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Smif N Wessun 'Wreckonize' Rmx definately got me into this song!
Thought this'd be a perfect one for Valentine's Day coming up. This came about after a series of serendipitous events in early december 2013, talking with Ness, The Herbal Hustler about Bill, led to making a mini-bill mix (maybe i'll put that out one day if I expand on it), to watching the documentary "Still Bill" and on the plane ride home, I thought to myself "I'd like Just the Two Of US alot better without Grover's sax" so, I started working on it just for fun. Well, here's how it turned out. Just the Vocal Bill parts chopped, some magic that could only come from the great heart of Bill Withers! 

 Time WIth You is a personal one, lots of heart opening while I was working on it, and what was going on with myself, my wife, my best friend Ness, and her boyfriend. It's about spending one-on-one time with those you love, which is so so important when the relationship is deep. Whether it's a: mother, father, grandma or grandpa, brother or sister, wife or husband, daughter or son, homie, friend, soul mate, or twin soul. Whether renewing an old friendship, or starting a new one, all the words you need to voice how you feel were sung by Bill 30 some years ago.

So, to dedicate, on my travels, I of course interact and sometimes hangout with the Girlfriends & Wives of my Musical Peers. They always tell me the SAME THING. "Gaff, make sure you make the most of your time with your lady when you're at home" So, really, this song is for them, missing their men, and to all my brothers travelling or touring on the road, "make the most of your time with YOUR ladies when you're at home!"

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Time With You

Luv (Sic) FK Remix for eternal soul event 2010/08/14

Storytime:
 "A smile from you might make it a nicer day"
 For everyone who DOESN'T have someone this year, as well as those who are in an unfulfilling relationship that's lost it's spark, or never had one in the first place....Valentine's can be a source of pain and heartache for people the world over, whether single OR in relationship.....we all feel lonely at times....In my personal healing practice, when a client comes in wanting to find a meaningful love relationship, I have to find the part of them that is lost and lonely by connecting with that part in myself.......To feel the times I've been lonely and grasping and gasping...It's called empathy....Usually, once we truly feel our loneliness and stop running from it through overwork, drugs, alcohol, non-commital flings, etc.....we come to a point where we have to face it.....whether true friends help us, family, a healer or we do it solo, we come to that place of pain in our hearts. Feeling what's really there, the sadness, we do what needs to be done and eventually find a breakthrough and don't feel so lonely cuz we've come to love ourselves in a new and powerful way, at which point we can truly "find" someone who is meaningful or has real potential......a real "Valentine", whatever time of the year they happen to come..... 
 This song can help you connect with your Loneliness. I connected with my Loneliness and longing while making it, I've been a single father twice over, been isolated missing my lover or favorite friends...Had to learn alot of tough lessons about loneliness...In December, while I was working on this, My wife came down while I was making it on the first day and said "I have to have you right now, I can't take it anymore" ---Split second decision and I took care of her right then and there. This song took her to her loneliness even while making dinner in the kitchen upstairs.
 Tell a friend you love them. You care about them. Whether they are single or in an unsatisfactory relationship. Fuck all that shallow shit. You don't need to be that way. Be a lover and warrior for Love.
 Sometimes we can't be with the people we love the most. Not now, not ever (in this life). That is also a painful realization I've had to be help clients and friends through over and over...You'll find a new love....And then, there's the people who've departed from us in the physical world and "left us behind", and you can only wait to find out the truth when you die......my heart goes out to all of you in this song with Bill, and I've arranged it so that he is You speaking to THAT PERSON, or those people. Echoing what's in your heart. 
 Mark Twain said "the 2 most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why" I'd like to add a 3rd, it's the day you stop caring what anyone else thinks about you expressing your deepest truth and feelings and you take the leap and do it. Over and over and over again. Peace. 
Gaff, Friday, Feb. 13th, 2015.

SHOUTS: My Wife Sarah's smile is the most amazing thing. She's taken me out of some dark places....My Best Friend's Ness, Nu, and Bastid all have smiles so fucking dope they can take me out of any loneliness while I'm with them... My Son's smile is brighter than the sun. My daughter is a teenager and getting her to smile is A CHORE. Ha...

Smile For Me

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Cheer Up, My Brother

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Hi "hermanx", good evening! 

Frente Bolivarista proudly presents our third compilation - FRESH - featuring great artists from all around the globe. We gathered a strong group of talented artists to spread to the world the vast range of soudings going on in Latin America right now!

This time we invited great names like Felipe Cordeiro (YES! It is his new digital cumbiarimbó tune), Barrio Lindo, Lagartijeando, Montoya, Romperayo, COMRADE, Pigmalião, EXZ. RumboTumba, Borchi, Chico Correa, Quixosis, San Ignacio,  Carrot Green and our new discovery: Zambo 1492 and his organic sequenced music. 

