Too busy in real life to write something about this intriguing mix…it starts easy but soon get crazy! Anyway, just listen and let me know!
Let’s Get Psycho…
Posted in Funky Beats, Mixtapes with tags Funk, Library Music, Soul Strut on November 19, 2009 by Marty AKA Marty McFlyA Sun Ra Tribute by Rchecka!
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Jazz Music, Mixtapes with tags Jazz, Rchecka, Sun Ra on November 16, 2009 by djmp45
A couple of weeks ago i found this mix on the Diggers With Gratitude forum, done by RCHECKA. I’m no expert on SUN RA but i think this could be a great introduction to his work. This is what RCHECKA kindly wrote about this mix:
All of the interludes are from various Sun Ra DVDs. I included them really more for educational purposes, I wanted yall to hear his voice, hear his strange philosophies, hear from his band members, and I wanted you to get an idea of the man behind the music. He is SUCH and interesting person, I could have gone on and on with even more audio snippets, but I wanted to keep the music the main theme obviously.
I thought that 2 CDs were necessary because his songs are so long.
I realize that this type of music is a “culture shock” type of mix, I expect many to “not like” some of the more dissident crazy jazz songs, but at the same time, I couldn’t leave that darker side of his work out of this compilation justifiably. Actually, each track I chose for that compilation is (IMO) the easiest to listen to most palatable jazz track of each individual album I used. I chose the LEAST loud, LEAST crazy, LEAST dark songs, so if you can imagine, his work is even more dissident then that as a whole! Every track came from a different album, so its a good taste of a variety of his more laid back work.
I hope everyone enjoys it too for what it is worth, I realize its not a “Mixtape” per say, it is what it is, a tribute to an amazing man whose music touched my heart.
Rchecka
Listen to Disc 1
1. (intro) meaning of the sun ra – adventures of bugs hunter
2. they’ll come back
3. (interlude) a joyful noise
4. a strange celestial road
5. that’s how I feel
6. (interlude) a call from ra
7. disco 3000 side a (third planet – friendly galaxy – dance of the cosmo aliens)
8. (interlude) not a man
9. on jupitor
10. (interlude) a word from john gilmore
11. twigs at twilight
12. (interlude) jazz is the triumph
13. spontaneous simplicity
14. (outro) jazz is dead
Listen to Disc 2
1. (intro) the clarification of death
2. pyramids
3. cogitation
4. (interlude) the myth
5. india
6. romance on a satalite
7. sleeping beauty
8. (interlude) humor
9. batman and robin theme
10. (interlude) music represents
11. the star gazers – shadow worlds
12. (outro) history
Mad props to Rchecka for this!
Out Of The Cool…
Posted in Funky Beats, Jazz Music with tags Gil Evans, Hendrix, Warsaw on November 12, 2009 by Marty AKA Marty McFly
A Quote and a Marvellous Mix: Theo Parrish – Straight No Chaser!
Posted in Funky Beats, Jazz Music, Mixtapes, Soul Music with tags Jazz, Mixtapes, Theo Parrish on November 9, 2009 by Marty AKA Marty McFly
Love of the music should be driving force of any producer, performer or dj. Everything else stems from that core, that love. With that love, sampling can become a tribute, an expansion on ideas long forgotten, reconstrutruction, collage. Using this same understanding openly & respectfully, can turn djing into spiritual partecipation. It can turn a few hours of selection into essential history. Neccessary listening through movement. Theo Parrish!
Enought said…
Listen to Theo Parrish – Straight No Chaser @ Samurai FM
Check the tracklist below:
The Original Soul Sister
Posted in Soul Music with tags Gospel, Guitar, Sister Rosetta Tharpe on November 6, 2009 by joppa AKA Arthur JopparelliEvery now and then I go back and watch the following video again, over and over, and I still can’t believe how much talent this woman has been blessed with.
Sister Rosetta Tharpe was the original badass soul sister, so ahead of her time. Her use of guitar was nothing short than groundbreaking.
“Her style was flamboyant, she liked her hair close-cropped, curly, and brightly colored. She had a big smile, a sense of humor and a whole lot of sass. Sister Rosetta saw her talent as God given, and so she didn’t follow the conservative ways of her fan base. She performed at the Cotton Club and Café Society with Cab Calloway and Benny Goodman. She got divorced when she was unhappy in her marriage. In fact, she was married three times — a rumored 10,000 fans attended her third wedding, held at a concert at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. in 1951. She strutted from the dugout to the second base, said her vows, then strapped on her Gibson and rocked out in her wedding dress.”
