Just finished a re-watch of The Wire, 60 episodes of the best show ever.

"Larry, let's go home."

As promised, the Pt.2 of Sadar's Dj set @ Soul Train in Paris, Nov. 2010 - Pt.3 to follow soon...

March 31 // DJs Sadar Bahar with Theo Parrish & Pete BBE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin
Limited pre-sale now available at www.hhv.de 

SADAR BAHAR (Soul in the Hole, Chicago) live @ Soul Train II, Pt.2

Roses, the sophomore project from Dally Auston is on the way.

Through The Wire [Prod. OnGaud]

Kon & Amir - Music Is The Message Mix CD and T-shirt
Brought to you by 101 Apparel and Wax Poetics Magazine

We here at 101 Apparel have been following Kon and Amir’s record collecting skills since the legendary “On Track” mix cd’s that set a new bar in the crate digging community for what a mix cd could be. Now, 101 Apparel is honored to present “Music is the Message; a design collaboration inspired by the music and djing prowess of Kon and Amir. Each tshirt will come with an exclusive mix cd by Kon and Amir filled with modern soul, disco and other dance goodies .

Like legendary treasure-hunters, Kon and Amir have spent the past twenty-five years excavating record bins finding gems to pierce ears with. Long forgotten musicians are now getting their proper dues and appreciative audiences are being turned on to some amazing music. They have managed to salvage some of the greatest music you've never heard. Audiences who are tired of being force fed sub par music will thank them for providing an alternative.

Fans and music industry peers alike admire Kon and Amir not only for their vast collection of music but also for their party rockin' abilites. Their mastery as DJ's has earned them celebrity status across Eursope. During these tours, it's not uncommon for locals to bring their rare and treasured records to show to give to Kon and Amir as a "thank you" for bringing some of the best music they've ever heard to their attention. Other locals in the European crate diggin' scene often take Kon and Amir to some of the best record shops in their areas. To their peers, famous or unknown, Kon and Amir are looked up to as A List DJ's who keep parties poppin’ with everything from classics that people know and to joints from their special collection that people are happy to be introduced to.

Since first putting it down together in 1997, the duo has released a total of ten albums; six On Track installments to critical acclaim, The Cleaning, another album entitled The Kings of Diggin’, a collaboration with DJ Muro from Japan and most recently two installments of the Off Track series for the BBE with another three to come. Now, it’s time to dust off your dancing shoes and whet your appetite with the exclusive mix cd courtesy of Kon & Amir, Wax Poetics and 101 Apparel.

101 Apparel presents Kon & Amir "Music Is The Message" -  FULL DOWNLOAD

Landmark 70+ minute set from these grinding Bay Area DJs known to be key figures in Northern Cali's digging scene. Expect some real mind melting rarities and slept on common cuts all in the laid back funky soul vein. 

1	Muscle Shoals Horns, The*	A-cted To Your Love	
2	Greg Perry	Love Is Magic	2:23
3	Lijadu Sisters, The*	Life's Gone Down Low	3:51
4	Water Color	Love's Prayer	4:29
5	Smithsonian	Mississippi Mud	2:30
6	Clarence Coulter	Ride On	1:30
7	Mitch Mitchell (3) / Gene King (2)	Never Walk Out On You	2:40
8	Symphonic Four, The*	Who Do You Think You're Fooling	5:46
9	Montereys, The	Get Down	1:44
10	Hodges, James, Smith & Crawford	Nobody	2:44
11	Darondo	Let My People Go	2:40
12	Apaches, The	Pull Together	1:46
13	Ethereal*	Who Put The Funk In My Trunk	1:00
14	James Wagner (4)	Sophisticated Gravy	0:31
15	Sounds Of Black, The	Sounds Of Black	2:22
16	Lee Fields	Honey Dove	2:47
17	Muchos Plus	Love Misunderstood	3:03
18	Diplomats*	I've Got The Kind Of Love	1:25
19	Juice	Walk On By	2:14
20	Johnson, Hawkins Tatum & Durr*	You Can't Blame Me	2:53
21	Carol Jones (4)	Don't Destroy Me	2:34
22	Erma Franklin	I'm Just Not Ready For Love	1:06
23	Al Wilson	Falling (In Love With You)	1:19
24	Original Black Sheep, The*	In The Forest	2:45
25	Robbie Hill's Family Affair	All In The Family	0:39
26	Floyd Dixon	Queen Of Sheeba	1:55
27	Atlantic Ocean (2)	Jaws	0:54
28	Johnny Scotton	I'm Not Tired Yet	1:30
29	James Gadson	Let The Feeling Belong	1:18
30	Al Johnson	I'm Back For More	1:19
31	Ted Taylor	Somebody's Gettin' It	1:29
32	Fabulous Souls, The*	Deep In The Night	2:30
33	Fats Gaines Orch.*	Close The Door

