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mustang & catalyst = alex attias alpha omega & nubian minds = colin lindo domu & sonar circle = dominic stanton pavel kostiuk (wtf?) = dego cold mission = marc mac phoojun & opaque & psyan & seiji = m.colby modaji, dhj = dominic h. jacobson unit 46 & fini dolo = noel watson numbers = demus new sector movm'ts & son of scientist = IG Culture restless soul = phil asher neon phusion & afronaut & misa negra = bugs in the attic (seiji, kaidi taitham, and like 10 other guys) 2 banks of 4 = demus + rob galliano murky waters = IG culture + eric appapoulay da one (a)way = dego & IG culture nu era & 4 hero & jos = dego & marc mac plutonia (sp?) = dego & alex attias kudu = mark de clive-lowe & domu & seiji 12-bit rephugeez = mark de clive-low & phil asher
track ids | bard identified some of the songs off of http://www.crackaddict.com/~adam/mp3s/MP3.php:
Billy Frazier - Billy Who Brentford All Stars - Greedy G ZeroDB? - Come Party Reminiscence Quartet - Onde Anda Meu Amor Basement Jaxx - Samba Magic Lighthouse Family - Question of Faith (todd terry remix) Jaz Love 2 - GU (off of utopia o disco?)
dejazz | more jazz commentary... "i can never remember which guy is which, a good thing they always put stuff like:
NAME: Mad Professor Instrument: Mixer Boardto help us out." and also "and what the hell does ossie davis have to do with any of it? just cause he's old and black?"
[jan 30, 2001]
forcefield | reviews and clips including a sample of moodymann's new outing http://www.forcefield.org/revnov00.html
new releases | more quality info from the nu-jazz warriors list...new releases
Frankie Valentine "Tea In Mozamgrove" File Records Stacy Pullen "Vertigo" (4 Hero Rmx.) Science Records Roni Size "Dirty Beatz" (Calm Remixes) Talkin' Loud Aaron Carl "Crucify Me" (Maas Rmxs.) Sirkus Records Nubian Mindz "Check Tha Vibe" 2000 Black Mondo Grosso "MG2SS-EP" Smedj (features Amiel Laurex, Monday Michuru, -&- N'dea Davenport) limited vinyl copies from the LP. Wordless People "Positivity" Compost Records Stephane Attias "Distant Planet" Neroli Records Yukihiro Fukutomi "I Am" (London Electricity Rmx.) Nitegrooves Uschi Classen "Home Is Where The House Is" Earthproject King Britt "Happiness" (Critical Point Rmx.) Six Degrees Richard Worth "Rise" (Sentinel Dome Mix) Giant Step Pepe Deluxe' "Women In Blue" (Pressure Drop Mix) White Aquanote "Only" (Gabriel Rene' Dub) Naked Music Kyoto Jazz Massive "A Calmaria" (Glucklich IV) Compost Records Sterotype -&- Soothsayer "Dub Club Track" (Off Limits 2) Sonar Kollektiv/Recreation? Millennium To Millennium "Amazon" (4 Hero Version) Underground Resistance Swell Session "The Music In Her Eyes" Hollow Records Titus "?????" (Miguel Migs Petalpusher Mix) Guidance Records
[jan 29, 2001]
titonton finally | okay, now it really is posted... http://www.betalounge.com/stuff/lounge1-25-01.ram
[jan 28, 2001]
MOODYMANN: In My Wagon EP 12" (PEACEFROG). Three track EP followup to Forevernevermore. Includes two new tracks & a readical reworking of "Don't You Want My Love". 9.99
USCHI CLASSEN Home - Two tracker of pure deep-space jazz from the UK. Shimmering percussion, sultry vocals, timeless basslines, and a proper song structure that will appeal both to the jocks as well as the punters. On the flipside, the sound takes more of an Afro approach, adding more percussion and a tasteful bassline to set a serious mood. 12 EARTH PROJECT 9.99