Now, here’s the video I was talking about. Check out the guitar solo in the middle. Check out the Pete Townshend windmill at 1:47. I don’t have nothing to add.
And now, check out a nice biography, an intersting audio documentary (don’t miss the guitar solo from 1938 inside), and go get her album HERE.
Is Dubstep The Next Hip Hop? (Pt.2: Enter The Dubstep)
Posted in Hip Hop with tags Dubstep, plastician, Wu Tang Clan on November 3, 2009 by joppa AKA Arthur JopparelliLook what the Wu family have done. Wu-Tang on Dubstep beats? Are you kiddin me? No, it’s true, and it’s coming out soon.
Honestly it’s the first time since we started this blog that I won’t even take into account the actual quality of the music. This is a milestone album: our idols from the 90’s are somehow experimenting on the same beats we’re into right now, and this is a deeply interesting combination, no matter what the result sounds like.
It’s important for us having the proof that we were right: dubstep is proper future music and it’s changing the course of electronic music forever. After 2 years of reviewing more dubstep and less hip hop (thus probably disappointing some hip hop fans), we now know that maybe some of our choices were right.
“With Scuba, Parson, Trillbass, Dakimh, DZ, Rogue Star, Stenchman, Datsik & many more producing not remixes, but complex re-interpollations that include a veritable goldmine of Wu-Tang verses from the vaults that feature Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God & Masta Killa, and many more Wu affiliates and Guests. This one of a kind compilation is at the forefront of an emerging cultural and musical blend that is taking place on the margins of the mainstream, but will be talked about for years to come”
I listened the preview, there’s some nice stuff in. I’m definitely feeling the Method Man track and the one produced by Stenchman. Sure Wu-Tang dont sound wrong at all over such a post-nuclear-war sound carpet. It would have been even more interesting hearing contributions from the original UK Dubstep masters. All the producers here are from the USA if I’m not wrong. Anyway, If RZA, Ghost, Rae and Method are feelin’it, why wouldn’t you?
Listen a couple of preview tracks (with promotional message inside):
Love Don’t Cost/Still Grimey Ft. Icewater, Method Man, U-God & Prodigal Sunn (Nebulla & Dore Remix)
Jay Da Flex and Yoof: Deep Space Ft. RZA & Lord Jamar
Yes, I know, this is only a preview and you want more stuff to download. Aiight, on the same tip listen this
Hip Hop vs. dubstep mix by Plastician featuring the infamous Snoop Dogg Dubstep track “Snoop Millionaire”. Enjoy!
A Funny & Funky Lesson From Bernard “Pretty” Purdie!
Posted in Funky Beats with tags Bernard Purdie, Drums, Funny, Lesson, Youtube on November 2, 2009 by Marty AKA Marty McFlyI love his attitude!
I Put A Spell On You!
Posted in Breaks, Soul Music with tags 1958, 1969, Biggie, dj premier, Nina Simone, Screamin'Jay Hawkins, Stenchman on October 30, 2009 by joppa AKA Arthur Jopparelli“Your reign on the top was short like leprechauns, as I crush so-called willies thugs and rapper dons…”
One of the greatest lines ever, if you never happened to nod your head to this one, turn off your computer now. And throw it out of your window.
And what about the instrumental to this song? One of the best ever, easily.
The roots of this masterpiece are deep into Premo’s collection, to a dusty vinyl from 1958. He already revealed us the source where he took the sample, but i want to focus on the original track once again. This track is so exotic, unusual sounding and the performer is nothing short than weird. A very original enterpreneur, nowadays I see few stage talents like Mr. “Screamin” Jay Hawkins around. I mean, Reggae frontman Anthony B usually waves a wand when he performs, but a skull Wand is still one step further. Let’s watch one of his crazy performances once again.
This song became a classic and saw so many interpretations, peep this one
Apparently, the inspiration Screamin’ Jay put into this song is far from exhausted. Check the version Stenchman just put out, droppin straight to your nearest dancefloor. What do you think of it? I love it. I find it very loyal to the spirit of the original one.
Anyway, the proper way to end this post is goin back, way back, back into time. This live album by Nina Simone, recorded in the last 60’s, is simply awesome.
