Much has been made of Mexico's rich Spanish and indigenous heritage, but until recently, there's been little talk of Mexico's so-called "Third Root": Africa. Africans came to Mexico with the Spanish as soldiers and slaves - so many that by 1810, the black population of Mexico was equal to that of the United States. Today, African heritage persists throughout Mexico, yet for a variety of reasons, black history has long been silenced. In this Hip Deep episode, we use music to explore that history as we take a road-trip across the country in search of sonic traces of Afro-Mexico. We visit the state of Veracruz to learn the history of the Afro-Mexican son jarocho sound, made famous by Ritchie Valens' 1958 hit cover of La Bamba, a traditional jarocho tune. Then, we visit the Costa Chica of Guerrero, where Afro-Mexican communities are fighting for government recognition to help preserve faltering musical traditions. And we'll stop by the golden-age halls of Mexico City, where the Afro-Cuban danzón thrives far from it's ancestral home in Havana. Along the way, we hear from top scholars in the field such as Ben Vinson III and Alejandro Madrid, as well as Afro-Mexican music stars past and present, from Los Cojolites to Las Cafeteras. ¡Que padre! Produced by Marlon Bishop.

APWW #658
Originally aired in 2013

La Bamba - The Afro-Mexican Story

This week’s mix comes from Jake Miller, 1/5 of the new Reggae crew ‘Youth Downbeat Sound’. Jake has spent the last few years working in the legendary London record shop Flashback Records and is a serious collector of all things Reggae. He has a monthly show on Kindred Radio exploring all different kinds of vinyl crackle and will be launching a new hand built sound system with his crew in May. This week he has dug deep into his dusty 7’s box and brought us a 100% Studio One singles mix. “Here’s a selection of Studio 1 classics, all on 45 for your listening pleasure!”. Full tracklist below.



Don Drummond - Don Cosmic 
Joe Higgs - Dinah 
Gaylads - Message To My Girl 
Earl 16 - I Am Going To Cool It 
The Bassies - I Don’t Mind 
Slim Smith - Lonely Lover 
The Actions - Giddap
The Lyrics - Music Like Dirt 
Soul Vendors - Swing Easy 
Dudley Sibley - Having A Party 
The Heptones - Haven’t You Got Any Fight Left 
The Heptones - Sweet Talking 
Delroy Wilson - Don’t Know Why 
The Soul Vendors - A Darker Shade Of Black 
Sugar Minott - Jah A Love You 
Cornell Campbell - Pretty Looks Isn’t All 
Carlton And The Shoes - Love Is All
The Heptones - Ting A Ling (Dubplate Mix) 
Im And David - Love Land 
Sound Dimension - Lovers Serenade 
Sound Dimension - Rasta Light 
Burning Spear - What A Happy Day 
The Gladiators - Peace

Macondo Mix 008: Jake Miller

Mo Kolours, the half-Mauritian percussionist and vocalist celebrated by the likes of Gilles Peterson, has released a new EP on One-Handed Records entitled <i>Drum Talking</i>. Based on drums, this project includes a variety of songs that all focus on percussion. Clearly audible throughout are the influences of soul, dub, and sega music.

The tracklist does not include songs, but lists the drummers and percussionists to each track instead:

1. Nilija
2. Math Samba, Luc Assa, Alpha Konate, Prosper N’Kouri
3. Unknown
4. Hermeto Pascoal
5. Roy Haynes
6. Buddy Miles
7. P.Lapouble
8. Ray King, Mike Rose, Pablo Gonsales, Sam Kelly, Joey Dee
9. Carlton “Santa’ Davis
10. Bernard Purdie
11. Easy Santa
12. Sol Amarfio
13. Stomu Yamash’ta
14. Ed Green, Gary Coleman
15. Gregg Gregg
16. Nilija, Pudim, Ben Hassan
17. Adama Drame, Siaka Bamoro
18. Eddie Knowles, Charlie Saunders, David Barnes

Purchase the EP: http://digital.waxpoetics.com/search/release.php?RELEASE_ID=27505

Drum Walking Mixtape by Mo Kolours

here is the mix which aired on unlimited/fm4.
i  did for Groovalicious when i played there. 

