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, Jul 30, 2008

Episode #068 - Free Your Mind

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

This week’s mix is a blend of jazz, hiphop, soul, funky blues (?), rock, latin bangers, and samba. We get it going with an unreleased gem from PZ (I’m lovin’ his sound a lot lately!), then onto a 2007 track from Canada found on a Stones Throw comp, followed by a jazz classic.

Next up, we move into some instrumental action from Portugal circa 2002, then a couple from Bullion before we hear a couple of really nice remixes of classic soul and a 2007 hiphop anthem. After that, we get a funky ‘hand clapper’ from Bo Diddley, and one of my favourite classic rock tracks.

We then get into some latin heaters, a rare disco funk cut, classic samba from the Trio Macoto, and end it off with a quicky from Sputnik Brown.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::PZ - Sunset On Velvet
02::Sound In Light – Free Your Mind
03::Monty Alexander – So What
04::Sam The Kid – Alma
05::Bullion – Here Today
06::Bullion – Don’t Talk
07::Marvelettes – Too Many Fish In The Sea (B. Cause remix)
08::Jay-Z – Roc Boyz (Mike Love Afrobeat remix)
09::Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley-itis
10::Steve Winwood – I’m A Man
11::Pipe – Wade In The Water
12::Ray Barretto – Together
13::Calender – Monster
14::Trio Macoto – Swinga Sambaby
15::Sputnik Brown – U Havin’ Fun?
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Big shout outs to all the European and Japanese listeners. Special shout outs to Jesse, Kyle and Rob in Dublin.

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

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

Till next week, keep on sounding out the city.

--Driftwood--

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Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008

Episode #067 - Gentle Earthquake

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

This week’s mix is all about jazz in the first half, starting with some beautiful sounds from Paul’s Pal, then some quirky jazz that came out earlier this year from Graham Mushnik, followed by a cinematic cut from the legendary Lalo Schifrin. Then it’s onto two of my all-time favourites that come in with heavy rhodes before we shift gears in the second half.

Next up, we move into some music for the b-boys with Unconventional Scienz, a bit of latin house from Jazz Juice, then back for a couple more tracks for the breakers. After that we hear a sweet Yosaku remix, then my favourite 80s techno track before ending off with some nujazz off the Jazz Biznizz 3 compilation.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Paul’s Pal – Beautiful Morning
02::Graham Mushnik – The Cat The Beast
03::Lalo Schifrin – Gentle Earthquake
04::Harry Roche Constellation – Spiral (Driftwood edit)
05::Karin Krog – Raindrops, Raindrops
06::Unconventional Scienz – I Don’t Want To Be Down
07::Jazz Juice – Nuevo Latino
08::Rebel Crew – Breaks Bwoy
09::Hydroponic Sound System – Blue Notes For The Puma Set
10::T-Bird – Da Casa (Yosaku remix)
11::Hashim – Al Naafiysh
12::Deep Sensation – Harlem & 42nd
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Big shout outs to Tan, Helder, James, Bald in Watford, Dan, Kevin C, and Richie. And an extra special shout out to new papa Mike.

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

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

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

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Wednesday, Jul 16, 2008

Episode #066 - Infatuation

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

This week’s mix starts off with some pretty sick Airto produced fusion circa 1975, followed by some amazing ambient jazz, then a track by D’nell, which was massive with the underground crowd in 2004-2005 and still sounds great today. After that, we hear some new music from French hiphop producer Wax Tailor, and an unreleased instrumental gem from Souljim.

Next, it’s a couple more unreleased tracks before we hear Ninja Tune recording artist Daedelus come in with his signature quirky breaks and beats. Then it’s onto a cinematic masterpiece from Grantby, brand new music from a group called “Ave.To”, and an electro-pop killer from N.E.R.D. that made me dance a few holes into my socks.

