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 28, 2008

Episode #059 - Pave The Way

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

We start off with some ambient hiphop breaks from a strange outfit called “She’s Dead” and follow up with Toronto’s Jesse Futerman before we get into a mashup that blends 2 of my favourite tracks. After that, we hear something from the Nutsons (I love their style) and DJ Shadow.

After that, we hear a track that was submitted by a man called Jendor who waxes nostalgic with lyrics about hiphop’s golden era—name-dropping all the greats: from Kool DJ Herc to Biggie to Naz. Then it’s onto some tight jazzy hiphop loops from Bulljun, some drum n bass action from Mudfoot Jones, and a bossa jazzdance classic by Willis Jackson.

We then get into another mashup, this time it’s a Lil Mama track layered over “Tequila”. Then it’s a dubby Brazilian drum ‘n bass track by Dubben that sets up a pair of classic Brazilian fusion gems.

It all comes to a wrap with a remix of Tal M Klein’s latest cut, and finally, a little something out of the Melting Pot camp by a group called Koliphones.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::She’s Dead – Morricone Au Marche
02::Jesse Futerman – For My Father
03::Darondo vs Rene Costy – Didn’t I Scrabble
04::The Nutsons – Danger Diabolic
05::DJ Shadow – Roy’s Theme
06::Jendor – Pave The Way
07::Bulljun – Fat Morning, Central Park
08::Mudfoot Jones – Jaybird
09::Willis Jackson – Nutherin’ Like Thutherin’
10::Lil Mama – Tequila Flaored Lip Gloss (Small Town Remix)
11::Dubben – Dubben Goes Bananas
12::Tania Maria – Transamazonica
13::Nonato E Seu Conjunto – Fitipaldiano
14::Tal M. Klein – Emmy Lou’s Underwater Petting Zoo (Neighbour Remix)
15::Koliphones – Voyage To The Sun
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Shout outs to JC, Richie, and Helder (get well amigo).

To get in touch with requests, questions, comments, or to submit music, email:

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

Til next week, keep sounding out the city.
--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Episode #058 - Let Yourself Go

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

We start off with some breaks-filled funky children’s music (!) from the early 70s, followed by a rare funk gem, and then a Northern soul classic from Charles Sheffield that was used for a Levi’s commercial a loooong time ago for their 501 jeans.

Next up is a track that was used for Lily Allen’s “Knock ‘em Out”, then it’s onto some very rare latin-funk by Jae’s Soul before we hear a fantastic slice of soul and funk from Dee Edwards, James Young, and the Everyday People.

Some new music from Toronto’s “Do Right!” label is next with a track by Cutty Lark, then we transition to some party-themed nujazz by Tom Central, and a couple of nice jazz-fusion gems by Mr. Circle, and Jazz Celula from 1970’s Czecheslovakia.

It all comes to a wrap with a rare-groover from the Turner Brothers, and finally, a very rare disco floor-filler (with a sweet break in the middle) called “Let Yourself Go” by a little known group called “Sparkle”, which was comped recently by Kon & Amir, and also by Joey Negro.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Sharon Lucky – Body Clap
02::Landlords & Tenants – Back Up (Pt 2)
03::Charles Sheffield – It’s Your Voodoo Working
04::Professor Longhair – Big Chief
05::Jae’s Soul – Sintonia En Soul
06::Dee Edwards – Why Can’t There Be Love
07::James Young – Barking Up The Wrong Tree
08::The Everyday People – The Bump
09::Cutty Lark – Get Caught
10::Tom Central – The World Famous
11::Mr. Circle – Juntos
12::Jazz Celula – Probuzeni
13::The Turner Brothers – Cause I Love You
14::Sparkle – Let Yourself Go
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Big shout outs to all listeners near and far.

To get in touch with requests, questions, comments, or to submit music, email:

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

Til next week, keep sounding out the city.
--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Episode #057 - Megatection

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

We start off with some beautiful jazz comped on the Dusty Fingers series from the legendary Art Farmer before moving onto a couple jazz tracks from 2008 by Carlos Nino and Kira Neris. A touch of dubstep gets mixed into the pot before we catch a new joint from Cali’s own Flying Lotus.

Next, it’s DJ Me DJ You with their brand of bizarro hiphop, and then it’s onto more new music, this time from Ireland’s BDI on Scribble records and a track called “Cherry Cherry Cherry”, which makes good use of a French Library sample.

It’s house music after that with Super Collider, Young Lovers, a classic from Joey Beltram, and something new-ish from the Sunburst Band A.K.A. house music legend Joey Negro.

Tom Central is next with a re-edited latin groover before some proper hiphop instrumentals from Ugly Duckling and Buck 65 are heard. It all comes to a close with the UK’s DJ Maniphest and his track “Restored Faith”.

Enjoy!
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01::Art Farmer – Soul Sides
02::Carlos Nino – Find A Way
03::Kira Neris – My Room
04::Darqwan – Megatection
05::Flying Lotus – Roberta Flack
06::DJ Me DJ You – Because
07::BDI – Cherry Cherry Cherry
08::Super Collider – Darn
09::The Young Lovers – You Make Me Dizzy
10::Joey Beltram – Energy Flash
11::Sunburst Band – Turn It Out
12::Tom Central – Donde Lopez
13::Ugly Duckling – Bang For The Buck (Instr.)
14::Buck 65 – Lipstick (Instr.)
15::DJ Maniphest – Restored Faith
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Big shout outs to Kevin, Jendor, Kal, Migs, Richie, Tan, and Nigel.

To get in touch with requests, questions, comments, or to submit music, email:

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

Til next week, keep on sounding out the city.

--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Episode #056 - Manhattan Score

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

I'm back after a nice (and much needed) 2 week vacation...

We start off with some downtempo hiphop from the amazing 40 Winks crew and shift into some sick indie hiphop courtesy of Danger Doom before we hear some good Brazilian jazz from Heavy Joker.

Next, it’s a beautiful re-edit of a Radiohead classic that I have been playing over and over at home before shifting to a strange groover by France’s hiphop weirdo Pilooski. Then it’s on to a Lennon/McCartney-esque beauty called ‘Would It Be Impossible’, and then the wonderful Village Callers doing their live rendition of Sergio Mendes’ ‘The Frog’.

Mr Scruff and Quantic team up for a nice little joint, then we hear an obscure jazz track before we dip into a bit of funk and soul. After that, Esther Williams brings in some great vocal jazz before we close out with a modal jazz track, and finally, a bizarre yet absolutely killer version of ‘The Godfather’ theme.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::40 Winks – Come Back To Bed
02::Danger Doom – Crosshairs
03::Heavy Joker – Take Me Back To Cala Bossa
04::Radiohead – Everything In It’s Right Place (PZ re-edit)
05::Pilooski – Love Is Wet
06::Superimposers – Would It Be Impossible
07::Village Callers – The Frog (Live)
08::Mr. Scruff & Quantic – Donkey Ride
09::Manhattan Trio & Sylvets – Manhattan Score
10::Frank Williams – You Got To Be A Man
11::Barbara Acklin – I Can’t Do My Thing
12::Esther Williams – Just Say Goodbye
13::Pierre Sellin et son Orchestre – Don’t Play For Me
14::The Professionals – Theme From Godfather
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Check out www.oldeyorke.ca for some real nice photographic art from a collective out of Toronto.

Shout outs to Kevin, Jendor, Sauha, and Richie.

To get in touch, email: soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

Til next week, keep on sounding out the city.
--Driftwood--

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