April 2012 Top 5
1. DJ Druzz vs. Omega Mus – Apeman
2. Rocco & C. Robert Walker – I Love The Night (Louie Vega Roots Mix)
3. Madteo – Mad See Scrolls
4. Nik Weston Presents Afro Funk Gems Volume One – Music Of West Africa
5. Gatekeeper – Atmosphere Processor
7″ Release of the Month
Tall Black Guy – All Green’s Dream
March 2012 Most Listened To
1. Gene Hunt – May The Force Be With You
2. Starvue – Body Fusion
3. Krystal Klear – From The Start
4. Zakes Bantwini – Wasting My Time
5. Kenny Dixon Jr. – Beat Goes On
6. Saine – Smyles
7. Franck Roger – Bring It Back (Maya Jane Coles Remix)
Album of the Month
Azanyah – The One
Top 5 New Releases
1. Omar S presents Aaron ‘Fit’ Seigel – Tonight
2. Jesse Perez – Jesse Don’t Sport No Jerry Curl
3. Hype Williams Meets Shangaan Electro
4. Blu James Spaceships (Simbad Co-op Dub)
5. Aroop Roy Stand Up feat. Replife (Sauce81 Remix)
Essential New Music Video
Top 5 New Releases
1. Eric Lau – Yesterday
2. Various Artists – BRAiNMATHS Vol. 1
3. Guti & Foski – Step
4. Boddhi Satva – From Another World
5. PBR Streetgang – Downstroke
Album of the Month
Jazzman Records presents… Spiritual Jazz 2
Mix of the Month
Karl Roscoe – Live From BeatHerder 2011
“Last year at the Beat Herder festival Trailer Trash had me play the first set Sunday daytime. There are a few weird parts in this mix, but nothing scary.”
Track List
(0:00) Kelan Phil Cohran and Legacy – Theme [Captcha]
(0:04) Ijahman Levi – I Am A Levi [Basic Replay]
(0:07) Moondog – Instrumental Round [Honest Jon's]
(0:08) Moondog – Double Bass Duo [Honest Jon's]
(0:10) Sun Araw – The Stakeout [Not Not Fun]
(0:18) Lee Perry – Flut In The Ark [Jamaican]
(0:21) Floris Vanhoof – Electronic Mantra [Experimedia]
(0:22) Moondog – Moondog Monologue [Honest Jon's]
(0:29) Mike Cooper – World Slide [Ethbo]
(0:31) Duke Pearson – The Phantom [Blue Note]
(0:41) John Coltrane – Love Supreme Part 4 Psalm [Impulse!]
(0:45) Cuticle – Shrine [100% Silk]
(0:49) Monopoly Child Star Searchers – Bamboo For Two [Olde English]
(0:59) Matrix Metals – Flamingo Breeze [Olde English Spelling Bee]
(1:03) Rhythm & Sound – Music A Fe Rule [Rhythm & Sound]
(1:09) Group Doueh – Beatte Harab [Sublime Frequencies]
(1:10) Moodymann – Shades Of Jae [KDJ]
(1:17) Kasai Allstars – Mbuji-Mayi [Crammed Discs]
(1:27) Sun Ra – UFO [Kindred Spirits]
Most Listened To 2011
Fatima – Innervision
Fatima – Red Light
Artist Unknown – Sicko Cell
Joy O – Ellipsis
Zed Bias – Music Deep Inside
Mizz Beats – Scientific Brainpriest
Frank Ocean – Thinking About You
Cajun Hardt – Untitled 1 & 2
Maya Jane Coles – Hummingbird
Drake feat. The Weeknd – Crew Love
Artist of the Year
Fatima
Best MC
Akala – Fire In The Booth
Music Documentary Of The Year
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest
Favourite Non-Music Documentary
The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Best Live Performances
Erykah Badu at Brixton Academy
Seun Kuti at The Kazimier
Pharoah Sanders at ATP
Flying Lotus at ATP
Craig Pruess and the Art of Living singers
DJ Sets Of The Year
Julio Bashmore at Plastic People
Osunlade at Plan B
Osunlade club set at SuncéBeat 2
Theo Parrish club set at SuncéBeat 2
Benji B at SuncéBeat 2
Benji B at Southport Weekender 47
Album Of The Year
James Blake – James Blake
Play Of The Year
Our Style Is Legendary
Top 5 New Releases
1. Arrtu feat. Jerry The Cat – Nuclear Funk
2. Leo Zero – Got Soul
3. Seiji – Frustratin’
4. OJ Smooth – Everything Means Nothing
5. Zed Bias – Stubborn Phase EP
Recommended Podcast
#421 – Hoofdknikkend naar 2012
“With the world ending in 2012 we better celebrate our last NYE properly. So to warm you up for tonight, we serve an hour and a half of broken beat classics back to back with some bangers from 2011, and then some.
Oh, and to the people in New Zealand, or checking this in 2012; we’re sure it’ll still make your head nod, even if your tummy’s full of cake. Enjoy 2012 and cheers to a year full of awesome music!”
Floating Points – K&G Beat – Planet Mu
DJ Spen presents DJ Technic – Gabryelle (D-Malice re-fix) – Soul Jazz
Zed Bias – Trouble In The Streets (feat. Mark Pritchard) – Tru Thoughts
Blawan – Shader – R&S Records
Daphni – Ye Ye – Text Records
William Onyeabor – When the Going is Smooth & Good (Edit) – White
Pryda – Muranyi – Pryda Recordings
Mosca – Orange Jack – 3024
Tim Wright – Thirst (Luciano’s Dancehall Mix) – Novamute
Radiohead – Bloom (Objekt RMX) – Ticker Tape Ltd.
