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Lord Spikeheart's mixtape

Verity Sharp shares a heavy Valentine鈥檚 mix by Kenyan vocalist and producer Lord Spikeheart, plus archive radio adverts for ravers' datelines and tracks for hopeless romance.

Verity Sharp shares two hours of adventurous music for lonely hearts, with the heaviest Valentine鈥檚 mix from Kenyan artist Lord Spikeheart, plus archive radio adverts for ravers' datelines from the 90s and tracks for hopeless romance.

Nairobi-based vocalist, lyricist and producer Lord Spikeheart, aka Martin Kanja, is a huge presence in Africa鈥檚 heavy music scene, as well as electronic and metal underground worlds internationally. Best known as half of the electro-dystopian grindcore duo DUMA, Kanja has recently started his own label HAEKALU records, which he says focuses 鈥榦n the heaviest unconventional sounds from the Continent鈥�, and will soon release his solo debut album.

As a nod to this week鈥檚 romantic holiday, Lord Spikeheart has made Late Junction an alternative Valentine鈥檚 mixtape, blending together heavy sounding 鈥榖allads鈥� and music from the darkest underground.

Elsewhere in the show, Verity shares joyful and sensual salsa from Venezuela, new contemporary music for a cappella voices by New York ensemble Ekmeles, and a melancholic serenade from the father of Trinidadian Chutney music, Sundar Popo.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • The Pirate Radio Archive

    Intro (Dateline II)

    • London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��-鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��1993, Vol. 2.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • Lord Spikeheart & SAIONJI BBBBBBB

    TYVM (feat. SAIONJI BBBBBBB)

    • The Adept.
    • HAEKALU RECORDS.

  • Peter Br枚tzmann

    Nr. 18: e-flat-clarinet

    • 14 Love Poems [plus 10 more].
    • FMP.

  • Diepkloof United Voice

    Baninzi

    • Harmonizing Soweto: Golden City Gospel & Kasi Soul from the new South Africa.
    • Ostinato Records.

  • Calogero Gioieni

    Sicily: Amuri Amuri - Carrettiera

    • In Mezz'una Strada Trovai una Pianta di Rosa: Italian Folk Music Collected in Ne.
    • Smithsonian Folkways.

  • Still House Plants

    M M M

    • If I don't make it, I love u.

  • Flynn Mchardy

    So I've Had Some Thoughts About Sound

    • Good Serious Fun.

  • The San Lucas Band

    Marcha N煤mero cuatro

    • La Voz de las Cumbres: Music of Guatemala.
    • Les Disques Bongo Joe.

  • Los Kenya

    No Salgas de tu barrio

    • Discomoda: Salsa de Venezuela 1964-1977.
    • Olindo Records.

  • Mike Cooper & Pierre Bastien

    Return to Chagos

    • Aquapelagos Vol 2.
    • KEROXEN.

  • Stella Chiweshe

    Njuzu

    • Ambuya!.
    • Piranha Records.

  • Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh

    This One Is For You

    • live at Sonic Acts.
    • scatterArchive.

  • Lost Witness

    Run, If You Can (Don't Go Down That Road)

    • Ancestor Sounds.
    • Africatown, AL.

  • Alessandro Bosetti & Neue Vocalsolisten

    Portraitist III

    • Portraits de voix.
    • Kohlhaas.

  • Ekmeles & James Weeks

    Primo Libro (by James Weeks)

    • We Live the Opposite Daring.
    • New Focus Recordings.

  • Harry Partch

    Scales

    • Harry Partch 1942 (live).
    • MicroFest Records.

  • Lord Spikeheart's Mixtape

    • Lapis Lazuli & Lord Spikeheart

      Scotch Rolex (feat. Lord Spikeheart)

      • TEWARI.
      • HAKUNA KULALA.

    • Barry Brown

      No Wicked Shall Enter (The Kingdom of Zion)

      • Big Big Politician / No Wicked Shall Enter.
      • Justice.

