PODCAST #85 Soul Food & 45s

1. (0:00:15) Bibi Tanga & Le Professeur Inlassable AU FIL DU TEMPS
2. (0:03:38) Raphael Saadiq PEOPLE
3. (0:07:34) Menahan Street Band THE TRAITOR
4. (0:09:38) Nightmares On Wax BRINGIN IT
5. (0:13:46) Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band STAY AWAY
6. (0:16:54) Mayer Hawthorne A LONG TIME
7. (0:20:18) Mayer Hawthorne HENNY GINGERALE
8. (0:24:08) Lindstrom CANE IT FOR THE ORIGINAL WHITIES
9. (0:27:18) Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7 THE STORY OF ECHO LAKE
10. (0:31:38) Balam Acab BIG BOY
11. (0:35:50) Tosca MRS. BONGO
12. (0:39:16) fUnKy SoUl BuRnEr feat. Ryan Pollastro on drums NEW GLITCH
13. (0:43:40) Sefyu EN NOIR ET BLANC (INTERLUDE)
14. (0:48:36) James Brown IT'S A MAN'S MAN'S MAN'S WORLD
15. (0:51:00) Aloe Blacc I NEED A DOLLAR
16. (0:54:36) Gift of Gab feat. Raashan Ahmad Zumbi RISE
17. (0:58:08) Trevor and Lisa THE NIGHT OF THE WOLF
18. (1:02:42) Uptown Funk Empire N.O.W.
19. (1:07:56) Vern Blair Debate OOH-AH-EE
20. (1:10:46) Galactic JULOU
21. (1:11:50) Galactic HA DI KA

PODCAST #84 Nightfalls in Sullen City Life

Rats & roaches breach street drains and water pipes while crescent moon's reflection off the barrel pointed at the heart of Queensbridge, quivering arm hair, steady trigger finger blasts away the night!

1. (0:00:20) White Rabbits HEAVY METAL
2. (0:04:34) Mars Volta THE MALKIN JEWEL
3. (0:07:51) A$AP Rocky DEMONS (OG RON C REMIX)
4. (0:10:32) Lapalux GUTTER GLITTER
5. (0:14:02) Miike Snow feat. Lykke Li BLACK TIN BOX
6. (0:19:24) Schlomo RAINED THE WHOLE TIME (NICOLAS JAAR REMIX)
7. (0:24:28) BJ The Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar HIS PAIN
8. (0:29:45) Rhye OPEN
9. (0:33:16) Micatone SOUVENIR
10. (0:36:20) Gary Clark Jr. BRIGHT LIGHTS
11. (0:41:24) Homeboy Sandman SOAP
12. (0:44:47) Burial KINDRED
13. (0:52:57) Pandr Eyez EYES ON YOU
14. (0:56:33) Hooray For Earth NO LOVE
15. (1:00:30) Aesop Rock ZERO DARK THIRTY

PODCAST #83 Kony Island: Hollywood's Viral Naiveté 

There was a bad man hiding, a bad man hunting in a foreign land, a native tongue, fertile land in the country's north, post-conflict - always in conflict.  Do not decorate this man on an April day.  Columbines can't re-bloom nor Hitler unborn, and the Invisible Children, now adults, need a more appropriate plan for support 6 years past due.

1. (0:00:00) Intro by Ishmael Beah from a CNN interview - former child soldier of Sierra Leone
2. (0:00:53) Dolly Parton WAYFARING STRANGER 
3. (0:01:28) Pretty Lights feat. LiAnn Rimes WAYFARING STRANGER (ELECTRO MIX) 
4. (0:06:13) Blanche SOMEDAY… 
5. (0:08:17) Lanie Lane MY MAN 
6. (0:11:54) Dan Sartain ATHEIST FUNERAL
7. (0:14:07) El Columpio Asesino TORO 
8. (0:17:51) That Black UGANDA
9. (0:20:57) Mos Def N* IN POOREST (remix of Jay-Z & Kanye West N* In Paris)
10. (0:24:53) Pnuma Trio MORE SAMPLES  
11. (0:28:28) DropXLife NUERXOLD 
12. (0:33:03) DJ Shadow GIVE ME BACK THE NIGHTS
13. (0:36:38) Melanie Fiona meshed with The Zombies GIVE IT TO ME RIGHT / TIME OF THE SEASON 
14. (0:40:31) Wyclef Jean feat. Lauren Hill SANG FEZI
15. (0:44:24) Mark Ronson feat. Erykah Badu, Dap Kings, and Trombone Shorty A LA MODELISTE (BONOBO REMIX)
16. (0:50:05) Quantic DUB DEL PACIFICO 
17. (0:57:07) Mount Kimbie FIELD 
18. (1:00:07) Humble the Poet / Lupe Fiasco feat. Matthew Santos FIGHTERS
19. (1:04:40) Atlas Sound QUARK PART 2 
20. (1:07:05) DJ Premier feat. The Berklee Symphony Orchestra & Nas REGENERATION 
21. (1:10:53) Michael Jackson THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US  

PODCAST #82 UTC -5 On A Train

It's been awhile.  I know.  Yes, time has been a passenger blur passing by on a train; been on the train a bit.  I hope you all enjoy this latest.  Speaking of trains...

Each of the tracks (pun very much intended) represents each station of the train, embarking on a new territory, perhaps a city or town, each with its own flavor, correlating, but differing from the previous station.  UTC-5 is the universal time coordinate for New York, specifically, while including the train I ride on... 

1. (0:00:10) K'naan UNTIL THE LION LEARNS TO SPEAK
2. (0:02:29) John Cage TOSSED AS IT IS UNTROUBLED
3. (0:05:12) Nosaj Thing US (DNTEL REMIX)
4. (0:08:38) Maceo Plex GRAVY TRAIN (NICOLAS JAAR REMIX)
5. (0:14:05) Matt Elliott THIS IS FOR
6. (0:17:49) Jack White LOVE INTERRUPTION
7. (0:20:18) Frankie White NIGHT SWIM
8. (0:22:44) Rocket Juice & The Moon (aka Damon Albarn, Flea, & Tony Allen) feat. Erykah Badu HEY SHOOTER
9. (0:26:44) Peedi Crakk feat. Chinko Da Great SUCKA FREE SUNDAY
10. (0:31:12) Damu the Fudgemonk & Raw Poetic HOLE UP
11. (0:34:48) Estelle feat. Janelle Monae DO MY THING
12. (0:38:12) ††† (Crosses) †
13. (0:40:59) M.I.A. bad girls
14. (0:43:12) THEESatisfaction DO YOU HAVE TIME (CLEAN)
15. (0:45:43) How To Dress Well feat. Yuksel Arslan DECISIONS
16. (0:47:45) John Cage THE PERILOUS NIGHT NO. 2
17. (0:48:28) CoH FFFETISH
18. (0:53:17) Modeselektor feat. PVT GREEN LIGHT GO

PODCAST #81 An Ominous Illumination at the Brink of Quietus

Keppler-22b, 600 light years out there, revolves & awaits a dreamer.  Countless others, undiscovered from our perspective, unnamed in our language, remain suspended awaiting, watching else-form stare off into 'notherland towards an ominous illumination at the brink of quietus.

There's that moment of wonder, stagnant & obvious, where light must pass - dark matter to blackness - reborn unto a new self, simple & swiftly.  Superstring & quark, passing through a multiverse, radiating without energy; shining having already extinguished.

The moment will one day come, but the blade of grass slowly comes to focus, awakening from a daydream of the mysterious light.

1. (0:01:15) Vladimir Horowitz & New York Philharmonic RACHMANINOFF PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 IN D MINOR, OP. 30: I. ALLEGRO MA NON TANTO
2. (0:03:40) Loka ENTRANCE
3. (0:05:40) Kate Bush SNOWFLAKE
4. (0:12:24) Terje Isungset THE DAWNING - Now this is fascinating.  All Terje's music is played on massive blocks of carved ice, so every sound (other than the voices) is created with solidified water.  Pretty sweet!  I thought it would sound even 'cooler' if I laid it on top of Kate Bush's aptly titled track, "Snowflake," and so I did ;>.  
5. (0:15:36) Le Trio Joubran DOUJA
6. (0:21:55) Wilco RISING RED LUNG
7. (0:24:47) Drake feat. Andre 3000 THE REAL HER
8. (0:26:08) John Coltrane PART 4 - PSALM
9. (0:33:04) Nicolas Jaar VARIATIONS
10. (0:36:01) Apparat GOODBYE
11. (0:40:13) Kno feat. Nemo Achida LONELINESS
12. (0:43:33) Martina Topley Bird ORCHIDS
13. (0:46:28) Fleet Foxes BLUE SPOTTED TAIL
14. (0:49:08) Karen Dalton LITTLE BIT OF RAIN
15. (0:51:30) Kurt Vile BABY'S ARMS
16. (0:55:09) Sebastian The Crab I TUMBLED FORTH - If you didn't catch it in an earlier podcast, Sanju Sebastian is a brilliantly talented young musician I met with my wife in a subway tunnel at Canal Street a couple months back.  We heard this amazingly powerful amplified electronica music swallowing the sounds of rats eating trash and subway cars grinding on iron tracks.  Please support his music and check out his page: http://sebastianthecrabmusic.tumblr.com/  He has two EPs on his site that you can download, and please drop him a quick note to help support his art - these NYC artists/musicians do not get enough support, and their time and lifelong passion sometimes go unrecognized.  It is a complete shame.  Please support local music as much as possible, too, otherwise we run the risk of the music industry figuring out another shady way to fill your ears with poorly sculpted manure.
17. (0:58:09) J Dilla LAST DONUT OF THE NIGHT

PODCAST #80 People Loooovvve the End of the World

This is the Funky Soul Burner's New Year's mix for end of the year 2011, beginning 2012.  The inspiration for the mix comes from the ideas from anxious people that the world is ending - many of them believing that next year around this time, the ancient Mayan prophecy will doom us all.  Apparently it's the end-date of a 5,125-year-long cycle, but my unique ability and unfathomable skills of translating the Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel tells me that when the sky collapses and trees raise up, we'll all be flailing our arms and dancing around like jungle birds in a mating ritual to none other than a…get this…a FUNKY SOUL BURNER podcast this time next year!  Sweet!  Anyway, here's to fire and brimstone, hell and high-water, the second coming (oops, that's a different interpretation of another religious text.  My bad ;), and to December 22, 2012, the day after it all comes crashing down.  The Funky Soul Burner will be waiting on the other side - I mean, I certainly chose the proper name for myself, right? - compiling more music for the year 2013.  Happy 2012, and let's keep it positive, and perhaps the end of one cycle lends itself to the beginning of another 5,125 years!  Cheers!

1. (0:00:36) El Columpio Asesino ON THE FLOOR

2. (0:03:14) La Vida Boheme EL SENTIMIENTO HA MUERTO

3. (0:06:46) Krazy Baldhead 1ST MOVEMENT, PT. 4

4. (0:09:12) Krazy Baldhead feat. Tes 2ND MOVEMENT, PT. 3

5. (0:10:34) Lee 'Scratch' Perry SPONGY RUBBER DUB DUBMASTER (DIALECT & KOSINE REMIX)

6. (0:16:07) Tom Waits BAD AS ME

7. (0:19:12) Raphael Saadiq GOOD MAN

8. (0:22:48) As Tall As Lions WE'S BEEN WAITIN'

9. (0:26:25) Freestyle Fellowship GOVERNMENT LIES

10. (0:27:47) Ghostface Killah feat. Busta Rhymes SUPERSTAR

11. (0:30:47) Eric Bobo & Latin Bitman feat. Chali 2na WITNESS THIS HEAT

12. (0:33:39) Afrocubism NIMA DIYALA

13. (0:37:09) CYNE chapter 1: enter killmore

14. (0:38:27) The Weeknd MONTREAL

15. (0:42:35) Le Trio Joubran NAWWâR

16. (0:47:07) Balam Acab SEE BIRDS MOONS

17. (0:50:34) Curren$y THIS IS THE LIFE

18. (0:54:26) Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar ANANTA

19. (0:59:02) Idrissa Soumaoro SAFI 

PODCAST #79 The Fountain Glitch

Friends,

The latest mix, The Fountain Glitch, was conceived after my initial encounter with the opening track by Russian-born electronica producer, CoH (apparently pronounced, 'son,' by means of Cyrillic and Latin alphabets).  My buddy, Irek, was blasting it through his speakers at our arthouse and I immediately went to his iPod to check out the artist and song title.  The record seamlessly moves through rhythm with a hint of melody lurking behind the static, which to me embodies the idea of 'glitch.'  

The fountain is in essence the Funky Soul Burner, here.  I often wonder, "Am I doing enough with each mix?  Do I really offer anything new?  Is there any creativity involved with it?  Or am I just making variations on themes with a limited range in taste of music?"  I wrestle with these thoughts often in my work, as an artist / business owner and in this very hobby of making mixes.  With these thoughts, I kept arriving at the idea and vision of a fountain.  

A marble or stone fixture with an exact container of water.  The water spurts at the top, full of force, inertia, freedom, wanting to be something new and different.  But that hope, if water were to actually 'hope' or 'want,' ultimately ends back in the contained pool below with like form.  The water has arguably changed, but remains as the same substance with the same 'ambition' or 'desire' to be shot out through the top again, free & hopeful.  

A bit existential, I know, but that's where the glitch is:  the ripple effect, the change, a similar wave or molecule, but different; the feeling of new while embodying the same form.  There's a comfort in that feeling of being a molecule, of a form, of a finite entity.  There's still creation in its limitations, and that's a good thing.

So, here is the latest mix, and I hope it serves you well and brings you your glitch, your fountain, whatever container you find your comfort in, your peace.

Wish you well in your holiday,

jeff

1. (0:00:16) CoH ANNUM PER ANNUM (PART 2)
2. (0:05:50) Tortoise ALMOST ALWAYS NEARLY ENOUGH 
3. (0:08:28) Shankar accompanied by Zakir Hussain & Vikku Vinayakram RAGA ABERI 
4. (0:13:58) Goapele MONEY 
5. (0:17:50) Fat Freddy's Drop FLASHBACK (JAZZANOVA'S MASHED BAG MIX) 
6. (0:21:31) Casual feat. Del the Funky Homosapien DELTRON Z MEETS RAPGOD 
7. (0:23:49) Metronomy THE BAY 
8. (0:28:31) Spektrum I'VE DONE IT NOW (LAYO & BUSHWACKA REMIX) 
9. (0:35:22) MKTRKRFT easy love 
10. (0:40:50) The Chemical Brothers BAHNHOF RUMBLE 
11. (0:43:10) Trans Am 4,738 REGRETS 
12. (0:46:54) Atlas Sound WASHINGTON SCHOOL  
13. (0:50:10) Yuck SUICIDE POLICEMAN 
14. (0:53:20) Paper Tiger FREEZER 
15. (0:58:38) Dub Trio ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS 
16. (1:02:20) Cayetano LIKE A FOOL 
17. (1:04:31) Ojos de Brujo feat. Miguel Campello de Elbicho SULTANAS DE MERAILLO 
18. (1:08:25) Cunninlynguists MY HABIT (I HAVEN'T CHANGED) 
19. (1:10:26) Johnny Cash AIN'T NO GRAVE 

PODCAST #78 Exit 72A

This podcast is dedicated to the drives north towards the Catskills, escaping city life watching the concrete sun-blocking sky'rapers turn to dirt and trees.  This is for that ethereal escape...

1. (0:00:14) Sebastian The Crab HOW - About a month ago, my wife and I were coming through the Canal Street stop on the N train and I heard a loud distorted synth that sounded like it was plugged through an old British Invasion amp.  The sound was so thick and melodic that it filled the passageway and down through each of the subway tunnels - probably echoed over the bridge to Brooklyn for all I know.  It was fantastic!  I hadn't heard much beautiful electronic music being played in the subway in 12 years that channeled the wonders of Kieran Hebden (Four Tet, see next track remix) and company's melody.  I was shocked that I was hearing it in the subway, truly, and apparently, so was my wife.  We listened for a minute, threw in a buck, but had to get somewhere.  I know we didn't stay long, wherever we were going, because on our way back, we had a chance to catch him again.  This time I grabbed his card and couldn't wait to go home and see if he had put any goodies on his website.  Luckily for me (and you, too) he had a whole EP to download called HOW DOES IT FEEL (http://sebastianthecrab.bandcamp.com/).  I needed to email him to thank him for providing such a memorable performance that evening in and out of the subway passages.  I wrote him wanting to use his music, specifically this track HOW, in a podcast, which he so humbly and graciously permitted, and he responded with an insight into the song, "When I titled that song 'How', I was thinking philosophically of the idea of a modus operandi, a plan of action, "How are we/am I going to do this?"  Please check out his music on his site, listen to catch a glimpse of his M.O., and support talented independent creators alike (http://sebastianthecrabmusic.tumblr.com/biography).
2. (0:06:36) The Acorn RESTORATION (FOUR TET REMIX)
3. (0:11:49) Brigitte MA BENZ
4. (0:15:52) Bomb The Bass feat. Mark Lanegan BLACK RIVER (GUI BORATTO REMIX)
5. (0:22:31) Yppah CANNOT SEE STRAIGHT
6. (0:25:47) Emancipator EVE
7. (0:30:20) Pnuma Trio MISERY LOVES COMPANY
8. (0:32:44) Cliff Martinez RUBBER HEAD
9. (0:35:20) Sound Tribe Sector9 (STS9) THE LAST 50,000 YEARS
10. (0:37:36) DJ Shadow REDEEMED
11. (0:41:50) Busdriver NO BLACKS, NO JEWS, NO ASIANS
12. (0:43:41) Caribou HANNIBAL
13. (0:49:38) Bonobo BLACK SANDS
14. (0:55:56) Bon Iver HOLOCENE
15. (1:01:19) Cee-Lo SOMETIMES
16. (1:06:21) Anna Calvi RIDER TO THE SEA
17. (1:08:50) The Weeknd ROLLING STONE
18. (1:12:39) Puscifer feat. Carina Round TUMBLEWEED

PODCAST #77 WHO CARES?

TRANSMIGRATE THROUGH INNOVATION, DESIGN & LEGACY Steve Jobs

The weather's changing...

A fiscal financial occupation today, with an intention to blow down a Wall with a mouth-breeze, a riot-wind, a sneaker-quake, a 99%-footbill-but-cannot-cross-the-Street storm.

I see the next president...far into tomorrow...dripping from a corporate fracking fund, campaigning his Xbox controlling drone strike, healthcare earthmover pushing glacier freshness into a Starbucks cappuccino machine.

Who cares, right?  Funky Soul Burner heats your eardrums and makes your rump wiggle - little pinky toe thump, pacemaker jiggle.  Podcast #77 Who Cares?

1. (0:00:14) Blue Scholars AHI RIDDIM (BANANAS REMIX)
2. (0:02:12) Everything Everything MZ KZ, UR BF 
3. (0:05:40) Siriusmo GOLDENE KUGEL
4. (0:10:30) Doom feat. SUPERVILLIANZ
5. (0:13:05) Azealiz Banks 212
6. (0:16:24) Mr. Oizo feat. Uffie STERIODS (OG MIX) 
7. (0:18:59) Phantogram TURN IT OFF 
8. (0:22:43) Free Moral Agents SIX DEGREES (COAXIAL REMIX) 
9. (0:27:24) Quadron JEANS 
10. (0:30:09) Outkast WHEELZ OF STEEL 
11. (0:33:50) Mutemath feat. Rebirth Brass Band ARMISTICE (2nd LINE VERSION) 
12. (0:35:43) Antlers PARENTHESES 
13. (0:39:14) Gonjasufi CANDYLANE 
14. (0:42:16) GRiZ better than i've ever been 
15. (0:48:55) Ghostface Killah feat. Cappadona & Trife BLACK TEQUILA 
16. (0:52:33) Micatone NOMAD
17. (0:58:20) PVT timeless 
18. (1:03:33) Wilco ART OF ALMOST 

PODCAST #76 Just In Case You Need To Fall…

1. (0:00:02) René S. Sahir ES LILIN (GUITAR SOLO)
2. (0:02:25) Freestyle Fellowship WE ARE
3. (0:04:47) Cut Chemist METRORAIL THRU SPACE
4. (0:08:38) Boom Bip SNOOK ADIS
5. (0:12:32) Forss FLICKERMOOD
6. (0:13:22) Lorn NONE AN ISLAND
7. (0:17:13) Flox THE WORDS
8. (0:21:37) Del The Funky Homosapien I GOT WHAT U NEED
9. (0:24:29) Unkle ABLIVION
10. (0:28:43) College DESIRE
11. (0:31:58) Gayngs THE BEATDOWN
12. (0:34:46) Cake FRANK SINATRA
13. (0:38:24) Little Dragon RITUAL UNION
14. (0:41:46) Solilaquists of Sound PROPERTY & LIQUOR
15. (0:44:49) Mew VACCINE
16. (0::49:12) Jamie Woon MIDDLE
17. (0:53:42) Little Barrie THINKING ON THE MIND
18. (0:57:00) Two Lone Swordsmen WE LOVE MUTRONICS (KEITH BOY REMIX)

PODCAST #75 A Vacuum Knows No Space, But Sound

tumble the world inside and out - floss the pine cones, torment the clouds - shimmy on space suit, buckle waist belt - lift off in zero gravity to nowhere - a vacuum knows no space, but sound (this is no ordinary world...)

1. (0:00:02) J.S Bach via Paula Robinson PARTITA FOR SOLO FLUTE IN A MINOR 
2. (0:00:54) Anna Calvi MORNING LIGHT 
3. (0:05:00) Tinariwen feat. Tunde Adebimpe & Kyp Malone TENERE TAQQIM TOSSAM 
4. (0:08:55) Ghostpoet feat. Fabiana Palladino SURVIVE IT 
5. (0:13:06) Everything Everything FINAL FORM
6. (0:18:28) Gotye feat. Kimbra SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW
7. (0:22:13) Ana Tijoux 1977
8. (0:25:42) Corinne Bailey Rae FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIME
9. (0:28:48) Siriusmo DAS GEHEIMNIS 
10. (0:31:32) Apparat KING OF CLUBS
11. (0:35:57) Jamie Woon LADY LUCK
12. (0:39:49) Jay Z & Kanye West MURDER TO EXCELLENCE
13. (0:44:34) Oh Land ALIVE / AWAKE
14. (0:48:01) Radiohead THE BUTCHER
15. (0:52:27) Metronomy SHE WANTS
16. (0:56:07) Micatone feat. Ear AKA Demba Nabe TROUBLE BOY
17. (1:00:10) Eva Be feat. Pegah Ferydoni INTO MY BLUES 
18. (1:05:00) Jimi Hendrix mashed with Skream ASTRO BOY / DUTCH FLOWERZ

PODCAST #74 Electric Pattern Potency

1. (0:00:20) Birdy Nam Nam THE PARACHUTE ENDING
2. (0:05:40) Little Dragon BLINKING PIGS
3. (0:09:15) The Kills TAPE SONG
4. (0:12:48) Lykke Li GET SOME
5. (0:16:05) Groove Armada HISTORY
6. (0:19:33) Lorn GREAT SILIENCE
7. (0:21:55) tUnE-yArDs BIZNESS
8. (0:26:08) Spoon WHO MAKES YOUR MONEY
9. (0:29:28) Mux Mool MORNING STRUT
10. (0:32:46) Jel NO SOLUTION
11. (0:35:50) Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip FIVE MINUTES
12. (0:39:16) Bibio EXCUSES
13. (0:43:16) Shabazz Palaces SWERVE…THE REEPING OF ALL THAT
14. (0:47:00) Mark Guiliana THAT GIRL IN STOCKHOLM
15. (0:52:30) Feist HOW COME YOU NEVER GO THERE
16. (0:55:51) Sene & Blu EYESDRY: THEREAFTER
17. (0:58:23) Lake Trout SOUNDS FROM BELOW
18. (1:02:28) Bjork CRYSTALLINE
19. (1:07:28) The Weeknd LONELY STAR

PODCAST #73 Acoustic Interludes Tremble the Blur

            *** Rest In Peace, Amy Winehouse ***

1. (0:00:20) Lady Gaga THE EDGE OF GLORY (LIVE) 
2. (0:04:39) Paris THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
3. (0:08:37) ††† (Crosses) BERMUDA LOCKE† - new witch project/EP by Deftones frontman, Chino Moreno.
4. (0:12:04) Portugal. The Man CRYSTAL MAGIC 
5. (0:13:27) Portugal. The Man GUNS & DOGS 
6. (0:16:04) The Dear Hunter FILTH AND SQUALOR 
7. (0:20:02) Frank Ocean SONGS FOR WOMEN 
8. (0:24:11) Cayetano WHICH COLOR YOU LIKE 
9. (0:28:32) Amy Winehouse LOVE IS A LOSING GAME (ORIGINAL VERSION) - we lost another talented musician at the age of 27.  Sadness is all.
10. (0:32:01) Loopa Scava meets Cayetano feat. Pelina UP & DOWN 
11. (0:35:20) Black Sheep FOREVER LUVLEE 
12. (0:37:52) Pantha du Prince BEHIND THE STARS  
13. (0:44:32) Egotronic feat. Walter Schreifels KOTZEN 
14. (0:47:42) Adele SOMEONE LIKE YOU 
15. (0:52:04) Antlers I DON'T WANT LOVE 
16. (0:55:02) WU LYF heavy pop (album version)
17. (1:00:31) Intelligent Hoodlum GRAND GROOVE

PODCAST #71 Curdled Milk on Caviar

1. (0:00:10) Rival Schools WRING IT OUT
2. (0:03:40) Birdy Nam Nam SPACE CADET APOLOGY
3. (0:08:36) Simon Resoul feat. Kormac ENTRE
4. (0:11:50) Nas NASTY
5. (0:14:51) Mount Kimbie BEFORE I MOVE OFF
6. (0:18:46) Shabazz Palaces ARE YOU...CAN YOU...WERE YOU? (FELT) - quick note, this group features Digable Planets rapper, Ishmael 'Butterfly' Butler who now goes by Palaceer Lazaro.
7. (0:23:08) Son House EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS
8. (0:26:45) Gillian Welch feat. David Rawlings THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES
9. (0:30:33) Death Cab for Cutie ST. PETER'S CATHEDRAL
10. (0:34:55) Bon Iver MINNESOTA, WI
11. (0:38:30) Nicolas Jaar KEEP ME THERE
12. (0:43:48) Jill Scott SOME OTHER TIME
13. (0:46:00) Typhoon BELLY OF THE CAVERN
14. (0:53:05) DJ Quik feat. Jon B & Gift HYDROMATIC
15. (0:56:01) Joyce NOME DE GUERRA
16. (0:59:28) Cunninlynguists feat. Tonedeff ENEMIES WITH BENEFITS
17. (1:03:23) The Kills BABY SAYS

PODCAST #70 Mr. Melancholy Likes to Blow Bubbles, Too!

    1.    (0:00:09) Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings MAMA DON'T LIKE MY MAN
    2.    (0:02:35) Martina Topley-Bird BABY BLUE
    3.    (0:05:07) Lightspeed Champion THERE'S NOTHING UNDERWATER
    4.    (0:09:28) Tosca MY FIRST
    5.    (0:14:35) Frank Ocean WE ALL TRY
    6.    (0:17:16) Blu feat. Billy Holiday AMNESIA
    7.    (0:20:08) Chinese Man feat. Bionic Man Sound WASHINGTON SQUARE
    8.    (0:24:06) Blockhead SQUIRMY WORM
    9.    (0:28:10) DJ Shadow YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN
    10.    (0:34:43) Curren$y feat. Stalley ADDRESS
    11.    (0:37:35) Jason Edwards HOLY DOOM
    12.    (0:41:00) The Black Keys TEN CENT PISTOL
    13.    (0:45:24) Mos Def feat. Talib Kweli HISTORY
    14.    (0:47:42) Bonnie Raitt feat. Ben Harper WELL, WELL, WELL
    15.    (0:51:21) Motopony KING OF DIAMONDS
    16.    (0:54:03) Parov Stelar THE MOJO RADIO GANG (RADIO VERSION)
    17.    (0:56:36) rjd2 GOOD TIMES ROLL (PART 2)

PODCAST #69 Before The Blackbird Reveals the Light

Doors are open but the windows are closed to the wings that flutter inward without an exit.  The blackbird will reveal the light, open beak, under feather, through and through evaporate the dew accumulation from grass and leaves.  Dancing to the cadence of the candle lit flame, you'll rise again before the dawn peaks; another time, another world, blackbird, please, won't you come? 

    1.    (0:00:35) James Blake LINDISFARNE I
    2.    (0:03:15) James Blake LINDISFARNE Ii
    3.    (0:06:12) The Weeknd HIGH FOR THIS
    4.    (0:09:33) My Morning Jacket TOUCH ME I'M GOING TO SCREAM, PT. 2
    5.    (0:16:10) Menomena OH PRETTY BOY, YOU'RE SUCH A BIG BOY
    6.    (0:21:18) Wild Beasts LION'S SHARE
    7.    (0:25:11) Local Natives SUN HANDS
    8.    (0:29:49) tUnE-yArDs GANGSTA
    9.    (0:33:13) Ganygs NO SWEAT
    10.    (0:37:10) Moby VICTORIA LUCAS
    11.    (0:42:21) Amon Tobin LOST & FOUND
    12.    (0:45:27) K'naan MY OLD HOME
    13.    (0:48:33) The Heavy SHORT CHANGE HERO
    14.    (0:53:50) Saigon feat. Black Thought TOO LONG
    15.    (0:57:47) Andrey Triana DRAW THE STARS
    16.    (1:01:43) The Beatles BLACKBIRD

PODCAST #68 Village I Pass, Their Souls To Take

    1.    (0:00:13) Jill Scott LET IT BE
    2.    (0:02:02) Jill Scott RIGHTNESS
    3.    (0:05:32) Shuggie Otis AHT UH MI HED
    4.    (0:09:35) Beastie Boys DON'T PLAY A GAME I CAN'T WIN
    5.    (0:13:38) Raphael Saadiq DAY DREAMS
    6.    (0:16:46) Pivot I MAY BE GONE FOR SOME TIME
    7.    (0:20:07) Yppah IT'S NOT THE SAME
    8.    (0:22:55) Motopony GOD DAMN ME
    9.    (0:27:53) Kanye West feat. Bon Iver LOST IN THE WORLD
    10.    (0:32:12) Layo & Bushwacka! SAHARA
    11.    (0:32:46) Dream TAKE CARE OF ME
    12.    (0:38:20) The Herbaliser GEDDIM!!
    13.    (0:43:18) Florence + The Machine DOG DAYS ARE OVER
    14.    (0:47:27) PJ Harvey GLORIOUS LAND
    15.    (0:50:48) Duffy LOVESTRUCK
    16.    (0:53:38) Sven Van Hees TSUNAMI (INSIDE MY SOUL)
    17.    (0:58:00) Fleet Foxes THE SHRINE / AN ARGUMENT

PODCAST #67 Drought

1. (0:00:09) Lykke Li I KNOW PLACES
2. (0:03:45) Massive Attack feat. Tunde Adebimbe PRAY FOR RAIN
3. (0:10:16) Cunninlynguists feat. Club Dub MEXICO
4. (0:14:13) The Weeknd HOUSE OF BALLOONS / GLASS TABLE GIRLS
5. (0:20:49) Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi feat. Jack White TWO AGAINST ONE
6. (0:23:02) Finley Quaye SUPREME I PREME
7. (0:27:13) C.L. Smooth I CAN'T HELP IT
8. (0:30:30) Go! Team THE RUNNING RANGE
9. (0:34:13) Mary J. Blige WORK THAT
10. (0:37:37) The Coup FAT CATS, BIGGA FISH
11. (0:43:24) Flying Lotus RECOILED
12. (0:45:09) Adele HE WON'T GO
13. (0:49:24) Jamiroquai SHE'S A FAST PERSUADER
14. (0:54:17) Lura TABANKA
15. (0:58:29) Robert Plant SATAN YOUR KINGDOM MUST COME DOWN
16. (1:02:32) Sonic Youth CREME BRULEE

To all the individuals standing up for their beliefs, their rights, and their freedom, and to those that have lost everything, lost pets, people, and memories by the natural wonders of our planet, this podcast represents the time and space I, personally, occupied and felt in the given moment in response.  A mix of light and dark, hopping, loving and filled with promise.  My thoughts are with you.

Podcast #66 Uprisings & Earthquakes

1. (0:00:10) Cody Chesnutt FIVE ON A JOYRIDE
2. (0:03:35) Black Sheep FOR THE RECORD
3. (0:06:47) Menomena TITHE
4. (0:11:39) Elbow WITH LOVE
5. (0:14:49) Bonobo feat. Andreya Triana STAY THE SAME
6. (0:19:28) Caribou JAMELIA
7. (0:22:47) Themselves THE MARK
8. (0:26:58) Destroyer CHINATOWN
9. (0:30:42) Mumford & Sons ROLL AWAY YOUR STONE
10. (0:34:49) Bon Iver FLUME
11. (0:38:02) Cirkus EVERY DAY LIFE
12. (0:44:54) Citizen Cope A FATHER'S SON
13. (0:48:47) TV on the Radio WILL DO
14. (0:52:28) Busdriver MOON BOOTS
15. (0:55:08) Burial & Four Tet MOTH
16. (1:03:21) Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie XX NEW HERE

PODCAST #65 Keepsake For Mundane Distractions

1. (0:00:04) Bright Eyes FIREWALL
2. (0:07:06) Seefeel WHEN FACE WAS FACE
3. (0:12:44) Radiohead MR. MAGPIE
4. (0:16:53) Curren$y feat. Mos Def BREAKFAST
5. (0:19:15) The RZA AFRO THEME
6. (0:19:43) Brian Eno DUST SHUFFLE
7. (0:21:25) Alice Russell HURRY ON NOW (EMIKA REMIX)
8. (0:27:20) James Blake LIMIT TO YOUR LOVE (FEIST)
9. (0:31:00) Humble the Poet feat. Mandeep Sethi & Ras Ceylon GUTTER
10. (0:33:43) Jose Gonzales TO SEND SOMEONE AWAY
11. (0:36:25) Slug & Murs DIRTY GIRL
12. (0:40:02) Raphael Saadiq BIG EASY
13. (0:43:09) MF Doom HERBS & SPICES BEAT 10
14. (0:47:39) Finley Quaye MAVERICK A STRIKE
15. (0:52:33) Little Barrie YEAH WE KNOW YOU
16. (0:55:14) PJ Harvey LAST LIVING ROSE
17. (0:57:27) Florence and the Machine MY BOY BUILDS COFFINS

My annual New Year's mix - best to all of you in 2011!  This mix is partially for head boppers and hip swingers and partially for the under appreciated skeptic and cynic sitting in the corner while the others flail around mindlessly.  Here's for the ups and downs of the nighttime, the evening lulls and drink breaks, and for the tea sippers or outsiders who dance in their head while observing the crowd. 

PODCAST #64 Year of the Rabbit

    1.    (0:00:00) Philip Glass PROTEST
    2.    (0:03:55) Kid Cudi feat. Cee-Lo SCOTT MESCUDI vs. THE WORLD
    3.    (0:07:45) Robyn feat. Ryksopp NONE OF DEM
    4.    (0:12:32) Nelly Furtado AFRAID
    5.    (0:15:41) Flying Lotus feat. Thom Yorke …AND THE WORLD LAUGHS WITH YOU
    6.    (0:18:04) Aceyalone GRAND IMPERIAL
    7.    (0:21:28) DJ Krush SONG 2
    8.    (0:25:01) Xploding Plastix MORE POWAH TO YAH
    9.    (0:29:44) Navegante ALL IN UR HEAD
    10.    (0:33:19) Pantha du Prince LAY IN A SHIMMER
    11.    (0:37:59) Twista feat. Raekwon THE HEAT
    12.    (0:41:45) Turntables on the Hudson feat. Nickodemus FINALE (REMIX)
    13.    (0:46:37) Wale feat. Bun B MIRRORS
    14.    (0:50:04) Kudu NEON GRAVEYARD (DROP THE LIME REMIX)
    15.    (0:53:43) Portishead MAGIC DOORS
    16.    (0:56:58) Of Montreal DEATH IS NOT A PARALLEL MOVE
    17.    (0:59:57) Pink Floyd GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS
    18.    (1:04:11) Outkast feat. Norah Jones TAKE OFF YOUR COOL
    19.    (1:06:17) Andreya Triana LOST WHERE YOU BELONG
    20.    (1:11:17) Jamie Lidell COMPASS
    21.    (1:16:13) Nas I CAN
    22.    (1:20:17) Nujabes (Rest In Peace, Seba Jun, we will miss you) WALTZ FOR LIFE WILL BORN (UYAMA HIROTO)

The walk is long with the shoe soles solely limping along braced around the ankles mechanically pushing horizons in sun-ups and sunsets, night-downs and night risings, so the wanderer is here, now, forcing his way through the prickling of cactus thorn wild burying himself in the heat and drought; you can't keep on, keep going on like this, the heart says, but the mind ain't listenin' this time.  No, not this time. I still got distance to tread, and these here shoe soles aren't yet callused up and flesh-tone... 

Track Listing for Podcast #62 Distance to Tread: Wild Berries & Dirty Cactus

    1.    (0:00:52) Lupe Fiasco PUT YOU ON GAME
    2.    (0:03:45) National SORROW
    3.    (0:07:01) The Sabres of Paradise SMOKEBELCH I (BEATLESS MIX)
    4.    (0:11:07) Psychonauts MAGNETIC
    5.    (0:15:16) Telek TALAIGU
    6.    (0:17:13) Mike Patton SCALINATELLA
    7.    (0:20:04) Cunninlynguists feat. Mac Lethal BROKEN VAN (THINKING OF YOU)
    8.    (0:23:37) Big Boi feat. B.O.B. & Joi NIGHT NIGHT
    9.    (0:26:55) BMore [Aaron Lacrate] STOP SNITCHIN'
    10.    (0:28:30) Plaid RAKIMOU
    11.    (0:34:24) Brad Mehldau Trio DAY IS DONE
    12.    (0:40:20) De La Soul FOREVER
    13.    (0:44:21) Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common MAKE HER SAY
    14.    (0:47:55) Booka Shade REGENERATE
    15.    (0:53:02) Andrew Bird SEE THE ENEMY
    16.    (0:58:09) Cyne FIRST PERSON
    17.    (1:00:51) Dredg STAMP OF ORIGIN: HORIZON

When the air cools and rains come again, water folds into fire, sinks, buries the roots and grows back in through the earth...

