Another jazzy sunday

Lately I find myself much more enjoying my weekends just staying at home and taking it easy after a busy week. Spending the sunday listening to jazz records all day with some fine wine instead of trying to recover from some hangover. Am I getting old?


John Coltrane - Aisha

So far today I've listened to Miles Davis' excellent Sketches Of Spain album, but I can't really do that album any justice by just posting one track of it. Therefore I'll post some other tracks I've been enjoying today, like this Coltrane ballad of the Olé Coltrane album. This track reminds me of the classic Naima from the Giant Steps album (might be the title). For a beautiful live version of Naima, check this:


And while you're at it, why not take a look at this delightful version of So What? (I can't even imagine what the internet would be without youtube anymore!)




Now for some Sun Ra. Although he is known for pretty 'out there' music, even plain unlistenable to some, in the late seventies and early eighties he went for a more accesible sound. The records from this period still have his loose style all over it, but it can serve as a good introduction to his work and they're just beautiful pieces of music in general. I picked three tracks from this period that are near impossible to find on vinyl I think, but luckily there's the internet :)

Sun Ra - Nuclear War

First is a song Sun Ra intented to be a single, but no major label wanted to release it (kinda obvious, imagine this hitting the charts in the 80's!), so he put it out on a small label. A protest song of sorts, with a fine groove that's kinda hypnotizing, like most Ra records.

Sun Ra - God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be

Second is the title track of the God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be album, highlighting Ra's piano playing. A very calm record that still has a lot going on.

Sun Ra - Springtime Again

Finally there's one of the more well known songs from this period (though still pretty unknown to most I guess) called Springtime Again. It's a beautiful composition that captures the feeling of waking up early and enjoying a spring morning.


Archie Shepp - Ballad For A Child

The next song I chose is from one of my favorite albums Attica Blues by Archie Shepp. I could really pick any random song from this lp, there's not a bad track on this highly diverse record.


John Coltrane - Psalm

To finish this post, more Coltrane! The closing track of the Love Supreme album called Psalm, which seems fitting for a sunday, as does the rest of the album, as well as Pharoah Sanders' Karma album, which I posted a track off earlier this year. Listening to these records is like going to church for me, a spiritual experience.

"“During the year 1957,” John Coltrane famously wrote, “I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace.”

The incident sparking Coltrane's awakening was severe and self-inflicted. It was late April of 1957, 10 years before he would die of liver cancer, and the saxophonist's raging heroin addiction had finally provoked a pink slip from a recently sobered Miles Davis (also fired was fellow Philadelphian and junkie Philly Joe Jones; Davis replaced him and Coltrane with Art Taylor and Sonny Rollins respectively). And so a chastened Trane returned to his hometown, locked himself in a room of his mother's house, and fasted until his poisons had run their course. As some accounts have it, the saxophonist saw the image of God during this excruciating exile; according to legend he emerged from his sick room, like Moses from Mount Sinai, a boldly transfigured man."

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"Spiritually, however, the album is an ecstatic public dedication. "I think you have to be aware of the religious meaning of that piece," averred Lewis Porter in the radio documentary Tell Me How Long Trane's Been Gone. "Because a lot of the way that piece is structured has to do with the religious message he wants to convey." Porter, whose biography John Coltrane: His Life and Music (University of Michigan Press) stands as the finest to date, alludes specifically to "Psalm," the suite's final movement -- a musical rendering of a poem penned by the saxophonist. (Impulse! published this poem on the gatefold of the LP, but the literal connection between verse and music went largely unnoticed for years.)

But with each revelation comes the threat of reckoning. Pianist Bobby Timmons once described a conversation he had with Coltrane's mother: "I remember her telling me about A Love Supreme and how she was wishing he'd never written it. ... She was worried to death because she said, "When someone is seeing God, that means he's going to die." (In fact, he did, less than three years later, of sudden liver failure owing to earlier abuses.) This may account for the fact that, when "reading" his poem through the tenor, Coltrane notably skipped the phrase "I have seen God." It may or may not have anything to do with the fact that the saxophonist never performed his devotional poem again. In the only known live performance of A Love Supreme, at the 1965 Juan-les-Pins Festival in Antibes, "Psalm" is rendered not as a meticulous syllabic translation but as a vehicle for beseeching improvisation. (This concert, along with alternate studio takes featuring Art Davis and Archie Shepp, appears on Impulse's new CD release.) By that time, Coltrane had moved to another place and plane. Some, but by no means all, would say his ascension had begun -- into heaven, transcendence, or perhaps something as simple as truth."

