Granted, you won’t get a huge amount of musical satisfaction from oggling Nooka Jones’ impressively bushy ‘tache, or watching the inexplicably thin and wiry, yet undoubtedly talented DJG bop up and down behind the decks, but Percussion Lab Radio is more than that.

Well, arguably less actually. But in a good way. Aside from getting an oddly voyeuristic view in to the not-nearly-long-enough Monday evenings with Nooka, Praveen (Braille) and co., in Brooklyn; you get an admirable selection of tracks for a few hours which I quite enjoy having on while I work. Not, that this is background music by any means, but unless it’s live, it’s easy to set the video element aside while you listen, and just check in periodically like some sort of musical child monitor. Except they’re not children, they’re grown ups, and they’re not sleeping soundly, they’re sort of bobbing around in a room. What i’ve yet to work out though, is whether it’s a basement or room in someone’s apartment. Someone lucky enough to have more than a cupboard to live in in NYC, or whether it’s a mostly empty bar where it seems to be quite bright all the time.

Perhaps it’s the sense of mystery that keeps me hooked. I don’t know. What I do know, however is that this week, Dean (DJG) was in town, and joined Jones and Braille for what I’d describe as an incredible selection of house, deep techno, and bass music. Oh how I loathe these definitions, for we all know the score here. Just listen and find out. I for one, discovered a handful of tracks that I’ll be adding to my DJ box. Not only that but these nice little Monday sessions tend to brighten up my Tuesday at work, and get me just that little bit more excited about my impending move to NYC this coming year.

Stream the mix above, or check it on ustream here.

Percussion Lab the site, is here.