Air Adam Podcast

"Salute, pay homage, pay your respects" - Rakim With the truly great Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela returning to the essence this month, I decided to dedicate this episode to him. Not every song is necessarily directly relevant, but hopefully the overall arc works. Rest In Power Madiba. Amandla! Playlist/Notes Soweto Gospel Choir : Nkosi Sikelel'iAfrika A short (only the first verse), and different kin...

"The only test is to survive..." - Patrick Got some interesting combinations this month I think! For a long while I've wanted to do a mix that started and ended with two particular songs that share the same name, and finally I found a good time to do it. There's a good mix of dramatic and laid-back production, a few legends, and some real corner-of-the-shelves finds. With that said, let's see what...

"You too near me not to hear me." - Big Boi What a month! Podcast out in the nick of time, and with it being Halloween I decided you deserved a treat more than a trick - hope you enjoy it :) Things have been hectic this month with the opening of the Manchester Marauders exhibition, which went as well as I could possibly have hoped! Here and here you can find a few photos of the exhibition, and if...

"Calling for the freedom of the backs that you steppin' on..." - Boots It's been an outrageously busy month, and I've really struggled to get this episode out but got there in the end! What's the problem, you ask? Well, of course there's always the months when the tune selection doesn't come easily, but this month I've had the added complication of being the sole hand planning the " Manchester Mar...

"I've been...to places never seen..." - Sheyenne Rivers With involvement in two upcoming photo exhibitions, plus work and the podcast, this month has been off the scale for being busy! Nevertheless, managed to put together what I think is a quality mix, and the fact I've been going around listening to it heavily before release hopefully means it'll be an enjoyable one for you all! A couple of link...

"I dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance and dance...then I sat on the toilet" - Ced Gee Fifty episodes. Power Cipher. A lot of nights trawling the shelves and slaving over a hot mixer. With A Tribe Called Quest and Nas being recurring themes on this episode, this selection has some classic A-sides, killer remixes, some little-known gems, and top local talent. This is what it's a...

"Peace to Mandela..." - Erick Sermon The fourth birthday episode! Out of the nursery now and getting into real school. I've got some mixes on here I've been wanting to do for ages and with a landmark episode coming around (and once more having a mixer with 3-band EQ), it was the time to bring them out and combine them with some more recent ideas. For the most part this episode has the kind of laid...

"Scattered records, had Aretha Franklin in the Pun case..." - Rise Four complete years of episodes! A lot of nights fretting over the right tunes to play, hunching over the turntables, digging up interesting links, and buried in recording software. Hope you're enjoying the journey! I just had a good portion of the show notes I'd slaved over wiped out - Libsyn, why is the browser session length so...

"...try to re-educate ones who are lost." - Guru Crazy month. Had to make sure to get a Boston track into the selection, and that's not even counting the Gang Starr track, with Guru - a native Boston MC - kicking classic lyrics. Just over an hour long, but it took me more than twice that to write all the show notes and find the links... Thanks to everyone who came down to the Example photo exhibit...

"Old school, new school need to learn though." - Biggie I recorded this on a brand new PC setup, been a bit fiddly but got it done! March is here again, so of course there's some Biggie Smalls in the selection. Besides that, got a couple of great Camp Lo tracks (saw them live this month), a new tune out of Manchester, and plenty more - enjoy this while you eat your Easter eggs :)  In other news; c...

"You thought I fell off? You smokin' somethin'..." - Tim Dog Big dedication episode. February is the month where we mark the passing of J Dilla, Big L, and Big Pun, but this year we also lost Donald Byrd, Cecil Womack, and Tim Dog. Allow me to pay tribute in this month's selection the best way I know how...putting them into a quality mix. Playlist/Notes Caveman : I'm Ready (12" Version) One of the...

"We need more construction workers, more doctors, more lawyers..." - Buckshot Droppin' it heavy. Happy new year! First podcast of 2013, got it done just in the nick of time thanks to being super-hectic at work and having a big photo project to work on...hopefully can expand on that later in the year. Anyway, hope you enjoy the tunes, got a few old favourites in there, a couple of left turns, and s...

"...pay the reparations for the damage I'm doin'." - B-Luv The British winter hasn't properly kicked in, but we stay prepared. For some reason it was a tough task getting the selection ready this month, but there's a good scattering of different stuff and I can almost guarantee there'll be something on here you don't know! Let's get into it... Playlist/Notes Jim Jones ft. Noe and Tom Gist : Christ...

