Soundsweekly Radio Ep.24 - Xmas Special 2017

Well if it isn't christmas again already, feels like yesterday I was making a mix for last xmas. This year I've cooked up a two course soulstravaganza. First, of the bappin variety with some R&B and hip hop to help you work off some of those unwanted xmas calories. Following this, and rounding things off, are a bunch of my favourite soul numbers, guaranteed to give you a bit of that feel good to get your holiday season off on the right foot.

As is the usual at this time of year, Soundsweekly would like to thank and send big love to all those who have supported, listened, loved, boogied to, shared or simply browsed through the site. Here's to another year of big tunes and debauchery on the mixer.

Language warning - the first half hour contains some foul language, if this isn't your thing then feel free to skip to about half an hour into the mix after which point everything is as wholesome as newborn baby jeezy.

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TRACKLIST

Phil My Don - Quincy Bright (sweekly's freeki santa hijack)

The What (Phoniks Remix) - Biggie Smalls

25 Lighters - DJ DMD & The Inner Soul Clique

simple & plain - mr.dibiase

down with u -wntr

lol eu-iv did it better - mr surf

If You Love Me - Brownstone

Bullshittin' - N'Dea Davenport

La Voix de la Raison - Deborah

The World Is Yours - Nas

Friendly Skies - Private Eye

Status - Godfather Don

The Circle - Ivan Ave

Cosmic Reaction - SumoChief

Just A Man - Raphael Saadiq

Soul II Stro - Stro Elliot

Sideway Shuffle - Linda Lewis

For Real - Roy Ayers & Wayne Shorter

I Apoligize - Big Foot

Onda - Cassiano

Don't Let Your Love Fade Away - Gene Williams

Trouble Maker - Wailing Souls

Can't Live Without You - Connie Laverne

Eyes of Love - The Edge of Daybreak

There is Something In My Heart - Ghetto Brothers

What About Love - Marboo

Ooh, Baby - Pamoja

Money - Lady

Good Love - Isaac Hayes

I'm Not Ready For Love - Promise

 God Will Dry My Weeping Eyes - Horace Family

An Earthquake's Coming - Black Velvet

Trying To Get Next To You - Arnold Blair

Blind Man - LA Carnival

Central Park - The Harvey Averne Dozen

Too Hot For Radio - Fire

So I've been toying with the idea of doing this sort of thing for a while, and as they say, you gotta strike while the iron is hot. Welcome to Too Hot For Radio, a playlist of tunes that for one reason or another didn't make it onto the last radio show. Don't be fooled, these tracks are still straight up fire, and I couldn't sleep on them knowing they haven't given your ears at least one gentle caress.

So, for the first time ever, here is Too Hot For Radio!! In case the last radio show wasn't enough to satiate your super human appetite for funk, we pick up where we finished things off with the radio show, with got some of the wobbliest funk this side of chocolate city. Enjoy!!

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 23 - Fire

G'day kiddies, its time to get on down to the church of Funk where we'll be giving you a 2 hour sermon of that serious stank, that booty movin', hip grindin' fuel to get your fire lit. So get your speeds on, our sweet chariot will be swingin' round your way any minute now to take you on this latest boogie safari. It's time to get lit.

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• TRACKLIST
• Fire - Ohio Players
• Dazz - Brick
• Funk Power - Royal Flush
• West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson & The Street People
• Hey Motherfucker - Johnny Chingas
• Goldie's Boogie - Disco Tom
• Get Loose - Aleem
• How Much Would You Spend - Ramsey 2C 3D
• Humpin' - Gap Band
• I've Been Watching You - Mona Raye
• You Are The One - AM-FM
• Vacances J'oublie Tout - Elegance
• Cash Maniac - Jr. Williams
• Tie Me Up - Mtume
• Absolutely Real - M5K
• Betcha Don't Know - Najee
• Goh Deh Yaka (Go To The Top) - Monyaka
• The Bells Of Saint Christopher - Psychic Mirrors
• Saturday Night - Kinsman Dazz
• E.S.P - Fiesta
• Final Funk - Mandre
• Push & Pull - Alton McClain & Desting
• Superman Lover - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
• The First Thing I Do In The Morning - Joyce Williams
• Swing Low - The Salem Travellers
• Freaky Strangeness - Lalomie Washburn
• Rule Of Mind - The 9th Creation
• Reality - Pleasure
• Livin Easy In The City - Judy Cheeks
• (Fallin' Like) Dominoes - Donald Byrd
• Tell Me What To Do - Johnny Hammond
• Do It Again - Deep Heat
• Freak - Tapa Zukie
• Do It Any Way You Wanna - Louie Ramirez
• Full-Tilt Boogie - Uncle Louie
• City Living - Linda Williams
• Freakin' Time - Asphalt Jungle
• Kilowatt - Kay-Gee's
• Mutha Funk - Shotgun
• Thighs High - Tom Browne
• Hanging Tough - Board Of Directors
• The Rock - East Coast
• Come On And Dance - Freedom
• Microwave Boogie - Skip Jackson & The Natural Experience
• Disco Baby (Floating Points & Red Greg Edit) - Y. Gershovsky
• We Crown The King - Le Stim
• Do You Wanna Funk - Sylvester
• Maintain - Steve Marshall
• May The Funk Be With You - Denise LaSalle

