Friday, September 11, 2009

Keep On

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1) Newworldaquarium - "Spirit" from Spirit EP (Delsin)
2) Namlook - "Subharmonic Atoms (Pepe Bradock Bug Remix)" from Subharmonic Atoms 12" (Macro)
3) Osborne - "The Count" from Hovercrafting EP (Spectral Sound)
4) Esther Phillips - "Boy I Really Tied One On" from Magic's In the Air/Boy I Really Tied One On 12" (Kudu)
5) Roy Ayers Ubiquity - "Running Away" from Lifeline (Polydor)
6) Teena Marie - "Jammin (Dance Mix - Long Version)" Jammin 12" (Epic)
7) Prince - "Sexy Dancer" from Prince (Warner Bros)
8) Underground Resistance - "Inspiration" from Inspiration 12" (Underground Resistance)
9) Mos Def - "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" from The Ecstatic (Downtown Music)
10) Andres - "Sing About It/Wish You Were Here" from Andres II (Mahogani Music)
11) Kinoeye - "Mean Old World" from MKB/Mean Old World 12" (W.T. Records)
12) Pepe Bradock - "CU @ Minna & Lafayette" from Swimsuit Issue 1789 12" (Atavisme)
13) Tevo Howard - "House Mood Swings" from Everyday House Music 12" (Beautiful Granville Records)
14) Fingers Inc - "Mystery of Love (Mystery of Dub)" from Mystery of Love 12" (DJ International)
15) Theo Parrish - "Ebonics" from Pieces of a Paradox 12" (Sound Signature)
16) D-Train - "Keep On (Kai Alce Edit)" from Stilove4music03 12" (Stilove4music)
17) Siedah Garrett - "Do You Want It Right Now (Jellybean Remix)" from Fast Forward 12" (Qwest)
18) The S.O.S. Band - "Just Be Good to Me" from On the Rise (Tabu)

Monday, August 10, 2009

Maybe

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1) Marcus Belgrave - "Space Odyssey" from Gemini (Universal Sound)
2) Theo Parrish - "Music Pt. II" from Expressive Angles 12" (Trackmode)
3) Synchrojack - "End of the Road (KDJ's Mix '96)" from Deep Transportation 02 Limited 12" (Deep Transportation)
4) Thomas Brinkmann - "Isch" from Isch 12" (Petite)
5) Levon Vincent - "1000 Miles From Home" from Six Figures 12" (Novel Sound)
6) Disco Nihilist - B2 from Disco Nihilist 12" (Love What You Feel)
7) Legowelt - "Black Bass (Dirty Version)" from Vatos Locos (Crème Organization)
8) James T. Cotton - "The Boxx" from Like No One (Spectral Sound)
9) Karizma - "Drumz Nightmare" from Neccessarry Maddness 12" (R2 Records)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Emerge

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1) Theo Parrish - "Space Station" from Space Station 12" (Sound Signature)
2) The Mole - "Ain't The Way It's Supposed To Be" from As High As the Sky (Wagon Repair)
3) Bsmnt City Anymle Kontrol - "The Perfekt Sin" from The Perfekt Sin 12" (Wild Oats)
4) Ike - "Pressin On" from Pressin On 12" (Philpot)
5) Modern Jazz Quartet - "Visitor from Venus" from Space (Apple Records)
6) STL - "QRZ" from Homework 12" (Something)
7) Datahata - "The Lower Court" from Itinerant Craft 12" (frequeNC)
8) Urban Tribe - "RNA World" from Biohazard 17284 12" (Rephlex)
9) Dam-Funk - "Chocolate" from Rhythm Trax Vol. IV (Stone's Throw)
10) Boogie Boys - "A Fly Girl" from City Life (Capitol)
11) Young and Company - "I Like (What You're Doing to Me)" from I Like (What You're Doing to Me) 12" (Brunswick)
12) Jackie Moore - "This Time Baby" from This Time Baby 12" (Columbia)