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Again, it might be better to hear a track like this in the context of the full album, so I highly reccomend getting the record. I truly believe though that Coltrane was alredy ascending into heaven and connecting with God on a higher level at the time of this recording, take what you want from it though. Here's the poem the song was based on, feel free to read along:

A Love Supreme
I will do all I can to be worthy of Thee, O Lord.
It all has to do with it.
Thank You God.
Peace.
There is none other.
God is. It is so beautiful.
Thank You God. God is all.
Help us to resolve our fears and weaknesses.
In you all things are possible.
Thank you God.
We know. God made us so.
Keep your eye on God.
God is. He always was. He always will be.
No matter what... it is God.
He is gracious and merciful.
It is most important that I know Thee.
Words, sounds, speech, men, memory, throughts,
fears and emotions--time--all related...
all made from one... all made in one.
Blessed be his name.
Thought waves--heat waves--all vibrations--
all paths lead to God. Thank you God.
His way... it is so lovely... it is gracious.
It is merciful--Thank you God.
One thought can produce millions of vibrations
and they all go back to God... everything does.
Thank you God.
Have no fear... believe... Thank you God.
The universe has many wonders. God is all.
His way... it is so wonderful.
Thoughts--deeds--vibrations,
all go back to God and He cleanses all.
He is gracious and merciful... Thank you God.
Glory to God... God is so alive.
God is.
God loves.
May I be acceptable in Thy sight.
We are all one in His grace.
The fact that we do exist is acknowledgement
of Thee, O Lord.
Thank you God.
God will wash away all our tears...
He always has...
He always will.
Seek him everyday. In all ways seek God everyday.
Let us sing all songs to God.
To whom all praise is due... praise God.
No road is an easy one, but they all
go back to God.
With all we share God.
It is all with God.
It is all with Thee.
Obey the Lord.
Blessed is He.
We were all from one thing... the will of God...
Thank you God.
--I have seen ungodly--
none can be greater--none can compare
Thank you God.
He will remake... He always has and He
always will.
It's true--blessed be His name--Thank you God.
God breathes through us so completely...
so gently we hardly feel it... yet,
it is our everything.
Thank you God.
ELATION--ELEGANCE--EXALTATION--
All from God.
Thank you God. Amen.
-John Coltrane (December, 1964)

peace,
Jarno

Good Will Hunting

No, not that movie from the 90's that I never even seen (I'm sure you probobly did'nt either). I'm talking about those thrift stores all around town that sell vinyl for $1 a pop. Like Jarno, I go vinyl trippin' every once in a while too. Some old head turns in there stack of vinyls to the local Good Will to get a tax right-off, only to end up in my hands on the cheap. Now, you know me, I'm a succer for those samples. So when I get home with a stack, not having a clue what I purchased except the cover looked phat and I recognized the artist name, I put the music on and THEN BOOM, sample slain. Thus giving me an excuse to post to you my good friends. All in the name of classictrax!


Roy Ayers - Let's Do It

Note: THIS IS NOT A GREAT 12" RIP BY ME. I NEED A BETTER VERSION.
Wow, Roy knows how to set the mood for love makin', sexual healin', and all around freak a deak zone vibe'n. Right off the LP with the same name, Roy brings some great tunes on this 12" from 1978. Check out Gant Garrads track of the same name that takes major slices from Roy's track, but still makes it a great house tune with that Chicago flare. From his "Unpredictable EP" on Dust Traxx.