If you are in Brussels you have to go to their parties!
www.groovalicious.eu

Tracklist:
Intro
Ahilea Feat. Bella Wagner - Spiritus Tango 
Nas & Damian Marley - As We Enter 
Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta (Chezz Edit)
bxP Soundsistema - Bouzouki Criminal feat. Paco Mendoza
Magic Drum Orchestra - Get Up
DJ Nu-Mark - Oya' Indebure feat. Laudir de Oliveira
Magic Drum Orchestra  - Ragga Samba
Restless Leg syndrome - Dabkeh
Mulatu Astatke vs. K´naan ft. Mos Def - America (Uproot Andy RMX)
Delroy Wilson - Dancing Mood (RLS Drums Edit)
Screamin Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You (Jeremy Sole's Zombie Stomp Remix)
Fela Kuti - Water No Get Enemy (Unreleased Edit)
Ganimian and His Oriental Music - Come With Me to the Casbah
Björk - Crystalline (Omar Souleyman Remix)
Savages y Suefo - Our World Our Style
Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Miticos Del Ritmo - Get Ur Freak On
Taggy Matcher - Get Your Freak On
Skip & Die - La Cumbia Dictadura
Ana Tijoux ft Shadia Mansour - Somos Sur
Magic Drum Orchestra - Drop It Like It's Hot


Groovalicious Mixtape

Legendary vocalist and only living member of the the groundbreaking reggae group "The Wailer" is honoured with this 1 hr retrospective focusing on his early recordings plus a few live tracks and songs in which he did backing vocals and percussion.

Shark Attack! A Bunny Wailer Retrospective

Here comes a new Red Stripe Disco delivery with this 12th delivery. It finally took around 1 year to collect the records for this new episode. I could have waited a bit more (not all of the wants were cleared from the wantlist) but I wanted to drop that one within this summer. I had some nice surprises on the way though, that I am happy to share with you with this new mix! 

As usual, the selection focuses on "reggae not reggae" stuffs from the 70's / early 80's - ranging from killer UK Lovers Rock to Disco & Boogie, even a couple of Rap stuffs, with a few nice covers on the way. All of the records selected are related to Jamaica and/or Reggae labels, with one exception being from Trinidad... 

I hope this new episode will please your ears & feet, and will be helping finishing this nice 2016 summer in the nicest way possible! 
I have already started the quest for a 13th mix, with some dope records already on the list! 


Red Stripe Disco Vol.12

@ToshioMatsuura Group perform live at Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Festival 2018 in Sete, France.

Listen to all our programmes from Worldwide Festival at wrldwd.fm/sete18

Toshio Matsuura Group at Worldwide Festival 2018

It's been a particularly rough start of the year for us Angelenos. First, Woody Phillips, the founder of the famous Woody's Bar-B-Que, died on the eve of 2020. Then, just a few weeks later we lost Kobe. Now, Bill Withers too! Bill wasn’t from LA, but he began his music career here and adopted the city as his own and was accepted with open arms.

Of course, Bill Withers’ music stretches well beyond this city. It stretches across time too. His impact on the musical community has had a profound ripple effect that no doubt will remain. Just as the business of the music industry began to change and challenge his creative process, he made the bold and rather unprecedented decision to step away. Many folks don't even realize that his last release was 1985. Yeah, 35 years ago. The truth is, when you're able to craft narratives that distill the complexities of the human condition into simple yet profound songs with depth and sensitivity, your art is universal and cannot be defined by space or time. That's what Bill gave us and still does.  

Bill Withers made music that epitomizes “classic.” "Lovely Day" will be played at weddings until the end of time. "Grandma's Hands" will always evoke memories of the strong women who raised us. "Lean On Me" at worst, is a song of comfort and inspiration; at best, is a cultural phenomenon. Perhaps part of the reason why these and many others will stand the test of time is because many were crafted by classic musicians.

