Sounding Out The City

Episode #072 - Sanctuary

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s selections: Fusion, Soul, Electro, B’more, Brasilian, Re-edits, and Instrumental Hip hop. Plus, a country song (!) by Ray Charles (!!)...and it's good (!!!) Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Azymuth – Falcon Love Call 02::Chaka Khan – Love Has Fallen On Me 03::Hint – Snake Patrol 04::Ben Westbeech – Dance With Me (Switch Remix) 05::Thunderheist – Suenos Dulces 06::Chavy Boys Of London – Request Line 07::The Blackbyrds – Blackbyrds’ Theme 08::Viva Brasil – Skindo Le Le 09::Ray Charles – Wichita Lineman 10::Dazz Band – Let It Whip (B. Cause remix) 11::Warez – Sanctuary 12::Unconventional Science – Art School 13::The Heliocentrics – Distant Star ___________________ 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

Episode #071 - Speeding Bullet

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:02:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s selections: rare-grooves, hiphop beats, dub, dub-step, rare funk, nujazz, jazzy nu soul, latin-jazz, funky breakbeats, and dance-floor jazz. We start off with some vintage (1966!) piano-led jazz with proto hiphop beats from Canada’s own Galt MacDermot, who’s been sampled by the likes of Dilla and Handsome Boy Modeling School. We then get into an unreleased DJ Day track from 1999-2000 that still sounds fresh today. Then more unreleased beats, this time from Conceit out of California. A classic dub gem circa 1977 from Augustus Pablo comes next, which transitions into a super bass-heavy wobbler of a dubstepper from Bass Clef. After that we hear some rare funk from “1984” and Gene Anderson before we hit some funky jazz by Herbie Williams, which leads into some new music from Jazzpresso, Clyde, and Nicole Willis. We then take a step back into time with a rare latin-groover, a jazz-dancer, and a wild Brazilian track with feverish keys and real heavy bass. It all comes to a wrap with a very deep, beat-layered and sample-heavy killer from Dcastillo. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Galt MacDermot – Coffee Cold 02::DJ Day – People Music (Intro) 03::Conceit – Speaker Phase Beat (excerpts) 04::Augustus Pablo – East Of The River Nile 05::Bass Clef – Cannot Be Straightened 06::1984 – There’s A Wrinkle In Our Time 07::Gene Anderson – Gigolo 08::Herbie Williams – Funky From The Get Go 09::Jazzpresso – Pine Under 10::Clyde – Roll Of The Beast 11::Nicole Willis – Feeling Free (Hoop’s remix) 12::Eddie Cano Quintet – Slip Slip (El Res Balon) 13::The Pharaoh – Damballa 14::Som Tres – Tanga 15::Dcastillo – Speeding Bullet ___________________ Shout outs to Vero A, Shane of "The Sureshot Symphony", B. in Watford, Richie, and Kevin. 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

Episode #070 - Slow Down

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix is a blend of ambient beats, downtempo, and rare-grooves in the first half. The second half gets into a bit of house, classic disco, early 80s Punk-funk (?), and rock (!) Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Jesse Futerman - Sand 02::Keitaro Miho – M-61 03::Natural Yogurt Band – Lament For Piano 04::Jazz Liberatorz – Slow Down 05::Souljim – Nuts 06::Janko Nilovic – Chorus For Leslie (DJ Day Remix) 07::The Dave Pell Singers – Oh Calcutta 08::RD Burman – Let’s Dance Together 09::S.M.O.V. – Marvin’s State 10::Nujabes – Horn In The Middle 11::Straight Up – I Love You Completely 12::Aquarian Dream – You’re A Star 13::A Certain Ratio – Shack Up 14::Impossible Dreamers – Life On Earth 15::Morgan Geist – Lullaby 16::DJ T – Funk On You 17::Fever Tree – Ninety-Nine And One Half ___________________ Shout outs to my man Richie, and Tan, Migs, James, Eric, and Kevin. 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--

