The Blend

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tHE bLEND is a weekly radio program on PBS 106.7FM in Melbourne, Australia, hosted by bevin campbell. The program has since spawned a label called blend corp.

Contents 1 Music Categories 2 Features 3 Interviews 4 Recordings 5 External LInks

[edit] Music Categories

On the program genres covered include: hip hop (esp turntablism), drum'n'bass, dub, downtempo and leftfield electronica.

[edit] Features

• Alternative Radio
• Solid Steel

[edit] Interviews

Australian

• Auvi Melhor
• Blunted Stylus, Resin Dogs
• Brethren
• Chasm
• Comatone
• Dvise
• Hermitude
• Illpickl
• J Red
• Katalyst
• Koolism
• Mountains In The Sky
• Music Vs Physics
• Nick Sweepah & Aux One
• Ozi Batla
• Pnau
• Selekt
• Spoonbill
• Symbiotic Collective
• Unkle Ho
• Urthboy

Overseas

• A Skillz (UK)
• Afra And The Incredible Beatbox Band (JP)
• Andy Mac - Mantis Recordings (UK)
• At Jazz (UK)
• B+ [Brian Cross] (US)
• Beans (US)
• Bleubird (US)
• Blockhead (US)
• Boca 45 (UK)
• Boozoo Bajou (GER)
• Brooks (UK)
• Buck 65 (CAN)
• Camiel (UK)
• Caribou (CAN) formerly Manitoba
• Carl Cox (UK)
• Coldcut (UK)
• DJ Bazarro (US)
• DJ Format (UK)
• DJ Marky
• DJ Signify (US)
• DJ Spooky (US)
• DJ Zeph (US)
• Four Tet (UK)
• Freestylers (UK)
• Gary Cobain - Future Sound of London, Amorphous Androgynous (UK)
• Hexstatic (UK)
• Jean Grae (UK)
• Kid 606 (US)
• Kid Koala (CAN)
• Krafty Kutz (UK)
• Lo Tek Hifi (UK)
• Luke Vibert (UK)
• Lyrics Born (US)
• Maxi Jazz Faithless (UK)
• Mc Honky (US)
• Mekon (UK)
• Mix Master Mike (US)
• Morcheeba (UK)
• Mr Lif (US)
• Nu-Mark (US)
• One Self - DJ Vadim, Blu Rum, Yarah Bravo (UK)
• Phil Parnell (UK)
• Plump DJs (UK)
• Prime Cuts, Scratch Perverts (UK)
• Propellerheads (UK)
• Rahzel (US)
• Rennie Pilgrem [TCR] (UK)
• RJD2 (US)
• Rob Da Bank (UK)
• Roots Manuva (UK)
• Shapeshifter (NZ)
• Slug, Atmosphere (US)
• Starving Artists Crew (US)
• The Herbaliser (UK)
• The Moscow Coup Attempt (US)
• Ugly Duckling (US)

[edit] Recordings

The following have recorded sets for the program either at PBS or an outside venue.
Australian

• Aux One
• Chasm
• Comatone
• Hermitude
• Koolism
• Music Vs Physics
• Nick Sweepah
• Ozi Batla
• Spoonbill
• Unkle Ho
• Urthboy

Overseas

• Boca45 (UK)
• Buck 65 (CAN)
• DJ Marky (BRA)
• DJ Spooky (US)
• DJ Zeph (US)
• Four Tet (UK)
• Luke Vibert (UK)
• One Self [Vadim, Blu Rum, Yarah Bravo] (UK)
• Ugly Duckling (US)

[edit] External LInks

• The Blend webpage on PBS 106.7FM official website - site includes live audio streaming and archive of the broadcast
• The Blend on Myspace