Moonbeam Levels – March 2025

Greetings!I managed to fend off my possessed new Basset Hound puppy for a few hours to bring you the next episode. He is adorable … sometimes 😈But will I ever focus again? 🤔As always, feedback is oxygen. So please write back, either below or on socials @amarofpatel. Which artists caught your ear? Which gigs have you been to? Who is Moonbeam Levels material?How do you get a hound to stop sniffing and start listening? News flash: I will be going monthly from April on my local radio station, run by Sister Midnight, who are opening Lewisham’s first community-owned music venue. Proud to be a board director there. We have a shared purpose and the twin messages of cooperation and mutual benefit are resonating across the borough. F*ck capitalism. Join us.SMFM did a special day of live broadcasts last weekend at RONS Coffee House in Peckham. I steered a discussion about public architecture in Catford, how to build community in bricks and mortar in Lewisham, and why we should adapt more of what’s already here. Listen back.Writers can/should voice their opinion beyond the page so you will be hearing more of me in your ears … if you like. Stay close 👐🏾A***Hosted and blended by AmAr PatelV/Z – Tobu Reprise [Offen Music]DANIEL BLUMBERG – Overture (Ship) [Milan]GREGORY UHLMANN, JOSH JOHNSON & SAM WILKES – Rewinded [International Anthem]KIRAN KAI – Ramps [30940]ROBERTA FLACK – I Can See The Sun In Late December [Atlantic] A few words on Roberta 🕊EVERYTHING IS RECORDED – The Meadows [featuring Roses Gabor, Kamasi and Ricky Washington) [XL]ANGIE STONE – Everyday [Arista] Memorial service 🕊JAMES BRANDON LEWIS – Prince Eugene [Anti-]MARSHALL ALLEN – Angels And Demons At Play [Week-End]PEBBLES – Positive Vibrations [Disciples]CYMANDE – Coltrane (Crooked Man remix) [BMG]Who are Cymande?Q LAZZARUS – Heaven [Sacred Bones]More about the documentaryCAN – Brighton 75 Zwei (live) [Mute/Spoon]ESKA – Down Here [Earthling]In-store performancesThe journey so far…DEAN BLUNT & ELIAS RØNNENFELT – 3 [World Music]T-FIRE – Son of An African [Old Boy]ESG – Keep On Moving [Fire]N’DAMBI – Call Me (Yam Who Rework) 🕊More about Andy Williams aka Yam WhoMAC MILLER – 5 Dollar Pony Rides [Warner]Balloonerism – a story in many partsLARRY JUNE, 2CHAINZ & THE ALCHEMIST – Munyon Canyon [Empire]MIKE – You’re The Only One Watching [10K]LEWIS PARKER – Walk in the Sky [Boombap Relickz]David Kane’s What Do You Call It? From The Grass Roots to the Golden Era of UK Rap 📗BLAK TWANG – Queen’s Head (featuring Roots Manuva) [Sound of Money]TY – The Tale [Big Dada]ROOTS MANUVA – Strange Behaviour [Big Dada]BASHY – On the Rise [Bish Bash Bosh]Interview with Complex magazineJOHN GLACIER – Home [Young]MARK PRITCHARD & THOM YORKE – The Conversation Is Missing Your Voice [Warp]KAIDI – So Happy [First Word]MICHAEL J BLOOD – IN BI SI X [Blood]AFTER SHOCK – With U (produced by Terror Danjah and featuring Shola Ama) [After Shock]In memoriam by Joe Muggs 🕊Spooky tribute mixALI OMAR – Hashish [Efficient Space]HALIMA – Ways (JADALAREIGN remix)ALEX NUT – Arcade Fun Part 1 [Eglo]WU-KI – Force (featuring IB) [Ruf Kutz]ONIRICO – Echo [Jungle Fantasy]BROTHER NEBULA – Grandeur of Delusion [Touch From A Distance]FLORENCE ADOONI – Otona Da Naba [Philophon]JOCELYN MOCKA ET KASSAV – Mizik Maladi [Strut]SAM AKPRO – Baka [Anti-]BLVCK SPVADE & THE COSMOS – Never Be Another [Mello Music]ROY AYERS – Red. Black & Green [Polydor] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit amarofpatel.substack.com