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Story Of... Mushroom Jazz with Mark Farina

The Blessed Madonna delves into one of dance music's most influential mixtape series with its creator, Mark Farina.

The Blessed Madonna delves into one of dance music's most influential mixtape series with its creator, Mark Farina.

Beginning in the early 90s, the Mushroom Jazz tapes combined elements of downtempo, hip hop, jazz and R&B, and spawned with it a whole subculture in rave music. It came to provide the perfect antidote for the aggressive DnB and post-acid techno of the American rave scene.

Not only did the sound become an alternative offering to ravers in nightclubs throughout America, but also found a home within the tape decks of indie-hipsters, even hippies!

Join Marea and Mark as they talk through the tape's history and legacy, and of course spin some of their favourite tracks from the vast archive of volumes.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 26 Feb 2022 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Glamco Productions Presents Jazzy Grooves & DJ Smash

    Ooh Lawd

    • Eightball Records.

  • Rose Windross

    Love In The Making

    • Talking Loud.

  • A Tribe Called Quest

    Jazz (We’ve Got)

    • The Low End Theory.
    • JIVE Records.
    • 11.

  • Young Disciples

    Apparently Nothin'

    • TALKIN' LOUD.

  • Young Disciples

    Move On

    • Talking Loud.

  • Young Disciples

    Freedom Suite

    • Talkin' Loud.

  • Naked Funk

    Midnight Calling (feat. Valerie Etienne)

    • Boogie Back Records.

  • De La Soul

    Plug Tuning

    • Tommy Boy.

  • Organized Confusion

    Walk Into The Sun

    • Hollywood Basic.

  • Riccio

    Lil Boy

  • DJ Food

    Klutes Groove

    • Jazz Breaks Vol. 1.
    • Ninja Tune.

  • Innocence

    Let's Push It

    • Cooltempo.

Broadcast

  • Sat 26 Feb 2022 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 Music