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Here is the live show from Sunday to bring the curtain down on ND after almost 14 years. It’s been a wonderful journey. The show was originally founded and formulated, to introduce and bring newer and fresher sounds to a niche audience who were still hungry to want to hear new music beyond the same old school stuff. For the large part I think it’s been successful in doing just that. Bringing new sounds and introducing new styles for those people to begin their own journey of exploration. But now with such a proliferation of music access points, for people to find the music and begin those explorations, I feel ND’s purpose has become somewhat diminished.I’m not hanging up the headphones completely, and I’m sure that I will pop up here and there on the internet soul stations, but for now it’s time for ND to take its final bow. Thank you to everyone that has joined me on the journey across the years.Enjoy this final set. It was a banger even if I do say myselfKeep it Happy - Pete.

The first outing of the New Year as that 500th show gets closer. Lots of great sounds in the mix, featuring some great new soulful house and some very cool broken beat. Thank you to those that joined me in the chat space.I hope that you might enjoy the rerunKeep it HappyPete

Here is the show that went live today after a break of 3 months. Back at the decks with ND bringing you 2 hours in the mix start-to-finish. Lots of soulful house, a big chunk of broken beat, and sprinkled with jazzy elements and touch-ups. Thanks goes to the many who tuned in and those that made it a great interactive experience today, I trust you will enjoy the rerun podcast,Keep it Happy - PeteTracklist here: https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-130425/

Here is the latest ND show that went live on Sunday. Featuring a more soulful vibe to this weeks ND set with some great new sounds in amongst a few classics, and a few listener posts/requests in there for good measure. This was one of those memorable shows for me. The vibe seemed spot on with the listening audience and the interactive chat space was buzzing. Thank you to everyone who joined me on Sunday.If you weren't there I trust you will enjoy the re-run.Keep it Happy - PetePlaylist here:https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-110224/#

So over the holidays I found myself with time to take the journey to revisit and listen to lots of music that served as the idea behind the creation of ND and formed the basis of the show in its early years. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to so many great vibes that still remain fresh even now, and I thought that it would be a shame not to do something with that and so the idea of doing several "retro" podcasts/shows came to me. So here is the first of those podcasts that I also went live with. Thanks to the handful of souls who joined an impromptu live session. For this show I have focussed on some of the more danceable elements played on the ND shows around 2011-12. I will do another one of these at some stage soon but I hope you enjoy this one for now.Keep it Happy - Pete.Playlist at: https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-120124-the-early-years-revisited/

And so after a break of 7 months the show is back live on the Mixcloud platform for a 6 month season at least. This is the first of those shows that went out on Sunday. Featuring the best in Broken beat, Soulful House, Dancefloor Jazz. Thank you so much to all those that tuned in live around the globe, and thanks in particular to those that joined in the interactive chat experience. It made the return so special. It was good to be back at the decks spinning these vibes.I trust you will enjoy the podcast of the show.Keep it Happy - PetePlaylist can be found here:https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-121123/

And so finally here we are with the last of the four shows to go live over this fortnight. Celebrating 10 years of “Nu Directions” with the top 100 tracks from those 10 years. Today we finish off with the top 25 and I can promise there are some absolute "monsters" and "bad-boys" in the show.Who and what will make that number 1 spot? You will need to listen to find out My extra special thanks goes out in particular today, to some of the regular listeners to ND over the last 10 years. Thank you so much for your support, encouragement, inspiration input and interaction along the way.Keep it Happy - PetePlaylist here:https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-10-years-top-100-25-1-140822/

Another edition of Nu Directions here for your aural pleasure. Lots of new releases, and lots of listener choice (posted) tunes. Thank you also to all who joined in the interactive chat experience. Soulful, Synthesised, Broken and Jazzy sounds - You know what to expect.Keep it Happy - PetePlaylist Here:https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/nu-directions-090422/

This is the Brit Funk & Brit Jazz Funk All Time Top 30 that went to air on Easter Monday.The count was voted for in an amazing response from the listeners of Soul Legends Radio and the Jazz Funk Appreciation Society on Facebook. I was just lucky enough to be able to present this incredible selection of tunes that defined the club scene in the UK in the late 70's and early 80's.Here again for your listening pleasure. Take a trip back in the day and enjoy these unique sounds as we count towards the number 1 tune.Keep it Happy - Pete.The Count Tracklist (should you wish to know in advance) can be found at:https://www.mixcloud.com/peterhitch1/brit-funk-brit-jazz-funk-all-time-top-30-060415/