November 28, 2009 - posted in Mixes, Releases.
Here’s a little something from Funky Halvor to get your party started on a Saturday night (the mix download link and an accompanying flyer designed by the man himself is available by reading the full post):
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November 27, 2009 - posted in Releases, Tracks, Videos.
November 25, 2009 - posted in Records, Releases.
If you ever need a collection of high quality easy listening tunes, and yes, they do exist, this album from Irma Records is fine choice indeed. It covers the period from 1966 – 1972 and the track selections are really good, avoiding the drab elevator music arrangements in favour of solid performances and danceable grooves, making it perfect lounge fare for your ears and feet. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print, so you’ll have to track it down on your own which is probably not that hard.
November 24, 2009 - posted in Mixes, Releases.
The weekend is definitely over, so I guess it’s time to wake up! (no playlist is available for this mix):
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Download link: Funky Halvor – Wake Up (137MB mp3).
November 20, 2009 - posted in Publications, Reviews.
“ALERT: Yet another upper working-class white boy from Britain writes about a group and phenomena that occurred in another country when he was only 12″. It may not be the best way for an author to start a book about one of the most well known yet thoroughly underrated (disco) bands in history, and even though that statement is true, it is no way indicative of the content in this finely crafted book about the people behind the name and the music.
November 18, 2009 - posted in Releases, Videos.
One last Chic clip… It’s really sad that it is no longer possible to see the original line up live with Bernard Edwards on bass and Tony Thompson on drums together with Nile Rodgers, but thankfully their music lives on (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):
November 17, 2009 - posted in Releases, Videos.
Yeah, I know, posting YouTube clips is old hat these days, but I’m going to publish a review of a great book about Chic soon, and I just wanted to remind people how outstanding and alive their music still is today (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):
November 16, 2009 - posted in Releases, Tracks.
The now defunct label Internal Bass released a series of CD’s back in the day called Boneshakers which are now all out of print, here is a couple of rare hip-hop tracks from volume 2 remixed live by DJ BMF:
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Download link: Wise Intelligent – Steady Slangin (14MB mp3).
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Download link: AIM – Soul Dive (12MB mp3).
November 15, 2009 - posted in Misc, Releases.
Renown DJ and radio show host Gilles Peterson interviews Incognito founder and frontman Bluey about the 30th anniversary mixed with some of their songs and a selection of tracks from artists that have inspired him and the band:
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Download link: Incognito 30th anniversary interview (58MB mp3).
November 14, 2009 - posted in Misc, Releases.
Jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has recorded and released what might be called a directors commentary for many of his albums, and it’s interesting stuff to listen to even if you are not a big fan of the genre or his music, because he describes the creative process behind many of the tracks and what inspired their creation and so on. You can find the commentaries on his podcast page (some of them require iTunes), or you can download them all directly from this newsfeed.
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