Episode #069 - Find A Way

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:03:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix is a blend of hiphop, rare grooves, some re-edits, and soul. We get going with a sleazy hiphop instrumental, then a broken beat latin-tinged joint from DJ Day and keeping that sound with Bulljun’s “Sho’Nuff”, and Unconventional Science’s “Enojo”. Then it’s onto a funk re-edit from Kenny Dope followed by some Turkish funk and an unreleased gem called “The Get It Now” before we hear some more sleazy sounds—this time it’s a rare-groover from Italy’s Armando Travaioli. We then move onto a heavy African funk-rock killer off a fairly new comp, which is followed by a nice rap re-edit from Graham Mushnik. Unconventional Science comes back again with some sick beats before we hear some house music from Chromeo and some 2001 business from Brother of Soul. It all wraps up with some great soul from Joe Bravo and Annette Poindexter. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Souljim - Nuts 02::DJ Day – Change Your Mind 03::Bulljun – Sho’Nuff 04::Unconventional Science – Enojo 05::Madd Racket – Get It (Good God) 06::Mustafa Ozkent – Dolana Dolana 07::DJ Mike The 2600 King – The Get It Now 08::Armando Travaioli – Sessomatto 09::Asiko Rock Group – Lagos City 10::Graham Mushnik – Find A Way 11::Unconventional Science – Star Of The East 12::Chromeo – Call Me Up (B.Cause Remix) 13::Brother Of Soul – Be Right There 14::Joe Bravo – Think It Over 15::Annette Poindexter – Mama ___________________ Shout outs to Cathy, Kevin, Richie J, Joanne, Helder and YOU! 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--

Episode #068 - Free Your Mind

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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? ___________________ 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--

Episode #067 - Gentle Earthquake

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:04:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #066 - Infatuation

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:03:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #065 - Wear It Out

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:01:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #064 - Modern Times

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:06:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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) ___________________ 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--

Episode #063 - Voodoo

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... We start off with some cinematic sounds from Graham Mushnik with a track that reminds me of ‘The Danube Incident’ by Lalo Schifrin. Then we get a library goody from Janko Nilovic under a pseudonym, ambient hiphop from Japan by Bottom Fly, then Flying Lotus-type hiphop from Oogenesis. We then shift gears a bit with a couple of classic gems before we hear alt-rockers MGMT, hiphop from the Stones Throw camp, and an organ-filled break from Germany circa 1973. Next, UK library heavyweight John Cameron brings some menacing percussion-heavy jazz, which is followed up with a rare track from Eddy “Electric Avenue” Grant. Random Heroes comes in after that with some funky cut-n-paste breaks from their 2006 EP on the Jack To Phono label, which is followed by a weird 70s French Library track with proto-hiphop beats. I threw in some house music next, and then added my second favourite Spank Rock cut. Next up is some dubstep from the 2007 comp ‘This Is Dubstep Vol 1’. I wish more dubstep sounded like this track. It all comes to a wrap with more beats: a heavily layered cut-n-paste groove from a good Irish lad on Scribble Records, then a dark library-inspired hiphop instrumental from The Natural Yogurt Band on the Jazzman Label. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Graham Mushnik – Hungarian Babiroussa 02::Daniel J White – Slow De Vacances 03::Bottom Fly – Dreamer 04::Oogenesis – Dream Catcher 05::Blossom Dearie – I Like London In The Rain 06::Doris – Beatmaker 07::MGMT– Electric Feel 08::James Pants – Good Things 09::Klaus Wunderlich – Summertime 10::John Cameron – Mustang (Pt 2) 11::Eddy Grant – Nobody’s Got Time 12::Random Heroes – Roll Call 13::François De Roubaix – Les Poupons 14::Milton Jackson – Ghost In My Machine 15::Spank Rock – Backyard Betty 16::Raw – 6 Blocc 17::Troubleman – The First Phase 18::BDI – Jesus X Clown 19::Natural Yogurt Band - Voodoo ___________________ Big shout outs to Kevin C, Jesse, Migs, Kal, Kyle P, Irish Rob, Richie J, and Helder. 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--

