Sounding Out The City

Where the sounds are "light on the attitude, heavy on the beat." You'll hear rare grooves, hard jazz, heavy funk, broken beats, library grooves, house, deep soul, Latin flavours, Brazilian vibes, left-field hiphop, rock, drum n bass, afro-beats--all these sounds and more, hand picked and blended fresh into 30-minute mixes, Wednesdays at noon.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Episode #022 - Get Clean

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City...

Some real good music in the mix this week! Check out the mellow groove from Ernest Ranglin's "Freeway", and the sweet rare grooves from Leon Mitchison, Brass Fever, and Last Exit.

There are some nice productions from Johnny Alpha and Devil McDoom on the downtempo front, and some good stuff from Jelly Jazz and Kid Gusto. This mix for me is an all round "ear pleaser". I hope you feel the same after listening.

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Ernest Ranglin - Freeway
Bsides - Half Forgotten Interludes
Free The Robots - Diary
PIPS:lab - Herfst Sonate
The Earl - Unreal
Jelly Jazz - Cornish Chicks
Kid Gusto - Que Paso Ray
Faust - The All Out Kid
Piranha Sounds - La Turbie Piranhienne
Leon Mitchison - Love Is
Brass Fever - Time Is Running Out
Last Exit - Sweet Maryline
The Nitesounds - Get Clean
Chungking - Making Music (4 Hero Mix)
Devil McDoom - Watching Sleazy UFOs
Jonny Alpha - Alphasound
Manitoba - Paul's Birthday
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Thanks for checking out the mix!

'Til next week, peace and best wishes.
--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Episode #021 - Deja Vu

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City...
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Artist - Title
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Julius Brockington - The Feeling Part 1
Jaco Pastorius - Come On, Come Over
Fifty Foot Hose - The Rose
Village Callers - The Frog (Live)
Ozzie Torrens - Mia's Boogaloo
Francis Coppieters - Cross Talk
Miles Bonny - Sing Your Song
Beyonce ft Jay-Z - Dj Vu
Luis Santi - Los Filigrees
Quincy Conserve - Ride The Rain
Jadell - Come On And Get Some
April March - Chick Habit
Starcrost - False Paradise
Toni Tornado - Me Libertei
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Episode #020 - The Go Off

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City...

30 minutes of soulful, funky jazz goodies.

Enjoy!
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Grupo Los Yoyi - El Fino
Panache - Sweet Jazz Music
Driftwood - Tunnel Vision
Dr Delay - General Krook Anthem
Quantic - Sabor ft Tempo
Boozoo Bajou - Killer Dub Edit
Likwid Biskit - Herbs & Spice
Scratch Funk - The Go Off!
? - ?
Ze Mateo - Bunni Groove
The Boogoos - Bubbles (Pt2)
Tino - Radio Havana Mambo
The Souljazz Orchestra - Mista President
Thes One - Grain Belt Beer
Rjd2 - 1976
Abdominal - Pedal Pusher
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Thanks For Listening!

'Til next week, peace and best wishes!
--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Episode #019 - Push

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City...

This week's mix starts off with a jazzy broken beat from the mighty Domu (thanks Richie!), then goes into two of my favourite modal jazz tracks of all time--"Backwoods Echo" and "El Marques".

The next track was copped from Dan Zack's excellent compilation of Cuban music called "Si Para Usted". Pick it up from finer music shops in your area.

After a brief jaunt in rare groove territory, we jump into a sitar-breaks classic followed by a dope hiphop mashup and Beck's headnodder "Nausea".

We then shift into some funk rock with a couple of classics by Ballin' Jack and Steve Winwood, followed by some latin boogaloo and a killer soulful nugget called "Romantic Attitude".

The mix closes out with a haunting track heavily sample by the Verve for "Bittersweet Symphony" and a mellow lounger by Boogaloo and Lotari.

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Domu - Neradu
Charlie Rouse Band - Backwoods Echo
Quinteplus - El Marques
Juan Pablo Torres - Y Viva La Felicidad
Baba Yaga - Too Cool To Be True
Serge Gainsbourg - New Delire
Torpedo Bootz - Start Wishing
Beck - Nausea
Ballin' Jack - Found a Child
Steve Winwood - I'm a Man
Hector Rivera - I Want A Chance For Romance
John Fitch - Romantic Attitude
Pharoahe Monch - Push
Andrew Oldham Orchestra - The Last Time
Boogaloo & Lotari - Sweet Side
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Big shout outs to Richie in the UK for sorting out the Domu and Pharoah Monch tracks for me, and to Dan Zacks for his killer comp and interesting radio show called "Waxing Deep".

'Til next week, peace and best wishes.
--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Episode #018 - Get It Together

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City...

This week, we get it started with some Latin flavours courtesy of the legendary Ray Baretto, followed up by a nice descarga and a latin funk bomb by the punctuationally-challenged Rabbit's Carrot's.

We get it soulful and funky 'til we hit Red Astaire's hiphop mash, which leads into one of my all-time favourite broken beat tracks by an obscure group called Numbers.

It all stays at a soulful and groovy simmer until Tim 'Love' Lee's "Bedsheet Shuffle" brings in some dope spy drama.

It's party time after that with a remix of Woody Herman's Mambo Herd followed up with Skeewiff, Dynamo Productions and a nice remix of Earth Wind & Fire's classic "Shining Star".

We close it out with a nice breaks-filled funk track by Brother Soul.

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Ray Barretto - Acid
Tito Rodriguez - Descarga Cachao
Rabbit's Carrot's - Las 4 Culturas
The Soul Snatchers - Sniffin And Snatchin
Beck - Stereopathic Secret Breaks
Huba - Who's Got the Nerve
Red Astaire - S.B.P.
Numbers - Bitten Apples
Big Bossa - Mambo Funk
Funkanala - Economy Class
Banda Uniao Black - Na Palma Da Mano
Tim Wood - Birdy Nam Nam
Tim Love Lee - Bedsheet Shuffle
Woody Herman - Mambo Herd (Part 1) (AGFA Remix)
Skeewiff - Now Im Living For Me
Dynamo Productions - Get It Together
Earth, Wind Fire - Shining Star (DJ Jin's Samba Remix)
Brother Soul - Mr. Boogie (Pt. 2)
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Thanks so much for listening! Tune in next time for more groovy goodies and funk-filled niceness.

'Til next week, peace and best wishes.
--Driftwood--

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I started out making mixes for myself to listen to during drives and subway rides. Somewhere along the way, I thought other people might enjoy the music in the mixes as much as I do, so I began posting them. My wish is simply to share what I consider to be really good yet seldom heard music with others.

You'll hear 30 minute mixes that incorporate rare grooves from the past along with the modern sounds of today, and a dash of various flavours--from latin jazz, to disco, to classic rock, to sample-based beat oriented styles and beyond.

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