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Mixes - 80's R&B

Rootsy Vinyl Mix outta Santiago Chile 20sept2024 

Tracklist:

1) Ras Michael & Sons of Negus - Numbered Days (Zion Disco 7”)
2) Silford Walker - I Cant Understand (EBT Rock 7”)
3) Pre-Historians - Free Yourself (Prehistoric Ancient of Days 7”)
4) Winston Harris & The Gladiators - Rub It In (TAW 7”)
5) Black Slate - Jah In The Ghetto (Slate 12”)
6) The Marijuanas - Tell Us When (Chalwah 7”)
7) The Gideons - The National Team (Starlet 7”)
8) Errol Mattis - Early Bird (Must Dance 12”)
9) Hugh Mundell - Jah Fire Will Be Burning (Fatman 7”)
10) Roy Dobson - Jah Children Rising (Black Pearl 7”)
11) The Viceroys - Slogan On The Wall (Studio One 7”)
12) Creation Stepper - Homeward Bound (Tribes Man Records 12”)
13) Bob Andy - Ghetto Stays in The Mind (High Note 7”)
14) Chester Coke - African Race (Solid State 12”)
15) Rupie Dan - My Black Race (333 12”)

ROOTSY MIX

DJ Jompy & RWR @ Indigo, Sthlm Feb. 8, 2025

DJ Jompy & RWR @ Indigo STHLM 250208

Eirwud Mudwasser at POINT 19 07 25

This mix pulls together a wide range of material from Japan’s underground between the 1980s and 1990s and focuses on lesser-known and largely forgotten corners of its music scenes across two decades. Pulled from cassettes, privately pressed LPs, demos and worn flexi-discs, the mix moves mostly through DIY avant-garde music and things that don’t really fit anywhere at all. 
 
It’s the sound‑scape of neon‑lit backstreets, late‑night imagination and hidden creativity. A celebration of Japan’s unsung pioneers who never rose to fame yet left indelible imprints in tape loops and DIY pressings. The title refers to that space just out of view, beyond what was documented or preserved, music made outside the spotlight but still full of intention and invention.
 
You’ll hear work from artists like Silent Pulse, Be-2, Normal Brain, K. Yoshimatu, Ayuo Takahashi, and Chance Operation, alongside anonymous or pseudonymous projects like The Husband, Speaking Furniture, and Flare. Some pieces are meditative and sparse, others more chaotic and intense, but all sit just outside of easy categorisation. 
 
The black-and-white cutout of the artists in the artwork captures Peters - also known as The Peaters - a duo formed in Osaka in 1985 by Peter Hayashi and Chaka Kajiyama. Their off-kilter synth pop mirrored the British wave of the era, but filtered through a warped lens all of their own.
 
There’s no attempt at chronology in this mix, more of a drift through mood and texture. Tracks fold into each other, fragments blur, and the medium itself (tape hiss, distortion, decay) becomes part of the atmosphere.

Tracklist can be found on the NTS archive.

NTS 'Doing Time' - Below The Neon: Japan's Underground 80's-90's

The mastermind behind Basic Channel, Hard Wax and Rhythm & Sound doesn't do mixes. For RA.1000, he made an exception.

Trace Mark Ernestus's path, and you trace the evolution of electronic sound itself. The timeline of contemporary Berlin is unimaginable without him. At first, that meant Hard Wax, the crucial hub that shaped the early era of the city's techno revolution. Carl Craig once said it plainly: "Mark was ground zero."

From there, Ernestus never stopped. There's the birth of dub techno and the near-flawless catalogue that followed through Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound. There's his immersion in Senegalese mbalax with Ndagga Rhythm Force. Lately, that means Open Ground the Wuppertal bunker that's letting people hear music as never before.

As part three of RA.1000, Ernestus has kindly supplied his first studio DJ mix. As you might expect, it's technically immaculate, but more than that, it feels like a substantial and generous conduit to one of the world's most vital genres.

Amapiano remains underexplored in music media. Publications like our own are still learning to keep pace with the South African sound's global pull, animating millions across the globe. 

You'll hear the range and richness of the genre across the near two-hour mix, from the gothic, percussive stomp of Caltetonic's "Bambela"  to the devotional glow of GemValleyMusiq's "Something Spiritual."

Through all of this, Ernestus has remained understated. He lets the music speak for him, with a quiet honesty that lies in decades of opening doors—creating the conditions for new sounds and scenes to flourish and carry the culture forward.

@opengroundclub @hardwax 

Find the tracklist and interview at ra.co/podcast/1011. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Mark Ernestus

For RA.1000, DJ Sprinkles' first mix in over a decade is a powerful meditation on the genocide in Gaza.

