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Reposting my groove to Miles Davis 'Blue In Green' I did last year, if you've heard before apologies :) If not hope you like :)

A Late Night Groove to 'Blue In Green' - Miles Davis

(FYI: This song is available on my website at: https://ahmedsirour.com/track/2996468/midnight-melanin-manhattan-a-score-for-ivy as well as Bandcamp at: https://ahmedsirour.bandcamp.com/track/midnight-melanin-manhattan-a-score-for-ivy)

I created this based on a scene from the 1968 film, #ForLoveofIvy, which was a story written by the recently departed, late/great #SidneyPoitier and featuring the also late/great #AbbeyLincoln. The music you hear is an original score I created, inspired by this scene (not one of Quincy Jones', who beautifully scored the rest of this movie, although his style was an influence I wanted to partially emulate). I was actually surprised he left so much room open in this bedroom scene you're watching now, because the original scene had no music at all until after Ivy (Abbey) joins Jack (Sidney) in bed for Round 2 of their lovemaking. 

Inspired by the great cinematography and sexiness of this moment, this is an all original arrangement of my own, and even chopping up and editing the royalty-free horns that I used for the trumpet and saxophone solos (which was very difficult to do because it's a combination of many different real horn player samples that I had to edit/pitch/re-arrange/EQ just for it to sound like two players to add to the grand piano, upright/double bass, and horn parts in the hook/chorus that I manually played and myself on keyboard (via Logic Pro instruments) to make it into a Jazz "quartet", then finally mixing and mastering the whole thing for it to come out finally as it did, which you can hear in full from the link at the top of this description.

Like many, I took a trip down memory lane, watching #SidneyPoitier films, since his recent passing at age 94. However, not many people know of/have seen this particular film called  "For Love of Ivy", which is kinda surprising since Sidney was THE biggest movie star in Hollywood at the time this film came out in 1968.

To put it in perspective, he started filming this movie (an original story he wrote, himself) in the Autumn of '67, but just a few months earlier that year, #ToSirWithLove dropped in the Spring, followed by #InTheHeatoftheNight that Summer, and #GuessWhosComingToDinner was up next in December to close out his undefeated year as the King of the Silver Screen. While each film in '67 was a blockbuster hit (and all dealt with #racism in some form), "Ivy" was very different as it was a rare mainstream film showcasing two Black romantic leads–Sidney, and the magnificent Jazz singer/activist Abbey Lincoln (who had a dope afro but they gave her a wig, instead 🙄 )–and it even featured the very first (though not explicit) Black lovemaking scene in a Hollywood movie. Perhaps that's why it didn't get much publicity over time as those others did, because more radical than a 1967 film with an interracial couple is a 1968 one with a Black couple being intimate on the big screen.

Ivy's character looked so serene, looking through the window, out over Manhattan late at night, in the afterglow of their tryst, before taking the throne and looking over her sleeping "conquest" 😉 It's a sexy scene without music, but I wanted to hear what it would sound like with some, and so I take this moment to celebrate the memory and legacy of Sidney Poitier, of Abbey, and this wonderful moment of #BlackLove on film with it!

This song will be included in my upcoming project I'm releasing on my bday, Tuesday, the 22nd of February, 2022 (or 22/02/2022). That's also the title of the project: 22022022 (the only palindrome b'earthday I'll have in my lifetime). I hope you enjoy and Happy #BlackHistoryMonth.

#AhmedSirour

Midnight, Melanin, & Manhattan (a score for Ivy)

"Midnight, Melanin, & Manhattan (a score for Ivy)"

From the album 'Umakhulu' (AFS052)

Ayanda Sikade on Drums
Nduduzo Makhathini on Piano
Simon Manana on Alto Sax
Nhlanhla Radebe on Bass

Produced by Ayanda Sikade
Recorded by Peter Auret at Sumo Sound
Mixed and Mastered by Gavan Eckhart at Soul Fire Studios
Artwork: Michael MacGarry
Cover photo: Vuyo Giba

© Ayanda Sikade 2021/22
℗ Afrosynth Records 2021/22 - www.afrosynth.com

Distributed by Rush Hour, Amsterdam - www.rushhour.nl https://www.rushhour.nl/record/vinyl/umakhulu