Episode #062 - Figured Me Out

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:04:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... We start off with some cinematic sounds from Sonar Kollektiv, then a soulful bit from Jamie Lidell--no relation to Chuck, I’m sure. Then we get an unreleased goody from Graham Mushnik (scored from his flat mate and label mate via the web) before moving onto a latin rare-groover by Black Sugar. We keep on with the rare grooves from Ellipsis (re-issued by Jazzman Records), Newban (needs to be re-issued), Makonde Soseme (off a Kon & Amir comp) and Ray & His Court. Yosaku comes in next with an unreleased twisted Latin treat before a Rick James re-edit is heard. Next is some rare Afro business, followed by a rare version of a 90s house classic, and then some rock from the Tremeloes. It all comes to a wrap with A-ko’s amazing 2005 (I think) release on MPM records called “Chessha 23”, which is a psychedelic hiphop trip, and then a very recent release from Graham Mushnik on Catapulte records www.catapulterecords.com. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Sonar Kollektiv Orchester – L.O.V.E & You & I 02::Jamie Lidell – Figured Me Out 03::Graham Mushnik – Untitled 04::Black Sugar – Muevete Muevete 05::Ellipsis – People 06::Newban – Why Did You Desert Me 07::Makonde Soseme – Manzara 08::Ray And His Court – Soul Freedom 09::Yosaku – Untitled 10::Rick James – Give It To Me (2600 King Remix) 11::Peter King – Watusi 12::Soho – More Hot Music 13::The Tremeloes – Instant Whip 14::A-ko – Chessha 23 15::Graham Mushnik – The Human Fry ___________________ Big shout out to Yosaku (www.myspace.com/yosaku) for linking me up with some forthcoming goodies. Watch out for remixes he’s doing for various artists over the summer and an EP early fall. And a big shout out to Rob from B.D.I. Music who has some treats coming out in early fall. And also a shout out to Luke at Catapulte Records for hooking me up!. To get in touch with requests, questions, comments, or to submit music, email: soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com Till next week, keep sounding out the city.

Episode #061 - Go Ahead Bobby

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... We start off with ambient hiphop sounds from Milla, 40 Winks, and a couple more from talented Toronto teenager Jesse Futerman, whose sound is like a cross between David Axelrod and J. Dilla. Check him out at www.myspace.com/supertoastor The ambience keeps on with a Hipster Wonkaz track, and then we get into some lyrics with Monster Maker and their cut “Pain To The Picture”. Seiji brings the next 2 tracks with his signature breakbeat and wobbly jazz sounds to heat things up. The heat continues with Kenny Dope’s amazing remix of a James Brown classic. We then get into some samba and a couple of uptempo rare groove tracks before ending things off with some classic sample-fodder in “Found A Child” Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Milla – Street Sounds 02::40 Winks – Go Ahead Bobby 03::Jesse Futerman – Warm Inside, Dark Outside 04::Jesse Futerman – So Low 05::Hipster Wonkaz – We Love (Kid Swing Remix) 06::Monster Maker – Pain To The Picture 07::Erykah Badu – Honey (Seiji Remix) 08::G-Force & Seiji – Clear Vision 09::James Brown – There Was A Time (KD Remix) 10::The Real Ax Band – Samba Mortale 11::Sapo – Been Had 12::The Third Wave – Love Train 13::Ballin’ Jack – Found A Child ___________________ Big shout out to Padmo of the 40 Winks crew. I love their sounds and recommend you go to www.40winksmusic.com to check them out. Big shout outs also to Jesse Futerman, and Yosaku www.myspace.com/yosaku Special shout out to the ‘man of many breaks’, Richie J in the U.K. and to Kevin of the Olde Yorke contingent. 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--

