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Mary Anne Hobbs to Leave BBC Radio 1

Friday, July 23rd, 2010 | News | No Comments

Sad news down at Radio 1 headquarters today. We’re hearing on the grapevine that she’s set to leave the radio station in September to follow a career in teaching. After 14 years of pushing the leftfield on Radio 1, she’s bowing out at the top of game, moving on to teach and mentor students at the University of Sheffield’s radio, TV and newspaper outlets. Lucky them! You couldn’t get a better mentor than that. She’ll also continue her curative work with Sonar festival which has seen her dubstep showcase grow in strength over the years.

The last show is on the 9th Sept 2am -4am.

Tags: Mary Anne Hobbs, Radio 1, Sonar

Chris Coco – Big Freeze Vol.3 | Album Review

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 | Album Review, Music | No Comments

Chris Coco of Radio 1 Blue Room fame delivers the third instalment of Platipus’ Big Freeze series. You may ask what’s the difference between the recently released Art of Chill series and this? Well it seems that the Art of Chill is more ambient chill this is more eclectic chill? Confused? I was slightly. But it does make some sense.

The first CD sits in the realm of lounge and disco, you’ve got the likes of Prins Thomas, Lindstrom, Quiet Village and the excellent Hercules and the Love Affair all featuring. Overall it is relaxed with a moderate groove where you’re not going to be bouncing off the walls but rather sinking into a comfy chair doing some serious head nodding.

The second CD really is eclectic cycling through more genres than your local HMV. It starts with some real laid back minimal house in the form of Loco Dice’s M Train to Brooklyn before darting in to some heavy dub flavours such as Allez Allez’s African Queen. Then before you can even finish that spliff and don your Rasta hat from ‘that’ Amsterdam trip, Mr Coco has made a cut into some soothing folk music. Part O’Brien’s Will You Be There is a particularly beautiful piece.

A few tracks down the line and the recently praised Melankoli by Lulu Rouge brings us back to minimal with a slight dub twist before heading into some traditional ambient to round off a CD that is varied and refreshing. It is relaxing, but its not you’re typical ambient chill out its errr eclectic… Point proved.

Buy Chris Coco’s Big Freeze Vol.3 on (CD)

Disc 1
1. Asle Bjørn – Fyresvatn
2. Booka Shade – Outskirts
3. Glass Candy – Computer Love
4. Hercules And Love Affair – Classique #2 (Edit)
5. Figurines – The Air We Breathe (Prins Thomas Disco Mix)
6. Infamy – Rest (Exclusive)
7. Aeroplane ‘Caramellas’
8. Williams – Love on a Real Train (Version by STUDIO)
9. Smith & Mudd – Shulme (Lexx mix)
10. Quiet Village – Pillow Talk
11. Todd Terje / Prins Thomas – Reinbagen

Disc 2
1. City Reverb – Pinsharp (Trojan Soundsystem Remix)
2. Loco Dice – M Train To Brooklyn
3. Mudd – Colonel Dubbage
4. Allez Allez – African Queen
5. Melodica, Melody & Me – No Time To Skank
6. Seabear – Cat Piano
7. Port O’Brien – Will You Be There?
8. Leander – Pass Fail
9. Au Revoir Simone – Oh! You Pretty Things
10. Speck Mountain – Summer Above
11. Lulu Rouge – Melankoli
12. Notwist – Where In This World
13. MonolakePlumbiconEpilogue

Tags: Art of Chill, Big Freeze, Blue Room, Chris Coco, Platipus, Radio 1