Yereyira - Papito ft Iba One

Chub fo days

Astadjam Dada Saré - Hamad Kalkaba

Gottwood Mix #018 (Live From Gottwood) - Khruangbin

Trushmix 74 - SJ Tequilla

Get It Together - Ted Jasper

Ngiyekele - Mpumi

Give Me Your Love - Sister Love

Heaven Bound US Gospel - Antal

Negative Forces - Shamek Farrah & Norman Pearson

The Promised Land - Mark Seven

Absolute monster. Bounce for days.

A2 - Modula

Tropical Drums of Deutschland - Jan Schulte

Past - Allem Iversom

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 22 - Coast

Time to get hot, sweaty and sandy. We got a hawt pineapple summer rolling in, so you better make sure you got your badonkadonk oils and coconut lanyards at the ready, cos you know when miami vrice is in town, there's going to be cleavage. Don't forget that 90+ chill factor or you'll be burnt by the spiciness of some of these tropical hip girators. Forecasts are also predicting a strong boogie front coming in from the deep, so all you hot boys and girls can expect some high returns when your out there juicing them toobs. All said, its looking like another perfect summer, see y'all there!

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TRACKLIST
Legend Of The Fount - Pat Metheny
Like A Magic Dream - Rene Costy
Mozambique - Les Baxter
Montara - Bobby Hutcherson
O Sapo - Joao Gilberto
E Vem O Sol - Marcos Valle
Rio - Tamba Trio
Koto Ye O - Bola Johnson
El Lobo - Wganda Kenya
Echando Un Pie - SAOCO
A Kilo Traigo - Chuito Velez Con Su Orquestra & Adalberto Santiago
Mambo De Bataan - Joe Bataan
Arallue - Ray Barretto
Corrige - Ti Manno
Baissez Bas - Tabou Combo
Cuisse La - Les Aiglons
Kiliboi - Coupe Cloue
America Latina - Osmar Milito & Quarteto Forma
Off and On - Moacir Santos
Vendaval - Ed Motta
Rock The Boat (Butcher Brown Remix) - Aliyah
Liquid Love - Roy Ayers
Beauty - Earth, Win & Fire
Bairro Negro - Ana Mazzotti
Pendulum Goat - Taeko Ohnuki
Scrabble - Rene Costy
Bananeira - Emilio Santiago
Xamego Da Ina - Antonio Carlos & Jocafi
Chica Chica Boom Chic - Rolando & Luiz Antonio
Vem Menina - Emilio Santiago
Music Trance - Charanga 76
Freak In Me - Dante
Make It Feel Good - Alfonzo Surrett
Here I Am - Dynasty
Asofo - Jon K
Tropique - Muriel Dacq
Summer Groove - The Joneses
Looking Forward To You - Jack J
9:15 - HNNY
He Enters The Room - Lay Far
Daybreak - Henry Rodrick

Forever More - Tom Browne

My goodness, stank fo days.

BMS - Shinoh

United Booty - DJ Clouds

Straight from your boy Irvine's 'Mo Fire birthday mixtape. Comin in hot! Loving the DJ Dove love with the chunk to funk breaks and then the absolutely ridonculous follow up on them squelchy bass licks.

Live @ Far Away, LA 14th January 2017 - Nadia Ksaiba

Cosmodelica 6th August 2017 - Colleen Murphy

Work It! - Leo Mas

Lovely bit of house that goes to town on a theme, not just the same 1-4 bar loop on repeat the whole song. Oh yeah and did I mention its straight up fayaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?

