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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
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1. Elan Tamara – Oranges (CDR) 2. Theophilus London – Enjoy The Sun (CDR) 3. Jose James – Detroit Loveletter (Brownswood) 4. Floating Points – Love Me Like This (Eglo) 5. El Michels Affair – Shimmy Shimmy Ya (Truth & Soul) 6. Nailah – Sacred (Brownswood) 7. King Midas Sound – Lost (Hyperdub) 8. El Michels Affair – Detroit Twice (Truth & Soul) 9. Lee Fields & The Expressions – Ladies (Truth & Soul) 10. Lee Fields & The Expressions – My World Is Empty Without You (Truth & Soul) 11. Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie (Eglo) 12. dOP – Mambo Jumbo (White) 13. Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl’s A Computer (Hyperdub) 14. Nailah – He Speaks – Ennio Styles Edit (White) 15. Andreya Triana – Shine – Live @ Paradiso (White)
The mysterious funkmaster they call Clutchy Hopkins has a new project called The Story Teller out on Ubiquity Records. Nobody can really put a finger on who is responsible for the project, but just know this shiet is as funky as it gets. The 12” off the new album, “Verbal Headlock” has already been awarded among the year’s best on Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide show on BBC Radio 1 and it quickly making into the ears of thousands of fonkay music lovers.
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SOIL & ”PIMP” SESSIONS is an explosive Japanese jazz band, comprised of six musicians; Shacho (agitator, spirit), Tabu zombie (trumpet), Motoharu (sax), Josei (piano), Akita Goldman (bass) and Midoryn (drums).
At its core, the group is about giving pulsating live performances. SOIL&”PIMP” SESSIONS combine the highest musicianship with the coolest of cool sounds and atmosphere. Their brand of jazz is rough around the edges, unadulterated entertainment and constantly kept at boiling point.
Take a listen to a jam off their 6th studio album, 6. +Read the press release here.
Soil & Pimp Sessions’ music can be found via Brownswood Recordings - the London-based indie label from globe trotting purveyor of all sounds soulful and inspired, Gilles Peterson.
Thank you DJ Junior for tweeting about the new album and putting us on.
Brownswood Electric celebrates the spirit of invention, the commitment to experimentation and the hybridity that characterises contemporary sound system culture in the worldwide underground. It drops on 28th June 2010 on CD/download via Brownswood Recordings. There will also be a 12” featuring B. Bravo and Eliphino. The dope sleeve art comes courtesy of KARBORN.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, INNOVATIVE AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED. Give it a nice listen won’t you?
If you like drum and bass you will like this mix. If you don’t like drum and bass it is quite possible you will still like this mix. On that atmospheric plane. enjoy.
Source Direct – The Crane (Source Direct Recordings) Aquarius – Aquatic (Good Looking) Photek – Fusion (Photek) DJ Hype – Hello Lover (DJ Trace Remix) (IQ Records) LTJ Bukem – Horizons (Good Looking) Peshay – Futurama (Basement) 4hero – Parallel Universe (Reinforced) DJ Dextrous – Sunny Smiles…(People) (King Of The Jungle) Lemon D – Urban Style Music (Metalheadz) Roni Size Reprazent – Trust Me (Talkin Loud) United Future Organisation – Loud Minority (Alex Reece Remix) (Talkin Loud) Roni Size – It’s A Jazz Thing (V Recordings) Fugees – Fu-Gee-La (Goldie Remix) (White) Photek – Ni Ten Ichi Ryu (Dubplate Version) Adam F – Metropolis (Positiva) Ed Rush & Optical – Zardoz (Virus) Doc Scott – Tokyo Dawn (Good Looking) Wax Doctor – Never As Good (Talkin Loud) Grooverider – Time & Space (Dubplate)
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Innerzone Orchestra – Bug In The Bassbin (Planet E) Original Playboys – Come To Me (Dubplate) Scorpio feat. Leonie – Breakbeat Era (Full Cycle) Roni Size – Music Box (Full Cycle) Tom & Jerry – Maxi(mum) Style Booty Style – Part III (Shell) Johnny One-Drop – Travelings (X Project Remix) (Talkin Loud) Carlito – Carlito’s Way (Creative Source) Fernanda Porta – Sambassim (DJ Patife Remix) (V Recordings) UFO – Something Out There (Ray Keith Samba Mix) Uncut – Midnight (Mist 2003 Mix) (Warner) DJ Kane – Let’s Go To Work (Trouble On Vinyl) Peshay – Switch (Island Blue) Peshay – Miles From Home (Island Blue) John Coltrane – Like Sonny (Peshay Remix) (Talkin Loud) Underwolves – Under Your Sky (Origin Unknown Mix) (Island Blue) Roni Size – Problems (Dubplate) Calibre – Hypnotise (Soul:r) Drumagick – Easy Boom (Sambaloco) Alex Reece – Feel The Sunshine (4th & Broadway) Krust – True Stories (Talkin Loud)
A couple months back we posted a bit on Gilles Peterson’s latest Cuban musical collab, Havana Cultura. The remixes are ready for this project and they rule! Set to release June 7 on Brownswood, these Havana Cultura remixes are all the way live! Listen for yourself and enjoy :)
A few weeks ago we posted the preview promo for this new Brownswood series - as the time gets closer we have found some individual tracks surface. Standing up for a new wave of artists struggling to elbow their way into the limelight, ‘Brownswood Electr*c’ weaves a path through the electronic landscape in 2010, representing the rainbow spectrum of electronic goodness purveyed by Brownswood’s figurehead Gilles Peterson in his radio playlists and DJ sets. The boundaries between so-called “hip-hop”, “house”, “techno”, “dubstep” and “drum & bass” have never been so blurred, often rendering these signifiers practically obsolete, and indeed it’s at these crossings, junctions and awkward intersections where the most inspiring and stirring sound clashes occur. Really realllllly looking forward to this release. June 28, 2010.
