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Our weekly Japanese rotation takes us to Tokyo’s Asakusa district with presenter Toshio Matsuura at the controls. WW Tokyo is live from WIRED HOTEL ASAKUSA.

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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.  

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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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 Barnaby Duff – the Creative Programme Officer from Help Musicians UK – who will talk about the charity, help and funding provided for young musicians and also do a little guest mix! Get ready to celebrate the new Future Bubblers’ 3.0 compilation, championing and mentoring a host of burgeoning musical talent, available to pre-order now!

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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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DJ, Producer and founder of DMZ and DEEP MEDi MUSIK, Mala is one of the pioneers of UK bass music and a visionary best known for his contributions to the scene known as dubstep. He explores the past, present and future of his ever expanding collection.

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Sam Fawcett‘s taking over Morning Mari* for the rest of the week to send us a morning signal from the Worldwide FM studio.

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. Papaoul is joined by Joseph Efi in the studio for a chat and a live session. Joseph Efi is a London-based artist making various styles of experimental electronica. Inspired by disparate artists such as Chet Baker, Burial and Charles Bukowski, he aims to evoke stories through his off-kilter beats and warm textures. He self-released his debut ‘In Dust EP’ in 2018 and hosts a monthly show on Balamii radio. He is currently working on new music and visuals, hopefully releasing in late 2019.

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International Anthem artist, clarinetist, singer & spiritual jazz soothsayer Angel Bat Dawid broadcasts from Chicago with Lumpen Radio. Photo by Alejandro Ayala. Angel is joined by Julian Otis, Xristian Espinoza, Isaiah Collier and Phillip Armstrong.   

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Our flagship weekly new music show with Global Roots, exploring underground culture and international vibrations. For this week’s show, Thris is joined by Bakongo and Brazilian Wax. Bakongo Wayne has been at the forefront of UK underground music, merging genres and pushing UK Funky for just over a decade. With so many styles and influences around including his Jamaican heritage as well as South African house styles, back in 2008 he was able to start two projects at once – continuing to pursue the Roska route with UK Funky having its peak around 2011 he was able to tour the world for years to come becoming an ambassador for the sound and clearly the only artist to have had such success. He’s now presenting his project Bakongo. Brazilian Wax Brazilian Wax are Leeds-based DJs, presenters and party-starters, Joe Osborne & Henry Weekes. Committed to sharing the weird and wonderful from Brazil with the rest of the UK, they’re putting on parties nationwide this autumn alongside Emma-Jean Thackray, Mr. Bongo, and Global Roots. 

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Heidi digs deep for eclectic selections from club music to psychedelic indie, and everything in between. Don’t expect anything. Expect everything. DJ Heidi is joined by one of underground music’s most respected selectors, prolific producers and legendary gentlemen, Andrew Weatherall. Expect jams and laughs galore.

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Broadcasting weekly from their Parisian cafe, it’s Le Mellotron and Anders bringing you the full spectrum of jazz to electronica. For this week’s show, Neil Bopperson takes over!

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Brownswood‘s Skinny Pelembe, experimental trumpeter Emma-Jean Thackray, masked producer Riddim Research lab and Future Bubblers alumni Elsa Hewitt all perform live in Moscow in collaboration with PWRHS and British Council.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. New music you need to know about – Erica McKoy and WW Daily breaking down all the latest at Worldwide FM. Erica has a live session with Brighton based jazz outfit Ebi Soda.

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International Tribe is a weekly mix series hosted by Thris Tian. This week’s International Tribe mix comes from Detroit’s Shigeto  Playing tribute to his Japanese roots and his father middle name, Shigeto is the artist alias of Zach Saginaw. Taking knowledge from his childhood in Michigan, his sound is influenced from the likes of old Motown and Jazz records to new school electronica. He has had releases on labels such as Moodgadget, Vanity Press Records, Portage Garage Sounds and he is a close affiliate of Ghostly International, with 13 releases on the legendary imprint. As well as a killer producer, Shigeto’s selections and DJ skills are equally impressive and he steps up for the next hour with an eclectic mix of new and old.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. New music you need to know about – Erica McKoy and WW Daily breaking down all the latest at Worldwide FM.

