The Golden Hour #4 (2023-01-31)

Posted on Sunday, May 7th, 2023 by erickleptone

Hey folks, here’s The Golden Hour #4 – the double A-side accompaniment to Episode 4 of our radio show “The In-Tray”. This time we start off in mellower jazzier territory, before taking some weirder and wilder turns, boosted by some boom bap beats here and there.

Thanks for the likes and the comments, they’re really appreciated, seriously.

Happy listening!

01 Air – High Point
02 Gary Bartz, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge – Spiritual Ideation
03 RSI-MSK – Eye and the Egg
04 Karl Hector & The Malcouns – Mission Control
05 El Jazzy Chavo – Stealing The Moonlight
06 LTF – Give The Horns Some
07 Kiyoshi Yamaya – Nanbu Ushioi-Uta (feat. Kifu Mitsuhashi)
08 Tom Skinner – The Journey
09 Black Flower – O Fogo
10 Makaya McCraven – Coppin’ The Heaven
11 Poets Of Rhythm – Discern-Define
12 Husnu Ozkartal Orkestrasi – Su Derenin Sulari
13 Swollen Members – Sinful Bliss (Instrumental)
14 Adrian Younge & The Delfonics – Love’s Melody (Instrumental)
15 ATA Records – Nuclear Wind II
16 Asa Greenwood – Hyperfocus
17 Dorothy Ashby – For Some We Loved (Kleptones Beat Overdub)
18 Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Drowned World (Kleptones Half-Speed Stretch)

The In-Tray S01 E04 (2023-01-31)

Posted on Saturday, May 6th, 2023 by erickleptone

Hey there, here’s Episode 4 of “The In-Tray”, which, if you don’t already know, is a radio show / podcast-style hour of some mighty fine new & recent releases, plenty of which don’t really fit into any of the DJ mixes we’re doing, but we still wanted to give them a big-up and bring them to your attention.

Thanks for the likes and the comments, they’re really appreciated, seriously.

Hope you enjoy!

01 Snarky Puppy – Portal
from “Empire Central

02 Makaya McCraven – The Knew Untitled
from “In These Times

03 The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Ineffable Mindfuck
from “Fire Doesn’t Grow On Trees

04 The Black Angels – Make it Known
from “Wilderness Of Mirrors

05 tstewart – Angels Point
from “Elysian

06 Oscar Jerome – (Why You So) Green With Envy
from “Blue Note Re:imagined II

07 Ghost Power – Panic In The Isles Of Splendor
from “Ghost Power

08 Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Spitting Off the Edge of the World
from “Cool It Down

09 Chris Joss – Gritty Grains
from “TR-013

10 Moth Cock – Almost Flirted
from “Whipped Stream and Other Earthly Delightsi

11 Om Unit – Electroacidspringwater
from “Acid Dub Studies II

12 The Order Of The 12 – Against the Tide
From “Lore Of The Land

13 Bitchin Bajas – World B. Free
From “Bajascillators

14 Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin – Ghosted IV
From “Ghosted

BONUS: The Listening Club – Favourite tunes of 2022 “Festive Vortex” as mixed by Kleptones – download mp3 / stream

The Golden Hour #3 (2022-11-29)

Posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2023 by erickleptone

Hey folks, here’s The Golden Hour #3 – the double A-side accompaniment to Episode 3 of our radio show “The In-Tray”.

This Golden Hour is a little different, as after having a cracking time at Le Guess Who festival in Utrecht last month, I thought I’d try and condense our entire festival experience into a Golden Hour, not least as a personal reminder of who we actually got to see – I think it works, see what you think…

Thanks for the likes and the comments, they’re really appreciated, seriously.

Happy listening!

01 Sote – Life
02 Asher Gamedze – Interregnum
03 Master Musicians Of Jajouka – The Bird Prays for Allah
04 Oki – Kane Ren Ren Dub
05 Nia Archives – Ode 2 Maya Angelou
06 Fulu Mziki Kolektif – Mesami
07 Hatis Noit – Jomon
08 Dry Cleaning – Liberty Log
09 Trees Speak – Pyramid
10 Jana Rush – Suicidal Ideation (Aural Hallucinations Mix)
11 Masayoshi Fujita – Thunder
12 Muriel Grossmann Quartet – Resonance
13 Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul – It Hit Me
14 Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – Rhapsody in Berlin
15 Tirzah – Hive Mind (Speakers Corner Quartet Remix)
16 Surya Botofasina – Beloved California Temple
17 Kokoko! – Azo Toke
18 Zohra – Badala Zamana (from Habibi Funk DJ Set)
19 Wau Wau Collectif – Yay Balma
20 Maria Reis – Balurdio
21 Kuunatic – Titian
22 Valentin Clastrier – Viell’mania
23 Abdullah Ibrahim – Blues For A Hip King / District 6
24 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Livin’ In The After
25 Oumou Sangare – Kêlê Magni
26 Zara McFarlane & Dennis Bovell – East Of The River Nile (Dub Mix)

The In-Tray S01 E03 (2022-11-29)

Posted on Friday, February 10th, 2023 by erickleptone

Back again with episode 3 of “The In-Tray”, which, if you don’t already know, is a radio show / podcast-style hour of some cracking new & recent releases, plenty of which don’t really fit into any of the DJ mixes we’re doing, but we still wanted to give them a big-up and bring them to your attention.

