PINACOLADA SOUNDSYSTEM

A serious vinyl collector and belligerent former record store employee, Tim Baird has been mixing, slicing and dicing since 1990. Pinacolada Soundsystem paints a broad brush eclectic mix that begs, borrows and steals from all the colours of the musical spectrum, coupled with the odd sarcastic dig at popular culture.

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Pinacolada Soundsystem’s ‘Bonus Beats’ is fifty!

03.05.2017

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This week marks the fiftieth episode of ‘Bonus Beats’ by 8K stalwarts the Pinacolada Soundsystem. Celebrating with a mix of house, disco, downbeat, dub and bassline, this show is an absolute storming mash up of current favourites from around the Pinacolada HQ. So pour a drink, light one up, and enjoy. Here’s to the next fifty episodes!

Tracklisting: Private Agenda – Tender/Charlie Beale – Funky Situation (Charlie Beale Regrooved Edit)/Shalamar – Right In The Socket (Andy Buchan Edit)/SOS Band – Just Be Good To Me (Pimpin Willie Deep House Dubstrumental)/Imago – Hippieflippin (Deep Jazzpuchino 12 Inch Dub)/Faze Island – Pacific System/Pied Piper – Astro Disco (Cosmik Nu – Disco House Jamstrumental)/Liquid Pegasus – Bass Finger/Seekersinternational – Channel 2 (Murda Dub)/Seb Wildblood – Coconut Oil/Komon & Will Saul – Harmonise (Nick Höppner Remix)/The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache (Loshmi Edit)/Imago – Jungle Juice (Bajamonti 12 Inch Jazzyliciuos Mix)/Vibe Killers – Roller/Strange Rollers – Sweet & Sour/Timothy J. Fairplay – Honecker Complex/Pied Piper – Funked Enough (Too Foonkie Disco Boogie Mix).

Bonus Beats #38: ‘Tweetledee’ and ‘Tweetledum’

01.02.2017

Donald Trump And Ted Cruz Join Capitol Hill Rally Against Iran Deal

Here’s episode thirty-eight of our show ‘Bonus Beats’ direct from the Pinacolada HQ exclusively for 8K.nz. This particular show features a mix of new breaks, downbeat, house, footwork and bassline. It is a 100 per cent Trump-free zone. Enjoy this trip and don’t forget you can also stream us live every Wednesday at 9pm NZT on 8K….24/7 streaming and on demand radio at www.8K.nz straight out of Christchurch City to your ears! Check it.

Tracklisting:Midland – Stop (Don’t Let The Beat)/ Jus’ Jam – Inherent Vice/ Folamour – Each Day Is A First Day/Kapote – Get Down Brother/Ponty Mython – Breakchu/Francis Inferno Orchestra – Oasis/Babylon Barsebak – Luv You My Man/Jana Rush – Pacific/Spekktrum – Quantum/Alterior Motive – Now ‘Ere Dis/Tik and Borrow – Hung (Killjoy Remix)/Pied Piper – Down With the Jamming (Afro Cosmic Dubstramental)/Roman Rauch – Boogie Trip/Stayhigh – Mother/Parviz – 100 Crowns Bill/JP Source – Got The Time/Mr. Beatnik – Church Street Blues/Octa Octa – Aimless/Larry de Kat – Solitary Maybe (Frits Wentink Mix)/Swindle – Copacabana

Enjoy!

 

 

 

Bonus Beats #37: A pre-8K gig primer

26.01.2017

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Here’s episode thirty-seven of Pinacolada Soundsystem’s show ‘Bonus Beats’ direct from the Pinacolada HQ exclusively for 8K.nz. Here’s a selection of tunes perfect for the pre-party ahead of the 8K Station Meeting #2 gig at the Darkroom this Friday night.  This particular show features some brand new cuts that sound very old skool. We also ride the 70s/80s re-edit juggernaut with some classics like you’ve never heard them before.

Enjoy this trip and don’t forget you can also stream us live every Wednesday at 9pm NZT on 8K….24/7 streaming and on demand radio at http://www.8K.nz straight out of Christchurch City to your ears! Repeats are on Thursday 10am NZT and Saturday 5pm NZT. Check it out!

Tracklisting: Pirate Copy – Original Pirate Copy/Paul Woolford – No Requests (Special Request Fantasy FM Mix)/UnderHeadz – Mainline/Foundry – Blackout/Hot Chocolate – Everyone’s A Winner (Discothic House Mix)/Animotion – Obsession (Re-Edit)/Queen – Dust The Bite (Re-Edit)/Lipps Inc. – F u n k y T o w n (Pied Piper Alternative Lost Groove Re – Dub)/Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove (Jammatastic Mix)/Brothers Johnson – Stomp (Solid Discohouse Regroove)/Kid Creole and the Coconuts – Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy (Vladek Re-Edit)/Kraftwerk – Autobahn (Re-Edit)/Hush Hush – Jazz Cabbage/Edwin Starr – Contact (Dubkay Rework)/Pirate Copy – Rock That (Vibe Killers Remix)/Bell Towers – Club Rat (Fierce Mix)/D-Mob – Put Your Hands Together (Pimpin’ Willie Bad Boy Redux)