WORDLESS PEOPLE Positivity 12" - More of the quirky offbeat house material from those folks over at Germany's Compost label.3 tracks on this one of the Leftfield variety full of lush and intricate bassline and all the signature sounds of Compost. 12 COMPOST 9.99
LEO MAGIC ORCHESTRA My Gitana - Progressive bossa-nova? I really have no way to describe this one. On the A side its a fairly straight forward, jazzy latin number with a well recorded but sloppy feel, trippy atmospherics, and a 70's kind of vibe. Too messy to be samples but too clean to be live. Turn it over for another mix of the A side that turns up the emotion, adds a bit of house, and some synths n' some strings to create one of those insane secret weapon records that only the 'superstars' seem to find and one of those records that is capable of causing an entire dancefloor to ask 'what the?' 12 9.99
SPECIAL FORCES Sushi - Brillant new on from the man of the moment, back on his on label, PHOTEK. He returns with two exclusive new tracks that represent some of the fullest, warmest, and phattest sounding tracks ever. Sushi has a thick rumbling b-line and a hypnotic/melodic loop running over a skippy beat coupled with female sighs and a phat bassline. Freeway is one of his trademarked clinical beat tracks with a top melody and multiple subsonics complete with a "Pulp Fiction" like trumpet in the mix. 12 PHOTEK PRODUCTIONS 9.99
he's ere, he's playing tonight | TIGA-MIXED EMOTIONS: MONTREAL MIX SESSIONS 2XCD With his deep, funky techno and eclectic mixes, Tiga has become a fixture of North America's electronic music scene since he started plying his trade in 1992. This double CD puts together two and 1/2 hours of the cutting-edge Tiga style. CD 1 features his signature hard techno/tribal loops style gag!
[jan 26, 2001]
musicblog | ah, the search for musicblogs is on. disallowed: all blogs that talk about music tangentially (i.e. all other blogs). found these ones, too bad they're all about crap music. http://lisaradio.pitas.com/ | http://www.freakytrigger.com/hate.html | http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/2000_06_11_singlesa.html | http://www.public.iastate.edu/~kortbein/blog/ | http://bleedingears.blogspot.com/ (this guy might be ok - he's got orb in the changer) | http://djmartian.blogspot.com/
[jan 25, 2001]
"Narrator: Skunkbucket LeFunke was born in 1876 and died in 1901. No one who heard him is alive today. The grandchildren of the people who heard him are not alive today. The great-grandchildren of the people who heard him are not alive today. He was never recorded."
charts | what to do with charts? quote them? burn them? archive them? http://www.employees.org/~alokem/charts
rob's nps | -pariss clemons "black mary" (2009 black) -flytronix "back atcha" (solaria)
[jan 24, 2001]
[jan 23, 2001]
kozmigroov | doug watson's index includes an entry for azar lawrence. but it also has blurbs/discographies for a ton of other artists http://www.magma.ca/~dwatson/Kozmidx.html. found a link on these pages to darkfunk, here's their realaudio page: http://www.darkfunk.com/archives/archives.html
ian o'brien set | ian o'brien's site is http://www.midnightsunshine.com (he says it at the end of this set) - tracklist for http://www.groovetech.com/mk-uk.rxml?file=/uk/ukradio/2000-12/IanOBrien-1-12-00.rm.
