''Solid Steel'' are a series of

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s issued on Ninja Tune, an

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in the UK. ''Solid Steel'' also has a

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and related live

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which further showcase the DJing talents of such artists. In 1988, ''Solid Steel'' began as a radio show on

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hosted by

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's Matt Black and

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, where they were not only able to play and

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records, but also display their

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live. The show was known for airing "The Broadest Beats in London" They were joined by PC and Strictly Kev from DJ Food in 1993. The two-hour show was filled by improv, with each DJ taking sets of 30 minutes. In 1997, Darren Knott, otherwise known as DK, joined the show as

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, as

and DJ Food were increasingly away on tour. They left

in 1999 after playlist changes meant they would be consigned to the Tuesday 2am4am graveyard slot. The show was still recorded each week, being available online and syndicated worldwide. In 1999, they were offered a slot on the advertisement-free BBC's London Live

and were on the station until 2002. This unique 2-hour show has expanded to include guest mixes, regular video mixes (often the #1 video podcast on iTunes) and the additional 1-hour podcast highlights, regularly featuring in the top 10 music podcasts on iTunes, with over 3 million downloads to date and hosted on the Ninja Tune SoundCloud each week. In 2012, ''Solid Steel'' joined Strongroom Alive internet radio to perform a weekly live show on Thursday nights (79pm). Other shows include Ross Allen, Clash + Dazed magazine. The show is hosted by Jon More (Coldcut), and he is often joined by DK, DJ Food and rolling guests. Guest mixes and interviews have featured most of the Ninja Tune roster as well as many other artists and DJs including;

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, Norman Jay, Robot Koch,

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, Tim Healey,

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, Jackmaster,

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, Steinski, Seiji, Pearson Sound, DJ Kentaro, Toddla T,

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, DJ Yoda,

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, Ben Westbeech, Cut Chemist,

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, 4 Hero, Andy Smith, Laurent Garnier, Kenny Dope,

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, Amorphous Androgynous,

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, Robert Owens, Portico Quartet, Kutmah, Pinch, Trevor Jackson,

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, Double Dee & Steinski, David Axelrod,

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, Mr Scruff, Kid Koala,

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, Daedelus,

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, and Anti-Pop Consortium. The first ''Solid Steel'' album was released by DJ Food and DK in 2001.

''Solid Steel'' discography

Radio stations playing the Solid Steel show

* Radio Solid Steel - Russia - http://solidsteel.tk/ * Radio Campus - France - http://www.radio-campus.org/ * Radio Active -

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, New Zealand - http://www.radioactive.co.nz/ * FSK Hamburg -

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, Germany - http://www.fsk-hh.org/ * "The Move",

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- United States - http://www.xmradio.com/ * UMFM 101.5 fm -

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, Canada - http://www.umfm.com/ * FM4 - Austria - http://fm4.orf.at/ * Radio 3 Fach -

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, Switzerland - http://www.3fach.ch/ * Resonance FM 104.4 FM -

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, UK - http://www.resonancefm.com *

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- Brighton, UK - http://www.juicebrighton.com/ * Radio B92 - Belgrade,

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- https://web.archive.org/web/20060906165913/http://www.b92.net/indexs.phtml * 106FM - Israel - https://www.webcitation.org/69ZKROjr5?url=http://www.106fm.co.il/ * Dinamo FM -

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- http://www.dinamo.fm/ * Radio Magnetic -

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, Scotland - http://radiomagnetic.com/ *

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, Australia - http://www.pbsfm.org.au/ * 2SER - Sydney, Australia - http://www.2ser.com/ * 95bfm -

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, New Zealand - http://www.95bfm.co.nz/

External links

Official Solid Steel siteSolid Steel SoundCloudNinja TuneAmon Tobin's 'temporary' siteDJ Food's official siteHexstatic's official siteThe Herbaliser's official siteDJ Kentaro's official siteMr Scruff's official site

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