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This dance remix by Armand Van Helden went to number 1 on the UK singles chart.\n--\n\"Professional Widow\" epitomizes the intense, percussive sound that Amos dubbed “thrash harpsichord”, a grinding sonic cauldron set against a driving 4/4 groove with heavily syncopated 5/4 sections that give the track a uniquely uneven feel.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605013, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605013/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:18:39-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix)", "track_id": "b1c96433-8287-38bf-b50d-2d0158840dda", "recording_id": "2f7a1aeb-7687-4474-b49d-32352b4efd7b", "artist": "Yeah Yeah Yeahs", "artist_ids": [ "584c04d2-4acc-491b-8a0a-e63133f4bfc4" ], "album": "Heads Will Roll (A-Trak remix)", "release_id": "17772988-7bf0-4a35-b505-530bd8ff1b01", "release_group_id": "ca7b58ab-8118-4006-9756-022a4ae96ed4", "labels": [ "Fool’s Gold Records" ], "label_ids": [ "c1fc0c7a-8244-4511-8f34-065c113403be" ], "release_date": "2009-12-08", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "In this video, \"A-Trak Explains How He Made Yeah Yeah Yeahs' \"Heads Will Roll\" Remix\": https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/dxq5ov/atrak_explains_how_he_made_yeah_yeah_yeahs_heads/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605012, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605012/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:18:25-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3605011, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605011/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:14:21-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Firestarter", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "3dabfc40-33b4-4dba-8d94-79e77c4d1448", "artist": "The Prodigy", "artist_ids": [ "4a4ee089-93b1-4470-af9a-6ff575d32704" ], "album": "The Fat of the Land", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "ac9138ce-6331-3f8d-86d7-69f13e4ab4f4", "labels": [ "Maverick" ], "label_ids": [ "79afd9ce-c6b2-4e9a-9b23-a13e25d70688" ], "release_date": "1997-06-30", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“I’m the trouble starter, punkin’ instigator…”\nFrom the opening line, the Prodigy’s 1996 single “Firestarter” was an openly hostile provocation.\nWith Keith Flint’s snarling vocals set over producer Liam Howlett’s menacing grind of breakbeats and finely crafted samples, the track signaled the Prodigy’s bold salvo beyond the rave scene and onto the music world at large.\n--\nLearn more about this provocative song: https://www.insomniac.com/music/from-the-crate-the-prodigy-firestarter/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605010, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605010/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:10:45-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1931e4eb-ab35-4f67-9bdb-b9444992835b/971025674-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/1931e4eb-ab35-4f67-9bdb-b9444992835b/971025674-250.jpg", "song": "The Power (7″ version)", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "4068f51d-1b27-4afb-82f7-1a23e03649fa", "artist": "Snap!", "artist_ids": [ "cd23732d-ffd2-444e-8884-53475d7ac7d9" ], "album": "The Power", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "f4e8db94-4cce-4a0f-8216-b98c2e648165", "labels": [ "Logic Records" ], "label_ids": [ "cc9e945d-b115-45fc-ac76-cf9c377ff96b" ], "release_date": "1990-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Snap! was created by the German production duo of Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. They were the first to use sampled dance tracks augmented by a soulful female singer and a male rapper - collectives like C + C Music Factory and The KLF followed this formula. \"The Power\" was a massive hit; it was based on the rap from Chill Rob G's \"Let The Words Flow\" and a sample of disco singer Jocelyn Brown's song \"Love's Gonna Get You,\" which is where the \"I've got the power\" line comes from.\n\nWith the track laced and the samples in place, the German producers went looking for a good female soul singer to fill out the vocals and contribute to the rest of the album. They tried to get Chaka Khan, who had no interest, but she suggested Penny Ford, who was Chaka's vocal director and main backup singer. Penny took the gig, flew to Germany, and spent three days in 1989 singing lots of vocals for the producers to work with, and improvising lyrics along the way.