Thanks for the likes and the comments, they’re really appreciated, seriously.

Hope you enjoy!

01 David Naegele – Temple in the Forest [Edit]
from “Valley Of The Sun – A Field Guide To Inner Harmony

02 Ghost Woman – Behind Your Eyes
from “Ghost Woman

03 Alkibar JR – Adouna
from “Music From Saharan WhatsApp

04 Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Katalyst – Dogon Cypher
from “Jazz Is Dead 013

05 Black Midi – Still
from “Hellfire

06 Large Plants – Never Seen
from “The Carrier

07 Sababa 5 & Shiran Tzfira – Ya Hizali
from “Rali EP

08 Jonas Meersmans – The Turnaround
from “Imaginational Anthem Vol. X

09 Barry Walker Jr. – I Will Tread Upon the Lion and the Cobra
from “Imaginational Anthem vol. XI : Chrome Universal – A Survey of Modern Pedal Steel

10 Kot Kot – Landyshi
from “I Pni

11 T Bone Burnett – Casting A Spell
from “The Invisible Light: Spells

12 Ceeys – Fallen (Ben Lukas Boysen Rework)
From “Musikhaus

13 Thor Harris – Day 7 of Quarantine
From “Doom Dub II

The Golden Hour #2 (2022-11-10)

Posted on Thursday, February 9th, 2023 by erickleptone

Back again with the second episode of “The Golden Hour”, a one-hour (see what we did there?) DJ mix that will accompany each episode of “The In-Tray”.

Following on from the style of our Lockdown Radio mixes, each one will be a random deep dive into different sections of the DJ box, this one getting very spacious in the 160 realm, layering up a few classics with some more modern beats and sequences, getting deeper and deeper as the hour progresses, and there’s a rather cheeky off-the-cuff bollywood n bass mash in there to boot!

Hope you enjoy!

01 Technimatic – Cold Shoulder
02 Eleven8 – Colours of Distance
03 Fracture & Neptune – Customtone
04 Alphabets Heaven – Astral Trails (Kleptones Slowdown Edit)
05 Falguni Pathak – Pal Pal Teri Yaad (Kleptones Etched Mix)
06 Coco Bryce – The Cosmic Muffin
07 Goldie – Inner City Life (Instrumental)
08 Biome – Afray
09 JMJ & Ritchie – Universal Horn (Kleptones Re-Drum)
10 Hendy – Morning Time
11 NameBrandSound – Like A Spaceship
12 Jonny Faith – Le Sucre
13 Rashad x Spinn x Taso – Roll Up That Loud
14 Deee-Lite – Call Me (Method One Jungle remix)
15 DJ Shadow – What Does Your Soul Look Like Pt. 4 (Teklife Remix)
16 Truth feat Taso – Propaganda
17 IOWLA – Spark
18 Djrum – Induction
19 Clams Casino – Uncle
20 Female – Grvty

The In-Tray S01 E02 (2022-11-10)

Posted on Wednesday, February 8th, 2023 by erickleptone

Back again with episode 2 of “The In-Tray”, which, if you don’t already know, is a radio show / podcast-style hour of some cracking new & recent releases, plenty of which don’t really fit into any of the DJ mixes we’re doing, but we still wanted to give them a big-up and bring them to your attention.

Any feedback as always is welcomed, and if you have any new tunes for the In-Tray, just give us a shout, that’s what it’s there for.

Hope you enjoy!

01 Pete Weston – Pup ‘n Temper
from the compilation album “Reggae Time

02 Ty Segall – Distraction
from the album “Hello, Hi

03 Panda Bear & Sonic Boom – Gettin’ to the Point
from the album “Reset

04 Sote – Dogs
from the album “Majestic Noise Made in Beautiful Rotten Iran

05 Duncan Marquiss – Drivenhalle
from the album “Wires Turned Sideways In Time

06 Perfume Genius – Ugly Season
from the album “Ugly Season

07 Group Bombino – Kamoutalia (AkizzBeatzz Remix)
from the album “Urbanized Afro Edits

08 Danny Keen – Nacho & Fizpot
from the album “Friends With Everyone And Nobody

09 Al Lover – Deep Time / Complex System
from the album “Cosmic Joke

10 Blue States – Tides Confusion
from the album “World Contact Day

11 Jon1st X Stick in the Wheel – Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
from the project “Perspectives On Tradition

12 Pye Corner Audio – De-Hibernate
from the album “Let’s Emerge!

13 The Utopia Strong – Trident of Fire
from the album “International Treasure

The Golden Hour #1 (2022-10-27)

Posted on Tuesday, February 7th, 2023 by erickleptone

This is the first episode of “The Golden Hour”, a one-hour (see what we did there?) DJ mix that will accompany each episode of “The In-Tray”.

