Music Is The Message, Love Is The Answer Day 3 and what a finale this was! Afronaut and Mark Force have curated some incredible all day takeovers and this one was probably the best yet. Just check out this line up, as both legends and up and coming stars of the game gave us their take on the scene they call 'Bruk'. Absolute fyaaaa!. Amalia is a singer, songwriter and producer based out of Montreal. There's pure love in her modern soul productions and in her own words "diasporically inter~weaving & healing thru sound...luv u be eva wondafull". You can check out this fine lady and her work right here - https://amaliamamalia.bandcamp.com/

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Music Is The Message, Love Is The Answer: CoOp NYE Takeover with Amalia - 31.12.2021

A little something different this week! I bought a Giogio Moroder record the past weekend in San Diego (with a classic sample) and figured I'd switch things up from the more usual PFTS flavor. Dig in!

Tracklist: Giorgio Moroder, Bobby Caldwell, Kraftwerk, Keni Burke, Mtume, Orange Lake Drive, Sade

February 2 2022

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 189

Mint Condition Radio Show special V-Day Mix of modern soul and steppers with DJ Randy Ellis
Aired originally on the Mint Condition Radio Show with DJ Randy Ellis(NTS)02/14/22: https://www.nts.live/shows/mint-condition/episodes/mint-condition-14th-february-2022

Mint Condition Valentines Day Mix w DJ Randy Ellis (NTS) 02.14.22

Recorded live on a Sunday evening in front of a small Twitch audience, an hour of jazz joints make up the latest episode of Pullin from the Stacks! Stay tuned for future episodes to be streamed live as well starting in May. No episode next week as I'll be traveling but a new Knowledge Breaks before the month is out...thanks for tuning in!

Tracklist: Donald Byrd, Hampton Hawes, Jazz Traficantes, George Shearing, Frank Cunimondo, Steve Grossman, Stanley Turrentine, Michel Sardaby, Clare Fischer, Atlantis Jazz Ensemble, Mutual Attraction, Build An Ark

April 13 2022

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 195

Mint Condition Radio Show with DJ Randy Ellis 
Aired originally on the Mint Condition Radio Show with DJ Randy Ellis(NTS)05/09/22: https://www.nts.live/shows/mint-condition/episodes/mint-condition-9th-may-2022

Mint Condition - 6 Year Anniversary (NTS) 05.09.22

As the podcast reaches 200 episodes, I want to again extend my deep appreciation to everyone who's tuned in since 2014! Wouldn't be doing this without all the amazing listeners. Also want to give a huge shout-out to Pipomixes and everyone else who has posted, tweeted, and said nice things about this podcast/mix-series/however you want to define it. Looking forward to the next 100 episodes!

Recorded this one live on Twitch (http://twitch.tv/djianhead) and shout out to the folks who tuned in! As usual, every 50 episodes I dig into the hip-hop crates and play some independent releases, favorite b-sides and album cuts. Hope you dig it. 

Tracklist: Funkdoobiest, Nat Lover, Saafir, Kutfather, Shortie No Mass, Camp Lo, Natural Elements, Rhymefest ft Juice, Eardrumz ft Dr. Oop, Libertto ft Jumbo, Abyssinian Creole, Blackalicious ft Vursatyl, Powerrule, Lewis Parker, Grand Puba ft Sadat X, Raekwon, Latebloomer and Moemaw Naedon, Digable Planets

June 1 2022

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 200

Sorry for the long delay, been a busy month. Starting to pack the records up now, so this will be my last mix at my current residence, and probably for another few weeks until I get things unpacked on the other side of LA. Kept things thematic for this one though - all jazz-related releases on the Melodiya label, which was the Soviet-era label that released records from not only Russia but other countries in region. Been slowly building a small stack of vinyl from this label and figured I'd play a few here. Enjoy!

August 22 2022

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 206 (Melodiya Jazz)

Music Is My Sanctuary’s Lexis returns to Kiosk’s airwaves. 

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Outsiders: Lexis (Music is My Sanctuary) @ Kiosk Radio 15.09.2022

New music today from Agile Experiments, true believers of the freedom principle, who live up to their reputation for having the heaviest abstract grooves on "if you believe”. 

Taken from forthcoming album, ‘These Are Time For Mind And Spirit’, which sees the ever-evolving Agile Experiments return with their sharpest record to date, "if you believe" patiently unravels over a uniquely voiced drum groove building toward ecstatic echo walls of layered saxophone bliss. 