Did you know he worked with legends like drummer James Gadson who played with Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, B.B. King, Rose Royce, Beck, Flea, Wilco and Feist, just to name a few. Gadson was the drummer on Still Bill, which includes "Use Me," "Lean On Me," and "Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?" Withers also recorded with Bernard Purdie, who is the most recorded drummer ever! Purdie has worked with everyone from Nina Simon, John Lee Hooker, Herbie Mann, Aretha Franklin, Richie Havens, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, Bette Midler...everyone. Purdie is the drummer on "Ain't No Sunshine", which was produced by Booker T. Jones and features Stephen Stills (Crosby, Stills, Nash) on guitar. Guitarist José Feliciano and the legendary harpist Dorothy Ashby are both featured on 'Justments, which includes some of my favorite Bill Withers songs, "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" and "Make A Smile for Me."

In my opinion, Bill Withers is one of the greatest American writers of all time. Not songwriters. Writers...period. Ask anyone who knows me well, I've said this for many years. If you haven't, I highly encourage you to check the man's catalogue. He did not make a bad song. Ever. His songs have meant so much to me and "Make A Smile for Me" is one of my top 10 favorite songs of all time. So when I woke up to the news of his passing last Friday morning, I was really shaken. I was also compelled to dedicate my daily IG Live mix to the genius, Bill Withers. 

I played a little over an hour's worth of songs from his catalogue that are some of my personal favorites, and some of them that aren't that well known. I'd like to share those songs with you. I start things off with my favorite song about Los Angeles, from one of the city's favorite adopted sons. Follow me at @itsabyrd

What's your favorite Bill Withers song?

All my gigs over the next 6-8 months have all been cancelled so if you dig the vibes please share and I'd really appreciate any support you can provide. Venmo @Aaron-Byrd-1 & Cash App $abyrd1818.

ALWAYS BILL - A BILL WITHERS TRIBUTE BY AARON BYRD

Enjoy my Latin Funk Uptempo Lounge set! If you liked the BRAZILECTRO complilations or Rainer Trüby's GLÜCKLICH series you might find some of your favorite tracks here.

Highlight is the house version of George Duke's "Brazilian Love Affair" (well, where does my cover art come from?), some Incognito again and even Groove Collective... 

Harmonic mixing all the way through with linear key progression again. 

Track #	Start Time	Artist Name		Track Name (version)

1	0:00	Soulfeenix - Monday Michiru	-	Brazilian Love Affair (Original Mix)
2	4:08	Incognito	-	Port Louis (United Future Organization Remix)
3	6:12	Marcos Valle	-	Parabens (Daz-i-kue's Bugz In The Attic Dub)
4	8:09	Oscar	-	Brazil 2030 (St. barth mix)
5	10:54	SUBA	-	Você Gosta (Restless Soul Peak Mix)
6	14:14	Incognito	-	The Principles of Love
7	17:03	Tom & Joyce	-	Vai Minha Tristeza (Jazzy Vocal Mix)
8	19:44	Ladrones Sueltos	-	Mi Amor Es [Waiwan Mix]
9	22:41	Pathless	-	Forecast
10	24:29	Groove Collective	-	Sneaky
11	26:45	A Bossa Eletrica	-	Veja O Sol (Spiritual South Remix)
12	30:49	Djaimin - The Oule Oule Family	-	Children Of Afrika [DFs Bless The Children Mix]
13	33:28	Ian Pooley	-	Coração tambor (feat. rosanna & zélia) (radio edit)
14	35:18	Miguel Migs	-	Mi Destino (Migs Summer Delight Mix)
15	38:22	Dubtribe Sound System	-	Autosoul [Rasmus Faber Remix]
16	40:56	Gabriele Poso	-	Acoustic Dream [Zoetic Remix]
17	44:02	Dublex	-	Izquitos
18	46:55	S-tone inc.	-	Saudade
19	49:57	Chaser	-	Blue Planet
20	52:29	Da Lata	-	Change
21	54:13	Junior Jack	-	E Samba [David Penn Remix]


A Brazilian Funk Affair - Sessão Um (DJ Mix)

@if_i_was_your_dj DJ aka los niños du perfect beat t’envoie un sunset de musique dans ta stéréo.

Du primeur Boom Bap ou du classic Boompty Boomp. Tout ça pour la Wonder foule que vous êtes !

