Air Adam Podcast

"When I walk through I set off all sprinkler systems..." - Trife Two and a half years of episodes in the can now! Grateful to still have an audience after all this time :) This month I've got a few left-field unexpected picks, some stuff you won't know (yes, you ), and some old favourites including a track by the late, great Heavy D who passed on November 8th. In other news... Catch me at the Badm...

"I am sworn to life, I am bound to death" - Professor X * (but never the college dropout) Thought I'd take the opportunity to show a little something I did this month :o) As it happens, three of the acts on this photo collage are included in this month's selection. Which ones, you ask? Well, read the show notes for the detail! RIP Dr Geraldine Connor... Playlist/Notes Bass-O-Matic : Fascinating Rh...

"...as you sing your senseless songs to the mindless..." - Chuck D Got something of a theme this month - starting off really fast and bringing the speed down as we go through the episode; kind of like reverse club DJing! Got a bit of Public Enemy (saw them live again this month - they killed it, again), some great tunes from Manchester, and the usual selection of "I never heard that before" tracks...

"...the optimum oxygen intake..." - Strategy (shout to DRS for the episode title!) Crazy month, what with an outbreak of rioting in several UK cities, and in the US (at the time of writing) an earthquake and a tropical storm in roughly the same areas within about a week! As I say in one of the links, I'm now on Twitter, just feeling out if it's something I need to stay with or not - follow me at a...

"It's like tryna crack encryption codes..." - Sly What a month. The tragedy in Norway, Amy Winehouse dying, and maybe the beginning of the unravelling of Murdoch's hold on the UK? I started doing the selection/recording before most of these events happened, so any coincidences are just that...  As promised, here are my photos from the Roy Ayers/Pete Rock gig; @Air Adam Photography on Facebook Full...

"Days come and go, but..." - Jane Child Second birthday for the podcast! Nice little back catalogue building up now :o) To celebrate the occasion, here's another show crafted to caress your eardrums - I've got some old classics, unrecognised gems, and just a little new heat to add the spice! It also seems to be remix city this month... Playlist/Notes Natural Elements : Freestyle I think I've decla...

"Just because you play the role, don't mean you get the part." - Bavu Getting this in barely in the nick of time before the month ends, things seem to have been conspiring against me! This episode marks the end of the second complete year of episodes and is an hour on the dot of gems from the 70s right up to last month. Hope you like it! Just to give you a couple of links I mentioned on the show;...

"I'm the Eric Cartman of this rap sh!t" - Jean Grae This has been such a ridiculously heavy month for me out in the world it's untrue - probably the closest I've ever been to not being able to assemble the show on time but a few flashes of inspiration mean that once again the goodies arrive on time :o)  PS - like the kicks? Playlist/Notes The Alan Parsons Project  : Sirius I bet you never expected...

"Fast like Ramadan" - Biggie March 2011, 14 years after the death of the Notorious B.I.G - doesn't seem like that long ago. This show is sprinkled with a few gems from his catalogue, one you'll certainly know and others that you likely don't! Besides that, there's a track from the late Nate Dogg, the Michael Jordan of the hook, and plenty of other bits - quite a few obscure selections this month,...

"Whole body blingin' like 3PO." - J Dilla A quiet month for me personally (day job excluded) but a huge month for the world - big changes in the Middle East have had me even more glued to Al-Jazeera than usual! Music-wise, this month has marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of the great J Dilla aka Jay Dee, and so I thought I'd include a few of my favourite Dilla tracks that don't usually m...

"Like my dun Ron-Ron Artest, we teach y'all 'bout wildin'..." - Prodigy "Start out on the street, end up in the court" - Nick Javas Just couldn't choose between these two quotes - but then they both go well together :o) Happy New Year everyone! This month the selection just seemed to come really easily for the most part; I've pulled out a fair amount of old-ish Hip-Hop and mixed it up with a few m...

"My attitude is celibate...I just don't give a f**k" - Kriminul Here we are at the end of 2010, and for the first time ever the podcast features a special guest! Danny Drive Thru is a Manchester producer and DJ who has what can only be described as a burning passion for music as well as a bucketful of talent. I met him a few years ago at the scratch workshop A Kut Above The Rest where he was alrea...

    "I'mma show you how to do it." - Royal Flush It's that time again, fifty minutes of the good stuff coming from my collection! It's an all Hip-Hop selection this month, but I think pretty much everyone listening will hear a minimum of 4 or 5 tracks they've never heard before. Heavy on the B-sides, album cuts, remixes and internet tracks this month...enjoy! Playlist/Notes Mr. Voodoo : Don't Do I...