Anger - HiFadility

Aroeira - Elizeth Cardoso

Adios Morena (Kaleema & Chancha Via Circuito Remix) - Rio Mira

Vampiras/Hermanos Latinos - Grupo Magnetico

Baila!

New Age Crystals - Sorcerer

Nature of Evil - Psychic Mirrors

Uuuuuuuuuuggghhhhh, gotta work on that mean lean. Kickin' off your week with some serious stank.

Stickymix 12 - Marco Ancut

Dem ultimate Sunday vibes.

Sedgwick - What You Said To Me

It's done been a while since I dundid a post. Sorry for the lack of tracks being posted while I was state-side. Time to get back in the groove with this juicy lil' thing. Will get back onto posting daily and should also have another radio show ready for youse in the next 2 weeks.

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 21 - Space II

From the depths of the deep, deep jungle, we turn our attention towards the final frontier. Space was one of the first ever themed shows we ever did here at Soundsweekly and we felt the time was ripe for a return voyage. As there were simply too many jams to pack into one show, we decided to split it up over two.

Satellite is an ode to the many shades of the vast nothingness of the great beyond, perfect for zoning out if you're ever feeling inclined to do so. Voyager, as its title suggests, is more of an adventure; packed to the brim with galactic oonce and cosmic boogie, you'll feel as if you've travelled a hundred parsecs in the space of a few hours. You don't really have to listen to them in any particular order or together even.

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Satellite | Voyager
coming soon

TRACKLIST
Satellite
Prana-Sun  -  Sven Grunberg
Deer Forest  -  Pierre Dutour
Не будет предано забвению  -  In Spe
Moonset 2  -  Andre Tschaskowski
Limpidite  -  Robert Viger
Blink  -  Hiroshi Yoshimura
Vayan  -  Misha Alpaerin
Trance  -  Steve Kuhn
Penombra  -  Piero Umiliani
Poluicao  -  Cesar Mariano & Cia
Awakening  -  Crypto
Quicksand  -  Starcrost
Star Children  -  Mighty Ryeders
Where Will I Go  -  Brief Encounter
Butterfly Dreams  -  Stanley Clarke
Strings of Light  -  Yussef Kamaal
Per Ulv  -  Terje Rypdal
When There Is No Sun  -  Sun Ra
Elaenia  -  Floating Points
Drifting In Time  -  Paul Williams
Naibu Eno Tukikage  -  Kenso
Synthetic Suspense  -  Sauveur Mallia
Airria (hanging garden)  -  Steve Roden
Nike  -  Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Demspter, Panaiotis
Islas Resonantes  -  Eliane Radigue
data.matrix  -  Ryojki Ikeda
Reflections On Black  -  Alio Die, Raffaele Serra
Semar  -  Roberto Musci
Morphing Cloud  -  Electro Harmonix
Back Into The Great mystery  -  Oophoi
Ocean of Emptiness  -  Echospace

Voyager
Surface  -  Mallard
Temperature Drop  -  Marconi Union
As Longitude  -  Part VI
Tarantella (Black Merlin Remix)  -  Tapan
Nomads (Spazio Palazzo Remix)  -  Yor Kultura
Emergency  -  Structure
Star Furnace  -  The Comet Is Coming
Mirror Society  -  Artefakt
Motor Melodies  -  Jonathan Kusuma
Dub Rise  -  Pulsinger & IRL
Destroyer  -  Audion
Indigo  -  Azari & III
Alarm (Chirp Mix)  -  La-4a
Children of the E (KiNK SP1200 Remix)  -  Radio Slave
I Feel Lit (Alden Tyrell Remix)  -  Alden Tyrell
Twista  -  Zoe Zoe
Slice Of Life  -  Peverelist
Pixel  -  Bambounou
Falling Stars  -  Smith N Hack
Poison Lips  -  Vitalic
Spacer Woman  -  Charlie
Body Mechanic  -  Quadrant Six
Pranian Man  -  Prana People
A Black Man In Space (Sax Mix)  -  Dennis Ferrer
Waiting For A Surprise (Audion's Magic Carpet Remix)  -  Red Axes, feat. Abrao
Timewarp  -  Eddy Grant
Solnechnie Ritmy  -  Mirdza Zivere
Illusions  -  DJ Dove
Situation (Deadline Mix)  -  Yazoo
Don't Stop  -  K.I.D.
Hypnotic (Automatic Piano)  -  Droid
The Mood I'm In (Gameboyz Remix)  -  Panama Disco Lights
Stop  -  B.W.H.
Magic  -  General Lee
Space Talk  -  Asha Puthli

Galaxy - Eddie Henderson

Launch sequence initiated...

