If you're into sexploitation, funk, hiphop, glitch, beats and a bit of dubstep be sure to check out these lions and cucumbers by Cold Sweat. Enjoy your trip!
June 26, 2011
June 10, 2011
June 09, 2011
smartin vs KC mix
Last wednesday our friend KC out of Antwerp visited the Olyphant HQ and this b2b session was created. Strictly vinyl, of course, lots o turkish grooves, rocksteady, brasilian stuff and some good ol' country (straight from the original 10 inch 78RPM record)... check it out...
Listen below or download here....
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - war
Ray Wun - Way Run
Tandy Love - vachina-vabham
Arif Sag - osman pehlivanSixto Rogriduez - sugarman
Hildegard Knef - Von Nun an Gings Bergab
Harold Alexander - mama soul
James Royal - House of Jack
Gaylads - Joy in the Morning
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrel - Aint No mountain high enough (Lords of All Riddim remix)
Los Chunguitos - dame veneno
Cut Chemist - Povo De Santo
Jorge ben - mas que nada
Hiroshi Fukumara - Hunt Up Wind
Gang do tagalera - rappers delight
Leon Haywood - Don't Push It Don't Force It
Afrique - House of the Rising Funk
Chamber Brothers - Time
3 Hur-el - doner dunya
Benali Selman ve arkadaslari - kasap havasi
Oh Ho - All Over
Locomotiv GT - Megvárlak Ma Délben
Mustafa Ozkent - Dolana
Herbie Mann - Dance of the Semites
Herbie Hancock - Wigge Waggle
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Lefty Frizell - If you got the money
May 20, 2011
Invasion Of The Mysteron Killer Sounds
Wow, the mighty SoulJazz have pulled it off once again. I just love how the label is always on top of things, but go about their business with a different angle. With the current explosion of the genre most commonly known as "wotyoucallit?" (in which hiphop, reggae, dubstep, house, steeldrums, 90's dance and whatnot are beautifully amalgamated into something new) the label decided to release a compilation of their own. Not with the biggest, newest and illest tracks of the moment. Anyone with an internet connection and a guide to Soundcloud can do that. No, Souljazz started digging their crates and came up with a selection of tracks from producers from all over the world, who were far ahead of their time (Jamaican producer Dave Kelly of Madhouse was actually aeons ahead of his time) and who (might have) influenced the craftsmen of today. And by doing that, they actually did come up with the illest, baddest and dopest beats around. Which the label gratefully stacked onto a compilation with a million dollar name. Cop it, listen to it, use it, learn from it and start digging some more. Mix 'em with anything new and your set will never be same...
| 1. | Steely & Clevie — Street Sweeper | PLAY | ||
| 2. | Redrose — Now Thing | PLAY | ||
| 3. | Roots Manuva — Doogoo Dub | PLAY | ||
| 4. | Dave Kelly — The Return | PLAY | ||
| 5. | Harvel 'Gadaffi' Hart — Summer Bounce | PLAY | ||
| 6. | Max Glaser — Flatlands Dub | PLAY | ||
| 7. | Steven 'Lenky' Marsden — Diwali | PLAY | ||
| 8. | Matt Shadetek — Yoga Rhythm | PLAY | ||
| 9. | Stereotyp — Alleycat | PLAY | ||
| 10. | Da Grynch and Tippa Irie — Agony | PLAY | ||
| 11. | Fresh Ear Productions — Hummer | PLAY | ||
| 12. | Diplo — Diplo Rhythm | PLAY | ||
| 13. | Mark Pritchard — Bazooka Riddim | PLAY | ||
| 14. | Marlon Williams — Pitbull | PLAY | ||
| 15. | Redlight — MDMA | PLAY | ||
| 16. | The Bug — Aktion | PLAY | ||
| 17. | Fat Eyes — Clothes Pin | PLAY | ||
| 18. | Steven Ventura — Throw Your Hands Up | PLAY | ||
| 19. | Sly Dunbar and Christopher Birch — Corners Boy | PLAY | ||
| 20. | David Jahson — King of Kings | PLAY | ||
| 21. | Fat Eyes — Steel Plate | PLAY | ||
| 22. | South Rakkas Crew — Red Alert | PLAY | ||
| 23. | Parara and McCoy — Them Can't Hold Yuh Girl | PLAY | ||
| 24. | King Tubby — Fat Thing | PLAY | ||
| 25. | World Beat — Goldmine | PLAY | ||
| 26. | Andre 'Suku' Gray — Sign | PLAY | ||
| 27. | Henfield and Shadowman — Babatunde | PLAY | ||
| 28. | Firehouse Crew — No False Hair | PLAY | ||
| 29. | Computer Paul — World Talk | PLAY | ||
| 30. | Fat Eyes — Overdose | PLAY | ||
| 31. | Prince Jazzbo — Great Dub | PLAY | ||
| 32. | Kickin' Productions — What You Gonna Do | PLAY | ||
| 33. | Pliers — I'm Your Man Dub | PLAY | ||
| 34. | Wiz Kidz Team — In My Heart Version | PLAY | ||
| 35. | Jammys Jam2 James — Peenie Peenie | PLAY |
May 14, 2011
Take a stroll in your mind .... Cold Sweat meets Anikulapo
This mix is a live session showcasing the two dj's drawing from their own collection, answering each others records. Expect a mix between idm, world music, sitar beats, glitchhop, freejazz and everything in between. Take a stroll in your mind...
