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steve lamacq plays his lost 45's BBC 6 music 2nd feb 2011
Emptifish 'Surfboard'. Sorry really bad quality as I had to do a lot of jiggery pokery to get it!

Lamacq emptifish on BBC 6 music

Sally Dige - Hard To Please

Limited 12": smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckVinyl
Spotify: smarturl.it/MariaUsbeckSpotify
Apple: smarturl.it/AmparoApple
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Maria Usbeck's solo debut, Amparo, is a collection of songs written and recorded across the span of three years in Ecuador, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Barcelona, Lisbon, Easter Island, Costa Rica, Florida, L.A. and her home in Brooklyn. Though the songs were composed electronically, Amparo called for an acoustic treatment, so Usbeck spent a winter in the studio recording the arrangements live with producer Caroline Polachek and mixer & engineer Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson. Fleshed out in full sonic color on the marimba, xylophone, quena flute, piano, and harp, the album stretched into something hi-fi and expressive, meditative but not meandering.

Amparo stems from Usbeck's desire to compose in Spanish, her native language. Growing up in Quito, Usbeck was immersed in salsa, merengue, bachata, and Andean music, but was more attracted to German and American culture than to her own, and moved to America by herself at 17. After five years of fronting new wave outfit Selebrities and writing songs in English, Usbeck experienced a delayed-onset homesickness and knew it was time to "let the mother tongue speak." The impulse manifested itself directly: Amparo takes its title from Usbeck's middle name and her mother's name, and translates roughly as "to guide, protect, and embrace." Usbeck wields her Spanish lyrics cleverly while folding in snippets of several other far-flung tongues: Rapa Nui from Easter Island, Quichua from Ecuador, Bribri from Costa Rica, and Catalan. Because these lyrics were composed while visiting the countries from which they originate, their usage is more impressionistic than literal, like a mockingbird imitating fragments of other bird calls. Similarly, Usbeck reinterprets the Ecuadorian music that she grew up with as a newcomer, returning home with fresh ears, and as such the sounds are very much her own.

The backbone of Amparo is percussion, vibrating throughout with timbales, tumbas, a talking drum, bongos, shakers, and an Indian flat drum, with the gaps filled in by her field recordings of birds, beaches, and jungles. The songs were written and recorded chronologically, with the exception of the closing track, a cover of Colourbox’s “Tarantula” reimagined in Usbeck’s Spanish translation. Amparo is a reflection of the textures of Usbeck's childhood. It is also a distinctly grown-up pop record – a travel diary, music made by a visiting outsider to tap into a shared core of human expression. Emotively, Usbeck is her most powerful on piano ballads "Uno De Tus Ojos" and "Jungla Inquieta," but is a magnetic narrator throughout, moving between whispers, chants, and lullabies. Amparo pulses with many stories in many voices, but they flow together seamlessly like water, leaving behind a wordless hum.

Amparo is released May 27 via Cascine in North America, Labrador in Euope and Rallye in Japan.
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Maria Usbeck - Jungla Inquieta

Remix from 'Fleshed Out' by Gazelle Twin. Released on Anti-Ghost Moon Ray Records, 29 July 2016.

Bandcamp: gazelletwin.bandcamp.com/album/fleshed-out
Double Vinyl: gazelletwin.tmstor.es/cart/product.php?id=28946

Still Life (Blanck Mass Remix)

Time was of the essence, more so now than ever. The waterfall roared as the leaves blew in the rising wind. The storm was only going to get worse from here on in and they had to escape. They were running out of time, what had been a pleasant adventure had become a perilous affair and if they weren't careful this trip may well be their last. Time was everything now. 
Dimitri Veimar is the latest producer to release music as part of the Omnidisc Swim Series. He steps up to deliver four tracks with a dancefloor orientation

PREMIERE: Dimitri Veimar - Time [Omnidisc]

End of year time again! Big year. Lots of guitars, whole lotta soul, house is back. Two hours of power!

A Tribe Called Quest - We the People....
Shearwater - Quiet Americans
Radiohead - The Numbers
Whyte Horses - The Snowfalls
The Jayhawks - Quiet Corners & Empty Spaces
Night Moves - Denise, Don’t Wanna See You Cry
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Have a Heart
Max Jury - Beg & Crawl
Cullen Omori - No Big Deal
Emmy the Great - Algorithm
Lisa Hannigan - Fall
Grant - Lee Phillips - Cry Cry
The Milk - Lose That Way
Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate
NxWorries, Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge - Get Bigger / Do U Luv
Solange - Borderline (An Ode to Self Care) [feat. Q-Tip]
Omar - I Want It to Be
Kaytranada - Together (feat. AlunaGeorge & GoldLink)
Atella - Mechanical Sparrow (feat. O. Martin)
Roosevelt - Heart
Poom - Toi et moi
Luxxury - Take It Slow
!llmind - The Only Reason (We Keep Going)
g-rant - Around The Edge
Kyle Hall - Mysterious Lake
Leon Vynehall - Paradisea
Deep Tenor City - Fireheart
Talib Kweli, Timan Choir, Anderson .Paak - The Dreamer

WYWRadioshow#102 - Best Of 2016

Exclusive mix by Dj Marcelo Mellao aka Dj Dark Side. From lmtd promo compilation "The Dark Side Mixes Volume 14" (2011).

Yazoo - Goodbye Seventies (Dark Side Extended Mix)

for u and ur luvvd one. or just the person ur making out with tonight. or the floorboards ur laying on currently while the vhs of home alone 2: lost in new york plays on ur 13" sony tv.

DOWNLOAD:
http://www.mediafire.com/?oo1g6fz8jv9691f

WEDIDIT:
http://www.wediditcollective.com/2012/02/hapy-valentymz-days-3.html

this is a mix i recorded last year for gilles peterson's radio show. not sure how many folks got to hear it, so i wanted to give it to yall as a download. especially for this luvly Vday. this one's for laying on the ground or a nice rug or a bed with someone in it or on the train high. make smoke and play :) luv u guys with all my heart from the bottom of the soles of my shoes.

1. Nathan Johnson - Emily's Theme (Brick OST) - [Lakeshore]
sounds
2. His Name Is Alive - One Year (Four Tet Remix) - [Domino]
3. Emily Reo - On The Beach - [self released]
sounds
4. Drake - Club Paradise (RL Grime screw) - [OVO]
5. Jon Brion - Phone Call (slow) - [Hollywood]
+ found voicemail
6. Dimlite - Roo - [self released]
7. Asura - Her Tearing - [Non Projects]
8. M83 - I Guess I'm Floating - [Gooom]
9. Evenings - [I] Softly, We Go.. - [self released]
sounds
10. Little Dragon - Twice - [Peacefrog]
11. Groundislava - Culminate - [Wedidit]
sounds
12. D'Angelo - Africa - [Virgin] 

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Gilles Peterson Mix 2011

This is a vehicle that drives me toward new experiences, enables me to redistribute and share talent (although Im still lurking at the moment ; ) thanks soundcloud and thanks users

Lamacq emptifish on BBC 6 music

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