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April 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Lock Down Chill Out

I haven’t made a playlist for a while – so I jumped on the old Spotify and pulled together a few old favourite tunes – and a couple of new favourites too…and plenty of newly rediscovered old favourites… Anyway, click on the link here or check it out below. You can follow me on Spotify for more playlists. […]
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December 28, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: San Fran presents Summer Sounds with Simon Sweetman, December 28, 2018

Most years between Christmas and New Year’s I do a wee DJ set at the San Fran, our way of letting the people know the bar’s open again in the lead up to Bill E’s New Year’s Eve extravaganza. It’s a low-key thing. Summer tunes. Usually “Kiwi BBQ” is the theme, this year I decided […]
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March 1, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Royksopp’s Melody A.M. and their Late Night Tales: Late Night Driving Favourites

I forgot all about Royksopp. I loved their debut, Melody A.M. – I was working in a music store at the time and new music was arriving, daily. (Obviously). It was a good time to be working in music retail – for a start there were still customers. And though, very swiftly, the various taglines […]
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May 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Dobie: We Will Not Harm You

Dobie We Will Not Harm You Big Dada Records Anthony Alexander Campbell, better known as Dobie,, finally gets around to following up The Sound of One Hand Clapping but of course he’s known for work with Tricky, Rodney P and Soul II Soul among others – the reputation has allowed him some freedom. But the […]
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