Episode #060 - Request Line

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:33:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... We start off with a rhodes-filled hiphop soundscape by Odetta, which then transitions into a choppy-piano breakbeat groover by AYB’s own Bulljun. We then turn to 6 minutes of madness from Gaslamp Killer, who has played along side Flying Lotus, and is taking hiphop to strange new levels. Next up is a track by the Dynamics doing a dubbed-out ska rendition of Herbie Hancock’s 80’s breakdance classic “Rockit”. We then get into a mashup that fuses the B’more sound with a well-known dubstepper by Skream. After that, I threw in one of my favourite ‘funky 2-step soul’ cuts (if I can call it that) by the Capprells. A dope Canadian folk-funk cut comes next, and it’s followed up with a bit of B’more from DJ Ayres before Azymuth gets ill with some crazy Brazilian disco. From there, we hit the dirty South with Tone Tank before we hear a chopped up jazz track from Skalpel that my girl was humming earlier in the day. It all comes to a wrap with a beat-heavy rare groover by Blossom Dearie. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Odetta – Dusty Rhodes 02::Bulljun – Spoony Atmosphere 03::Gaslamp Killer – I Spit On Your Grave (excerpts) 04::The Dynamics – Rockit 05::Skream – Midnight Request Line (Chavy Boys Remix) 06::The Capprells – Close Your Eyes 07::Ellen McIllwaine – Toe Hold (Live) 08::Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up (DJ Ayres remix) 09::Azymuth – Jazzymuth 10::Tone Tank – Ain’t Sh!t Changed?!? 11::Skalpel – 1958 12::Blossom Dearie – I like London In The Rain ___________________ Shout outs to Cathy, Richie, and 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--

Episode #059 - Pave The Way

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #058 - Let Yourself Go

Wed, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #057 - Megatection

Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #056 - Manhattan Score

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:00:00 +0000

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! ___________________ 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 ___________________ 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--

Episode #054 - Shelter Melter

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix is all ambient downtempo with sounds that are lush, haunting, warm and beautiful. Curl up with that special someone, light some candles, pour some wine, and go on an inward journey. Spring is in the air... Enjoy! ___________________ 01::Pretz – Chapel Stile 02::Tipsy – Cinnamon Punch 03::45 Dip – Lizzie’s Balloon 04::Visioneers – Runnin’ 05::Jon Kennedy – 110 Proof 06::Edda Del’Orso – Kukumbe 07::Jerry Butler – Melinda Latino 08::Bsides – Half Forgotten Daydreams 09::Bsides – Used Bin Incident 10::Bsides – Just a Beat 11::KV5 – Shelter Melter 12::Jonny Alpha – Space Hopper 13::Zero 7 – Look Up 14::iCube – Adore (King Britt remix) ___________________ Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #055 - Champagne

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix is all jazzy hiphop loops. These are strictly out of the ordinary instrumentals. Like all my mixes, this was a ‘one taker’, so you’ll hear a few small errors. It’s more about the music in the mixes rather than the mix itself, and these are all outstanding tracks! Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::40 Winks – Do Me A Flavor 02::DaBee – Beat 13 03::DaBee – Beat 15 04::M.anifest – Raw 05::Madlib – One For J.J. 06::Madvillain – Rainbows (inst.) 07::MF Doom – Star Anis (inst.) 08::Javaanse Jongens – Anyway The Wind Blows 09::Devil McDoom – Watching Sleazy UFOs Passing By 10::Bsides – Heavy Industry 11::Indian Ropeman – Dominant Tonic 12::Puma Strut – Bobby Boucher 13::Balduin – Champagne 14::Stance Brothers – Bright Moments 15::Joe Beats – My Girl Was a Groupie 16::Balduin – England Is Alright 17::Bsides – Let’s Get Started 18::DJ Day – Under My Skin 19::Kool DJ Dust – Vandal On The Wheels 20::A-ko – Soul ’69 (pt 2.) 21::Kalyanji and Anandji - Theme From Don 22::Rex Brown Company – Hot Track (Driftwood edit) ___________________ To get in touch, email: soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com ***I am on vacation and will return with a new episode in a few weeks*** --Driftwood--

