A DJ who doesn't step out of the shadows enough at all for my liking, Shaolin combines choice taste in music with seamless transitions. He's the DJ king of the Kendal Calling festival and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. Enjoy the first of two new mixes from his simian, but gentle, fingers.

https://soundcloud.com/shaolin_monkey

Andrea joins me a couple of days before International Women's Day, when she'll be hosting a show on Reform Radio. A killer selection as always and plenty of chat.

Ohio Players - Ecstasy
Arnold Blair - Finally Made It Home
Gladys Knight - It’s A Better Than Good Time
Aquarian Dream - Play It For Me (One More Time)
Hejira - I Don’t Belong To Anyone
Ty - Baby Love
The Meditation Singers - I Love My Jesus
Batuki - Oribata
Prince - Breakfast Can Wait
The Clash - Police and Thieves
Sister Sledge - As
Solange - Junie

The silkily-voiced Garzon-Montano toured with Lenny Kravitz last year, and Crawl is only one of a slew of songs I've been hitting rewind to from his debut album. Noname has dropped one of the most beautifully subtle soul albums of 2016, but it's only now I've found the the time for a proper listen. Manc hip hop from longtime pal Dubbul O hits hard and pays tribute to Gang Starr with its title. Paul White's beat on Lion's Den is dreamy. Synths abound from Aim, Survive, Mogwai and Onyeabor. Lord Echo provides this episode's title and Jungle Fire are back with their second album, Jambu. Piano soul from Sampha and Joseph Scaturro, crazy funk from Thundercat and pure jump-up South American rhythm from Quantic and Nidia. The theme from one of my favourite films, bass from the Cosmic Bridge stable with a Transformers reference and one from the Havana meets Kingston project. Hope you hear something you like!

Gabriel Garzon-Montano - Crawl

Erykah Badu - Window Seat

Noname - Diddy Bop ft Raury and Cam O’bi

J Dilla - Time: The Donut Of The Heart

Dubbul O x Clay - Mass Appeal ft Blind MIC

Paul White ft Danny Brown - Lion’s Den

Aim ft QnC - Lyrical Expert

Eric Lau - Lau’s Lament

Survive - A.H.B.

Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein - Kids

Mogwai - Remurdered

William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb

Lord Echo - Just Do You ft Mara TK

Jungle Fire - Callejero

Kaidi Tatham - Treacle Manifestations

Matthew Halsall and the Gondwana Orchestra ft Josephine Onayama - Badder Weather

Quantic and Nidia Gongora - Que Me Duele?

Raphael Attar - Slow It Down (Climax)

Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano

Joseph Scaturro - Fallin' By The Waist

Thundercat - Friend Zone

Kaytranada - Together ft AlunaGeorge and Goldlink

Om Unit & Sam Binga - Optimist Prime

James Newton Howard - Unbreakable

Mista Savona - Carvinal ft Randy Valentine and Solis

The PLAYLIST ft Glenn Lewis - 1995

El Michels Affair ft The Shacks and Lee Fields - Tearz

Lee Fields joins me in conversation, so I thought I'd make it a soul special. A selection of records I played to warm up for him at Gorilla in Manchester, plus some of his own.

Candi Staton - His Hands

Childish Gambino - Redbone

The Rollers - Knocking At The Wrong Door

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Faithful Man

Lee Fields & The Expressions - You’re The Kind Of Girl (45 edit)

Phenomenal Handclap Band - Baby

Betty Wright - I Love The Way You Love

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings ft Lee Fields - Stranded In Your Love

Lee Fields x Agent J - interview

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Special Night

Timmy Thomas - Why Can’t We Live Together (DJ Ayres Edit)

Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - If This Ain’t Love (I Don’t Know What Is)

The Staple Singers - Let’s Do It Again

Lady Wray - Do It Again

Conrad Jackson - Come Back With Me

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land Is Your Land

The Como Mamas - Out Of The Wilderness

Nina Simone - Feeling Good

The New Birth - I Can Understand It

Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On

Terry Callier - Occasional Rain

Dionne Warwick - You’re Gonna Need Me

Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - 8th Wonder

The Mighty Mocambos ft Lee Fields - Where Do We Go From Here

The Sylvers - Only One Can Win (Re-Edit)

Funky Music Machine - Gotta Clean Up The World (Before The World Cleans You Up)

The hypnotically ethereal selection of one of Manchester's most warm hearted, soulful and community-spirited music lovers. Catch his City Whispers show fortnightly on Reform Radio, encapsulating the beating heart of the city with interviews and live performances. Pablo also forms part of the core of the legendary Better Days parties. 

Enjoy the sounds of:

Saul Williams - DNA

Rhian Benson - Say How You Feel ( SV Remix)

Bahamadia - I Confess (Ka-yu Remix)

Jimetta Rose - Constellations feat Georgia Ann Muldrew

Madison McFerrin - No Time To Lose

Stimulator Jones - Soon Never Comes

Muzzy Legault - Jimmi

Melissa McMillan - Keep Coming Back To You

Haitus Kaiyote - Laputa (Taylor McFerrin remix ft Anderson Paak)

Branko - Let Me Go feat Nonku Phiri and Mr Carmack

Odunsi - Vibrate Emmanuel Speaks - Ojuelegba

Chargaux - 5 4

Samantha Levital - Pas a Pas

Low Leaf - Physclez

La Tribu De Abrante - Yo No Se

Sumohair - Ninã

AfroQbano - Vai Morrer Sem Amar

Gatusalsa y Tumbao - Mal Amiga

Eric Lau - Divine feat Fatima

Maylee Todd - Hieroglyphics (TBG edit )

Les Nubians - Makeda

Diggs Duke - He Wants To Live Like You

Beating the January blues: Lee Fields, Eric Lau, Gallant, Children Of Zeus, Oddisee, San Lazaro...

