Italy is definitely full of djs on fire at the moment. Moving from disco to hip hop, from soul to whatever” music, we can find tons of mixes, covering mostly any kind of genre we like and dig. It’s a new italian renaissance.
I am here today to talk about a very deep session called NOWhere. This mix was done almost a year ago for the mighty Mixology series. Andrea Mi describes this mix as a pure concentrate of silicon soul, very atmospheric and nocturnal, and I totally agree with him. The man behind the set is Balbio aka Fabio from the Passion Junkie site. If you follow our page from back in the days, you should already know him since we had the pleasure to host him in the past (hope he will re-up his Jazz mix sooner or later). Check also his site, you will find some great stuff, especially in the podcast series. Check it, check it out and enjoy!
After the Chubby Chubb mixtape (that was 4 years ago, time passes!), here we go again with another tasty mixtape from the 90′s..straight outta my mixtape shoebox!This time it’s female Dj Lazy-K outta New Jersey in charge.
I bought this in 1997 in New York (can’t remember where..there were lot of places selling tapes at that time…too many maybe…) and I think it’s quite a killer.I think recently Lazy-K has become quite famous with the explosion ofthe crap mixtape scene, but in her days she was pretty underground and not very commercial.
I read an interview where she says that she was pretty crazy with themixing back then and that she was playing too much roughneck stuff: well in my opinion that was 10 million times better than the latestmixtape with lil wayne on it!
There are some real treats on this tape, like the Dark Skinned Assassin freestyle (heads might remember him from the “Lock shit down” single,one of the best Wu related released…if not the best), but the real highlight is the “phat intro” on the b-side: she plays lots of classics,one after the other, cutting up tracks really quickly (lots of boot camp click material…I think she was with Steele from Swif-n-wessun for a minute…..).
There are also forgettable tracks towards the end so I’m sure heads will rewind back to the “phat intro”.
Thanks to Jopparelli for restoring this tape that was in bad conditionand that’s dedication!
This episode is not about obscure breaks, but rather classic tunes that i deeply love, music that changed my life if you know what i mean. Time to replay some gems from Hip Hop’s golden age and rediscover the magnificent sounds they were built upon. We have the return of the Crooklyn Dodgers, an apocalyptic RZA tune featuring one of his best instrumentals, and then we’ll explore the deep south with a jaw-dropping Geto Boys funk jam. CRU are present too of course, as one of the rap groups with the best taste in choosing samples, and speaking of good taste in music how about a classic Mobb Deep tune produced by Q-Tip? Then we finish with a sweet groove by Hard 2 Obtain, we already talked about it in the past, but this time its deconstructed into its two main samples. Enjoy and check the download link at the end of this post to play this breaks loud in your stereo.
Young Holt Trio -- “Strangers In The Night”
Crooklyn Dodgers 95 -- “Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers”
Getting in the right mood for the Turin Jazz Festival, I want to share with you some amazing concerts I have found on YouTube. Anyway, If it happens to be around the Turin area, just give me a call and I will offer you a beer!
Here the story behind this footages:
On the all-too-rare occasions when jazz gets an outing on television, many viewers make inevitable, and often unfavourable, comparisons with Jazz 625. A well-informed presenter, a superb sound balance and an uncluttered approach to camera work and direction all combined to set a gold standard in the televisual representation of jazz.
It was also in the right place at the right time. The end of the long-standing deadlock between the Musicians Union and the American Federation of Musicians meant that big names from the US were coming over to Britain for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, it was a fertile time for British jazz, with the likes of Tubby Hayes, Johnny Scott, Tony Coe and John Dankworth all very much in the ascendant…read more here
1.Time Leak/Redef Damu Remix-Union Ft Talib Kweli & Sly Johnson (Fatbeats)
2.Chit Chat-Natural Yogurt Band (Jazzman)
3.Year Of Hip Hop-LL Cool J (Slice Of Spice)
4.This Was A Time-Dee Felice Trio (Adiddas Originals)
5.Give The Drummer Some-Ultramagnetic Mc’s (Adiddas Originals)
6.Greedy G-Mr.Chop (Now Again)
7.Yellow Soul Force-Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro (Jazzman)
8.Head Wiggle-Kashmere Stage Band (Kram)
9.Take It Easy/Kenny Dope Mix-Brass Construction (Kay-Dee)
10.Soul Power-The Soul Surfers (Funk Night)
11.King Kong-Big T Tyler (Aladdin)
12.Signs- J Dilla (Stones Throw)
13.Keep On Doin’-The Isley Brothers (T Neck)
14.Breakloose Ft. DJ Scratch-Rasheed Chappell (Kay-Dee)
15.Soul To The People Pt.1-The Fantastic Souls (Kay-Dee)
16.Hit The Bongo-Tito Puente (Tico)
17.I’Ve Got What You Need-Mary Jane Hooper (Power Pac)
18.Obsession 77-Atomic Forest (Now Again)
19.Thank You-York Wilborn’s Psychedelic Six (Now Again)
Classy mix from DJ Nuts. It’s a very smooth selection of Jazz, Breaks and Brazilian music that gives you a fabulous overview of different artists and creative talents from all around the world. I really feel the atmosphere he made up with this eclectic session. Don’t expect anything banging, just sit back, relax, and drink your cachaca 51!