Gant Garrard - Let's Do It
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The Stylistics - Maybe It's Love This Time

I had put this record on and started doing some other things. "Hurry Up This Way Again" is a softer LP. So by the time I got to this track I was in chill mode, almost nodding off in my chair. That is until I heard the chorus go "MAYBE......MAYBE IT"S LOVE THIS TIME". I jumped out my seat like Spiderman and yelled "OH SNAP, THATS THAT DILLA JOINT". If you havnt heard " The Shinning" yet check it out. I aint' Parris Hilton but that I gotta say that joint is HOT! R.I.P Jay D.

J Dilla - Baby
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I hope you enjoy these joints. I hope to do another 2 post before the end of the year. 1000FM & Jimbo, yall' think you can get one more in before 07? :-D Please leave a comment folks.

Later,
Proutcast

Vinyl Trip

So I just finished watching the movie Vinyl by Alan Zweig. Basically a documentary about obsessive record collectors. I wouldn't go so far as to call myself an obsessive collector, then again, that's what pretty much every guy in this documentary says. However, I do find myself spending way too much cash on records, most of them I don't even play that much. Anyway, if you're a record collector I recommend watching this movie, even though it's kind of depressing to see some of these guys. It makes you rethink this whole record collecting habit a little.


Gloria Scott - What Am I Gonna Do

On to the music now. Lately I've been on a little Barry White trip, finally discovering a larger part of his catalogue than just the hit records. That's how I stumbled upon this Barry White produced Gloria Scott album from 1974 called What Am I Gonna Do. The opening title track immediately grabbed my attention and I've been enjoying the entire album pretty much. A nice mix of ballads and uptempo songs, with beautiful instrumental backing.

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aw hell, as long as I'm here I might as well upload some more stuff I'm into lately.


Leon Thomas - China Doll

First up is this version of China Doll by Leon Thomas, who is the singer on Pharoah Sanders' stellar song The Creator Has A Master Plan. Well he released an excellent solo album as well called Blues And The Soulful Truth (that also has a great front cover) that contains this track.


Lenny Williams - Cause I Love You

This is the opening track of Tower Of Power singer Lenny William´s album Spark Of Love from 1978. Not much to say about it, except that it´s a beautiful soulful track with excellent vocal delivery.


Bernard Purdie - Lialeh

And to close this post for real, a nice laidback song by Bernard Purdie from the soundtrack for Lialeh, a seventies soft porn movie. But it´s certainly not some over the top smooth porn soundtrack sh**, just quality soul music!

oh yeah, a big shout out to prout for hooking me up with those records, cause I didn´t have nearly enough records as it is :P

peace,
Jarno

Player Haters Degree

A good friend of mine recently departed dirty H-town after getting his player haters degree, j/k :P, but he's back home to Lyon, Fr and sent me this funk nastification of a mix that I thought amongst this inner circle would really appreciate.

Tracklisting:
trouble funk - hey fellas (red snapper mix)
kurtis blow - tough
tom tom club - genious of love
projections - stillness meets me
omega watts - that sound (quantic mix)
treva whateva - dustbowl
carol wiliams - can't get enough
chateau flight - superflight (maurice fulton mix)
bah samba - let the drums speak
gwen mcrae - funky sensation (MAW mix)
chic - (funny) bone

dj francesco septembre mix

enjoy,
-infinite_jim

So Busy, Longing To Be Bored

George Benson - Livin' Inside Your Love

I hate being busy. Every Day of every minute I spend doing "something". Work, church, repairing the house, fixing up the cars, blah blah blah. Even "having fun" has become an item on a schedule. I wish I could go back to those days when I had few thing I "HAD To Do" and do alot of things I "Wanted To Do". Hence the reason I don't really post so much. But, enough of that....

Anyway, I spotted a sample that made me smile and I had to share it with someone. George Bensen never fails me.

Hmmm, I feel like I should write some more. Heh. Well, I almost completed my Crydamoure collection. I should be picking up some Archigram records soon. And I still need that Hysteria 12". Now it's on to Gopher & EDC records. I just got Use Me and Prix Choc in the mail. Loving them. The hunt for vinyl continues.

Oh, and enjoy the house track if you dont already have it.


