I ripped some stuff from a nice old compilation LP entitled -now this is creativity- “Funky Sountracks” I bought a couple of years ago. Since I know many of you are very much into police movie themes from the 70s, I decided to share some of the mp3s at 320Kbs, to prove that my gun is longer than yours.

A handful of gems from the likes of Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, Bill Conti and Les Baxter. Including the famous quote from Dirty Harry “You gotta ask yourself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, do you, punk?”…  great punchline no doubt, ask mr Steinski.

Here’s the track titles:

Les Baxter  -  Hot Wind 1:50
Quincy Jones  -  Fat Poppadaddy 3:28
Lalo Schifrin  -  On The Way To San Mateo 2:30
Lalo Schifrin  -  Dirty Harry’s Creed 3:25
Jerry Peters  -  Melinda’s Theme 6:19
Stovell Sisters, The*  -  Hang On In There 3:13
Bill Conti  -  Reflections 3:18

Enjoy! LISTEN A FISTFUL OF FUNKY SOUDTRACKS

1999, what a year.

The Hip Hop scene was slowly decaying in wackness, while the house scene was experimenting a second youth. A whole new breeze in club music was brought by those french guys known as Daft Punk. Everybody knows them nowadays so I won’t speak a lot about their musical genius.

What you gotta know is they where not alone, there was a whole army of french talents behind them, and here you have a sample of music from all those people. The now legendary French Touch movement that caught respect worldwide.

The foundation of Daft Punk sound is classic house, techno, disco, hip hop and funk music. They absorbed everything and created a perfectly balanced blend. A lot easier to say than to do, since pratically every deejay at the time was carrying a daft punk record in his bag.

Here we have a classic essential selection from BBC Radio One, recently broadcasted again. I listened this mix thousands of times, it was one of my first downloads ever and, as I always say, it still sounds crazy fresh after 11 years.

Now you might understand why I used the word genius right above.

Listen! Legendary Daft Punk Essential Mix from 1999

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I am really into short and sharp sentences or phrases. Quotes can be in general humorous, introspective, smart, hilarious, inspirational etc…but when the quote comes from a musician, I definitely choose something related with the music. In fact, I don’t expect anything else from a performer, except his feeling about what he plays and the music in general. Let’s see what we can learn from four great jazz players…

Sonny Rollins

Quote 1: If you could do that, it’s great to do it. And a lot of great musicians have done it. A lot of musicians get to a point and stay in that groove all of their career. I have just not been able to do it because I don’t think I’m a good enough musician. Someone was criticizing Miles, and Miles said, ‘The truth is, it’s much more difficult for me to play the way I did in 1947. It’s really a physical thing. Sure, I like to experiment, but it’s really a physical element.’ He brought up a good point. That kind of playing, you’ve got to be young, in a way. It demands a certain youthful vigor.

Quote 2: As the years went by and jazz got more popular and social conditions changed, you were able to have jazz as a topic introduced into the music curriculum in universities, … I think that one thing that hip-hop and jazz have in common is that they are both coming out of the minority subculture and we’ve faced some of the same problems. They are attacked in different ways . . . but they are a minority in a majority culture, so they are unfortunately discriminated against by the larger portion of the majority community,

Oscar Peterson

Quote 1: The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn’t be able to do that.

Quote 2: Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they’re trying to say with jazz. You don’t need any prologues, you just play.

Bill Evans

Quote 1: Technique is the ability to translate your ideas into sound through your instrument. This is a comprehensive technique . . . a feeling for the keyboard that will allow you to transfer any emotional utterance into it. What has to happen is that you develop a comprehensive technique and then say, forget that. I’m just going to be expressive through the piano.

Quote 2: It’s performing without any really set basis for the lines and the content as such emotionally or, specifically, musically. And if you sit down and contemplate what you’re going to do, and take five hours to write five minutes of music, then it’s composed music. Therefore I would put it in the classical or serious, whatever you want to call it, written-music category. So there’s composed music and there’s jazz. And to me anybody that makes music using the process that we are using in Jazz, is playing Jazz.

Charles Mingus

Quote 1: Good jazz is when the leader jumps on the piano, waves his arms, and yells. Fine jazz is when a tenorman lifts his foot in the air. Great jazz is when he heaves a piercing note for 32 bars and collapses on his hands and knees. A pure genius of jazz is manifested when he and the rest of the orchestra runaround the room while the rhythm section grimaces and dances around their instruments.

Quote 2: Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.

Tired of reading? Get this nice-n-smooth jazz mix!

