rst Word Records is proud to bring you a double AA side remix single from Takuya Kuroda, featuring brand new mixes from Waajeed and Kaidi Tatham.

Takuya Kuroda is a Kobe-born, Brooklyn-based trumpeter and musician, who was also a longtime player for Akoya Afrobeat as well as DJ Premier's BADDER band. Initially playing on the Japanese circuit with his trombonist brother, Takuya went on to relocate to New York City, where he has largely remained to this day, becoming a prominent player in the jazz scene, establishing a devoted fan base with jazz heads across the globe.

Following on from the recent 10 year anniversary vinyl re-issue of Takuya Kuroda's seminal 'Rising Son' album, we revisit his fourth official solo album 'Midnight Crisp', originally released in 2022 on the Worldwide Award winning UK label, First Word Records. Here we have two new interpretations designed squarely for the dancefloor.

Firstly we head to Detroit, with Waajeed's Hi-Tech Jazz remix of 'Choy Soda'. A pioneer in the worlds of house and hip hop alike, Waajeed's career is like no other. From his roots designing sleeves for Slum Village, to founding Platinum Pied Pipers, to running record labels, DJing and working with a ton of luminaries himself, Waajeed carries the spirit of his hometown in everything he does. This mix carries on the flavours he brought to the world on his 'Memoirs of Hi-Tech Jazz' album: bumpin' broken-beat tinged jackin' house music, this is pure heads-down music to groove to.

On the flip, First Word family, Kaidi Tatham takes on 'Dead End Dance'. Kaidi is a deeply-prolific, hugely-revered Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist based in Belfast. One of the original pioneers of the broken beat sound, he's worked with a ton of legends over the years, including Amy Winehouse, Soul II Soul, Mulatu Astatke and Leroy Burgess, to most recently on various projects with DJ Jazzy Jeff. He stays true to the original vibe and tempo of the track, adding a phat synth bass to the mix, before switching to an uptempo shuffle midway, in his own inimitable style & fashion.

Initial support for this release already in from selectors such as Gilles Peterson (BBC 6 Music) and Dom Servini (Jazz FM), whilst past support has included Pitchfork, Earmilk, Brooklyn Vegan and many more.

'Midnight Crisp Remixes' will be available upfront on vinyl-only from June 14th, with a digital release to follow a month later on July 19th. 
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Midnight Crisp Remixed

Takuya Korada Midnight Crisp: Dead End Dance

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Dead End Dance (Kaidi Tatham Remix): Takuya Kuroda: Midnight: First Word Records: Buy Link Available

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This is an archive of The Horizon Broadening Hour. More music added to Libretime, as always, means more music for y'all to check out.

Takuya Kuroda – Car 16 15 A
Sheldon Agwu – This Infinite Dream I Call You 
Dream Brigade – Reverse Palindrome
Katherine Kyu Hyeon Lim & Joey Chang – Crackling Rice
Mira Choquette – Just Friends 
Jose Barranquero – Totoro (feat. Melisa Bertossi) 
Wasabi Samba – Animo
Devin Grey – Virtue Signaling
Ou de Fait – So We Formed a Committee to Discuss the Problem 
FRANKIE FLOWERS – HEX
The Dirty Nil – Gallop of the Hounds
Cactus for Breakfast – Strangers for Tonight
Prchr. – Exhausted 
Vampire Slumber Party – Behold, the Ogre
Matthew James – Solace in the Silence
Armoire – je sais que tu sais 
The Dan Kirouac Band – But Still I Pray 
Bells Larsen – 514-415 
Drew Smith – Don’t Lose Yourself 
Alexander Gallant – Me and My Oldest Friend
Ryan Wayne – Love’s Lost Languages 
Naomi Skye – Ghost
Roy Head – Slow Down, But Don’t Stop 
Sohayla Smith – Teenage Dirtbag 
Raina Krangle – Big Yellow Taxi
Keybone & Dr. Jazz – I Only Have Eyes For You
The Bapti$$ - Mister 808
Aidan Skira – Control (She’s So)
Baby Volcano – Delish 
Katja T – Lucky Me
8know8 – Stargazer 
Kpec3 arrival – No Other Saves
Jay Williams – ABISHAG (Ancient Mix)
The Nathaniel Hardy Project – Ahhhh Yeah!!! (feat. Faith R. Hardy-Molina) 2025 Remaster


The Horizon Broadening Hour #76

We continue our sonic journey with tracks from:

31.  Roustabout (Bassnectar Remix) - Beats Antique
32  Everybody Loves The Sunshine (Cover) - Takuya Kuroda ft.José James
33  OMW -  ((( O )))) [June Marieezy]
34  Let Me Cook - Flying Lotus ft. Dawn Richard
35  People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band
36  Deep Fried Frenz - MF Doom
37  More Bounce To The Ounce - Zapp
38  Group Four - Massive Attack
39  Guelah Papyrus - Phish
40  Even More Human Than Human - X-Ecutioners, Rob Z, & Slug
41
42  Rhythm Nation - Janet Jackson
43  Album Of The Year # 1 Funkateer - Bootsy Collins
44  Jumping Coffin - Aesop Rock
45  RIP RIP - David Holmes
46  25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago
47  Someone (Slacker Original Vocal Mix) - Ascension
48  The Whistle Song - DJ Aligator
49  Days Go By - Hydrogen Rockers present Steve Smith
50  Billie Toppy - Men I Trust
51  My Way - Will Saul presents CLOSE ft. Joe Dukie
52  Boriska - Claypool Lennon Delirium
53  Midnight In A Perfect World - DJ Shadow
54  Feelin' Good - Nina Simone
55  E&A Day (Instrumental) - Eyedea & Abilities
	55.1  Act Right (Instrumental) - Eyedea & Abilities
	55.2  Glass (Instrumental) - Eyedea & Abilities
	55.3  One Twenty (Instrumental) - Eyedea & Abilities
56  Reverend Black Grape - Black Grape
57  Shock The Monkey - Coal Chamber ft. Ozzy Osbourne
58  Rubicon - VNV Nation
59  Blue + Around the World Mashup - Pomplamoose
60  That Girl - Esthero
61  Undersea Palace - Yasunori Mitsuda
62  Your Life Your Call - Juniper
	62.1  Basic Outro

Back To The Basics S5:E6.2

This is an archive of The Clean Up Hour. Tonight's the yearly send-off to the summer -- unfortunately, not my best summer, to say the least. As the French say, c'est la vie. I miss the feeling of a good summer though, can't deny that. I hope y'all had good ones though, or as good as can be in this mess of a world.

Mista - Blackberry Molasses
Kendrick Lamar & Jay Rock - Money Trees
Memphis Bleek - Interlude/Dear Summer (Performed by Jay-Z)
Casey Veggies - Bye Summer
Three 6 Mafia - Da Summa
Niko B - tom did
Open Mike Eagle - ok but i'm the phone screen
Pause - Caroline
War - City, Country, City
George Benson - The World is a Ghetto
Too $hort - The Ghetto 
Jay-Z - Party Life
Chance the Rapper - Brain Cells
Takuya Kuroda - Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Chance the Rapper, Jeremih, & Francis and the Lights - Summer Friends
Chance the Rapper & Jamila Woods - No More Old Men
Serengeti - Ozzie Gullen
Kevin Abstract & DERBY - I Wasn't There
Whitney Shafer - All My Ex's Live in Texas
America - A Horse With No Name
Lil B - Time's Blue

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To those of you looking for the slowed + reverb version of "Benji the Dog" by Mac Miller (RIP), it was copyright claimed after 15,000 plays. If you're desperate for the mp3, dm me here and we can work something out.

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