Brad Lewis

Another great new find for my eardrums, San Jose's beatsmith Brad Lewis. The first track on his Soundcloud account (and playlist below) is so good I had to send a tweet to Gilles Peterson with a link to it,  that track deserves airplay. I couldn't find any info on future or past releases (didn't look too hard either yet) but I'm sure I'll be seeing his name on more and more labels in the near future. Enjoy.

  Robert Glasper Experiment - Move Love (B. Lewis Remix) by B.Lewis

  What It Do, Donkey by B.Lewis

  Choices by B.Lewis

  Noise In My Head by B.Lewis

Deep Disco And Boogie

Deep Disco and Boogie from HolyRollertv on Vimeo.

www.holyrollerproductions.com

http://zafsmusic.com/

Goldy's Time Of The Month - October '11

Dubstep mixed into blues, metal, soul and much more, that's Goldy for you.
Click HERE to listen to the madness.

Opolopo 'Mutants' (TDR11-008)

 

From the same mix by Moovmnt I mentioned in the previous post, my ears have met for the first time with the beautiful sounds of Opolopo from Sweden. I've only managed to go through the first few pages of his extensive discography so far but I've already heard some amazing work, killer deep house tracks and soul boogie beats, dude's got tha funk. Below just a taste of his latest release, a collection of remixes of vocalists' tracks called 'Mutants' on Tokyo Dawn Records. It was hard to choose which remix to post, the whole comp is quality, go show some LOVE.

Last track is a funk freebie from the man himself.

  Gregory Porter - 1960 What (Opolopo Kick & Bass Rerub) by opolopo MUTANTS OUT NOW! 

  Replife - Real Life feat. Capitol A (Opolopo Remix) by opolopo MUTANTS OUT NOW!

  Keith Campbell - Dawn Light (Opolopo Remix) by opolopo MUTANTS OUT NOW!

FREEBIE:

  Opolopo - Old Minneapolis Bounce from the Nineties (free download) by opolopo MUTANTS OUT NOW!

Biga - El climatico

Last time I was back home in Florence I ended up in a clothes shop near my house and the dude behind the counter suggested I check this crew and their mixes and he was right, top notch stuff, hear for yourselves:

From their blog post:

Recorded in a very early morning in August 2K7 after a "Notte Brava" on the loose in some of the baddest BAR in Florence. This is another classic mix by the hand of my man Biga. Who knows Biga already has this mix, so...everybody in Florence have "El Climatico"...!!! from Salsa to Soul, passing by Hip-Hop underground hit and classic Funk with a couple of Augustus Pablo's regular...you can find every bad kind of music on it.

So...as Biga says: "This is "El Climatico" recorded and mixed by Biga in August 2007. The wonderful art cover is by Mateo Rivano. Many thanks to Bubu, Igor and Joao for the contribution in making it."

Duccio

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Tracklist:

Freddie Prinze - Hunga Rican (Columbia 1975)
Willie Colon + Hector Lavoe - La Murga (Fania 1974)
Zack de la Rocha + KRS One - C.I.A. (Criminals In Action) (Rawkus 1998)
Augustus Pablo - King David's Melody (Alligator 1983)
Dynasty - Adventures in the Land of Music (Solar 1980)
Camp Lo - Luchini (this is it) (Profile 1998)
Bob James - Night Crawler (Cbs 1977)
Madlib + J Dilla - Take it Back (Stone Throw 2006)
The impressions - We Must Be in Love (Curtom 1970)
J Dilla - Love (BBE 2006)
Ahmad Jamal - Misdemeanor (20th Century 1974)
Foster Sylver - Misdemeanor (Pride 1973)
Ahmad Jamal - Ghetto Child (20th Century 1974)
Thomas Fehlmann - Hana (Plug research 2004) / Snoop Dogg - Drop it Like it's Hot (Geffen 2004)
Lusine - Everybody Under the Sun (Ghostly 2004) / Slum Village - Get This Money (Interscope 1999)
Jermajesty - Nothing Like Bomb Music From The West (Plug research 2006)
Nobody - Jose de la Rues!!!! (Plug research 2005) / Mood - Secrets of the Sand (Blunt 1998)
Lightheaded - Suprise Cypher 2 (Tres 2006) / Q-Tip + Busta - For the Nasty (Motown 2005)
Waltel Branco - Meu Balanço (Cbs 1972)
Kool & the Gang - Dujii (De-Lite 1971)
John Klemmer - Free Soul (Cadet Concept 1969)
Augustus Pablo - Unfinished Melody (Message 1971)
Alain Goraguer - Ten et Medor (DC 1973)
Quasimoto - Come on Feet (Stone Throw 2000)
Parliament - Dr. Funkestein (Casablanca 1976)
Heather B. - Do You (Hi Rize 1998)
Dudley Perkins - Separate Ways Stone Throw 2006)
Barry White - Playing Your Game (20th century 1977)
Black Moon - I Got Cha Open (Wreck 1994)
Fania All Stars - Lullaby From Rosemary's Baby (Fania 1976)
Augustus Pablo - Chant to King Selassie i (Message 1971)
Sonora Dinamita - Virgen de la Candelaria (Fuentes 1979)
Group Home - Baby Pa (Payday 1995)
Bob James - Golden Apple (Cti 1974)
Group Home - Skit (Payday 1995)
Common - The Light (Mca 2000)
Bobby Caldwell - Open Your Eyes (TK 1980)


Check out the blog:   http://ragnampiza.blogspot.com/

Kon + Amir Present: The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Samples Of All Time

It might take you a while to get through the whole list but it's definitely worth your while. A journey through soul, jazz, fusion and all the weirdness you can only find on old wax. Here you get the full original tracks and the full hip hop joints made with those samples (stream only) accompanied by a few words from Kon and Amir for each release. Head over to complex.com to check it out. Enjoy.