Instrumental written and produced by D.Jones and J.Poston aka LSN.

Learn To Grow

Another old one, this is from 2001 - very basic sounds and extremely rough round the edges but I kinda like it. 

Time (feat T S Elliot)

This is totally un-edited - just straight off my digital recorder. It documents an 8 minute journey through the New York subway. Listen in at 0:13 for the train arriving - it's kind of in tune with the  band and sounds like strings. 

New York subway journey.

Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ14POW1Rlk

Time travelling to the birthplace of house music - Chicago! The year is 1987. Playing records from 1985, 1986 and 1987. THE roots of house music. It was the time when house music was still FRESH and RAW. Put this mix on and JACK your body!

Year: 1987
Location: Chicago, USA

Tracklist:
Rhythm Controll - My House (Acapella) (Catch A Beat, 1987)
Mr Fingers - Can You Feel It (Trax, 1986)
Hercules - 7 Ways (Dance Mania, 1986)
Chip E ft. K-Joy - Like This (D.J. International, 1985)
Farley - Hey Norton (Aw Shucks) (House Records, 1987)
The House Master Boyz & The Rude Boy of House - House Nation (Dance Mania, 1986)
Farley - Hey Norton (Instrumental) (House Records, 1987)
Farley - Jack'n The House (Trax, 1985)
Denise Motto - Tell Jack (Play House, 1987)
Chip E - Time To Jack (Underground, 1986)
BNC - House Ain't Givin' Up (AKA Dance Music, 1987)
Denise Motto - IMNXTC (Play House, 1986)
Adonis - No Way Back (Trax, 1986)
Tony Sineni - Rhythem Of The Beat (Hot Mix 5, 1987)
Ralphi Rosario - You Used To Hold Me (Hot Mix 5, 1987)
Razz - Say It (Sunset, 1985)
Mark Imperial - J'Adore Danser (D.J. International, 1985)
Jesse Velez - We Don't Need No Music (Trax, 1985)
303 jam

TASCAM DR-05

DJ 1987 - Jesus Loves Chicago House

Toulouse LauTrack + Mexican joe - hybrid set 15.05.mp3

TheDawn.mp3

After the success of volume 1 it was about time I got to work on the next instalment. This has been carefully krafted (pardon the pun) with a tasty selection of music I love to listen, play out & did some digging from my huge collection. There are a ton of exclusive unreleased tracks, edits, remixes & after a few months it is finally here & I am really happy how it turned out.

Track List :

