Fireside Chat - Air

Air on Red Bull Radio Fireside Chat! 'I was a guy from Versailles, I didn't know how to make hip hop beats!' - Air co-founder Nicolas Godin discusses the Air sound, collaborations and more' - SWOOOOON



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Tim Sweeney's Headphone Highlights

Tim Sweeney talks about how he got started with DFA and his Beats In Space show. He played the saxophone on that Dance To The Underground track they released! Amazing. Some quality insights into his buzz along with some sweet DFA tracks and some of the tracks on his own BIS label too. Yay!

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Tracklist:
1 Space Is The Place Sun Ra / Blue Thumb
2 Dance To The Underground (The DFA Version) Radio 4 / DFA
3 Olio The Rapture / DFA
4 Casual Friday Black Leotard Front / DFA
5 I Feel Space Lindstrøm / Feedelity
6 New York Story Lee Douglas /Rong
7 Hello? Is This Thing On? (Thomas N' Eric's Rub And Tug Throwdown) !!! / Touch And Go
8 The Rose Laughing Light Of Plenty / Whatever We Want
9 Parfait Tirage Paradis Beats In Space
10 Are You Asleep Gonno / Beats In Space

I've posted a good few of these shows, where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard, Q-Tip, Bonobo, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Questlove, Caribou and Underworld.

I've also posted some of Tim Sweeney's Beats In Space show, check out Coma, Mano Le Tough and Holy Ghost!'s sets here.

Also been listening to loads of Palmbomen II which is on the BIS label, check that out here, it's my current maxi music crush!

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Session Victim: Train Wreck Mix

First mix of 2015! In an attempt to allay the general fear within, post-festivies and in the face of impending return to work / real life, and despite its name, this mix is a gentle vibe enhancer from 2 man house band Session Victim - just really cool, chill but not too chill tracks with a bunch of their own thrown in. Lovely stuff. Hope your January is going ok. January can SUCK. And it's ok to think that*. Anyway. back to the choons:



Tracklist:
1. The Touch - Eddie C
2 Glow In The Dark - Session Victim
3 Partido Alto - (LTJ Experience Remix) Azymuth
4 Eo's Place  -Session Victim
5 Savannas - Maricopa
6 Time To Let You Down - Session Victim
7 Closer - Celi Bee & The Buzzy Bunch
8 Same Way I Feel - (Session Victim Remix) Midnight Magic
9 Crystal Maze - Session Victim
10 Lagoon Drive - Ever Moving
11 Outro - Session Victim

Such a deadly remix of the Midnight Magic track - big fan of MM here in Swooner Towers. Check out an amazing mix of their tunes Soul Clap made here.

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*If you or someone you know is having a rough time of it you can email for help here or call Aware on 1890 303 302 (10:00 - 22:00).

Nightmares On Wax: Live Set @ Th!nk Festival

Here is a deadly live set by DJ Ease aka Nightmares On Wax at Th!nk Festival in Leipzig. Very sweet vibes with some funk and soul, heading into some nice beats. Perfect!



Check out his Beats in Space show I posted recently here, also contains a sweet little doc about him.

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Erlend Øye's Fireside Chat

"One thing I really like in life is to make people dance. I love to be the guy that comes into the party and realises 'oh..I think everyone wants to dance but they are just too shy to dance!' - and so I start dancing on the dancefloor on my own and ... after they see me dancing around it feels much safer for them to go there!'

Whitest Bergen boy alive, King of convenience and emperor of dreaminess Erland Oye talks about getting into music, deejaying and the different bands he's been with - and there's a bunch of his solo,  KOC and WBA tracks thrown in. Very chilled, apart from the Kakkmaddafakka track!



Tracklist:
1. Winning A Battle, Losing The War - Kings Of Convenience
2 Leaning Against The Wall - Kings Of Convenience
3 Toxic Girl - Kings Of Convenience
4 The Athlete - Erlend Øye
5 Ghost Trains - Erlend Øye
6 Drop (Kings Of Convenience Tusen Takk Rework) - Cornelius
7 Homesick - Kings Of Convenience
8 I’d Rather Dance With You - Kings Of Convenience
9 Golden Cage - The Whitest Boy Alive
10 1517 - The Whitest Boy Alive
11 Restless - Kakkmaddafakka
12 Boat Behind - Kings Of Convenience
13 La Prima Estate - Erlend Øye
14 Garota - Erlend Øye
15 Fence Me In - Erlend Øye

I've posted a good few of these shows, where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard, Q-Tip, Bonobo, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Questlove, Caribou and Underworld.

