Sounds of the Studio | WPKN

About Sounds of the Studio | WPKN

Raw and unpredictable, Sounds of the Studio is a vinyl-driven freeform mix leaping across continents, decades, and genres. No algorithm—just borderless music that resists categories, built for listeners chasing energy, texture, and discovery. Recorded live, and preserved in podcast form.

Publisher

Donny Russ, WPKN

Category

music · music

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2025

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

11 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   SOTS 011: October 15, 2026

   Celebrating 30 years of Stones Throw Records in the second half. | SOTS :: WPKN :: FIRST 90 MIN | Max Graef - Jazz 104 | Caribou - Bees.wav | RMO - Atlantis | Los Fabulosos Festivals - El Mensaje | Sonny Khoeblal - Craziest.wav | Mor Thiam - Ayo Ayo Nene | Brentford All-Stars - Greedy G | Liquid Liquid - Cavern.mp3 | Prince Jazzbo - Natty Past Through Rome.wav | The Brothers Johnson - Tomorrow.wav | Os Panteras - Lambada Pauleira.wav | Jack Wilkins - Canzona.wav | Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio.wav | Lee Moses - Bad Girl, Pt. 2 | Penza Penza - Deep Dive.wav | Mountain Movers - Killing Frost.wav | Pachyman - Toyota Nuevo.wav | Jack Wilkins - Red Clay.wav | Nu Genea - Disco Sole.wav | Kano - I'm Ready.wav | Dur Dur Band - Faduma (Women's Name).wav | Lee Perry - Disco Devil (7 inch).wav | Don Cherry - Brown Rice.wav | SOTS :: WPKN :: STONES THROW 30 TRIBUTE SET | Madvillain - Bistro (Instrumental Demo).wav | Koushik - Be With.wav | NxWorries - Itkanbe[Sonice].wav | Dudley Perkins - Separate Ways.wav | J Dilla - The $ (Radio Edit).wav | Jaylib - The Red.wav | Quasimoto - Seasons Change.wav | Peanut Butter Wolf - Summer's End.wav | Nasimoto - Get Down (Low Class Conspiracy) | J Rocc - Chasing The Sun.wav | Co-Real Artists - What About You | The Stepkids - Shadows on Behalf.wav | James Pants - Chip in the Hand | Strong Arm Steady - Questions (Instrumental) | D'Angelo - Me & Those Dreamin' Eyes (Jay Dee Remix) | Madlib - Ra Hash.wav | Jaylib - The Official.wav | Lootpack - Whenimondamic.wav | Karriem Riggins - Think About It | Quasimoto - Jazz Cats (Pt 1).wav | Madvillain - ALL CAPS.wav | Madlib - Kane (feat DOOM).wav | Sound Directions - Play Car.wav | Mndsgn - Homewards.wav | Eddie Chacon - Holy Hell.wav | James Pants - She's Out of My Life (Dub).wav | J Dilla - Bye, Last Donut of the Night, Welcome to the Show.wav | Madvillain - Money Folder (Demo Suite).wav | Quasimoto - Come On Feet.wav | Alain Goraguer - Le Braclet.wav

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   SOTS 010: September 17, 2026