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605009, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605009/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:06:51-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia801307.us.archive.org/4/items/mbid-2ed38f0b-1519-3b22-8df7-747eff07877e/mbid-2ed38f0b-1519-3b22-8df7-747eff07877e-22337503748_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia601307.us.archive.org/4/items/mbid-2ed38f0b-1519-3b22-8df7-747eff07877e/mbid-2ed38f0b-1519-3b22-8df7-747eff07877e-22337503748_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Party for Your Right to Fight", "track_id": "c98a87c9-d361-30e9-bf20-af4e2fe0b726", "recording_id": "117d3835-4be8-44ad-931c-0a90e6a898a4", "artist": "Public Enemy", "artist_ids": [ "bf2e15d0-4b77-469e-bfb4-f8414415baca" ], "album": "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back", "release_id": "2ed38f0b-1519-3b22-8df7-747eff07877e", "release_group_id": "01921d99-9d15-3fce-8734-46e58327cfb7", "labels": [ "Def Jam Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "a92d1684-4edb-48aa-b913-30e9da213004" ], "release_date": "1995-05-02", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "\"Party for Your Right to Fight\" contains samples of \"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)\" by Beastie Boys, \"Butt-to-Butt Resuscitation\" by Funkadelic, \"Sing a Simple Song\" by Sly & the Family Stone, \"Get Up, Stand Up\" by Bob Marley and The Wailers, and several more.: https://www.whosampled.com/Public-Enemy/Party-for-Your-Right-to-Fight/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605008, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605008/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:03:37-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://ia600202.us.archive.org/1/items/mbid-c5578950-43d7-3eef-8faa-4c5e232db5ee/mbid-c5578950-43d7-3eef-8faa-4c5e232db5ee-899942160_thumb500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://ia600202.us.archive.org/1/items/mbid-c5578950-43d7-3eef-8faa-4c5e232db5ee/mbid-c5578950-43d7-3eef-8faa-4c5e232db5ee-899942160_thumb250.jpg", "song": "Fight for Your Right", "track_id": "203bfaa0-6ffc-3226-bebb-25cc5933561b", "recording_id": "e6141805-b907-421a-8fb0-93537efb3ce4", "artist": "Beastie Boys", "artist_ids": [ "9beb62b2-88db-4cea-801e-162cd344ee53" ], "album": "Licensed to Ill", "release_id": "c5578950-43d7-3eef-8faa-4c5e232db5ee", "release_group_id": "57f5e7c8-2a6e-34a0-b4cd-0e77695bc36f", "labels": [ "Def Jam Recordings" ], "label_ids": [ "a92d1684-4edb-48aa-b913-30e9da213004" ], "release_date": "1986-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Beastie Boys producer Rick Rubin had a lot to do with this song, injecting a rock sound into it. Rubin was the first to mash-up a major rap act with a rock superstar when he teamed Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith for the updated \"Walk This Way\" earlier in 1986. Rubin is credit as a co-writer on \"Fight for Your Right\" along with the three Beastie Boys.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605007, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605007/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T08:00:18-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Show Me", "track_id": "13866305-91fc-3361-b2b9-25a27d486103", "recording_id": "b042bf9e-7793-4a5c-890f-a7d60a965ddf", "artist": "Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos", "artist_ids": [ "dec629c1-c5b8-4fa1-9bb2-eaf979550f41", "57c44102-301c-43d0-91d6-66d71ffd5376" ], "album": "On the Ropes", "release_id": "dd9cc392-ac15-4db3-9749-b9a009bfe379", "release_group_id": "e478cb69-8dbc-3e93-8141-00dba5935617", "labels": [ "MCA Records" ], "label_ids": [ "46a3941a-c810-47a1-974f-955effec4d09" ], "release_date": "2001-01-01", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Kristin in Port Townshend\nEvery time the Friday song comes on, I jump out of my desk chair so fast my ass breaks the sound barrier and exceeds light speed. Dance off!\n===\nAhhh...the Friday song. Join KEXP for the 26th Annual Expansions MLK Unity Party and Live Broadcast on Sunday, January 18th! Go here for more information: https://www.kexp.org/events/kexp-events/26th-annual-expansions-mlk-unity-party-and-live-broadcast/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605005, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605005/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T07:56:25-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Honey Bea", "track_id": "2a46cc62-7256-43a9-9a5e-318dba4bdd94", "recording_id": "6911d932-4b69-4216-8071-0138cf65f878", "artist": "The Olympians", "artist_ids": [ "566835dc-d09f-45b7-8212-bcc9ba988e11" ], "album": "In