Following Muriel Grossmann, Nat Birchall, Chip Wicham and fellow Frenchman Florian Pellissier, I am thrilled to welcome another of my favorite contemporary jazz musicians: Matthew Halsall!

Label manager of Gandwana Records (Portico Quartet, Hania Rani, Dwight Trible Allysha Joy, …), Matthew dove into this guest session alternating between spiritual and free jazz of Alice Coltrane, John Coltrane, Don Cherry, Donald Byrd, McCoy Tyner, Yusef Lateef with some newer future jazz classics like his  Gondwana Orchestra and fellow UK jazz greats Wildflower.

As for me, I put together a mix in two parts. An introduction with spiritual jazz and ambient touches starting with Floating Points' project with Pharoah Sanders. Closing out the show with more dynamic sounds of Jazz Fusion and Broken Beat to close out with an incredible new track from the STR4TA project!

Enjoy !

MY FAVORITE THINGS — Show #33 w/ Matthew Halsall (Hosted by Psycut)

Donna Leake at Kasheme, recorded live on 11.12.22 in the studio during a lie-in listening session

TASCAM DR-40X

Kasheme Listening Session w/ Donna Leake

Tracklist
Intro - Soul Power & Sound Radio Show, 1978
J Moody & Horus - The Sphinx
Generation Gap - Journey Within
Merging Traffic - Mister Magic
Jean & Trevor - Back Together Again (edit)
Horus All Stars - Christo Rendentor (Count Of Monte Christo Dub)
Mudies All Stars - Loran's Dance
Cedric Im Brooks & The Light of Saba - Jah Light it Right
Nat Birchall - Meditation Dubwise
Jackie Mittoo - Wall Street
Khruangbin - Zionsville (Vuelo Remix)
Brilliantes Del Vuelo - I Know That (When the Springtime Comes)
Aston 'Family Man' Barrett - Soul Constitution
C.H.A.R.M - Midnight (Dub)
Dean 'Youth Sax' Fraser - Float On 
Harold Butler & The Gold Connection - I Love Music
Prince Lincoln Thompson & The Royal Rasses Band - Dub Vortex
Monty Alexander Feat. Ernest Ranglin - Love & Happiness

Image: Jackie Mittoo

Float On: Reggae Jazz, Funk & Disco

Tracklist: http://bit.ly/roy-ayers-75

Celebrating the 75th birthday of Mr Roy Ayers with this mix, showcasing some of my favourite tracks from his slightly lesser known material… Well, I mean compared to tracks like Everybody 
Loves The Sunshine, Searching, We Live In Brooklyn, Running Away, Love Will Bring Us Back Together…

I also hear new stuff that I hadn’t noticed before when I listen to his music - the track with Jack Wilson that opens the mix up is so heavy and cosmic for its time, and I’d forgotten about the track with Wayne Henderson! There are so many great albums out there including the 2 Virgin Ubiquities BBE put out... We could devote a whole week of radio programmes to Roy, his archive is so large… 

He is the key to all things between jazz, soul, disco and hip hop…. Thank you roy for all the music...


Tracklist

Roy Ayers 75th Birthday Mix

Melting Point on Red Light Radio 16 June 2016 mix by Siba
This mix is dedicated to my friend Daria and our happy childhood

One for the Road

After my first selection of Turkish Folk, Funk and Psychedelic music, I have put a couple of my favorite nigerian records together for a short mix you will hopefully like! Some rough mixing on a sunday afternoon at our lovely Goldkante in Bochum city. 

KALAKUTA SOUL SELECTION #2 - NIGERIAN FUNK, BOOGIE & DISCO

HERE COMES SUNSHINE
MONEY TROUBLE
KINGLSEY'S LAMENT
MIRACLE SPACEMAN
NO BOUNDARIES
KUBLA'S WORLD
LLAMMA 100
SUNSHINE
CHUTNEY WOP
TOUGH SLACK
ROLLO THE GANJA
GO DOWNTOWN
FUN TIME
WE GOT SOME MUSIC
SINCERELY
BAMBOO WANGO
CHAMPAGNE DREAMS
MOON DON'T GO
MUSIC MAN
MUSIC
WONDERFUL WORLD (INTERLUDE)
THE COOL OFF
ZOOM ZOOM
IF I HAD A LITTLE LOVE
GRANNY IS SICK
WE'RE ON A MISSION
DO YOUR THING
MOUNTAINTOPS
PURPLE TYPE
(TALKING INTERLUDE)
RUN TO ME

GOLDEN VOYAGE

hi friends
here´s a new homemade Sunday music mixtape for your listening pleasure. This time we´re going deep into the psychedelic wonderland of folky troubadours, worldwide. You´ll hear some some classics, some rare as hen´s teeth rarities, mostly  Folk Funk, 70´s beatdown library instrus, AOR, Modern Soul, Psych, Brazil & Jazz. stricty vinyl, floating softly, no strings attached.

and now..let there be ROCK !