Podcast #61 Grow Back Through The Earth Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:18) Joanna Newsom THE BOOK OF RIGHT-ON
    2.    (0:03:54) The Roots feat. Joanna Newsom & STS RIGHT ON
    3.    (0:07:21) Myka 9 INNER KNOWING
    4.    (0:10:44) Breaks Co-Op QUESTION OF FREEDOM
    5.    (0:15:05) Lemon D REFLECTIONS
    6.    (0:20:14) Ray Charles LOSING HAND
    7.    (0:23:16) Aesop Rock ZODIACCUPUNCTURE
    8.    (0:27:32) Pantha Du Prince THE SPLENDOUR
    9.    (0:33:14) Queen DEATH ON TWO LEGS (DEDICATED TO...)
    10.    (0:36:57) Intuit feat. Cecile Verny PEACE OF MIND (RAW DEAL REMIX)
    11.    (0:41:57) Joakim I WISH YOU WERE GONE
    12.    (0:46:47) Medusa, Mr. Perkins, Black Silver, Volume 10 WHAT IT DO?
    13.    (0:49:13) Xploding Plastix 6-HOURS STARLIGHT
    14.    (0:52:28) The XX INFINITY
    15.    (0:57:23) Norah Jones SINKIN' SOON

Podcast #60 How To Dilute Yourself Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:46) Lissie LITTLE LOVIN - Lissie also covers bands as well, and you should check out her version of the following track by Kid Cudi.  In some respects, even better than the original. 
    2.    (0:05:03) Kid Cudi feat. Ratatat & Mgmt PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
    3.    (0:09:47) Alicia Keys LOVE IS BLIND
    4.    (0:13:23) Lackthereof FAKE EMPIRE - a founding member, Danny Seim, of one of my favorite indie bands, Menomena, released this solo project where he plays all instruments...similar to what he does in his band Menomena, as do all members.
    5.    (0:15:40) Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings 100 DAYS, 100 NIGHTS
    6.    (0:19:15) Tajai DO IT
    7.    (0:22:58) Chemical Brothers SNOW
    8.    (0:27:46) Apparat ASPIRIN
    9.    (0:32:34) Dntel TO A FAULT
    10.    (0:38:58) Gotye COMING BACK
    11.    (0:45:23) Adele MY SAME
    12.    (0:48:28) Four Tet ANGEL ECHOES
    13.    (0:52:10) Caribou SUN
    14.    (0:57:40) Iva Bittova ECOS I
    15.    (0:59:04) Cass Mccombs DON'T VOTE
    16.    (1:04:25) Fila Brazillia PERIVIVAL QUINTOINE
    17.    (1:09:08) Guru feat. Common STATE OF CLARITY (SOLAR REMIX) - Dedicated to the late Guru, or Keith Elam, of Gang Starr and Jazzmatazz who died on April 19th due to complications with cancer.  Guru went into a coma after a cardiac arrest on February 28th, and I am not so sure it is truthfully known if he awoke from the coma only to later pass, or if he never awakened.  The story is convoluted due the validity, or lack-thereof, in letters around the time of his death.  Nonetheless, the world of hip hop and music surely lost an innovator and a voice of pop culture. 

Podcast #59 D.U.B. Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:21) Fat Freddy's Drop ERNIE
    2.    (0:06:45) Dreadzone DREAD PON SOUND
    3.    (0:13:14) Barrington Levy SKYLARKING DUB
    4.    (0:15:47) NoCanDo PAINT ME IMPATIENT
    5.    (0:17:47) Sly & Robbie Meet The Mad Professor feat. Dean Fraser FINGER DUB
    6.    (0:21:04) Skream COLOURFUL
    7.    (0:26:07) Roots Manuva A HAUNTING
    8.    (0:29:34) Dub Trio DRIVE BY DUB
    9.    (0:33:39) Groundation WISH THEM WELL
    10.    (0:39:16) Zenzile KNOW YOURSELF
    11.    (0:43:00) Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell AKADEMIKUS DU UMBEIGU
    12.    (0:47:52) O'Rappa TAMPA DA PANELA
    13.    (0:52:07) DJ Vadim feat. Big Red & Katherin Deboer KILL KILL KILL
    14.    (0:56:42) Abstract Rude MAN DOWN
    15.    (0:59:45) Tosca SUZUKI (Burnt Friedman/Nonplace Dub)
    16.    (1:03:27) Culver City Dub Collective NO MORE MY LOVE

Ok, I'm so happy that the World Cup 2010 is happening, and I couldn't help but to put a musical stamp to this moment in time.  Here are some wicked tracks that I've been listening to during my infatuation and my neo-viral infection of Cup Fever! 

Podcast #58 South African Chill Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:28) Jamie Lidell ROPE OF SAND
    2.    (0:03:53) Janelle Monae NEON VALLEY STREET
    3.    (0:07:35) Monsters Of Folk DEAR GOD (SINCERELY M.O.F.)
    4.    (0:12:27) Dead Weather I CAN'T HEAR YOU
    5.    (0:15:54) Black Keys EVERLASTING LIGHT
    6.    (0:19:10) Kanye West feat. Dwele POWER
    7.    (0:23:56) LCD Soundsystem DANCE YRSELF CLEAN
    8.    (0:32:42) Unkle feat. Gavin Clark FALLING STARS
    9.    (0:38:16) Nas & Damian Marley AS WE ENTER
    10.    (0:41:12) Big Boi feat. Andre 3000 & Sleepy Brown LOOKIN FOR YA
    11.    (0:44:36) Four Tet EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT
    12.    (0:46:55) AWOL One feat. Eyedea EVERYTHINGS PERFECT
    13.    (0:49:28) Mary J. Blige ROSES
    14.    (0:54:03) Reflection Eternal feat. Res BACK AGAIN
    15.    (0:57:01) Caribou ODESSA
    16.    (1:02:10) Pitbull I KNOW YOU WANT ME [CALLE OCHO]
    17.    (1:05:55) Battles THE LINE

Dear Oil,

I wanted to send this message of love for all your wonderful contributions to our livelihood as beings on this ugly blue and green earth.  If it weren't for your slick and thick oozing self, we would be stuck with crystal clear oceans, white sands, and happy ecosystems.  Not to mention, we love your plastic, your fuel, and your hazy brown complexion when you burn; you glide gracefully through our atmosphere and through our lungs.  What would our wars, our world be without you?  Thank you, thank you, thank you. 

Podcast #57 Oil, We Hate Our Blue Planet, Thank You Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:58) B. Dolan EARTHMOVERS
    2.    (0:03:56) Nerve feat. Jojo Mayer GHOST LIFE
    3.    (0:09:13) Mos Def PRIORITY
    4.    (0:10:26) Pantha Du Prince IM BANN
    5.    (0:13:18) Gil Scott-Heron NEW YORK IS KILLING ME
    6.    (0:17:35) Blockhead IT'S RAINING CLOUDS
    7.    (0:23:23) Deftones DIGITAL BATH
    8.    (0:27:19) Aesop Rock NONE SHALL PASS
    9.    (0:31:15) Broken Bells THE GHOST INSIDE
    10.    (0:34:28) Bonobo 1009
    11.    (0:38:40) Amon Tobin ALWAYS
    12.    (0:42:06) The Heavy HOW YOU LIKE ME NOW
    13.    (0:45:35) Charlotte Gainsbourg VOYAGE
    14.    (0:49:30) Jaga Jazzist V,SPEKTRAL
    15.    (0:56:10) Massive Attack feat. Martina Topley-Bird PSYCHE
    16.    (0:59:30) Charli 2Na feat. Kanetic Source CONTROLLED COINCIDENCE
    17.    (1:02:56) Christian McBride LITTLE SUNFLOWER
    18.    (1:06:39) Menomena WET AND RUSTING

RSC: The effective process in the cleansing the mind where brainwaves and soundwaves connect in-sequence.  Neurons will fire to the beat, the music will flash visuals along the neural tissue called the cerebral cortex - Reflect, Breathe, and Cleanse!

Podcast #56 R.S.C.: Reflective Spiritual Cognition Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:35) Son House GRINNIN' IN YOUR FACE - check out how interesting a blues song can be while clapping off-beat.  Almost not even sure why he decides to clap.  I've never thought of this before, but if you're a musician, better a singer, I guess, have you ever tried to sing in time and clap off-beat?  It must be incredibly difficult.  Perhaps one would argue that you can never be off-beat, since it's all creation and all relevant and time is only relative :)
    2.    (0:02:30) The Raconteurs BLUE VEINS - Jack White's favorite song of all-time, 'Grinnin' In Your Face,' by Son House, so it's only natural to put Jack following Son.
    3.    (0:06:15) TV On The Radio A METHOD
    4.    (0:10:26) CocoRosie PROMISE
    5.    (0:13:55) Savath & Savalas OLHAS - leave it up to Prefuse 73's Scott Herran to produce an abstract track such as this, along with his other band mates with Savath. 
    6.    (0:15:01) Bibio THE PALM OF YOUR WAVE
    7.    (0:17:16) Clap Your Hands Say Yeah GIMMIE SOME SALT - heard this group was a little shaky live, but this track is pretty dope!
    8.    (0:20:08) Jose Gonzalez CROSSES
    9.    (0:22:39) Trans Am FIRST WORDS
    10.    (0:26:15) Murs & 9th Wonder feat. Kurupt LIVE FROM ROSCOE'S
    11.    (0:31:03) Norken SOUTHERN SOUL
    12.    (0:38:23) Outkast CRUMBLIN' ERB - a sick OG Outkast track off their first LP, Sothernplayalisticadillacmuzik
    13.    (0:43:28) St. Vincent LAUGHING WITH MOUTH OF BLOOD
    14.    (0:46:23) Whitest Boy Alive HIGH ON THE HEELS
    15.    (0:49:23) Modeselektor GET WASTED IN SILENCE
    16.    (0:50:11) NPR: Fresh Air with Terry Gross INTERVIEW WITH JILL BOLTE TAYLOR (OVERLAID/MIXED WITH BOTH MODESELEKTOR & DJ SHADOW) - this is one of the most fascinating interview I've ever heard, and couldn't help but to find a way to stick it in a mix.  This track by Modeselektor sounds like neurons firing, and what better way to emphasize that than to include an interview with a neurologist who experienced a hemmorrhagic stroke and lived to retell her entire living?  If you're interested, like me, check out her book, My Stroke of Insight by Jill Bolte Taylor.  She basically had to relearn living from year 1 and relearn, in a sense, to be a neurologist again - her left hemisphere was swimming in blood, damaging her linear thinking and language, but her right hemisphere knew the pictures and creations.  Imagine knowing a picture of a tree when shown a tree, but not knowing what it is in language.  This interview itself is special, because her voice is so fluid and constant that it works perfectly with the music all the way through, and into the DJ Shadow track.  This is off the the 5.15.2009 podcast, however, the original interview withe Terry was a year before this one aired.   As I said, brilliant interview with Terry Gross, one of the best in the business!
    17.    (0:52:16) DJ Shadow LIVE Show Medley: Unkle feat. Kool G Rap LONELY SOULS - DJ Shadow's LIVE! In Tune & On Time is one of my all time favorite records, and I wanted to include one of the most rocking sections of his live set here.
    18.    (0:55:09) DJ Shadow LIVE Show Medley: LOST & FOUND - one of the best drum beats in modern pop music, provided by U2's Larry Mullen, Jr.  This drum cadence begins the famous song, 'Sunday Bloody Sunday.'
    19.    (0:58:02) DJ Shadow LIVE Show Medley: WHAT DOES YOUR SOUL LOOK LIKE (PART 3)
    20.    (1:01:13) DJ Shadow LIVE Show Medley: MUTUAL SLUMP
    21.    (1:03:56) Haiku D'etat ALL GOOD THINGS

Podcast #55 Midnight, In The Book Of Clocks TRACK LISTING

    1.    (0:00:31) Mikah 9 (aka Myka 9) LIFE OR DEATH (CLICK TRACK VERSION)
    2.    (0:02:39) Juryman VS Spacer SUBMERSIBLE
    3.    (0:06:51) Sade THE MOON AND THE SKY
    4.    (0:11:11) Invincible SLEDGEHAMMER!
    5.    (0:13:46) Gil Scott-Heron ME AND THE DEVIL
    6.    (0:17:00) Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon KILO
    7.    (0:20:58) Tony Allen ALUTERE
    8.    (0:24:28) Christof Knoche (feat. Dan Weiss on drums) LINE ZERO
    9.    (0:31:10) Buena Vista Social Club EL CARRETERO
    10.    (0:34:33) Wilco JESUS, INC.
    11.    (0:38:17) Four Tet PLASTIC PEOPLE
    12.    (0:44:00) Broken Bells CITIZEN
    13.    (0:46:44) Bonobo ANIMALS
    14.    (0:53:20) Rhymefest feat. Citizen Cope BULLET
    15.    (0:57:13) Jaga Jazzist BOOK OF GLASS
    16.    (1:03:57) Lightspeed Champion MIDDLE OF THE DARK

Podcast #54 And Then, Sun-Touch To The Skin

    1.    (0:00:02) Astrud Gilberto CORCOVADO (QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS)
    2.    (0:04:12) Xploding Plastix SPORTS, NOT HEAVY CRIME
    3.    (0:09:04) Pantha Du Prince BOHEMIAN FOREST
    4.    (0:15:40) Aceyalone feat. Abstract Rude THIS IS YOUR TIME NOW
    5.    (0:19:06) XX CRYSTALISED
    6.    (0:22:16) Kenna STATIC
    7.    (0:26:52) Lee Fields & The Expressions DO YOU LOVE ME (LIKE YOU SAY YOU DO)
    8.    (0:30:10) Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck HEAVEN CAN WAIT
    9.    (0:32:46) Kruder & Dorfmeister APHRODELICS / ROLLIN' ON CHROME (WILD MOTHERFUCKER DUB)
    10.    (0:38:16) Lindstrom & Prins Thomas NAA ER DRUENE PAA SITT BESTE
    11.    (0:43:36) Alice Russell TURN AND RUN
    12.    (0:46:42) The Avalanches STAY ANOTHER SEASON
    13.    (0:48:58) Souls Of Mischief WONI
    14.    (0:52:50) Mattafix STRANGER FOREVER
    15.    (0:56:40) Basement Jaxx GET ME OFF
    16.    (1:01:24) Gorillaz feat. Mos Def SWEEPSTAKES

In The Relevance Of Time, Pulp Of An Orange Track Listing

    1.    (0:00:11) Jennifer Bynam CHANGE MAH NAME
    2.    (0:01:18) Elliott Smith 2:45 AM
    3.    (0:04:18) Oysterhead LITTLE FACES
    4.    (0:09:02) Massive Attack feat. Hope Sandoval PARADISE CIRCUS
    5.    (0:13:44) Moby IN THIS WORLD
    6.    (0:17:35) Cody Chesnutt DAYLIGHT
    7.    (0:18:15) Bonobo LIGHT PATTERN
    8.    (0:23:16) Devendra Banhart THERE WAS SUN
    9.    (0:24:37) Yeasayer THE CHILDREN
    10.    (0:27:37) Hoover 2 WICKY
    11.    (0:31:52) Ghostface Killah feat. Raekwon 260
    12.    (0:34:32) The White Stripes A MARTYR FOR MY LOVE FOR YOU
    13.    (0:38:38) Blonde Redhead ELEPHANT WOMAN
    14.    (0:43:14) Floris ONE MORE DAY
    15.    (0:46:57) Blue Sky Black Death feat. Awol One EVERYTHING
    16.    (0:52:49) Gaelle MOONGLOW
    17.    (0:56:11) Cunninlynguists BE FREE (REMIX)
    18.    (0:59:11) Lake Trout BURR (THE MAN)
    19.    (1:02:13) Four Tet LOVE CRY

Track Listing for Podcast #52 Accumluation Of Substance:

    1.    (0:00:18) Sade SOLDIER OF LOVE - Check Deantoni Parks on the marching snare live on the David Letterman show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeSADY4poAU
    2.    (0:04:37) Reef MELLOW
    3.    (0:07:30) XX INTRO
    4.    (0:09:20) Dntel ROLL ON
    5.    (0:12:50) Anathema PRESSURE
    6.    (0:19:03) Wax Tailor feat. Charlotte Savary DRAGON CHASERS
    7.    (0:22:04) Debashish Bhattacharya NIVEDAN
    8.    (0:29:18) Digable Planets BLACK EGO
    9.    (0:36:04) Kudu PLAYING HOUSE - What a coincidence (or is it?).  Here's Deantoni's band!
    10.    (0:39:06) Fuck Buttons SURF SOLAR
    11.    (0:43:42) Cujo TRAFFIC - aka Amon Tobin
    12.    (0:49:13) Nirvana YOU KNOW YOU'RE RIGHT
    13.    (0:52:45) PJ Harvey WHEN UNDER THE ETHER
    14.    (0:54:56) Audio Bullys STRUCK BY THE SOUND
    15.    (0:59:51) Enur and Natajsa CALABRIA 2006 (CLUB MIX) - an homage to the late Natajsa Saad, from Denmark, who died in a car accident 6 months before this track became super popular.
    16.    (1:05:50) Duke Ellington FLEURETTE AFRICAINE
    17.    (1:09:17) Bright Eyes FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE

To behold the truth...invincible blue...shallow be the sun when moonbeam crosses planetary rays of nebulae and raindrops...breathable is the force...water within the substance unknown.

PODCAST #51 7 Whispers Of Divine Epics Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:24) Tool THIRD EYE (LIVE)
    2.    (0:14:06) John Coltrane INDIA (LIVE)
    3.    (0:27:48) Juno Reactor SWAMP THING
    4.    (0:32:54) The Mars Volta CYGNUS...VISMUND CYGNUS: A. SARCOPHAGI/ B. UMBILICAL SYLLABLES/ C. FACILIS DESCENUS AVERNI/ D. CON SAFO
    5.    (0:42:47) Bob Marley & The Wailers EXODUS
    6.    (0:51:08) Led Zeppelin ACHILLES LAST STAND
    7.    (1:00:50) Jimi Hendrix VOODOO CHILE (LIVE)

    1.    (0:00:00) Absynthe Minded MY HEROICS, PART ONE
    2.    (0:04:07) Gotye HEARTS A MESS
    3.    (0:10:02) Death Cab For Cutie A LACK OF COLOR
    4.    (0:13:18) Devendra Banhart FALL
    5.    (0:15:57) Adele TIRED
    6.    (0:19:54) Myka 9 CADILLAC NIGHTS
    7.    (0:23:44) Willie Nelson STILL IS STILL MOVING TO ME
    8.    (0:27:06) Yeasayer AMBLING ALP
    9.    (0:30:42) Immortal Technique feat. Big Zoo POSITIVE BALANCE
    10.    (0:33:36) Iva Bittova KRIDLA
    11.    (0:42:36) Aphex Twin PETIATIL CX HTDUI
    12.    (0:44:14) Zion I feat. Brother Ali CAGED BIRD
    13.    (0:47:45) Glenn Gould plays Bach HARPSICHORD CONCERTO IN F MINOR, BWV 1056 - 2. LARGO
    14.    (0:50:40) Elliott Smith KING'S CROSSING
    15.    (0:55:08) Blonde Redhead FALLING MAN
    16.    (0:58:21) Moderat OUT OF SIGHT
    17.    (1:03:21) Bon Iver SKINNY LOVE

Welcome to the Funky Soul Burner's 2nd New Year's Extravaganza - Podcast #49 Decade of the 10.  Thank you for your loving support in 2009, and all the best to you and all beings in the universe!


    1.    (0:00:13) Yeah Yeah Yeahs DOWN BOY
    2.    (0:03:54) M.I.A. THE TURN
    3.    (0:06:48) Cunninlynguists feat. Tonedeff GATES
    4.    (0:09:01) The Beatles DEAR PRUDENCE
    5.    (0:12:35) The Folk Implosion (Lou Barlow of Dinosaur Jr.) SERGE
    6.    (0:16:14) Outkast feat. Killer Mike & Janelle Monae IN YOUR DREAMS
    7.    (0:19:28) Taz CAN'T CONTAIN ME
    8.    (0:20:41) Yacht I'M IN LOVE WITH A RIPPER
    9.    (0:22:47) Nickodemus & Osirus FREE SOULS PART 3 (DUBLEX INC. REMIX)
    10.    (0:25:46) Nas feat. Lord Tariq & Jay-Z ANALYZE THIS
    11.    (0:29:15) Kanye West feat. Talib Kweli & Common GET EM' HIGH
    12.    (0:32:16) Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
    13.    (0:36:46) Lupe Fiasco HIP HOP SAVED MY LIFE
    14.    (0:40:38) Blockhead DUKE OF HAZZARD
    15.    (0:44:27) Danger Mouse & Jemini GHETTO POP LIFE
    16.    (0:48:51) Common feat. Jill Scott I AM MUSIC
    17.    (0:53:50) Culver City Dub Collective ELOISE (BAGHDAD MIX)
    18.    (0:56:50) Grant Phabao & The Lone Ranger FEVER
    19.    (1:00:33) Gorillaz feat. Roots Manuva ALL ALONE
    20.    (1:03:22) Red Hot Chili Peppers RIGHT ON TIME
    21.    (1:05:09) Dntel A MACHINE AND A MEMORY KEEP YOU ALIVE
    22.    (1:09:10) Marzebian CHE LINGUA
    23.    (1:15:04) Living Legends AFTER HOURS (EXTENDED MIX) - Homage to www.blackmarketfunk.com for using this track on your December 18, 2008 mix.  Thank you, Poor Ragged Rascal, for introducing this to my world!

    1.    (0:00:44) Nina Simone PLAIN GOLD RING
    2.    (0:04:17) Kanye West feat. Jay-Z DIAMONDS FROM SIERRA LEONE (REMIX)
    3.    (0:08:04) Chris Cornell CAN'T CHANGE ME
    4.    (0:11:14) Broadcast PENDULUM
    5.    (0:15:21) Juno Reactor CONGA FURY
    6.    (0:23:00) Ozomatli DOS COSAS CIERTAS
    7.    (0:26:26) Abstract Rude feat Aceyalone and Myka 9 THYNK EYE CAN (HAIKU D'ETAT MIX)
    8.    (0:29:43) Adele RIGHT AS RAIN
    9.    (0:32:55) Dredg SANG REAL
    10.    (0:36:31) Lykke Li I'M GOOD, I'M GONE
    11.    (0:39:34) Ladybug Mecca OH POOR YOU
    12.    (0:42:28) Cee-Lo ALL DAY LOVE AFFAIR
    13.    (0:46:25) Cut Chemist feat. Bebel Gilbreto THE GARDEN
    14.    (0:52:26) Fat Freddy's Drop SHIVERMAN
    15.    (1:02:08) DJ Shadow feat. Q-Tip and Lateef The Truth Speaker ENUFF
    16.    (1:06:25) Finley Quaye feat. William Orbit and Beth Orton DICE
    17.    (1:10:29) Brother Ali US

Intentions are so clear and simplified when comfort is present, and the comforting effort sought by one's intentions cannot be clear if the present is not so simple to understand.  The Funky Soul Burner's 47th podcast continues its pursuit to bring you that comfort in the audible clarity, simplicity, in all its present forms.  Thank you for your humbling support.  I present to you my good friends Hawk & Dove and their wonderful music.  Please support them on both Facebook and Myspace and be a part of their continuing wave of success and beautiful expansion.


    1.    (0:00:37) Hawk & Dove MUSCLE BREAKS (LIVE) - Singer-songwriter, Elijah Miller, and his wonderful backing band produces some of the most intense, heart-wrenching, powerful, and electrifying country-indie-rock music I've heard since Wilco and Conor Oberst.  The lyrics and complimentary vocal intonations on this live track weave in and out of the music perfectly.  My good buddy and brilliant drum teacher is on percussion/keys providing nice melody in the background on this track.  Otherwise, David Butler is smashing the groove, laying into his cymbal combinations (sometimes so intense he's standing and crushing), and locking in with the lovely basslines provided by Stephanie Sanders.  I cannot leave out one of the better guitar players I've seen in a very long time in John Kleber, who along with David and singer-songwriter, Doran Danoff, plays in another brilliant Brooklyn band, CHILDE.  The two bands often play after one another on special occasions in Brooklyn, which makes for the best night of music you can experience!  Check out both bands' websites and Facebook/Myspace pages: http://www.hawkanddovenyc.com and http://www.myspace.com/childenyc
    2.    (0:04:09) Battles TONTO - Another brilliant track off their highly acclaimed Mirrored LP.  Looking forward to hearing their follow up to the groundbreaking sophomoric LP.
    3.    (0:10:57) Raekwon feat. Ghostface & Method Man NEW WU - Corey Woods, or Raekwon the Chef of the Wu-Tang Clan, has successfully produced a worthy follow-up to his 1995 solo debut record, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx LP...Usually when a hip hop artist relies on follow-ups, parts 2 or more to album titles, the artist falls short of expectation.  Surely, Raekwon had plenty of expectation riding on this one, being 14 years since part one was released.  He brought his weaponry, however, and the rest of the Clan to back up his absolutely fantastic 2009 release of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Pt.II.  
    4.    (0:14:34) Iva Bittova & Vladimir Vaclavek ZELENY VINECEK - One of the most beautiful voices and violin playing I've ever seen, by this Czech woman, Miss Bittova.  I saw her recently perform in a church in Manhattan along with the brilliant pianist, Lisa Moore, who also worked with Iva in the eclectic group, Bang On A Can All-Stars.  This most amazing song is off the compilation, Bile Inferno, with brilliant Czech guitarist, Vladimir Vaclavek and backing band.  You can see an alternate live version on YouTube in a faster tempo here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0unoz7Im0Tk
    5.    (0:19:01) The Postal Service THIS PLACE IS A PRISON - Apt name for a group when you use technology and email as a means to transmit music.  That's exactly what Death Cab For Cutie frontman, Ben Gibbard, and producer, Jimmy Tamborello, did in order to make their debut LP, Give Up.  The album also features Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley in several of the songs.  Love the drum 6/8 drum pattern in the second half of this song.  The USPS once sent a cease and desist letter to the band to discontinue the use of the trademarked name, however, through negotiations, the USPS agreed to allow the name to be used as long as they promoted the services, and in return, the USPS helped sell their CDs.
    6.    (0:22:43) Mattafix THE MEANS - UK electronic duo specializing in hip hop, reggae, dancehall, soul, etc. This track is off their 2005 LP, Signs of a Struggle.  
    7.    (0:26:35) Lure DISSIPATION - Oh no, another beautiful band that no longer exists in Brooklyn.  I was able to hear this band open for one of my favorite Brooklyn bands, KUDU, about 9 years ago or so, and was impressed by their subtle electronic-indie sound.  Drummer, Yuval Lion, now smashing for Pink Noise, also impressed me with his nice groove.  I believe you can still purchase their CD or mp3 album on cdbaby.com.  I'll never forget Deantoni Parks, idol drummer from KUDU, coming up to me after Lure performed asking me if I had seen Yuval so he can get his ride cymbal.  I didn't quite answer the question until I told him I thought he was a drum god...he was humbled and responded very cordially.  
    8.    (0:30:46) Mos Def feat. Slick Rick AUDITORIUM - Absolutely wicked Madlib-produced classic featuring old school guru, Slick Rick The Ruler.  This is off Mos Def's 2009 highly acclaimed LP, The Ecstatic, which is apparently named after the book with the same title by Victor LaValle.  Personally, I think Mos Def is one of today's finest talents in both his conscious hip hop and his ability to act on camera.  
    9.    (0:34:50) Sting SHAPE OF MY HEART - What a brilliant track off Ten Summoner's Tales, by Mr. Gordon Sumner.  Vinny Colaiuta provides some of the best drum parts in pop music off this brilliant LP, and this track provides the perfect percussion and groove to compliment the music.
    10.    (0:39:17) Nine Inch Nails THE BIG COME DOWN - Another brilliant track off Reznor's double-LP, The Fragile.  This track is off the (Right) side of the 'brain' makeup that is the album.  
    11.    (0:43:12) Anoushka Shankar MAHADEVA - I was lucky enough to see both Ravi and Anoushka Shankar perform at Carnegie Hall a couple of months ago, six months before Ravi's 90th birthday.  Ravi's supreme sitar-playing has always fancied the ears of his listeners, but I must say, Anoushka has evolved in her playing so much, that she was truly the star of the show as Ravi's health disallowed him to play at the speed he once mastered.  Anoushka was born in London, split time in Delhi, India, but now lives in the United States.  Here you can hear her departure from the classical Indian format and more into the electronic sounds that she has delved into.  She also collaborates with Karsh Kale, another brilliantly trained classical Indian composer/musician who finds his comfortability in electronica.  Anoushka is the daughter of Ravi, and half-sister of Norah Jones.  You can find this track off Anoushka's LP, Rise.
    12.    (0:48:02) Primus SOUTHBOUND PACHYDERM - Composer, singer, and one of America's greatest bassists, Les Claypool joins guitarist Larry LaLonde and drummer Tim Alexander in rock's power-trio from California.  This is the one band I can honestly say that the bassist is the star of the show and the guitarist is just an added element.  Claypool once auditioned for Metallica after the death of Cliff Burton, and James Hetfield turned him down because he was just too good!  This opened up the door for Claypool's solo career and the beginning of Primus.  This brilliant track is off Tales From The Punchbowl.
    13.    (0:54:10) Sigur Ros HAFSYL - Here's another brilliant track and perfect closing song off the Icelandic superstars' Hvarf-Heim double-LP.  This is a compilation of previously unreleased material and live performances by Sigur Ros.  

With energy so intense, it passes through structures and depressions, holds the weight of metric tons on a single wavelength, buries itself so deep in earth, it comes out suspended in space, stretched across infinity, and rises in revolutions in our night sky as a groove we all dance to.  


    1.    (0:00:42) Maxwell BAD HABITS - This song is easily in the top 5, if not my number 1, song of 2009.  From his brilliant Blacksummers'night LP.  My brother and I think the master of R&B/hip hop drumming, Mr. Aaron Spears, is on drums, but I can't seem to find the answer to that.  If you know, please inform me.  I won't say much more, because I've included at least 3 other tracks from this LP in past mixes, so you can refer to the liner notes there.  Maxwell, you've got my vote, bro!  
    2.    (0:06:24) John Legend feat. Estelle NO OTHER LOVE - Chi-town R&B soon-to-be-Legend, if not already admired as such, collaborates with UK's own star, Estelle, on this reggae-backed song from his 3rd LP, Evolver.  Since Kanye West produced Mr. Legend's debut LP, Get Lifted, his music hasn't been quite as powerful and fresh, but every once in awhile he makes a gem.
    3.    (0:10:09) One Block Radius LOOK OUT BELOW - Featured on the Hieroglyphics Emporium compilation, this San Francisco-based underground hip hop group features R&B vocals mixed with rap.  They've released 2 LPs, Long Story Short and One Block Radius.  
    4.    (0:13:34) New Edition HIT ME OFF - Ronnie DeVoe, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Ralph Tresvant, and Johnny Gill form supergroup in the 80s.  Each of these artists were some of my favorite R&B artists growing up in the '80s, especially BellBivDeVoe & Bobby Brown (from a musical standpoint, and all personal drama aside).  My father actually took me to see Bobby Brown for my first music concert experience during his Humping Around tour.  All I remember from that show is the giant heart-shaped bed, where he proceeded to 'get it on' with an actor, I presume, during an extended version of one of his songs.  Probably, Humpin' Around.  I wonder what my dad thought...haha!
    5.    (0:17:42) Brother Ali FRESH AIR - Well, I gotta treat for you Mr. Ali.  Not only do you get to hear yourself on this mix, but I brought your friend, Al Green, into play, so everyday can be Sunday for you and your kids!  This Rhymesayers smash rapper has transgressed underground boundaries and has produced one of 2009's most promising and intelligent hip hop record, Us.  
    6.    (0:22:09) Ruth POLAROID/ROMAN/PHOTO - Wow, I heard this crazy cool French '80s track blasting through my roommate's speakers, and immediately knew it had to go onto a mix.  This is off of a compilation called BIPPP French Synth Wave 1979 - 85.  
    7.    (0:27:00) Lykke Li BREAKING IT UP - Swedish indie singer, Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, came out with Youth Novels, her debut LP, in 2008.  Child of art, grew up in Stockholm, Portugal, Lisbon, Morocco, Nepal and India.  Moved to Bushwick, Brooklyn for 3 whole months when she was 19 before returning to Sweden to record her debut.  
    8.    (0:30:33) Janelle Monae SINCERALY, JANE - Yes, I spelled the song's name properly :) Zany and wicked Kansas City-Atlanta-New Yorker hooking up with Big Boi of Outkast to work on Idlewild before releasing her fantastic EP, Metropolis Suite I of IV.  Love this girl!!!
    9.    (0:35:07) Roisin Murphy DEAR MIAMI - Ex-Moloko frontwoman before going solo in 2005 and hooking up with creative director/composer, Matthew Herbert, to record Ruby Blue.  This gem is off her sophomore LP, Overpowered, which is far more disco/house than her eccentric jazzy-electronica debut.  
    10.    (0:38:43) Bell Biv Devoe POISON (EXTENDED CLUB VERSION) - Probably haven't been featured twice in an hour mix since their height in the 80s, but Funky Soul Burner doesn't care!  Here is one of the hottest tracks to come out of the 80s, and you can still hear this bumping in clubs today.  
    11.    (0:45:42) Raphael Saadiq feat. Stevie Wonder & CJ Hilton NEVER GIVE YOU UP - Cannot miss out on Mr. Saadiq and Mr. 8th Wonder!  Stevie is does not sing a verse, but rather plays a harmonica solo for us listeners.  Respectively placed Maxwell and Saadiq on the same mix to represent two of my favorite R&B outputs in the last year or so.  
    12.    (0:49:48) Duffy SYRUP & HONEY - Another wicked track, this time on the slow side of the metronome, from one of UK's up and coming stars.  This is off her Rockferry LP.
    13.    (0:52:48) Al Green LOVE & HAPPINESS - Mr. Greene was the sixth of ten children and started performing at age 10 in a quartet called the Greene Brothers.  Al later dropped the 'e' from his last name years after when he became a solo artist.  This track came out in 1977 on the I'm Still in Love with You LP.
    14.    (0:57:36) Common BE - Kanye-produced opening gem off Common's Be LP.  This short track is one of the most powerful opening tracks to any hip hop album ever made, and the lyrics, "I wanna be as free as the spirits of those who left/I'm talkin' Malcolm, Coltrane, my man, Yusef/Through death grew conception/New breath and resurrection..." and later, "The chosen one from the land of the frozen sun/When drunk nights get remembered more than sober ones/Walk like warriors, we were never told to run/Explored the world to return to where my soul begun/Never looking back/Or too far in front of me/The present is a gift/And I just want to be," are some of the most powerful lyrics ever
    15.    (0:59:34) Mountain Goats PSALMS 40:2 - Heavily praised singer-songwriter, John Darnielle, and company, have released 17 albums since 1991.  The Life of the World to Come, which this track is taken from, is a continuation in religious theme concepts for the Goats, as they have explored in the past.  Each track is inspired by a particular verse from the Bible.
    16.    (1:02:37) Regina Spektor FIDELITY - A friend of mine once attended SUNY Purchase with this indie-cult-phenom, and said she was bound to make it big from the crowds she entertained then.  Her quirky lyrics and vocal style make her music tolerable, in my mind, which sets her apart from most other piano-based singers  Apparently she wrote this after watching the film Hi-Fidelity.  This song, in particular, features an amazing studio drummer named Shawn Pelton to help build the song's intensity.  Pelton joined the Saturday Night Live band in 1992, and is the longest serving member.  He also studied with drum-teaching guru and Tony Williams'  (one of the world's greatest drummers, ever...featured on previous mix with Miles Davis) teacher, Alan Dawson, for a couple of summers.  This track is off Regina's Begin To Hope LP.  
    17.    (1:06:19) Frank Sinatra BLUE MOON - Original standard ballad written in 1934 by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.  Louis Armstrong to Ella Fitzgerald to Sam Cooke to Billie Holiday to Bob Dylan to Mel Torme to Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton to Tori Amos have all covered this song.  After Ol' Blue Eyes performs, you'll hear me do a stanza, too!  haha!

