Matthew Sweeney and Orbit are back once again bringing you the best new music around including offerings from the likes of Pablo, Fool’s Gold and The Maccabees. This week’s episode is named after Jupiter’s second largest moon, Callisto.

In Greek mythology Callisto was a beautiful nymph of Artemis and like all other followers of Artemis had taken a vow of celibacy. As with many exquisite ladies of the time, Zeus was infatuated with her. Unable to deal with his love in a normal way, Zeus lured her into a false sense of security by disguising himself as Artemis, then raped her.

Luring you into a false sense of security this week with got a plethora of banging new tunes. Whether it be the sublime hip hop of Pablo or the indie rap crossover of The Maccabies and Roots Manuva you’ll find something to entice you into our Orbit.

Tracklist

1. Original Chappa – High Grade – Unsigned
2. Redlight – Kid Soldiers – Red Lobster
3. Erland and The Carnival – Trouble In Mind – Full Time Hobby
4. The Maccabees feat. Roots Manuva – Empty Vessels – Fiction
   
5. Husky Rescue – We Shall Burn Bright – Catskills
6. Pablo – The Story of Sampling – Soma
7. Peter Digital Orchestra – Born in 1980 – Eklektik Records
8. Hudson Mohawke – ZOo00OOm – Warp
9. Fool’s Gold – Surprise Hotel (Mad Decent Toadz Remix) – IAMSOUND

A relatively freaky tricky treaty for you with this installment. The fourth and by far the strangest mix to date. As ever, the most pleasing old and new music heard in recent weeks feature; frequently with a relatively ugly undercurrent of terror-stricken torment.

In keeping with the oft-overlooked notion of good old fashioned fun and also timed to coincide with the scariest event on the yearly calendar, here’s my Halloween special mix.

We kick off with NY’s No Wave electronic pioneers, Suicide’s ghostly tune from their 1977 eponymous debut, devils come courtesy of Joakim and Scratch Perry , Dogs of War provide the pirates, zombies are more Fela Kuti’s bag and  Sexual Harrassment need a freak. Some ridiculous hip-hop halloween edit of Morrissey (with whom the responsibility for this lies I have no idea), Capracara, Supermax, Ariel Pink and John Cooper Clarke are all in town this week too.

Spooking hell! Time to get off your monkey nut.

Tracklist

1. Suicide – Ghost Rider
2. Mogwai – Kids Will Be Skeletons
3. Dan Deacon – Padding Ghost
4. Joakim – Devil With No Tail
5. Scars – Horrorshow
6. Morrissey – Nonsense Halloween edit
7. Mari Boine vs Mungolian Jet Set – It Ain’t Necessarily Evil
8. Dogs of War – Love Pirate
9. Fela Kuti and Africa 7 – Zombie
10. Supermax – Spooky
11. Capracara – King of the Witches
12. Sexual Harrassment – I Need A Freak
13. Lee Scratch Perry – Disco Devil
14. Peter Tosh – Dracula (Vampire version)
15. John Cooper Clarke – I Married A Monster From Outer Space
16. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Among Dreams
17. Mark Fry – The Witch

This is the second of two shows bringing you the best live music recorded at the Kelburn Garden Party. This show concentrates on the Sunday and features an interview and music from The Aliens and music from Bombskare, Belleruche, Asthmatic Astronaut, Swimmer One, Samba ya Bamba and FOUND.

Located in Largs on the West coast of Scotland, the 800 year old Kelburn Castle provided a unique setting for The Garden Party; a boutique music festival with a twist. Back in 2006, Brazilian graffiti artists, as part of the pan-continental art-clash “Graffiti Project”, flew over from Sao Paulo to hand-paint the walls of the castle, creating a visually stunning spectacle and an extraordinary festival backdrop.

The free-spirited ethos of The Garden Party aimed to attract musically-aware, fun-loving festival-goers, with a passion for new, inspiring music and successfully created this relaxed and intimate atmosphere.