Chet Faker: Melbourne Marvels

More excellent radio from Red Bull. Chet Faker playing some of his favourite tunes - and favourite artists - all from his hometown Melbourne. Some really cool tracks in here from artists I'd never heard of, and a couple I had - I've had my ear on Thrupence for a while, looking to hear more from him! I lived in Melbourne for a while a few years back and really loved it, and it's cool to hear someone talk so fondly about it and hear what's going on over there musically now. Which is a lot, apparently!



1 Cigarettes & Loneliness - Chet Faker
2 All I Could Do - Oscar Key Sung
3 Tornado Never Dies  -Tornado Wallace
4 Take Higher Ground - I’lls
5 Flemington - Tom Day
6 Kiss Before The Fall - HTRK
7 Help Me Out - Lucian Blomkamp
8 Try It Over  -Yujen
9 Swashbuckle - Thrupence
10 Gold - Chet Faker
11 Rebecca’s Theme (Water) A.r.t. Wilson
12 1998 (Chay Fezzy Remix) Chet Faker
13 Melt feat. Kilo Kish Chet Faker

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Caribou's Fireside Chat radio show

Dan Snaith, aka Caribou, aka Daphni, aka musical dreamboat, talking about his youth and getting into music and his influences and processes - with loads of his tunes spanning his career thrown in. Quality radio. Saw him recently as Daphni at the Dublin City Block Party, it was whopper.



Tracklist:
1. Sun - Caribou
2. People Eating Fruit - Manitoba
3. Tits And Ass: The Great Canadian Weekend - Manitoba
4. Yeti - Caribou
5. The Four Horsemen - Aphrodite’s Child
6. Barnowl - Caribou
7. Dundas, Ontario - Manitoba
8. She’s The One - Caribou
9. Melody Day - Caribou
10. Hello Hammerheads - Caribou
11. Leave House - Caribou
12. Odessa - Caribou
13. Jiao - Daphni
14. YeYe - Daphni
15. Our Love - Caribou
16. Can’t Do Without You - Caribou

I've posted a good few of these shows, where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard, Q-Tip, Bonobo, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo and Questlove.

Caribou's gig here in Vicar Street on November 5th is sold out.

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Questlove's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

By this artist 

"We talk a good game - but someone has to show up at the studio"

The Roots drummer and human music encyclopaedia Questlove talks about being born and raised in West Philadalphia (hard not to sing that bit) by strict parents, his journey to become an amazing machine like drummer, then meeting Dilla and how that forced him to re evaluate everything he had learned, becoming successful, working with Jay-Z and D'Angelo and, even despite his success, still managing to be kept in check on occasion! Quality radio for any Roots fans. (But for the record I do not agree with his 'no shame' deejaying policy - although it sounds like he is having trouble coming to terms with it himself!)



1 Distortion To Static - The Roots
2 Long Lonely Nights - Lee Andrews & The Hearts
3 Why Do Fools Fall In Love - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon
4 Door Of The Cosmos - Sun Ra
5 Soul Drums - Bernard Purdie
6 It's Comin' - The Roots
7 What Goes On, Pt. 7 - The Roots
8 Proceed - The Roots
9 The Lesson, Pt. 1 - The Roots
10 Clones - The Roots
11 Ital (The Universal Side) - The Roots
12 Dillatastic Vol Won(derful) - The Roots
13 Can't Stop This - The Roots
14 Bullshit - The Pharcyde
15 Feel Like Makin’ Love - D’Angelo
16 Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D’Angelo
17 The Line - D’Angelo
18 Time Traveling (A Tribute to Fela) - Common
19 The Next Movement - The Roots
20 You Got Me - The Roots
21 Jigga What, Jigga Who (Unplugged) - Jay Z
22 What They Do - The Roots
23 Water - The Roots
24 Star - The Roots
25 Rising Up - The Roots
26 A Piece Of Light - The Roots
27 Radio Daze - The Roots
28 Lighthouse - The Roots

I've posted a good few of these shows, where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard, Q-Tip, Bonobo, Erykah Badu and D'Angelo.