    1.    (0:00:53) Fugazi WAITING ROOM - One of my favorite songs by this Washington, D.C. punk-post-hardcore band.  This track is the opening song off their self-titled EP from 1988 (also included on 13 Songs, a combination of their first 2 EPs).  Guitarists and vocalists Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto, bassist Joe Lally and drummer Brendan Canty have paved the way not only in a musical sense, but also in a complete 'do it yourself' business practice.  They simplified and scaled-down their touring by not hiring unneeded workers, etc., and setup a ticket-cost plan where they would still profit, yet keep all their loyal fans following them.  They originally set ticket prices at $5 a ticket, but on the far east and west coast, they could generally not get the prices below $10 a ticket.  Fugazi is definitely an archetype in music, both for innovation and for business practices outside of the Goliath that is the music industry.
    2.    (0:03:44) The Clash THE GUNS OF BRIXTON - I'm not the biggest Clash fan, so I my knowledge isn't as refined as it probably should be.  However, this track is by far the most wicked track I've heard by this English punk trendsetters.  Joe Stummer, or John Graham Mellor, was born in Turkey and along with his brother started listening to The Beach Boys and American folk-singer and writer, Woody Guthrie - Stummer used to go by the nickname 'Woody' for awhile in homage to Mr. Guthrie.  The Clash, a name conceptualized by bassist, Paul Simonon (you can hear him today playing bass with Damon Albarn in the band The Good, The Bad & The Queen), formed shortly after Bernie Rhodes and Mick Jones approached Strummer after seeing Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious and the Sex Pistols in 1976.  Later that year, they made their debut opening up for the Sex Pistols at The Black Swan in England.  London Calling, which this track is presented, is one of punk rock's and music's most influential albums.  
    3.    (0:06:43) The Rolling Stones PAINT IT, BLACK - Hopefully I don't have to give too much information regarding the Stones, because they've been together for 47 years, nearly 20 years longer than my life!  This track was originally released as a single in 1966, which appeared on the US version of their album Aftermath.  Keith Richards has said that the track was not intended to have a comma in its title, and was added by the record company.  Brian Jones, early member and multi-instrumentalist of the band, has been credited to the signature riff of this song using a sitar - a classical Indian string instrument.  Jones experimented with the sitar after spending time with George Harrison of The Beatles, after he returned from India studying with the great Ravi Shankar.  Jones left the Stones in '68 and was found drowning at the bottom of a swimming pool with enlarged liver and heart due to heavy drug and alcohol use.  Oh, love the dark lyrics by Mick here, and the Middle Eastern drum patterns Charlie Watts comes up with.  Certainly a departure from their blues oriented tracks.  
    4.    (0:10:17) David Bowie SPACE ODDITY - The title track and 1969 single about the fictional launch of Major Tom!  The BBC featured this track in its television coverage of the lunar landing for Apollo 11.  Bowie later referred to Major Tom in songs 'Ashes to Ashes,' and 'Hallo Spaceboy.'   Bowie is arguably one of music's most influential artists, and has been awarded Commander of the British Empire in 2000, and knighthood in 2003, both which he declined.  
    5.    (0:13:38) Frank Zappa WHY DOES IT HURT WHEN I PEE? - Speaking of influence and commander, this freak of music was one of the most prolific musicians and artists, producing more than 60 albums with his band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.  Zappa started writing classical compositions in high school without formal studies or training, and played the drums until finding the electric guitar.  Zappa also wrote his lyrics, which often humorous, also reflected a critique on political systems, freedom of speech, mainstream education, organized religion, and abolition of censorship.  Zappa's children are: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen...maybe he took his humor a little too far?  
    6.    (0:16:12) Richard Pryor BEING FAMOUS - Speaking of humor and piss, couldn't help but to put my brother's and my all-time favorite comedian!  I have toyed with this in the past on a mix I have not released for the Funky Soul Burner entitled Sentiments Over Toast with another clip of Pryor's, and I think this will become one of my staples!  This is off his stand-up disc series, Here and Now.  
    7.    (0:17:16) Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band BEATLE BONES N' SMOKIN' STONES - Don Van Vliet and his rotating assembly of musicians produce an appendage of Zappa in light of humor and critique.  Here, he's obviously poking both at The Beatles and The Rolling Stones - John Lennon still loved the band!  Zappa and Van Vliet collaborated on pop song parodies and a script for a movie entitled, Captain Beefheart vs. the Grunt People, where the name first appeared.  Van Vliet from then on used the moniker Captain Beefheart, which was a term used by his Uncle Alan.  This track was included in the Mirror Man recording sessions, but was not released on a studio album.  
    8.    (0:20:19) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers REFUGEE - Couldn't resist putting one fine American singer-songwriters on a mix.  This is the second single off the Heartbreakers' 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes.  The Heartbreakers are still performing today, and have only lost 2 original members, Stan Lynch (drums) and Howard Epstein who died in 2003 (bass).  Today, the lineup consists of: Tom, Mike Campbell (lead guitar), Benmont Tench (rhythm guitar and synths), Ron Blair (bass), Scott Thurston (piano and organ), and Steve Ferrone (drums).
    9.    (0:23:31) Miles Davis Quintet WATER BABIES - Finally got my ass into shape here and put another one of my heroes into a mix, not to mention the greatest quintet of all-time (in my mind, better than First Great Quintet with Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones)!  It's always difficult for me to answer who's your favorite jazz musician, other than Coltrane (he's a given), because Miles had Wayne Shorter, one of jazz's most prolific composers and sax players, Herbie Hancock, one of music's greatest innovators, Ron Carter on bass, one of the best bassist of all-time and composer, and not to mention on skins, the greatest drummer, Anthony Williams, the youngest of the quintet.  The Quintet lasted from 1965-'68, and produced 5 albums plus Water Babies (a compilation from the Nefertiti sessions), E.S.P., Miles Smiles, Sorcerer, Nefertiti, Miles In The Sky, and Filles de Kilimanjaro.  One great fact about Miles is the ending of his contract with Prestige Records.  In order for Miles to leave Prestige for Columbia, he needed to give them 4 records, so he went into the studio with his band and recorded all 4 records in 2 days (Relaxin'..., Streamin'...Workin'...and Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet)!
    10.    (0:28:20) Eazy-E feat. MC Ren 2 HARD MUTHA'S - Before his death from AIDS in 1995, Eric Wright, better known as Eazy-E, was a founding member of the monumental gangsta rap group from the west coast, N.W.A. - along with MC Ren, Dr. Dre., DJ Yella, Arabian Prince, and Ice Cube.  Eazy was a member of Kelly Park Compton Crip gang and selling drugs in order to gather the funds to invest in rapping and making a hip hop enterprise in Ruthless Records.  Unlike many mainstream rappers, Eazy truly lived the life he rapped about - drugs, guns, women, money, etc.  DJ Yella here comes up with one of the sickest beats known in hip hop and you can find other gems on this LP, Eazy-Duz-It.  
    11.    (0:32:11) Mariana Montalvo INDIA SONG - Chilean minx singing and strumming the guitar.  This track is nice, wicked, and a bit dark with her additional reverb on her vocals.  She was forced to flee from her native Chile following Augusto Pinochet's coup of 1973, and she settled in Paris in 1974.  She uses the style called, 'nuevo cancion,' which is a style that marries Latin American indigenous poetry and its traditional instruments. I got this single off the Putumayo compilation, Women of Latin America.  
    12.    (0:34:59) Melvins LIZZIE - Love the lyrics on this track.  Goes well with the oddity that is this mix.  Singer and lead guitarist, Roger 'Buzz' Osborne, and drummer, Dale Crover, are the band's most consistent members, but has since included second drummer, Coady Willis, and the other part of the power trio that is the Melvins, Jared Warren on bass.  'King Buzzo' also plays in the band Fantomas with Mike Patton.  This track is off A Live History of Glutton & Lust: Houdini Live.
    13.    (0:39:24) Pink Floyd HAVE A CIGAR - Title of this track couldn't be more fitting after the Melvins' tune!  This track is off Floyd's Wish You Were Here LP, released in 1975.  Roger Waters wrote this track as a critique of hypocrisy and greed within the music business.  The most interesting fact about this track is that the singer on the recording is not by a member of the band at all.  In fact, Roger Waters strained his voice during the recording of 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and David Gilmour refused to sing.  Luckily, English singer-songwriter, Roy Harper, was in Studio 2 of Abbey Road at the same time as Floyd was in Studio 3, and offered to sing lead on the recording.  The other track that a member of Floyd did not sing on, which I have included in an earlier podcast, is 'The Great Gig in the Sky' off The Dark Side of the Moon, sung by Clare Torry.  
    14.    (0:44:15) Death From Above 1979 BLACK HISTORY MONTH - Damn, I wish these two had a chance to make more records, because this is pretty slamming for just 2 guys!  The singer, Sebastien Grainger, also plays drums, while Jesse F. Keeler plays bass, synths, and backing vocals.  After releasing one successful album, the Canadian duo called it quits, and Keeler is now one half of the electronic duo, MSTRKRFT, and Grainger is singer and guitarist in his new band, Sebastien Grainger and The Mountains.  
    15.    (0:47:51) Pixies GOUGE AWAY - One of the sickest basslines to come to mind with the overlaying strum of rhythm guitar just before the lead comes crunching over the top.  Truly a wicked track.  Black Francis (aka Frank Black, aka Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV), Kim Deal, David Lovering, and Joey Santiago make up one of America's classic and most innovative indie band.  They originally formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986, disbanded in 1993, and reunited in 2004.  This track is off their highly acclaimed Doolittle LP released in 1989 - a 2003 poll of NME writers ranked this album as the second greatest album of all-time.  
    16.    (0:50:24) My Bloody Valentine SOMETIMES - The noise gods from Dublin!  Had the chance to see them blow out the eardrums of many ignorant and unfortunate audience members at the All-Points West festival playing just before TOOL came on.  Most hated it, well, because it was about 30 decibels louder than any other band, and they love noise.  However, my friend Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed it in all its glory and beauty.  This here brilliant track is off their most popular record, Loveless.  The Loveless album, surprisingly, is mostly recorded in mono, as one founding member, guitarist/singer, Kevin Shields felt it important that the album's sound consisted of 'the guitar smack bang in the middle and no chorus, no modulation effect.'   For this reason, you hardly make out the lyrics to any of the songs.   In 1999, Pitchfork Media named Loveless the best album of the 90s - later to be revised in 2003 by the critics to number 2 placing Radiohead's OK Computer to number one.  
    17.    (0:55:21) The Cure THE HANGING GARDEN - Have I possibly neglected The Cure in my podcasts?  This can't be true.  I haven't even put Love Song into a mix?  Wow.  Well, here's The Cure...one of the most influential bands to come out in late 70s and dominate the 80s, well, 90s, and still going.  Hanging Garden was released as a single after their label didn't think they had a releasable single for their 1982 album, Pornography, which ultimately became The Cure's first UK Top 10 album, coming in at #8.  Love the interplay of the toms/drums and bass - WICKED!
    18.    (0:59:36) Clutch 10,000 WITNESSES - American stoner rock back from Maryland, which formed in 1990.  This is a brilliant track off their 2005 release, Robot Hive / Exodus.  

This is my soundtrack to my experience in Vipassana Meditation from September 9 - September 20, 2009...


    1.    (0:00:32) Brad Mehldau WHEN IT RAINS - The golden touch of producer/composer extraordinaire, Jon Brion, comes on board to produce Mehldau's brilliant Largo album.  This album is completely avant-garde for jazz, and as per Mehldau's M.O., incorporates a Radiohead tune (Paranoid Android) and a Beatles track (Dear Prudence) on this LP.  This is the opening track, which pulled me in from the first time I heard it, and remains one of my favorite contemporary jazz pieces.  You might recognize some musical elements that sound familiar in a Pop music sense, and that's Brion's Fiona Apple production and incorporation of the brilliant drummer, Matt Chamberlain, who also drummed for Ms. Apple.  
    2.    (0:06:56) Philip Glass METAMORPHOSIS ONE - My friend/roommate was playing this when I returned from my meditation, and I immediately gravitated towards my computer to make sure this made it into the mix.  My friend told me he used to go see Glass perform all over New York City in the 80s for free before his career blossomed into what it is now.  Glass drove a cab and owned a moving company with his sculptor cousin, Jene Highstein, before making money as a composer.  During the 70s, Glass became friends with NYC artists, Sol LeWitt, Chuck Close, and many others.  Close created one of his famous pieces using the mug shot of Glass, to which Glass returned the gesture by creating a piano piece in dedication called, A Musical Portrait Of Chuck Close.  
    3.    (0:12:15) Blockhead INSOMNIAC OLYMPICS - Brilliant atmospheric hip hop NYC beats by rapper Aesop Rock's producer/DJ.  This is off Blockhead's Ninja Tune solo record, Music By Cavelight - well fitting name.  Looking forward to Blockhead's upcoming release, The Music Scene, which will come out around November 2nd on Ninja Tune, after his great production on Aesop Rock's None Shall Pass LP.  
    4.    (0:17:10) Bonobo RECURRING - Funny how Bonobo followed Blockhead in another one of my mixes, Dew Drops Glisten Between Spheres - they are very complimentary of one another's sound.  As I mentioned before, I'd probably use all tracks off his record, Days To Come, and I've nearly hit that mark.  Truly a remarkable album.
    5.    (0:21:54) Bibio DWRCAN - Another amazing track off Bibio's well-mature latest release, Ambivalence Avenue.  Steven Wilkinson is a British electronica musician under Warp Records.  He definitely is perfecting a sculpture of his own sound in the electronica world and contemporary composition.  
    6.    (0:27:07) Four Tet HIGH FIVES - From the outstanding Everything Ecstatic record by this top-notch British producer, Kieran Hebden.  Mr. Hebden is prolific as any in the music industry and is often teaming up with jazz musicians, such as drummer Steve Reid, to make experimental sounds and remixes.  Unlike most electronica artists, Hebden will use improvisational techniques to paint his music colorfully, just like a jazz musician.  
    7.    (0:32:07) Themselves HAT IN THE WIND - The first lyrics of this track sums up the entire meaning of this track for the mix, since one part of the sheela, or rite virtue, was no sexual activity or misconduct during the 10 days of strict meditation.  Jel and rapper Dose One compile mean beats, production, and rhyme in this sophomore release, The No Music.   When it first dropped, I was not happy with the music, but 10 years later, The No Music, is well respected and one of my most played Anticon records.  
    8.    (0:35:43) Two Lone Swordsmen SMOKEBELCH (FOR ALI) - Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood have been around for awhile and blazed trails in all forms of electronica music, and during their journey, they have produced many versions (as well as other DJs) of Smokebelch - mostly under their other moniker, Sabres Of Paradise.  Unfortunately, this particular version of mine, my favorite version, has a few jitters towards the end of the track, so I apologize.  This version was featured on the Back To Basics / Cut The Crap series.  
    9.    (0:41:37) Ornette Coleman LONELY WOMAN - Finally!  One year and a half, and I have just now placed one of the most influential musicians ever to bless our world.  Coleman created so much controversy in 1959 that many people, including Miles Davis, did not know what to think - Miles' first reaction was simply 'rubbish,' and I believe he never found much respect for the Free Jazz trailblazer!  However, this very very important year in music, 1959, marked a major schism between artists.  While Miles, classically trained trumpeter from Julliard, denounced Coleman as a 'real' jazz musician, John Coltrane, classically trained saxophonist, strongly admired the younger musician.  In fact, free jazz began to mold Coltrane's later sounds which lead to insightful abstract soloing and extremely long compositions channeling the likes of Stravinsky compositions and phrasing in his improvisations.  This is the opening track from the highly ambitious and beautiful LP, The Shape Of Jazz To Come - perhaps the best title of a record ever to mark change in a musical genre.  Ornette is still making beautiful compositions at age 79, and in 2007, he received the Pulitzer Prize and lifetime achievement award from the Grammy's.  You can also hear a sample by underground hip hop producer, Mumbles, of this track on Aceyalone's A Book Of Human Language track.  
    10.    (0:46:07) Unkle feat. Thom Yorke RABBIT IN YOUR HEADLIGHTS - What's Funky Soul Burner mix without a Radiohead affiliate, anyway?  I mean, Thom Yorke, James Levelle, and DJ Shadow on one track???  Who can ask for anything better than that?  This is from Unkle's brilliant debut record, Psyence Fiction.  
    11.    (0:51:43) Venetian Snares ONGYILKOS VASARNAP - Another incredibly crafted piece of music by Canadian, Aaron Funk.  The album title and tracks are all in Hungarian after his journey to Hungary.  Rossz csillag alatt szuletett, the title of the album, means, Born Under A Bad Star.  This track is a cover of the song, Szomoru vasarnap (Gloomy Sunday), by Hungarian composer Rezso Seress, which according to Wikipedia, is the Hungarian suicide song.  Urban Hungarian legend has it that a multitude of suicides were inspired by Seress' original recording, including the suicide of his fiancee.  Apparently, the song was banned in Hungary, but has been covered by many artists, including Billie Holiday, whose vocal samples are present in this Venetian Snares' version.  
    12.    (0:55:05) Sigur Ros GONG - Icelandic gods singing in their own created language, Hopelandic, which is based on syllables of Icelandic, but is gibberish.  They do not always sing in Hopelandic.  However, this track is fulled with 'Hope!'  When Sigur Ros' sophomore record, Agaetis byrjun, was released globally, they immediately became an immediate compliment to the sounds that Radiohead was exploring in England.  They have a tendency to create solely atmospheric sounds and soundtrack-like music, however, this track exemplifies the progression into new territory for the band once they released this album, Takk...
    13.    (1:00:16) Talvin Singh DUBLA - Asian Underground affiliate and British-Indian electronica musician blazing with this track from his sophomore LP, Ha.  Talvin also plays the tabla, and received the Mercury Music Prize in the UK for his 1999 release, Ok.  
    14.    (1:05:17) Andrew Bird THE WATER JET CILICE - My apologies for the poor-sounding recording of this track by this incredible musician.  Here, Mr. Bird creates an overture by his lonesome and incorporates the subtle sounds of nature in the background.  Andrew Bird has become one of my favorite musicians in the world for his command on composition and style, and not to mention his fantastic voice and lyrics.  He is a cherished soul, and this track moves me so much that I could not resist putting it into the mix that is to personify my life-changing experience in Vipassana mediation.  This track is from Fingerlings.  
    15.    (1:09:04) Wayne Krantz THESE INSTRUMENTAL PIECES WERE - I find it only necessary to include one of the New York City artists that have made my experience in NYC more beautiful and important than it already is.  Krantz used to play in the 55 Bar every Thursday evening and would play for $15 cover.  With that cover, you would receive 2 drinks with music.  Krantz has played and has been accompanied by the most influential jazz musicians of our time, and he has put on upcoming musicians, such as my buddy, Dan Weiss on drums, which have only propelled their careers in the music world.  Krantz pure love for music is the best example I can think of in my life that I'm connected to personally, and have experienced, that wraps around the concept of the Vipassana meditation experience.  I am forever grateful for my meditation experience, and for all the times I was able to see this amazing guitarist play his brilliance in all its purity.  Thank you.  

From Queens, New York
To Queensland, Australia
For beauty queens
Drag Queens
And British Queens
To the ants & bees
That hail their queen
Whether you're playing chess or cards or
Eating ice cream
From Dairy Queen
It's all love
It's all life
PODCAST #43 Queens & Love Make Life


    1.    (0:00:19) Gorillaz DON'T GET LOST IN HEAVEN - Damon Albarn, the wizard behind the cartoon clan (illustrated by Tank Girl creator, Jamie Hewlett), has been a tour de force after leaving Blur.  On their second LP, Demon Days, they brought in Danger Mouse to produce the record, and to great success.  Introducing rappers Roots Manuva from the UK, the glorious Neneh Cherry & Martina Topley-Bird, MF Doom or DOOM from the underground in NYC, bringing old school back with De La Soul and Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde, and featuring Happy Mondays crazy lead-man, Shaun Ryder, not to mention, Dennis Hopper.  
    2.    (0:02:20) Gorillaz DEMON DAYS - The London Community Gospel Choir pushes this track into overdrive and illuminates this closing track as a perfect ending to a highly acclaimed album.  Brilliant track!
    3.    (0:06:26) Curtis Mayfield LITTLE CHILD RUNNIN' WILD - Oh my!  One of my all-time favorite tracks from arguably one of the greatest albums of all-time, Super Fly!  Along with Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man, and Isaac Hayes' Shaft, there aren't too many LPs out there that can be classified as Classic records as well as being soundtracks to movies.  All three, Shaft, Trouble Man and Super Fly came out within a year of each other (1971-'72) during the height of Blaxploitation film.  
    4.    (0:11:10) Fela Kuti EXPENSIVE SHIT - You cannot listen to chill music or ambient reproduced electronic music without having a sample of Fela Kuti, in particular, this track here.  For a modern homage to Fela, you can listen to UK funk bands by Quantum, such as Quantum Soul Orchestra or The Bamboos.  Afrobeat was made possible by Kuti, but more importantly, by his drummer, Tony Allen, since he was the driving force in the beat itself.  One of the greatest drummers of all-time, Tony Allen balanced his groove in a jazzy manner by studying Max Roach's lessons in Drum Beat magazine.  Recently Allen recorded with Damon Albarn (mentioned above) for the supergroup The Good, The Bad & The Queen.  Fela played sax, keyboards, trumpet, guitar, dabbled in drums, and of course, the lead vocalist who preferred to sing in English to push his politically-themed lyrics to the masses.  
    5.    (0:24:05) DOOM BATTY BOYZ - Oh wow!  This might be the most hilarious rap song ever made!  MF Doom has always been recognized as humor-gangster-conscious-food rapper, but this tops all.  From his latest LP, Born Like This, DOOM makes an analogy for modern rap stars as homosexual super heroes, while DOOM is the villain eradicating wack rappers.  With a sick beat, thematically like that of a comic progression and hilarious samples, DOOM wrecks the beat with his on-point flow, phrasing the lyrics in odd places to emphasize the humor, "It's a herb, it's lame, it's a...goddamn shame!"   Brilliant track.
    6.    (0:27:06) Barrington Levy BLACK HEART MAN DUB - At 14, in 1978, Barrington Levy started a small cult following in clubs around Jamaica dance clubs with his single, 'A Long Time Since We Don't Have No Love.'  He received more success in the UK during the '80s than he did in his native land Jamaica.  His album Here I Come received accolades in the UK.  This track is from a compilation of Levy's, entitled, 'Barrington Levy in Dub - The Lost Mixes From King Tubby.'
    7.    (0:30:39) Omara Portuondo NO ME LLORES MAS - One part of the Buena Vista Social Club supergroup.  Ms. Portuondo is a legend in Cuba, and in the '50s she sang for Orquesta Anacaona.  Later, with her sisters, performed with Nat King Cole in the US.  This is from her solo record Grande Exitos.
    8.    (0:35:33) Thom Yorke BLACK SWAN - Wicked wicked wicked track from the debut solo record, Eraser, by Radiohead frontman (I am continuing my Radiohead infatuation here, and I really don't care what anybody says, because their music fits everywhere).  This song features the ever-amazing co-terror from Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood.    
    9.    (0:40:13) DJ Zeph MIDNIGHT CREWSADE - From Sunset Scavenger, Zeph's sophomore LP.  From Oakland, California, Zeph is the constant in MC Azeem's world as well, and produces his beats as well as the conscientious rap/jazz group, Variable Unit, which also features MC Azeem.  Zeph is arguably one of the hip hop world's most underrated producers, and should be checked out.  
    10.    (0:43:31) Cass McCombs YOU SAVED MY LIFE - Alternative country musician from California.  This track is from his highly acclaimed newest LP, Catacombs.  McCombs is on the UK label, Domino records, and has released now 4 LPs.  
    11.    (0:48:45) Feist INSIDE + OUT (APOSTLE OF HUSTLE UNMIX LIVE AT THE BBC) - Another record from Canadian female high-praised vocalist and guitar player.  This is a live recording from the BBC on her remix album, Open Season.  The original studio recording can be found on her 2004 record, Let It die.
    12.    (0:52:09) Jamie Lidell FIGURED ME OUT - From Jamie's third LP, Jim, second commercially successful album, though.  This track sounds in the vein of Jamiroquai's Traveling Without Moving LP.  Off the Warp Records label, Mr. Lidell has blown up alongside counterparts, Battles.  In fact, Battles opened up for Jamie when I saw him two years ago.  Both acts together were arguably one of the best concerts I have ever seen.  The creativity and the energy was so high there was not one person in the entire place lulling around un-pulsed by their music.  
    13.    (0:56:23) Maxwell LOVE YOU - Oh yeah!  Another brilliantly sexy track from one of this year's best performances.  Maxwell's voice is such a refreshing embrace to the dismal outputting R&B has to show as of late.  This track is from Blacksummers'night.  I am certainly looking forward to his remaining two discs of this three-part series of LPs, which are to come out in succeeding years.  
    14.    (0:59:42) The Roots feat. Peedi Peedi & Bunny Sigler LONG TIME - If this track doesn't represent the summer's groove, than I'm not sure how to please you.  As the summer comes to close, I put this track in my 'phones and groove all the way through the subway and city streets.  The Roots are currently working on a forthcoming album, and by the sounds of it, it seems to be funky and soulful in the vein of the late James Brown.  This intelligent group of musicians are arguably one of rap's most prolific and entertaining groups, and you can see them perform every night on the Jimmy Fallon show.  This track is off their highly-acclaimed Game Theory album.  ?uestlove's groove behind the kit on this track is crazy beautiful.  Check out how he drives the song to overdrive and pushes the vocals along with his wave!
    15.    (1:03:24) The Cinematic Orchestra AS THE STARS FALL - Such a beautiful track off their latest Ma Fleur LP.  I have to say, the US truly butchered this LP, so if you're considering purchasing this record, I strongly recommend buying the UK version.  The US version, for whatever reason, changes the order of the tracks and omits one track.  This UK group is one of the best live acts I have ever seen, and it is truly worth seeing them and buying their live album performed at the amazing Albert Hall in London.  
    16.    (1:08:07) Estelle SHINE - Another brilliant track from this UK rising throwback star.  Her, Estelle shows off her rapping skills as well as provides a beautiful chorus-line to this wicked beat.  This is the title track and closing track to her latest album.  

Intel-intelligent-tell me-ladies and gentlemen, when the edifice and artificial behavior is structured in a world of viral and microbiotic, abiotic, embrionic cultural parameters misunderstood under this here tent, what is the word?  Yes!  You've come to join us, here at Serenity Church of Circus Unlimited, to count your hopes and dreams.  Get your cotton candy, popcorn popping poppers while choosing your pop, your high-wire trapeze backflip thrill ride jumping through fiery hoops positioned just for you.  Here at our Circus, you can repent for the fortunes you've dreamed of, and seek retributions for sins ill-provoked, short-sighted, hand-crafted by the hallucinations within you.  I present to you, rather I say I prevent you, from anything mundane, whimsically natural, or certifiably real.  Leave your seats, choose your aisle and join me.  Join me at the center.  Join hands, join causes, and stand clear of the contraband and here-say spread by our evil-doer Funky Soul Burner and its croonies.  This is something magical, fantastical, serendipitous to the secrets locked inside only those deemed unfortunate.  These are the souls we present, for an introduction to the dormant reality within, the alternate side.  Pry open and join us!


    1.    (0:01:11) Fila Brazillia SUBTLE BODY - Downtempo chill fest, which builds on its subtlety.  This track is off their Maim That Tune LP.  Steve Cobby and David McSherry collaborate to make Fila, and they dedicated this record to the late comedian, Bill Hicks. 
    2.    (0:09:40) 13 & God PERFECT SPEED - Another creation sought out by Anticon super-freak-musicians Jel and Dose One along with German artist The Notwist.  The name of the group obviously plays on Jesus and his 12 apostles - implying the mortality of Jesus along with God. 
    3.    (0:13:11) Radiohead THESE ARE MY TWISTED WORDS - Thom Yorke was quoted for not wanting to focus on an albums right now, so they've just decided to release singles.  Here's one of them!  This is a brand new track and you can download it for free from their website.  If you can't tell, I absolutely love this band and all its creativity. 
    4.    (0:18:24) Lamb FIVE - This group is sneaky in its simplicity.  To have an electronic group play with time signatures and make them sound straight forward is a very difficult thing to do.  On Lamb's Fear of Fours record, perhaps fear of 4/4, we have this brilliant track, which grabs you in groove, yet leaves you in wonder with its time signature.  I was listening to this on the subway before I decided to put it in the mix, and I believe the grouping or 8-bar phrase is something like this in eighth notes: 5-5-5-5-5-6-5-6.  Please listen and give me your thoughts - music theory lovers, Ryan and Todd, especially, would like to hear your thoughts.  Thank you.  Brilliant stuff, nonetheless. 
    5.    (0:23:39) Cee-Lo feat. Jahalla & Kirland Underwater MICROHARD - Before Cee-Lo got incredibly popular in the pop music world with cohort, DJ Dangermouse, in Gnarls Barkley, Cee-Lo Green rocked Goodie Mob and two solo joints.  This track is from his solo debut, Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections, an absolutely brilliant hip hop record.  Something most people don't realize is that Cee-Lo also writes pop songs for others, including the massively popular song, "Don't Cha" by Pussycat Dolls, co-wrote Jennifer Hudson's "All Dressed In Love," to name a couple.
    6.    (0:28:44) Evil Nine SNACK BAR LOUNGE - Breakbeat duo from Brighton, England.  This track is off their You Can Be Special Too LP.  I don't know too much about them, personally, as I've just recently discovered them, so I am looking forward to exploring a bit more their music. 
    7.    (0:31:20) L.Shankar RAGAM SANKARABHARANAM (RAGAM TANAM PALLAVI) - Renown for his accompaniment in Shakti along side guitar guru John McLaughlin, the movement of Western instruments into the east is something special.  Shankar's violin playing is spectrally beautiful and is a breath of freshness in the bridging of both musical styles.  Shankar also began playing the drums at age seven.  He also provided his music with Peter Gabriel for the brilliant two-part score for Martin Scorsese's adaptation of The Last Temptation of Christ.  Shankar won a Grammy for his work on Passion - Sources. 
    8.    (0:38:56) Ceu ROSA MENINA ROSA -  Brand new track off her Vagarosa LP,  which crosses the boundaries of Brazilian music and innovative electronica/dub.  Great stuff!
    9.    (0:43:23) White Rabbits KID ON MY SHOULDERS - I apologize for the hi-pass nature of this track, for my EQing couldn't help the quality in which the song was originally manipulated with.  This is the opening track off their LP, Fort Nightly. 
    10.    (0:47:50) Elbow THE BONES OF YOU - One of my favorite British bands and lead singer.  Guy Garvey has a voice of a damned angel and his lyrics are nothing short of genius.  This is off their latest, The Seldom Seen Kid.  I've seen Elbow twice in concert and both times they sent chills through my bones because how powerful and tight their music was.  I strongly recommend you seeing them, listening to them, whenever you have the opportunity. 
    11.    (0:51:59) Diplo feat. Sandra Melody, Vybz Cartel, and Pantera Os Danadinhos DIPLO RHYTHM - This collaboration comes off Diplo's solo record, Florida, somewhat of a disappointment with a few hidden gems such as this one.  He featured this track in his Fabric series mix. 
    12.    (0:56:47) Aesop feat. Slug MOVING AT THE SPEED OF LIFE - Living Legends collaborate with Rhymesayers to produce this sick track off Living Legends - Legendary Music Volume 1. 
    13.    (1:00:08) John Coltrane ALABAMA - Coltrane's birthday is approaching in the month of September, as you may remember a small token of my appreciation last year around this time, and I need to include this as one of my all-time favorite tracks by this master of the universe!  This was recorded track off Live At Birdland, even though this is not live.  It is a song written as a tribute to four children killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by white supremacists in 1963.  The style of his soloing is the beginning of a beautiful transformation for Coltrane, which can be loudly and clearly heard on his most ambitious work, Love Supreme - my personal favorite record of all-time. 
    14.    (1:05:02) TV On The Radio WEAR YOU OUT - One of my favorite tracks TOTR have recorded comes off their debut record, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes.  I don't think I shared this before, but I saw them backstage at the V-fest in Baltimore a few years ago, and after I returned to NYC, I was with my friend driving through Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and she screamed, "Stop!  It's my friend Gerard!"  I pulled over to the side of the street as she jumped out.  I realized that she was going up to this man that looked very familiar.  As I approached, I realized who he was, and I asked him, "Aren't you the bassist in TV On The Radio?"  He said, "Yes."  I replied, "I just saw you backstage in Baltimore, and you were amazing!"  I was shocked, more so because my friend had no idea he was in one of the biggest bands in the world.  She just went to school with him and thought he dabbled in his art.  Ha!

Step aside, FSB, no sideshows, no juggling acts, nothing other than freaks and fire for you, here, at the Serenity Church of Circus Unlimited.  We provide the entertainment, no room for musical acts and positive vibes, just hallucinations in fortune for those unfortunate enough to join us.  The curtain is closing...closing...closing. 

In this moment, as I look around me at the sky and its elements, the scenery and all its imagery, the beings and all their movements and sounds, the world and all its strangeness travels a line acute to a path made absent by its sum and visible by its others.  I can't find a description yet, in my 28 years, that fulfills the contours of life's general facade, or even begin to speak of it without using a word that contradicts its former.  In this, I have chosen thematic echoes to represent the limbo I dwell in, and hope to nurture a body of sound and pass it through an incongruent means to an end, at a tilt, in a time, and a treasure to be found by a current within an auditory system of pleasurable sensations.  I share this with you, as my other, in a line of the 41st Podcast by the Funky Soul Burner.  


    1.    (0:00:06) Lisa Gerrard CELON - Australian composer and singer who has won a Golden Globe award for the music score for Gladiator along with Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt.  Ms. Gerrard began her professional career with the band Dead Can Dance in 1981.  This amazing harmonic piece was written a few days before she gave birth to her daughter, and was accompanied by Jacek Tuschewski and John Bonnar.  This is off her solo debut record, The Mirror Pool, from 1995.  Celon refers to a river out of J.R.R. Tolkien's world of fiction. 
    2.    (0:05:53) Tool 10,000 DAYS (WINDS PART 2) - Over 27 years worth of time, 10,000 days, represents the period in which lead singer Maynard James Keenan's mother spent paralyzed due to a cerebral aneurysm before she passed away.  Tool is one of the most influential bands for me, personally, because the music and lyrics blend and evolve beautifully with each complex composition and album.  This is from their latest LP, 10,000 Days.  I recently was fortunate enough to see them front row at the All Points West festival in Jersey City, and I'm continually amazed each time I see them live.  As a whole, their art stands alone in progressive rock music, and along with guitarist Adam Jones' creative video and coverart (he used to work for Hollywood sculpting creatures for flicks) the great spiritual artist, Alex Grey, uses the music of Tool to generate a visual reference to the euphoric Self, the transmigrating spirit, and the eternal reflection of Being.  
    3.    (0:16:48) Dan Weiss TURKA (COMP. HABIBBUDIN KHAN) - Dan Weiss studies with tabla guru Samir Chatterjee in NYC, who my best buddy, Todd, also studies under.  Dan transcribed classical tintal compositions onto the drumset, and performs for over an hour straight for his solo on this particular album.  This is one part composed by Ustad Habibbudin Khan.  Wikipedia explains that a tintal is one of the most famous talas in classical Indian music.  It is a 16-beat pattern, which has four equal divisions (vibhag), the third being the khali, or open division.  To follow the tal, the audience claps on the appropriate beat, which in tintal is beats 1, 5, and 13 or the first beat in each full division.  A wave of the hand indicates beat 9, which is the first beat of the third division or khali.    Dan has been recognized by The New York Times as one of the five up and coming drummers in the jazz world and you can read the article here (Dan is pictured wearing his Messuggah t-shirt with sax player David Binney): http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/arts/music/12drummers.html?_r=1&emc=eta1.  
    4.    (0:18:02) Moderat PORC#1 - A 2-part electronic composition by the wickedly brilliant group Modeselektor and Sascha Ring or Apparat - hence the neologism, Moderat.  
    5.    (0:20:42) Moderat PORC#2 - The idea behind the music of these two great electronic acts coming together started with the foundation that each would abandoned his comforting approach to creating music, and delve deeper into the idea of building blocks within a theme and passing it to the other artist to tweak and construct new elements.  With every layer, a new approach, an evolution to their sound, they attempted to create a piece as a whole that would remain timeless in electronic music spanning its beginning and its future.  By doing so, they had to take the tempo down a notch and work outside of their comfort zone, creating more space for new sound and hidden elements they previously hadn't attempted.   
    6.    (0:23:36) White Rabbits PERCUSSION GUN - A surprising band who smacked me in the face at this year's All Points West festival with their electric performance.  Easily out-playing and out-performing several other well-known acts that followed them, this percussion-heavy band uses rhythmic patterns as the foundation to their sound and energy.  This track is off their It's Frightening LP.
    7.    (0:26:38) Gogol Bordello DUB THE FREQUENCIES OF LOVE - One band that certainly knows how to amp up the crowd is this gypsy-punk-ska tour de force.  Eugene Hutz, the lead singer and rhythm guitarist, is arguably one of the most energetic performers I've seen live, and along with his sidekick, Sergey Ryabtsev, the violinist and backing vocalist, they rock the stage with an Eastern European party frenzy until the last note.  This band is also appears in Madonna's directorial debut film, Film and Wisdom, where Eugene Hutz portrays the main character.  Hutz also is a DJ in NYC when he has time away from performing with Gogol Bordello (the name comes from Nikolai Gogol who 'smuggled Ukrainian culture into Russian society, and Bordello refers to a brothel.  They intend to smuggle their gypsy/Eastern European music into the English-speaking world).
    8.    (0:32:40) Dead Weather HANG YOU FROM THE HEAVENS - Another wicked track off their debut record, Horehound.  Jack White demonstrates how to rock behind a drumkit properly, with his wicked drum groove over an open hi-hat pattern, while Alison Mosshart rocks her twisted and powerful lyrics.
    9.    (0:36:12) Dredg PARIAH - One of my sleeper bands that I started following after a friend recommended them to me in college just before they released their sophomoric masterpiece, El Cielo, in 2002.  Dredg works around concepts for each of their LPs, where El Cielo revolved around Salvador Dali's Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bumblebee around a Pomegranate One Second Before Awakening, their latest, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion was inspired by the essay A Letter to the Six Billionth Citizen by Salman Rushdie.  This San Francisco-based group, like the avant-garde hip hop group Anticon, pushes rock music into a conscious-minded orientation without being too progressive or emo about it.  Gavin Hayes' lyrics usually veer from the norm in the sense he can talk about a room and its dressings, a landscape and its spiritual presence, and philosophical doctrines.  
    10.    (0:40:03) Mad Season WAKE UP - The late Layne Staley lead singer of Alice in Chains, Barrett Martin drummer of Screaming Trees, Mike McCready lead guitarist of Pearl Jam, and bassist for The Walkabouts John Baker Saunders all came together in Seattle during the grunge era to form this supergroup in 1994.  A self-titled LP, which has been highly-acclaimed never received a follow-up album due to the success of their other respective bands.  Both Staley and Baker Saunders suffered from drug addiction which led to their deaths.  
    11.    (0:47:20) Live T.B.D. - A powerful representation of Live's music and lyrical composition by lead singer Ed Kowalczyk off their hugely popular sophomore effort, Throwing Copper.  As much as an influence on American rock during the '90s, Live never shook the aura that surrounded Throwing Copper, even though their debut record, Mental Jewelry and their third and fourth records, Secret Samadhi and The Distance to Here were fantastically successful in terms of musical composition.  This track, however, remains one of my favorite by the group.  
    12.    (0:51:25) Amon Tobin EASY MUFFIN - One of my all-time favorite compositions by this Argentinean-Brit, DJ/electronic music composer.  I have featured many of Tobin's compositions throughout my podcasts, and I will certainly continue to include his eclecticism in the future.  This is off his Bricolage LP.
    13.    (0:56:04) Interpol TAKE YOU ON A CRUISE - I have yet to include an Interpol track, so I thought I would sneak one in to satisfy those that like them.  I was a fan of their debut, Turn On The Bright Lights, but quickly lost interest afterwards.  This is a nice track off their sophomore release, Antics, and displays the always amazing groove and backbone to the band in drummer, Sam Fogarino.  Without Mr. Fogarino and bassist, Carlos Dengler, sadly, the band would not be much of anything special.  
    14.    (1:00:45) Bibio CRY ! BABY ! - Check it, Bibio finds their way back into the second to last track in two consecutive mixes.  How did that happen?  Chance, I tell you!  Another brilliant representation of his latest Ambivalence Avenue LP.  
    15.    (1:04:20) Antlers KETTERING - A hauntingly wicked track off this beautiful noise-rock band's latest LP, Hospice.  Pay close attention to the wonderfully written lyrics by lead singer, Peter Silberman.  The entire album includes an epic story of a man losing his loved one to cancer and having to witness her death first-hand.  Painfully tragic, yet beautifully documented along with the music in which it embeds itself in.  This is a must have album from 2009, from this Brooklyn-based indie group.  

