2 hours of soul, hip hop and broken picks this month on Sonic Fruits.

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Sonic Fruits w/ Footshooter - November 2022

Kudo Sol was joined by Dirtbike Dub for 2 hours of soothing selections spanning jazz, latin, experimental and more.

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Kudo Sol w/ Dirtbike Dub - March 2023

Set recorded live on 25.02.2023 in Montreal.

After two years in virtual-only mode, the annual 24h of Vinyl event presented by Music Is My Sanctuary and the SAT returned to Montreal in full force! 🪩✨

Initiated by the Music Is My Sanctuary team in 2011, this true musical marathon, that traveled several countries, brings together the Montreal DJ community playing only vinyl records for the occasion.

Thank you to our partners: SAT, Transmissions MTL, Vinyl Caravan

DJ Hidi — Live at 24 Hours of Vinyl 2023 (Montreal)

Join Errol and the Touching Bass family every month for regular voyages into inner-city, concrete jungle productions plus astral-facing funk, jazz, broken beat and anything else with a soulful pulse.

https://www.nts.live/shows/touching-bass/episodes/touching-bass-13th-may-2023

Touching Bass w/ Errol & Lonnie Liston Smith 130523

An all vinyl program that focuses primarily on lesser known soul and funk music from the 1960s - 80s. The show also expands into genres such as jazz, disco, reggae, gospel, psych, folk and beyond. I try to play music that resonates with me in a profound way, in hopes that someone might also connect with it as well. Expect to hear music you have never heard before as well as classics that make you feel good. The show often includes a great mix of guests, often who are heavy collectors in the record community.

Brian Sears @ The Lot Radio 06-25-2023

live from amsterdam on one of my favorite radio stations

Alison Swing at Red Light Radio - Aug 2 2016

Slow Jams is an event that happens every Monday at the Marble Bar in Detroit Mi that is 10 years old and running. All vinyl records every single week!

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Slow Jams Vol.589 - DJ Legitimate Groove - All Vinyl DJ Set - Live at Slow Jams 2.25.18

Wow! Brand new sounds from our good friend @xela-music! He whipped this one up just in time for the beginning of summer. Inside you'll find some very laid back vibes, so don't be afraid to indulge in this mix right away! Enjoy ;)

Once you're done listening, be sure to go and bask in his mix from last summer: https://soundcloud.com/late-feelings/late-feelings-17-mixed-by-xela

Shinichiro Yokota & Soichi Terada - Aishiteru
Swanha Desvarieux - Nou Ke Sa Enmew
Nami Shimada - 見つめているのに
Millie P & Tito Puente - Bailando
Samantha Carty - Tell Me
Hiroshi Fujiwara - N.I.C.E. Guy (Nice Guitar Dub)
Cheryl Glasgow - Glued To The Spot
Afia Mala - Koma
Les Go De Koteba - I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)
Isabelle Antena - la Tête Contre Les Murs
Alex Malheiros - Papaia
Okyerema Asante - Ateaa
Oliver N’Goma - Mugetu Gole
Blacksand - Love Is
Rita Guerra - Tintin Casou
Ágata - Mexe-te mais um pouco

LF20

Late Feelings 20 (Mixed by Xela)

Selective Tastemaker Mix from Byron The Aquarius in the Celebration and honor to Sun Ra who impacted the whole world of music and created influence to the Universe and Planets..........

A Journey Into The Cosmos Vol.1

And just like that, we're back - it's been a little quiet here at the Elbow Grease / Greasy Listening HQ lately, what with the producing and releasing of new LPs and the starting of new music teaching careers and all, but alas - new year, new mix (and a promise to stay on this shit :) This one is a lil lengthier to include a choice handful of a few 2019 favorites of ours, from that sweet spot in between the club and the casa, as always showing love for some of the freshest sounds around that deserve so much more credit in this image and algorithm-driven world. Happy 2020, hope you enjoy! Love, Peace, and Elbow Grease to all.