Liquid Sunshine - John Cameron

Tribal Dreams - DJ Boring

Lone Star - FYI Chris

Illusions - DJ Dove

Don't sleep

Auto Sensory Mixtape - E Davd

What Does It Take - Isaac Hayes

La Voix de la Raison - Deborah feat. Osez

Betcha Don't Know - Najee

Turn down dem blinds, take it nice and slow baby, nice and slooowwww. Sensual as fucks.

Peanut Butter (Larry Levan Remix) - Gwen Guthrie

Tamadiara - Orchestre Rail Band de Bamako

Dança das Cabeças (Part 1) - Egberto Gismonti

El Mercado - Alex Rodriguez

cruz - louie from the club

Mar y Tierra - Laut & Luise

Absolute stunner and a perfect way to kick off the weekend. The uplifting chords and relentless chug of the simple, yet hypnotic beat will work wonders to cleanse the mind, body and soul.

ambitions - jarjarjr

nasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnasnas

Feel The Groove - Cartouche

Blind Man - LA Carnival

Soundsweekly Radio Ep.20 - Jungle

Pack your bags, cos we're headed for this very special 20th edition of the pod/radio show (what ever you wanna call it) to the depths of the jungle. It's been a while since I've recorded a show on my lonesome, however that's not say there weren't some absolutely delish tracks suggested by a couple of lovely people (you know who you are).

Get on it!

TRACKLIST

Sweet Lullaby (Ambient Mix) - Deep Forest

Storm - Rare Silk

Grass, Tree and Stone - Susumu Yokota

Hetrotopia (Young Marco Remix) - Michael Ozone

Hear The Sun - Linkwood

Untitled (003A) - Cottam

Science Fiction - Genius of Time

Un.sub - Mia Dora

Yucatan - Forum

Mi Rumba - Kyodai

Classroom - Traumer

Nondo - DJ Sotofett, Karolin Tampere & Marimouna Haugen

DTMF (Call Super Remix) - Telephones

A New Life (Planet Earth Mix) - S.O.N.S.

Secondo Coro Delle Lavandaie - Roberto De Simone

Running The Voodoo Down - Black Classical

Voices (Original Dub Version) - KC Flightt

Talking About Togetherness - Diskoking Burnhart McKoolski

A Father's Love (Andy's Bristol Mix) - Andy Compton's Sowetan Onesteps

On The Hill (Lodger Remix) - Oliver Sain

Birds of Dub (Architeq Version) - Architeq

One Spliff A Day - Billy Boyo

Double Minded Man - Anthony "Rocky" Ellis

Prima - Chancha Via Circuito

Iyahta - King Tubby

Skylarking - Horace Andy

Baltimore - The Tamlins

Here Comes Trouble - Chronixx

Blastit - Shabazz Palaces

Dejala Corre - Banda Los Hijos De La Nina Luz

Tamborito Swing - Los Silverstones

Omeleble - Dr.Victor Olaiya's International All Stars

Quer Queria, Quer Nao Queria - Tim Maia

Podes Crer, Amizade - Toni Tornado

Jungle Music - Kelenkye Band

Fuwari Fuwafuwa - Ruriko Ohgami

Ve Saz Caz Toplulugu Ac Kapiyi Gir Iceri - Özdemir Erdogan

Penny Royal - Matthew Hayes

Portion 22 (Albrecht La'Brooy Bathtime Arrangement) - Rings Around Saturn

If You Can't Tell Me Something Good - The Mark IV

Soul Searching - Me' Shell NdegeOcello

Zagubiona w Nostalgii - Mikołaj Hertel

Lady Science (NYC Sunrise) - Soul Capsule

Speak No Evil - Dadisi Komolafe

Dolores Street - Kenny Barron

$14.84 - ymana

Had an awesome time recording this mix as its mostly filled with classic disco vocal cuts that I adore, the emphasis is very much on soul and groove in equal measure. Hope you enjoy it.

Via Brasil - Rush Hour Store Broadcast

6 selectors with an hour each from the depths of their Brazilian collections. I've yet to listen to the whole thing through yet, however looking at the selectors on offer you'd be hard pressed to not be satisfied with what they have to offer. And you better believe I posted this on a Sunday for a reason - day sorted!

