Hi good people (you're people aren't you?) 
Thanks for checking out our 'Herbal Elixir' mixtape... it's kind of nice to be able to have the freedom to play you a few things we really like especially in these days of 'placement' (says us sticking as much of our own stuff as our PRS cheques can eat) anyway there's a good mixed bag for you, giving you not only an idea of what we play out a 'Malachai Sound' DJ set but also where our heads are at musically and in some cases what fuels our own material, hope you likey... 

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1/MALACHAI “INTRO”
2/BROADCAST AND THE FOCUS GROUP “THE BE COLONY”
3/DAVID SHIRE “THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123”
4/SORENG SANT “IRON MAN”
5/MALACHAI “MID ANTARTICA (WEARIN’ SANDALS)”
6/ERYKAH BADU “THE HEALER”
7/J DILLA “WORKIN ON IT”
8/BEACH BOYS/BULLION “I WASN’T MADE FOR THESE TIMES”
9/BULLION “SAY GOODBYE TO WHAT”
10/QUAKERS “JOBLESS”
11/GONJASUFI “SHE’S GONE”
12/FEVER TREE “SAN FRAN GIRLS”
13/MALACHAI “SNOWLAKE” GEOFF BARROW REMIX
14/GARY NEWMAN “FILMS”
15/ANIKA “YANG YANG”
16/YAMASUKI “YAMA YAMA”
17/WU/BEATLES “DAYTONA 500”
18/MALACHAI “ANNE”
19/THE BEATLES “HEY BULLDOG”
20/JULY “TO BE FREE”
21/EDAN “SCIENCE OF THE 2 INST”
22/MALACHAI “MONSTER”
23/MALACHAI “LET EM FALL”
24/DJ FORMAT “HERE COMES THE DOPE PUSHER”
25/THE VELVET UNDERGROUND “I’M WAITING FOR MY MAN”
26/MARIE LAFORET “ET JA TAIME”
27/THE TROGGS “I CAN GIVE YOU EVERYTHING”
28/MALACHAI “SHITKICKER”
29/MALACHAI “(MY) AMBULANCE
30/THE BEATLES “TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS” LEFTSIDE WOBBLE EDIT
31/DIPLO “BLOW YOUR HEAD”
32/ESG “DANCE”
33/PIGBAG “PAPPAS GOT A BRAND NEW PIG BAG”
34/SCLATTCHOFBRONX “FARTHING REMIX” 
35/SIMON AND GARFUNKUL “BOOKENDS”
36/THE SPECIALS “GHOST TOWN” DJ G BOOTLEG
37/MALACHAI “HYBERNATION”
38/THE TURTLES “YOU SHOWED ME”
39/RARE EARTH “I KNOW I’M LOOSING YOU”
40/DOROTHY ASHBY “SOUL VIBRATION”
41/THE ZOMBIES “TIME OF THE SEASON”


Malachai's Herbal Elixir

Tracklisting

1/Malachai – The Love
2/Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More 
3/Billy Jones - Love Her By Radio 
4/Bubblegum Machine - I Wonder
5/Diana Ross - Reach Out And I'll Be There
6/Yardbirds - For Your Love
7/The Bees – I Really Need Love
8/DJ Shep Dog – Spread More Love
9/Pete Rock / C L Smoove – I Got A Love
10/The Cure – Love Cats
11/The Doors – Hello I Love You
12/Jefferson Airplane – Someone To Love
13/Lulu – Loves To Love Love
14/Gloria Jones – Tainted Love
15/The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
16/Malachai – Snowflake
17/Malachai – Love Is Burning
18/The Rolling Stones – We Love You
19/Marvin Gaye – Lets Get It On
20/Carlton And The Shoes – Love Me Forever
21/Marcia Aitkens – I’m Still In Love
22/The Ad Libs – Giving Up
23/Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin – Je Taime…Moi Non Plus
24/Kelle Patterson – I’m Going To Love You (A Little More)
25/A Final Message From Dennis White x


Beyond Ugly

The Love

MalachaiLoveMix

Don't Try This At Home

Hear It Comes

White Nuthin' Sky

Army

Holes

Down To Earth

Sweet Flower

I Deserve To No

Dragons Ball

Ugly Side Of Love

Meeches Theme

Moonsurfin'

Snowflake

Warriors

Let 'Em Fall

Simple Song

Lay Down Stay Down

Shitkicker

Return To The Ugly Side

How You Write

Anne

Mid Antarctica (Wearin' Sandals)

Fading World

The Don't Just

Blackbird

Snake Charmer

Only For You

Rainbows (feat. Katy Wainwright)

How Long

Beyond Ugly is the last panel in the band's Ugly triptych and that it was completed at all came as a shock to all concerned, least of all the group.  After the conclusion of the campaign for their sophomore album, Return To The Ugly Side, members Gee Ealey and Scott Hendy drifted apart with no definitive plans to take up arms together.  It was a chance meeting in Bristol that drew the two back into one another's orbit and to the realization that there was some unfinished monkey business.  The duo re-engaged slowly, simply working up a track at a time, more for the cathartic act of creating good music rather than the artificial construct of "delivering an album."  Lo and behold,  the creative process built an inertia of its own and Beyond Ugly began to take shape.

And what a fine shape it is... Beyond Ugly recaptures the sonic stew of debut album, The Ugly Side Of Love, a potent of brew of post-summer of love and some good ol' Bristol-fashion psychedelic comedown.  However, there's a healthy dose of renewed restlessness and anger emanating from Ealey that permeates the album thanks to some spirited vocal performances, from the anthemic and vengeful soliloquy of "Sweet Flower" to the civilly disobedient "I Deserve To No."

Of course, Malachai isn't a one-man West End show.  As Rakim had Eric B... as Jerry Lewis had Dean Martin... Hendy, the duo's musical director, has truly outdone his past efforts and provides a sturdy musical platform from which Rev. Ealey delivers his sermons, whether the occasion calls for an exotic sturm-und-clang ("I Deserve To No") or a genteel soft-shoe waltz ("Here It Comes").

Malachai have always enjoyed // suffered the curse of being a "musician's band."  Geoff Barrow of Portishead originally released The Ugly Side Of Love on his Invada imprint before the brigands at Domino swooped in and there was no bigger proselytizer of Malachai's prowess  than Sergio Pizzorno of Kasabian and both take their support a step further with guest appearances on "Dragons Ball" and "The Love" respectively.  Additionally, "Segs" Jennings, bassist from punk legends The Ruts joins the fray on "Sweet Flower."  

So do The Stranglers, but that's another matter.

The album concludes with a montage of hallucinations from across the band's discography before what can be best described as the ominous twilight tranquility of "End."  Is this really where the Malachai story ends?  As shown by the creative triumph of Beyond Ugly, sometimes it's best not to plan at all and just let it happen.  We'll do our best to let you know when it does.

THE END


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