Pullin From The Stacks ( Ian Head's Groove )

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Travels happened this summer - couple days in Pittsburgh, two weeks in Portland, few days in Chicago, then back to the Apple. Along the way, multiple visits were made to key vinyl vendors. Additionally, I went back through some old boxes I'd left at my mom's house the past few years and pulled out a couple gems. In-between roaming the aisles and avoiding papercuts while thumbing through record sleeves, it was interesting to think about how my priorities in digging have changed. I've really been getting into some of the slower, bluesier soul joints - don't know if it's the thick summer weather or I'm just getting older. That being said, I'm still out here looking for the funk.

This is an all-vinyl mixtape, about half an hour of a few of the 45s that I found over the past couple months. Big shout out to all the fam and digging peoples and especially my non-digging friends who let me sneak off for a couple hours to stare at record labels.

I'm starting to put together a more lengthy "Fall" mix, but had to throw something out there in the meantime. THE DIGGING NEVER STOPS!! Hope you enjoy.

- DJ Ian Head

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The Digging Never Stops (All-45s Mixtape)

Here's the second tape in my "seasonal" series - a compilation of eclectic tunes from recent and past digging adventures. Something to bump on the headphones after you zip your hoodie up and stroll up the block, crunchy and soulful. No tracklist for this one - thumb through a crate or two and I'm sure you'll come up with some of these cuts.

I'm continuing to feature artistic friends of mine with this series of tapes. Big shout out to Brian Burk, whose beautiful photo of a cool fall sky graces the cover. You can check out more of his incredible photos at http://brianburk.smugmug.com. Also special shout to the homie Turiya, who's getting back into vinyl and let me feature part of an interview I did with her on this tape.

Hope you all enjoy. Stay warm.

- DJ Ian Head 

Fall (mixtape)

DJ Skeme Richards of hotpeasandbutta.com shared this with me and allowed me to release it.
It was originally made to promote a company that was doing a line of 45 boxes for 7" vinyl but that never happened so now we get to hear it.

PHOTO CREDIT: FlowMo

DJ Skeme Richards-45 mix *2008 *UNRELEASED

Took me a second to get to this one. This winter has been a little hectic, but in a good way: the collision of work with school with travel to see family and friends. In-between, digging and stumbling between crates continues to be a constant. Besides my usual NYC adventures I was back in Portland for a couple weeks, and a quick day of almost getting caught by the polar vortex in Chicago - but still somehow managed to make it to the record store for an hour despite 2 feet of snow and freezing temperatures. This chaos the past couple months, combined with the ice-cold temperatures, has worked to create a bit of a bizarre tape, with more of a "rock" style edge. I tried to keep it eclectic as usual, and give a broad sampling of a few things I've dug up these last few weeks. All vinyl. No tracklisting, just holler if you need that science.

I'd also like to say RIP to Amiri Baraka and Pete Seeger. Both had a profound effect on the ways I view and listen to music and politics.

I hope everyone is staying warm.

- DJ Ian Head 

Winter (Mixtape)

Thanks for your support !

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Billie Holiday - Love for Sale (Jean du Voyage Remix)

A warm sun finally came out this weekend in NYC and the time felt right to drop the Spring mixtape. After the non-stop barrage of cold weather these past few months, I tried to keep things upbeat and bright, a gathering of mostly-instrumental vinyl selections I've picked up recently and not-so-recently. I hope you play it with the breeze blowing in through the apartment windows you've finally cracked open.

This is the last piece of my four-part "seasonal" mixtape series, and once again I am blessed to have an incredible photographer donate some of her work for the cover. Everyone should check out the beautiful photography of Hong-An Tran at http://www.hongantran.com/ and http://ruinista.com/. Seriously good.

Again no tracklisting on this one. For those curious about the records used, there's a few clues on my Instagram. 

Spring (Mixtape)

This recording is available to download at: http://boilerroom.tv/recording/collections-egon

Egon - Collections

Special Podcast by Kito Jempere out of St. Petersburg who will soon make his debut on Dirt Crew Recordings, stay tuned!

