Eighteen

39 tracks FULLY MIXED. (Also available as Soundcloud episode).

Also available as UNMIXED playlists on Spotify and Apple Music.

This episode’s highlighted track:

Wildcookie - Serious Drug

Serious Drug begins with a samba-like, scattershot sample that provides the backdrop for vocalist Anthony Mills’ funky falsetto; his lilting voice lets us know that “cocaine is a serious drug” by name checking artists like Rick James, Amy Winehouse and Robert Downey Jr., among others who have fallen victim to its devastating effects. In addition to being incredibly funky, it’s also admittedly funny as Mills lists cocaine’s debilitating effects with a splash of color, “Smokey Robinson could have wrote way more songs, Richard Pryor didn’t have to catch on fire, and Natalie Cole lookin’ way too old.” The Brighton, UK duo known as Wildcookie consists of producer Freddie Cruger and vocalist Anthony Mills who dropped their experimental album Cookie Dough on Tru Thoughts records in 2011. The lyrics of Anthony Mills blend perfectly with the sophisticated piano melody and offbeat rhythms from producer Freddie Cruger—this catchy track would make anyone rethink a dalliance with Charlie.

The setlist:

Artist / Song Name / Album / Year

The Last Poets / Time / This Is Madness / 1971

A Tribe Called Quest / Buggin' Out / The Low End Theory / 1991

Emily King / Blue Light (Taylor McFerrin Remix) / Change of Scenery (Remix EP) / 2019

Stevie Wonder / They Won't Go When I Go / Fulfillingness' First Finale / 1974

Sault / Wildfires / Untitled (Black Is) / 2020

Nation of Language / September Again / Introduction, Presence / 2020

Wildcookie / Serious Drug / Cookie Dough / 2009

Thom Yorke / Dawn Chorus / ANIMA / 2019

Helado Negro / Outside the Outside / Far In / 2021

Khruangbin / Christmas Time Is Here (Version Mary) / Christmas Time Is Here / 2018

Change / A Lover's Holiday (LP Version) / The Very Best of Change / 1998

Jai Paul / He / Do You Love Her Now & He - Single / 2019

N.Y.C. Peech Boys / Dance Sister (Biofeedback) / Life Is Something Special / 1983

James Blake / Life Is Not The Same / Friends That Break Your Heart (Bonus) / 2021

The Blackbyrds / Funky Junkie / The Blackbyrds / 1974

Parquet Courts / Captive of the Sun (feat. Bun B) / Captive of the Sun / 2017

Chakachas / Jungle Fever / Jungle Fever / 1971

Prophet / I Do Love / Wanna Be Your Man / 2018

The Roots / No Alibi / Illadelph Halflife / 1996

STRFKR / Open Your Eyes / Being No One, Going Nowhere / 2016

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / Nobody's Baby / 100 Days, 100 Nights / 2007

Little Dragon / Crystalfilm / Ritual Union / 2009

J.J. Fad / Supersonic / Supersonic / 1988

Audion / Mouth to Mouth / Mouth to Mouth - EP / 2006

The Mighty Ryeders / Evil Vibrations / Help Us Spread The Message / 1978

Oscar Cash & Metronomy / Mellow Brass (Lately / Whitsand Bay) / Oscar Cash Forever / 2020

Charlie / Spacer Woman (Instrumental) / Spacer Woman - Single / 1983

Grandaddy / The Go In the Go-For-It / Sumday / 2003

Spiritualized / Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space / Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space / 1997

Cat Power / Fortunate Son / Dark End of the Street - EP / 2008

Aphex Twin / Bbydhyonchord / Drukqs / 2001

Quarterflash / Harden My Heart / Quarterflash / 1981

Flying Lotus / Tea Leaf Dancers / Reset - EP / 2007

Mal Waldron / All Alone / All Alone / 1966

Whitney / Used To Be Lonely / Forever Turned Around / 2019

Weyes Blood / Andromeda / Titanic Rising / 2019

The Velvet Underground / Ocean (Session Outtake) / Loaded / 1970

Pinback / Loro / Pinback / 1999

Jon Hopkins / Dawn Chorus / Piano Versions - EP / 2021

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