Tru Thoughts Presents Unfold

A new track from Steven Bamidele feat Sly5thAve. A remix of Sade by Masquenada. Downtempo deepness from Macie Stewart, Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi. Sung vocal chilled vibes from Georgie Sweet and Ella Mae Sueref. Jazz from Nadav Schneerson, Nādt Orchestra & Kuna Maze. Broken Beat from Son Of Dan remixed by Donsurf. Rap from Pataka Boys, Mike, Lawrence Matthews and Sliime. Zed Bias remixes the new Omar track. Plus plenty more music treats.

Quality music from Marc Mac’s Visioneers project. Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest (and the Roy Ayers Ramp classic that it samples), Jourden and Oddisee. Deep Harp and electronic fusion from Alina Bzhezhinska & Tulshi on Tru Thoughts. Broken Beat from Kaidi Tatham, Alexander Flood and Bruk Rogers. Downtempo Soul & Beats from Norah Jane x Mor.lov. A classic from Wookie. Drum & Bass / Jungle from Workforce, Samurai Breaks & Coco Bryce. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track from the excellent Florence Adooni album on Philophon records. Hip Hop from Caveman, Ghostface Killah, MIKE and Venna. Classic tunes from Roy Ayers and Sylvia Striplin. Broken Beat from EVM128, Che, Sticky Dub, Phyliss Jaxson, WheelUP & Abacus. Jungle from Potential Badboy, Tesfa Williams, Kaya Fyah, Congo Natty & Maxine Scott. The Yam Who? Remix of Belleruche. Tunes from Victoria Port, Liv East and the Luke Una compilation on Mr Bongo. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music from Roy Ayers (Rest In Peace) including Hip Hop tracks with classic samples from A Tribe Called Quest and Brand Nubian, and a tune released by Menagerie on Tru Thoughts featuring Roy Ayers too. A track from the excellent MIKE album. Jazz / Electronic fusion from Kuna Maze. A tune from the Brighter Days Family album. Groove Chronicles reworks a classic from the Young Disciples. A song from The Sequence in tribute to Angie Stone (rapping as Angie B) on an early Sugarhill release. In tribute to Andy Williams (Rest In Peace) his Yam Who classic rework of Raphael Saadiq. Big Zuu, Capo Lee on a UK Garage vibe from p-rallel. Plus plenty more music treats.

Hip Hop from the excellent Mike album ‘Showbiz’, Pataka Boys, a J Dilla (Jay Dee) blend and Westside Gunn. Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant, Roberta Flack and The Janice Lakers Quintet. A tribute to Angie Stone (Rest In Peace) including tracks from Vertical Hold and Erykah Badu. Broken Beat from WheelUp and LCSM. Bass heavy beats from T. Williams and GLM. Jungle from Shy FX. A new track from Footshooter feat Allysha Joy. Plus plenty more music treats. 

Tunes in tribute to Roberta Flack, Gwen McCrae and Terror Danjah (Rest In Peace). Soul from Summer Pearl and Harleighblu. Gospel Boogie from Arp Frique & The Perpetual Singers. A track from the excellent T.Williams album. Broken Beat from EVM 128, Haze City, Gil sm & PRVNA. Nik Nak on the remix for Takumi Morya. Classic Jungle from Potential Badboy feat UK Apache. Hip Hop from MIKE and Venna, Doechii and a Ghostface Killah Wu Tang dubplate. Bollywood Electro Funk from Bappi Lahiri & Sharon Prabhakar. Plus plenty more music treats.

A new track from Emma-Jean Thackray feat Kassa Overall. Hip Hop from SALIMATA, Doechii, Sonnyjim & Graymatter. A cover of MF Doom by Visioneers (aka Marc Mac). A classic from Romare. Drum and Bass from Sl8tr. 80’s Soul from Luther Vandross and Oliver Cheatham. A track from The Jam in tribute to Rick Buckler (Rest In Peace). Deep grooves from Aanya Martin and Thievery Corporation. Plus plenty more music treats.

Two tracks in tribute to the legendary producer Terror Danjah (Rest In Peace) - one deep beats and one with a Reggae influence. Soul from Omar, El Train, goodie bags, POLLENA & Cara Tivey. A Hip Hop classic from Dead Prez, plus a quality track from Dangerous Creatures. Drum & Bass remixes of SAULT and Rosie Lowe. Broken Beat from DJ Merci, Close Counters feat Allysha Joy, Footshooter feat James Mollison (Ezra Collective). Jazzy beats from Rolf Kuehn. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Kymara and SAULT. A new track from WheelUP. Broken Beat from Close Counters feat Allysha Joy, Son Of Dan and Domu remixing Bread & Souls. A classic from Moonstarr. Hip Hop from SALIMATA, Doechii and A.D.O.R (Rest In Peace). A deep quality track from Aanya Martin. Kero One remixes a Portishead classic. Plus plenty more music treats.