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Our weekly Earlybird show direct from Brussels returns with Lefto at the controls, spanning upfront music from hip hop to jazz to club sounds. On this week’s show Lefto presents new music from Romare, Molinaro on Apron, new Joe, Four Tet, Paranoid London, K15 and many more.

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Marina presents an hour long show with Joviale live in session in the Worldwide FM studio. Joviale’s music paints landscapes and worlds: lovers on sinking boats, birds of paradise, the whispering and wailing of sirens luring people towards danger. On her upcoming EP ‘Crisis’, produced by Bullion (Laura Groves, Westerman, Sampha) and being released on Blue Flowers (Nilufer Yanya, Westerman, Puma Blue) in September, she uses her unique talent for musical story-telling to address and soothe the myriad of crises – “identity crisis, personal crisis, financial crisis” – that life in your 20’s seems to consist of.

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Monthly show from London jazz virtuoso Shabaka Hutchings. The Sons of Kemet saxophonist presents two hours of music from his record bag, ranging from his trusted favourites to new and rare finds. Two lynchpins of UK jazz come together as Shabaka Hutchings is joined by fellow saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia for a special broadcast.

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Representing the alternative in European music and attitude, Match&Fuse takes up Worldwide FM’s purpose of uncovering artists hell-bent on staying true to themselves. This month Debra plays music from some of the bands appearing at the 12 Points Festival. Known for showcasing young European talent with unique angles on jazz, it takes place in a different city each year. This September it will be in Amsterdam. She also focuses on the Gamut Festival in Zurich run by a dynamic collective who nurture experimentations in sound and space. Please note: the last track of the show contains short periods of quiet.

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“There is no other group that spans this incredible period… you are touching the very first generation of hip hop”. A founding member of De La Soul, New York’s DJ Maseo sits down with Gilles Peterson for three hours to chronicle his role in creating one of hip hop’s greatest institutions, exploring the unique spirit of the Native Tongues movement and jumping in the mix with classic joints from across the years. Produced by Will Horrocks. Photography by Jesse Howard. Due to licensing restrictions, listeners in North America will have to subscribe to our Mixcloud SELECT account to listen to this on-demand.

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Our Daily show, hosted by Papaoul (Gabriel Francis) on Mondays and Fridays and Erica McKoy on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. New music you need to know about – Erica McKoy and WW Daily breaking down all the latest at Worldwide FM.

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Our weekly Australia rotation returns with a luminary of the Australian club scene, DJ JNETT guides you through the best new and classic jams.

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Radio Highlife is one man’s global adventure in music. Presented by London-based ‘Glas-Goan’ DJ and digger Auntie Flo, every month features a diverse range of music, field recordings and stories based on the places he visits and people he meets along the way. Always on the hunt for the most extreme and hard-to-categorise sounds, Radio Highlife is a monthly showcase of music that has fallen between the cracks.

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Weird party bangers and eclectic club sounds with Rhythm Section and International Black aficionado MLE. For her first show, MLE is joined by acid breakbeat and future garage producer and DJ Eliphino.  

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Monthly 2-hour show from Carlos Icaza of the Mexican group La Redada. For this episode, Carlos presents a Mexican Music Special celebrating the independence in Mexico City. as he improvised an all Mexican vinyl set during the live recording session at Aire Libre. Expect to hear a blend of jazz, funky rock, guarachas and guaguanco and some oddities, all recorded in Mexico.

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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.

We celebrate jazz drummer Elvin Jones’ 92nd birthday with a selection of music in tribute, spanning his work with John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Allen Ginsberg, Andrew Hill and his own solo material.

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. Journalist and broadcaster Haseeb Iqbal takes the reins of our flagship WW Daily show, bringing you all the latest from our Worldwide FM London HQ.

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South Korea’s DJ Soulscape aka Min June Park presents a new wave of music from East Asia and beyond.  

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