Dance music often relies on simple narratives: release, escape, unity. But those narratives can often feel inadequate, and even at times, hollow. Or, as Terre Thaemlitz might bluntly put it, just "shitty."

For her first mix in around 15 years, Terre Thaemlitz AKA DJ Sprinkles, challenges us to think differently. "I felt this 1000th podcast should reflect the moment in which it was made," she told us in her Q&A.

And what is this moment? Every day since Israel's 2023 assault on Gaza began, an average of 28 children have been killed. That's an entire classroom, every day, for over 600 days (at the time of writing). It's a staggering figure that only captures a fragment of the listless cruelty imposed on the strip.

Faced with such a genocide, what can music really do? How political can it truly be?  For their RA.1000, Thaemlitz gives us an unflinching rebuke to the idea that music should provide escapism. The mix weaves ambient fragments and jazz passages, woven around samples from Israeli media and the voices of outspoken Jewish critics like Gabor Maté and Norman Finkelstein. 

The result is not just a protest, but a document of our time. For Terre Thaemlitz, music is never just music. Her RA.1000 serves as a reminder that in an age of relentless suffering, the most political act is to reject the illusion of escape, and search for something greater.

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1013. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Terre Thaemlitz / DJ Sprinkles

What I Did On My Holidays

Session de Jah Observer pour fêter les dix ans du sound system parisien High Bass au Complexe 13'53 de Paris, samedi 21 mai 2016. 

Enregistrement : High Bass sound system (rééchantillonnage : Musical Echoes). 
Photo : Tom Tsoham.

Jah Observer on High Bass sound system @ Paris (Complexe 13'53)

This is a spur of the moment afternoon home session, no planning, just vibes! Nice little selection of original press 12's with one 7" in there for good measure. All the tunes get a full spin with dub versions!! Mostly steppers tunes and then a couple slower deep roots tunes to end it up. Give it a listen and enjoy! Bless up!!

Track List:
Musical Intimidators - Bad More Than That (Stars 12")
Heptones - You Can't Hide From Jah (E and J 12")
Winston Fergus - Pay To Live ( Burning Rockers 12")
Bobby Melody - Try So Hard ( African Museum 12")
Robert Emanuel and Ranking Simeon - Jah Is My Light (Black Roots 12")
Junior Reid - Thanks and Praise (W.O.W. Music 12")
Winston McAnuff - Hypocrites and Parasites (Top Ranking 7")
Augustus Thomas - Jah Jah Warn Them (Moneys Worth 12")
The "Ark" - Forgive I ( ARK The Zion Sound 12")
Vincent Taylor - Living A Lie ( Live & Love 12")

Respect!!

Kojak -Bad More Than That (Afternoon Summer Session) 7/26/17

This 'Valentine Lovers Mini Mix',which you can enjoy with your lover,
consists of 10 sweet love songs, 80s and 90s Soul and R&B Tune 
including Daft Punk vs Ellie Goulding - Something About Lights (THE CATWALK Mash-up).

NU-CLASSIC Records presents Valentine Lovers
All Mixed by CATWALK

01.Peabo Bryson - There's No Guarantee
02.Tyrone Davis - In The Mood
03.Debra Laws & Ronnie Laws - Very Special
04.Lionel Richie - Love Will Find A Way (Super Fuzz 3000 Edit)
05.French Kiwi Juice - Lying Together
06.Rene & Angela - I Love You More
07.Daft Punk vs Ellie Goulding - Something About Lights (CATWALK Mash-Up)
08.Tom Browne - Funkin' for Jamaica
09.Fonda Rae - Over Like a Fat Rat
10.Norma Jean - High Society

Album Cover Designed by JK
General enquiries, Bookings Contact : nuclassicrec@gmail.com

Released by: NU-CLASSIC RECORDS 
Release/catalogue number: NUCRMT04
Release date: feb 11, 2013

Valentine Lovers

Papa Jack - All Nite Jammin - 12 Inches From The 80s Selection (Juillet 2020)