Umakhulu

'Imithandazo Yeengelosi' (prayer of angels) - Ayanda Sikade

KH - Essential Mix 2022

Artist - Title - Label

01 T Williams - Way One - n/a
02 Skrillex + Boys Noize - Want Some More - n/a
03 Altrice - bda creature - Jiaolong
04 Altrice - eyes - Jiaolong
05 Koreless - Joy Squad (Facta + K Lone remix) - Young
06 Anna Lunoe - Back Seat (Chris Lorenzo Instrumental) - NLV
07 Dog Blood - Turn Off The Lights (RamonPang flip) - n/a
08 Anna Lunoe - Back Seat (Chris Lorenzo Instrumental) - NLV
09 Hagop Tchaparian - Round (Four Tet DJ version) - Text Records
10 KH - Feelings - n/a
11 Anish Kumar - Aa Gayi - n/a
12 Benomorph - B4 I die - n/a
13 Nikki Nair - Showmelove - n/a
14 Anthony Naples - Swerve - Running Back
15 Hagop Tchaparian - GL - Text Records
16 Oklou - God's Chariot (SH Remix) - Welt Discos
17 Four Tet - Mango Feedback - Text Records
18 Karima F - Crab Ride - 
19 Waleed - Se Rompen - City Slang
20 Four Tet + Fred Again - Unreleased demo - n/a
21 Fear Of Jazz - Moon In Pisces - n/a
22 A+A - North Star - n/a
23 Joy Orbison - Pinky Ring - XL
24 Floating Points - Vocoder - Ninja Tune
25 Floating Points - Problems - Ninja Tune
26 East Man - Selector -
27 Two Shell - Round - n/a
28 Chloé Robinson + DJ ADHD - Pax (Four Tet remix) - Pretty Weird
29 Chloé Robinson + DJ ADHD - Redbull - Pretty Weird
30 Flume - Sirens - Transgressive 
31 HiJinx - Shush -
32 Sir Spiro - Check -
33 KH - Looking At Your Pager - Ministry Of Sound
34 Adam F - Circles (Pola & Bryson bootleg) - n/a
35 Skrillex - Supersonic - Atlantic
36 Daphni - Cloudy - Jiaolong
37 Four Tet - Scythe Master - Eat Your Own Ears

KH Essential Mix 2022

Download here

Daniel Avery Essential Mix (March 2014)

Let It Ride

Let It Ride (From "Norah Jones is Playing Along" Podcast)

The fourth installment of 3024 TAPES is a live recording of Om Unit b2b Martyn! Lots of heaters inside - Enjoy. 


3024: Please describe the mix in a single sentence ?

Om Unit:  It’s me and the legend Martyn playing tunes we love to a crowd of people at Zeba Bar in DC, April 15th 2023 for Hast Du Feuer.  

Martyn: Shouts to Grand Ancestor Sound for the sound system and the recording of this set!


3024: What DJ inspires you at the moment / has inspired you throughout the years and why?

Om Unit: Through the years.. dBridge, Craze, Stingray, EZ, Optimo, Jah Tubbys, Uncle Dugs, Randall, Chris Farrell, Kutmah, Mixmaster Mike, Andrew Weatherall, Batu, the list goes on! 

Martyn:  Randall, Kemistry & Storm, Stingray, Josey Rebelle, Mike Servito and Theo Parrish



3024: What are you working on / what have you got forthcoming?

Om Unit: My vegetable Garden, my studio setup, collaborations and more acid dub! Some club tracks too, also my teaching skills, my relationships and my health! 
Forthcoming music on Zam Zam and Acid Test as well as the dope collab ep w Martyn of course!

Martyn: Yep our second collab EP on 3024 called 'AJ^6', and a remix of Nosaj Thing's 'We Are' (last track of the mix)

Buy the new EP

3024 TAPES 004 : Martyn b2b Om Unit (Live in DC)

Solid Steel (16th May)This week the show has a distinct 80's feel about it starting with a mix from Cut Chemist featuring remixes and songs from 'Funk Off', a compilation of music by 1980's French post punk, industrial, minimal collective Vox Populi! and Pacific 231. Cut Chemist discovered their material in 2004 while on tour/record digging in Milan where he picked up a compilation featuring their track “Megamix”. Originally released in the 80s, the track was not rooted in disco, hip hop & DJ history but rather post punk and industrial influences. Music Concrete is what the collective would have perhaps described their approach at the time. “Wild Style on dust” was how Cut’s collaborator Tom Fitzgerald described it on hearing it 20 years later. Finding this record ultimately led to Cut Chemist tracking down the group, bonding over shared aesthetics and getting their blessing for this collection, which includes unreleased tracks, photographs and little-seen flyers and art from the group. The vinyl and CD are released in the UK on 9th June through A Stable Sound.
 
DK picks up the reigns in a similar vein, but starting with Illum Sphere's industrial edged Spectre Vex and then it's strictly 80's, including music from the UK that directly influenced Vox Populi, with tracks from Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire and A Certain Ratio. Music from New York also features with Liquid Liquid and Death Comet Crew featuring Rammellzee and Italy's version of Delia Derbyshire, synth wizard Doris Norton, plus the Francois Kevorkian produced collaboration between Jah Wobble and Holger Czukay.


Check out the Solid Steel website <a href="http://www.solidsteel.net">here</a> 
and you can follow Solid Steel on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Solid-Steel/175027509192663">Facebook</a> and the brand new <a href="https://twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio">Twitter</a> feed.

PART 1 	-	Cut Chemist	 https://twitter.com/Cut_Chemist	
				
Cassette Culture -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Relyoun Remix -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Metal Storm Dub -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Mystere Moyo -Vox Populi!
Megastorm featuring Edan -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Mind Remix -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi!
Alternative Fresh Club Mix -Cut Chemist/Vox Populi! 
Les Des Copenhague -Vox Populi!
Satyriasis -Pacific 231
Funk Off -Vox Populi!
Madman -Cut Chemist
Chabman Remix -DNTL 
Chabman Remix -Mumbles
War In Pieces -Cut Chemist/ Pacific 231 featuring Deantoni Parks on drums
Try Again -Gone Beyond
Feet On The Ground -Cut Chemist featuring Omas Keith on piano and Mia Doi Todd on guitar.

