DJ Amir presents an exclusive DJ Mix to celebrate the release of ‘Strata Records The Sound of Detroit’ Volume 1.

Buy or stream the album: https://orcd.co/soundofdetroit1

Tracklist: 
1. Stanley Cowell-Equipoise-Strata-East Records
2. NTU & Gary Bartz-Singerella-Fantsay Records
3. Kelelee Patterson-Maiden Voyage-Black Jazz Records
4. Eddie Russ-Take A Look At Yourself-Monument Records
5. Maulawi-Root in 7-4 Plus-Strata Records/180 Proof Records
6. Stanley Cowell-Trying To Find A Way-Strata-East Records
7. Kenny Cox-Clap Clap! The Joyful Noise-Strata Records/180 Proof Records
8. CJQ-Nguzo Saba-Strata Records/180 Proof Records
9. Max Roach featuring Abby Lincoln-Garvey’s Ghost-Impulse Records
10. Calvin Keys-B.K.-Black Jazz Records
11. Larry Nozero-Tune L.N.-Strata Records/180 Proof Records
12. Maulawi-Unknown Track-Strata Records/180 Proof Records
13. Bert Myrick-Scorpio’s Child-Strata Records/180 Proof Records

DJ Amir 'Strata Records - The Sound Of Detroit DJ Mix'

“Sing that summer song - soon it will be gone.”

Tracklist
Everybody Dubs the Sunshine
General Lee & The Space Army Band – We Did it Baby (Edit)
Frank Reynolds & The Re-Generations – Searchin'
Glue Trip – Lazy Dayz feat. Arthur Verocai
Jack J – I Saw Fire
The Golden Section – Shadows (Edit)
Phillips – You and Me, Me and You
World Quake Band – Closer
Esperanto – Kenny’s Place
Frank Hatchett – The Lover in You
Matthew Larkin Cassell – In My Life
Saucy Lady – São Paulo
Ed Kelly & Friend – Pippin
Grover Washington, Jr. – Summer Song 
Reggie Lucas – Tender Years

Summer Song

Tracklist:
Masai Yagi – Blossom In The Water
Yutaka – Evening Star 
Stomu Yamashta’s Go – Surfspin/Time Is Here
Kosuke Ichihara & Love Live Life - Shin Souma Bushi 
Tatsuya Takahashi & Tokyo Union Orchestra – Kan
Zerosen – Cool Head
Keitaro Miho – The Gorilla Seven
Yuji Ohno – Establishing Calm
Sadao Watanabe – Safari
Takehiro Honda – I’ll Be Honest With You
Izumi Kobayashi & Flying Mimi Band – Hello Hello Hello
Ryo Kawasaki – Trinkets & Things
Hiroshi Sato – Joint
Manhattan Focus – Mixed Roots

Image: Takehiro Honda

Cool Head - Even More Jazz, Funk & Fusion from Japan

Hi Everybody, my seasonal MIMS show is back after a short break.

On this episode of MFT I’m very happy to welcome Malcolm Strachan, Scottish trumpet player and member of the Haggis Horns.

As usual I have selected my favorite recent discoveries like the spiritual jazz tracks fromy Àbájade, Jazz is Dead Feat Lonnie Liston Smith and Organic Pulse Ensemble.  I also included the amazing last tracks from the well known contemporary Jazz Artists Soul Supreme and Sven Wunder.

For his part, Malcolm Strachan has chosen for us some of his favorites and main influences tune including some great Trumpet and Sax players like Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris, Stanley Turrentine and the Master Dizzy Gillespie.

Enjoy !!!

MY FAVORITE THINGS — Show #43 w/ Malcolm Strachan (Hosted by Psycut)

We’re smack in the middle of a scorching summer so you know what time it is – Spacewalker returns with another rendezvous on the road and the 11th installment in the Coastin’ series.

Indulge in the yearly seasonal mixtape with some jazz-rock fusion, UK lovers rock and brit-funk, West Coast golden era rap and other soulful and balearic bits sprinkled throughout.

Scale’s in the red, let’s take a ride to destination unknown…

Coastin' 10 > https://on.soundcloud.com/G4YRA487h6mWA6mU7

Coastin' 11 by Spacewalker

Read about Nicky Siano at Wax Poetics:

http://www.waxpoetics.com/news/contests/nicky-siano-brings-back-gallery-one-night/

Part 2:

https://soundcloud.com/wax-poetics/nicky-siano-live-at-the-gallery-october-1976-part-2

Nicky Siano Live at the Gallery, October 1976

Ahead of Monday's 'Red Bull Music Academy Presents Cosmic Expansions', Gilles puts together a mix of his favourite Lonnie Liston Smith-related selections. 

And to round things off, here's the first play of the full un-edited interview between Lonnie and Gilles, recorded in November 2012.

ll smith - rejuvenations (astral travelling 1973)
roland kirk -now please don’t cry beautiful edith (now please...1967)
pharaoh sanders - astral travelling ( thembi 1971)
leon thomas - echoes (spirits known and unknown 1969)
ll smith - shadows (expansions 1975)
ll smith - sunbeams (reflections of a golden dream 1976)
gato barbieri - tupac (fenix 1971)
ll smith - in the park (love is the answer 1980)
ll smith - bright moments (loveland 1978)
ll smith - space princess (exotic mysteries 1978)
ll smith - mardi gras (renaissance 1977)
ll smith - naima (cosmic funk 1974)
oliver nelson - in a japanese garden (skull session 1975)
miles davis - ife (big fun 1974)
ll smith - space lady (renaissance 1975)
ll smith - a chance for peace (visions of a new world 1975)
marvin gaye - what’s going on (live in montreux 1980)
ll smith - visions of a new world (live! 1977)
expansions - expansions (1975)
ll smith - cary paul and louisa (make someone happy 1986)
ll smith - a song for the children (a song for the children 1979)
ll smith - colour my love (magic lady 1991)

http://uktour.redbullmusicacademy.com/events/cosmic-expansions

Lonnie Liston Smith Mix & In Conversation

So here’s my tribute to the mighty mighty one, Mr Maurice White, who sadly passed away on February 4 of this year. He left us an incredible treasure trove of music that has shaped the way I live my life!