Fernando Falcão - Disse Alguém
Motoko & Myers - Plover
People Plus - Ascension
Joe - Line To Earth
Whodat & Viola Klein - Funeral Song
CZ Wang - Just Off Wave (feat. Separated at Birth)
Waajeed - Let Your Love (feat. Ideeyah, Desean Jones & Khristian Foreman)
Yu Su - Watermelon Woman
Curt Cress - Sundance
Golpe de Estado - Liquido (Original Mix)
Soulphiction - Raw Trak I
Levon Vincent - Dance Music Pt.1
Bosq - Backstrokin' (feat. Kaleta)
Sex Judas - Tidens Angst
Bufiman - Sara Sara
Nicholas - A Message From The East
Autre - LA Funk
Benedek & Noble - World Gruuv
Warm (Ron Trent) - Night Ride
Ilija Rudman - S.O.S. Flight Theme
Theo Parrish - What You Gonna Ask For
Lindstrøm - As If No One Is Here
Dave Aju - Wish You Well

Greasy Listening : Episode 005

An art movement reflecting the art of movement.

So many stories. Just 30 mins.
Best get to it.

Tracklist
1. Obama on PC
2. DJ t-rock & Squashy nice- Word usage
3. Scientifik - I Used To Know Ya
4. Ran Reed - Cops Did The Shooting
5. Ray D - Dark Days
6. Dj Low Cut- Move On w/ Gil Scott heron's African history
7. Pete Rock - Kool Jazz
8. Square One - Take Your Time
9. Godfather Don - Do My Thing
10. PUTS - The Cat
11. Rick Wade - Interlude 2 w/Secret vocal

Love & tolerance.

Gil Scott Heron
African HIS-TORY

I was wondering about our yesterdays, and started searching through the rubble
and to say the very least, somebody went to a lot of trouble
to make sure that when we looked things up, we wouldn’t fair too well
and that we would come up with unreliable portraits of ourselves.

But I compiled what few facts I could,
I mean, such as they are
to see if I could shed a little bit of light
and this is what I got so far:

First, white folks discovered Africa
and they claimed it fair and square.
Sir Rhodes couldn’t have been robbing nobody
’cause he said “hell, there wasn’t nobody there”.

White folks brought all the civilization,
they said “wasn’t none around”.
Because, ‘how could these folks be “civilized”?
when they didn’t see nobody writing nothing down.

And just to prove all their suspicions,
well, it didn’t take too long.
They found out there were whole groups of people
— in plain sight —
running around without much clothes on.

There were women, and men, and young folks and old folks
well, righteous white folks covered their eyes.
And no time was spent considering the environment.
They said: Hell no, this here, this just ain’t “civilized”!

And another way they knew the folks were backwards,
or at least this how we were taught
is that ‘unlike the very civilized people of Europe’
these Black groups actually fought!

And yes, there were some “crude implements”
and yes, there was “primitive art”
and yes they were masters of hunting and fishing
and courtesy came from the heart.

And yes there was medicine, love and religion,
inter-tribal communication by drum.
But no paper and pencils and other utensils

Hell, these folks never even heard of a gun.

So this is why the colonies came
to stabilize the land. 
Because The Dark Continent had copper, diamonds and gold
and the discoverer’s had themselves a plan.

They would “discover” all the places with promise.
You didn’t need no titles or deeds.
And then they would appoint people to make everything legal,
to sanction the trickery and greed.

And out in the bushes if the natives got restless
You could call that ‘guerilla (gorilla) attack!’
and you never describe that somebody got wise
and decided they were going to fight back.

But still we are victims of word games,
semantics is always a bitch.
Places once called under-developed and “backwards”
we now called them “mineral rich.”

And still it seems the game goes on,
with unity always just beyond our reach
Libya and Egypt used to be in Africa,
but they’ve been moved to the “Middle East”.

There are examples galore I assure you,
but if interpreting was left up to me
I’d make sure every time folks knew this version wasn’t mine
which is why it is called “His story”.

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"In all their hearts there rests the problem, In your heart and my heart the answer lie"

An alias of Nikshith Shetty Knique has been in the music scene for over 10 years now.A true DJ and a performer by heart, a devoted underground music producer by soul. Well known for his signature sets that trace underground dance music culture through aural story telling, knique's faith lies only in the temple of movement and its soul purpose to bridge distances and trigger liberation within.

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