Move the Kraut! Heading from Berlin, Germany, Marc Hype is a world traveling dj and avid record collector. This mix showcase some of his rarest discoveries in german funk, soul & latin grooves

Tracklist:
1. Es Wird Herbst – Mary Roos (chrispop Edit)
2. Marabuena – Charly Antolini
3. Hard Work – Pete Jacques
4. Operation Rose – Roland Kovac & The ORF Big Band
5. Love For Sale – James Last
6. Secret Exclusive – The Poets Of Rhythm
7. One For You, One For Me – Hans Ehrlinger And His Orchestra
8. Mr. Bigshot – Atlantis
9. Hold On – Please
10. Mabusso – Marc Gregor
11. Die 24 Stunden Von Le Mans -Twen
12. Dark Alley – Ken Aldin
13. Moving Out – Orchester Helmuth Brandenburg
14. The World Is Gone – Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra

Move The Kraut - Truth & Soul NYC Exclusive 2014

In association with Planet Rock Graphics, Village Live are proud to announce the release of the first in a series of Mixtapes by Donnie Propa. After the success of The Ace Tape with Masta Ace and the J Dilla Tribute tape, now comes Straight From The Crate Cave - The Pete Rock Edition!

Limited Cassette Tape available from www.villageliverecords.com

DONNIE PROPA -STRAIGHT FROM THE CRATE CAVE - THE PETE ROCK EDITION (SIDE B)

In May of 2016 the creators of SHAOLIN JAZZ traveled to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to collaborate and perform with local Ethio-Jazz and Hip Hop artists at the African Union and US Embassy.  Upon returning they shared their experiences musically with a special SHAOLIN JAZZ L!VE show held at Tropicalia in Washington, DC on June 4th.  It was a high energy fusion of Hip Hop and Ethio-Jazz sounds performed by the Sound of the City Band led by DJ 2-Tone Jones and featuring local Ethiopian American vocalists.  

This EP features selections from that historic night recorded live.  Enjoy.

SHAOLIN JAZZ in Ethiopia - L!VE @ Tropicalia EP

The Brew Out

Back in 2002, High C of the Dallas Texas based crate digging crew Rehash and DJ Raj Mahal of Soul Strut would swap mixes to feature on each other's site (Real Audio style).  The mixes usually contained loads of breaks and beats lifted from obscure 70s jazz & funk, with the occasional soundtrack and prog record thrown in.  I present you exhibit A.

Originally posted on Soul Strut in 2002

Blend 2002

DJ High-C - Summer Blend '02 (2002)

Re-up of a blend i did years ago of the classic Summertime on the house tip..free download

Fantasy Leauge Records

Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (WDRE's House Blend)Free Download!

A good hour segment of my 6h 45s set at my resident night Dig Deeper at Monarch Berlin 15.02.2020. 
Expect Modern Funk & 80s Boogie classics. Enjoy!

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Dig Deeper at Monarch Berlin

Had to take a break from the podcast this past month - there's so many more important things happening now that deserved, and continue to deserve, everyone's focus. As I come back to the records, I want to make clear a few things for all the listeners of this podcast and my mixes, if it wasn't clear before: BLACK LIVES MATTER - and have ALWAYS mattered - to me, and I am forever in debt to the role that Black people, and Black art, music, and culture have played in my life. As a white DJ playing majority Black music, I have never felt I could sit back and somehow separate music from the people, politics and issues contained within. In fact, my attraction to hip-hop music was much in part because of the political and social education I received from the Black people creating it.

And as a white person, I am a guest and a visitor in many places and spaces, and I will never know what it means to be Black or be able to understand the full power or meaning behind much of the music I play. That doesn't mean Black music and art hasn't had profound effects on who I am and my music and politics. The records that I collect and play have furthered my dedication to fighting white supremacy on all levels - individual to systematic - which includes being self-critical and hearing criticism from others in how I might perpetuate white supremacy in my own work or music. I FULLY support the ongoing efforts to ABOLISH POLICE AND PRISONS, as well as calls for REPARATIONS for Black people. If you are white and you listen to my podcasts, and you don't understand why I stand for these things, or have questions, I recommend checking out http://m4bl.org (Movement for Black Lives) for more information, and also feel free to reach out. I'd rather build on anti-racism and anti-white supremacy with folks who are open than immediately shun anyone. If you don't want to build and are white and just think the records I play are "cool" or "ethnic" or "raer" then, generally, fuck you. 

