AL NAAFYISH (THE SOUL)

Back in the mid 80's, movies like "Beat Street" or "Break Street" would definetly transform me into what I am today. A hip hop fanatic. I remember asking this guy called Stéphane (who had a pair of turntables) to record a tape for me with the hip hop and breakdance from that time, and he did. I still have that tape somewhere, it was my first ever mixtape. Steph has to be thanked because I never had the chance to tell him how much that tape had a crazy effect on me. Thanks, man ... a lot !
Anyway, this track, that was on that precise tape, is a breakdance classic that still works to this day. I broke my neck 251 times trying to headspin while it was in the tape deck as we would try to catch the phases we were seeing in "Beat Street". This is an "historical" electro track. A classic. On the same level as "Looking for the perfect beat" by Bambaataa or "Time Space Transmat" by Model 500.

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BAMA LOVE SOUL PRESENT : A FUNKY SITUATION (THE REMIXES)

Please allow me to relay this dope post (and release) by the good people at Bama Love Soul. Bama stands for Alabama. They run a blog I've been following for a minute now, they've got dope free dl's, nice interviews; all in all, a dope blog with fantastic content. Big up to Rahdu & Friends.

Greetings everyone, it is finally here, our first project of the NEW YEAR! We proudly present to you a project that showcases many interpretations of songs from Wilson Pickett’s 1978 a funky situation album.
Wilson Pickett, an icon and Alabama native, has been so influential to modern music but with the growing amount of microwave talent, it has become so easy to forget the pioneers. With the assistance of producers and emcees from across the globe, we’ve created a compilation that will place Wilson Pickett on the tip of your tongue and encourage you to research the man that even James Brown gives up the stage to.
We ask that you not only download and listen, but also pass on and share this compilation to others, not only because we’re immensely proud of it, but because our musical history is in jeopardy and our youth have no idea who came before Usher.
Enough of waxing poetic! For all my finnicky downloaders, we’ve included several download options of 320 bitrate mp3s and even a one track download for my podcasters. Enjoy!

1. FreshNerd – TheNight
2. Byron the Aquarius – The Wicked
3. Illastrate; Amdex; Boog Brown – It’s Fine
4. DJ Rahdu; Thed Weller – I’m Ready
5. SHEN 07 – Dancewitme
6. J Finesse – Call It A Day
7. Tall Black Guy – She Too Nice
8. Sawandi – Groovin’ (Sawandi Rework)
9. King Boom – Disco Groovin’
10. Junior Star – Dance With Me (Junior Star Rework Part One)
11. Average Thought – So Loose
12. SoFoReal – Time to Let the Sun Shine (SoFoReal Remix)
13. SHEN 07 – Outro
14. Tall Black Guy; Shaheed – Blastmatazz (Bonus)
Artwork by James Gates for Art Haus Design


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STRICTLY NICENESS LIVE MIX

Photo : Bernard Rosenberg

We recorded the last edition of Strictly Niceness, which took place at La Bodega (as usual) on january 8th. It was a resident night. Bernard Dobbeleer and I had great fun, there was a crazy vibe. People left with a smile on their face and so did we ...
Here is the mix we did, it's almost complete ... it goes from Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers to Ramadanman, from Masters At Work to Teena Marie (RIP); from The Budos Band to Snoop Dogg, ... and back.

4 hours and 45 minutes in 2 parts. Raw, uncut, and no overdubs of course.

Thanks to James Brenkley aka Decknologist for splitting this.

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YOU GOT SOUL

As I was in London in september, I obviously had to tear down some recordstores. I went to Rough Trade, to Honest Jon's, People' Sound and more ... They all offered me flowers went I had to leave, haha ... I found this dope rocksteady jam in the basement at Rough trade. Johnny Nash hails from Houston (Texas) and was the first non-jamaican singer to ever record in Kingston. He even recorded and produced a then struggling local act called The Wailers. This jam went in the UK Chart at number 6. I particularily enjoy the vocal harmonies in the chorus.

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Back To Niceness 15/01/11

As we kick off the show with ... a blank ... the dangers of going live ... then Public Enemy, new releases from Tony Cook, Morgan Zarate, J Live, Dimlite, Title feat. Delvis, etc ... add some classics like Cameo, Bill Withers, Moodymann and more ... Back To Niceness takes care of your expectations regarding timeless classics and discoveries in funk, soul and beyond ...

LISTEN HERE


PLAYLIST


PART 1

+/ Public Enemy feat. Ice Cube and Big Daddy Kane : burn hollywood burn (Def Jam)
+/ Tony Cook feat. Tavell : what's on your mind (Stones Throw)
+/ Cameo : cameosis (Casablanca)
+/ DJ Nobody vs CON : keep on (re-edit) (Stilloveformusic)
+/ The Rah Band : messages from the stars Atjazz remix (Tokyo Dawn)
+/ Moodymann : sunday morning (Planet E)
+/ Floating Points : people's potential (Eglo)
+/ J Live : no time to waste (Triple Threat)
+/ Slum Village feat. Q Tip : hold tight (Barak)
+/ Dela & The Headless Hunters : London town (Brownswood)
+/ Esther Philips : home is where the hatred is (Kudu)
+/ Dimlite : loins (Now Again)
+/ Pedders : hankuri (GAMM)
+/ ClassicBeatz : kampala hustle (CDR) from the NTale Grooves project
+/ Portformat feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Ann Muldrow : mothership Opolopo remix (Tokyo Dawn)

PART 2

+/ Title feat. Delvis ; sidechain reaction (On Point)
+/ Strong arm steady: get started (Stonethrow)
+/ Maddslinky feat. Tawiah : further away Falty Dl remix (Tru Thoughts)
+/ Dusk Creator : after the fire (Stainage)
+/ Morgan Zarate : hookid (Hyperdub)
+/ P Money & Sukh Knight : slang like this (Defenders)
+/ Tha Alkaholiks : make room (Loud)
+/ Mos Def : universal magnetic instrumental (RAWKUS)
+/ Marvin Gaye : i want you (Motown)
+/ Al Green : all because (Hi)
+/ Ray Barretto : a deeper shad of soul (Fania)
+/ MIchel Cleis feat. Toto La Mompisina : la mezcla (Strictly Rhythm)
+/ Martyn & Mike Slott : all nights (All City)
+/ Frootful : Fish in the sea (Freestyle) new !
+/ Bill withers : railroad man (Sussex)


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YOUNGBLOOD (LIVING IN THE STREETS)

War is one of my favourite bands ever ... I was working in a record store at the time, and my boss offered me the album "The world is a ghetto". What a blast. I just discovered the extraordinary musicianship, the infamous groove, the beautiful vocal harmonies, the mix between jazz, funk, soul, latin influences, etc ...

"Youngblood / Living in the streets" in the title track of the album called the same name ... it's the original soundtrack for a movie ...

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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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