EXCELSIOR

It was a long cold and wet week and it was nice to get all cosy by the fire and to slow right down after a manic day and to listen to some tunes lying on the wooly carpet.

sound is slow warm and comforting tonight (except track 1 & 2).don't miss the last one....night night...

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Unsquare Dance

El Michels Affair - Run Fay Run

Fid Mella - My Friend

Broken Social Scene - Shampoo Suicide

Pablo Moses - Come mek we run

SOFT SPOT

     VIA
Unmistakably from Truth & Soul , new single for Lady..(the track is altered towards the end because it's brand new,i bought it do the same if you like)                                                                                                                                              
Lady - Money (truth & soul 2013)

huge guilty pleasure yet the prod and arrangements are expertly crafted and man! it really works! 

I haven't deeply enjoyed what Patchworks has produced since Cocan but this one is a winner
PATCHWORKS - LOS LADRONES

today is good a day!

Hanbook - Sunrising

OK there's always will be only one Outkast and this isn't quite them, but you gotta love the video!

Dark, Moody,Broody,Frenchy (Thanks to Blundetto for reminding me that french music also exists)
Francoiz Breut - Marie-Lise

Best version i ever heard
U Roy - Tom drunk

From excellent compilation,when we were young
deadly headly - 35 years from alpha


SPOT ME! (I'm feeling playful)

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AS ALWAYS COMMENTS ARE APPRECIATED AND VERY WELCOME.SO IF YOU LIKE OR DON'T ,SAY SOMETHING...SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE I'M POSTING THE THINGS I LIKE FOR MYSELF ON INTERNET...WHICH IS IF I THINK A BIT TOO LONG ABOUT IT,VERY WRONG.THANKS FOR ENCOURAGEMENTS AND COMMENTS ON THE LATEST POSTS.BLESS.

MMXIII

Looking up to a bright shiny year? 
wishing everyone out there a Happy and healthy 2013!

I've got some random things here that attracted me lately...

First up the ever excellent TBG reworking his magic on Darondo's genius..just out..buy it!
Darondo Feat. TallBlackGuy - I don't want to leave


stoomp...pa pa pa pa pa stoomp pa pa pa pa pa stoomp pa pa pa pa stoomp pa pa pa pa pa stoomp
Wiley Terry - Follow the leader (DJ Agent 86 edit)


Libadu sisters- danger


I found difficult to find interesting modern music in cumbia and latin derivated sounds as they often the same and not exactly venturing in new directions per say but these guys are something else:
Meridian Brothers - Salsa Del Zombie (Perseguido Por Alegres Buitres)


This is colder yet warm.from norway:
Cashmere Cat - Mirror Maru


This one requires a decent amount of fog in your studio:
XXYYXX - About you


from blue velvet:
love letters _ketty lester


ANY COMMENTS ARE APPRECIATED AND WELCOME!

PS: A THOUGHT FOR ARMED SNOBBERY WHICH HAS ENDED LAST WEEK.THE BLOG WAS THE SOURCE FOR COUNTLESS DISCOVERIES AND INSPIRATION.IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED.THANK POB!

ANGEL

Ticklah Feat.Courtney Jones - Born to fly

Ijahman Levi - Closer to you


Mojave - got my sunshine

THE WORLD IT SOFTLY LULLS

intro is a tease, the drop is the real deal:
The Gaslamp Killer-Nissim ft. Amir Yaghmai

This one's the best of this series, raw talent from Melbourne...love every second of it,especially her voice and timing.
Hiatus Kaiyote - The World It Softly Lulls (Shafiq Husayn Remix)

Flako blossoming:
Flako - Mating Dance

SLICK RICK - WOMEN LOSE WEIGHT (POOKY'S HAUNTED HOUSE EDIT)

Anchorsong - Darkrum
(Not really)

nicely done classic house
Nicolas Jaar - And I Say (Xinobi Edit)

Nicely done pop
Phoebe Jean & the Air Force - Day Is Gone

GREASE BREAKING BAD

I was at school with the winner of the hair brushing fight.He posted it on facebook.I think it's just fully awesome.here it is:


A BEAUTIFUL THING...

MAMA ROUX

the correspondents - i wanna be like you


Fresh Up Players - race relations

Tribute to wes


Dr. John - mama roux

SUGAR ON MY TONGUE

talking heads - sugar on my tongue


Sir Victor Uwaifo - Iye Iye Oh


Betty Green - he's down on me


Fauve - kane


ALMOST TOO GOOD

yep....random

PEEKABOO

HI FOLKS,

Deliciously wonky....
Baron Retif & Conception Perez - Cascade

the bass, the soothing vocal.
Liam Bailey seems to make unanimity among my fellow bloggers, this one one came out a few months ago on the cloud and didn't seem to make much noise.why? i don't know, you tell me:
Liam Bailey - when will they learn

franco micalizzi - lo chiamavano trinita - titoli
I can't get the whistling bit out of my head,I even had to find the notes on the harmonica.sounds good though...