Buy the CD now from the Brownswood Recordings online shop
Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide Festival is back in Singapore on the 27th and 28th of August 2010 for two WF sessions of cutting edge grooves by the best of today’s inspired artists. Here is a gift we found from one of our fav dj’s, Lefto, serving as a preview of what’s to come at this installation of the WF. IT’S DOPE and “should be played at high volume, preferably in a residential area!”
This has got to be one of the most beautiful compositions I have heard in a long time. UK-Based Submotion Orchestra, the 7 member group that Gilles Peterson is calling “somewhere in between Cinematic Orchestra and dubstep” is shining so brightly. With lush vocals from Ruby Wood and tantalizing layers of trumpet, deep bass, and keys from a series of other talented musicians this group is really poised to carve a new niche into soulful music. This is love music. That is all.
Gilles Peterson’s famed Brownswood label is back with a second installation of their amazing Brownswood Electr*c series. Known for showcasing and giving visibility to virtually unheard of talent this label has really done an amazing job curating sounds worldwide. Brownswood Electr*c 2 features 14 producers spanning 5 different continents (UK, USA, Germany, Australia, Japan) and was compiled by Brownswood Recording’s own Alex Stevenson. Check a sneak peak + tracklist of the up and coming Brownswood electr*c 2 project out in late June (UK & US).
01. Ta-ku - Hey Kids 02. Monky - Drunkerdz 03. Anenon - Shifts 04. DJG - Automatic 05. Frederic Robinson - Mood Swings 06. Synkro & Indigo - Knowing You 07. mfp - Future Hopes 08. Jus Wan - Miles Away 09. DJ Dials - Pillowforts 10. Funk Ethics - Step In 11. Jack Dixon - By My Side 12. HxdB - Savage Pets 13. Stray - Break Your Legs 14. AEED - Under The Alps
José James has masterfully combined jazz, hip hop, soul and freestyle elements into his music, has propelled some of the most epic musical projects of the past few years and is poised to elevate genre-blending consciousness for many years to come. From covering Coltrane’s “Equinox”- which got the attention of worldwide musical tastemaker Gilles Peterson who later put out his first album, to re-inventing Freestyle Fellowship’s “Park Bench People”José James has carved a very special and much needed niche into musical culture worldwide.
Prior to José’s recent Los Angeles show, we had the distinct pleasure of speaking with him to touch base and get a more in-depth look at how he’s gotten to where he is, what this next steps will be and who he’s collaborating with musically, spiritually and wholeheartedly to get there. We rapped about his Panamanian percussive influence from his father, tried to pinpoint why experimental music is more abundant overseas as well as where he’s had some of his most memorable shows.
Watch out for José James + Taylor McFerrin in Jan 2012 with a Japan tour slated and then up next, José’s new album - set to drop in early 2012.
It was a pleasure and honor to chat with José and we are deeply grateful for his music and many infinite blessings he’s shared with us.
Preview Minty posts on José here, here, here and here. Yeah, we ♥ him.
Nitetime is a new project from Boston from Kon (of Kon & Amir) and Whiskey Baron’s. Here is a funky mix showcasing some amazing joints from Nitetime mixed by Kon himself for Gilles Peterson’s show. Get that Nitetime 12” via Future Classic.
Enjoy!
1. Chaka Kon* - I Know You I Live You (Acappella) 2. Jorge Benson - Love x Love (Kons 1980 Again Remix) 3. Shave - Watchin Youx (Kons Rhodes Remix) 4. Sticky D - This Beat Is Kons (Remix) 5. Moonshine - All I Neeeed (Kons Ladies Love Dub Remx) 6. James D - Truck (Kons Bare Bones Remix) 7. Un-limited Touche - When I Hear The Music (Kon Gave The Drummer Some Remix)
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Nitetime is a new project from Boston from Kon (of Kon & Amir) and Whiskey Baron’s. Here is a funky mix showcasing some amazing joints from Nitetime mixed by Kon himself for Gilles Peterson’s show. 