Tru Thoughts Presents Unfold

A quality tune from Lex Amor, K15 & Karun on Extra Soul Perception. Soul from Moonchild and BINA. Hip Hop from KRS One (a brand new track), Das EFX and Run the Jewels. A great cover version of Space (the track sampled in Busta’s Woo Hah) by Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band. South Asian beats with synths from DJ Cable. Greg Wilson remixes STR4TA. New music from Bonobo and O’Flynn. Broken Beat from WheelUP. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from fika & Bambie on Tru Thoughts. Soul from BINA, Joy Crookes and Aretha Franklin. A dancefloor live track from Lonnie Smith (Rest In Peace). Futuristic sounds from Sun Ra. Broken Beat from Kuna Maze and EVM128. Deep Jazz from Emanative & Liz Elensky. Grooving beats from Taraach. A Chaka Khan classic. Plus plenty more musical treats.

A quality new song from Grace Carter. Brand new music from Moonchild and Nightmares On Wax. A classic from Tracy Chapman (and a Hip Hop tune that samples it from Nice and Smooth). The Pro-Teens cover KMD from their forthcoming MF Doom covers album. The big South Asian fusion anthem from Chandé & yourboykiran on Daytimers. Percussive drums from Jeremiah Asiamah. A great tune from Makaya Mccraven on Blue Note. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

A special Sonic Switch themed DJ mix from Robert this week, representing some of the tunes going down well at his Brighton club night residency. With Soulful grooves from Miryam Solomon & Huw Marc Bennet. Hip Hop from Little Simz, dereck d.a.c and a Grandmaster Flash featuring Melle Mel classic dubplate. Funk from Alan Hawkshaw. Boogie from Nu Genea and Samii. Deep dancefloor beats from El Payo. WheelUP’s excellent remix of Tiawa. Drum and Bass from Flytronix remixed by Origin Unknown. Ronin remixing Sade. Plus plenty more musical treats. 

Music from Steam Down, Aurora Dee Raynes and Bonobo. Hip Hop from Che Noir, KRS One & Big Daddy Kane. Boogie from Samii. The much sampled classic from The Mohawks in tribute to Alan Hawkshaw (R.I.P). A great Piano and Beats track from Witness Protection Program. In tribute to Pee Wee Ellis (R.I.P) a track from James Brown he co-wrote. Drum & Bass from DJ Marky featuring Evabee on vocals. WheelUP remixes Tiawa. Plus plenty more musical treats.

New music from Bonobo. Hip Hop from Big Daddy Kane featuring Jay Z, ODB and more, KRS One and DANGERDOOM. Spiritual Jazz from Doug and Jean Carn. New music from Palm Skin Productions and Crafty 893 on Tru Thoughts. A classic soul track from Andrea Martin. Broken Beat with a Brazilian twist from Banda Favela remixed by Alex Phountzi. Plus plenty more musical treats.

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.