Latest Episodes from Jumping The Gap

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 25th Nov 2020

If you're sitting on your behind looking for the good vibes (and maybe wondering if your cerise top goes with those yellow shorts), Jumping The Gap has your get-up soundtrack with a 2-hour roll-out of everything from Nuyorican polyrhythms to boogie, disco, hip hop, electro, soul, funk... plus that Jazz Rooms 45 finally arrived with the brilliant take on Golden Brown, where Dave Brubeck's Quartet with tub-thumper Joseph Albert Morello meet The Stranglers. And of course the meeting went brilliantly or we wouldn't be airing it. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 18th Nov 2020

Cruising the [air]waves and high seas, today's JTG 2-hour mixup trip has plenty of tropical love boat treats has stopovers in Brasil, Cuba, the independent Bahamas and other pick-up ports, plus we check out the new 'Tokyo Dreaming' collection from Japanese tragic Nick Luscombe on WeWantSounds. Afro, boogie, disco, soul and funk are all part of the on-deck entertainment. Your cruise director: Paris [the not so real] McCoy... Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 11th Nov 2020

2SER's Antenna being replaced today (HUGE THANKS if you contributed to that fundraiser or our recent Radiothon which footed the huge bill) - so Paris on R'n'R this week, but still there's a pre-recorded 2-hour mixup spanning boogie to reggae. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 4th Nov 2020

Your non-stop 2-hour midweek over-the-jump' and 'electile dysfunction' soundtrack this week includes slinky new cartoon grooves from former Sydney resident and 'Wiseguy', DJ Regal, as well as newies from locals Oyobi/Karen Lee Andrews, The Regime & The Bamboos, alongside everything from disco, boogie and salsa to Turikish freakbeats. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 14th Oct 2020

Another 2-hour mix that not only wishes Thomas *Dolby a happy 62nd b'day, but also blends everything from b-boy electro & hip hop to Afro, alongside P-funk, disco & boogie. Includes newies from the unlimited longplayer Master Louie Vega, Baker Boy, Kylie Auldist, Oveous and San Proper/The Love on the suitably named Dopeness Galore label. ©Dobly* ⚠️ Recommended Vol: 11 Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 7th Oct 2020

Strap on your 8-inch... dancing heels and rainbow toe-warmers, for this week's non-stop mix-up featuring everything from salsa and wigged-out jazz funk, to disco and house. New stuff from DJ Oveous, Henri Le Blanc, Ugly Duckling's Andy Cooper and Gilberto Rodriguez Y Los Intocables. Vintage grooves from Millie Scott, Alma Faye Brooks and the man we've long had a jones for: Archie Bell. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 30th Sep 2020

Your humpday 2-hour, non-stop mixup this week serves up iso-dancing newies from British-beatmaker Rebecca Vasmant, Japanese-born New York blower Takuya Kuroda, another fresh single from Cardigan Town boogie queen Kylie Auldist, Record Store Day reissue goodness from Marcy Luarks rarity Electric Murder on Kalita Records and plenty more including plenty of disco, early hip hop, boogie… Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 16th Sep 2020

Another 2-hour, non-stop mix-up of disco, boogie, house, Afro-Latin and more, including a newie by Melbourne's Kylie Auldist's upcoming album due out via !K7 soon + Sth African vocalist Margaret Singana covering British Fleetwood wannabes Stretch, Malik Adouane covering Isaac Hayes in his inimitable French-Algerian style, Veronika Fischer & Band and more "sizzlin' hot" stuff. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 9th Sep 2020

Featuring new tracks from STR4TA on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood label, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band covering War's 'Get Down' tropical style and a preview of On The Corner Records' new 'Door to the Cosmos' collection, alongside boogie, disco, Latin, Afro in a 2-hour mix-up that should keep you iso-dancing. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 2nd Sep 2020

A 2-hour, non-stop mix-up which includes collector/selector Tom Tutton guesting with a Seven Deadly Spins 45s mix. Newies from Scotland's Athens Of The North, GRC/Salsoul group Ripple "reform" for a new double-A sider as we mix up everything from Japanese boogie to Brasilian brilliance and let truth-speakers Mourning [A] BLKstar and Electric Fields lead this week's #BlackLivesMatter charge. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 26th Aug 2020

Another 2-hour polyrhythmic mixup feat. new releases from Isle Of Jura, Edmony Krater, Aloha Got Soul/Phase7, The Fantastics, the Brit Funk Association, upcoming Nigerian wallet-annihilator/electric murder reissue by #MarcyLuarks & #ClassicTouch, plus Sydney's good-Buddhist Alex Young fresh A-Wyre project. Our usual #BlackLivesMatter inclusions include the incredible SAULT, who join everyone from Black Thought to Prince & Aretha Franklin as Brasilian to Caribbean rhythms, classic Oz hip hop to disco & synth-pop combine to keep you dancing. Read More

Jumping The Gap :: 12:00pm 12th Aug 2020

2-hour mix feat. new Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids, preview of anticipated Oz LP by Horatio Luna, forthcoming Ambiance rarity on BBE, XL Middleton, #BlackLivesMatter with H.E.R, #BlackPride w/ Kofi, Peabo Bryson + more. Read More