LANSANA'S PRIESTRESS

Out of the classic and ever wonderful "Street Lady" by Donald Byrd, "Lansana's Priestress" is a dope jazz/soul/funk jam with lush horns and reeds arrangement. Recorded in 1973 and produced by the Mizell Brothers at the peak of their art of producing, the personnel listed on the liner notes is kind of an all star jazz funk musicians.

Enjoy.

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A MIX RECORDED IN SEPTEMBER ...

It was a sunny sunday in september, the day after Strictly Niceness, and I was asked to spin at the WIELS Art Center in Brussels. Here is what I played that day ... 3H45 minutes of music travelling between reggae, jazz, breaks, soul, etc ... You can even download it (by clicking on the arrow) but, to be honest, the sound quality is dodgy ...

Playlist here under ... Enjoy

Sunny Sunday in Brussels Mix by celestobrown

Tracklist :

in the pocket Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Street Ends Errol Parker
SOUL SPACE The Root Source
Freedom (Freedom Zombie Dance Part 1 & 2) Nostalgia 77 Octet
Freedom Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience
Sweet & Sour The Crusaders
Sun Goddess Ramsey Lewis
Keep It Up Milton Wright
THE BOXER cro-magnoN
Calypso Blues Calypso Rose
Hold not thy peace Dub Keith Poppin
Des Laids Des Laids Serge Gainsbourg
Distant Drums Dub The Twinkle Brothers
Running Over King Tubby
Metele Mano Snowboy And The Latin Section
Malembe Yosaku
Chinito Boogaloo Cortijo & Su Combo
Cumbia Sobre El Mar Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno
People Ames Harris Desert Water Bag Co.
People Make The World Go 'Round Innerzone Orchestra
Nirvana Shafiq
Let Me Show Ya Jazzanova Feat. Paul Randolph
Hey Brother Aloe Blacc
I Need A Dollar Aloe Blacc
Affection (feat. Ahu) grooveman Spot
The ? Remains Gang Starr
Love Ritual Al Green
Better Things Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Jeedo suave Wajeed
A Town Called Obsolete Andreya Triana
Skyy, Can You Feel Me Raphael Saadiq
Love Confusion Ghostpoet
Electric Relaxation A Tribe Called Quest
Perception Electric Wire Hustle
Return To Gijon (Aiff Remix) The New Mastersounds
New York is killing me Gil Scott-Heron
Sexual Healing HOT 8 BRASS BAND
Stereo Freeze Jackie Mitoo
Every Brother Ain't A Brother Panache
I Need A Man The Pointer Sisters
Mister Magic Grover Washington Jr.
Bar Kays / Holy Ghost The Bar-Kays
Too High The Detroit Experiment
Fresh Noodles (Prime Numbers) Mr Scruff & Kaidi Tatham
I Believe In Miracles SUNLIGHTSQUARE LATIN COMBO
che che cole salsa instru Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra
Every Body Say Yeah The Rebirth
Un Canto A Mi Tierra Quantic & His Combo Barbaro
Acuyeye Pacheco Y Su Charanga
Roforofo Fight (Louie Vega's EOL Mix) MSTR Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band

WIND ME UP

As somebody said lately, I'd better be called Kwak the Ripper, as I very regularily rip records to feed my beast called Serato. This record is quite something. A dope boogie jam recorded in 1980 with a jazzy twist that adds a little je ne sais quoi ... Rj's Latest Arrival hails from the 313rd Detroit City. Yes, the Motor Town.

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NEFERTITI

As I was busy ripping a full box of 45's (not finished yet and by far, so many goodies in there) that belong to TLP / Troubleman, I stumbled upon this massive afrofunk jam by a band called Wisdom ... Infectious keys, dope bass line, great conga work and guitar licks ... Nefertiti is the instrumental version of a track called "What cha gonna du about you" and is much nicer to my opinion than the vocal version ... kinda rare too according to the Troubleman himself ...