Side-stepping traditional festival line ups, The Garden Party took place on June 20th and 21st and had a strong focus on hand-picked local talent with a wide-spectrum of international underground artists, quite happily uniting gypsy folk and samba with electronica and techno.

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Located in Largs on the West coast of Scotland, the 800 year old Kelburn Castle provided a unique setting for The Garden Party; a boutique music festival with a twist.

Back in 2006, Brazilian graffiti artists, as part of the pan-continental art-clash ‘Graffiti Project’, flew over from Sao Paulo to hand-paint the walls of the castle, creating a visually stunning spectacle and an extraordinary festival backdrop. The free-spirited ethos of The Garden Party aimed to attract musically-aware, fun-loving festival-goers, with a passion for new, inspiring music and successfully created this relaxed and intimate atmosphere.

Side-stepping traditional festival line ups, The Garden Party took place on June 20th and 21st and had a strong focus on hand-picked local talent with a wide-spectrum of international underground artists, quite happily uniting gypsy folk and samba with electronica and techno.

This show brings you some of the tracks from the best acts recorded live from Saturday’s line up, including music and an interview with Simon Richmond from The Bays and music from Scottish based artists James Yorkston, Dave Donelly and Joe Acheson Quartet, in addition to Bonobo and Black Cats.

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With The MOBOs being held in Glasgow this year, Jim explores some of the Urban music emanating from Scotland right now.

In the latest episode of Jim Gellatly’s NEW MUSIC, the BBC Radio Scotland presenter puts his usual indie rock sounds to one side. From comedy hip hop to R&B, reggae and electro he shows the diversity of the Scottish scene, as well as posing the question “what exactly is music of black origin?”

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Tracklist

1. Steg G & The Freestyle Master vs. Calvin Harris ‘The 80s’
2. Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow ‘You Keep Me Warm’
3. The Ordinary Allstars ‘I Don’t Like Hip Hop’
4. Baba Brinkman ‘I’m A African’
5. Profisee ‘One Week To Live’
6. Young Fathers ‘Dancing Mantaray’
7. Nadsroic ‘Leopards’
8. Kobi Onyame feat Sway ‘He Said She Said’
9. Mungo’s Hi-Fi feat Soom T ‘Did You Really Know’
10. Underling ‘Trod Treads’
11. K9 Kev & Chad The Lad ‘Live For The Weekend’
12. Stanley Odd ‘The Numbness’
13. Chipmunk feat Emeli Sandé ‘Diamond Rings’

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myspace.com/bobhillary
myspace.com/theordinaryallstars
myspace.com/bababrinkman
myspace.com/profisee
myspace.com/youngfathers
myspace.com/nadsroic
myspace.com/kobionyame
myspace.com/mungoshifi
myspace.com/theunderling
myspace.com/chadtheladk9kev
myspace.com/stanleyodd
myspace.com/emelisande

The second of the infamous Monkey Cum mixes carefully crafted by Mr Mafro, Kinkdogg and Prime8. Kinky Afro will be hanging up their dancing shoes on Friday 25 September, that’s this Friday, with one last bash at Glasgow’s Sub Club.

Hoisted out of semi-retirement for the occasion is the one and only Matthew Herbert who will be joining the resident Afro DJs for a night of  clubbing and hedonism of the highest order. This mix is a taster of the kind of tunage to be expected at the farewell bash featuring Afro anthems and the trademark mixture of house, hip hop, techno, electro and the all important and definitive influence of Jamaican music in its various sonic guises. Kinky Afro’s tenth birthday and farewell party is a Homeclubbing event. Get down there.

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After a bit of a break, Ionise are back with us with this quite excellent dub special. To commemorate the passing of the summer we never had, Summer of Dub showcases some of the finest dub tracks in the Ionise record rack.

From Tubby to Perry, The Revolutionaries to The Upsetters the quality dub vanguard are all represented here carefully chosen by the master Ionise riddims selector. Enjoy. We may have some summer days yet.

