May As Well Be

TYFL  Mixtape 01
Kashif - The Mood
Skyy- High
Mtumbe - Green Light
Trussel - Love Injection
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers - Bustin’ Loose
Slave - Baby Sinister
Evelyn “Champagne” King - Get Loose
Unlimited Touch - Searching To Find the One (Special Disco Re-Mixed Version)
Denroy Morgan - I’ll Do Anything For You (Instrumental)
Shalamar - Make That Move 
R.J.’s Latest Arrival - Shackles
Tyrone Brunson - Sticky Situation (Instrumental)
Bravò - Touch Me Now
Tasha Thomas - Shoot Me (With Your Love)(Instrumental)
Addrisi Brothers - Ghost Dancer
Bar-Kays - More And More 
Cheryl Lynn - Got To Be Real
THP - Who Do You Love

Thank You For Listening mixtape 01 - T Mobyle

** TRACKLIST **

TEE-WATT - DAY GONE(SAUCED VERSION) PROD. TEE- WATT X M.ALI
IDLE - CREW!
BUCKET - URINALDOMINANCE.BASED.HTML
PLANET GIZA - FTW
LEMONBOY![ARAGON IS NO MORE] - DELUXE TRACK 2. RUNNING FROM THE OPPS
TRENDY KAM - BAD NEWS 
SPELLWRKS - HOEZ(DON’T GET COLD)
DSMV - SHE(DSMV & THREEZERO RMX)
IGLOOPACKINHEAT - CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED MUSIC
HAJÉ - DREAMS
MIDAN - FLY ONES
1981 TOKYO - BEST FRIENDS(BRANDY X JACK HARLOW)
SIMBI - ROCK WITH YOU || DEMO ||
ALEX MARTIAN - CHANNEL SURFING
LOU PHELPS - SMILING
FLWR CHYLD - USHER “YOU DONT HAVE TO CALL”- FLWR CHYLD FLIP((SLOWED))
SUNNI (COLÓN) - KAMA SUTRA
SUNNI (COLÓN) - TECHNICOLOR 
AUXTIN MARC - ROSALIA FLIP
EL MICHELS AFFAIR - KABHI FT. PIYA MALIK
MADLIB - THE SKY(BEYOND SIGHT)
OMOIDÉ - 627
BLACK STAR - SWEETHEART
KTHA1 - THAT SPECIAL LOVE. FT. FORESTXFIRE, JAYDOTCEE, NOLAIS
DKTHEPUNISHER- THAT THING
OJE - J DILLA - RECKLESS DRIVING(OJE REMIX)
CANCREJO - AFTER THE BOIL
SHAYNESTARTEDIT - NE1 X MR. KOU - NO TELÉ
(LOVE IN THE ENDZ) TRACKSTAR - RAYO DE SOL
CAMTRAO - AM I GBONA( CAMTRAO EDIT)

Sweet Vibrations Radio (JULY 2022)

SPRING RAIN 2024

REC-2024-04-02

Mr Bongo proudly presents the debut album from Tasmania-born, Melbourne-based, Finn Rees. Gliding across a swirling palette of saturated hues, Dawn Is A Melody feels vintage yet vibrant, new but familiar at the same time. A spiritual, deep and textured jazz record, tipping its hat to greats from the past, capturing memories and reformulating them into new ideas with the help of some of Melbourne’s finest talent.

Expert keys player for the likes of 30/70 and Elle Shimada, alongside one-half of Close Counters, this debut LP was Finn’s conscious departure from the realm of groove-based jazz. Instead, Dawn Is A Melody places the piano and arrangements centre stage, giving Finn and his fellow Melbourne crew freedom to explore the spaces in between, new emotions and alternate soundscapes.

In Finn’s own words: “My intention with Dawn Is A Melody was to create a world; a microcosm of colour. Something rich and beautiful that allowed the melodies and compositions to reach their full potential. It was driven by hope, curiosity and the search for beauty and reassurance in this ever-changing world. The emotion behind the music is really about the journey of life, growing up and changing, as well as my relationship with Tasmania’s natural landscapes where I grew up, a part of the world that is incredibly unique and beautiful.”

The album arcs between opening, middle and end. Beginning with the optimism of ‘Looking Up’ and ‘Lagoon’, the former a celestial, string and harp marbled slice of positivity, the latter a spiritual journey of exuberance and hope, Finn’s fingers dancing across the ‘70s Yamaha grand piano. From there the songs blossom outwards with the cinematic soulful journey of ‘It’s Behind Me Now’ and Brazilian-inspired ‘Expansion’, as the divine ‘Crossing’ signals a transition to a new realm. The energy is transformed from the rich cosmic textures to a more intimate and personal feeling with ‘Ablaze’, ‘Between Spaces’ and ‘As It Passes’ which blissfully fades down to simply piano and strings to close out the record.

Recorded at Rolling Stock in Collingwood, Melbourne, Henry Jenkins was drafted in as recording and mix engineer, his minimal vintage mic setups giving a live aesthetic and warmth to the arrangements. Lucky Pereira and Blakely McLean Davies form the rock-solid rhythm section, with a hand-picked line-up of other Melbourne talent on display, including Cheryl Durongpitikul on tenor sax, Siwei Wong on harp, Audrey Powne on trumpet and Allysha Joy on vocals to name only a few.

Plotting a course from Alice Coltrane, through Herbie Hancock, to Arthur Verocai, this is a debut nourished by the past but firmly made in the present. A record unable to be age-stamped, casting ambiguity as to when, what era and by whom it has been crafted. Like a vintage lens capturing a current scene, Dawn Is A Melody is warm and familiar yet focused on the here now.

Finn Rees - Between Spaces

6.1.24. Live at the grand opening for Holey Grail Donuts, Long Beach.

First two hours of my six hour set, off the dome. I like how it came out.

#SoulSource

Sweet Tooth - blksoap live at Holey Grail Donuts, Long Beach

wzrdryAV - Dark@4
Ian Fink - Sunrise
Emerson Kitamura - Rock Your Baby (Featuring MMM)
Obsolete Music Technology - Time In Descension
Knopha - Palm Warmth
Total Blue - Jaguarundi
Stupid Kozo, Submerse & Fujimoto Tetsuro - Late Summer Frequencies
Dan Piu - Martian Tools
dj_2button - Misunderstood (Sex Palms Tex Mix)
Kyle Hall - IKBKO GRV
Jarren - Round & Round
Needs - So Many Things (Original Pass)
Soshi Takeda - Rainstorm
Modal Jazz Club - Club Vision II
DJ Bone - Cheat Code 1.0
Eversines - Whirlpool

NOODS RADIO

Noods Radio - Darker Than Wax w/ Dexter Colt (19 September 2024)

magz fm

467: a RADIO jawn | future SOUL dispatch ctr | from philly with LUV

From the EP "No-Go" released on Proptronix records 2005
Vocals by Kanoko Nishi
Aditional mixing and production by Safey Scissors 

Cover of Hall and Oates 1981 song "Cant Go For That"

Can't Go For That

meraki -

doing something with total 
love and pure soul.
leaving a little piece of yourself
in your creative work.

-- 

love and light 
Hannah

(Artwork by Hannah Faith)

Can't Go For That

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