What's going on?

This is what's going on......

Wednesday's show kicked ass, one of our best so far (only 6 shows left till our first year broadcasting anniversary). We had;

The usual array of 1st rate breaks, beats and rhymes and some soundtrack nuggets from Roy Budd and friend of the show Mr Lalo Schifrin.

Mel (Head of The Bottomless Crates Meteorology Division) updated us on meeting Rio Ferdinand (England football captain) at Legoland.

A live call in from Dweller to accept the retiring Winner-Stays-On championship on behalf of Rick Mal (not to mention his own work on the tracks Rick flowed over) and also to introduce Organix which is now going to be a regular feature on the show (we're very happy to promote this - top, top tunes with a platform for unsigned artists to rip the mic).

With Rick Mal retiring undefeated, the Winner-Stays-On battle got two new artists in the shape of Foul Mouth & Acid Reign representing NY state versus Baron Von Alias & MistaBreeze representing Newcastle - 2 awesome tracks went head to head and voting kicked off with early heavy support to the US (including Lexi from North Carolina who called the studio within 5 mins of the votes opening - dedication!). Voting remains open till midnight Saturday - so do your bit by hitting the facebook group and posting on our wall or, if you ain't on facebook, either email us or put something up on the website chat box...

Anyway, looks like next week is going to be massive.... So, to wrap up the first show for June... here's the links you'll need;

Show download here,

Vote either on the facebook group or on the chat box at thebottomlesscrates.com (links to email myself and Dave there as well),

Links for Foul Mouth -

http://www.myspace.com/foulmouthrip
http://www.twitter.com/foulmouthrip
http://www.myspace.com/hellsheroesmusic
http://www.youtube.com/foulmouthrip
http://www.reverbnation.com/foulmouthmusic

Links for Baron Von Alias -

http://www.myspace.com/baronvonalias
http://www.itunes.com/baronvonalias

Rick Mal (undefeated champion on the Winner-Stays-On) mixtape,

Dweller - The Covered Up Mixtape 2010 ,

Info on Organix.....

Thanks again to all who contributed this week and on previous weeks - we value it all a hell of a lot and are always happy to promote good music.

Apologies if I forgot anyone or anything, shit's been hectic - in a good way!

(Image shamelessly stolen with thanks from e-milesaysongsdothematter.blogspot.com/)

Get well soon Keith

Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

Last night's Crates for your bad selves... A fair old whack of A-grade old school UK, some heavyweight US classics, 2 brand new UK tracks, plus all the usual lunacy coupled with a guest mix....... here & there.

You Are Being Served

So, another Bottomless Crates radio show went ahead on Monday just gone, the previous week's show having being cancelled due to ill health. As usual, the tunes were crispy and all was going well until the guests turned up.... Find out what happened for yourself (I can barely bring myself to talk about it and am dreading the damages bill)...

Artists this week included; Ronnie Hazlehurst, Sugar Bear, The Demon Boyz, Si Begg, Dr Octagon and Coldcut among many, many others.

First part of two

Second part of two

Magic Animals

What links mild mannered animal voiceover specialist, cult TV naturalist and all round good guy Johnnie Morris with death-dealing retribution machine, hardcore revenge nut and all round uber-vigilante (in his movies) Charles Bronson?

You guessed it!

It could only be The Bottomless Crates radio show from the 1st of February 2010...

From Bernard Purdie to Junior Mance via Earthling, The Mighty Ethnicz and Gordon Staples then finishing up in late eighties/early nineties Wales with The Headcase Ladz (not mentioning countless other superb artists featured along the way)...

Part the first

Part the second

Back again.

Back in fuller effect.

The Bottomless Crates radio show, tonight from 10 till Midnight, 102.5 NE1 FM.... Gonna be mighty fine!

Email studio@ne1fm.com or text 60300 starting your message NE1 for shouts and all that!

Don't forget The Bottomless Crates on Facebook, have a search about and feel free to join up, all welcome....

TBC 110110

Monday's show, with a touch of added Les Baxter for good measure.

1st Hour


2nd Hour

Oh yeah, Monday's show....

Part 1

Part 2

Mo' Crates

Last night's Bottomless Crates. You know the drill....

Part One, Part Two.

Photo courtesy of www.aziomediablog.com

Back LIVE tonight!

Back on air tonight 10pm to Midnight, 102.5 NE1 FM.

No names, but expect some astounding UK hip hop and a bootload of breaks..... All coming live from NE1 FM's new studio! *

*Thanks to some alternate transport arrangements (Not pictured above).

Yesterday's Crates

She's smiling because she loves Depth Charge vs Silver Fox....

Without further a do, make much haste and pay regard to last night's Bottomless Crates radio extravaganza, available in two unequal parts both here and here.

It's a auditory gloryhole and no mistake!

Tonight's Crates...