We hope you enjoy and share with your friends and families!

¡Viva la Frente Bolivarista! ¡Viva la unión!

LISTEN THE ALBUM AND BUY IT on Bandcamp >>>>>>>>>> 
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LISTEN AND FOLLOW US  >>>>>>>>>> www.frentebolivarista.com

Carrot Green - Cordamar

Part of a remix package for Dele Sosimi's first album in a decade, Medlar returns back to basics with a nostalgic disco rework.

Read more: http://www.stampthewax.com/2015/11/11/premiere-dele-sosimi-you-no-fit-touch-am-medlar-remix/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/sosimi-medlar
Buy: https://delesosimi.bandcamp.com/album/you-no-fit-touch-am-retouched-ep

Follow:
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Dele Sosimi - You No Fit Touch Am (Medlar Remix) (STW Premiere)

Pommes Frites Mixtape!

Enjoy!

Love International - Dance on the Groove (U-Tern Remix)
Fatnotronic - 7,8 e 1
Codek - Tim Toum
Fatnotronic - Matogrosso
Ron Basejam - We Supply
Fatnotronic - Navalha
Fatnotronic & In Flagranti - Botoque
Warren Zevon - Nighttime in the Switching Yard
Klein & MBO - The M.B.O. Theme
Rabo de Saia - Ripa na Xulipa
Fatnotronic - Margarida
Lovebirds - Donwanchooback
DJ Harvey - Love is Everything
Headman - It Rough (Chicken Lips Remix)
Fatnotronic & Sinden - Sorridente
In Flagranti - Spiritus Rector 
Fatnotronic - É um Barato

info: fatnotronic@gmail.com

http://www.voulezvousdanser.com/artists/fatnotronic/

Fatnotronic Presents  Pommes Frites Mixtape

RNT welcomes Manchester upstart @lozgoddard into the fold with his new outing, the 'Drunken Monk EP' on the Reserve imprint. Hot off recent successes on Outplay and Dirt Crew, young Loz delivers again with a 4 tracker of dusty thumpers and jazzy burners, brewed with love and pressed to vinyl the color of a cool pint of ale!

You can chart the release on Juno here:
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/loz-goddard-drunken-monk-ep/601897-01/

Lovin'

PREMIERE : Loz Goddard - Lovin' [Razor-n-Tape Reserve]

shoutout 3stacks 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8ecF8Wt4E

Produced By @heyamine & @pasqueque 

Available on iTunes • Spotify • AppleMusic • Tidal

Mixed & Mastered By Gabe Schuman @ Kiki's Playhouse

Lyrics
http://genius.com/Amine-caroline-lyrics

Artwork: Aminé

Good For You

Caroline

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YSE Saint Laur'Ant - Sunburnt

Art Of Tones (@llorca) is back with a new groovy record released on House Of Disco (@thehouseofdisco) !

Devil The Difference

PREMIERE : Art Of Tones - Devil The Difference [House Of Disco]

grab the vinyl:
https://mslxrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mslx-006-jesse-bru-science-is-science
http://www.juno.co.uk/products/jesse-bru-science-is-science/607025-01/
http://www.crosstalkintl.com/node/53256

available Digital from:
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https://www.beatport.com/release/science-is-science/1748566

Science is Science

MSLX 006 - JESSE BRU - BASSMENT DWELLER

Sunny vibes with @Saine 's track premiering on Delicieuse Musique today, released on Quartet Series (@quartetseries) first EP (alongside Nachtbraker, Crackazat and Gnork).
Enjoy !

PREMIERE : Saine - PrimeChops [Quartet Series]

Back once again, DefLon Sallahr knows what flows with Caper Chase.

Download this and more for free at www.gammaproforma.com

DefLon Sallahr - Caper Chase [Gamma Proforma]

Tim Green is back with another brace of high impact club tunes of the sort that have made him one of the most in-demand producers of the day.

Whether serving up rolling techno treats for Cocoon, essential mixes for the Body Language series on Get Physical or laying down compelling club sets in the DJ booth, Brit Tim Green is unstoppable right now. Here he steps up to the Get Weird imprint with two more tantalising cuts that show just how broad and brilliant an artist he is.

Stirring opener ‘For A Memory’ is eleven minutes of wordless and intoxicating female vocals, slick rubbery drums and plunging bass. The overall effect is hypnotic, rolling and perfectly groovy, and it will no doubt have whole dancefloors locked under its spell. Some little melodic explosions, sweeping filters and luscious pads all help add a real air of grace to proceedings that mark it out as another classic from Green.

