Bobby & the Xennials: 123 in 1992
1992. 123 tracks over 3 hours.
This is possibly my fave year in music. The year I left school. I DJed for the first time in public at a house party that Summer, started college and started sneaking into nightclubs. A massive one for me.
The first two hours go through hip hop, swing, soul, acid jazz, ragga, indie, metal & pop.
The last hour is a rave-up with a few curveballs and some grungy ballads for the post-rave comedown.
Bobby & the Xennials: 1991 Vol.2 | Strictly Bobness
The second mix of music from 1991. 75 tracks over 90 minutes. This is like a channel hop through late night weekend TV, binging VHS tapes of Top Of The Pops, alternative radio, several film soundtracks and one of those weird compilations called “Rave Fever” that would also weirdly include Simply Red. You could say this is several mixtapes in one, but it’s definitely at least two.
A Rockin’ Rave Side and a New Jack Rap Side. Sort of. Press play.
Bobby & the Xennials: Abobalypse 91
1991. It saw the release of some truly groundbreaking albums. Dance music still dominated the charts with chirpy house anthems whilst the underground rave scene continued to explode and crossover. Hip hop’s commercial stature had stepped up too, whilst jazz-lead boom bap dominated during the midst of the “golden era”. The stature of alternative rock was back in the spotlight as indie, shoegaze and grunge came to chart prominence. Soul was split between the re-emergence of jazz-funk bands in the acid jazz scene in the UK and new jack swing continued to dominate the US. 30 years ago, music sounded like this…
Bobby & the Xennials: 1990.2 | The New Batch
1990. Part two. 90 tracks from 1990 (almost) that were hitting the charts and hitting the clubs. It was a knockout year. So much so, Mike Tyson took his first k/o! Here's some of it...
Bobby & the Xennials: 90 Minutes in 1990
This is a 90 minute visit to 1990, with 70 tracks that were hitting the charts and the clubs. Commercial hip hop, dance music and indie labels dominated both. Moodier and bleepier. Also everyone used the same three breaks and no-one cared. For the next 90, rave on!…
Bobby & The Xennials: 80’s DriveTime Tapes
A series of five 80s mixes from 2019, consisting of classic pop, rock & soul records that charted in the UK & US singles and albums charts between Jan 1980 & Dec 1989.
BAd BReaks | A Breaking Bad Mixtape
Consisting of 96% pure BReaking BAd music.
2.5 hrs | 110 tracks. 96% of these tracks are taken from the soundtrack across the 5 seasons.
Fleetwood Mix | A Tribute to FM
To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of 'Rumours', & the 2013 World Tour, here's a 60+ minute mix of some of Fleetwood Mac's best bits, inc. clips from live shows, documentaries & interviews.
Formed in London in 1967, the band have never once lost the solid original backbone of Fleetwood & McVie, & remain as popular today as they ever were, with a back-cat spanning over 20 albums...
An Honest London
These are all songs & clips about London. About the posh bits and the rough bits, about nostalgia, about history, about culture, about the telly, about raves, about cockneys, about royals, about the tube, about the bus, about home. This mix is a slightly scathing love letter to my hometown, an aural postcard for tourists. Some of it's pretty silly, some of it's a bit scary, a lot of it is a bit beautiful & really rather splendid.
It could've gone on a lot longer. I opted for a C90's worth.
To London, with Love.
BobaFatt, 2015.
1967: Make Love, Not War
25 years ago (1992), I started to DJ in public.
I multiplied that time by two, and found myself back in 1967.
50 years ago, music sounded like this.
Here's 2hrs of music from the western world, across genres, released and produced in 1967. New born sounds of psych and rocksteady, nestling alongside the cream of soul & the grooviest pop, and an intro looking at the news of the year.
BobaFatt, 2017.
EastBob & Down | A Kenny Fucking Powers Mixtape
This mixtape is dedicated to the greatest fucking baseball player that ever fucking lived...
Kenny 'Fucking' Powers.
This fucking rocks more than any fucking mixtape you've ever heard in your mother fucking life.
This here is music and words for fucking grown ups.
Please don't play this to your fucking kids.
20 Years of Fatt (1992 - 2012)
In 1992, I hauled my vinyl to a house party in my neighbourhood in Blazingsmoke, South East England. Two decades later, I'm still doing this.
This is a mix put together to celebrate the past 20 years in this game. Two songs from each year, 1992 through to 2012, in chronological order.
BobaFatt, 2012.
Death Waltz Halloween Box Set
An anthology of mixtapes, with tracks curated by Spencer Hickman of Death Waltz Recording Co, mixed & sequenced by myself, 2012-2014..
Horror soundtrack obscurities and classics, from across genres, all laced with movie samples.
Altogether ooky.
SIX hours, SIX mixes, SICK Sounds.
Monster Mash not included.
Moonlit
Recently as part of Film4's Summer Screen season at Somerset House in London, I played before the sold-out screening of the award-winning movie, Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, and starring Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae & Trevante Rhodes. I kept it soulful and mellow mostly, in key with the movie's mood and soundtrack (a couple tracks from which feature in this set). This is a mix of music that I played on the night. I hope you dig this selection. Shout out to Euphonica, Somerset House & Film4 for having me x
BobaFatt, 2018.
10 Years of Main Squeeze
A 45-minute set consisting of some of my all-time faves & big tracks that get spun at our Main Squeeze parties.
Released originally only on a 90-minute cassette, to celebrate 10 Years of Main Squeeze (aka myself & Mo Fingaz).
Now available here for all of y'all!
Press play and vibe out! x
BobaFatt, 2018.
Swang 2
Volume 2 of a series of 60 minute mixes looking back at the time when Hip Hop and R&B first hooked up and formed that "Swang".
New Jack Swing. Swingbeat. Hip Hop R&B Soul.
Call it what you will.. It went a lil' sum'n like this. Swang it!...
BobaFatt, 2012.
Swang
Volume 1 of a series of 60 minute mixes looking back at the time when Hip Hop and R&B first hooked up and formed that "Swang".
New Jack Swing. Swingbeat. Hip Hop Soul. Call it what you will..
This was the Summer sound of the city. Yep yep.
It went a lil' sum'n like this. Swang it!..
BobaFatt, 2011.