One of the few times, maybe the only time, Neil and I cranked something out together, organically with proverbial tape was rolling. It's another one-take. 

I profoundly treasure this time, with a bunch of brothers more or less sporadically kicking it in the spare room of my crib, in various combinations. Soon, we labelled ourselves as the-nerve, the Popping, Fonk 'n' Rawking pSoul collaborative *cleverly disguised as a band*. 

Shortly after this one came about. I realized we were really were onto something; we had to drop the "disguise" part of our identity with a live presentation. It started with me and Mikey and Willie trolling open mic nights, with a laptop displaying video eye candy. 

That's how Marky D and Jeff found us, shaping us into the way funky, properly bookable outfit... the local openers who scared the big boys.

BTW, DJ Krazerock is a way bayad man. I could probably stand to say that more often than I do.

the-nerve - Can You Feel Me

Tracklist:
Siti Muharam - Machozi ya Huba [On the Corner]
Collocutor - Pause [On the Corner]
Asher Gamedze - Interegnum [On the Corner]
The Diabolical Liberties - Pyschadelic Consiousness [On the Corner]
Uffe - City’s Dead [On the Corner]
Dengue Dengue Dengue - WIP [On the Corner]
Mosam - WIP [Tom Blip's Slingdub]
Planet Battagon - WIP  [On the Corner]
Penya ft Msafiri Zawose - Heyyeh [Tom Blip Remix]
Guedra Guedra -  Juke Lockstep [On the Corner]
Sunken Cages - Song for the Zanzi
Max at Masonic - Dave Aju [Accidental Jnr]
Je Ka Jo - Joe Claussell -  [Ibadan]
Kike Navarro - La Cosa [BBE]
Felipe Gordon - Los Bareteros [Razor n’ Tape]                  
Janine Tavi + Jerome Sydenham - Street Jazz  [Ibadan]
Natural High -  Mike Dunn  [Glitterbox]                                      
Omar S - Another Man [FXPE]                
Laroye - Colombia 26a [Tiff’s Joint’s]                                                                                                
Alma Negra - Tsavo [On the Corner]
Rhythm - Joe Claussell + Jerome Sydenham {Ibadan]
Uffe - I care for you  [Tartelet]

Pete On the Corner Worldwide Family Mixtape

Gilles Peterson sits down with Seattle-born, Brooklyn-based emcee, drummer and composer Kassa Overall to discuss his unique musical and lyrical vision. They explore a shared love of cult jazz singer Carmen Lundy, his development studying at Oberlin Conservatory, his collaborative rap project Kool and Kass, as well as his newest material.

the-nerve - Can You Feel Me

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