Africa/Funk/Jazz/Jamaica

Ambient/Cosmic/Experimental

Psych/Rock/Electronic

MOTOR is a psychedelic dance imprint and club night. Focus on live hardware sets and Pacific Northwest producers. @motor-collective www.motorcollective.com/ 

Mix Series featuring MOTOR friends and family drops every first Monday of the month, curated by resident dj slow. tinyurl.com/p6d9qpp

MOTOR L.O.T.M. Mix 1.2016 for RA: tinyurl.com/j8rgwgv

MOTOR Mixtapes & Live Sets

Slow Music Meltdown Mondays 7-8pm PST on Hollow Earth Radio 
www.hollowearthradio.org KHUH 104.9 FM Seattle @hollowearthradio

5/03/21:

Brain Fruit - 1.7
N Chambers - Myosynchron
Jonathan Fitoussi - Vents Magnetiques
Bitchin Bajas -  Rias Baixas
Forma - Physicalist
Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Existence in the Unfurling
Delia Gonzalez & Gavilán Rayna Russom - Relevee
Ricardo Donoso - The North Quadrant (ascension)

Slow Music Meltdown HER

Slow Music Meltdown HER 210503 - Moody Synth

I had the pleasure of talking with William Rauscher of Sound Machine (aka Das Rausch / @nightplane) about my top tracks of 2021 as well as what listening to music meant during the difficult, unusual past year. Check out our conversation here: williamrauscher.substack.com/p/end-of-year-meditations-with-dj-slow

To go along with the podcast, we each put together a list of our favorite music of the year which I pulled from to make this mix:

> dj slow Best of 2021: tinyurl.com/2p8h2yuc
> William Rauscher Best of 2021: tinyurl.com/3ryk5tdt

dj slow x Sound Machine: Best of 2021

I went with a groovy, funky jazz mood for this mix as when I make a meal it’s normally the weekend and I like to loosen up and relax with a glass of wine and some tunes that will help my creative cooking juices flow. This kind of jazz feels like cooking in a way, with the players finding their place in the groove to complement the overall sound like a cook helps ingredients find their place in a dish. Ornette Coleman’s Friends & Neighbors was the first song I thought of that set the tone for the mix, and there are some cuts from Jamaica and Nigeria that found their way in as well, plus an uncredited second appearance from Sun Ra…any guesses?

I hope you enjoy the mix and dish, both of which will pair nicely with a glass of wine…a rich fruity red with good acid (nebbiolo or gamay), an orange wine or dry rose, a dry sparkling rose or Lambrusco…or whatever suits your fancy...Cheers!

Stuffed twice-baked squash 
Serves 4

(Roasted broccoli makes a nice side that can go in when the squash comes out the first time, and/or a leafy salad)

Ingredients

2 squash (acorn, butternut, delicata all work well)
2 sausages (or plant based)
1/4 onion (red recommended but not essential)
3-4 celery sticks (use leaves if possible)
1-2 cloves garlic minced
Handful chopped nuts (pecans/walnuts/cashews/pistachio/pine nuts)
Olive oil and butter or earth balance 
Salt - a teaspoon or so
Herbs of choice (I’ve been leaning into a dried Italian mix, but Herbes de Provence could also work well, or whatever you may have on hand.)

Method

Preheat oven to 400
Halve squash lengthwise, scoop out seeds etc, and poke with a fork all over the flesh
Drizzle with olive oil and/or rub with butter (or earth balance) and salt, rub in
Roast for 30 mins or so until softened 

While squash roasting:
chop onion and celery
Mince or press the garlic 
Sauté onion/celerey/garlic in olive oil until soft/translucent 
While that’s cooking slice sausages lengthwise and then cut into half-rounds about 1/4” thick
add herbs and salt to veg. and cook a few minutes
Add Chopped nuts 
Add a little butter/Earth balance and cook a bit more 
Add halved sausage rounds and cook until sausage just done 

When squash finished:
depending on the type of squash you may need to scoop some out to make room for the filling. (Eg Butternut.) if so put in an ovenproof bowl and add a little more seasoning / oil and set aside.
fill squashes with the sautéed sausage/veg. filling 
Put filled squashes (and scooped out extra squash if applicable) in oven for another ten mins or so

Remove, sprinkle with garnish and/or grated Parmesan...enjoy !

