Elftraps drop in to talk about their debut EP Sunflowers In A Blue Sky, and MC-producer Blacksmith introduces his new single Last Days. Plus, Agent J has new music from El Train and Miki Rose, Sonnyjim and Morriarchi, Pouya Ehsaei, Tara Lily, Navy Blue and more.

Bastien Keb - Nighthawks  

Jamie Finlay - Family (Quiet Dawn Remix) ft Ellen Beth Abdi 

El Train & Miki Rose - Twin Flame

Oliver Night - Boss ft Roots Manuva

Levitation Orchestra - Sanctuary

Elftraps - Sunflowers in a Blue Sky

Kieran Hebden And Steve Reid - The Sun Never Sets

Two Shell - Mum Is Calling

Elftraps - Metrognome

Zig-Zag Band - Ndzirombi (Conflict Monger)

Pouya Ehsaei - Varvara

Navy Blue - Orchards

Temporary Blessings - Goblin Mode 

Eero - Colectiva

Jambal - Start like This

Sonnyjim & Morriarchi -  New Jersey Drive ft Fly Anakin

junclassic - roots and culture

junclassic - the factory

Alfa Mist - Reincarnation ft Homeboy Sandman

Blacksmith - Last Days ft Westside Boogie

Blacksmith - Price Of Love

Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes To Worst

Fred Wesley and the JB's - Damn Right I'm Somebody

Pan Amsterdam - Kimchi ft Guts

Tara Lily -  Tropical Storm feat. King Krule

Tara LIly -  Corcovado

Von Pea & The Other Guys - Knew It All ft Oddisee

Hermanito - Tamarindo

Lone - Sickly, Sweetly Summer Movie

DJ HARRISON - Stay Ready ft Yaya Bey

Ata Kak - Yasi Town 

Originally broadcast on Reform Radio, 17 Nov 2025

What an honour to play for The Great Oven's Disco Cantina at All Together Now Festival 2025 - here's my banquet soundtrack.
Read more about the project below:

** THE GREAT OVEN DISCO CANTINA **
with TANG, RADIO ALHARA & MIXMAG

Since its inception in 2019, The Great Oven has been forging giant, beautifully decorated, community ovens – installing them in refugee camps, conflict zones and informal settlements across Lebanon and South Africa.

This year, their mission is to expand to the West Bank whilst creating a cultural bridge between Palestine and a homebase in Ireland. Artists from both countries have been collaborating all year to construct two Great Ovens that will be decorated at IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art and unveiled at All Together Now 2025.

You’ll find them at The Great Oven Disco Cantina: a feast for the senses where festivalgoers can dance, dine and support the journey of a Great Oven to Palestine. An exceptional lineup of longstanding partners and allies have gathered all together now, to bring this vision to life.

Leading the Disco Cantina’s culinary experience is beloved Middle Eastern eatery, Tang who are shutting all their Dublin sites for the weekend to send their talented team to host this gastronomic extravaganza. Cherished recipes from Great Oven refugee cooks will feature alongside favourite dishes from the restaurant. Once a day, 100 diners will be given the opportunity to attend a DJ Banquet where special guests will perform a once-in-a-lifetime, intimate show at the cantina. The rest of the day Tang will be serving up a buzzy BBQ feast with freshly made Saj bread, all cooked live in this unique setting.

Bringing the disco is Palestinian radio station turned global cultural phenomenon, Radio Alhara. From day to night, DJs from Palestine and across the Middle East, along with renowned Irish and international acts, will spin a soundtrack of sonic solidarity. The entire experience will be captured and amplified by Mixmag, the world’s largest and longest-running electronic music platform. The Disco Cantina’s dancefloor will host Ireland’s first-ever Mixmag Lab, which will be streamed globally.

When the festival lights go out, the voyage of these Great Ovens begins. One will make its way to Palestine, where it will be housed at the Wonder Cabinet, a creative hub in the West Bank. The other will find its home at Dalymount Park, Bohemian Football Club’s historic ground. These twin ovens will nourish communities, honour shared struggle and will create a cultural bridge between Ireland and Palestine where recipes, art, music and solidarity will be shared for generations to come.

Momoko Gill -  When Palestine Is Free

Sonnyjim, Morriarchi - The Real Thing (ft Tay Jordan, Jay Worthy). 