DJ Czech comes next with a wicked cut ’n’ paste dancer, followed by brand new music from Mr. Scruff. After that, it’s a wicked and very rare soulful groover from Dorsey Brockington. And it all comes to a finale with some unreleased stuff from the very talented “Mike the 2600 King” that should have been on an MPM compilation but was left off for *cough cough* reasons unknown.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Opa Trio - Brooklynville
02::Fly – Fairytale
03::D’nell – This Thing
04::Wax Tailor – We Be
05::Souljim – Thoughts
06::Fingerprints – Five Tine Poem
07::Panzah Zahndahz – Infatuation
08::Daedelus – Dnt Fk Sgr
09::Grantby – Timber
10::Ave.To – Natural
11::N.E.R.D. – My Drive Thru
12::DJ Czech – Cocaine
13::Mr. Scruff – Kalimba
14::Dorsey Brockington – Stormy Weather
15::DJ Mike the 2600 King – The Get It Now
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Big shout outs to Nigel, Rob the Dubliner (thanks for the CDs!), the Laid Back Radio crew, Kyle P, Jesse and Migs.

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

soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com

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

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Wednesday, Jul 09, 2008

Episode #065 - Wear It Out

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

This week’s mix starts off with some buttery jazz, a rare groove classic, and a fantastic collabo between Jose James and Flying Lotus called “Visions Of Violet”. We then get into some cut ‘n’ paste from the Rebtuz label before we hear an edited version of a massive orchestral masterpiece that would normally clock in at over 10 minutes.

Then it’s onto another edit, this time from the ‘Shoes’ camp of a 1958 big band track by Miles Davis from the Porgy and Bess LP, which was an interpretation of the Gershwin original from 1935—thanks Google. We then shift gears a bit with some midtempo ambience from Odd Couple, Quiet Village, and re-edit biznizz from Reggie Ray.

Next up is a mashup from DJ Ayres, which is followed by some indie hiphop from The Project, and a European brass cover-band ditty that sounds familiar, but I just can’t place. We wrap up with some funky disco, and some classic jazz funk.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Duke Of Williamsburg – Duke Of Williamsburg
02::Archie Whitewater – Cross Country
03::Jose James & Flying Lotus – Visions of Violet
04::Bruise ‘n’ Cuts – Down The Road
05::Harry Roche Constellation – Spiral (Driftwood edit)
06::Shoes – Gone
07::Odd Couple – Paperkites
08::Quiet Village – Circus of Horror
09::Reggie Ray – What About You
10::45 King vs Wale – Roof (DJ Ayres Remix)
11::The Project – Yeah
12::Ouiche Lorene – ?
13::George Campbell K5 – Wear It Out
14::O’Donel Levy – Bad Bad Simba
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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

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

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Wednesday, Jul 02, 2008

Episode #064 - Modern Times

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

This week’s mix is more “electro” in feel all the way through. Starting off with a couple of rare synth-laden library disco cuts from 1980 and 1978 respectively, we move into some dubby broken beat from Sonar Circle, then a quirky little track that will put a smile on your face if you’ve ever played Atari video games.

We then shift gears a bit with some really catchy (and really dirty) club music from Thunderheist before Daedelus brings in some Westcoast dublab flavours with “Drummery Jam”. One of my favourite tracks of 2008 comes in next, and then it’s straight dubstep filth from the grimy UK streets with Jazzsteppa, followed by a wobbly monster from genre heavyweights Benga and Skream circa 2004.

We then segue into some soulful 2-step electro from Mr. De, which sets up a massive dubstep anthem from Skream & Cluekid. Next up, it’s a bit of electro-infused house with a track called “Swing Ratio”, and it all comes to a wrap with a huge electro-pop track that’s been out for a while now but sounds oh so good in the summertime.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Midas Touch – Modern Times
02::Alan Hawkshaw – The Speed Of Sound
03::Sonar Circle – Cry (Bass Clef Mix)
04::John Arnold – 2-Bit Classics
05::Thunderheist – Jerk It
06::Daedelus – Drummery Jam
07::Erykah Badu– Honey (Seiji Remix)
08::Jazzsteppa – Two
09::Benga & Skream – The Judgement
10::Mr. De – Whonleeone
11::Santogold – Creator (Switch Remix)
12::Skream & Cluekid – Sandsnake
13::Rooster P Incognito – Swing Ratio
14::Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends (R&S Remix)
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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

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

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