Guest Mix: Jeeezz by Fugu
Posted in Guest Bloggers, Jazz Music, Mixtapes with tags Jazz, Mixtapes, Podcast on October 27, 2009 by Marty AKA Marty McFlyYet another guest mix!
I absolutely like to promote people from my country but you know, you have to be skilled. If you got skills and on the top of that you got a good taste, you are exactly what we are looking for. Said that, the mix I am about to introduce is a short but well selected Jazz podcast by Fugu. He is a man of few words but he definitely speaks loud thru the music! Check it out!
This one is the second podcast I have done for my blog: Passion Junkies! On my page you can find reviews, mixtapes, weekly playlists, videos, graphics and all the stuff I like. When I mix a podcast I start from a central idea and I try to develop a path. In this particular case I have selected an handful of Jazz tracks. Nine to be precise. 40 minutes of music selected between some classic as Thelonious Monk and some most recent stuff as Nostalgia 77 and Yesterday’s New Quintet. Anyway, here the tracklist and the mix. Enjoy!
01.Nicola Conte – Wanin’ Moon
02.The Matthew Herbert Big Band – Everything’ S Changed
03.Thelonious Monk – Straight, No Chaser
04.Art Tatum – Aunt Hogar’s Blue
05.The Five Corners Quintet – Trading Eights
06.The Jazz Crusaders – Young Rabbits
07.Nostalgia 77 – Dreamers Dance
08.Yesterday’ S New Quintet – Too High
09.Miles Davis – John Mc Laughlin
Check the podcast here!
Jopparelli’s Warm Bass Mix
Posted in Hip Hop, Jazz Music, Mixtapes, Our Mixes with tags 45 King, A Tribe Called Quest, Barry White, Black Moon, Bo Diddley, CTI, El Michaels Affair, Funkadelic, KUDU, Lords of the Underground, Miroslav Vitous, Nas, Omniscence, Passport, soundtracks, Stanley Clarke, UBB, vinyl, Wild Style on October 21, 2009 by joppa AKA Arthur JopparelliHey, it’s cold outside! You need some warm basslines to heat you up. Here’s a short vinyl mix I did a while ago, focused on the similarities between Fusion Jazz and Hip Hop Instrumentals. You dig Hip Hop and Jazz as we do, don’t you?
45 King (right) with Lakim Shabazz and MaceoParker
Similarly to my previous mix, I tried to put together a sequence of smooth tunes that sound good together (at least to me), and tried to create an atmosphere out of it. The Lowest Common Denominator is having a warm and deep bassline, somehow Lowend-Theory-sounding, you know what i mean, we all love that sound.
You got some Fusion Jazz originals represented by virtuosos like Stanley Clarke (who provides a really cool intro if you ask me), Miroslav Vitous and german band Passport, some 90’s Hip Hop classic instrumentals, a classic UBB tune by Bo Diddley (really nasty drums), an underrated track from Funkadalic followed by a great sampling of the same by none other than the 45 King.
Then you got some Barry White, a couple of crazy jazzy beats from the Wild Style soundtrack, a Tribe Called Quest break I took from a bootleg vinyl I bought in Paris many years ago (that’s when I discovered breaks albums…crazy), and the solemn El Michaels Affair banger “Glaciers Of Ice” to close the mix. Hope you enjoy it as I did making it. Peace.
Tracklist:
Stanley Clarke – Life Suite Part 1 [Atlantic, 1974]
Nas – The World Is Yours (Tip mix) – Instr. [Columbia, 1994]
Omniscence – Amazin – Instr. [UGC 2001]
Bo Diddley – Hit Or Miss [Street Beat]
Passport – Homunculus [Atlantic, 1974]
Wild Style OST – Gangbusters [Beyongolia, 1998]
Funkadelic – A Joyful Process [Westbound, 1971]
45 King – We Got The Funk [Tuff City, 1988]
Funk Master – You Can…. [Promo]
Black Moon – I Got Cha Opin – Instr. [Wreck, 1994]
Lords Of The Underground – Funky Child – Instr. [Pendulum, 1992]
Black Moon – Reality (Killing Every…) – Instr. [Wreck, 1994]
Wild Style OST – Jungle Beat – Gangbusters [Beyongolia, 1998]
Miroslav Vitous – Infinite Search [Atlantic, 1974]
Beats From A Tribe [Bootleg]
El Michaels Affair – Glaciers Of Ice [Truth & Soul, 2006]
Listen on the player above or download on Zshare:
