In uncertain times, music offers a window to other times and places, be it 70s disco from Philadelphia, the Malian desert, CBGBs or a hot European beach. Whatever you’re looking for, the new Paper Wave Radio Show has the aural escape you’re looking for, plus an interview with the mysterious 'Iron Captain’.

1. Calm - Ending of Summer, Beginning of Autumn (Yuri Shulgin Remix)-
2. Rheinzand – All By Myself
3. Crazy P – SOS
4. Les Amazones d'Afrique - Timbuktu (feat. Mamani Keïta)
5. Laurence Pike – Mystic Circles
6. Phil Collins – Droned (Afrikanz on Mars Rework)
7. Tamikrest – Tihoussay
8. Erik Aliana - Nougwé
9. Tabansi Studio Band - Wakar Alhazai
10. Sirius Rush – Water (Popsneon Mix)
11. The Secret Soul Society – Until We Reach The Sea
12. From Beyond – Planetary Groove
13. Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
14. The Specials – Ghost Town
15. MC Palakata & Tom Blip - Singeli Jungles
16. Maurice Fulton - Not Sure How I Would
17. Les Amazones d’Afriques – Sisters (feat. Kandy Guira)
18. LAW – Hustle
19. Talking Heads – Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake)

The Paper Wave Radio show presents a retrospective of master afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. Through post-colonial Africa, Fela, lost years in Europe and the late blooming of creativity pushing musical boundaries, it is an incredible life and career. There are musical highlights, interviews and masterclasses presented from the life of one of the greatest drummers of all time.

What a track list!

1. Homage to Esu
2. Pat Thomas & Marijata – We Are Coming Home
3. Art Blaky & The Jazz Messengers – Moanin’
4. Koola Lobitos – Omuti Tide
5. Fela Kuti – Shakara
6. Fela Kuti & Ginger Baker – Ye Ye Smell
7. Tony Allen (with Afrika 70) – No Discrimination
8. Tony Allen (with Afrika 70) – African Message
9. Tony Allen – N.E.P.A (Dance Dub)
10. Psyco on da Bus – Afropusherman
11. Black Voices
12. Tony Allen – Go Back feat. Damon Albarn
13. Oumou Sangaré – Yere Faga feat. Tony Allen
14. Tony Allen & Jeff Mills – Locked and Loaded
15. Rocket Juice & the Moon – Follow Fashion
16. Tony Allen & Hugh Maskela – Robbers, Thugs and Muggers
17. Tony Allen – African Man

In these strange times, the Paper Wave Radio Show brings two hours of musical escapism. During the lockdown, we take you on a 2 hour musical trip around the world visiting Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Norway, Japan, Estonia even Endor and finishing off with a 30-minute track to soothe the soul.

1. Orch Simba Wanyika – Nakupenda
2. Nigeria Fuji Machine – Iba
3. Pat Thomas – Yamona (Detroit Swindle Remix)
4. Solange – Binz
5. Popsneon feat. Huw Costin – This Town Forever
6. Mental Overdrive – Lockdown
7. BOM – Moon of Endor
8. Four Tet – 4T Recordings
9. Town and Country – Sun Trolley
10. Tuulikki Bartosik - Tempest In A Teapot
11. Open Reel Ensemble
12. Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Never (Lagos Never Going to Be the Same)
13. Antibalas – Amenawon
14. Sampa The Great – The Return
15. Eric Kupper – Organism
16. Gavin Bryars – Jesus’ Blood Never Found Me Yet

Ben Davis is still wading through the best of 2019 lists and some of them get an airing; plus there’s jazz, outsider, afro, disco, techno and album of the month from Caribou.