   | Sound of The Studio 010 :: WPKN 89.5 FM Bridgeport | Los Mutables - Suspenso en el Espacio.wav | Sounds of The Studio Intro (Todd Rundgren) | Sound Directions - Fourty Days (Billy Brooks).wav | James Brown - The Popcorn.wav | Bobby Byrd - I Know You Got Soul.wav | Johnny Hammond - Tell Me What to Do.wav | Gabor Szabo - Stormy.wav | Willie Wright - Right on for the Darkness.wav | Koushik - Coolin' (Instrumental) | Devon Russell - Move on Up.wav | YAKO440 & GODBODY108 - T.R.O.Dub.wav | Rupie Edwards All Stars - Buck Shot Dub.wav | Mo Kolours - Promise.wav | Herman Chin Loy - Oily.wav | Keith Hudson - Depth Charge.wav | James Pants - She's Out of My Life (Dub).wav | Black Marble - Panopticon Calls.wav | Nurnberg - Valasy | The Cure - Charlotte Sometimes.wav | John Maus - Bennington (2007).wav | The System - Almost Grown.wav | Wild Nothing - Drifter.wav | Soda Stereo - Ecos.wav | Brian Eno - The Big Ship.wav | Buzzcocks - Autonomy.wav | Josef K - Sorry For Laughing.wav | Joy Division - Disorder.wav | Misfits - Hollywood Babylon.wav | Los Silvertons - Cuarto Blanco (White Room).wav | Pixies - Vamos (Pilgrim).wav | H Flowers - Light (6).wav | Grupo FA-5 - Ya Tengo Un Amor Verdadero.wav | Eduardo Araujo - Madrugada.wav | Claudia - Com Mais De 30.wav | Erasmo Carlos - Agora Ninguem Chora Mais.wav | Roberto Cesar - Fevereiro (O Bamba).wav | Cesar Mariano - Metropole.wav | Alex Rodriguez - El Mercado.wav | Traffic Sound - Virgin.wav | Invisible - El Anillo del Capitan Beto.wav | Traffic - Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory.wav | New Juggler Sound - Trouble Child.wav | Velvet Underground - Here She Comes Now.wav | Grateful Dead - Unbroken Chain (Phil Lesh).wav | Pink Floyd - Free Four.wav | BeeGees - Please Read Me.wav | Nazz - Hello It's Me.wav | T-Rex - Cosmic Dancer.wav | Farm - Jungle Song.wav | Tortoise - Seneca.wav | Penza Penza - Stompin & Motorik'n.wav | Celine Dessberg - Selenge.wav | John Carroll Kirby - P64 By My Side.wav | Air - Ce Matin-La.wav | Misha Panfilov Sound Combo - Days As Echoes.wav | Tom Skinner - Quiet as it's Kept.wav

3. 

   23 Aug 2026

   SOTS 009: August 20, 2026

   | WPKN :: Sounds of the Studio :: 8/20/26 | Orlandivo - Onde Anda O Meu Amor.wav | Magalhaes - Xango.wav | Sergio Mendes - Casa Forte.wav | Mos Def - Casa Bey.wav | J Dilla - Mash's Revenge (Instrumental).wav | Demon Fuzz - Another Country | Death - Politicians In My Eyes | Beastie Boys - Gratitude.wav | Stone Coal White - Hell Below.wav | Isaac Hayes - Breakthrough.wav | Monster Rally - Jungle Lights.wav | Thom Yorke - Atoms For Peace (Four Tet Remix).mp3 | Caribou - Bells.wav | Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express.wav | Vanity 6 - Make-Up (prod by Prince).wav | Cybotron - Clear.wav | The Egyptian Lover - Everything She Wants | Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes | Hiroshi Yoshimura - Creek (Ozark Remix) | Pete Rock - We Roll (Radio Edit).wav | J Dilla - Nothing Like This.wav | Erykah Badu - Apple Tree (MF Doom Special Blend).wav | Billy Woods - Asylum-No Hard Feelings.wav | Mos Def - Pistola.wav | Showbiz & AG - Next Level (Premier's Nytyme Radio Remix).wav | Karriem Riggins - Scattin' | Bobbi Humphrey - The Trip.wav | Flora Purim - Love Lock.wav | Alcione - Figa de Guine.wav | Ana Rosley - Skim Dum Dum Dum.wav | Os Brazoes - Planador.wav | Chico Buarque - Minha Historia.wav | Steve Parks - Still Thinking of You (Instrumental).wav | Serge Gainsbourg - Ah! Melody | Cortex - Huit Octobre 1971.wav | Les McCann - The Harlem Buck Dance Strut (w Interlude).wav | Tortoise - Whitewater.wav | The Specials - Ghost Town.mp3 | James Pants - Thin Moon | Squarepusher - Love Will Tear Us Apart | toe - Tremolo+Delay.wav | Radiohead - Reckoner.wav | Blonde Redhead - Dr Strangeluv.wav | OMD - Of All The Things We've Made.wav | Black Marble - Jim Carol New Year.wav

4. 