1. dhj (aka modaji) on archive (this could be shapeshifter, see below) 1. space clique - stygian department - progressive spins (de) 1. burnt friedman nonplace ep on nonplace records 1. mustang aattias give a little love mainsqueeze from family planning comp 1. fourth world rmx by ig culture (same comp) 1. old one: azar (sp?) lawrence - people moving - prestige 1. shake mr.shakir's beat factory - bob - klang (de) 1. leon parker - all my life - from "awakenings" - on sony 1. negro - should've been you - people records 1. ur - nation 2 nation 1. forthcoming modaji - on compilation for rhythm media (jp) 1. bb boogie - universal music - laws of motion 1. stan francisco - beautiful music - new religion (us) 1. hypnotic - naima - laws of motion 1. klassen collective - newborn (universal funk mix) - jcr 1. nu era - archive (the new one - see below) 1. kuni - new way - the good good album - 2000 black 1. ian o'brien - eden - eden ep - peacefrog 1. zero db - come party - fluid ounce 1. voom:voom - ? - compost (kruder + fauna flash) 1. ian o'brien - from new album 1. "my version of weather report's teentown" 1. weather report - river people - mr. gone album - columbia 1. c. dewhat??? - rhode island red - mobius 1. george duke - ? 1. maynard ferguson - primal scream - primal scream album 1. kool and the gang - ronnie's groove - live at pjs 1. azymuth - may i have this dance - telecommunication - milestone records 1. syreeta - i love everything about you - soul of science comp - obsessive records 1. lonnie liston smith - my love - expansions
[jan 22, 2001]
[jan 21, 2001]
| listening to a tape i made in october '98 (autumn) and trying to figure out what the hell one of the tracks is...finally! eddie henderson, inside you on capitol rare one (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000APHX)
bbc one | gilles peterson worldwide - playlists/info: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/djs/peterson.shtml. its 12.00 am thursday in london...so i guess 7.00 pm wednesday EST. more radio from those dirty brits: http://www.bbc.co.uk/londonlive/entertainment/radio/ross_allen.shtml - ross allen (mwf 10.00 - midnight, london time)
minus 8 | from the acid jazz list (http://www.cmd.uu.se/AcidJazz/)...first go watch this commercial for the apple powerbook g4 (http://www.apple.com/hardware/ads/powerbook_g4-1.html) and then get the song from napster (nap:search?artist=minus_8&title=snowblind). its by minus 8 on compost records - http://www.compost-records.com/sections/labels/cpt_arti/minus8.htm
nps | ski oakenfull - undercover - sony / ski oakenfull - fifths - sony / john tejada - matrix of us - defocus / laws of motion comp / burnt friedman - con ritmo - nonplace
bent crayon | CODE071 Razzamatazz - The producer behind the seminal 'A London Sumting' returns to the Reinforced label. 'Razzamatazz' is a smoothly produced roller with female vocal phrasing and distorting bass cutting in at regular intervals. One for the Intallex / Creative Source followers. Flip for 'Desert Rat' a heavyweight mesh of bass frequencies, distorted keys, and punchy beats 12 REINFORCED 9.99
ENIAC & SEARCH ENGINE Diad / Tipo Molex - Two exteremly forward thinking dancefloor takeover tracks from thne Reinforced label. Steel drums cut to shreads, edgy atmospherics, and the trademarked alien breaks that they have become known for. 12 REINFORCED 9.99
[jan 20, 2001]
[jan 17, 2001]
| funk from http://www.royalgroove.com. a bunch of soundtrack songs by the guy who runs http://www.blaxploitation.com. where's it at, man? the realaudio is at http://www.royalgroove.com/audio/RoyalGroove2001_01_18.rm and the playlist is at http://www.royalgroove.com/playlists/2001_01_18.htm.
realaudio | archived sets buried deep in the over-design of http://www.dublab.com. miguel migs, rasoul and lisa shaw: http://www.dublab.com/audio.asp?File=rasoul.rm, alex attias and paul thomas as beatless: http://www.dublab.com/audio.asp?File=beatless1.rm.
[jan 16, 2001]
np3 | Go to http://www.crackaddict.com/~adam/mp3s/MP3.php and download them all. Go now. I mentioned this earlier because of one song (swell session) but then Rang pointed out that all of these tracks are slamming...some house, some souljazz and old school stuff.
comp |
"No surprise that the whole thing's been put together by Alex Attias -- UK DJ and producer extraordinaire -- which might be why the album
feels like it was put out by one of our favorite London imprints, like Soul Jazz or Counterpoint. Titles include "Kwadwo Safari" by Prince Lasha,
"Wives & Lovers" by Rita Reyes & Oliver Nelson, "Sun Song" by Pharoah Sanders, "Bahia" by Catalyst, "Calypso Blues" by Nat King Cole, "The
Creator Has A Master Plan" by Louis Armstrong, "Children Of The Ghetto" by Courtney Pine, "Waltz From After The Fall" by David Amram,
"Africa" by Sathima Bea Benjamin, and "Golden Dream" by Lonnie Liston Smith." - http://www.dustygroove.com/varfunklp2.htm#37994
new releases | gleaned from http://njw.iscool.net/.
