Recording a "covers special" has been on my to-do list for a few years now. Quite happy to finally get around to it after debating some very tough choices with myself. I think all serious music lovers have a love and hate relationship with cover versions. It just either really works or can be the absolute most cringe-worthy musical moments.

So here we go! This is a two-part special featuring my favorite versions. Part 2 will be out this week as well. One day I will probably need to revisit the concept since I left out many versions I adore. 

Hope you discover a few lovely tunes. Wishing you all a nice day!

- Lexis

Tracklist

Lexis' M.I.M.S Show — 098: In Love With The Cover Version (Part 1)

Ayooo! Here is part 2.

Recording a "covers special" has been on my to-do list for a few years now. Quite happy to finally get around to it after debating some very tough choices with myself. I think all serious music lovers have a love and hate relationship with cover versions. It just either really works or can be the absolute most cringe-worthy musical moments.

So here we go! This is a two-part special featuring my favorite versions. One day I will probably need to revisit the concept since I left out many versions I adore. 

Hope you discover a few lovely tunes. Wishing you all a nice day!

- Lexis

Lexis' M.I.M.S Show — 099: In Love With The Cover Version (Part2)

Broken beat pioneer, Afronaut, returns in full force for Brighton's long established purveyors of fine sounds, Tru Thoughts, with a lesson in dancefloor rocking production.

Afronaut, aka Orin Walters,  founding member of both the bruk supergroup Bugz in the Attic and the pioneering trio Neon Phusion, makes his debut on Tru Thoughts with club-stomper “How It Goes”. 

Following on from his collaboration with mentee and “honorary Bug" WheelUP on the summer-groove “Good Love”, “How It Goes” is the start of a partnership between the bruk legend and Tru Thoughts, a label whose output has been known for championing the West London Sound.

Tru Thoughts honcho had this to say about working with Orin: “I have always been a big fan of Afronaut and many of his songs have been anthems at my club residencies in Brighton. Orin has been mentoring WheelUP so to connect through that album has led to Tru Thoughts now working with him on some forthcoming releases which are sounding amazing. Orin is still pushing musical boundaries and this track is just the start.”

"How It Goes" by Afronaut is out this week. We can't wait to hear what's the next, but we'll certainly be rocking this in the meantime.

Stream

Exclusive Premiere: Afronaut "How It Goes" (Forthcoming on Tru Thoughts)

3 Hours of music.  New jazz, hip hop and electronic in the first hour. In The second hour we take a look at the Amapiano sound coming out of South Africa.  
And in the third her we have a special guest mix fro the one and only Johnny Reckless

About Four Directions

FOUR DIRECTIONS draws on collective club heritage and the four pillars of DANCE :
DRUM — RHYTHM — SOUND — SPIRIT
FOUR DIRECTIONS is a collaboration of veteran and musically likeminded DJ’s — a powerfully collective force in todays clubland landscape — whose intention is to organise a variance of propositions: dance clubs, beach parties, lounge clubs, intimate gatherings and boutique holidays to gatherings of stylish dance lovers and musical connoisseurs from ‘FOUR DIRECTIONS’.

Crate Digs Radio - Jeff Higgins July 2021 - Four Directions Special

Anushka’s recent ‘Yemaya’ album for Tru Thoughts has been on solid repeat, so we are very excited to share an exclusive mix from the duo's Max Wheeler, who has put together a special mix linking the early 80s roller boogie sound of LA  with more recent favourites and a couple of exclusives.

Max shared some words about the recording: “This mix was me trying to blow off some cobwebs and remember how to DJ after a long time away from the decks. When I got the tunes together I realised I was really drawn to the super positive sunshine party vibes of the roller boogie stuff and so started with half an hour of that and then got into some electronic bits I’ve been finding inspiring recently before dropping a couple of sneaky exclusive dubs in, including a minimal edit of album track “Serenity” which is one of our faves. Hope you all enjoy it, one to have a low key party to, even if you’re just in your yard.”

TRACKLIST

Slave - Touch of Love
Surface - Falling In Love
Trouble Funk - It’s in the Mix
Vaughan Mason & Crew - Roller Skate
Bobby Cash - Skate Party
D Train - You’re the One for Me
Aurra - Checking you Out
Marcela Dias Sindaco - Dois Lados (Max's The Other Side Edit)
Dan Shake - A Pirate's Eye Ft. Amp Fiddler
Move D & Benjamin Brunn - On The Magic Bus
Shire T - Hackney Birdwatch
Jimpster - Soul Spectral ft. Greg Paulus
Duke Hugh - Got My 606 Back
Max Wheeler - Untitled (Unreleased Dub)
Anushka - Serenity (Dub edit)

‘'Yemaya’ is out now on Tru Thoughts, featuring the MIMS premiered “Speak To Me”, which we described as “electronically enhanced future soul for the dancers and roller skaters”.

