Sounds of the Studio | WPKN

Donny Russ, WPKN

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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.

Jul 18

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
Jun 20

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
May 23

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
Mar 20

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

Brian Auger - Beginning Again.wavJohnny Hammond - Back To The Projects .wavCalvin Keys - Shawn-Neeq.wavCesar Mariano - Metropole.wavHuman Egg - Love Like This.wavSOYUZ - Beige Days.wavEduardo Araujo - Oranige.wavOs Brazoes - Canastra Real.wavOfege - To Be Wise.wavLew Hanson & The Islanders - Soul Safari.wavSir Stanley - I Believe.wavCreation Unlimited - Corruption is the Thing.wavZZ Hill - I Think Id Do It.wavPearl Dowell - It's All Over.wavGeneral Lee & The Space Army Band - We Did It Baby.wavCosmos Universal Band - Third Eye.wavBen & The Tight Squeeze Band - Brandon's Song.wavMulatu Astatke - Kasalefkut-Hulu.wavChico Buarque - Acorda Amor.wavTraffic Sound - Simple.wavDave Pike Set - Mathar.wavEmit Rhodes - Long Time No See.wavWings - Arrow Right Through Me.wavPescado Rabioso - Bajan.wavPete Dunaway - Supermercado.wavAzymuth - What Price Samba.wavArabi - Times Three.wavGiorgio Moroder - (Theme From) Midnight Express.wavMFSB - Mysteries of the World.wavKarriem - I Love You (Part 1).wavAtmosfear - Invasion.wavBilly Paul - Let The Dollar Circulate.wavPlacebo - Inner City Blues.wavDonald Byrd - You And Music.wavYussef Dayes - Black Classical Music.wavJeff Parker - Get Dressed.wavYesterdays New Quintet - Too High (Stevie Wonder).wavBob James - Nautilus.wavMadlib - Distant Land.wavLonnie Liston Smith - Shadows.wavDexter Wansel - Rings of Saturn.wav
Feb 21

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
Jan 16

SOTS003: Tryin' Times

Recorded live on 1-15-26
12/19/2025

SOTS002: The Africa Episode

Vinyl selections of Zamrock, Highlife, Afrobeat, etc. Dry Bread - Yamar.wavKing Sunny Ade - Ja Fun Mi (Instrumental).wavOfo The Black Company - Allah Wakbarr.wavOrchestra Baobab - Kelen Ati Leen.wavLantei Lamptey - Fish & Funjee.wavRail Band - Marabayasa.wavEtran De L'Air - Agrim Agadez .wavMarijata - We Live In Peace.wavSegun Bucknor & His Revolution - La La La.wavMulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta.wavAlmon Memela - The Things We Do In Soweto.wavWITCH - Chifundo.wavChrissy Zebby Tembo - I am Not Made of Iron.wavNgozi Family - Hi Babe.wavAmanaz - Khala My Friend (Reverb Version).wavPaul Ngozi - In The Ghetto.wavFive Revolutions - Fwe Bena Zambia.wavOrchestra Baobab - Souleymane.wavMasekela - The Boys Doin It.wavThe Rwemzori's - Handsome Boy (Pt1-2).wavDan Boadi - Money Is The Root of Evil (45 Edit).wavApostles - Don't Huzzle For Love.wavJM Tim & Foty - More and More.wavAstaria - Jamasa RoRo.wavShina Williams - Agboju Logun.wavPasteur Lappe - More Sekele Movement.wavDisco Dub Band - For The Love of Money.wavBoncana Maiga - Koyama Hondo - 1982.mp3Vicky Edimo - You.wavSteve Monite - Things Fall Apart.wavSplash - Peacock.wavWilliam Oyeabor - Better Change Your Mind.wavLetta Mbulu - Kilimanjaro (Instrumental Version).wavManu Dibango - New Bell.wavAkwassa - Be Yourself.wavSahara All Stars Band - Enjoy Yourself.wavMarumo - Kohmo Tsaka Deile Kae.wavBill Loko - Nen Lambo.wavHamid El Shaeri - Ayonha (Egypt).wavFela Kuti & The Africa 70 - Jeun Ko Ku (Chop N Quench).wav
11/22/2025

SOTS001: The First Episode

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

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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.

Creator

Donny Russ, WPKN
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

8
Rating

Clean
Copyright

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