Tonight 10PM till Midnight on NE1 FM 102.5

Featured artists this evening include;

Bob James, The Ohio Players, Funkadelic, Brothers Johnson, Barry White, Ike & Tina Turner, Braintax, Stig, Gunshot, Jurassic 5, Johnny Pate, Freshski & Mo Rock, Depth Charge and Blade...

Do join us, it's going to be both thoroughly enjoyable and good for your teeth too.

Listen again and again and.....

Hot off the presses, here's another chance to catch last night's show, it's a game of two halves although the tracks are not in any kind of rigid order.... As always, feedback is very welcome... Enjoy!

The Bottomless Crates 021109 Part One and Part Two

Tonight on The Bottomless Crates radio show...

Afternoon to y'all, tonight's show promises to be a stormer, expect tunage from (but not limited to) the following;

Kool & The Gang, Ike Turner, Eddie Kendricks, Bill Withers, The Temptations, Zapp, Herbie Mann, The Dub Pistols, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Wilson Pickett, The Average White Band, The O'Jays, Run DMC, Asaviour, Blood Sweat and Tears, Graham Central Station and KRS One.....

Look again at what you have just read. Now, just imagine all that and then some, lovingly squeezed into 2hrs of quality radio and garnished with yet more funky stuff....

We are LIVE on air from 10pm GMT on NE1 FM 102.5 in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area and if you can't pick the station up live, fret not. Come back tomorrow for the chance to listen again via the power of the interwebs.

BTW, the image of the audio set up above is (very unfortunately) not mine, check out this page for more.... the lucky sod!

Listening again

Apologies for the lack of d/load action for the last few shows, we hope to rectify this shortly. In the meantime, grab the first hour of Monday's show here.........

Enjoy!

There are many Crates, all of which are Bottomless

Yep, It's Monday again and as usual there's a job lot of funkiness and hip hop mayhem in the post for 10pm GMT...

Tonight's treats come from (amongst others);

Nice & Smooth, The Bar-Kays, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Stetsasonic, Slick Rick, Just-Ice, Herbie Mann, Gangstarr and some heavy duty Flying Lotus...

As usual, we can be found from 10 till midnight on NE1FM 102.5 with d/loads to follow in the near future once we get our hands on them...

Miss this one at your peril!

It's Monday, It's 10PM, It's time for....

Hell yeah, it's Monday again and we are back on the air from 10 till midnight with another hazy blend of hip hop, dirty funk and soundtrack....

Tonight's contributing artists include;

Black Sheep, Quincy Jones, Ann Peebles, Serge Gainsbourg, Skull Snaps, Hieroglyphics, Erykah Badu, The JBs and Parappa the Rapper...

Do join us for 2hrs of auditory ass kicking, gratis!

Tonight on The Bottomless Crates

Don't forget, we are now live on NE1 FM every Monday evening 10PM till Midnight (GMT)....

Tonight's musical contributors include, but are by no means limited to;

Aretha Franklin, Buddy Rich, The Incredible Bongo Band (not Apache!), Syl Johnson, The Mystic Moods Orchestra,
Lou Donaldson, Peggy Lee, Camille Yarborough.

This evening's Hip Hop will be brought to you by such luminaries as;

Stetsasonic, Marley Marl, Hijack, Blade, London Posse, The Fearless Four.

A quality package of funk, breaks, hip hop, soundtrack and all things nice, especially for you!

The shape of things to come

The Bottomless Crates

Back on the air from Monday 28th September, 10 - midnight

NE1 FM, 102.5

As endorsed by Lalo Schifrin!*



* Honestly!

Back once again

Hello again, sorry for the lack of action here recently...

The Bottomless Crates radio show is about to kick off again, re-born as a 2 hour weekly show and looking like Wednesday 9 till 11 at the moment. All we are waiting for is the start date so we should be on air again within a couple of weeks, hold tight!

In the meantime, here's a big, fat selection of big, fat tunes that have been played over the last weeks to give a taster of what to expect sonically once we return....

In no particular order and not selected as a "best of", just some good tunes.... Enjoy.

Danielle Patucci - La Dimo Strzione

MC Duke - Miracles

JJ Johnson - Pull Jabal Pull

Roy Budd - Get Carter Theme

Ray Baretto - Pastime Paradise

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Quincy Jones, Bill Cosby & Mixmaster Mike - Hikky Burr

Sugar Bear - Ready To Penetrate

The D.O.C - It's Funky Enough

Blade - Mind Of An Ordinary Citizen

The Undisputed Truth - Poontang

Churchill - Here We Are

Sylvia Striplin - You Can't Turn Me Away

Henryk Debich - Melodia Z Filmu "Shaft"

And finally.... The Bottomless Crates - Show Intro (A work in progress!).

So, keep it locked, much more like the above is on it's way...

Radio 6

Last night's show is up for grabs HERE, it's a blinder, don't miss it!