An 80s electro funk journey brought to you by DJ Raj Mahal. Long live the 808!

Live Stream Performance: https://youtu.be/Zj82WrMf8Mo

Track List:

Intro - DJ Raj Mahal
The Theme of Alliance	- The Alliance
Redlight Combat	- Anthony Rother
Le Meilleur Des Mondes	- Rational Youth
I Like It (Cornflakes)	- The Extra T's
Customs	- Harold Faltermeyer
Musique (Non Stop)	- Kraftwerk
All Systems Go	- Jazaq
Perfect High	- Peppermint Lounge
Machine Gun Boogie	- Antoine Rocky-Horror
Key West	- Kasso
The Voice Of Q	- Q
Take A Chance	- Mr Flagio
Project 5 (Instrumental)	- Synergy
Dude On The Street	- Anthony Rother
102 BPM	- Jive Rhythm Trax
I'm Ready	- Kano
Dirty Talk (Euro Connection Inst)	- Klein & MBO
Fall out (Instumental)	- Der Mer
Young Ladies (Blue Label)	- Fast Lane 
Techno City	- E.V.I.A.N and the Atlantis Posse
Two DJ's	- The Alliance
Reckless (Club Mix)	- Chris "The Glove" Taylor
Destroy Him My Robots	- Anthony Rother

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Shock Jamz 80s Electro Funk Mix + Beyond  - Ep. 30 All Vinyl DJ Set

During our takeover on Polaroid Radio throughout October and November, we are delivering shows, playlists and music 24/7 on the Iris channel, inspired by the pages of Wax Poetics.

We reached out to our community to share a 60 minute mix with us every week.

Week 4 theme was Dollar Finds: Hits and Oddities from the bins

This winning mix is by Buddy Peace, a DJ based in Margate, on the South East Coast of England. "I started my DJ journey all those years ago in 1993, beginning with Hip Hop music which branched out into basically everything I love and play now."

Wax Poetics and Polaroid Present: From The Pages | DJ Buddy Peace Mix

Back after being absent for too long. Too much going on in my life and the world to put one of these together, but am trying to get back on track. This is a sample of the various records I've been stacking up in the meantime - hope you dig it! 

Tracklist: Adam Makowicz Unit, Frankie Ortega, Frank Cunimondo Trio, Don Elliot, Johnny Lewis Quartet, Nancy Priddy, Roy Meriwether, Frank Emilio, Round House, Neil Ardley, Galapagos Duck

December 4 2023

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Pullin from the Stacks - A Month of Digging

Just fifty favorite records of mine that I happen to own in vinyl in no particular order. Mostly 90s "backpacker" type stuff - it's a reflection of when I was collecting at the time, and doesn't necessarily represent all my favorite artists or favorite songs, many of which never were released on vinyl. I've never made a mix this long, and admittedly I ended up doing it in three separate parts. There was no real planning besides making sure I played 50 different records. Hope you dig it!

For 50 Years

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50 Hip-Hop Records for 50 Years of Hip-Hop (mix)

A set of cooled out selections from recent buys the past couple months. Been marinating on some new record and music-related ideas for the spring and summer as well. For now, hope you dig this! Free Palestine!

Tracklist: Solar Plexus, Marcos Resende & Index, John Neptune, Ian Carr and Nucleus, John Wood, Dark Horse Reunion

January 31 2024

Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 240 - January Jazz Finds

It's been three months since I released the limited cassette version of this and so I wanted to share the full version now that the cassettes are mostly sold out (a few still remain - http://djianhead.bandcamp.com) - hope folks dig it. The full story is on the Bandcamp page but I made this breaks mix to submit to Wax Poetics, who rejected it so I figured I'd put it out myself as a fundraiser for Palestine and abolitionist organizations in the U.S. Over $500 was raised in support! Thanks to everyone who supported then and now. And thanks to the legends whose voices appear on this mix. - DJ Ian Head

Rusty Shovels & Dusty Knuckles

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Rusty Shovels & Dusty Knuckles Mixtape (Full Mix)

Trying my best to get these episodes out when I can! To tell the truth, it's been getting more difficult for a number of reasons. There will always be new mixes, though later this year they might be less frequent and in a different form. Stay tuned! For now, peep the latest set, various obscure digs along with a few that landed in the mail box recently. 

