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, Mar 25, 2009

Episode #100 - Breakout

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

This week, it’s a soulful jam for you that starts off with a breakbeat classic by Joe Williams, followed by a funky track by Ray Charles (!) and a sweet rare groover from Zulema. From there, you’ll hear a fantastic soulful Brazilian tune by the legendary Arthur Verocai, which trails off into a funky house party track from Arnie Love.

We keep the tempo going with Sons of Kingdom, which was re-edited nicely by 7 Samurai on the G.A.M.M. label about a year ago—the original is ace.
After that, it’s an edit of one of my all time favourites, followed by a nice latin-tinged broken beat stormer from Yosaku that hasn’t yet been released.
Then it’s onto more latin beats, this time it’s some brand new stuff from France’s breaks cutter, Cleon, which I played a few weeks back on another episode.

From there, we go back into time for a couple of deadly rare grooves, then finish up with a cut up from Mr. Konfuze.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Joe Williams – Get Out Of My Life Woman
02::Ray Charles – Every Saturday Night (Live)
03::Zulema – Wanna Be Where You Are
04::Arthur Verocai – Bis
05::Arnie Love & The Lovettes – Breakout
06::Sons Of Kingdom – Modernization
07::Bahama Soul Club – Nassau Jam (Edit)
08::Yosaku – Malembe (untitled)
09::Cleon – Boogaloo Pow
10::Three Rivers Blues Band – Ophelia
11::Seven From Eleven – Strawberry Snocone Pt.1
12::Mr. Konfuze – It’s Too Late
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Shout outs to Roxanne, Kevin, Ira, Chris F, and Richie.

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, Mar 18, 2009

Episode #099 - Bunch Of Keys

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So...

If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you'll know that it was offline for a major server upgrade. In the transition, many episodes got lost, and the few episodes that are on the site are not in chronological order.

That said, I DO have every single episode backed up on a disc and will endeavour to put them all back up over time, so please bear with me.

And now, picking up where we left off...

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

This week, we get into all kinds of sounds: New. Old. Jazzy. Funky.

First off, some hard and dusty jazz from Vertice, some brand new hiphop breaks, and some sweet sounds from Nick Van Gelder. After that, it's some hiphop from Ryan Leslie, quirky breaks from Tom Central, and some brand new music from Mr. Scruff.

Up next, a classic gem from Jean Jacques Perrey, followed by a recently released killer funky soul blender (Thanks Richie!), then a marvelous R & B track that may be the best thing I've heard all year.

We finish up with a track sampled for Erykah Badu's "Honey", and a great soulful disco track from King Tutt.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Vertice – Acapulco Gold
02::Ave Blast & Cosmo Lopez – Change The Channel
03::Nick Van Gelder – Brighter Star
04::Ryan Leslie – Diamond Girl
05::Tom Central & Kaitain – Akama
06::Mr. Scruff – Bunch of Keys
07::Jean Jacques Perrey – E.V.A.
08::Phantom Slasher – Sax & Violence
09::Liquid Spirits – Closing Time (Duet)
10::Nancy Wilson – I'm In Love
11::King Tutt – YOu Got Me Hung Up
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Shout out to my man Richie. Thanks for sorting out that Phantom Slasher tune!

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, Mar 04, 2009

Episode #098 - Where Is The Love?

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

This week, you will hear some library and hiphop; indie rock; soul; funk; broken beat; house; latin breaks; and latin jazz.

Enjoy!
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00::Sounding Out The City Intro
01::Alessandro Alessandroni – Spycrapers
02::Cordovan – Blue Flame
03::Tom Central & Kaitain – Akama
04::Tom Vek – C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)
05::The Chantels – Indian Giver
06::Betty Wright – Where Is The Love
07::Douglas Pagan – Kara Walker Variation 32 (Domu Remix)
08::Unforscene – Dangerous (Diesler Remix)
09::Jesse Rose – Forget My Name (Ft Hot Chip)
10::Cleon – Boogaloo Pow
11::Eddie Palmieri – El Molestoso
12::Toldos Y Su Groupo – Modulo Jazz
13::Victor Boa Y Su Musica - Soy Solo Para Ti
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Shout outs to Cathy, Ira, Kevin, Mikey, and 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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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.

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