Prolific is an understatement when it comes to the world of Madlib. Diving in head first, people might know him from his most recent work with Freddie Gibbs. Or they might have heard about his acid tinged alter-ego Quasimoto in a dorm room or coffee shop (ahem, imagine you weren't born post 2000). Going further back, a lot first learned of 'The Beatkonducta' with the legendary Hip Hop trio, Lootpack. Regardless of where you learned of him or how you came across any of the ever growing catalog of creations, it is a safe bet there is almost ALWAYS going to be something you never knew was another 'Madlib Invazion'. 

That said, over the last few years I've happily dug around for the often overlooked, or dare I say, forgotten (dude is P-R-O-L-I-F-I-C, no diss) Jazz catalog Madlib has managed to pump out. 'Rugged Tranquility' is my attempt at finding some of the deeper cuts in the abyss, all the while celebrating 20 years of Otis Jackson Jr's Jazz masterpieces. - PK

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TRACKLIST

Yesterdays New Quintet - Rugged Tranquility
The Jahari Massamba Unit feat Karriem Riggins - Umoja (Unity)
Malik Flavors - Storm
Jackson Conti - Barumba
Young Jazz Rebels - Black Freedom
Monk Hughes & The Outer Realm - A Piece For Brother Weldon
Sound Directions - Forty Days
The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble - One For The Monica Lingas Band
Generation Match - Electronic Dimensions
The Jahari Massamba Unit - Pretty Eyes
Yesterdays New Quintet - That Girl
Joe McDuphrey Experience - Flower Of Life
Ahmad Miller - Little Angel

Tribute to MADLIB's JAZZ ALIASES — Selected by Prince Klassen

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DSR036 / V.A. - Dailysession Gig Pack Ep 1

For the first show of the new year, The EDWIN Music channel welcomes Tokyo-based producer, DJ, and "Organic Music" Record Store owner Chee Shimizu (@organicchee).

For the full interview and tracklisting, please visit https://edwin-europe.com

№ 114 - Chee Shimizu

New Dailysession stuff for the advanced dancefloors with 4 steamy disco belters. Jacks up another create diggers gem for a storming disco house rework…

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DSR038 / V.A. - Dailysession Gig Pack EP 2

From TAKAMATSU Japan the former A1 Buyer delivers a 2 hour mix of assorted flavors from disco to jazz to deep house. Peep his interview on our website and enjoy the journey from DJ MONCHAN ⚡️⚡️⚡️

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OVER&OVER 047: DJ MONCHAN

The town of Hayama is located on the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa, Japan. 
This was the third edition of Sound Wave held at HAYAMA UMINO HOTEL, located in its best location.

Since it was just before Christmas, we created a winter-like atmosphere including gospel music.
As soon as I started DJing, I had a glass of wine and a terrible mix...

"Sound Wave 3" at HAYAMA UMINO HOTEL on 23rd Dec. 2023

Mix for SOUND SAUNA 002 (Inside)

For RA.1000, DJ Sprinkles' first mix in over a decade is a powerful meditation on the genocide in Gaza.

Dance music often relies on simple narratives: release, escape, unity. But those narratives can often feel inadequate, and even at times, hollow. Or, as Terre Thaemlitz might bluntly put it, just "shitty."

For her first mix in around 15 years, Terre Thaemlitz AKA DJ Sprinkles, challenges us to think differently. "I felt this 1000th podcast should reflect the moment in which it was made," she told us in her Q&A.

And what is this moment? Every day since Israel's 2023 assault on Gaza began, an average of 28 children have been killed. That's an entire classroom, every day, for over 600 days (at the time of writing). It's a staggering figure that only captures a fragment of the listless cruelty imposed on the strip.

Faced with such a genocide, what can music really do? How political can it truly be?  For their RA.1000, Thaemlitz gives us an unflinching rebuke to the idea that music should provide escapism. The mix weaves ambient fragments and jazz passages, woven around samples from Israeli media and the voices of outspoken Jewish critics like Gabor Maté and Norman Finkelstein. 

The result is not just a protest, but a document of our time. For Terre Thaemlitz, music is never just music. Her RA.1000 serves as a reminder that in an age of relentless suffering, the most political act is to reject the illusion of escape, and search for something greater.

Read the interview and find the tracklist at ra.co/podcast/1013. Listen to all RA.1000 mixes, as well as the complete history of the RA Podcast, at https://1000.ra.co

RA.1000 Terre Thaemlitz / DJ Sprinkles

Christmas day in New York City means a few things... Chinese food, maybe a movie, and hanging with friends. I was honored to be asked to do a guest set on the long running Dailysession mix series by my friend Toshi aka DJ Monchan of A1 Records / Daily Session Records (http://dailysession.com/). We spent the evening together, Christmas night, with a small group of friends, ate food, drank tea, and later on went to the basement for what you hear in this recording.

I had Toshi on Wild Combination a couple of years ago but unfortunately the recording was strangely affected during taping and it wasn't listenable. Thanks so much to Toshi for having me over and asking to do his show. You can listen to the hundreds of other Dailysession mixes here: http://dailysession.com/

Daily Session 12.25.17

Recorded live from Cedar Room - Daily Session 12.25.17 with Prince Klassen

The eighth Notebook Soundtrack Mix is a musical celebration of the soundtrack music of Ryuichi Sakamoto, including compositions for such films as. For an introduction by mixer Florence Scott - Anderton (https://soundcloud.com/florencesa), as well as the full tracklist, visit the Notebook: https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/notebook-soundtrack-mix-8-universal-meditations-the-film-music-of-ryuichi-sakamoto.

Notebook Soundtrack Mix #8: Universal Meditations  — The Film Music of Ryuichi Sakamoto

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