Forgotten Treasure: Piero Umiliani “Cantata per Maryam” (1973)
An absolute essential taken from the soundtrack of 1973 cult erotic movie “La Ragazza Fuoristrada” This is one incredible cool & level headed ’70s soundtrack by Italian film score producer, Piero Umiliani. Underrated movie but the soundtrack is a sureshot key that features a set of killer groovy, jazzy, exotic …
LEXIS “Moovmnt Guest Mix #13”
Lexis collected his favorite tracks of 2014 and brought everything together in our Moovmnt Guest Mix 13 (Christmas Edition). If you like what you hear, please hit the REPOST button or leave a nice comment. Christmas is about giving of course. So please grab a free download. Artwork by Duktus …
Mix of the Day: JBX “Soul Santa” (Daptone Jukebox Podcast)
Christmas music can be naughty or nice. Dreadful shopping mall jingles, shmaltzy smooth jazz renditions and that one McCartney Xmas song they play over and over. It is enough to drive you mad! When celebrating with your family, if you want to cancel all of that out and have some …
Forgotten Treasure : Nohelani Cypriano “Lihue” (1977)
I’ve been known to let videos speak for themselves when it comes to the 80’s. (Check out this post on Midnight Express’ “Danger Zone”) Well this track is no different, when I heard it on a Hawaiian music compilation LP (Home Grown vol.2) I was blown away by the bassline …
Future Classic: Jean Grae “#5” EP
Seriously, how amazing has 2014 been for R&B and Soulful music? This year has featured countless releases which will be remembered as classics in a few years. Taylor McFerrin, D’Angelo (!), Fatima, Diggs Duke, Hiatus Kaiyote to name a few. As if we needed anything more to add to this …
D’Angelo “Black Messiah” – Album Release Updates
via RBMA: “When it comes to long-awaited, it doesn’t get much more long-awaited than new music from Michael D’Angelo Archer. Think Chinese Democracy-level long-awaited. Detox-level long-awaited, even. So, without further ado: Black Messiah is coming, and we have an exclusive track from the album for you – the full, official …
Video: FATIMA “Biggest Joke Of All”
via Eglo: “Fatima delivers her latest visual to accompany the Floating Points produced ‘Biggest Joke Of All’. Directed by Sebastian Hallqvist (La Neta) the video spends a day in the life of Fatima the Pizza Delivery girl. Shot on the streets of Brookyln, we see the trials and tribualtions that …
Forgotten Treasure: Sun Palace “Rude Movements” (1983)
This might win an award for one of the best B-Sides ever. “Rude Movements” is the B-Side to a single called “Winning” by Sun Palace who only put out this single under that production name. It was a huge track in NYC during the days of legendary clubs like Paradise …
Guest Mix #40: CHRISTIAN MARTIR (Sociedad Records, NYC)
via Christian Martir: “The mix was inspired by the soul and vibrations of New York City. The music of this mix refelcts the internal conversations we have during the commute we take from our homes to our busy lives. As we pass the various neighnoorhoods and go from underground to …
Future Classic: Temu “Funkadophilus! & The Brass Operator” (Or An Ode To Bootsy)
Every week, it’s the same dilemma; which track should I write about, and for this week’s show, it was the same story, although Temu made it a little easier on me, with his latest release, Funkadophilus, featuring the Brass Operator. I started the show with this amazing jam, that will …
Forgotten Treasure: Victor “Go On Do It” (1984)
I am sharing this one especially for our friend and MIMS collaborator Doc’trin. He’s really quite the disco aficionado and heard me play it in a club and went bananas asking about it. In fact, now that I think about it, this track was featured on the monthly MIMS Show …
Forgotten Treasure: The Visitors “Rebirth” (1974)
If I could only keep 100 records, this would be in my “desert island” stack.. Lovely record from brothers Earl & Carl Grubbs who formed “The Visitors” in the early 1970s. One that brings together a strong Coltrane-ish approach filled with so much soul and spirit. Earl plays soprano tenor …