   18 Jul 2026

   SOTS 008: Take Life Easy

   | WPKN :: SOUNDS OF THE STUDIO 7/16/26 | Black Banda Rio - Casa Forte.wav | Manu Dibango - New Bell.wav | Bossa Tres - Imprevisto.wav | John Coltrane - Resolution.wav | Miles Davis - Prince of Darkness.wav | Ryo Fukui - Early Summer.wav | Herbie Mann - Incense.wav | Maxayn - Gimme Shelter.wav | Iron Force - Sweet Poison.wav | Funkadelic - Alice in My Fantasies.wav | Iron Knowledge - Show Stopper.wav | Soul Vibrations - The Dump.wav | Trevor Dandy - Is The Any Love.wav | Tommy McGee - Now That I Have You.wav | Charles Johnson - Good Good Lovin'.wav | Harlem Underground Band - Smokin Cheeba Cheeba.wav | The Sylvers - Wish That I Could Talk To You (Kenny Dope Edit).wav | Paul Horn - High Tide.wav | Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground.wav | Patrice Rushen - The Hump.wav | Lalo Schifrin - Danude Incident.wav | David Axelrod - Holy Thursday.wav | Bola Sete - Both Sides Now (Joni).wav | Rupa - Moja Bhari Moja (Radio Version).wav | Brick - Dazz.wav | The Police - Voices Inside My Head.wav | Haircut 100 - Marine Boy.wav | Soda Stereo - Estoy Azulado.wav | Eleven Pond - Portugal.wav | Spontaneous Overthrow - All About Money.wav | David Bowie - Stay.wav | Stereolab - Ping Pong.wav | Broadcast - Papercuts.wav | Radiohead - We Suck Young Blood.wav | DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like, Part 1 - Blue Sky Revisited.wav | SMG - Throng Birds.wav | Yussef Dayes - Chasing The Drum.wav | Sven Wunder - Rock Formation.wav | Khruangbin - Maria Tambien (Live).wav

5. 

   20 Jun 2026

   SOTS007: Catch a Wave / Summer Solstice Mix

   | WPKN :: SOUNDS OF THE STUDIO :: CATCH A WAVE / SUMMER SOLSTICE MIX | Magnus Uggla - Sommartid (Summer) | James McKenzie - I've Got to Go | Pink Floyd - San Tropez.wav | Nu Genea - Nuova Napoli.wav | Popcorn - Song For You.wav | Nino Ferrer - Looking For You.wav | Alessi Brothers - Seabird.wav | Cash & Carry - Low Down | Pure Release - I'll Know It's Love For Sure.wav | Thrust - Parrott City.wav | Slippery When Wet - Get Me Hot.wav | Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star.wav | Michael Franks - I Dont Why Im So Happy Im Sad.wav | John Lennon - #9 Dream.wav | Beastie Boys - I Don't Know (Adam Yauch).wav | Saada Bonaire - You Could Be More As You Are.wav | Incubus - Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song).wav | The Avalanches - Since I Left You.wav | Charif Megarbane - A Parking Lot by the Sea.wav | Bola Sete - Bettina.wav | Rosinha Da Valencia - Summertime.wav | Steve Harvey - Island In The Sky.wav | Cay Gottlieb - Abaco Cruise | Stratus - Girl.wav | David Bowie - Right.wav | Bobby Caldwell - Down for the Third Time.wav | Rudy Norman - Back To The Streets.wav | Sade - When Am I Going To Make a Living.wav | Steve Winwood - Spanish Dancer.wav | Keni Burke - Risin' To The Top.wav | Cortex - Pauve Star.wav | Sven Wunder - Easy Going.wav | Litto Nebbia - Tierra Viento & Fuego (Vivo).wav | Carlos Bivar - Elo.wav | Prince - It's Gonna Be Lonely.wav | Unicorn - Ferry Boat.wav | Akira Freeze - Tell Me Baby.wav | DJ Harrison - IGY.wav | Cloud One - Dust to Dust.wav | Devon Russell - Move on Up.wav | Linton Kwesi Johnson - Want Fi Goh Rave.wav | Sugar Minott - I'm Still Here.wav

6. 

