the groove scenario

welcome to the groove scenario on uncertainFM

there are amazing grooves all around us. certainly in the streams, in the clubs, and on the radio, but also in the tinny speakers of the bodega, in the background at sporting events, and also in the earworms from your dreams. the groove scenario crosses many genres and borders to harvest the finest grooves for your enjoyment.

like canadian hip hop blasting from japaese izakaya speakers, the groove scenario is the musical comfort food that you never knew you needed.

every week, Dan Hopkins (a.k.a @hop) pulls together a stack of music and pastes it all together into a two hour groove scenario episode that is broadcast on uncertain.fm.

UncertainFM is an independent, listener-supported, freeform radio station broadcasting on the Internet. launched by TJ Connelly at the start of the COVID lockdown in March 2020, UncertainFM focuses on human curation and individual expertise over board-room algorithms and cold computerized playlisting.

the groove scenario is proud to be one of the many shows broadcast on UncertainFM every week. each show bring listeners a wide variety of music based on the tastes and expertise of the individual DJs. the shows are like "mixtapes" that we shared with our friends in the 80s and 90s - but now with a digital twist. the groove scenario's contribution to this soup is a show with music pulled from the funkier end of many genres with sonic, historic, or spurious links. sometimes we just ride the waves of an absurd theme.

each week, we have our first groove scenario broadcast at 4pm eastern on thursday. then we have two replays: one at 2pm eastern on friday and then again at 6pm eastern on saturday.

here are a few select shows from the archives: