Category — Music

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Sygaire & Defcon - Yigitler - a tribute to Turkisch breaks. In stores 27 March. Video by Defcon. Dope!

The Lefties Soul Connection from Amsterdam have teamed up with Flomega for a double feature 45. YEAH! Have Love Will Travel, a garage punk classic by The Sonics, and originally from Richard Berry & Thoe Pharaoes, is taking the road down to Memphis.

Here Come The Girls on the flipside is a great cover version of the true New Orleans classic from the Ernie K. Doe original which has been re-issued by Soul Jazz Records. Brilliant! Additionally DJ Andy Smith has been re-booted the classic in another great way on Edit Crunch. Brilliant as well, but currently out of stock!

I like the Here Comes The Girls cover even more…, I don’t know why, but I guess due the Bassline and its straightness. Head Banging Good!

Stay tuned for further details.

I’ve discovered two great mixes from Mr. Marc Hype filled with dope crowd moving and Bboy compatible breaks. Click here and here. YEAH! And yes, check out his Ning Community Soulclappin.net. More Funk for your ears Baby!

Hej Folks,
listen to my man Tomdog’s latest mix. Click here and enjoy the well selected playlist:

1. INTRO (Timmy Norman & The Fabulous Odah’s)
2. SOLID STATE – BOSTON BLUEZ (LIVE) / Phuturistic Bluez
3. SOOPASOUL – SOOPASOUL PT.2 / Nufunk
4. GERD MICHAELIS CHOR – ES BLEIBT DIE SONNE / Amiga
5. SKORPIO – DIRECTION / Pepita
6. SYRIUS – THE FEVER / Pepita
7. CATALIN TIRCOLEA – NATURE BOY / Electrecord
8. LITTLE SONNY – MEMPHIS B-K / Enterpise
9. HORST KRÜGER SEPTETT – ROTES LICHT / Amiga
10. MYSTIC MOODS – COSMIC FORCE / Soundbird
11. EL CHICLES – FUNKY CHICKEN / Polydor
12. IDJUT BOYS – STEIN WORLD / Noid
13. CREAM OF MUSCLE SHOALS – DISCOTECA / Quality
14. DANIEL JANIN & SON ORCHESTRE – RED LOTUS / Les Tréteaux
15. RAY DAVIES & THE BUTTON DOWN BRASS – HEAVY WATER / Pye
16. ROY BURNS & THE DICK GROVE BIG BAND – DEAD RINGER / FPM
17. THE O’CLOCK LAB BAND – THE NEWBORN HIPPOPOTAMUS / Lab Jazz
18. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE – THOLIAN WEB / Musicol
19. JACK DAUGHERTY & THE CLASS OF 1971 – FEEL SO GOOD / A&M
20. BILLY TAYLOR CHORALE & ORCHESTRA – BRIGHT STAR IN THE EAST / Bell

And here you can find one of his older mixes which he has compiled for the One Take Tapes Podcast. Enjoy!

Soul-sides.com published an interesting article about Carolyn Franklin, the youngest of the three Franklin Sisters. Click here, read and listen!

Many years ago I’ve started collecting records from Breakin’ Bread Records and came in the treat of minimalist, drifty and great arranged breaks&beats. Especially, I can remember in Keno-1’s & The Hermit’s - Heavy, Heavy a brilliant crowd mover and well sampled from The 2nd Amendment Band. This track is awesome! And yes, I can still remember in an offering from a guy who wanted to pay me 40€ for my second copy, because it seems that this record isn’t still available. Really? Smile.

Tonight I had a quick look to their website again and discovered Para’s 3rd single which will be released Feb 16th 2009. This release means 100% pure dancefloor action - the sound we love and we dance to! Cut and paste style like only Breakin Bread can do it! YEAH!

It’s time again to have a look on Soulstrut.com. They provide us with a bunch of new mixes from Tate La Rock, Dj Honestlee, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Sir Matthew Fox, Soulnow and many more. Click here for the world famous Dj mixes. YEAH!

Let’s introduce Lucinda Slim: She’s a singer, songwriter and DJ from London where she spins as the resident partner of Keb Darge at Madame JoJo’s (If you are in London have a night at Keb Darges Legendary Deep Funk on every friday! ). Lucinda Slim is an alter ego of Nia Saw, one of the main members of Zap Mama for over a decade. With her new band the Lone Stars, she is blessing us with a gorgeous soul 7inch. “All This Time” is a deep but catchy soul tune produced by Belgian super producer Krewcial. (Source: Melting Pot Music)! More details will definitely come, but don’t forget to mark february 20th in your calendar - the release date!

And yes, keep your eyes and ears wide open, because from my point of view MPM will release even more beautiful music in 2009. Remember, last year MPM brought artists like Kutiman, Fleur Earth, Suff Daddy, Circle Research etc. to us. A brilliant variety of music, with style, soul and funk. It seems their discovery is exhaustless and their they only just begun. So, I looking forward in an exciting musical 2009. Thanks!

25 of my lovely podcasts. Enjoy the list!

1. Royal Groove Podcast
2. Paris Djs Podcast
3. Speedy’s Audio Repair
4. Stone Throw Podcast
5. IllJazz Podcast
6. Mama Feel Good Podcast
7. Freefunkin Podcast
8. Waxing Deep Podcast
9. Jazzman Podcast
10. Laid Back Podcast
11. Sounds better with us
12. Blentwell.com (collection of Mixes)
13. HomeCookin’ Podcast
14. Gilles Peterson Worldwide
    
15. Tru Thoughts Podcast
16. Diddy Wah Podcast
17. Souled On Podcast
18. Bending Corners Podcast
19. Dj Deep Podcast
20. One Take Tapes Podcast
21. Names You Can Trust Podcast
22. Breakin’ Bread
23. Marc Mac Podcast
24. Aaron Jerome Podcast
25. The Circle Research Show Podcast