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Zelalem + The Zelalem Mixtape available now on @igetrvng.com.

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The Zelalem Mixtape

From www.DavidByrne.com

John Fitzgerald is one of the most passionate collectors of music we here at Luaka Bop have ever met. He is one of those people who just cares about finding great music, and then genuinely wants to share it with as many people as possible. In the world of record collecting, DJing and working with obscure music from the past—this kind of feature is much more rare than you might think.

For this month's show, DJ Fitz, as most people know him, has put together a mix of his favorite songs from the Middle East and Magreb, focused on the golden era of disco and funk. The mix features a few very rare 7"s he found (under a fish bowl!) during his first visit to Turkey in 2006, and others he's come across since then: the great Ahmed Fakroun from Benghazi, Libya, is featured twice, while the brothers Ziad, Elias and Gassan Rahbani have a few songs, too. Their mother, the legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz, appears towards the end of the show. As always with our show, we don’t attempt to make a representative selection of a whole region or era, it’s just the favorite songs of whoever is making this month’s show… smile

Besides DJing and record collecting, Fitz works with a lot of artists from all over the world. His “day job” is as a booking agent (he recently had the fantastic Mamane Sani, an organ player from Niger, play at his house in London!), and for many years he worked as a tour manager, with bands such as Animal Collective, tUnE-yArDs, Gang Gang Dance, and others. Whenever we release something at Luaka Bop, we sometimes (get lucky?) and the release gets championed by various influential artists or DJs around the world. As time goes, I can usually trace many of those people back to Fitz. It's like a big family tree, with him as the roots. I’ve started calling him "the source of all things good". He is always turning me on to a lot great stuff I've never heard before, too! (Here's the most recent example of that.)

To hear more mixes by DJ Fitz, check out his page on mixcloud and his popular podcast called “the DOODCAST”. For upcoming DJ gigs, please visit his website (he is playing the Film Festival in Istanbul next week, if you are lucky enough to be there).

Hope you like the music!

And thank you to David Macleod for the sound editing! 

Love,
Luaka Bop

APRIL RADIO: MIDDLE EASTERN & MAGHREB DISCO FUNK FROM THE GOLDEN ERA (1975-1985) by DJ FITZ

In the wee hours of an October morning deep in a Southern California mountain valley, a bespectacled sonic explorer took to the stage in front of several thousand people. Flitting among hip-hop, broken beats, acid-trip bass and jungle influences, Barclay Crenshaw introduced fans to the musical palette that has come to inspire his forthcoming self-titled album. 

Today Crenshaw shares his debut mixtape, inspired by themes of otherworldly exploration and retro-futurism. It includes previews of forthcoming album cuts , special VIP versions, world premieres and unreleased remixes – including a feature with the recently-reunited Cool Kids, a debut VIP remix of What So Not and more. 

Debut album tour tickets on sale at stxbrx.co/Tour001.

BARCLAY CRENSHAW - TRANSMISSION 001
TRACKLIST:

Barclay Crenshaw - “Fatal Error” [STX&BRX]
Everydayz & Phazz - “Almeria” (20syl Remix) [NOWADAYS]
A Tribe Called Quest - “Whateva Will Be” [EPIC]
Special Ed - “I Got It Made” [PROFILE]
Barclay Crenshaw feat. The Cool Kids - “U Are In My System” [STX&BRX]
Barclay Crenshaw - Unoffical "Stuntin' is a Habit" Bootleg [WHITE LABEL]
What So Not - Buried feat Rome Fortune  (Barclay Crenshaw VIP Remix) - [WHITE LABEL]
Royalston feat. August Storm - “Jungle Gone Down” [MED SCHOOL]
French Fries - “Vogue (Unreleased DJ Madd 165 Edit)” [DIRTYBIRD]
Schlachthofbronx - “Don" (Barclay Crenshaw Edit)” [STX&BRX]
DJ Shadow - “Swerve” [Mass Apeeal}]
Salva - “Drop That Bitch” [PEACEMAKER]
Barclay Crenshaw - “The Real X Files (Instrumental)” [STX&BRX]
MF Doom - “Hoe Cakes” [RHYMESAYERS]
J.J. Fad - “Supersonic” [RUTHLESS]
Bleep Bloop - “Denial” [BLEE P BLOOP]
Losco - “Wolf” [TRAPDOOR]
Point Point - “You Will Never Know” [RECORD RECORD]
The Flatbush Zombies - “Trade Off” [GLORIOUS DEAD]
Barclay Crenshaw - “Artifacts (Instrumental)” [STX&BRX]
Doshy - “Phases” [SLIT JOCKEY]
Barclay Crenshaw - “The Gene Sequence” [STX& BRX]
Deebs - “Realize” [TRAPDOOR]

Free Download

Transmission 001 Mixtape

A selection of lost sounds from a Somali archive, a teaser for the upcoming compilation "Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes from the Horn of Africa." Out Now! 

