My Favourite Labels

The return of My Favourite Labels brings Gonzo from Discrepant labels to 199 Radio. An otherworldly label that excels in bringing field recordings, sound collages, and all sorts of wonderful electronic music to the world. Gareth chats to him about the label.Also, a few tracks from Kampala's Nyege Nyege Tapes label and the Mello Music Group from the US.TracklistingNyege Tapes (Uganda)Nihiloxica - KadodiOtim Alpha - Lok Lobo Cwero CwinyaBwax ft S kide - Baba Animata Natafuta KikiMello Music Group (USA)Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - My Contribution to this ScamL'Orange & Jeremiah Jae - Taken By the NightLando Chill - Break Them ShacklesHigh Wolf / Black Zone Myth Chant - Their Love for You (Editions Gravats, France)Discrepant (UK)KINK GONG - At (Horse)Porest - The Parallel BroadcastsSUGAI KEN -てれんてくだ tele-n-tech-da (LP preview)Tasos Tafarel Stamou - VasilikiPeople Like Us, Matmos, Wobbly - Chicken LegsCarlos Casas - Siponj VariationsLow Jack - Robert (Editions Gravats, France) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For the final show of 2017, Gareth takes us through his favourite labels for 2017. Taking in ten labels and playing 19 tracks over the two hours. Featuring labels from London, Bristol, Kampala, and elsewhereTracklistingSooper Records (Chicago, USA)Nnamdi Ogbonnaya - Let Go Of My EgoDiagonal Records (London, UK)Not Waving - Where Are We Shit & Shine - Hot ShovelThe Leaf Label (Leeds, UK)Snapped Ankles - Jonny Guitar Calling Gosta BerlinThe Comet is Coming - Start RunningNyege Nyege Tapes (Kampala, Uganda)Nihiloxica - EndongoBwax ft S kide - Baba Animata Natafuta KikiPhilophon (Berlin, Germany)Idris Ackamoor & the Pyramids - Tinoge Ya Ta’a Ba, Pt. 1 & 2 (feat. Guy One)Alemayehu Eshete - AlteleyeshegnemType Records (London, UK) Basic Rhythm - Suburban Bass 4 Da RExpressway Yo-Yo Dieting - Prince SeveranceBokeh Versions (Bristol, UK)7FO - Quiet FlashSeekers International - RunComeTestWhities (London, UK)Coby Sey - Active (Peak)Minor Science - VolumesRocket Recordings (Bristol/London, UK)Gnod - Bodies for MoneyHousewives - Excerpt 2Hands in the Dark (Paris, France)Massicot - KokteilisTomaga - Memory in Vivo Exposure, Pt. 1 & 2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our last interview of 2017 has us chatting with Miles from Bristol-based label Bokeh Versions. Purveyors of the most forward-thinking dub music released this century, the show covers the origins of the label as well as playing a load of tracks from the label and other associated worlds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hitting the show this week is Portugese reggae label Cubiculo. We have two hours of sweet reggae music both contemporary and classic. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the show this week, Gareth interviews Rich Elson from the Africa Seven label. Specialising in reissuing funk and disco from Africa. This one is damn funky! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On show seven, Gareth is joined by Chloe Frieda of Alien Jams - a fantastic techno label that has been releasing experimental, forward-looking electronics since 2014. Over two hours you'll hear the story of the label, as well as music that takes in experimental music from across the globe See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the show this week Gareth talks to Dom Servini and Adam Scrimshire from exceptional soul, disco, funk, dub, afrobeat etc. label Wah Wah 45s. Over 90mins they talk through the potted history of the label, playing tracks including their first release in 1999 up to this year. Old and new, their sounds are as fresh today as they were when first recorded.www.myfavouritelabels.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Gareth is joined by Chris Menist of the Paradise Bangkok label. Formed from his time living in Bangkok, the label specialises in releasing otherworldly sounds both old and contemporary from across the Indian Ocean - from Thailand to Pakistan to Ethiopia. In their discussion here, they chat about the formation of the label, and the art of finding gems when you can't speak the language. There's a huge selection of music we guarantee you (and most people) haven't heard before See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Gareth is joined by Johan from killer dancehall label Pure Niceness from France. In a crammed two hour show we play a huge selection of dub, reggae, dancehall and certified bangers from the French soundsystem scene. Tracklisting: Asher Senator - Tick Tick Boom (Pure Niceness Records, France) MURRAY MAN Special KING HIFI (Brainless Mix) 3:10 COOKAH - Discoman (Unreleased KPC) 2:24 DiscoDub 4:17 Stand High Patrol - The Shift (Stand High Records, France) PEPPERY aka BONGO CHILLI meets BRAINLESS - Skank if you Skankin (upcoming Pure Niceness Records) 3:11 BRAINLESS - Skank if Yuh Dub 1:39 LASAI - Ready fi play (King Hi-Fi Special on Iron Dubz riddim from EP “80’s fashion volume 1”) 3:05 I-REBEL Meets MGDK - Righteous Path (upcoming Pure Niceness Records) 2:38 Righteous Dub 2:40 COOKAH & LIKKLE FERGUSON - Money Bizness (unreleased KPC) 3:02 LONGFINGAH Meets SUBACTIVE SOUND – Caught Inna Dem System (released sept 2017 on Fayah Chords – FAYAH001 – 12’’) 4:03 SHANTI-D Meets ROOTS RAID - Style and Fashion (released sept 2017 on SkankLab – SKANKLAB7 – 12’’) 2:22 JOHNNY CLARKE - Sinners Repent (ROOTS RAID RMX) 2:30 HATBOY HARRY aka LIKKLE FERGUSON Meets LED PIPERZ – Adapting – (Released 2016 on Dub Invaders vol 3 part 2- Jarring Effects - 12’’) 4:05 LIKKLE JORDEE Meets DANNY T & TRADESMAN - Level the Vibes (Pure Niceness Records digital release PNR01-005 – 2017) 2:54 Riddim 1:30 MR WILLIAMZ Meets HASPAR - Pull Over RMX 3:05 Pull Over Part 2 2:28 GENERAL JAH MICKEY Meets TOZER - Dem a run away (upcoming Pure Niceness Records) 3:14 ISt3p - Synth’jection (upcoming Pureniceness Records) 2:54 Synth’jection part 2 2:25 T Horn (Organic Sound System) - Boogie Dub 2:55 ONE LOVE KING HIFI SPECIAL 4:32 Waipod Phetsuphan - Ding Ding Dong (Paradise Bangkok) Like us on Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Gareth is joined by Doug Shipton from Finders Keepers Records - a label that has specialised in unearthing unheard or unloved gems from across the globe. Over the two hours we talk about how you unearth music, how artists pretend they're dead to stop you releasing their stuff, and a whole host of other subjects, interspersed with loads of forthcoming releases and classics from a catalogue stretching back more than a decade. Tracklisting: Mehrpouya - Soul Raga (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Jean-Claude Vannier - Les chemins de Katmandou (Finders Keepers Records, UK) François Tusques - Souvenir De L’OIseau (Autre Version 2) (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Selda - Yaz Gazeteci Yaz (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Derya Yildirim & Grup Şimşek - 3,2,2,3 (Les Disques Bongo Joe, Switzerland) Gökçen Kaynatan -Sihirbaz (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Rick Tomlinson - Final Sunrise Morning (Voix Records, UK) Alemayehu Eshete - Alteleyeshegnem (Philophon, Germany) Do Make Say Think - Bound (Constellation Records, Canada) Graeme Miller & Steve Shill (The Moomins) - Midwinter Rites (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Isis - April Fool (Fat City, UK) Emma De Angelis - Forgiveness (Finders Keepers Records, UK) Asher Senator & Bony Fly - Tick Tick Boom (Pure Niceness Records, France) Like us on Facebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rocket Recordings is a 19-year old label known for releasing the likes of Goat, Gnod, Teeth of the Sea and other artists loosely tied to psychedelic rock. On the show they talk to Gareth about how a football scrap and a love of hip hop and thrash metal led to the formation of the label, how they came across a band called jaws and play an exclusive new track from Italian band Mamuthones. Tracklisting Goat - Disco Fever (Rocket Recordings, UK) Housewives - Excerpt 2 (Rocket Recordings, UK) Ultramagnetic MC’s - Give the Drummer Some (Next Plateau Records Inc, USA) Metallica - Whiplash (Megaforce Records, USA) Sawdust Caesars – Death of a Guru (Rocket Recordings, UK) Gnod - Bodies for Money (Rocket Recordings, UK) Anthony Child - Nine Personality Type Map (Editions Mego, Austria) Teeth of the Sea - Black Strategy (Rocket Recordings, UK) Kuro - Arashi (Rocket Recordings, UK) Gnoomes - Cascais (Rocket Recordings, UK) Hey Colossus - Hey, Dead Eyes, Up! (Rocket Recordings, UK) Mamuthones - The Wrong Side (Rocket Recordings, UK) The Heads - Spliff Riff (Man's Ruin Records, USA) Yamasuki Singers - Kono Samourai (Finders Keepers Records, UK) For more information, visit www.myfavouritelabels.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our first show sees Gareth chatting to Luke Tyman from the Audacious Art Experiment - a Sheffield DIY label that does a mean line in angular guitar music, garage rock, punk, and experimental electronics. Tracklisting Za! - Badulake (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) Intravene - Inner City (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) DUDS - No Remark (Maternal Voice, Sweden) Massicot - Kokteilis ( Blank Editions, UK / Hands In The Dark Records, France / Et mon cul c'est du tofu?, France / Harbinger Sound, UK) The Jesus Years - Say Hello To Pink Floyd (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) Stand - You Are Full of Junk (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) USA/Mexico - Laredo (@ 12XU, USA / Riot Season Records, UK) Housewives - EXC. 281016 (Blank Editions, UK / Hands In The Dark, France / Et Mon Cul C’est Du Tofu?, France / Harbinger Sound, UK) COWTOWN - Emojicore (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) Sleep Terminal - Help Alice (Find Her Eyes) (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) Hong Kong Express - Hong Kong 2046 ( Dream Catalogue, UK) Ghosttown & Parly B - Every Manor (Senseless Records, UK) Jonathon Dunn - Platoon Level 1 Acid Mass - track from upcoming album on The Audacious Art Experiment (The Audacious Art Experiment, UK) BAGLADY - Mush (demo) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.