01 - Freddie Mc Kay - Where Have You Been (Amethyst Records 12’’)
02 - Tinga Stewart - I Feel The Music (Calabash Records 12’’)
03 - Dennis Brown - Praise Without Raise (Yvonne’s Special 12’’)
04 - Hopeton Junior - Living In The Ghetto (Milestone 12’’)
05 - Pablo Gad - Delilah (C.D.J 12’’)
06 - Andrew Tanker - Basement Party (Left Ear Records 12’’)
07 - Michael Prophet - Struggle (Love Linch 12’’)
08 - I Benjahman - Give Love A Try (Lion Kingdom 12’’)
09 - Junior Delgado - Hippo (Now Generation 12’’)
10 - Yami Bolo - Free Mandela (Skengdon 12’’)
11 - Matic 16 - No Money Today (Regent 12’’)
12 - Trevor Walters - They Will Never Get Away (Mutual Life 12’’)
13 - Teddy Brown - Watch What You Are Doing (Sir Tommy’s 12’’)
14 - Errol Strength - All This Time (Witty 12’’)
15 - Abeng - Move Out Babylon (Strata 12’’)
16 - Killowatt - Get With It (Harcon Records 12’’)
17 - Rampage Band - Hold On (RAM 12’’)
18 - Willin Prophet - Pressure (1U Records 12’’)
19 - Azmari Jahz - Solidarity (Jahz Records 12’’)
20 - Sowell Radics - All Nite Jammin’ (Dread At The Controls 12’’)

Papa Jack - All Nite Jammin - 12 Inches From The 80s Selection

Live at A Downtown Affair radio show WNYU 89.1FM, New York 04-12-13. 

http://letsgetserious.net/radio/dj-who/

Last Friday DJ Who came by the station to spin over two hours disco and modern soul. He’s part of BLUE LIGHTS IN THE BASEMENT with Nacho Larache and holds down a number of residencies at clubs in Madrid. Follow the link to see their upcoming schedule and to check out more music. Super fun to have him live in the studio that night with the added bonus of a visit from our mutual friends Peter Reyes, Larry Love and Richie Bell. Shout out to Francis and Hector who came by to hang out as well!

01. Lamont Dozier - You Oughta Be In Pictures (M & M Records) LP
02. Lenny Williams - Last Night I Dreamed (MCA Records) LP
03. Love Unlimited - High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella (you got it together) (Unlimited Gold) 12''
04. Odyssey - Native New Yorker (RCA Victor) 12''
05. Jimmie & Vella Cameron - Be Fair To Me (Unlimited Gold) LP
06. Lakeside - It's Got To Be Love (Solar) LP
07. L.J. Reynolds - Tell Me (Capitol Records) LP
08. Anacostia - What Kind Of Love (MCA) LP
09. Chanson - Magic Carpet Ride (Ariola Records) LP
10. The Chi-Lites feat Eugene Record - Me And You (20th Century Fox) LP
11. Metropole - Miss Manhattan (2 On One) 12''
12. Garry Glenn - Gonna Give You My Love (PPL Records) LP
13. Direct Current - Everybody Here Must Party (TEC Records) LP
14. MFSB feat The Three Degrees - T.S.O.P. (Philadelphia International Records) 12''
15. A Brother's Guiding Light feat David - Getting Together (Mercury) 7''
16. Invisible Man's Band - Love Can't Come / Love Has Come (Island Records) 7''
17. The Joneses - Sugar Pie Guy (part 1) (Mercury) LP
18. Aubrey Mann - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now (Scorpio) LP
19. McFadden & Whitehead - Always Room For One More (TSOP) LP
20. Niteflyte - All About Love (Ariola) LP
21. Grey And Hanks - Now I'm Fine (RCA Victor) 12''
22. Sabata - Man For My Lady (Boogie Times) LP
23. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs - Love And Understanding Is The Answer (ABC Records) LP
24. The Sins Of Satan - Dance And Free Your Mind (Buddah Records) LP
25. Fruit - Say It (Cypress Records) 7''
26. Rhyze - I Found Love In You (SAM Records) 7''
27. Roy Ayers - Get On Up, Get On Down (Polydor) LP
28. Frankie Valli - Soul (MCA Records) 12''
29. LTG Exchange - Corazon (Wind) LP
30. T.J.M.- I Don't Need No Music (Casablanca Records) LP

http://www.mixcloud.com/bluelightsinthebasement

BLB#07 - Who @ A Downtown Affair (WNYU 89.1FM, New York)

Mix For RecordMania

SWEATER FUNK'S GUILLERMO does the heavy lifting on this (all vinyl) LEROY BURGESS mix done in honor of the 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!! JUNE 29th is the date, ELBO ROOM is the place!!! Live performance by HARLEM NYC's LEROY BURGESS.

SWEATER FUNK turns 5 (LEROY BURGESS MIX)

Celebrating collectors items from the past and discovering those of the present and future. Enter the cratesofjr!

Open minded Stockholm DJ and record enthusiast. Been around since the mid 90's. Nowadays part of the Lighthouse crew. 

Mix For RecordMania

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