Oo wee it's getting hot up in here! That's right, summer's just around the corner again and it's time to get that perfect summer bod that'll make you the prime candidate come mating season. This edition of Soundsweekly Radio is a programme of exercises which ought to raise your pulse rate and keep it raised, yes sir, it's electrified, bona fide and certified to tone and condition every muscle of the body. Rest assured it's the only exercise tape you'll need this summer, that's our guarantee.
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!!
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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!
