On the 11th of December SOUL LABELS took over independent Art and Fashion store United 80 for a in-store broadcast. @LoFiOdysseys and @AmarOfPatel were on deck to occupy, experiment and transform United 80 into a walk-in-mixtape, curating a winter mix that resonated with the soulful as well as with the stores collection, blending between crunchy vinyl and warm cassette tapes - here are a few clips from the night. 

Also included are interviews from Japanese creative/designer Yumi Sakaki, head and creator of streetwear brand 4649 WorldWide [28:15] and Samantha-J founder and creator of United 80 and clothing brand Geo D [1:02:35].

SOUL LABELS PRESENTS ‘TIS THE SEASON’ @ UNITED 80 11/12/15
PHOTOS - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1526714060976176.1073741832.1408411659473084&type=1&l=cdc7f41966

SOUL LABELS PRESENTS  TIS THE SEASON  @ UNITED 80 11/12/15

Winter Mix, curated by Daniel Oduntan 

This mix was inspired by the harshness and beauty of winter, friendship, stealth anxiety, self-isolation and the toll that sacrifice and hard work takes on the heart, enjoy.

1. Brian Bennett - Image
2. DJ Harrison - My Frainds 
3. Wiley - Letter 2 Dizzle
4. Nigel Benn interviewed by Trevor McDonald ITV + Franz Liszt - Les Préludes [LFO Edit]
5. Iman Omari - L.A. Vibe
6. unknown 
7. Nick Drake - River Man
8. Aretha Franklin - First Snow In Kokomo 
9. The Sophomore Gospel Clouds - Let Us Pray
10. The Montclairs - Dreaming Out of Season
11. Jazmine Sullivan @ age 11 - Home - Hill elementary production of THE WIZ
12. Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here
13. Pressure 1976 Dir Horace Ové + Leon Ware - Slippin' Away [LFO Edit]
14. Amnesty - Liberty
15. Kool & The Gang - Winter Sadness
16. Ohbliv - Obey + Soul Labels WhatsApp voice notes
17. Cakedog - Who We Be Kings
18. Cakedog - Get Down + Skepta: Top Boy - noisey documentary [LFO Edit]
19. Blackmale Beats ft Belinda Zhawi - Masvingo '98
20. Tuamie - Who The Fuck Is Paging Me At 5 + Lenny Henry Mobo awards acceptance speech
21. RS #HoodDocumentary Se.1 Ep 2 + Roll Deep - You Were Always [extended] [LFO Edit]
22. Joni Mitcham - Overture-Cotton Avenue + Yinka Shonibare IdeasTap interview [LFO Edit]
23. Arthur Verocai -  Dedicada a Ela
24. J Dilla - Track 15 + Gordon Parks - A Choice of Weapons [LFO Edit]
25. Ahwlee/Ohbliv - untitled
26. Jose James - It's All Over Your Body (Oddisee Remix)
27. Ewonee - eeting
28. Kano – How We Livin'
29. Xei - Where Are You Now
30. René & Angela - My First Love
31. Mount Eerie - I Hold Nothing
32. The Miracles - I Love You Secretly
33. Dizzee Rascal - Imagine (live)
34. Eberhard Weber - Seriously Deep

Daniel Oduntan + Winter Mix

Amar Patel + Searching Mix

NOTE: This mix is highly trigging in parts which may cause distress on listening - discretion is advised.

BLACK [is a culture]
OkayAfrica OCT 26, 2015

@LoFiOdysseys is the musical persona of Nigerian-rooted, London-based photographer and artist @DanielOduntanMusic. His Documentary mix BLACK [is a culture] is a heart-wrenching exploration of the discriminatory treatment of black culture and black people within Western society.

Blending audio clips from news coverage and debates about incidents of racial discrimination over songs from Alice & John Coltrane, Kendrick Lamar, Courtney Pine, Leo Thomas, Light of the World, Gil Scott Heron, Jean & Doug Carn, Don Blackman and many others, BLACK. [is a culture] offers a stirring portrayal of institutional racism through a mixtape.

“This mix has been on my mind for awhile now,” Daniel Oduntan writes in an e-mail to Okayafrica. “It’s a challenging mix and looks more at the Black diaspora, exploring the abusive experiences of Black people/the Black diaspora within White/western society and the cost to still create and sustain culture within it. The mix touches on themes from Black culture ownership to culture exchange and appropriation. Plus looking at the attitude of why cultural ownership isn’t given to people of colour, after the price they’ve had to pay for it.”

“The mix revisits the work of Lee Mun Wah’s film The Colour Of Fear, BLACK BRITAIN: Rise Of Racism In The UK from the BBC archives and many other clips from tapes I’ve dubbed off radio to online sound bite recordings.”

“It’s a mix for the Africa diaspora as-well as non-blacks and hopefully will challenge, inform, and bring about vital dialogue.”

Tracklist
	1.	Light Of The World – I’m So Happy
	2.	Lo-Fi Odysseys – Untitled
	3.	Alice Coltrane – Om Supreme
	4.	Gil Scott Heron – Rivers Of My Father
	5.	Courtney Pine feat. Susaye Greene ‎– Children of The Ghetto
	6.	Ray Charles – Unchain My Heart
	7.	Leo Thomas – It’s My Life I’m Fighting For
	8.	The Limit – POP
	9.	Capleton – In Her Heart instrumental/Vibes FM [Lo-Fi Odysseys Edit]
	10.	Amandla Stenberg - Don't Cash Crop On My Cornrows [Lo-Fi Odysseys – Untitled Re-work]
	11.	Lo-Fi Odysseys – Untitled 
	12.	Maryam – Alright (Kendrick Lamar Rework)
	13.	Doug Carn feat. Jean Carn – Revelation
	14.	Doug Hammond – We People
	15.	Don Blackman & The Family Tradition – Ghetto Lament
	16.	DMX – Ready To Meet Him instrumental / Sandra Bland police dashcam
	17.	The John Coltrane Quartet – Africa
	18.	Roy Ayers feat. Carla Vaughn – Everytime I See You [Lo-Fi Odysseys Edit]
	19.	Yutaka – Haiku
	20.	Henry Franklin – Soft Spirit /  John Coltrane Interview

Original write up – http://www.okayafrica.com/audio/lo-fi-odysseys-black-is-a-culture-mix/

Daniel Oduntan + BLACK [is a culture]

Curated by @JaysonWynters & @LoFiOdysseys

Jayson Wynters + Power Mix

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