various jams. assorted flavors.

Tracklist

Léa Sen- I Feel Like I'm Blue
Kota the Friend - Pomegranate
Jordan Rakei	- Imagination
Little Dragon	T- he Other Lover (feat. Moses Sumney)
Stro Elliot - Cherish The Sade
Garrett - Chasing The Clouds Away
Sunni Colón -Provide
Yazmin Lacey & Congi 	Follow Me
Erykah Badu x MF Doom x King Most	 - Southern Spice 
Raheem DeVaughn & Apollo Brown - When A Man
Mac Ayres - Almost Home
L'Rain -Two Face
Alek Lee -Sfarot
Parliament - Mothership Konnection (Kon Edit)
Joyce Wrice - Losing
Emmavie - Can't Get Over You
p-rallel - Tomorrow
ZHAN - deluxe burger
Joyce Wrice - Must Be Nice (feat. Masego)
Reel People & Raheem DeVaughn - Deja Vu
Sons of Kemet - Hustle (feat. Kojey Radical)

misc.w/ DJ Tara The Lot Radio 4.15.21

ThinkBeat Radio: APRIL 2021 show. Hosted by @wonway & @diondecibels. Aired 5/1/21 on 94.1 FM KPFA. Berkeley, CA.

TBR APRIL 2021

The release last autumn of Reel People’s first full studio album in 10 years was, it’s fair to say, a moment. Retroflection stylishly recreated soul, disco and boogie classics behind the collective’s formation nearly 20 years ago and exposed its rarefied DNA like never before. Now band leader Oli Lazarus widens the collective, inviting the world’s finest producers and remixers to add their funky splices to the Retroflection blueprint. Retroflection Remixed, featuring Mousse T., Osunlade, DJ Spinna, John Morales, Atjazz, Terry Hunter, Sebb Junior, Scott Diaz, Da Brownie, Tall Black Guy, Matt Cooper’s OUTSIDE, BusCrates and Art Of Tones, is a majestic rebooting of the soulful flow that swept us away in 2018.
	
Art Of Tones get’s his sparkly mitts on Don’t Stop The Music, swaggering synth ‘n’ bass riffs further underlining Angie Stone’s classy strut through Yarbrough & People’s 1980 hit, whilst Buscrates – true to the name of his remix – pumps irresistible funk bounce into I’m In Love, a truly lowdown re-skinning of Reel People’s Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King tribute where Navasha Daya’s vocal sounds sassier than ever.

Osunlade eases us in with an elegant re-interpretation of Reel People’s Pleasure cover Joyous, deep throbs of electronica and rippling percussion carrying loops of the vocal and that iconic sax solo to stunning new heights – or depths. Similarly, Atjazz dims the lights and intensifies the mood for his take on Twilight. Where Reel People played impressively close to Maze’s original, Atjazz treads to shuffling jazz drums, double-bass and piano. The build of parts is spine-tingling stuff. Matt Cooper and his outstanding OUTSIDE project also take on the mantle of Joyous, and serve us a full fat disco jazz funk odyssey.

There are a number of uptempo treats too. Take Sebb Junior’s snappy piano-house routine for the Mica Paris-fronted I Want To Thank You – a sparkling turbo-charge to Alicia Myers’ early Eighties gospel-R&B vibe – or NYC mix legend John Morales’ ecstatic nine-minute mirrorball twirl of Geraldine Hunt-anthem Can’t Fake The Feeling complete with epic drum and vocal (Daya once again) breakdowns. Respected UK house DJ-producer Scott Diaz gives the Sharlene Hector-led cover of Side Effect’s Always There greater guitar-licked urgency but without compromise to the song’s soulful poise and power, and revered Chicago veteran Terry Hunter is a match made in heaven for Tony Momrelle, who soars through the former’s soulfully-charged remix of Buttercup (Carl Anderson’s mid-Eighties, Stevie Wonder-penned gem) with all of its funky drums, b-line twists and warm musical arrangements. German maestro Mousse T. hands us a nostalgic rework of Teena Marie’s I Need Your Lovin’  featuring the female powerhouses Vulu Malinga, LaDonna Harley-Peters and Sharlene Hector.