jan 12 -NU ERA - "EP" (DOCUMENT009) ARCHIVE. Marc Mac of 4 Hero fame devivers four killa cuts of - wait for it......."Broken Techno")
jan 19 -NUBIAN MINDS - "Check Da Vibe" (2010BLACK) 2000 (Tuff, dark and deep one sider from dego's imprint - bad!!) -SWELL SESSION - "A Swell Session" / "Music In Her Eyes"(HOWL1201) HOLLOW. (Killa new label from Sweeden)
jan 26 -SEIJI - "Second Nature"Remixes (BS1011X 10")BITASWEET. (Finally they arrive!!! Unavailable for sometime, this 10" sees the highly acclaimed Chateau Flight Remix and an unreleased Opaque dub - this is limited and going to fly - get it early!!!!)
feb 2 -NEROLI SAMPLER - " 4 Track EP"(NER001) ( Enrico from Archive's new label - focussing more on deep house - this first release features Nubian Mindz, Stephan Attias, Domu -&- Chateau Flight - MONSTER)
feb 16 -DHJ - "Shapeshifter" (DOCUMENT010) ARCHIVE. (Domonick H Jacobson AKA Modaji on fine form for Italy's finest.)
[jan 15, 2001]
bent crayon, etc | Ronny Jordan & Mos Def Brighter Day (DJ Spinna Remix)-Blue Note
SHAZZ Hermosa Maria - Fine new 3 track outing from this French Deep House Connissuer.A side is a bit of a breaky jazzy house cut and on the flip he returns to his Jersey house roots with a sweltering piano driven number.Very nice package indeed. 12 SONY 9.99 /
TALIB KWELI & HI TEK The Blast - 3 mxs; +Down for the count 2 mxs; +Train of thought 2 mxs. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek (Reflection Eternal) mxs+prod. On tour with The Roots, Dead Prez, Bahamadia. B-side feat. two more bangers from one of the best albums of the year! 12 RAWKUS 6.49
JEDI KNIGHTS Jedi Selector - The long awaited classic selection of rare, out of print, and unreleased Jedi tracks, from the Clear days on, mixed by Tom Mdidleton is now available CD SMUGG 23.99/2lp 23.99 [aside: I waited for the first Jedi Knights single for weeks at DNA but when it came in I was disappointed.]
THE G STONE BOOK CD+Book - Featuring unseen and private photo material along with G-Stoned artwork from talented graphic artists and exclusive K&D interviews. The CD features the best of G Stone from 1993-2000. CD G STONED 35.99
GLUCKLICH IV *2xLP* - Tracks: Triptico-Gotan Project/ Magnetica-Espen Horne/ Thats What Friends Are For-Madeline Bell/ Calmaria-Kyoto Jazz Massive/ Transcontinental-Ready Made/ Ramiro's Theme-Buscemi/ Sambafrique-David Matthews/ El Dia Perfecto-Mark De Clive Lowe/ Elysian Fields-Minus 8/ Preguicoso-Supersempft/ What's Baby Singin-Himoko Kikuchi. LP COMPOST 16.99
GROOVY Volume 5 *2xLP* - A very groovy new full double length from Irma records, featuring lots of cool rare jazzy tracks. Tracks are: Patsy Gallant - Te Caliente/ Pino Daniele - Sotto O Sole/ Mtume - Love Lock/ Kimiko Kasai - Use Me/ Willie Bobo - Evil Ways/ Chet Baker - Salsamba/ Eumir Deodato - Whistle Bump (Mix Version)/ Dom Um Romao - Escrevos De J/ Charlie Earland - Muriley/ Rickie Boger - In A little While/ Patsy Gallant - It'll All Come Around/ Carlos Garnett - Mystery Of Ages/ Atmosfear - Return Of L.B LP IRMA 20.99
[jan 11, 2001]
naplink | did you know you could do this? nap:search?artist=outkast&title=jackson (props to http://kottke.org)
[jan 10, 2001]
[jan 9, 2001]
flash | http://www.bullseyeart.com/website/project15.html
mp3 | 4 hero's naima and some other mp3s - http://jupiterjazz.org/nubeats/nubeats.html
