Test Pressing 13th March 2021

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Charlie Dark w/ Alfie Panaiotis

DJ, Run Dem Crew Founder, and community builder Charlie Dark MBE spins gems from his record collection once a month.

NTS GUIDE TO: JAZZ IN MURAKAMI NOVELS

'Somewhere along the line Coltrane’s soprano sax runs out of steam. Now it’s McCoy Tyner’s piano solo I hear, the left hand carving out a repetitious rhythm and the right layering on thick, forbidding chords. Like some mythic scene, the music portrays somebody’s - a nameless, faceless somebody’s - dim past, all the details laid out as clearly as entrails being dragged out of the darkness. Or at least that’s how it sounds to me. The patient, repeating music ever so slowly breaks apart the real, rearranging the pieces. It has a hypnotic, menacing smell, just like the forest' - Kafka On The Shore Music, and specifically jazz, has always featured heavily in the literary imagination of Haruki Murakami. In this radio special, NTS lays down two hours of jazz records as featured throughout Murakami's corpus.

Deep House Acid Leftfield Disco

Apiento, a.k.a Paul Byrne runs the invaluable Test Pressing blog and releases music on World Building, World Unknown and more. His show has that esoteric techno thing and whatever suits the mood…

Tracklist

Deep88Deep88
Harmony
AscendanceAscendance
Marathon
Apiento & TepperApiento & Tepper
Le Tour

MetroMetro
$1.15 Please
Mood II SwingMood II Swing
All Night Long
BjörkBjörk (MAWMAW mix)
Violently Happy (MAW Dub)
Shit Robot, Shit Robot, Lidell TownsellLidell Townsell (Lidell TownsellLidell Townsell mix)
Do It (Right) (Lidell Townsell Remix)
Neneh CherryNeneh Cherry (MAWMAW mix)
Buddy X (MAW Remix)
Cajmere, Cajmere, DajaéDajaé
Brighter Days feat. Dajae
ArmandoArmando
Land Of Confusion (Confusion Mix)
33 1/3 Queen33 1/3 Queen
Searchin'
HashimHashim
Al-Nafyish
Patrick ConwayPatrick Conway
Hypersocial
Open SpacesOpen Spaces
Sunrise Paradise Garage
Fit SegalFit Segal
Tonite
Detente 2020Detente 2020 (DJ Fett BurgerDJ Fett Burger mix)
Bucket Tube (DJ Fett Burger's NYC Workout Mix)
Wolf MullerWolf Muller
Talking About Togetherness
AndrásAndrás
Gold Coast (House Mix)
LowellLowell
No Matter (Vocal)
Richie RichRichie Rich
Salsa House
TomasTomas
African Dream
Renegade SoundwaveRenegade Soundwave
The Phantom
Massive SoundsMassive Sounds
Slackness And Sax
Paris GreyParis Grey
Don't Make Me Jack (Tonite I Wanna House You) (Dub Mix)
Da PosseDa Posse
It's My Life (Aluh Mix)
VirgoVirgo
In A Vision
Neil HowardNeil Howard
The Gathering
Dream 2 ScienceDream 2 Science
How Do I Love Thee