Following on from the style of the Lockdown Radio mixes, each one will be a random deep dive into different sections of the DJ box, the first one taking in some slinky psychedelic rock, new turkish funk, a few obscure crate digs and a very spontaneous slice of live mashing between two legends. And then some!

We thought splitting the show in two would be useful, so folks can enjoy a fresh “chat-free” mix if they’re not in the mood for my dulcet tones.

We’re hoping to be doing one “pair” of these every few weeks, but we’ll see how it goes… if you have suggestions of new tunes for the In-Tray, send ’em in, that’s what it’s there for.

As always, hope you enjoy!

01 Large Plants – La Isla Bonita
02 Lalalar – Abla Deme Lazim Olur
03 Caliph8 – Offset Negative 27
04 Glen Fallows & Mark Treffel – Faith In Time
05 Pierre Henry – Teen Tonic (Dimitri From Paris Remix)
06 Saitana – The Disco
07 The Heliocentrics – Phantom Of The Panther
08 Bobby Darin – Light Blue
09 Dr. John – Kingdom Of Izzness
10 Clipse – Kinda Like A Big Deal (Instrumental)
11 Mandrill – Two Sisters Of Mystery
12 Frog – Living Dead
13 Joao Donato – Lunar Tune
14 Funkadelic vs Sun Ra (Kleptones Live Jam)
15 T.L. Barrett & Youth for Christ Choir – Like a Ship
16 Horace – Waiting For The Moon

The In-Tray S01 E01 (2022-10-27)

Posted on Saturday, December 17th, 2022 by erickleptone

We’re delighted to be announcing the start of not one, but two new experimental series (Well, everything’s an experiment round here, innit?).

First up we have “The In-Tray”, which is a radio show / podcast-style hour of new & recent releases, plenty of which don’t really fit into any of the DJ mixes we’re doing, but we still wanted to give them a big-up and bring them to your attention.

(Note that this is the first time my “announcer voice” has been heard in public since I stopped doing the “Look-In” show on Brighton radio back in 2008, so please be gentle with me!)

And for a change we’re doing tracklists, with shop-links when we can find them, as we actively want you to be checking out these fine artistes!

We’re hoping to be doing one “pair” of these every couple of weeks, but we’ll see how it goes… Any feedback as always is welcomed, and if you have suggestions of new tunes for the In-Tray, just give us a shout, that’s what it’s there for.

Hope you enjoy!

01 Leslie Sarony With Jack Hylton And His Orchestra – Jollity Farm
From “Songs The Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us

02 Unique 3 – Fury In Force
From “33-45

03 Protect Ryan – DJ Weddings and Receptions
From “Party Tracks For Horse Girls

04 Red Snapper – Black Sea
From “Everybody Is Somebody

05 Akira Ishikawa – Dawn (Alfajiri)
From “African Rock

06 Chimpo – Rig Doctor
From “On The Dial

07 B E N N – Mangaya
From “Entheos

08 Jennifer Lara – Turn Turn Turn
From “Studio One Women Vol.2

09 Project Gemini – The Path Through the Forest
From “The Children Of Scorpio

10 Surprise Chef – All News Is Good News
From “All News Is Good News

11 Jimi Tenor – Gare de Noir
From “Multiversum

12 Spring Heel Jack – Regal Talkies
From “Versions

13 Cyril Davies & His Rhythm And Blues All Stars – Country Line Special
From “British Mod Sounds Of The 1960s

Glastonbury 2022 Cornish Arms (DJ Set 3 – Saturday 8pm)

Posted on Friday, December 16th, 2022 by erickleptone


Last DJ set of three from Glastonbury 2022 – Pretty much everyone had bogged off to see Paul McCartney, and the tent schedule had got screwed up (sorry about that!), so we got stuck into the Proper Job and busted out some jungle classics old ‘n’ new and heavy duty K-stompers for the remainers!

Huge thanks to Chris & Jess and the Cornish crew for having us, and to everyone that popped by for a drink and a boogie!

Glastonbury 2022 Cornish Arms (DJ Set 2 – Friday 12noon)

Posted on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022 by erickleptone

Second DJ set of three from Glastonbury 2022 – Feeling a little tender after a big night, and we weren’t the only ones, so it was time for some smooth soulful sounds for the early drinkers, which fitted in very well with our Co-Op pain au chocolat and Iced Irish Coffee.

Huge thanks to Chris & Jess and the Cornish crew for having us, and to everyone that popped by for a drink and a boogie!