BLACK LIVES MATTER. This should be plainly evident, especially to us DJs and record nerds, but unfortunately that's not always true. 

This episode contains music from several records created by Black artists that had incredibly important impacts on who I am as a DJ and person.

TRACKLIST:
Ramsey Lewis - "Opus #5"
Charles Mingus - "Haitian Fight Song"
Alice Coltrane - "Stopover Bombay"
Curtis Mayfield - "I Plan to Stay a Believer"
Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles - "Spirit in the Dark (Live at Fillmore West)"
John Coltrane - "Trane's Slo Blues"
Eric B. and Rakim - "In the Ghetto (Drums-only Mix)"
Jungle Brothers - "Beeds on a String"
Blackalicious - "Lyric Fathom"
Digable Planets - "May 4th Movement"
Boogie Down Productions - "Ya Slippin"
A Tribe Called Quest - "Excursions"

June 26 2020

Pullin from the Stacks Episode 135 (Dedicated to Black Artists Who Inspire, Educate & Shaped Me)

Another musical adventure for your week, a mix of recent finds and some old favorites. 

Tracklist: Brethren, Jayson Lindh, Sven Wunder, Jack Wilson, Woody Shaw, Ramsey Lewis

September 23 2020

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 141

After Breonna Taylor again saw no justice this past week, I felt compelled to break from Pullin from the Stacks and put together something about abolition - abolition of the police, of prisons, of the systems of repression operating throughout this country. Took a few days but here is a mix in the vein of my "Zinnstrumentals" tapes, featuring some interview excerpts of brilliant people talking abolition over a blend of hip-hop instrumentals from the crates. I urge everyone to take a listen, especially if you're not sure about abolition yourself. And I also urge everyone listen to the full interviews and recordings, which I've linked to below. Thanks so much to all the amazing people pushing for abolition and social change right now. 

Interviews used (in no order):
Andrea Ritchie and Derecka Purnell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eii5WqeOHlA
Ruth Wilson Gilmore on Democracy Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HWqYANmWLY&t=226s
Angela Davis on Democracy Now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ebWFnGWOaA&t=54s
Marc Lamont Hill and others at Riverside Church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCCJt2pLP_s
Peter Murkuria on Prison Radio: https://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/peter-mukuria/meaning-abolition-220-peter-mukuria
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Prison Radio: https://www.prisonradio.org/audio-listings
Walidah Imarisha on the Activist Files podcast: https://soundcloud.com/activist-files-center-for-constitutional-rights/episode-11-walidah-imarisha-and-gabriel-teodros-talk-science-fiction-as-social-justice-strategy

ABOLISHtrumentals

Abolish the Police!

Back at it, direct from the crates to your ears! Eclectic sounds from vinyl new and old. Many thanks for listening!

Tracklist: Sylvia Telles, Nucleus, Mekbuda, Greg Foat, Paul Bley Quartet, Freddie Hubbard, El Chicano

November 25 2020

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 148

Much appreciation to everyone who's tuned in the last six years! We made it to 150 episodes, way farther than I ever anticipated. Couldn't have gotten here without so many folks tuning in. Special shouts to Pipomixes and everyone else who's reposted episodes on the internets! Also big thanks to all the guest selectors the last fifty - DadBodRapPod, J. Rawls, Bruce Phillips, Evolve-One, DO77 and Waffles Hidalgo. So - I feel like every fifty episodes is a good time to pull the hip-hop rarities and b-sides out the crates. Here's another short stack of a few favorites of mine! Dig it.

Tracklist: 
Dirty Treats ft. Praverb the Wyse
Makeba Mooncycle ft. J. Sands
K-Otix
Mad Fanatic ft. RagChyld
Rascalz
Konceptual Dominance 
Sly Da Brown Hornet ft. Jumbo, Libretto, Dubb Flex and Vursatyl
Grouch and Eligh ft. Abstract Rude and Asop
Wisdom ft. Breezly Brewin and Adagio
Jean Grae
A-Butta and L-Swift
Damu the Fudgemunk

December 9 2020

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 150 (Another Hip-Hop Episode)

When I'm not at the dayjob, I'm probably at a record store. Pullin from the Stacks podcast most Wednesdays, available here, Apple Pods (please subscribe!) and elsewhere.

Pullin from the Stacks Episode 135 (Dedicated to Black Artists Who Inspire, Educate & Shaped Me)

DJ Ian Head