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Sound Obsession is a monthly two hour deep dive into specific musical genres, artists, era’s. Host Kirk Degiorgio goes as deep as its possible to go with a chronological approach that includes everything from well-known classics to previously unheard gems. To celebrate Kirk Degiorgio joining the Worldwide FM team – Gilles Peterson interviews Kirk over the course of three hours where they discuss everything from his early interest in black music via his Aunt, to his development as a young DJ and beat-tape maker, record store worker and finally his life as a full-time recording artist/producer. Featuring musical influences and his own productions – Gilles and Kirk delve into a life lived in music.

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Suma Sound DJ/Selector and Worldwide FM head engineer Borge is in the studio for his new 2-hour show. Deep Forward explores old and new global soundsystem music and its various offshoots. This month Borge is joined by Tiff’s Joints boss, Touching Bass member and Red Bull Notting Hill Carnival booker, Born Cheating.

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Drummers Inc. is a weekly series, giving our favourite drummers a platform to showcase their favourite rhythms. Femi Koleoso, drummer for experimental jazz outfit, Ezra Collective and Jorja Smith, lays down two hours of the finest in hip hop and jazz beats.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show.

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Mari* looks to the day ahead with upcoming shows and tunes. And on every Friday, special shipping forecast will be brought to you by Rob-san AKA General Rubbish AKA Earl Zinger.

Open Library is a monthly show which invites listeners into DJ Deep‘s virtual music library. For this two hour journey, DJ Deep explores Ambient, Afro Soul, Funk, Jazz and Dub together with forward thinking Electronica, House and Techno.

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This month Haseeb is joined by esteemed sound engineer, Gareth Finnegan. The pair trace Gareth’s unique approach to engineering music, meticulously sculpting the sound for both live gigs and albums, having worked on the music of Binker & Moses, Ibibio Sound Machine and Nina Miranda. Gareth navigates the importance of how his past experiences have informed his approach to life today, from spending years squatting in London from the age of 15, to having to confront homelessness a few years later, he explores the importance of community and DIY spirit he learned throughout those formative years before travelling to the Canary Islands, Mexico and Peru in different stints. Inspired by the Peruvian sound, Gareth started a band called Los Chinches that went on to play at the Barbican, Glastonbury and Bestival before collaborating with Capitol K to record an album, whilst Gareth was working nights on the London Underground. He soon became affiliated with Total Refreshment Centre and Church of Sound, becoming the prime sound-man; a sonic maestro, absorbing many with his technical and emotive skill-set. The pair also aim to decipher solutions to the mental health issues that come from a financially-strained creative background, looking into what has helped Gareth over the years, combining their conversation with music throughout.

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Monthly show with Selectors Assemble, a growing collective of DJs producers, artists, movers and shakers that assist projects connected with CoOp presents and beyond.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show. Gabriel is joined by IGBO (EYE-GEE-BEE-OH) the band in the studio for a session and a chat.

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Monthly show from Kate Hutchinson, Guardian music and culture journalist, broadcaster and DJ from London. She is also the former Clubbing Editor at Time Out and is still waiting impatiently for the fidget-house revival. For her July show, Kate is joined by Worldwide fam Rita Maia to discuss her new documentary, Lisbon Beat, the exuberant portrait of the city’s Afro-Portuguese artists that she made with cinematographer Vasco Viana, and which launches at the ICA in London tonight. Plus there’s a guest mix from Red Axes ahead of the premiere of their Trip Project at Sonar, with sounds from Vietnam, India, Ethiopia and the Ivory Coast.

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Global Roots Radio, a weekly dose of experimental, underground music from across all corners of the globe; with independent music and culture at the core. For this week’s Africa Cup Of Nations special, Global Roots is joined in studio by producer Ekiti Sound for a chat, as well as a guest mix of sounds spanning the continent.

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International Tribe is a weekly mix series hosted by Thris Tian. This week’s International Tribe mix comes from Otik.  For the past few years, Ashley Thomas has steadily been building up his artillery of forward thinking, hard hitting & emotive club music under his moniker, Otik. After releasing on the likes of Dusky’s 17 Steps, DEXT Recordings, and multiple remixes for Polydor, he recently debuted a 4-track effort on Keysound Recordings in late 2018. In 2019 so far, he has released on Nous Disques and a follow up on DEXT Recordings featuring Hessle Audio’s Bruce, as well as a track out on Midland’s Intergraded label “This mix is a journey through an amalgamation of mostly unreleased and forthcoming music I’ve made over the past 3 years, as well as a couple that were released this year. There are a few different moods in here, but I’d say the mix best represents my sound(s), and what I’m experimenting within the studio.”

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show. Erica is joined in studio by Khadim and Kadialy from Little Baobab, a Senegalese pop up restaurant and music agency.