   23 May 2026

   SOTS006: Sweet Funk & Beat Heavy Ballads

   | Secular Music Group - Uxe.wav | Thrust - Quiet Isle.wav | The Blackbyrds - Mysterious Vibes.wav | Universal Togetherness Band - My Sentiment.wav | Ricardo Eddy Martinez Y Expreso Ritmico - La 132.wav | Grupo FA-5 - Muevete Con Las Fuerzas Del Corazon (DJ Koco Edit).wav | Juan Pablo Torres Y Algo Nuevo - Y Viva La Felicidad.wav | Fruko Y Sus Tesos - El Preso.wav | Bobbi Humphrey - New York Times.wav | Koushik - The Reverse Pt 2 (Instrumental Slowed).wav | T-Rex - Rip-Off.wav | Kaleidoscope - Let Me Try.wav | Velvet Underground - There She Goes Again.wav | Rolling Stones - Hitch Hike.wav | David Bowie - I'm Waiting For The Man (BBC).wav | Traffic Sound - I'm So Glad.wav | Jean Paul 'El Troglodita' - Fuera De Atraccion.wav | Buzz Clifford - Wouldn't It Be Nice (To Have Wings and Fly).wav | Arthur Verocai - Caboclo.wav | Astrud Gilberto - Take it Easy My Brother Charlie.wav | Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold.wav | Atmosfear - Outer Space.wav | Chuck Bynum - You Worked Your Miracle (Part One).wav | Chuck Bynum - You Worked Your Miracle (Part Two).wav | Luther Davis Group - You Can Be A Star.wav | Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star.wav | Co Real Artists - What About You (In The World Today).wav | The Barrino Brothers - I'll Take My Flowers Right Now.wav | The Montecarlos - If You Leave.wav | The Dickens Singers - He Lead Me On.wav | The Ledgends - A Fool For You.wav | King James Version - He's Forever (Amen).wav | Young Senators - Ringing Bells (Sweet Music) [Part 2].wav | The Chronicle Church - Mystery.wav | Carlos Fire Aquasvivas - Try It All Again.wav | Bonnie Floyd - You're My Everything.wav | Curtis Mayfield - Think (Instrumental).wav | Willie Wright - Right on for the Darkness.wav | Directory - World And Creation.wav | The Alchemist - Holy Hell (Instrumental).wav | Madvillain - Rhinestone Cowboy.wav | J Dilla - Stop, People, The Difference.wav | NxWorries - Itkanbe[Sonice].wav | Supreme Team - Interview #4080.wav | Timothy McNealy - Will You Be There.wav | Roy Porter Sound Machine - Jessica (Instrumental Version).wav

7. 

   20 Mar 2026

   SOTS005: Jazz-funk, Forgotten 45s, etc.

   Brian Auger - Beginning Again.wav Johnny Hammond - Back To The Projects .wav Calvin Keys - Shawn-Neeq.wav Cesar Mariano - Metropole.wav Human Egg - Love Like This.wav SOYUZ - Beige Days.wav Eduardo Araujo - Oranige.wav Os Brazoes - Canastra Real.wav Ofege - To Be Wise.wav Lew Hanson & The Islanders - Soul Safari.wav Sir Stanley - I Believe.wav Creation Unlimited - Corruption is the Thing.wav ZZ Hill - I Think Id Do It.wav Pearl Dowell - It's All Over.wav General Lee & The Space Army Band - We Did It Baby.wav Cosmos Universal Band - Third Eye.wav Ben & The Tight Squeeze Band - Brandon's Song.wav Mulatu Astatke - Kasalefkut-Hulu.wav Chico Buarque - Acorda Amor.wav Traffic Sound - Simple.wav Dave Pike Set - Mathar.wav Emit Rhodes - Long Time No See.wav Wings - Arrow Right Through Me.wav Pescado Rabioso - Bajan.wav Pete Dunaway - Supermercado.wav Azymuth - What Price Samba.wav Arabi - Times Three.wav Giorgio Moroder - (Theme From) Midnight Express.wav MFSB - Mysteries of the World.wav Karriem - I Love You (Part 1).wav Atmosfear - Invasion.wav Billy Paul - Let The Dollar Circulate.wav Placebo - Inner City Blues.wav Donald Byrd - You And Music.wav Yussef Dayes - Black Classical Music.wav Jeff Parker - Get Dressed.wav Yesterdays New Quintet - Too High (Stevie Wonder).wav Bob James - Nautilus.wav Madlib - Distant Land.wav Lonnie Liston Smith - Shadows.wav Dexter Wansel - Rings of Saturn.wav

8. 