Travel with us to the Al Curuuba hotel in Mogadishu, the dusty streets of Hargeisa, and the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti. 

We hope you enjoy!

Get it here: https://ostinato-records.lnk.to/sweetasbrokendates

★★★★ 
-- The Guardian

"A mega mixtape of Somali classics."
-- BBC

"Sparkles with superior voices, superb musicians and both familiar & refreshingly new sounds." 
-- Wall Street Journal

"This record is a miracle. A legacy of the past that blurs the trauma of the present." 
-- Le Monde

"Perhaps the most beautiful music in the world, finally rediscovered."
-- Radio Nova Paris

Read/Listen more here: 

— BBC bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05btd5h
— Wall Street Journal on.wsj.com/2wTYAzQ 
— Al Jazeera http://bit.ly/2vfgc4g
— Yahoo / AFP https://yhoo.it/2w2ofFe
— OkayAfrica http://bit.ly/2uNaGsn | http://bit.ly/2f0kaLB
— Music in Africa http://bit.ly/2hfMx9n
— Quartz Africa http://bit.ly/2hfWTpC
— Radio Nova Paris http://bit.ly/2ubY3U7
— Thump Germany http://bit.ly/2vkS708

Watch the TED talk about the project: http://bit.ly/2vleB1g

BUY NOW!

Somali Sounds from Mogadishu to Djibouti (Selected by Nicolas Sheikholeslami & Vik Sohonie)

Tricksters and otherwordly visitors battle for supremacy while the unknowing human population lives in oblivion eating McDonald's and buying 65-inch TVs at Target. Barclay Crenshaw stays vigilant, attempting to crack the code to the other dimension. Will he someday lift the veil? You can decide for yourself via his latest Transmission, just leaked to the public by James Comey.

Tracklist
UTFO – Bite It [Select Records]
Timbaland – Indian Flute b/w Eric B. & Rakim – Eric B. Is President (B. Crenshaw Bootleg) [Blackground/Universal & Zakia/4th & Broadway]
Equiknoxx – Last Of The Mohicans [DDS]
Sergio Levels – Hydrate Constant (Sinistarr Remix) [Heart to Heart]
Shades (Alix Perez & Eprom) – Unholy [1985 Music]
G Jones – We See It Clear [Illusory]
Royce Da 5’9” – Boom [Game Recordings]
Betty Ford Boys – The Recipe [Melting Pot]
Barclay Crenshaw – Respect The Source [Stx&Brx]
Stööki Sound – Survive [O.N.E. World]
Stagga – Three Grand Morning [Fat Fridge]
Conrank – Jetlaggin feat. Messy MC (Bleep Bloop Remix) (Barclay Crenshaw Edit) [Saturate!]
Barclay Crenshaw – Artifacts feat. The Underachievers (Salva Remix) [Stx&Brx]
Jme – Pulse 8 [Boy Better Know]
Eprom – Koummya [Eprom Music]
Bon Iver – 715 - CRΣΣKS (Barclay Crenshaw Rework) [Jagjaguwar]
Big Boi feat. Killer Mike & Jeezy – Kill Jill [Epic]
Stööki Sound – Endz [O.N.E. World]
Barclay Crenshaw feat. Mr. Carmack – My Dog Knows The Truth (Deebs Remix) [Stx&Brx]
Madvillain – Accordion [Stones Throw]