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Damage

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1) Jean Michel Jarre - "Equinoxe Parts 2-4" from Equinoxe (Disques Dreyfus)
2) Paperclip People - "4 My Peepz - Stabbed" from 4 My Peepz 12" (Planet E)
3) XDB - "Espac" from Espac 12" (Sistrum)
4) Rick Wilhite - "Can You Feel Me?" from Lost Tracks from Detroit 12" (Stilove4music)
5) Nicuri - "Ridindatneedle" from Exchange Place 12" (Strength Music)
6) Theo Parrish - "I Can Take It" from I Can Take It 12" (Sound Signature)
7) The Final Solution - "Brotherman (Extended)" from Brotherman 12" (Numero Group)
8) Brick - "Living From the Mind" from Brick (Bang)
9) The Mystic Moods - "Cosmic Sea" from Awakenings (Warner Bros.)
10) Instant Funk - "Dark Vader" from Instant Funk (Salsoul)
11) Newworldaquarium - "Trespassers (Redshape Trespassed Mix)" from Delsin 2.0 Remix EP 1 (Delsin)

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Permute

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1) Miles Davis - "Sanctuary" from Bitches Brew (Columbia)
2) Har-You Percussion Group - "Oua-Train" from Sounds of the Ghetto Youth (ESP-Disk')
3) Ike - "Cluster Funk" from Pressin' On 12" (Philpot)
4) Kuniyuki - "Birds (Tony Lionni Remix)" from Remixed Vol. 3 12" (Mule Musiq)
5) Starpoint - "It's All Yours" from It's All Yours 12" (Elektra)
6) Evelyn "Champagne" King - "Let's Get Funky Tonight" from Let's Get Funky Tonight 12" (RCA)
7) The BB & Q Band - "On the Beat" from The BB & Q Band (Capitol)
8) Kurtis Blow - "The Breaks (Instrumental)" from The Breaks 12" (Mercury)
9) The Crusaders - "A Message from the Inner City" from The 2nd Crusade (Blue Thumb)

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Peculiar

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1) Eddie Kendricks - "My People...Hold On" from People...Hold On (Tamla)
2) Creative Source - "Who Is He and What Is He to You?" from Creative Source (Sussex)
3) Moodymann - "I'm Doing Fine" from Black Mahogani (Peacefrog)
4) STL - "Moonlight Reflections" from Nocturnal Mixdowns (Something)
5) Rick Wilhite - "Get On Up (Theo's Late Dub)" from What Do You See? 12" (Filth)
6) Donato Dozzy and Nuel - B1 from Aquaplano 000 12" (Aquaplano)
7) Pepe Braddock - "Intriguing Feathered Creature (Dub)" from Pistes Insolites Vol. 2 : Intriguing Feathered Creature 12" (Atavisme)
8) Headhunters - "God Made Me Funky" from Survival of the Fittest (Arista)
9) Rose Royce - "Do Your Dance" from II: In Full Bloom (Whitfield Records)

Monday, February 23, 2009

Turbulence

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1) Hampton Hawes - "J.B.'s Mind" from Universe (Prestige) 2) Eddie Henderson - "Movin' On" from Comin' Through (Capitol) 3) Donald Byrd and 125th Street N.Y.C. - "Love Has Come Around" from Love Has Come Around 12" (Elektra) 4) O'Jays - "Darlin' Darlin' Baby" from Collectors Items (Philadelphia International) 5) Andres feat. Nengue Hernandez - "About Time" from About Time 12" (Mahogani Music) 6) Fudge Fingas - "Ghost House" from I5 (Prime Numbers) 7) Charles B - "Lack of Love" from Lack of Love 12" (Desire) 8) Omar-S - "Deep Valve Cover" from Blown Valvetrane 12" (Sound Signature) 9) Hampton Hawes - "Drums for Peace" from Universe (Prestige)

Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Decelerate

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1) Moodymann - "Heaven" from Det.riot '67 (KDJ) 2) Lerosa - "Pumping Curls" from Triage EP (Quintessentials) 3) Rondenion - "Love is Like A Diamond" from Tokyo Deep! (Aesthetic Audio) 4) Charles Webster - "Sweet Butterfly (Flight of the Butterfly Mix by Theo Parrish)" from Remixed on the 24th of July (Peacefrog) 5) Marcellus Pittman - "A Walk Thru Osaka" from In the Dark (The Soul of Detroit) (Still Music) 6) 3 Chairs – "BABO" from No Drum Machine Pt. 2 12" (Three Chairs) 7) Rick Wilhite - "Roots of Detroit (Revise)" from Three Chairs (Three Chairs) 8) Theo Parrish - "Rain for Jimmy" from Three Chairs (Three Chairs) 9) Lowtec - A from Workshop 06 (Workshop) 10) Larry Heard - "25 Years from Alpha" from 25 Years from Alpha (Alleviated/Black Market International)

Sunday, January 04, 2009

Rouse

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1) Freddie Hubbard - "Little Sunflower" from The Love Connection (Columbia)
2) Theo Parrish - A from Ugly Edit 003
3) Pepe Bradock and the Grand Brûlé's Choir - "Deep Burnt" from Burning 12" (Kif Recordings)
4) Trusme - "Nard's" from Brown's 12" (Stilove4music)
5) John Daly - "Sky Dive" from Sky Dive EP (Plak Records)
6) Piece - "Free Your Mind (Past)' from Free Your Mind 12" (Planet E)
7) Raybone Jones, Marcellus Malik Pittman, and Rick the Godson Wilhite - "In the Dark" from In the Dark (The Soul of Detroit) (Still Music)
8) Shirley Brown - "Woman to Woman" from Woman to Woman (Truth Records)
9) Candi Staton - "Run to Me" from Young Hearts Run Free (Warner Bros.)
10) Lenny Williams - "Choosing You" from Choosing You (ABC Records)
11) Hot Chocolate - "Put Your Love In Me" from Every 1's A Winner 12" (Infinity Records)
12) Depeche Mode - "Everything Counts (Long Version)" from Everything Counts (In Larger Amounts) 12" (Sire)
13) Patrice Scott - "Evolutions Pt. 1" from The Evolutions EP (Sistrum Recordings)
14) Liquid Liquid - "Scraper Out" from Optimo 12" (99 Records)
15) Pynolasa Bamboo Band - "Mouna Manu" from Entre Mer Et Ciel (Island Blues) (Network)
16) Kenny Larkin - "Ancient Beats" from Ancient Beats 12" (Peacefrog)
17) Rahaan - "Together" from Together 12" (Stilove4music)
18) Val Young - "Private Conversations (Vocal Remix)" from Private Conversations 12"
19) Colonel Abrams - "How Soon We Forget" from You and Me Equals Us (MCA Records)
20) Ragtyme feat. Byron Stingily - "I Can't Stay Away (Power Pella)" from I Can't Stay Away 12" (Clone Classic Cuts)
21) Prince - "Free" from 1999 (Warner Bros.)
(Amherst)

Monday, December 29, 2008

Immerse

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1) Tangerine Dream - "Rubycon Part 1" from Rubycon (Virgin) 2) Pharoah Sanders - "Village of the Pharoahs Parts One to Three/Myth" from Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!) 3) Omar-S - "The Grandson of Detroit Techno" from AOS-008 (FXHE) 4) STL - "Paperboy" from 51° North (Something Records) 5) Eddie Gale - "Ghetto Summertime" from Black Rhythm Happening (Blue Note/Water) 6) Pepe Bradock - "Mandragore" from Les Aventures De Pépé Bradock / Pistes Insolites Vol. 3 (Atavisme) 7) Theo Parrish - "Love Is War For Miles" from First Floor (Peacefrog) 8) Miles Davis - "Rated X" from Get Up With It (Columbia) 9) Oracy - "Life Source" from Mind Dance 12" (Mojuba) 10) Losoul - "Behind Closed Doors (Theo Parrish Remix)" from Open Door 12" (Elevate)

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Cut & Mistake

The exceptionally nice Connor over at Cut & Mistake has put up a mix I made for them, so head on over if you're interested. While you're there, be sure to check out the other great material they have up. Thanks again Connor.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Theo Parrish

Something of a companion to my Moodymann post. This one is also 30 tracks and ordered approximately chronologically by release date.