Tracklist

Roy Ayers - Pretty Brown Skin
The Headhunters - If You've Got It, You'll Get It
Ornette Coleman - Friends & Neighbors
Herbie Hancock - Fat Albert Rotunda
Sun Ra - Where Pathways Meet
Larry Coryell - Call to the Higher Consciousness
Leroy Vinnegar - Chitlin' Moe
Count Ossie & the Mystic Revelation of Rastafari - Nigerian Reggae
Herbie Mann - Memphis Underground
Miles Davis - Right Off
Steve Reid - Lions of Judah
Cymande - Rickshaw
Sound Dimension - Congo Rock
Tony Benson Sextet - Ugali 
Clarence Wheeler - Broasted or Fried 
The Sensational Guitars of Dan and Dale - Batman & Robin Over the Roofs
Cedric Im Brooks - Give Rasta Glory
Archie Shepp - Mama Too Tight
Mingus - Eat That Chicken
Joe Zawinul - Money in the Pocket

Secret Sauce 05 - DJ Slow

February 2011

Ezuko Buzo - Bola Johnson & His Easy Life Top Beats  (Nigeria)
Disco Africa - The Ogyatanaa Show Band (Ghana)
Me Ne Me Aserene - Alex Konadu (RIP - Ghana)
Festival - La Simandou de Beyla (Guinea)
Keleya - Moussa Doumbia (Mali)
Vinon So Minsou - Ouinsou Corneille & Black Santiagos (Benin/Togo)
Téléphone - Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea)
Yo Te Contres Maria - Balla Et Ses Balladins (Guinea)
Kovito Gbe De Towe - Antoine Dougbé (Benin)
Simigwado - Gyedu Blay Ambolley & The Steneboofs
 Agho - Sir Victor Uwaifo (Nigeria)
Akula Owu Onyeara - Funkees (Nigeria)
Assibavi - Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou (Benin)
Dr. Klerruu - Mbaraka Mwinshehe & Morogoro Jazz (Tanzania)
Yemmpa Aba - Ata Kak (Ghana)

Cover image: Balla Et Ses Balladins

Afrimix

July 2011

$.99 Dreams - Three Songs for Another Time
Blanck Mass - Weakling Flier
The Alps - Hallucinations
Smoke - Lobotomy
Spare Death Icon - Whispers
Brian Eno - Task Force
Arp - St Tropez
Mark McGuire - A Matter of Time
Sleepy Eyes of Death - Crushed by Stars
Brother Raven - Space / Megaton
Yazoo - I Before E Except After C
Growing - Rave Pie Only
Adrian Belew - Beach Creatures Dancing Like Cranes
Antipop Consortium - Contraption
Battles - Futura
Paul McCartney - Bogey Wobble

Asteroid Bliss

At the end of 2021 I made a best-of-year mix in collaboration with my old friend William Rauscher for his Sound Machine podcast. I enjoyed the challenge of blending different genres together from a relatively short, pre-defined list of music, so decided to do the same for 2022, this time with just my own favorites from the past year. 

My full list of 2022 standouts, including all the tracks on this mix, can be found and purchased here: buymusic.club/list/dj_slow-2022-best-of

Recorded live on Hollow Earth Radio 12/19/22 from vinyl, cassette, CD and digital.

Best of 2022

Music from France. December, 2010

RSVP - BBC TV
Alpes 1 - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
Sunshine - Kill for Total Peace
Croissance (Demo) - Service
Le Papier Tue-enfant - Jean-Claude Vannier
Flying Over The Black Hills With Crazy Horses - Koudlam
Breakdown Suite - Serge Gainsbourg
Watcher - Syd Matters
Route - Trinité
Psychotic Sunday - One Switch to Collision
32 Mars - Catharsis
Bangkok - Turzi
Harley Davidson - Brigitte Bardot
LSD 33 - Aqua Nebula Oscillator
Radio Drugs / What Should I Lie About? - Chicros
Black Douleur - Sebastien Tellier
La Citrouille - Brigitte Fontaine & Areski
Winterfarmland - My Girlfriend is Better Than Yours

French Lessons

Tribute to the late Norm Chambers, recorded live on Hollow Earth Radio 11/14/22

Please enjoy his music and support his loved ones via his Bandcamp page: 
https://panabrite.bandcamp.com/

Panabrite - Disintegrating Landscape Pt 1
Panabrite - Janus
Norm Chambers - Jardins
Panabrite - Station
N Chambers - Inner Topiary
N Chambers - Lassen
Jürgen Müller - Korallen Phantasie
Panabrite - Arcade
Panabrite - Hydrothermal
N Chambers - Air Example
Panabrite - Dune
Norm Chambers - Adreno
N Chambers - Myosynchron
Norm Chambers - Linotype Theme
N Chambers - Aida

Tribute to Norm Chambers

Flying through the sea, swimming through space.