Agent J on selection.

More: Groovement.co.uk

Brand New Heavies - I Don't Know Why (I Love You) (A Tom Moulton mix)

Lee Fields & The Expressions - Special Night

Lord Echo - Thinking Of You

J. Cole - Change

Ondatrópica - Hummingbird

Gallant - Weight In Gold (Sweater Beats Remix)

Rim & Kasa - Love Me For Real (Nik Weston Re-Edit)

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain Future Head ReEdit

Womack & Womack - Teardrops

Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer

Clint Mansell - San Junipero (Saturday Night In the City of the Dead)

Solange - Cranes in the Sky (Kaytranada Edit)

Solange - Cranes in the Sky

Children Of Zeus - Crown

Oddisee - Things Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life

Eric Lau - Lift Off

Little Simz - Shotgun (Ft. Syd)

Kadhja Bonet - Gramma Honey

San Lazaro - Tirando Rosas

Gallant - Bourbon

Tracks that have been rolling around in my head for the past couple of weeks, and a few inspired by Black Mirror's San Junipero - including Terry Callier's timeless Dancing Girl. ---

Terry Callier - Dancing Girl

Shadow - Let’s Get It Together

Bana - Potin & Pontin

Gabriel Garzon-Montano - The Game

Peter Thomas & Mocambo Astronautic Sound Orchestra - Space Patrol (Orion 2016)

Patsy Gallant - It’ll All Come Around

Gallant - Weight In Gold

The Weeknd ft Daft Punk - I Feel It Coming

Alexander O’Neal - Fake

Clint Mansell - San Junipero (Saturday Night In The City&hellip

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me

Renoir - BussaBus

Emanon - Make It Over

Paper Tiger - Ooh (J-Felix remix)

Karriem Riggins - Bahia Dreamin

Equipe Radio Cidade - Bons Tempos

Talib Kweli ft Seu Jorge - Favela Love

Sandra De Se - Olhos Coloridos

Moonchild - The Truth (DJ Jazzy Jeff and James Poysner remix)

Childish Gambino - Have Some Love

Ari Lennox - Backwood

Kin Kai x Mecca 83 x Moo Latte - Glow

Lakuta - Ultimate Robot (Captain Over remix)

Ellis Meade - Wukin

Deft ft Om’mas Keith - Let’s Hook Up (Neil Landstumm remix)

Hector Plimmer - Eastern System

Lee Fields - Just Can’t Win

Starkiller x Harleighblu - Middle Of The Road

Agent J talks to Sharon in 2008, plus a chronological retrospective of favourite tracks. Love ya, Shazza.

Photo credit: Kyle Dean Rainford

New music from the funk, hip hop and electronic spectrum... and Cash.

Recorded 29 October 2016. Enjoy! @jamiegroovement groovement.co.uk

The Shacks - This Strange Effect

Machinedrum - Celestial Levels ft Jesse Boykins III

DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World (Hudson Mohawke Remix)

Gallant - Skipping Stones ft Jhené Aiko

Neko Neko - Waiting ft Najia Bagi

Kool Keith - Super Hero ft MF Doom The Seshen - Distant Heart

NxWorries - What More Can I Say

Danny Brown - Really Doe ft Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Sol, Earl Sweatshirt

Johnny Cash - Hurt Bear McCreary - Walking Dead Main Title (UNKLE Remix)

Harleighblu x Starkiller - Live Fast, Die Young

Flevans - A Distant View

Solange - Borderline (An Ode To Self Care) ft Q-Tip

Mecca 83 - From Summer To Autumn

Fudge - In My Shoes

Lady Wray - Do It Again Mndsgn - Cosmic Perspective

Michael Kiwanuka - One More Night

Evinha - Esperar Pra Ver

DJ Woody - How To Respond

EKO - Funky Disco Music

Bugalu Foundation - La Cadena

The Do Dat Den family explore Afro and South American styles, spinning baile funk, kuduro, cumbia and everything in between to ears over London way.

Chilean-blooded Nick BSc Hons is 1/4 of the crew and has regaled Groovement with this mix of killer modern Latin styles, recorded live at The Docks Studios.

If you're down south, their next party is Hallowe'en weekend over in Whitechapel with guests Bass Clef and Hagan. Tix for Sat 29 Oct: https://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?883823

FB: https://www.facebook.com/dodatden/

Nick's Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/nick-vergara/

Havana Club Rumba Sessions - Yambu (Daisuke Tanabe and Yosi Horikawa Remix)

IFÉ - House of Love (Ogbe Yekun)

Mala - Como Como

Maga Bo - No Balanço da Canoa (Chancha Via Circuito Remix)

SidiRum - Akasha

DotoradO'PrO' - Me Dá Só Do Quadradinho [Tarraxo] ♥

Julito Balacera meets Andrés Digital - Rakataka (Tribilin Sound Remix)

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Dengue Dengue Dengue - Badman

Interlude

chancha via circuito - camino de posguerra ft. sara hebe

Mr Pauer - Pronto Vamo'a Llega (Bosq Remix) [feat. Tumbao]

Mina - Pineapples & Qumquats

Blaze Kidd - Elemento

Grupo Socavon - Homenaje a Justino (Uproot Andy Remix)

Novalima - Madretierra

ÌFÉ - 3 Mujeres (Iború Iboya Ibosheshé