Next up in our Record Club guest mix series are The Pro-Teens. Helmed by prolific drummer and percussionist Hudson Whitlock, the Melbourne-based band just released their new album ‘I Flip My Life Every Time I Fly’ on Mr Bongo. It is the latest musical concoction from Whitlock's eccentric brain, marrying the soul/funk roots of sample culture with the principles of boom-bap hip hop. This mix is a perfect accompaniment to the album. It takes you through a patchwork of soul, hip hop, funk, breaks, soundtrack nuggets, jazzy moments, and a bevvy of tracks that you may not know, but will 100% recognise from their sampled guise. 

Tracklist for the spotters:

David Axelrod ft. Ras Kass - Little Children
Placebo - Balek
X-Ecutioners ft. Gudtyme - Musica Negra (Black Music)
Richard Evans - Patatu 
Rah Digga - Tight
Richard Swift - Broken Finger Blues
James & Bobby Purify - I’m Your Puppet
Busta Rhymes ft. Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your Shoulder
Ms. Dynamite - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee
Lennie Hibbert - Rose Len
The Main Ingredient - Summer Breeze
Lyman Woodard Organization - Joy Road
The Soulful Strings - Never Gonna Give You Up
Joe Pass - A Time For Us
John Barry - Just As You Were 
Will Malone - Death Line (Main Theme)
Necro - Gory Days (Instrumental)
Robin Williams - Grandpa Funk
Skinnyman - I’ll Be Surprised
Roy Ayers Ubiquity - We Live In Brooklyn, Baby
Ralph Carmichael - Switchblade Theme
Scarface - Born Killer
J.C. Davis - A New Day
Geoff Love & His Orchestra - Tubular Bells
Letta Mbulu - Pula Yetla 
Bananapeel Blues - KMD
The Delfonics - Delfonics Theme (How Could You)

Mr Bongo Record Club Guest Mix - The Pro-Teens

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At the vanguard of Melbourne's bustling underground music scene you’ll find Surprise Chef. A band very much on the rise, who with two exceptional albums under their belts, are picking up a rapidly swelling fanbase across the world. Working out of the College of Knowledge stable (their home / studio / record label namesake), the band’s take on instrumental cinematic soul and funk has connected with listeners across multiple scenes and genres. Their intoxicatingly laidback sound, which pairs expertly crafted hooks with a seriously funky, watertight rhythm section, has earned them a wide appeal and made their tracks ripe for interpretation.

Rounding off the package is the remix from https://soundcloud.com/harvey-sutherland. Having made international waves since 2013 with his unique take on dance music, Harvey has long been on https://soundcloud.com/mrbongo’s remix radar, but until now we hadn’t managed to get that ambition over the line. This time around the stars aligned perfectly. Surprise Chef and Harvey Sutherland are both Melbourne residents and they had already been working on projects together. The band set things up and Harvey chose to remix ‘New Ferrari’ from their latest album, ‘Daylight Savings’. His take on the track sees things venturing into dubby-disco territory. A dreamy, cosmic, bass-heavy, sweeping synth-led workout, that retains yet reinterprets the catchy-as-hell hooks from the original track. A roller with serious muscle!

Masters At Work & Harvey Sutherland Remixes

PREMIERE: Surprise Chef - New Ferrari (Harvey Sutherland's Weird Flex)

Mr Bongo taps Harvey Sutherland and Masters At Work to remix tracks from Melbourne jazz and funk troupe Surprise Chef

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Premiere: Surprise Chef ‘Crayfish Caper (Masters At Work Mix)’

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Surprise Chef - Crayfish Caper (MAW Dub) [Mr Bongo] [MI4L.com]

At the vanguard of Melbourne's bustling underground music scene you’ll find Surprise Chef. A band very much on the rise, who with two exceptional albums under their belts, are picking up a rapidly swelling fanbase across the world. Working out of the College of Knowledge stable (their home / studio / record label namesake), the band’s take on instrumental cinematic soul and funk has connected with listeners across multiple scenes and genres. Their intoxicatingly laidback sound, which pairs expertly crafted hooks with a seriously funky, watertight rhythm section, has earned them a wide appeal and made their tracks ripe for interpretation.