rockwell gordy | from the 313 list: "Are you thinking of that old track by Rockwell that came out on Motown around 1984? The one with Michael Jackson singing the chorus. If that is the track you are thinking of, it has an interesting story behind it. Rockwell was Berry Gordy's son, and that track was put out a birthday present of sorts..." (Mike Taylor)
[jan 8, 2001]
bent crayon | GALAXY TO GALAXY Millenium to Millenium - 2 Tracks: Timeline; Amazon. Written By DJ. Mixed By BJ. Final Production And Cuts By The Invisible Man. They're back, better than ever, with this sequal to the 'Galaxy 2 Galaxy EP' double vinyl. A-side: jazzy, deep, soulful house, with lots of synths and a retro edge. B-side is more percussive and deeper, with a a sort of urgent feel. 12 UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE 6.49
THEO PARRISH Lights Down Low - 2 Mixes, Produced, Written & Mixed By Theo Parrish. Deep, jazzy, soulful soundscapes, like only Mr. Parrish can do, lots of minimalism, with a tribal and hypnotic feel to the production. 12 SOUND SIGNATURE 6.99
J MAJIK Lizard - Master of the downbeat drum and bass tracks with a new one here of heady smokescreened dark d'n'b. 12 INFRA RED 9.
ALPHA OMEGA New Wave *2x12* - The main artists behind the powerhouse that is the Reinforced label are badk with the latest in a long line of heavyweight releases. Standout track is 'Dont Believe the Hype' a Flavor Flav sampling basline monster with oldschool stabs and a furious tearout beat that is sure to fill the floors. DP REINFORCED 13.99
ALLENKO BROTHERHOOD ENSEMBLE remixes: 5 of them, including kirk d., kraked unit, i.g. culture
JIMPSTER-Seeing Is Believing CDEP/12" 1 Seeing is Believing 2 So Many Worlds 3 Walking Weird KUDOS CDEP 8.99/12 8.99
[jan 6, 2001]
THEO PARRISH - music is... VARIOUS - the soul of science (compiled by kirk d and ian o'b) tracklist: http://www.cddb.com/xm/cd/jazz/c67f094b942be08094d28b9cd3377d69.html
http://www.tunevault.com/artist/show.asp?ID=107Hey Andy from OS was in a rock band!
[jan 5, 2001]
* donny hathaway - everything is everything (has the original of "the ghetto" as covered by maw and g.benson) * donny hathaway - extensions of a man (saw it on the kird d page) * jean carn lp on philly int'l (haven't listened to it yet) * jeff sharel - tribute 12" on statra (recommended on the acid jazz list. "live house deepness with warm keys and trumpet)
[jan 3, 2001]
* http://www.groovetech.com/naked/naked_scuba.html - dj sets feat. rasoul, migs and others * http://www.groovetech.com/broadcast/london/london-archive.html - archived sets from groovetech radio london *http://www.groovetech.com/mk-uk.rxml?file=/uk/ukradio/2000-12/IanOBrien-1-12-00.rm - ian o brien set
[jan 2, 2001]
Marred by excessive javascript (custom scrollbars, o gard) but i think there might be something interesting here. don't waste time, click the "lifestyle" link at the top of the page and then "Rave Projects" at the side. this guy claims to have catalogued all of the sub-genres of electronic music. ...hmmm...is shiki in there?
[jan 2, 2001]
some of you may remember me going on about a serious tune by a group called "Swell Session" played by Russ Dewbury at a party back in September.. Anyways, big thanks to Mr. Jason Palma of Higher Ground fame (CIUT 89.5 FM each and every Thursday from 8 to 10 PM in Toronto) for sorting me out on this one.. I've posted an mp3 of this track at http://www.crackaddict.com/~adam/mp3s/MP3.php for those of you who are interested.. Definitely gets my vote for tune of the year!
