Tru Thoughts presents Unfold

Nourishing music from the latest Sault album. Broken Beat from WheelUP feat Brint Story (check the anti-Trump lyrics) and a classic Switch Edit of Seiji & Q Tip.  Hip Hop from Ras Kass, Blackalicous, 2Pac and Main Source. Brand new music from Steve Arrington on Stones Throw. A track from the new Roisin Murphy album. Deep downtempo music from Calibre. A quality song form Okay Kaya. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Hip Hop from Sly5thAve’s new album, Pete Rock & Camp Lo and Ms Melodie. A quality tempo changing track from the new On The Corner compilation from Tamar Collocutor V. Soul from Demae, Freddie Cruger feat. Linn and the excellent new Sault album. Deep dancefloor beats from Austin Ato and club tracks from Tiptoes and Karizma. In tribute to Toots (R.I.P) there is music from The Maytals plus Reggae / Dancehall from Mr Vegas & brand new Super Cat. Star Wars Cut & Paste from Si Spex. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Soul from JGrrey, Rahaven, Greentea Peng and Tiawa. A Hip Hop classic from Natural Resource. Star Wars Cut & Paste from Si Spex. A great track from Huw Marc Bennet. Quality music from Steam Down on Blue Note. Record Store Day vinyl specials from Sarathy Korwar and Ezra Collective. Gospel with Rap from the 1950’s by The Jubaliares. A Drum and Bass classic from Goldie remixed by 4hero. A quality Jungle Remix from Think Tonk. Plus plenty more musical treats.

On the week the new Shapes compilation is released on Tru Thoughts we play a couple of tunes that are on the vinyl from Gawd Status and WheelUP. A great 7” release from Steam Down on Blue Note. Hip Hop from Biz Markie and Natural Resource. Soul from Caron Wheeler and Monica. Si Spex cuts and pastes some Star Wars samples. Piano Broken Beat from Cengiz. Soulful South Asian sounds from Shazia Manzoor. The excellent 2000Black remix of Bryony Jarman-Pinto. Plus plenty more musical treats.

To celebrate Record Store Day 2020 finally happening, this week's Unfold show is a vinyl special featuring some RSD releases alongside other vinyl treats new, old and classic. Soul from Moonchild (remixed by Jazzy Jeff and James Poyser) and Minnie Riperton. Hip Hop from the Jungle Brothers and Scorzayzee. Revolution inspiring Soul / Funk from Magnum. Dego remixing Bryony Jarman-Pinto (forthcoming on a Tru Thoughts 12”). Classic Broken Beat from Da One Away aka Dego. Quality re-issue of the Asha Puthli album from Mr Bongo records. Plus lots more great music to enjoy across the genres.

Dancefloor grooves from Souleance & Kartell. Music from new Tru Thoughts signing Tiawa. A track from the new Khruangbin album. Greentea Peng drops another good single. Music from 20 year old multi instrumentalist and producer Hemai. A classic from The Young Disciples on Talkin Loud. Drum & Bass / Jungle from The JB (sampling Soul II Soul) and Think Tonk. Gospel soul from PJ Morton. Plus plenty more musical treats.

This week in the second half of the show Rabii Harnoune & V.B. Kühl join Robert via Zoom to play tracks from their recent album on Tru Thoughts, talk about the history of Gnawa music from Morocco and how this project fusing Gnawa and electronic music came about.  For the first hour there is music from Jack Penate (produced by Inflo… the man behind Sault and also featuring Malcom Catto on drums). A brand new remix of Anderson .Paak’s Lockdown anthem. Smoove cleverly chops up the original breaks as used by A Tribe Called Quest together. Krewcial re-edits a classic from Chaka Khan. The Sugarloaf Gangsters with a tempo changing Brazilian influenced drum workout. Plus plenty more musical treats.

Lots of quality music this week including the new single from Space Captain on Tru Thoughts. Hip Hop from The Roots (Rest In Peace Malik B) and Westside Gunn. Jazz from Emma-Jean Thackray on the vinyl label Night Dreamer. Soul from Sound Of Superbad and Cleo Sol. Broken Beat from Laroye remixing Pegasvs, Son Of Scientist (aka IG Culture) and Domu making a welcome return remixing Nikitch & Kuna Maze. A classic from Abstract Truth. Drum & Bass from Jrumhand and older but newly re-issued Tom & Jerry (from the Reinforced crew). Plus plenty more musical treats.

In tribute to Denise Johnson (R.I.P) we play her UK soul classic ‘Just A Little More’. Another track from the Sault album (so many tunes!). Hip Hop from Kendrick Lamar, Ty feat. Durrty Goodz, Diamond D and Bishop Nehru. A classic from Mr Scruff. Broken Beat from WheelUP and Haze City. A track from Bonobo’s debut album on Tru Thoughts celebrating the 20th anniversary since its release! Jungle from Gold Dubs, Aries and Stylo G. Soulful sounds from Bryony Jarmon-Pinto and Marco McKinnis. Plus plenty more musical treats.