"Took 'til now to understand it." - Lisa Shaw Fairly low-key month for me, but I'm pleased with the way this episode came together - finding the right tunes just seemed to come easily! Still not liking the upfaders on my old mixer, but I digress. Hope you like this month's collection! RIP Gregory Isaacs and Eyedea... Playlist/Notes Kurupt : Yessir Heard this ages ago on the Spine Magazine blog and...

"My name pops inside your head like Johnny Wishbone..."    - Riddla Probably the perfect time to use this photo :o) Been a busy but good month for me, hoped to get this out a little earlier but spend a bit too much time trying to tweak the sound! Hope you enjoy it anyway, dusted off some stuff I haven't played even for myself in ages...or at all for anyone else! PS - in keeping with the title, I w...

"This music is mine...but I'm giving it all to you." - Space Lady I had a different selection starting to pan out nicely but unfortunately my nice mixer with 3-band EQ mysteriously bit the dust so I decided that rather than try to force the same blends on my back-from-retirement mixer I'd go in a different direction for the month. Normal service will be resumed with a handing over of cash to the r...

"Backup plan's got backup..."    - Redman (Shoutout to DJ Greenpeace for the episode title - an old joke from back in the day!) Just squeezing this episode in with minutes to spare - the choice of the first few tracks seemed to flow easily but it took me a long while to settle on what to include for the rest of the show. It goes from the sunny, to the abrasive, to the paranoid, and more besides, a...

"If I die, my seed'll be ill like me..."    - Ghostface First birthday, yay! It's encouraging to look back on the back catalogue of episodes and see all the tracks I've been putting people up on...every time someone tells me they've chased up some stuff based on something from the podcast it's a great feeling. I started this month in New York - fantastic trip, so many memories I'll carry with me....

"Shine on me." - CL Smooth Twelve episodes, a complete year! Been a hectic month but managed to get just enough time to give you another podcast of audio goodness - here's to more of the same next year! Playlist/Notes Ras Kass : Release Yourself New track available for free on Bandcamp! The Carson, CA veteran MC links up with Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies crew for an energetic, offbeat track from...

"All praises due, if you know what I mean..." - Guru (By the way - no, that photo isn't Photoshopped - that's really how the sky looked that day!) This is about as close as a lot of people have got to flying recently, the volcanic eruption in Iceland has stranded a lot of people, including some of my listeners - hope you get home safe soon! As promised in the episode,  here's the link  where you c...

"We be listening to beats to keep the cipher complete..." - Guru Going into double figures this month! I managed to fight off a nasty sore throat for just long enough to get all the voiceover done, and in response to Coxy I think I've turned my voice up so it's not so quiet compared to the music - I'm sure he'll let me know if I've hit or missed the mark! Big shout out to Guru who as many of you k...

  "Gazing at the worldly things like a showcase..."    - Killah Priest Podcast podcast number nine... been a quiet month for me but a bad month or so in music with Teddy Pendergrass, Sha Lumie and Apache all passing away due to illnesses. Appreciate your favourite artists while they're here! Playlist/Notes Ghostface Killah ft. Raekwon & Cappadonna : Camay A love song, Wu-Tang style, from Ghost's "...

"Weapons of mass percussion." - Invincible Happy New Year! Welcome to the first episode of the decade, 50+ minutes of audio gems for your headphones, car, shop... Big event of the month has unfortunately been the tragic earthquake in Haiti - if you have a little spare cash, please donate to any of the many organisations trying to help out there. Playlist/Notes Fugees ft. A Tribe Called Quest, Fort...

"Everybody else on the Earth don't exist." - Crooked I I suppose this is the Christmas episode, not that I've got any Christmas records to play! I did think about putting sleigh bell sounds behind some of the tunes but decided against ;o) Ah well, time to close out 2009 with this one, and looking forward to heading onwards and upwards for 2010! Playlist/Notes Camp Lo : Son Of A... Great track - if...

"Don't be shady, just pay me"    - Roger Wow, it's been half a year already! It's a challenge to keep coming up with stuff but the feedback I get makes it all well worth the effort, especially when people are discovering something new. Anyway, let's have a look at this month's offering... Playlist/Notes Little Brother : Atari 2600 A very limited release 7" single out of the Justus League crew with...