Tru Thoughts Presents Unfold

Deep soul grooves from Sampology, Aurora Dee Raynes and Sault. Broken Beat from Afro Force and MP. Classics from Angie Stone and Portishead. Jazz from Daniel Casimir on Jazz Refreshed, and Abstract Truth. Hip Hop from Quakers feat The Black Opera, Jamire Williams feat Fat Tony & Zeroh and Che Noir. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the new Quantic & Nidia Góngora album. Hip Hop from A Tribe Called Quest (from the classic The Low End Theory album), Che Noir and Doug E Fresh. Soul from Children Of Zeus, Nina Simone and Teddy Pendergrass. Bassically re-works a Sun Ra classic for the dancefloor. Broken Beat from WheelUP, Abacus and Karmasound. A big tune from Switch with Andrea Martin (Rest In Peace) on vocals. Breakbeat from Radio Slave. Drum and Bass from Makoto with Danny Wheeler and a classic remix from DJ Die. Plus plenty more music treats.

Soul from BINA, Cleo Sol and Lady Blackbird. Deep Boogie from Werkha remixed by Tom Blip. An 80’s Soul classic from Change. Broken Beat from WheelUP and Cengiz. Disco beats from Palmskin Productions. UK Garage with the bass from Ms Dynamite & Menta (aka Artwork). Jazz from Sefi Zesling and Herbie Hancock. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent Little Simz album. South Asian beats from Ahadadream, DJ Aps, Nirobi & Barakas (aka Robert Luis and Bonobo) and the big club tune from Chandé & yourboykiran. Deep Disco from Close Counters. New music from Rhi & Telemcahus on Tru Thoughts. Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant and Lady Blackbird. Deep Broken Beat from El Payo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A classic Hot 8 Brass Band track in tribute to Bennie Pete (Rest In Peace). A track from the excellent Little Simz album. Deep Jazz from Rebecca Vasmant. A song from Nina Simone that features in the brilliant Summer Of Soul documentary. A classic from 4hero featuring Jill Scott. Future Soul from BINA. A brand new track from Gawd Status check the BLM influenced lyrics. Quality dancefloor boogie from Nu Genea. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A track from the excellent new Cleo Sol album. Music from the new Tru Thoughts EP from fika. An unreleased tune from around 10+ years ago by Martin Topley Bird produced by Quantic (with strings). A great club tune from Nu Genea. Broken Beat from EVM128, Bruk Rogers and Kuna Maze. A track from Emma Jean Thackray's album. Music from Victor Uwaifo who recently passed away. Of course in tribute to Lee "Scratch" Perry who recently passed away too, some classic songs and productions. An amazing bass wobbling track from The Bug feat Flowdan and new music from Strategy produced by Bristol's Fiend. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from AP Dhillon, Hiatus Kaiyote and Common Saints. Soul from Iyamah and MELONYX. Gospel beats from Snips. South Asian Beats from K15 and 4Koothu. Zed Bias covers Roy Ayers. Anushka reworks WheelUP. Piano dancefloor business from Brief Work. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Victoria and Max from Anushka join Robert via Zoom to talk about their music and their story; including how the first song they ever made got played by Gilles Peterson and released on his Brownswood label, their musical journey and process, and playing music from the 'Yemaya' album on Tru Thoughts. Plus there is music from Gabriels, IG Culture reworking Candido, Emanative & Liz Elensky, plus plenty more musical treats.

New music on Tru Thoughts from Nãnci Correia & Origin One. Hip Hop from Black Moon, Public Enemy and dereck d.a.c. Soul from Tyson and Lynda Dawn. Broken Beat from Jazztronik. A quality tune from Paul Johnson (Rest In Peace). Breakbeats from Anz and Nasty Habits. Drum and Bass from Workforce and Pola & Bryson feat Strategy. New music from El Train. Classics from Portishead and Quantic & Alice Russell. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This week's show has a classic from Mary J Blige plus Soul from Sault, Kenu Burke and Aaron Frazer. Gospel Boogie from Enlightment. Broken Beat from Afronaut, LCSM and Cengiz. Jungle from Chopstick Dubplate, Logistics, DRS and Dynamite. South Asian Bass and Beats from Koothu and MadStarBase. Electronic / Gnawa fusion from Rabii Harnoune & V.B.Kühl. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music in tribute to Biz Markie (Rest In Peace) including some classics and features with De L Soul, Roxanne Shante & Big Daddy Kane. Soul from Alice Russell, Jaydonclover, Natasha Ramos (unreleased tune produced by The Neptunes) and Isabelle Brown. A great new rewok by Opolopo on GAMM. Broken Beat from Afronaut and TM Shall I Bruk aka IG Culture reworking a D Train classic. A classic from Mala. New music from their forthcoming Tru Thoughts album by Quantic & Nidia Góngora. A big tune from Ivy Lab. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hemai, the 22 year old multi-instrumentalist and producer, joins Robert via Zoom to talk about the influences on his recent album on Tru Thoughts, including his love of Brazilian music and the influence of his Dad (check the Perry Hemus track). Plus some tunes from Azymuth, The Rebirth and Jamiroquai alongside Strange Beauty album tracks. There is also music from Biz Markie (Rest In Peace), Calibre and John Carrol Kirby.

