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Hackney Globe Trotter

In his weekly show on SOAS Radio, Russ Jones plays a world beat mix up, covering everything from Cumbia to Soukous, gypsy , latin hip hop, reggaeton, dubstep, raverton, afro beats, vintage classics and beyond.

Very special guest in for todays show , Mr Jason Mayal of Smash records and Fuji Rock festival talking about the new album he has just produced and released - Narasirato, Warrato'o (The Sound of The Solomon islands) and also chatting about his expeditions to Colombia in the early nineties to discover the 'cumbia'

HGT Radio 93. Hold tight, hold tight, hold tight. All winners no fillers today. Taking no prisoners for a full on one hour mambo, twisted, afro, banger, baile, funkee, rootiscal, latino , ghetto , from Hackney and back for a one hour musical international, outernational journey.

And the beat goes on...... and on and on.  Today starting from Hackney via Korea, Colmbia, Portugal, Cuba, UK and more.

HGT 91.  From 'Duke and Trane' to 'Life' with some Shangaan Shake, Dancing Time, Bombay Mix, Unexpected Tapas and Bariba Sound's - These are just some of the titles, mixes and releases included in this weeks sure for an 'as always' mixed bag global musical adventure.

1.DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Meet Tshetsha Boys, DJ Rashad & DJ Spinn Shangaan Shake, Honest Jons

2.For Me You Are Dub, Hollie Cook, Prince Fatty Presents Hollie Cook In Dub, Mr Bongo Records

3.Duke and Trane, Heikki Sarmanto, Spiritual Jazz 2: Europe, jazz man Records

As always, as always, as always  a one hour round the world , vintage, raver, cumbia, dub, latino, roots, folkloric, afro, banger round up of the best of the latest releases and revival pressure.

Fantastic Vampire2 of 3Ruby Rushton Experimentwww.rubyrushton.com


Soundboy (feat. Lobstarr)RaggabundLatin hip hop

Plenty of beats in todays show with some funky biscuits coming out of Botswana, Colombia, Sierra Leone, Israel, UK, USA, Venezuela and more.



1.Similau,Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro ,Look Around The Corner, Tru Thoughts

2.Yerbamora,Bituaya,Electrocaribe

3.Sentimiento (Solo Moderna remix),EMPRESARIOS,Bestia Remixed, Fort Knox Recordings

 4.Nuestro Ayer (Makala Remix),Primer Ministro de la Rumba

5.Samboko,?mark,(Botswana)

6.Yoro (Burundanga Rmx),  Wganda Kenya

As is the title of Jah Woble's new album featured in this weeks show 'Welcome to My World' . That world for this weeks show incorpoatres music from, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Kenya, UK, South Korea, Colmbia, Colmbia and Colombia.

Moon Watching Shin Joong Hyun Shin Joong Hyun - Beautiful Rivers And Mountains: The Psychedelic Rock Sound Of South Korea 1958-1974, Light In The Attic Records

New Delhi, Jah Wobble, Welcome To My World

One Life, One Hope copy, JSTAR

Kosta Kostov, Kaduna Bass feat. Olivera and MarcoT, Mambesa EP, UrbanWorld

HGT 86. Calling all ravers for a dubtastic, afro, cumbia, funky banger session. We are taking no prisoners!!! Hold tight.

Going live Wednesday 29.2.12 5-6pm UK GMT http://soasradio.org/playlists/player.htm and podcast at www.soasradio.org

1.Marka, Dub Phizix & Skeptical Ft. Strategy

2.Unbreak My Dub, Jstar , Soundcloud

3.Blackout, JA & Dreadsquad, Notion of Self (MT-41 Riddim)

4.Sisimaito, Narasirato, Warato'o, Smash

It's carnival season so HGT is taking a timely excursion for an all Brazilian special. From Samba funk to baile funk with a bit of forro, carimbo, drum n bass, bossa jazz and nu tropicalia all in the mix. Pure sunshine music to brighten even the greyist of Hackney winter days.

Going live 5-6pm UK time Wednesday 22.2.12 @ www.soasradio.org and podcast at the same address.

1.Boa noite Mestra, Baianas de Coqueiro Seco-AL, Baianas voltam a sorrir

2.Canto Do Quilombo, Luiz Carlos Sá Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 3, Farout Recordings

A proper mix, fix up globe trotting selection for today's show. Music from all over and covering all bases. From modal to raver, jump blues to rocksteady, cumbia, ragga, boogie, brazilian, kuduro, afro and soul. A celebration a great music new, old and international . 1.Toma tu jabón Kapax, Los Piranas

2.Give Me A Love, Uniques, Absolutely Rock Steady, Pressure Sounds

3.Valse Pour Helene, Jef Gilson, Jef Gilson

4.Nana Imboro, Wroblewski Jazz Quintet, Spiritual Jazz 2: Europe, Jazzman Records

Brazil, Solomon islands, Amsterdam, Tibet, Peru, Colombia, Nigeria, Cuba, Benin, Bristol and Brighton. Hackney Globe Trotter takes an 'around the houses' musical excursion from exotic to tropical with a little bit of raver. It's all good.

