No Other Love - Chevals

Soundsweekly Radio Ep. 26 - Fixin' To Truck

The perfect accompaniment for days and nights of passion. Rest assured, this ain't no quick thang. Set aside the next 2 and a bit hours to take things slow, real slow, as we take you all the way from the lighting of the first candle, to a lil' post coitus snuggle with your lover in a glorious haze of your own freshly squeezed love stank. There's a meeting in my bedroom, so be there or be square.

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• Meeting In My Bedroom Silk
• Part Time Lover H-Town
• I Can Go Deep Silk
• Body Bumpin' Public Announcement
• My Love Is The Shhh SFP
• Freak Me Silk
• Come Inside Intro
• Pushin' Inside You Sons Of Funk
• How Deep Is Your Love Keith Sweat
• U Send Me Swingin' Mint Condition
• Soul Sista Bilal
• Top Of The World Kenya Gruv
• Slow Wine Tony! Toni! Tone!
• Soul Searching Me'Shell N'degeocello
• Can't Hide Love Najee
• Feel Like Lovin You Today Donald Byrd
• Body Fusion Starvue
• Night Breeze Ronnie Laws
• What You Won't Do For Love Bobby Caldwell
• Supernatural Thing Ben E. King
• Risin' To The Top Keni Burke
• I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You Leon Haywood
• Make It Fast, Make It Slow Rob
• Skyy, Can You Feel Me Raphael Saadiq
• What About My Love Johnnie Taylor
• Forever More Tom Browne
• The Sweetest Pain Dexter Wansel
• Your Love Is Like The Morning Sun Al Green
• You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
• New To You Sharon Paige
• This Is The Place Kansas City Express
• Intimate Friends Eddie Kendricks
• Happy Feelin's Maze
• In The Mood Tyrone Davis
• I'm Gonna Make Love Last This Time The Inclinations
• Inside My Love Trina Broussard
• Fire & Desire (John Morales Remixed Stripped) Rick James & Teena Marie
• I'm So Into You Peabo Bryson
• Love Won't Let Me Wait Jamie Foxx

Mother Maybe - Kadhja Bonet

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

Heaven Bound US Gospel - Antal

Forever More - Tom Browne

My goodness, stank fo days.

BMS - Shinoh

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.

Soul Searching - Me' Shell NdegeOcello

Oxygen - Monique Danielle

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!

Starcrost - Quicksand

Brownstone - If You Love Me

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

Wednesday Git-down

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

Soundsweekly Radio Ep.16 - Xmas Special

That about wraps up another year! Hope you're all enjoying the company of your loved ones, getting some solid rest and of course stretching out the limbs having a little jiggle n jive know what I'm sayin.

Sending all my love to everyone who has supported us this year, whether it be hitting the blog, being an awesome boogie partner, appreciating these radio shows/podcasts. All I can say is hold your hats next year cos we're only just getting started. 

Peace, grooves, love!!!

Download link and tracklisting are down below.

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These Days (feat. Wanderer) - ConsciousThoughts
You Used To Love Me (Ali Mix) - Faith Evans
Nilox - Persian Empire
His Name Is Eddie - Four Walls; Funkyjaws
Mango Bay - X-Coast
Thinkin - Dan Shake
Into the Sunshine (Jacques Renault Edit) - Henry Rodrick
Untitled (Luv.Nine B1) - Love Unlimited Vibes
iigo - Dan Kye
Elisco (Alphabet City Remix) - Jkriv; Lou Teti
Disco Function - Rare Function
Zambesi - Salsoul Orchestra
Come Let Me Love You (Francois K Mix) - Jeanette 'Lady' Day
Charlene - Psychic Mirrors
Get A Good Feeling - Brief Encounter
You Choose Me - Pleasure
Get It Up For Love - Tata Vega
Dr Love (Marquis Hawkes Edit) - First Choice
Dance Your Blues Away - Ivan Neville
Just One More Time - Rob
Presentation - Afro Latin Vintage Orchestra
Disco Mania - Prana People
Wear It Out (ymana's gruvsgongetcha edit) - Stargard
Can't Hide - Tim McAllister
Darling I Love You (Underdog Edit) - Jorge Santana
Organized (Kenny Dope Edit) - Mugo
Dancin' and Prancin' (Joey Negro Edit) - Candido

Baker's Dozen - No Time Like The Prezent

It's been a while. Please accept this offering of the latest Baker's Dozen as a make up gift to do with what ever you heart desires. A little write up for each song can be found below the soundcloud widget.



