You have to look back all the way to 2015 to find our first release from the extremely talented duo Local Options, who have become the defacto veterans of our current artist roster. We are honored to present their 8th release that features two absolutely stellar dance floor focused tracks. In celebration of this milestone we asked the boys to mix up the latest episode of our podcast. 

Tracklisting:
1. All We Have is Now - Local Options - Large
2. Gravitate - Clive From Accounts - Dirt Crew Recordings
3. I’m Alright - Sebb Junior - Sub_Urban
4.Crazy Love - Andre Espeut & Julian Sanza - No Fuss Records
5. 4 U and 4 ever - Sebastian Gummersbach - RAWSOUL
6. Samplin N Slappin’ - Felipe Gordon - Fluid Funk
7. Alright - Gruuve - Glasgow Underground
8. Dance System - Strings 4 Love - Snatch Raw
9. Kill Your Heroes - Locked In (Darius Syrossian Remix) - Snatch
10. Nervous Night (Local Options Remix) - Dubeats & Cris Hererra - Large
11. The Deal - Mat.Joe - Spinnin Deep
12. The Mazzo - Qubiko, Angelo Ceci - Toolroom
13. The Vibe - Lorenzo De Blanck - Saved
14. Kiss (Dubesque Remix) - Born Dirty - WayWay
15. Hazy Days - Local Options - Large

Large Music Radio 57 mixed by Local Options

New Affinity

1994

Double header from Jazz Room Records with two superb jazzy versions of Club Classics by Japan's Cruisic:
Side A is the legendary Brazilian Club Jazz track by Azymuth given a cosmic keyboard revitalisation. Samba style heat and the cool of the contemporary jazz beat merge to breathe a whole new life into this Soul Boy classic.
The Flip is a Jazz Dance version of the 1989 release "Pacific" by Manchester Acid House ravers 808 State. Watch the dancefloor fill from the first jazzbeat!
The singles are now changing hands for 3 figures (if you can find one!), now put together on one fantastic release.

CRUISIC - JAZZ CARNIVAL

Scott Grooves - Expansions (feat Roy Ayers) Intro Speech
Mala - Alicia
Hijak - Tears
Von D - Bon Feat Zhakee
Groove Chronicles - Stone Cold
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Mount Kimbie - Maybes (James Blake Remix)
Addison Groove - Sexual
Homework - Im Into This
No Boundaries - Modular Pursuits (Daphni Remix)
Fantastic Plastic Machine - Whistle Song (Grant Nelson Club Mix)
MK - Given
Kyle Hall - Crushed
Darling Farah - Berline (Christian Martin Remix)
Seven Davis Jr - Breaker
Beat Spacek - Alone in the Sun
King Garbage - Telephone
Andrew Ashong - Never Dreamed
Gabriel Garzon-Montano - Pour Mamon
Dirg Gerner - Before its Over
Fatima - Mind
Maynard Ferguson - Mister Mellow
Arctic Monkeys - Brianstorm 

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Gilles Peterson X BNTL - Julian Andoh Tribute Podcast

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In-demand, groove-fuelled producer Opolopo and 24 Carat singer-songwriter Angela Johnson introduce brand new single Buffalo on Reel People Music, the second single to precede their eagerly awaited album Best of Both Worlds due later this year. 

Best of Both Worlds is simply feel-good music that’ll ‘make you want to dance…move… maybe love on somebody’. Buffalo is an immediate proof point, infectious percussion and scat play chopping between deep down synth-bass and cosmic jazz-funk solos (courtesy of Reel People Music label cohort, Kaidi Tatham) before firing euphorically into full-on 4-4 groove.

Stockholm-based DJ-producer Opolopo (real name Peter Major) can boast two decades’ worth of productions right across the soulful dancefloor spectrum for labels such as Local Talk, Z Records and Defected. His remix discography includes Gregory Porter, Jungle, Leroy Burgess and Mother’s Favorite Child. NYC native Angela Johnson was a member of acid jazz group Cooly’s Hot Box before enjoying solo success via a string of acclaimed R&B albums including They Don’t Know, It’s Personal and Naturally Me. During the Noughties, Johnson featured on Reel People singles Can’t Stop, In The Sun and You Used To Hold Me So Tight.

Buffalo is another slam dunk for two exceptional artists with much more to come. It’s also a continuation of Reel People Music’s incredible discographic run. Borne out of the success of acclaimed collective Reel People in 2009, the label has built a fiercely loyal international fanbase through its passion for artist development, musicianship, song-craft and soulful groove.

Buffalo (feat. Kaidi Tatham)

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My monthly 'Snapshot' Mix for November 2024
>> SOUND: Soul / Funk / R&B / Jazz Funk / Hip Hop / Funky Breaks

Featuring music from artists such as Emilia Sisco, Thee Sacred Souls (Daptone Records), Blockhead, Flying Lotus, Robert Glasper, Tall Black Guy (First Word Records), The Allergies, Lack Of Afro, Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos, The Boom Yeh, Cliff Beach, Koko-Jean & The Tonics, Florence Funk, Ursula 1000, Jayl Funk, and others...