Tracklist: BP Convention, Corona Senior High Jazz Ensemble, Dan Peterson, Lou Stein, Clark College Jazz Orchestra, Gianni Brezzo, Art Blakey

March 28 2024

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Pullin from the Stacks Episode 243 - New Selections

2023 may be behind us, but #HIPHOP50 has some months still to run! In celebration of the genre's 50th year, we've teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap of Rap History a level deeper, this time reconstructing the classics of the Hip Hop canon from their constituent sample material. Arranged chronologically of course, this eigth volume pieces together popular Hip Hop tunes from the year of 1994, utilising only the Funk, Soul, Rock, Jazz and Disco tracks from which they were originally constructed - 120 breaks in the mix! Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley's iconic 'Super Disco Brakes' compilation series.

Tracklist:

1. Jackie McClean - Soul [Extract] (Sampled in Main Source - Only the Real Survive)
2. Weather Report - Scarlet Woman [Extract] (Sampled in Gang Starr - Intro (The First Step)
3. Maynard Ferguson - Hey Jude (Sampled in OC - Creative Control)
4. Isaac Hayes - Never Gonna Give You Up (Sampled in - OC - Born to Live)
5. Tyrone Davis - In the Mood (Sampled in The Beatnuts - Lick the P***y)
6. NWA - I'd Rather F*** You [Extract] (Sampled in The Beatnuts - Lick the P***y)
7. Bob James - Take me the Mardi Gras [Extract] (Sampled in The Beatnuts - Lick the P***y)
8. Buster Williams - Vibrations (Sampled in Big L - Put It On)
9. Skull Snaps - It's a New Day [Loop] (Sampled in Big L  - Put It On)
10. James Brown - Blues & Pants [Extract] (Sampled in Big L  - Put It On)
11. James Brown - Don't Tell It [Extract] (Sampled in Big L  - Put It On)
12. Teddy Pendergrass - Love TKO (Sampled in Ahmad - Back in the Day (Remix))
13. The 5th Dimension - Let's Find Love Together (Sampled in OC - Ga Head)
14. Pleasure - Bouncy Lady [Loop] (Sampled in Jeru the Damaja - Ain't the Devil Happy)
15. Wu-Tang Clan - Tears (Sampled in Jeru the Damaja - Ain't the Devil Happy)
16. Lee Oskar - Our Road (Sampled in Jeru the Damaja - Ain't the Devil Happy)
17. Roy Ayers - Sensitize (Sampled in Jeru the Damaja - Mental Stamina)
18. Jeff Beck - Come Dancing (Sampled in OC - Ma Dukes)
19. Jimmy McGriff - Back on the Track (Sampled in OC - Ma Dukes)
20. Pleasure - Thoughts of Old Flames (Sampled in Main Source - Only the Real Survive)
21. Gary Burton - Leroy The Magician [Loop] (Sampled in Common - Nuthin' To Do)
22. Pharaoh Sanders - Thembi (Sampled in KMD - It Sounded Like a Roc)
23. Harry Nilson - The Rainmaker [Loop] (Sampled in The Beatnuts - Straight Jacket)
24. Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity - Light My Fire [Loop] (Sampled in Organised Konfusion - Why)
25. Brethren - Outside Love [Loop] (Sampled in Common - Sum Sh*t I Wrote)
26. Marley Marl feat Heavy D & Biz Markie – We Write the Songs [Extract] (Sampled in Common - Sum Shit I Wrote)
27. Archie Whitewater – Cross Country (Sampled in Common - Chapter 13)
28. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting a Little Too Smart [Loop] (Sampled in Common - Chapter 13)
29. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat Melle Mel & Duke Bootee – The Message [Extract] (Sampled in Common - Chapter 13)
30. The Modern Jazz Quarter – But Not For Me (Sampled in Common - In My Own World)
31. Clyde McPhatter – Mixed Up Cup [Loop] (Sampled in Common - In My Own World)
32. A Tribe Called Quest feat Large Professor – Keep It Rollin’ [Extract] (Sampled in Common - In My Own World)
33. EPMD – Get Off The Bandwagon [Extract] (Sampled in Common - In My Own World)
34. Les DeMerle - Day in the Life (Sampled in OC - Time's Up)
35. Slick Rick - Hey Young World [Extract] (Sampled in OC - Time's Up)
36. Monk Higgins - Little Green Apples (Sampled in Gang Starr - Code of the Streets)
37. Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution [Loop] (Sampled in Gang Starr - Code of the Streets)
38. BDP - Word from Our Sponsor [Extract] (Sampled in Gang Starr - Code of the Streets)

