August DJ Chart: Norman Jay

1. JetTricKs feat. AdeFunke - Free (iTunes)
Very Brighton, very British and representative of what's happening on the downtempo tip; experimental and soulful.

2. Bobby D'Ambrosio feet Arif St Michael - Girl You Need A Change of Mind (SoulShine)
I've bought every incarnation since Eddie Kendricks recorded it in the early 70s. This is about the sixth version. Bobby does great versions of classic songs.

3. Black Sheep - Flavor of The Month (Mercury)
Even though I was playing all those piano anthems back in the day, I still kept buying hip-hop and I play this at the carnival every year. Fantastic!

4. Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Sankofa (Honest Jon's)
I heard this about a year ago in Honest Jon's and it hit me straight away. This is the proper sound of afrobeat. If you've ever been to Soweto or Namibia, you'll know that the music they tout as afrobeat here is so far away from what they listen to in the ghettoes or townships.

5. Lisa Shaw - All Night High (Salted Music)
I've been playing it in the car and it nags at me, there's something about it. It's accessible, you've heard it all before, but it's got great production and has a great melody unlike so many house tunes.

6. Richie Spice - Youths Dem Cold (Truth & Rights Riddim)
This is going to murder them at carnival as it did last year. One of the best Jamaican singers to emerge recently, this is based on Johnny Osbourne's Truth and Rights.

7. Ella Fitzgerald - Get Ready (Warner)
My dad was into Ella, which is how I got into her originally. Ella does Get Ready in a jazzy northern soul style: I've been reviving it at all the festivals this year and it's been tearing it up.

8. High Inergy - Lovin' Fever (Motown)
This is a little known Motown track. Very summery, very feel-good and brilliant harmonies. Proper singalong stuff.

9. The Dramatics - Get It (MCA)
This was a big roller skate jam. In fact, I've been doing some roller skate events recently and this is getting fresh plays.

10. Nash - Keep Rising (Gobea)
He's a West London boy from round my way. He did music, he was an actor and I thought he was destined for big things. Refreshingly different West London music.