The Show: Over 40 Years Of Sleng Teng

And it only seems like yesterday we were busting out our Casiotone’s and aping Wayne Smith’s 1985 classic. The hard work had pretty much been done 3 or 4 years earlier when one of Okuda Hiroko’s preset rhythm patterns ( called “Rock”, would you believe?) was included on the MT-40 keyboard.

For an oral history of Sleng Teng have a listen to The Blessed Madonna on BBC Radio 6 and we salute the rhythm by including Shinehead’s “Know How Fe Chat” on today’s show…

Direct download: The Joint – 19 March 2022

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

    • CONGOTRONICS INTERNATIONAL – Banza Banza
    • ERIS DREW – Sensation
    • GRUFF RHYS – People Are Pissed
    • CHARLI XCX – Baby
    • NILÜFER YANYA – The Dealer
    • SUPERORGANISM – Teenager (featuring Chai & Pi Ja Ma)
    • DBN GOGO, FELO LE TEE, PABI COOPER, YOUNG STUNNA – Bambelela
    • MOTORCYCLE RIDE – Union City Blue
    • FANTASTIC TWINS – 2222022 (A Global Twins Day Message)
    • KITTIN & THE HACKER – Ostbahnhof
    • DAVE – Starlight
    • JENNY HVAL – Freedom
    • DJ LAG, GENERAL C’MAMANE, OMAGOQA – Chaos
    • SOUL GLO – Driponomics (featuring Mother Maryrose)
    • WHOREHOUSE – Whorehouse
    • ZEE STACK – Living Wild Freestyle
    • ERA C – better days
    • CHARLOTTE ADIGÉRY & BOLIS PUPUL – It Hit Me
    • THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND – A Child’s Guide To Good And Evil
    • GODFATHER DON – On And On
    • TWEN – Bore U
    • AUTOMATIC – New Beginning
    • DEADLETTER – Hero
    • LUCKY DAYE – Over
    • SHIT & SHINE – North Atlantic
    • ERA C – beautiful (Instrumental)
    • DAVIE NAPALM – Second Nature
    • MO DOTTI – Loser Smile
    • BENNY THE BUTCHER & J. COLE – Johnny P’s Caddy
    • APHEX TWIN – Avril 14th
    • CONWAY THE MACHINE – Stressed (featuring Wallo267)
    • JUNGLEPUSSY – Critiqua
    • SHINEHEAD – Know How Fe Chat
    • TELEFÍS – The Symphonies Of Danny La Rue

The Show: We’ll be dancing in that pale phone glow…

And on with the show…

Direct download: The Joint – 5 March 2022

Notebooks out completists, here’s the playlist in full…

    • CONFIDENCE MAN – Feels Like A Different Thing
    • !!! – Storm Around The World (featuring Maria Uzor)
    • THE LAZY EYES – Fuzz Jam
    • FAUX DÉPART – Fantôme
    • ALEXIS744 – Loving Up (featuring Sr. Noseybonk)
    • NA-KEL SMITH – CHALLEY ROCK
    • ERA C – beautiful
    • MAYLEE TODD – Infinite Program
    • SAINT ETIENNE – Relocate
    • PYROPHORIA – California
    • WEB RUMORS – Heaven
    • PINKPANTHERESS – All My Friends Know (ANZ Remix)
    • DOSS – Jumpin’
    • SEA POWER – Green Goddess
    • EWAN MCVICAR – Which Way To Go
    • RALPH CASTELLI – Morning Sex (Mochakk Remix)
    • WET LEG – Angelica
    • PAPERNIKS – Segment H
    • PORRIDGE RADIO – Back To The Radio
    • EVA B – Quarantine Baji
    • ERA C – we’ll have better days
    • HEAVENLY – I Want You However You Come
    • HUMMINGBIRDXYZ – Satellite Not A Kite
    • CHRISMAN – Mlinzi
    • MWANJÉ – Wildones (featuring Sampa the Great)
    • ICEBOY VIOLET – Are U Connected *
    • FANTASTIC TWINS – Twin Touch Test
    • YEULE – Perfect Blue (featuring Tohji)
    • DENZEL CURRY – Zatoichi (fetauring slowthai)
    • gglum – Tangled
    • EVA B – Bayani Rog
    • THE ALCHEMIST – Diesel (featuring Kool G Rap)
    • PYROPHORIA – We Need to Talk Never
    • BOARDS OF CANADA – Sir Prancelot Brainfire
    • PAPERNIKS – Segment A
    • THE FRENZIED BRICKS – (Can I) Bridge The Gap
    • THE SIMPS – Tesla
    • NIA ARCHIVES – Luv Like
    • GUERILLA TOSS – Famously Alive

* The inspiration for this week’s lyrical heading.