WORLDWIDE FM

The Worldwide FM Upfront Playlist is a carefully curated selection of new music from around the world. It looks forward to the tracks that’ll make an impact in the month ahead, including both new and unreleased music and some old unearthed gems.

Catch these tracks on rotation daily; 9-9.45AM and 6-7PM on weekdays. Sample some of the music from our upfront playlist on Soundcloud or the Spotify Playlist below, you can also grab the full list at the bottom of the page.

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10Lec6 – Make Madjeng [Ed Banger Records]
7FO – 米 Mi [EM Records]
Afronaut – Transcend [Apollo Records]
Airto – Return to Forever [CTI Records]
Al Green – Love Ritual [Hi Records]
Ammar 808 – El-Bidha Wel Samra (feat. Cheb Hassen Tej) [Glitterbeat Records]
Anthony Joseph – On The Move [Heavenly Sweetness]
Auntie Flo – Cape Town Dub [Brownswood Recordings]
Auntie Flo – Cape Town Jam [Brownswood Recordings]
Baba Stiltz – Showtime [XL Recordings]
Bazokonwaba – Ranger Feat Korus [Waella’s Choice]
BCUC – Nobody Knows [Buda Musique]
Ben Lamar Gay – Music for 18 Hairdressers: Braids & Fractals [International Anthem]
Bluebrains – Dream Maker 164
Blvck Spvde – Fly Monarch [Whitelabel]
Bokanté and Metropole Orkest conducted by Jules Buckley – All The Way Home [Real Word]
Boogarins – FoiMAL [OAR]
Brandon Coleman – Giant Feelings [Brainfeeder]
Children Of Zeus – Hoodman2Manhood [First Word]
Dengue Dengue Dengue – Pua Ft. Penya [On The Corner Records]
Devoted Souls – Holding On (Kon Edit) [Whitelabel]
Dirty Channels VS Danny Russel – Watchin Out [Athens Of The North]
Dj Khalab – Dense Feat. Shabaka Hutchings & Tommaso Cappellato [On The Corner]
DJ Koze – Bonfire [Pampa Records]
Djeuh Djoah & Lieutnenant Nicholson – EL NIÑO [Hot Casa Records]
Djrum – Unblocked [R&S Records]
Dom Salvador – Hei! Voce [Mad About Records]
Domenico Lancellotti – pare de correr (stop running) [Luaka Bop]
Donald Byrd – Dominoes (Live) [Blue Note]
Duckett – Tension [Berceuse Heroique]
Emma-Jean Thackray’s – Ley Lines [The Vinyl Factory]
Erlon Chaves – (Prefixo) Tema De Abertura [Mad About Records]
Etuk Obung – Black Debtors [Afro 7]
Everything Is Recorded – Close But Not Quite feat. Sampha [XL Records]
Frazelle – Today Is The Day
Frazelle – Today Is The Day (Linkwood Chop) [Athens Of The North]
Gabe Gurnsey – New Kind [Phantasy]
Gabe Gurnsey – Ultra Clear Sound [Phantasy]
Cardi B – Be careful Gafacci Remix [Whitelabel]
Galcher Lustwerk – Life [Lustwerk Music]
George Duke – ‘Scuse Me Miss [Epic Records]
George Duke – Liberated Fantasies [MPS Records]
George Duke – Festival [Epic Records]
George Duke – Someday [MPS Records]
Gil Scott Heron – We Almost Lost Detroit [Arista Records]
Girls of the Internet & Peven Everett – Love Delicious (12″ Edit) [Ramp Recordings]
Glenn Astro – Boring Times On Beleuse Five [Tartelet Records]
Glenn Astro – Crack Is Wack Tartelet Records]
Gogo Penguin – Strid [Decca]
Gondwana Orchestra – You’ve Got To Have Freedom (ft Dwight Trible) [Gondwana Records]
Haai – Motorik Voodoo [Bush Doof Music]
Hareton + Meta – KM110 [Mr Bongo]
Heatwave – The Star of a Story [Epic]
Helena Hauff – btdr-revisited [Ninja Tune]
Herbert – Rude [Accidental Jnr.]
Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids – An Angel Fell [Strut Records]
Inflo – No Fear [Whitelabel]
Irreversible Entanglements – Fireworks [International Anthem]
Ishmael Ensemble – Full Circle [Whitelabel]
James Stewart – Mugara Ndega Ft Martha Thom & Jacob Mafuleni [Alma Negra]
Jeff MIlls Spiral Deluxe – E=MC² [Axis Records]
Jesse Futerman – Driva’man [Jus Like Music]
Joe Armon-Jones – London’s Face ft. Oscar Jerome [Brownswood Recordings]
Joe Armon-Jones – Londons Face (Live WWFM x WeTransfer Session) [Unreleased]
Joe Armon-Jones – Ragify (Live WWFM x WeTransfer Session) [Unreleased]
Joey B – Beautiful Boy (feat. Wanlov & Ponobiom) [Whitelabel]
Jorge Ben – Lalari-Olalá [Philips Records]
Juan Atkins – Dimensions [Life’s Good Records]