1st hr - Antal (Cofounder of Rush Hour in Amsterdam) 2nd hr - Mr. Mendel 3rd hr - Jorn Konijn 4th hr - Ismael Ibrahim 5th hr - Palo Santo 6th hr - Alex Barck (Jazzanova)

Douceur Tropicale - Michel Lorin et Son Ensemble

Drums of Passion - Babatunde Olatunji

Immaculate. That is the only word I can use to describe this album. Outstanding album from one of the greatest percussionists to have ever been recorded.

One of the most important musical lessons I ever learnt was given by close friend of mine who explained art as an act of the building and release of tension. Baba belongs to a long line of musicians like Fela Kuti, Herbie Hancock, Pharaoh Sanders, Abdullah Ibrahim and Chico Hamilton to name a few, who are able to build these trance like rhythms that to the uninitiated can sound a bit simple in its endless repetition. However Olatunji is perhaps unique in that his music often dwells entirely in a state of tension, or rather, he is able to find the release within tension itself. Where others will build up to a state of tension, Olatunji will use it as a starting point.

And that's only for the songs that are predominantly percussive. His vocal melodies and harmonies are quintessentially African and one could argue that he has played a huge role in creating the African musical identity despite, like many other African music heroes, relying heavily on the diaspora to spread, and keep alive, his native traditions.

Essential listening.

PS. Just had one of them moments when you realise that a song/a couple of songs you liked by one dude was actually ripped off another dood. Don't worry Serge, I'll still always love you.

Deer Forest - Pierre Dutour

You're going to want to close your eyes for this one. A magical gondola ride through the stars awaits. I absolutely adore how the track gently moves through emotions, introducing elements and tension in a seemingly organic fashion. If meditation were offered in the form of a pill, this is probably the sound that would come out of the bottle when opening a bottle of those babies.

Guadaloupe Ile de Mes Amours - Eric Cosaque

Awesome loungey jazz-funk number with plenty of blue notes and even a sprinkle of synthesised accompaniment in the background just to make sure that no matter your palette, you'll be plenty satisfied.

Quo Vadis - Spazio Palazzo

Oxygen - Monique Danielle

Texico Special (ymana Luscious Jive Edit) - Texico

A little edit I done did. If you're in Sydney next Friday (26th of May), come down to Thiq in Neutral Bay where I'll be playing stuff like this and plenty of other goodies as well.

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 19 - Love In The Time Of The Blues

It's that time again folks. Something for the romantics, the soul heads and anybody feeling them blues. The result of a bit of an experiment I decided to conduct, there is no mixing involved here (bar the last 3 songs). Instead this is an exercise in song selection, which resulted in a journey that will hopefully take your soul for a ride through all the shades of blue, with some brief pit stops in the territory of a few other colours to keep things fresh.

TRACKLIST

Soul Lament - Kenny Burrell
Laura - Don Byas
Soulville - The Ben Webster Quintet
Splanky - Count Basie
En Este Mismo Lugar - Wilson Simonal
The Sweet Alice Blues - George Benson with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet
Minor Chant - Jimmy Smith
Yearning - Gabor Szabo
Mascaram Setaba - Mulatu Astatke and his Ethiopian Quintet
Ivy - The Cal Tjader Trio
Solo - Meirelles E Os Copa 5
Daytripper - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Baby - Willy Chirino
A Deeper Shade Of Soul - Ray Barretto
Tiempo Pa' Matar - Willie Colon
Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa! - Nico Gomez & His Afro Percussion Inc.
Mastica Chupa y Jala - Ghetto Brothers
What Are You Doing the Rest Of Your Life - Cal Tjader
Misterio Do Planeta - Novos Baianos
Velho Parente - Arthur Verocai
Voo Cego - Marcos Valle
Dedicada a Ela - Arthur Verocai
Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips
The Rap - Millie Jackson
If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Wanna Be Right - Millie Jackson
Ike's Rap III - Isaac Hayes
Your Love Is So Doggone Good - Isaac Hayes
All My Love - Gwen McCrae
T'ain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do - Carmen McRae
Is It Me You Really Love - Black Velvet
Music - Carmen McRae
Chanchullo - Fania All Stars
La Valla - Bronx River Parkway
Morro Do Barraco Sem Agua - Lemos E Debetio
It Ain't No Fun To Me - Graham Central Station
Yearnin' Burnin' - Pleasure
The Funky "G" (Only Comes At Night) - Sumy
Happiness - Errol de la Fuente
Seeking - Cash Money
Freaj - Tappa Zukie
Is Your Life A Party? - Prana People
I Am Me - Crown Heights Affair
Edit Channel XXX - JV
Catchin' Fever - Tim McAllister