1.    Rajan – Time (Zyron Re-edit)
2.    Third Attempt – World is Too Loud
3.    Moon Duo – Eternal Shore
4.    Sasami – Turned Out I Was Everyone
5.    Burial – Hiders
6.    ATA KAK – Obaa Sima
7.    Tim Holehouse – Peter & his Experimental Sonic Machines
8.    Edward Barton – Poim
9.    Daniel Johnston – Fly Eye
10. Jerry Solomon – Denied
11. Sampa The Great - Made Us Better (feat. Blue Lab Beats, Boadi, Lori)
12. Rob Smith – Work!
13. Copenema feat. Dj Pippi, Willie Graff & Reinhard Vanbergen - Nada Mais
14. Chris Massey – BeatDub
15. Joshua Abrams - Blanes Echo Birds, Bleeze Echo Blouds
16. The Quiet Temple – Clap HandsClap hands
17.  Black Flower – Clap Hands
18.  Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – We All be Africans
19.  Aldous Harding – Imagining My Man
20. Cate Le Bon & Bradford Cox – Constance
21. Charles Maurin Poly – Amboliako  Fary
22. Caribou - Ravi

With Brexit done and dusted, the Paper Wave Radio Show has recorded a musical love letter to its neighbours before waving goodbye. There’s the usual cross-section of styles and eras plus 'Album of the Month' from the Sonar Kollektiv’s 21 Years compilation.

Adios, au revoir and auf wiedersehen x.

1. Neu! – Hallo Gallo (GER)
2. Doctor L – Total Chaos (FR)
3. Goran Kajfes Subtropic Arkestra – New Track (SWE)
4. Marbert Rocel – My Bed (GER)
5. Múm – 02 (ICE)
6. Sascheinne – La Somme (GER)
7. Erlend Øye – Ghost Trains (NOR)
8. Wally Badarou – Voices (FR)
9. Bobby Trafalgar – Kung-Fu Girl (SWE)
10. Paul Bryan – Feel like I Love (GER/BR)
11. Om Buschman – Hey Tata Gorem (DEN)
12. Larry Gus – Accrition/With Your Magrit Mouth (GR)
13. The Whitest Boy Alive – Island (NOR)
14. Kraftwerk -Europe Endless (GER)
15. Die Verboten – E40 (BEL / UK)
16. Don Cavelli – I’m Going To A River (FR)
17. Yellow – Rubbabandman (SWI)
18. iZem – Agua Viva (POR)
19. Rune Lindbæk - OK, Kjør Romskip (NOR)
20. Alan Braxe – Running (FR)
21. Sebastien Tellier – La Ritournelle (FR)
22. Madeleine Peyroux – You’re Gonna Make Me Lonely When You Go (US)

Ben Davis eases into the new decade with a selection of super chilled tunes. There’s folk, afro, jazz, an un-released John Martin bootleg and all sort of hazy music to nurse the December hangover.

1. Manu Delago – The Silent Flight of the Owl
2. Andrew Wasylyk - Adrift Below A Constellation
3. The Secret Soul Society - African Mystery
4. Key Elements feat. Gerry Franke - Orchestra Mode
5. Lonnie Holley - Looking for All (All Rendered Truth)
6. Psychemagik – Cosmic Forest
7. Stubb - Love Not Sex feat. Huw Costin & Rachel Foster (Leca's Tropic Steel Remix)
8. Hot Toddy- Sometime Last Night
9. Stop The Car – Homebound
10. Laurence Pike – Drum Chant
11. Raw Silk – Storm
12. Hugo Massein - Everything We Call Real (Is Made Up Of Things That Cannot Be Regarded As Real)
13. The Specials – The Lunatics
14. Judy Mowatt – Black Woman
15. Xanadu & Sweet Lady – Rockers’s Choice
16. Arthur’s Landing – Love Dancing (You Got Me Version)
17. Mads Emil Nielsen – Constellation
18. Barton & Jane – It’s a Fine Day
19. Beth Houghton – Golden
20. Llio Rhydderch - Titrwm Tatrwm
21. Gruff Rhys – Con Carino
22. Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett – Kestrel
23. Wasis Diop Feat. Lena Fiagbe – African Dream

It's that lovely time of year when the PWRS picks some of the best music from what has been a bumper year, and the oscars have got nothing on us as we announce the album, compilation and re-issue of 2019. It's better than having Santa round for Christmas dinner.