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Track List:
01. Young Marco — Biology — ESP Institute
02. Rinder & Lewis — Lust — AVI Records
03. Simple Symmetry — King’s Solomon Mines — Low Budget Family
04. Jacob Korn — Fahrt Durch Tal — Uncanny Valley
05. Floating Points — King Bromeliad — Eglo
06. Kito Jempere — Gas Station — Fata Morgana
07. Max Graef — Jazz 104 — Tartelet Records
08. Jamie XX — All Under One Roof Raving — Young Turks
09. Unknown
10. Stump Valley — The Black Tulip — Off Minor Recordings
11. Arsenii — Untitled 1 — Unreleased
12. Kito Jempere — It’s A Trap Admiral — Dirt Crew Recordings
13. Kito Jempere — In The Midnight (with Yana Blinder) — Fata Morgana

DIRTCAST #42 | Kito Jempere

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Rain [Prod. Kaytranada]

New weekly podcast from DJ Ian Head. Just playin some eclectic records for you all every Sunday. Since this is the first episode, I'm gonna keep it simple and cross my fingers that I can do this every week for at least the near future. 

Tracklisting: The Jazz Piano Quartet, Patti Brown, Nina Simone, The Soulful Strings, Young-Holt Trio, Tyrone Davis, Chocolate Milk, Mike Longo, Harry Belafonte, Nirvana, The Lloyd Miller Trio

Pullin From the Stacks Podcast (Episode 1)

This is a bootleg we did for this classic tune, feel free to download and play it!

Stardust - Music Sounds Better with You (Gabe & Marcello V.O.R. Rework)

We're back for week two! Many thanks to everyone who checked the first episode, and to Pipomixes and Grandgood for promoing it last week. 

Tracklisting: Osmosis, Eddie Palmieri, the John Young Trio, Curtis Mayfield, the Supremes, Isaac Hayes, Bill Withers, Pete Seeger, Ramsey Lewis, the Temprees

Pullin from the Stacks Podcast (Episode 2)

The latest episode! All 45s on this one. Tracklisting: Richard Roundtree, Jimmy McGriff, Cannonball Adderley Quintet, The Three Sounds, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, William DeVaughn, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Eddie Harris, Ray Bryant, The Loading Zone, The Fantastic Johnny C, The Mirettes, T-Bone Walker

Pullin from the Stacks Podcast (Episode 3 - all 45s)

feelin under the weather this weekend, so just played a couple art blakey cuts. a few get a little crunchy, but hopefully it adds to the flavor.

Pullin from the Stacks Podast (Episode 4 - crunchy art blakey records)

Back with some funky covers and heavy soul. Tracklisting: Black Pearl, Freda Payne, Curtis Mayfield, Cal Tjader, Willie Bobo, Ella Fitzgerald, Sly and the Family, Incredible Bongo Band, Rare Earth, Freddy Robinson, Pete Seeger.

Pullin from the Stacks Podcast(Episode 5)

For your listening pleasure we bring you Revive Music Group's tribute to the legendary Jazz musician Roy Ayers featuring an amazing lineup of music pioneers including The Robert Glasper Experiment, Pete Rock and Stefon Harris. 

Free DL: http://get.tndn.io/l/7XHGXfU2TA

Hit the 'Buy' button for a free low bitrate version, but don't forget to support Robert Glasper Experiment by purchasing their music on iTunes.

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For this very unique event, the featured artists will collaborate in tribute to the extraordinary career of vibraphonist Roy Ayers and his influence and contributions to contemporary urban music.

To bridge the gap, The Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Chris Dave on Drums, Derrick Hodge on Bass & Casey Benjamin on Alto/Vocoder will perform sequences between Roy Ayers selections transition them into Pete Rock productions that were created from his musical influence. The live reinterpretations and interpolations of both works serve as the conduit to understanding the harmonic relationship between the past and present.

