Tracklisting
Pink Snowballs and Violet Skies – Wendell Harrison [Wenha]
Motherland – Sylvia St James [Elektra]
My Darling Baby – Wood, Brass and Steel [Turbo Records]
Antiquity – The Roots feat The Miguel Atwood Ferguson Orchestra [CDR]
You Got The Love – DJ Center feat Gretchen Parlato [Push The Fader]
Gone Baby, Don’t Be Long – Erykah Badu [Universal Motown]
Change Situation – Grooveman Spot [Jazzysport]
Lost Where I Belong (Flying Lotus Remix) – Andreya Triana [Ninja Tune]
Johnny Too Beef – Mos Dub produced by Max Tannone [CDR]
The Official – Jaylib [Stones Throw]
Hall and Oates – The Roots [CDR]
The Dropper – Medeski, Martin & Wood [Blue Note]
Something New – Monsieur Dubios [Social Beats]
The Recovery – John McLaughlin and The 4th Dimension [Abstract Logix]
Kerri Bacharach – Kerri Chandler [Downtown]
The Power Of Sound – Ron Trent [Future Vision]
Losamitoslatinfunklovesong (Bugz Rework) – Gene Harris [V2]
Do Re Mi (4Hero Edit) – Broki feat Hector Calderon [ABCD Records]
Whisper – Pursuit Grooves [Techtonic]
Bodyshock (Stealth D&B Remix) – Ceramic [Eye4Eye]
Afrocosmic Drums – Jeff Sharell [Shanachie]
Cheeba – Shafiq Husayn [Plug Research]
Agitation – Erykah Badu [Universal Motown]
Deep Shit – Suff Daddy feat Mar [Melting Pot Music]
Love Is By My Side – Circle Research [CDR]
Gods Love Song – Eddie Robinson [Ren International]
Featured on this week’s show
The Roots tribute to the late J Dilla whose legacy is still influencing a generation of beatmakers four years after his passing. They interpret 14 of tracks. All are beautifully done – from the fierce snare on ‘Hall and Oates’ to Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s wonderful strings on ‘Antiquity’. Download and enjoy by clicking on the cover
DJ Center talks about the creative process behind the making of his debut album ‘Everything In Time’. It features collaborations with Renee Nuefville, Gretchen Parlato, Zaki Ibrahim and Middle Child. We featured ‘You Got The Love’ on this week’s show. Expect to hear plenty more over the coming weeks. For more information click here
American comedienne Wanda Sykes makes her own version of Erykah Badu’s ‘Window Seat’ video. To see the original click here
Bilal’s solo project is due soon on Plug Research. Here he lend his sublime vocals to Shafiq Husayn for ‘Cheeba’ from his En A-Free-Ka album.
‘Change Situation’ the new album from Grooveman Spot is out now. Like his previous albums he blends soul, hip hop, jazz and house music. Includes collabs with Kissey Asplund, Ahu and Erik Rico.
The debut single from Andreya Triana’s forthcoming album (of the same name) is produced by Simon Green aka Bonobo. A beautiful, subtle slice of jazz and folk-inflected soul, ‘Lost Where I Belong’ is effortless-but-understated. The remix as featured on today’s comes from sometime associate and collaborator Flying Lotus who takes the original vocal out into the (LA) galaxy – all space fizzes and filtered drums. Check the video for the original version.
Max Tannone flips Mos Def dubwise stylee!! Click for cover for a free download.
A deep twisted collection of beats from Brooklyn’s Pursuit Grooves. She is due in the UK this summer. Click the cover for further information.
Bruk bad bwoy Ceramic releases as a single for the first time ‘Bodyshock’ on Eye4Eye Recordings. Remixes come from Altered Natives, Funksta, Stealth, Jonny Miller and the man himself and take you a dark deep journey through contemporary dancefloor music. Available tomorrow from all good online retailers.
Another great release from the guys over at Melting Pot Music. This time it’s Gin Diaries from Suff Daddy. There are thousands of beatmaking Dilla clones on MySpace but only one Suff Daddy. “Suff” means “drinking heavy” in German and his favourite drinks are Pilsetten and Tanqueray. Suff Daddy grew up in Düsseldorf (the city of Kraftwerk), listening to the 90s hip-hop-collection of his older brother. His favourite group back than were Tha Alkaholics. He caught the beatbug after he moved to Berlin five years ago, inspired by Quasimoto and Jaylib.