1.Samba, Cachaça E Vila, Samba Chula De São Braz, Quando Dou Minha Risada, Ha, Ha.

2.Naie Chuppe, Amsterdam Klezmer Band Mokum, Essay Recordings

3.Level Dub, AMJ Dub Collective, Sugar Shack Records

4.Tibet Dub (Zion Train Remix), YaK ATTACK

5.Diablo, Novalima, Karimba, ESL Recordings

Big tropical selection today with new and vintage cumbia, 3ball, champeta, chica reggae and new music from Cuba. Plus tunes from Turkey, Cambodia, Mali and Palestine.

1.La Cumbia Dictadura, Skip & Die

2.Plague Of Locusts, Prince Fatty Meets The Mutant Hi-Fi, Return Of The Gringo!, Mr Bongo

3.Uku, Dengue Fever, Cannibal Courtship, Fantsasy

4.Aden Osamnat, Tinariwen, Tassili, V2

5.To Change Tomorrow, D.A.M., Made in Palestine

6.Davut Guloglu, Katula Katula, www.Mp3lere.com

HGT radio is 'Uptown Top Ranking' in a dubbed out style and fashion for another show of Otherworldly beats, grooves and songs. Including new music from Prince fatty, The Pyramids, Dub Colossus Makina del Karibe, Joyce and more. A one hour round the world from Hackney and back musical odyssey.

Tracklisting

Play a song or two for you - It's the HGT show and the usual, unusual world, ghetto, jazz, dancehall, soul, raver, latino, afro 1 hour musical selection straight from the streets of Hackney to the world wide web

1.Play A Song For Me, Major Lance, Soul Masters: Um Um Um Um Um

2.The Journey Home, Matthew Halsall, On The Go

3.Homenaje a Justino (THORNATO edit), Grupo Socavón

4.Coco My My, Tambo, Subway Salsa - The Montuno Records Story, Vampi Soul
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5.El Critica (Maga Bo Remix), Petrona Martinez, Unreleased

2012 Here we go for the brand new all live Wednesday afternoons at SOAS Radio. A big selection as always for the HGT show from tropical to dub to cumbia to Iranian pop with a few ravers, vintage classics and future hits thrown in for good measure. It's Hackney broadcasting to the world.......

1. Cumbayea, Mario Allison Y Su Combo, La Onda Vampi, Vampi Soul

2. La Bocachico, Frente Cumbiero, La Onda Vampi, Vampi Soul

3. Bangarang, Lester Sterling, DJ Andy Smith & Keith Lawrence Present Jamaican Funk Experience, Nascente

HGT 78. 2011 the best of. A round up of some of the top tunes of the year gracing the itunes folder of Hackney GT HQ. As always too much music and not enough time but here is a little selection of the cream of the crop of afro, latino, gypsy, soul, jazz, wobble, ragga, reggae, cumbia (of course), brazilian, arabic, retro, modern, ravers and bangers to come out or be reissued this year. Something for literally everyone - So that means no excuses! Tune in live or check the podcast and happy Christmas and new year to one and all

The end of the year is nigh and not many shows left for 2011 but as always more than enough new music to cram in to one hour for another episode of Hackney Globe Trotting with excursions this time round to Brazil, Germany, USA, Japan, Argentina, Cuba and beyond. Grab your musical passport and get ready for a little bit of cultural horizon expansion. Leaving planet Hackney very shortly. Last call..........

1.1960 What? Gregory Porter Water

2.We Added It Up My Brightest Diamond All Things Will Unwind

It might be cold and dull in London town today but we are having some ice cream cumbia to top a great selection from Iranian folk funk to gypsy drum and bass, dancehall pop, Q-Tip bossa mash -ups, wobble grime, classic lost Brazilian gems to tribal latino bangers to make for a truly sunshine global musical celebration.

Tracklisting:

1.Horizonte, Mauricio Maestro feat Nana Vasconcelos, Farout Recordings

2.Champion Sound (footwork edit), Phillip D Kick - Q Project, www.rhythm-incursions.com

HGT Radio no. 74. Ended up with a whole load of new cumbia and tropical flavours in the itunes folder this week so decided it was time for latino, ghetto, cumbia, chica, electro champetta round-up and we are taking no prisoners. Hold tight.

1.Wa Do Dem (Andrés Digital Cumbia Remix), Eek A Mouse, http://radiosunflow.blogspot.com

2.Money Money (Andrés Digital Dubby Cumbia Remix), Horace Andy, Andrés Digital inna Reggae Cumbia Style, Cumbia Dub http://radiosunflow.blogspot.com

HGT 73. All the usual unusual selections, little balkan/gypsy fest roundup of current bangers from the orient and beyond.

TRACKLISTING

Muse - Feeling Good (Fr33m4n_s Dubstep Remix)

Manha De Carnaval (Morning Of The Carnival) Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfá & João Gilberto Black Orpheus

Soloho Mahavelo Sambiasy & Samba World Routes - [Disc 1]

Osman Ehlivan Arif Sağ TurKISH Freakout Tur

Feeling You Got El Rego El Rego