TW, Vienna Feb 2018

ps. no full tracklisting available, feel free to ask for single ID´s.

soundcloud.com/freesoulinc

VA QUIET DAWN II  a folk funk mixtape by Tom Wieland  free soul inc

“Saved My Life“ is a joint project led by label bosses Micky (The Healing Company) and Hermann (Tieffrequent)@the-healing-company

Micky Explains:

"He sent me a couple of demos a few years ago, I loved his music and immediately decided to release a twelve inch on the Healing Company. For that reason, we met afterwards several times in Berlin and became close friends. We found out quickly that we are kind of “soulmates”, made for each other, sharing the same sense of humor, politics, philosophy – and of course the same love for music. Even if we are both releasing mostly contemporary house music on our respective labels, our deepest love is for soulful music from the old days. We are fascinated by the lovely vibes of the past, this special touch of melancholia, emotion, deepness and playfulness that is difficult to put it into words – it is something you can feel much better when listening.

One day we had the idea to do some edits of long forgotten tunes we love. After a couple of studio sessions, the result was our first release, “A Piano Saved My Life“ with four piano-driven edits out of Jazz Funk, Italo Disco and some Balearic vibes. We released it as a small vinyl edition on my new sub-label “Piano Music“ and we got very surprised by the warm and positive feedback the EP had worldwide.
www.discogs.com/Saved-My-Life-A-P…e/release/9225354

Instead of just playing the compactos from beginning to end we tried another approach: avoiding fade ins and outs and doing a mix with a constant flow and vibe. This proved at the end much trickier as we originally thought, since one of the most charming aspects of old Brazilian music is also that you have very well produced commercial albums on the one hand and independent lo-fi recordings on the other hand – but just as good and worth to listen and play! 
After digging in our collections and choosing around 80 records, we reduced the selection to fit into a 90 minutes mix, creating a journey that spans some of Brazil’s most popular music genres: from classic Bossa Nova to MPB, Samba Soul, Samba Rock, Boogie, Disco, Forro, Tropicalia and Psychedelia, from 60 bpm to 140 bpm. Our selection is not dogmatic or academic, we are not presenting a certain time period, style or region – we even take a detour to Italy and France during the mix. What we want to present are records and music that are touching us emotionally, with their delightful vibes from the past, including songs from the early 70s to the early 90s, some well known and highly appreciated, some more obscure or completely unknown, some from reputable artists, some from “one-hit wonders “, who disappeared in the depths of time.

01. Elias De Lima – O Samba Que Guardei Pra Você (1973)
02. Jesse Pessoa – Chove Chuva (1980)
03. The Spins – The Valley Of Temples (1978)
04. Bolão ‎– Sem Querer (1984)
05. Paulo Braga – Barra Da Saia (1975)
06. Django – Samba Nova (1975)
07. Commanders – Boi Da Cara Branca (1978)
08. Você Canta O Sucesso – Olhos Coloridos (1983)
09. Mariano – Ciúme (1993)
10. Bebeto – Com Você Sou (1985)
11. Cid Belar – Questão De Pele (?)
12. Caú – De Bracos Abertos (1986) 
13. Moreira Jr. – Rasteira (1983)
14. Sônia – Adoia (1975)
15. Música Viva 83 – Brasil Especial (1983)
16. Maysa – Rasguei A Minha Fantasia (1974)
17. Marizinha ‎– Brincadeira De Amor (1979)
18. Regininha – Nas Tuas Mãos (1978)
19. Tino Gomes ‎– Raio De Luz (1987)
20. Dedé ‎– Sinceramente (1983)
21. Sabor De Mel ‎– Pra Rimar Com Amor (1981)
22. Directory ‎– Monday / Caipira Train (1983)
23. Neusinha Brizola – Rio De Janeiro (1983)
24. Dudu França ‎– Vem Dançar (Disco Mix) (1978)
25. Alvaro ‎– Povo Novo (1987)
26. Loalwa ‎– Pode Chegar (?)
27. Pery Ribeiro ‎– Abre Alas (1974)
28. Lena Rios ‎– Chapada Do Corisco (1978)
29. Zapatta ‎– Fiesta Macabra (1973)
30. Gilvan Fellip ‎– Alô Deus (?)
31. Sueli – Você (1973)
32. Sirino E Fagner ‎– Copa Luz (1971)
33. Elias De Lima – O Samba Que Guardei Pra Você (1973)

GOURANGA MIXTAPE: Saved My Life's Brazilian Mixtape

Operating out of Melbourne, here is a group who have been showcasing jazz and diy experimentalism in a whole new light.

The four piece group have been making waves amidst funk, soul and jazz communities the world over and most recently released a nine track album via longstanding UK based imprint Mr Bongo, a label which has become an authority in the sound. 

"All News Is Good News" was released in July and was met with critical acclaim, it was well received and showcased the instrumental capabilities of a group very much on the rise. 

We invited them to piece together a mixtape, they do so in fine style.

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Surprise Chef: The 'Shine a Light On' Mix

A mix of escapist music from the 50s up through the 80s.

Exotica, Space Age, & Soundtrack

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

MY FAVORITE THINGS — Show #33 w/ Matthew Halsall (Hosted by Psycut)

Music Is My Sanctuary