"...the government lies..." - stic.man This was one of those months where I think I've really found some great blends with some very varied tunes - not an all Hip-Hop outing by any means, but stay with it :) Oh, and the episode title? Well, I may not have the biggest name, but those who know... know  how I get down. Playlist/Notes Ab-Soul ft. Danny Brown and Jhene Aiko : Terrorist Threats That. Ho...

"Look behind the camera..." - Songvibe Tough selection this month - decided I wanted to try and keep the same tempo through the whole episode only to find lots of tunes I quite fancied playing were 5 or 6 BPM slower! Still, the restriction made me dig a little harder and I think it's another good set. We start off in face-smashing mode and go from there... Playlist/Notes Hostyle : Guilty No flash,...

"Loyalty's worth more than wealth." - Cormega Is is true that life begins at forty? If so, then there are a lot of good records still to come! Thanks for staying with me, and I hope you all find time to spread the word to other music fans. It's my birthday this month (not my fortieth, mind!), so I thought I'd start the episode by pulling out the kind of tunes that used to get me going in my younge...

"Olympic torch flaming, we burn so sweet..." - U-God Been a big month - since the last show I've had an amazing trip to New York and also had the chance to see the Olympics in London! The idea for this month's cover art popped into my head while I was down there and I decided to put it together and see how it looked. Shout out to the man Node of The Charles Report for the loan of the blue and yell...

"To my peoples that I lost along the way..." - Nicole "To the G, still life is too quick..." - KMG I was going in a completely different direction with the selection for this episode until I got the news that the MC KMG of Above The Law, one of my favourite groups, has suddenly passed away at the age of just 43. Once I processed the news, I knew I had to feature some of his classic rhymes on this...

"The respect in my city reflects the gods with me..." - Redlight Third birthday episode! Really pleased to still be going after all this time - big thanks to you all for supporting! I've got some absolutely choice tunes for this episode, definitely looking forward to getting this one onto the iPod. This was one of those months where all the tracks just fell together at the right time, so spread th...

"Never a pretty boy, always a beautiful mind..." - Malik This month's title is kind of a nod to the ongoing NBA Playoffs as well as to trying to get through the struggles life can hit you with from time to time...all the same, back for another episode! Had a tough time picking tracks for this one but dug a few out I'd been saving for a while so hope they work for you! RIP MCA, Chuck Brown, Donna S...

"My real name is Kunta Kinte" - Keak Despite being a little under the weather this month I feel great about the selection! I'm paying respect to the great Guru, dropping a couple of ill new releases, and of course dipping into the vaults for some too-often-overlooked gems - 58 mins of goodness. Enjoy listening, and do spread the word! A few links to things I mentioned on the show; The Combat Jack...

"All we do is drink, f***, and drive." - Raekwon As for our elected politicians...they just seem to drink, fight, and lie ...for some reason they expect better of the rest of us! Anyway, back for another month with a pretty varied selection, from the sublime to the hostile. There are a few tracks people will definitely know (or ought to!) but I've pulled some pretty obscure ones out this month too...

"I'm 'bout to call the CIA on myself..." - Jasiri X February, what a month...one in which we mark the passings of Big Pun, Big L, J Dilla, and now Whitney Houston. There's some Dilla and Pun in this month's selection, alongside some political dubplate action, a touch of funk and one of those singles I had to close my eyes while paying for... Big shouts to everyone who came to In The Loop/Family Ga...

"...saliva and hand gestures..." - Big Dubez Happy New Year! Hope you all have a great 2012. The first episode for the year is one of those where if anyone knows every single track, I'll be very  surprised. Definitely had fun with this selection - grew from one blend that popped into my head and just grew outwards from there... Shout out to Jay Subterranea aka Jim Underground for donating the fres...

"...let the whole town see my crown." - Silver Out in time for Christmas, my present to everyone - a sack of heavy tunes and not a lump of coal in sight! Glad to be able to get this one uploaded before a few days of lie-ins, nice food, and putting the day job out of my mind. Wrap up warm, turn the volume up, and check it... Playlist/Notes Illegal ft. Erick Sermon : We Getz Buzy Get well Erick Serm...