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Mark E: Live In The Forest on RBMA

Mark E lashing out the serious beats in this mix on Red Bull Radio. They appear to have spelled forest wrong, but don't let that put you off! Bangin tunes. Last one is a particularly sweet groove too.



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Here is one of my favourite Mark E tunes while we are at it:

D'Angelo's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

"I never had a chance to really get any jazz training or what have you like that, 

but I always felt like that was a good thing, it would have changed my whole style.."

Check out this interview where D'Angelo talks about his beginnings in music and making his first album, meeting his heroes, and is generally just extremely charming and amusing. What a smooth individual. And lots of his beautiful music to soothe your mid-week soul.



Tracklist:
The Root - D'Angelo
Overjoyed - The Boys Of Choir Of Harlem
U Will Know - B.M.U.
Shit Damn Motherfucker - D'Angelo
Brown Sugar - D'Angelo
Lady - D'Angelo
The 'Notic ft. D'Angelo - The Roots
Playa Playa - D'Angelo
If You Got Funk You Got Style - D'Angelo
Superman Lover (Demo) - D'Angelo
Ain't Nobody Home - BB King with D'Angelo
Feel Like Makin' Love - D'Angelo
Devil's Pie - D'Angelo
Hard To Earn (Demo) - D'Angelo
Chicken Grease - D'Angelo
Untitled (How Does It Feel) - D'Angelo
Left & Right - D'Angelo
Spanish Joint - D'Angelo
I Found My Smile Again - D'Angelo

Although I would have liked a bit more of this particular vibe:



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Check out these similar, also awesome shows I've posted where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard, Q-Tip and Bonobo.

Tanlines: Live at Brooklyn Flea Record Fair

Jesse Cohen from Tanlines played this set at Brooklyn Flea Record Fair a couple of days ago for RBMA. Not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't a Madness tune followed by some serious hip-hop and dancehall and a couple of bangin' tunes thrown in at the end - all very slick!

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Not sure how well known Tanlines are this side of the Atlantic - if you don't know 'em you should check 'em out. They are from Brooklyn and produce very cool tunes. Check out the video for their song 'All Of Me' here and possibly my favourite song of theirs 'Real Life' here. (The whole album is called Mixed Emotions). For more info on the band go to truepanther.com/artists/tanlines.

Cohen also has a podcast where he talks to people from other bands, it's called No Effects, you can subscribe here. He seems really cool, check it out.

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Bonobo's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

Simon Green aka Bonobo aka Swoon Merchant Extraordinaire talks a bit about his music, his early career and how he went about production in the early days. He goes on to discuss making Black Sands around 2009 and his influences, living in Brighton, working with Erykah Badu. Super chilled, quality radio.


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Tracklist
Eyesdown ft. Andreya Triana - Bonobo
Scuba - Bonobo
Kota - Bonobo
Terrapin - Bonobo
Flutter - Bonobo
Nothing Owed - Bonobo
Nightlife ft. Bajika - Bonobo
Black Sands - Bonobo
Heaven For The Sinner ft. Erykah Badu - Bonobo
Cirrus - Bonobo
Get Thy Bearings feat. Szjedene - Bonobo
Recurring - Bonobo
Quiet Dawn (Bonobo remix) - Nostalgia 77

Check out this live Bonobo show from 2009 (video) I posted last year, and this live set from Elysee Montmartre (audio only);  both very cool.

And while you are at it, check out these similar, also awesome shows I've posted where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins,  Joe Goddard and Q-Tip.

Q-Tip's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

Feeling a little seedy post Paddy's day weekend? Let the soothing tones of Q-Tip's voice flow over you and cure what ails you. Q-Tip knew about age 12 when he was making tapes that he was going to be a producer. He talks about his youth and early career and plays some of the tracks that influenced him, and about when he met Dilla for the first time, his solo stuff, how he got really into jazz and lost 20,000 records in a fire. SO interesting. Great radio. And lots of Tribe. What a ledge.

