lilies radio
curious music, stories and conversations from Johannesburg + elsewhere, every weekend.
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new broadcasts resume on Saturday, 3 May 2024.
latest
catch-up on the most recent transmissions on our airwaves.
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"3000FM!": 010 w/ LUCAS3000
"This Valentine’s edition of “3000FM!” is dedicated to the love of love, good dick, raving, Club Shy, Kelela and Soundcloud edits."
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BeePM: 002
a sure-fire selection of techno and dance grooves from Bee.
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Night Sweats Radio: 022 w/ Dan Lee
sleazy, chuggy tribal hits, diva vocals and pianos to explore the back catalogue of one of British house music's greatest projects.
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Trip Tongue: 010 w/ Plaat Japie
“Summer rhapsody, the perfumed garden, dawn blessings, morning glory, changes. Let the sunshine in. You'll be alright.”
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pssngr princess radio: 005 w/ mila
a massive hour of globetrotting club heaters selected by our Cape Town-based bestie, mila - running through kuduro to baile, afrobeat to batida and beyond.
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the strxnger show: 014 w/ xy
old school and contemporary gems gliding through R&B, soul + beats to keep you lifted.
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VolumeRadioShow: 025
“I gave myself the challenge of maintaining a high tempo while exploring more intriguing tracks and beats, deviating from my usual preference for four-to-the-floor house and dance tracks.”
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Obae : 015 - luvers & trapperz
"considering we're nearing the end of the month of love - this mix is for the luvers, but also the trappers - the key is always balance... ciaga."
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SteamRoom: 009 w/ Bon Bon Vie
soul-gliding & easy breezing with Bon Bon Vie -
"I hope this feels like a ice cold guava Take 5 on a hot summers day, enjoy"
meet our residents
get to know the faces behind the station, bringing you all sorts of music + talks every weekend.
Deniece Marz
Andy Mkosi
CIRCLES & SQUARES
Dan Lee
Hello Kenny
Bee
lilies radio series
discover our range of limited-episode radio series, sporadic broadcasts + once-off, themed shows.
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Saturday Love
our bi-weekly breakfast show brings friends together to curate playlists of music to get your day started.
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Art, Brunch, Radio.
a selection of DJ sets recorded from our brunch event series - and special podcasts that dig deeper into the connections between food, music + art.
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Theory of Music
hosted by Julia Hope, this is an interdisciplinary talk and music show that discusses social themes through the lens of music.
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Beyond Pages
a podcast celebrating Johannesburg’s long literary history, and diving beyond the pages to uncover the stories, books and writers that have shaped African literature today.
Guest Shows
tune into a selection of once-off guest appearances from the extended Lilies family.
our archived shows, on rotation
every weekday - we stream a selection of shows from our nearly-600-episode deep archive.
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Lanchield: 002 - flutter
lanchield crafts a show that seems vague and unclear; like a distant memory. by layering music, film excerpts and textures - this feels like worlds forming and deforming into other versions of itself.
through this, she ponders on the mind's ability to remember - and the haze that often clouds our memories.
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Buhle Mbongwa - Live from: A Lilies + Acid First Thursday
to close out our first Thursday party at Acid, Buhle brought a tripped-out selection of broken beats, slow house and dub techno-leaning cuts.
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Cluf Cluf: 001 w/ Rare Software
Rare Software soundtracks a warm afternoon with slow-moving, almost-pastoral ambience through to wide, expansive electronics in the later part of the show.
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Blue Roots: 002 w/ okayshades & Ross Dorkin
From heady electronic workouts to that famous DJ Shadow “Midnight in a Perfect World” vocal sample being spotted in its pure form - this episode is that late night hang with a friend where songs guide the chats and shows you so much about the person you’re with.
lilies radio collections
regularly updated playlists of our archived shows - made for all moods and settings.
Past Resident Shows
meet some of the residents we’ve had since our first broadcasts in 2017. featuring rising and established figures across music, culture, and the arts.
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Love Letters w/ DORMANT YOUTH (2022)
an eight-episode dedication to some of the cities, sounds + collectives that have become certified DY faves.
the architect + DJ pays an ode to local record label, Swak Catalog through to the Southern sounds of Trill Phonk, and everything in between.
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Blue Roots w/ okayshades (2018)
this six-part series from Beatenberg drummer, and producer Robin Brink (aka okayshades) - is an intimate collection of moments where he listens and discusses all the different strains of music he’s connected with his friends with, over the years.
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Framed for Reference w/ Lianca Heemro (2020 - '21)
transdisciplinary artist and reasearcher, Lianca Heemro she features conversations with poets, musicians and healers to form new ideas of memory-making, language & community.
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Under Pressure Sundays w/ Bo's Hub (2018/2019)
as one of the earliest shows on Lilies Radio, and one of the longest-running local beat-tape series’ - Bo’s Hub celebrated the breadth of bedroom-beatmakers, producers and songwriters across the country through Under Pressure Sundays. tune into over six hours of locally-produced beats, hip-hop and beyond.
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Anarchy and Anxiety w/ Ntokozo Mdaki (2020/2021)
clocking in just under 40 episodes - Ntokozo’s show was a necessary shout into the void in the peak of lockdown . with hilarious chats about the serious things, and the serious chats about the dumb shit we were on.
expect all-style music selections, and truly off-kilter, but kinda iconic rants about anything from late-stage captialism to Orlando Pirates fandom.
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The Beckoning Bell w/ Odous (2021)
if you need a quick lift me up, a quick lil dance or something clubby - look no further than Odous’ 2021 residency on Lilies Radio. speeding through local + global club mutations of gqom, jungle, amapiano + other goodies with laser-focus.
don’t be shocked to hear Busta 929 at 140BPM and WhatsApp Gqom heaters next to new wave club music from the US, UK & far, far beyond.
