Need to keep up with my posting. So here's a quick one. But still very tasty. Danny Hunt's - 'What's happening to our love affair' on Dynamite. I came across this 45 not too long ago, first heard on a 12" from the excellent and ellusive Truth is light label.
This is a spontaneously put together mini-mix. I chucked in the Erykah Badu in the last few seconds. Still with a lot of care.
When your record consuming gets close to collecting habits, one of the great rewards is when you get a good bargain. Sometimes it's like a sport. Your skills such as knowledge and patience are well needed when looking for records. Obviously you need some luck to score that particular record. And when you do win, or in this case find the record, it's a great feeling.
Just bought some fluids* to clean my wax and making them sound even better. One of the first old bits that needed a bit of polishment was my copy of Willis Jackson's 'More Gravy' on Prestige. Provided here is obviously the classic jazz dancer - Nuther'n Like Thuther'n.
This is a superbaad track. 'Goin' crazy' from Heatwave's Candles LP. Nothing ellusive or valuable moneywise in collectors circles. None the less fantastic music and a must have track due to its superior musical class.Wallifornia Soul from Laid Back on Vimeo.
Now to something slightly different content, compared to the stuff I normally post, this time from Jean-Luc Ponty. The french jazz violonist, possibly most known (at least within my circles) for the jazz-funk track 'In the fast lane'. This one, 'Computer incantations for world peace' from the 'Individual choice' LP, is a bit hard to define when it comes to genre.
If your'e into your sexy R'n'B and house, read no more. If you have the slightest interest in new or older dance related, and...good music, you need this. You might actually be well aware of Bob James. Even though it's not the rare and elusive stuff, this is essential in many ways. It's the blueprint, the heritage. Heavy!
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I'm quite a lot...a sort of 'periodic' when it comes to my music consumption. Occassionally i get the crawings for certain musical styles. Obviously, at least according to my own mind, with a stringency that relates to anything soulful and qualitative. Practically this means I've got some latin records laying about. I do play them at the right occassions, and they usually never fail to rock the party. This is one of those tracks, actually a bomb on any discerning dancefloor. Louie Ramirez - 'Barrio Nuevo' from the 'A different shade of black LP on Cotique, which I believe was an offshot from the Fania label at the time. Enjoy!
Bit of proto-house, post-disco type of dance music from 1983 and Black Gold - C'mon stop. Bit hard to label, none the less great piece of music on the Prelude label. I'm sure this got loads of plays in Chicago, back in those days.
Need to work on my posting frequency, and obviously keep the party vibe going. Therefore, a quick one, but certainly a goodie. Bit of brasilian boogie from Sandra Sa. The track is from her LP - Vale Tudo on the RGE label. Whether you're into brasilian music or bit of boogie, this certainly does the trick. Enjoy!
Got into some stuff on Dj Harvey the other night, check a recent interview at Resident Advisor. Never been a huge fan, but very aware if his cult status and...yeah, I believe he's sort of a Dj's Dj. I don't know the reasons for his exile to the US, but he certainly seems to be a cool dude over there. I've possibly seen him at some occasion in the UK, I'm not entirely sure. But some inspired from his sarcastic disco stuff, I gave myself into doing this mix. As the man himself says - at the end of the day it's about playing the right records after each other.
Riding a bit on the Beatles wave blowing up right now, with celebrations and all. This one is a bit of a surprise coming from Sir Paul, which I first discovered on a mix from my Brasilian hero - Dj Nuts. Don't think available on any LP, just a b-side and on a Brasilian (only) 12". When recording this, I noticed som flaws on my vinyl - sorry about that. Can't really be bothered to make it all over again. So here you go; a nice little quirky thing for those musical feasts of yours.
This is a fantastic track from the Courtial's - Don't you think it's time LP. A bit ellusive affair on the small Pipeline label. Not for every party, but certainly gets me going.
Brownswood is the record label of the one and only Giles Peterson of BBC Radio 1. A long time connoisseur of everything jazzy, soulful etc. Now and then they release these compilations of some of the nicest contemporary soul. They're up to No. 4, and this particular giveaway is mix a mix of tracks from all 4 of them. 
Quite coincidently I came across this LP by Nancy Priddy. Apparently her only album, and released on the Dot label. A very nice funky, soulful and psych-ish listening almost all through. I particularly like the title track, with its heavy drums that recall to David Axelrod at his best.
I rarely play records in stores, probably haven't done it in 10 years. Anyway, I was doing this gig on Friday night and had some hours to kill on the Saturday, and got booked for this shop. A huge room with, actually, a decent sound system. I don't think they normally get dj's who plays this kind of music; quite amusing watching the emo-kids and semi-hipsters to stroll around to Carmen Lundy.
This is just a weird cultural artefact, as well as a cultural commodity. This record is promotion record for the brasilian airline, and in particular their DC-10 plane. Tamba Trio was contracted to give some edge for the airline, and was handed out as a giveaway for the passengers. Overrall, quite cheesy bossa-stuff with a few nice left-of-centre musical highlights.
Making up for my almost, non-existent posting. Here's another one from Calender - 'Comin' on strong' from the It's a monster LP. Big with Theo P amongst others. And it's certainly a monster track; right down dirty disco funk. There was an edit floating around som time ago, but I think the original does the trick.
Keeping my rather slow speed on posting. Anyway, it's time for some boogie action. I stumbled across this when going through some old stuff. Great tune from the man Billy Ocean. This one is re-edit from Stonebridge, from 88 on the SweMix label. Apparently the Stonebridge dude has had some taste back in the days. Nowadays I believe he's just playing plain stupid house music.
It's been a long absence. Just loads of work, good weather and all. But still not inactive musicwise. Actually had 3 packages in the post today; some random bits from the bay, Fatcity and Dustygroove.
I heard a great story on how Mulato's music happenend on the soundtrack of Broken Flowers. Apperently director Jim Jarmusch was a big fan of Mulato and ended up adding an african-american character to the movie just to get the Ethiopian connection, and therefore getting Mulato's music as a significant part of the story. Actually check the story from the source, Gilles Peterson recently did a podcast worth checking out.
Forget about all trendy sh-te that comes and goes. This is the sh*t. Blair - Nightlife Lp from 78' on Solar Sounds. The title track is just an amazing piece of dance music, and if you like your fusion there's also 'Virgo Princess' on the LP. Talking bout new music, there's obviously still good stuff coming out, John Arnold & Jeremy Ellis recently covered this one. Sure a fine take with an uptempo edit by Bug in the Attic & broken beat meister Daz I Kue. So till you can get your hands on the original LP, check the new version on Future Soul Records, or this vinyl rip:
Rickard Masip from Tropical Treats/Raw Fusion and Recordmania has kindly shared this really cool mix. Within certain circles he's a well known connoissuer of all things rare and funky. Recently back from digging in Colombia.