The sidewalk seems endless when the air does not move.  The humidity is high, and the sun buries its heat at the surface where my shoe-soles tread.  The N train, on its raised tracks, awaits 7 more blocks ahead - higher ground, heavier air, hotter heat - but not for me.  It sits, waiting the storm ahead to cool its outer shell, and to welcome back the rain, for it's only been an hour or so since last she poured.  Last night, she stormed, wicked in her foreign accent, in a language she cursed thunder and sparks - electricity across the dark - skies, as I witnessed in awe.  I welcome her return.  3 blocks to the train; never, in the taste of rain, has she tasted so sweet...


    1.    (0:00:47) Tajai RAINDANCE - One part of the Souls of Mischief and Hieroglyphics crew out in Oakland, CA.  Tajai and crew blew up the hip hop world in their debut LP, '93 til Infinity, while they were preparing to graduate high school.  They followed up with a lesser well-received LP by commercial critics, No Man's Land, and from there sunk deeper into the underground realm, where they remain godlike.  It always fascinates me how such talent in hip hop can break into the mainstream and then fall back into the underground because it's too 'intelligent' or too 'innovative' for commercial pop.  Two of the most well-known examples are Hieroglyphics and The Freestyle Fellowship.  Well, after numerous LPs and collaborations between the entire Hieroglyphics crew, respect will always be there, and this track is a prime example of Tajai's genius on his solo record, Power Movement. 
    2.    (0:03:10) Chali 2Na feat. Talib Kweli LOCK SHIT DOWN - Speaking of underground hip hop, here's a 'fish' that jumped more into the mainstream smoother than most other underground heads.  Chali 2Na was one of the original contributors to The Good Life/Project Blowed back in the late 80s and early 90s.  Everybody reading this needs to check out the film This Is The Life: How The West Was Won.  It is a recent documentary directed by a Good Life queen/Project Blowedian, Ava DuVernay, from Figures of Speech.  It is a underground documentary, but you can obtain this.  Even on Netflix, if you are in the US.  Please support the Blowed, and you will receive great information on how these brilliant artists came to be.  Chali was always recognized for his deep baritone voice, and has collaborated outside of his group, Jurassic 5, with artists from around the world.   
    3.    (0:06:34) Peter Gabriel GROWING UP - Genesis wasn't really the same without Mr. Gabriel, and he went on to have a brilliant solo career.  This track is from his Up record, which was less commercially successful, mostly due to the length of each track.  Since, Gabriel has produced world music around the globe, and is more concerned with humanitarian duties.  He was honored with the prestigious Polar Music Prize in 2009 for his musical contributions.  Gabriel also recently won a grammy along with Thomas Newman for their song Down To Earth, which was featured in the brilliant Pixar film, WALL-E. 
    4.    (0:13:27) Prince COLONIZED MIND - Prince Rogers Nelson, hehe, never actually said his full name before, is one of the most dedicated musicians our world has heard.  This year, he released three LPs alone: Lotus Flow3r, Mplsound, and Elixr.  This track is from Lotus Flow3r.  Many may know, but Prince plays all the instruments on the majority of his albums, with backing vocals, etc. 
    5.    (0:18:03) Dead Weather SO FAR FROM YOUR WEAPON - Jack White, one of the greatest musicians living today, forms another band, this time he decided to step behind his first love - THE DRUMS!!!  He's good.  REALLY GOOD!  After I heard he was going to release this album with him on drums, my respect for this man shot even further through the roof of music than I thought was possible.  This time, he brings Alison Mosshart of The Kills on vocals, Dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age on guitar and keys, and the brilliant Jack Lawrence from The Raconteurs on bass.  Jack Lawrence, like White, plays most other instruments as well.  Talented band.  This is off their debut record, Horehound.
    6.    (0:21:30) Bitter:Sweet A MOMENT - Another great track from this LA sass-act.  Shana Halligan's voice is incredible, and the composition/production by Kiran Shahani of the songs are top-notch.  This is from their LP, Drama.
    7.    (0:25:34) Busdriver ME - TIME (WITH THE PULMONARY PALIMPSEST) - I'm certainly not going to stop pounding you all with Project Blowedians, unless all of a sudden they start thinking dumb, and make crap music.  Another unbelievable performance by this freak of nature, Busdriver, rhyming over Mozart's Sonata in A Major, taking on the note changes and rhythm pattern like a jazz soloist.  This is off his newest LP, Jhelli Beam, under the Anticon record label. 
    8.    (0:28:10) Panic At The Disco I WRITE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES - Shocked that I would put this on here?  Oh, me too.  Can't help but to like their changes and stops throughout their debut album, and this single was quite outstanding.  The drummer, Spencer Smith, can really dictate the rhythm well, keeping a tight groove on the melodic part, and wrapping perfectly around the heavy guitar sections.  The singer and pianist, Brendon Urie, is a great performer and leader to the group, and if you have seen them live, then you probably would have a bit more respect for these youngsters.  Oh, they dropped the '!' at the end of 'Panic' for the release of the second album.
    9.    (0:31:09) Patrick Watson TRACY'S WATERS - Still wondering why this guy's band isn't more respected than critics have been giving him lately.  I truly think there's a bit of angst after he won the Polaris Music Prize over Arcade Fire and Feist in 2007, so we'll see if he will win this year's honor again.  This is off his latest, Wooden Arms. 
    10.    (0:34:08) Peace Orchestra DOMINION - Austrian producer of Viennese trip-hop-dub, with a dope track here off his 1999 album, Peace Orchestra.  I also featured an earlier track, Who Am I, off the same album which was used in the Wachowski Brothers' Animatrix project. 
    11.    (0:40:43) Nine Inch Nails LA MER - This beautiful track is off Trent's The Fragile (Left) album, which is probably my favorite piece of work Trent has done overall.  The balance between the Left (brain) and Right (brain) LPs is impeccable, and as a whole, represents something many musicians often fail at - creating a successful and listenable double-LP album.  The minimalism used to create building blocks towards a creative explosion of sound at the end of this track, polyrhythmically, and his drums and melodies are brilliantly emotional.  Trent has recently announced that his current tour will be the last in NIN's foreseeable future.  Sad. 
    12.    (0:44:08) Pop Levi WANNAMAMA - Another great Pop track off of Never Never Love.  Pop Levi is a multi-instrumentalist and singer from the UK who used to work with Super Numeri and Ladytron. 
    13.    (0:47:34) 4hero WHY DON'T YOU TALK? - Unbelievably, this is just a duo of electronic composers, who are considered pioneers of breakbeat hardcore, and were nominated in 1998 for the Mercury Music Prize in the UK for their album, Two Pages.  This track is from their Play With The Changes LP and showcases brilliant progressive jazz with a flair of free soloing.  Brilliant horn sections and drum sequences, and one can sense the John Coltranesque soloist playing over the music throughout the track.   
    14.    (0:51:58) The Beatles A DAY IN THE LIFE - The ending track to one of music's greatest achievements, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  On this track, John and Paul come out of their personas, and showcase their true musical characters - John speaking generally of politics and social commentary while Paul takes the personal approach within the life of a single individual.  With George Martin at the helm and The Beatles, the world will probably forever remember them as being the single greatest force in music.  Sgt. Peppers...is often hailed as the greatest album of all-time, yet not one of the tracks hit No. 1 on the billboard charts, due to its cohesive whole as a concept album. 
    15.    (0:56:21) Bibio LOVERS CARVINGS - British music producer, Stephen Wilkinson, set out to shock this time around, and has produced one of 2009's most refreshing albums with Ambivalence Avenue.  He is currently under the Warp Records label, and it shows!  Brilliant.  Apparently he studied odd sounds at Middlesex University in London, drawing from field recordings and found sounds. 
    16.    (1:00:06) Bright Eyes LOVER I DON'T HAVE TO LOVE - Conor Oberst is one of America's best singer-songwriters, and it proves true with this wicked track from Lifted: Or The Story is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground, which he made with his band around 22 years old.  This is a brilliantly dark track, as per his usual, but the keys and drum lick are absolutely catchy, haunting, and purely perfect, especially once the strings come rolling in on the chorus.  His lyrics, as usual, are brilliantly written, and his emotions drip from every note. 

In the drop,, a penny for a wish & a splash for life.  Longevity Of The Well, Podcast #39


    1.    (0:00:05) The Jackson 5 I WANT YOU BACK - The Corporation wrote, arranged, and produced this track along with ABC and The Love You Save.  The bassline of this track is so slamming, so wicked, so impressive, that it makes the hairs stand on the back of my neck!  Wilton Felder, a renown saxophone and bass player is responsible for this amazing recording.  His solo record, Secrets, reached #77 in the UK in 1985.
    2.    (0:02:51) Radiohead 15 STEPS - The opening track to the resilient, pop-music altering, In Rainbows record.  It is a pleasure to be alive and to have had the pleasure of seeing these icons of music live, for it is arguably my generation's equivalent to The Beatles.  With every release, a new structure, a new sound, a new direction to carry pop music into a complexity so accessible and profound, that Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood could play spoons and a thistle and still make it sound brilliantly - similar to John Lennon and Paul McCartney.  
    3.    (0:06:32) Aceyalone ON THE 1 - From the newest endeavor of Project Blowedian OG, record, The Lonely Ones.  Acey takes it back to the oldies-but-goodies throughout the record, and touches a new frontier in hip hop not yet trekked.  Acey has continuously pushed himself into new realms, exploring the corners of music, and challenging the boundaries of hip hop, even if it is at the cost of his earlier sound.  For this, the respect for this mentor of hip hop music is insurmountable.  
    4.    (0:08:58) The Heavy SET ME FREE - The third track I've featured off this absolutely brilliant debut from this UK eclectic band.  I am fully anticipating the release of their sophomore album, as it shall be dropping some time in the near future.  BRILLIANT!
    5.    (0:12:24) LCD Soundsystem YEAH (CRASS VERSION) - Ooh, the darker, more in-you-face version of this track, which is completely amazing, and if you close your eyes and concentrate on the awkward placement of their sounds and mixing techniques, I swear you'll open your eyes realizing you're dancing, bobbing your head, and flailing around like one of those freaks at Burning Man!  LCD is the sid project of producer and indie punk drummer, James Murphy, who is the co-founder of the dance-punk label DFA Records.  Their debut self-titled 2LP reached #20 on the UK charts.
    6.    (0:21:43) The Zutons ZUTON FEVER - Indie-rock band from Liverpool rocked this joint for me on a jobsite a la mate, Jason, and blew me away with its comicbook/pulp feel.  The entire album, Who Killed......The Zutons? is absolutely a must-have record, which explores many genres.  According to Wikipedia, the band took the name from The Magic Band guitarist Bill Harkleroad, better known as Zoot Horn or 'Zuton.'  They have released 2 other albums since 2004.
    7.    (0:24:43) Tinariwen NAK ASSARHAGH - Another track off this great complex-simplicity, Aman Iman: Water Is Life LP.  This Malian band is of great influence, and has released a 52-minute documentary called Teshumara, which played in movie theatres in Europe.  The documentary tells the history of the Tuareg rebellion and Tinariwen, which was also released in combination with a CD called The Soul Rebel Of African Desert.  
    8.    (0:29:35) Fat Freddy's Drop WILD WIND - You really didn't think I was through mixing in new Fat Freddy's, did you?  This track, like the others, is mind-numbing, and the groove is so infectious that I dare you not to start shaking!  My god, these guys know how to lay down a groove and bassline!  If you didn't know already, this is off their newest LP, Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW.
    9.    (0:35:42) Abstract Rude REJUVENATION - The second part of the Haiku D'etat trio on this mix (Myka 9 is the only one absent).  Along with Aceyalone, Ab Rude released his latest, Rejuvenation, recently on Rhymesayers record label.  Listen carefully to this man's amazing ability to transcend the beat and create an amazing verse over something that's not particularly the greatest beat.  His vocal-inflection and annunciation is as precise as one can get in the speed in which he presents it.  You can listen closely on this track to  the samples included by Luis Armstrong, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin amongst others accenting Ab's lyrics.
    10.    (0:39:53) Maxwell HELP SOMEBODY - Yes!!!  Finally, get us away from this monstrosity ruled by Auto-Tune in pop music.  Maxwell has resurfaced after a 7-year hiatus to present a breath of fresh air, and quite possibly one of the best R&B records produced in a decade, BLACKsummers'night.  Apparently he's been hard at work, planning on releasing a trio of records in succeeding years, which include blackSUMMERS'night and blacksummers'NIGHT.  With the musicianship and an anti-pop formula, this 37-minute LP is an anomaly in today's R&B standards, and if you're a drummer, percussionist, a bassist, or a guitarist, you'll find inspiration throughout the record.  It's a MUST HAVE!
    11.    (0:43:50) Wilco BULL BLACK NOVA - From the self-titled LP released recently in 2009, this Chicago-native band sheds a bit of skin for this distortion-heavy with a driving back-beat track.  Glenn Kotche is one of pop-rock-country music's walking drum/music encyclopedia, and his skill behind the drum kit is top-notch.  He has solo records, including one with his now-famous monkey chant song, where he explores Eastern rhythms and obscure sounds through random objects.  
    12.    (0:49:13) Amadou & Mariam CE N'EST PAS BON - The second track off Welcome To Mali that I've featured this season, and it would seem that Gorillaz' face, Damon Albarn is somehow involved in this track as was the other track I featured, Sabali.  The keyboards definitely have an Albarn drive, and the production seems somewhat similar to that of Sabali.  
    13.    (0:52:52) Noisettes SOMETIMES - UK indie-rock-pop band featuring the lovely Singai Shoniwa as lead-woman bassist and vocalist comes through on their sophomore effort, Wild Young Hearts.  This has yet to be released in the US, but has reached #7 on the UK charts.  What's The Time Mr. Wolf?, their 2007 debut, reached #75 in UK, and I'd have to compare slightly to the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs mixed with a bit more pop.  Their latest effort veers from their debut, and leans towards the lighter side of indie/pop.  Guitarist Dan Smith and Ms. Shoniwa formed the band, and later found drummer Jamie Morrison to back the band, who formally backed the great Willis act, Living With Eating Disorders, Six Toes, and Jaywalk Buzz amongst others.  Look out for this act.  They have toured with TV On The Radio, Bloc Party, and Tom Vek.
    14.    (0:56:36) Savath & Savalas UM GIRASSOL DA COR DE SEU CABELO - Ooh, what a grim minor-key version of what sounds partially similar melodically and rhythmically to While My Guitar Gently Weeps by George Harrison/The Beatles.  The translation from Portuguese is A Sunflower From Your Hair.  Guillermo Scott Heren is always working hard, straddling time between Savath & Savalas, Prefuse 73, amongst other acts, releasing anywhere from 1-3 records a year.   
    15.    (0:59:28) Portishead GLORY BOX - From the highly acclaimed, daunting, and beautifully made smash-hit, Dummy, the 1994 debut of this brilliant UK live electronic band fronted by the beautiful Beth Gibbons.  Dummy beat out PJ Harvey's brilliant album, To Bring You My Love, Tricky's Maxinquaye, and Oasis' Definitely Maybe record for 1995's Mercury Music Prize.  

To all life sustained in youth, the Funky Soul Burner salutes you.  Thank you for your listening patronage.  

To all my mates in Londontown and the UK, alike, I hope you will enjoy my best attempt to please you all.  This is my donation to the Beat Route: 11 July 2009, and to my top mate in the UK, Jason Ebers and fam.  To good times, good friends, and good music!  Hope you enjoy!


    1.    (0:00:14) Fat Freddy's Drop PULL THE CATCH - Wicked!  Finally the moment we (Gilles Peterson included) have been waiting for...the follow up to Based On A True Story.  This is the second LP by one of the greatest New Zealand acts to perform beautiful life music entitled, Dr. Boondigga & The Big BW.  Gilles Peterson from the UK's BBC Radio 1 broadcast, and music extraordinaire, hailed them the greatest band in the world after their release of their first LP.  Joe Dukie (moniker inspired by his father Joe, and the great jazz pianist Duke Ellington), the lead singer often is featured throughout popular funky German acts such as Boozoo Bajou or Clara Hill.
    2.    (0:05:20) Mos Def & Talib Kweli DEFINITION - Classic hip hop from 2 of conscious rap's masters, on their album Black Star, borrowing from Blast-Master KRS-One's Boogie Down Productions' beat off, Stop The Violence.  The two pay homage in the chorus, and reuses the mantra with updated info.  The combination of Mos Def's rhythmic rhyme patterns over the 16th notes on the hi-hat and matching the accents on the snare and often the bass drum along with Talib's over-the-bar-line raps makes for a perfect Re-Definition of the original song (the following song on the album is entitled just that!).
    3.    (0:08:38) Ben Harper & The Relentless 7 LAY THERE & HATE ME - Harper is a singer-songwriter and excellent guitar player, who often can be seen wailing on his slide guitar, which is influenced by the great blues artist, Robert Johnson.  Harper started the Relentless 7 after meeting lead guitarist, Jason Mozersky, in Austin in the 90s.  White Lies For Dark Times is their debut and was released in May 2009.  
    4.    (0:12:27) Paul McCartney feat. Michael Jackson SAY SAY SAY (EXTENDED VERSION) - I was obligated to put a track with MJ on this mix.  I chose this track off Paul McCartney's LP, Pipes Of Peace, because of the musical significance in both icons.  This track was produced by the resilient George Martin and was paired along with, The Girl Is Mine, which was released on MJ's groundbreaking Thriller album.  Here, Sir Paul drops a 4 over 3 polyrhythmic verse (thanks, Todd, for the breakdown) only to be countered by MJ's brilliant funky pop verse.  Truly outstanding, and George Martin, the production king, extends this version decades ahead of its time, as per his usual.   There will never be anybody more influential in my musical life as Michael Jackson, because SNAP!, on my second birthday, MJ released the single Billie Jean, which just so happens to be my all-time favorite song - that's right, my first steps were the moonwalk, yo!  We will always be grateful, and continuously inspired by the musical contributions you've left behind.  Thank you!
    5.    (0:17:42) Bitter:Sweet THE BOMB - This was a surprise!  An electronic-jazzy-trip-hop duo based out of Los Angeles!  I started to write down, 'from the UK,' and realized I should have read the description fully.  Shana Halligan tears the jazzy riff apart and brings back that old cabernet style of swing.  This is off their brilliant 2008 LP, Drama.
    6.    (0:20:35) Mr. Scruff WHIPLASH - Another brilliant track off Mr. Scruff's Ninja Tuna LP.  This UK artist is on the record label Ninja Tune (duh!), and he also provides his own artwork as well.  He strives to produce music to meld into his artwork to make it all a cohesive piece.
    7.    (0:26:30) Nightmares On Wax DA FEELIN - George Eveyln, better known as Nightmares On Wax, drops another funky beat and summer classic here.  Unfortunately the rest of the LP, Thought So..., isn't quite as memorable as his other outputs, including 2005's brilliant, In A Space Outta Sound.  This happens to be the opener to the newer LP, which picks up right where In A Space left off.  
    8.    (0:31:03) Chromatics HEALER - Ooh, what did I do?  Haha.  Dropped the funk and added post-punk/synthpop from Portland, Oregan.  The bassline and riff can be reminiscent of The Cure or even the Pixies, for sure, which is attractive to those stuck in the 80s!  You will notice around 32:26 in the mix, there is a 'jitter' or a mistake in the recording.  This is planted by the band to represent the lyrics it lands on, 'false atrocities.'  This track is off their LP, Night Drive.
    9.    (0:33:51) DOOM feat. Raekwon YESSIR! - Oh wow, what a new LP by the master of conscious-gangster-humor, DOOM (formally known as MF Doom), from 2009's Born Like This.  The beat rocks, and is sampled from ESG's track entitled, UFO which has been also sampled by the likes of old school hip hop Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, and LL Cool J as well as many others.  Here, Raekwon rules it, and earns his right to reinvent it Wu-style.  DOOM (all caps, by the way) is originally from London, but his family migrated to Long Island, New York when he was a child.  MF Doom usually puts out a few albums a year, and his highly-acclaimed commercial success with the master producer, Madlib, came in their release of the Madvilliany LP.  
    10.    (0:35:28) Patrick Watson WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE - For some reason, the critics don't particularly like this creative Canadian, and I'm not sure why.  When he won the Polaris Music Prize for his second LP, Close To Paradise, he was criticized because counter-Canadians Feist and Arcade Fire lost out, thus giving him a bad rap.  I, however, dig his creativity and his haunting combination of piano and vocals.  I first heard him off Cinematic Orchestra's To Build A Home, and have since enjoyed his music.  This is a brilliant record, sounding something British eccentric composer Matthew Herbert would come up with.  This is off Patrick Watson's (band) third LP released in 2009, Wooden Arms.   
    11.    (0:38:56) Carlos Montoya GRANADINAS - How could I have a proper FSB mix without a song like this?  From the modern-day Flamenco style guitar playing trendsetter, Carlos Montoya, popularized this brilliant music in the 1920s and 1930s in Spain.  He was raised in a gypsy family and started accompanying dancers and singers in Madrid by 14 (circa 1917).  During World War II, he moved to the US and began his most successful days as a musician, touring with the dancer La Argentina.  Guitarists today, such as Paco de Lucia, Al Di Meola, and John McLaughlin. amongst hundreds of others have certainly benefited from Montoya's music.  
    12.    (0:42:54) The Qemists feat. Wiley DEM NA LIKE ME - Ninja Tune drum and bass artists out of Brighton, UK, along with the styles of Eastern Londoner, Wiley.  Originally, the three members of The Qemists were members in a rock band touring the UK and Europe until they found DJing and drum and bass.  The three were conflicted, but then incorporated their guitar, bass, and drums over and around their creations as drum and bass heads!  This is quite unique, and it separates them from most, because they actually perform their music as a band.  
    13.    (0:47:10) Kim Carnes BETTE DAVIS EYES - Haha!  80s bustin' it out, yo!  This joint rocked the number one spot for 9 weeks in 1981.  It was originally written in 1974, but Carnes refused to release it until a new instrumental arrangement was produced by Bill Cuomo.  You can hear this sampled all over the place, including the massively successful UK DJ, Mylo, in his record, In My Arms.  This is off her album, Mistaken Identity.  It is said that her raspy voice is attributed to playing in smokey bars.  
    14.    (0:50:30) Tomboy I K. GUITAR (EDIT) - 2007's Serios LP, from Danish DJ, producer, and drummer, Tomas Barfod.  This album is wicked and certainly worth checking out if you're into the electronic scene.  Tomboy also happens to be the moniker for a trance artist, Thomas Bickham, whose largely popular OK2BGAY album is highly acclaimed in the gay community.  The song, OK2BGAY, may be featured on a future FSB mix...haha. Here's a link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6bGW4ShpNU
    15.    (0:54:50) Pop Levi FIRE ON YOUR FEET - Musician, record producer, and filmmaker, Johnathan Pop Levi is from London but started his career in Liverpool.  He was a founding member along with Snap Ant and Loka in the group, Super Numeri, and also played bass for Ladytron.  This is off Pop Levi's Never Never Love released in 2008.  You can also check him out in the film by Beaches entitled, You Don't Gotta Run.  Check out the trailor here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftgf5p6orxU
    16.    (0:58:06) Moderat RUSTY NAILS - Oh snap!  Two of Berlin's better electronic musicians and most influential acts, Modeselektor and Apparat, join together to make this brilliant collaboration of an LP entitled, Moderat.  I certainly hope these two groups can get together more often to create this brilliant music.  Here, you can hear Apparat using his limited vocals to add to the music, which so often ruins electronic creations.  He's quite selective and uses it well.  
    17.    (1:02:29) Fink NOTHING IS EVER FINISHED - A brand new track from Ninja Tune's own British singer-songwriter.  This is off his newest LP, Sort Of Revolution.  Fink comes from his first name, Fin, and is joined by drummer, Tim Thornton, and bassist, Guy Whittaker.  Fink grew up in a musical family with his father playing folk music while his mother was a music manager.  

    1.    (0:00:12) Fever Ray IF I HAD A HEART - The opening track off The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson's solo project.  The dubstep sounds similar to Richie Hawtin's (aka Plastikman) abstract minimalism.
    2.    (0:03:51) Sonic Youth OR - The closing track off this New York City powerhouse indie noise rock group's Rather Ripped LP.  Around 1990, Kim Gordon, one of the lead vocalists, bass and guitar player for Sonic Youth repeatedly advised David Geffen to sign a small band from Seattle whom they were touring with.  Geffen decided to sign this band, and released Sonic Youth's Goo in June of 1990 - Goo would sell 250,000 copies.  A year later, Geffen would release this newly printed indie-punk record by this small band called Nirvana to hopefully achieve similar success due to the touring combination of both bands.  Geffen originally sent out about 45,000 copies of Nevermind to the US and 35,000 to the UK, where the initial album, Bleach, was popular amongst ska fans.  Little did they know, Nevermind would be selling 300,000 copies a week and become diamond status in both America and Canada by 1999.  
    3.    (0:07:03) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss FORTUNE TELLER - Ooh, a nice catchy track off Raising Sand, the Grammy Winner for Best Album 2008.  Robert Plant's lyrics actually follow a nice story from beginning to end, unlike most of his dazed and confusing abstractions that he wrote while flying high for the Zep!  Alison's harmonies in the faintest are perfect, accenting the story-line as the fortune teller.  Brilliant track!
    4.    (0:11:08) Antipop Consortium BUBBLES - In preparation for the reuniting of this New York City avant-garde jazzy experimental hip hop group after splitting a few years back to pursue side projects, I present the opening track off Arrhythmia, their successful 2002 LP on Warp Records.  Antipop's (Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid, and Earl Blaize) off-beat rhythmic patterns at times make them more underground than mainstream, and have teamed up with NYC's brilliant jazz musicians, such as Matthew Shipp (I featured one track by Mr. Shipp on Podcast #30 zzaJ-knuF...), Guillermo Brown and company.  Also, Beans occasionally uses Brooklyn glam rock/electronic fusion band Kudu with Deantoni Parks on drums and Slyvia Gordon on bass when touring.  
    5.    (0:14:20) Whitest Boy Alive ISLAND - Ok, I hate the name of this band, but the actual music is seriously growing on me, especially this track off their most recent LP, Rules.  This German quartet keeps things spacious and clean, providing a pleasant sound.  In its minimalism, there lies a level of sophistication and complexity to their music, which I previously did not encounter.  With each part of the song, the music slides deeper, adding texture, reaching a pinnacle, and then as the music descends they revisit elements earlier touched on to create a cyclical, yet slightly different new face of the music - quite human in its evolution.  
    6.    (0:20:53) Fingathing SYNERGY - Jazzy electronic hip hop from Manchester, UK, comprised of bass player Sneaky and DJ Peter Parker.  Originally signed to the UK label, Grand Central Records, and in the US, Ninja Tune.  This record is off their last LP from 2004, The Big Red Nebula Band.  Sneaky will release his solo record, Feel Like a King...Pluck a String, June 22nd on The Big Chill Recordings.
    7.    (0:26:19) Juana Molina & Alejandro Franov LA MARCA - I first encountered Ms. Molina from the brilliant National Public Radio podcast, Radio Lab, and have explored her music a bit more in depth.  The Argentina-born singer-songwriter dabbles in the sound of her voice rather than the words she uses to create a song.  In her latest outing, Un Dia, she samples her voice and creates a textured ambiance in a meditative sort of experience.  Here, she experiments with the sounds of multi-instrumentalist and fellow Argentinean, Mr. Franov.  
    8.    (0:31:14) Bat For Lashes TRAVELING WOMAN - Another brilliant record off Ms. Natasha Khan's Two Suns LP.  
    9.    (0:34:33) B.B. King THE THRILL IS GONE - B.B. King popularized this track in 1970, but was originally written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins in 1951.  The Thrill Is Gone is King's signature song, which he consistently revisits and changes the essence each time he visits it.  Rolling Stone magazine rated him #3 on its list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time, and a critic once stated, '(King) introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed.'
    10.    (0:39:16) DJ Shadow feat. Dennis The Fox PILEDRIVER- Now if you are as big as a DJ Shadow freak as I am, then you have probably heard this brilliant track he threw into his Funky Skunk megamix from 2005.  Apparently this is another one of Shadow's deep digs found in an underground crate from the early 70s on Fox's Mother Trucker LP.  Mother Trucking brilliant!  
    11.    (0:41:32) The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diana King RESPECT - Ok, I just watched the movie, Notorious, and my interest in the B.I.G. was rekindled, so I could not leave this brilliant succinct version of his chase to fame.  There is hardly an argument why he is considered one of hip hop's greatest MCs.
    12.    (0:45:47) Tool PUSHIT (LIVE) - YES!  I finally snuck in a song by my true love in the music world.  TOOL are the reason I am posting this podcast, seriously.  If it weren't for my brother introducing me to this brilliant band to me on our train ride back from Syracuse 10 years ago, I would not have the open mind I do today in the musical sense.  This track is off their live DVD entitled, Salival.  The original version is on their Aenima LP.  Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, and my heros, Maynard James Keenan, and Danny Carey evolve with each album release, and dive deeper spiritually, musically, and complexity.  On their latest, 10,000 Days, which denotes the 27 plus years Keenan's mother was confined to a wheelchair until her death in 2005.  Keenan's lyrics can often allude to references to his mother, Judith, from A Perfect Circle being the first name of his mother.  My brother, who shares the same love for the band, and I saw them perform 2 nights in a row in their hometown LA after its release, and during the song Wings For Marie (Judith Marie Keenan being the name of his mother), Keenan had to leave the stage due to the emotional intensity of his music and lyrics.  I will be doing my best to include more TOOL in the future!!!
    13.    (0:58:48) Battles ATLAS - Another fine fine fine Warp Records band.  Crazy.  Unconventional, yet grooving like a doo-wop!  John Stanier, the drummer, was the original drummer for the rock group, Helmet, and later backed Mike Patton in his band Tomahawk.  Stanier has always expressed his love of hip hop, and it is apparent in his style and his time-keeping, and how much he circumambulates these inspirations within his groove.  However, if you are able, you must see them live, because you'll see their energy exploding through the audience, as you gaze in utter amazement.  Tyondai Braxton, the son of avant-garde jazz musician, Anthony Braxton, plays guitar, keyboard, all while sampling his voice to create intense textures as you will hear in this very song.  This track is off their brilliant and highly acclaimed LP, Mirrors.  
    14.    (1:05:42) Hot Chip SHAKE A FIST - The electo-pop band goes nutty on this track, and hopefully pulls you out of your seat, or wherever you may be, and makes you shake to its ruggity-rough DFA-like blitzkrieg bombshells!  This is definitely a departure from their normal sound, which I like, and can be heard off their recently released, Made In The Dark LP.   

The static, harnessed at its ends, an electricity enabling the vocals, set as precedent, by Polly Jean.  It is the chaos between - the Push & the Pull; the Enigma & the Estranged; the Fly & the Fruit - watch the mold grow & diminish its skin to fold in to itself; the bend.  A contortion or plenty.  We are to then again to focus on the ends.  We polish this static & send it back through Ms. Harvey's conductivity to bring the musical helix intertwining a connection track-by-track.  I ask you to please focus...to focus...Podcast #36 End Static. 


    1.    (0:00:47) PJ Harvey & John Parish SIXTEEN, FIFTEEN, FOURTEEN - A Woman A Man Walked By is the second collaboration between these two creative souls.  John Parish is the ego behind the instrumentation, with I'm sure help from the ever-so-talented PJ helping, while Ms. Harvey comes back into her extreme comfort zone vocally. 
    2.    (0:04:13) The Duke Spirit DOG ROSES - Brit rock in the vein of My Bloody Valentine or Pixies.  This is off their 2008 release, Neptune. 
    3.    (0:07:14) Willis TAKE YOU HIGH - The second track I have featured in a mix from Come Get Some.  After earning high marks from the critics, this West Londoner stripped herself of a label and started her own company.  However, she has only released a couple of 7inch vinyls since 2003. 
    4.    (0:11:08) Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders JOURNEY INTO SATCHIDANANDA - Wife to John Coltrane after meeting him around 1963.  She replaced McCoy Tyner on piano in John's group in 1965 and played with him up to his death in 1967.  John and Alice had three of their own children, drummer John Jr., saxophonists Oran and Ravi, and Alice had a daughter, Michelle, before meeting John.  Alice was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan where she studied classical music and studied with the great jazz pianist, Bud Powell.  Pharoah Sanders was once described by the great Ornette Coleman as one of the best tenor saxophonist in the world.  He emerged from John Coltrane's group in the mid-60s and is still living today.
    5.    (0:17:05) Four Tet & Rothko RIVERS BECOME OCEANS - Experimental electronic musician, Kieran Hebden meets London-based instrumental ambient group, Rothko.  This is off the Rivers Become Oceans single.
    6.    (0:24:31) Immortal Technique LEAVING THE PAST - From Revolutionary Vol. 2, this Peruvian-born, New York City-raised rapper uses his time spent incarcerated and his university experiences to push his politically-charged lyrics through the underground.  He has refused major labels in order to stay true to his beliefs and and self-production. 
    7.    (0:28:47) Billie Holiday STRANGE FRUIT - Lady Day's extremely melancholy and powerful song from around 1939, comparing lynching of Blacks in the South to strange fruits dangling from trees.  The lyrics are based on a poem by Abel Meeropol.   Billie Holiday's life is quite unique and intense, to say the least, which can be often heard in her powerful vocal inflections and lyrics.  She was apparently raped as a child and later became a prostitute in the early '30s.  She said herself she spent time in prison for solicitation before she started singing at night clubs in Harlem.  Unfortunately, her later life was plagued by narcotics, arrests, and she died from cirrhosis of the liver.  According to Wikipedia, people swindled her earnings, and she died with $.70 in the bank and $750 on her. 
    8.    (0:31:51) Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli MY SWEET - French violinist, Stephane Grappelli, meets Belgian Gypsy jazz guitar guru, Jean 'Django' Reinhardt.  Together, they founded Quintette du Hot Club de France, once described as one of the most original bands in the history of jazz.  Django spent most of his youth playing banjo, guitar, and violin in gypsy encampments.  At 18, Django was badly burned in an accident, which paralyzed two of his playing fingers.  He was able to do 2-finger solos and use the two paralyzed fingers for chord work.  
    9.    (0:34:42) Marta Gomez LA RONDA - Again, here is another track from the absolutely beautiful, Marta Gomez, from Colombia.  I first heard this track on Putumayo's compilation CD, Women of Latin America, and I went and purchased any other albums I could find of hers!  This is a Colombian children's rhyme restructured for this song. 
    10.    (0:38:22) Babatunde Olatunji BABA JINDE (FLIRTATION DANCE) - Great Nigerian drummer, educator, and activist.  This is off Olatunji's extremely influential recording debut from 1959, Drums of Passion.  Santana has covered tracks composed of Olatunji's percussion sounds.  Olatunji toured with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and joined him on his March on Washington  where King, Jr. gave his 'I have a dream,' speech.
    11.    (0:43:35) Myka 9 SNAKE BITE - Another track off Myka's newly released 1969 LP.  Here he explores his more melodic side in a sort of ode to African chant or tribal lyrics.  Myka 9 (aka Mikah Troy or Mikah 9), is also a member of The Freestyle Fellowhip and Haiku D'etat from Project Blowed in LA. 
    12.    (0:46:43) Pole PFERD - German electronic musician, specializing in the glitch sounds and dub.  This is off his Steingarten LP released in 2007.
    13.    (0:50:39) Hot Chip (JUST LIKE WE) BREAKDOWN - British electropop band comprised of 5 members.  This is off their Grammy-nominated, highly acclaimed, 2006 sophomore LP, The Warning. 
    14.    (0:54:41) Clinic HARVEST (WITHIN YOU) - Another British band.  This garage rock quartet hails from Liverpool and has released 5 albums since 2000.  This track is off their 2006, Visitations, LP.   
    15.    (0:57:59) Desert Sessions CRAWL HOME - Along with PJ Harvey, Josh Homme, founder of the Desert Sessions and Queens of the Stone Age, rock and roll on Volume 9: I See You Hearing Me.  With angst, PJ shines through with her traditional rocker self, sexy and bold, while Josh rules the guitar and reverb. 

As a concluding thought, but not a conclusion, the end static will resonate & personify thematically a musical encounter as an absolute.  The systematicity of your soul will allow funk to set aflame and you will arrive here, at Being, over & over again...

Swine Flu, or rather H1N1 virus, has caused all schools and public buildings in the 5 boros to close, once again.  In fact, we are broadcasting via Atlantis in space.  Here's Tom with the weather -

Thank you, Bill, what a beautiful day today outside in space - spectacular view of Hurricane George over Texas from here!  Let's take a look at what's happening in your neck of the woods, down there on earth.  Well, there's a lot of blue and crazy cotton spirals covering land today.  I'd have to say partly cloudy with a chance of electric sky for all you trapped inside today.  Stay locked in and tuned in to FSB-NYC Channel 9.


