February 2010
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January 2010
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Peter Hadar - Full Time Lover
Peep this soulful, danceable new jam from Peter Hadar, who was named in URB’S top 100 artists to be on the lookout for last year. Artwork by Lichiban
Here is another jam from last year’s album “Well Dressed For The Show”. So lovely!
www.myspace.com/peterhadar
www.twitter.com/peterhadar
www.peterhadar.bandcamp.com
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Video: Do DAT & Melina Jones - "The Bridge"
“The Bridge” sounds like a love song at first listen. And it is in a way, but not in the traditional sense. In this case, the negotiation of differences, the selfless show of respect and the marriage of warring merits comprise a bit of a Bay Area peace treaty.”
read the full piece @ 38th Notes
“The Bridge” Do D.A.T. ft. Melina Jones from FreshVibe Media ® on...
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a lil more Afta-1 ♥
Here is a lil follow up video from our post on last week’s Strictly Social with Afta-1.
SO LOVELY!
Afta-1 LIVE @ Strictly Social from The Mint Collective on Vimeo.
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Friends We Love - Doze Green :: Studio Visit
OFF THE WALL :: Doze Green - Studio Visit from friendswelove.com on Vimeo.
http://friendswelove.com/
http://www.dozegreen.com/
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Coultrain - The Wanderer/Balancing Act
A little bird just sent these to us. Check out Recordbreakin’s upcoming 7” from Saint Louis-based, Soul Singer/Songwriter Coultrain, produced by I, Ced of Hawthorne Headhunters.
Side A “The Wanderer” Epilogue to The Adventures Of Seymour Liberty
Coultrain - The Wanderer Snippet by TheMintCollective
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Jose James Profile + Blackmagic = ♥
Oh well hello there friends! We are sooooooo excited because one of our fav new artists, Jose James, is about to release his second body of work, Blackmagic, next Monday on Brownswood Recordings. It’s been about a year since his last release “The Dreamer” - an amazing piece of work stitching together hiphop, jazz and soul into a full-bodied musical blanket of lovin!
The...
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Silhouette Brown - Constant Questions
Dego Mc Farlane (4hero) & Kaidi Tatham (Bugz In The Attic) stepped on the scene 5 years ago with a collaboration called Silhouette Brown. Their debut album featured chantuese, Deborah Jordan and songwriting by a broken beat queen, Bembe Segue. With all this musical power working on this one project, magic was made. Finally, a new Silhouette Brown album entitled “Two” is to be...
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Dam-Funk Interview for LA Weekly
The OG funkster tells it like it is!
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NOW feat ASTRID SURYANTO: KING BRITT
Enjoy a free track download from King Britt’s “Last conventional dance album” HERE featuring Astrid Suryanto.
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Banksy Film To Premiere @ Sundance
Mysterious British graffiti artist, Banksy, is poised to release what is described as ”the worlds first street art disaster movie”. His first film “Exit Through The Gift Shop” will premiere this weekend at The Sundance Film Festival. Banksy has little to say about the new film but did offer this explanation to The Guardian: “It’s a film about a man who tried...
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Afta-1+Nikko Gray = ▲❍▼❏
We recently had the pleasure of attending Strictly Social, a strong running event in Los Angeles that combines the best of Soul & Electronic music. Since it’s inception in 2007 Nu-Soul Magazine’s Strictly Social event has had showcased some really talented folks like Joy Jones, Mark De Clive Lowe, Vanessa Freeman, Jimetta Rose and Rep Life to name a few.
Last night the...
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2009 Giant Step Staff Picks - The Mint Collective
GIANT STEP STAFF PICKS
Many many thanks to our friends over at Giant Step for all of the amazing visibility they give to so many talented artists ona regular basis. A special thank you to Elias over at Giant Step for making The Mint Collective a top blog pick in the Giant Step Staff picks alongside some other sweet blogs like Put Me On It, Trees For Breakfast, Fresh Selects and Suite 903.
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Elizabeth Shepherd - High
Wanted to make sure everyone is on the lookout for Elizabeth Shepherd, an amazing, poetic, singer-songwriter with roots in Canada and France. She has been on the move for quite sometime garnering 2 Juno nominations (Canada’s Grammy equivalent) and most recently touring Europe, North America and Japan. Also, this lady has been keeping busy collaborating with Simbad and Nostalgia 77 to...
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Gotta Groove Records - Vinyl Pressing Documentary
Gotta Groove Records - “Groove With Us” (1 Min Version) from Nick Cavalier on Vimeo.