Hajime Yoshizawa: Secret Flight (Espacial) w/dego remix
Family Planning V.1 (Mainsqueeze Recs) [comp]
that tack # 6 is the much talked about "transcend me" by Afronaught aka the mighty Seiji. it was played by gilles back in february but has begun to pop up in charts again meaning a proper release may be one the way. Satori was listed as the label when i've seen it.
Various/BITASWEET-FUTURISTIC DANCING DLP BS1013LP $21.00 Various/BITASWEET-FUTURISTIC DANCING CD BS1013CD $22.50 01. Blacktonez / Pleasure Ride 02. B.B. Boogie / Universal Music 03. New Sector Movements / My History (Raw Rub) 04. Afro Force / Goza (Dub Mix) 05. Dub Basement / Thrill Seeker 06. G Force + Seiji / Naturally feat. Melissa Browne 07. Da One Away / The Mind (The Mind Rub) 08. 12 Bit Rephugees / Locust
Danny & Kabuki/INVADERS 12" RIVET145 $10.50
DANNY & KABUKI's debut release on REINFORCED. Big time drum & bass release getting played by all the big deejays including GROOVERIDER.
The Rurals "Farmyard Flavours pt. 1" 12 After their huge success on Society Hill, Seasons and Peng, The Rurals take the helm for Viva Recordings. A1) Deep and Funky UK House with live instrumentation that sits perfectly with the Warm sounds. B1) Lush, tribal grooves with soft, lovely vocals touching your soul -> Very Nice. B2) Modern Space Jazz brutha's. VIVA 6.49
Anyone check out the new Modaji single "one and the same"? Nice! Looks like he's going different directions with a soulful melodic vocal. The melody grew on me and i'm really feelin' it now. Can't wait for the full LP.
Also diggin the new Tim Love Lee 12", Viperhouse "Nuphonix" on Solaria (wow!), new Swingsett and Lisa Shaw 12, Nu-Era promo, and the Bittasweet comp even though there's only a handful of unreleased tracks
Moved the hyram stuff to HyramTwoCd
STACEY PULLEN/BLACK ODYSSEY The Stand 2 mxs; +Decadent. Stacey Pullen mxs+prod. Soulful disco techno hybrid with classic synths churning away at a frenzied pace with a deep break, Loleatta Holloway samples, and a distinct Detroit edge. B-side feat. a serious dub, plus the beautiful deep dub funker 'Decadent'. 12 BLACK FLAG RECORDS 6.99
Playlist for November 30 2000
Sepia "Eau De Vie" (Ascension) Modaji "One And The Same" (Laws Of Motion) Lucy Pearl "Don't Mess With My Man(Pacific Ocean rmx)" (Virgin) Swell Session "The Music In Her Eyes" (Hollow) Wei Chi "Heaven" (Compost) Fourth World "Fica Mal Com Deus(IG Culture rmx)" (Mainsqueeze) London Elektricity "Round The Corner(Jazztronik rmx)" (Hospital) Mateo And Matos "Idriss Rises(Joe Claussel rmx)" (Spiritual Life) Blaze "Elevation" (Lifeline) The Harry Roche Constellation "Spiral" (Pye) Bernard Purdie "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" (Mega) Joe Williams "Get Out My Life Woman" (Solid State) Jon Lucien "Who Will Buy" (RCA) Ocho "Undress My Mind" (UA Latino) Jeymes Samuel "When It Rains(Restless Soul rmx)" (Giant Step) UFO "Somewhere(Restless Soul rmx)" (Brownswood) Lacarno And Burns "Shaolin" (Ascension) Daniel Ibbotson "Stumble" (Fenetik) Special In Studio Guest: Karl Injex Jiva "Stars(Tauriva rmx)" (Giant Step) 4 Hero "Naima" (2000 Black) Calm "Sitting On The Beach" (Exceptional) Jazzanova "Fedime's Flight(Kyoto Jazz Massive rmx)" (CDR) Omar "Essensual" (Oyster)