Soul Boulders - Mixed By Matthew Africa & DJ B.Cause (2006)

Sweater Funk crew rotating tunes before Dam-Funk's guest set at Monarch 2015

Sweater Funk warming up For Dam-Funk at Monarch Pt1

Searchin' for the soul with a strictly vocals mix.

Tracklist
Sweet Reaction - Take It Easy
Erasmus Hall - She Shined a Light
Doctor Rhythm feat. Spirits Rejoice - I'm So Strong Now 
The Ellis Hall Group - Those Passing Words
Corky McClerkin - Searchin' for the Soul
The 9th Creation - Let it Shine
Stylus - We All Need One Another
Roland Haynes Jr. & Phenix - Mind Games
Woods Empire - Universal Love (Edit)
Kevin Moore - Speak Your Mind
Al Jarreau - Rainbow in Your Eyes (Live at the Childe Harold 1976)
Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway - Where is the Love (Live New York 1971)
Sergio Mendes - The Real Thing
Steve Elliott - Wake Up

Image: The 9th Creation

Take it Easy

Live recording from our Friends and Family special with Mr Thing and MC Kwasi - recorded at Morgans Bar, Old Trafford. May 2025

Dance Now Talk Later with MR THING May 2025

LOVE PENALTY on LYL RADIO  | May 2025

Released this vintage tape mix cd in 2005 .  Sorry no track list, but most should be known by all . : )

Live at the cat club NYC 79 mix

Wax Poetics are excited to team up with First Word Records' sister-label Excursions to present the Gospel Disco & Boogie Mix by The Showfa. 

Check it!

Tracklist:

Andrea Vereen & The St Marks Choir  - Who Is He
Enlightenment - Agape Love (Inst)
Nicholas  - Stop Ya Searching (Try God)
Thankful (The Showfa Rework)
Friends – Something Keeps Telling Me To Hold On
Soldiers – Amazing (The Showfa Disco Rework)
The Oakdale Covenant Choir  - Take A Stand
Passage – Power
Edwin Hawkins - Emmanuel  (The Showfa Edit)
Evelyn Graves Drama Assn. Massed -  We Came To Magnify The Lord
Tom Collins & The Mighty Powerlaires - I Found A New Love
Prince Robeson - Let’s Praise Is Holy Name
Infinity - Tell The Word About It
Voices Of Joy – I Feel Like Praising God (The Showfa Edit)
Voices  - After You
Sam Davis & The Twin Cities Gospel Ensemble – He’ll Be There

Gospel Disco & Boogie Mix by The Showfa

Bones & Beeker EP Inside a Different Mind released March 30 on Wax Poetics Records

Order the vinyl: https://www.fatbeats.com/products/bones-beeker-inside-a-different-mind-ep
Order the trax: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/inside-a-different-mind-ep/1353498484

In November 2015, the Minneapolis duo Bones & Beeker—consisting of singer-songwriter Anthony Newes and producer/multi-instrumentalist BK-One—quietly released a self-titled gem of a debut. Hip-hop producer BK-One (aka Brendan Kelly) had previously spent years on the road as the touring DJ for Rhymesayers MC Brother Ali. So after releasing his own album, BK-One reached out to Ali and other friends to help craft a hip-hop EP out of source material from the Bones & Beeker record.

First onboard was DJ extraordinaire Cut Chemist (Jurassic 5), who is about to drop his own album, Die Cut, and is currently supporting it on a North American tour. On the “World Behind” remix, Cut Chemist channels turntable elders Double Dee & Steinski and offers a funky retake with massive, moving drums.

Minneapolis neighbor and Rhymesayers affiliated rapper P.O.S. steps up to drop a verse on the funky favorite “Each Time I Die.” P.O.S., a Doomtree Collective member, has just dropped his own album, Chill, Dummy, out now on Doomtree.

Minneapolis Afro-futurist collective ZULUZULUU—one of BK-One’s favorite bands—could be considered kindred spirits with Bones & Beeker, as both groups ditch convention and move to the beat of their own drums. ZULUZULUU takes on “Wind-Up Dolls” and starts from scratch, recording their own blissed-out take.

