Season 2 - from Jazz Funk through to Modern Funk

Season 2

Hard to believe I started this series 12 years ago. Time moves so fast, doesn’t it?

At first, it was a project meant to celebrate the indescribable feeling of making it through another lonnnng Montreal winter. Then, it became a form of catharsis for me to grieve the memory of my mom, who passed away a few years ago now. I’ve thought a few times that this project might have run its course, but as I got a lot of very kind feedback from listeners, I think it has come to mean something for them too. Hopefully, it does to you too.

So here we are with another selection of songs to heal, uplift, cry, love and laugh.

Dedicated to all our loved ones. Dedicated to my mom.
Peace with every step.

TRACKLIST

The Roots - A Peace of Light
Wu-Lu - Young Swimmer
Asha Puthli and Sven Wunder - Spring Has Sprung
Marina Herlop - Collige Virgo Gladium
Joy Guidry - Day by Day
Loukeman - Gorgeous Stuff
Equiknoxx - Was Not Initially Called Make iT Stop
Donal Leace - Today Won't Come Again
Gil Scott-Heron - I Think I'll Call It Morning
Stevie Wonder - Bird of Beauty
Nina Simone - Cosi Ti Amo
Milton Nascimento - Catavento
Gabriel de Rosa - Cafuné
Claudete Soares - Conselho A Quem Quiser Voltar
France Gall - Pense à moi
Miss K-Jah & Gappy Ranks - Ain't That Loving You
Judy & Lynda - Heavenly Day
Dennis Bovell & Janet Kay - Games of Dubs
Goya Gumbani - Chase The Sunrise
Dreamcastmoe - Flowers
Larry June - Life is beautiful
Ra - Highway
Johnny Mathis - Spring is here
Monica Zetterlung - Spring is here
Doug Carn - Little B's Poem
Jimetta Rose - Let The Sunshine In
Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing
Womack & Womack - Life's Just A Ballgame
Leon Ware - For the rainbow
Close Counters - Freedom we're needing
Dublon - Evolution
Gil sm & Reek0 - Saturday Morning
Roy Ayers - For the sun
Dee-Lite - Mind Melt
Raf Reza - Mirror of Love
Kampinos - Good Looking Pepe
Linda Williams - Elevate Our Minds
Chris Montez - The More I See You
Gabor Szabo - A Day In The Life
Broadcast - Follow The Light
Rafa Aslan - NYC ID U+I
Work Money Death - We Are The People
Ezra Collective - Everybody

SPRINGTIME SPIRITUAL 2025 🌅 Selected and Mixed by Lexis

Ep. 833 - June 13, 2025

Spring is almost over, but Spacewalker has slipped in one more show before summer officially arrives!

Featuring music from Arjuna Oakes, Ron Trent, Broken Keys, Jordana, Chaos in the CBD & much more!

Balance 580 > https://soundcloud.com/musicismysanctuary/balance-580-hosted-by-spacewalker/

BALANCE #581 (Hosted by Spacewalker)

🇬🇧 ENG VERSION
This mix is a celebration of Black music’s richness, rhythm and emotion — from jazz to bruk, funk, deep house and soul-infused electronics.
A spiritual, global and deeply personal selection, including several unreleased tracks by Jay himself.

🎧 Listen & feel.
Vinyl-only.
Curated with care.

🔗 Artist links:
IG: www.instagram.com/_jaysound
Bandcamp: jaysound.bandcamp.com/

🎵 TRACKLIST:

Ananda Project feat. Gaelle - Cascades of Colour (Kuniyuki's Sugar Love Mix)

El Payo - Dawnlands

WheelUp - Infinity Feat Abacus

Alma Negra - Endless Summer

Henrik Schwarz - Forbidden (Club Mix)

Colm K - Beginnings (K15 Remix)

Unique - What I Got Is What You Need

The Rah Band - Messages From The Stars (Long Wave Mix)

Beat Spacek - Alone In Da Sun

Jay Sound - Autumn

Con Funk Shun - Indian Summer Love (Instrumental)

Joe Armon-Jones - Lifetones

Moodymann - Downtown

Reggie Dokes - After Dark We Play

Merle - Mimi Likes 2 Dance

Jay Sound - Unreleased

2000Black - Green Woods

Larry Heard - Just One Minute

Julion DeAngelo - Part One

Jay Sound - Rhythmic Liberation

Ideeyah - Align



CUCINA WAX SERIES 002 — JAY SOUND

"Day Care" Radio Show w/ The Alaia
aired on NTS Radio 7/28/25
Tracklist and Original Episode here: https://www.nts.live/shows/day-care/episodes/day-care-28th-july-2025

Day Care on NTS w/ DJ Randy Ellis & The Alaia 07.28.25

Guest DJ sets from The Alaia & Cassandra Dali

Ep. 842 - The Alaia & Cassandra Dali - August 15, 2025

A big thank you to Public Records NYC for inviting me to play on Friday night and for making me feel so welcome. It’s always such a joy to share my music there. I left feeling inspired, connected, and grateful and I hope we will do it again soon.

This is a recording of my early evening set I made Upstairs 8-11pm (Aug 15th 2025). It’s a 3-hour journey through some jazz, new and old rare records from the Caribbean, African continent, Brazil, Japan, Australia, and Lebanon, plus classic house music from New York, Chicago, and London.

