Music: Solid Steel

I love the long-running radio show Solid Steel, originally created by the master cut-n-paste DJs Coldcut and now featuring many great guest DJs. Go to NinjaTune.net for the latest Windows Media stream and tracklist.

From its inception Solid Steel presented arguably the finest and most diverse selection of music to be heard on one radio show. The emphasis is on mixing many styles seemlessly, from jazz to electronic oddities, from hip hop to poetry. There are no records or styles deemed unnacceptable, even a children's story has featured in one particularly wigged out show. Another unique element is the way 100's of spoken word samples are used to tie the music together, a style often imitated but never bettered elsewhere on radio. Each mix becomes a mini masterpiece.

Category: Music