Name: Sweet Nothings w/ Jeff and Baxter - June 2021 by Balamii
Duration: 1 h 59 min 47 s
Description: Jeff and Baxter were live with another instalment of Sweet Nothings. They ran two hours of warm and sunkissed soul, MPB and salsa from the likes of Sisters Love, Leo's Sunship and The Boogaloo Assasins.

Amazing guys, hopefully July is around the corner 

Wayne Snow was joined by Cézaire for two hours afrobeats, contemporary jazz, soultronic and hip hop gems. New picks and old favourites from the likes of Pete Rock, Special Touch, Scrimshire and more.

Wayne Snow w/ Cézaire - April 2021

Buy / Stream the album: https://orcd.co/soundofdetroit1

In association with DJ Amir and 180 Proof Records, BBE Music presents ‘Strata Records – The Sound of Detroit – Volume 1’, a new compilation taking in just a few highlights from the short-lived but hugely influential jazz imprint.

With a raft of Strata material now entering entering the BBE Music catalogue for the first time, joining together with already-released gems such at the long-lost Charles Mingus live album ‘Jazz In Detroit’, we asked 180 Proof founder and Strata catalogue curator DJ Amir to compile a selection of tracks as an introduction to the uninitiated.

Over to DJ Amir to tell us more:

I carefully selected my top-choice select tracks that have not been already bootlegged or comp’d in the past; from the well-known fan favourites, to the obscure, to the previously unreleased cuts. This is by no means an exhaustive and comprehensive compilation, but these are the songs that truly represent the catalog and help to tell the story of Strata.

I thought it would be fitting to begin the compilation with one of my all-time favourites from the catalog, ‘Beyond the Dream’ by Kenny Cox, a spiritual groover, highlighted with the haunting mellotron strings and soulful vocals from Detroit legend Ursula Walker. And I absolutely love the ending, with the chanting of “Vamonos Que Ya Fiesta Se Acabo” (“It’s time to go because the party is coming to an end”)!

When I originally issued the previously unreleased album ‘Mirror, Mirror’ by Sam Sanders in 2013, the track ‘Face At My Window’ that features an unknown vocalist instantly became a fan favourite thanks to its hypnotising vocals and mellotron strings.

How could I not include my all-time track from Lyman Woodard, ‘Saturday Night Special’? This track represents the best of that lo-fi jazz funk organ groove and bass combined, again, with those mellotron strings. And after meeting Lyman in 2008, I became even more of a fan! His magnum opus that is ‘Saturday Night Special’ began my journey to re-introducing the world to the Strata label.

After a chance discovery of a Strata master with only the letters ‘TJ’ written on the front, I took a chance and digitally transferred the master. Unfortunately, the master was in awful shape, but what I discovered was truly a stunning recording! At first, I thought I was listening to a young Shuggie Otis but then I quickly realised that I was not. TJ, armed with a basic drum machine, guitar, and incredibly infectious vocals, was able to communicate the pain and joy in his soul so clearly in tracks like ‘Time Is Wasting’.

With further tracks from Kenny Cox featuring the Contemporary Jazz Quintet (CJQ), Larry Nozero (saxophone player on ‘What’s Goin’ On’ by Marvin Gaye), to the ever-elusive and spiritual deep Maulawi Nururidin, to a few previously unreleased gems from Ursula Walker, Mixed Bag, and the Soulmates, hopefully, you’ll be inspired to dive deeper into the Strata catalog!

Enjoy!

Amir Abdullah aka DJ Amir

All of the original albums from which these tracks were chosen are now available to download or stream wherever you find your music.

Release Date – May 25th 2021

DJ Amir Presents 'Strata Records-The Sound of Detroit' Volume 1 (Album Sampler)

Universal Rhythms - Jeff Higgins 20/05/2021

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Jeff and Baxter were live with another instalment of Sweet Nothings. They ran two hours of warm and sunkissed soul, MPB and salsa from the likes of Sisters Love, Leo's Sunship and The Boogaloo Assasins.

Sweet Nothings w/ Jeff and Baxter - June 2021

London-based keyboardist/producer Dan Nicholls (of Y-OTIS) introduces a new album project ‘Mattering And Meaning’ to be released by We Jazz Records on August 13th. Nicholls' music uses acoustic piano as its key element, transporting the instrument into new territories that sound remarkably natural and organic, whilst displaying a strong kinship with the world of abstract electronic music. The music utilises piano loops and field recordings as its key elements, forming what might be described on the surface as a fascinating ambient jazz record – but at the same time there's so much more at play here on deeper levels. Dan's music sounds at once otherworldly and immensely inviting.

With its uncanny landscape of fine sand drifts, juniper fields and pine, the ancient Beerze forest in the North-East of the Netherlands is a site of many unusual convergences of human and other than human stories. 'Papa' continues to unravel the threads of a deep artistic collaboration and kinship between pianist and producer Dan Nicholls and the Dutch filmmaker and anthropologist Louise Boer. These fuzzily collaged images and sounds represent a common love for finding the in-between places in which ideas can find deeper roots, channeled here through a dreamlike world which holds within it the location in which Louise’s father, Henk Boer, found his final resting place.

Mattering and Meaning

Exclusive Premiere: Dan Nicholls "Papa" (We Jazz Records)

This year Stubborn Heart released their anticipated new album ‘Made Of Static’, via One Little Independent Records, to praise from the likes of NME, FACT, Bandcamp Weekly, 6Music and more. The cool, collected tracks are pensive in their delivery and impactful in their beats, striking a fine balance between ominous synth-soundscapes and introspective songwriting. A glorious juxtaposition between the icy electronics of Ben Fitzgerald and the warmth of Luca Santucci’s heartachingly honest lyrics.