Episode #053 - Bearing Straight

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix gets going with a Brazilian jazz classic called “Nebulosa” and takes a soulful turn with a Weldon Irvine classic. The Lions bring in some bass-heavy and dubby afrobeat, and then I threw in a well-known 50s Motown classic that I heard on TV earlier in the day—it seemed like the right thing to do. Francis Lai is next with a track that one of my listeners just loves and can’t get enough of. Then we get into a bit of R’n’B before hearing an updated version of a Bob Marley classic. After a brief dubby excursion, the mix shifts into disco with the next two tracks, and then a vibes-filled break off a recent compilation courtesy of Mr. Thing. Hebrew Rogers brings some funky rock to the mix before we hear some dirty 70s Jamaican disco from Barry Waite. After that, I threw in a re-edit of a Brazilian jazz track before ending off with a mad Bollywood break. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa 02::Weldon Irvine – I Love You 03::The Lions – Jungle Struttin’ 04::The Marvelettes – Please Mister Postman 05::Francis Lai – I Don’t Know Why 06::Adriana Evans – Reality 07::Gecko Turner – Rainbow Country 08::Eight From the Egg – Black Milk 09::Roger & The Human Body – Bearing Straight 10::Total Eclipse – Midtown 11::Daniel J White – Boxe et Violence 12::Hebrew Rogers – Can’t Buy Soul 13::Barry Waite – Funky Sting pt. 2 14::Yosaku – Bobeira 15::Asha Bhosle – Dum Maro Dum (Live) ___________________ Shout outs to you for checking in and listening! Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #052 - Up and Out

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix gets started off with some deep, ambient, cinematic sounds from Italy (Piero Piccioni), the U.S. (Al Hirt), the U.K. (Roger Webb) and Germany (the Vampires). Then the 5th track is a sick violin and drum break workout that I suspect is from France—it’s an absolute killer! Stark Reality is next with a mind-melter called “Dreams”. It’s rock. It’s jazz. It has a deep groove, wicked bass, and heavy drum breaks. It’s an amazing track that would appeal to open-minded rock lovers, B-boys, and jazz aficionados…it’s just wicked. After that, you’ll hear something by Free Design remixed by hiphop god Madlib, which is then followed by some heavy nujazz, then an old school hiphop classic by A Tribe Called Quest. Next is a cut ‘n’ paste break from Greece by a b-boy named Thanos from the Palov & Mishkin camp, then some really nice but obscure soul by Delia Gartrell, and some funkrock from Crystal Mansion. The Jazzinvaders are heard after that, and then a couple of nu-latin breaks that will appeal to lovers of the “Los Hermanos Latinos” sound. It all comes to a wrap with a track that slipped under the radar in 2007 called “Fairchild” by the Scottish dub and breaks maestro, Pablo, of Redhook records. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Piero Piccioni – Kintabu 02::Al Hirt – Harlem Hendoo 03::The Roger Webb Sound – Grey Sigh 04::The Vampires of Dartmoore – Dance of the Vampires 05::Q – String Break 06::Stark Reality – Dreams 07::The Free Design – Where Do I Go? (Madlib remix) 08::The Houdinis – Emergendizer (Aiff remix) 09::A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It? (Phase 5 mix) 10::Thanos – Logical Discussion 11::Delia Gartrell – Fight Fire With Fire 12::The Jazzinvaders – Up & Out (Tim Wood remix) 13::Sono Rhizmo – Mambocito Mio 14::K54 – Cuba 15::Pablo – Fairchild (Live at the Lab) ___________________ Shout outs to my listeners in Canada, the U.S., Japan and the U.K. Shout outs also to Nicole N, Quinn, Cat, Nigel, Nick, and that crazy girl I met in a class I took last Sunday who kept making me laugh. Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #051 - Be True

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... There were some glitches in the podcast site that prevented me from getting this episode up on time, but the problems are fixed now. This week gets going with some downtempo jazzy breaks from TM Juke, then some sweet sounds from Q with ‘String Break’ and a lost classic flipped by DJ Day. Drum ‘n’ Bass is the order of the day for the next five tracks from Dusty, Kid Gusto, Rory More, Commix, and the Hai Karate Allstars. I snuck in one of my favourite hiphop tracks by Devil McDoom, and then veered off into electro-disco territory with Justice v Simian, and Bis. An 80s classic is blended in next, then a straight up disco track is given the Dmitri From Paris treatment to close out the mix. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::TM Juke – Lady Garden 02::Q – String Break 03::DJ Day – ? 04::Dusty – Think Twice 05::Kid Gusto – Claps On 06::Rory More – You Do Something To Me 07::Commix – Be True 08::Hai Karate – Hit The Road Jack (DJ Czech remix) 09::Devil McDoom – Cafone Going 10::Justice vs Simian – We Are Your Friends (S & P edit) 11::Bis – Shack Up 12::The Human League – Don’t You Want Me 13:: Delilah – Are You Ready? (DFP edit) ___________________ Shout outs to Julia, Thu, and Becky. Shout outs also to Helder, Richie, Tan and Cathy. If you need to get in touch, you can do so at soundingoutthecity@hotmail.com Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #050 - Dreams

