- Solid Steel
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Solid Steel also has a
radio station webcast and related liveconcerts which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists.In 1988, Solid Steel began as a radio show on Kiss FM hosted by
Coldcut 'sMatt Black andJonathan More , where they were not only able to play and mix records, but also display theircut-up technique live. The show was known for airing "The Broadest Beats in London".They were joined by PC and Strictly Kev fromDJ Food in 1993. The two hour show was filled by improv, with each DJ taking sets of 30 minutes. In 1997Darren Knott , otherwise known as DK, joined the show as producer, asColdcut andDJ Food were increasingly away on tour.They left Kiss FM after playlist changes meant they would be consigned to the Tuesday 2am-4am graveyard slot. The show was still recorded each week being available online and syndicated worldwide. In 1999 they were offered a slot on the advertisement-free
BBC 'sLondon Live radio station .Guest interviews on the Solid Steel radio show included:
* David Axelrod - 2001
*Ken Nordine - 2000
*Jean Jacques Perrey - 1997
*Quannum Projects - 2000
*Juan Atkins - 1990Guest DJ mixes on the Solid Steel radio show included:
*DJ Shadow
*Company Flow
*Kieran Hebden -Four Tet
*Alec Empire
*Steinski
*Andy Votel
*Mr Scruff The first Solid Steel album was released by
DJ Food and DK in 2001. The Ninja Tune website states that the DJ for the 9th Solid Steel mix album will beBeat Junkies member,J Rocc .According to
Mr Scruff 's official site, he intends to record three further Solid Steel mixes, and Ninja Tune have confirmed that his second will be the 10th in the series.The club night is hosted by DK and Strictly Kev and often features special guest DJs. It is held on the first Thursday of every month at:
:
Ruby Lo ,:23 Orchard St,:London ,:W1Live events also take place in
Edinburgh ,Bristol andBirmingham and throughout Europe includingParis ,Barcelona ,Berlin ,Madrid ,Prague ,Poland andBelgium .Solid Steel Discography
Radio Stations playing the Solid Steel show
* Radio Campus -
France - http://www.radio-campus.org/
* Radio Active -Wellington ,New Zealand - http://www.radioactive.co.nz/
* FSK Hamburg -Hamburg ,Germany - http://www.fsk-hh.org/
* "The Move",XM Satellite Radio -USA - http://www.xmradio.com/
* UMFM 101.5 fm -Manitoba ,Canada - http://www.umfm.com/
*FM4 -Austria - http://fm4.orf.at/
* Radio 3 Fach -Lucerne ,Switzerland - http://www.3fach.ch/
*Resonance FM 104.4 FM -London , UK - http://www.resonancefm.com
*Juice 107.2 -Brighton , UK - http://www.juicebrighton.com/
* Radio B92 -Belgrade ,Republic of Serbia - http://www.b92.net/indexs.phtml
* 106FM -Israel - http://www.106fm.co.il/
* Dinamo FM -Turkey - http://www.dinamo.fm/
* Radio Magnetic -Glasgow ,Scotland - http://www.radiomagnetic.co.uk/
*Triple J -Australia - http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/
*Radio National -Australia - http://www.abc.net.au/rn/
*3PBS -Melbourne ,Australia - http://www.pbsfm.org.au/
*2SER -Sydney ,Australia - http://www.2ser.com/
* 95bfm -Auckland ,New Zealand - http://www.95bfm.co.nz/
* Ministry Of Sound Radio -London , UK - http://www.ministryofsound.com/radioExternal links
* [http://www.solidsteel.net/ Official Solid Steel site]
* [http://www.ninjatune.net/ Ninja Tune]
* [http://www.amontobin.com/ Amon Tobin's 'temporary' site]
* [http://www.djfood.org/ DJ Food's official site]
* [http://www.hexstatic.tv/ Hexstatic's official site]
* [http://www.herbaliser.com/ The Herbaliser's official site]
* [http://www.djkentaro.com/ DJ Kentaro's official site]
* [http://www.mrscruff.com/ Mr Scruff's official site]
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