Kadhja Bonet - Nobody Other
I can't remember the last time I heard a voice this good. Whilst I rarely ever listen to music like this, its hard not to appreciate and enjoy it when it's of such quality. The stuff of lullaby fantasy, Bonet's delivery and tone are angelic, conjuring thoughts of a cosy clearing in a forest, glowing in soft light. If you enjoyed this I highly recommend you also check out this, a darker, yet equally moving bit of story telling.

Matana Roberts - Kersaia
You know when you're in the mood to hear something completely different? Having listened to the same stuff for weeks or even months on end, you crave to once again travel to the furthest reaches of the musical landscape. Sometimes, you don't even realise this until you stumble across someone like Matana Roberts, like I did this very morning. Fans of Kamasi Washington will hear a familiar energy and freneticism in the way she plays the sax, and, to a larger extent, the composition of her work. Once you start listening to a whole album of Roberts' music however, you will begin to realise that she takes this to another level, with some of her songs descending into a musical chaos the likes of which Archie Shepp and Eric Dolphy, amongst others, have explored in the past. This cut from her 2011 Coin Coin release, is one of the more tame offerings; a spiritual journey in the first two-thirds that winds back the clock for the last third, with a big band marching sequence that'll have you shaking your straw boater like you aint got a care in the world.

Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (Butcher Brown Cover)
Cover of an R&B classic that manages to improve on the original (in my humble opinion at least). Whilst the original is built in the image of a great deal of early 2000's R&B that used the lead vocal as the main vehicle for melody, Butcher Brown turns their attention to the rest of the instrumentation to add a new dimension to the track. Using the original vocal as a starting point, new layers, rich in melody, work with the vocal to produce a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. Only adds to the mystery of how they still have such a small following, when you consider that bands like Hiatus Kaiyote are all the rage at the minute.

Kurup - Gira de Sereias
A nice little Brazilian beat to get the body moving. Unlike some efforts at re-appropriating folk songs that are quite heavy handed in approach when adding a new beat on top of the original track, Kurup here has managed to strike a good balance.

Souleance - Mais Um
It's Souleance, need I say more?

Persian Empire - Ernesto
An interesting blend of jazzy breaks and tech-house that constantly keeps you on your toes; changing moods and styles effortlessly, whilst managing to maintain and build on all that comes before it. Having followed Persian Empire for a while now, I've always felt that there was something missing from their productions, or rather that given time, they would finally manage to nail the sound that you could hear they were going for, but hadn't quite fleshed out.

Matt Deguia - Champion Wrist
Dubby dancefloor killer, only wish it went for an hour longer.

TEK.LUN - Aburoy
See 'Kurup - Gira de Sereias' above.

Persies - Ah Ndiya (K&F Edit)
It seems that now, more than ever, is the golden age of the vinyl only disco/house edit. With new labels of this ilk popping up on what seems like a daily basis, the quality needed to ensure your label gets the necessary attention is also on the rise. Upon listening to their first two releases, it seems that Persie Edits will be around for a while to come yet, with this, the A side from their second release, being a standout. It'll have you moving or your money back!

Dego & Kaidi - Black Is Key
One of the grooviest colabs around, Dego & Kaidi have built quite the repetoire of modern funk jams. Typical of their afro-futuristic aesthetic, everything is centred around the dankest of bass lines. Synths sparkle, stab and whirr whilst the vocals constantly gain new voices, evoking the feeling of an ever growing party on your spaceship headed through galaxies. 

Earth Trax & Newborn Jr. - Flute Track
Hypnotic groove off the always excellent Rhythm Section INTL. One of my favourite releases of the year.

Jubilee - Stingray Shuffle
Rounding things off is a tumper from Jubilee's first album. Bass heavy without being obtrusive, this is definitely one to play in the car if you've got a decent sub.

Easy Doze(n)t - Baker's Dozen