Music and conversation with Aly Gillani from First Word Records in the second half of the show. Talking about the early days of the label, working with Children Of Zeus and his British Street Soul compilation Love & Purpose alongside some early and recent First Word releases. Plus Hip Hop from Sonnyjim, Doechii, KRS One. Broken Beat from IG Culture’s LCSM, Sticky Dub and Kuna Maze. A classic from 4hero. A quality tune from Vibration Black Finger. Bass and beats from Delian Sound v Spectre. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Joy Crookes, Amaria, Kinny, SAULT, and Leena Conquest. Broken Beat from Footshooter feat James Mollison (Ezra Collective), Streeton, After ‘Ours feat Omar. Deep House from Masaki Morii. Hip Hop from Ahmed With Love, Sonnyjim, Doechii and Jurassic 5. Raw-Artes remixes Amy Winehouse. Jungle from Potential Badboy (from 1992), Sl8r, Pete Cannon & Ghost Writerz, K Jah remixing Chopstick Dubplate feat Mr Williamz. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from Rosie Lowe, The Sindecut & Ijeoma, Teedra Moses, and Vibba feat Victoria Jane. Jazz from 45trio. Broken Beat from Gil sm on Brighter Days, Bruk Rogers remixing Catpack, and Matica. A classic from Lennie De Ice (Rest In Peace). Jungle from Tom Reaper & Kloke, and DJ Die & Addison Groove. An early track from Tricky produced by Geoff Barrow (Portishead). Hip Hop from Doechii, Digable Planets, Lawrence Matthews, and a Mos Def classic. Plus plenty more music treats.

The final Best Of 2024 show (Part 4, and of course all music sounding good for 2025 too). Hip Hop from Doechii, Lawrence Matthews, Jourden and LL Cool J (Produced by Q Tip). Deep Harp Jazz from Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi. Jungle from Sully, Tim Reaper, Kloke, Potential Badboy, and JAEL. Soul from Thee Sacred Souls, Steven Bamidele, and SAULT. A track from the excellent Vibration Black Finger album. Dancefloor tunes from IZCO & P Wavey, and XL Regular remixing Kuna Maze feat Steve Spacek. Reggae / Dub from Nat Birchall, Joe Armon-Jones feat Liam Bailey, Mortimer, Kabaka Pyramid & Lila Iké. Plus plenty more music treats.

Part 3 of the Best of 2024 (but will still sound good in 2025) show. Soul from Jimetta Rose, Alice Russell, Qendresa, and Hiatus Kaiyote. Deep dancefloor grooves form Musclecars and Yaya Bey. Broken Beat from Matica, Quiet Dawn feat Lyric L, Close Counters, and Nikitch & Alexis Moutzouris. Grime from Logan OLM, and Chip with a serious amount of Grime Legends (including Flowdan). Jazz from Jaubi, Work Money Death, Mulatu Astatke & Hoodna Orchestra. Bhangra remixed by Mr Scruff. Plus plenty more music treats.

Part 2 of the Best of 2024 selections with the unique sounds of ganavya. Deep sung beats from from Portishead and Norah Jane x Mor.lov. Soul from Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Demae, and Lynda Dawn. Hip Hop from Backwood Sweetie, Shaykh Hanif x Micheal Angelo, Heems, Common & Pete Rock. A quality track with a message from Magic Number. Broken Beat from Divorce From New York and Footshooter. IZCO and Reek0 remix oreglo. Plus plenty more music treats.

Best Of 2024 Part 1 with tracks from Tara Lily, Ezra Collective, and Aja Monet. Soul from Allysha Joy, BINA. and a track from the brilliant album from Norah Jane x Mor.lov. Jazz from Sefi Zisling and Ishfaq. Broken Beat from Bruk Rogers, Cengiz and Cyclonix. Rap from Pataka Boys, Bashy, Che Noir, Your Old Droog and namesbliss. Disco from Scruscru. Plus plenty more music treats.

A track in tribute to the excellent poet and activist Nikki Giovanni. Deep downtempo music from Anchorsong remixed by Salamanda, and Duval Timothy. Soul from Yaya Bey, dego feat Samii and a classic from Blue Zone (feat Lisa Stansfield on vocals). Uplifting house from Julio Bashmore feat J’Danna, Gayance feat Judith Little D and Walter Murphy. A quality Jungle track from Tim Reaper and Kloke from their album on Hyperdub. A Bruk blend of Haze City with the current Grime Scene Saviours tune from Chip and a whole host of Grime legends. A new tracks from Hot 8 Brass Band. Plus plenty more music treats. 

A new song from Sade from the excellent TRANSA compilation. Rap from insyt, Coby Sey, Jadasea, and Das EFX. Turkish Grooves from Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek on Big Crown. A dig in the crates Tru Thoughts tune from Hint feat Laura Vane on a UK Garage / Broken Beat vibe. DJ Spinna’s remix of Otis Redding. A classic from Moodymann. Chip’s new track with a load of Grime legends including JME, Jamakabi and Flowdan. Lefto remixed by Iman Houssein. Plus plenty more music treats.

A great track from Sho Madjozi and Double Zuksh (South Africa / Egypt / Amapiano fusion). Jazz from Work Money Death. A soul re-edit of Candi Staton. A brilliant track form the Metro Beirut label. Zero T re-works Janet Jackson Jungle style. Broken Beat from Footshooter, Natty Wylah & brother portrait, and Mark Pritchard. A classic and influential tune from Depth Charge. Brand new music from Kuna Maze. A Quincy Jones track as sampled by MF DOOM. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from TYSON’s new album, Demae x Madlib, Sylvia Yau & FloFilz. Jazz from Edrix Puzzle, Emma Jean Thackray, Carlos Garnet and Work Money Death. Rap from Crafty 893. Hip Hop from Awet, Cappo, Showbiz & AG, Cordae feat Joey Bada$$. An influential track from Depth Charge in tribute to J. Saul Kane (Rest In Peace). Dancefloor beats from Objekt and Fixate. Plus plenty more music treats.