As is quite often the case, I’ll hear a track and won’t be able to get past it for a while. I’ll bore friends endlessly, I’ll play it on the radio insessantly, I’ll shoehorn it into live sets and it was definitely the case with a particular track by Anna Meredith.

Nautilus is an incredible piece of music, it almost so doesn’t work, but yet it does. It was pretty much the only piece of work I had listened to of Anna’s when I tracked her down ahead of her appearance at Brightons Mutations Festival and I’m afraid to admit this wasa. tough interview. Not because Anna wasn’t generous and lovely, she was and is, but I think I nearly pulled it because I hadn’t had a chance to prepare, and was possibly in the middle of some sort of famiy crisis.

But, you only live once, as Del Boy said, so I decided to jump in anyway and hopefully it isn’t too bad, and I was in the middle of obsessing over this one track.

I have since gone back and dug into her back catalogue and she has gone on to do many great things, so it didn’t ruin either of our careers.

So, this show was built around the interview and her work, giving me full range to lean into the corners of my world, inspired by her work.

Hope you enjoy it. x

Tracklist:

Matthew Halsall - Tropical Landcapes

Sarathy Korwar - Intimate Enemy feat Upaj Collective

Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids - An Angel Fell

Monday Michiru - Double Image

Dilemma - Aim Low

Natural Born Chillers - Rock the Funky Beats

187 Lockdown - Gunman (Drum and Bass Mix)

Dr Octogon - Blue Flowers

*Anna Meredith Interview *

DJ Shadow - Bergschrund

MOP - Ante Up

Nas and the Bravehearts - Oochie Wally

RJD2 - Ghostwriter

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Desmond Chambers - Haly Gully

Moe Turk - Find My Way to U

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