Acclaimed Rhymesayers rapper Brother Ali sprinkles the sauce on the fan-favorite track “Heartbroken in Love”—the original song was recently licensed for the Netflix series Easy.

Coming off his critically acclaimed album, 2017’s Brick Body Kids Still Daydream (Mello Music), Open Mike Eagle blesses the BK-One re-edit of “A Song for Al’s Dead Mother.” A Chicago native and friend of the Doomtree Collective, Open Mike Eagle now resides in Los Angeles as a member of Project Blowed.

Superblack has got the beats. Famed De La Soul producer Prince Paul, rapper/drummer J-Zone, and ego trip cofounder (and man-of-many-talents) Sacha Jenkins joined forces to mess around with music. They remix the B&B single “Lupine,” focusing on the raw drums that ground and move forward the art and culture that is hip-hop.

Inside a Different Mind

A Song for Al's Dead Mother (featuring Open Mike Eagle)

Wire

Artist: DāM-FunK
Title: Architecture II
Cat.: SAFT18 
Label: SAFT 
Format: Vinyl 12’’ 
Release date: August 2018 
Style: Deep House, Modern Funk 
Note: Details Soon Available

DāM-FunK has left his LA home for another DJ tour across the European continent. What better way to celebrate this than to release a follow record to the infamous Architecture release from 2016.

Architecture II is an up-tempo, dreamlike journey through the sonic palette of the Los Angeles based producer. The 12’’ contains four tracks that are carefully crafted to co-exist on the same record. 

‘’In The City’’ is a drum oriented breeder with a constantly evolving bass line, that supports the cheerful and breezy melodies. 

SAFT is honoured to present the follow up to Architecture. DāM-FunK is currently on his ‘’Timeless Tour’’ for which the schedule can be found below:

03.08 - London, UK - Jazz Cafe 
05.08 - Amsterdam, NL - Dekmantel Festival 
09.08 - Copenhagen, DK - Strom Festival 
10.08 - Berlin, DE – Gretchen 
14.08 –Bristol, UK – Thekla 
15.08 – Manchester, UK – Soup Kitchen 
16.08 – Leeds, UK –Heads House
17.08 - Trondheim, NO – Pstereo 18.08 - Kiewit, BE, Pukkelpop

A1. DāM-FunK - In The City

New Chel Strong single "Almost Lost Detroit" Pro. Cory Barker

Almost Lost Detroit

Almost Lost Detroit Pro. Cory Barker

The first POOLScast season went rather swimmingly, so we decided to dive in again! Expect some fresh sunny summery fun from the two selectors extraordinaire Thee Mike Bee and DJ Morsecode, plus this time we have special guest Soul Supreme! Come on in…the water’s fine!

For all things POOLS: @poolsmusic

Hour 1: POOLS
Intro
XL Middleton - Trippin (POOLS Trippy Edit)
KiNK - Megadrop
POOLS - Wisdom Toob
Es-K - TN
DJ Spinna - Crystal Duds
JKRIV - Deep Cove View (JKriv Edit)
Lovebirds - U Give Me (Greg Wilson Version)
Munk - Can I Have Your Attention (King DJ Re-edit)
Herbie Hancock - tars In Your Eyes (Danny Goliger Edit)
The Noodleman - Starlight (Eddie C Dub)
Unnecessary
Dave + Sam - Sauce (Instrumental)
HNNY - So Good
La Funk Mob - Love Bendover
Jona Saucedo - False Dreams (Para-Mu Edit)
Ohbliv - San Souci
Ras_G & The Afrikan Space Program - Quest to Find Anu Stargate
Ghostface - The Sun ft Raekwon, Slick Rick and RZA
——-
Hour 2: Soul Supreme
The In Crowd - Back a Yard
Mikey Dread - Positive Reality
Barry Biggs - Love Come Down
Scion Sashay Success - Mr. Telephone Man
Erykah Badu - Gone Baby, Don't Be Long
redfades - Get Up
Michal Urbaniak - Free
Ana Mazzotti - Feel Like Making Love
Patrice Rushen - The Hump
Mothership Konnection - Let Me Ride (Kon Remix)
Jorge Ben - Rio Babilonia 
Jimi Tenor and Kabu Kabu - Africa Kingdom 
Soul Supreme - Born with a Desire
Light of the World - London Town
Marcos Valle - Parabens
Soul Supreme - Umi Says

POOLScast - Season 2 - Episode 2: Soul Supreme

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