Edan is one of the most exciting and imaginative live acts we’ve ever seen and while the gestation period between each full album has been frustratingly long, both Primitive Plus and Beauty and the Beat were brilliant, surprising albums. We were excited, then, to come across Edan’s stab at radio. Clocking a mere two hours plus and dropping a mix of rock, roots, soul, hip-hop, jazz, obscure Peruvian folk (by the sounds of it) and whatever else comes in-between, this is some truly out-there radio. A fantastic peek into the Humble Magnificent’s musical mind and surely set to become a DIY classic. For future episodes go to myspace.com/eeddaann

For those of you not wishing to inflict such an epic mix on your i-pod, head to www.rappcats.com who still have the J Rocc mixtape that was done for the Blue Note Droppin Science comp. J Rocc flits between the originals and the tracks that sampled them. V v nice. As an aside, in the early 2000’s, Blue Note allowed Muro and Biz Markie to go through their well guarded vaults and mix it up as they pleased. Alas these great mixes were only for the Japanese market, if anyone knows where we get them – I had them on Mini-Disc, going way way back – please get in touch.

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