Welfare State of Mind 3.3.2007

Playlist.

1. Promoe - Constant Consumption (Sweden)
2.Ill-Literal-Skill - Another Day Another Rhyme (SA)
3. Makiza - Desafíos (Chile)
4. Akala - This is London (UK)
5. Wawesh - Mjanja (Kenya)
6. Hilltop Hoods - Recapturing the Vibe (Australia)
7. DKR - Revolution Psalm (Zimbabwe)
8. Lowkey - Let Me Live (UK)
9. Ben Sharpa - Bury the Hatchet (SA)
10. Clotaire K - Lubnan (Lebanon)
11. Mr Drastick - N.O.R.T.H. westside (UK)
12. ENDZ the Otherness - Mystics Among Us (SA)
13. Chords & Rantoboko - Knockin on my Door (Sweden & Zimbabwe)
14. Terror MC - Oppie Track (SA)

Links for the artists: Mr Drastick, Clotaire K, Lowkey, Rantoboko, Chords, ENDZ, Terror MC, Ill-Literate-Skill, Ben Sharpa, Akala, Hilltop Hoods, Wawesh, DKR, Promoe and Makiza

Building bridges

This is mainly to Cape Town peoples but, of course everyone else is welcome to read and make a note.

We have two Hip Hop shows on Bush Radio and we try to support local music as best as we can. There are artists who already inform us about new music and send some mp3’s or so and so forth and that’s great. Now for all the rest of you a reminder that there is a platform on community radio for you to get your tracks played, gigs mentioned and surely you can always ask Headwarmaz about a possibility of interview/live performance in their show as well. We can’t find all of you so it’d be great if you find us.

Now I cannot obviously promise that all the tracks get on air or anything like that. It’s a matter of content and beats and things like that but surely they won’t if we never hear them.

Let’s build some bridges here between the Community Radio, Bush Radio 89.5 that is, and the artists.

Send us your mp3’s to

headwarmaz@gmail.com and mikmikko@gmail.com (for Welfare State of Mind)

or hard copies of your music to:

Bush Radio/Headwarmaz

PO Box 13290
Mowbray
7705 Cape Town
South Africa

From there the CD:s go to the stations music library but it's good that you let us know which show(s) are maybe in your target.

If it is possible to make radio edits of the tracks with swearing then go ahead and do that.

Peace

Welfare State of Mind 24.02.2007

Playlist

1. Nthabi - From the Streets to the Lab (SA)
2. Makiza - Cosas de la Vida (Chile)
3. Paleface - Hellsinki Freezes Over (Finland)
4. Driemandskap & Macho - Hamb'ubuza (SA)
5. Roll Deep - Shake a Leg (UK)
6. IAM - Revoir un printemps (France)
7. Metaphysics - Life (Zimbabwe)
8. Roots Manuva - Colossal Insight (UK)
9. Organismen 12 - Eller rmx (Sweden)
10. Skinnyman - Who Me (UK)
11. Begotten Sun - Revolution (Zimbabwe)
12. K-Os & Leeroy - Love Song (Canada & France)
13. Mystro & Hilltop Hoods - Trade Secret (UK & Australia)
14. Conquering Lions - Conquering Lions (SA & Angola)

Some links for this week... some artists have been linked in previous weeks so not gonna repeat them but check these: Begotten Sun, Organismen, Mystro, Driemandskap, Macho and Makiza ...

Check out also few free online mixtapes. I promised some extra links this week. I always enjoys these (when it's free it's free you know). One that I found some time ago was Zimbabwean DKR (Divided Kingdom Republic) and they have a free EP online here. Probably the best free mixtape and a top record anyway was last years Drudge Dialect vol. 1. That's pretty much Cape Town stuff and can be found from the Africas Gateway.
From Africas Gateway I also found the link to Nthabi's EP From the Street to the Lab. This week I played the name tarck from that EP in the beginning of my show and I must say it's a really cool recording altogether. You Can download it here. Lastly and most recently I found a cool mixtape from Shystie. She's one of the top London MC's as well and on her MySpace there's a link to Grand Theft Audio (GTA) mixtape. Get that from here.

All these are either zip or rar files which means that you need to unpack them. You can downlaod the WinRar for a 40 day trial from here to get your music to a format you can then listen to.

til next weekend again. PEace, mik

Welfare State of Mind 17.2.2007

Playlist

1. Wawesh - Mjanja (Kenya)
2. K'Naan - Boxing My Shadow (Somalia)
3. Paleface - Hellsinki Freezes Over (Finland)
4. Akala & Selah - Hold Your Head (UK)
5. IAM - IAM (France)
6. Prophets of Da City - Wild Stylz (SA)
7. Pete Philly & Perquisite - Relieved (Holland)
8. ENDZ the Otherness - Kindom of the Next (SA)
9. King Kapisi - Sound System (New Zealand)
10. Sniper - Gravé dans la roche (France)
11. Pee Frois - Jalgati (Senegal)
12. KONFAB - How We Roll (SA)
13. Ms. Dynamite & Bear Man,L Man, Purple Simba, Doctor - Kick You Out (UK)
14. Promoe & Assasin - Time Travelin (Sweden & Jamaica)

Links for artists this week: Akala, Promoe, Assasin, Pee Frois, KONFAB, ENDZ, King Kapisi, Ms. Dynamite, Purple Simba, Wawesh, K'Naan, Pete Philly & Perquisite and POC

Peace and til the next one - stay safe, mik

Welfare State of Mind 9.2.2007

Playlist

1. Yogi - Shouts to the Endz (UK)
2. K-Os & Leeroy - Love Song (Canada & France)
3. Redrama - Travel the Map (Finland)
4. ENDZ the Otherness - Mystic Amongst Us (SA)
5. Outlandish - Kom Igen (Denmark)
6. Lowkey - Read Between the Lines (UK)
7. Roll Deep - When I'm ere (UK)
8. Ben Sharpa - Into the Black (SA)
9. Promoe - Prime Time (Sweden)
10. DEFBOYZ - Inyaniso (SA)
11. Mr. Sicc - Ear to the Street (New Zealand)
12. Roots Manuva - Mind2Motion (UK)
13. Intik - La Victoire (Algeria)
14. Pyrelli - Don't Bite the Flows (UK)

MySpace links for the artists played in this week's show:
Pyrelli, Intik, Ben Sharpa, DEFBOYZ, ENDZ the Otherness, Roll Deep, Mr. Sicc, Promoe, K-Os, Leeroy, Yogi, Outlandish & Lowkey... PEace and til the next week keep your head up, mik