When floating ideas for potential remixers, two names came to the fore, Masters At Work and Harvey Sutherland. MAW have a long history with Mr Bongo having remixed the Brit-funk classic ‘Dancing In Outer Space’ by Atmosfear for the label in 1997, and releasing the original track, ‘Brazilian Beat’ in 2000. With their studio collaboration now back in full swing, it was the perfect time to inject the MAW magic back into the label. They picked ‘Crayfish Caper’ from the band’s first album ‘All News Is Good News’ as their choice of track to remix. The ’Nuyorican Broken Remix' sees MAW stepping into their Nuyorican Soul guise. A Latin shuffle meets an afro-beat rhythm and some very chunky broken beats, which all underpins an infectious melody constructed around the original track’s bassline. They pair this with horns and synths that add a flourish and reveal new layers as the track develops. It’s a sound that is uniquely Nuyorican Soul and a welcome return for fans of this aspect of their phenomenal output. The 'Masters At Work Remix’ is straight up vintage MAW in House mode. It takes many of the same elements found in the 'Nuyorican Broken Remix' and points things in a House direction. It’s 4/4, but the beats have that Kenny Dope trademark swing. Tough, but oozing soul. Add to that heavy bass, vocal cuts, fierce horns and saxophone, layered synths, and that undeniable MAW bounce. 

Rounding off the package is the remix from Harvey Sutherland. Having made international waves since 2013 with his unique take on dance music, Harvey has long been on Mr Bongo’s remix radar, but until now we hadn’t managed to get that ambition over the line. This time around the stars aligned perfectly. Surprise Chef and Harvey Sutherland are both Melbourne residents and they had already been working on projects together. The band set things up and Harvey chose to remix ‘New Ferrari’ from their latest album, ‘Daylight Savings’. His take on the track sees things venturing into dubby-disco territory. A dreamy, cosmic, bass-heavy, sweeping synth-led workout, that retains yet reinterprets the catchy-as-hell hooks from the original track. A roller with serious muscle!

PREMIERE : Surprise Chef - New Ferrari (Harvey Sutherland's Weird Flex)

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Hailing from Melbourne / Naarm Surprise Chef are a band who are creating a rather large buzz across the globe as well as their own backyard Working out the College of Knowledge stable which encompasses a studio as well as the record label, and is also their DJ moniker when playing out, they have a intoxicating laid back soulful sound which encompasses the funkiest of riffs, hooks and a seriously impressive rhythm section.

Their latest EP see's them enlist the unquestionable skills of Harvey Sutherland and Masters at Work who cook up both a MAW remix and a Nuyorikan Soul remix for the package. Safe to say it's a rather brilliant release which lands on the 22nd of October via @mrbongo.

We have a full interview incoming with Surprise Chef this week to talk about the release, the band and of course those remixes. In the meantime they have put together this rather outstanding mix for us. Check it out here and jump over to LV online for more on the mix including a quick chat with the men behind it and the full tracklist via: https://levisiteuronline.com/music/lv-disco-selectors-29-college-of-knowledge-surprise-chef-mr-bongo/

LV Disco Selectors 29

LV Disco Selectors 29 - College Of Knowledge / Surprise Chef

Welcome to the psychedelicatessen.
Here you will find recordings of What's Rangoon to you is Grafton to me, a psychedelic road journey from Brisbane to Sydney written by Russell Guy and featuring the voices of James Dibble and Russell Guy. The story is a quintessentially Australian gonzo rant, tracing the narrator's twisted journey down the East coast of Australia.
He was the perfect hitch-hiker: entertaining but mute in all the right places. He never once complained about the steel girder of static satire that was masquerading as 2JJ's programme on the speaker box on the back seat. I think he even got a kick from the jumper leads I'd rigged under the dash. He attached the positive to his forehead and stuck the negative in his mouth before jerking around the front seat like a vegetarian in a butcher's cold-room."

So pull up a seat, adjust the viewing screen of your Holden windscreen and tune in.


What's Rangoon To You Is Grafton To Me

Yoko Kanno - Turn A Gundam - UKA 羽化

Karate Boogaloo - Carn The Boogers(COK005)

Karate Boogaloo - Carn The Boogers(COK005)

‘Carn The Boogers’, named for the vehement catch-cry that has developed within Karate Boogaloo’s Australian audience, captures KB’s unconventional cinematic, break-heavy funk.

Recorded live to tape in Karate Boogaloo’s studio space, a cramped attic above a factory in the Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, the record was entirely tracked and mixed by the band – a process integral to the band’s steadfast DIY work-ethic. 

The self-produced album marries gritty soul from the school of El Michels Affair with unorthodox arrangements and razor-sharp playing. ‘Carn The Boogers’ collates heavy, minor key deep funk with rolling cinematic themes and left-field instrumental experiments.

Karate Boogaloo - Space Language

Just over an hour of gems from dear friend Adriana, clocking in mix 20 of the series. Adriana not only hosts the amazing Opalakia show on PBS but also has a totally positive and refreshing approach to discovering and sharing tunes. Big tip as always!  

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Karate Boogaloo - Space Language

College Of Knowledge Records

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