Bambu - It’s Happening, Again

Joker Starr - Stop Acting Like A ft Micall Parknsun and Jazz T 

Ego Ella May - 'We're Not Free'

Victoria Port - I Won't Wait

The Womack Sisters - If You Want Me

Yazmin Lacey - Water

Sudan Archives - COME AND FIND YOU

Alex Nut - andthenitstarted ft James Mollison

Obeka - Pon Ya Head ft WOST

Obeka - Kuduro! ft Yemi Bolatiwa

Obeka - A World No More

Meduulla & Ethan Hill -Good Food ft Gio Genesis

Vice Beats - Snowfall In The Summer ft Phat Kat, Blu and JabbaThaKut

Werkha -  Narrow In ft Daudi Matsiko

Zach Tenorio - What'd It Take

Apollo Brown & Ty Farris - Flawless Victory ft Top Hooter

bat zoo - The Origin Of Things 

D'Angelo and the Vanguard  - Back to the Future (Part I)

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Back to the Future (Part II)

El Train - Run Around ft Miki Rose

Joe Armon Jones - One Way Traffic

Lone - Ascension.png

Tom Skinner - The Maxim ft Meshell Ndegeocello

NOVINE - Shot Me Down

Peyton - Eye Love ft Brian Alexander Morgan

slowerpace 音楽 - Tackle-it Tuesday

Remulak - Natural

EX GENERATION - Shringara

Leif Maine & L.A. Salami - SOY

Matt Wilde - Yellow Days

Natureboy Flako - Shape Of Things To Come

Delia Derbyshire - Falling

Ahmed Malek & Flako - Tape 23 Track 5

Gazelleband - Ghorba

Victor Jara - Lazo

Perri Alleyne - Taxi (Ave Maria)

Lone - Coming Into Being And Passing Away

Aphex Twin - #3

Johnny Cash - Hurt

Hania Rani - Glass

Tinariwen  - Imidiwaren (KMRU remix)

Massive Attack - Angel ft Horace Andy (Mad Professor remix)

Rafael Anton Irisarri - Displacement (KMRU rework)

KMRU - OT

Nyokabi Kariũki - Nazama (A Colors Show)

Muslimgauze - Every Grain of Palestinian Sand

First broadcast Sunday 5 October 2025

Two Detroit titans for the price of one this month on Groovement - I was hanging with Guilty at the end of August when he was over for Jimi Goodwin's NightjaR gig, then we did a show at the Rat & Pigeon the following day, all courtesy of Broken Wing who brought him over to the UK. Phat Kat was here a year ago, performing at the sadly-missed Hip Hop Chip Shop , and we sat down before hand with Blacksmith, who was also on the line up. 

It's humbling to say the least to be in the presence of either of these two, let alone have them both on one radio show, so I extend my sincere thanks to both of them for their time and energy. Obviously they're both inexorably linked with the legacy of J Dilla, and we talk about him too, but they both very much fully carry the weight of their own art. 

Manchester producer and longtime friend of Groovement, Mecca:83, has both of these cats on his new album, so let's start with that track. DJAY ANA MAY on the co-hosting duties! 

The Great Oven builds giant community ovens and sends them to places of need - at All Together Now festival in Ireland, two new ovens were debuted. One will stay in Dublin at Bohemian FC while the other goes to the Wonder Cabinet in Palestine, where Radio Ahara is based. Co-founder James Gomez Thompson sits down with Groovement's Jamito to talk the history of the project, some details of their work including their response to the Beirut port explosion, how his abuelita was an influence and how the GO started while he was working with food writer Nigel Slater. Also featuring music from Buena Vista Social Club, Throwing Snow, Nicolas Jaar and BADBADNOTGOOD with MF DOOM.
First broadcast on Radio Alhara Sunday 7 September 2025. 

A selection of Yasiin Bey Breaks. Black Star on tour in November! 

Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025

Live mix, broadcast Radio Alhara 6 July 2025

DJ Jazzy Jeff hits Manchester for the Magnificent House Party, and I warmed up. We caught up in the back later together with the MAG crew plus AnnaOnTheMic. Plus, all new hip hop to jazz and back round again. 
1O years ago: https://groovement.co.uk/2015/04/interview-dj-jazzy-jeffs-first-45s-set-for-20-years-rbma-uk-tour-wax-works/