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“DJ, producer and professor of musical information” (Not my words, but the words of my learned friend Tom Robinson. The 6music/2468 Motorway Tom Robinson, I mean, not the Nazi one). Contact: [email protected]

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · Mar 7

Happy Bandcamp Friday!

A decade since we made it... Wrongtom Meets Desta Zion 'Somethin' Else' rongorongorongo.bandcamp.com/album/someth...

Download and a limited 7" (which will ship out as soon as it's pressed)

Somethin' Else, by Wrongtom meets Desta Zion

3 track album

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 4h

Never seen one in a 2nd hand shop! Where is this?

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 5h

It’s almost as if mind altering substances were involved 😉

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 7h

Check alt text for full tracklist

Includes Genaside II, Potential Badboy, Ragga Twins, @truthoughts.bsky.social, Ratpack, Vaughan Mason, @heavenlyrecordings.bsky.social, a slightly remixed version of The Last Time by @bobpetesarah.bsky.social (by me unofficially), and of course Break 4 Love by Raze

1. Saint Etienne 'The Last Time (slightly remixed by Wrongtom)' (Heavenly)
2. Potential Badboy ft Ragga Twins 'Dangerous Is Dangerous' (Tru Thoughts)
3. Vaughan Mason & Crew 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll' (Brunswick)
4. Vaughan Mason & Butch Dayo 'You Can Do It' (Salsoul)
5. Raze 'Break 4 Love' (Champion)
6. Transport 'London Loop' (Liason)
7. Frankie Bones & Lenny Dee 'Just As Long As I Got You' (XL Recordings)
8. RatPack 'Jaffa Cakes' (Radical)
9. Genaside II 'Narramine' (Jumpin & Pumpin)
10. The Sindecut 'Wisdom' (Virgin)
11. Ragga Twins '18" Speaker' (Shut Up & Dance)
12. Saint Etienne 'Conchita Martinez' (Heavenly)
13. Visioneers 'Runnin' (Omniverse)

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 7h

"Prince may be tiny, but he had huge balls back in 1980"

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 9h

'Dirty Mind is a reminder that once upon a time, Prince saw music as a boundless, constraint-free orgy of creativity...'

Many Happy Returns to #Prince’s Dirty Mind, which turns 45 today!

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Prince - Dirty Mind album cover. The artist wearing only a jacket, underpants and a bandana around his neck.

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 7h

Yesterday's episode of The Rough guide To Rongorongoland is now up on Soho Radio's Mixcloud www.mixcloud.com/sohoradio/wr...

This month I was joined by two rave legends who hail from considerably different backgrounds but, as is the magic of music, were united in the dance.

Wrongtom feat. Erique Dial & Richard Raindance (07/10/2025)

Wrongtom is back, and this time has two very special guests. DC Born Erique Dial joins him in the studio as well as pioneering rave promoter Richard Raindance.

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 16h

There’s more

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 16h

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 16h

It was more like “game recognise game”

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve seen it in the flesh

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 19h

Abridge is over

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 1d

I think so. He did a few covers for Champion

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 1d

Number [not sure anymore] in a series of tracks I somehow had no idea had a music video... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymZi...

RAZE - Break 4 Love (original music video) 1988.mp4

YouTube video by Javier Perez

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 1d

Today at 4pm ☝🏼

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Apparently it’s 43 years today since Madonna released Everybody in the US

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 3d

Any excuse to share this again. Heres the mini-doc I made about how an impromptu Ike Yard jam session at the music building in NYC inspired their bassist Ken's girlfriend Madonna to write her debut single

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Brit Ian?

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Fire bun the wicked man

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget I'm back on Soho Radio tomorrow where I'll be joined by Richard Raindance and Erique Dial. Expect a lot of questions from me about the history of UK rave, Erique's role in creating house anthem 'Break 4 Love', and the wall of death at the Kursaal in Southend

Tune in from 4 til 6pm GMT

This month's guest is Erique Dial (Raze)

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not in dub

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

The best foundational reggae band in the world, ever

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

I came into possession of this one a while ago and wound up live tweeting it while at motorway services between festivals. It features Chaka Demus and Pliers version of Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Not a patch on the accompanying album 😉

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that's the first, and Greensleeves followed it up with Heavyweight Dub Champion later that year. Though there's also an album with different tracks and mixes using the same Big Showdown artwork which came out on a Jamaican label in 1980 too

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

I have it pegged for a Dubstack post soon. It's a long and twdry tale

wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

Guessing you know the Death Comet Crew stuff? If not, it was Stuart and Michael from Ike Yard's post-punk hip hop project www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQW...

death comet crew - america

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wrongtom @wrongtom.bsky.social · 2d

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