Hey Frank, at one time you put out a Cuban funk mix on the blog. Do you have a song list for that one? It’s great!

Thanks so much Frank! I used to love reading the story behind each mix on the blog. Fantastic selection. 🔥 mix for summer. Thanks for what you do amigo 🙏🏻

Holy shitzenhoüsen!! This groove starting at the 11:58 min is pornofantastic!!

Check our the electric piano solo and the bass solos starting at 15:08!!

Please can you tell me the same of the last tune, starting at 1.00.50 ?  Who is the singer of these so good tune?

Voodoo funk

We managed to track down Los Issifu himself in Kumasi, Ghana and are releasing this killer 45 licensed directly from the artist himself. This clip has not been restored, the 45 will sound much, much better!

Los Issifu & His Moslems - Idarga Bidi

hey young world!
summertime and my mixtape is playing  ..more early Disco Reggae Rockers. 
Time to dive deep into my first tropical music love affair.Strictyl vinyl-strictly rockers-mostly 45´s ,from late 60 ´s Rocksteady to early 70´s Soulful chunes. You get Myrna Hagues classy Tery Callier cover of "what colour is love" , Nora Deans deep early sufferer anthem "peace begings within" , the vibe maestro Lenny Hibert & many more of my personal Jamdown unclassics.
Enjoy & have a cool summer !

Tom Wieland Free Soul Inc.Vienna 8 2021

ps.  feel free to ask for tunes

Reggae Soul Rocksteady

More early DISCO REGGAE ROCKERS - darker than blue  by Tom Wieland (free soul inc Vienna)

¡Discoteca! 3 with Selectors Frankie Francis, Quantic & Beto. All vinyl and recorded live at the 303, NYC, April 25th 2014.

Discoteca at the 303: Frankie Francis, Quantic & Beto

What better time of year to sit back, relax, and enjoy a good mix of tropical jazz with a fine bottle of rum? 

Picture this: low lights, the soft glow of a vintage lamp, and the soothing crackle of old vinyl. Three friends, a table scattered with records, and a bottle of aged rum, its warmth carrying us through the night. 

As the needle dropped, the room became a gateway to distant lands. From the sambas of Brazil to the breezy grooves of Guadeloupe, Haiti’s soulful rhythms, the hypnotic beats of India and Senegal, and the haunting beauty of Ethiopian jazz. Each record told its own story, tracing a map of warm, vibrant soundscapes. 

This mix is an invitation to join us on that journey. Pour yourself a glass, dim the lights, and let the music take you somewhere far away.

Old rhum and tropical jazz session

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

I started Djing for real in 2008, when I started the party TALCO BELLS, a Funk and Soul Party in São Paulo, but I've always been in love with music, researching, doing mix tapes, etc... I used to have a big CD collection, and then the digital era came with MP3s and Napster. I just went crazy. I couldn't work, all I did was search and download. So I started Djing with CDs, but then I saw the guest Djs coming with the vinyl cases, and I thought that's what I want... But people warned me about how heavy and expensive it was. At the time I was following some Blogs from parties in San Francisco and they just played 45's and I thought, that's a cool way to have the tunes I want on vinyl. So that's how and Why I started buying 45's. And I never stopped and I never bought a LP in my life (I maybe have like 8 LPs that people gave me). 

2) 45/7 is all about celebrating the 7". Can you tell us a bit about what you love about the format.

I Always loved, and still love to listen to albums, but that's something I do at home or anywhere else in my headphones. For me, DJing is about the tunes, so I'm digging for tunes not for albums when it comes to DJing. I Love trying to mix tracks, I don't really rehearse, I like mixing different songs every time and getting it right is such a big reward. Because one thing we know, mixing with 45's is HARD. So everytime I play is a challenge, and I like that challenge. I don't like rotary mixers because it makes this challenge too hard, I feel like I need an extra hand to play on that thing... so I end up mixing less, and that's less fun (But I do it too).  

3) One hour of vinyl goodness... can you talk us through your selection for your 45/7 mix?

Well, I love the originals, but I also love Edits and reworks that give a more updated feel to the old tunes. So I mixed a bit of both on this Mix, I like to hear and play edits from non Brazilian DJs and producers on Brazilian tunes. I also like doing edits and I released some on 7" vinyl. There are 3 or 4 of them in this mix. 

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

https://soundcloud.com/elohim-barros
https://www.mixcloud.com/elohimbarros/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/63sq1hxVjsi23MAQRMgkiz?si=Ee9B55TvTay-Um9ag9Kl6Q
https://djelohim.bandcamp.com/

5) Top 5 all time fave records

WoOw!! that's a hard one but let's do it
Do It Fuid - The Blackbyrds
Maracatu Atomico - Gilberto Gil
Sun is Here - Sun
Night People - Lee Dorsey
Meu Amigo de Nova Iorque - Emilio Santiago

#97 ARTIST: DJ ELOHIM

Summer Breeze

A DJ mixtape selection of the songs and styles that influenced the Western Transient recording. 

Western Transient Influences Mixtape

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

Sunny Grooves

Timbuktu mixes vinyl original 70s West Indian Cadence Lypso with a slice of bouncy Guadeloupe heavy dance  rhythms.

West Indian Tropical Funk--Timbuktu mixes- original vinyl

Follow them @love-saves-the-day-85515272 and @mrboomfr

Radio Mawimbi #48

Radio Mawimbi #48 w/ Love Saves the Day (Toulouse)

ASS-003 Limited Edition 45 1.000 copies only

The Apostles -Onye Akpa

ASS-004 Limited Edition 45 1.000 copies only

Tex Soul & The Bayonets -uto nwa

Tropical 60s

ASS-005 Limited Edition 45 1.000 copies only

The Cutlass Dance Band -Don't Commot Me

musician, percussionist, composer, hobbyist and music freak.

Sunny Grooves

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