In honour of our brand-new single, 'Hypnotise', we've whipped up a half hour mix of all the soulful dance music, deep club beats, and house grooves that inspired it. Instead of digging into our usual record crates of fat funk breaks and party hip-hop, we've pulled out driving gospel house, sweet Afrobeat, and plenty of other classic and upfront 4/4 flavours to get down to. Enjoy!

01. General Ehi Duncan & The Africa Army Express –  'Africa (My No.1)' (Captain Planet Remix) 
02. Cassius –   'Action' (feat. Cat Power & Mike D)                                  03. The Allergies –  'Hypnotise'                                                          
04. The Vision feat. Andreya Triana – 'Heaven'                               
05. El Bomba –  'Take a Break'                                                          
06. Funky Destination –  'It’s The Music'                                          
07. Calussa & Malone – 'Besame'                                                      
08. Bosq  – 'Song For Ehi' feat. The Ibibio Horns & Kaleta              
09. Africanism – 'Block Party'                                                           
10. Sister Pearl - 'Bang the Drum' (Manoo Remix)                          
11. Afro Cluster - 'They Don't Know' (Hiphoppapotamus Remix)  
12. Fela Kuti – 'Water No Get Enemy'

The Allergies - Hypnotise Mixtape

Calling all record diggers, music nerds and treasure hunters! Captain Planet has cooked up a musical egg hunt specifically designed for you, with multiple prize packages available to win. As a way to celebrate the many vintage musical inspirations from around the world that helped shape his trademark "gumbo funk" sound, the Captain cooked up a 60min megamix featuring beloved records as well as some selections from his recent "Sounds Like Home" full-length. Instead of releasing a tracklist, we've left it up to you to do your digging! 

Simply put, the person who correctly identifies the most songs in this mix wins. 

There are 30 tracks in total, each one worth a potential of 3 points for correctly identifying the Artist Name(s), the Song Title, and the Artist(s) Country(ies) of Origin. Every participant earns 10 points simply for entering the contest, making a grand total of 100 possible points. There will also be a consolation lottery prize chosen at random from the entries, so even if you don't want to do your homework, you can still be entered to win. Runner up prize packages will go to the people with the 2nd & 3rd most points earned. With 4 chances to win, it's time to flex your record digging skills and show how much you really think you know about those coveted deep cuts. Sure, feel free to use Shazam as much as you like, we know there are a handful in here that will keep you searching, so good luck! 

*** ENTRIES NOW CLOSED ***

1st prize - Signed limited blue 2xLP “Sounds Like Home”, signed “Moqueca” 7”, & white Capt. Planet T-Shirt
2nd prize - Signed 2xLP “Sounds Like Home” 
3rd prize - Signed “Moqueca” 7”
Random Entry Winner: - 2xLP “Sounds Like Home”

LINK TO ENTER CONTEST HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lc2Besi9VyG6FVcyQaOjOEG54FVkQZxGNwWsqrweC1s/edit

                              

Global Gumbo Funk Treasure Hunt Megamix

Oldies Lazy Afternoon - mixed by umbo

1)     Tell us a bit about yourself and your record collection.

I’ve started collecting records fifteen years ago and, with the passing years, as my addiction to buying records grew, my collection got bigger, counting now about 1500 singles/LPs and somewhere between 500 and 1000  45/7's. Although in the beginning I bought only hip-hop albums and singles and a few funk and jazz records for the breaks, now I collect old (and newly made) organic music from different parts of the world; I suppose it’s my way of discovering various cultures. 
 
2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

Of course. I like it because it’s very DJ friendly: eighty 12’’ records weigh a lot more than the same amount of 45/7 records. Plus, these records usually have one song per side which makes them very easy to sort through.
 
3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

Well, all I can say is that I threw in mostly old rhythm & blues songs, infused with an exotic/latin twist, together with some classic northern soul tunes, but also a few fresh tracks in the beginning. I like to let the songs create the story of the mix.

4) Where can people catch you / listen to your music? 

You can find me spinning records at different venues mainly in Bucharest and around the country. Together with my friends I started Vinyl, Rum, Tapas & Wine – a series of parties with the main objective to bring back vinyl as the main ingredient for social gatherings. 

https://www.facebook.com/UFe.worldmusic/  http://soundcloud.com/ufe
http://mixcloud.com/ufe
 
5) Top 5 all time fave records.

I think any deejay would tell you that it's very hard to do this, but I'll try to name five records that are dear to me :) 

BILLIE HOLIDAY - Velvet Mood 
The DOORS - The Doors 
KARL HECTOR & THE MALCOUNS - Unstraight Ahead 
QUANTIC - Magnetica 
GUTS - Le Bienheureux

45/7 #33 ARTIST: UFE

recorded live @RoabaDeCultura VRTW Picnic 4

Big Old World

Jah Booli - Live and let come

Chinese man-                Ordinary man
Dj food          -                Turtle soup
Luca musto    -               Once upon a grind
Gitkin               -              Grand street feast
RJD2                 -             Smoke & mirrors
Le peuple de l’herbe -     Delice
Hade                            -  Jeep cherokee xj
Tinga Stewart              -   Weird world
Jkriv    -        luana e
Thierry corporation  -   until the morning
Flofilz                             - Montclare St.
L’entourloop                   -Delight for old chicken
Chinese man              -    Washington square
Daytoner                     -   Feel like jumping
St germain                   -  Land of…
Rare cuts                       -Watcha doin’
Ed wizard                       -Endless love
Osmose                       -  Trust 
Chinese man                -  Jumpin’ in havana

Bonjour la musique!