Deaf N' Dumb Crew - Holiday On Night

" I am so busy doing nothing... that the idea of doing anything - which as you know, always leads to something - cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything."
Jerry Seinfeld

Jazzy Disco

Roy Ayers & Fela Kuti - 2000 Blacks Got To Be Free

Alright, like I said, some more jazz coming up, well this right here isn't really jazz in it's purest form, but I guess it kinda makes sense. After I started of with some 50's bebop and 60's freejazz, Prout took it to the 70's with some smooth souljazz. And now I'm taking it to the 80's with this briliant 1980 collabo between 2 genius musicians, Roy Ayers and Fela Kuti.

Y'all probably know of Roy Ayers, so not really any need to introduce him I guess. Most of y'all will know Fela Kuti as well I suppose, but if you don't, start getting all his records (start with Expensive Shit, featuring the briliant 'Water No Get Enemy'). Fela Kuti merged African rhythms and American soul influences into his own style. On this record, there's 2 extended jams, both of them don't get boring for one second, they could have even gone on for much longer. The record is available as a re-issue, so it shouldn't be that hard to find on vinyl, I know I got my copy. If only more house dj's would throw records like this into their sets....


J Dilla ft. Common & D'Angelo - So Far So Good

Oh and on a little side note, the man who once worked on a cover of Fela's 'Water No Get Enemy' has finally returned, D'Angelo. He appears on a track of Dilla's upcoming album on BBE Records. Okay it's not much yet, but it gives a little hope that that third album is finally coming up, let's hope so! Here's the mp3, unfortunately it's from a promo, so there's some annoying snippets from the movie The Shining thrown in, so I guess we'll have to wait for the release for a good version, but this works for now.


greets
Jarno

Jazzy Snazzy

1000 Finger Man got us started in the Jazz direction . I hope he will bless us with another deep post about his discoveries of bissful jazz sounds. In the meantime, in between time, I thought I would share some of the records I found for $1 at the local thrift store today.


Idris Muhammad ft. Grover Washington - Piece Of Mind

First up is Idris Muhammad's Power Of Soul. Arranged by Bob James and featuring a bunch of other "smooth jazz" names from 1974. Good stuff here. Piece Of Mind has that slow flow, that night driving mood. Give it a listen. On a sample note; me and 1000 Finger Man were checking out another Idris Muhammad track called Could Heaven Ever Be Like This, when we heard the Stars On 33 track that got remixed recently by Mr. Alan Braxe.


Bob James - Caribbean Nights

I also found this Bob James - Touchdown Record for $1. It has 6 trax that feature Bob James, Hubert Laws, Idris Muhammad, Ron Carter, and more. It also has an awesome fold out NFL football sleeve. You hip hop heads may recognize the Red Man sample. Beautiful song.


Also, I just want to give a real big shout out to my brother from France. ILOVAIR. This guy has never met me in person in his life, yet was kind enough in his heart to bless me with some records. He went to the trouble of ordering them from the 20000st website, waited 2 months, thougth he got shafted, sent an email threatening to call the cops, finally got them, then sent them to me. What a blessing. God bless you brotha. The loot includes:
1.Demon - Regulate
2. Saturday Nite - Live Celebrity
3. Nicholas - Wanderungen
4. Nicholas - Haberdasher
5. Altered Beast - The Coney Island
6. 20000st slip mat.
ILOVAIR, big, big shout to you. Much love. Many thanks.

I also picked up some other things this week.
1. Shalamar - Uptown Festival - For $1, not bad.
2. L.K.C - Soul Bells - Grab it on www.juno.co.uk quick!!!
3. Braxe & Falke - Palladium - It's Vulture Culture.
4. Funk Legacy - What U Gonna Do Baby - Nice.

Proutcast

I Love The Jazz My Man!

If there's one genre I've been obsessing about these past 2 years it's been jazz. As with some other people from my generation, I came into contact with jazz when I started looking after the source for my favourite modern day records. In this case I was on the hunt for the sample to the Motorbass classic 'Neptune'. After searching for the lyrics 'have you heard the latest news from Neptune?' I came across the very obscure source, Sun Ra's album Discipline 27-11 and the aptly titled track 'Neptune'.