    1.    (0:00:40) Medeski, Martin & Woods ANONYMOUS SKULLS - New York City jazz fusion trio.  Formed around 1991, these three have pushed jazz through funk, hip hop, and various unconventional styles and rhythmic sounds.  They've worked with John Scofield, and separately have toured with the jazz greats.  This wicked track is the opener off End of the World Party.
    2.    (0:04:49) Myka 9 feat. Busdriver CHOPPER - Project Blowed, again, comes strong on the 40th year of Myka 9's life.  Freestyle Fellowship/Haiku d'Etat member teams up with the ever-witty jazzy linguistic extraordinaire, Busdriver, to deliver some of the most complex rhythm and rhyme patterns known to the music world.  
    3.    (0:06:51) Amon Tobin HORSEFISH - Ninja Tune field-sample king from the UK (born in Brazil).  He is primarily into the glitch sounds, but his original sounds were based in trip-hop/jungle under his first moniker, Cujo.  He has also produced a soundtrack for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3 video game.  Mr. Tobin is one of my personal favorites in this genre, often pushing his sound into the darker and more dissonant realms.
    4.    (0:10:03) Breaks Co-Op TOO EASILY - New Zealand band formed in 1997.  This track is off The Sound Inside LP which peaked at #55 in the UK in 2005.  The Sound Inside is difficult to capture in a generic style of music, other than keeping its roots grounded in electronica, because all songs sound different from the next.
    5.    (0:13:50) Robert Plant & Alison Krauss POLLY COME HOME - Grammy Winner for Album of the Year 2008.  Robert Plant traverses genres in this odd-couple's spectacular debut along with the beautiful sounding Alison Krauss.  This song in particular is one of my favorites, because of the extremely slow tempo and moaning of Mr. Plant.  This is an extremely difficult tempo to work with in music, and the two crush it!  
    6.    (0:18:52) Nas SURVIVING THE TIMES - Queens Bridge native giving a narrative of his history in the rap game with this brilliant unreleased record off his Greatest Hits LP.  I remember purchasing Nas' debut, Illmatic, the minute it was dropped in 1994.  It was one of the best records I'd ever heard, and to this day, is obviously one of hip hop's greatest achievements with some of the greatest production known by Large Professor, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and L.E.S.  
    7.    (0:23:21) Fever Ray NOW'S THE ONLY TIME I KNOW - Solo record by Karin Dreijer Andersson of the highly acclaimed Swedish band, The Knife.  In my opinion, this LP is even more enjoyable than the Silent Shout LP by The Knife.  
    8.    (0:27:02) Helios SHOULDER TO HAND - From Keith Kenniff's warm and ethereal sounds off his Caesura LP.  Definitely a record worth listening to during the winter when you're trapped inside and staring out at the snow falling, and the trees' branches give way to the weight of its drift.  
    9.    (0:31:45) cyne AUTOMATON (FOUR TET REMIX) - Cultivating Your New Experience is an underground hip hop group from Florida.  Four Tet, or Kieran Hebden, remixed this amazing track, which describes the life of cellphone abuse and the reanimation of the Self.  
    10.    (0:34:28) Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell INSTRUMENT OF THE TRINITY - The original backing band for the Williamsburg, Brooklyn hasidic reggae act, Matisyahu, collaborates with the great producer Bill Laswell.  The band recently broke up after Jonah David, drums and percussion, refused to tour or record any longer.  Sad, because he's good...
    11.    (0:40:36) Neon Neon feat. Cate Le Bon I LUST YOU - Bizarre duo, hip hop producer Boom Bip and Welsh singer/frontman Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals.  Here, they collaborate with Welsh singer Cate Le Bon, who will later release her debut EP, Edrych Yn Llygaid Ceffyl Benthyg - no, that's not me making up words, now ;)  Neon Neon's debut LP received a nomination for the Mercury Prize 2008.
    12.    (0:43:16) Booka Shade IN WHITE ROOMS - Yet another wicked track by this amazing German duo electronica outfit.  This track is off their great 2006 LP, Movements.
    13.    (0:48:03) Massive Attack UNFINISHED SYMPATHY - Outstanding single off their massively successful Blue Lines LP from 1991.  Shara Nelson is here on lead vocals, which helped push this track to the front lines in the pioneering of the Trip Hop genre.  
    14.    (0:52:55) Pink Floyd THE GREAT GIG IN THE SKY - From the overwhelmingly amazing Dark Side of the Moon LP, one of the world's greatest musical achievements.  I believe the woman vocalizing on this beautifully sung track is Claire Torry, who also performed a similar style vocalizing on Culture Club's, The War Song.  Apparently in 2004 she sued Pink Floyd for royalties, since her original studio flat fee was 30GBP for doing the track!
    15.    (0:57:08) Burial U.K. - From English dubstep producer's Untrue album, which received high marks in the UK and was nominated in 2008 for the Mercury Prize.  
    16.    (0:58:39) N.A.S.A. feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, and Nick Zinner WHACHADOIN? - North America/South America is a creative collaboration of hip hop producers from LA, which pushes the sounds into Brazilian funk and latin styles, here features some of the pop music world's most resilient artists.  Spank Rock is a hip hop group from Philly, who has toured with Hollertronix and M.I.A.  Santi White, or Santogold is songwriter/producer from Philly as well.  M.I.A. doesn't need introducing at this point other than just mentioning how amazing she is :), and Nick Zinner is 1/3 and guitarist of the great Yeah Yeah Yeahs.  

Thank you for watching FSB-NYC Channel 9.  Tune in tomorrow for tips on how to avoid bad lettuce while shopping with your vapor mask on.  Until then, good night. 

    1.    (0:00:23) Andrew Bird NOT A ROBOT, BUT A GHOST - Blazing new track from Chicago's very own multi-instrumentalist.  This is off Noble Beast disc 1.  Mr. Bird is one of my personally inspiring musicians today.  
    2.    (0:05:35) Arctic Monkeys WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - When Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not dropped, the Arctic Monkeys became an instant smash in the UK - it didn't take long before the world echoed the praise, either.  A recent article stated that frontman, Alex Turner, had his lyric book stolen and went back into the studio and revisited the music for new perspectives and attitude for their highly anticipated 3rd LP that is supposed to drop this summer. 
    3.    (0:08:42) Ayatollah KINGSTON - Another wicked track from hip hop producer from Queens, New York.  This track is from his solo record, Now Playing. 
    4.    (0:11:10) Estelle feat. Kanye West AMERICAN BOY - Probably don't have to say much about this song due to its popularity worldwide - Rolling Stone had it in its Top 10 list for 2008.  Estelle is a pop-throwback R&B singer from the UK. 
    5.    (0:15:40) Linda Lewis REACH FOR THE TRUTH - To compliment Estelle, Ms. Lewis was a popular singer/songwriter/guitarist  from the UK in the 70s.  Her sisters, Shirley Lewis and Dee Lewis, are notably pop singers in their own right. 
    6.    (0:20:05) She & Him WHY DO YOU LET ME STAY HERE? - After the many adornments I received from the Smokey Robinson track, You Really Got A Hold On Me, that I posted on Podcast #31 Othello's Clown...I couldn't possibly resist putting another track on a mix as quickly as possible.  Zooey Deschanel is arguably one of the great new talents in entertainment, which will definitely have me standing in line to check out her upcoming film, 500 Days of Summer, when it hits indie theatres on July 17th.  We can only wait until M. Ward and her share another incredible experience in Vol. 2, whenever they both find time to hit the studio again. 
    7.    (0:22:27) Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals FIGHT OUTTA YOU - This is the 2nd track I've included in a mix from their Lifeline LP.  If you have a chance, you should look up Ben Harper's Led Zeppelin tribute show on YouTube.  He performs with original member, bassist John Paul Jones, as well as hip hop drummer, Amir ?uestlove Thompson.
    8.    (0:26:21) rjd2 CHICKEN-BONE CIRCUIT - One of the most overrated DJs, in my mind, but his output on his first record, Dead Ringer, was surely worth checking out.  This song definitely has a DJ Shadow vibe in piano/ethereal synths, drums and vocal sampling - pretty much the whole track. 
    9.    (0:29:52) Layo & Bushwacka! IT'S UP TO YOU (SHINING THROUGH) - Another track from one of my favorite DJ duos from the UK.  This is a alternative mix to the LP version from their highly acclaimed debut LP, Night Works.
    10.    (0:32:53) Remember Shakti LUKI - Guitar guru John McLaughlin & tabla master Ustad Zakir Hussain originally formed this fusion band in the 70s with R. Raghavan and T.H. Vinayakram, and 20 years later formed Remember Shakti along with one India's top mandolin players, U. Shrinivas and the son of T.H. Vinayakram, V. Selvaganesh on the ghatam other percussion instruments.  This track is from the live album, Saturday Night In Bombay. 
    11.    (0:38:10) Marta Gomez TONADA DE LA LUNA LLENA - One of the most beautiful voices I've heard in awhile, this Colombian born singer has been featured on the Putumayo World Music record labels in New York City.  After soloing in a choir in Colombia, she was offered a scholarship to the renown Berklee School of Music, where she refined her Latin music repertoire and hooked up with Argentinean musicians.  Together, they create variations of all Latin music styles.  They now reside in New York City.  This is from Ms. Gomez's album, Cantos De Agua Dulce. 
    12.    (0:41:05) The Coup feat. Black Thought & Talib Kweli MY FAVORITE MUTINY - Boots Riley and DJ Pam the Funkstress are well respected in the hip hop realm, but never received the proper praise staying under the radar of the mainstream.  Their political themes and 'right to fight the system' earned them a second breath around the time of the first G.W. Bush's administration.   Their track, Fat Cats, Bigga Fish, off the second LP, Genocide & Juice from 1994 is one of classic hip hop's standout tracks.  Boots is currently working on a music-political project with guitarist  & activist Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine and drummer Stanton Moore (from Galactic), and will be releasing Street Sweeper Social Club around June 16th. 
    13.    (0:45:34) Peter Bjorn & John IT DON'T MOVE ME - Well loved Swedish indie rockers from Stockholm.  They formed in 1999, but received high praises and constant radio play from their single, Young Folks, in 2006.  This sweet little number is off their recent LP, Living Things.  The band's name is made up of the trio's first names, Peter Moren, Bjorn Yttling, and John Eriksson. 
    14.    (0:48:41) Mr. Scruff DONKEY RIDE - Ninja Tune's own, and one of their most prolific DJs from the UK.  Andy Carthy is also an artist and does all original artwork for his music.  The moniker came from his 'scruffy' hair and 'loose-lined' drawing style.  
    15.    (0:53:36) Plaid PINO POMO - Another solid dissonant track from Warp Records musicians.  This track is off their Rest Proof Clockwork LP. 
    16.    (0:58:20) cLOUDDEAD 3 TWENTY - Between Dose One and Jonathan 'Yoni' Wolf of Why?, the eccentricity level is greater than that found at most mental institutions, but hey, we dig it!  This is one of the many projects both are involved with through their own label, Anticon, and Dose One should be releasing 2 records later this year, both from the highly anticipated Themselves group along with his good friend and longtime-DJ/producer, Jel.  This record is off cLOUDDEAD's second LP, Ten. 
    17.    (1:00:20) Animal Collective MY GIRLS - Baltimore, Maryland natives now residing in New York City (who isn't, eh?).  This track is off their newly released LP, Merriweather Post Pavilion, and has already received high marks popular play in the 'freaky folk' world.  If these kids aren't hipsters residing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, then they sure are the poster-boys!

    1.    (0:00:38) Amadou & Mariam SABALI - From their latest outing, Welcome To Mali.  This track is the opening blast! to this solid LP.  Damon Albarn from Blur/Gorillaz/The Good, The Bad & The Queen/etc. produces this single, and the quality is absolutely superb, and perhaps one of his all-time better moments in music.  
    2.    (0:03:43) Janelle Monae VIOLET STARS HAPPY HUNTING!!! - Bad Boy has finally signed an artist that will revolutionize R&B/hip hop.  You first heard this wonderful voice on Outkast's track, Lettin Go, from Got Purp? compliation, and later on, In Your Dreams and Call The Law, from Idlewild soundtrack.  This Atlanta rising star has solidified the next generation in the dirty south's dynasty.  On Metropolis: The Chase Suite, her debut EP, she introduces Cindy Mayweather, an earth-woman from the future as she uses her perspective to narrate what the future holds for humans and androids - reminds me of movie Blade Runner.  The music and her vocals are wicked tight, and her backbeat, provided by gospel star drummer, Young Pete, is catchy, clean, and snug in that thick pocket!  You'll be dancing to this track and the following track without even listening to it, because that beat is so phat!!!
    3.    (0:06:50) Janelle Monae MANY MOONS - Couldn't resist putting the succeeding track from her EP into the mix, because it's just a continuation in theme and music from Violet Stars...The haunting listing at the coda to the track is a representation of our society's own demise based on the vices we've created.  You should check her out on YouTube, or her photos, because she's hot little number, but her desired dress attire is rather a-sexual.  Quite a departure from most hip hop divas.  
    4.    (0:12:12) Yeah Yeah Yeahs DRAGON QUEEN - Wicked track and new style from Brooklyn trio from their It's Blitz! LP.  I was fortunate enough to see them backstage at the Virgin V-Fest a couple years back, and I have to say, that Karen O is something special.  Wow!  Smokin'!  The three, musically, are absolutely talented, and compliment each other well.
    5.    (0:15:55) TV On The Radio DLZ - I might as well have every track from Dear Science included somewhere in my mixes, because each song is so absolutely perfect for all 'faces' of the sub-genre they've perfected.  
    6.    (0:19:30) Bat For Lashes SLEEP ALONE - Indie-rocker-hippie-gypsy-chick, Natasha Khan, has found her niche in dark 'n beautiful sounds and catchy synths in her newest LP, Two Suns.  Daughter of Pakistani father and English mother, born in Brighton, England.  When you have Thom Yorke complimenting your work and having you open up for Radiohead, then you know you're well-respected musically.
    7.    (0:23:07) Zoe Keating TETRISHEAD - Oh wow!  This is from a live performance off NPR's Radiolab.  This super-talented rockin' chellist produces her songs entirely off building riffs, bass-lines, backbeats, you-name-it, on top of each other looping them while she superimposes succeeding parts.  She has been featured on indie-rocker Amanda Palmer's newest LP and she also tours with her as part of her band.  This brilliant track is off her One Cello x 16: Natoma LP.
    8.    (0:29:02) Plaid feat. Bjork LILITH - Another nice track from Warp Records band.  This track is off their Not For Threes LP.  Plaid's keen sense in dissonant sounds balances Bjork's vocal preferences perfectly, and she feels right at home here.  
    9.    (0:33:26) The Grouch & Eligh EVERAFTER - Two members of Living Legends from California's underground.  They actually live up to their name in the underground, and have accomplished most of what has been possible in the underground scene and more.  This track is off their No More Greener Grasses LP.  The Living Legends crew is up there with the Project Blowed and Hieroglyphics as trendsetters in underground hip hop in the world.  All three crews often appear on one-another's music, showing ultimate respect for each crew's talent and legendary status.  
    10.    (0:37:45) CeU CONCRETE JUNGLE - Brazilian singer-songwriter producing and English-based track off her self-titled LP.  She studied music theory and played the nylon-stringed guitar, the violao.
    11.    (0:40:55) Heernt MAKE ME DANCE, MAKE ME DANCE - Another wicked bumpin' track from these twenty year-olds sidesteppin' the legends of jazz and making room for their own shoe prints.  Mark Guiliana is on my list of top upcoming drummers, and will certainly be a monster to keep your sights on in the future.  Check out these clips off YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu3zCfvVCdM
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    12.    (0:45:07) Triosk meets Jan Jelinek NECKLESS - Another standout track from the 1+3+1 LP.  Triosk is one of my newer found interests from Australia, especially in composer/pianist, Adrian Klumpes, and innovative drummer, Laurence Pike, of Warp Records band, Pivot.  
    13.    (0:49:30) Whitest Boy Alive 1517 - Simple rock from Berlin, Germany quartet.  This single is off their forthcoming LP, Rules.  According to Wikipedia, they started as an electronic dance music project, and later developed into a rock band without any programmed elements.  This track is super funky, and reminds me of the early 70s.  The lead singer's voice is perfect for this band, as it holds up the lack of sophistication in the musicianship...but their music works in its simplicity. 
    14.    (0:52:46) Alesha Dixon CHASING GHOSTS - British pop singer, originally a part of girl band Mis-Teeq.  This is off her newest LP, The Alesha Dixon Show.  Brit-pop to the 'T.'  
    15.    (0:56:20) Zion I feat. K. Flay COASTIN' - I couldn't think of a better way to introduce you to the solstice, whichever hemisphere you may reside on.  If you're in the northern, then welcome the summer, and if you're in the southern, then kick in to the winter.  Amp Live, the producer and DJ to Zion I, is one of the more creative thinkers in the underground hip hop world, and here he shows his diversity in the styles that are popular today in the music world.  K. Flay lives in San Francisco and is planning on her introduction to the musical world shortly.  I have a feeling she will be able to morph and transcend genres.  Hopefully her own music can push boundaries and find its way on a future FSB mix!

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    1.    (0:00:30) Public Enemy PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1 - In the 1930s, the US used the term Public Enemy for individuals committing criminal activities or for those extremely damaging society.  I'm not so sure the group itself did such acts, but rather served the opposite for hip hop culture and pop music in general.  Professor Griff, Chuck D, Flava Flav, and the guru behind the turntables, Terminator X, commanded the New York political hip hop scene along with groups like BDP and Poor Righteous Teachers during the late 80s through 90s.  This track, from their debut Yo! Bum Rush The Show, epitomized the band's political moniker and controversial lyrical motifs - that is, if you think speaking truth is controversial at all!  
    2.    (0:04:33) Fila Brazillia MOTOWN COPPERS - Formed in 1990 by Steve Cobby and David McSherry, this UK group of electronica/funk was definitely a force not to be reckoned with throughout the 90s up 'til 2004.  They split in 2006, and McSherry has pursued lecturing in audio production at the University of Lincoln.  This vibrant track is off their 2002 LP, Jump Leads.
    3.    (0:08:38) Skream BLUE EYEZ - Wicked thick dub selection from this UK youngster - barely 21.  Going deep, going down-tempo, and blowing out glass near any subwoofer!  Oliver Jones was at the center of 'dubstep' as a teenager (as early as 15), and says he roughly has 8000 songs in various stages of development.  Watch out for this freak!
    4.    (0:12:43) The Doors PEOPLE ARE STRANGE - Not a big fan of The Doors, however, I can't help but admire these lyrics and shuffle as the backbeat.  Along with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison died at 27 years old - the triple-J-jinx of musician deaths during 1970-71; a very morose and sobering year for music.  
    5.    (0:14:49) Junior Boys DOUBLE SHADOW - Canadian pop electronica group.  Their second LP, So This Is Goodbye, was shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, which is given to the best full-length Canadian album.
    6.    (0:18:50) Triosk Meets Jan Jelinek ON THE LAKE - Australia's new found glory, in terms of me here!  Adrian Klumpes, an experimental jazz pianist orchestrates the trio with Ben Waples on bass and one of my latest favorite drummers, Laurence Pike - who also plays drums for Pivot (on several FSB podcasts already).  This record comes from 1+3+1, Triosk meets Jan Jelinek.  Mr. Jelinek is an electronic musician from Germany.  This song is a great reference for 5/4 time signatures made to groove like a 4/4 beat - a la The Cinematic Orchestra style, who follows (but in 4).  
    7.    (0:23:47) The Dining Rooms FLUXUS (THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA WORLD GOES ROUND MIX) - Ambient/electronica band from Milan, Italy producing quite funky beats.  Who better than to mix your music than none other than The Cinematic Orchestra?  Wicked track from their Versioni Particolari remix LP.
    8.    (0:30:03) Holocaust GOD BE WITH YOU - Production by the artists that follow this track in the mix, Blue Sky Black Death.  The Holocaust is a Wu-Tang affiliate, preaching the bleak ally-speak, war-zone like reality of the streets and the world in general.   
    9.    (0:33:35) Blue Sky Black Death DAYS ARE YEARS - Another incredible track from their double-LP record, A Heap Of Broken Images.  One disc is pure instrumentals, and the other guests rappers.  This San Francisco duo treads boundaries uncharted in hip hop and continues to push hip hop music towards a more viable and respectable genre by including more than just a single loop, verse/chorus structure like most mainstream hip hop.  
    10.    (0:39:11) Peace Orchestra WHO AM I - Trip hop producer from Vienna, Austria.  This track is the most well-known track Peter Kruder has produced, due to its exposure in the Animatrix project by the Wachowski Brothers.  This track comes from Kruder's self-titled debut from 1999.
    11.    (0:44:49) Lewis Taylor SHENEVERDID - OOOhhh, Mr. Taylor!  Come back to music!  This funky, soulful guitarist, singer-songwriter, producer has retired from making music, and left underground albums for people like me to present to you!  I was first introduced to Stoned V.1 by my mate, Jason, about 5 years ago.  Ever since, I've been amazed by the innovation and the quality of music coming from this one man.  Absolutely excellent!  He has only produced a couple of albums, mainly remaining a performing artist in the UK, but Stoned V.1 is a must in your library!
    12.    (0:49:09) Black Milk TRONIC SUMMER - The second of brilliant hip hop production on this mix.  This is an instrumental track off Black Milk's solo record, Tronic.  He hails from Detroit, Michigan and has produced tracks throughout the main vein of hip hop.  
    13.    (0:51:13) Alice Russell LET US BELONG - To my listeners, I hope you do not get sick of hearing Ms. Russell on my mixes, because as long as she's making music, she will always have a slot in The Funky Soul Burner podcast.  This absolutely mind-numbing experience comes from her latest LP, Pot Of Gold.  In this, it is the space between notes that captivates me most, and pushes and pulls me (most noticeably with the drums) while her soulful voice wraps around its simplicity.  Does the bass in the verse sound familiar?  Think when you first heard Eminem...
    14.    (0:55:26) Lindstrom I FEEL SPACE - Another brilliant track off, Its A Feedelity Affair.  This is in homage to Lindstrom's 2008 release, Where You Go I Go Too.  I would put some music from that LP if I could, but it would take up half the entire mix!  
    15.    (1:00:59) Muse BUTTERFLIES & HURRICANES - This was the track that solidified my admiration for this band off Absolution for its Rachmaninoff theme throughout, especially in the bridge of the song, where it sounds straight from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No.3.  Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist is highly regarded in the UK and is often compared to Thom Yorke of Radiohead.  Muse have been hailed as one of the greatest live performance bands on the planet...so, check 'em out!   I was first made aware of this band by my bro after they released their debut, Showbiz - the Radiohead reference is quite clear, but also quite different.  If you go on YouTube, type this song in LIVE, and you can see the outstanding performance Mr. Bellamy gives via piano - for a Rock guy!

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    1.    (0:01:25) She & Him YOU REALLY GOTTA HOLD ON ME - Have you seen The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Happening, or even Elf?  Well, you'd recognize Zooey Deschanel, the actress.  Here, she's singing lead vocals along side indie folk star, M. Ward.  Volume One has received high marks from critics all across the board, and they plan on releasing a Volume Two in the future.  M. Ward is a singer-songwriter and guitarist that straddles country, pop, and folk on a regular basis, and you can find him popping up everywhere from Cat Power to Beth Orton.  
    2.    (0:05:01) Fiona Apple LIMP - This is one of my favorite tracks by this little feisty minx.  From her widely acclaimed When The Pawn... LP, and produced by the great Jon Brion.  Most people would critique her latest LP falling short on the production end after noting Brion's tracks had been reworked by Sony.  Please listen to the opening drum sequence to this track, because her sound on her first two LPs are so brilliant due to the rather outstanding drumming of Matt Chamberlain.  In the opening section, listen to how he uses the hi-hat to dictate the opening verse in a rather melodic way.  Truly amazing.  
    3.    (0:08:30) Ladybug Mecca SEXUAL ALCHEMY - The female-third of the Digable Planets.  This is from Ladybug's solo record Trip The Light Fantastic.  She is arguably one of hip hop's most outstanding female rapper (along with Project Blowed's Medusa, Jean Grae, and old schooler MC Lyte).  On her solo record, which was released nearly a decade after Digable's last appearance in the mainstream, pushes her into more vocal sequences and dabbles in Afro-Brazilian rhythms and reggae influenced beats as well as straight up hip hop.
    4.    (0:11:41) Kings of Leon I WANT YOU - Another brilliant track from their killer breakthrough LP Only By The Night.
    5.    (0:16:33) Danger Mouse & Jemini THE ONLY ONE - A classic hip hop duo that stayed rather under the ground in the hip hop sense of the term.  Jemini never really broke out like Danger Mouse did.  It's rather unfortunate, because this album is great - some of Danger Mouse's better moments pre-Gorillaz.  
    6.    (0:19:31) Black Milk feat. Royce da 5-9 LOSING OUT - Holy clouds in the sky!  This track is absolutely off the hook!  Black Milk is just like a baby Kanye or Puff Daddy, rippin' it up straight out of Detroit, Michigan.  Royce, perhaps one of hip hop's saddest stories, was once claimed to be the next up and coming rappers since Dr. Dre and Eminem.  There was so much hype surrounding this guy that he literally messed himself and his career up royally once he decided to come out and disrespected the Dr.  Dre was busy producing records, and he allowed Royce to write some lyrics for his album, and then came around and said that Dre doesn't write his lyrics.  Come on, now.  Dre quickly retaliated and shot him down, and there went his promising career in the big leagues.  He's still got skill, but no clout, anymore.  Sad.
    7.    (0:24:10) Plaid EYEN - My buddy, Todd, came across this band while loading up his Logic Pro software to his computer, and I was shocked I hadn't heard of them before.  They have been around for years on Warp records, which happens to be one of my favorite labels.  In fact, they go back to 1995, and prior to that, they formed along with Ken Downie as The Black Dog circa 1988 .  These guys dabble in dissonant electronic sounds and even odd time signatures.
    8.    (0:28:14) Present STRYCHNINE FOR CHRISTMAS - Eccentric Belgian guitarist Roger Trigaux formed this group along side his other band, Univers Zero, circa 1979.  Concentrating on polyrhythmic forms, odd time signatures, and dissonant chords, he is known for orchestrating the entire band without truly knowing the music behind it, but rather intuitively creative enough to describe what he's aiming for to each member so they can understand musically.  Most of his compositions are conducted like a symphony in that each movement is a representation of the larger whole with fluctuations in tempo and space.  
    9.    (0:32:07) Souls of Mischief TRILOGY - Oakland, California underground legends off of their 4th LP release by the name Trilogy: Conflict, Climax, Resolution.  This album delved into the darker side of the quartet, outside of the mainstream labels.  Even though I stated 'underground' for Hieroglyphics and SOM, it is not wholly true, since SOM's first release,'93 'til Infinity, was off major label, Jive Records.  Tajai and A-Plus apparently started rhyming together at the age of 8, later met Phesto and Opio in junior high, and released their critically acclaimed debut before graduating high school.
    10.    (0:35:29) Ayatollah DEVIL IS SWEET - In Arabic, means Signs of God, and is the high-ranking title given to religious clerics.  Another underground hip hop producer, following in the same vein as the late great J Dilla.  This is a truly busy man, producing crazy records since 2003, from Mos Def, Masta Ace, Inspectah Deck, Royce da 5-9, Talib Kweli, Ghostface Killah, to Guru.  
    11.    (0:38:20) Vampire Weekend ONE (BLAKE'S GOT A NEW FACE) - New York band that blew up the critic's roundtable last year with their self-titled debut LP.  Their sound incorporates the guitar playing and whining of lead singer, Ezra Koenig, backed by a rhythm section who often utilizes African influences to straddle the rock and pop sound.  This record was a major success in both the US and UK, and were in the top 50 records of 2008 on most critic's lists.  
    12.    (0:41:18) Aphex Twin GIRL # BOY SONG - From the Richard D. James Album LP.  Highly acclaimed LP from the 90s off Warp Records, and was titled in homage to his older brother who died at birth given the same name as he, Richard David James - hence the word 'Twin' in his moniker.  Aphex Twin is arguably the single biggest influence in melodic drum 'n bass and electro music, and though this was released 13 years ago, it still stands that test of time.  
    13.    (0:45:33) Erykah Badu MY PEOPLE - Another wicked, Madlib produced, track off New Amerykah Part One (4th World War).  Madlib treading waters in J Dilla territory as the record truly pays homage to the late great producer.  
    14.    (0:48:42) Marvin Gaye WHOLY HOLY - From the absolutely timeless What's Going On record.  Marvin Gaye was a one-of-a-kind musician and innovator of the 60s and 70s sound.  This record's melancholy jazzy connotations are in response to the death of long-time musical partner and friend, Tammi Terrell, in 1970.  He later stepped into the studio and recorded this album, which has become one of his greatest achievements and stands time on every critic's all-time best list.  Oh, and don't ask me why 'wholly' is misspelled, please...I don't know why.
    15.    (0:51:37) Arctic Monkeys 505 - From the highly acclaimed sophomore release Favourite Worst Nightmare.  Heavier than their debut release, and on the verge of such success as young chaps in the UK, already hearing lines like the next Beatles, etc etc.  That's quite a shoe to fill; better start recording more LPs!  Anyway, the song was apparently written by front man, Alex Turner, on a train ride from Philly to New York to meet his then girlfriend staying in hotel room 505.  
    16.    (0:55:35) Bloc Party SRXT - Another cryptic song title by fellow peers of the  Arctic Monkeys.  Apparently the drug Seroxat is a drug used to overdose/commit suicide quite easily, and the band avoided legal issues by removing the vowels out of the drug.  This track is off their sophomore album, A Weekend In The City, written about a young man who did just that, committed suicide.  What a lovely way to end a mix about Othello, huh?  hehe.

    1.    (0:00:35) Herbie Hancock PALM GREASE - One of the greatest drum grooves of all-time by master funky jazz drummer, Mike Clark.  This track opens Herbie Hancock's Thrust album, which is the follow up album to Headhunters.  Clark replaced Harvey Mason on drums as the only change from the Headhunters group.
    2.    (0:04:13) Herbie Hancock CHAMELEON - Speaking of Headhunters, this is the opening track to that very album to complete a nice dosage from jazz's brilliant funk era.  Herbie Hancock is arguably one of jazz's greatest innovators, and I believe Miles Davis saw that too, when he brought him in on his quintet of '65-'68.  He has pushed boundaries in just about every genre of music possible, and continues to shell out innovations in music today.
    3.    (0:10:23) Matthew Shipp SELECT MODE 2 - Choppy, electronica, hip hop from NYC-based pianist, Matthew Shipp.  Spinning off an album a year off Thirsty Ear records, Mr. Shipp running with Guillermo Brown on drums, William Parker on bass, Daniel Carter on sax, and FLAM on synths and programming.  
    4.    (0:13:10) Murs & 9th Wonder BAD MAN! - Brilliant underground hip hop players from both coasts.  Murs, of Living Legends, from California, and 9th Wonder from North Carolina.  Murs' lyrics here seem to be harsh and rock-n-roll misogynistic from the start, but tail off into a more humanistic, rather gentlemanly approach in the final verse as well as the change in lyrics to the final chorus.  
    5.    (0:17:14) Tricky feat Martina Topley Bird I BE THE PROPHET - One of my personal favorites of Tricky's from Nearly God.  Nearly God is one of the most underrated albums of all-time in my opinion, featuring breakthrough performances by Bjork and Nenah Cherry as well as Ms. Topley Bird (who is featured on Tricky's debut Maxinquaye, as well as Pre-Millennium Tension, and Angels with Dirty Faces).  Check out Martina Topley Bird in her solo music as well, Quixotic is her debut album, which was up for Mercury Prize when released.
    6.    (0:21:52) Two Lone Swordsmen A SLOW DRIVE WEST - This track is off the extremely rare double-LP by Mr. Weatherall and Mr. Tenniswood, The Fifth Mission.  When I first discovered the majority of the tracks of this album, I think a mate of mine and myself must have played it everyday in our jobsite mixes for at least a week or so, and I continued to play it in my headphones while riding the subway home from work.  It might be one of the greatest albums to just play from destination to destination while riding a packed train, with each track offering slices of minimalism with jagged edges just sharp enough to pierce the screeches and halts of metal against metal below.  Pure genius!
    7.    (0:27:14) Willis PAPER AND STONE - For whatever reason, iTunes recognizes this as S.E. Willis, which is not true.  He is a folky country musician from the States, but Willis is a UK band mixing various blues, African vibes, and folk.  Within the mix, it will read S.E. Willis, so I apologize, this is very wrong.  This is a track off their debut, Come Get Some.
    8.    (0:30:32) Blue Sky Black Death FROM SUN'S ANGLE - Underground hip hop producers from the West coast.  They signed under MUSH records and have released 8 LPs since 2006, and have collaborated with some of underground's most respected rappers including, Pep Love and A-Plus of Hieroglyphics, and Mikah 9 of Freestyle Fellowship, as well as Wise Intelligent of Poor Righteous Teachers.  
    9.    (0:33:43) Cunninlynguists feat Cee-Lo CAVED IN - Off of one of the most solid hip hop records to come out in a very long time.  Underground hip hop group from Kentucky; yes, Kentucky!  This song features the brilliant musician Cee-Lo and defines the record in mood and style.  This is from A Piece of Strange.  
    10.    (0:36:49) Jamie Lidell DADDY'S CAR (BOOM BIP REMIX) - Wow!  Did you listen closely to the lyrics of this track from UK's rising star, Jamie Lidell?  Go back, and listen again, if you did not catch them.  This track came out before his debut breakthrough, Multiply, and the master Boom Bip remixed it!  I couldn't have chosen a better artist to remix a song than Mr. Bip!
    11.    (0:40:28) Four Tet SUN DRUMS AND SOIL - Another brilliant track from Kieran Hebden, who also runs improv sessions with jazz drummer Steve Reid.  Electronic musician based in the UK.  This track is off of Everything Ecstatic.
    12.    (0:46:31) Guru feat Ronny Laws THIS IS ART - Guru's Jazzmatazz Volume 4 with producer Solar revamps the rap legend featuring jazz artists to elevate the fusion of jazz and hip hop.  Guru's debut Jazzmatazz was one of hip hop's greatest achievements, and emphasized the notion that hip hop artists do truly respect the music in which they sample.
    13.    (0:48:24) DJ Logic SOUL-KISSING - Possibly DJ Logic's best output, The Anomaly, featuring outstanding collaborations, like Kudu's insanely amazing drummer, Deantoni Parks.  DJ Logic acts as a great conductor of his band, like Art Blakey did the Jazz Messengers, but does it behind the turntables.  Logic is best seen live, touring with his own group, Project Logic, which was the title of his debut LP.  Logic has also collaborated with the likes of Vernon Reid of Living Color, John Mayer, Medeski Martin & Wood, Christian McBride, and also founded The John Popper Project - featuring John Popper of Blues Traveler.  
    14.    (0:53:10) Roni Size IT'S JAZZY - Mr. Size, one of the UK's leading jungle or drum n bass artists, has won the Mercury Prize for his record New Forms.  This is from a single with DJ Krust, but can be found on several compilations as well.
    15.    (0:56:39) Kudu SUGAR - I had to end this mix with one of my personal favorite groups to come out of my neighborhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.  Sylvia Gordon singing and the brilliant Deantoni Parks on drums.  Believe me, you've never seen anybody like Mr. Parks, and couldn't possibly imagine that the sounds you hear on a track like this that he is actually playing the drums, and not a drum machine.  Both went to the prestigious Berklee College of Music.  The duo often backs hip hop artists like Beans or even DJ Logic.  Sylvia also plays the bass.  Deantoni also has toured and played with John Cale of Velvet Underground, Mishell Ndegeocello, and he also sat in with one of my favorite bands, The Mars Volta when they were transitioning from Jon Theodore to Thomas Pridgen.  I had the pleasure to see him play and open for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.  I once remember being one of 3 people in an audience for Kudu, and it's good to see that they have gained a bit of recognition for their amazing talents.  Oh, Mr. Parks also plays the synth sounds while he drums...haha!

10 - 15 rotations and I tend to cycle through.  Cycle blew a tire and I end back at one.  Zero to the back, add a spoke, and the Soul keeps on Burning.  Crept up, cramp in, touch the breath another's space.  Inhale 13 songs to fill the lungs.  Extrapolate and sung - the meaning in pulse.  Smoke inside, outside begins to Funk.  Dance, get on down, cycle through and back on one...Podcast #29 uniCYCLE!


