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, Oct 29, 2008

Episode #081 - New York Bump

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

This week’s selections: Disco, Smokey Soul, Rock, Breaks, Northern Soul.

This week, it’s a diverse selection that starts off with some fantastic disco from Black Rock (1970s) and Trus'me (2007) that leads into some Brazilian-themed madness from Trick Turner.

From there, we get into some fantastic soul from Black Velvet and a Madlib re-work. Some downtempo by Harmonic 33 is followed up with a sweet groove by Night Trains and leads into some rock by Of Montreal and Spoon.

Controller 7 comes in next with a sick drum sample off a Sapo track (Been Had). We get more drums (played by A-ko) on Captain Planet's track, which leads to a soulful nu-funk track from the Bamboos.

It all comes to a wrap with a classic northern soul song by The Perfections.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Black Rock – New York Bump
02::Trus’me – At The Disco
03::Trick Turner – Buddhacada
04::Black Velvet – An Earthquake’s Coming
05::Madlib – Anthenagin
06::Harmonic 33 – Moompah
07::Night Trains – Hold Out For The Truth
08::Of Montreal – St. Exquisite’s Confessions
09::Spoon – Don’t You Evah (Dr. Delay Remix)
10::Controller 7 – Shades Of A Former You
11::Captain Planet – On Yer Feet
12::The Bamboos – King Of The Rodeo
13::The Perfections – Can This Be Real
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Big up to Jesse, Kevin, Julius, Richie, Bald, BDI, Jason M, and Sarah.

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, Oct 22, 2008

Episode #080 - The Little You Say

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

This week’s selections: Rare Grooves!

This week, it’s rare grooves all the way through. From the wild flutes and heavy percussion in “Barabajagal” and “Jazzberry Patch”, to the off-kilter vocals in “False Paradise” and “Supermarket”, lots of good music if you like the dusty stuff! The Revolution of St. Vincent comes in with a killer track called “The Little You Say”, which I first heard 5 or 6 years ago at a party. It’s very rare but can now be found on a nice compilation called “Calypsoul 70s”

Pure heat the rest of the way, in my opinion, so hopefully you dig these as much as I do.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Takeshi Inomata – Barabajagal
02::Jazzberry Patch – Jazzberry Patch
03::Starcrost – False Paradise
04::Pete Dunaway – Supermarket
05::Douglas Wood – Folk Pastime
06::The Revolution of St. Vincent – The Little You Say
07::Triste Janero – Today It’s You
08::Jorge Lopez Ruiz – La Ciudad Vacia (Driftwood Edit)
09::Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome To The Party
10::Keitaro Miho – ?
11::Ray Wirtz – Comin’ Home Baby
12::Som Tres – Love Letter Meu Nome E Gal
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Till next week, keep sounding out the city.
--Driftwood

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Wednesday, Oct 15, 2008

Episode #079 - Move On Up

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

This week’s selections: Motown Re-edits, Raw Soul, Nujazz, Blended sh!t

This week, soul music is the theme as we start out with a motown breakdown mix that covers a few well known classics, then shifts into more lesser known soul music--with emphasis on the beats.

We hear a Mr. Scruff rework of a Herbie Hancock track, a Pilooski re-edit of a Del Shannon track, and a Controller 7 soulful mashup before we end with a cover of Curtis Mayfield's 'Move On Up'.

Enjoy!

(No playlist this week!)

Shout outs to Kevin (nice job on the Manifesto photos!) and to Julius of the Laid Back crew in Belgium.

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, Oct 08, 2008

Episode #078 - Perception

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

This week’s selections: Re-edits, Hip Hop, Rare Grooves, Drum ‘N’ Bass

This week, we start out with some head-nodding beats in the form of re-edits, a library track, a rare groover from Ronnie Pellers, and a remix of hiphop indie legends People Under The Stairs.

We then shift into 3 old tracks that get remixed and updated for 2008 dancefloors. From there, we delve into the drum n bass sound the rest of the way.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::? – Bonus Beat
02::Dr Delay – Sho Is Funkanov
03::Parker & Hawkshaw – Hot Pants
04::Ronny Pellers – Coming Home Babe
05::People Under The Stairs – Step Bacc (DJ Day Remix)
06::Jackie Moore – Time (Mighty Love Edit)
07::Patti Jo – Make Me Believe In You (Maker Remix)
08::Del Shannon – Gemini (Pilooski Remix)
09::DJ Die & Clipz – Work It Out
10::DJ Zinc – Flim
11::Ben Westbeech & DJ Die – Get Closer (Lovers Remix)
12::Quantic – Perception
13::Ian Preece – Natural Conditions
14::DJ Cam – Voodoo Jazz
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Big shout out to all the listeners and supporters of Sounding Out The City!

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, Oct 01, 2008

Episode #077 - Hairy Bumpercress

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

This week’s selections: Jazz, downtempo, Latin, Nujazz, Bollywood, rare grooves, hiphop

We start out with some rhythmic jazz from library maestro Janko Nilovic before heading off on a couple spacey soundscapes. We then hear unreleased stuff from K15, a cut’n’paste gem from Daedelus, and sweet downtempo from Chungking.

Next, we get some funky Kingston-influenced business from DJ Format and Ticklah. We then veer sharply to the left with a fuzzy guitar break before getting into some latin territory with Joe Cuba and Alfredo Linares. After that, it’s a jazz classic covered by Peggy O’Keefe, which leads to some brand new stuff from Mr. Scruff and the Ninja Tuna LP.

We close out with a Bollywood track re-edited for open-minded parties, and then a soundtrack classic juggled by yours truly.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Janko Nilovic – Post Scriptum
02::Jesse Futerman – Good Morning
03::Gary Burton – Las Vegas Tango
04::K15 – Coffee
05::Daedelus – Dnt Fk Sgr
06::Chungking – Voodoo
07::Speedometer – The Real Me (DJ Format Remix)
08::Sharon Jones – How Long Do I Have To Wait ? (Ticklah Remix)
09::Les Lutins – La Junglomanie
10::Joe Cuba – Joe Cuba’s Latin Hustle
11::Alfredo Linares – El Pito
12::Peggy O’Keefe – Cubano Chant
13::Mr. Scruff – Hairy Bumpercress
14::Usha Iyer – Love Me (Maker Remix)
15::Lalo Schifrin – More Mission (rough juggle)
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To get in touch with requests, questions, comments, or to submit music, email:

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