'Vibes From Rome' Episode 01 ::: with Fab MonTrò

Airing the 4th Sunday of the month at 10pm (UK), Blue-in-Green:RADIO is proud to introduce our brand new monthly show - 'Vibes From Rome' with Fab MonTrò…

Music enthusiast, blogger and podcaster, Fabrizio is an incurable vinyl collector, forever on the hunt for new genres and records to listen to and share. It's no coincidence that radio and the DJ booth were, for a good stretch of his life, his natural habitat. Having not yet hung up the needles, he keeps applying the principles of jazz — his first love — to his work (the "real" kind, in the service of ethical finance) and to everyday life, convinced that improvisation and inspiration arise from the convergence of different elements, much as his "mentor" Herman Poole Blunt, aka Sun Ra, used to preach. To the prophet from Alabama he also owes his devotion to Afrocentrism, from the rediscovery of traditional sounds all the way to electronics, his not-so-healthy obsession. Since 2024 he has been hosting a live podcast featuring interviews and guests — musicians, DJs, producers, cultural communicators — produced by Rhizome, a streaming platform and record shop based in Rome.

You can listen back to Episode #1 which features a delectable selection of tunes navigating a scintillating course of spiritual jazz gems melding beautifully into ambient and electronic territory.  Check out the playlist in full below...

1. Pharoah Sanders - Greeting to Saud (Elevation, 1974)

2. Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint (Electric Counterpoint, 1987)

3. Rocket Number Nine & Four Tet - Roseland (Roseland EP, 2013)

4. Brian Bennett - Solstice (Solstice, 1978) 

5. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness (Light of Worlds, 1974)

6. Dexter Wansel - Theme From the Planets (Life on Mars, 1976)

7. Floating Points - Nespole (Elaenia, 2015) 

8. Rocket Number Nine - Black & Blue (MeYouWeYou, 2013) 

9. Clark - The Pining Pt. 1 (Iradelphic, 2012)

10. Squarepusher - Lambic 9 Poetry (Ultravisitor, 2004)

11. Four Tet - Castles Made Of Sand (single, 2004)

12. Alessandro Asso Stefana - The House (Alessandro Asso. Stefana, 2024)