Tracklist 

Orion Sun - Mama's Baby (2020)
Farrah Boulé - Mother Of Mantras (2019)
Los Retros - New Humanity (2020)
Serginho Meriti - Batalha Maravilhosa (1981)
The Soul Surfers - Summer Madness (2020)
Poor Righteous Teachers - Rock Dis Funky Joint (2015)
Dengue Dengue Dengue - Pineal (2020)
Ginoli - I'm in Love ft. Nicholas Allbrook (2020)
Wh0A - Sn0h Aalegra X S4DE (2020)
The Sultan's Swing - Colours (2020)
Seu Jorge - Quem Não Quer Sou Eu (2011)
Eva Be ‎– No Memory Of Time Feat. Joe Dukie (2007)
Manuel Darquart - I'm Not Over You (2018)
Trilaterals - Hangin' On A String (2019)
Polibio Mayorga - Decídete por Mi ft. Dino (2017)
The Stance Brothers - Resolution Blue (2020)
Dwight Thompson ‎– My Woman Is Calling (1975)
Starship Connection - We Can Go All Night (2013)
Skip Marley  - Slow Down ft. H.E.R. (2019)
Aldorande - Summer Body (2020)
I, Ced - Reflect (2020)
Sade - By Your Side - Cottonbelly`s Fola Mix Edit - (2002)
Robert Owens - Now I Know (2008)
Blundetto - Fly High ft. Hindi Zahra (2020)
Gang Starr-Beyond Comprehension  (1990)
Tall Black Guy  - Emerge and See Part II Feat. Kyotey Grey (2020)
Junior Mervin ‎– Strikes And Demonstrations (1985)
Infinito 2017 - Analog B Boy (2010)
Cush Jazz Edit - Crush (2020)
Sunlightsquare Latin Combo - I Believe In Miracles (2010)
Premonition - In Love (2020)
Adam F - Circles (1997)
Michelle Gayle ‎– Sweetness - LTJ Mellow Drum & Bass Mix (1994)
Roni Size / Reprazent ‎– Heroes (1997)
Om Unit - Vibes Is Right (2016)
Common  - Come Close ft. M.J. Blige - Boozoo Bajou Remix (2002)
Jonny Tobin - Kameleon ft Meiwa & Swatkins (2020)
Derrick L. Carter  - Boompty Boomp Theme (1999)
Redinho - Shall I Go To Brazil (2020)
Tricky feat. Marta - Fall Please (2020)
Jayda G - Both Of Us (2020)
Prince  - When Doves Cry - Jeremy Sole Too Bold Remix​ (2016)

If I Was Your DJ • LoveMachine #4

Recorded at ‘The House of IMIZWA’ studios, reggae artist and Asian Dub Foundation frontman Ghetto Priest teams up with Carlton ‘Bubbler’ Ogilvie to produce and unleash his fresh reggae take of the mighty Aaron Neville’s iconic 1973 rare groove classic ‘Hercules’. With Mr Ogilvie on keyboards, Ital Horns on brass duties Greg Blackman on backing vocals and Crucial Tony on guitar, Ghetto’s beautifully executed, deft vocals ride over a rock solid riddim - the original version taken from Ghetto’s forthcoming ‘Big People Music’ LP. You’ll hear this blasting out of low rider windows rolled down in the summer heat and radios across the globe in 2021 and beyond.

Ashley Beedle and Darren Morris take the North Street West ‘HOLYVOODOU’ remix on a musical detour through hidden Louisiana backwaters to visit a ‘vaudou’ priestess to collect some gris gris and onward to New Orleans to meet Doctor John at the Mardi Gras. Leaning heavily towards the Meters school of phrasing, the North Street West version is infused with layers of eloquent keyboards, righteous handclapping, chicken bones and a generous helping of Bayou Funk, making a connection to the Aaron Neville original. A North Street West Dub and Radio Edit completes the package.

For digital and limited 7” version – pre-order here: https://ramrock.bandcamp.com/album/rr006-ghetto-priest-hercules-ep

04. Hercules North Street West Vocal Radio Edit

DJ, Curator, Music Director, Music Supervisor & World Traveller. Former KCRW DJ, Los Angeles.

ALWAYS BILL - A BILL WITHERS TRIBUTE BY AARON BYRD

Aaron Byrd