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“This week, our guest is the man Banglash with his ‘Subliminal Massage’ mix. Hailing from the mean streets of Oxford, his mix has plenty of familiar names that have been chopped, looped and arranged to form a smooth passage through those boom-bap sounds and tracks that they’ve sampled. Expect Tribe, Amp Fiddler, Slum Village and [...]

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“This week show it’s Solid Steel resident DJ Moneyshot and his latest epic mix, You Are The Infinity. Looks like he’s put down his trademarked party-starting record bag this week and plumped for a selection from the crate marked ‘deep’. The crisp drum kicks of vintage Jungle get added to a hypnotic dose of self-help [...]

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My hero Martyn has a set on this weeks Solid Steel Show. Yum!
“Solid Steel in association with Serato (January 22nd) This week DJ Moneyshot looks after your ears with another fine mix from the Cardiff legend. In the brew, we have music from The Bee Keepers, Coldcut, Mr Oizo and ZZ Top no less.
Martyn is [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (January 15th) This week DJ Irk takes to the decks, fresh from playing with our man Cheeba in the Alps. A mix that cuts up everything in sight has Foreign Beggars, Mr. Scruff, The Beach Boys, The Prodigy and the Average White Band all jostling for space.
Hour 2 starts [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (January 8th) Strictly Kev aka DJ Food showcases his new EP – The Shape Of Things That Hum alongside a collection of tracks that influenced him whilst making it as well as a few favourites from 2009. EP ingredients like The The, King Cannibal and John Rydgren sit alongside [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (1st January) Hexstatic ring in the New Year with a cracking mix to take Solid Steel into 2010. Hudson Mohawk, Bassnectar, and a Busy P remix of Kraftwerk all feature, along with hot new music from the Hexstatic hard drive.
It’s the start of a new decade and hour 2 [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (25th December) We finish our review of 2009 looking back at the most popular mixes by the ‘nu skool’ Solid Steel residents, as voted by you the listeners.
‘In no particular order’, we kick off with DJ Cheeba and the audio part of his AV mix from September. Cutting up [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (18th December) We start our review of 2009 looking back at the most popular mixes as voted by you the listeners. We start with the ‘old skool’ residents with DK and Strictly Kev having their most popular mixes revisited, followed by the guest mix of the year.
DK’s mix from [...]

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“Solid Steel in association with Serato (11 th December) Fresh from playing Warp’s 20th birthday bash in London Strictly lays down part 1 of a special Blech 20 set for the first hour. Heavy with classic 90’s era heavy-weights like Aphex, Autechre, LFO and Squarepusher he goes for the tricky mixes before upping the tempo [...]

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“DJ Food & DK showcase their AV mix that they perform live on 4 decks and 3 mixers. As usual, it’s the diverse mix of music that they love and are known for, taking in current faves from Foreign Beggars & Noisia, Joy Orbison and Dorian Concept, but also plenty of classics that have kept [...]

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