The voice

It's always been about the voice.The music remains one of my biggest guilty pleasure.
for the rest no other than Charles puts its better:

Là, tout n'est qu'ordre et beauté,
Luxe, calme et volupté.


















oh come on!....it's sunday and it was raining all day!

CIRCUS

I had somehow forgotten how circuses can be inspiring, funny and refreshing until I went there!
It's was so good i got a little too excited until my own kids told me to "calm down a bit dad you're actually not part of the show!".
All i can say is that if you live in England, especially in the south west,go and see them!. For those who are interested in celebrities) Helena bonham carter, Tim burton and their kids were in the audience.not relevant i know but it gives an idea on what type of show it is and I thought they fitted perfectly the creative atmosphere.

A Few tunes now...always wanted to post this.I got a soft spot for songs with kids singing in them since I heard "Another brick in the wall" blasting out of my godfather "renault 5 alpine" (very class... belek!) back in 78...i was 3 years then...and the impact is still very much vivid.
In 1988 I was lucky enough to see the floyds in Montpellier at the Stade Richter on my Step dad shoulders.i was then 13,everybody was smoking weed...I was probably stoned just by the vapors, the music was playing incredibly loud in quadraphonia and when the helicopter (or the sound of it) landed with saturated megaphone voices talking over it in that foreign language (to me at the time)...I hit a musical high that still lives on in me today.
tribute to the floyds : cleverly made extented version of a classic by Scratch and sniff

On a very different note,ode to "knowledge and college" by effortlessly talented kids, featuring one the best backing band is there to be found Menahan street band (coming out soon with new and well anticipated new LP "THE CROSSING"Find here what good ol' Blundetto has made available for you here.(wink wink)

3 Titans - life of a scholar


Not new either but still an amazing "slow" ish tune that never fails to fill the dance-floors is this one i came across in cocktail bar the other night:
Vera Hamilton – But I Ain’t No More (GSTSKDTS)

I wish i had a vinyl version but this the best I got.

I like this band from L.A...
Chicano Batman - The ballad of Raymundo Jacquez

Inevitably will make you think about Menahan street band or even El Michels  affair, but in the more southern way and less polished way.good guitars and organs on this one.more here

To finish this post.Farewell to a master of his art.DJ Matthew Africa left well too early.I love his re-edits and will sorely miss his magic touches on classics such as this one.RIP Matthew.
Ohio Players – Ecstasy (Matthew Africa Edit)

PISTACHE MOUSTACHE

major lazer - get free

very addictive new tune for the lazer, lovely synths too.

Camille - home is where it hurts

french singer Camille collaborates with one of saian supa crew member to produce a concept album "music hole".amazing vocals, great beat.not for everyone but i love it.

Violent femmes - gone daddy gone

1983! and still fabulous! and the xylophone being well underused instrument works wonders in this track.


Liam Lynch - United States of Whatever by xxno
just for the dancing scarf...

aluna george - Your Drums, Your Love

vocals are covered with THE maturest cheddar cheese they found but tune is infectious.

King Krule Rock Bottom

So British

Alemayehu Eshete - Telantena zare

guitar solo.

LONG TIME NO SEE

The menu will obviously be eclectic as i  haven't been posting for a decade.I hope my 11 followers will forgive me.I have developed an aversion  for computers and a devotion for outdoors and properly kinaesthetic activities followed by a few trips to  some extraordinary places and met beautiful people.Well, this could lead to a incandescent debate which won't take place right now because it just would be WELL boring and badly written..Instead i suggest a tour of the things I've enjoyed lately..in a nutshell it goes like this:

IF YOU HAVE TIME AND ARE FEELING CREATIVE WITH YOUR RECYCLING PLASTIC BOTTLES.....

dirty art club - rosslin's crypt


Julio Bashmore - The Horn That Time Forgot

menahan street band - the crossing


Bo Saris - she's on fire


Akua Carter - push Harder

KALEIDOSCOPE

It's all about the festivals, the Olympic games and the queen jubilee right now in England.I'm more into part 1 of the above myself but it's time consuming so before i forget how to spell "blog" or "post" i hurry to share some of the things i have enjoyed lately:
love the video and the song..

same vein as this;perfect to gently nod under the sun...


Bumped into this the other day, i was literally mesmerized by her voice and her perfect timing:



the instrumental here really caught my attention...not entirely convinced by the vocals.


this is

thiS
this one works with highest quality setting and full screen


that is really good yet 7seconds


A BIENTOT!

SPECTRUM

Well,well,well.... I have been absent from the posting for quite a while,being involved in different aspects and projects of my humble existence and i thought maybe i just pop in to say hi and share some tunes:

Sampi and the bad Habits - stick with me


John Carpenter - Marriage is a just a state of mind

these 2 gems i found courtesy of Signore Francesco Macri

This trippy jazz/psychedelic cover of Bam bam i found because i was just curious.they've done a great job.
Cosmo D - Bam Bam (cover)


Now, i'm not much of a house head these days but i love the work done on the voice and rythmic section of the tune,especially with the reverbs and short delays.This makes an excellent trippy bumpy version of the Barrington Levy classsic:
black rose - anthem _live version