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Radio High Life

Radio High Life

Douglas Noble 78 episodes Oct 30, 2026

Radio High Life is a DJ-led music show hosted by Douglas Noble, also known as DJ Doug. It explores vinyl sounds where Latin, Caribbean and African music meet disco, funk, soul, jazz and dance. Doug runs the Feet to the Floor nights in Totnes and has been involved with the High Life parties and the RPM vintage vinyl collective. He has supported artists such as Mulatu Astatke, Seckou Keita and Sona Jobarteh, and the show airs on SoundArt Radio, Soul Roots Radio and South Devon Sound.

Episodes

Radio High Life  164 Ep 164 Samba Disco b-side, ice-cold & bubbly, funky by name n' nature
Radio High Life 164 Ep 164 Samba Disco b-side, ice-cold & bubbly, funky by name n' nature Oct 30, 2026 02:03:39 International good-grooves, with DJ Doug from Soul Roots Radio; featuring a Samba Disco Bassey b-side, ice cold and bubbly contemporary synth from Ruf Dug, Absolute Body Control and Androo, Funk in name and groove from the Funkool Orchestra, Bidiuand the Juju Ocrhestra . Plus Ethio Jazz from Alemeayehu Eshete, 80s Nigerian Electro from Nkono Teles, a rootsy Reggae cover from The Gaylettes and mu
RadioHigh Life Ep 163-Pioneering Afro Synth, Earthbound Folk & Funky Tropical
RadioHigh Life Ep 163-Pioneering Afro Synth, Earthbound Folk & Funky Tropical Oct 16, 2026 59:33 Radio High Life with DJ Doug from Soundart Radio; featuring South & West African 80s Afrosynth from Umoja & Nkono Teles , Brian Jackson's birthday celebration of Gill Scott Heron, Soulful Lovers Rock from Derrick Cross, vintage Caribbean & S America Latin grooves with Los Dangers & Black Sugar, Bidu's Funky orchestral Brit-Disco and beautiful Folk from Paul Giovanni & Headmix to bring us back to
Radio High Life Ep 162  Latin Heat, East African Songs of Love & Loss, West African Funk n' Disco
Radio High Life Ep 162 Latin Heat, East African Songs of Love & Loss, West African Funk n' Disco Oct 3, 2026 01:59:43 IInternational good grooves with DJ Doug from Soul Roots Radio. Polyphonic, high-energy, contemporary and vintage, Latin Heat, swirling guitars and soulful brass lead an East African excursion into the many -splendored, and sometimes painful, essential human experience of love. A West and aSouth African Funk n' Disco freak out . Oh... and some Brazilian grooves too . Featuring Mongo Santamaria, Re
Radio High Life Ep 161 Swirling guitars and swinging horns from East Africa
Radio High Life Ep 161 Swirling guitars and swinging horns from East Africa Sep 17, 2026 50:49 Radio High Life with DJ Doug takes an East African excursion, with fuzzy Disco Funk from Somalia, swinging sounds of Ethiopia and Sudan, swirling guitars from Tanzania and Kenya and more , There are some quality covers of Rare Groove, Disco and SynthPop classics, plus a contemportay Latin Cha Cha Cha from Leeds
FTTF 11-9-26
FTTF 11-9-26 Sep 11, 2026 59:53 DJ Doug presents the Feet To The Floor Show live on Soundart Radio from Dartington Devon ; with Latin Funk from Kenny Dope, EthioJazz and Dub from Zena., Spiritual Jazz from Kahil El Zabar and much more
RHL ep 160
RHL ep 160 Sep 4, 2026 02:00:02 DJ Doug's Radio High Life from Soul Roots Radio , celebrating the DJs artists and team who made the We Out Here festival such a joy; with tunes from Kahil El'Zabar, Zena, The Heliocetrics with Mulatu Astatke , Artur Verocai, Anna Frango Electrico, Isiah Collier, High Masekela, Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band & more.
Radio High Life Ep. 159; Latin, Cumbia, West to East Africa, Neo Soul to bring joy & love
Radio High Life Ep. 159; Latin, Cumbia, West to East Africa, Neo Soul to bring joy & love Aug 27, 2026 59:51 A journey through international good-grooves with Dj Doug's Radio High Life show, from Sound Art Radio. Featuring music from Sophie Sirota, Isiah Collier, Zena, Moses Boyd, Adam Scrimshire, Rodolfo Con Los Hispanos , The Dur Dur Band, Ibibio Sound Machine and much more
Radio High Life Ep 156 Brazilian Grooves, Afrofuturistc JazzFunk and Tropical Beats
Radio High Life Ep 156 Brazilian Grooves, Afrofuturistc JazzFunk and Tropical Beats Jun 15, 2026 01:45:56 DJ Doug's Radio High Life from Soul Roots Radio; International good-grooves , vintage and contemporary, taking in tunes from Ezra Collective, Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Lonnie Liston Smith, Jimetta Rose, Soma Soma, Haile Murgu, Toto La Moposina & much, much more. NB last 10 mins did not capture correctly so, there are missing tunes and parts of tunes
Radio High Life Ep 155 Boogaloo, Brit Jazz, Brazilian, Folk, Cumbia
Radio High Life Ep 155 Boogaloo, Brit Jazz, Brazilian, Folk, Cumbia May 31, 2026 01:03:01 Dj Doug's Radio High Life from Soundart Radio; internatinal good grooves, taking in classic Boogaloo from Barretoo, a Brazilian take on English Folk from Seu Jorge and Beck, some skankin' Mexican & Colombian Cumbia and high quality contemporary Brit Jazz from the North- Nat Birchall & Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble
Radio High Life Ep 154 - JAZZ! Soul Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Funk, Brit Jazz & more
Radio High Life Ep 154 - JAZZ! Soul Jazz, Latin Jazz, Jazz Funk, Brit Jazz & more May 15, 2026 02:01:20 Radio High Life show from Soul Root Radio with DJ Doug. An episode to get the Jazz dancers spinning, high kicking and sliding, with Latin Jazz from Cal Tjader and La Clave, Soul Jazz from contemporary BritJazzers Outer Worlds Jazz Ensemble & Nat Birchall , Jazz Funk from Brass Construction, Hammond Grooves from Jimmy Smith and 80's West Country, Punk-Funk Jazz, with a Caribbean feel, from Pigbag
Radio High Life Ep 153 Wes African Afrobeat & Latin, NYC Disco , Folk Jazz
Radio High Life Ep 153 Wes African Afrobeat & Latin, NYC Disco , Folk Jazz May 3, 2026 59:43 DJ Doug's Radio High Life from Soundart Radio; international good-grooves taking in a clutch a West Africa Latin tunes, gorgeous brand new Folk Jazz from Chris Avery, lush Nueva Yorcian Disco strings , seven inches of charity shop Funk, heaven and much more.
Radio High Life ep 152  Soul Roots Radio Live Weekender; Funk, Jazz, Baelaric, Brazilian
Radio High Life ep 152 Soul Roots Radio Live Weekender; Funk, Jazz, Baelaric, Brazilian Apr 27, 2026 04:02:53 DJ Doug's Radio High Life as part of Soul Roots Radio Live Weekender; a journey through international good-grooves with tunes from Quanitic, BeatConductr, War , Blackbyrds , Charanga76, Parlour Greens, Joao Selva, Marcos Valle abd much more

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