    1.    (0:00:45) Subtle ENEBY KURS - One of the first tracks released by this group featuring Dose One and Jel from Anticon.  This track was featured on the LEX Records compilation Lexoleum.  Dose and Jel both have worked together for a decade or more, first releasing albums under the group THEM and later Themselves for Anticon.  
    2.    (0:05:52) Plus-Minus FADEOUT - An excellent song exemplifying Ostinato and crescendo.  Chris Deaner, the very well accomplished studio drummer best known with his time with Kelly Clarkson, creates an impeccable Ostinaot rhythm on the kit and subtly builds upon it to push the energy of the song towards its crescendo three-quarters of the way through the song, then decrescendos back to the original Ostinato rhythm.  Without this extremely creative drum part, this song would be incredibly boring and not worth producing.  
    3.    (0:10:54) The Rza feat Talib Kweli, Lil Free, Suga Bang CERTIFIED SAMURAI - From the Afro Samurai soundtrack for the incredible Japanese Animated short-series.  Samuel Jackson voices two parts in this series, and is definitely worth checking out for its wicked animation and fight sequences.  Oh, and Talib and Free rip it up on this track!
    4.    (0:13:40) Massive Attack FUTURE PROOF - From the under-appreciated 100th Window album.  When this album first came out, the critics mauled it, ripped it apart, and ruined its chance at gaining much popularity, even though the wonderfully talented Sinead O'Connor is featured on two tracks.  This is the opening track.
    5.    (0:18:59) Tabla Beat Science TRIANGULAR OBJECTS - A monumental gathering of unique Indian musicians, Talvin Singh, Karsh Kale (from NYC but Indian descendant), join founders Ustad Zakir Hussain and producer/bassist Bill Laswell.  Ustad Sultan Khan on the sarangi also joined for a few tracks to create classical Indian music and electronica fusion.  DJ Disk and percussionist Trilok Gurtu have also been featured.  
    6.    (0:26:53) S.E.V.A. STONEHENGE - The duo comprised of producer Mumbles and Gone Beyond.  Mumbles also produced one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time (in my mind, of course), A Book of Human Language, by Aceyalone.  Here, the two are sampling world music and exploring the sounds he encountered while traveling abroad in search of meaning in religion, philosophy, and meditation within music.  
    7.    (0:30:47) Nujabes feat Uyama Hiroto WINDSPEAKS - Japanese hip hop producer, Jun Seba, whose alias is an anagram of his first and last name spelled backwards (read, Seba Jun - nuJ abeS).  He often samples the likes of Miles Davis and Pat Methany to bring the jazzy side into his beats, and has collaborated with hip hop groups CYNE, Apani B, CL Smooth as well as Funky DL from the UK.  
    8.    (0:34:53) Talvin Singh SWAY OF THE VERSES - Electronica producer and tabla player born in London.  He is well known in the Asian Underground scene, and fuses classical Indian music with drum n bass.  In the 80s, he worked with acts such as Madonna, the Indigo Girls, David Sylvian, Sun Ra, and Massive Attack.  He has joined forces with the great tablist master, Ustad Zakir Hussain, in the Tabla Beat Science (see above), and his solo debut, OK, won him the Mercury Music Prize in 1999.     
    9.    (0:41:01) Visionary Underground FREEDOM - A drum n bass/breakbeat group from the UK.  They often use raga, hip hop, soul, dub, and Asian-influenced sounds to create their music.  They work with rapper Duane Flames, and have also worked with Sinead O'Conner.  
    10.    (0:45:24) Calhoun PUSH - Will Calhoun is best known from his days with the incredible funk metal band Living Color with Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, and Doug Wimbish.  Today, Mr. Calhoun is a legend in the drumming world, fusing jazz, electronica, and world music.  He has smashed and caressed the drum skins along side the likes of Wayne Shorter, Marcus Miller, B.B. King, Public Enemy, as well as jazz bass legend Jaco Pastorius.
    11.    (0:49:22) Two Lone Swordsmen THE LURCH - Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood who started together as Sabres of Paradise back in the mid-90s later changed their moniker to Two Lone Swordsmen.  I once had the privilege to see Mr. Weatherall perform in London, and his set was so eclectic and deep, that towards the end of the set, I just stood there and watched him - which can be quite boring in most cases, because he's a DJ, not a instrumentalist, so to say.  I remember speaking with another admirer doing just the same, and he just said, Now there's a legend right there!  This track was yanked From The Double Gone Chapel.  
    12.    (0:52:59) Auf der Maur HEAD UNBOUND - Melisa Auf der Maur, former bassist of the women rock group, Hole, and Smashing Pumpkins, leads her own group of well-known studio musicians in her self-titled LP.  I particularly enjoy this track, because it ties back in with the Plus-Minus track with its build and the ever-prominant Ostinato.  Rock/Studio drummer, Atom Willard, formally of Offspring, demonstrates quality control behind the kit and builds the energy from the ground up.
    13.    (0:56:55) mum THE BALLAD OF THE BROKEN BIRDI - This mum (pronounced, moom) tune is meant to tie  back in with the Subtle opener, in order to bring the uni-cycle to full circle.  This is an electronic group formed in Iceland specializing in glitch beats and soft vocals.  This track if from their 2000 LP, Yesterday Was Dramatic.

Xinko's Telegram Of 1910 Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:48) Spektrum 1 INTERFERENCE - A very odd group from the UK.  Gilles Peterson has featured them on his BBC Sessions Live compilations, with their track Kinda New, which is an amazing track as well.  Here they showcase their eccentricity similar to most of the tracks off of ENTER THE SPEKTRUM LP.  
    2.    (0:04:35) Lake Trout SHINY WRAPPER - Balitmore group that started their sound wrapped around that created by the great DJ Shadow.  Drummer Mike Lowry's biggest influence is the drum sounds Mr. Josh Davis created on the groundbreaking Endtroducing...  After their 2nd major release/third LP, 3 members have joined James Levelle with his touring band, Unkle, in the UK.  James Levelle is a good friend of DJ Shadow, and they both collaborated on the first Unkle LP, Psyience Fiction.  Anyway, if you're in the tri-state area, Lake Trout do often play in town, and they are quite amazing to see live.
    3.    (0:08:53) One Day As A Lion ONE DAY AS A LION - Oh yes, my favorite drummer, Jon Theodore previously with The Mars Volta, collaborating with one of my favorite lead singers/rappers, Zach de la Rocha, from Rage Against The Machine in this EP released last year.  Zach plays synthesizers and Jon is on the skins, creating a nice heavy sounding groove for Zach to blast over!  I certainly hope these two keep making new records, and potentially employ other gifted musicians to evolve the sound.  
    4.    (0:13:14) Haiku D'etat feat Blackilicious & Latyrx TOP QUALIFIED - Wicked collaboration of underground legends from LA.  This is off of Haiku's Coup de Theatre LP.  
    5.    (0:18:34) The Juan Maclean DANCE HALL MODULATOR DUB - Ex-school teacher in Rhode Island turned back into music by friend, James Murphy, who heads the ever-so-popular, LCD Soundsystem from New York.  Murphy started the record label, DFA Records, and asked John Maclean to join the label and get more into the electronica sounds.  
    6.    (0:22:21) Dave Brubeck Quartet feat Carmen McRae TAKE FIVE - Jacked this record off Good Times 5 with Joey and Norman Jay MBE.  Norman first got his name rolling in the 80s playing warehouse parties, such as Shake n Fingerpop, but later established himself through pirate radio station Kiss FM.  Norman later hosted Musiquarium and then joined Gilles Peterson to create the impeccable label Talkin' Loud.  The Queen has awarded him Member of the British Empire for his pioneering sounds and innovation to British musical culture.  
    7.    (0:24:26) Lusine FLAT (Lusine Remix) - Another wicked track from this Austin, Texas electronica head.
    8.    (0:29:11) Muallem feat Audrey SWEAT - Jacked this record off the Compost 200 compilation, which showcases some of the standout tracks from the Compost label.  
    9.    (0:33:52) Raphael Saadiq SOMETIMES - This is one of my favorite tracks of 2008.  Raphael spent a long time studying the sounds of the old Stax Records and sounds of the 60s.  Here, you can definitely identify Sam Cooke and his influence.  It reminds me of his famous track A Change Is Gonna Come.  If you haven't heard this whole album yet, The Way I See It, I strongly recommend it, especially if you're into the old sounds of Motown and the like.
    10.    (0:37:42) Desert Sessions I WANNA MAKE IT WIT CHU - Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age hooks up with frequent guest musicians every once in awhile to create these wonderful volumes of music.  Here, PJ Harvey joins him to harmonize the chorus, and she is also featured on 2 other tracks in Volume 9 as well as a couple in Volume 10.  
    11.    (0:41:13) Estelle feat Cee-Lo PRETTY PLEASE - Another throw-back track in the mix by this lovely Brit featuring the ever-prolific Cee-Lo Green.  
    12.    (0:45:03) Scott Weiland JIMMY WAS A STIMULATOR - I referenced this earlier to the Depeche Mode's record, John The Revelator.  The similarities are minor, but just thought it was funny...John and Jimmy, the stimulator and the revelator.  This is from Mr. Weiland's solo debut LP, 12 Bar Blues, which is quite a departure from his Stone Temple Pilot's sound, and refreshing.  
    13.    (0:48:30) Menomena EVIL BEE - Another track from the wildly eclectic sounds of Friend And Foe by this versatile group of musicians.  This album was by far the biggest sleeper of 2007, and I can't wait to see what they bring to the table upon their next release.  They often make scores of music for film, and make semi-classical music as well.  Each member trades off instruments and shares vocals throughout the album - all equally good.  
    14.    (0:53:05) Madeleine Peyroux ALWAYS A USE - From her solo debut Dreamland.  Miss Peyroux was born in the US but later moved to Paris with her mother.  She joined the group Riverboat Shufflers and made her money by passing a hat around.  At 16, she joined The Lost Wandering Blues and Jazz band touring Europe and performing jazz standards.  This album came out in 1996, and was widely accepted and highly-acclaimed.
    15.    (0:55:07) Why? GOOD FRIDAY - Underground hip hop from Anticon.  Why? is Jonathan Yoni Wolf, but later formed a full band and kept the name Why? for the group.  He is known for his quirky lyrics and lack of rhyme.  He is also an original founder of Anticon, along with Dose One, Jel, Alias, Sole, and a couple others.
    16.    (0:59:25) Amanda Palmer LEEDS UNITED - My girlfriend, Dina, originally heard this on a Suicide Girl's webpage, and I overheard it, and was somehow captivated by it.  The video is quite enticing, and her vocal style is very unique.  I also like the English football reference to the track and some of the quirky lyrics like - the sandwiches are wicked and they know you at the Mac store.  Very cabaret style, and the video expresses this very well.  She's kind of in the same category as Regina Spektor.  She was also a main part of the group The Dresden Dolls.   

A mix for the calm winter storms and frigid air.  For the minimal movement the body makes in order to make it from Point A to Point B - and for those in warm places or the southern hemisphere, you can just imagine what it is...

Serenity In Minimalism Track Listing:

    1.    (0:01:02) Kronos Quartet PAREDES: CANCAO VERDES ANOS - One of the most prolific quartet in modern music, founded by violinist David Harrington.  Harrington, John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola and Joan Jeanreaud on cello, who was later replaced by Jennifer Culp, who was also then replaced by Jeffrey Zeigler.  Their forte is literally everything, so there is probably not a genre out there they have not straddled in some respect.  This happens to be from their wildly eclectic Kronos Caravan LP, where they did simply that, carried the colors of the multifaceted world music scene.  They have also performed pieces by Henryk Gorecki who intentionally closes this mix!  
    2.    (0:03:53) Duffy STEPPING STONE - Another brilliant track off Rockferry, the debut album of Welsh singer-songwriter.
    3.    (0:07:13) The Nightrats ALLIGATOR MAN - A second track from this up & coming Brooklyn band.  Please check out my man, Chris McMillen, on bass and vocals rippin' it up whenever you can when they tour through your area code.  This is one of my personal favorite tracks, and think there can be many takes to this expansive song, because it pushes in pulls but never strays too far from its intentions.  They tease with the bass drum patterns which could easily lead to heavier cymbal work and ghost notes for a heavier sound, or could easily play this acoustic and pull it back in a monologue-like expression.  Very cool!
    4.    (0:10:18) Paco de Lucia, John McLaughlin & Al di Meola LA ESTIBA - Also known as The Guitar Trio (although Larry Coryell originally formed the trio with John and Paco, before Al took his place), or at least alluded to in this 1996 entitled album.  Paco is from Spain, John from the UK, and Al from the States.  They are arguably 3 legends of the flamenco and jazz guitar standard, and have all played with the best in their respective genres.  Paco has recorded 10 albums with singer Camaron de la Isla, and made his name known at age 11 awarded a special prize in the Jerez flamenco competition.  By 14, he was touring with flamenco dancer Jose Greco.  John played with Miles Davis, and he even named a song for him off Bitches Brew.  He is also well known for his large part in The Mahavishnu Orchestra as well as the jazz/Indian fusion band Shakti along with tabla guru Ustad Zakir Hussain.  Al's big break, so to say, was with Chick Corea's Return To Forever, which is a jazz fusion band from the 70s.  His solo works Land Of The Midnight Sun and Elegant Gypsy are two of his best works, largely due to his immaculate guitar playing as well as the line of brilliant musicians he had backing him, including drummer extraordinaire, Steve Gadd.
    5.    (0:15:43) Ashes Divide FOREVER CAN BE - A Perfect Circle without the center, Maynard James Keenan.  This is Billy Howerdel in his purest form on his newest output with drummer, Josh Freese and co. - one of the best drummers out there!  Howerdel probably felt in the shadow of Keenan (lead singer of my all-time favorite group, TOOL), even though he formed the band A Perfect Circle, and was the lead songwriter.  To be honest, his song writing is far better on APC, and Maynard has a much more powerful lead voice, but I give Billy props.  Especially starting as guitar tech for TOOL all those years, never getting the proper attention.
    6.    (0:20:16) PJ Harvey YOU CAME THROUGH - From one of my all-time favorite albums, Uh Huh Her.  I remember when I first bought this album at midnight in the eve of its release I seemed to be disappointed, overjoyed, or confused, because it wasn't heavy hitting nor perfect sounding like her Mercury Prize winning, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea, and was recorded mostly on her 4-track and 8-track home studio.  All instruments were handled by Miss Harvey, except for one of the most natural drummers and personally admired, Rob Ellis.  
    7.    (0:22:46) Psapp UPSTAIRS - This will be the last track by this group, since it seems I have included them in each of the last few mixes.
    8.    (0:26:02) Charlie Hunter & Bobby Previte WAVE LINK - 8-string guitar virtuoso playing with multi-textured drummer to produce nice melodic and spacious jazz riffing-beat-minimalism.
    9.    (0:31:28) Savath & Savalas DECATUR QUEEN - Another track from Prefuse 73 mastermind, who I prefer as Savath.  
    10.  (0:34:37) Iron & Wine WOLVES (SONG OF THE SHEPHERD'S DOG) - Another brilliant track from folk rock star, Samuel Beam, this from his most critically acclaimed, Shepherd's Dog.  Great music coming from the one of the biggest music scenes on the planet down in Austin, TX.
    11.   (0:37:09) Tricky JOSEPH - Another track from Tricky's latest, Knowle West, which hasn't been received as well as others, however, I find this album to be one of his most enjoyable.
    12.   (0:39:32) David Zinman and the London Symphony Orchestra with Dawn Upshaw on soprano GORECKI: SYMPHONY NO.3, OP. 36, SYMPHONY OF SORROWFUL SONGS MOVEMENT I - From the first movement of 3 to this masterpiece.  My brother first introduced this piece to me long ago, I think after he saw the movie State Of Grace with Sean Penn, and I was completely moved from start to finish.  I'm not big on vocal performances in classical music, but Miss Upshaw provides perfect accompaniment to this wonderful post-war piece.  This was originally composed to commemorate the memory of people of Poland lost during the Holocaust.

When the music begins, you will be transformed into a .wav of sound-bit, color-fused, alternate reality, and the cloud of distortion will collapse color into slivers of Teak, only to awaken once the music has stopped.


    1.    (0:00:25) Kings Of Leon: CLOSER - Wicked opening track to their latest Only By The Night LP.  I'm not a diehard fan, but I respect the fact that with each release, this band led by the trio of Followill brothers, put forth new efforts in new directions.  Album is produced by Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King.  Petraglia has produced their records in the past, while King was brought on to have a new perspective.  He has produced the likes of Tom Waits, Modest Mouse, Mute Math, Switchfoot, as well as No Doubt.
    2.    (0:04:12) Aceyalone, Busdriver, Longevity, Nga Fish: ENTER THE KAOS - from the Project Blowed 10th Anniversary album.  Acey & Busdriver rip it up on the off-kelter rap format.  
    3.    (0:05:58) Bjork feat. Thom Yorke: NATTURA - First single off Bjork's forthcoming LP.  She's one of the few that can ask Thom Yorke to join her on a record, now for the second time, and here you can hear his moaning in echo in sections on this track.  This single was released to help the Icelandic environment, which the proceeds will go to Nattura Foundation.  
    4.    (0:09:04) Radiohead: WHERE I END AND YOU BEGIN (THE SKY IS FALLING IN) - It's only natural to fade into Radiohead from here.  This from their mixed-bag LP, Hail To The Theif, using all styles from previous releases.  This happens to be one of my all-time favorite tracks by this brilliant group.  This song was apparently dedicated to Jeanne Loriod, a pioneer of the Ondes instrument, which widget-guru Jonny Greenwood features on this track, amongst many others.  Mr. Yorke and the other cast of Radiohead have been putting together a series of adverts with similar soundscapes to help convey particular messages.
    5.    (0:13:18) Pink Floyd: SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN - This is from one of my personal radio host favorites, John Peel, who passed away a few years back.  He was the king at mixing the craziest music together jumping from hardcore punk rock to electronica to classic rock to whatever he felt like listening to at that moment, and it created this beautifully organized mess.  This is a live performance of The Floyd in John Peel's BBC studio.  
    6.    (0:18:14) Sole (with lyrics by Pedestrian): SLOW, COLD, DROPS - Anticon classic, from Sole's Selling Live Water LP.  Fellow Anticon writing guru, Pedestrian, wrote these great lyrics for Sole while they toured together.  The lyrics represent a 3rd party perspective of the artist the music was intended for.  Quite clever.  
    7.    (0:21:54) Nirvana: SOMETHING IN THE WAY - One of my favorite tracks by this iconic 90s grunge band from Seattle.  Nevermind sold an estimated 26 million copies.  
    8.    (0:25:18) Trentemoller: MOAN - Another track from this Danish electronic musician.
    9.    (0:30:31) Anthony & The Johnsons: SHAKE THAT DEVIL - Mercury Prize winning artist and band release this gem on their Another World EP before releasing their forthcoming LP around February or so.  I saw them at Carnegie Hall a few years back after they received the Mercury, and was pleasantly surprised by the performance and the absolutely amazing voice this person has.  Anthony has rightfully received much due respect.   
    10.    (0:35:32) Portishead: NYLON SMILE - Another track from their highly acclaimed Third LP released last year.  Their reunion was one of the most anticipated, but unlike most reunions, this was far from a letdown, receiving most critics' choice as top album of the year.  
    11.    (0:38:42) TV On The Radio: SHOUT ME OUT - Another brilliant track from their largely successful LP, Dear Science.  I have to say, I am quite impressed at the longevity of this Brooklyn band.  Love the build up and crescendo on this track - the music and lyrics are perfect.  Unlike Interpol, they have pushed into new territory with their music and have kept it interesting and mature from LP to LP (Interpol are decent, but have not proven a wide range of movement or evolution in their music or sound).  
    12.    (0:42:38) Alien Nation: BENEATH THE SURFACE - Another Project Blowed production from another PB compilation.  The second verse by Phoenix Orion (Zoundwavez) is a witty listing of those Project Blowedians represented on this compilation.
    13.    (0:46:30) Neptune: SOUL PRIDE - Wicked track from Ninja Tune's Xen Cuts compilation.  My only info on this group/DJ is this song only.  
    14.    (0:52:51) Zion I: LET ME HOLLA - from their very successful Deep Water Slang 2.0 LP.  AmpLive, the producer/DJ, is one of the most diverse and well-rounded producers in the underground.  He can create a perfect pop structure song from scratch as well or better than Timbaland or other big-named commercial producers.
    15.    (0:57:20) Booka Shade: KARMA CAR (ALBUM VERSION) - Another track from their The  Sun & The Neon Light LP.  Love these guys.
    16.    (1:00:59) M.I.A.: BAMBOO BANGA - wicked opener to her massively successful Kala record.  She definitely proved that she doesn't need her ex-boyfriend/producer, Diplo, to create catchy, poppy, party-hoppin' music.
    17.    (1:05:39) Virginia: RAINBOWS (MORE ROCKERS REMIX) - ahh, another straight jack move from Smith & Mighty's DJ Kicks mix.  Smith & Mighty are one of my favorite electronica/jungle groups out there.
    18.    (1:09:21) Neon Neon feat. Spank Rock & Sean Tillmann: TRICK FOR TREAT - Collaborative project from one of my favorite hip hop producers, Boom Bip, and Gruff Rhys, who is the frontman for Super Furry Animals.  This record was nominated for a UK Mercury Prize, and features hip hop powerhouse, Spank Rock.

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Blacken The Sound, Kill The White Noise Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:18) The Heavy: BRUK POCKET LAMENT - Check out these UK cats rippin up every style/genre possible in their debut.  They'll definitely be worth watching in the future to see how they mix things up.
    2.    (0:02:54) Plus-Minus: PROFESSION - Love this alternative-pop band.  Drummer, Chris Deaner, is one of the hottest session drummers out there, working most prominently with Kelly Clarkson.   
    3.    (0:05:27) The Jimi Hendrix Experience: UP FROM THE SKIES - Another timeless track from Axis Bold As Love.  
    4.    (0:08:09) Psapp: NEEDLE AND THREAD - Another track from the 'toytronics' band; making music with toys.
    5.    (0:12:09) Circa Survive: KICKING YOUR CROSSES DOWN - Philadelphia-based indie/prog band with extreme vocalist, Anthony Green.  This is from their second album, On Letting Go.
    6.    (0:15.26) Modselecktor: HASIR - Brilliant track off their first LP, Hello Mom!
    7.    (0:19:50) Refused: REFUSED ARE FUCKIN DEAD - A track from The Shape of Punk to Come, which is an homage to Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking jazz record, The Shape of Jazz to Come, released in 1959 - the same time Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, John Coltrane's Giant Steps, and Charles Mingus' Ah Hum albums blasted onto the jazz scene.  All albums have been quite influential, however, Ornette's unique 'free jazz' technique set new standards in the genre itself, veering further away from the classical jazz background.  This is where Refused comes into play.  This album, likewise, crushed the genre boundary of punk music upon its release, and this song (with apt title) was sort of their swan song, which is unfortunate.  
    8.    (0:24:06) TV On The Radio: GOLDEN AGE - Great single from their highly-acclaimed third LP, Dear Science.  
    9.    (0:28:09) Pivot: SING, YOU SINNERS - From O Soundtrack My Heart LP.  Another track from one of my newly found favs from 'downunder.'  
    10.    (0:31:26) Lou Rhodes: RAIN - Another track from LAMB's front woman.  She still loves to play around with syncopated beats and toy with odd-metered sounds that her band plays with frequently.  
    11.    (0:34:40) Boom Boom Satellites: SIX FORTY FIVE - If you like Japanese Animation, especially the brilliant Appleseed flick, then you've probably heard of this Japanese rock band.  This is from their EXPOSED album.
    12.    (0:38:45) Zach Hill & Mick Barr: PARALLEL PATCHWORK ABDUCTION - Zach Hill is either incredibly loved or practically hated, but there's no question when it comes to his abundance of creativity.  He is a drum freak, and when I mean freak, he is known as one of the quickest single-bass pedal stroke drummers out there...but is also like Animal from The Muppets.  He has played with Team Sleep, a band formed by frontman, Chino Moreno from Deftones, he's a large part in the band Hella's success, and he just released a highly-acclaimed solo project that also features him vocalizing.  He is completely self-taught, and only started drumming in 1995.  Mick Barr is a speed metal guitarist signed to Mike Patton's label.  
    13.    (0:41:03) Bonobo: CHANGE DOWN - I think I will play Bonobo's entire  collection by the time I finish with my mixes...this is another track off Dial M For Monkey.  
    14.    (0:45:18) Outkast: DA ART OF STORYTELLIN' (PART I) - Another track from one of my favorite hip hop albums, Aquemini.  Andre 3000 and Big Boi are hands down the most prolific rap duo ever to grab a mic and make a movie.  The stories they rap, are as basic as rap's roots, yet so sophisticated that it's hard to believe this song is over 10 years old!
    15.    (0:48:19) David Holmes: THE STORY OF THE INK - Another track from Belfast's DJ king.  This one is from The Holy Pictures.
    16.    (0:53:26) The Field: SUN & ICE - Ambient techno from Stockholm, Sweden.  This is from his debut LP, From Here We Go Sublime.
    17.    (0:57:58) Ellen Allien: THE BRAIN IS LOST - Another odd track from German electronic musician.  
    18.    (1:03:00) Depeche Mode: JOHN THE REVELATOR - From their 11th studio album, Playing The Angel.   Interestingly enough, this is their first record to include songs not written by songwriter Martin Gore since 1984, and the first to include lyrics written by frontman Dave Gahan.  This song has a strange correlation to Scott Weiland's song Jimmy Was A Stimulator, which will be featured on a future mix of mine from his 12 Bar Blues solo record.  

A (not so) farewell to another Bush, and a HELLO OBAMA!  Happy New Year's, EVERYBODY!!!

8 Years Of Carnage; The Rebuild Begins...Track Listing:

    1.    (0:00:46) Aphex Twin: AVRIL 14TH - It is only natural to start off the New Year with a piece from probably the single most influential artist in the electronica genre.  Richard James, AKA Aphex Twin, has influenced all realms of music and his work is represented everywhere - the mathmetal band Dillinger Escape Plan even covered Come To Daddy with Mike Patton.  What he was able to do with a laptop and electronic equipment changed what we know as jungle, or even plain melodic electronica.  His name comes from a piece of electronic equipment, which he is licensed to use, and TWIN, representing an older brother with the same name who died at birth.  This song is from disc 1 from drukQs.  It has been said that the two discs were made to be played simultaneously, but it is only speculation.
    2.    (0:02:34) Murcof: MIR - An electronica recording artist from Mexico now residing in Barcelona, Spain.  Murcof was a part of the group Nortec Collective before soloing.  He has since recorded/toured with Swiss-born French contemporary jazz trumpeter Erik Truffaz and legendary tablist/electronica artist, Talvin Singh.
    3.    (0:06:00) Biosphere: BIRDS BLY BY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS - Norwegian musician popular in ambient electronic music.  This song is from the Dropsonde album.
    4.    (0:08:21) Four Tet: HANDS - Song from Rounds LP.  Kiernan Hebden from the UK is all over the place.  He first established himself with the band Fridge, then tried the solo gig.  Now, he also does work with jazz improv. drummer and percussionist Steve Reid, which he has performed for Gilles Peterson on one of his live on BBC 1 broadcast albums.
    5.    (0:12:10) Alice Russell (Bonobo Remix): MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WOLF 'TELL THE STORY RIGHT' - I told you I would keep using this girl.  Now out with her third effort, Pots Of Gold, but this gem comes from her remix album, Under The Munka Moon II.  Bonobo certainly knows how to add his element to the mix when bringing out the original music.  He stays a bit conservative here, but hones in on the genius of Miss Russell's original composition.  
    6.    (0:16:11) Bonobo: WAYWARD BOB - From his Dial M For Monkey LP on Ninja Tune.  At 18 he released his debut album, Animal Magic, on the Tru Thoughts label in 2000.  Ninja Tune is well known for their innovators, and with Bonobo, it's no different Tune!  Bonobo, or Simon Green, has revolutionized downtempo electronica music with his melodic music.  
    7.    (0:20:28) Kid Koala & Amon Tobin: UNTITLED - Two heavy hitters from Ninja Tune, again.  Kid Koala a Canadian hip hop producer, who has opened up for the likes of Radiohead and Bjork, while Amon Tobin controls the realm of 'field' music in the techno world, meaning, he now uses a field microphone to record sounds in the world, and puts them through his computers and distortions, and turns it into music.  Kid Koala was also a part of Deltron 3030 with Del The Funky Homosapien as well as the Gorillaz at one point.  
    8.    (0:25:01) Cunninlynguists: LINGUISTIC (INSTRUMENTAL) - Underground Hip Hop group from the south.  This underground group produces some of the highest quality beats I've heard in awhile, and this is from their instrumental release of their highly acclaimed debut Will Rap For Food.  
    9.    (0:27:05) DJ Spooky: BOMB MASSIVE (OPTOMETRY REMIX) - The Art Blakey of DJ/electronica music, DJ Spooky is always looking for a group to conduct behind his Techniques 1200s.  He was born and I believe still lives in Washington, D.C.  One of my all-time favorite drummers, DeAntoni Parks has worked with him on The Anomaly, which is a drum 'n bass tune that shows Spooky's interest in great drummers, such as Dave Lombardo of Slayer as well.  
    10.    (0:32:21) DJ Shadow: STEM - Half of the Stem/Long Stem track from his groundbreaking, ear-trembling, genre-bending debut, Endtroducing...  When this album first came out, I believe I listened to it non-stop for weeks trying to just grasp what Mr. Josh Davis from California was doing.  This album placed him in the Guinness Book Of World Records for First Record Ever Made Entirely Of Samples.  He used to dig in the basement of a 'mom n pop' record store, where he put his health at risk in order to find some of the rarest music recorded to vinyl.  It was said on album he mixed over 3 years ago that his collection is well over 60,000 vinyls!  Truly one of my musical heroes!
    11.    (0:35:42) Savath & Savalas: PATHS IN SOFT FOCUS - Another moniker for Prefuse 73 star Guillermo Scott Herren.  He also goes by Delarosa & Asora , as well as Piano Overlord.
    12.    (0:38:37) Thom Yorke: DRUNKK MACHINE - B-side release from Thom Yorke's Eraser LP.  Mr. Yorke is a personal favorite of mine, and to me, the John Lennon of my generation.  Every release he or Radiohead does is precise and rather perfect, similar to the ways The Beatles and Lennon once did.  Yorke's vocal phrasing and odd-metered sense flows so flawlessly that he can make the dissonance sound more popular than Brittany Spears or U2.  
    13.    (0:42:19) Blackalicious: WORLD OF VIBRATIONS - Legendary LA underground duo - producer Chief Xcel & rapper Gift Of Gab.  This is from their last album, The Craft, which was richly textured and moved beyond the underground scene to appear at #102 on the Billboard 200, which rarely occurs from the underground.  Their most commercially popular album, Blazing Arrow, reached #49.  Even though these guys haven't released anything together since 2005, they're both quite busy collaborating with other artists and Gift of Gab has his own distribution (Giftstribution).
    14.    (0:44:49) Blockhead: FOREST CRUNK - B-side instrumental from his Ninja Tune debut, Music By Cavelight.  Blockhead is also associated with fellow New Yorker, Aesop Rock, and has produced many of his most important work throughout his career.  
    15.    (0:48:47) Nightmares On Wax: FLIP YA LID - From the sweet In A Space Outta Sound LP.  This Warp Records artist, George Evelyn, or DJ EASE, is a UK electronica musician that specializes in chill and downtempo groove.  He has been producing some of the most influential chill music since 1991 when he came out with A Word Of Science: The First And Final Chapter.
    16.    (0:53:13) Culver City Dub Collective: LEI'S SWEET INSPIRATION DUB - California dub, Jamaican, Afro-Cuban, bossa-nova band rippin' it up on their debut Dos (perhaps a misnomer?).  
    17.    (0:56:30) Fat Freddy's Drop & Alice Russell: THE CAMEL - Fat Freddy's Drop is finally coming out with their successor to Based On A True Story, which Gilles Peterson hailed as the 'best band in the world,' after its release in 2005.  This New Zealand dub band is quite unique, quite simple, yet very effective.  On this single, they've teamed up with UK recording queen, Alice Russell, to give us a gem of a combination.  Joe Dukie, the lead singer, often shares the stage with fellow UK recording artists, and has been featured all over radio DJ mixes from Brazil to the UK.  
    18.    (1:05:11) Booka Shade: PLANETARY - Another record off their newest release The Sun & The Neon Light.  This German electronica duo will have you dancing through the roof by their set's end...that is if you are able to see them live, of course.  Saw them perform at the V-fest in Baltimore a couple years back and remember their performance rocking the house...even more so than The Police's reunion set!
    19.    (1:08:37) Gnarls Barkley: RUN (I'M A NATURAL DISASTER) - Cee-Lo Green & DJ Danger Mouse have collaborated again to produce a soulful pop record, producing another quality performance from the southern portion of the States.  The Dungeon Family (Goodie Mob, Outkast, Big Rube, & Freddie Calhoun) are one of the most solid groups ever formed in the history of the hip hop genre, and between Cee-Lo & Andre 3000, they have pretty much captured a good portion of the entire pop genre expanding their music, their styles, and their creativity.  And from Danger Mouse, we expect nothing less than perfection after his massive success with The Grey Album (The Beatles' White Album mashed with Jay-Z's Black Album), The Gorillaz, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, The Black Keys' newest output, the two underground gems, Dangerdoom (Danger Mouse and MF Doom) as well as Danger Mouse & Jemini, and new production on Beck's latest.  
    20.    (1:11:07) Common w/ Pharrell: UNIVERSAL MIND CONTROL - This is the title single off Common's newest release.  It was originally conceived as a 'celebration of summer EP,' entitled Invincible Summer produced by Pharrell, but decided to record the second half of the EP soon after the date had to be pushed back.  As a whole, the album is not nearly as cohesive as Be or Finding Forever, which were produced by fellow Chi-town guru, Kanye West, but there is always progress when an artist decides to change paths (which this is quite a departure from his previous work, similar to Electric Circus).  I have a feeling that Common's next release, due out some time in 2009 or early 2010, will be one of his strongest yet.  
    21.    (1:14:24) Mylo: DROP THE PRESSURE - From the massively popular Destroy Rock & Roll ablum from UK release 2004.  So far, this Scottish electronica musician has yet to produce a successor, probably because he has the sophomore jitters!  How can you blame him, after producing such a popular album as his first?  This man apparently gave up studying for his philosophy Ph.D at UCLA to return back to Scotland in order to make music - I would have to say, it was probably a great idea!  
    22.    (1:18:14) !!! (Chk Chk Chk): BEND OVER BEETHOVEN - American-based WARP Records stars from their Myth Takes album.  If this song doesn't boost your adrenaline levels at least 5% by its climax, then, well, I can't help you...hehehe.  However, if you're a drummer, I would stay far away from this band if I were you.  The first drummer was killed while riding his bike, the second left to pursue other matters, and now, well, they probably are using a session drummer...they've only put out 2 albums, and have used up to 3 or 4 drummers!  
    23.    (1:26:09) Modeselektor w/ Sasaha Perera: SILIKON - One of mine and Thom Yorke's favorite innovators in electronica music today from Berlin.  Yorke is featured on a track from their newest Happy Birthday! LP.  I've featured at least 3 others throughout my mixes, and will continue to include their music, because it works so well with most mixes.
    24.    (1:29:47) Miwon (John Tejada Mix): BROTHER MOLE - After getting hooked to Andrew Weatherall back when I worked in London, I have to say there is no better way for me to personally end a mix that celebrates a new year than jacking a track off Mr. Weatherall's Fabric 19 mix.  I remember dancing to this track in a Bayswater hotel with a fellow mate of mine, and it gets me hyped every time I hear it.  Andrew Weatherall is quite the innovator, and I strongly suggest checking ALL of his eclectic music out, because this man is truly a one of a kind.  Miwon is a German electronica musician specializing in 'all angles of electronica' in order to produce quality melodies.  

Photo taken in Barcelona of the Gaudi project.

So, You Think Your Soul Can Float? Track Listing:

    1.    Donny Hathaway:  GIVING UP - This single reached #81 on the US pop charts in 1972, seven years before Mr. Hathaway was found dead outside his home at the Essex House in NYC - which they ruled a suicide.  Hathaway was said to have taken up to 14 pills a day to counter his schizophrenia.
    2.    Marvin Gaye:  INNER CITY BLUES (MAKE ME WANNA HOLLER) - Off his monumental album, What's Going On, from 1971.  Gaye was a part of the group The Moonglows, and was also a session drummer.  Two of his drum tracks can be heard on the #1 singles 'Please Mr. Postman' by The Marvelettes, and Stevie Wonder's live version of 'Fingertips Pt.2'.  Gaye added the 'e' to the end of his last name to separate himself from his father, and taboo-ridden questions of his sexual orientation, and to pay homage to his idol Sam Cooke who did the same.  Ironically, Mr. Gaye died at the hands of his father 4 months after giving him a gun as a present.  Gaye had moved in with his parents after suffering bouts with depression.  Gaye intervened in an argument between his mother and father over business documents, and his father accidentally shot and killed him a day before his birthday on April 1, 1984. 
    3.    Soul Children:  I'LL BE THE OTHER WOMAN - Stax Records artists formed by Norman West, with J. Blackfoot, Anita Louis, and Shelbra Bennett.   This track has some of the most confessional lyrics I've heard about being the mistress in a relationship.  The lines, 'I'll be your part time love, but that's as far as I go/To be your part time fool, would be stooping a little too low/Loving a married man, this I really don't mind/But a married Cassanova, is a little out of my line,' are just so amazing to me.  I don't know, what do you think?
    4.    The Beatles:  DON'T LET ME DOWN - Released in 1969 off the Get Back (Let It Be) sessions.  John Lennon giving his all to Yoko Ono on this one.  He opens his vocals to restrain unmatched to emphasize his love to Ono.  Here, all 4 Beatles are in perfect form - George's wonderful ethereal blues, McCartney's deep bass with perfect harmonies over Lennon's cries, and Ringo's syncopation and cymbal work  (crashes especially on Lennon's 'Don't let me down...' are exceptional to the vocal phrasing, increasing in power as his cries grow throughout the track).  This blues gem by The Beatles is hard to believe that this was a B-side!
    5.    Raphael Saadiq:  100 YARD DASH - Oh yes!  Mr. Saadiq has truly completed one of my favorite albums of 2008, taking it back to the Stax Records sounds of the '60s.  After leaving Tony! Toni! Tone! as lead vocalist and bass player, he produced 4 studio solo albums.  He has been quoted saying The Way I See It was the most difficult album he has produced - studying old records and old styles.
    6.    Jethro Tull:  LOCOMOTIVE BREATH - From 1971 album, Aqualung.  This entire track was pieced together from overdubs, similar to most every album made today in the music industry with Pro Tools, etc. 
    7.    Stevie Wonder:  KEEP ON RUNNING - Track off of 1972 hit, Music Of My Mind, the first of 5 classic Stevie albums (Music Of My Mind, Talking Book, Innervisons, Fulfillingness' First Finale, and Songs In The Key Of Life).  Stevie ain't know joke, seriously, and if you don't believe me, just YouTube him live, playing every instrument on most of his records - check out his drum solos!!!
    8.    The Quantic Soul Orchestra:  TERRAPIN - Will Holland of the UK, also known as Quantic, produces some of the funkiest music right now, and often collaborates with Alice Russell (see below) and Spanky Wilson.  He's a multi-instrumentalist, and works to revamp funk, salsa, bossa nova, soul, and jazz.
    9.    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds:  TUPELO - This Aussie eccentric is one damned creative dude, period.  Just go see the movie, The Proposition, which he wrote and developed the score for.  This is a crazy track from the 1993 album, Live Seeds...say what you want, but this track has crazy improv and energy.
    10.    Alicia Keys:  ROCK WIT U - Off of Alicia's debut, Songs In A Minor.  You can definitely feel the Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye influence in this funky song.  I completely dig her earlier style, and this goes against the pop grain clocking in at 5:37. 
    11.    Benny Sings & The Rednose District:  MISS MORAL - Dutch pop artist who also plays bass in the hip hop group, Abstract Dialect. 
    12.    Amy Winehouse:  SOME UNHOLY WAR - This is a crazy beeootcchhh, no question.  Wherever she goes, she's drunk...if she goes!  I mean, coming out with your first worldly-major album entitled (after limited release of Frank) Back to Black and the first track talking about how she's not going back to rehab.  Haha!  However, you have to dig her great voice, but her backing band, The Dap Kings, who also backs Brooklyn-based throwback vocalist, Sharon Jones.
    13.    Marya Josie:  HE DOES IT BETTER - This track is dope.  Stolen off of Gilles Peterson's Brownswood USA compilation - Mr. Peterson is a hero of mine!  Don't have too much information, partially because Gilles did all the dirty work!  The way she ends her vocals in this track is just brilliant with the lyrics and the music...love it!
    14.    Alice Russell:  MEAN TO ME - One of my all-time favorite artists.  UK throwback to the '60s and beyond, to me, blows Winehouse out of the water!   This is from her acoustic version off the Under the Munka Moon II release.  I will be having much more of her featured (on the New Year's mix as well), because she just dropped a new album, Pot Of Gold.  She also works closely with Will Holland/Quantic, and has worked with another fav of mine, Fat Freddy's Drop...
    15.    Duffy:  MERCY - Thanks to my friend George for introducing this young talent to me.  Quite poppy, but in the same vein as Amy W., Alice Russell and Sharon Jones.  She has also been criticized for 'misinterpreting' proper soul music, which she slightly agrees on...who cares?  This 24 year old Welsh singer has been nominated for 3 Grammies with this brilliant album, Rockferry.
    16.    Cee-Lo:  CLOSET FREAK - Before this pop icon became so widely known, he produced, well, just as good as music, including this track from his classic debut, Cee-Lo Green & His Perfect Imperfections.  Cee-Lo was a part of the Dungeon Family (consisting of Big Rube, Freddie Calhoun, Outkast, and the rest of the original Goodie Mob), but has since split (personalities) and pursued his own endeavors - like writing songs for acts like The Pussycat Dolls...oh yeah, who the hell you think wrote their only hit, 'Don't Cha'???
    17.    Solange:  SANDCASTLE DISCO - I don't know what to say, other than this is the second track I've used off of Sister Beyonce's album, Sol-Angel & The Hadley St. Dreams, and I have yet to include Beyonce's music.  Hmmm...I dig her style a bit more, and prefer her music much more...not that Beyonce's not talented, but let's give her sis' a bit of light, too, you know? 