Granted, an avant garde album by Sun Ra from one of his more experimental periods is probably not as good a way of coming into contact with jazz as Kind Of Blue for instance. However, I would get into this song heavily pretty much right away and right there my journey through the genre took off.

By now there's dozens and dozens of tracks I could post up to express my love for the genre, but for now I'll stick to 3 tracks.


Roy Haynes - Dorian

The part of the genre I'm into the most are probably the 50's/60's bop records. Just one of the many fine examples of the beauty of this genre is the following track by the talented drummer Roy Haynes. The beautiful piano playing of Ronnie Matthews just carries the song right away and every bit that gets added just suits the mood perfectly, Booker Ervin's playing on this album is just beautiful as well. It's kinda hard for me to describe exactly how this moves me, but it's just touching in every single way and this is music I could listen to for the rest of my life. There are so many more songs in this genre I could recommend, if you're interested just hit me up with a message and I'll be happy to send some more.


Pharoah Sanders - The Creator Has A Master Plan

Next up is some more experimental jazz by one of my personal favourite artists, Pharoah Sanders. I've had my eye on this record in a local second hand store for a long time, but the guy selling it wants quite a bit of cash for it so for now I'll have to do with this (not so great) mp3 rip. Oh well, it'll give you a proper impression of the album. I'm not gonna attempt to write out a full review when there's already a fitting one on the allmusic.com website. However, I will say that this is probably a fairly accesible lp in the free jazz genre, it kinda shifts back and forth between wild explosions of sound and melody and more calm arrangements. Another example of a track that does this is 'Theme De Yoyo' by the Art Ensemble Of Chicago (though the wild arrangements are very limited there, it may be a better introduction to free-jazz), go check that out if you don't know about it yet, highly reccomended. I also like the spirituality and Coltrane inpsirations involved in the entire theme of this Pharoah Sanders album, it truly is a journey to listen to this record and one of the highlights of Sanders' carreer. If you're interested, here is the excellent review of the Karma album from the allmusic website:


"Pharoah Sanders' third album as a leader is the one that defines him as a musician to the present day. After the death of Coltrane, while there were many seeking to make a spiritual music that encompassed his ideas and yearnings while moving forward, no one came up with the goods until Sanders on this 1969 date. There are only two tracks on Karma, the 32-plus minute "The Creator Has a Master Plan" and the five-and-a-half-minute "Colours." The band is one of Sanders' finest, and features vocalist Leon Thomas, drummer Billy Hart, Julius Watkins, James Spaulding, a pre-funk Lonnie Liston Smith, Richard Davis, Reggie Workman on bass, and Nathaniel Bettis on percussion. "Creator" begins with a quote from "A Love Supreme," with a nod to Coltrane's continuing influence on Sanders. But something else emerges here as well: Sanders' own deep commitment to lyricism and his now inherent knowledge of Eastern breathing and modal techniques. His ability to use the ostinato became not a way of holding a tune in place while people soloed, but a manner of pushing it irrepressibly forward. Keeping his range limited (for the first eight minutes anyway), Sanders explores all the colors around the key figures, gradually building the dynamics as the band comps the two-chord theme behind with varying degrees of timbral invention. When Thomas enters at nine minutes, the track begins to open. His yodel frees up the theme and the rhythm section to invent around him. At 18 minutes it explodes, rushing into a silence that is profound as it is noisy in its approach. Sanders is playing microphonics and blowing to the heavens and Thomas is screaming. They are leaving the material world entirely. When they arrive at the next plane, free of modal and interval constraints, a new kind of lyricism emerges, one not dependent on time but rhythm, and Thomas and Sanders are but two improvisers in a sound universe of world rhythm and dimension. There is nothing to describe the exhilaration that is felt when this tune ends, except that "Colours," with Ron Carter joining Workman on the bass, was the only track that could follow it. You cannot believe it until you hear it."