Mix 1
Small Black Church (KDJ 05) 1995
1) Lake Shore Drive
Baby Steps EP (ELV-001) 1996
2) Early Byrd
Took Me All the Way Back (KDJ 18) 1997
3) Took Me All the Way Back
Musical Metaphors (SS 001) 1997
4) Carpet People Don’t Drink Steak Soda
Three Chairs (3CH 1) 1997
5) When the Morning Comes
Smile (MU 002) 1997
6) Lost Keys
Monlight, Music, and You (SS 002) 1997
7) Moonlite
First Floor Part 2 (PF 076/2) 1998
8) Heal Yourself and Move
First Floor Part 1 (PF 076/1) 1998
9) Sweet Sticky
Roots Revisited (SS 005) 1998
10) Dan Ryan
Overyohead (SS 006) 1999
11) Overyohead
Summertime Is Here (SS 008) 1999
12) Summertime Is Here (feat. Lakecia Hughes)
Parallel Dimensions (SS 009) 2000 (cd)
13) Serengeti Echoes
14) So Now What (cd only)
15) Space Ghosts (cd only)

Mix 2
Segments From the Fifth Wheel (MG 012) 2001
1) Secondary Darkness
Essential Selections Vol. 2 (TM 040) 2002
2) Equality of Patience (with Marcellus Pittman)
Solitary Flight (SS 016) 2002
3) Solitary Flight
Detroit Beatdown (3ELP 001) 2002
4) Falling Up (7:50 or so)
Natural Aspirations (Vinyl Vers. Pt. 1) (SS 018) 2003
5) Friendly Children
6)Timeislafinatcharunninout
Natural Aspirations Vol. 2 (SS 019XCD) 2004
7) Orchestra Hall (with Marcellus Pittman)
The Twin Cities EP (HP 007) 2004
8) Dance Sing
T.O.M Project (SS TOM1) 2006
9) Renaissance (with Omar-S and Marcellus Pittman)
Sound Sculptures Vol. 1 (SS 026/027/028) 2007
10) Synthetic Flemm (with Omar-S)
11) Soul Control (feat. Alena Waters)
12) They Say (feat. Monica Blaire)
13) The Rink
Goin’ Downstairs (SS 030) 2008
14) Goin’ Downstairs Part 2
Love Triumphant (SS 031) 2008
15) Love Triumphant

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Motion

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1) Charles Mingus - "Better Git It In Your Soul" from Mingus Ah Um (Columbia)
2) Tony Williams Lifetime - "There Comes A Time" from Spectrum: The Anthology (Verve)
3) James Brown - "Check Your Body" from Reality (Polydor)
4) B.T. Express - "Give It What You Got" from Non-Stop (Roadshow)
5) Mandrill - "'Drill in the Bush" from Mandrilland (Polydor)
6) George Clinton - "Man's Best Friend" from Man's Best Friend 12" (Capitol)
7) Rick Wade - "Fade Away" from Harmonie Park Revisited 2 (Harmonie Park)
8) Iz and Diz - "What We Need (Pepe Braddock's Brad Peep Remix)" from What We Need Remixes (Silver Network)
9) DJ Genesis - "Back In the Middle (Theo Parrish Remix)" from Back In the Middle "The Remixes" (Dynamite Soul)
10) Pharoah Sanders - "Balance" from Izipho Zam (Strata-East)