Remember when we talked about this couple of dudes from Copenhagen? They were on some crazy vocoder stuff. Now they’re back and they’re still on fire. This thing is something you don’t see every  day: ask your favourite DJ to release a 9 hour mix, and let’s see if he’s down with it.

Here they play a little bit of everything, starting with slow jams, a lot of electronic music classics and some proper 80′s electro music. And then they give you a complete lesson about contemporary electronic music…well check by yourself, it’s all good stuff

The sound of 2000F & JKamata is of both the past, present and future. Fusing jazz, dubstep, boogie funk, ghetto bass, uk funky, and deep house of the 70′s, 80s, and onwards with a bass-heavy, yet soulful twist, the duo has with just a few releases made a huge impact internationally.

Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, 2000F & JKamata are avid collectors of synthesizers, drum machines and records. The love of JKamata is the ghetto bass of the US, whereas the love of 2000F is the UK sounds of dubstep. However, with a shared love of jazz, funk, and soul, the pair  embarked on a musical journey in 2007, combining all of these diverse, yet intertwined, genres. This is the sound of bed sheets and bass.

In 2009, the legendary UK label Hyperdub released their You Don’t Know What Love Is; a tune that did the dubplate rounds for more than two years, showcasing their ability to shape the future sounds of the underground, not only in Denmark but also internationally. Since then 2000F & JKamata has released on Kraken Recordings and Heads Up, and are also working on new material for Hyperdub.

DUKKEHUS MONSTERMIX  – over nine hours long – is their first mixtape together and showcases just a small selection of 2000F & JKamata’s favourite tunes. It is part of the RAW TAPES series and is available online now.

So put on those satin bed sheets and adjust your subwoofer to maximum volume. This is your nine 1/2 hours in the dollhouse.

GET IT! HERE

Three years ago we said: this guy is phenomenal, we’ve never heard something like that (we were not the first nor the only one of course to say so of course).  Now, in 2010, he’s changed forever the face of club music, sold tons of records and is constantly touring worldwide. And he just put out a new album which, even if it might not satisfy everyone (but remember that dubstep is not about albums at all), it’s going to be big because it will open even wider audiences to his music.

And that’s what we got here: his sound is unmistakable, his mastery in creating alien atmospheres and building moments of tension is still off the hook and his thumping drums and epic, dark basslines are still roaring more powerful than ever.

I’ve cut the 45 mins Skream mix and got rid of the rest of the show, so you got no chitty-chatty but rather only music. If you want to listen the whole show, go HERE.  Enjoy!

Listen! SREAMIX 4 Mary Anne Hobbs’ Experimental Show

I will not list the single tracks here (check the file names for reference), I just let you download and listen. It’s meant to be like a patchwork of different stuff that creates an interesting pattern; a nice playlist for your ipod , simple and plain.

But I can reveal you something to give an idea of course: you’ll find some classic jazz tunes and some rare ones, a couple of soulful breaks as usual, some Gospel and a few ethnic elements. I tried to change the pace a couple of times along the selection, so you have some frantic moments and some chilled out sections as well.

Let the music speak…once again 25 tunes for your mind

Listen! Jopparelli’s Summer Jazz Selection

What a great mix guys. You got all that you need in this session: Ethio – Jazz , Afro Beat, Afro Funk and…Latin stuff. That’s a musical paradise for Mr Martini. I am definitely going to play this set constantly during my holiday. Yes, my vacation is about to begin, time for some serious summer break. A few days of rest in order to be ready for another musical season. See you soon…

Pack your Ipod with this burning mix and pay respect to the Paris Djs crew, they deserve it all.

We are not posting very often in the last period here at M&J. That’s a fact! You know…summer is not the season you want spend in front of your laptop. Summer is rather a time for listening to some smooth music and chill outside with your favourite beer in your hand. Of course, I am stating the obvious and I know you are all thinking: is this the best you got for your come back?

Honestly, I got nothing better to tell you for now but believe me, next fall we will change a lot of things. We will move from the good old Martini & Jopparelli Musicselections, to the brand new engaging one. This is going to be our biggest shift ever! Stay tuned…

…In the meantime listen to DJ Daptunes playing some obscure music in his last podcast!

What’s better than having the opportunity to hear DJ Evil Dee on Beatminerz Radio doin what he does best? Mixin all 90′s hip hop, a lot of well known bangers plus a few gems I never heard before.

Once again EVIL DEE IS ON THE MIX COME ON KICK IT!

Checka-check it out! PART1 – PART2