The Dan Digs Show 101: New Max Graef, Jordan Rakei, Adrian Younge, The Seshen, Recloose – Special Guests: Jamie Lidell & Henry Wu

Show number 101!

As always, the latest and greatest in leftfield beats and electronic soul, plus interviews with my favorite artists for your listening pleasure every Sunday night on Dash 1 at DashRadio.com.

We never play the same song twice on this show, so consider it your weekly update of all things new and good in soulful and beat-driven music.

Dan Digs & Jamie Lidell

This week we welcomed Jamie Lidell and Henry Wu to the #DanDigsShow.

Henry Wu & Dan Digs

Jamie and I talked about his live band the Royal Pharaohs, Stevie Wonder, being a new father, making small villages out of big cities, Nashville, why it’s so important to collaborate, and his incredible new album, Building a Beginning, out October 14 via his own label, Jajulin Records.

Jamie Lidell at soundcheck

Henry and I talked about 70s jazz, pirate radio, South London, playing at TheLIFT in LA, selling his black Ford Focus on the radio, the broken beat revival, Herbie Hancock, and his amazing new album with Yussef Dayes as Yussef Kamaal, Black Focus, out via Brownswood Recordings on November 4.

On the air with Brownswood’s Henry Wu

Plus the show saw brand new music from Max Graef, Jordan Rakei, Adrian Younge, The Seshen, and Recloose.

You can stream the show via Mixcloud below (follow my shows at mixcloud.com/dandigs) and subscribe to the Dan Digs podcast on iTunes here.

Here’s how we began in focus.

0:01 Max Graef – “B.E”
0:05 Jay Daniel – “Knowledge of Selfie”
0:09 Homeboy Sandman – “Bus (A Rhyme)”
0:13 Miike Snow – “Heart is Full” (Mark Ronson Remix)
0:16 Adrian Younge – “The Concept of Love”
0:20 Jordan Rakei – “Midnight Mischief” (Tom Misch Remix)

TRACK OF THE WEEK
0:23 The Seshen – “Spectacle”

HENRY WU IN CONVERSATION LIVE IN STUDIO

0:29 Sean Khan – “Samba Para Florence” (Henry Wu Remix)

0:32 Yussef Kamaal – “Lowrider”

0:36 Mo Kolours – “South LDN” ft. Henry Wu
0:39 Henry Wu – “Croydon Depot”

0:46 Yussef Kamaal – “Black Focus”

0:48 Henry Wu – “Wu Bant”

0:52 Yussef Kamaal – “Strings of Light”

0:56 RIVRS – “Last Love” (Royce Wood Junior Remix)
1:02 A Beat Maker Named Crate Head – “Saturdayaway”
1:05 Shlohmo – “Seriously” (Live Mix)
1:08 Warpaint – “Whiteout”
1:10 FaltyDL – “Frigid Air” ft. μ-ziq
1:14 The Left Rib – “Daughter” (K15 remix)
1:19 Hidden Orchestra – “Wingbeats”
1:22 Brant Brauer Frick – “You Can Buy My Love”
1:25 Dennis Ayler – “Friday Night”
1:27 Dam-Funk – “Hazy Stomp”

JAMIE LIDELL IN CONVERSATION BACKSTAGE AT THE ECHO

1:36 Stevie Wonder – “Seems So Long”

1:42 Jamie Lidell – “Walk Right Back” (BASECAMP Remix)

1:50 I, CED – “Wildest Dreams” feat. Suzi Analog (Prod. Om’Mas Keith)
1:52 Psymun – “Weakling”
1:53 Devonwho – “Anti-Ragequit”
1:55 Swisha & Los – “Born Dis Way” (ft. Kush Jones & Scatta)
1:57 Komon & Will Saul – “Eve’s Seven” (Recloose remix)

BLAST FROM THE PAST
1:59 Recloose ft. Joe Dukie – “Dust”