Soul from Iyamah, Red Astaire (a new version of the classic ‘Follow Me’), Silas Short (Stones Throw) and MELONYX. Deep beats from Ivy Lab, Simon Richmond & John Metcalfe. Brand new music from Afronaut (Bugz In the Attic) on Tru Thoughts. Hemai remixes BaggE & Tyegreen and Sefi Zisling remixes Alice Russell. Portishead’s version of S.O.S. New music from Sampology. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Part 2 of a special Sonic Switch DJ mix covering tunes that came out during lockdown which Robert would have been playing at Sonic Switch, his club residency in Brighton, if clubs were open. So a celebration of some of the good dancefloor tracks that came out this last year plus a few more classics. Includes percussive grooves from Baronhawk Poitier. Jungle from Dub Liner and Salaryman. Dubplates from Stylo G & Sister Nancy. Deep disco from Fybe One. Dancefloor Soul from Tyson and Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu. Broken Beat from WheelUP. A big tune from Vicor Uwaifo. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Sault and MELONYX. Plus a special Sonic Switch DJ mix covering tunes that came out during lockdown that Robert would have been playing at Sonic Switch, his club residency in Brighton, if clubs were open. So a celebration of some of the good dancefloor tracks that came out this last year plus a few classics. Includes music from dereck d.a.c, Hadiya George, Wonky Logic, MF DOOM, Close Counters, Penza Penza, Anushka, Mr Scuff & Mark Rae. Plus a classic Blackalicious track in tribute to Gift Of Gab (R.I.P). Look out for part 2 of the Sonic Switch mix next week including Jungle, Broken Beat and Soul selections.

Soulful grooves from Joy Crookes, Sault and The Mighty Sceptres (remixed by Kenny Dope). Brand new music from Anushka from their latest album on Tru Thoughts. Dancefloor sounds from Wonky Logic and Lavrutz. Hip Hop from dereck d.a.c. X KIANVSLIFE, KRS One, Quakers feat Sampa The Great and Blackk Chronical. An instrumental classic form the Beastie Boys. Dancefloor drums and percussion from Jeremiah Asiamah, Afronaut and Baronhawk Poitier. Tempo changing Jazz from the excellent Ebi Soda. A Hip Hop and Bass classic from Danny Breaks. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A big track from Tyson. Soul from D’Angelo, Steam Down feat Afronaut Zu, fika & El Train. Out there but funky beats from Georgia Anne Muldrow and Danny Breaks. Disco from Palmskin Productions and Kon’s version of The Blue Velvets. Wonky Logic’s remix of Bryony Jarman-Pinto. The Exemen’s remix of a 4hero classic. A quality song from This Is The Kit. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music from the new Tiawa album on Tru Thoughts (part sung in Portuguese). Deep music from Greentea Peng. Soul from Tyson. A classic from Tricky. A great track from Lex Amor. Brand new music from Quantic on his label Selva. Jazz Dance from Nubiya Garcia remixed by Mark De Clive Lowe and Da Lata. A classic from The Specials (on the 40th Anniversary of its release) and a tune that possibly inspired it, from Buster’s All Stars. A track from the quality new Georgia Anne Muldrow album. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Music to inspire change from Shungudzo. Soul from Jerome Thomas, Red Astaire’s classic re-work of D’Angelo and Aaron Taylor. Aroop Roy reworks the current classic from Gabriels. Plus Mr President covers the classic song Gabriel featuring Hawa on vocals. Deep instrumental goodness from Hemai. K15 with an excellent Broken Beat remix of Yelfris Valdes. Drum and Bass from Calibre remixing Jaheim and Nu Tone remixing Quantic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

An exclusive DJ mix from WheelUP featuring his own dub plate edits, music from Karizma, Bugz In The Attic, Mark De Clive Lowe, Bembe Segue, Seiji and more. It’s big! Plus keeping with the Broken Beat / Bruk theme Robert plays tunes from Afronaut, Close Counters, K15, Moses Boyd, Abstract Truth, The Seshen remixed by Ben Hauke, Nirobi and Barakas plus plenty more musical treats.