I haven't done a serious mix in a while and somehow it ended up being a blend of melancholy blues, swing and heaps of tropical courtesy of some of my favourite producers at the moment. 

The last time I did a mix I was still using vinyl so I wanted to experiment with sorting one out entirely digitally. It's not as easy as it should be...mostly just difficult keeping the quality up after having had to rerecord MP3s at altered tempos for the mixes. If any of the artists featured in the mix feel like sending me full wavs or aifs of their tunes then I'd be delighted to slot them back in at higher quality. Here's the tracklist.


Kinka - Totala Dub
Palov & Panama Cardoon – Basmati Rice
Kazamatsuri Kenta – Alasca
Muddy Waters feat Automato – Walk into the Blues (Grant Lazlo Rmx)
Monetrik - Blues Soup (Due for release on Freshly Squeezed on 17th Feb 2013)
Grant Lazlo – Une Histoire de Photo
Palov meets Ang Angelides – Movin Next Door
Los Chicos Altos – Palenque Barcelona
Dynamite MC – Shake (Senor Griff’s sambaragga rmx)
Coco Raizes de Arcoverde  - Galinha zabele (Dos Melo edit)
Manjah – Oriente Patria
Ella & Duke – Caravan (Grant Lazlo rmx)
Sidestepper – San Juan (Dos Melo Edit)
Monetrik – Juge m Bien
Whiskey Barons – Comencemos
Jazzy Jens – Guarapera
Pinduca – Vamos Farrear (Senor Griff rmx)
Minimatic – The Medellin Bopper
Voodoocuts - Lupita 
Nu Mark – Oya Indebure
Unknown – La Guadaloupe moin river (Frankie Francis Edit)
Manu Chao – Clandestino
Roberto Carlos - O Calhambeque (XRS Remix)


Señor Griff's tropical blues mix

One of my favorite festivals in the World is the Radio Meuh Circus Festival nestled in the small ski village of Clusaz in the French Alps. It was quite an honor & excitement to play an entire night start to finish to kick off the 2019 festival with my partner in Turntables on the Hudson sound system, Nappy G on percussion. Although his drum head broke in the middle of the night, he managed to make magic & keep the rhythms flowing till the end freestyle with me on the CDJ's making beats, him rocking the broken congas & a beautiful charged up crowd keeping the energy very high! We get down anywhere anytime full of passion & heart & if you can imagine this very packed crowd sweating all up on top of each other, dancing, smiling, grinding, drinking... you get the idea of a Radio Meuh, Turntables on the Hudson, Alps, Nile, Ramblas, Danube, Ipanema, Caribbean vibes! Hope you enjoy this mix & we meet again on a dance-floor soon. Nickodemus

DJ Nickodemus & Nappy G on percussion - Radio Meuh Circus Festival 2019

Tracklist : 
1. Guts : Django
2. Dead Horse Beats : I'm Still Waiting
3. Lazlo :Muddy Waters feat. Automato - Walk into the blues
4. Brother Ali : Uncle Sam Goddamn 
5. Animal Nation  : Bacon & Eggs 
6. Gangstagrass : I've Endured
7. OutKast : Idlewild Blue (Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me)
8. R.L. Burnside : Goin' Down South 
9. Chill Bump : The Eponym
10. Zo aka La chauve-souris : Burnin' Ft Phat Kat & Raashan Ahmad 
11. C2C : Dmc Set
12. S'il Vous Play : in the ghetto 
13. Waahli : Sundance
14. Gil Scott Heron & Jamie XX : I'm new here
15. Gil Scott Heron : Me and the devil
16. Omar : the man
17. Travelling Day : Riders in the Sky 
18. DJ Yoda's : Champion Jack Dupree - Walking the Blues 
19. Jukebox Champions : Celebrate
20. Smokey Joe & The Kid : Gone Feat. Sugaray 
21. John Forte : Give Me Water (feat. Valerie June) 
22. Anthony Hamilton & Elayna Boynton : Oh Lord (The Apple Scruffs Edit)
23. Dj Oil : Your Heart
24. Romanowski & Friends : Ghost Rider (Feat. Todd Simon) 
25. Kid Koala : 4 bit Blues

Download

Hiphop don't stop the Blues

Dusting off the classics, looking forward to sharing more of these mixes that bring us back to the magic of those club nights, loft parties, summer jams and festivals, etc......!!!!!!

Afrolicious 2021 Mixtape 1

DJ, guitar player and Producer

umbodj@gmail.com