At first frost, I can only hope the cooler days ahead lead me closer to the thaw.

The City's First Frost Track Listing:

    1.    Emiliana Torrini: NOTHING BRINGS ME DOWN - Icelandic singer presenting a track off her Fisherman's Woman LP from 2005.
    2.    Elbow: BITTEN BY THE TAILFLY - Somehow always find themselves buried in the darker, melancholy mixes...perhaps it's just Guy Garvey - the singer - trying his best to make the world his metaphor for a state of in limbo. 
    3.    Cool Breeze: BLACK GANGSTER - Slightly modified version of this Southern Dungeon Family member track from his 'under the radar' East Point's Greatest Hits LP. 
    4.    Psapp: REAR MOTH - London based duo playing with musical idea of toytronics, which uses the sounds of random toys to make the music.  Pretty sweet stuff.
    5.    Pivot: HELPS NONE BUT HURTS NONE - Another track from my newly found Aussie mates. 
    6.    TV On The Radio: LOVE DOG - Oooohhh, check out the new TV, man, it's like, on the Radio!  Love their new sound off of Dear Science.  This Brooklyn based band is comprised of artists that play all sorts of instruments...the drummer is a bassist, and the bassist likes the guitar, and the guitarist likes to scerenade and croon amongst the others...used to see these guys on the corner of N.7 and Bedford less than 10 years ago, and here they are now, in the spotlight!
    7.    The Nightrats: WONDERLAND - Here's a 'wonder'ful track from a friend's band in the outer boroughs of New York.  Please check them out if you're in the city...I have a feeling they will make it big!  Love the French-English vocals, and the bassist/songwriter, Chris McMillen, is something special.  Check out their myspace page for more info: http://www.myspace.com/thenightrats
    8.    David Holmes: THE BALLAD OF SARAH & JACK - Nice track off Mr. Holmes' The Holy Pictures.  This Northern Irishman is massive in the UK, and makes brilliant mixes.
    9.    The Heavy: WHO NEEDS THE SUNSHINE - Oh yes, an introduction to a new 'heavy' in the music industry, another from the UK!  Watch out, you'll hear more of them soon - especially from me!!!
    10.    Fucked Up: LOOKING FOR GOD - Hardcore punk band from Toronto mixes it up on The Chemistry of Common Life, and comes out with one of the biggest punk shockers since The Shape of Funk to Come by Refused. 
    11.    Nas: QUEENS GET THE MONEY - Another track from Nas' Untitled album, which originally was headline for major controversary with its original name [omitted name: unsuitable for FSB].  Unfortunately for Nas, he's always set to spark controversary prior to a release of an album, but always changes the outcome due to label rights.  I guess artists just can't do their thing...
    12.    Porcupine Tree: SENTIMENTAL - UK prog band, featuring one of the most surprising drummers, Gavin Harrison.  His groove-oriented style sets new standards in prog, to in my mind, outdo most technical/chop master approaches.  This track is from their amazing Fear Of A Blank Planet - a play on Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet.
    13.    Nine Inch Nails: 6 GHOSTS I - Such a surreal, beautiful track from Mr. Reznor's FREE album.  He's arguabley been the most prolific musician in pop rock for the last 2 years, releasing 6 albums (if you count the Ghosts as 4 volumes).  Now, he's taking on the entire music industry by himself, self-releasing all his music as well as providing the Radiohead trend-setting "pay what you want" idea...but taking it further. 
    14.    Camp Lo: BLACK NOSTALJACK AKA COME ON - One of the greatest hip hop duos of all-time in my mind, with backing production by Ski.  Their abilities to (w)rap around the beat and play with the rhythms is seldom seen, as well as their infatuation with the '60s theme of soul and jive.  This is off their debut/classic LP Uptown Saturday Night.
    15.    Explosions In The Sky: SO LONG, LONESOME - Saw this ambient noise producing band at the V-fest 2 years ago, and found it extraordinarily chill!  Just sit back, close your eyes, and allow the music to flow through you...
    16.    Blockhead: NYC BOUNCE - Aesop Rock's backbone and core from earlier days and recent releases...this New York producer has a unique and bumping sound, and can be recogized in an instant...so good, he was asked to join Ninja Tune, a UK based label.  Brilliant album, Uncle Tony's Coloring Book.

A photo from the Tate Modern exhibition of Olafur Eliasson...my brother and me laying on the floor making an "OK" sign taking a photo of the reflection off the mirrors on the ceiling.


The Extraordinary Fables Of Tesla & Wu Track Listing:
    1.    Common feat. DJ Premier: "The 6th Sense" - from Like Water For Chocolate, produced mostly by The Roots drummer, ?uestlove, with the exception of this gem by DJ Premier.  These are two of my most influential musicians, and both are so recognizable and distinguished that they both seem to seal themselves from making bad music. 
    2.    Nightmares On Wax: "Environment" - Nice track from the Mind Elevation disc.  One of Warp Records greatest. 
    3.    Sam Sparro: "Hot Mess" - Aussie singer-songwriter trying to pull a bit of fellow UK throwback extraordinaire, Jamie Lidell.  I think this is more in the vein of cheesy disco rather than 60's soul, however...but you have to admit, it's catchy!
    4.    Blaze Present UDA feat. Barbara Tucker: "Most Precious Love" - Straight jacked this from a mix by DJ hero from the UK, Norman Jay.  If you've ever experienced PS1 in Queens, then you would know that one of the best sets ever was by this DJ when the Queen released him from her British grasp and allowed him to blaze New York!  Everybody was jumping about 5 feet in the air right around the time this song bumped out of the speakers...so PLAY THIS LOUD!!! - you'll know what I mean...
    5.    The Juan Maclean: "My Time Is Running Out" - A recent DFA release.  Murphy and Co. (LCD Soundsystem) have been busy with their record label and side projects, while everybody awaits their third album!
    6.    Spoon: "Don't You Evah" - Not a bad Austin, TX band...like the drum rhythms Jim Eno comes up with in his simplicity - matches the music very well and keeps it interesting. 
    7.    John Legend: "Save Room" - Oh snap!  Haven't included the third piece of the Chi-town tri-fecta yet, so I slipped this neo-soul guru right into the fabled playlist...much respect, Mr. Legend.
    8.    Pivot: "Make Me Love You" - Holy snap, crackle, and PPPPOOOOPPPP!  Love this band out of Australia.  Laurence Pike, brother and co-founder of this group, is one of my newest inspirations on the drum kit.  This band reminds me a lot of Chicago native, Tortoise, for those interested in electronica/rock/instrumental music.
    9.    Surreal & DJ Balance: "What It Is? (Beat By Relic)" - Wicked little hip hop track from underground LA. 
    10.    Kate Nash: "Dickhead" - Oh wow!  What a track by this UK chic-chica...don't need to say much, D***head!!!
    11.    Andrew Bird: "Armchairs" - Still fascinated by this multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter with a perfect voice...this is very pop, but he makes it fly (pun oh so intended).
    12.    Iron and Wine: "Peace Beneath The City" - Nice track from their highly respected The Shepherd's Dog. 
    13.    Atmosphere: "Guarantees" - Nice guitar and rap track from Minnesota massive white rapper, Slug.  He singlehandedly went from trailer trash underground hip hop (along with Anticon) to stardom in literally a year's time.  He was underground for nearly 10 years, then within this one given year, around 2003, he just popped out of nowhere in the mainstream, and blew up!  Good for him...why couldn't this happen for Project Blowed in LA???  I'm going to keep throwing you people PJBLOWED until you BLOW!
    14.    The Delgados: "Pull The Wires From The Walls" - Recorded live on the UK genius' show, John Peel.  Peel passed away a few years back, and is quite missed on the airwaves.  He was the king at mashup and mixing the oddest music ever together and making it work perfectly.
    15.    Sufjan Stevens: "Vito's Ordination Song" - Thought I'd throw a twist at the end and keep it soft and electric for a subtle finish to the fable...this is from Greetings From Michigan...

I remember when my brother first turned me on to hip hop...he used to play Paris, N.W.A., Ghetto Boys, and Public Enemy and would bob my head because my brother liked it.  It wasn't until we picked up our first copy of South Central L.A.'s  Freestyle Fellowship's Innercity Griots in 1993 when I truly fell in love with the music - I was 12.  This easily became my favorite album of all-time (and probably still is).  From then on, I was getting into more of the East Coast Rap with B.D.P., Eric B. & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Tribe, De La, Special ED, Gang Starr, Jeru, etc.  Then, just before 1994 hit, I remember getting 'inside information' from my brother about this 'god on the mic' and he was only 17/18 from Queens Bridge.  When NAS' Illmatic dropped, I thought I was the first one in Colorado to 'dig' it out from underneath the John Denvers, The Eagles, and Garth Brooks' records at my notorious spot at the Flea Market.  I think I listened to this BIBLE 30 times straight...fell asleep to it on repeat, and listened to it the following day until I went back to bed again.  When my brother left me in Colorado to pursue NYC, I was both crushed that my best friend left me, but it also gave me hope that I would one day join him in this hip hop Mecca.  It was brilliant!  He sent me mixes from Hot 97 that he recorded in his Queens and then Brooklyn apartments before he went to bed.  I thought I was the only kid in Colorado with this stuff, and nobody could touch my style!  I visited him when I was 14/15, and I remember walking over the Brooklyn Bridge passed Brooklyn Heights into Fulton Street Mall.  I bought a Brooklyn U.S.A. t-shirt, and then headed right to a hole in the wall where they sold 'underground hip hop.'  When I walked in there, I asked them if they had any Freestyle Fellowship or Project Blowed stuff, and they looked at me like I was an alien.  Picture this:  a 14 year old white kid from Colorado walks into the middle of Fulton Street Mall asking for underground hip hop...the cashier says, "Hell yeah!  I got this new Ron G mix that strictly underground."  The kid takes a look at the track listing and says, "This ain't underground!"  The cashier then yells to his passerby friend to the side, "Damn.  Hey B, this kid wants the 'real' underground shit."   He grabs this tape from a brand new sealed box and hands it to him.  "I know all these rappers, and none of them are 'underground.'  This is like mainstream New York hip hop, where's the underground?"  the kid continues, "I'll get 2 of these Ron G mixes, but only because Nas and Mobb Deep have some nice freestyles and new releases on it, but this ain't underground."  The cashier was f-ing shocked!  Later that week, my brother pointed out that Aceyalone's debut solo record just came out on Capital Records and we should pick it up (A TRUE UNDERGROUND STAR ABOUT TO KNOCK MAINSTREAM ON THEIR HEADS!!!).  We went to the Warehouse and bought 2 tapes of All Balls Don't Bounce...again, an instant classic...but it never got it's spotlight.  I always thought that "this is the one.  The one that will turn mainstream right-side-up."  But no, it pretty much stayed underground, even though it surfaced, similar to Innercity Griots.  

Anyway, I played the hell out of those Ron G tapes, and of course Acey's new album, and just thought of them as unreleased mainstream material when I got back to Colorado.  After my experience in the beautiful city of New York, I knew that's where I wanted to be at 14/15 years old as soon as I graduated.  My senior year, got another ticket to NYC, visited Queens College, Hunter, and City College...applied to all 3 with first choice Hunter, and got accepted!   Mostly because of my brother and change, but the underlying reason for wanting to be in the Holy Land of hip hop...

So I present to you, my first SAMPLED hip hop mix...believe me, there will have to be another one, because I have left out some obvious key elements to this mix...if you are a hip hop head, you will quickly figure that out, because there are just way too many players to try to mix into one MegaMix!  Hope you enjoy, anyway...

A [SAMPLED] History Of...  Track Listing:

    1.    Boogie Down Productions: "The Bridge Is Over (1987)"
    2.    Slick Rick: "Children's Story"
    3.    EPMD: "Let The Funk Flow"
    4.    Poor Righteous Teachers: "Rock Dis Funky Joint"
    5.    Ultramagnetic MC's: "Funk Radio"
    6.    A Tribe Called Quest: "Check The Rhime"
    7.    Gang Starr feat. Jeru: "I'm The Man"
    8.    MC Lyte: "Cha, Cha, Cha"
    9.    Eric B. & Rakim: "Don't Sweat The Technique"
    10.    Ice-T: "O.G. Original Gangster"
    11.    Public Enemy: "Can't Truss It"
    12.    Yall So Stupid: "Van Full Of Pakistans"
    13.    N.W.A.: "Automobile"
    14.    Digable Planets: "Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)"
    15.    Main Source feat. NAS: "Live At The Barbeque"
    16.    Crooklyn Dodgers (Special ED, Masta Ace, Buckshot): "Crooklyn"
    17.    Black Moon: "Shit Iz Real"
    18.    Aceyalone feat. Abstract Rude: "Deep & Wide"
    19.    The Notorious B.I.G.: "Machine Gun Funk"
    20.    2Pac: "Heartz Of Men"
    21.    Wu-Tang: "Older Gods"
    22.    Mobb Deep: "Shook Ones Pt.II
    23.    Jay-Z: "Dead Presidents II"
    24.    Common: "I Used To Love H.E.R."
    25.    Ice Cube: "Ghetto Bird"
    26.    Freestyle Fellowship: "Pure Thought"
    27.    The Roots: "Distortion To Static"
    28.    Hieroglyphics: "Off The Record"
    29.    De La Soul: "Stakes Is High"
    30.    Camp Lo: "Luchini (This Is It)"
    31.    DJ Zeph feat. Azeem: "Frogs"
    32.    J Dilla: "People"
    33.    Lauryn Hill: "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
    34.    Beans: "Down By Law"
    35.    Consequence feat. Kanye West: "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly"
    36.    Rhymefest feat. Kanye West: "Brand New"
    37.    Lupe Fiasco: "The Instrumental"
    38.    Aesop Rock: "Coffee"
    39.    Mikah 9, Busdriver, XholoLanxinxo, Toca: "Jazzy Girl"
    40.    DJ Shadow: "Six Days"
    41.    Sage Francis: "Civil Obedience"
    42.    Outkast feat. Big Rube, Erykah Badu, Cee-Lo: "Liberation"

Mull Unto The Glum Of Mr. Crux & Mt. Vie Track Listing:

    1.    The Cinematic Orchestra feat. Grey Reverend: "To Build A Home (Live)" - As I mentioned long ago in Kerosene Candles...Grey performs this Cinematic tune live for the group while Patrick Watson serves his own tour.  This in acoustic guitar instead of piano transcribed into 7/8 time.  Very effective the way the song changes from the original with the crescendo of the backing band at the end.  Both variations are worth checking out...Patrick's version is just as amazing. 
    2.    Skalpel: "Break In"- Another Ninja Tune artist that works with odd time signatures, however, in DJ form rather than in a backing band. Can definitely tell the Cinematic influence in this group.
    3.    Outkast feat. Whild Peach: "Mutron Angel"
    4.    Lure: "Trace" - A short-lived Brooklyn band that disbanded in 2001.  I really enjoy this self-titled album with Yuval Lion on drums.  He is self-taught from Tel Aviv and now is a part of several bands including Pink Noise. 
    5.    Charlie Hunter: "The Red Dog Strays" - Probably the best 8-string guitar player out there.  King of San Fran jazz and is often in NYC as well touring with the best of jazz musicians. 
    6.    Johnny Cash feat. Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson: "Highwayman" - A great recording before Mr. Cash's passing.  Album produced by Rick Rubin, of course, popularizing Cash's music with all the young folks including covers of NIN "Hurt" and Soundgarden's "Rusty Cage."
    7.    Alison Krauss & Union Station: "Crazy Faith" - Two of country's prolific icons merging for such a solid album.  Alison may be one of the most cherished folk/country singers in this generation.
    8.    Led Zeppelin: "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" - One of my all-time favorite songs.  Performed originally when the band was around 17-21 years old in 1968.  An interesting fact: Robert Plant was second choice as lead singer; second to the great Terry Reid.  He turned down the job as lead singer of The Yardbirds (before they became Led Zeppelin) to pursue his own thing. 
    9.    Jose Gonzalez: "Remain"
    10.    Conor Oberst: "Lenders In The Temple" - Bright Eyes frontman brings new music under his own name with this brilliant track...
    11.    Ratatat: "Black Heroes" - Fitting for a presidential race that NEEDS to be won by a hero...who happens to be black. 
    12.    Christina Aguilera: "Save Me From Myself" - Gotta love an album that is partially produced by one of the greatest hip hop producers of all-time, DJ Premier...although, this song was not done by him...
    13.    Hole: "Dying" - People forget that Courtney Love can rock...she should stick to her bangers & mash, guitars and mosh!
    14.    Ellen Allien & Apparat: "Leave Me Alone"
    15.    Layo & Bushwacka!: "Love Story" - Once went to THE END in London, which is partially run by Layo, and have been completely infatuated by these two electronic heroes ever since.

To an idol of music, an idol of life, and an idol of spiritual essence; Mr. Coltrane would turn 82 years old on September 23rd.  

I offer a ticket to you for this 'Trane to take you on a musical journey in and out of genre, melancholy and finally, a master piece of art & music.  I want to celebrate this icon with you, and for that, I hope you truly enjoy a piece of this man's legacy in introduction and in coda to this mix.  

'Trane [82 Years] Of Thought Track Listing:

    1.    John Coltrane: "Syeeda's Song Flute" - off of Coltrane's massive musical movement in jazz and in civil rights, Giant Steps, so aptly named in time and space.  This was released in the same year as Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, which Coltrane, Paul Chambers (bass of Giant Steps) and Jimmy Cobb (drummer on a track of Giant Steps) are featured, Ornette Coleman's The Shape Of Jazz To Come, and Charles Mingus'  Mingus Ah Um.  
    2.    The National: "Secret Meeting" - a decent track from this Brooklyn-based band.
    3.    Solange feat. Bilal: "Cosmic Journey" - oh yeah, this is Beyonce's little sister.  Definitely worth checking out.  Her style is much different from her sister's.
    4.    Andrew Bird: "Imitosis" - this freak is quite soothing.  In lieu with folk, and indie, this multi-instrumentalist plays all instruments except for the drums while he performs.  
    5.    The Boogie Monsters: "Sodom & Gomorrah" - old-school!  This duo certainly overlooked by many it their day is quite intelligent and brought new perspectives to future prophecies.  This from God Sound.
    6.    Sufjan Stevens: "Redford (for Yia-Yia Pappau)" - this crazy dude was once quoted that he was going to do 'an album per state' releasing an album every 1-2 years...he better get a move on...I think he's only done about 2 or 3 states.  This is Greetings From Michigan.
    7.    Sufjan Stevens: "For The Widows In Paradise" - thought I'd include a second song from the same album...quite a nice combo.
    8.    Bill Frisell: "Under A Golden Sky" - legendary jazz guitarist.  Crazy as ever, always pushing the envelope.  Coltrane would have nodded in approval to Frisell's direction.
    9.    Battles: "Dance" - this is one of the most creative bands today.  Under the Warp Records label.  John Stanier on drums, from Helmet and Tomahawk.  You'll hear a lot of them in my mixes.
    10.    The Faint: "I Treat You Wrong" - another cool track from these dudes stuck in the '80s back in Nebraska.  I really enjoy the lyrics on this one...sometimes I think he's talking from my perspective when I get in arguments...I'm flawed!
    11.    Ellen Allien & Apparat: "Bubbles"  - nice German connection in electronica.
    12.    Victor Wooten: "The Lesson" - one of the greatest bassists ever to live giving 'lessons' to those who just don't know...Coltrane would have loved to play with him.
    13.    Iron & Wine: "Boy With A Coin" - nice soft indie music...
    14.    Wilco: "On And On And On" - from their massively successful Sky Blue Sky.  Such an amazing simple album...these guys can do country-rock-indie beautifully.  Oh, and Glenn Kotche is a musical encyclopedia behind the drum kit.
    15.    John Coltrane: "Olé" - track title off Coltrane's 1961 free jazz ensemble.  By far one of the greatest musical pieces ever made, and in part, due to Ornette Coleman's release of The Shape of Jazz to Come, who altered Coltrane's direction in music completely on the sax.  

A rock mix for you all to enjoy.  This is a photo I shot of a river in St. Johns, Canada while crossing a bridge.

Pebbles For Amplifiers Track Listing:

    1.    Wilco: "Radio Cure" - from the hit-record, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this sprung Wilco into another whole world of stardom, expanding on their country roots.  It can be said this band is one of best 'country' bands from a big city - Chicago.
    2.    The White Stripes: "The Nurse" - I haven't had the pleasure to see Jack live, but there is no doubt he is world-class rockstar.  
    3.    Dredg: "Same Ol' Road" - from the artsy album, El Cielo, this SF band strays from the norm incorporating fresh lyrics and mixed genre musical sounds.  Drummer, Dino Campanella, is self-taught and can hold a groove like very few in the rock industry.
    4.    Muse: "Feeling Good" - the mega-stars of the UK make a cover of the famous Nina Simone song.  Matthew Bellamy, lead singer/guitarist/classical pianist, writes the music in somewhat apocryphal style, usually talking about the end of the world.  Lefty drummer Dominic Howard is perfect behind the kit, and is up and coming in the world rock drumming.
    5.    The Good, The Bad & The Queen: "History Song" - Damon Albarn's project after The Gorillaz.  Damon (Blur), Paul Simonon (bassist from The Clash), Simon Tong (guitarist from The Verve), and Tony Allen (world-renown drummer from Fela Kuti).
    6.    Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Don't Forget Me" - perhaps one of my favorite tracks this quartet performs live.  I don't know why you would NOT be a fan of these brilliant musicians (as much as many dislike Anthony Kedis for his lack of range...you have to admire his heart)!  
    7.    Beth Orton: "Beautiful World" - another from queen of British folk.
    8.    PJ Harvey: "Silence" - new direction for Miss Harvey here...piano music!  I prefer her rocking out, however, I truly admire her sense of direction, her creative ability to change styles, and most of all, her brilliant musicianship.
    9.    Freestyle Fellowship: "Inner City Boundaries" - OG Project Blowdians.  Aceyalone and Mikah 9 from earlier casted Haiku d'Etat along with P.E.A.C.E. and Self Jupiter.   This is my all-time favorite hip hop track from their brilliant 1993 album, Innercity Griots.  This song also features old-skool hip-hop-head Daddy-O from Stetsasonic.
    10.    Yeah Yeah Yeahs: "Turn Into" - great track from Show Your Bones.  Karen O is hot!!! ...and the drummer is sick along with Nick Zinner, head-wig!
    11.    Fleet Foxes: "Your Protector" - new track from their latest, Ragged Wood.  Love the retro-60s sound.
    12.    Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: "Keep On Looking" - some of the hottest performers/musicians in today's retro music.  Sharon is an ex-corrections officer at Rikers Island (I wouldn't mess with her!), and the Dap Kings also back Amy Winehouse.  Sharon & 'The Kings are from my neck of da woods, BROOOOOKKLLLLYYYNNN!!!
    13.    The Faint: "Desperate Guys" - great track from this Nebraska-based band off Wet From Birth.  Saw these guys tour with Bright Eyes, and they definitely had the house bouncin!
    14.    Audio Bullys (feat. Nancy Sinatra): "Shot You Down" - this track from Nancy was huge just after Kill Bill came out...thanks to music connoisseurs, RZA and Quinten Tarentino.  
    15.    Nine Inch Nails: "Head Down" - killer track from the FREE and amazing album, The Slip.  After Radiohead's massive music-shocker In Rainbows going internet for whatever you...Mr. Reznor later said it was somewhat a scam, since they released the album later via CD, iTunes, and an $80 music-box.  Reznor allows you to download this album from his website in multiple formats to suit the best sound quality possible.
    16.    The Mars Volta: "Ilyena" - YES!!!  I have finally found a mix where I can sneak in my favorite band!!!  This is an absolute killer song from their recent The Bedlam In Goliath.  Many, including myself, thought there would be a descent in their music after the king, Jon Theodore on drums, left the throne.  However, the drumming phenom, Thomas Pridgen, at age 24, took the reigns and is now hailed as one of the greatest drummers alive!  It will be a fascinating journey to watch this kid and these brilliant musicians grow.  Big props to Omar Rodriguez, the puppet-master of the group, is by far one of the most creative, most productive musicians today, releasing music every few months.  STAY AWAY HATERS!!!  HEHE!

The tertiary in a three-part mega-mix.  This is somewhat of a random electronic/hip-hop mix with a twist of other genres.  Nothing special about the individual tracks, but as a collective whole, hopefully cohesive and entertaining.   

Jettison The Curse Track Listing:

    1.    AFI: "Prelude 12/21"
    2.    Lee Coombs: "Trust 1 Remix"
    3.    Apparat: "Arcadia"
    4.    Cee-Lo Green: "Bass Head Jazz"
    5.    Bjork feat. Rahzel: "Who Is It?"
    6.    Amon Tobin: "The Lighthouse"
    7.    Galactic: "The Moil"
    8.    Layo & Bushwacka! feat. Rogerio Flausino: "Sunshine In Ipanema"
    9.    Amadou & Mariam: "Artistiya"
    10.    Ratatat: "Mi Viejo"
    11.    Portishead: "The Rip"
    12.    Nas: "Untitled"
    13.    Ellen Allien: "Come"
    14.    Lil' Wayne feat. Static Major: "Lollipop"
    15.    Rockwell: "Somebody's Watching Me"
    16.    Leftfield & Afrika Bambaataa: "Afrika Shox (Jedi's Elastic Bass Remix" - THANK YOU TO MY EDINBURGH MATE FOR THE WICKED EARS ON THIS TRACK!
    17.    Massive Attack: "Montage"
    18.    Hard-Fi: "Stars of CCTV"

The middle section of a three part series of a cyclical musical journey.  Where The Nobel Whipple Wanes, Crescent Is Molecule is a play on the Nobel Peace Prize winner back in the 30's, physician George Whipple, and the moon cycle.  

"Upon reaching the end, one shall frequent the cycle, in which preservation of self, ether, and molecule presume to be one.  At this point, the breadth of the crescent shines the moon bright, releases the shadows back into nothingness and the cycle resumes again..."

Where The Nobel Whipple Wanes, Crescent Is Molecule Track Listing:

    1.    Cool Breeze feat. The Dungeon Family: "Watch For The Hook" - one of rap's highest quality songs in terms of beat-breakdown, verse-to-verse, lyric-to-lyric.  This is when Outkast and the Goodie Mob were all good with one another...not sure if it's the same anymore...
    2.    Alicia Keys: "Dragon Days" - One of Alicia's best tracks to date.  She strays a bit from the commercial scene with this one, but stays obviously within the pop boundaries.  
    3.    Justin Timberlake: "My Love" - JT is one my personal favorite entertainers, no joke!  This man certainly knows what he's doing, whether it's singing, writing, dancing, acting, or whatever he puts his mind to.  Any of you haters disagree...so be it.
    4.    Sage Francis: "Sea Lion"
    5.    Subtle: "Take To Take" - Anticon reaching to new heights.  Dose One and Jel of Themselves expand with other musicians, and have used their eccentric ways to good use...these guys are very interesting, and in concert, even better.
    6.    Black Keys: "Psychotic Girl" - DJ Dangermouse stole this beat from Cut Chemist's "Spoon." Still a decent track, nonetheless.
    7.    Eligh: "Chronic" - One of the Living Legends out in LA...usually found rolling with Project Blowed.  Eligh is a pretty talented dude, producing his own beats, rapping, as well as doing all originally artwork - very fascinating art as well.
    8.    Tricky: "Cross To Bear" - certainly a new take on Jesus and Mary in these lyrics...got to love Tricky for pushing the boundaries a bit.  Love this track off his new album.
    9.    MGMT: "The Handshake" -  trendy stuff...
    10.    Lou Rhodes: "They Say" - another pitch black-dark song by Lamb front-girl...off one of her solo records.
    11.    S.E.V.A.: "In The Tiger's Mouth" - producer Mumbles from Aceyalone's A Book of Human Language along with another underground head coming out with this interesting blend of worldly music into DJ format with this S.E.V.A. group.
    12.    Unkle: "Eye For An Eye" - off Unkle's second album...the first without DJ Shadow.  Not sure why everybody playa-hates on James Levelle after Shadow's exit...
    13.    Dillinger Escape Plan w/Mike Patton: "Pig Latin" - YES!  here's my math-metal insert.  Some of the most sophisticated music on the planet comes from these freaks from Jersey.  On this 4-track EP, Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Odd Boy, Peeping Tom, Fantomas, etc...) changes their direction, which ultimately becomes the foundation to which later DEP albums derive from.
    14.    Dub Trio: "One Man Tag Crew" - This Berklee School of Music and Texas State trio hops from punk, ska, metal, to reggae/dub beats in a matter of seconds...pretty sweet!  Drummer Joe Tomino is one of the best out there...and the three of them can be heard separately throughout hip-hop.  Joe toured with The Fugees, guitarist DP Holmes played on Common's album, Stu Brooks has played with numerous hip hop gigs, and all three were on earlier mentioned Mike Patton's Peeping Tom record.  
     15.    Radiohead: "Reckoner" - Arguably one of the best songs ever written, period.  
    16.    cirKus: "Born Again" - again, again, again, etc...just go buy this album, Laylow, for christ's sakes!  they are currently working on their second album and should be out before '09.

With my grandmother's recent passing, I quickly realized the importance of honoring her, even though we were never too close.  The worst was witnessing my mother saying goodbye to her mother, and with that, drove the frail edges of comfortability and day-to-day ignorance I possess to its most frightening moment... the bond of friendship, love, relationships, and the social networking we all do so well, and to share both the good and the bad with those who know can relate and understand that this here is not a moment of absolute sadness, but mere celebration of life and the experiences we are bound by.  This is a mix celebrated by the longevity of Jean Alexander's experiences in this world.  Although the lyrics and music are dark at times, sad, and not so much celebratory in their nature, but I assure you, that with the combination of this and the following 2 mixes that succeed this one, you will understand that my experiences carried me through a dark fall only to be picked up by the brightness in music and life.  I hope you will ride through both sides of the cycle to arrive where I am today...happy to have experienced this time here with you, my friends, and loved ones, and to have been brought into this world by such a beautiful person who is my mother, who in turn, was given life by this wonderful woman in Jean Alexander.  I truly am honored and humbled by this blessing.  Thank you for listening.

Wedged Between Sulk & Hurt Track Listing:
(I have only noted a few songs worth noting for this mix, since the mix is self-explanatory and I hope that the music speaks for itself within its structure.)  

    1.    Jamie Lidell: "Game For Fools"
    2.    Citizen Cope: "Appetite (For Lightin' Dynamite)"
    3.    PJ Harvey: "C'mon Billy"
    4.    Sixtoo: "Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man" - this is a great example of the program Reason being utilized nicely in electronica...
    5.    Kanye West: "Roses" - if you listen closely, you can catch Bill Withers (of the next track), being chopped up into a beautiful harmony with this track's brilliant production by Mr. West.  
    6.    Bill Withers: "Grandma's Hands" - FSB's Dub version of this track to pay homage to my grandma - no, she's not Rastafari.  
    7.    Ghislain Poirier: "Close The News"
    8.    Mad Season: "Long Gone Day"
    9.    A Perfect Circle: "Three Libras (Acoustic)"
    10.    Spoon: "The Infinitie Pet"
    11.    Ratatat: "Mumtaz Khan"
    12.    Felix Laband: "Whistling In Tongues"
    13.    RYAN POLLASTRO!: "That Looks Dangerous" - if anybody in LA knows anybody who needs the sickest drummer without a gig, you can check out my bro's website: www.ryanpollastro.com and get in contact asap, because he's definitely the sickest alive!  studied with the greats in NYC at The Drummer's Collective and Ed Bettinelli, and on this track you can hear Ry's first take drumming over his crazy humor in his production/musicality with the backing music + samples - that's Dave Chappelle, baby.
    14.    Aceyalone: "The Thief In The Night" - one of the most brilliant albums ever created by a hip hop artist, A Book Of Human Language.  Bottom-priced production, but with a particular genius, Mumbles,  and Ace-1 create an epic of an album.  one of the many 'Chapters' of this book that reveals ingenuity and greatness.
    15.    Bright Eyes: "Land Locked Blues"
    16.    ISIS: "Firdous E Bareen"

Photo of Roman subway car in 2002.  

Classic Whip, Fresh, You Godstar Track Listing:

    1.    The Police: "Invisible Sun" - No need to inform you of anything other than you can check out Stewart Copeland's band, Gizmo, for some more sick drumming from this god with sticks and skins.  
    2.    Amon Tobin: "Four Ton Mantis" - From Supermodified, another great from Ninja Tune artist.  
    3.    L'roneous Da Versifier: "L'chemy" - Another conscientious head from LA, who used to often hook up with Project Blowed and Aceyalone.
    4.    The Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Castles Made Of Sand" - Watched an incredible documentary on Jimi a little while back, and was just blown away by how much he accomplished and how many people he influenced before he passed at the age that I am now, 27.  I guess we're not to imagine what might have been if...
    5.    Alice Russell: "Hurry On Now (Rmx)" - A nice remix of a gem by this English classic queen of vocals.  I love this woman and Quantum.
    6.    Rudder: "Circle Of Jerks" - Oh yeah, a nice jazz piece, yes, jazz, by some of the most grooving heads in NYC.  Keith Carlock on drums is one of the most diverse drummers out there - playing with Sting for years and now Steely Dan.
    7.    The Zutons: "How Does It Feel?" - Brit Pop group whom specialize in sorting through the genres.  Check out Who Killed...
    8.    "Booka Shade: "Charlotte" - Another track from one of my favorites.  
    9.    Finley Quaye: "Now And Forever" - One-of-a-kind voice from the UK...you probably heard the song Dice on the OC...if you're a 15-year-old!  hehe.  This is more classic Quaye.
    10.    Boom Bip: "Eyelashings" - One of the best hip-hop producers out there.  This from his brilliant Blue Eyed In The Red Room.  His album with Dose One of Anticon, Circle, is another great avant-garde hip hop album to check.
    11.    Roisin Murphy feat. Matthew Herbert: "Sinking Feeling" - Crazy inventive composer, Matthew Herbert, produced this off-the-wall record with eccentric UK sorta-pop singer, Roisin Murphy of Moloko.
    12.    Tricky: "Bacative" - This brilliant track is from his newest output, Knowle West Boy.  In my mind, some of the best music he's had in recent attempts.
    13.    Turntables On The Hudson (Marzebian): "Let It Ride" - Love this group of musicians.  If you live in NYC, you should definitely check them out on the Hudson River (duh!).
    14.    Nas: "It Ain't Hard To Tell (Remix)" - A great remix from a classic album in hip hop/music.  I love how he changes his lyrics in the remix.  Rappers just don't do that anymore like they used to.
    15.    Cut Chemist: "(My 1st) Big Break" - On tour with DJ Shadow at the moment, this man has ultra respect in the hip hop community.  Too bad he has only one commercial release in this, The Audience Is Listening.
    16.    Rage Against The Machine: "War Within A Breath" - In light of Zach de la Rocha's return to music, with his newly formed, One Day As A Lion, with my personal idol, Jon Theodore, the ex-drummer of The Mars Volta.  This man is truly gifted and the world of music hasn't seen this kind of drumming since John Bohnam of Led Zeppelin.
    17.    Battles: "Race - Out" - One of the most interesting and technically great bands today on Warp Records.  John Stanier, ex-drummer of Helmet, is one of the hardest working drummers in the avant-garde music scene.  He loves hip hop beats and crazy grooves, which you can also hear him with Mike Patton (Faith No More) in Tomahawk.  Battles is truly worth checking out, and you're certain to love them if you have a chance to see them in concert.  

This mix is dedicated to Esbjorn Svensson, a wonderful Swedish pianist in the world of jazz who tragically died in a diving accident about a month ago.  His music will continue to evolve jazz and the world of art and music...we will miss you!