Floating Points – ARP3 – Eglo
Emanative & Ahmed Abdullah – Lions of Judah (Four Tet Re-Edit) – Brownswood
IG Culture – Adjusted Perspectives – Freedom School
Cosmosis – The Land Of The Forgotten Dreams Of Zoo – 2000 Black
2000 Black – Dealt A Bad Hand – 2000 Black
Brotherly – System – Monumental
Kaidi Tatham – These Things Will Pass – Freedom School
Dauwd – What’s There – Pictures Music
Burial – South London Boroughs – Hyperdub
Nosaj Thing – Fog (Jamies xx Remix) – Alpha Pup Records
Damu – Ridin’ The Hype (Feat. Trim) – Keysound Recordings
James Blake – Love What Happened Here – R&S Records
Top New Releases
Kyoto Jazz Massive – Mystery Of Ages
‘Mystery Of Ages’ is a lost jazz-funk classic composed by sax player and spiritual jazz legend Carlos Garnett in 1976. On this limited 45 it’s reinterpreted by Japan’s dancefloor jazz combo Kyoto Jazz Massive and now remixed and reconfigured by Moonstarr for release on Public Transit Recordings, with proceeds going to the Tohoku Kids Project charity to help children hit by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Bambara Mystic Soul – The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso: 1975 – 1979
Post-independent Burkino Fasso saw an urban middle class willing to invest in the Burkinabe arts. A cadre of singers, bands, orchestras and, most importantly, competitive record labels arose who all played their part in ushering in a golden age of music in their landlocked nation during the 1970′s – a decade marred by political instability in the country and an era of artistic enlightenment empowering the whole of Africa.
In search of better gigs, well-to-do producers and sufficient recording equipment, Burkinabe musicians ventured across the surrounding region, returning home with a wealth of knowledge of their neighbors’ distinctive styles. The raw sound of Burkina Faso combined Afro-Funk, traditional Islamic rhythms and subtle Afro-Latin sounds brought over by visiting Cuban ensembles. Mandingue melodies and guitar techniques from Mali and Guinea, however, were by far the most defining traits of a potent African mix that distinguished the Voltaic style between 1974 and 1979.
Record labels across Burkina Faso sprung up to capture the newly born mystic and soulful sound taking over the country. Volta Discobel and Club Voltaique du Disque (CVD) emerged in 1974 and competed for the modern music of their people. Despite its humble beginnings as a record shop, CVD came to dominate the industry. Both labels worked with the heavyweights of the time, such as the majestic Amadou Ballaké, a national icon who is featured extensively on this compilation.
Far Out Monster Disco Orchestra – Keep Believing (Can You Feel It?)
Far Out Recordings present the sixth 12″ single in the Monster Disco Orchestra remix series. The first five instalments sold-out instantly. Again strictly limited, demand will be huge for producer Theo Parrish’s monster mix and rising Serbian producers Kompleks complementary mix as demand builds on this vinyl only project.
Maurice Donovan – Call My Name
Lastly, one for the club – Ramadanman gets dressed up in his Maurice Donavon outfit and drops this late night banger. Wait for the drop two minutes in…
Top New Releases
Mizzbeats – Pimpin’
Still got Mizz Beats on rotation – last month’s top pick was Scientific Brainpriest. The 10″ has just dropped with this previously released track on the flip.
(I’m also digging this collaboration with Jay-Retro, uploaded to her Soundcloud page yesterday.)
EVM128 – The Slow Jam
Everyone’s spinning Groove Content from this EP, which is sweet, but this is the real gem, drifting along somewhere between Dãm-Funk and Onra.
Jon Phonics – The One
I find ‘Bruck Out’, the main track on this 7″, to be a little unremarkable, but flip it over for the hidden nugget that Gilles licensed for his most recent Brownswood Bubblers comp.
ChangED – Jamaican Girl
Just when I thought I’d never want to hear another disco rework!
Terrence Parker – Music Works Volume 3
TP’s edit of ‘Funk After Dark’ is killer.
Vis-A-Vis – Obi Agye Me Dofo
Full album reissue of this Ghanian classic.
Most Listened To
Mizzbeats – Scientific Brainpriest
Blawan – What You Do With What You Have
The Stepkids – The Stepkids
Willie Colon & Ruben Blades – Siembra
Most Watched YouTube Video
Akala – Fire In The Booth
Most Listened To Album
Jefferson Airplane – After Bathing At Baxter’s
Album Of The Month
Kourosh Yaghmaei – Back From The Brink
Back From The Brink is the only legitimately licensed collection of the godfather of Iranian psychedelic rock, Kourosh Yaghmaei, whose recordings were thought lost after Islamic fundamentalists took control of Iran.
They weren’t: Kourosh had protected them, and their collection here – spread over three LPs, double CD or a limited quadruple 7″ box set – bolstered by Kourosh’s first person recollections of Iran’s 70s rock scene and its death after the Khomeni Revolution, tells the story of an immensely talented artist’s desire to persevere in the face of terrible adversity. Kourosh and his brothers Kamran and Kambiz were amongst the few inspired Iranian musicians determined to change Tehran’s musical landscape in the late 60s and early 70s.
Top New Releases
Cajun Hardt – Untitled 2
Dubkasm feat. Christine Miller – There’s a Love (RSD Remix)
Lotek feat. Jimmy Screech – Dreader Than Dread
Dead Rose Music Company – Never Gonna Stop
Thundercat – For Love I Come
Ifan Dafydd – No Good
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