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Tune in for Realistic Behaviour with Alabaster DePlume on Worldwide FM. Alabaster introducing musicians from different backgrounds to play together for the first time, and develop material live on-air. On this edition, Guest DJ Mama Calore is bringing her awesome collection of Peruvian grooves that grab the body via the soul for warm joyous movement. Playing live in the session this month we introduce Ben Hayes (synths), to Pete Yelding (cello), and Jack Ellister (guitar/voice). We’re each bringing material and the courage to respond to & support one-another with creative genuine voices.

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We recently headed to Moscow for a whole weekend of musical goodness with The British Council as part to their Year Of Music 2019. As well as lots of live music and DJ sets, a record fair on Sunday provided ample opportunity for digging. Never one to miss an opportunity, Gilles was straight in the crates and this mix represents the best of his finds. From the folk music of Georgia to a Russian cover of Fela Kuti’s Zombie this mix demonstrates the diversity of musical styles created throughout the former USSR. Also, for more on our trip check out our Russia recap on Global Roots.

Weekly show with Lefto, the Brussels based selector and Studio Brussels host. For this week’s show, Lefto has brand new and upcoming music from Dego, Ossie, Blood Orange, Martyn, Novelist, Mono/Poly and many more.

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Pete On The Corner is a DJ, music journalist and label boss at On the Corner Records. Pete is joined by producer and digger DJ Tahira for a chat and a guest mix.

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Monthly show from Simbad, long-standing Brownswood curator and producer. Simbad is joined by Faizal Mostrixx who performs as an artist in dance, choreography, social work and music production.  

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show.

Show from Darker Than Wax’s Dean Chew (AKA Funk Bast*rd). Darker Than Wax is an electronic music label based in Singapore, breaking bounds and grounds, progressing the music scene in their city and extending their influence globally. Through a growing stable of international artists and selectors, they continue to grow from strength to strength, tirelessly pushing for diversity in music and proving that categories are totally irrelevant. Dean is joined by Tereza.

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We continue our Australia rotations with WW Melbourne. Allysha Joy will be bringing you Australian delicacy for two hours.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show.

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This week for our rotation of shows broadcasting every week from Melbourne and Brisbane, we have Sampology in the studio. With an impressive career spanning over a decade, 2018 saw Sampology return with a stunning follow up to his internationally praised 2016 EP Natural Selections. Launching his own Middle Name Records imprint, Sampology released the six-track Mt Glorious EP in August 2018. Picking up where Natural Selections left off, the relentlessly innovative Brisbane native has continued to evolve as an artist and performer, with Mt Glorious featuring renowned special guests Georgia Ann Muldrow, Dudley Perkins and Jordan Rakei. He is joined by Godtet.

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Worldwide FM Label Fair is a mix / mixtape series to introduce passionate record labels, who champion new releases and re-issues. For this episode, we are joined by Light in the Attic Records. Light In The Attic specializes in reissues of vital music from the past, from well known legends such as Sly Stone, Willie Nelson and Francoise Hardy, to somewhat overlooked but equally important artists like Rodriguez, Betty Davis and Lee Hazlewood. Recently LITA has released a series of Japanese titles and compilations, much of it for the first time outside of Japan.

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Amy and Selassie offer an insight into Future Bubblers, their talent discovery and development programme, powered by Brownswood Recordings. Strictly new, UK music. For this month’s show, they are joined by Forest Law. A bright, Brazilian-tinted sensibility runs through every track which Forest Law creates. From Hornchurch, Essex, and now based in London, he makes warm, eclectic compositions in his garden shed. He takes groove as his driving force, building outwards in kaleidoscopic directions.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. In one hour, catch up with the latest sessions, music, news and guests in our flagship WW Daily show. Sam Fawcett takes over the daily show to start the week and he is joined by Louf (aka Louis Fitton) in the Worldwide FM studio to talk about his new release and provide a guest mix.

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Toshio Matsuura presents his fortnightly two hour music program, WW Tokyo. One of the founding members of the U.F.O. (United Futures Organisation), Toshio has remained a leader in the Tokyo nightlife scene for years. WW Tokyo is live from WIRED HOTEL ASAKUSA.

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Tune in for a special show from the Liverpool-based music writer, record collector and DJ, Danny Fitzgerald. For the better part of the past 8 years he has been focusing his research on Trinidadian calypso music, its roots, and its wider influence in music from American jazz to West African highlife. The culmination of this has been two compilation albums produced for Soul Jazz Records: Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean 1955-69, which presented an overview Trinidadian calypso recorded at home and in Britain, plus related music from Jamaica, The Bahamas, and Panama; and Nigeria Freedom Sounds: Popular Music And The Birth Of Independent Nigeria 1960-63 which examined a cross-section of styles including calypso, highlife, mambo, juju, apala, and more. In both cases he provided access to rare recordings and wrote extensive liner notes. For part three, he focuses on ‘Funky Trinidad’! He is also joined by Merten Kaatz of Cree Records.

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La Mezcla is a monthly show hosted by Ady Harley, broadcasting from Miami on the third Monday of every month. Expect to hear the freshest music from all over Latin America, including Brazil and the Caribbean.

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