Solid Steel
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Solid Steel is the name of a series of DJ mix albumDJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
s issued on Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...
independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
in the UK
United Kingdom
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.
Solid Steel also has a radio station
Radio station
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webcast
Webcast
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and related live concerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists.
In 1988, Solid Steel began as a radio show on Kiss FM
Kiss 100 London
Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...
hosted by Coldcut
Coldcut
Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...
's Matt Black
Matt Black
Matt Black is a British DJ and one half of music duo Coldcut .As a college student, he was a member of a band called The Jazz Insects, whose first single was played by John Peel in his radio show...
and Jonathan More, where they were not only able to play and mix
Beatmixing
Beatmixing is a disk jockey technique of playing two songs at the same time so that the beats of one song occur at the same time as the other.-History:...
records, but also display their cut-up technique
Cut-up technique
The cut-up technique is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. Most commonly, cut-ups are used to offer a non-linear alternative to traditional reading and writing....
live. The show was known for airing "The Broadest Beats in London".
They were joined by PC and Strictly Kev from DJ Food
DJ Food
Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful...
in 1993. The two hour show was filled by improv, with each DJ taking sets of 30 minutes. In 1997 Darren Knott
Darren Knott
Darren Knott, also known as DK, is a British disc jockey and record producer on the Ninja Tune independent record label.DK began working for Ninja Tune, performing remixes of Coldcut's track "Timber" ....
, otherwise known as DK, joined the show as producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, as Coldcut
Coldcut
Coldcut are an English dance music duo, comprising Matt Black and Jonathan More. Their signature style is electronic dance music, featuring cut up samples of hip hop, breaks, jazz, spoken word and various other types of music, as well as video and multimedia.-1980s:In 1986, computer programmer Matt...
and DJ Food
DJ Food
Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful...
were increasingly away on tour.
They left Kiss FM
Kiss 100 London
Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...
after playlist changes meant they would be consigned to the Tuesday 2am-4am graveyard slot. The show was still recorded each week being available online and syndicated worldwide. In 1999 they were offered a slot on the advertisement-free BBC
BBC
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's London Live
London Live
London Live is a music television programme showcasing live performances of artists from The Album Chart Show, shot in the United Kingdom. It is hosted by Sara Cox. It airs on MOJO HD in the United States on Friday nights at 9 p.m., on ABC2 in Australia on Monday nights at 8 p.m. and on...
radio station
Radio station
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. This unique 2 hour show has expanded to include guest mixes, regular video mixes and the additional 1 hour podcast highlights, regularly featuring in the top 10 music podcasts on iTunes with over 3 million downloads to date.
Guest mixes and interviews have featured most of the Ninja Tune roster as well as many other Artists & DJ's including;
Fourtet,
Skream,
Norman Jay,
Robot Koch,
Goldie,
Tim Healey,
Company Flow,
Jackmaster,
Z-Trip,
Steinski,
Seiji,
Pearson Sound,
DJ Kentaro,
Toddla T,
Freestylers,
Hudson Mohawke,
DJ Marky,
DJ Yoda,
Diplo,
Ben Westbeech,
Cut Chemist,
DJ Shadow,
4 Hero,
Andy Smith,
Laurent Garnier,
Kenny Dope,
RJD2,
Alec Empire,
The Orb,
Robert Owens,
Trevor Jackson,
FaltyDL,
De La Soul,
Double Dee & Steinski,
David Axelrod,
Ken Nordine,
Jean Jacques Perrey,
Quannum Projects,
Juan Atkins,
Mr Scruff,
Kid Koala,
Bonobo,
Daedelus,
Luke Vibert,
Anti-Pop Consortium,
The first Solid Steel album was released by DJ Food
DJ Food
Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful...
and DK in 2001.
Solid Steel Discography
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| Now, Listen! Now, Listen! Now, Listen! was the first DJ mix album in the Solid Steel mix series. It was released in October 2001, mixed by DJ Food and Darren Knott.-Track listing:# "Solid Steel Theme" - DJ Food & DK# "Come Clean" - Jeru The Damaja...