Tracklist

1. Greg Foat – Of My Hands
2. Peggy Gou – Hungboo
3. Prins Thomas - Sakral
4. ROB – Boogie On
5. Mental Overdrive – Litungu
6. Martin Wold feat. Alexander Nyhoff – Frekke Fro
7. Third Atrtempt – Long Story Short
8. TLeca– Soft on Space
9. Leca – Soft on Space
10. Stealing Sheep – Show Love
11. GUTS – Voyaging Bird
12. Quantic – September Blues
13. Vadou Game – Roberto
14. Laurence Pike – Dance of the Earth
15. Rozi Plain – Dark Place
16. Ishmael Ensemble – Tunnels
17. Lady Wray – Piece of Me
18. Elsa Hewitt – Blood Orange
19. Elsa Hewitt – Tiny Dancer
20. Sina Bakare – Africa
21. Nahawa Doumbia – Tou Dibile
22. J. Lamotta – Turning
23. Africa Express – Vessels feat. Gruff Rhys, Muzi, BCUC, Puzekhemisi
24. Jordan Rakei – Mind’s Eye
25. Daphne – Sizzling
26. The Comet is Coming – The Universe Wakes Up

The Autumn edition hits the waves with a close look at JJ Cale, up-and-coming Paper releases, an exclusive Torn Sail play from his forthcoming album 'Leisure & Technology’ and a 'Craft Ale and Records Society’ selection, plus music from Jamaica to Niger to Chicago.

TRACK LIST
1. Kuebe – Lagomar
2. Lakeshouse – Folkemusikk
3. Squarepusher – My Red Hot Car
4. Otim Alpha – Lok Lobo Cwero Cwinya
5. Augustus Pablo – Java
6. Dennis Brown – Cheater
7. Stephen Chang – Always Together
8. Phil Ronelin & Emanative – Vibes from The Tribe
9. Jon Brookes – Fibre Opress / Andor Mezzanke
10. James Holden & The Animal Spirits – Thunder Moon Gathering
11. JJ Cale – Another Song
12. JJ Cale – Crazy Mama
13. JJ Cale – Let Me Do It To You
14. JJ Cale – Durango
15. JJ Cale – Go Downtown
16. Lumingu Puati (Zorro) - Tshina Dekula
17. Marcus Mixx - Without Makeup (Ron Hardy Mix)
18. The Telemark Express – Writer’s Block
19. The Secret Soul Society – Secret Excuse
20. Torn Sail – Bible
21. Mamman San – Lamru
22. DJ Spoko – Azange feat. Magaula Puzuzu
23. Evver Andersson - Bust It Like Brown
24. Hungry Ghost - Illuminations

The Autumn edition of the Paper Wave Radio Show shines a light on afrobeat drummer Tony Allen, has exclusive music from Paper Wave Records and not one, but two albums of the month from Quantic and Prins Thomas. Plus disco, psych, leftfield wonk and a wedding banger.

Tracklist:

1.Bjørn Torske – Gullfjellet
2. The Telemark Express – Bright Future
3. La Guardia de la Luz – Cosmic Egg
4. Tony Allen – African Man
5. Tony Allen – Bad Roads
6. Tony Allen & Jeff Mills – Locked & Loaded
7. Tony Allen & Africa 70 - Progress
8. Tony Allen – Nepa (Dance Dub)
9. Daphni feat. Paradise – Sizzling
10. La Yegros – A Ver Ver
11. Those Norwegians – Molde Revisited
12. Prins Thomas - Ambitions
Shi-Shonen – Harvest (Long Size)
13. Cymande - Genevieve
14. Quantic – Atlantic Oscillations
15. Sydney – Ode To The Wizard
17. That Man Monkz – After Dark
18. Nahawa Doumbia - TouDibile
19. Las Malas Amistades - Mas Alla
20. Bob Dylan – Boots of Spanish Leather
21. Romare - Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin')
22. Brandy & Monica – The Boy Is Mine
22. Quantic – September Blues

Its an Indian summer of a show with Ben Davis taking inspiration from festivals he wants to, an exclusive first play of Le Guardia De La Luz’s Comic Egg and a warm-up selection for the forthcoming ’25 Years of Paper’ celebrations.