Kamasi Washington – The Message (2b04 + Gilles Peterson Rework) [Whitelabel]
Kassin – Relax [LAB 344]
Kayla Painter – Keep Under Wraps [White Label]
Khalab – Cannavaro ft. Clap! Clap! [On The Corner]
Kiefer – Dope Nerd [Stones Throw]
King Coya – Icaro Llama Planta (Feat. Isabel Pinedo Rangifo) [ZZK Records]
KOKOKO! – Azo Toke [ICI]
Kruder & Dorfmeister – Black Baby [G-Stone Recordings]
Leon Bridges – Lions [Columbia Records]
Levelz – Respect Respect [Whitelabel]
Liam van Ryn – Accident is Saga City [Whitelabel]
Louis Cole – When You’re Ugly (feat. Genevieve Artadi) [Brainfeeder]
Maarja Nuut & Ruum – Kuud kuulama [Fat Cat Records]
MABUTA – Bamako Love Song [Inpartmaint]
Mac Miller – Buttons [Warner Bros.]
Maisha – Azure [Brownswood Recordings]
Makaya McCraven – Run Dem (GP Edit) [Whitelabel]
Man Power – Barranquilla Trifle (Ruf Dug Zouk Remix) [Futureboogie]
Matty – Verocai [Matty Unlimited]
Max Cooper – Hope [MESH]
Maya – Alien [Mandarin Dreams]
Mick Jenkins – What Am I To Do [Cinematic]
Mildlife – The Magnificent Moon (Radio Edit) [Research Records]
MJ COLE x Kojey Radical – Soak It Up [892]
Muskovic Dance Band – Continue The Fun [Soundway Records]
Nabihah Iqbal – Something More [Ninja Tune]
Nan Kolé x Prynce Mini – Drop That [More Time]
Nat Birchall – Ancient Wisdom [Tradition Disc]
Nathan Micay – First Casualty [Whities]
Neneh Cherry – Kong [Smalltown Supersound]
Nu Guinea – B4 – Parev’ Ajere [NG Records]
Nuff Pedals – Hang Glide [GutterFunk]
Obangjayar – Adjacent Heart [Whitelabel]
Onyx Collective – Eyes Closed [Big Dada]
Onyx Collective – Magic Gallery (Live WWFM x Wepresent Live Session) [Unreleased]
Orelsan – San [Wagram Music]
Pedro & Jenna Camille – Float [Wolf Music Recordings]
Peggy Gou – It Makes You Forget (Itgehane) [Ninja Tune]
Peluché – Figure Me Out [One Little Indian]
Peverelist – Left Hand [Idle Hands]
Pierre Barouh – Vivre! [Omagatoki]
Prophet – Insanity [Stones Throw]
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers – Swamp People [Prestige]
Quart – Thinking of You [BBE]
Questions feat CeeLo Green – Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge [Linear Labs]
Surrey Boudit – Tek My Leave [Whitelabel]
Red Axes – Abidjan feat. Yakomin [!K7]
Rejoicer – Yesterday’s Forest Magic feat. Sefi Zisling [Stones Throw]
Roska – Over You ft Alesha Lee [Roska Kicks & Snares]
Salvador Araguaya † – Undiú (Salvador Space Edit) [Whitelabel]
Sampology – Smile [Middle Name Records]
Skinny Pelembe – Hejira [Brownswood Recordings]
Skinny Pelembe – I Just Wanna Be Your Prisoner Ft Hejira [Brownswood Recordings]
Skinny Pelembe – Not Your Friend, Not Your Enemy (feat. Yazmin Lacey) [Brownswood Recordings]
Sons Of Kemet – My Queen is The Nanny Of The Maroons [Impulse]
Spiral Deluxe – E=MC² [Axis]
Stella Chiweshe – Kasahwa [Glitterbeat Records]
Stella Chiweshe – Ratidzo [Glitterbeat Records]
Subelo Cuba – Companieros Tropicales [Brownswood Records]
Ted Jasper – Get It Together [Fade To Zaire]
The Internet – Come Together [Columbia Records]
The James L’Estraunge Orchestra – Again [BBE]
The Last Poets – Understand What Black Is (Mala Remix) [Studio Rockers]
The Lewis Express – Cancao De Momento [ATA Records]
The Shacks – Texas [Big Crown Records]
Thomas Pizzini – Flash (Radio Slave Remix) [Guendalina Records]
Tirzah – Devotion (feat. Coby Sey) [Domino]
Tirzah – Holding On [Domino]
Toni Tornado – Podes Crer, Amizade [Mr Bongo]
Tony Allen & Jeff Mills – The Seed [Decca]
Veence Hanao x Le Motel – Melusine [Whitelabel]
Will DiMaggio – Could Be The Look [Future Times]
Wilma Archer – Scarecrow [Weird World]
Womack & Womack – MPB (Folk Version) [Island Records]
Wu-Lu – Sailor feat. Binisa Bonner [Whitelabel]
Yamaneko – Oslo House Sunrise 4K [Local Action]
Yves Tumor – Noid [Warp]
Zara McFarlane – Police & Thieves [Brownswood Recordings]
Ze Roberto – Lotus 72d [RCA Victor]
Zed Bias – 2 Selectah (Feat DJ Principal) [Biasonic Records]
Zed Bias – Restless Ft Eva Lazarus [Exit Records]