Mr Elephant Radio Show #32 – Hosted by Marc Reck – Swing & Balkan Special – 4th Oct 2010

Tonight’s Mr Elephant show features – a live recording of The Correspondants, an electro swing mix from our last Project X Presents event, a Balkan mix of some of the best tunes that rocked gigs like Balkanic Eruption & The Destroyers album launch last year, a couple of balkan tracks from two brummie balkan bands, and a few great free tracks for download.

As always the show is put together as a whole with a series of mini mixes, but from hereoin we will be coupling that approach with hosting. New features include some recommended nights out and various web links that are well worth your attention, and these will grow into features on various topics of interest, similar to the audio documentary about the history of old school featured on one of the earlier shows.

Hope you enjoy the show and please check out the links to any artists you like in the tracklisting and featured weblinks below that.

Tracklisting

1. Sam Redmore Mashup – A Day In The Life Of Prince Fatty

2. Rennie Pilgrim – Kind Of Brown

Swing Mix

3. Cut Chemist – Motivational Speaker

4. The Correspondents – Course of Last Night

5. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – Zoot Suit Riot

6. Fred Astaire – Puttin’ On The Ritz (Club Des Belugas Remix)

7. The Correspondents – Renta Clown

8. Cherry Poppin’ Daddies – So Long Toots

9. Kormac- Scratch Marchin’

10. Chinese Man – Artichaut

11. Angry Rabbit Productions – Wanna go home

12. Angry Rabbit Productions - Werd

13. Ben Charest - Belleville Rendez-Vous

14. Mr Scruff – Get A Move On

15. Zero dB – On The One Three (Album Version)

Live Set

16. The Correspondants live in Birmingham

17. The Correspondents – Rio De Hackney

Balkan Set

18. Dj Shantel – Ceremony

19. Balkan Beat Box – Pachima

20. Ziveli Orkester – Da Zna Zora (Dj Tageda Remix)

21. Buscemi – Sahib Balkan

22. Fanfare Ciocarlia Feat. Jony Iliev – Mig Mig

23. N.O.H.A – Balkan Hotstep

24. Mahala Raï Banda Vs Forty Thieves Orkestar – The Man Who Drinks

25. Gipcy.cz – Romano hip hop

26. Slavic Soul Party – Opa Cupa

27. Dj Shantel – Andante Levante

28. Balkan Beat Box – Digital Monkey

29. Eastenders & Malih Kibar – Vino Vino

30. The Destroyers – Serbia

31. Mama Matrix – Destroyer

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Web Links

Free Tracks

Sam Redmore mashup – http://soundcloud.com/samredmore/a-day-in-the-life-of-prince-fatty

The Correspondants – http://soundcloud.com/the-correspondents

Events in brum

Thu 30th Sep 2010 – (8 – 10.30pm) – Acoustic Night @ Wagon & Horses – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159144154097864

Fri 1st Oct 2010 – (9pm – 5am ) – HQ Muzik Launch Party @ Factory Club – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=146712425351486

Sat 2nd Oct 2010 – (2:00pm) – Make it Zone Launch Party @ 506 Moseley Road. B12 9AL – http://makeitzone.org

Tue 5th Oct 2010 – (8 – 11.30pm) – HEDUCATION + FREESTYLE present AKIL THE MC (JURASSIC 5) – www.heducation.com

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The rhubarb show page is http://www.rhubarbradio.com/programmes/mrelephant/

the mixcloud page is http://www.mixcloud.com/marcreck

the new facebook group – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=125756354131810

& you can also follow me on Twitter here – http://twitter.com/MarcReck

P.s you can also download the last 4 showsfrom my soundcloud account here – http://www.soundcloud.com/marcreck

They are unhosted and designed as multigenre well mixed dj mixtapes, so do grab them while they’re up (as i’ll have to delete this week as have ran out of space on the account)

Mr Elephant News & Reviews # 5 by Emily Poyser – The Correspondents

The Correspondents – A sexy twist on the 1930s

Beginning a set with a rendition of Jungle Book’s I wanna be like you can seem like a daunting task for some, but not The Correspondents.

This truly imaginative duo, comprising of DJ Chuckles and Mr Bruce, allow no time for talking, just pure 1930s big band revamped for the 21st Century.

Whenever these gents start a gig, there seems to be an influx of men in bow ties and ladies in high-wasted flapper dresses. Their sets drain any energy out of the room; just watching Mr Bruce strut his stuff leaves the most athletic out of breath. The Wandsworth swing-hip hop outfit never fail to impress at their gigs, ending with some incredible drum ‘n’ bass style finales, topped with lyrical virtuosity.


The Correspondents Live at The Globe

Chuckles, the musical mastermind, effortlessly selects jazzy and bouncy hip hop, which allows for Mr Bruce to MC, scat, sing and work his voodoo over the crowd.

The Correspondents, when they can drag themselves away from the usual London haunts, play some pretty exciting gigs, as well as the major festivals including Glastonbury and The Edinburgh Festival.

Their debut release, The Rogue EP, is available for download from www.soundspurple.com.

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Update – if you like the correspondents you can hear them live on our 32nd Mr Elephant Radio show