- Hope you enjoy! -
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>> TRACKLIST:
01. Emilia Sisco (with Cold Diamond & Mink) - Love Can Carry Me [Timmion Records]
02. Pratt & Moody (with Cold Diamond & Mink) - Creeping Around [Timmion Records]
03. Thee Sacred Souls - Lucid Girl [Daptone Records]
04. Franka Oroza (with Cold Diamond & Mink) - Indecision [Timmion Records]
05. Dargz - Save You [Studio Dargz]
06. Blockhead - Come Again [Future Archive Recordings]
07. Flying Lotus - Let Me Cook (feat. Dawn Richard) [Warp Records]
08. Robert Glasper - Step Into The Realm (feat. Black Thought) [Loma Vista Recordings]
09. Tall Black Guy (feat. Ozay Moore) - Mon amie De'troit (7" Version) [First Word Records]
10. The Allergies - I Feel It [Jalapeno Records]
11. Tall Black Guy - From Home, To Work, And Back (Reprise) [First Word Records]
12. Killer Mike - Nobody Knows (feat. Anthony Hamilton, Jordan Alyssa, Troy Durden & Adonica Nunn) [Loma Vista Recordings]
13. EPMD - Strictly Business (Funkafied Edit) [Unreleased]
14. The Allergies - One Time (feat. Dynamite MC) [Jalapeno Records]
15. The Glades - Cool Out [Tiki Tumbao]
16. Wonder 45 - Superman [Big AC Records]
17. The Boom Yeh - Mind's Eye [Cosmosium Records]
18. Thee Sacred Souls - Live For You [Daptone Records]
19. Rosettes - Green Ray [Timmion Records]
20. Lack Of Afro - Fugazi (Interlude) [Bastion Music Group]
21. Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos - Working Woman (Original Version) [Légère Recordings]
22. Gizelle Smith & The Mighty Mocambos - The Time Is Right For Love (Swing-O a.k.a. 45 Remix) [Légère Recordings]
23. Lack Of Afro - Dance Of The Scorpions [Bastion Music Group]
24. Atomphunk, Mugs & Pockets (feat. DJ Deviant) - Summer Jam [Regulate Records]
25. Cliff Beach - The Work [Color Red Music]
26. Koko-Jean & The Tonics - Frank's Zone [Buenritmo Records]
27. Breakdown Brass - Nautilus (Hijacked) [Kept Records]
28. Sam & Dave - Soul Man (Soul Flip Edit) [Soul Flip]
29. The Allergies - Knock Me Off My Feet [Jalapeno Records]
30. Crash Party - Supersonic Frequencies [Big Beat Sundays]
31. Florence Funk - Get Off And Jam [Florence Records]
32. Cliff Beach - Crush On You [Color Red Music]
33. Ursula 1000 - Get Down With Us Tonight (Original Mix) [Insect Queen Music]
34. Ursula 1000 - I Like Your Style (Instrumental) [Insect Queen Music]
35. Jayl Funk - Time To Roll [Breakbeat Paradise Recordings]
36. MT Jones - Put Me Through [Self-released]






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Snapshot 2024-11

Moomin's Mood (Mark Wayward Edit)

Santa Cruz Voice's Mike Jacobi interviews Monterey Jazz Managing Director Bobbie Young on Raising the Standards on August 23, 2025 about the 68th Monterey Jazz Festival, September 26-28. 

This originally streamed on https://raisingthestandardsscv.podbean.com/e/episode-889-monterey-jazz-festival-with-guest-managing-director-bobbie-young/

Santa Cruz Voice Interview with Bobbie Young, August 23, 2025

A special mix i did ahead of Roy Ayers show in Paris back in 2003 when my dear friend Peter Adarkwah worked on re-issuing and releasing demos and unreleased material from Roy Ayers on his BBE label. And i had the extreme privilege of meeting Mr Roy Ayers in town with Pete.
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Special Roy Ayers. Dj Deep Radio FG 06112003

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DOWNLOAD LINK: https://linkrust.bandcamp.com/album/drive-me-back-to-djakarta
LINKRUST - DRIVE ME BACK TO DJAKARTA - 2013

hiphop instrumental album
60/70s indonesian samples

1-  special trick intro
2-  opening flip 
3-  whats happening in the sub ?
4-  useful interlude
5-  run run run
6-  gandula
7-  real thing
8-  going back interlude
9-  rewind
10- truly qualidad
11- the long and windin road
12- djakarta's finest
13- tsunami forgotten heroes
14- dancing in the sand
15- closing flip

enjoy !!!!!

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Drive me back to Djakarta - ALBUM - by Linkrust - ( FULL download in description )

The 68th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival will take place at the Monterey County Fairgrounds September 26-28, 2025.

Santa Cruz Voice Interview with Bobbie Young, August 23, 2025

Monterey Jazz Festival

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