Mary J Blige - Beatiful (Dj Spen & Karizma Remix)

Al Hudson and The Partners - You Can Do It

Y'all see I got, I got my security up on stage now, wassup

Let's show the other room we know how to get down in this motherfucker tonite, wassup

RA Live at Brilliant Corners, London, 21st March 2017 - Jeremy Underground

From the man who is rapidly becoming one of my favourite selectors. A mix to wrap yourself in, should you be in the mood for some soul healing, or simply some general relaxation.
As we've come to expect from Jeremy, its filled with only the rarest and most exotic cuts, played out in full for your aural pleasure.
If you're digging this, then I cannot recommend his recent compilation Beauty highly enough.

TRACKLISTING
(will try to keep it updated should any of the unknown tracks make themselves known to me)

[00] William Eaton - Track 4

[03] Charlie Bleak - Never You Mind

[05] Rhythm Bliss - Song Of Earth And Sky

[11] ?

[15] ?

[19] Elkin & Nelson - Vámonos

[27] ?

[33] Dynamics - Suavecito

[36] Follies Bazaar - Blue Sea

[39] Ben Williams - Me And You

[43] Incarnation - Make You Mine

[47] Debra Joyce - I'm Not The Girl

[50] Magnus Uggla - Sommartid

[54] E.L. James - The Face Of Love

[58] Sam Russell - Yesterday's Sorrow

[61] Cash Money - Seeking

[65] ?

[68] Huntington, Barber & Company - Shake It Up

[72] Full Force - Groovin'

[77] Dion Sorel - Mama

[83] Ronnie McNeir - My Baby

[86] ?

Alan Skidmore Quintet - Jack Knife

Baker's Dozen - Muito Legal!

A very brief sampler of the incredibly rich and deep pool of sounds that is Brazil. Got some classics in there as well as some lesser known gems, however as 12 songs is not adequate for even covering a small minority of the bases, I'll keep updating this playlist in the future so make sure to bookmark it if you like what you hear!

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 18

You're on your daily commute into the city, its just like any other day. Somewhere along the way though, you slip into the slipstream of a subconscious. Its heart beats to the klang and bleep of metal boxes clogging up the backstreets of its arteries. With each turn of your head, layers stack upon layers stack upon you. You best believe that if you're not careful, the city, it'll swallow you whole.

It's been a while between shows but we're finally back!! For the second show in a row its the unstoppable duo of Marty & Alex (aka ymana & striccly riddims) going deeper than ever into all sounds weird and wonderful. Stay tuned for more journeys like this in the coming weeks (we're trying our darndest to get the next one out as soon as possible), and also don't forget we deliver audio vitamins on pretty much a daily basis now. What more could you ask for?

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TRACKLIST

Intro - Love Song 1 - Mike Westbrook
Straight Up and Down - Eric Dolphy
Estate of Mind - George the Poet (Spoken Word)
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City - Al Brown
TSSYEH - S R A VV
Technology - Fatima

Left & Right (FloFilz Remix) - D'Angelo
Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers - Crooklyn Dodgers

Windy City - Rodney Franklin

Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack

Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Reuben Wilson

Bitter Sweet - Abdullah Ibrahim

Goo Goo Wah Wah - Wah Wah Watson

St. Clair - Sabre, Stray & Heliogenix

Sweet Nothing - Homemade Weapons

Inner City Life (ymana's Sounds Of The City Edit) - Goldie

City Kids - Benedith Marie (Spoken Word)
Hollow (Time Wharp Remix) - Beacon

Ancient Dust - Fairmont & SwitchSt(d)ance

Die Stärke Der Vernichtenden Schläge - Rude 66

Inflex (Marco Bernardi Mix Two) - Costelloe

Splenda Daddy - Cuthead

Torben 04 A2 - Torben

Incoming (Motorcitysoul Remix) - David K
Black Sun - Kode9

The Courts - Jam City

Has It Come To This (The Streets vs DJ Zinc (Distraction)) - The Streets

Nexus On The Beach - Roberto Musci

Train In Austria - Glimpse

Peace Of Mind - Claro Intelecto

NOTU_URONLINE feat. Danalogue - DVA [Hi:Emotions]

Bobby V. - Disco Baby (Floating Points Edit)

Don't let the title fool you. So far as the internet is concerned, a track called Disco Baby by a dude called Bobby V does not exist. The identity of this Bobby V character is equally as mysterious, with plenty of speculation and barely any hard facts being thrown around in youtube comments sections and forums alike. All we do know is that a few copies of this do exist, albeit I'd speculate its nothing official, probably just a gift from FP to close friends like Hunee and Red Greg who have both supposedly played this one out.

