Soul

Much as I love the Creative Source version of this track, it's the Bill Withers original that rocks me most. As ever the edit's something I've primarily put together for my forthcoming sets, but that may see a limited release some time in the future.

One forthcoming date for the diary. On Friday 27th May, I return to Big In Japan at the Book Club in Shoreditch. Really looking forward to this one as I'm playing alongside Touchsoul, someone I first met through Soundcloud (always good to meet your virtual mates in person). More details @ http://tinyurl.com/69ho9en

Who Is He & What Is He To You (Leftside Wobble Edit)

When Featurecast & The Gaff got a chance to play together recently, it didn't take long to get to talking about their mutual love for Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" and how the world needed an edit of it, and just like that, a few sleepless nights, some dusty records and a little bit of finesse: "Ain't Got Time" was born! The ultimate Marvin Gaye meets Stevie Wonder track that never existed......So why did a collabo between these two legends never happen? They both recorded for Motown at the same time and were fans of each other!....Here's a little history lesson: 
 "Too busy thinkin bout my baby" was written by the Motown team of Whitfield, Strong, and Bradford in 1965, and first recorded by The Temptations a year later.
Marvin's cover of the tune came out a few years later, and was his 2nd biggest hit of the 60's, right after "Heard It Through The Grapevine" in 1969 at the age of 30...Curious who was in Marvin's heart as he was singin this? If You do the math, it's none other than Tammi Terrel, who he fell deeply in love with as they began working on their tracks ("ain't no mountain high enough) around the same time....Unfortunately, Tammi wasn't into Marvin in that way! She was much younger, early 20's, and apparently favored "darker men", Marvin was a light skinned brother, and perhaps wasn't what caught her eye? Well, that's the breaks, Tammi put on a good show for sure...
Now, Marvin Gaye was 11 years older than Stevie Wonder, who, at the time, was about to breakthrough to his hugely successful crossover lp's at only 19 with "Signed Sealed Delivered"! 
Stevie Wonder's "Hey Love" had come out on his album "Down TO Earth" in '66, at only 16, and a dope version was covered later by SoulSister Bettye Lavette, You should check it! Not many know about that cover :-)
So, there was a big age gap, with marvin bringout out songs of soulful love in his 30's, and Stevie bringin the Funk in his 20's!!!
in 1991, almost 25 years after it was released, De La Soul would flip "Hey Love" into "Talkin bout Hey Love" where it was brought back all over again for a new generation of Hip Hop heads around the world (a young skateboarding gaffer and a LIl Featurecast being 2 of them :-) 
25 years after that, we added in the horns from an early Serge Gainsbourg record so this tune would appeal to fans of De La Soul, be enjoyed by Motown lovers, and any fans of DJ's with dope cuts.....Sampled the OG records to provide the instrumental parts used...
We kept this mix so classic, for old and young alike, even your grandma can still appreciate it, nod her head to the fatback drums, dope cuts and scratches....we hope this version makes its rounds for a long time to come, giving you the Marvin & Stevie collaberation that you always wished for.......cheers! 
Gaff and Featurecast, June 9th 2015....
                                             
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Bessie Griffin's rendition of "Motherless Child". Sorry if it's a duplicate upload, I couldn't find it here.

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Bessie Griffin - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

Cymande - Dove (RBWs Re-edit)

Jestofunk - The Ghetto

vinyl 45 release on march 4th 2016. limited edition to 300 copies. 

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Not sure if this record was actually played at the sunday afternoon sessions at Dingwalls with Patrick Forge and Giles Peterson but it's a track that reminds me of that time and place and something I pull out on a regular basis to evoke those heady days.

Enjoy. x

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Billy Hawks - Oh Baby (Leftside Wobble Edit)

The Temptations - Papa was a Rolling Stone (Barbes & Velours Edit)

Sounds of Tarantino

Who Is He (And What Is He to You) [From "Jackie Brown"]

U.S Soul/R&B/Funk legend performs his classic song live with The Bamboos at PBS FM Studios in Melbourne, 2009

Syl Johnson & The Bamboos - Is It Because I'm Black (Live at PBS FM Version)

Ray Charles - What'd I say

Summrs - Attached (prod. Diordaze)

Summrs - So Garbino (prod. Lukovic)

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You're Goin' Miss Your Candyman - Terry Callier - LateNightTales: The Cinematic Orchestra

Wolf + Lambs' San Fran trio Pillowtalk join the W+L Black edits crew, serving up tastefully housed-up reworks of soul gems. First up they get the scissors out on Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's late 60s soul anthem "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", turning it into an extended, chugging disco-soul bomb. Next up is Bobby Hebb's version of the classic "Sunny", this time with the simplest of house beats added, making this an essential for Marcy Hotel nights. Lastly the Festivals' super-slow soul smoocher "You've Got The Makings Of A Lover" gets seriously pepped-up, with BPMs pushed towards peak-time dancefloor action.

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PillowTalk - The Real Thing

Terry Callier/You re Goin  Miss Your Candyman

Mudd & Pollard - Mawson's Walk

Rodriguez - Hate Street Dialogue (Round Table Knights Searching for Sugar Man Edit)

Jazzydynamo streamer on twitch make this  remix  for u! ;)  ;) just fan remix :) tribute

Soul

Laurent Like Stereo