I avoided the really obvious hits that you can hear everywhere and went for my personal faves, and a solid dose of the music that went on to shape the unique sound of Earth Wind and Fire from his early years working with two great mentors to him, Ramsey Lewis and Charles Stepney.

I got so much pleasure recording this - I hope you enjoy as much as I did!

Tracklist here

In Memory of Maurice White Mix

via @walla-p 

I remember the 1st time I heard of Lonnie Liston Smith; it was through the album credits of Jay-Z’s “Reasonable Doubt”. I’ve always been more intrigued with production rather than lyrics but still, I didn’t really catch on to his work until later on when I saw a video of Ski Beatz where he was explaining how he made “Dead Presidents“. That’s when I realized I had to dig deeper into LLS’ catalogue, especially as a young beat producer at the time.

Even since then, Lonnie Liston Smith has captured & mystified my ears with his music. Whether on the solo tip or with his Cosmic Echoes, LLS’ compositions are filled with funky rhythms, peaceful messages, celestial rhodes solos and timeless rhythms. He was, and still is a true visionary, and I’ll always feel like he was way ahead of his time.

For this mix, I selected some of my ultimate cuts, tracks that helped me escape from reality, travel to outer realms & meditate on my past/current/future endeavours.

Tribute to LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Selected by Walla P

As part of their visit to Berlin for the fifth anniversay of Wedding Soul, Gareth Stephens and Graham Luckhurst did this exclusive Mr Bongo Mix for us which was broadcasted on Radio Cosmo. Finest Brasilian grooves, Jazz and more, all Mr Bongo releases – existing and forthcoming. Thank you guys!

Tracklist: 

Cortex – Chanson D'Un Jour D'Hiver
Celia – Na Boca do Sol
Arthur Verocai – Na Boca do Sol
Pedro Sorongo dos Santos e Abdias – Verão Vermelho
Sivuca – Pontieo
Claudia - Diexa o Morro Cantar
Celia – Zoi Zoi
Tenorio Jr. – Nebulosa
Zani Diabaté et Le Super Djata Band — Fadingna Kouma
Idrissa Soumaoro et L’Eclipse de L’Ija — Nissodia (Joie de l’optimisme)
Mulatu Astatke – Yègellé Tezeta
Mavis John – Use My Body
Connie Laverne – Can’t Live Without You
Quinteto Ternura – Baby
Rosa Maria – Avenida Atlantica
Doris – You Never Come Closer
Celia – Para Lennon e McCartney
Majó - As Sementes
Ronaldo Resedá - E Novamente Mas Que Nada
Robson Jorge e Lincoln Olivetti - Ginga
Marcos Valle – Estrelar

Check out here:
www.mrbongo.com

Follow us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/beatkollektiv
www.facebook.com/weddingsoulparty/

Mr Bongo 5yrs Wedding Soul Radio Mix

Copenhagen based party starter Dj Universe presents a mix of 100% Azymuth: 

"In February 2015 my friends Sean and Anthon booked Azymuth for a show in Copenhagen and somehow I ended up juggling the roles of being the designated driver, camera man and warm up DJ for the concert. I will never forget those days. The group turned the depressing Danish winter into summer at the snap of a finger just with their presence and the concert itself had one of the most diverse audiences I’ve ever experienced in Copenhagen, all coming together under the warm Azymuth groove. 

Narrowing down 40 years of great music down to a 1h 47m mix was a tough process and I know there are some obvious ones missing, nevertheless I tried my best to grasp and represent the versatile soundscape the group has left behind. The mix spans over 4 decades and about 75 BPM, from the shade of the palm tree to the floor in the club, and I hope it can provide just a little of the magic that I felt witnessing the group play live."

Tracklist: 
A message from Ivan Conti (Taken from Azymuth interview conducted by Sean Lightfoot, Anthon Stacks and DJ Universe in Copenhagen, February 2015)
Outubro (October) 
Fly Over The Horizon (Vôo Sobre O Horizonte) 
Villa Mariana (Pela Madrugada)
Rio Doce
The Textile Factory (Fabrica De Tecidos)
Falcon Love Call (Armazén Nº2)
Laranjeiras
Last Summer In Rio
Manhã
Circo Marimbondo (From acoustic jam session recorded in Copenhagen February 2015)
Circo Marimbondo
What Price SambaQuanto Vale Um Samba
The House I Lived In (A Casa Em Que Vivi)
Neptunians
Tamborim, Cuica, Ganzá, Berimbau
Dear Limmertz
Maracana
Fênix
May I have this dance? (Concede-Me Esta Dança?)
Batucada em Marte
Estreito de Tarumã
The Prisoner
Equipe 68 (Crew 68)
Diz No Pe
Pãpasong
Circo Marimbondo (Live version recorded at Loppen, Copenhagen February 2015)

DJ Universe - Flying Over The Horizon (Azymuth Mix)

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Lonnie Liston Smith Mix & In Conversation

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