Archive - The Long Player

Can music help us when times are hard?

A brief guide to surviving what comes next

Mar 2 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

January 2025

Adventures In New Bohemia

Memoirs of a resident DJ...

Jan 20 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

Looking Back...

My musical highlights of 2024

Jan 6 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

November 2024

Good afternoon from chilly South London.

Nov 9, 2024 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

July 2024

My new compilation celebrating British Soul Music

Jul 24, 2024 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

December 2023

Yule Runnings on the BBC

A festive mix and the return of The Long Player...

Dec 22, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

November 2023

In fact I snap back like a rubber band...

Nov 15, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

May 2023

Back To Save The Universe

A Hip Hop Classic, a cloudbusting compilation and the master of space

May 1, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

April 2023

Futterman's Rule

An instrumental excursion, a forgotten mutant soul LP and the sound of London in 2010

Apr 13, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

Celebrating British Soul Music, Turkish psych-rock and one of the most important albums of this century

Apr 3, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

March 2023

Beyond The Grooves

A birthday break, jazz explorations and a hip hop classic

Mar 27, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

Memories of Manchester, the evolution of jazz and remembering the classics.

Mar 13, 2023 •

Aly Gillani (aka DJ Gilla)

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