Our 7th Annual James Brown Tribute in 2014. DJ's Nickodemus, Nappy G, $mall ¢hange, DJ Shakey and MC G-Man (R.I.P.) run the show at this annual tribute to Soul Brother No. 1. It's raw & live from the party that happens every year around Dec 25/26 affectionately called Jamesmas. Enjoy this extensive 5 hour mix of all things funky from the JB's nucleus to everything surrounding it.

James Brown Tribute 7 - Live in NYC Dec 26, 2013

Tracklist
Bobbi Humphrey – Please Set Me at Ease
Stevens, Scott & Dee – Brazilica
Eddie Russ – Salem Avenue
Motion – Basshoven
Hymas, Ricotti & Sulzmann – The City Never Sleeps
Bobbye Hall – Leo De Virgo
Dan Lacksman – Skylab 
Wee – You Can Fly on my Aeroplane
Lovers & Friends (Edit)
John Carroll Kirby – The Quest of Chico Hamilton
Alberto Continentino – Onda
Doris Troy feat Mystic Merlin – What'cha Gonna Do? 
Van Buren – Bronco Queen
Gary Bartz – Big Apple Love
Robbie Hill's Family Affair – Don't Give Up

Art: To the Unknown by Ayham Jabr - http://ayhamjabr.tumblr.com

Infinity Pool

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Digging Soviet Melodiyas with Lexis 

"When it comes to exploring records from a culture across the world, nothing beats going to the source and digging them from where they originated. After spending time in Estonia (a former Soviet Republic) last year and again this year, I went from knowing very little about Soviet-era records, to being obsessed by them.

Turns out, digging Soviet-era records is quite a challenge!"

Word by Lexis

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Dusty Donuts presents
NEEDLE DROPS
Volume Nine

Four world-class DJs telling a story in their own way, just through the selection of seven 45s in the mix, live on Twitch & FB Live.

Get ready for episode nine of NEEDLE DROPS on Sunday the 23rd of January, when The Rootdown & Motown on Mondays Los Angeles OG DJ EXPO & Tijuana's finest 45 slinger LOOPDROP KID meet Dusty Donuts’ MARC HYPE & DJ ROBERT SMITH from Berlin.

The theme of this episode :
“Casino - Hustler's Convention“

www.keepitdusty.com

Supported by GVL & Neustart Kultur

NEEDLE DROPS Volume Nine feat DJ Expo & Loopdrop Kid

The Secret Soul Society is Cal Gibson and various musical friends and acquaintances.

Mix Credits: https://soundcloud.com/thesecretsoulsociety
Artwork Credits: https://www.instagram.com/ocean99plume/

Cal used to be one half of Nottingham deep house / downtempo outfit Neon Heights back in the 2000s, springing from the same fertile Notts scene as Crazy P, Bent, DiY, Inland Knights etc, and recording twelves and albums for many labels including Glasgow Underground, Yellow, Sunday Best, Afro Art, DiY, Imperial Dub and Silver Network.

Family commitments then lead to quite a few years away from music, until 2020 saw The Secret Soul Society surface with a couple of EPs on Paper Wave Recordings (Paper’s Balearic offshoot) and an LP for Slightly Transformed Recordings.

Having relocated to South Wales and started the label Scruffy Soul Recordings with Australia’s The Found Sound Orchestra and Japan’s Jules Brennan, The Secret Soul Society is all about just having fun: digging into old records and reworking them into something new: a musical collage of funk, soul, jazz, disco and all the good stuff squelched up into a psychedelic whole.

DJ-wise, it's anything deep, soulful and left-field, goes: jazz, funk, Afro, beats, dub, soul and reggae mixed up into a wholesome, enticing brew

Tracklist Below ! 

kiyoshi yamaya - soma nagareyama
suryummy - land scspes
george solar - luz
glen echo - sunday dub
jembaa groove - yafo nu
laurent bardainne - jou en nou
meeka kates - laredo
kahil el'zabar - we'll get through this
secret soul society - hope i made you happy
kenny cox - island song
tata vasquez - la barberia
teddy lasry - birds

Secret Soul Society Presents: Funk & Soul Selections

Calton Toi & The WOOK - Radio Buena Vida 09.07.22

The 13th entry from Heat Rock Records drops Fall 2022 on Black Friday! For fans of 90s / Golden Era Rap, and massive B-Boy drums. Featuring a ‘most-requested’ Altered Tapes (Chicago, IL USA) vs Killah Bees remix based heavily on sample that’s often considered a foundation of Hip-Hop culture. Includes the instrumental on the B-side for beat-juggling and blends. Cop doubles for all your wax addiction needs!

Altered Tapes - Day Tony Starks (45 Edit) Instrumental

Salute to the legend Donald Byrd, who was born December 9, 1932 and would have been 90 this year. I'm a long way from having or hearing everything in his catalogue, but his records are pretty much all guaranteed brilliance and highly recommended. I do think his work gets slightly melded with and possibly overshadowed by the Mizell brothers later in his career, but Byrd was an amazing orchestrator, producer, song writer and of course musician in his own right. So I tried to keep the Mizell-related tracks to a minimum here and play a selection from throughout his catalogue. Enjoy!

Pullin from the Stacks

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 216 (Donald Byrd Dedication)

New episode featuring some laid-back sounds of recent aquisitions as well as favorites. Enjoy!

Tracklist: Starship, Cal Tjader, Woody Shaw, Hermann Gehlen Big Band, Gabor Szabo, Greg Foat

January 25 2023

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 220

I came back the other week with a bag full of records I grabbed while in NYC to play for you all, but that will have to wait. In the past few days, two of the best to ever do it have transitioned after living incredible lives and giving all of us so much music and inspiration - Ahmad Jamal and Ivan "Mamao" Conti. It only felt right to pay tribute to them both on this episode. I tried to play some tunes, especially from Jamal's catalogue, that aren't the big sample-famous ones, but are favorites none the same.

I've done two other mixes dedicated to Jamal in the past, who is my favorite pianist ever, whose music has been so important to me, whose records my dad passed down to me. Admittedly only in more recent years have I become more familiar with Conti's work, and have completely fallen in love with it. 

Salute to these giants!

April 19 2023

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 224 (Ahmad and Mamao)

I'm by no means super deep on Brazilian jazz, but figured it was a good time to play a few favorites! This is a mix of mostly Brazilian legends with one or two covers of Brazilian classics played by U.S. artists sprinkled in. Enjoy! 

Tracklist: Baden Powell, Dom Salvator, Tania Maria, Dom Um Romao, Joao Donato, Tamba Trio, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Manfredo Fest, Azymuth, Moacir Santos, Deodato, Sergio Mendes, Freddie Roach

July 26 2023

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 232 - Brazilian Jazz

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 216 (Donald Byrd Dedication)

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