Gotta Groove Records - “Groove With Us” A short documentary about a new vinyl pressing plant in Cleveland Ohio, called “Gotta Groove Records”. They specialize in 7” and 12” Vinyl creation/manufacturing using PVC molding. Check them out here:...
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Four Tet - There is Love in You
Enjoy new Four Tet. Album out Jan 25, 2010 via Domino
There Is Love In You by Four Tet
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DJ Don Cuco - Solid 12's
A solid selection of 12” vinyl from the crates… Rare Groove, Broken Beat, Latin, Future Jazz, Afro Beat… BUENA MUSICA!!!
1. Kuniyuki “Rain Of Ocean” 2. Electric Vibes ft. Roy Ayers “DJ Spinna Remix” 3. Taylor McFerrin “Broken Vibes (Isoul8 Edit)” 4. Jazztronik “Samurai” 5. War “Flying Machine...
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Chocolate Records
After trying to make records out of ice cream, soda and sausages, he tried chocolate.
Thanks to Analog Apt for putting us on :)
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Massive Attack - Paradise Circus
WARNING: NSFW or humans under the age of 18.
WOW, a really nice sound coming from British duo Massive Attack yet again. The video is perfect and edgy, like WHOA. Check out “Paradise Circus”, the 12” from their 5th upcoming studio album Heligoland, out February 8, 2010. This video juxtaposes the confessions of a former adult film star now with images and video of her then....
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Jose James - CODE
New York-based multi-genre vocalist, Jose James is expected to drop his new album Blackmagic Jan 30, 2010 on Brownswood Recordings. Check out a stand-out track “Code”. So smooth and lovely….
www.josejamesmusic.com
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Mayer Hawthorne at The Groove Merchant SF
Peace to the homie KingMost for putting us on to an inside look at vinyl collecting from Mayer Hawthorne in San Francisco
kingmost:
Mayer Hawthorne’s Dusty Fingers from Yours Truly on Vimeo.
“Days after signing to Stones Throw, DJ Haircut and Peanut Butter Wolf are in the parking lot outside Dam-Funk’s club night in Culver City waxing intellectual about LA, the long shadow left by DJ...
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Tara Donovan - M.C.A.S.D.
Today we went to the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. It was a beautiful day. On exhibit was the work of Tara Donovan, an enterprising young woman who uses everyday manufactured materials such a Scotch tape, Styrofoam cups and drinking straws to create large-scale sculptures that often have a biomorphic quality. The pictures don’t do the pieces justice simply because each...
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Erik L & Illingsworth - Time Kills f/ Sene
We’ve posted on Erik L & Illingsworth’s projects before and we will continue to do so because they don’t suck at all, not even one bit! Check out the latest below featuring Brooklyn-based emcee, Sene.
twitter.com/Erik_L_Beats twitter.com/Illingsworth myspace.com/flyeriklbeats illingsworks.bandcamp.com myspace.com/illingsworks
DJ Devastate | Peabody Records
These were in the inbox this morning. Highly suggest listening to each one multiple times, because they are the shieeeeet!
DJ Devastate - The Couch (old jazzy funk)
Peabody Records - Real Sound of Chicago Mix 1
Courtesy of BBE Music
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Muhsinah - Summer
Good News! Muhsinah’s giving away some nice treats. Here is the first of many. Song’s titled “Summer” -> a splendid jam on the heels of a cold and brutal winter (for many parts of the world..we’re in southern cali tho ;) ).
For more free downloads from Muhsinah go here.
More from Muhsinah on T.M.C. soon.
Muhsinah - Summer by TheMintCollective
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Soul Monique Radio Show 1.8.10
Greetings and Happy New Year all! We have been posting a ton of mixes since there are so many good ones!! This is a very special mix by our Minty London Fam, SoulMonique. She is a huge supporter of amazing soul music, an instrumental woman who helps spread the gospel of underground talent and a lovely lady that we have the pleasure of knowing (even if only digitally ;) ).
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LeFtO’s Worldwide Awards 2010 Mix
The annual Worldwide Festival put on by musical pioneer, Gilles Peterson is coming up! As a tribute to many of the artists on the festival roster, LeFtOoO has put a truly glorious mix together showcasing some epic talent.
LeFtO’s Worldwide Awards 2010 Mix
Right-click-then-save (PC) or ctrl+click-then-save (Mac) HERE to download.
