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, Jun 27, 2007

Episode # 026 - All Right In The City

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

This week we start off with some rare Australian funkrock, a Spanky Wilson classic, and a breaks-filled groover by Lou Garno.

We then get into a new Bamboos joint featuring Alice Russell, followed by a Brazilian funk monster with some gonzo vocals.

Arlene Bell brings back the classic soul funk sound and Canada's own Ellen McIlwaine follows up with a wicked folk funk version of "Toe Hold"

We then get into some "Dusty Fingers" territory with "Drummer Man" before going on a broken beat excursion with "What You Want".

The Bamboos are back again with a funky version of Afronaught's classic "Transcsend Me" before some DJ Day productions give us a hint at the future of hiphop.

A curious B-version of Soho's "Hot Music" comes next, then we close it out with a deadly funky nubreaks stormer by Ze Mateo.

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Quincy Conserve - All Right In The City
Spanky Wilson - Sunshine of Your Love
Lou Garno Trio - Chicken in the basket
The Bamboos - Bring It Home
Os Diagnonais - Nao Vou Chorar
Arlene Bell - Did You Mean It
Ellen McIlwaine - Toe Hold
The Brady Bunch - Drummer Man
Ty - What You Want
The Bamboos - Transcend Me
Kutiman - Music Is Ruling My World (DJ Day rmx)
Glue - Making A Mess (DJ Day Rmx)
Soho - More Hot Music
Ze Mateo - Bunni Groove
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Shout outs to Helder, Cathy, Sauha, Jamie and all the other facebookers who've checked out a mix and are STILL in the group. Big shout out to DJ Pryme Tyme out in Toronto (AKA Tien) and my man Mikey.

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

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Wednesday, Jun 20, 2007

Episode #025 - I Won't Worry

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

This week is filled with soul classics. My favourites from a bygone era when music was made with feeling, and not for money. The mix ends with 2 very recent soulful tracks that I'm feeling right now.

Hope you enjoy!
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Curtis Mayfield - Gypsy Woman
Diana Ross & The Supremes - He's My Sunny Boy
Eddie Kendricks - Date With The Rain
Sweet Charles - Yes Its You
Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You
Leroy Hutson - Lucky Fellow
Ben Sidran - About Love
Barbara Acklin - Am I The Same Girl
Marlena Shaw - California Soul
Lily Allen - Smile (Mark Ronson rmx)
Tuomo - I Wont Worry
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Big shout outs to my man Richie in the UK, and to my longtime pal Mikey in Toronto, to all listeners and to my biggest supporter, Cathy. Thanks for listening.

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

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Wednesday, Jun 13, 2007

Episode #024 - Sunrays

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

This week is a blend of jazz, hiphop, funk, latin, electro, disco, broken beat and nujazz.

Enjoy!

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Madlib - Sunrays
The Stance Brothers - Steve McQueen
Al Hirt - Sentries Charge
Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra - 26
Los Dinamicos Exciters - Let Me Do My Thing
Dr Rubberfunk - Blow Away The Grey
Elizabeth Shepherd Trio - Reversed
Alice Babs - Been to Canaan
Hashim - Al-Naafiysh
Nu Era Feat Hopper - A Third Of The 3rd
Tempo 70 - El Galleton
Hokis Pokis - Nowhere
SST - Soft Soul Transition
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great

(30 min)
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Thanks for listening!

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

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Wednesday, Jun 06, 2007

Episode #023 - Wait A Minute

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

This is one of my favourite mixes and it gets heavy rotation on the iPod during commutes. There's a bit of everything from jazz to library to funk to re-edits to electronica. And all of it is really good and blends well.

It all starts off with some tense, dramatic music from the classic 70's heist flick "The Taking Of Pelham 1...2...3...". Then things really get going with Lack Of Afro's superb "Wait a Minute", followed by a clever re-edit of Kitty Winter's amazing rare groover "New Morning"

By this time, you should be nodding your head to the beat and wanting to shake your junk the rest of the way to this mix. Unless, of course, you're dead inside...

Well? Are you? Just kidding :)

Enjoy.

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David Shire - Mini Man Hunt
Stanton Moore - Farmstead Antiques
Piero Umiliani - Coast To Coast
Lack Of Afro - Wait A Minute (remix)
Snafu 76 - Slick Winter
Soulful Illusion - Soulful Illusion
Johnny Pate - Brother On The Run
Library Vultures - Ronnie's Groove
Dr Delay - Normalize (All Good Krook rmx)
Makonde Soseme - Manzara
Heem the Music Monsters - Wake Up People
Ed Royal & DJ Enne - Greetings To (Wicked Lester Remix)
DJ Jin - Cactus
Ben Human - Go Human Not Ape _____________________________

Thanks for listening!

'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.

Please leave a comment if you like what you are hearing and share this podcast with others.

For your requests, questions, or just to get in touch, email: soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com
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