Walter Bishop Jr - Speak Low

In closing here's a song by Walter Bishop Jr, who released some fine music on the legendary Black Jazz label (I especially like the track 'Our November' on the Coral Keys album, see if you can find that, you can also hear it on the flash intro on the Black Jazz website). Here he is featured with a more recent recording of one of his older songs that has his piano playing joined with the bass of Paul Brown and drums by Al Harewood, to briliant effect. Sometimes when I listen to solo piano records or records like this with the piano on the forefront I can get the feeling it's just background music or displays of virtuousity, but Walter really makes the music come alive on this record. It's a joy to listen to and always puts me in a good mood.

Now of course I can't guarantee that you'll dig these songs, but maybe it'll give a little insight to my favourite genre and why I love it so much. By no means am I an expert on the subject of jazz, but all I know is that I can't get enough of this music. In the future I might do some more jazz posts, so be on the lookout for that if you dig what you heard here.

greets,
Jarno

You Can Win

J Dilla - Two Can Win (Extended Edit)
I had been saving some cash while looking for the CD which was out of stock for a little while. Thanks to Dafunkad who hooked me up with some previews, and now I can enjoy the full album. My only beef is that each track is too short [but Cool Edit Pro can fix that :-D ]. Otherwise, the album to me is like The Avalanches meets Detroit Beets in a continuous music mix. Enjoy my silly little edit.

Detroit City.....Stand Up

Yeah, yeah, I know what your saying...."More Andres?". Check the other post Andrés From Detroit To The World.

It started a long time back on juno.co.uk. Just going through a few of the music clips when I came upon Andres. I loved it the second I heard it. A few conversations with 1000FM (who clued me in on the Moodymann connection), alot of searching, and 7 or 8 Ebay auctions later (one that ended not so well). My collection is complete...........almost.


1 record. KDJ #20. It was hard for me to even find audio clips of it, let alone the mp3's, let alone the record itself. Well. If you keep searching, you shall find. Here are some really, really, really, really, rare tracks. Enjoy. But, I'm still searching for the 12".

Set You Free
Out There In The City
313 Love


The hunt continues,
Proutcast

Definitive Dilla Deviation Tribute

Still on that Dilla tip. I just wanted to direct yall to some Jay Dee goodness. This is for anyone that is not familiar with his work, and for those of you who know every bit of it. It's played on the one & only Deviation radio show with DJ Benji B on BBC. It will be off the net in a few hours so grab the mp3 (divided into 3 parts.) Please enjoy it. 1xtra - Deviation Show
Deviation - A Special Tribute To J Dilla (Part 1).mp3
Deviation - A Special Tribute To J Dilla (Part 2).mp3
Deviation - A Special Tribute To J Dilla (Part 3).mp3
Jay Dee Ruff Draft Intro (Mummy Records)
Jay Dee F**k Tha Police (Up Above)
Phat Kat Don't Nobody Care About us Instrumental (House Shoes Recordings)
Jay Dee The $ (Mummy Records)
Slum Village 2U4U (Barak)
Slum Village What Love Is (Barak)
Slum Village What Love Is Remix (Barak)
A Tribe Called Quest That S**t (Loud Records)
Slum Village Fantastic Intro (Capitol)
Jay Dee Trashy (Bling 47)
A Tribe Called Quest Get A Hold (Jive)
De La Soul Stakes Is High (Tommy Boy)
Pharcyde Running (Delicious)
Busta Rhymes Woohah (Jay Dee Bounce Remix) (Elektra)
Busta Rhymes Woohah (Jay Dee Other Ish Remix) (Elektra)
Master Ace Sitting On Chrome (Jay Dee Remix) (White)
Pharcyde Drop Instrumental (Delicious Vinyl)
Janet Jackson ft Q Tip You Got Til It's Gone (Virgin)
Jay Dee L.L. (Bling 47)
Slum Village Yes Y'all Part 1 (Barak)
Slum Village Yes Y'all Part 2 (Barak)
Jay Dee Vibeout (Bling 47)
Slum Village Fall In Love (Barak)
Slum Village Fall In Love Remix (Worldplay)
Slum Village ft D'Angelo Tell Me (Capitol)
Slum Village Players (Capitol)
Slum Village Get This Money (Capitol)
Dwele Angel (Jay Dee Remix) (Dubplate)
Que D ft Jay Dee Supa S**t (Fat Beats)
Phife Dawg Bendover (Groove Attack)
Q Tip The Ride (Arista)
Busta Rhymes Show Me What You Got (J Records)
The Roots Dynamite (Geffen)
Common Soul Power (MCA)
Jay Dee Pause Instrumental (BBE)
Jay Dee Beej-N-Dem (BBE)
Jay Dee ft Dwele Think Twice (BBE)
Erykah Badu Didn't Cha Know (Motown)
D'Angelo Me & Those Dreaming Eyes (Jay Dee Remix) (Dubplate)
Bilal ft Mos Def & Common Reminisce (Interscope)
Spacek Eve (Jay D ft Frank N Dank Remix) ( Island Blue)
Jay Dee Track 26 (Do You Beats) (CDR)
J Dilla Track 21 (Beat CD '05 No 3) (CDR)
J Dilla Electronic Hum (CDR)
MED - Push (Stones Throw)
Jaylib The Heist (Stones Throw)
J Dilla Lightworks (Stones Throw)
J Dilla Workin On It (Stones Throw)
~Proutcast~