Get the Transmission 002 T-Shirt at stxbrx.co/Trans002T

Transmission 002 Mixtape

In Hour 2 Rio de Janeiro bass producers Omulu & IOIA step up with a special tribute mix to Elza Soares, one of Brazil’s most iconic artists. Omulu has been hailed by Diplo as one of Brazil’s most exciting bass and baile-funk producers, and here in collaboration with his partner Glaucia Mayer (IOIA) he offers a tribute mix to Elza featuring tracks from her seven-decade long career plus gems from artists who inspired her as well as contemporary Brazilian artists she has influenced.  "It's hard to underestimate the importance and influence Elza Soares has on Brazilian music”, says Omulu. “She has an incredible musical oeuvre that stretches back over seven decades mixing samba with jazz, soul, funk, hip hop and electronica, whilst her life-story is a rags-to-riches rollercoaster of triumphs and tragedies that has made her a voice for Brazil’s repressed female, black, gay and working class populations. With this mix we wanted to pay tribute to her life in music featuring tracks from throughout her career. We included some of her first recordings as well as classics from samba pioneers Clementina de Jesus, Dalva de Oliveira and Lupicínio Rodrigues, who composed Elza's first hit "Se Acaso Você Chegasse”. We have featured tracks from other female singers from the 60s/70s such as Aparecida and Georgette who like Elza were positive black female role models, and then we bring the mix bang up to date with tracks from Brazilian artists such as Meta Meta, MC Carol & Rico Dalasam who are continuing the fight for equality for black and LGBT artists, plus remixes from myself, Gilles Peterson and Marginal Men of tracks from Elza’s latest release on Mais Um Discos" You can find the 'End of the world REMIXES' release here https://maisumdiscos.bandcamp.com/

The Solid Steel website http://solidsteel.net/ for track lists and archive shows.
You can follow Solid Steel on
fb.me/solidsteelradio
instagram.com/solidsteelradio
twitter.com/SolidSteelRadio
Email solidsteel@ninjatune.net

Go to Hour 1 here https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/solid-steel-radio-show-17112017-hour-1-mr-bongo

Hour 2 - Omulu + IOIA (Elza Soares tribute mix)  https://twitter.com/OMULUmusic

1- Elza Soares - Coração do Mar (Mais Um Discos)
2- Lupicínio Rodrigues - Se Acaso Você Chegasse (unknown)
3- Elza Soares - Boato (Odeon)
4- Elza Soares - Malandro (Tapecar)
5- Aparecida - Mareia Oxum (CID)
6- Elza Soares - Firmeza (Marginal Men & Badsista remix)  (Mais Um Discos)
7- Luedji Luna - Um Corpo no Mundo (YB music)
8- Metá Metá - São Jorge (Mais Um Discos)
8- Murmurando - Nilze Carvalho (CID)
9- Clementina de Jesus - Sereia (Museu Da Imagem E Do Som)
10- Dalva de Oliveira - Zum-Zum (Odeon)
11- Elza Soares & Wilson das Neves - Teleco-Teco Nº 2 (Odeon)
12- Elza Soares - Eu Quero É Yorongar (Odeon)
13- Georgette - Kirie (Tapecar)
14- Rincon Sapiencia - Ponta de lança (Boia Fria Produções)
15- Omulu & King Doudou ft. Mc Tha - Bonde da Pantera (King Doudou Edit) (Man Recordings)
16- Elza Soares - Pra Fuder (Gilles Peterson & Simbad remix) (Mais Um Discos)
17- Elza Soares - Mulher do Fim do Mundo (Omulu remix) (Mais Um Discos)
18- Mc Carol - Delacao Premiada (prod. Leo Justi) (self-released)
19- Rico Dalasam - Riquissima (Remix) (self-released)

Solid Steel Radio Show

Solid Steel Radio Show 17/11/2017 Hour 2 - Omulu + IOIA (Elza Soares tribute mix)

"All my mixes are bound to the mood I am in at the moment I record it. This mix caught me in rather good mood and I wanted to record something you could hear me play in the club at 3 am. Consists of things I enjoyed listening to lately." - @naziranazira

Q&A/tracklist
http://www.discwoman.com/mixes/nazira

Music

DISCWOMAN 38 x Nazira

Recorded live at the Bleep × store in Dalston 11th November, 2018.

Our first instore at the Bleep × store and a truly special way to launch the shop was with ‘@MelodiesInternational’ -  the brilliant reissue record label run by @FloatingPoints, Elliot Bernard and @mafaldafromthesun . Listen back to a 90 minute Sunday session b2b with Lay b2b Seiji Ono (@cjono) celebrating the sounds of modern soul, disco and boogie.

For more information on future Bleep × activities, please sign up to our mailing list. link.bleep.com/Bleep-x-Mixes

Bleep × Melodies International - Lay b2b Seiji Ono - 11th November 2018

WHOA-B, JOSHUA P FERGUSON + CHRIS WIDMAN of ABSTRACT SCIENCE recorded djing before + between STEVE HAUSCHILDT + PLAID at SLEEPING VILLAGE in chicago (1/2)  [recorded live @ sleeping village 14 december 2019]

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