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Toby’s Choice was a blog post for WorldTV and features a selection of cherry picked music channels reviewed by yours truly (above) hence the title.

Steve Reich – worldtv.com/steve_reich

For those with a love of more leftfield music check out this documentary and live recordings style channel dedicated the brilliant modern composer Steve Reich whose strange and wonderful manipulation of sound has enchanted my cerebral cortex for many moons.

The Beatles TV – worldtv.com/the_beatles_tv

Not much can be added about the Fab Four that hasn’t already been said many times over, so i’m not going to harp on about how genius they are, except to say I still feel sorry for the original drummer Pete Best and what were they thinking in that photo..

Pink Floyd – worldtv.com/pink_floyd

A tip of the hat to Richard Wright, keyboardist and one of the founding members of Pink Floyd who passed way this week. Wright met fellow Floyders Roger Waters and Nick Mason at college and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965 and to this day Pink Floyd remain one of the best known bands in the world.

Isaac Hayes – worldtv.com/isaac_hayes

Isaac Hayes RIP best known for his “Theme to Shaft” has left this building for funk Nirvana and will be missed for his crazy suits, deep undertones and song writing, especially for lyrics like “he’s a complicated man, no-one understands him but his woman…” Genius!

Turntablism – worldtv.com/Turntablism

This starts with a documentary on the artistry of Turntablism = A DJ, 2 x Decks and a Mixer, a subject close to my heart. Some great music, history and incredible deck wrecking scratch skills from the best of the best.

I Love 80s TV – worldtv.com/ilove80s_tv

This channel was created in Chile and is pop tastical 80′s music at it very best or worst depending on your musical leaning.. After a flick through I found a couple of tracks i love: Wang Chung - Dance Hall Days and Gary Numan - Cars.

SoulDiscoFunk – worldtv.com/SoulDiscoFunk

SoulDiscoFunk features a choice selection of music videos predominantly from the 70′s hey day of booty shaking music and wide trousers, get down!