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix gets started off with a spacey downtempo beat courtesy of Brenk off the Melting Pot Label, which puts out some amazing music by dudes like DJ Day, Devil McDoom, and A-ko. Check the MySpace pages of those guys to hear what I’m talking about. Anyway, I mixed in a track by Phat Kev after that, and I have to thank my man Richie in the UK for sorting that one out. Sweet tune! The Free Design is next with a jazzy folk-funk track I recently discovered, and then it’s a rare groove boogie-ish classic from 1979 by 9th Creation. Some amazing late 60s obscure soul is next by the Dynamic Tints off the Twinights Lunar compilation, then it’s the old school hiphop classic by the legendary Eric B & Rakim “Don’t Sweat The Technique”, followed by the humourous and stylish Ugly Duckling. A hot funk track is next by Billy Garner, which was sampled by DJ Day for his incredible “Gone Bad” back in late 2005 (December, I think). After that, I threw in a deep and kind of crazy African disco tune by The Coffins before mixing in an edit of the Rick James party classic “Give It To Me”. The transition was quite shabby as it was done without a monitor—not a wise move on my part, but I’m not prefect. Justice’s well-known and well-played techno-disco track came in after that, then it was a couple of deep house joints by the Motor City Drum Ensemble. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Brenk – Orbitus (skit) 02::Phat Kev – Dreams 03::The Free Design – Bubbles 04::9th Creation – Much Too Much 05::Dynamics Tints – Rosemarie 06::Eric B & Rakim – Don’t Sweat The Technique 07::Ugly Duckling – Andy Vs Dizzy 08::Billy Garner – Brand New Girl 09::The Coffins – E Te Die 10::Rick James – Give It To Me (edit) 11::Justice – D.A.N.C.E 12::Motor City Drum Ensemble – Get Slapped Up 13::Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cuts #1 ___________________ Shout outs to Richie, Nigel P, and all listeners near and far. Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #049 - Spacing Out

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix gets started off with a NEW Sounding Out The City intro. I felt it was time to change it up, and I hope you all enjoy it. After the intro, I get into a nice library track by Keith Mansfield from the KPM 1068 sound book called “Gold Medal” and transition to a tune by Jonny Trunk (a mad library collector who put out a book on the genre). A re-edit of the Free Design’s rendition of the Door’s classic “Light My Fire” comes next, then it’s off to Mars with a sick, fuzzy funk track by the Invaders, and Sheeba’s funky version of “Jungle Fever”. We hear a bit of Brazilian heat from Trio Mocoto before getting into some beat-heavy and bizarre electro-synth disco (?!), then Kid Kanevil’s “Ill Connoisseur” gets thrown in. After that, I get into some disco with Two Man Sound, followed by Stringfield Family’s “Sound of Disco Rock”, then a B’more-ish joint that tears up a James Brown classic before getting into one of my favourites from Beck. The mix ends off on a house music classic by Steve Poindexter, and finally, Joe Bataan’s amazing “Latin Strut” Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Keith Mansfield – Gold Medal (Middle Section) 02::Jonny Trunk – Sister Woo 03::The Free Design – Light My Fire (edit) 04::The Invaders – Spacing Out 05::Sheeba – Jungle Fever 06::Trio Mocoto – O Xamago Da Ina 07::Mr. Flash – Mr. Sexe (excerpt) 08::Kid Kanevil – Ill Connoisseur 09::Two Man Sound – Que Tal America 10::Stringfield Family – The Sound of Disco Rock 11::DJ Eli – Papa 12::Beck – Clap Hands 13::Steve Poindexter – Work That Motha Fucker 14::Joe Bataan – Latin Strut ___________________ Shout out to all listeners near and far. Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #048 - Dominant Tonic

