This is a freeform music program featuring independent and unsigned artists from a variety of musical genres. Hosted by Macedonia, this show digs through the cyberspace crates to bring you the best in hip-hop, electronic, soul, funk, and more.
Macedonia reemerges from podcast hibernation to survey a pandemic-struck earth through beats, bass, rhymes, rants, and a 17 year-old blog entry. Featured artists include DJ Spooky, A.Moss, Rashad thaPoet, Talons, Phresoul, Rabbi Darkside, and more.
In this season of DMCA takedown notices raining down on podcasters, Macedonia reminisces on an earlier era of podsafe music and plays some Creative Commons tunes to keep the RIAA at bay. Artists include Mega Ran, Amerigo Gazaway, Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble, Mos Emvy, Tab, and more.
The final installment of the Tranquil Beats series presents an hour's worth of instrumental beats and downtempo gems. Featured artists include Machinedrum, Will Sessions, DJ Harrison, KRTS, Julien Dyne, and much more.
Macedonia reflects on The Summer That Wasn't, quarantine restrictions, racial injustice, and the choice between reflecting the times versus prioritizing joy as a Black creator. Featuring music from Amerigo Gazaway, Rah Digga, KRTS, Zengineers, C-Doc, Mikal Amin, Sir Tumes, and more.
The chilled out series of instrumental mixes continues with a collection of lush, jazzy, and atmospheric selections from the likes of Jon Hopkins, Funki Porcini, Lovespirals, Ohbliv, Lee Rosevere, Affelaye, The Jet Age Of Tomorrow, and more.
Show #171 enters 2020 in BUCKWILD mode with a delayed transmission from December of 2019. As sentiments are expressed on dealing with self-doubt and holding onto creativity at all costs, music is featured from Flying Lotus, DJ Shadow, Little Simz, Rodney P, Vula Viel, Mikal Amin, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #170 marks a return to Camp Lo-Fi after 16 months of silence on the podcast feed with a continuous mix of chilled out instrumental beats for chaotic times such as these. Featured artists include Tall Black Guy, Oddisse, Onra, Romare, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kratos Himself, Lovespirals, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #169 presents a soundtrack of self-love and sonic warfare that addresses police brutality, what happens when you internalize a nation's hatred for the skin that you're in, and creating your own private Wakanda when this world gets to be too much. Includes music from Courtney Pine, Brother Ali, Jamila Woods, Noname, Kaidi Tatham, Propaganda, DJ Khalab, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #168 kicks off 2018 in BUCKWILD fashion with reflections on Combat Jack, Pam The Funkstress, and whether or not quiet people can still win in a world that consistently rewards the loudest. This episode features music from Tricky, The Hot 8 Brass Band, A Tribe Called Red, Vandemons, Born Ina Barn, LORD RAJA, The Cornel West Theory, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #167 showcases a mix of tunes culled exclusively from the Free Music Archive, including works from Nine Inch Nails, DJ Harrison, TV Girl, live cuts from Silver Apples, Lushlife, and The Relatives, a Prince cover from The Impossebulls, and lots more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #166 is the second in a series of episodes dedicated to chilled out beats and instrumentals, featuring music from J Dilla, Flying Lotus, will.i.am, Samiyam, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Comfort Fit, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #165 brings the BUCKWILD experience back to the BSOTS podcast feed in the age of Trump and Pence. This show features music and commentary concerning facts versus truth, cynicism in the face of today's patriotism, social media, a certain cola company, and Mahershala Ali's MC alter ego from a decade ago. Artists include Run The Jewels, Oddisee, J-Live, Jonny Sonic, Submerse, Negativland, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #164 kicks off the 2017 podcast year with a post-Valentine's Day episode as part of the 10th Anniversary Cupid's Hunt Podcast Collaboration. Featured artists include J Dilla, NxWorries, Kid Creole And The Coconuts, Harleighblu, Phonte and Eric Roberson, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #163 presents a BSOTS on Bondfire Radio broadcast in its entirety, paying tribute to 20 years of music from the BBE Records label. Featured artists include J Dilla, Pete Rock, Phantogram, Marley Marl, will.i.am, Slakah The Beatchild, and lots more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #162 is the first in a series of episodes that will focus strictly on chill out instrumentals and head nodding beats for those that need them most. Featured artists include BADBADNOTGOOD, Karriem Riggins, Submerse, fLako, Dabrye, Sepalcure, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #161 features more music and moments