TH-2024-03

as Dj Shadow stated: "...the purest element of what made me want to be a DJ in the first place: which is expose people to music that I feel is worthwhile."
 

Another Late Night with McLee on Soundcloud

Just a quick-simple cover :)

"Black Coffee" (1948 song), written by Sonny Burke, the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster.

Coffee can lift the spirits, bring people together and serve as a crutch when you just need to sit around and marinate in your own thoughts. Jazz is an excellent foil to coffee, so it's no wonder that so many jazz musicians have been inspired by the brew...(source:npr.org)

I'm feeling mighty lonesome haven't slept a wink 
I walk the floor and watch the door And in between I drink 
Black coffee love's a hand me down brew 
I'll never know a Sunday In this weekday room 
I'm talking to the shadows 1 o'clock til 4 
And lord, how slow the moments go When all I do is pour 
Black coffee Since the blues caught my eye 
I'm hanging out on Monday My Sunday dreams to dry
 Now a man is born to go a lovin' A woman's born to weep and fret 
To stay at home and tend her oven And drown her past regrets In coffee and cigarettes
 I'm moonin' all the morning ,moaning all the night 
And in between it's nicotine And not much heart to fight 
Black coffee Feelin' low as the ground
It's driving me crazy waiting for my baby To maybe come around...

Runt - Black Coffee (Peggy Lee) cover

Jenova 7 and Mr. Moods - Smooth Jazz Backup

Mr.Sakitumi is an innovative, multi-instrumental musical phenomenon the likes of which are few and far between in the world of electronic music. From the studio to the stage, he's mastered his vast array of physical and virtual tools to produce his first solo album 'Secret Asian Man'. You can get it from this Wednesday from the African Dope Online Store, or the Online Store of your choice!!! This debut album comes after being a member of influential South African acts Max Normal, Lark and Closet Snare, and regularly performing with the likes of Teba, EJ von Lyrik, Goldfish, Freshly Ground, Gazelle and many more. "These are some songs I made in my bedroom. I hope you like them", so begins the irresistable groove which is the man's live, solo stage performance. He gets to triggering live fx devices, playing the double bass, drums, guitar and whatever else may so happen to be on stage at the time in the spirit of his second nature. Mr. Sakitumi's 'Secret Asian Man' is.. real music.

Mr.Sakitumi - Secret Asian Man

Destination re-work

Available to stream & buy: https://KompaktRecords.lnk.to/PentagramSD

It’s been over 10 years since the release of Gui Boratto’s breakthrough full length debut 'Chromophobia'. As to what its title suggests, he shook up the techno game with a contrast of lushly coloured minimal grooves and melody, whilst many will recall that the album included the highlight single “Beautiful Life” which became a dance floor anthem for that era. Four albums in and countless EPs and remixes under his belt, the Brazilian producer's unique savoir-faire in carving out a functional album out of diversely routed singles and features is back at it on his fifth studio LP, 'Pentagram'. Here Gui Boratto lays down a nuanced 12-track narrative that reinvigorates his signature sound into a refreshingly different perspective that feels all too familiar – including the return of “Beautiful Life” vocalist (and Gui Boratto’s wife) Luciana Villanova on the single "Overload".

Through his signature kaleidoscopic approach, Boratto delivers an album built as a far-reaching hub-and-spoke system, broadly inclusive as can be. From the opening cut, 'The Walker' - hot on the trail of Tears For Fears 'Elemental' (one of Boratto’s "favourite 80's bands") - to the hi-NRG euphoria of 'Forgotten' and its pounding tech alter ego 'Forgive Me'. "I was going into 2 different directions", Boratto says; "the typical “indie- electronic-rock” Boratto kind of production like “It’s Majik” or “Like You” and a much more techno approach." He goes on, "I decided to split them into two twin sister songs. When I play live I always put these two songs together."

The Brazilian Producer further embraces the pop-friendly essence of his past work on tracks like 'The Phoenix', featuring vocalist Nathan Berger, and 'Overload', both melding acidulous synthlines with laser-precise breaks, vox hooks and drops calibrated for extended radio and club use, although sieved through his distinctive rainbow-hued musical prism. For the symbolists out there, the album's pared-down closer '618' duration accidentally happens to equate the proportions of the said pentagram. "Coincidence?" Boratto questions, and capsulises, "not so ufanista and supporter of Brazilian neo-concretism, but I guess the brazilian sculptor Lygia Clark also inspired me a lot. Not the meaning of her sculptures, but the shape of the hinge of most of her work. I’ve wanted to transmit the scientific pentagram’s point of view. It’s not a religious kind of thing."

Whereas 'Spur' (a field-tested 808 and 909-heavy "purist track", "very, very old school" Boratto insists) and 'Alcazar' are sheer smooth-edged four-to- the-floor epics, the album also shares its lot of startling moments, such as with the John Barry'esque 'Scene 2' (with a hint of Amon Tobin, 'Easy Muffin' style, throw in) and its refined string-laden buildup, 100% fitted for a 007 opening credit sequence; or with 'Hallucination' (feat B.T.) and the further James Holden-ish title-track 'Pentagram' (think 'The Idiots Are Winning'); "one of those exercises I did when I got my Buchla modular synth" Boratto analyses, "I think I’ve used more then 30 different snares, with different delays and reverbs. The whole song is alive". And so is 'Pentagram' in its entirety: alive and definitely just as manifold and hopeful as its architectonics are the stuff of science and dreams all at once.

Gui Boratto - Scene 2

Al'Tarba - Petite Maline

Profite - Benjamin Biolay & Vanessa Paradis

Oxygen, the New York MC responsible for the now classic hip hop single "Gone Diggin" hooks up with an all star cast featuring Emskee from Good Peoples, and Doc Becket to bring a new 7 inch single . On Guillotine 16's each MC spits 16 bars over a psychedelic style boom bap produced by production duo Freqnik & WDRE .With artwork by famous UK artist Mr Krum this 7 inch single is set to be a collectors item. 

Available at 
Dusty Groove 
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=7r6tdtmtrh&ref=browse.php&refQ=incl_oos%3D1%26amp%3Bincl_cs%3D1%26amp%3Bkwfilter%3Doxygen
Kay-Dee Records
http://kaydeerecords.com/
Groove Distribution
http://www.groovedis.com/shop/Oxygen-THE-PROCESS-GUILLOTINE-16-7-p-801148.html
Juno Records
http://www.juno.co.uk/ppps/products/481803-01.htm
Deejay.de
http://www.deejay.de/oxygen_the_process_7
Fat Beats 
http://www.fatbeats.com/products/oxygen-the-process-b-w-guillotine-16-7

Digital Download Available Here
http://ox-the-architect.bandcamp.com/album/the-process-guillotine-16s


Oxygen "Guillotine 16's" Feat. Emskee & Doc Becket Prod. By Freqnik & WDRE Out Now On 7 Inch Vinyl

Remix Of Pete Rock & CL Smooth's Ghetto's Of The Mind BY Freqnik & WDRE. Another installment off the Tribute To 90'S Hip Hop Series

Pete Rock & CL Smooth Ghettos Of The Mind Freqnik & WDRE Remix Tribute to 90's Hip Hop

This another mix I've done for this track not sure which one to release.

Any preference people?

Kaya Project - Harem Bizzare (2nd Mouldy Mix)

http://soundcloud.com/365breaks.  my previous project for all beat lovers


Destination re-work

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