This time round we’re back in the mid to late 90’s with PC and Strictly, aka DJ Food as they take an hour each with very different paths. PC’s mix, labelled ‘African Steel’ on the DAT mixes all manner of percussion together, both old and new, traditional and contemporary. Burundi beats and thumb piano collide with downtempo breaks and Photek on 33rpm instead of 45. Many DJ sets are often described with the tired old cliché of ‘taking you on a journey’, this one zips all over the globe and manages to be in several places all at once.

Kev takes us on a different trip, off into outer space with large helpings of electronica and easy listening held together with excerpts from John Carpenter’s Dark Star soundtrack. Stereolab offshoot Turn On appear several times as does George Harrison from his solo album on Zapple. John Williams, Neil Norman and Lalo Schifrin take care of the soundtrack side of things, and the emphasis is on leftfield experimentation with Autechre sampling glass and Dick Hyman emitting Moon Gas.

PC - African Steel (TX: ??/06/1996)
Podcast: Available via Solid Steel Podcast (21/11/2008 show)

*No Tracklisting*

Strictly Kev - Dark Star Sci-Fi Sex Up (TX: 14/09/1997)
Download: DSSFSU (56mins, 77MB)

Part 1: The Sphere
1. Neil Norman - Dark Star (GNP/Cresendo)
2. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Sci-clone (Raw Dog Mix) (Coalition)
3. Spiritualized - C Phase (Spaceman)
4. George Harrison - No Time Or Space (Zapple)
5. Si Begg - Sing Circle System (Noodles)
6. Turn On - Electrocation Of Fire Ants (Duophonic UHF Discs)
7. Excerpt From Dark Star - Listening Pleasure (Citadel)
8. Meat Beat Manifesto - Placebo (PIAS)
9. 2 Player & DJ Vadim - White Painted Roads (Lo Recordings)
10. John Williams - The Conversation (Arista)

Part 2: The Bomb
1. Turn On - Ru Tenone (Duophonic UHF Discs)
2. Microstoria - Microlab Endless Summer (Thrill Jockey)
3. Air - Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi (Sourcelab)
4. Lalo Schifrin - Commando Opus (MGM)
5. Mr Mahoney - Harmonica Storm (Noodles)
6. Beck - Strange Invitation (Geffen)
7. Turn On - Delimiting (Duophonic UHF Discs)
8. Turn On - Glangerous (Duophonic UHF Discs)
9. Autechre - Krib (Warp)
10. George Harrison - Under The Mersey Wall (Zapple)
11. Excerpt From Dark Star - Bomb Speech (Citadel)
12. Dick Hyman - Moon Gas (Actione)