March 15, 2011
STRUT IS ON A ROLL
Re-launching the mighty and influential Strut label back in 2008 might have been the best decision K7 ever made. Not only because the demise of the quality label was a terrible loss for the revive market, but also because the releases under the guidance of the new mothership are equally high quality compilations. In this day and age there seem to be more labels re-releasing afrobeat than there are tunes available, so it is quite refreshing to. Coming out soon on Strut:
Following his recent studio album ’Love And Death’, his first international release, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor gets a long overdue compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings.
Following his recent studio album ’Love And Death’, his first international release, Ghanaian highlife guitar legend Ebo Taylor gets a long overdue compilation of his seminal 1970s recordings.
‘Life Stories’ revisits the heyday of Taylor’s work, focusing on his solo albums and some of his lesser known side projects including the dynamite Apagya Show Band and short-lived Taylor-led combos Assase Ase, Super Sounds Namba and The Pelikans. The selection also touches on his writing and production work for C.K. Mann and a collaboration recording with fellow member of early ‘70s nightclub band Blue Monks, Pat Thomas. If anything, this makes my afrobeat heart tick again. A superb compilation.
Formed during the late’60s, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo soundtracked the years following Benin’s independence under Kerekou’s Leninist - Marxist regime, whipping up a groundbreaking fusion of traditional highlife, Afrobeat, soul, funk and the indigenous styles and voodoo-led traditions of their homeland. Their songs touched on all of their national languages – the mina French dialect, Fon and Yoruba – and confidently referenced a broad range of international music from James Brown to Johnny Halliday. As well as forging their own success, they were the first port of call to back many of West Africa’s greatest artists, from Gnonnas Pedro to Manu Dibango and Bembeya Jazz.
The band’s reputation began spreading to Western audiences in 2004 through a breathtaking Soundway compilation of archive classics and rarities followed by two sumptuous collections on Analog Africa. Around the same time, French radio producer Elodie Maillot (Radio France, Vibrations, Mondomix) began seeking out the original band members in Benin. After a memorable radio interview, the musicians asked her to achieve their dream - to play once in a lifetime outside of Africa.
Since then, the band has reformed, now a 10-piece featuring five original members from the very first ‘60s incarnation, two from the mid-‘70s line-up and three new members. They have played many high profile concerts, bringing the infectious Poly-Rythmo sonic melting pot to a whole new generation of fans.
Recorded in Paris and produced by Maillot, ‘Cotonou Club’ is the band’s first new album in over 20 years, a celebration of the Poly-Rythmo sound with new versions of the band’s classics and a host of new compositions. Guest appearances include African superstar Angelique Kidjo, who began her career in Poly-Rythmo’s backyard, new World Circuit signing Fatoumata Diawara and Paul Thomson and Nick McCarthy from indie favourites Franz Ferdinand.
I'm a huge fan of the band's early work, which indeed I discovered through aforementioned labels, and this album too makes for a fine listening experience. It's quality music as ever. That said: I kinda miss the humidity, rambling equipment and low cost recording atmosphere of the early days. Like reggae, afrobeat thrives on a certain sound which can only be caught on tape if the circumstances are right, so it seems. I'm not going to complain though. Although the sound and songs on this new album are too neat and clear for my taste, the story behind it is just too beautiful to dismiss this for a reason like that. Cotonou Club is a dream come true and well deserved break for the Orchestra. With many more to come, I hope. Go catch 'em on stage if they're anywhere near you.