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Tracklist:
Gettin Up - Q-Tip
The New Rap Language - Spoonie Gee
The Promo - Jungle Brothers
Bonita Applebum - ATCQ
Youthful Expression - ATCQ
Straight Outta Compton - NWA
Excursions - ATCQ
We Got(The Jazz)- ATCQ
Electric Relaxation - ATCQ
The Chase Pt.2 - ATCQ
One Love - Nas
Give Up The Goods - Mobb Deep
Get A Hold - ATCQ
1nce Again - ATCQ
Get A Hold - ATCQ
Find A Way - ATCQ
Like It Like That - ATCQ
Vivrant Thing - Q-Tip
Breathe And Stop - Q-Tip
Things We Do - Q-Tip
Barely In Love - Kamaal The Abstract
Official - Q-Tip
Believe - Q-Tip

Check out these similar, also awesome shows where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band), Jon Hopkins and Joe Goddard.

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Joe Goddard's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

Joe Goddard from Hot Chip talks about his influences and plays some of the tunes that got him into dance music and some tunes from his other projects. It was recorded a good while ago, but no matter. Amazing tunes, a couple of unexpected ones and a couple of great Hot Chip remixes. Had never heard that last track before either. Sweet!  

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Tracklist:
Always Be There - Basement Jaxx
I Can't Kick This Feelin' When It Hits - Moodymann
Love Can’t Turn Around - Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk
The Love I Lost (Theo Parrish Edit) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
One Life Stand (Carl Craig PCP Remix) - Hot Chip
Over And Over (Maurice Fulton Dub Remix) - Hot Chip
Drive Your Car - Grovesnor
Moon Hits The Mirrorball - Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Mercy Time - The 2 Bears
Gharbzadegi - Robert Wyatt

I posted a deadly mix he did for DFA, check it out here.

Check out these similar, also awesome shows where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band) and Jon Hopkins.

Pional live at RBMA Radio Berlin

Going to check out Pional on Saturday, just came across this little gem of a set he did for RBMA Berlin last September, when Young Turks took it over for a while.

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I also posted a Modcast he did, also awesome. Check it out here.

For more info about the gig check out the FB event page. Get tickets (Leon Vynehall also plays) here.

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I've posted a bunch of Red Bull radio shows - check out these awesome shows where artists talk about their influences and careers or play tracks they dig - Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers, Talib Kweli, Jackson (And His Computer Band) and Jon Hopkins.

Jon Hopkins' RBMA Headphone Highlights show

Jon Hopkins on Headphone Highlights - he plays a load of tunes that he likes and talks about them. Dreamboat. Also, that King Creosote track is extremely beautiful and addictive. A gorgeous collection of tunes.

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Tracklist:

Get Familiar - Bullion

Connjur - School Of Seven Bells

Insides - Jon Hopkins

The Fallen - Franz Ferdinand

No One Had It Better - King Creosote

Colour Eye - Jon Hopkins

Power Tools - Voltek

Growls Garden - Clark

I Am Daylights - Song Of Green Pheasant

Running The Loping - Smog

I've posted a live video of him playing at Skif Festival from a few years ago. It's SO good, check it out here if you haven't already.

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P.S.
I've posted other similarly sweet Red Bull radio shows  -  where artists talk about their influences and careers or tracks they dig. Check out these awesome shows with Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers and Talib Kweli and also Jackson (And His Computer Band).

Jackson (and his computer band) on Red Bull Music Radio

How's your french? Jackson Fourgeaud of Jackson And His Computer Band fame talks to Red Bull Music Radio's French channel 'Crème Brulée' and plays a load of his tunes. I know some people in France look at Swooner, (bonjour!) but even if your french is as bad as mine, it's well worth a listen. I am pretty confident that 'techno' means 'techno':


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Tracklist:
G.I Jane
Pumpking Jack Flash
Jackson?
Wonderlove
Radio Caca
Tropical Metal
Utopia
Dance by Justice, Jackson remix
Vista
Memory
Arp no.1

Get his amazing album 'Glow' here.