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix gets started with some ‘library-esque’ sounds from Ch3vy before moving onto some proper R&B by Sweden’s Kissey Asplund, then onto some dusty nugget weirdness by Liliental and Maker. Indian Ropeman is up next with some nice downtempo goodness before The Koliphones take things to another level with a sick track called “Voyage in the Sun”. I then dropped an old house favourite by Int’l Pony (circa 2003), follwed by a nice Jon Kennedy rework, and then a couple B’more-type joints by Ayers and Tittsworth. Gears get shifted once more for a remixed punk rock track by Adam Kesher, then Tarantino’s “Death Proof” end credit tune “Chick Habit” before closing out on some house-y type stuff. So, it’s a mish-mash of goodies all round and I hope you dig it. Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Ch3vy – Praize The Nord 02::Kissey Asplund – With You 03::Liliental – Wattwurm 04::Maker – Azure 05::Indian Ropeman – Dominant Tonic 06::Koliphones – Voyage In The Sun 07::International Pony – Leaving Home (Akufen Remix) 08::Barclay James Harvest – Good Love Child 09::DJ Ayers – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose 10::Tittsworth – Eye Whips Pussy 11::Adam Kesher – Modern Times (908 Remix) 12::April March – Chick Habit 13::Idjut Boys – Smoke Me 14::Amp Fiddler – Ridin’ ___________________ Shout out to Meztelen for some nice library music link ups, and to the man Kal at Parkdale Funk, “B” in Watford, and the Olde Yorke Crew. Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #047 - The Field

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week’s mix is kind of on the ambient side of breakbeats during the first half, delving into some left-field hiphop from Maker, The Nutsons, and Sound Providers. Then there’s some genre-defying goodness from Pilooski and Cut Chemist. The pace picks up a bit at the 15 minute mark with “6 ft Wasp” by Fila Brazilia (thanks for sorting that tune out Richie!), and one of my favourites “Bedsheet Shuffle” with it’s sick dubby-spy sounds. Simply wicked. Then it’s on to some proper funky breaks with Flash Callahan from the Jalapeno label. After that, it’s a dope, sleazy and deep Detriot house groover by Linkwood--the same outfit that did “Piece of Mind”, which got plenty of play by Gilles Peterson. This one is at least as good as “Piece of Mind” in my opinion. It all wraps up with a remix of a 2001 (?) house track I first heard during my Saint Germain Café compilation days (as a listener, not a contributor). Enjoy! ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Karma – The Ballad of Evil Knievel 02::The Nutsons – The Arno Frangos Cruise 03::Comfort Fit – Miles of Smiles 04::Maker – Goodtimes 05::The Sound Providers – The Field (Instr) 06::Blue States – Alphabet Street 07::Pilooski – Love Is Wet 08::Cut Chemist – 2266 Cambridge 09::Fila Brazilia – 6 Ft Wasp 10::Tim “Love” Lee – Bedsheet Shuffle 11::Flash Callahan – Cold Heart 12::Linkwood – R.I.P. 13::South Froggies – Jazzion (remix) ___________________ Big up to Kevin and Migs. The first half of the mix is going out to you both. Big up to Richie J. in Reading. The second half is for you, bruv. And a big shout out to Jason Palma, who just happens to be the world’s finest DJ, with crates that are deeper than the Atlantic. Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #046 - Turn Off The Lights

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week, the theme is love! I've selected some jazz, soul, funk, and hiphop tracks that kinda sum up love from different perspectives. ___________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Nina Simone – My Baby Just Cares For Me 02::Ernestine Anderson – Love For Sale 03::Omar – Essensual 04::Nouvelle Vague – Dancing With Myself 05::Koushik – Too Much Tenderness 06::N.E.R.D. – Baby Doll 07::John Fitch – Romantic Attitude 08::Bobby Reed – Time Is Right For Love 09::Inell Young – What Do You See In Her 10::Frank De Jojo – Turn Off The Lights 11::The Mystiques – So Good To Have You Home Again 12::Syreeta – I Love Every Little Thing About You ___________________ Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #045 - Parkdale Funk Pt.1