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Robert Glasper Experiment - Third Eye (Roy Ayers Tribute)

@Raphael-riza-saadiq

Probably our favorite track of Raphael Saadiq's Stone Rollin' album released in 2011. This track titled "The Perfect Storm" features Larry Graham and is unlisted/hidden bonus track.

We noticed this gem was nowhere to be found on Soundcloud and so we thought we'd stream it for the time being. Of course you guys will have to purchase the music on iTunes.

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Raphael Saadiq - The Perfect Storm Ft. Larry Graham

Beat Kitchen

This is the second installment of the Playdutshet series started by DJ Basic. At jams we like to play all kinds of records and not just the hardcore drum breaks, so we wanted to change the format a little bit this time around. For this volume, we decided to highlight the vocals that are often left out when DJs play breaks -- but still done in a manner for the bboys! So every song on here has some funky singing on it!



We also continued the funny "uncle" theme Basic and Sureshot started with the first mix to put a little bit of our Filipino heritage in our work. We also used the Russian neighbor singing karaoke skit as our entire basis for this volume, where everyone singing on the mix are guests at our family party (karaoke is a BIG staple at many Filipino parties). So, just a little extra flava to make things funny (Think DJ Qbert/Skratch Piklz/etc).

Funny video of the Russian Neighbor skit: http://vimeo.com/38201312

Thanks for checking it out and we hope you enjoy! If you would like to support us and get a copy, it is available for digital download of $10. Simply click the "Buy This Track" button on the player up top. Physical CDs will be available as well!

Peace and Respect!

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DJ Basic & DJ B Ryan - Playdutshet Volume 2

A small promo mix I made for our upcoming Halloween jam called Trickz 4 Treatz! Threw a bunch of records together that had that an eerie Halloween-ish feel, it was really fun to do! Hope you enjoy!

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Mixed By: DJ B Ryan
Hosted By: DJ Basic

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Trickz 4 Treatz Halloween Special!

Brownout - Homenaje

Remix.  You can download on my bandcamp for free! (or donate if you'd like!) http://dariox.bandcamp.com/ (click buy now, enter 0 and enter your email adress for free download.)

James Blake - Retrograde (Dario Ecks Bootleg House Remix) {Free DL in description}

Recorded to promote NUFSED for my homie Kenski! Recorded in early 2010 just never released.
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NUFSED Promo Mix

Maxwell Live(rare)Track07

I enjoyed making this tape. It's a bit different from my more crunchy, vinyl-heavy mixes, but hopefully still bump-able at the local evening picnic or house party. You can do silly dances to it, or just cool out and sip a nice iced beverage while it rocks in the background. Either way, don't sleep on the Vijay Iyer's jazz cover of MIA's "Galang."

I'm planning on doing a series of "seasonal" mixes, in combination with covers from a variety of artists and photographers I know. The first cover is from world traveler, documentarian and incredible photographer Daniel Littlewood, a close friend since high school. You can find more of his photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniellittlewood.

Tracklisting:

JuJu Orchestra - "Nao Posso Demorar"
Platinum Pied Pipers - "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
Erykah Badu - "I Want Moombah" (J Boogie Edit)
Johnny Hammond - "Tell Me What to Do" (Whiskey Barons ReWork)
Jazzanova - "Boom Klicky Boom Klack" (Mr. Scruff's Vocal Mix)
Up, Bustle and Out - "La Morena en El Viento Andaluz"
Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - "The Creator" (Surfboard Mix)
Cal Tjader - "Borneo" (The Gaff Edit)
Gilles Peterson's Havana Cultura Band - "Orisa" (Atjazz Love Soul Remix)
Five Corners Quintet - "Unsquare Bossa"
Visioneers - "Rocket Man (Afro-Latin Joint)"
Vijay Iyer Trio - "Galang" (Trio Riot Version)
Louie Gee Ensemble - "Scrabble"

Summer (Mixtape)

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.