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P.S.
I've posted other similarly sweet Red Bull radio shows where artists talk about their influences and careers, check out these awesome shows (these ones are all in English!) by Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell, Nile Rodgers and Talib Kweli.

I've also posted a couple of non-musical podcasts that are really good radio, check 'em out here.

Talib Kweli's Red Bull Fireside Chat radio show

Talib Kweli did a Fireside Chat for RBMA. Really interesting to hear him talk about how he got started and came up with Mos Def, being friends with Dave Chapelle, working with DJ Quik and Madlib. And a load of gorgeous tracks in between of course.



Tracklist:
1 Industry - Lies Mood
2 Fortified Live - Reflection Eternal
3 Definition - Black Star
4 Chaos - Reflection Eternal
5 Move Something - Reflection Eternal
6 The Blast - Reflection Eternal
7 Love Language (Instrumental) - Reflection Eternal
8 Put It In The Air - Talib Kweli ft. DJ Quik
9 Little Brother - Black Star
10 In The Mood - Talib Kweli
11 Over The Counter - Talib Kweli feat. Madlib
12 Time - Hi Tek feat. Dion & Talib Kweli
13 Country Cousins - Talib Kweli feat. UGK Raheem DeVaughn
14 History - Mos Def
15 Just Begun - Reflection Eternal feat. Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def
16 Come Around - Reflection Eternal feat. Termanology & Royce da 5’9
17 In This World - Reflection Eternal

I've posted other similarly sweet Red Bull radio shows where artists talk about their influences and careers, check out these awesome shows by Chromeo, Mayer Hawthorne, Holy Ghost!, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, The Rapture, Jamie Lidell or Nile Rodgers.

I've also posted a couple of non musical podcasts that are really good radio, check 'em out here.

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Chic: live at Lovebox, London, Summer 2013

Photo from here. 

I have been lucky enough to see Chic live a few times, most recently this summer. I'm up there somewhere! However, this live set below is from London - happy vibes - at times you can hear the crowd going bananas and I can't help but remember the live show and get back into the buzz. Nile Rodgers, you ledge. Love the way he always reminds everyone that HE WROTE ALL THE SONGS EVER.


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Tracklist:
Intro
1 Everybody Dance
2 Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)
3 I Want Your Love
4 I’m Coming Out
5 Upside Down
6 He’s The Greatest Dancer
7 We Are Family
8 Soup For One
9 Lady (Hear Me Tonight)
10 Like A Virgin
11 Lost In Music
12 Notorious
13 Original Sin
14 Spacer
15 Thinking Of You
16 Let’s Dance
17 My Forbidden Lover
18 Le Freak
19 Good Times
20 Rapper’s Delight
21 Good Times

Nile Rodgers did a Fireside Chat radio show for Red Bull that I've posted before, check it out here. I've also posted a documentary that BBC did about him called The Hitmaker, check that out here.

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Jamie Lidell's RBMA Fireside Chat radio show

Some refreshingly frank musings on music, life and career from super soul funky white guy Jamie Lidell, and a load of his sweet tunes too of course, including some of his real early ones. That 'Daddy's Car' track is whopper. LOVE 'Don't You Love Me' at the end. Swoon!


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Tracklist:
1 I’m Selfish - Jamie Lidell
2 Multiply - Jamie Lidell
3 So Cold - Jamie Lidell
4 Figured Me Out - Jamie Lidell
5 Merkabah - Subhead
6 Darn (Cold Way O’Lovin) - Super_Collider
7 Daddy’s Car - Jamie Lidell
8 The City - Jamie Lidell
9 Another Day - Jamie Lidell
10 It's A Kiss - Jamie Lidell
11 Completely Exposed - Jamie Lidell
12 Completely Exposed (Beck Remix) - Jamie Lidell
13 What A Shame - Jamie Lidell
14 You Got Me Up - Jamie Lidell
15 You Naked - Jamie Lidell
16 Don’t You Love Me - Jamie Lidell

If you liked this you will probably love the one that OTHER super soulful white guy Mayer Hawthorne did. Check it out here.

I've posted a bunch of similar Red Bull shows featuring artists such as John Talabot, Kim Ann Foxman, Breakbot, Morgan Geist, Chromeo and Holy Ghost! - check them out here.

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