Mint Condition Guest Mix by Andre Acosta
Disco, Boogie, Two-Step, Crossover and more...
Originally Aired on NTS on 3/16/20: https://www.nts.live/shows/mint-condition/episodes/mint-condtion-w-andre-acosta-16th-march-2020

Mint Condition - Andre Acosta Guest Mix (NTS) 3/16/20

Internationally known producer and professor J. Rawls was kind enough to put together a beautiful set of "favorites that I don't get to play out" for your listening pleasure. HUGE thank you to Dr. Rawls for this one! Make sure to follow and support his past and upcoming releases - you can find the latest from him at http://instagram.com/jrawls82, http://twitter.com/jrawls82 and https://soundcloud.com/user9989844. Don't miss his recent Instagram live sets on Sunday evenings - J. Rawls Live at Home! - which are necessary listening during these times! 

No tracklist for this one but get ready for more amazing guest sets and bonus mixes in the near future!

April 29 2020

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 130 (Guest set from J. Rawls)

1.  Donald Byrd - Flight Time 
2. Gene Harris - Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong
3. Ramsey Lewis - Sun Goddess
4. Cymande - The Message 
5. Grant Green - Ease Back 
6. Dizzy Gillespie - Matrix 
7. The Blackbryds - City Life 
8. The Fatback Band - Baby I’m A Want You
9. Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play Is Funky
10. The JB’s - Gimme Some More
11. Young Holt Unlimited - Wack Wack 
12. Reuben Wilson - Bambu
13. Ronnie Foster - Sweet Revival 
14. Gary Bartz - Celestial Blues feat. Andy Bey
15. Donald Byrd - Places & Spaces 
16. Ronnie Laws - Tidal Wave 
17. Eddie Harris - Happy Gemini 
18. Cymande - Dove

Jazz4Good

Digital:
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Vinyl:
https://gatedrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/give-me-a-chance

Here I Am

For our first premiere of the week, MIMS presents “Spellbound”, lead single from UK-based producer King Knut’s forthcoming “XL” EP, due for release Aug 21. “Spellbound” is a hypnotic, heavy affair, putting us in mind of gritty 90s NY hip hop, dub, 90s trip hop and early Theo Parrish productions. 

We’re also very glad to share a video for the track, produced by Drive Me Home (Barkley Bandon, Later, CASisDEAD) and made using footage shot in the Costa Rican jungle by migratory naturalist, photographer, and small-scale coffee farmer Seth Beaudreault.

The EP comes on the back of 2018's cassette release Unreleased Beats Vol. 3 that received support and airplay from NTS, Wire Magazine and Trevor Jackson, and last year's remix for Lunch Money Life's Unlimited Ice Cream Palace on Kaya Records. The EP is mastered by Amir Shoat (Dean Blunt, Klein, Brother May).

A remix EP will follow later this fall with remixes from Cherrystones (Twisted Nerve, Touch Sensitive), Capitol K (Faith And Industry), Double Geography (Invisible Inc) and A'Bear.

Pre-order on the link below the player.

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Exclusive Premiere: King Knut "Spellbound" (Forthcoming Self-Release)

Went into the crates to pull a few selections from the great jazz label Muse. Tried to stay away from some of the sample-favorites (no Walt Barr or Catalyst this time around). Instead, it's a journey into the a variety of styles and flavors, some creative and beautiful music made by a wide range of musicians in the 70s and early 80s. There's definitely another stack of records I wasn't able to include this round, so maybe a part two will be in the works for the future.

Tracklist: Dom Um Romao, Pat Martino, Cedar Walton, Joe Chambers, Mark Murphy, Deodato and Joao Donato, Eric Kloss

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 143 (Muse Records Selections)

A selection of new jazz joints I've mostly found on Bandcamp recently - some digital-only, some not. Also something new from J. Rawl's Liquid Crystal Project! Enjoy.

Tracklist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge, Dougie Stu, Katalyst, Camarão Orkestra, HUMMUCIDE, Sunny Park, Liquid Crystal Project

October 28 2020

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 145

DJ Raj Mahal is back with a tribute to one of his favorite beat digging mixes from back in the day,  Diplo and Tripledoubles' AEIOU 2.  Check it as he geeks out and spins his favorite tracks from the original 2003 mix that caused shockwaves through the beat digging community. Expect lots of funky psych rock and dusty breaks / loops from all over the globe.  It's all vinyl and all live!

