one of my early radio shows..

this is an early radio show i did for the radio station urbanjazzradio

found here

im not sure of the playlist but you can dwnload the show here

sampling continued...

tom brock, baby i love you more and more.

Tom Brock is a singer and a fine songwriter.Based in Los Angeles, Tom worked with Barry White during the '70's, also recording as a solo artist for 20th Century Records.The album 'I Love You More And More' was released in 1974 with the title track becoming highly sought after in the U.K


sampled by mos def for his tune 'the panties'

sampling continued...

Bobby "Blue" Bland - Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City



once again used by Jay Z in his track with the same name..

ohio players ecstasy, from 1973's lp of the same name.



Jay z with the track brooklyns finest from the album reasonable doubt:

going to be looking at various samples...

we all know certain tunes but do we all know where they have come from in the first place as sampling is a thing of the world that keeps it on its axis!!!

DeBarge. stay with me: FROM THE 1983 ALBUM IN A SPECIAL WAY



notorious big, one more chance:

just beautiful

when your feeling down these are the kind of songs that just take you to another place..

if i could sing.....

i would sing songs like this. ha

dug out an old gem today.

one of my favourite artists ever!!!

possibly the new kate bush?

went to see this girl the other night in the land of brighton, she was electric!!

dusting off some old records

ive been going through records i havent listened too in a while and discovering some that deserve to be played out!!
hope you enjoy

Idris Muhammad - house of the rising sun
Blue jeans - Lets go all he way
One way - dynomite
Kashif - gotta have you
The brothers johnson - streetwave
Juggy Murray Jones - Inside america
Brass construction - changin
Kym Sims - too blind to see it
Joyce Sims - all 'n' all
new life - keep your love
shot - main thing (dub)
Aleem - get loose

download here

legends are born great

a gret documentary about a true guitar god!

some serious soul...

a long while back now when i lived in sheffield these guy came around and produced some great music:

Bare Knuckle Soul are a collection of poets, musicians and singers who met through the Sheffield music scene in 2002. They began work on a project rooted in and informed by the history of Groundbreaking black music, from Billie Holiday to Curtis Mayfield through The Specials and Fela Kuti ending somewhere around , D’Angelo, Soul II Soul and Outkast.

see what you think

http://www.myspace.com/bareknucklesoul

lets have a nu soul night!!!!

Omar Lye-Fook (born October 14, 1968 in London), also known as Omar, is an internationally acclaimed British soul singer, songwriter and musician. Born to a Chinese-Jamaican father. one of the best around, along with these others:

tashan read my mind

one of my favourite songs at the minute!

enjoy

one of the best films ive watched lately

A true story based on the life of author Sonny Carson, a young black boy from the ghetto who struggles to overcome the crime and decadence of Brooklyn's inner city. The film chronicles Sonny's life through his years as an honor student in junior high school, his jail sentence for scamming a delivery boy out of money, and his life-changing experience after being released from prison.

Based on the autobiographical novel by Sonny Carson, this film traces the tragic descent of a talented young black teen from honor student to hardened criminal. Eventually imprisoned, he then has to cope with a racist and brutal police force.

get involved

the best thing in the world................... almost!

Financed by advertising, the free version of Spotify is the place where most people start. Simple to download and install, in no time at all you’ll enjoy having all the music in the world at your fingertips, instant access to whatever song you want with no restrictions, and the ability to create and share playlists with friends.

right here

a mix that makes me happy....

who knows why we buy music, but we do. here is another mix that just has some old favourites of mine on it, its not about mixing, its just about the music and hopefully wit the sun shining these can make you feel good tooo!!!

Luther Vandross - for the sweetness of your love
Cherelle - will you satisfy
roberta flack & Donny Hathaway - back together again
Brass construction - movin
Roy ayers - running away
The Brothers Johnson - Streetwave
Atlantic starr - silver shadow
Tom tom club - genious of love
Skipworth and Turner - make it last
Jupiter Beyond - the river drive
the intruders - who do you love
swv - can we
de la soul - eye know
public enemy - dnt believe the hype
naughty by nature - hip hop hooray
arrested development - everyday people
the pharcyde - passin me by


download here

some major blog neglect

i have had no excuses apart from i have a large amount of uni work to do, and i somehow get an A writing a dissertation in the space of a week, i guess im just a genious. anyone i know, i am going to have to use you soon for my university project. im going to need to film as many people as i can so you better be ready you beautiful people. this is an example of what im talking about, but im gonna do it better and not with models!

knowing someone famous is always fun!!!

ha ha ha



i and many others know this man!

the quiet times

sometimes you need to be in a room alone and enjoy some music, maybe this could do it for you?

