Don-Ray is the producer behind the likes of Lady Alma as well as the abstract remixer for Fertile Ground and Wunmi; among others. He's recorded for several labels including Marauder, Madacy, UJammin, Gotsoul, and Sony Music taking them to new heights with his deep-jazz and future funk productions. He's worked with world renown producers such as Danial Lanois, was credited as having one of the Best Albums of 2005 by Freefall Radio on KUSF, and was nominated for Best
Electronic Album at the Canadian Urban Music Awards in 2001.

His music has been on albums with other notable artists including Roy Ayers, Roni Sze, DKD, Henrik Schwarz, Jerome Sydenham, Mr. V, Pal Joey, Dennis Ferrer, Glen Underground, Thievery Corporation, Mateo & Matos, Tortured Soul, and Osunlade.

On August 31st, he will be DJing alongside Bilal (whose worshippers include Erykah Badu, Q-Tip and Questlove) and Epiphany Tones at Fulton 55 in California, and dedicated this special mix here.

event info: www.fulton55.com/event/51267/

Gerald Mitchell born and raised in Detroit is a musician, producer, band leader, DJ and sonic visionary whose music has made a huge impact on Detroit house and techno. From his work on Underground Resistance's Interstellar Fugitives “Soul Saver” (aka UR 044) project to his Celestial Highways classic on Metroplex and early house production on Soul City, Gerald's music has always been recognized by it soulful strength. His work with Underground Resistance/DJ Rolando led to the anthem "Knights of the Jaguar" and now, Los Hermanos. Through Los Hermanos, he has brought his experience as a live musician into a group that expresses jazz fusion, gospel and funk into stunning electronic music.

With the new Los Hermanos release on the horizion "Descendants of the Resistance" Gerald has collaborated with many well known artists, djs, producers, and programmers from around the world and continues to be a leader in the electronic music scene worldwide.

Gerald has begun his solo career after organizing Los Hermanos with new projects from Jazz to Electronic Dance music on the horizion and known for many remixes of well known artist, Gerald continues to be a innovative producer from Detroit well into the future of music. Look out for Gerald's new album "Family Property" to be released in May in Japan.

www.realgrooves.com

S. Murphy lives in a cold part of Canada. Most nights during the holidaze you can find him inside his freezing basement office with a heater beside him listening, dancing and digging holiday music.

This is his best selection of Holiday music ever but that's not saying much because he has no real technical talent. Who cares - he understands what makes good music. If you can't stand Christmas music then you might like some of this.

It's Christmas music to get you in the mood for the holidays.

Smurphy's influence and Idol is the great Mr. Christmas of NYC.

A very Smurphy Christmas to you and remember the television is not a babysitter.

For this 100th Samurai FM show we will go back in time reflecting the history of the Club Wahoo! Here you have six superb mixes (100a...100f) from the past ten years that have never seen the light in the world of internet. We hope you'll enjoy this retrospective special that has a build-in trajectory of how the musical styles of the Club Wahoo! have developed throughout the years.

For more info on Wahoo! related gigs, check out their Facebook group.
http://facebook.com/group.php?gid=7128382061

A little late but better than never we have some live recordings from the Wah Wah 45's 10th anniversary event at The Scala in London.

First we have superfunk from The Apples of Israel. Over the past seven years the nine-strong instrumental group has been folding cuts and scratches from every imaginable source into Big Band blares and Middle Eastern elements on top of a raw and dirty funk base, baking a thick multi-layered sonic treat. They kick ideas up and down the stage in a torrent of Decks, Horns, Double Bass, Drums and Electronic Effects. No digital samplers, no guitars or keyboards and the sounds are reinvented on the spot.
www.myspace.com/theapplesmusic

Next up we have The Part-Time Heroes which is the band of two young musicians currently residing in a very fashionable part of North London. Although their names are not known to the masses, their music soon will be, as this part-time shop assistant and part-time sandwich deliveryman, plan to convert their part-time music careers into full-time employment.
www.wahwah45s.com/artists/part-time-heroes

Finally to round things off we have the very soulful sound of Ashley Thomas. His music can be characterised by a fusion of classic vocal hooks and syncopated rhythms held together by beautifully crafted song structures.
www.wahwah45s.com/artists/ashley-thomas