Beats of All-Nations

We’re back with the last show of summer at the Dublab studio. JB opens the show with some soulful hip-hop joints, followed by Gabe Real playing new music with his signature eclectic style. Mike Styles hosts and finishes the show with a warm but chill end-of-summer mix, ushering us into the next season.

We welcome back community builder Bess Kepp and JB of A Mic and Dim Lights, a 20+ year open mic event that started in Pomona, California. They discuss their history and recent achievements. In true Dim Lights form, we also get a couple of poems from Bess and DJ set from JB. Re:Fresh crew is in the house with additional DJ sets by Gabe Real and Subira. Mike Styles is your host.

Keep in touch with A Mic and Dim Lights for updates and events on IG: @micanddimlights
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First crew show at the new dublab studio. Mike Styles is joined by long-time contributors of the show, DJ Gabe Real, Subira, and Mike B.

Gabe opens the show with funky music from around the world, Subira returns with a full crate of new afrobeats and Mike Styles winds it down with new sounds in hip-hop, soul and beats. Mike B. is also in the house, capturing the scenes and hops on the mic for a quick update.

Keep up with our playlist on apple music at: http://bit.ly/3XhvTq7

We're back in the brand new Dublab studio for the first live show in quite some time. Mike Styles & Gabe Real come together for a fresh mix of eclectic new music on episode 80 of Beats of All-Nations Radio.

Keep up with the most recent 100 spins on our tracklist available exclusively on apple music: http://bit.ly/3XhvTq7

Nanna.B is a Danish-born and until very recently, an LA-based singer, songwriter, and producer with an eclectic sound focused on R&B, Soul, and Electronic music. She has worked with and captivated the likes of Anderson .Paak, Mndsgn, Shafiq Husayn, Soulection, Boiler Room, and our pal Ken Barrientos who first introduced us to her music several years ago. She’s been featured on Beats1, The Joe Budden Podcast, Vice, and High Snobiety and has played festival stages from SXSW to Camp Flog Gnaw. Her new album, Don’t Come if You Can’t Bring No Flowers, is streaming everywhere.

Cell Uno intros the show with his signature layered mix style of distorted soul electronica, and Subira offers a springtime mix of tropical afro beats to wrap the show. Mike Styles hosts the journey along the way.

Hosted by Mike Styles. We kick off this episode with executive producer, studio engineer, MC, beat maker and J Dilla collaborator, Ta’Raach of Loveturl. We talk about developing his craft in Detroit to more recent years residing on the West Coast and his latest release “During Xhe Time”. We then take a musical journey to Brazil for Carnaval season with renowned music journalist and radio host, Allen ‘The Ambassador’ Thayer. Allen plays us some deep Brazilian 7 inch records and gives us some in depth coverage on an array of Musica Brasileira. We also talk about his work as a PR advisor/feature DJ for Jazz is Dead/Jazz Esta Morto concert series, his writing for Wax Poetics mag and his book Tim Maia’s Raccional Vols.1&2.

More of TaRaach:
https://www.youtube.com/@LOVETURL/featured
Mais Allen Thayer:
https://www.mixcloud.com/theambassador/

Mike Styles returns to the hosting chair for the first show of the year. He joins us with a guest set and interview with Tab Jones. Born Sam Berlin, Tab is a hip-hop producer and DJ from New Jersey who grew up in the underground club scene of NYC. In recent years he has produced projects with the likes of Pootie, Brainorchestra, and Dälek. Most recently he teamed up with Chilean producer Obrigxdo to produce a four song EP entitled, ‘VIVID’. These projects have received worldwide attention, being featured on official Spotify playlists and catching spins on Worldwide FM in Korea. He’s also kept up with a steady stream of DJ gigs in NYC and Seoul.
‘Music Is My Weapon, My Weapon Is Love’ is the new album from Tab, a 5 song hip-hop project due out January 30th on Raw Force Records. Tab produced the entire album sampling exclusively from 80’s and 90’s r&b records.

More: https://tabjones.bandcamp.com/

Playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/radio-selections/pl.u-GgA5Y65c20Py3

Alejandro Ayala is a curator, organizer, educator, and dedicated Chicagoan. Known to many by his DJ name ‘King Hippo,’ Ayala hosted a monthly show on the globally-distributed QC Radio program on Gilles Peterson's Worldwide FM. For two decades he's been an active event producer and promoter, responsible for the long-standing Fresh Roasted series at The Whistler, the annual Preservation of Fire series, the legendary CHICAGOxLONDON showcase at London's Total Refreshment Centre, the DALLASxCHICAGO interstate artist exchange at Sleeping Village in 2018, the Chicago debut of Grammy-winning Australian prog-soul band Hiatus Kaiyote at The Double Door in 2014, and innumerable one-off events for myriad artists across Chicago's diverse landscape of venues (including Elastic Arts, Co-Prosperity, Transition East, Empty Bottle, and many more). Between 2020 and 2022 he worked as an instructor for After School Matters, for whom he designed a unique 'Event Planning & Production' curriculum. Currently, Ayala works as Head of Marketing for the International Anthem record label, where he's been a creative engineer behind album campaigns for Damon Locks' Black Monument Ensemble, Jaimie Branch, and Junius Paul, in addition to acting as photographer-in-residence (his photographs of Angel Bat Dawid have been published by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone), and co-producing three albums by Makaya McCraven. In 2021 the Chicago Reader profiled Ayala as a Chicagoan of Note.

DJ Gabe Real taking over for 2 hours with chill and funky tunes from around the globe!

After a month off, DJ Gabe Real and Mike Styles return with the goods for an end of summer 'cool down'. Enjoy a heavy stack of new music and some deep international digs in this two hour dig. This show is dedicated to the eternal sound and memory of our brother Nectali "Sumohair" Diaz.