from the BSOTS on Bondfire Radio broadcasts. Artists include J Dilla, Roots Manuva, Steve Spacek, Alicia Myers, Saun and Starr, Heresy, Submerse, and much more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #160 is a long overdue snapshot of the BSOTS on Bondfire Radio broadcast experience hand delivered to the podcast feed. This episode includes music and moments from the first year at Bondfire, including selections from Public Enemy, The Hot 8 Brass Band, DJ Vadim and Sena, NxWorries, Semi Hendrix, and much more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #159 kicks off 2016 in typical BSOTS fashion by looking back at music from the previous year. Featured artists include Blackalicious, Dam-Funk, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Prefuse 73, Young Fathers, Sarah Williams White, Mizan K, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #158 brings the BUCKWILD experience back to the BSOTS channel. Topics include dealing with anger, Macedonia's picks for a bounty hunter soundtrack, and what happens when hindsight won't let you off the hook. Featured artists include Public Enemy, Romare, The Walkmen, Naked City, Semi Hendrix, Blaktroniks, Jonny Sonic, and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #157 shakes the dust off of the podcast feed with a continuous mix that moves from downtempo works to drum and bass selections and back again. Featured artists include Quantic, Positive Flow, Bastien Keb, Zagar, Satele, Danny Scrilla, and others. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #156 continues the overview of 2014 and 2015 selections with works from Pete Rock, Thom Yorke, Omar, Young Fathers, Slakah The Beatchild, Monsoonsiren, and others. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #155 breaks over three months of silence from the podcast feed with a back-to-basics blend of tunes from last year and this year, including selections from Prefuse 73, Romare, Sonzeira, Scrimshire, Sorceress, and more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #154 provides a mix for those in love as well as those out of love, featuring selections from Alice Russell, Diggs Duke, Tall Black Guy, Robin Hannibal, Jneiro Jarel, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #153 begins a new year for Radio BSOTS with some choice 2014 selections in hand. Macedonia reads some listener feedback, shares some big news concerning Camp Lo-Fi, and features music from De La Soul, Steve Arrington, Lost Midas, Luka, Jackie Hill Perry, The 1978ers, and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #152 continues the BSOTS spinoff show retrospective. Expect questions for the Creator, a grown man yelling at children's toys, and new cuts from 80s Babies and A Tribe Called Red alongside selections from Fishbone, Tom Waits, Bloc Party, and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #151 gets buckwild with a hat tip to its predecessor, a BSOTS spinoff show from Camp Lo-Fi's infancy. Expect rants galore and selections from The Coup, El-P, 7L and Esoteric, Chicks On Speed, Jonny Sonic, and more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #150 responds to the verdict from Ferguson, MO with a special mix featuring selections by Nina Simone, J-Live, The Black Opera, Jaimeo Brown, Jasiri X, Fold, and others. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #149 celebrates nine years of Radio BSOTS with an expanded episode showing love to the artists that inspired the show's existence and the listeners that keep coming back for more. Also features a mini-mix inspired by recent events in Ferguson, MO and music from Omar, Lauryn Hill, J. Cole, Sonzeira, Kidkanevil, Jonny Sonic, Hired Gun, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #148 spends some quality time with the music of Tru Thoughts Records, featuring selections from artists like Quantic and Alice Russell, Lost Midas, Harleighblu, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Titeknots, Peshay, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #147 revives the "buckwild" experience with colorful covers, rebel-rousing remixes, and selections in memory of DJ Rashad and Sun Ra. This episode includes selections from Tricky, Propaganda, MED, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, and lots more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #146 mixes up selections released between December 2013 and May 2014, featuring music from De La Soul, Mo Kolours, DJ Center, The Spandettes, Eagle Nebula, The Range, Sorceress, and many others. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #145 presents a 90-minute mix with an all female lineup, including selections from Neneh Cherry, Kelis, Alice Smith, Harleighblu, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Boog Brown, THEESatisfaction, Maya Azucena, and many more. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #144 focuses on the music of an incredible label whose very existence makes the world of electronic music better. Includes songs from Robot Koch, Flako, Submerse, Walrus Ghost, Joe Kickass, Kidkanevil and Daisuke Tanabe, and others. This episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #143 begins 2014 flipping through the discography of First Word Records, including selections from Tall Black Guy, Souleance, Comfort Fit, Teotima Ensemble, Essa, Frameworks, and more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #142 closes out 2013 with more of the year's musical highlights, including works from Robert Glasper Experiment, The Internet, When Saints Go Machine, Philip Owusu, Osunlade, Jon Hopkins, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Lord Echo, and a host of others. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #140 is chock full of Summer season rotation cuts from the likes of Comfort Fit, Lost Midas, The Gene Dudley Group, fLako, Personal Life, Wordsmith, Quantic and Anita Tijoux, and lots more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #139 offers selections of beauty and tranquility from the likes of Robin Guthrie, Jon Hopkins, Miles Bonny, Taylor McFerrin, Ty, Scrimshire, and many more. This episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #138 brings the "buckwild" experience back in effect with ruminations on Trayvon Martin and present-day America as well as new music from Youngblood Brass Band, When Saints Go Machine, Congo Natty, The Child of Lov, Pharaohe Monch, and others. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #137 digs deep into a now extinct podsafe music resource for some back catalog selections from Toro Y Moi, Blackalicious, Gregory Porter, Gretchen Parlato, Charlie Hunter, CSC Funk Band, Inverse Cinematics, and lots more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #136 goes to bat for new releases from Omar, Marc Mac as Nu Era, Tall Black Guy, Elle Stilnovo, Marco Polo, and many more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #135 finds Camp Lo-Fi back in the mix, playing catch up with the first few months of 2013. Featured artists include Tricky, Bonobo, Mark de Clive-Lowe, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Ty, Shafiq Husayn, DJ Sun, and more. this episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #134 is our Cupid's Hunt contribution, a 90-minute mix examining the messy side of love and the other emotions that often ride in the same vehicle. Featured artists include Miles Bonny, Jessie Ware, Allegra Dolores, Angelo Moore, Soulpersona and Princess Freesia, and many more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #133 continues with more gems from the previous year. This show includes selections from Robert Glasper Experiment, Quantic and Alice Russell, Oddisee, Homeboy Sandman, and more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #132 starts off 2013 with a few choice cuts from 2012, featuring selections from Flying Lotus, Kidsuke, Tall Black Guy, Positive Flow, Rocket Juice and The Moon, and more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #131 comes through at the 11th hour of 2012 to go out in a buckwild blaze, including rants from the archives and music from Public Enemy, The Hot 8 Brass Band, Sleepin Giantz, Serengeti, Earl Sweatshirt, Prince Paul and DJ Pforreal, and many more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #130 pulls selections from the Mello Music Group label, featuring cuts from the likes of Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Diamond District, Guilty Simpson, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Declaime, Boog Brown, The Black Opera, and many more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #129 spends time with the work of Tab and Anitek. Expect hip-hop and downtempo of the highest order. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #128 mixes it up in familiar freeform style, featuring music from Jose James, Homeboy Sandman, Tall Black Guy, DJ Center, Arrested Development, Angelo Moore, and many others. this episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #127 brings back the sonic primal scream that is BSOTS GONE BUCKWILD, the first episode of its kind for 2012. Expect to hear a parental breakdown, a vulnerable breakthrough, and music from Quakers, M.I.A., Machinedrum, Sleepin' Giantz, Jeremiah Jae, and more. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
Show #126 is an extended mix for your next road trip or barbeque, featuring hip-hop, soul, and jazz from the likes of Bobby Womack, Visioneers, J Dilla, Anthony Valadez, Hired Gun, Colonel Red, Latryx, Sola Rosa, Katalyst, and many more. this episode is 100% WORKSAFE.
Show #125 continues its exploration within the Free Music Archive, this time showcasing selections from The Stepkids, Global Goon, Lushlife, Just Plain Ant, Raleigh Moncrief, Nikki Giovanni, and The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this episode is NOT WORKSAFE.
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