PLANEQUARIUM (December, 2009)
Featuring Songs of the Humpback Whale (Capitol Records)

red two scorer - ROBERT FRIPP
speaking whale from my sea canoe - BROTHER RAVEN
search for delicious - PANDA BEAR
uranium - KRAFTWERK
ecstasy in slow motion - SPACEMEN 3
deep blue day - BRIAN ENO
dear grandma and grandpa - TORTOISE
sleepy time - RAYMOND SCOTT
part one - PAN AMERICAN
kekse -HARMONIA
a4 - highlander - SPARE DEATH ICON
delta rain dream - JON HASSEL / BRIAN ENO
lyre of david - JONAS REINHARDT
fall - WENDY CARLOS
fotschi tong - CLUSTER
how i spent my vacation - HOME & GARDEN
winter - WENDY CARLOS
coconut - FEVER RAY
drum movie - VALET
tintarella Di.. - LA DUSSELDORF
zind - HELDON

Planequarium

March, 2010

radio transmission - (LOS) CHICROS
proud evolution - LIARS
choppers - HOLY FUCK
buenos aires - TURZI
firepoker - TRANS AM
echonoecho version MI AMI
flower lady and her assistant - THE SEEDS
50 seconds - KILL FOR TOTAL PEACE
interglacial marriages  - MOGGS
trouble maker - CHRISSY ZEBBY TEMBO & NGOZI FAMILY
carbohydrates hydrocarbons - MICHAEL YONKERS with THE BLIND SHAKE
empire - THE BLACK ANGELS
doppelgänger - THESE NEW PURITANS

Trouble Maker

Recorded live 6/17/24 on HollowEarthRadio.org Seattle
Photo taken at the 2010 World Cup by dj slow

New Order + England Football Team - World in Motion
England Football Team, Sound of Stock, Aitken & Waterman - All the Way
Barmy Army - England 2 Yugoslavia 0
Pink Floyd - Fearless
Barmy Army - Civil Liberty
The Upsetter Lee Perry - People from the Grass Roots
Scientist Wins the World Cup (B5)
New Order + England Football Team - World in Motion (the B Side)
Big Audio Dynamite - Union Jack
Scientist Wins the World Cup (A4)
Barmy Army - Sharp As A Needle (Part 2)
Vulcans - Journey Into Space
The Big Man And The Scream Team Meet The Barmy Army Uptown - Full Strength Fortified Dub
Barmy Army - Stadium Rock
Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
Barmy Army - Que Sera Sera

Euro 2024 ⚽︎

An ode to Glacial Lakes | January, 2009

cumbia & jazz fusion - Charles Mingus
companion - Dennis Wilson
cumbia & jazz fusion - Charles Mingus
charles ano 45 - Jorge Ben
holdin on - Sly & The Family Stone
haunted house - Lee Oskar
rickshaw - Cymande
african dance no 1 - Guy Warren
funkier than a mosquito's tweeter - Nina Simone
funkier than a mosquito's tweeter - Ike & Tina Turner
attica blues - Archie Shepp
nighthawkin' - Tim Buckley
my girl - Lee Perry
give rasta glory - Cedric Im Brooks
i can't help myself - Roy Ayers
hey senorita - War
damn my feet hurt - Leroy Vinnegar
liberation dues - Oneness of Juju
che che kule - Osibisa

Further reading: http://slowmusicmeltdown.blogspot.com/2009/01/companion.html

Companion

A taste of red gold and green mixed to cassette in 2008

Jamaican Showcase '08

All vinyl live set of gems from many corners of Africa selected on the Timbre Room Patio by dj slow + Veins.

00:00:00 - Veins:

 Tony Allen- N.E.P.A. [Nigeria]
 Hailu Mergia- Yikirta Lemminalehu [Ethiopia]
 Hama- Torodi [Niger]
 Edikanfo- Gbenta [Nigeria]
 Ikenga Superstars Of Africa- Your Thing [Nigeria]
 William Onyeabor- Fantastic Man [Nigeria]
 Orlando Julius- Aseni [Nigeria]

00:34:54 - dj slow:

Ebo Taylor & Uhuru Yenzu - Victory [Ghana]
Pivi et les Balladins - Samba [Guinea]
El Rego Et Ses Commandos - Feeling You Got [Benin]
Fela Kuti + Ginger Baker - Let's Start [Nigeria / UK]
T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou - Gbeto Vivi [Benin]
Super Djata Band De Bamako - Mali Ni Woula [Mali]
King Sunny Adé And His African Beats - Synchro System [Nigeria] 

01:07:57 - Veins:

 Manu Dibango- New Bell [Cameroon]
 Rob- Boogie On [Ghana]
 Babatunde Olatunji- Frekora [Nigeria]
 Seaboy & Nyame Bekye Band- Tinitini [Ghana]
 Manu Dibango- Pepe Soup [Cameroon]
 Fela Kuti- Up Side Down [Nigeria]
 King Sunny Ade- Oluwa Lagboju Le [Nigeria]
 Zazou Bikaye Cy- M'pasi Ya M'pamba [France/Congo]
 Obo Addy- Drum That Sings [Ghana]
 Osibisa- Ayi Ke Boi [Ghana/Nigeria/Grenada/Trinidad/Antigua]
 Blo- We Gonna Have A Party [Nigeria]
 Rikki Ililonga- The Hole [Zambia]
 Paul Ngozi- Can't You Hear Me [Zambia]
 Chrissy Zebby Tembo- Feeling Good [Zambia]
 Witch- October Night [Zambia]