Thursday, October 02, 2008

Shake

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1) Nina Simone - "Westwind" from Black Gold (RCA)
2) Reggie Dokes - "The Skin I'm In" from Detroit Beatdown Vol. 2 EP 1 (Third Ear Recordings)
3) Duminie Deporres and Theo Parrish - "Bi-Location" from Et Tu Brute (Submerge Recordings)
4) Prince - "Let's Work (Dance Remix/Long Version)" from Let's Work 12" (Warner Bros.)
5) Mary Clark - "Take Me I'm Yours" from Take Me I'm Yours 12" (La Shawn)
6) Musique - "Keep On Jumpin' (Francois K Mix)" from In the Bush/Keep on Jumpin' 12"
7) 69 - "Ladies & Gentlemen" from 4 Jazz Funk Classics (Planet E)
8) Omar-S - "U" from 002 1/2 (FXHE)
9) Theo Parrish - "Soul Control" from Sound Sculptures Volume 1 (Sound Signature)
10) Henry Feinberg - "Victimless Crime" from The Mind Journey EP (Psychostasia Recordings)
(Prelude)

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Rough

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1. Kuniyuki - "All These Things (Theo Parrish Remix Vocal Ver)" from Remixed Vol. 1 (Mule Musiq)
2. Max Roach - "Rumble in the Jungle" from M'Boom (Capitol)
3. OASIS - "OASIS Thirteen" from OASIS Thirteen (FXHE)
4. Max Mohr - "Old Song" from Trickmixer's Revenge (Playhouse)
5. Nina Simone - "See Line Woman" from Anthology (RCA/BMG)
6. Runaway - "Brooklyn Club Jam" from Brooklyn Club Jam (DFA)
7. Loosefingers - "Lamentation" from Glancing at the Moon (Alleviated)
8. Raze - "Break 4 Love" from Classic House Mastercuts Volume 1 (Mastercuts)
9. Oliver Cheatham - "Get Down Saturday Night (12" Version)" from Grand 12 Inches (Sony Music Neatherlands)
10. Mark E - "Slave 1" from Slave 1 (Running Back)

Thursday, August 21, 2008

All Over

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1) The Harold Smith Majestics - "Soon I Will Be Done" from Experience Gospel!: Essence Of Rev. James Cleveland (Calvin)
2) The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin - "You Know, You Know" from The Inner Mounting Flame (Columbia)
3) Timmy Thomas - "Why Can't We Live Together (Peter Visti Edit)"
4) Eluvium - "Taken" from Talk Amongst the Trees (Temporary Residence)
5) Lawrence English - "Soft Fuse" from Kiri No Oto (Touch)
6) Zombi - "Sapphire" from Digitalis EP (Static Caravan)
7) Derrick May - "Drama" from Innovator (Transmat/R&S Records)
8) Kosmic Messenger - "I Find Myself" from Soundscape 12" (Eclipse Records)
9) Omar-S - "The Further You Look - The Less You Will See" from The Further You Look - The Less You Will See 12" (FXHE)
10) Herbie Hancock - "Hornets" from Sextant (Columbia)
11) Arthur Russell - "In the Light of the Miracle" from The World of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz)

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Epics

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1) Cymande - "Dove" from The Message (Castle Music)
2) Funkadelic - "Maggot Brain" from Maggot Brain (Westbound)
3) Choice - "Acid Eiffel" from Acid Eiffel 12" (Fragile)
4) Phuture - "Acid Tracks" from Acid: Can You Jack? (Soul Jazz Records)
5) Theo Parrish - "Overyohead" from Overyohead 12" (Sound Signature)
6) STL - "My Home" from Night Grooves (Something)
7) Vainqueur - "Lyot (Maurizio Mix)" from Lyot 12" (Maurizio)
8) Pharoah Sanders - "Elevation" from Elevation (Impulse!)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

