The Mint Collective

SWEATER FUNK Turns 2

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“The world will know about Sweater Funk.”  - Daz-I-Kue (Bugz In The Attic/UK) Live @Sweater Funk, January 2010

The best modern soul party in Chinatown (SF) on a Sunday celebrates two years of making Mondays that much harder to get up on. So get on up with us this time around since we’re giving all you superstar, up and coming, local and out of town guest DJs a break. Peep Sweater Funk fam Jon Blunck, Guillermo, The Selecter DJ Kirk, Sean Boogie, Sabrina, Shred One, Renmin, Vinyl Richie, Marky, Chungtech, Mamabear, Auto and Freddy (aka the Wu-Tang of Boogie) pon de controls as we tip our champagne glasses (and dim sum plates too!) to you for all the times you’ve decided to make your way out from your apartment to the basement…prepare for an extravaganza befitting a party whose patrons pack positivity by the pound…getting on the good foot to a sound system that’s off the meters…and all love. So enjoy this mix and tell a friend…SWEATER FUNK turns 2 and ya won’t want Sunday to end!  

LISTEN TO THIS FRESH SF MIX VIA P-R-O-P-S radio

Check out Mayer Hawthorne rockin’ S. Funk for their first anniversary :)

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Sunday • July 25th

SWEATER FUNK turns 2

JON BLUNCK • GUILLERMO • THE SELECTER DJ KIRK • SEAN BOOGIE • SABRINA, SHRED ONE • RENMIN • VINYL RICHIE • MARKY • CHUNGTECH • MAMABEAR • AUTO & FREDDY

LI PO LOUNGE • 916 Grant & Washington • San Francisco • 9pm-1:30am • FREE

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Soundwaves | Minty Selections

A couple weeks ago I was invited as a guest to the Soundwaves radio show on KPFK FM in Los Angeles.  Little did I know the 12am-2am show was going to be some of the most fun I’ve had in months (aside from the Electric Wire Hustle show a few days before:) ).  The show’s creator, Abraham Beltran, and his lovely co-hosts Ms. Cecilia and DJ Seano a.k.a. The Lord of Lounge were absolutely wonderful hosts and really  down to earth music lovers.    

The show started off with one of the most talented guitarists I’ve ever heard, 19-year old Kris Escajeda with a really nice acoustic set.  He brought along Ms. Eddicka Organista (El-Haru Kuroi) who sang a lovely lullaby.  They were amazing!  Really, truly talented.

The Soundwaves crew let me take over the spaceship for a bit where I was able to play some dope joints - some new, some old!  Towards the end of our journey Abraham interviewed Junior from Recordbreakin, delving into the past, present and future for the Philadelphia-based label. 

All in all, it was a wonderful experience to share the airwaves with these amazingly talented and genuine people.  Check the technique from episode #101 and stay tuned every Saturday for Soundwaves on www.kpfk.org or 90.3FM in Los Angeles area. -J Marie

LISTEN

1. Suff Daddy feat. Miles Bonny – 5 O’Clock Suff

2. Olivier Day Soul – Just A Song

3. Suff Daddy feat. Mar – Deep Shit

4. Kris Escajeda – El Gafanhoto

5. Kris Escajeda y Eddika Organista – O Telefono Toco Novamente

6. Olivier Day Soul – Foolish

7. Kris Escajeda – Untitled

8. Kira Neris – Un Ete Sans Fin

9. Electric Wire Hustle – Gimme That Kinda

10. Byron & Onra feat. Isis – Blush

11. Onra – My Comet

12. Hygher Baby – Let U Go (DJ Asparagus Mix)

13. Swede:Art feat. Stray – Linguistics (B. Bravo Remix)

14. FS Green – Monoshow

15. Ana Tijoux – 1977

16. Interview snippet w/ Junior of Recordbreakin (catch the full audio here)

17. Anthony Valadez – Vibrations

18. Anthony Valadez – Azucar

19. Sir Froderick – Inglorious Bastard

20. Kissey Asplund – Move Me

21. Mndsgn – Airways

22. I, Ced – The Finale

23. Dotmatic – The Line (Put It On)

24. Anthony Valadez – Homeless Hipster Theme (Mr. Sonny James PBR Remix)

25. D n S – GUM (Daz-I-Kue Remix)

26. M64 (Ragen Fykes + Ohmega Watts) – Rhythm of the Drum

27. Spinnerty feat. Jacqueline Marie – Just Listen Pt. 2

28. Joy Jones – The Joy (Drop It Mix)

29. La Melodia feat. Steve Hartley – Working On It

SoulParlor | Nothing Ever Changes feat. Jacob & The Appleblossom

Late pass on this groovy jam from the forthcoming SoulParlor album on Tokyo Dawn Records.  Enjoy this lovely broken jammy featuring the beautiful vocal contributions of Jacob & The Appleblossom.  From the upcoming SoulParlor album Evoluzion features Afronaut, Cecilia Stalin, Colonel Red, Daz-I-Kue, Dego, MdCL, Oddisee, Opolopo, Pure P, Replife, Stan Smith & many more! Stay tuned for the full album release dropping this June!  Big ups to Giant Step for reminding us about this release!