Continued...

#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #9 (1994) mixed by Chris Read

Decided to go back to the Serato box (yes I still rock the original Serato 1 box and have yet to upgrade) and just "freestyle" a mix of all kinds of joints! Ran through a number of things and kept it all around 98bpm, per the title of this episode. Might start doing this once in awhile - fun to just mix stuff quickly and see what happens. Enjoy!

April 24 2024

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Pullin from the Stacks - Around 98bpm Mix

Preceding Kentaro's excellent Tuff Cuts mix (https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/dj-kentaro-tuff-cuts-mix-2008) - here's the earlier, highly acclaimed meeting of roots reggae and turntablism from DJ Shortkut. A tremendous mix in it's own right, old skool jungle sample-spotters will also have a field day with this :D

Tracklist:

King Tubby - King Tubby's Dub Explosion
The Observers - Dubbing With The Observers
The Aggrovators - Jah Jah Dub 
Augustus Pablo - The Big Rip Off 
Scotty - Draw Your Brakes
Charlie Chaplin - Entertainer 
John Wayne - You Too Greedy 
The Aggrovators - A Crabbit Version 
Los Carlos - Laser Beam
Poppa Tollo - Nuff Stylee
George McKay - Money Money 
King Tubby - I Trim The Barber
John Holt - Ali Baba 
King Tubby & The Aggrovators - Straight To Jackson's Head 	
Matumbi - Law Of The Land 
Roy Dr. - Phibbs 
The Observers - Water Boiling 
Lloyd Parks - Stop The War Now 	
Soul Messengers - Do It (Till You're Satisfied) 
Dennis Alcapone - The Funky Tang 
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Almighty 
Augustus Pablo - East Of The River Nile
The Pioneers - Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye) 
Barrington Levy - Collie Weed 
John Holt - Police In Helicopter 
Eek-A-Mouse - Sensee Party
Frankie Paul - Pass The Tu-Sheng Peng 
Tristan Palma, Jah Thomas & Toyan - Entertainment 
Jah Thomas - Friday Night Jamboree
Clint Eastwood And General Saint - Another One Bites The Dust 	
Neville Brown - The Right Time
Purpleman - King Of The Way 
Bob Marley - Sun Is Shining 
Jah Thomas - Dancehall Connection 
Errol Dunkley - A Little Different Way 
Dennis Brown - Here I Come

DJ Shortkut: Blunted With A Beat Junkie (2004)

Another superb selection from the crate-digger supreme J.Rocc, original sampled funk, soul and jazz classics and obscurities up in the mix. Tracklist here https://www.discogs.com/JRocc-Syndromes-2/release/1315662

All J.Rocc mixes here https://soundcloud.com/selectabwoy/sets/j-rocc-mixes

J.Rocc presents Syndromes 2

J.Rocc Presents Syndromes 2 (2005)

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. Monthly live stream on Twitch every second Thursday.

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