The de facto leader of Agile Experiments, and sole constant, is drummer, bassist and producer, Dave De Rose. Whilst incredibly busy recording and self-releasing albums, he also finds time to record and tour with Gnawa fusionists, Electric Jalaba, and has performed alongside the likes of Mulatu Astatke and Róisín Murphy.

According to Dave De Rose, "this title (if you believe) is stolen from a Meshell Ndegeocello lyric "if you believe that your god is better than another man, how will we end all your suffering?"... I'm often thinking about belief, whether in religious or non religious contexts. I made up my own belief over the years. It's not static belief, it's flexible and evolves with me and my understanding of life as I carry on gaining information. It borrows from old faith systems and mixes them with scientific research not belonging to either. Always open. This track is mysterious, it builds in a subtle, constant manner, small details keep bubbling in showing you a bigger picture before it dissipates. You can pay attention or you can just let it sweep over you, just like life and belief in things we don't understand".

De Rose is joined by Jon Scott (of Go Go Penguin) on drums and George Crowley (of Melt Yourself Down) on saxophone and machines. Together they pursue the perfect meeting point between free improvisation, irresistible groove and enveloping sound. 

‘These Are Time For Mind And Spirit’ is Agile Experiments' 11th release in four years. This fertile communal project continues to proliferate without repeating itself due to its creative methodology, receiving support across BBC Radio 6 Music, The Wire, Jazzwise, Worldwide FM and NTS. 

Agile Experiments is a method of creation rather than a band; The setting of a frame of mind that encourages the musicians to unleash their utmost creativity placing no limit on their imagination. This absolute freedom increases the will of the musicians to give their most selfless self, guiding the musical direction of the recordings collectively through original pathways that are beneficial to artist and listener alike.

Exclusive Premiere: Agile Experiments "if you believe" (Forthcoming on Dave De Rose Records)

Sonic explorers Strata-Gemma return with a brand new cosmic jam in the shape "Space Faun". A blend of jazz, electronics and prog that is both playful and mysterious. 

Strata-Gemma, the musical project that masterfully blends jazz and electronic music, led by DJ and record producer Niccolò Bruni and musicians Luca Cacciatore (winds) and Andrea Moretti (bass), lands for the first time on Simona Faraone's label, New Interplanetary Melodies, with their third album: 'Radamanto'.

The duo tell us "Space Faun is a kind of bizarre cosmic dance of a faun, which translates into flute envelopes, synths and a pinch of Italian prog in the refrain".

Exclusive Premiere: Strata-Gemma "Space Faun" (Forthcoming on New Interplanetary Melodies)

Angis Music invites you to listen to "Selva" the second release from the Padova duo composed of Stefano Cosi (@stefano-cosi-1) and Alberto Lincetto (@alberto-lincetto). The three songs featured represent the deep desire to communicate an evolution of sound and to tell a story that goes beyond traditional paradigms and genre labels. The “chiaroscuro”, lights and shadows, that characterize HUMA's music are once again the result of compositional and sound explorations that travel from jazz to 70’s funk, from deep house to electronic, with echoes of Brazil and film soundtracks. Side A opens with the misty and romantic landscape of "Free and Lost”, in which acoustic, electronic and deep bass sounds blend in a dark and spiritual atmosphere. The journey develops further into "An Ordinary Life” which sees the participation of Yeofi Andoh, aka A Race Of Angels (@araceofangels), Los Angeles-based vocalist and co-author of the track, and of Amilcar Soto Rodriguez on classical guitar. It slowly emerges from the initial psychedelic sphere, landing on luminous harmonies and funk rhythms to reiterate a contrast that speaks of life cycles and the relationship between man and nature. This path ends with the title track "Selva" in which the synthetic percussive tangle keeps the listener in a meditative state of disorientation guided by the melodic lines of a dusty Fender Rhodes. It is the temporary epilogue of a story that has just begun…

Contact: info@angismusic.com

All tracks are written and produced by Alberto Lincetto & Stefano Cosi except for "An Ordinary Life" by Alberto Lincetto, Stefano Cosi & Yeofi Andoh.

Executive Producer - Samuele Pagliai
Mastering & Cutting - Manmade Mastering
Artwork - DEM
Design - TAJA

Release Date: November 18, 2022

Distributed by Wordandsound & Believe Music

Selva

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HUMA - Selva (ANGIS 666) [clips]

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 206 (Melodiya Jazz)

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