1. Elan Tamara – Oranges (CDR) 2. Theophilus London – Enjoy...
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The Game Room mix - Dj Stimulus
Brooklyn-based Dj Stimulus has created a special mix for all you gamers (nerds). It’s ok, we’re all dorks. Claim that shit!
Listen HERE
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Deejay Beatnick - Culture Podcast #11
Check out our San Diego Fam, Dj Beatnick’s latest podcast of cumbia and latin related tunage.
01. Daleduro – Bombon Asesino 02. Mexican Institute Of Sound – Alocatel (Add Rock Remix) 03. DJ Negro – Mundo Querido 04. Oro11 – Pibes Walk Out 05. El General – Pu Tun Tun 06. DJ Panik – Te Ves Buena 07. Timbaland & Magoo – Indian Flute 08. Sabo & Cassady – La Curura 09. Nickodemus...
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Izzi Dunn - Tits & Ass
We were reluctant to post this on the site because of the naked women at the start of the video but after listening more closely to the message Izzi has, it gets our stamp of approval. This jam was co-written and co-produced by Kaidi Tatham (Bugz) and with Izzi’s beautiful vocals and arrangement, it’s headed for glory.
* Little known fact - Izzi played cello on most of the 4hero...
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Marvin Gaye Vs. Erik Rico
We ♥ Erik Rico. As a veteran musician, producer, writer, composer and arranger this cat has been deep in the soul of music for over 10 years working alongside Elton John, Gene Simmons and Mariah Carey to name a few. We’ve been waiting patiently for Mr. Rico’s Reworks Project (Out on LifeNotes Music) with his reinterpretations of inspirational musicians and it is finally upon us! ...
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The Only One by reggieb18
Here is a new track off of the upcoming “Doin Our Thing” album from Reggie and Miles due this Friday, January 8. We have been waiting for this project to drop for sometime and are pleased to welcome these 2 super talented cats and their soulhop goodness. Peep Reggie B on the vocals and keyboards and Miles Bonny on the production and...
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Watch
Please enjoy Andreya Triana’s video for her upcoming single “Lost Where I Belong” produced by Bonobo. Her voice is haunting, soulful and honest. Look out for Andreya’s debut album “Lost Where I Belong” out on Ninja Tune this year.
“An experimental and self taught singer and songwriter originally hailing from South East London, Andreya Triana grew...
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40Love - Vendetta
WOOT! 40Love is giving us a taste of what they have coming on their highly anticipated “Dreams Don’t Sleep” release. 40Love’s quad-team crew comprised of Haze [emcee/vocalist], G-OFF [emcee], Mikos [Producer] and The Whooligan [DJ/Producer] is reppin San Francisco, CA right on point with their versatile sound.
Vendetta by 40Love by TheMintCollective
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Self Scientific - Designer Music
Check out this jam off of Chace Infinite & DJ Khalil’s upcoming project as they poke fun at designer brand obsession (according to several other blogs). Really nice beat, but do you think they are making fun of brand names or embracing them?
minty {at] themintcollective {dot} com
Designer Music By Self Scientific by TheMintCollective
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Stay connected w/ Anthony Valadez
New mix of gems that rarely get club play. Enjoy, we sure did!
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PLAYLIST Red– I Should Tell Your Mama on You Isley Brothers – Footsteps in the Dark (King Britt Remix) Miles Bonny – Lumberjack Soul King Coya – Villa Donde Tricky – Over Come Bonobo feat. Andreya Triana – The Keeper Dwele – Eve Electric Wire Hustle – Waters/Perception Gretchen Parlito w/ Self Scientific – Love...
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Spinnerty ♥ Japan
O, hai there! Here is a nice mix for your listening pleasure of Minty fam’s own Spinnerty LIVE in Japan!
Tracklist:
Rise - Message to the Architects
Robert Glasper - Dillalud (Simon S edit)
DJ Spinna - Dillagence (f. Phonte)
Dwele - Dance With Me
Jay Dee - That Shit (f. ATCQ)
John Robinson - Jazz Unconditional (prod. Chief)
Devonwho - Plasticmarbles
Mophono - Groovin (skip on...
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Introducing -> F.A.M.E. audio + download
Focused by TheMintCollective
OK 2 things here. First of all you must listen to the above audio “Focused” from the 4ONEFUNK family -> F.A.M.E. (Teeko, Max Kane and Malaguti). This jam is like a jar of smoothed out funkhop! WHOOP! Secondly, download F.A.M.E.’s “Truthpics” sampler HERE. Thank you bay area for continuing to create fresh music.
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