Santucci, an avid music fan, northern soul obsessive and DJ has put together this smooth, soulful mix of vintage sounds that’s bound to throw you back in time to something simpler.

"Here's an hour of songs and music that put reality on the back burner when I first heard them and still do, takes me to that special place.”

TRACKLIST

Sonny Sharrock - Blind Willie
Bob Dylan - Dear Landlord
Harlem Meat Company - I’m Not Gonna Be Anybody’s Fool
The Honeycombs - Eyes
Showbiz and AG - Next Level (DJ Premier remix)
Henrietta and the Hairdooz - You Got A Lot To Learn
Minor Science - Naturally Spineless
Bonnie “Prince” Billie - You Remind Of Something (The Glory Goes)
The Khalsa String Band - Song Of Bliss
Omar Sosa & Seckou Keita - Dary
Actress - Jardin
BBC Symphony Orchestra and Sir Andrew Davis and Tasmin Little - The Lark Ascending

MIMS Guest Mix: STUBBORN HEART (UK, OLI Records)

Theo Everyday was live with a Lovers Rock Special for this months Sticky Tapes Radio show. Tracks inside from Calvin, John McLean, Joy Mack and more.

Sticky Tapes Radio w/ Theo Everyday: Lovers Rock Special - July 2021

Weekly show on https://www.universalrhythms.net
Every thursday 11pm-1am and released every Saturday 12pm-2pm (UK)

chassol, menage a trois - music is god my love
scrimshire - within without
brandee younger - tickled pink
ajuna oakes - even when you’re gone
lone - hidden by horizona
badbadnotgood - signal from the noise
spirit - the other song
kadiata- playin widja
the alchemist - 500 $ ounces
l’orange - durban was a trap house
biz marke - just a friend
rejjie snow - oreos
abase - agangatolu 
the brother moves on - you think you know me
virgo geep - groove
de mthuda - abekho ready
william florelle - do you see
boddhi satva - ze ma na bella
clavis - tascame
moodymann - we wanna party (live)
karizma - woah
dj kemit intro to dance
gabriels - love and hate in a different time (kerri chandler remix)
gabriels - love and hate in a different time 
luisito quintero - our love (nicola conte remix)
paso palante - contento
dave, boj - lazarus 
tekilla - outro
theo croker - hero stomp

Universal Rhythms - Jeff Higgins - 29/07/21

• DTW FM #279 •

Hosted by:
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Featuring special guests Jarren (@jarrenc) / https://jarrenc.bandcamp.com/album/antera

Tracklist :
(Marco Weibel Set)
DTW Intro 
Kush Jones - If You’re Ashy Please Retreat
Andrés - Learn To Love ft. Monica Blaire (Yoruba Suite)
Nimbus Quartet - Later Lover
Photek - Can’t Come Down (Ft. Robert Owens)
Laurence Kapinga - Headrest
Mr. G - Still Life Talkin’ v2
Isaiah Rashad - From The Garden (ft. Lil Uzi Vert)
SUCIA! & MANNY - Back It Up
Quadie Diesel - PTPIMF (DJ Swisha Bootleg)
Spooky Bizzle - Killa Sound Boy
DJ Nativesun - Remind A Nigga
Djeneba - Better Day (Hard Soul Mix)

(Jarren Guest Set)
No Tracklist Available.

(Mawkus Set)

Vasconcelos Sentimento - Passarinho
A-Luxury - Wav Enforcer (Velvet Edition)
Lmajor - Can’t Do It
Detroit's Filthiest - Space Invaders
Traxman - Woo War ft. DJ Woo
Bakey - Poison Dart
Little Dragon - Hold On (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix)
Mina & Bryte - See Something
Murder He Wrote - Loss
Andy Ash - Jazz Bwats
Thee Mike B ft. Boy Stephen and Robyn Katz - Uh Yeah (Thee Acid Song) (Salva Remix)
K-HAND ft. Zoey - Deep Down (Vocal)
Olive T - This is a Bop
Louie Vega - Another Day In My Life (Louie Vega Re-Touch)
El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey - Faded

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Darker Than Wax FM #279 w/ Jarren • 7th August 2021

Every second week on https://www.universalrhythms.net/ Jeff Higgins presents the #fourdirections show for 2 hours from 7pm - 9pm

tracklist
alexx a-game - braver (swing ting smooth edit)
kanye west - ok ok pt 2
steve spacik, yazmin lacey - another like this
manure brown - heiwa
mr fingers  - praise the vibes
h.e.r. - could've been (don mayor edit)
scratcha dva - flex
larizzle - en bongo
iamnobodi - savior
ocean waves brasil - xango (moodymanc remix)
valeria - marcacao
joyce - aldeia de ogum
trio tenura - a gria
jrocc - sing about it (flaunt edwards edit)
moodymann - i’d rather be lonely (original mix)
fazer - grenadier
cleo sol - don;t ket it go to your head
little simz, obongjayar - point and kill
jojooftheejungle - call me (omo’kpe)
ragz originale - rearrange
skiifall - lost angeles
joe armon-jones, goya gumbani - fix it
sampology, seven davis jr - blooming in the streets
roy davis jr, peven everett - gabriel (live garage version)
peven everett - stuck (phil asher remix)
andrés - new for u (live) 
esg - dance
sault - london gangs
badbadnotgood - beside april

Universal Rhythms - Four Directions - Jeff Higgins 17/09/21

DIY Excellence. From London To The World.

Sweet Nothings w/ Jeff and Baxter - June 2021

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