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artist : Kidda, DK, Nostalgia 77 + PC
title : Solid Steel (23 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_23)-2CDR-2005.mp3 [60:14]
02_Solid_Steel_-_Coldcut_Radio_Mix_(May_23)-2CDR-2005.mp3 [60:37]
02 tracks (120:51 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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*** 23 MAY 2005 Solid Steel - Solid Appeal!! ***
This week (23rd to 30th) it's a Brighton battle, not Mod's and Rockers
this time but south coast based labels Catskills and Tru Thoughts on
the sea front with the gloves off! Kidda is up first from Catskills
with a mix taking in tracks from Mark B, Prince, Fatlip, The Beta Band
and more. The perfect ice breaker! DK checks in and drops music from
George Levin and a dusty classic from Heaven and Earth to round up hour
one. Nostalgia 77 from Tru Thoughts hit back in the second hour with a
more laid back selection including offerings from Fela Kuti, Hannibal
and Archie Shepp, all splendidly crafted in the broad beat style. PC
breaks it up for the last half hour with a session from the F-ire
collective. Music in the can from Polar Bear to Acoustic Ladyland.
Solid Appeal.
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SOLID STEEL: (23rd May 2005)
the tracklistings (http://www.ninjatune.net/solidsteel)
Artist _ Title _ Record Label
PART 1 _ Kidda
The Beatnuts _ find us _ Avatar
Mark B _ Move now _ K Boro
Edwin Starr _ 25 miles _ Motown
The Roots _ Boom _ MCA
The Toronadoes _ Play the music _ Stax
Slick rick _ I shouldn't have done it _ Sony
The Go team _ ladyflash _ Memphis Industries
Jay'n'Kidda _ 99 real good problems _ unknown
minipips _ Pips theme _ minipips.com
Kidda _ All I need _ Catskills
Pitch Black _ It's all real _ Travio Records
Sean Price _ 60 bar dash freestyle _ Duck Down
Prince _ I wanna be your lover _ Warner
Candi Staton _ Young hearts run free _ Warner
Wynder K Frog _ Green Door _ UA
Shannon _ Let the music play _ Emergency
Aleem feat Leroy Burgess _ Release yourself _ NIA
De La Soul _ The grind date _ Sanctuary
The swellheads _ whoa _ unknown
Kidda _ We,do,da dirty soundboy _ Catskills
William Bell _ every man oughta have a woman _ Stax
Fatlip _ magic pink board _ unknown
The beta band _ round the bend _ astralwerks
PART 2 _ DK
Roisin Murphy _ Dear Diary _ Echo
Heaven and earth _ I really love you _ WMOT
George Levin _ You know what you want _ Sonar Kollektiv
Markus Kienzl _ Dundy Lion _ Klein
PART 3 _ Nostalgia 77
Nostalgia 77 _ The hope suite pt 1 2 _ Tru Thoughts
Fela Kuti _ Lady _ Phillips
Hannibal _ Africa _ Molejazz
Archie Shepp _ Blues for brother George Jackson _ Impulse
Red Beans and rice _ Let my people go _ Epic
Nostalgia 77 _ Changes _ Tru Thoughts
PART 4 _ PC
Polar Bear _ Urban Kilt _ F-IRE
Basquiat Strings _ Double Dares _ F-IRE
Shorter Stories _ At the fair _ F-IRE
Acoustic ladyland _ Some other sky _ F-IRE
" 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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