Its hard to put an exact value on how much the feeling towards this song grows once it's rarity renders it the stuff of legend, or at the very least shrouds it in a thin veil of mystery that even in the age of information is frustratingly elusive. Whilst you can't own the track (just yet, fingers crossed), a rip from FP's Essential Mix is on youtube so its not all bad, if you do find that it is released one day or happen to stumble on the samples used/original tune holla at ya boy, it would be much appreciated!

UPDATE!!! (29 Apr 2017)



So! If you are following our facebook page, you may have noticed that earlier today I managed to stumble upon the original of this track! And its lead me to make some interesting conclusions about the FP edit (if you can even call it that).

Firstly, the original is called Disco Baby (so I was wrong above, it was literally called Disco Baby) by a dude by the name of Yaron Gershovsky, a keyboard player who's output (or at least all of it that is recorded on discogs) is quite short, and also quite different to this track. So far as I can tell, it was only ever included on one library music record put out by Major Records in 1979. Listening to the two I can't find any differences between the original and the supposed 'Floating Points edit' which leads me to believe that in fact, a Floating Points edit doesn't exist. As to the reason why give it a different name if no editing has actually been done, I'm none the wiser. A few theories I have are that Sam (FP) is trying to keep the track a secret, or that legendary bassist from the Fania All-Stars, Bobby Valentin, had something to do with this track (there are probably a million more Bobby V's in the recording business around the world so this one is a real long shot). Regardless of that, the story behind the label that released this tune is quite interesting.

For those who are familiar (I certainly wasn't), Major Records (and its parent/sibling label Valentino Inc Production Music Library) is somewhat of the go to library music label. And if you don't think you're familiar with the label, then I can assure you that you've most likely heard one of its many releases before.

Perhaps its greatest musical talent/writer/producer was Walter Murphy. You probably know Murphy as the dude for the disco classic A Fifth of Beethoven which featured in Saturday Night Fever and also snagged a grammy. Head honcho at Major Records/Valentino Inc, Thomas Valentino,

That said, a good deal of the label's output features unknown names, generic sleeves and untitled releases, which I guess is the norm for library music catalogs/labels. It is, however, a treasure trove of samples, many of which you have probably heard before. Nicholas Flagello's Wailing Wail is perhaps one of the most sought after of these tunes, with its horn shrieks and general tense vibe being repurposed in Wu Tang Clan's Unpredictable as well as probably a bunch of other tracks.

Coldcut x On U Sound - Vitals feat. Roots Manuva

Boss Mischief - Third Dimension EP

Loure - VUE

Moscoman & Red Axes - Dikembe Manutu

Luca Lozano - Junglish Massive

wntr - down with u

François K - Top 137 Funk Records

137 selections of pure fire from one of disco's heaviest hitters. Just in time for the weekend too. You'll be guaranteed to be getting your strut on, or your money back!

Analog Africa Soundsystem - 10 years of Analog Africa Mix

Boot & Tax - BraceBrace (Alien Alien Remix)

Space Jazz - Polish Jazz Mix Part 1

Nicholas Ft. Nikki-O - Black Sugar/You Can't Hide

Rouge Mecanique - Sans Scrupules

Montezumas Rache - Wu Du Wu

ymana - Tricolor Tease

Giddy is an understatement. Can't wait to see y'all on Saturday night.

Flying Machines - Dinner With Mr Pedro

Helena Hauff - Essential Mix

Serious, serious fire. Can't wait to see what gems she unearths on a monthly basis as one of the new hosts on BBC Radio 1's Residency show. 2 hours of straight up bangers.

Baker's Dozen - Big Band Bash

From swing to funk, nothing beats the sound and raw power of the big band. Here's some of our favourite big band belters to get you through til the end of the week.