Kinetic Pulse Track Listing:

    1.    Lusine: "Figment" - Nice track to start mix off from Texan electronica musician.  
    2.    Phoenix Orion: "Cyberchristclone" - Alien Nation/Project Blowed affiliate.  Another freak from South Central, blazin' through with Zimulated Experienz, an album entirely concocted of alternating egos of Phoenix Orion.  Sweet!
    3.    Sonic Youth: "Hoarfrost" - How can I have gone 13 mixes without Sonic Youth?  No need to introduce these greats from NYC...
    4.    Bert Jansch: "Katie Cruel" - Good folk from England...classic.
    5.    Rodrigo y Gabriela: "Diablo Rojo" - another blazing rendition from these thrash metal acoustic monsters.  
    6.    E.S.T.: "Goldwrap" - This mix is entirely dedicated to Esbjorn Svensson, whom recently passed away from a diving accident.  The European and world of jazz will sadly miss this great talent.  R.I.P.
    7.    !!! (Chk Chk Chk): "Yadnus" - Warp records phenoms.
    8.    Sam Sparro: "Cottonmouth" - Oh wow!  Huge British musician at the moment, now creeping to the US.
    9.    Lou Rhodes: "Tremble" - Singer from Lamb.  Glad to not hear a song about god or christianity.  
    10.    Booka Shade: "Outskirts" - oh yes, another song by these gurus of techno.
    11.    Darc Mind: "Visions Of A Blur" - Signed to Anticon after making this album over 10 years ago.  How did the world of hip hop go without this duo?  Phat beat, great accompanying vocals and voice.  
    12.    Electric President; "Metal Fingers" - Like the idea...similar to Postal Service.  Did have to cut out the last part of song due to personal disliking...think you would agree...white guy trying to rap after a great body of a song.
    13.    CeU: "Valsa Pra Biu Roque" - Another track from Brazilian minx.
    14.    Fink: "Make it Good" - Another track from Ninja Tune gem.
    15.    Modeselektor (feat. Siriusmo): "Deboutonner" - These guys don't need briefing, again, again, and again...another brilliant track from Happy Birthday!

When Crow Folk Burn Scarecrows Track Listing:

    1.    LTJ Bukem: "Fictions" - Introduction from Earth compilations.
    4.    A-Team feat. Mikah 9: "Slower Traffic To The Right" - Haiku d'Etat before they were Haiku d'Etat - Aceyalone, Abstract Rude, and Mikah 9.
    5.    Thievery Corporation: "The Cosmic Game" - Slightly distorted and tweaked by funkysoulburner as a transition to the next track.
    6.    Smith & Mighty: "Walk On" - From their DJ Kicks compilation.
    7.    The Detroit Experiment: "Think Twice" - Layo & Bushwacka! mixed this for their All Night DJ set in London.
    8.    Jeff Buckley: "Hallelujah" - Originally composed by Leonard Cohen, later covered by Rufus Wainwright, then Jeff, who made it pop.
    9.    Andrian Belew: "Incompetence Indifference" - Ex-King Crimson band member.  From his solo record, Side Three.
    10.    Bill Laswell: "Cybotron" - One of the greatest producers in music.  You remember "Rockit" by Herbie Hancock (the first hip-hop track)?  Well, he produced that album and co-wrote that track.  He is famous for mixing genres and exploring new forms of music.  From Roir Dub Sessions.
    11.    Modeselektor feat. Thom Yorke: "The White Flash" - Mr. Yorke only appears on other people's records if he fancies them...Modeselektor must be good in his mind.  From Happy Birthday!
    12.    Burial: "Etched Headplate" - Highly regarded down-tempo group, sometimes annoying, though.  From Untrue.
    13.    Porcupine Tree: "Arriving Somewhere But Not Here" - Prog metal greats from England.  From Deadwing.
    14.    Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell: "JD3" - Ex-Matisyahu backing band meets producer freak Bill Laswell.
    15.    Stevie Wonder: "Maybe Your Baby" - From Talking Book.
    16.    A Tribe Called Quest: "Buggin' Out" - From A Low End Theory.
    17.    Unkle with DJ Shadow: "Unreal" - From Psyence Fiction, when DJ Shadow was a part of the duo.
    18.    Wax Tailor: "There Is Danger" - French DJ/producer, this one is from Hope & Sorrow.  
    19.    Ghostface & Trife da God: "Milk 'Em" - Somewhat of a bootleg from a record called Put It On The Line the two made in between Fishscale and More Fish.  Ghost is one of the hardest working hip-hop artists in the mainstream, for sure.  
    20.    DJ Krush: "Day's End (After-dusk Mix)" - More from the Krush Master, from Stepping Stones.
    21.    Diplo: "Summer's Gonna Hurt You" - Widely overlooked track from his debut Florida album.  
    22.    M.I.A.: "Paper Planes" - From Kala.  Diplo and M.I.A. were quite an item before she released this album.  In fact, Diplo produced her first album, Arular, and many thought this second album would suffer in Diplo's absence.  Yeah Right!

Artwork/Decorative Painting by Jean-Luc Sable of Paris: This is a small section of a larger incomplete fantasy faux marble piece I shot of his at International Salon of Decorative Painters in Chicago, May 2008.

In The Imaginary Gestures Of A World Unscathed By Virtues & Vices Track Listing:

    1.    DJ Krush "Transition" Intro - DJ Krush behind the vocals providing a nice Transition, as the track is rightfully named, to the Busdriver's eccentric, out-of-this-world rap...
    2.    Busdriver: "Imaginary Places" - Another Project Blowedian (remember Aceyalone, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude/Freestyle Fellowship???) that is from another planet.  His precision in jazzy rhythms and ability to rap over and fluctuate between straight and swung 16th notes, triplets/sextuplets, 32nds and everything else in-tune is better than anybody other than the aforementioned Mikah 9 (no, not Twista or any of those YouTube artists that are FAST...they just aren't jazzy).  This one is from TEMPORARY FOREVER, but a couple years ago he was signed to Epitaph, and along with Sage Francis and The Coup, is one of the very few rappers to be signed by the indie-alternative rock label.  Please support these Project Blowedians - they are truly talented and are promoting art instead of gangs in the roughest of hoods in the US in South Central Los Angeles.
    3.    DJ Kentaro: "One Hand Blizzard" - Hailed as the Best DJ on the planet in 2002 and in 2003.  This man is the perfect accompaniment to the Busdriver's wicked flow with his quick scratches, but his ability to break a beat down by 1/4 notes, 8ths, triplets, 16ths, and 32nds and to be able to manipulate the beat, make it swing, all without headphones and only with minimal cues, makes him quite special in the DJ world. 
    4.    Sixtoo: "Jackals And Vipers In Envy Of Man" - Prolific DJ/Producer now signed with Ninja Tune.  In the late 90's, he was a part of that super-group, Anticon (Dose One, Jel, etc.) and was signed by them until he moved on to Mush records.  It seems this man puts out nearly 2 albums a year, or he is at least responsible for that amount with all his collaborations/remixes.
    5.    Ghislain Poirier: "Don't Smile, It's Post-Modern" - Look!  Another Ninja Tune artist!  What a surprise!  That is because they keep an eclectic bunch and solid artists and only release around 4 albums a year through the label.  This DJ/producer hails from Montreal, and if you're in the area,  you might want to check out his 'parties' called BOUNCE LE GROS, "where hip-hop, dub and baile funk collide."
    6.    Tinariwen: "Soixante Trois" - The Rolling Stones of the Touareg rebellion against the central government of Mali.  Sound funny?  Well, I think they share a number of bullet wounds to prove otherwise.  This is probably the most influential band of the Sahara region, and it is said in a recent interview with Coldplay that their newest album, VIVA LA VIDA, is heavily influenced by Tinariwen (I find that hard to believe, personally, for obvious reasons...).  The name itself is apparently the plural of 'tenere' (add accents over all the 'e's), which means "desert, land, or empty place."  They are truly a fascinating story, and you can read about them on their website: http://www.tinariwen.com/about.php.  
    7.    Ali Farka Toure: "Savane" - Another track from Malian blues guru, and in fact, the title track for his Swan Song. 
    8.    Amadou & Mariam: "M Bife" - Another band/duo from Mali that has shaken the world music art scene.  This 2004 release, DIMANCHE A BAMAKO, had help from Manu Chao (perhaps an influence for many, but someone you will not hear on Funky Soul Burner, due to personal, egotistical reasons). 
    9.    DJ Food: "The Crow" - Prolific Ninja Tune alias for group of DJs, producers, and musicians.  It IS NOT a single person, like many believe, but at any given time can be a host of artists from Ninja Tune.  Matt Black and Jonathan More (COLDCUT) began the Jazz Breaks series in the 90s, and it has grown, mainly because Coldcut and DJ Food couldn't perform a 2-set evening when touring, so they handed the reins to like-minded Strictly Kev or Patrick Carpenter, or Issac Elliston.
    10.    Kid Koala: "Skanky Panky" - The fourth Ninja Tune artist on this mix.  Another DJ/turntablist from Canada, this time from the western regions in Vancouver.  You can also find him as a member of the jam band, Bullfrog, and the hip-hop supergroup, Deltron 3030 (featuring the legend, Del the Funkee Homo Sapien).  He is also an illustrator, and released a full length graphic novel, NUFONIA MUST FALL, which includes his own soundtrack, respectfully.
    11.    Solomon Burke: "None Of Us Are Free" - American grammy winner, who draws from gospel, soul, and the blues as influences to his style of singing/music.  Started as a preacher, then a gospel radio DJ, then signed in the 60s to Atlantic Records.  Never was big in the 60s as Otis Redding or Sam Cooke, but wrote the massive hit "EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY TO LOVE," covered by The Rolling Stones and Wilson Pickett amongst many others.  According the article in Wikipedia, he will be performing at this years Glastonbury Festival, the massive eclectic group of musicians in the UK. 
    12.    Sly & Robbie Meet the Large Professor: "Freedom Dub"
    13.    Lamb: "Open Up" - Massive electronic group from Manchester, England.  Comprised of producer Andy Barlow, the "HIPOPTIMIST," and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes.  Later they added bassist Jon Thorne, Icelandic guitarist Oddur Mar Runnarson, and Danish drummer Nikolaj Bjerre. 
    14.    Issa Bagayogo: "Diama Don" - More Malian music, but this man is now called "Techno Issa," because of his use of electronic music within his sound.  Some compare him to likes of Ali Farka Toure, due to his heavy influence in Mali.  This is from his album, TASSOUMAKAN.
    15.    Rokia Traore: "Souba" - This beautiful Malian voice has the world of music flocking to her side, including the amazing Kronos Quartet, who recorded 2 tracks off her 2003 album, BOWMBOI, which earned BBC 3's World Music Award.  This song is from her second album, WANITA, which she wrote and arranged the whole album on her own - the New York Times nominated it as one of the critics' albums of the year.
    16.    Fila Brazillia: "July 23" - Steve Cobby & David McSherry of England, together produce a consortium of music under the electronic variety.  Good stuff.

This condensed moisture that is left on the surface contains a glimmer of light that radiates at the rate in which sound evaporates from the atmosphere.  When you awake, leaves heavy on twigs bend from a droplet, drips upon the lawn that later expands to those insects and microscopic animals invert the noise, your alarm sounds as your week begins.  The offering of moisture, energy, and sound for a week gradually fading by the track listing progresses to its end...and then another drop appears to provide you a new beginning. 

Dew Drops Glisten Between Spheres Track Listing:

    1.    Fleet Foxes: "Sun Giant" - Another from the SUN GIANT EP, this Seattle group digs back to the more folk sounds of rock.  They just released RAGGED WOOD, their debut LP, last month.
    2.    Scarlett Johansson sings Tom Waits: "Song For Jo" - Not a big Tom Waits fan, but when you have Scarlett Johansson covering it, I can imagine it being better...
    3.    Fink: "Trouble's What You're In" - No, not sung by Pierre, my mentor, freaky, out-of-control 45 going on 13 year old friend of mine (HI FINK!)...but English Ninja Tune artist, Fin Greenall, accompanied by bassist Guy Whittaker and drummer Tim Thorton.
    4.    Jan Garbarek: "Ramy" - Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist teams up with tabla guru Shaukat Hussain and oud player Anouar Brahem.  This lovely combination of jazz and Indian music provides a solace in mood and can be very meditative when listening to the album MADAR in whole.
    5.    Blockhead: "Coloring Book" - Underground DJ/producer extraordinaire turned top-notch Ninja Tune artist.  You can also find him producing Aesop Rock's LABOR DAYS and NONE SHALL PASS.
    6.    Bonobo: "Fever" - I know, this is the third track I've used from DAYS TO COME...you might as well just go get the CD already!
    7.    Booka Shade: "Mandarine Girl" - OH YEAH!  This German electrohouse duo bring one of the liveliest sets I've ever witnessed at Baltimore's V-Fest last year.  This one is from their 2006 album, MOVEMENTS.  However, they have recently released THE SUN & THE NEON LIGHT in late May.
    8.    Cee-Lo feat. Pharell: "The Art of Noise" - Before Cee-Lo was known for the Gnarls Barkley gimmick he was equally as profound in his solo projects, including this track from his CEE-LO GREEN IS THE SOUL MACHINE LP.  Do not forget the days when he pioneered the Southern slang along with Outkast and Organized Noize down in ATL, and his former group, Goodie Mob...He has always been great at whatever he has done...so check out his earlier stuff, too!
    9.    Cold War Kids: "Passing The Hat" - Another solid track from this Cali quartet and their COWARDS & ROBBERS debut.  
    10.    Fugazi: "Cashout" - The D.C. post-hardcore legends!  I wouldn't want to go too long in my podcast without including one of the most influential American bands from the late 80's and early 90's.  They also never allowed the music or the hype to get too far over their heads, and you could see one of their shows for $10 or lower in D.C.  They kept life steady and simple in their humble fame, and are currently on hiatus due to wanting to spend more time with family members.
    11.    Eric B. & Rakim MASHED with Ghostface Killah: "Know The Ledge/Ghost Is Back" - Oh I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did mixing it.  Eric B.'s timeless beat and Rakim's legendary voice and flow mixed with Ghostface's modern grotesque-sheik-yet-so-damned-rhythmic flow is perfect for the hip hop heads!  The E.B.&R version was on the classic movie Juice soundtrack starring Omar Epps and Tupac.
    12.    The Ting Tings: "Shut Up And Let Me Go" - This English duo sounds like, well, all the 80's acts of indie-pop, and I guess that's cool right now.  Anyway, Jules De Martino and Katie White are just now making a name for themselves, so I guess you'll hear a lot from one of the silliest names for a band since The The.  
    13.    Unkle: "Persons & Machines" - Now I think James Levelle is one of the most under-appreciated DJs/Producers since DJ Shadow left him after the first Unkle record.  This song along with the rest of his newest release WAR STORIES, is completely original as DJ work, and is absolutely entertaining.  Check him out, and please support this lone-bloke on his solo endeavors.  
    14.    Yppah: "I'll Hit The Breaks" - Another track from this Ninja Tune release, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AT ALL TIMES.  Wicked stuff from this Houston, TX resident.  
    15.    Feist: "Honey Honey" - Couldn't help but to end this Dew Drop with some props to this Canadian chick again.  She certainly has a great style about her and looks to all forms of music as influence.  This is another track from THE REMINDER LP.

This image is captured from the airplane, a scene of Lower Manhattan...however, the irony is that the majority of music on this mix is from England, oh well...

Sunfried Concrete Sizzle Snap Track Listing:

    1.    Simone DeBlasio: "Faded" - Sista Simi'!!!  This is a friend of mine out in LA...full-time writer, working hard to be a professional musician.  This is from her latest, Grounding The Fall.  Please check her out if you're in the LA area, and maybe you'll be able to catch her covering Snoop Dogg's Gin 'n Juice!  Check out www.simone-says.com for her artful world of writing and music - her blogs are entertaining as well on Myspace!
    2.    Alice Russell: "High Up On the Hook" - Forget Amy Winehouse, Alice Russell is the real deal.  Along with Quantic and the Bamboos, this crew runs Britain like 1960, and her music is smooth, jazzy, electronic, and goddamn fantastic! 
    3.    TV on the Radio: "Hours" - Another Williamsburg, Brooklyn crew rippin' the crazy-artsy-idontknowwhatthehelltheirsmokin-music, but sometimes they produce some gems like this.  Saw them live in Baltimore, and they had the crowd going wild just before The Police came on - I personally thought they out-performed Sting & Co.!  
    4.    The Chemical Brothers remix Beth Orton: "Where Do I Begin" - Beth Orton is always a pleasure, especially when she lends her music to fellow English-mates like The Chemical Brothers.  It is noted thhat her next studio album will be out later this year, but you can always dive back into Comfort of Strangers, her last brilliant album.
    5.    Codename John: "Dreams of Heaven" - Oh yeah!  This track is from Grooverider Presents: The Prototype Years.  Saw him at Fabric in London a few years back, and forever will remember the drum 'n bass engraved in my chest with the loudest soundsystem i've ever heard. 
    6.    Dizzee Rascal: "Suk My Dick" - From Maths + English, Dizzee regained appraisal for coming out of the pitch dark ambience of his second album, Showtime.  In 2003, Dizz won the Mercury Prize for his debut, Boy in da Corner. 
    7.    The Last Shadow Puppets: "I Don't Like You Anymore" - Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals join together to write about love and breakups, as per usual.  This is my favorite track from the album, the better half, Turner, you're better off picking up both Arctic Monkeys releases. 
    8.    Pixies: "Where Is My Mind?" - Oh Pixies have so much respect in the indie world, yet never made famous.  Black Francis (aka Frank Black, born Charles Thompson IV) never has had the success as a solo artist, but everybody from hip hop to electronica (see M.I.A. on the next track) to rock have borrowed from Pixies.  After their 11 year break-up, they reunited in 2004, and released a new single, Bam Thwok, which hit #1 in the UK.  They later made appearances in 2006/2007.  Great stuff!
    9.    M.I.A.: "$20" - From her highly-regarded, Kala.  British Artist, born to a Tamil activist-turned miltant, Arul Pragasam, of Sri Lanka.  Her father was a founding member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students.  She found herself moving from place to place as a child upon until she relocated in England.  On this track, she plays off the Pixies, Where Is My Mind?
    10.    Marketa Irglova: "The Hill" - From the highly-praised Once soundtrack of 2007.  She won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly along with Glan Hansard of The Frames from Ireland.  She is originally from Czech. Republic.  If you haven't seen Once yet, go rent it already!
    11.    Roots Manuva: "Soul Decay" - Rodney Smith from South London, this OG of Big Dada records has done quality recordings with The Cinematic Orchestra and performed live on Gilles Peterson's BBC Radio 1 broadcast.  This gem is from his debut album, Brand New Second Hand.
    12.    Stromba: "Blue Skin" - Here's another track from Stromba's, Tales From The Sitting Room.  This album is very diverse, and each track has a direct correlation to British electronica/pop. 
    13.    Karl Berger vs. Les Gammas: "Discipline '100'" - From Compost Records compilation.  Karl Berger is a musicologist with a PhD in Music Sociology and along with the legend, Ornette Coleman, and Ingrid Sertso, they founded the Creative Music Studio in Woodstock, NY.  Her he is battling Les Gammas, DJ/drummer, Marc Frank and singer/pianist Jochen Helfert.  Good stuff here.
    14.    Jose Gonzalez covers Massive Attack: "Teardrop" - Mr. Gonzalez does this monotone acoustic guitar stuff really well.  Here he is covering Massive Attack's brilliant track, Teardrop, from their world-renown album Mezzanine.  This track is on Jose's latest, In Our Nature. 

The moment in which life is caught by an instant, the Cyrus clouds ricochet off the summits, the unexpected citrus freeze, a typhoon, a quake, a whisper can elicit a song the blood will pulsate to, and the breath can be exhaled.  What is the feeling in which we all will experience that we cannot talk about?  Some things are left unsaid, and all I can offer you is this whisper...


Within the Breath Left Inhaled Track Listing:

   1. Fat Freddy's Drop: "Midnight Marauders" - Finally, I have been wanting to include this phenomenal New Zealand based band on a mix for you.  These guys have been hailed "World Best Artists" by Gilles Peterson of BBC Radio 1 in 2005/2006.  Please check out Based On A True Story if you like this.
   2. CeU: "10 Contados" - This little Brasilian minx keeps it cool and interesting.  Often including different genres into her material to keep it fresh.
   3. Ali Farka Toure: "Yer Bounda Fara" - One of Africa's most cherished artists from Mali.  His guitar playing and blues influence have been noted as some of the all-time best.  He passed away in 2006, six months before his label released this gem of an album, Savane.
   4. Erykah Badu: "The Healer" - This coming from Mrs. Badu's badass new album, New Amerykah Pt. One.  In the lyrics, you can hear her say, "This one's for Dilla," whom you will hear/read about later in the mix.  But do please check out the track "Telephone," produced by ?uestlove of The Roots, which is dedicated to Dilla - a song based on a phone conversation with Dilla's mother about his visions before his passing.
   5. cirKus: "Fuc All the Doh" - Another song from the album Laylow.
   6. Ghostface Killah & Trife: "Josephine" - Oh SNAP!  Ghostface is widely becoming the king of using the illest beats on record.  Using Amy Winehouse before making it big, MF Doom, Kayne, RZA, as well as J Dilla amongst many others.  This catchy soul beat is accented perfectly by The Willie Cottrell Band and guest spot on the mic, Trife da God - produced by Hi-Tek.
   7. J Dilla: "Lightworks" - Sad, sad, sad.  If you don't know, you know.  You know Dilla (James Dewitt Yancey) if you've heard hip-hop before going back to De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Janet Jackson, Q-Tip, Common, etc. etc.  His Swan Song, Donuts, was produced and mixed and released 3 days before dying from a cardiac arrest most likely caused by the nasty disease, Lupus on February 10, 2006.  We all suffered a little, but his music will not go unrecognized.
   8. Outkast: "E.T. (Extraterrestrial)" - Released on the ATLiens record in '96, this track stands as a footnote to all downtempo hip hop that has been released in the 21st Century.  These 2 artists were always a few steps ahead of the game.  I hope we can hear more from them in the future.
   9. Ike & Tina Turner: "Game of Love" - Perhaps one of the most confessional tracks Tina sang while still with Ike.  Aside from the personal drama, this song is amazing in every element.  The groove between bass, drums, and Ike are impeccable, and the sweet sweet vocals by Mrs. Turner make this one of my favorite tracks.
  10. Culver City Dub Collective: "Big Long Gun" - Oooh, a collective out of Cali doing dub.  This album, Dos, is definitely worth checking out.
  11. O Rappa: "Ja To No Grude" - An experimental Brasilian band rocking, dubbin' and electro-poppin'!  Lado B Lado A, is definitely a mixed compilation of these genres, and worth bobbing to.
  12. Lindstrom: "Fast and Delirious" - From Hans-Peter's Feedelity Affair.  This Swedish gentleman produces some of the finest electronica/dance music around.
  13. Fatboy Slim: "Santa Cruz" - A classic from Britain's Quentin Leo Cook and first album Better Living Through Chemistry.
  14. The Cinematic Orchestra: "Breathe (Live)" - Heidi Vogel's reply to Fontella Bass's beautifully performed song is the decision I made when putting this mix together.  Although it is impossible to out-perform such a singer, in Bass, Vogel's amazingly powerful voice is equally as beautiful, and in a way the 'breath' of the new as Bass's time may be near her end for Cinematic Orchestra.  This was undoubtedly the most haunting and most beautiful song of 2007 for me (off of the Ma Fleur album).

The worldly view of music and genre intertwined with the delicate fusion of tradition and mod, Insert a Variable to create different perspectives on the sounds one hears.  There is room for pause, but none for err.  Calculate the space and time through various generations and tastes to find the Venerable Sum in the likeness of Being...

Track Listing for Insert Variable for the Venerable Sum:

1. Themselves: "Home: Work" - Dose One & Jel (from Cincinnati, now San Fran) are 2 founders of Anticon, the underground indie hip-hop posse.  This is a prime example of Jel's masterful work behind the beat machine, and the eccentric background word-rhythms of Dose One. 
   
2. Atmosphere: "Puppets" - Rhymesayers of Minnesota is now massive, but a few years back, you could find Slug, the rapper, collaborating with Anticon (see above), especially in the improv classic album, Deep Puddle Dynamics.  Here we find Slug in his recent release from When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold.  Bound to be more commercial than his underground classic days (which are far darker, I must say).
   
3. Lusine: "Still Frame" - wow, a Texan made this?  Haha!  Seriously, he's an all right bloke and worth checking for downtempo/techno.  Jeff McIlwain now resides in Seattle (thank Jesus, the Mr. Softee driver). 
   
4. PJ Harvey: "The Garden" - My all-time favorite woman musician, and one of my personal crushes.  This little intelligent minx changes her output on every album she releases.  You can find this track on Is this Desire?
   
5. Orsten: "Fleur Blanche" - found this track lingering in a Hotel Costes mix out of nowhere.  Personally, I loathe those mixes, but this track is nice.
   
6. DJ Krush feat Angelina Esparza: "Aletheuo (Truthspeaking)" - Krush Meister goes pop on this one, but does it with style on this crazy wicked beat.  Oh, and Angelina's voice is quite decent as well.
   
7. Maps: "It Will Find You" - I really like this little gem of a track by James Chapman, aka, MAPS.
   
8. Rodrigo y Gabriela: "Ixtapa" - this crazy-cool duo from Mexico City, now taking residence in Dublin, Ireland, take classical acoustic guitar playing to another level of THRASH!  The two met in a thrash metal band in Mexico City, then moving outside of the box into the world of classical guitar playing, yet keeping the rock/thrash metal theme prominent in their songs - here you can hear fine examples of the right way to fuse these two genres.
   
9. Beethoven played by Wilhelm Kempff: "Piano Sonata #14 in C Sharp, Op. 27/2 'Moonlight Sonata'" - what?  You didn't think I'd include classical numbers?  B* PLEASE!  This is one of my favorite pieces from Beethoven's masterful Middle Period - the darker, more refined, more mysterious compositions in his artistic/lifespan.  Oh, and Mr. Kempff was equally as brilliant conveying Beethoven's work, and is recognized as one of the more elite representatives to showcase Ludwig's work. 
   
10. Fleet Foxes: "Mykonos" - dang!  Check out this bizarre group from Seattle.  I dig this pretentious representation of "baroque harmonic pop jams," as they call it.  This EP, Sun Giants, is quite interesting, and I recommend it, WITH CAUTION.
    
11. Alias & Tarsier mixed Boom Bip: "Plane That Draws A white Line" - ok, Boom Bip is just that; BOOM BIP!  Alias is quite interesting, one of the founding members of earlier mentioned Anticon, but here not rapping, but producing...Tarsier is not good, but the remix of this track is classic Boom Bip form for you - if only we had a non-vocal version of this, it would make it that much better.
    
12. Hieroglyphics: "Let it Roll" - one of the best and most successful LA underground hip hop groups.  Souls of Mischief, Del the Funkee Homosapien, & The Pros make up this super group.  On this track you will hear Tajai of S.O.M. and Pep Love of The Pros passing the mic back'n'forth rippin' it up!
    
13. Fiest: "Sea Lion Woman" - oh snap!  This girl can mix up genres quite nicely, and here you can find the old cadence, sort of spiritual chants of Nina Simone.  Yes, a cover, but a nice version.  This chick won 2 Juno Awards (like a Grammy) for her second album, Let It Die.  This track is from her latest, The Reminder (2007)
    
14. Heernt: "Pi~3.1415" - a showcase from one of the finest jazz groups of my generation (late 20s, from Hoboken, NJ), and will continue to be a powerhouse in decades to come.  Mark Guilliana, the drummer, might be the next Tony Williams (THE greatest drummer out of the 60s a la Miles Davis - began rippin' it up and influencing others at the ripe age of 17), and here he pulls out all stops.  This trio is definitely worth keeping an ear or two on for years to come.
    

Kerosene is the fuel for the flame illuminating these holes so we the listeners can recognize particular artists outside the popular cookie-cutter music.  The interesting thing is the music straddles the line so carefully that we can easily say the music is pop.  Anyway, tap into the mix as you usually do, however you may wish, and hopefully you'll enjoy the next hour or so zoned out to (in my mind) good music.

Kerosene Candles for the Pigeonholed Track Listing:

   1. Portishead: "Machine Gun" - from their recently released Third album...so happy they're back!
   2. Elbow: "The Fix" (Feat. Richard Hawley) - from The Seldom Seen Kid...just saw them in concert, and was amazed, as usual.
   3. Patrick Watson: "Luscious Life" - first discovered Mr. Watson on last year's Cinematic Orchestra's Ma Fleur, and then he released Close to Paradise, which earned Album of the Year for Canada.
   4. Tegan & Sara: "Are You Ten Years Ago" - these chicks are hip, and they had help on this record from Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla, Weezer's Matt Sharp, and AFI's Hunter Burgan.
   5. The Roots: "Rising Down" (Feat. Mos Def & Styles P) - from their latest Rising Down, The Roots still have it, and continue to push conscientious hip-hop.
   6. Grey Reverend: "Fineline" - saw Grey open up for Cinematic Orchestra, and then perform Patrick Watson's To Build A Home, and did an outstanding job transcribing it to acoustic guitar in 7/8 time.
   7. Aceyalone: "I Think" - as you can see, I love this man.  This song was first released on 1994's Project Blowed album, and still "Think" it's relevant.  Along with the rest of PB, this man deserves to be heard!
   8. cirKus: "You're Such An..." - such a great album, Laylow, formed by Burt Ford, Karmil, Lolita Moon, and Neneh Cherry (probably heard of her on The Gorillaz Kids With Guns track).  This is a must have album that slipped through the cracks of Good Music circa 2006.
   9. Jamie Lidell: "Little Bit of Feel Good" - one of Warp's greatest musicians, and with his newest, Jim, he joins a band and takes music back to the '40s!  He is amazingly talented, also check out Multiply.
  10. Destroyer: "Painter In Your Pocket" - such an eccentric singer in Dan Bejar, but also one of the most prolific.  You'll also hear him with The New Pornagraphers, Swan Lake, and Hello, Blue Roses.  Thanks to Sonaar for recommending this track!!!
  11. DJ Vadim: "Sufferin' Blues" (Feat. Jill Green) - one of the most amazing DJ/Producers around, originally from St. Petersburg, raised in London, and now living in NYC.  Anything he touches, is bound to be brilliant.
  12. Kayne West: "Wouldn't You Like to Ride" (Feat. Malik Yusef & Common) - not much to say, other than I LOVE CHI-TOWN!!!  Love Kanye, love Common, much respect, big up!
  13. Yeasayer: "2080" - here's another brilliant track off their All Hour Cymbals.  They love to incorporate this worldly-music vibe, and this Brooklyn-based band know how to interweave it into rock...great stuff!
  14. Bonobo: "Nightlite" (Feat. Bajka) - another track from Ninja Tune greats featuring the lovely Bajka (isn't this a place in Hungary?).  Anyway, the album Days to Come is classic.
  15. Stromba: "Giddy Up" - a track requested from Moje Dzieci (My Kids) in Poland.  This was a popular song off their album Tales from the Sitting Room.  Apparently they are working on releasing a new album shortly...

While entering The 5 Boro Ice Lounge find a seat, walk around, or even take the subway to enjoy the chill of the NYC environment, all packed tightly into this world of ice music. 

The 5 Boro Ice Lounge Track Listing:

1. Lifesavas: "A Serpent's Love" (Feat. Ish of Digable Planets) - hopefully this will mean Digable Planets are gearing up for a third classic...if not, it's great to hear Butterfly's smooth flow again after his horrible output in his early 2000s Black Cherry album.
   
2. DJ Greyboy: "Genevieve" - DJ Zeph and Azeem sample this music in their latest album, Alpha Zeta
3. Bonobo: "Ketto" - Ninja Tune greats
   
4. Karsh Kale: "Hole In The Sky"- along with Talvin Singh, Karsh Kale (pronounced Kursh Kah-ray) these two classically trained tabla players from England and NYC have taken their studies into the electronica fusion, and Mr. Kale, also is absolutely solid behind the acoustic kit.
   
5. Max Sedgley: "Slowly" - hit lounge song from his album From The Roots To The Shoots.
   
6. Cujo: "The Sighting" - Amon Tobin's moniker before signing to Ninja Tune.
7. Spaceheater: "Sighting" - nice little jazzy electronica from album The Record
   
8. General Elektriks: "Central Park" - from Quannum Projects (Los Angeles underground hip hop label), General Elecktriks from Paris brings an interesting production to his album Cliquety Kliqk.
   
9. Peder: "The Sour" (Feat. Dean Bowman) - so "Sour" you can feel the chills down your backside.
   
10. The Black Keys: "Lies" - This song, as well as the entire album, features production from hip-hop producer extraordinaire, DJ Dangermouse.
11. Lifesavas: "Gutterfly" (Feat. Camp Lo) - couldn't help but to put another solid track from the Gutterfly Soundtrack by these hip-hop Starskies...also, one of my personal favorites, Camp Lo, resurrecting their career in 2007. 
    
12. Apparat: "Hailin From The Edge" - German electronic musician...check out this album, Walls...very interesting stuff.
    
13. Elbow: "One Day Like This" - from their newest epic album The Seldom Seen Kid
    
14. Cold War Kids: "Hang Me Up To Dry" - watch out for these young men, they'll blow up any time now.
    
15. Sissy: "Start Again" - reminds me of early Portishead...speaking of Portishead, they will be releasing their Third shortly after you read this...
    
16. DJ Shadow: "Midnight In A Perfect World" - from the classic Endtroducing... album that earned this man the acknowledgment of being one of the greatest DJs our planet has heard

As Winter's Faint brought change in season, Dusk Bequeathed The Bellows dissects the anatomy of a day, and the fuzzy meridian dividing light and shadow.  A solid perspective can be deceived by the face the day, and so the music that provides the soundtrack to your daily mood swings should reflect these deceptions.  Keep your ears to the ground, keep your eyes on your tasks, and keep your mind pried to soak in the vulnerability after twilight. 

Dusk Bequeathed The Bellows Track Listing:

1. Yeasayer: "Sunrise" - Brooklyn quartet; song based on African rhythms
2. Junior Boys:  "In The Morning" - Electronic group from Ontario
   
3. Modeselector: "Happy Birthday!" - Electronic group from Berlin
   
4. Holy Fuck/Radiohead: "Nude (Holy F Remix 2) - Electronic group from Toronto
   
5. DJ Krush & Black Thought: "Zen Approach" - DJ Krush-master from Japan, Black Thought from The Roots
   
6. DJ Vadim: "Black Is The Night" (feat. Katherin de Boer) - Ninja Tune producer extraordinaire
   
7. Radio Citizen: "The Hop" - apparently this song was featured on Grey's Anatomy...I don't have a TV, so you tell me :)
8. Haiku D'etat: "Studio Street Stage" - Aceyalone, Mikah 9, Abstract Rude from Project Blowed in South Central, Los Angeles bring the flow!!!
9. Lemongrass: "Salon De Musique" - Roland Voss from Germany
   
10. Trentemoller: "Vamp" - Danish electronic composer
11. Lake Trout: "Holding" - Baltimore band...Drummer, Mike Lowry, specializes in mastering DJ Shadows breaks on his kit; sounds like a drum computer!
12. Menomena: "Running" - Indie band from Portland, OR; all members share duties at all instruments and vocals
    
13. Puscifer: "The Undertaker (Renholder Remix)" - Danny Lohner, ex-NIN mastermind, knows how to dampen Tool front man  Maynard James Keenan's music into grunge!
14. Diplo: "Must Be A Devil" - DJ/Producer extraordinaire
    
15. Cinematic Orchestra: "Work It (Man With A Movie Camera)" - one of the greatest groups in the history of beautiful music.  Drummer, Luke Flowers, fluctuates between metric modulation and time signatures like one cuts butter, and composer Jason Swinscoe shoots for nothing less than soul-capturing music.
16. Venetian Snares: "Szamár madár" - Canadian, Aaron Funk, mixes odd-times and classical compositions with electronic and drum and bass beautifully.  Here, "Szamár Madár," or Silly Bird/Donkey Bird (translated from Danish) is composed from samples by Sir Edward Elgar's "Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op.85" 

This week's mix is a passage into the seasonal change; a musical journey through the darker side of chill, winter's cast, and breaking towards the lighter, more uplifting sounds of equinox.  I mixed Winter's Faint when the weather started teetering on 30s through 60s, which eventually brought us to now, around 50s.  I hope Winter's Faint provides a kick-start to the sunshine ahead for you, as well as providing you with some new perspectives on some of the music I have mixed in here.  I certainly hope you enjoy!

Winter's Chill Track Listing:

   1. Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin: "Naima"
   2. Sage Francis: "Waterline"
   3. Wax Tailor: "The Man With No Soul" (Feat. Charlotte Savary)
   4. The Roots: "Livin' In A New World" (Feat John-John)
   5. Ike & Tina Turner: "You Can Have It"
   6. Two Lone Swordsmen: "Switch It"
   7. Radiohead: "Faust Arp (Scotch Mist Version)"
   8. Betty Davis: "Game Is My Middle Name"
   9. Curtis Mayfield: "Future Shock"
  10. Camp Lo: "Suga Willie's Revenge" (Feat. Jungle Brown)
  11. Gnarls Barkley: "Going On"
  12. Aceyalone: "Find Out" (Feat. Riddlore)
  13. Talvin Singh: "Uphold"
  14. Michael Jackson: "Billie Jean (25th Anniv. Remix)"  (Feat. Kanye West)
  15. NIN: "7 Ghosts I"
  16. Mr. C: "Isolation"
  17. LCD Soundsystem: "Tribulations (Lindstrom Mix)"

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Welcome to the Funky Soul Burner Podcast.  I will provide weekly mixes to help fill your auditory cortex with as many pleasurable moments our world's finest musicians produce - in rhythm, in sound.  I hope you will enjoy these mixes, and please feel free to drop a line any time at contact@funkysoulburner.com. 

This week's episode is entitled: The Homogenous Sounds of Suede

Track Listing:

1. Patrick Watson: "Mr. Tom"
2. Dolly Parton: "Jolene"
3. Gnarls Barkley: "Who's Gonna Save My Soul"
4. Bettye LaVette: "Choices"
5. Nightmares On Wax: "Les Nuits"
6. Lupe Fiasco: "Streets On Fire"
7. John Frusciante: "Murderers"
8. Idiot Pilot: "Cruel World Enterprise"
9. The Raconteurs: "Carolina Drama"
10. Surreal & DJ Balance: "One Man Band"
11. Free Moral Agents: "Underwater Reverb"
12. Oukast w. Cee-Lo: "In Due Time"
13. Grand Ole Party: "Radio (Scientist Remix)"
14. Alicia Keys: "Heartburn"
15. Bugz In The Attic: "Move Aside"
16. Yppah: "Again With The Subtitles"
17. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals: "Lifeline"