All Around

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1) Derrick May - "Winter on the Blvd" from Innovator (Transmat/R&S Records)
2) Alog - "St. Paul Sessions II" from Miniatures (Rune Grammofon)
3) Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, and Holger Czukay - "How Much Are They?" from David Mancuso Presents The Loft - Volume Two (Nuphonic)
4) Sidan - "Ar Goll" from Welsh Rare Beat 2 (Finders Keepers)
5) Silver Apples - "Seagreen Serenades" from Silver Apples/Contact (MCA Records)
6) Flying Lotus - "Melt!" from Los Angeles (Warp)
7) Omar-S - "Strider's World" from 005 (FXHE)
8) 69 - "Pungtang" from Pungtang 12" (Planet E)
9) Donald Byrd - "Flight Time" from Black Byrd (Blue Note)
10) Johnny Hammond - "Tell Me What to Do" from Gears (Milestone)
11) Bobbi Humphrey - "Chicago, Damn" from Blacks and Blues (Blue Note)
12) Jackstreet Inc. - "Makin' House Music" from Break It Down 12" (Real House Records)
13) Joe Smooth Inc. featuring Anthony Thomas - "Promised Land (Club Mix)" from The Promised Land 12" (DJ International Records)
14) Ce Ce Rogers - "Someday (Original 12" Mix)" from Classic House Mastercuts Volume 1 (Mastercuts)

15) Sterling Void & Paris Brightledge - "It's Alright (House Mix)" from It's Alright 12" (DJ International Records)

Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Sunday Morning

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1) Bennie Maupin - "Past + Present = Future" from Jewel in the Lotus (ECM)
2) Marvin Gaye - "What's Happening Brother/Flyin' High (In the Friendly Sky)" from What's Going On (Motown)
3) Odyssey - "Don't Tell Me, Tell Her" from Hang Together (RCA)
4) Pleasure - "Future Now" from Future Now (Fantasy)
5) Alton Miller - "Tulum (Kuumba Project Remix)" from Detroit Beatdown Remixes (Third Ear)
6) Keith Worthy - "Emotional Content" from Emotional Content 12" (Aesthetic Audio)
7) Patrice Scott - "Motions (Sunrise Dub)" from Motions 12" (Sistrum Recordings)
8) Scott Ferguson - "Calm and the Storm" from Ferris Street (Ferrispark Recordings)
9) William Basinski - "D|P 1.1" from The Disintegration Loops (2062)
10) Omar-S - "Just Ask the Lonely" from 005 (FXHE)
11) Johnny Cash - "Sunday Morning Coming Down"from Sunday Morning Coming Down
(Columbia)

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Beat


The combination of extreme mastering plus an inevitably imbalanced tone arm resulted in the really strong kicks in "J-A-i-P-U-R" throwing the needle all over the place. Things get ugly off and on from about 4:07 to 4:33. My apologies.

1) Omar-S - "J-A-i-P-U-R" from 111 (FXHE)
2) State of Grace - "That's When We'll Be Free" from That's When We'll Be Free 12" (Profile)
3) The Jonzun Crew - "Space is the Place" from Space is the Place 12" (Tommy Boy)
4) Mad Mike - "Hi-Tech Dreams" from Hi-Tech Dreams/Lo-Tech Reality 12" (Underground Resistance)
5) Run D.M.C. - "Sucker M.C.'s (Krush Groove 1)" from It's Like That/Sucker M.C.'s (Krush Groove 1) 12" (Profile)
6) Mantronix - "Bassline" from The Album (Sleeping Bag)
7) Sylvester - "Rock the Box (Dance Version)" from Rock the Box 12" (Megatone Records)
8) Man Parrish - "Boogie Down (Bronx)" from Boogie Down (Bronx) 12" (Boiling Point)
9) Loleatta Holloway - "Crash Goes Love (Master Mix)" from Crash Goes Love 12" (Streetwise)
10) Shannon - "Give Me Tonight" from Give Me Tonight 12" (Emergency)
11) Metro Area - "Caught Up" from Metro Area (Environ)

