This week we take a more organic stance on proceedings with a little known treasure nicknamed Solid Wood by PC who, with Jon More, decided to present an entire show from a less electronic viewpoint. Jazz, African, Indian, classical, roots and world - or should that be ‘other world’ - music, all feature heavily instead of the more usual sonic palette of machine-made music. ‘The other side of the other side of Solid Steel’ as PC states at one juncture and it’s hard to disagree as this sounds almost alien compared to present day Steels.

Listening to this today it’s still hard to pinpoint a radio show that would put such a playlist together, let alone it happening 12 years ago, such were the lack of restrictions of a late night Kiss FM slot. This tracklist is taken from the spoken trackback in the show and all spellings should be treated as suspect as I was trying to guess their already suspect pronounciation.

Strictly Kev

Coldcut, PC - Solid Wood (TX: 16/08/96)

Podcast: 1st Hour (available via Solid Steel Podcast, 26/09/2008 show)

Tracklisting (1st Hour)

1. Yues Riveness & Michael Brook - Dance (Unknown)
2. Little Axe - Hear My Cry (On-u Sound)
3. Tuck & Patty - Live In The Light (Sony)
4. Bahia Black - Gwagwa O De (Axiom)
5. Ben Harper - Don’t Take That Attitude To Your Grave (EMI)
6. Norman Brown - Acoustic Time (Mo Jazz)
7. Raleigh Moon - Professor Stephanof (Unknown)
8. Flora Purim - Cravo A Canela (Milestone)
9. Stanley Clarke - Spanish Phrases For Strings And Bass (Polydor)
10. Arvo Part Cantus - In Memory Of Benjamin Britten (EMI)

Download: Coldcut, PC - Solid Wood (2nd Hour) (1hr, 82MB)

Tracklisting (2nd Hour)

1. Trilok Gurtu - A Blessing In Disguise (Times Square)
2. Byron Wallen - Unknown (Twilight Jaguar)
3. Youssou N’Dour - Undecided (Columbia)
4. Les Papans - Tiambla La Tera (Unknown)
5. Dollar Brand - African Marketplace (Elektra)
6. Sebastian Rocher - Gingawah (Unknown)
7. Alice Coltrane & Carlos Santana - Angel Of The Air (Impulse)
8. Unknown - Unknown (Unknown)
9. Unknown - Unknown (Unknown)
10. Unknown - Unknown (Unknown)
11. Unknown - Unknown (Unknown)