Search of a Revival", "release_id": "76bca1fc-e273-4373-b399-4610e0ffc9a3", "release_group_id": "f647135c-99c2-4289-bf80-3e8a3d86a5db", "labels": [ "Daptone Records" ], "label_ids": [ "6507ff0e-035a-4a24-9bbe-e07b1e2224d8" ], "release_date": "2025-11-05", "rotation_status": "Light", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "“The song was written for my daughter Beatrice,” says Toby Pazner on “Honey Bea,” the new single by the Olympians. There is a big 10 piece string section on this one as well as 4 trumpets, two trombones, and baritone. I wanted to make something big that sounds different than things everyone is making today.", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605006, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605006/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T07:55:04-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "comment": "", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "airbreak" }, { "id": 3605004, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605004/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T07:53:14-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Know Your Rights", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "32e3027e-772c-455d-921d-a280f7afff0e", "artist": "The Clash", "artist_ids": [ "8f92558c-2baa-4758-8c38-615519e9deda" ], "album": "Combat Rock", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "b1907b62-6aaf-3ea4-9895-b71234a0e5c1", "labels": [ "Columbia" ], "label_ids": [ "011d1192-6f65-45bd-85c4-0400dd45693e" ], "release_date": "1982-05-14", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Speaking of rights...\n---\nThe song is said to have been written as a sarcastic response to a series of public service announcements in poor areas reminding the civilians of their basic human rights. Your rights: 1. \"The right not to be killed. Murder is a crime, unless it is done by a policeman, or an aristocrat\" 2. \"The right to food money, providing of course, you don't mind a little investigation, humiliation, and, if you cross your fingers, rehabilitation\" 3. \"The right to free speech (as long as you're not dumb enough to actually try it)\" https://www.theclash.com/discography/know-your-rights/", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605002, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605002/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T07:50:07-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "", "thumbnail_uri": "", "song": "Get Up Stand Up", "track_id": "c9c484f0-60e0-436a-be70-5f5d0fa8ae35", "recording_id": "d656e897-a199-4b8b-941e-82edd4fb56be", "artist": "Bob Marley & The Wailers", "artist_ids": [ "c296e10c-110a-4103-9e77-47bfebb7fb2e" ], "album": "Legend: The Best of Bob Marley and the Wailers", "release_id": "0193168c-caa0-4e39-b959-edd825d6870b", "release_group_id": "1a4c52cd-483a-347c-93f9-4d512767c7ba", "labels": [ "Island" ], "label_ids": [ "dfd92cd3-4888-46d2-b968-328b1feb2642" ], "release_date": "2014-07-01", "rotation_status": "Library", "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "Bob Marley and Peter Tosh wrote \"Get Up, Stand Up\" in 1973. Marley wrote it after visiting Haiti and seeing the poverty there, and always ended his concerts with the song.\n -- \nHere's a live version from Munich in 1980: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhJ0q7X3DLM", "location": 1, "location_name": "Default", "play_type": "trackplay" }, { "id": 3605001, "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3605001/?format=api", "airdate": "2026-01-16T07:46:49-08:00", "show": 65664, "show_uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65664/?format=api", "image_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ba91f9e2-2391-4bbd-9114-c9eff138fd98/23121356179-500.jpg", "thumbnail_uri": "https://coverartarchive.org/release/ba91f9e2-2391-4bbd-9114-c9eff138fd98/23121356179-250.jpg", "song": "What’s Going On", "track_id": null, "recording_id": "11a45460-2db8-4312-bef7-c4b000bb0ebd", "artist": "Marvin Gaye", "artist_ids": [ "afdb7919-059d-43c1-b668-ba1d265e7e42" ], "album": "What’s Going On", "release_id": null, "release_group_id": "c1fa4d2c-ec62-37d5-b01d-6df7f8fd2c90", "labels": [ "Motown" ], "label_ids": [ "8e479e57-ef44-490c-b75d-cd28df89bf1b" ], "release_date": "1971-05-20", "rotation_status": null, "is_local": false, "is_request": false, "is_live": false, "comment": "The central theme of \"What's Going On\" and the album of the same name came from Marvin Gaye's own life. When his brother Frankie returned from Vietnam, Gaye noticed that his outlook had changed. 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