From Wikipedia: “Highlife is a music genre that originated in present-day Ghana early in the 20th century […] It uses the melodic and main rhythmic structures of traditional Akan music, but is played with Western instruments. Highlife is characterised by jazzy horns and multiple guitars which lead the band. Recently it has acquired an uptempo, synth-driven sound.” This station is a challenging catch in most of London.
Readers of this blog will have noticed that usually I only upload pirate radio recordings. Although Reprezent has had a community broadcasting license for South East London since 2011, its line-up and playlist have a feel that is similar to the pirates of the past (a few of which are now also broadcasting via community licenses, such as Rinse FM and Flex FM). Yesterday I happened to record a set from this station, and liked it so much that I’m posting it here.
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DJ O-Z on S-Dance
A bit noisy at times due to unfavourable atmospheric conditions on the day but worth the upload nonetheless.
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Unknown DJ on Intent Live (Jungle)
Pure fire of a jungle set! Unfortunately I couldn’t figure out the name of the DJ despite scanning the recording several times in the hope of hearing it announced. If anyone knows who did this mix, please drop me a line in the comments or on Twitter.
RJR is one of the most difficult pirate stations to catch in London because of its proximity to BBC Radio One, which is so wide on the FM dial that it bleeds heavily onto this station’s frequency. Most of the time it’s impossible to receive RJR’s signal without some distortion. However, I managed to make a one hour recording when this interference seemed minimal. Sadly this recording doesn’t contain Cornell Campbell’s full show but that reminds me of a time when most tapes were 45 minutes on each side so you couldn’t record a complete two-hour set onto a single tape.
Connoisseur Thursdays + Toots Hibbert special.
Again, slight crackles on this set, due to Kiss FM 106.4 from Ipswich anomalously reaching London on the day and adding interference.
Slight crackles on this set, as owing to freakish radio propagation conditions, Kiss FM 106.4 from Ipswich was reaching London and adding some interference to part of the signal.
Recorded this set at the end of April on Rude FM’s legendary frequency of 88.2, which they had held onto since June 1998 (after moving from the 104.3 spot that they had started out on in 1992). The station went off the air shortly after this recording was made and now the frequency is occupied by a Turkish pirate called Dost FM, so one can probably say that this is the end of an era! No DJ ID on this set, unfortunately.