Friday, June 13, 2008

Hooked

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1) Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - "Angel Dust" from Secrets (Arista)
2) Odyssey - "Inside Out" from Inside Out 12" (RCA)
3) David Joseph - "You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me)" from You Can't Hide (Your Love From Me) 12" (Island Records)
4) Yellow Magic Orchestra - "La Femme Chinoise/Bridge Over Troubled Music" from Yellow Magic Orchestra (Horizon Records and Tapes)
5) Mario Winans - "Already Know (KDJ Edit)" from Private Collection 12"
6) Herbie Hancock - "Spank-A-Lee" from Thrust (Columbia)
7) Theo Parrish - "Dan Ryan" from Roots Revisited 12" (Sound Signature)
8) Rick Wade - "I, Deep" from Night Phases EP (Moods & Grooves)
9) Secret Weapon - "Must Be the Music (Vocal+Instrumental)" from Must Be the Music 12" (Prelude)

Monday, May 26, 2008

Floating

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1) Luke Hess - "Real to Real" from EP 01 (FXHE)
2) Ozo - "Anambra (12" Version)" from Anambra 12" (Flexx)
3) Theo Parrish - "Love Triumphant" from Sound Sculptures Volume 1 (Sound Signature)
4) Linkwood - "Fate" from Miles Away 10" (Firecracker Recordings)
5) Chaka Khan - "Fate (Todd Terje Edit)"
6) The Jackson 5ive - "The Life of the Party" from Dancing Machine (Motown)
7) John Daly - "Monsoon" from Monsoon EP (Wave Music)
8) Nina Simone - "Here Comes the Sun (Francois K Remix)" from Secret Weapons EP Part Two
9) Osborne - "16th Stage" from Ruling EP (Spectral Sound) (Innervisions)

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Thanks

Head over to Jez's exceptional Inner Sounds blog to see my responses to his Brothers of the Side email interview. Thanks again Jez.

Monday, May 05, 2008

Agitate

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1) Bennie Maupin Quartet - "Escondido" from Early Reflections (Crytogramophon)
2) Earth, Wind & Fire - "Drum Song" from Open Our Eyes (Columbia)
3) White Rainbow - "Pulses" from Prism of Eternal Now (Kranky)
4) T.O.M. Project - "Renaissance" from Renaissance 12" (Sound Signature)
5) Kenny Larkin - "Tedra" from Azimuth (Wax Trax!)
6) Bohannon - "Foot Stompin' Music" from Insides Out (Dakar)
7) Vincent Montana, Jr. Feat. Goody Goody - "It Looks LIke Love (Dim's Compiled Edit)" from The Kings of Disco (Rapster)
8) Marcus Mixx - "Psychousic" from T.A.P. 12" (Let's Pep Puppies)
9) Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit)" from Running Up That Hill (Ashley Beedle Re-Edit) 12" (White)

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Funkytown Indeed

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The flavors of Minneapolis.
1) Lipps Inc. - "How Long" from Pucker Up (Casablanca Records)
2) The Time - "Get It Up" from The Time (Warner Bros)
3) Andre Cymone - "So Fine" from Livin' In the New Wave (Columbia)
4) Jesse Johnson - "Change Your Mind" from Shockadelica (A&M Records)
5) Alexander O'Neal - "Innocent/Alex 9000/Innocent II" from Alexander O'Neal (Tabu)
6) 94 East - "One Man Jam" from Minneapolis Genius: The Historic 1977 Recordings (Hot Pink)
7) Ta Mara and the Seen - "Everybody Dance" from Ta Mara and the Seen (A&M Records)
8) Andre Cymone - "The Dance Electric (Long Version)" from The Dance Electric 12" (Columbia)
9) Sheila E - "Dear Michaelangelo" from Romance 1600 (Warner Bros/Paisley Park)
10) Prince - "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" from I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man 12" (Warner Bros/Paisley Park)