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| Listen & Learn
Hexstatic Hexstatic is a UK music duo, consisting of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson, that specializes in creating "quirky audio visual electro." Formed in 1997 after Hill and Brunson met while producing visuals at the Channel Five launch party, they decided to take over for the original members of the... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| Herbal Blend Herbal Blend Herbal Blend is a DJ mix album, mixed by The Herbaliser, released on 22 September 2003 as part of the Solid Steel mix series.-Track listing:#"Herbal Blend Intro"... The Herbaliser The Herbaliser is a jazz rap band formed by Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba London, England during the early 1990s. Although currently signed to !K7 Records, they were one of the best-known acts from the Ninja Tune independent record label... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| Recorded Live Solid Steel Presents Amon Tobin: Recorded Live Solid Steel Presents Amon Tobin: Recorded Live is an album by drum and bass artist Amon Tobin mixed live using the Final Scratch software. It was recorded live, as the title suggests, in Melbourne, Australia during 2003 for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel radio series. The European version of the album... Amon Tobin Amon Adonai Santos de Araújo Tobin , known as Amon Tobin, is a Brazilian musician, composer and producer of electronic music. He is described as a virtuoso sound designer and is considered to be one of the most influential electronic music artists in the world... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1 Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1 Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1 is Mr. Scruff's first DJ mix album, recorded for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series. According to his own site, it is the first of 4:... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| On The Wheels of Solid Steel On the Wheels of Solid Steel On the Wheels of Solid Steel is a DJ mix album, mixed by DJ Kentaro for the Solid Steel mix series.* Cat No.: ZENCD109-CD Track List:# "Intro" - DJ Kentaro# "Animal Chin" - Jaga Jazzist# "King's Lyn" - Wagon Christ# "Family" - Animals on Wheels... DJ Kentaro DJ Kentaro is a hip hop DJ from Japan. He came 3rd in the Technics DMC World DJ Final in 2001 and won it in 2002 at the age of 20. In doing so, he became one of the first ever Asians to win the DMC World DJ Final, receiving the highest score in DMC history in the process.He was signed to Ninja Tune... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| It Came From The Sea It Came from the Sea It Came from the Sea is a DJ mix album, mixed by Bonobo, released as part of the Solid Steel DJ mix series for Ninja Tune.-Track listing:# Bonobo - Solid Steel Intro# Diesler - Sandcastles# Bonobo - Flutter# Karminsky Experience - Exploration... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
| Now, Listen Again! Now, Listen Again! Now, Listen, Again! is the eighth DJ mix album in the Solid Steel mix series; It was released in 2007, mixed by DJ Food and Darren Knott who had also compiled the first album in the series.-Track listing:... DJ Food Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful... & DK Darren Knott Darren Knott, also known as DK, is a British disc jockey and record producer on the Ninja Tune independent record label.DK began working for Ninja Tune, performing remixes of Coldcut's track "Timber" .... Ninja Tune Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music... |
Radio Stations playing the Solid Steel show
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- http://www.radio-campus.org/ - Radio Active - WellingtonWellingtonWellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
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- http://www.radioactive.co.nz/ - FSK Hamburg - HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
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- http://www.fsk-hh.org/ - "The Move", XM Satellite RadioXM Satellite RadioXM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
- USA - http://www.xmradio.com/ - UMFM 101.5 fmCJUM-FMCJUM-FM 101.5 FM is a volunteer driven campus radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based at the University of Manitoba.-History:...
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- http://www.umfm.com/ - FM4FM4FM4 is an Austrian national radio station, operated by the ORF. Its main target is the youth audience, and much of the music output is characterised by an alternative rock and electronic music slant....
- AustriaAustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
- http://fm4.orf.at/ - Radio 3 Fach - LucerneLucerneLucerne is a city in north-central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of that country. Lucerne is the capital of the Canton of Lucerne and the capital of the district of the same name. With a population of about 76,200 people, Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland, and...
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- http://www.3fach.ch/ - Resonance FMResonance FMResonance 104.4 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective .The station is staffed by four permanent staff members, including programme controller Ed Baxter and over 300 volunteer technical and production staff.Until September 2007, ResonanceFM...
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- http://www.resonancefm.com - Juice 107.2Juice 107.2Juice 107.2 is a Independent Local Radio station based in Brighton, UK, playing MOR dance music and commercial classics.It also has a sister station - the internet radio station, Totally Radio.Juice was formerly known as Surf 107....
- BrightonBrightonBrighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
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- http://www.juicebrighton.com/ - Radio B92B92B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
- BelgradeBelgradeBelgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, Republic of Serbia - http://www.b92.net/indexs.phtml - 106FM - IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
- http://www.106fm.co.il/ - Dinamo FM - TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
- http://www.dinamo.fm/ - Radio Magnetic - GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
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- http://radiomagnetic.com/ - Triple JTriple Jtriple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
- AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/ - Radio NationalRadio NationalABC Radio National is an Australia-wide non-commercial radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Radio National broadcasts national programming in areas that include news and current affairs, the arts, social issues, science, drama and comedy...
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- http://www.abc.net.au/rn/ - 3PBS - MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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- http://www.pbsfm.org.au/ - 2SER2SER2SER is a community radio station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, broadcasting on the frequency 107.3 FM and is a member of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. The station operates as a company limited by guarantee and is jointly owned by Macquarie University and the...
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- http://www.95bfm.co.nz/ - Ministry Of Sound Radio - LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
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