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   13 May 2022 · 27 min

   Jen Ives & An Escape Into Space

   Splendor & Misery is a sci-fi concept album by experimental rap trio Clipping. Lyrics and soundscapes combine to tell an Afrofuturist story of an escape from oppression into the void of space. Jen Ives prepares to be transported.

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   6 May 2022 · 29 min

   Stuart Laws & ScHoolboy Q

   James confesses to being in love with ScHoolboy Q's Blank Face LP. With a Gangsta rap core but with psychedelic overtones and great production, is there enough to seduce Stuart Laws too?

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   29 Apr 2022 · 29 min

   Toussaint Douglass & The Life Of Pablo

   The ever-polarising Kanye West can be controversial at times but James can't help but like the music. After all, his 2016 album The Life of Pablo has a vein of weirdness running through it that is right up James' street. However, is it a path Toussaint Douglass is willing to tread?

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   22 Apr 2022 · 26 min

   Fern Brady & The Punk Beyoncé

   Black Terry Cat by Xenia Rubinos is a magical album drawing on many influences and described by the artist herself as "a punk Beyoncé". However, is it enough to impress one of Scotland's finest, Fern Brady?

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   15 Apr 2022 · 24 min

   Sadia Azmat & Black Girl Blues

   Fetish Bones by Moor Mother delivers a powerful message via a sonically abrasive backdrop. Labelled by the artist herself as Black Girl Blues, Project Housing Bop or Slaveship Punk, it's an album that demands the listener's full attention. However, was it enough to hold Sadia Asmat's attention?

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   1 Apr 2022 · 28 min

   Nathan Caton & an OST to Nothing

   Wes Borland you may remember as the guitarist in '90s rock/rap outfit Limp Bizkit. In 2016 he released Crystal Machete, a soundtrack to an imagined film. James and Nathan try to imagine what that film would look like.

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   25 Mar 2022 · 29 min

   Thanyia Moore, Illusion & Destruction

   Mahoroboshiya by Japanese folk singer Ichiko Aoba is an album with such a delicate and intimate feel that James can't help but relax to it. However, is it enough to chill '90s R'n'B-loving Thanyia Moore?

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   18 Mar 2022 · 29 min

   Jayde Adams & Hard Pop Opera

   Rien by Perrine en Morceaux has a sound so big, it envelopes James and (in his words) makes him feel like a little boy. But is it too big for Jayde Adams to handle?

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   11 Mar 2022 · 26 min

   Rhys Nicholson & That '70s Funk Thang

   Awaken My Love was a massive left turn for Childish Gambino and produced one of the best songs of 2016 in the form of Redbone. Influenced by George Clinton's '70s band Funkadelic but with modern techniques, it made Rhys Nicholson "Horny... but not for sex".

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    4 Mar 2022 · 28 min

    Charlie George, Vampires and Periods

    Jenny Hval’s 2016 concept album, on the theme of blood, is a collection of light and beautiful melodies interspersed with dark and haunting soundscapes. James tasks Charlie George to have a listen and report back.