1. Bill Withers – Use Me Up

What a tune, this was a big hit on all the lads’ iPods when I was at home. So much funk you can’t help but snarl your lip and form some sort of funky air band.

2. Sub Focus – Into The Blue

Perfect song for the sun, even better if you’re on a long drive and this comes on shuffle. I have to keep an eye on the speed when a tune like this comes on though.

3. Maximo Park – Going Missing

I probably heard this for the first time in my dads back garden, as soon as the sun come out, the shirt comes off and the tunes go on. Maximo Park are one of his favourites and this is one of mine!

4. Dodgy – Good Enough

Brilliant tune, love these golden oldies. I seem to know all the words and I don’t know how, I blame the parents!

5. Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc

What a song, perfect for the sun and another big hit on my iPod… big fan!

6. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Scar Tissue

The first album I ever bought was the Red Hot Chilli Peppers Greatest Hits, jumping around my bedroom to ‘Suck My Kiss’ as a little tubster. No doubt this will be getting tanked on my ipod over summer.

7. Alabama Shakes – Hold On

I saw this band at The Great Escape in Brighton, they were really good and the lead singer is phenomenal. This song in particular, I heard it on the radio and instantly started to air drum! Brilliant tune.

8. Nero – Guilt

Great song – perfect for the sun, it’s so aggressive and uplifting.

9. Young MC – Know How

Again, this reminds me of summer at home with my friends. I think it’s safe to say I know every word to this tune.

10. Mumford and Sons – The Cave

Brilliant tune, did this at a few little gigs over last summer and loved it. Big fan of the band, big fan of this song.

Words: Gavin Jewkes

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Squelch and Clap, sure, but “woozy”, “whizz”, “pang”, “burr” and “shudder”, too. This party promoting, record releasing and all round hell-raising operation from Sheffield started life as a pub disco in 2010, when DJ founder Mike Bishop’s “fear of jobs” prompted him to take action, and has since developed into one of the UK’s labels to watch. S&C’s first release, Tete De Tigre’s Pelican Bay EP (2011), was an intricate affair, rammed with whistles, clicks and schizo drum fills. From there, the label’s released six utterly singular and luminous dancefloor oddities from artists including Kidnap Kid, Arcade and CDBL, with amazing, pulp-comic cover art from Robin Beck.

What’s in the pipeline for summer? An EP from B-Ju and an album from Chesslo Junior, but also a move. “My own plan over the summer is to relocated S&C towers to somewhere hot for a few months – see a few people in Europe then rent somewhere for a bit and get rid of the 2-years worth of English summer / studio tan!” In this spirit, Bishop’s compiled an exclusive playlist for Wonderland to get the ball rolling. “A perfect summer track for me is something that stokes up that special feeling you get at summertime. Something warm and inviting… stell drums can help a lot as well. Jamie XX’s ‘Far Nearer’ is a prime example. And of course there’s the Dilla track I put at the top of my chart. That one is king of summer. If it doesn’t make you feel like putting on your shorts and drinking rum then there’s no hope for you.”

1. J DIlla / Jay Dee – “Rico Suave Bossa Nova”

2. Chesslo Junior – “Mouskouri”

3. Brey – “Juno”

4. SBTRKT – “Hold On” (sissy bakbak remix)

5. B-Ju – “Gobble Gobble”

6. WNCL – “Coming On Strong”

7. Rene van Munster – “Mischien”

8. Kidnap Kid – “Lazarus Taxon”

9. Maribou State – “Olivia” (Pedestrian Remix)

10. Addison groove – “Savage Henry”

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