VIDEO: Darondo - Listen To My Song
Check out the above video to Darondo’s track Listen To My Song from his 2006 LP, on Ubiquity, Let My People Go. Darondo is looking as classy as ever and it’s good to finally see an official video released from Let My People Go, which was one of 2006’s finest delights.
For those not in the know, Darondo was a soul singer from way back who choose to keep his talent to being just a hobby - that was until a few years ago when Ubiquity managed to catch up with him and put out remastered versions of his old work via their Luv N Haight imprint. He was a high-roller in the Bay Area of San Francisco in the 70s, driving about in a Rolls Royce - there were rumours about Darondo being a pimp, which he denies to this day. But between opening for the likes of James Brown, to hosting his own cable TV show, all things on the music front went quiet until more recently. There has been talk of fresh material in the pipeline, but nothing has materialised as of yet, so perhaps this video is a sign of things to come? We shall see!
mp3: Darondo - Listen To My Song
DJ Buzz - Stardust feat. Frank Nitty and Dorian Concept
Vienna’s DJ Buzz has just dropped a killer hip-hop 7-inch on Personal Records - it’s called Stardust and it features Detroit emcee Frank Nitty (of Frank n Dank) and also fellow Austrian producer Dorian Concept. The single, available right now via HHV.de, and the above accompanying video act as a prelude to the full LP (Cosmic War of The Planets), which you can check out at the Supercity website.
This track instantly struck a chord with me - the DJ Buzz beats are tight and the melody just flows so sweet, oh and I’m definitely sensing a bit of Dorian Concept influence going on in there. Frank Nitty offers up some sharp cyphers that blend well with the old skool sci-fi soundbytes and that video is wicked! Seems to be a lot of heavy stuff coming out of Austria lately - don’t sleep on this!
mp3: DJ Buzz - Stardust feat. Frank Nitty and Dorian Concept
AFTA-1 X GAS’D - LOVE IS REAL VOL 3
It’s fresh, it’s free, it’s from AFTA-1! LOVE IS REAL VOL 3 is AFTA-1’s latest release in his “Selections of Audible Love” series, a free download literally just made available over at the GAS’D website. You can also grab VOL 1 & 2 here.
VOL 3 is an hour long and takes the listener (that’s you!) through a journey detailing exactly what has been exciting the ears of AFTA-1 lately - with music both new and not so new. There’s some J Dilla in there, some Jesse Boykins III, J*Davey, Steve Spacek, and yes, even a little AFTA-1!
Tracklisting:
01. Cazeaux O.S.L.O - Conan Bout With Circumstance : myspace.com/theoslo
02. Dwilt Sharpp ft. Lorett Fleur - I Need You Close (pts. 1&2 edit) : myspace.com/dwiltsharpp , myspace.com/lorettfleu
03. J Dilla - Dimepiece (Instrumental) : The Shining Instrumentals (2006)
04. Self Scientific - Love Bird : Change (2005)
05. Boom Clap Bachelors - Tiden Flyver (edit) : myspace.com/bcbachelors
06. AFTA-1 - Tiden Flyver Remix : myspace.com/afta1
07. Jesse Boykins III - Pantyhose (Instrumental) : myspace.com/jesseboykinsiii
08. Platinum Pied Pipers - Stay With Me (Instrumental) : PPP Instrumentals (2008)
09. Nite Jewel - What Did He Say : myspace.com/nitejewel
10. Dam-Funk - Indigo : myspace.com/damfunk
11. J*Davey - Hi Sun : myspace.com/jdavey
12. A Race Of Angels - We : myspace.com/araceofangels
13. Sa-Ra - Downlow : myspace.com/saramusic
14. Op Swamp 81 - Another Day : myspace.com/opswamp81
15. Cazeaux O.S.L.O. - Wildo Cheese Wind : myspace.com/theoslo
16. Shuanise - Etoile (Produced by Fella Vaughn) : myspace.com/shuanise , myspace.com/fellavaughn
17. Dwilt Sharpp ft. Lorett Fleur - U & Endeavour : myspace.com/dwiltsharpp , myspace.com/lorettfleur
18. Alpha - Nyquil : Come From Heaven (1997)
19. Steve Spacek - Hidden Track : Space Shift (2006)
20. AFTA-1 - Love Suite 2 (Sit Still) : GAS’D EXCLUSIVE myspace.com/afta1
mp3: AFTA-1 - The Time In Between
PODCAST: Jus Like Music Volume 33
Photo by Nadia Lavard.
The first JLM podcast since I hit the sunny shores of England, and here it is, Volume 33! Another 22 track monster for you, this one is just shy of 1h10m long and contains tracks from; Rox, Guilty Simpson, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Miles Bonny and some brand new material from Fat Freddy’s Drop. Mixed vibe on this one (like most of the rest really!), it goes from pop to beats to soul to darker beats and then finishes with some more laid back pieces.
Volume 33 tracklisting:
01. Rox - My Baby Left Me
02. The Jivers - Do What feat. Anqui
03. Lunice - Just Loosen Up
04. KenLo Craqnuques - LLL’s Feelosophie
05. Ghost - From The Beginning
06. Guilty Simpson - Stress
07. Juice Aleem - You Shut The Fuck Up
08. M64 - In The Pocket
09. Sa-Ra Creative Partners - I Swear (feat. Noni Limar)
10. Constrobuz - Before My Eyes
11. Circle Research - Stop, Look … Listen to Your Heart
12. Ocuban - Phylum
13. Miles Bonny - Fela
14. eLan - Royal Blue
15. Hi-Res - Brothaships
16. Low Limit - Inspirational Jumpsuit
17. Jamie Vexd - Radiant Industry
18. Joker - Untitled_rsn
19. Fat Freddy’s Drop - Big BW
20. Nujabes - Child’s Attraction
21. Gary Bartz - Gentle Smiles (Saxy) (DJ Day sax-less edit 1)
22. Fink - Sort Of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Radio Edit)
I hope you enjoy it!
mp3: Sa-Ra Creative Partners - I Swear (feat. Noni Limar)
VIDEO: Michael Jackson tribute by Dwele
This is absolutely stunning…
Detroit soul man, Dwele, had a spare 45 minutes at home and decided to make an impromptu dedication to Michael Jackson in the form of the above video. As you can see, Dwele used a whole array of instruments and gadgets to loop up the various parts of Michael Jackson’s track Human Nature, and the result is simply beautiful.
mp3: Michael Jackson - Human Nature
mp3: Dwele - Without You (Live)