1.   MXXWLL -  Palm Trees 
2.   Jay Z - The Ruler’s Back (Acapella) 
3.   Krafty Kuts & Supastition Feat DJ Robert Smith - There Comes A Time (Inst) *
4.   Rasco - Unassisted 
5.   Nas & DJ Premier - Define My Name 
6.   Krafty Kuts - Eazy Breezy 
7.   Krafty Kuts vs Q Tip - Work It Paul 
8.   Krafty Kuts Feat Scarlett Quinn - Rocket *
9.   Noga Erez - Views (Krafty Kuts edit)
10. Ocean Valley - Confidence (Krafty Kuts Edit)
11. Too Short vs Lettuce - Bounce That Monkey (Jimi Needles Edit)
12. Joey Valence & Brae (feat Danny Brown) - Packapunch 
13. Suckaside - Edi’s Diner 
14. Krafty Kuts - Gimme Your Love 
15. Tony Terry - Forget The Girl (Acapella)
16. Jimi Needles DJ Tool 
17. Krafty Kuts - ILL Street Vibes (Inst) *
18. Faith Evans - All Night Long (Acapella)
19. Krafty Kuts - Brujeria 
20. Inner City - Good Life (Acapella)
21. The Heatwave feat. Mr Lexx & Keida - Walk Out Gyal [Acapella] 
22. Krafty Kuts vs Busta Rhymes - Step In Da Place *
23. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah Got You All In Check (Dirty Acapella)
24. Krafty Kuts & Dynamite MC - Fela Remedy 
25. Main Source - Looking At The Front Door (Inst)
26. Skooly D - PSK (A.Skillz Inst Edit) 
27. Grand Wizard Theodore - Live Freestyle Convention 82
28. Fort Knox 5 - Brazilian Hipster (Krafty Kuts Vocal Remix)
29. Krafty Kuts & Def 3 - Mystic Kingdom *
30. Krafty Kuts vs Busta Rhymes - Thank You (Inst) *
31. Busta Rhymes - Thank You (Acapella)
32. Vaughan Mason - Bounce Skate Rock Roll 
33. De La Soul - A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays"
34. Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots 
35. Degrees Of Motion - Do You Want It Right Now (Acapella)
36. Newcleus - Jam On It (Acapella) 
37. Rosalia - BIZCOCHITO (NEVER DULL EXTENDED MIX)
38. Krafty Kuts Feat TC Izlam - ILL Type Sound Remix 
39. Hot Streak - Body Work 
40. Organised Confusion - Walk Into The Sun (Inst)
41. Dave Pike - Mathar (Krafty Kuts Edit) *
42. Rakim - Juice Know The Ledge 
43. Tokischa, El Cherry Scom & Haraca Kiko - Tukuntazo 
44. Nitro Deluxe - Let’s Get Brutal 
45. Jimi Needles - Party Time 
46. Krafty Kuts - Lady Whispers *
47. Shakedown - Get Down 
48. Gorillaz - Dare (Acapella) 
49. Skool Of Thought & Stanton Warriors - Bronx Posse 
50. Krafty Kuts - Four Days 
51. Keys N Krates, Haviah Mighty - Pull Up (Krafty Kuts Edit) *
52. Krafty Kuts - Real Low 
53. Krafty Kuts - To Be Free *
54. Krafty Kuts - Badman 
55. Krafty Kuts - Roy Cubano 
56. Benga & Cooki - Night 
57. Flash & The Pan - Waiting On A Train

* Exclusives / Unreleased

Funky Side Of Things Vol 2

GBA++

Spaced out bass heavy house music. Big thanks to Luke Evans for the extra production.

Heatwave

A few years ago I was asked to contribute a piece of music to a project that my friend Stephen Givnan was putting together. He had written a synopsis of a story entitled The Ten Human Years of Preta Eshana. It follows the journey of a female, hungry spirit who is granted passage to the human realm for one spirit day (the equivalent of ten human years) to examine how human beings cope with suffering, conflict, and loss. Steve then sent this out to musicians, artists and writers with an invitation to create a piece inspired by the story.

I chose Year Six for my piece:
'Preta Eshana walks to places she has never been before. She walks across the seas, to different continents. Following bright lights she ends up in a wealthy city where she begins to mingle with the rich and powerful. At first, she is consumed by a mixture of jealousy and revulsion. Later, upon examining the lifestyles of the ruling class, she contemplates their inability to be content, their dissatisfaction with what they already have and their continual craving for more material wealth, power and status. She realises a commonality: all living beings regardless of wealth or position experience the loneliness of separation. A loneliness that prevents them from enjoying any good fortune that they may already have. She comes to the understanding that all living beings, even those who play the role of subjugating force, lack any real freedom and happiness.'

I chose to focus on Preta Eshana's wanderings as the main inspiration for this track. I wanted to evoke a feeling of slow building intrigue and discovery, starting with a very simple refrain and building in complexity until she reaches the chaotic and discordant city. For the rhythm element of this piece, I recorded the sound of an old clock. I love the variation in texture of the different ticks and the mechanical clanking as the clock gears up to ring it's hourly chime. I felt the clock was an important element not just texturally and rhythmically but also to represent the time pressures inevitably felt by those living beings described in the chapter as lacking real freedom and happiness.

To find out more about the project and order a copy of the album go to: https://freeclarity.org/preta/ 

Many thanks to Steve 'Pinky' Givnan for giving me the opportunity to be part of such a wonderful collection of music, art and writings. And thanks to Max Charles for the image which was the artwork for Year Six in the book.

GBA++

David Wager

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