Elsewhere, South African talent Da Brownie dresses Reel People’s peppy, Omar-fronted update of Skipworth & Turner treasure Thinking About Your Love in sharp, finely-detailed deep dance threads, and Detroit star Tall Black Guy (TBG) sprinkles considerable amounts of summer samba magic over Momrelle’s other Retroflection outing Can We Pretend - a stunning re-awakening of the Bill Withers and Jose Feliciano collabo for the second time in mere months. There’s room yet for DJ Spinna to expand the reaches of Keep It Up (Anthony David’s luscious rendition of Milton Wright’s deep-soul bomb) with another of his transcendental space-funk remixes. Mind-blowing.

Retroflection Remixed

Twilight (Atjazz Love Soul Remix)

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Reel People - Twilight (Atjazz Love Soul Remix)

"memoir" represents the broad spectrum of emotions that I've experienced moving through life.

1. Jon Lucien - Kuendo
2. Terry Callier - What Color is Love
3. Kutiman - Once You Near Me
4. Stevie Wonder - The First Garden
5. Alice Coltrane - Turiya & Ramakrishna
6. Ramsey Lewis - Gemini Rising
7. Jon Lucien - Luella
8. John McLaughlin - My Foolish Heart
9. DJ Rogers - Love is On The Way
10. Lonnie Liston Smith - Peace 
11. Bobbi Humphrey - You Make Me Feel So Good
12. Patrice Rushen - Before The Dawn
13. Roberta Flack - Ballad of The Sad Young Man
14. Donny Hathaway - Sunshine Over Showers
15. Syreeta - Heavy Day
16. Chico Hamilton - The Morning Side of Love
17. DJ Rogers - Saved By Love
18. Stevie Wonder - Power Flower
19. Lonnie Liston Smith - Love Beams
20. Hilton Ruiz - 'Round Midnight
21. Me'Shell Ndegeochello - The Chosen 
22. The Robert Glasper Experiment - All Matter
23. Curtis Mayfield - When Seasons Change
24. Gino Vanelli - Where Am I Going

memoir.

This track was written by Sabrina Chyld, co-written and Produced by Ronnie Wilson and Wayne Hernandez.  
This is another track from the Soulful Jazz album entitled 'Art...is' which intentionally was a play on words 'Artist', that did not make release.



It Doesn't Matter

ThinkBeat Radio: July 2020 show. Hosted by @wonway & @diondecibels. Aired 8/1/20 on 94.1 FM KPFA. Berkeley, CA.

TBR JULY 2020

A brand new mix for the Guggenheim Museum's Art After Dark program.
Eclectic sounds, genres, remixes and flips from all around the world, from artists from countries including the U.S., Jamaica, Brazil, Trinidad, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, the Dominican Republic, the UK, France, the Netherlands and more. Long blends to keep the sonic soundscape and feel of the mix flowing, classic REFRESH style. Big up Everyday People's DJ Moma and Maine for the opportunity to connect and share some music with the Art After Dark program at the Guggenheim. 
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Live mix recorded by Kieran Meadows on August 11, 2020
*Track list: Stay Tuned... Coming soon

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MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL ARTISTS FEATURED. YOU MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN.
Check archived radio show mixes (recorded live in NYC) at itstheREFRESH.com
(*DJ MIX FOR PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY*)

Kieran Meadows - Refresh After Dark (Mix)

ThinkBeat Radio: OCTOBER 2020 show (We forgot this was our 16 year anniversary). Hosted by @wonway & @diondecibels. Aired 10/31/20 on 94.1 FM KPFA. Berkeley, CA.

TBR OCT 2020 (16 YEAR ANNIVERSARY)

The magical @tittahbyte joins me live in the KTUH studio to talk quarantine DJ life, alignment candles, and lots, and lots of vybes. Thanks for listening to Hawaii's only alternative radio! Please continue to support Black and independent music!

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Tittahbyte Live from Honolulu

Groove Suite presents ‘All Things Robert Glasper,' a tribute to Robert Glasper, curated by ChristinaCurates.

“His gift to combine various genres together is one of a kind,” says ChristinaCurates. “He is exposing this generation to Jazz, in a unique way.”

Link to The MPN Network write up: https://bit.ly/37x238C
Instagram: @christinacurates

'All Things Robert Glasper' by ChristinaCurates

Exclusive Mix for "Restlezz On-Air" on Virgin Radio Switzerland (2021)

Radio Mixes

DJ Wiz - "RESTLEZZ ON-AIR"

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Tittahbyte Live from Honolulu

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