   21 Feb 2026

   SOTS004: Untitled Episode

   | King Crimson - In The Wake of Poseidon.wav | Gene Sikora - A Song for Mary.wav | Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened.wav | Crystal Stilts - Silver Sun.wav | Television - Elevation.wav | Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Cortez The Killer.wav | Mountain Movers - Heavenly Forest.wav | Soda Stereo - Nada Personal.wav | Talk Talk - Life's What You Make It.wav | Saada Bonaire - Invitation.wav | Scitti Politti - Wood Beez.wav | James Pants - Ka$h.wav | Grauzone - Film 2 (33rpm Slowed).wav | The Stepkids - Shadows on Behalf.wav | SOYUZ - P7 Blues.wav | Air - Le Voyage de Penelope.wav | Inc - Trust (Hell Below).wav | The Lahaar - Work Work Work.wav | Shuggie Otis - Pling!.wav | YAKO440 & GODBODY108 - Dub In Full - 02 Check The Dub.wav | Joe Gibbs - Bionic Mix.wav | Wally Brothers - The Man Who Sold The World.wav | Revolutionaries - Earthquake.wav | Keith Hudson - I'm Alright.wav | Tradition - Morning On Mars.wav | King Kong - Agony And Pain.wav | The System - Pendy!.wav | Luke Temple - Echo Park Donut | Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You.wav | Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (w Laetitia Sadier).wav | Azymuth - Fly Over The Horizon.wav | Fathers Children - Linda Movement.wav | Ryo Kawasaki - Sometime.wav | Bobbi Humphrey - Blacks And Blues.wav | Arawak - Accadde a Bali.wav | SMG - Ilb'al.wav | Poder Del Alma - Valle Del Ayatimbo.wav | Afrosound - La Danza De Los Mirlos.wav | Los Pakines - Venus.wav | Marcio Lott - Tema De Baby.wav | Os Brazoes - Volksvolkswagen Blue.wav | Los Silvertons - Cuarto Blanco (White Room).wav | Calvin Keys - B.E.wav

9. 

   16 Jan 2026

   SOTS003: Tryin' Times

   Recorded live on 1-15-26

10. 

    19 Dec 2025

    SOTS002: The Africa Episode

    Vinyl selections of Zamrock, Highlife, Afrobeat, etc. Dry Bread - Yamar.wav King Sunny Ade - Ja Fun Mi (Instrumental).wav Ofo The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr.wav Orchestra Baobab - Kelen Ati Leen.wav Lantei Lamptey - Fish & Funjee.wav Rail Band - Marabayasa.wav Etran De L'Air - Agrim Agadez .wav Marijata - We Live In Peace.wav Segun Bucknor & His Revolution - La La La.wav Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta.wav Almon Memela - The Things We Do In Soweto.wav WITCH - Chifundo.wav Chrissy Zebby Tembo - I am Not Made of Iron.wav Ngozi Family - Hi Babe.wav Amanaz - Khala My Friend (Reverb Version).wav Paul Ngozi - In The Ghetto.wav Five Revolutions - Fwe Bena Zambia.wav Orchestra Baobab - Souleymane.wav Masekela - The Boys Doin It.wav The Rwemzori's - Handsome Boy (Pt1-2).wav Dan Boadi - Money Is The Root of Evil (45 Edit).wav Apostles - Don't Huzzle For Love.wav JM Tim & Foty - More and More.wav Astaria - Jamasa RoRo.wav Shina Williams - Agboju Logun.wav Pasteur Lappe - More Sekele Movement.wav Disco Dub Band - For The Love of Money.wav Boncana Maiga - Koyama Hondo - 1982.mp3 Vicky Edimo - You.wav Steve Monite - Things Fall Apart.wav Splash - Peacock.wav William Oyeabor - Better Change Your Mind.wav Letta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro (Instrumental Version).wav Manu Dibango - New Bell.wav Akwassa - Be Yourself.wav Sahara All Stars Band - Enjoy Yourself.wav Marumo - Kohmo Tsaka Deile Kae.wav Bill Loko - Nen Lambo.wav Hamid El Shaeri - Ayonha (Egypt).wav Fela Kuti & The Africa 70 - Jeun Ko Ku (Chop N Quench).wav

11. 

    22 Nov 2025

    SOTS001: The First Episode

    The debut episode. Original recording lost. Rough lo-res recording salvaged from the archive. Enjoy.

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