Rest In Peace Jay Dee

Rest in peace

Proutcast Says: Im gonna jump on the coattails of 1000fm's post and say R.I.P to Jay Dizzle as well. I'm definitely gonna buy that new instrumental CD "Donuts". Ya'll should check it out, no doubt. I heard track 17. "Two Can Win", and flipped. Much love to you Dilla. God bless your fam. God rest your soul.

Check out www.rensoul.com for more info people. One Love.
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Phizzily Sizzounds

Frankie Smith - Double Dutch Bus (12 Inch Extended Version).mp3

Who You Callin' A B!t©#*?

Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
I'm gonna take you back to 1993. Man...13 years ago? Well, all I got to say is U.N.I.T.Y..., U.N.I.T.Y..., that's the Unity. Yeah, I'm all on that positive vibe again, can't help it.

Queen Latifah - Just Another Day
Today is my birthday. I'm feelin' good today. Feelin' lovely ay'. It's just another day around the way.

Queen Latifah - Black Hand Side
These tracks might not be yall's thing but I wanted to share it regardless. Say what you will about Queen Latifah. Yes, she's been through many transitions over the last 15 to 20 years, for the good & the very bad, but shes still here. What other female rapper can say that? None. I never was a Queen La' fan per say, you may even find her to be laughable. But this album & these 3 tracks I do remember vividly. To me, it has it's own "Classic" status in early 90's hip hop on that Naughty By Nature tip. Go check out the music video to U.N.I.T.Y. over on mp3.com and see if it dont bring back memories. Anyone remember Rap City & Yo MTV Raps? Heh, smooth jazzy samples, great hooks, & by far the best raps from Queen La' at her lyrical peak. IMHO.

"Once agian Set it off".

Randall / Proutcast

Signatures Of Sound

Theo Parrish - Blue Out
I'll let the music do the talking. Three Chairs 2-1998. Theo Parrish, Rick Wilhite, Kenny Dixon Jr. Detroit Deep House.

May the music bring joy to your soul...and move you. Enjoy,
Randall / Proutcast

Jazzie Red

Jazzie Redd was what some consider a one hit wonder of the 90's rap game, but to locals from Houston he's a bit of a legend. He now is regularly dj's on the gospel of rap in Houston, 97.9 fm, I spent countless hours tuning in to this station during those fragile years of the early 90's race relations, drug/crime waves, and economic hardships.
Jazzie Redd - I Am A Dopefiend

-jimmy / infinite_jim

Another One For The Daft Crates

Loleatta Holloway - Catch Me On The Rebound
Quick post. Since we are all in the crate diggin mood, try this one (Thanks Jarno, lovin the mix). My brother just spotted this about an hour ago, and sent me an instant message here at work. I just had to hook you guys up. Ms. Holloway sings her heart out over a Salsoul Orchestra produced disco funker. Forthermore, this has got to be in my top 5 Cassuis tracks. It's got that Cassius funk vibe with a touch of Motorbass drums in the middle. You can't beat that with a bat. So you can get with this, or you can get with that..

