Tonight we are WORLDWIDE.....

Usual drill, 1st hours breaks and beats, 2nd hour hip hop, starts at 9PM GMT, available locally on 102.5FM and globally over at www.thebottomlesscrates.com.

I'm in a hurry so here's Dave's blurb from the invites that went out to our facebook group members, catch you later!

We're fitting so much in the show this week we're taking Epillim as a precaution!

Winner Stays On champs FOULMOUTH & ACID REIGN return to defend their title with a live phone interview prior to taking on a new challenger; we introduce Newcastle's finest steel drum orchestra, the All Stars, Weathergirl Mel reveals more stunning meteorological nous; and who knows, we may just get carried away and start shouting again.

Beats garnered from the dustiest reaches of the crates this week include the likes of Muddy Waters, Ill Boogs, Henry Mancini, Keno 1 & The Hermit, NASA, Depthcharge and The Love Unlimited Orchestra; Hip hop wise we have some grade-A classics from Kool Keith, Big Daddy Kane, Channel Live, Jehst, Brand Nubian and Kamanchi Sly to name just a few..

Join us at 9pm (GMT) or 4pm (EST (see? We're learning)) on 102.5FM for the locals or over at www.thebottomlesscrates.com for our WORLDWIDE brethren.

Make Beats, Not War.

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/)

Crate Britain

Featuring amongst a liberal sprinkling of eclectic mayhem, we present to you a pulsating megaton of UK hip hop gems from the last 20 years...... Last night's Bottomless Crates radio show....Pt 1, Pt 2.

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

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

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).

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

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!

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!

Radio 6

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

Catch of the Day

Red Snapper have produced some pretty tasty and, at times, quite mental lo-fi/jazz/funk/hip hop/electronica nuggets over the years, here's a few morsels - do watch out for the bones....

Strike One and Last One (Coldcutted and Gutted by DJ Food), both taken from the 1996 Loopascoopa EP.

Mooking (Depth Charge remix), from the Mooking 12", again 1996).

Radio Shoes

At long last, here are the two previous Bottomless Crates shows from NE1FM. The show from last week is in 2 halves as it's 2hrs.

Thursday 6th August

Thursday 13th August Pt 1

Thursday 13th August Pt 2

With the change of studio and an assortment of techinical gremlins things could have been better presentation wise (!), but rest assured, the tunes are top notch.....

Radio 3

Just a reminder that The Bottomless Crates are live on NE1FM 1(102.5) from 5-6 PM this evening. The show will be available for download here tomorrow and also available from 7 this evening via the facebook group!


++++ Friday - As an update, we were unable to get a copy of last night's show, the studio has changed premises and the recording takes place at the old site still. All being well, the link will be up early next week. +++++

Snakes Pass Cities

Time to round off the weekend with a couple of tracks picked from A.P.E's 1995 "Striplight" album.

Expect hip hop drum loops, guitar and harmonica with a dollop of jazz/dub/electronic noodling and all that kind of thing... perfectly inoffensive.

Cities and Snake's Pass, both from the vinyl L.P. If you wear a beard, now would be a good time to stroke it.

Flav meets Spike

Three nice tunes up now including some good old lunacy from Flavor Flav, Barry White's band and a relative of Eddie Murphy (search for yourself, it's Friday and I can't be bothered to check)...

Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Flavor Flav meets Spike Lee) (1989, Fight The Power 12")

K-9 Posse - No Sell Out (1988 from the self-titled LP)

Barry White & The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Can't Seem To Find Him (1974 from the Together Brothers LP)

Thank Funk It's Friday Pt. 3

Bringing the Friday funk to a close now with one of many, many covers of Lee Dorsey's "Get Out My Life Woman". An undisputed classic covered by well over 20 artists and sampled by hundreds more since it's original release date of 1966 on Lee's debut album "The New Lee Dorsey".

This version is from Grassella Oliphant's 1967 debut album "The Grass Is Greener" and keeps it instrumental, letting the horns wail over the totally expected sweet, sweet drums and bassline.

Enjoy your weekend, more tunes are on the horizon and it's not that far away.....

PS, talking of multiple covers of this track... this is what I mean!

Thank Funk It's Friday Pt. 2

More breaks for your general perusal and horizon-broadening now.

In 1970, Junior Mance released his 3rd album "With A Lotta Help From My Friends". The final track on here was "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' To Ya", an absolute gem of an instrumental with a killer piano hook (as you'd kinda expect).

Secondly, another final album track, this time from Earth, Wind and Fire's self titled 1971 debut album, "Bad Tune". You may recognise this from a couple of places, either as the break from Brand Nubian's "Dance To My Ministry" or more likely, from the GTA 4 soundtrack (if I remember rightly).

Anyhoo, killer tunes and lovely breaks....