02:28:39 - dj slow 

Amanaz - History of Man [Zambia]
Francis Bebey - Coffee Cola (Young Marco Mix) [Cameroon/France]
Nairobi - Funky Soul Makossa [USA]
William Onyeabor - Let's Fall In Love (Secret Fingers version) [Nigeria/USA]
Moussa Doumbia - Keleya [Mali]
Antoine Dougbé - Honton Soukpo Gnon [Benin]
Musi-O-Tunya & Rikki Ililonga - Mpondolo [Zambia]
Aby Ngana Diop - Dieuleul-Dieuleul [Senegal]
SJOB Movement - Stone Funk [Nigeria]
Tinariwen - Tenere Taqhim Tossam (Four Tet Remix)[Mali]
Hama - Imidiwan N'assouf [Republic of Niger]
Mulatu Astatke - Asiyo Bellema [Ethiopia]
Elcados - Ku Mai Da Hankan [Nigeria]

03:33:02 - Veins:

 Ngozi Family- We Wanna Give It To Her [Zambia]
 The Funkees- Now I'm A Man [Nigeria]
 Rikki Ililonga- Take It Light [Zambia]
 Osibisa- Move On [Ghana/Nigeria/Grenada/Trinidad/Antigua]
 Hugh Masekela- Grazing In The Grass [South Africa]
 Rim Kwaku Obeng- Nothing Is Free [Ghana]
 William Onyeabor- Body & Soul [Nigeria]

04:08:00 - dj slow
The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination - Amalinja [Nigeria]
(add'l tracklist forthcoming.)

Juju Fuzz 9.16.16 | Timbre Room Patio

Juju Fuzz 9.16.16 | dj slow + Veins | Timbre Room Patio

transmission 25

recorded live in seattle on march, 15 2017

dj slow
@dj_slow

FA 033 | dj slow

All vinyl set on the Timbre Room Patio warming up the night for MOTOR: Ancient Methods at Kremwerk

Walls - Into Our Midst
Hot Chip - Atomic Bomb (John Talabot Remix)
Bjørn Torske - Bergensere
KLF
Juan Trip' - Eve-e-Dance
Joe Drive
Forma - Cloud Pillar
Jonas Reinhardt - Jungle Jah
Tantra - Wishbone
Soft Circle - First Time
Eric Copeland - Multiball

Timbre Room Patio 7.14.16

All vinyl set exploring dub roots and reverberations beyond Jamaica.

Dub Diaspora 4.21.17 | Timbre Room Patio

Mix for Resident Advisor Label of the Month Series - January 2016
www.residentadvisor.net/features/2595
@motor-collective

Apartment Fox - Dead Crossing (Mood Organ Mix) [MTR011] 
Patternmaster - Strum [Unreleased MOTOR] 
Operative - Pulse [Ecstasy] 
Airport - Dreams [Unreleased MOTOR] 
Apartment Fox - Traded Structures [MTR006] 
Simic - 10011110011100101001111 [Unreleased MOTOR] 
Sean Pierce - Mischgewebe [MTR013] 
HOM - Somn (Identity Theft Mix) [MTR002] 
Nick Bartoletti - Alpha Beat [MTR009] 
Mood Organ - Wimex [MTR005] 
Apartment Fox - Orbit (Etbonz Mix) [MTR011] 
Bankie Phones - Crawlingvoice [Unreleased MOTOR] 
Black Hat - Willow [MTR008] 
Aos - Tiaga [Unreleased MOTOR] 
GOODWIN - TNJ [MTR004]

RA Label of the month

RA LOTM Mix: MOTOR

"It's a vigorous, stimulating blend of mainframe-busting techno, cosmic disco, heavenly ambience, and razor-edged IDM."
- Dave Segal, The Stranger, 10/29/12

MOTOR is a bi-monthly psych/dance night presented by Debacle Records. We retain a core group of MOTOR-head artists who rotate along with guest DJ’s and performers.

@motor-collective
http://motorcollective.com/

Tracklist:

Patternmaster - DM3
Mood Organ - 10 Hearts A
Airport - Sweat [MTR001]
HOM - Cult of Sleep
Black Hat - #000000 
Crystal Hell Pool - Visionaire
TJ Max - Quintesson
UWE 60D - Strung Out on Zen
Panabrite - Atoll
Megabats - Ill Eagle
Goodwin - Surface (excerpt)

Motor Collective Sampler

Slow Music Meltdown: Mondays 7-8pm PST
www.hollowearthradio.org KHUH 104.9 FM Seattle @hollowearthradio

contact: djslow@live.com
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