Tracklist

1. Ethiopia Rock – Prince Jammy Vs King Tubby
2. Silver Bullet – The Observer All Stars
3. Thompson In Dub – Linval Thompson
4. Dub The Line – Gregory Isaacs
5. Acapulco Dub – Sly & The Revolutionaries
6. You Have Caught The Dub – King Tubby
7. Strictly Dub – Rupie Edwards All Stars
8. Fire Fire Dub – Yabby You
9. Lovers Dub – Lee Perry
10. Dub I Dub – The Revolutionaries
11. Dub Fi Gwan – King Tubby
12. Kasha Macka Dub – The Upsetters

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Dug from the archives, this unmissable addition to the Little Rock canon features music from Tiga, rising stars Mount Kimbie, and the mighty Geoff Before Dishonour.

Tracklisting

1. NIN – The Letting – The Null Corporation
2. Orange Goblin – Jesus Beater – Rise Above
3. Notorious Big – Kick in the Door – Bad Boy Entertainment
4. Bangers and Cash – Loose – Downtown Music
5. Meshuggah – Bleed – Nuclear Blast
6. Hakan Lidbo – From Hackney to Caracas – Lace
7. Geoff Before Dishonour – Cro-Magnon – Crow Music
8. Dream Evil – The Book of Heavy Metal – Century Media
9. Hunting Lodge – Free Byrd – Unknown
10. Mount Kimbie – Sketch on Glass – Hot Flush
11. Steel Pulse – Your House – Wise Man Doctrine
12. Tiga – Beep Beep Beep (Punks Jump Up Remix) – Different

All performing to packed out Glasgow crowds in recent years – we bring you highlights from three hugely influential Jamaican legends.  Recorded live at The Renfrew Ferry in Glasgow at the Triptych Festival, we bring you Horace Andy, Little Roy and Big Youth.

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myspace.com/bigyouth4real
myspace.com/originallittleroy

Liam and Niall fly solo, with obscure gems from Mucky Sailor and Zwart Licht Kommando, some classic Parliament and the usual offbeat banter.

Team Little Rock ask are you acid? Discuss their infinite capacity for love, and seem to have some kind of problem with that bloody-nosed, greasy-haired caricature Andrew WK. All set to the kind of eclectic backing that makes Tarantino’s soundtracks look like Now That’s What I Call Music.

Little Rock will return in the flesh to Stereo on the 2nd of April. Featuring Line Idle, Blood Moon, Gatr vs Blackhead, Laurel Tree, Burnt Altar and Ultimate Thrush, as well as DJ sets from Yoko, Oh No! and Jason Pusspower (old skool rave set). Get your monthly fix of acid techno, music concrete, ambient and whatever-core.

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myspace.com/lineidle
myspace.com/yokoohno
myspace.com/ultimatethrush
myspace.com/bloodmoonmusic
myspace.com/gatrmusic
myspace.com/blackheadmusik
myspace.com/burntaltar
myspace.com/thelaureltree

Tracklist

1. The Clash – Janie Jones – Columbia
2. Manu Chao – Clandestino – Ark 21
3. Marnie Stern – Prime – Kill Rock Stars
4. Kanye West ft Kid Sister – Pro Nails (Rusko Remix) – unknown
5. ZLK – I am Acid – Noxgenus Rec
6. Lil Louis – Video Crash – Soul Jazz
7. Satellite Dub – Trying to Stop a Tank with Your Bare Hands – Tronic
8. Fear Factory – Self Immolation (Liquid sky mix) – RoadRunner
9. Double Helix – Get Twisted – Audioacity
10. The Field – A Paw in My Face – Kompakt
11. Jacopo Carerras – Rox Tox – Lan Music
12. Mucky Sailor – Never Too Much – Stench of Muscle 001
13. Scene Creamers – Session Man – Drag City
14. Ben Butler & Mousepad – Infinite Capacity (Feat The Niallist) – Unreleased
15. Parliament – Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker) – Mercury