“Solid Steel (22nd February) DK starts with a few current gems leading with the huge Romare track ‘Your love’, new music from Ty and the stunning single from James Blake, plus Machinedrum remixing Guilty Simpson and a classic Donald Byrd production for The Blackbyrds. Then we welcome Joe Acheson (aka Hidden Orchestra) with his latest mix celebrating the release of the single ‘Fourth Wall’ from the ‘Archipelago’ album on Tru Thoughts. Like previous mixes it features all the variety of music that Joe has been listening to in the last year or so, much of which he has added to, mashed up or remixed, with lots of spoken word and field recordings. One of the themes is sleep, or the lack of it – and there’s a strong theme of imagined live collaborations – Kelpe with Thom Yorke, Ivor Cutler and Johnny Cash trading verses over Jan Johansson’s piano with added beats, Four Tet and Neil Cowley, Steve Reich with vocals from John Lennon and Finsta Bundy…. The full 79min version of this mixtape will be available at http://www.hiddenorchestra.com/ and you can catch them live on 23rd February at the Tru Thoughts night at Koko in London. It’s a great … Continue reading (Audio) Solid Steel Radio Show – DK x Hidden Orchestra & Teenage DJ aka Greg Wilson (FREE D/L)