BANDCAMP

MIMS Guest Mix: ANUSHKA (Brighton, UK / Tru Thoughts)

‘Caminhos’ is a tribute to the late samba composer Catoni, featuring the masters lush vocal & guitar samples (with the permission of his family). The hard swinging hip hop track bridges gaps between classic Brazilian samba & bossa nova sounds with hard hitting Dilla-esque grooves, raw funk and boom bap, taking us on a trip to the shores of Rio de Janeiro. “The type of track you could loop forever”.

https://www.musicamacondo.com/2021/09/premiere-abase-caminhos/

Premiere: Àbáse - Caminhos (for Catoni)

Every second week on https://www.universalrhythms.net/ Jeff Higgins presents the #fourdirections show for 2 hours from 7pm - 9pm

tracklist
alexx a-game - braver (swing ting smooth edit)
kanye west - ok ok pt 2
steve spacik, yazmin lacey - another like this
manure brown - heiwa
mr fingers  - praise the vibes
h.e.r. - could've been (don mayor edit)
scratcha dva - flex
larizzle - en bongo
iamnobodi - savior
ocean waves brasil - xango (moodymanc remix)
valeria - marcacao
joyce - aldeia de ogum
trio tenura - a gria
jrocc - sing about it (flaunt edwards edit)
moodymann - i’d rather be lonely (original mix)
fazer - grenadier
cleo sol - don;t ket it go to your head
little simz, obongjayar - point and kill
jojooftheejungle - call me (omo’kpe)
ragz originale - rearrange
skiifall - lost angeles
joe armon-jones, goya gumbani - fix it
sampology, seven davis jr - blooming in the streets
roy davis jr, peven everett - gabriel (live garage version)
peven everett - stuck (phil asher remix)
andrés - new for u (live) 
esg - dance
sault - london gangs
badbadnotgood - beside april

Universal Rhythms - Four Directions - Jeff Higgins 17/09/21

Final Musica Macondo on Jazz FM

Sons and Daughters of Lite - Let The Sun Shine In
Orquestra Afro Brasileira - Lembarenganga
Raul Monsalve y Los Forajidos - La Pulga (Venezonix)
Anthony Joseph - Who Will Save The World
Cleo Sol - Sunshine
Kuna Maze - Bill
Nubya Garcia - Pace (Moses Boyd Remix)
Al 'Man' Muntzie and the Embraceables - Die Happy
Johnny Hammond - Los Conquistadores Chocolates
Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson - A Toast To The People
Donald Byrd - You and Music
Yaw - Where Will You Be
Moodymann - Got Me Coming Back Rite Now
Theo Parrish - Leave The Funk To Us
Trinidad Senolia - Sucre Sacre
Fela Kuti - Let's Start
Pharoah Sanders - You've Gotta Have Freedom
Al Green - Simply Beautiful
John Coltrane - Naima

www.musicamacondo.com

Musica Macondo with Tim Garcia

Final Musica Macondo on Jazz FM with Tim Garcia

Hi Everybody. I'm very happy to start a new year to share "My Favorite" Jazz discoveries with you. For the first show of 2022, I invited the most talented, tasteful and elegant DJ from Barcelona : Virginie. For MIMS she recorded a fantastic mix, a special Broken beat session with killer tracks from 1998 to 2021.

As usual I put together a selection of some recent Future Jazz Classics including the brand new Kerbside Collection, Robert Glasper, Jimi Tenor and Kabukabu, Alex Fisher and the nice collaboration between Jazzanova, DJ Amir and the legendary Strata Records imprint.

Enjoy and take care!

MY FAVORITE THINGS — Show #39 w/ Virginie (Hosted by Psycut)

Mint Condition Radio Show special Instrumentals Only Mix with DJ Randy Ellis, live from the NTS studio in Los Angeles
Aired originally on the Mint Condition Radio Show with DJ Randy Ellis(NTS)03/14/22: https://www.nts.live/shows/mint-condition/episodes/mint-condition-15th-march-2022

Mint Condition Instrumentals w DJ Randy Ellis (NTS) 03.14.22

On this months show we have author, producer, Grammy Award nominee — Jon Kirby. Jon Kirby was the Associate Editor at Wax Poetics (2007-2010) and currently provides A&R, Research and Development for The Numero Group. On the show we go to great lengths to discuss the first discoveries of UTB/Andre Gibson and how their friendship led to an on-going partnership. Plus the beginnings of the ‘Ultra High Frequencies: The Chicago Party’, history and experience surrounding Chicago and what it truly means to be working for a great organisation like the Numero Group. To wrap up the show, a tribute mix is included showcasing some of the great music featured on the Numero Group releases where Jon’s direction is applied.

S4 EP5 - Jon Kirby

Future Classics & Forgotten Treasures — Selections for the Adventurous Music Listener (Founded in 2007 by Lexis)

Lexis' M.I.M.S Show — 098: In Love With The Cover Version (Part 1)

Music Is My Sanctuary