2005
date : september 11.2005
ripper : billy batson
source : cdr
format : Alt Preset Standard (VBR) using Lame 3.90.3 Modified
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01_Solid_Steel_-_Coldcut_Radio_Mix_(May_16)-2CDR-2005.mp3 [60:28]
02_Solid_Steel_-_Coldcut_Radio_Mix_(May_16)-2CDR-2005.mp3 [59:44]
02 tracks (120:12 min)
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SOLID STEEL - THE BROADEST BEATS - COLDCUT & FRIENDS BROADCASTING LIVE
Brought to you by the show's hosts, Coldcut - and often featuring a
fabulous line-up of guest mixes. Solid Steel is a 2 hour show in a
4 x 30 minute mixes format.
(http://www.ninjatune.net) Now in it's xxth year, Solid Steel continues
to broadcast arguably the most diverse selection of music to be heard on
one radio show. Where else can you enjoy anything from jazz, brakes and
beats, funky rock, hip hop, techno, drum and bass, soundtracks, world
music, poetry, electronic oddities and even a children's story. The
emphasis is on mixing seamlessly between styles with love and feeling
rather than being wilfully obscure. The show is sonically constructed
as a 'journeys by DJ' every week.
Shazam!
- < billy batson >
>> the ninja crew love to hear from their fans! <<
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*** 16 MAY 2005 Solid Steel - Truely the broadest beats!! ***
This week (16th to 23rd) Strictly digs into the in-box and comes out
with a mixed bag of funked up rock, whimsical indie and alternative hip
hop. Remixes from Madlib, Boom Bip and Black Grass feature as does a
killer cut from the Osmonds. Strictly steel! For hour two we take a
journey into the outer Spaceways courtesy of Ammoncontact. A new mini
album "New Birth" is in the stores now from the LA duo and we take a
sneaky look in the famous record box. Tracks in the mix from Stanley
Cowell, J Dilla and Daedelus all feature. Even Natasha Bedingfield
joins the ride, albeit via a Dwele Remix. Truely the broadest beats! DK
brings us into land with music from Tubbs and Quasimoto. Solid.
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SOLID STEEL: (16th May 2005)
the tracklistings (http://www.ninjatune.net/solidsteel)
Artist _ Title _ Record Label
PART 1 _ Strictly Kev
zoleede _ solid steel intro _ mp3
The Bees _ Chicken Payback (madlib remix) _ unknown
The Osmonds _ Hold Her Tight _ MGM
Koushik _ Pretty Soon _ Stones Throw
m83 _ don't save us from the flames (boom bip remix) _ Gooom
Max & Harvey _ Sleep _ Ninja Tune
The Shortwave Set _ In Your Debt _ Independiente
Viva Voce _ The Tiger And How We Tamed It _ Minty Fresh
The Shortwave Set _ is it any wonder? _ Independiente
PART 2 _ Strictly Kev
Busdriver _ Unemployed Black Astronaut _ Big Dada
Tom Tyler _ Forward Going Backward _ DC Recordings
Viva Voce _ One In Every Crowd _ Minty Fresh
Kidda _ All I Need _ Catskills Projects
Divine Sounds _ Do Or Die Bedsty _ Specific
Lemon Jelly _ Baby Battle Scratch _ XL
Nylon Rhythm Machine _ White Wind (Black Grass remix) _ Catskills
Fourtet _ Smile Around the Face _ Domino
PART 3 _ Ammoncontact
Oliver Lake _ Reference _ Novus
Milton Nascimento _ A Viagem _ Far Out
Lo Borges _ Todo Essa Agua _ Odeon
Build An Ark _ The Blessing Song (Dimlite Remix) _ Plug Research
Silhouette Brown _ Looking Back (Reprise) _ Ether Records
Natasha Bedingfield _ These Words (Dwele Remix Instrumental) _ Epic
Maurice Ravel _ String Quartet _ unknown
The Electronic Spirit of Eric Sati _ Yaughting _ Deram
S.O.L.A.R _ Rainbow _ Altanta
Chico Freeman _ Pepe's Samba _ Trio Records
J Dilla _ Verbal Clap _ CDR
GB & Ricci Rucker _ Poly _ CDR
Daedelus _ Untitled _ CDR
Stanley Cowell _ Travelin' Man _ Polydor
Francis Bebey _ Binta Madiallo _ Trikont
PART 4 _ DK
Tubbs _ I feel _ Exceptional
Quasimoto _ Fatbacks _ Stones Throw
soul mekanik _ High on hope street _ Rip records
Tom Tyler _ Insilico _ DC Recordings
" this one will educate, inform and inspire "
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BIOGRAPHY - SOLID STEEL - (A BRIEF HISTORY)
Coldcut first started Solid Steel back in 1988 on the London pirate station
Kiss FM. Jonathan More had been involved with the station since it's
inception in 1985 hosting the Meltdown parties. Matt Black joined in early
1987 with his Mixmaster Dance Party. As Coldcut, they joined forces to
present the fledgling Solid Steel. It soon became a regular event as
listeners tuned in religiously to tape their weekly fix of audio madness.
Coldcut ran Solid Steel on Kiss FM right up until spring 1999, winning a
1996 Sony Award for Specialist Show along the way.
From its inception Solid Steel presented arguably the finest and most
diverse selection of music to be heard on one radio show. The emphasis is on
mixing many styles seemlessly, from jazz to electronic oddities, from hip
hop to poetry. There are no records or styles deemed unnacceptable, even a
children's story has featured in one particularly wigged out show. Another
unique element is the way 100's of spoken word samples are used to tie the
music together, a style often imitated but never bettered elsewhere on
radio. Each mix becomes a mini masterpiece.
Solid Steel has innovated, shocked and, on occasion, annoyed (which is what
the best radio is all about). Guests have included Jean Jacques Perry, De La
Soul, Tortoise, DJ Shadow, David Axelrod, Squarepusher, Company Flow and
Alec Empire (and people still get dewy-eyed over the historic Coldcut versus
The Orb special from back in 1992).
It's popularity and uniqueness has also led to radio syndications all around
the world. The show is currently broadcast in over 20
countries from Slovakia to New Zealand, from America to Poland, and
syndicated on the Student Broadcast Network across the UK. The show is also
available on the internet and there is a lively trade on the Ninja forum
(and other sites) swapping tapes of shows from all eras of the programme and
even websites devoted solely to solidifying steel. It is a beautiful and
edifying thing.
"SS is kinda like the big brother you want to get you into cool music before
your friends hear about it!" - Alan Cain (Listener)
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