Arthur Verocai Tribute Mix by DJ Nuts
Arthur Verocai is a prolific and criminally underated Brazilian conductor / composer / arranger. He has penned songs for samba tropicalia royalty such as Gal Costa, Jorge Ben, Azymuth, Ivan Lins & Tim Maia but a host of other smaller groups and projects. However, his greatest achievement is his self …
Dj Tahira “Boiler Room Set in Recife, Brazil”
From Tahira: It was my first time in Recife (Brazil), the city always seen as a great musical melting pot. A lot of great musicians are from the state of Pernambuco: Nana Vasconcelos, Lia de Itamaraca, Chico Science, Alceu Valenca, Dominguinhos, Renata Rosa, Siba and much much more great talents. It …
Mix of the Day: Angela Vargas aka DJ Firecracker
Sometimes a mix just catches your attention and you delve into it right away. Sometimes a DJ pops onto the scene and seems to have carved out their niche before they even showed up. This is the case with Toronto’s Angela Vargas aka DJ Firecracker and her self titled mix. …
Gilles Peterson “History of Bristol’s Underground”
Gilles Peterson heads down to Bristol for the day to explore the city’s musical heritage. His journey takes him all around the city, tracing the lineage from reggae and dub to late 70s post-punk, through the arrival of US hip hop and the development of trip hop in the 90s, …
1995 mix by the Godfather of House, Frankie Knuckles on Radio Nova
Flashback to October 6th 1995 on the airwaves of Paris’ legendary Radio Nova. As part of the Novamix series, which saw every A-list DJ pass through Nova’s studio, they welcomed none other than the godfather himself. Frankie Knuckles (1955-2014) was one of the most important figures in the rich history of …
Political & Social Jazz mix by J.A.S.S
via J.A.S.S: Jazz, being a music by the people, for the people, has been involved in many political movements over the past century. Since times are ever so turbulent at the moment the Jazz Amnesty Sound System has dug through the crates and pulled out politicized jazz music from the …
Frank The Butcher & DJ 7L Present “It’s The Roc” Original Samples Mix
After their stellar Bad Boy Records mix Frank the Butcher and DJ 7L are back with the original samples to some of the biggest Rocafella records tracks. As always, the blends, vocal samples and mixing are world class but damn these samples are fire. The ROC production team (including Just …
Brassfoot (UK) – Mix for Sonotown
2015 has been a big year for the London producer known as Brassfoot. He notched three outstanding releases in the last months: the “Apron EP” (on Funkineven’s Apron label), the “After Dark EP” on the excellent Unknown to the Unknown label as well a ultra-limited cassette project called NCA 001 …
Egon’s Turkish Funk Mix (2006, Stones Throw)
Since recently falling in love with the Habibi Funk mixes from Jannis (Jakarta Records) we’ve been digging into some mixes of rare grooves for 60’s-80’s from North Africa and the Middle East. Which brings me to this brilliant Turkish Funk Mix I remembered from the mighty Egon from Stones Throw …