Nick was away this weekend so just me in the studio on my todd. Didn't write or type anything so this playlist is certainly off kilter but these tunes were all there. So much fun. Complete immersion. I was totally lost in the sounds, no prep and completely improvisatory, with messy blends and some thematic links. I'm sure it was disquieting listening for the on-point beatmasters on Base, but let's be open about various DJ styles/messthetics. Though in no way trying to do the same thing, I was inspired this week by
Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix of Turkish and Middle Eastern sounds (
Cian kindly gave me a copy) and the
deepness of
Theo Parrish's Sound Structures Volume 1 CD which I just got in the post. Stunning black music, black to the future. A profoundly political and funkalicious work. So lots of Theo and those sorts of headspaces and grooves. Time, time, time, time, as John Holt sings. Next week
Fanon Che Wilkins will be on the show to talk about
Hurricane Katrina and hip hop and other stuff. He teaches African-American history in Japan and just interviewed Pete Rock. So I'm looking forward to that. Keeping it (sur)real....
Nabeel:
Nightmares On Wax - Stars
Theo Parrish - Music
Shackleton - Death is Not Final feat. Vengeance Tenford (T++ Remix)
Benga & Coki - Drumz West
Ultramagnetic MCs - Give The Drummer Some
Harmonic 313 - Solve It: Problem 4
Blak Twang - Red Letters
Theo Parrish - Synthetic Flemm
John Holt - Time is the Master
John Holt - Rainy Night in Georgia
Theo Parrish - Still Love Happiness
Lee Moses - Free At Last
Ramsey Lewis - Jungle Strut
Clive Brown & Sound Dimension - So So Bandolo Version
The Skatalites - Lee Harvey Oswald Jr.
M.I.A. - Paper Planes (Diplo Remix feat. Rich Boy & Bun B)
The Heliocentrics - Distant Star feat. MF Doom & Percee P
Shina Williams and His African Percussionists - Agboju Logun
Fela Kuti vs. Kano
NMS - Brave New World
Kolera - Bugün Mutlu Olmaacak Gibiyim
Quiet Village - Circus of Horror
Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (Siik Remix)
Brother Typewriter - Herbie Mann Rides Again
Common - Cold Blooded (Instrumental)
Sarah Vaughan - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
Esso Five - I Want You Back (Big J Edit)
Bill O' Reilly - Do It Live!!!!!!!! (DiscoTech Mix Version 2)
Burial - Archangel (Leif Remix)
Selda - Zamani Geldi/Utan, Utan (from Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix)
Selda - Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar (from Dr Delay's Rajaz Meter mix)
Kagura - Tokyo Black Star
Theo Parrish - Goin Downstairs