Today I start with a little private affair. Besides my musical engagement, my job-related passion belongs to an Swedish internet agency named Framfab.

Two month ago Framfab became LBi Germany and we moved into our new office in the city of cologne. So we all celebrate these two events with our very own song and an exclusive music video shot in our new rooms. HERE WE GO!

Beautiful!!!

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

Become a fan of One Take Tapes @ Facebook. Click here. YEAH!

Enjoy a beautiful weekend by the sea and experience artists like Melba Moore, Ann Sexton, Gloria Scott, Garland Green and many more. In addition you can expect some great DJ’s like Eddie Piller, Henry Storch, Mike Thompson or Hans Nieswandt. I’ve already bought two tickets and will be there at the april 24th. So, maybe we can meet us? Let me know… Check www.balticsoul.de for more details and prices.

YEAH! Back again. After a long time without any new articles I am back! The last months of 2008 wound up with lots of private trouble but now everything is good as usual. YEAH!

Today I’ve got an interesting mail from my man Wido (MPM Records) concerning “The dopest funk rap remix” in 2009. Umatic, a producer from Amsterdam mashed up Jay Z vs. Lefties Soul Conncetion (Skimming The Skum). You can expect “No cheap mash-ups but fully produced songs. Mixed, mastered and ….”
So, Ms. and Mr. DJ…I hope you’ll find a copy of these terrific mash-ups. Check out MPM-Records and pray for a limited copy. Sorry, but this is reality.;-)

UPDATE: Download the tracks here.
Download:
Frankie’s Party Life
Change Of Sucess feat. Nas

The last weeks were filled with some cool concerts and tomorrow I’ll carry on…
I’ve started with The Roots, followed by Estelle on Monday, yesterday I had Another Day with Jamie Lidell and tomorrow I’ll be at the 672 (Cologne Stadtgarten) to see Flomega and the Ruffcats, Fleur Earth etc.

I’ve much appreciated the variety of musical artists here in cologne and in particular Jamie Lidell’s after show concert. Thanks!

“…I reorganize my record collection; I often do this at periods of emotional stress. There are some people who would find this a pretty dull way to spend an evening, but I’m not one of them. This is my life, and it’s nice to be able to wade in it, immerse your arms in it, touch it.” Nick Hornby - High Fidelity