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, Dec 26, 2007

Episode #039 – The Mad Sh!t

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

This week, it’s all uptempo sounds with big beats, jazzy loops, funky drums, and soulful sounds. I don’t know what genre this kind of music falls under...is it hiphop? Is it breakbeat? Is it house?...maybe a bit of each here and there. Who knows, but it’s music that will make you nod your head, stomp your feet, pop, lock, and break.

The selections are new, new-ish, and not-so-new, but all standouts in my view. So if you like uptempo instrumental hiphop, or jazzy stuff with big beats, or broken beats with your house music, then you’ll like this mix.

And even if this doesn't sound like your thing, try it anyway! You just might like it, and you might even catch yourself nodding your head to the beats like a possessed fiend.

Enjoy.

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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::DJ Shuriken – Psyched Up Muzak
02::BNC – Every Other Nite
03::Gary Davis – Gee Dee (Alt. Version)
04::Headtop – The Mad Shit
05::Sygaire – The Barracuda
06::Ze Mateo – Bunni Groove
07::Tino – Mambo Lesson
08::YNQ – Life’s Angles
09::The Stance Brothers – Roll Call
10::Asayake – Soul Of Ink
11::Romanowski – Strudel Strut
12::Faust – All Out Kid
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Shout outs to Tan in Toronto, Cathy, Richie, and Mike. And a special shout out to Helder.

All the best to the listeners on a wonderful holiday season.

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

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Wednesday, Dec 19, 2007

Episode #038 - Closing In

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

This week, we start it off with some cinematic downtempo sounds from Grantby, and some cut ‘n paste trickery by Featurecast, followed by a nice, beat-heavy Bstrd Boots re-edit of an obscure (to me) Motown track Stevie Wonder sang in Italian (!!) It’s really good. Trust me. Next up, we get into some breaks-filled and jazzy 60’s go-go weirdness by Boca 45, with a brief Kermit The Frog sample in it (wtf?!?). Again, it’s really good. Trust me.

Then we get the legendary Bob Dylan pairing up with Mark Ronson and his brand of hiphop production. I’ve definitely indulged in some musical oddities this week, but they’re all stormers. Trust me. Anyway, after that, Hai Karate mash up an obscure (to me) 60’s soul ditty with their fine blend of beats and filters, then DJ Format takes it to the floor for the breakers with “2,3…Scrape”.

Next up, Ursula 1000’s lovely “Boop” gets the Skeewiff treatment with great results, and we go a little deep on the house side with “Closing In” by the mighty Bronx Dogs of “Weya Funk” fame. After a brief stop off with a couple oldschool funk joints, DJ T brings some minimal electro-fused boogie before Diplo’s amazing remix of “Gold Lion” by the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s pushes you onto the dancefloor.

The mix finishes up with some deep house courtesy of Trevor Lovey’s super groovy “The Crossing” and a real nice edit of an amazing, soulful (and very tasteful) disco track called “The Stranger” by the C. Henry Woods Troupe.

Enjoy.

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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Grantby – Timber
02::Featurecast – Story Time
03::Small Change – Steviano Italiano
04::Boca 45 – Diego’s Theme
05::B. Dylan & M. Ronson – Most Likely You’ll…
06::Hai Karate Soul – Right Track (Wicked Lester rmx)
07::DJ Format – 2, 3…Scrape
08::Ursula 1000 – Boop (Skeewiff rmx)
09::Bronx Dogs – Closing In (Richard Sen rmx)
10::Port Authority – Super Strut
11::Exciters Band – Dreaming A Dream (Kon edit)
12::DJ T – Funk On You
13::Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Gold Lion (Diplo rmx)
14::Trevor Loveys – The Crossing
15::C. Henry Woods Troupe – The Stranger (edit)
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Big up to my long time friend Tan in Toronto, and a special shout out to Helder Lazaro. Keep your head up mang.

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

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Wednesday, Dec 12, 2007

Episode #037 - Silver Lining

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Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City…

This week, we start it off with some dope hiphop breaks from Japan’s Bulljun (of AYB fame, I think), and my favourite producer of the moment, DJ Day. It gets dubby after that on “Aristocratic Badboy” before the QSO brings in some afro-latin heat with “Melodious Wayfarer”, which is followed up with the bass-heavy soulful sounds of “Everytime” by Restless Soul and Zansika’s lovely vocals.

A crazed but dope French outfit called “Chinese Man” mashes up oldtyme swing jazz with hard hiphop beats on “Artichaut” (sick!), and some classic Irakere provides some oldschool latin breaks to the mix. A lil jazzy broken beat from Stockholm Cyclo is next before some seriously ill latin re-edit/mashed sounds come through from Sono Rhizmo and Tontelas. Both tracks are highly recommended!

The mix finishes up with some broken beats courtesy of a remixed Romanowski joint, then it’s oldschool boogie with the classic sounds of Gary Davis, and a couple of obscure but truly wicked tracks…especially “Silver Lining”, which is boogie at it’s best IMO.

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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Bulljun – A Lil Mo Coke
02::DJ Day – It Still Aint Hard To Tell (Instr)
03::Greenwood Rhythmic Coalition – Aristocratic Badboy
04::QSO – Melodious Wayfarer
05::Restless Soul – Everytime
06::Chinese Man – Artichaut
07::Irakere – Bacalao Con Pan
08::Stockholm Cyclo – Top Celebrities
09::Sono Rhizmo – Mambocito Mio
10::Tontelas – En Do
11::Romanowski – Train Song (remix)
12::Gary Davis – Gotta Get Your Love (KD remix)
13::Quest – Boy Scouts
14::Silver Lining – Silver Lining
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Thanks for listening!

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

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Wednesday, Dec 05, 2007

Episode #036 - Swing Down

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

This week, it’s straight party shots from beginning to end. There’s a good blend of funk, soul, disco, mashups, broken beat and re-edits for the music heads in this mix. But I’m not sure that the ‘Young Folks’ instrumental was a good choice...maybe the vocal version would have been better.

In any case, take a listen and share it with a friend...

Playlist
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01::The Blenders – Nothin’ But A Party (Pt. 1)
02::Brooklyn People – Peace & Love
03::Soopasoul – Swing Down
04::Peter, Bjorn & John – Young Folks (Instr)
05::Smoove – Tired Feet
06::Yosaku & DJ Day – The Bottle
07::Corduroy – Follow That Arab
08::Sureshot Symphony – Dingwalls
09::James Mason – Free
10::Wilson Simonal – Mexerico Da Candinha
11::Romanowski – Lord Of The Pants (J. Glass remix)
12::Afronaught – Ah Viene Broki (Simbad remix)
13::Smoove – Barrel House Funk
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Thanks for stopping in! As always, your feedback is appreciated, and any requests or questions are welcomed.

’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.

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