OG Live Stream: https://youtu.be/9YGmK56HZsU

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal
Sarandi - Los Grillos 
Karnaval	- Howard Wales
The Other Song - Spirit
Sakura - Odetta
No Morira Jamas - Los Angeles Negros
Occapella - Lee Dorsey
Been So Long - Motherlode
Our Ship	- Southern Contemporary Rock Assembly 
Take Me, Break Me - Underground Sunshine
Alibi Annie - Trifle
Christine - J. K. &  Co.
Troubled People - The Heads Of The Family
The Electric Liturgy-Recessional	-Mind Garage
You've Come This Way Before - Nancy Priddy
Dreamworld -	The End
Stoned Is -	Cynara
Acka Raga -	Shocking Blue
Mushroom -	Can
Elegy	- Colosseum
Toe Jam	- Mount Rushmore
Patch Of Grass - Jeff Cooper And The Stoned Wings
Hush now - Jimi Hendrix
Lunar Invasion - The Silhouettes
THEME MUSIC (SAD) - Dharmatma
Dance of Maria - Elias Rahbani
THEME MUSIC (Happy) - Dharmatma
The Bump - George Freeman
Police woman - 	Henry Mancini
Straight Up - Exit 9

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AEIOU Beat Digger Mix - All Vinyl Live Funk DJ Set - Solitary Selections Ep. 23

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

We are very excited to premiere “Black Lives Matter”, a blazing hot and extremely timely Afrobeat song by brand new London-based supergroup, Eparapo. Due for release this Friday on the unstoppable Wah Wah 45s.

Eparapo came together during the unprecedented events of this year. Despite being a project born from the privations of lockdown, with their music they sought to create an expression of hope, resilience & resurgence. With a white supremacist still in the White House and far right rhetoric being normalised by governments across the world, Eparapo see Afrobeat, highly political from its inception, as a tool to fight injustice and corruption. 

In the current global political climate and especially under the spectre of lethal police brutality in the U.S., the B.L.M. movement is the most important since the civil rights era and attempts are being made to discredit it in the same way. Rather than standing idly by and hoping for the best, this group of musicians wanted to contribute to a soundtrack which inspires, engages & hopefully motivates listeners from across the spectrum. 

The word “eparapo” means “join forces” in Yoruba, the language of Afrobeat. In troubled times when so many seek to divide us, an expression of unity can be an act of defiance. A call to join forces, come together and fight back. Eparapo is also the title of a track by the late, great Tony Allen - drummer for Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and lifelong friend and mentor of the UK's “Afrobeat Ambassador”, Dele Sosimi. Not only did Tony help to invent Afrobeat, he always looked for ways to push the boundaries, never content with recreating what had gone before but constantly expanding and developing the genre. This project hopes to pay homage to his legacy, and that of Fela Kuti himself. Its aim is to innovate, fuse and diversify while still retaining the essence of the music. 

Eparapo is led by bassist, composer & producer Suman Joshi. He has been a member of Dele Sosimi’s Afrobeat Orchestra for nearly a decade and has performed on stage with the likes of Tony Allen, Seun Kuti, Ginger Baker & Laura Mvula. He is also bassist with UK jazz ensemble Collocutor and fusion project Cubafrobeat.  Featured vocalist on both tracks is the aforementioned Dele Sosimi - keyboard player and musical director for Fela’s Egypt 80 as well as Wah Wah 45s recording artist on both his solo material and the recent collaboration with house music producer, Medlar. 

The rest of the group comprises of Afrik Bawantu bandleader, Ibibio Sound Machine and Keleketla! percussionist, and Koichi Sakai collaborator, Afla Sackey; highly rated UK jazz vocalist Sahra Gure; saxophonist, composer, producer and bandleader of the renowned & forward thinking jazz outfit Collocutor, Tamar Osborn; keyboard player, producer and front man for Lokkhi Terra and Cubafrobeat, Kishon Khan; one of the UK’s finest and most in demand trumpeters, Graeme Flowers, who has played with Quincy Jones, Gregory Porter and many more; trombonist for Bellowhead and mainstay of Dele’s Afrobeat Orchestra, Justin Thurgur; and finally drummer for Steamdown and Sons of Kemet, as well as the man behind the Nache project, Eddie Wakili Hick. 

Half of  the artist's income for this release will be donated to the NAACP - a civil rights organization in the United States, created for the advancement of black people by means of following judicial policies.

Exclusive Premiere: Eparapo ft. Dele Sosimi "Black Lives Matter" (Forthcoming on Wah Wah 45s)

I MISS DANCE FLOORS

Broadcasting live from Detroit every Thursday 18:00 - 20:00 GMT on www.ugsradio.com (audio) and twitch.tv/detroitcontainerradio (video). Take a vacation to the now...

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Peter Croce's Rocksteady Disco Radio Show on UGS/DCR 081 2021/2/4

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 143 (Muse Records Selections)

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