‘For A Distant Memory’ is a subtle but noteworthy reworking of the same cut. In this one, the drums are less direct and more stripped back, there is a focus on the angelic, glowing pads and on spine tingling slices of synth that are reflective and emotive as they drop in and out. It is a perfectly trance inducing, heart warming cut that the likes of Lee Burridge at his All Day I Dream parties, or various DJs playing on a sun kissed terrace around the globe, will all lap right up.

These are two more essential tracks from the ever on point Tim Green.

For A Memory EP

For A Memory

Buy on Beatport

Tim Green - For A Memory [Get Weird]

Just 2 days ago I was sitting in a cafe during my recent trip for Lebanon and Egypt when Donald Trump announced his ban of muslim people visiting the USA marking another climax of xenophobia, anti muslim and anti Arabic narrative (الترجمة العربية أسفله).  At the same time I was in Cairo, a colorful, energetic and vital city that despite the cities and countries problems has not much in common with the stereotypical narrative of the Arabic world that is so largely told in the Western media. I’m aware that in times of these music is just a tiny piece of the puzzle to tell a different story but given that this is what I’m working with I felt it was the right time to drop another mix of music from Arabic tapes, vinyl and master tapes. Music that is very different to what a lot of people might expect. Straight up Chicago soul music with the „The Cats“, an Egyptian band covering „The Dells“, Lo-Fi electronic music from Sudan, tropical sounds from Cairo by "Al Massrieen", energetic disco from Algeria by „Zohra", another unknown banger by Morocco’s answer to James Brown „Fadoul“. Or what about some incredible AOR / yacht pop from Lebanon feat. Ziad Rahbani on keys with „Games“ and another little preview of our forthcoming „Ahmed Malek & Flako“ record among some other great music? Music that tells a different story, music to listen to when the world is going crazy and everything in between. #antitrumpmusic

قبل يومين، كنت جالسا في مقهى في القاهرة، حين أعلن دونالد ترامب منعه للمسلمين من زيارة الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، مظهرا بذلك مظهرا آخر من العنصرية ضد المسلمين و العرب. 
في نفس ذلك الوقت، أنا كنت في القاهرة، مدينة مفعمة بالطاقة و الألوان، هذه المدينة التي رغم المشاكل التي تحيط بها، لا تشبه أي من الصور النمطية الشائعة على الإعلام الغربي.
إنني مدرك أنه خضم هكذا أجواء، الموسيقى لا تشكل سوا جزء صغير من الأحجية، و بما أنه المجال الذي اشتغل فيه، أحسست أنه الوقت المناسب لإصدار ميكس جديد من الموسيقى العربية. موسيقى مختلفة عن ما قد يتوقعه الناس. موسيقى السول مع " The cats"، فرقة موسيقية تعيد غناء أغاني "The Dells"، " لوفي" موسيقى الكترونية من السودان، انغام استوائية من القاهرة مع " AlMasrieen"، موسيقى ديسكو جزائرية مع "Zohra"، و أغنية مجهولة لصاحبها، جايمس براون المغرب فضول.
هناك أيضا موسيقى رائعة من فرقة لبنانية اسمها "Games" عزف فيها زياد الرحباني على البيانو.
 نبذة عن إصدارنا القادم و هو تسجيل " Ahmed Malek & Flako" مرفوق بموسيقى أخرى، موسيقى تستحق الاستماع إليها في الظروف التي يمر منها العالم في هذه الفترة

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"Habibi Funk 007 Mix" (More 1970s & 1980s sounds from the Arabic world #AntiTrumpMusic)

first vinyl release from DIKSO - visit dikso.com for more slowin'-it-down-edit-madness...

DIKSO 001 B2 - NoRequests - Jonesin' For You (Snippet)

***CHECK OUT THE LIVE VIDEO HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2pUmfoYh7k***

Skratch Bastid & The Gaff Present:
"SOUL SISTERS, STAND UP!" (PART 2/2)
"This Is A Journey Into Sound: Listen! Love! Learn! A NonStop 80 minute mix From 2 of Canada's Most Sanctified Selectors"

**100% female Funk, Soul, R&amp;B &amp; Breaks**

Presented in 2 parts online:

PART 1 HERE: http://soundcloud.com/skratchbastid/skratch-bastid-the-gaff-soul-sisters-stand-up-part-1

Both Part 1 & Part 2 mixed, scratched, blended & sequenced by Skratch Bastid & The Gaff. Split into 2 parts for easier Soundcloud Enjoyment

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ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FRIDAY JULY 27TH AT 'REVIVAL' IN TORONTO, CANADA. ARTWORK  BY RHEK FOR SHARKS & HAMMERS

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Skratch Bastid & The Gaff - SOUL SISTERS, STAND UP! (Part 2 - Good Old Days)

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