Cassius - Catch 22 (Unreleased - 1997)
Merry Christmass All,
Randall / Proutcast

Digging In The Daft Crates

1000 Finger Man - Digging In The Daft Crates Pt.1

From no posts for ages to a post a day all of a sudden, it should be clear to you now that we don't plan anything ;)

Here's a little set I threw together tonight with my cheap ass dollar bin records containing some Daft Crew sampled stuff. Yeah yeah I know, this ain't the smoothest mixing or whatever, but it ain't really about that, it's more or less your typical breaks mix. I allowed tracks sampled on Daft Crew labels (like Fiat Lux) in the mix for a little variaton, so you'll find a Superfunk track in it as well for example. Here's the tracklist given by tracks that use the sample, dig for the originals yourselves yo;) Part 2 might be coming up, the crate ain't empty yet...

Jess & Crabbe - Demolition Tapes Intro
Cassius - Under Influence
Wuz - Use Me
Phoenix - Heatwave
Boogalo Freeze & Doc Kompress - Hard Life
Jess & Crabbe - In Your Eer
Le Knight Club - Mosquito/Raw Man - Beautiful
Superfunk - Hold Up
Le Knight Club - Boogie Shell
Buffalo Bunch - T.I.T.T.S.
Daft Punk - Indo Silver Club
Le Knight Club - Soul Bells
Thomas Bangalter - Spinal Scratch/Da Specimen - M Shae Niek (Troublemen Remix)
Cassius - Cassius '99
Demon - The J.U.I.C.E.
Boogalo Freeze & Doc Slump - Rmx Eh Hoe I Like It
Ron Weasley & Jacques Edouards - Kilo-Metres
Demon - My City
Etienne de Crecy - Rhythm & Beat
Etienne de Crecy - Out Of My Hands
Mooloodjee - Les 10 Jours Fous
Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You
Funk Legacy - What You Gonna Do Baby
Demon - Midnight Funk
Le Knight Club - Coral Twist
Wuz - All Right
Cassius - La Mouche (DJ Falcon Remix)
Wuz - Wuz
Alan Braxe - Most Wanted
Daft Punk - Digital Love
Daft Punk - Superheroes
Vinyl Fever - 04H50AM On The Floor
Vinyl Fever - 01H15AM On The Floor
Zdar - Rock & Roll #1
Daft Punk - Around The World (Motorbass Miami Mix)
Etienne de Crecy - Scratched
Etienne de Crecy - Out Of My Hands
Together - So Much Love To Give
Daft Punk - Crescendolls
"Bob Sinclar" - Gym Tonic

greets,
Jarno

Mooloodjee Appreciation Post

I'm trippin off some Mooloodjee joints. If this post makes no sence then that makes 2 of us. You might as well trip along with me!
-"OK Im gettin weeded now, I know Im contradicting myself
-Look I dont need that now
-Its just once in a blue moon, when theres nothin to do and
-The tensions too thick for my sober mind to cut through
-I get to zonin, me and the chick on the island and were bonin
-I free my mind sometimes I here myself moanin
-Take one more toke and I leave that weed alone man
-It got me goin" Junkie walkin through the twilight.....
Mooloodjee - Twilight
-"I'm not a biter, I'm a writer, For myself and others
-I say a B.I.G. verse I'm only biggin up my brother"
Mooloodjee - Sister Brother
-"Large Amounts 'til it's hard to count"
Mooloodjee - Large
-"I'm on ....I'm on my.....I'm on my way hooooommmmme"
Esther Phillips & Gill Scott-Heron - Home Is Where The Hatred Is

Peace,
Randall / Proutcast

The Interactive Session "Answer"

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Just a recap for those of you who care. The track I was trying to I.D. ended up being Shalamar - Girl . Many thanks to DJ Bryan Jones of High Caliber for helping me. He knows Gant G. so I figured he might recognize this track. Much love to Gant Garrard. But anyway, feel free to check out his house mixes @ www.djbryanjones.com. He also has a nice mix of classic funk cuts titled Bryan Jones - Still In The Groove. Head over to his sight and have fun.


Sorry for being so lazy about posting.
Randall - Proutcast