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Mixing and cutting between genres, styles and eras, a musical journey guaranteed to brighten your day.

DJ and broadcaster with shows on Soho Radio (London) and 1BTN (Brighton)

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http://soundcloud.com/chriscracknelldj

Also check my insta for daily music recommendations www.Instagram.com/chriscracknelldj

23/12/2025

Today’s vinyl: Fred Again ‘Actual Life 1,2,3’ limited Black Friday release.

I jumped on these as I knew they would be pretty limited and probably not many people were gonna shell out for all three, but they are a beautiful set of records and some amazing music that I’m still discovering.

Fred Again is on fire and has been for a while now, with just the right touch and emotional hook and these records have those moments in spades…

Track them down x

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20/12/2025

My round up of the year is now playing on

If you miss it, you can find it on my

Enjoy! X

19/12/2025

These are just some of my favourite vinyl I’ve bought this year. This pile is new records, I might do another one of old records I’ve found in charity and second hand shops…

You can hear these tracks on my right now or tune in to Saturday at 2pm.

and 41 Longfield St Late 80’s
The Eternal Now
DJ Kicksdj With Love Vol 3
Bring it On 30th Anniversary reissue
So Much Of You Was Sleeping
MOISTURIZER

Korus
In Ter A
World Jazz Grooves Vol 2
10
triple RSD Black Friday drop
and Nils Frahm Handling

15/12/2025

I just posted an archive show to my

A few years ago, I got to interview the lovely and incredibly talented and then set about crafting a show around her work…

This gave me license to play all sorts of good music, and you can listen again now at the link in my bio.

Tracklisting:

Matthew Halsall - Tropical Landcapes

Sarathy Korwar - Intimate Enemy feat Upaj Collective

Idris Ackamoor and the Pyramids - An Angel Fell

Monday Michiru - Double Image

Dilemma - Aim Low

Natural Born Chillers - Rock the Funky Beats

187 Lockdown - Gunman (Drum and Bass Mix)

Dr Octogon - Blue Flowers

*Anna Meredith Interview *

DJ Shadow - Bergschrund

MOP - Ante Up

Nas and the Bravehearts - Oochie Wally

RJD2 - Ghostwriter

Marlena Shaw - California Soul

Desmond Chambers - Haly Gully

Moe Turk - Find My Way to U

08/12/2025

Not quite a round up of the year, I’ll be doing that shortly before Christmas, but all the tracks I play are new vinyl to me, plus a guest appearance from .akilat taking you through her time at
I hope you enjoy it, you can listen again via the link in bio
Tracklist:
William Tyler and Kieron Hebden - If I Had a Boat/Spider Ballad
Four Tet - And Then Patterns
Sault - HTTR
Everything is Recorded - Never Felt Better feat Sampha and Florence Welch
Fred Again - Actual Life Piano Live
Majken - Nearly There
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Iiris Viljanen - You’ll Meet Him
Nils Frahm and FS Blumm - Leuchter 2
*Ea Akilat Guest Mix*

06/12/2025

I’m back on at 2pm today, if you can’t make it then, then head over to my and listen any time.

Loads of new vinyl including new and a guest mix from .akilat

01/12/2025

Ah man, I’m in a terrible rush today. Getting through a long list of jobs before I travel to France tomorrow for some work related things (and some fun hopefully) and I wanted to send out a show from the archives.

So I just listened to one of my early shows from 1BTN or 1 Brighton FM as it was known and, not to blow my own trumpet, the music is simply incredible!

I used to do my show live, and it was recorded off the broadcast feed, no-one really knew what they were doing, so the sound isn’t amazing, and I used to throw records in a bag and trundle off into Hove and see what happens. I’m pretty certain this show is 100% vinyl, although there may be a couple of tracks in there that never got a pressing, so maybe I had some digital stuff with me, but I’m quite astounded by the breadth of music I had taken along.

There is some stuff in there you’ll definitely know, like the opener Will Powers (which is a also a good psotove affirmation if you need it) Lemon Jelly, one of my all time favourites from Sebastien Tellier, even Van Halen and the Beach Boys!

But then there are some deeper cuts which I hope you love as much as me. I love Derek Gripper and his amazing guitar playing, Treva Whatevas’ Bouncing Bomb always brings a smile, and I think this is the first time I ever thoguht about mixing the Transglobal Underground into the Ewok Theme from Star Wars, a move I usually reserve for any show broadcast on May the 4th. I wonder what led me there?

So this ia three hour show with plenty of twists and turns, and I’m rather proud of myself from 2017 for being bold enough to go to all these places.

Most DJ’s have a style. or a genre and I’ve always hated that and, if I’m honest, its always worked against me as a DJ because its hard to know where to put me, I get that.

However, looking back as a proof of being someone who is deeply motivated by music and has a sizeable bag to delve into for inspiration and references when working with artists, I think I’m doing OK.

I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did relistening to it.

See you soon

Cx

30/11/2025

Not music related, but just a moment from my start of the day.
It’s been hard to get in the sea for various reasons recently, this morning was cold, but rather glorious.
As autumn turns to winter, with the festive period looming, it felt good to immerse myself in the cold.

24/11/2025

Todays Vinyl: Majken ‘Korus’ out now on

A beautiful record, leaning towards synth pop but that’s definitely not the whole story, beautiful fragile moments sit alongside more defined songs. It feels like a glimpse into someone’s world, which is like everyone’s I guess. A bit of heaviness here, a lightness there, a little anxiety (or in my case quite a lot) some reflection, all of it feels like it’s here.

You won’t find this is everywhere, so track it down and treat yourself.

23/11/2025

When I’m not on the radio, I post up an archive show. This time I’m heading back to my first show on
I also write a little about it, which you can also get if you subscribe to me on

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