Richard "Groove" Holmes - Onsaya Joy

Haruomi Hosono - Strange Love

The Georgia Sea Island Singers - Georgia Sea Island Songs

Real D, Kerstone - Khasia Hills Feb 2017

Juarez Sant'ana- Nem Vem de Garfo

Starcrost - Quicksand

Trio Bach- Consolação

African Vibration - Hinde

Thelma Houston - I'm Here Again (Mr. K / Danny Krivit Edit)

Oluko Imo - Praise Jah

Eyes of Love - Edge of Daybreak

The tale of the one take wonder is the stuff of legend in the music world. Serge Gainsbourg's piece de resistance, L'histoire de Melody Nelson, was supposedly written in one night.  I'm sure you can all remember vividly, a moment of live music where rather inexplicably a host of intangible forces collided, resulting in a fleeting moment of euphoria on both the part of the artist and the listener.  Such moments have an air of divine inspiration to them, and this album is certainly a fine example.
Recorded in only 5 hours by inmates of the Powhatan Correctional Center, Virginia; this is a document that lays bare some of the rawest soul put on record. Written and played by a group of individuals deemed unfit by the state and society, there is a strong contradiction at heart here, which upon each listen reveals deeper layers and forces the listener to consider some of our most basic concepts and truths. If nothing else, it is a testament to the human condition in the face of grim circumstances, serving as a reminder that some of the greatest, life-affirming art often comes from the darkest of places.

Soundsweekly Radio Ep.17 - Sky

It's that time again folks! Our 17th show, the first of 2017 is of the classic Soundsweekly variety, a true journey through sound. It's also two for the price of one this time round, as this is the first time we've brought in a second pair of hands behind the decks, its our favourite Russian groove monster, Alex, who has kindly helped curate this aural excursion. As the last few have been more oontscey, we've gone for higher contrast in tempo and aesthetic this time round and we're sure you'll love it just as much. Definitely one for your daily commute to and from work, some chilled beverages of your choice in the local park or just relaxing to at home in your favourite state of undress.

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TRACKLIST

Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower

George Duke - My Soul

Herbie Hancock - Succotash

Florian Kupfer, Sade - SAD Edit 01 A

Earth Trax x Newborn Jr. - Flute Track

DJ Steaw - Sky Hunt

Bolla Afrikan Basement - Makosa

Admin - Bright Moments

Cloud One - Atmosphere Strut

Guynamukat - You Better Know What I'm Saying (Edit)

Crown Heights Affair - Far Out

Soccer96 - Flight Formation (Danny Krivit Edit)

Sonia Santos - Menino das Laranjas

Blow Monkeys - La Passionara

Djavan - Nereci (DJ Marky's Boogie Rework)

JM Black - Lipstick Shout

Nascer Salinas - Tenha Fe, Pois Amanha Um Lindo Dia Vai

Family of Eve - Please Be Truthful (ymana's Eternal Love Edit)

Noriko Miyamoto - My Life

Air - Les Professionels

Hiroshi Suzuki - Shrimp Dance

Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr - You Can't Blame Me

Willie Wright - Right On For The Darkness

The Bell Cafe Band - Gorilla With A Gun

Neil Cowley Trio - Weightless (World Universe Cosmos Vibration Path Mix)

Sfire - Sfire3 (John Talabot's Tribalist Rework)

Ron Trent - I Feel Rhythm (Inner Experience Revision)

Dinky - Slowly (Radio Slave Remix Version 2)

Ltd - Love To The World

Vladimir Konovalov Jazz Orchestra - The Legend of the Araratsky Valley

EMEFE - Sayulita

Vladimir Konovalov Jazz Orchestra - The Legend of the Araratsky Valley

Brutal Force - Dreams For Sale

Beautiful Swimmers - Untitled A

Marcellis - You

Whole album is absolute fire. Huge range going from lower tempo, more soulful grooves like this, to stomp your feet and make room oontsczers. Left of field, yes, but with more than enough substance to justify the trip.

Street Smartz - Problemz

Brownstone - If You Love Me

Say it.
Do it.
Show it.
Prove it.

Makybe Diva - Untitled

Mad shades of Thirstin' by Jack J, which is never a bad thing! Luscious, hypnotic groove that'll wash over like waves on the shore, lap'tup!

Parple - Sacred

Can't ever go wrong on Hivern, perfect blend of oontscze and stellar sonic imagery.

Wednesday Git-down

Some tasty mid-week grooves to keep that fire burnin' til the end of the week.

Rave Zehava (Autarkic Edit)

Chaos In The CBD - Accidental Meetings EP

Rolande Garros - Flushing Meadows

Jarreau Vandal - Rooftops

Psilosamples - Huni Kuins Yame Awa Kawanai dance

Ahmed Fakroun - Soleil Soleil

Colectivo Futurecast 060 - Victoria Topping