				
PART 2	-	DK	 https://twitter.com/DK_SolidSteel	
				
Illum Sphere	_	Spectre Vex	_	Ninja Tune
23 Skidoo	_	Coup (Version)	_	Illuminated Records (1983)
Liquid Liquid	_	Lock groove	_	99 Records (1981)
Doris Norton	_	Norton Apple Software	_	Durium (1984)
Hard Corps	_	Dirty	_	Survival Records (1984)
Death Comet Crew with Rammellzee	_	Exterior St.	_	Beggars Banquet (1985)
A Certain Ratio	_	Knife Slits Water	_	Factory (1982)
Crash Course in Science	_	Flying Turns	_	Press Records (1981)
Flying Lizards	_	Steam Away	_	Virgin (1981)
Throbbing Gristle	_	Hot on the Heels of Love	_	Industrial (1979)
Royal Family And The Poor	_	Art On 45	_	Factory (1982)
A Certain Ratio	_	Do the du (casse)	_	Factory (1981)
Cabaret Voltaire	_	Black Mask	_	Rough Trade (1981)
Francois Kevorkian presents Jah Wobble, The Edge, Holger Czukay	_	Snake charmer (reprise)	_	Island (1983)

Solid Steel Radio Show 16/5/2014 Part 1 + 2 - Cut Chemist + DK

On the show this time, it's a high energy set of music from Bay area producer DJ Shadow. His latest album is called “Action Adventure” and is available through Mass Appeal.

Live On KEXP

Live On KEXP, Episode 436 - DJ Shadow

I wrote this tune on the piano immediately after a Gospel choir rehearsal in June, 2014.  It flew out of nowhere & I knew I only had minutes to capture it...  I soon ran home excited & spent the evening piecing my words together.  

MUSIC VIDEO:   https://youtu.be/B0_lEGRXJks

Stories & Rhymes

2052025_[mix]

This is a wicked mix by DJ Krush for those of you that haven't heard it you should check it out!!!......Enjoy!!.

DJ KRUSH Code 4109

Tempo Dos Mestres

Fabiano Do Nascimento – Brasilerinho

► Elkka with a crafted set of vocal driven, percussive house at Bass & Percs #2.
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Elkka | Boiler Room London

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Apparat & Raz Ohara - Hold On - Modeselektor Remix
Photek - Quadrant [KU:PALM]
Apparat - Arcadia - Telefon Tel Aviv Remix
Grenier - Bury The Blade
Cowboy Rythmbox - Shake
Truncate - Transients
Jan Driver - Gain Reaction
MJ Cole - TJV
Blackbird Blackbird - It's A Way - Grenier Remix
Maxxi Soundsystem feat. Name One - Regrets We Have No Use For
Alan Fitzpatrick - Always Something For Nothing
Parallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping Cart - Maxxi Soundsystem Remix
Kobana & Yane3 - BN2 1TW
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Jet - Ben Klock Remix
Appleblim & Ramadanman - Void 23 - Carl Craig Re-edit
Hot Chip - Flutes - Sasha Remix
Apparat - Berlin 
Mao - Harvest
Delano Smith - Wires
Maetrik - Revenge Of Jack
Grenier - Frenemies
The Mole - Stupid Famous
Photek - Quevedo [KU:PALM]
Calibre - Temple Step
Photek - Pyramid [KU:PALM]
Dub Phizix - Handmade
Photek - Shape Charge [KU:PALM]
Mala - The Tunnel
Die & Break - Tear Down
Enei & Kasra - So Real
Light Year - Moderation
L-Vis 1990 - Feel The Void - Paul Woolford's After Hours Mix
Cannible - Primitive
Oliver & Destructo - La Funky
Photek - Mine To Give - Satoshie Tomiie Remix

PHOTEK : Essential Mix on BBC Radio1 : October 2012

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9xGhTiy2A

Tracklist:
Rhythm & Sound - Carrier - 00:00:00 - 00:09:36
Tvsky - First Song of Nightfall - 00:09:37 - 00:16:09
Ulro - Fragrant - 00:16:10 - 00:23:05
Indeepend - White Sea - 00:23:06 - 00:38:40
Miruga - Walking Waves - 00:38:41- 00:44:47
Versilov - 0205 - 00:44:48 - 00:53:40
Mr. Cloudy - Recluse - 00:53:41 - 01:00:01
Tom Cabrinha - Awaken - 01:00:02 - 01:09:01
110ml - Destination - 01:09:02 - 01:14:55
Xpanse - Isolate - 01:14:56 - End

I do NOT own the picture used in this video and I do NOT own any of the tracks/songs used either. All rights, credit and ownership belong to the artists who created said material.

Fabiano Do Nascimento – Brasilerinho

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