Back in the day, I lived in London for a short period. One of the perks of being a Londoner was experiencing the pirate radio culture that thrives there. Pirate radio in the UK at large has been going strong, and the capitol is, sensibly enough, the capitol of the scene.
Every evening my radio dial would suddenly get more populated, and on weekends sometimes two or three stations would start running over each other. Seeing as its all short broadcast distances, you might get completely different stations on the same frequency depending on which direction you walked (or drove, if you aren’t rocking the old school walkman). Long story short, it was some goodness. I heard some of my favorite music for the first time over those airwaves. Wistful sigh…
One of the granddaddies of the pirate scene is grime and dubstep pioneer station Rinse FM. They’re so robust they even made motions towards gaining an official license and going legit. That didn’t pan out, and so they continue to broadcast illicitly from covertly-installed antennae.
The fellas over at Discobelle put down some collaborative energy with Rinse FM DJ Braiden, resulting in this 30 minute studio mix. It runs from Ruff Squad to Aphex Twin to your dudes Major Lazer. Braiden describes it as “London bass music” and it’s a pretty good sample of Rinse FM’s spectrum. Do yourself a favor: download it. And if you or anyone you know is getting piratical in your area, let us know. We love you already.
Braiden – Discobelle Studio Mix
Full tracklist after the jump:
Aphex Twin – Windowlicker [Run Jeremy edit]
Deadboy – Ifuwantme
Japanese Telecom – Japanese Animation
Little Jinder – Youth Blood [Bok Bok remix]
Mark Henning – Sick Note
Greena – Actual Pain
Alden Tyrell – Disco Lunar Module
Major Lazer – Pon De Floor
Housemeister – Rambo
Martin Kemp – No Charisma
L-Vis 1990 – Untitled
Pangaea – Sunset Yellow
Dizzee – Stop Dat
Crystal Fighters – I Love London [Brackles remix]
Ruff Sqwad – RSMD
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