1: boyz 2 men - under pressure
2: de la soul - eye know
3: bobby brown - dont be cruel
4: the gap band - big fun
5: beggar & co - got to get away
6: 100% pure poison - you keep coming back
7: archie bell - harder and harder
8: quincy jones - the dude
9: ronnie laws - in the groove
10: curtis hairston - i want you all tonight
11: stacy lattishaw - jump into my life
12: goldie alexander - go back
13: finished touch - need to know you
14: goodie - i wanna be your man
15: patti labelle - are you lonely
16: the whatnauts - help is on the way
17: average white band - queen of my soul
18: keni stevens - night moves

download here

hooof..

next thursday, somewhere in the depths of hoxton is a line up of delights, with the likes of elles {wgmba} and Bag Dad {crystal visions}

be there or be some kind of shape!

i cant stop listening to.....

Mayer Hawthorne & the County: “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”

the wonders of technology...

thanks to my buddy shamoss, i have figured out how to use this garageband nonsense to make a mix for some listening pleasure...

johnny bristol - lusty lady

howard johnson - so fine

dynasty - i've jut begun to love you

starpoint - it's all yours

gwen guthrie - it should have been you

george duke - i want you for myself

don blackman - hearts desire

dexer wensal - sweetest pain

shalamar - over and over

metro area - read my mind

hipnotic - are you lonely

wally badarou - chief inspector

gonzalez - get closer to you

cerrone - give me love

chic - my forbidden lover

freeez - southern freeez

roy ayers - everybody loves the sunshine

lowrell - mellow mellow

light of the world - no.1 girl

heatwave - mind blowing decisions

juicy - sugar free

download here

www.zshare.net/audio/567961033f284c45/

if i was in a gang....

i am no where near man enough to be in a gang, so i would be the boy to the left of the screen just talking nonsense in the background just so you know im there!

also, i would name my gang after a well known guitarist too, for example: the jimmy page gang! wickedcool

cazals

i bought a pair of these from a man a while back, and was looking for another pair recently and found this website. yes cazals are a bit fruity but i love them.



http://www.vintage-sunglasses-shop.com

the original break up songs..

Have you ever been sitting around your room after you have broken up with someone listening to the likes of snow patrol while you cry into your pillow?, well maybe if you have you should be ashamed of yourself. The original break up songs for me are songs which you can maybe angrily sing along too while crying and also dancing. i know your thinking that this cant actually be the case but it can if you have gems such as these in your record collection:

Instant funk, "crying'


a powerful song from Raymond Earl, Scotty Miller and guitarist Kim Miller. The kind of song that would scare any ex boyfriend as you would believe that if Raymond Earl saw your ex girlfriend crying then first of all he would take her out for a lobster dinner, then come and beat you up as his voice is slightly similar to teddy pendergrass who i believe just scared women into liking him!

Evelyn "Champagne" King - Betcha She Don't Love You 1982


Nowadays i dont think women are going to stalk her ex boyfriened and some other woman without killing the woman, the man or both.

Yarborough & Peoples "Dont Waste Your Time"


Another classic, your best friend is telling you your girlfriend is a whore but you wont believe it! 10 points if you know who the guy driving the car at the beginning is?

little gems

Prince Charles and the City Beat Band" recorded 3 albums [Gang War (1981)/ Stone Killers (1982)/ Combat Zone (1984)]. Charles fronted the group as the lead singer and multi instrumentalist. The futuristic wind synthesizer called the "Lyricon" was the instrument that made his brand of next generation p-funk unique. He looks as though he were a creation from the music video 'bad' and any 70s blaxploitation film.



Here is the genious of the Lyricon:


The lyricon enabled instrumentalists to control a synthesizer by playing a type of electronic saxophone, the synthesizer being contained in a wooden case. Using a form of additive synthesis. anyone who wants to start a cover band surely needs one of these.