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LOVERGIRL (SYBERIZED)

You may have heard that Teena Marie, the Ivory Soul Queen, passed away on december 26th at the age of 54.

Mark deClive Low and Sy Smith wanted to pay their homage to the late singer of so many disco boogie classics (think "Square Biz", "Behind the groove", "Sucker for your love", and more). They then recorded, reimagined as McDL would say the song called "Lovergirl". It's a beautiful, yet modern take on a beautiful song.
Mark told us to spread the word, so there you go ... Have a treat, it's on the house ...



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Produced by Mark de Clive-Lowe
Vocal Arrangement/Production by Sy Smith
All Vocals - Sy Smith
Trumpet - Grant Nicholas
Horn Arrangement - Grant Nicholas
All other instruments - Mark de Clive-Lowe
Mixed by Grant Nicholas + Mark de Clive-Lowe

LONG HOT SEXY NIGHTS

As i was ripping some records by the great Kenny Dixon Junior, I thought I'd share this fantastic jam from 1995 and featuring the one and only Norma Jean Bell ... it's sweaty, funky to the bones, hot daaamn sexy ... to cut a long story short, it's the hell of a jam ...

Enjoy !



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Back To Niceness 01/01/11

We wish you the best and nothing but the best in 2011 … and deliver the second part of our favourite tracks of last year … Enter the new decade with style and ease … Enjoy the show …

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PLAYLIST :

Part 1
+/ Jay Electronica : exhibit C (Decon)
+/ Reflection Eternazl feat. J Cole, Jay Electronica & Mos Def : just begun (Blacksmith)
+/ Big Boi feat. yelawolf : you ain’t no dj (Def Jam)
+/ Quest : smooth skin (Deep Medi)
+/ HorsePower Productions : mexican slayride (Tempa)
+/ SBTRKT : soundboy shift (Young turks)
+/ Maddslinky feat. Tawiah : hiding place (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Mala DMZ : eyes (Digital Mystikz)
+/ Model 500 : ofi Mad mike remix (R&S)
+/ Ray Harris & The Fusion Experience : scaramunga jazz dance edit (Record Kicks)
+/ Jose James : warrior SBTRKT remix (Brownswood)
+/ The Martinez Brothers : don’t know yet (Objektivity)
+/ Scratcha DVA feat. Fatima : just vybes (Hyperdub)
+/ Cee Lo Green : fuck you (Arista)
+/ theophilus London : calypso blues (CDR)
+/ Colman Brothers : another brother (Wah Wah)
+/ Gotan Project : panamerica Michel Cleis remix (Ya Basta)

Part 2
+/ Lone : once in a while (Werk)
+/ Kode 9 : you don’t wash Actress Negril mix (K7)
+/ Untold: long range (Numbers)
+/ Theo Parrish feat. IG Culture : traffic (Sound signature)
+/ Mosca : square one vip (Night Slugs)
+/ Carlton Livingston : rastaman talk (Heartical)
+/ Jah Mikey & Daddy Shark : tune in (Heartical)
+/ Far East Riddim: kojak (Heartical)
+/ Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno : cumbia sobre el mar (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Mr Scruff feat. Kirsty Almeida : pickled spider (Ninja tune)
+/ Blundetto feat. Budos Horns : mustang (Heavenly Sweetness)
+/ Billy palmier : lift off (citywurl)
+/ Yabba Funk : nyash Olatunde remix (Here & Now)
+/ Black Lillies : cargo (Freestyle)
+/ Yosaku : malembe (Alala)
+/ Maddslinky feat. Omar : special (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Scratcha DVA : schizophrenic (DVA)
+/ Ramadanman : work them (Swamp 81)
+/ Pearson Sound : blue eyes (Hessle Audio)
+/John legend & The Roots feat. Black Thought : hard times (Sony)
+/Gang Starr : the question remains (Virgin)

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