    • Slayer

      Reborn

      • Reign in Blood.
      • Def Jam Recordings.

    • OvO

      La Morte Muore

      • Ignoto.
      • Artoffact Records.

    • Senyawa

      Istana

      • Alkisah.
      • Phantom Limb.

    • NZIRIA

      Ultratrance

      • Ultratrance.
      • Never Sleep.

    • Abdullah Miniawy

      I am in the sea now

      • I'm in the sea now.

    • Blackhaine

      Let me know

      • And Salford Falls Apart.
      • HEAD II.

    • Raja Kirik

      Act IV Slompret Slompret

      • Phantasmagoria of Jathilan.
      • YES NO WAVE MUSIC.

    • Meridian Brothers

      Guaracha UFO

      • Desesperanza.
      • Soundway Records.

    • A茂sha Devi

      Mazda

      • Of Matter and Spirit.
      • Houndstooth.

    • Au Fil de L'Air & Dizu Plaatjies

      Yaka Yaka

      • Clapotis.

    • Les Rallizes De虂nude虂

      Memory is far away

      • '67-'69 Studio et Live.
      • Rivista Inc..

    • El mout Fazil

      Kezal

      • Kezal.

    • El Michels Affair & Piya Malik

      Murkit Gem

      • Yeti Season.
      • Big Crown Records.

    • Moor Mother

      Nois Bois

      • Fetish Bones.
      • Don Giovanni Records.

    • Disfiguring the Goddess

      Queen Kingdom

      • Sleeper (Instrumental).
      • Decomp Records.

    • The Soft Moon

      Pain

      • Criminal.
      • Sacred Bones Records.

    • NZIRIA

      Pensiero

      • XXYBRID.
      • Never Sleep.

    • Heith

      Your Element (A spell of equality)

      • X, wheel.

    • Richard Horowitz

      Eros never stops dreaming

      • Eros in Arabia.
      • Freedom To Spend.

    • dj Khalab & Baba Sissoko

      Kumu (Dengue, Dengue, Dengue remix)

      • Khalab & Baba (Remixes).

    • Evil Activities vs. The Viper

      Raw To The Floor

      • Raw To The Floor.
      • Neophyte Records.

    • Morbid Angel

      Radikult (Evil Activities Remix)

      Remix Artist: Evil Activities.
      • Radikult (Evil Activities Remix).

    • Public Image Ltd

      (This Is Not A) Love Song

      • This Is What You Want... This Is What You Get.
      • Virgin.

    • DakhaBrakha

      Baby

      • Light.

    • Lucio Battisti

      Timida molto audace

      • La sposa occidentale.
      • Sony.

    • Jos猫 Manuel

      Macumba

      • Excursion Africanism.
      • Music For Dreams.

    • Snake Gang

      Suicide Friday

      • Suicide Friday.
      • Never Sleep.

  • The Pirate Radio Archive

    Intro (Dateline III)

    • London Pirate Radio Adverts 1984鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��-鈥嬧�嬧�嬧�嬧��1993, Vol. 2.
    • Death Is Not The End.

  • Alula Down

    Sprig of Thyme

    • Betwixt & Between 5.
    • Betwixt & Between Tapes.

  • Se谩n McKeon & Liam O'Connor

    The Pipe on the Hob / An Buachaill铆n Bu铆

    • Dublin Made Me.

  • Kory Reader

    If the Thought Evaporates

    • If the Thought Evaporates.
    • Full Spectrum Records.

  • Rat Heart Ensemble

    'Help' Spelled Backwards

    • Northern Luv Songs 4 Wen Ur Life's A Mess.
    • Shotta Tapes.

  • Sundar Popo

    Tears in My Eyes

    • Come Dance With The Champ.
    • Windsor Records.

  • Mohammad Syfkhan

    I Am Kurdish

    • I Am Kurdish.
    • Nyahh Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Feb 2024 23:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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