Herbie Hancock

Sunlight is a 1977 Jazz-funk fusion album by keyboardist Herbie Hancock. Originally a UK import album, it features Hancock's vocals through a vocoder as well as performances by drummer Tony Williams and bassist Jaco Pastorius.
The album produced a UK single entitled "I Thought It Was You" which was mildly received at the time by jazz listeners. As a whole the album tends to lay more toward funk than a jazz record, and is reminiscent of much of the electro-funk of the time. one of my favourite songs on the album is this one "i thought it was you", which he produced using steven hawking like technology...

if i had hairs on my neck!!!!

You know there are times when you here a song or a voice and the hairs stand up on the back of your neck, well here is one of them. the jones girls were an outfit of sisters Brenda, Valorie and Shirley Jones. Who, needless to say have brought a little joy to my life with their great song "nights over egypt"...



a song that reminds me of childhood:
EWF "reasons"



a world renowed American R&B band led by Maurice White which was formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969. They are known for a number of hit singles, including "Shining Star" and "September", and the band is also famous for its fusion of many genres of music into one unique sound.

vicent gallo and prog rock

Vincent Gallo may be best known as an actor in such cult movies as Buffalo 66 (for which he also served as director and writer), but he's also issued several albums over the years, both as a solo artist and as a member of such obscure outfits as Bohack. Born on April 11, 1962, in Buffalo, NY, Gallo began playing guitar in garage bands during the early '70s, during which time he developed an appreciation of both prog rock and proto-punk bands. Gallo did time in such obscure Buffalo-based outfits as the Blue Mood, Zephyr (no relation to the late-'60s rock band of the same name), and the Plastics, before relocating to New York City at the age of 16, and forming a group with soon-to-be renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat called Gray. Although the group played regularly at such N.Y.C. hot spots as Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Hurrahs, and the Mudd Club, the group split up before any recordings could be made.

Gallo found himself as part of such further outfits during the early '80s, including the one-man band the Nonsexuals, the rap duo Trouble Deuce, and the aforementioned Bohack; the latter being Gallo's first project to issue an album, 1983's It Took Several Wives. Upon the group's split-up shortly thereafter, Gallo turned his back on a musical career, and focused primarily on acting in movies; landing steady work as either an actor, director, or composer. After including several of his own original compositions on 1998's Buffalo 66 soundtrack, Gallo decided to give a musical career another shot, forming the group Bunny with guitarist Lucas Haas. Despite a successful Japanese tour and a debut album completed for Sony (with renowned Yes producer Eddie Offord overseeing the recording), the group split up, resulting in the shelving of the debut's release. After relocating to Los Angeles, Gallo began laying down solo demos at his home recording studio, which attracted the attention of Warp Records. The early 21st century saw the release of such critically acclaimed solo Gallo full-lengths as 2001's When and 2002's Recordings of Music for Film.



After watching the film Buffalo 66 i became obsessed with a band called king crimson,who are an English progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969. After originally thinking that YES were the groundbreaking group of prog rock i realised that there are other bands who built the foundation with them, and king crimson was one of them. Producing haunting and moving music, such as "moonchild" which has been used here in a great scene of the film with Christina Ricci. If there is music in heaven i believe it may sound like this.



Among many of my heroes are the band YES. an English progressive rock band that formed in London in 1968. Their music is marked by sharp dynamic contrasts, extended song lengths, abstract lyrics, and a general showcasing of instrumental prowess. Yes blends symphonic and other 'classical' structures with their own brand of musical style. Band members are Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White. Here is another song used by vincent gallo in buffalo 66, "heart of the sunrise", a typically long song but powerful non the less.

recent song choices i can't get out of my head

Throughout the eighties, the RAH Band never missed the British Dance Music Charts producing some five albums and numerous extra '12 inch' singles, most notably the international hit 'CLOUDS ACROSS THE MOON' in 1985 which was a smash hit around the world. I would like to bring you another tune that torments the fact that the people who like to say they are super talented because they make wishy washy music, This is how you make music:

The RAH Band was a fictitious studio based group (fictitious in that it was no group, it contained only him); RAH being the initials for Richard Anthony Hewson. In 1977 Hewson wrote an instrumental called "The Crunch", which was a huge success and climbed to number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. Hewson played all the musical instruments himself.