Friday, April 18, 2008

Rise

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1) Bill Conti - "Reflections" from Rocky (United Artists Records)
2) Kool and the Gang - "Summer Madness" from Light of Worlds (De Lite)
3) Theo Parrish - "Summertime is here" from Summertime is here 12" (Sound Signature)
4) Quincy Jones - "Main Title: Mama Aifambeni" from Roots: The Saga of an American Family
5) Moodymann - "Meanwhile Back at Home" from Forevernevermore (Peacefrog)
6) Andres - "El Ritmo De mi Gente!" from Moments in Life 12" (Mahogani Music)
7) The Mole - "Baby, You're the One" from Baby, You're the One (Wagon Repair)
8) Ahzz - "New York Moving" from Disco Juice Volume 2 (
(A&M Records)Counterpoint Records)
9) Jerome Prister and Output - "Say You'll Be" from Say You'll Be 12" (Sure Delight) (Thanks to One Day Later)
10) Prince - "Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)" from Pop Life 12" (Paisley Park)

Monday, March 31, 2008

Absolutely

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1) Giorgio Moroder - "The Apartment" from American Gigolo OST (Polydor)
2) Carl Craig - "Angel" from Sessions (Digital Version) (!K7)
3) A Number of Names - "Sharevari" from Sharevari 12" (Capriccio Records)
4) Kano - "I'm Ready" from I'm Ready 12" (Emergency Records)
5) New Edition - "A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes) (Extended Mix)" from A Little Bit of Love (Is All It Takes) 12" (MCA Records)
6) Lil' Louis & the World - "Aahhhh!" from Journey With the Lonely (Epic)
7) OASIS - "OASIS Thirteen" from OASIS Thirteen 12" (FXHE)
8) Soulphiction - "Velveteens" from Ghana Wadada (Sonar Kollektiv)
9) Giorgio Moroder - "Night Drive (Reprise)" from American Gigolo OST (Polydor)
10) Nina Simone - "Plain Gold Ring" from The Original...And Best (Bethlehem)

Monday, March 17, 2008

Movement

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1) Theo Parrish - "Moonlite" from Moonlight, Music, & You 12" (Sound Signature)
2) Keith Worthy - "Beatthebeatup (Intro)" from Shelovesmenot 12" (Aesthetic Audio)
3) Blackbyrds - "Mysterious Vibes" from Action (Fantasy)
4) Moodymann - "The thief that stole my sad days...Ya blessin' me" from The thief that stole my sad days...Ya blessin' me 12" (KDJ)
5) Romanthony - "Hold On (Classic Vocal)" from Hold On 12" (Roule)
6) Scott Ferguson - "Wine Red Walls" from Ferris Street (Ferrispark)
7) Jomanda - "Got A Love For You (Hurley's House Mix)" from Got A Love For You 12" (Big Beat)
8) Marcus Worgull feat. Mr White - "Spellbound" from Spellbound (Innervisions)

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Going

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1) Jamie Lloyd - "May I? (Quarion Remix)" from Trouble Within Remixes Part 2 (Future Classic)
2) Bvdub - "Remembering to Forget" from No Turning Back EP (3rd Wave Music)
3) Omar-S - "Psychotic Photosynthesis" from Psychotic Photosynthesis 12" (FXHE)
4) Djivan Gasparyan - "Lovely Spring" from Moon Shines at Night (Hannibal)
5) Kreon - "Stalega" from Lookooshere EP (Resopal Red)
6) Ksoul and Ra. H - "Turning Point" from Underground Anthems EP Vol. 1 (Sistrum Recordings)
7) R-Tyme - "Use Me (Carl Craig's Piano Mix)" from Use Me 12" (Trance Fusion)
8) Taana Gardner - "When You Touch Me" from When You Touch Me 12" (West End Records)

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Take Me Away

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1) Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra - "UFO" from On Jupiter (Artyard)
2) Lil Louis and the World - "I Called U (The Story Continues)" from I Called U 12" (Epic)
3) Cesaria Evora - "Angola (Carl Craig Remix)" from Club Sodade (Lusafrica)
4) Mari Boine - "Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix)" from Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix) 12" (Universal Jazz)
5) Tiger Stripes - "My Deep Space (Instrumental Mix)" from My Deep Space (ProgCity Deep Trax)
6) Chordian - "Closed Eyes (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)" from Closed Eyes EP (Soniculture)
7) George McCrae - "I Get Lifted (Tangoterje Edit)"