RUSTAM OSPANOFF @ PUBLIC RECORDS UPSTAIRS  | BROOKLYN, NY (AUG 15TH 2025)

(AUDIO SNIPPET) GE-OLOGY “NOMADIC DISCORIENTAION” (LP Version Feat. Kaidi Tatham) LU003

(AUDIO SNIPPET) GE-OLOGY “NOMADIC DISCORIENTATION” (Original 2014 Demo Version) LU003

(AUDIO SNIPPET) VICK LAVENDER "SUPERHERO" LOVE UNIVERSAL MUSIC LU004

A sequel too soon....Az revisits and pays homage again to one of his funk hero's, Hamilton Bohannon. Who sadly passed away within the recent weeks (April 24th 2020). So it was only right Az created a show - to honour and celebrate Bohannon's life. The show is filled with selected gems from Bohannon's vast discography. Az also shares some music that took inspiration and sampled Bohannon, and artists who he worked closely with. The show features music from an all-star roster including Hamilton Bohannon, Caroline Crawford, The Originals, Marvin Gaye, Mary J Blige, Jay Z and many more. Rest in peace Hamilton Bohannon.

S2 EP6 - The Hamilton Bohannon Tribute

Featuring Toronto’s very best — Gil Masuda from Love Touch Records, joins the Studio Funk guest round table and provides a killer guest mix. Playing a selection of classics and new favourites, it’s a set guaranteed to get you ‘partying on the corner’. Gil Masuda's record label, Love Touch records are responsible for some of this years great modern funk releases including, Maya Killtron - Found You (produced by Gil Masuda) 🔥

S2 EP16 - Gil Masuda

In this episode Az plays a selection of old favourites, new releases and recently acquired records whilst maintaining a ‘freestyle’ set. Covering a wide range of music from dance floor fillers through to soulful chillers (is that even a word?!). He even had the opportunity to devote some attention to some G-Funk from an album which is reaching a big milestone as it approaches a 25th anniversary this week on October 31st. Plenty of treats to sink your teeth into (accidental Halloween pun).

S2 EP17 - "Listen Pal"

In this special episode Az sits down with the multi talented Sally Green. They talk to great lengths about Sally's background within music and the artists that were an influence throughout her life. They also discuss the recent and future collaborations with modern funk producers including Buscrates, Kazzey and Mofak. The show also features an exclusive look of her brand new single ‘Deja Vu’ produced by B. Bravo (an absolute monster of a track!). The show is filled with a ton of great music featuring a talented roster of artists including Sally Green, Stevie Wonder, The Brand New Heavies, Buscrates, Mofak, Rojai, Kool Customer and the list goes on!

S2 EP18 - Sally Green

As the end of the year draws closer, Az plays a mixture of new and old favourites. New releases from Max Zuckerman, Toby Glider alongside the new reissue of Special Touch - Garden of Life from Heels & Souls Records, alongside other great tracks from the golden British era. Az also plays some electro/jazz funk and includes a few surprises here and there 😉 With a vast mixture of music - 24 tracks! - it’s a show which cannot be missed.

S2 EP19 - Rough and Ready

For the last show of the year it would only be right to celebrate all of the great music released within the last 12 months. With a wide selection of Modern Funk, Soul, Jazz Funk though to reissues of forgotten classics/new treasures - it's a good wrap up to a tough year. Featuring a roster of talented artists and musicians including Andre Solomko, Buscrates, The Funky Drive Band, Soul Supreme, Aldorande, Maya Killtron and XL Middleton to name a few!

TRACKLIST:
Andre Solomko - Recalling You (extended disco version)
Buscrates - How Ya Gonna Do It
The Funky Drive Band - Lost Generation
E. Live - Rollin Steady
Ourra & The Gravity Drive - Underneath The Neon Moon
Max Zuckerman - Airplane Girl
Love Touch Family ft Saucy Lady - I Got Your Back (U-Key Re-Touch) 
Temu - Ready or Not
Joanna Rose - Love Affair
Diamond Ortiz - I’m The One You Need
Leonard Charles & Zackery Force Funk - My 45 (7 inches of love)
High Frequency - Summertime
Premonition - Don’t Act Like a Fool
E.S. Funk - Shake your body (at the disco)
Akira Freeze - Tell me baby
Pepin ft Sauce81 - Galaxy Drive
Soul Supreme - Lyrics to Go
Kamaal Williams ft Lauren Faith - Hold On
Yussef Dayes - For My Ladies
Space Ghost - Girl U Hypnotize Me
Special Touch - That Special Touch (625Mix)
Misses Misty - Mellow Mellow Ride On 
Social Lovers - Love Come Down
Tsuruoka Ryu - Omae
Brainstory - Runaway
Henrietta Thomas - I Want You (Right Now)
Aldorande - Summer Body
Dj Frane - Straight to the Head
Maya Killtron - The Middle (Diamond Ortiz Remix)
XL Middleton ft Zackery Force Funk - Shotgun Lover (12” Mix)

S2 EP20 - Last but not least

Studio Funk - podcast show created and hosted by Aswad. Showcasing his discoveries, music collection, and interviews the leading names in modern funk and soul.

S2 EP6 - The Hamilton Bohannon Tribute

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