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#446

w/ skillits

November 15, 2025

One of the best episodes of the year, every year. The concept is simple: KEMS, rap79 and skillits spend a week at the WFMU Record Fair in New York City buying records, then come back and play everything they found on the very next show. Every track on this episode was purchased at the 2025 fair, which means the energy of a week spent digging through thousands of records is baked directly into the music. Features The Raincoats, Dag Nasty, Greyson and Jasun, Fazal Prendergrast, Fully Guaranteed, The Sapphires, Kurious, Leroy Vinnegar and Les Amazones de Paris. An all vinyl record fair haul turned into a free form radio session. This is the show at its purest. Hope y'all enjoy. Peace. KEMS & rap79

Tracklist

rap79

Steve Tibbets - The Secret (Frammis Rekords) Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbirds (United Artists) Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes - Wanyama Na Mapambazuko (Mr. Bongo) Group Doueh - Tirara (Sublime Frequencies) Liquid Liquid - Cavern (Superior Viaduct) Les Amazones De Paris - Soungouroun Baya (Syliphone) Super Tentemba Jazz - Mangan (Mr. Bongo) Leroy Vinnegar - Damn My Feet Hurt (PBR International) Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - If You Call (Daptone) Keith Hudson - The Nocturne (Basic Replay) Richard Dunbar - Longevity Brings It’s Own Reward (Jahari Records) Alan Shorter - Rapids (Verve) Garrett List - Slow Dance (Horo) Boury - Raga (Jazz Haus Music) Kurious - Leave You With This (Columbia)

skillits

Junior Parker - Tomorrow Never Knows (Groove Merchant) Nancy & Lee - Lady Bird (Reprise) The Sapphires - Who Do You Love (Swan) The Gifts - Loving You (Ballad) The Equations - Have Faith (All Platinum) Jackie Shane - Any Other Way (Numero) Thee Sinceres - Seems Like (Penrose) Lee Fields - Sentimental Fool (Daptone) Fully Guaranteed - We Can’t Make It Together (APT/ABC) Smokey Robinson - Daylight & Darkness (Tamla) William DeVaughn - Be Thankful For What You Got (Roxbury) Connie Laverne - Can’t Live Without You (Mr.Bongo) Dynasty - Here I Am (Solar) Asha Puthli - One Night Affair (CBS) The Counts - What’s Up Front That Counts (Stateside) Bettye Swan - Don’t take My Mind (Money) The Soul Stirrers - Striving (Cadet) Syl Johnson - Different Strokes (Numero) Incredible Bongo Band - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (Pride) Fazal Prendergast & The High Time Players - Water Falls (Hornin Sounds) Little Roy - Tribal War (Aries) Reflection Eternal - Too Late (Rawkus) Organized Konfusion - Audience Pleasers (Hollywood Basic) Augustus Pablo - Rising Sun (Message) The Gun Club - Breaking Hands (Blixa Sounds)

KEMS

The Raincoats - Adventures Close To Home (Rough Trade) Dag Nasty - Never Go Back (Dischord) Hugh Mundell - Stop Them Jah (Warrior) Attica Blues - Blueprint (Attica Blues Remix) (Mo Wax) Major Force - The Re-Return Of The Original Art-Form (Reinterpreted By DJ Format) (Mo Wax) Jorge Ben & Toquinho - Carolina Carol Bella (Mr. Bongo) Ahmed Adbul Malik’s Middle Eastern Music - Isma’s (Listen) (Riverside) Change - Hold Tight (Long Version) (Atlantic) Gal Costa - Passarinho (Phillips) Art Ensemble of Chicago - Tora (Freedom) Dwele - A.N.G.E.L Slum Village Remix (None) DJ Krush - Maze (Mo Wax) Greyson & Jasun - Livin’ Like A Troopa (Atlantic) Ak Skills - One Thing or Another (Tru Criminal) De La Soul - Big Brother Beat (Feat. Mos Def) (Tommy Boy) Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness (Automater’s 2 Turntables and A Razor Blade Re-Edit) Jesus Lizard - Mistletoe (Touch & Go) Jon Hasseill - Datu Bintung Jelong (Editions EG)

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