Dancing Through The 20th Century - 1970s 6th October 2016

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EDITS W/ KELMAN DURAN & Laenz

Laenz is a producer based in Brooklyn, NY, working within radiophonic textures and caliginous dance music. Her work explores the sonification of indeterminate spaces, saturating abstract musical forms with intensely tender and personal observations. She holds a Lot residency, and has released projects under Scorpio Red, Woozy, Early Reflex, Dance Data, and more

110 Years of Sun Ra: NTS Guide to We Travel The Space Ways

Sun Ra famously claimed he was born on Saturn, and much of his personal and artistic outlook was imbued with a deep fascination with space, and space exploration. This two-hour selection features Sun Ra recordings directly related to that fascination.

Soul Classic Disco Dancehall Reggae Boogie Afrobeat

In last week’s episode we met the man who sired funk, James Brown. Now, music writer David McNamee meets Brown’s heir and competitor, Fela Kuti. And we alight upon the first records in our history of dance music that start to resemble modern dance records, with Giorgio Moroder and the late 70s European disco sounds.

Tracklist

Fela Ransome Kuti, Fela Ransome Kuti, Africa 70, TheAfrica 70, The
Swegbe And Pako
Fela Ransome-Kuti, Fela Ransome-Kuti, Africa '70Africa '70
Buy Africa
Joe Tex, Joe Tex, U BlackU Black
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