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:01:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City... This week, I'm pleased to present an all funk and soul 45 mix by special guest DJ Double K of Parkdale Funk. http://www.parkdalefunk.com You're about to hear rare records that the man from Toronto has picked up over time by spending countless hours excavating from thrift shops, yard sales, record stores and ebay--to say nothing of the hard cash he's dropped in the process. He's condensed some of his terrific finds into a 1 hour mix for this podcast, which is split into 2 parts. Check it out, and send the man some love via the link to his site on the right of this page. ______________________ 1. Little Hooks - Give The Drummer Some More (United Artists) 2. Norma And The Heartaches - Hot Pants (Marmaduke) 3. The Village Callers - Hector (Rampart) 4. Willie Joe - Funny Thing (Pure-Black-Soul) 5. Earl King - Sweet Parade (Kansu) 6. Della Reese - Compared To What (Avco) 7. Brother Jack McDuff - Can't Get Satisfied (Atlantic) 8. Curtis Green - I Just Gotta Get Down (Bold) 9. The Dynamic Eight - Sweet Woman (Atlantic) 10. Bobby Newsome - Jody, Come Back And Get Your Shoes (Spring) 11. Warren Lee - Underdog Backstreet (Tou-Sea) 12. The Jewels - Papa Left Mama Holding The Bag (Dynamite) 13. Brother Soul - Cookies (Leo Mini) 14. Chuck Carbo - Can I Be Your Squeeze (Canyon) 15. Betty Harris - There's A Break In The Road (SSS) 16. The Barons LTD - Making It Better (Chimneyville) 17. Maceo - Got To Get'cha (House Of The Fox) 18. The Fabulous Shalimars - Funky Line (Rack) 19. The Coasters - Love Potion Number 9 (Parlophone) 20. King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew (ATCO) 21. Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - That Low Down Move (King) 22. Cecil Garnet & The Fascinations - Bearcat (Calla) 23. Willie Hatcher - Who's Got A Woman Like Mine (Excello) 24. Albert King - Cold Feet (Stax) 25. John Lee Hooker - Money (Battle) _____________________ Next week, you can expect a Valentine's Day special mix of love-themed music. You'll hear songs on the happiness and joy of love, as well as its heartaches and pains. Big up to DJ Double K for providing this week's music. 'Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--

Episode #045 - Parkdale Funk Pt 2

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Episode #044 - Sticky Fingers

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:00:00 +0000

Welcome to another episode of Sounding Out The City… This week is a trip through some rare grooves, a bit of downtempo, a warm Rhodes-filled house track, a wild disco romp, some bangin’ afro-funk, a deadly reggae-fied cover of a soul classic, and a dope Spank Rock-produced hiphop gem. It’s fantastic stuff that needs to be heard by the musically open-minded, yet discerning listener. Anyway, all of the tracks have very distinct sounds and elements to them, and there are seemingly disparate genres thrown in, but I think they work well blended together in this mix because elements of jazz and soul are heard in every track. The one track that really does it for me on this mix is #8, which is a cover of a Fela Kuti track called “Let’s Start”, and is a discovery that was released back in March 2007 by the Soundways label. It was performed by a Colombian band from Medellin in the 70s and is an absolute afro-latin funk monster. The brass on this track is just jaw-dropping when paired with the heavy percussion. Massive sounds!! Enjoy! ______________________________ 00::Sounding Out The City Intro 01::Les Lutins – Junglomanie 02::Jamaica Jam – Sticky Fingers 03::Portishead – Sour Soul 04::Unforscene – Tall Girl 05::Frankie Valli – Beggin’ (Pilooski Re-edit) 06::Stranger & Shortbus – Rush On 07::Patucci – Red Lamp (Blackbeard Re-edit) 08::Phirpo Y Sus Caribes – Commencemos 09::Manu Dibango – New Bell 10::Buari – Advice From Father 11::Sydney, George & Jackie – Papa Was A Rolling Stone 12::Kid Sister – Control _______________________________ Shout outs to Cathy, Joanne “the lurker” P, Mikey, Liv, Chris F in BC, Kevin, Migs, and last but not least Kal (AKA Double K) who will be laying down a rare funk/soul guestmix next week, so keeps your ears open for that! ‘Til next week, peace and best wishes. --Driftwood--