Track List
1. MONEYMAN AND THE SUPER 5 INTERNATIONAL – LIFE
2. ALI CHUKWUMAH & HIS PEACE MAKERS INTERNATIONAL – HENRIETTA
3. BOLA JOHNSON & HIS EASY LIFE TOP BEATS – E MA S’EKA
4. DR VICTOR OLAIYA’S INTERNATIONAL ALL-STARS – KINRINGJINGBIN
5. ZEAL ONYIA & HIS MUSIC – IDEGBANI
6. ADMIRAL DELE ABIODUN & HIS TOP HITTERS INTERNATIONAL – IT’S TIME FOR JUJU MUSIC
7. EJI OYEWOLE – UNITY IN AFRICA
8. TUNDE MABADU – VIVA DISCO
9. SINA BAKARE – INU MIMO
10. SOKI OHALE’S UZZI – BISI’S BEAT
11. THE DON ISAAC EZEKIEL COMBINATION – IRE
12. ETUBOM REX WILLIAMS & HIS NIGERIAN ARTISTES – AMA MBRE EWA
13. CHIEF COMMANDER EBENEZER OBEY & HIS INTERNATIONAL BROTHERS – AJOYIO
Formed during the late’60s, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo soundtracked the years following Benin’s independence under Kerekou’s Leninist - Marxist regime, whipping up a groundbreaking fusion of traditional highlife, Afrobeat, soul, funk and the indigenous styles and voodoo-led traditions of their homeland. Their songs touched on all of their national languages – the mina French dialect, Fon and Yoruba – and confidently referenced a broad range of international music from James Brown to Johnny Halliday. As well as forging their own success, they were the first port of call to back many of West Africa’s greatest artists, from Gnonnas Pedro to Manu Dibango and Bembeya Jazz.
The band’s reputation began spreading to Western audiences in 2004 through a breathtaking Soundway compilation of archive classics and rarities followed by two sumptuous collections on Analog Africa. Around the same time, French radio producer Elodie Maillot (Radio France, Vibrations, Mondomix) began seeking out the original band members in Benin. After a memorable radio interview, the musicians asked her to achieve their dream - to play once in a lifetime outside of Africa.
Since then, the band has reformed, now a 10-piece featuring five original members from the very first ‘60s incarnation, two from the mid-‘70s line-up and three new members. They have played many high profile concerts, bringing the infectious Poly-Rythmo sonic melting pot to a whole new generation of fans.
Recorded in Paris and produced by Maillot, ‘Cotonou Club’ is the band’s first new album in over 20 years, a celebration of the Poly-Rythmo sound with new versions of the band’s classics and a host of new compositions. Guest appearances include African superstar Angelique Kidjo, who began her career in Poly-Rythmo’s backyard, new World Circuit signing Fatoumata Diawara and Paul Thomson and Nick McCarthy from indie favourites Franz Ferdinand.
I'm a huge fan of the band's early work, which indeed I discovered through aforementioned labels, and this album too makes for a fine listening experience. It's quality music as ever. That said: I kinda miss the humidity, rambling equipment and low cost recording atmosphere of the early days. Like reggae, afrobeat thrives on a certain sound which can only be caught on tape if the circumstances are right, so it seems. I'm not going to complain though. Although the sound and songs on this new album are too neat and clear for my taste, the story behind it is just too beautiful to dismiss this for a reason like that. Cotonou Club is a dream come true and well deserved break for the Orchestra. With many more to come, I hope. Go catch 'em on stage if they're anywhere near you.
And last, but definitely not least, Strut announces a new chapter in the Nigeria 70's series. It was the first release in this series that got me hooked on Nigerian afrobeat, so it is quite safe to say I'm more than looking forward to this new installment.
"Sweet Times: Afro Funk, Highlife & Juju from 1970s Lagos’ is again compiled by series curator Duncan Brooker and features extensive sleeve notes by John Collins, author of ‘West African Pop Roots’. As on the previous Nigeria 70 volumes, all of the featured selections are previously unissued outside of Nigeria. Tracks range from the dynamite big band workout of Alex Ringo’s Moneyman & The Super 5 International to the Congolese guitar-drenched ‘Henrietta’ by the late Ali Chukwumah, former member of Stephen Osita Osadebe’s Sound Makers. Darker psych grooves from Don Isaac Ezekiel sit alongside raw college funk from college band Tabanaku comprising students from the University Of Ife. Highlife legend Victor Olaiya unleashes a slow, languorous Afro jam lifted from a rare Polydor 45 and juju legend Ebenezer Obey cooks up a lilting, deeply beautiful mid-tempo groove from 1970 in a musical plea for peace.
1. MONEYMAN AND THE SUPER 5 INTERNATIONAL – LIFE
2. ALI CHUKWUMAH & HIS PEACE MAKERS INTERNATIONAL – HENRIETTA
3. BOLA JOHNSON & HIS EASY LIFE TOP BEATS – E MA S’EKA
4. DR VICTOR OLAIYA’S INTERNATIONAL ALL-STARS – KINRINGJINGBIN
5. ZEAL ONYIA & HIS MUSIC – IDEGBANI
6. ADMIRAL DELE ABIODUN & HIS TOP HITTERS INTERNATIONAL – IT’S TIME FOR JUJU MUSIC
7. EJI OYEWOLE – UNITY IN AFRICA
8. TUNDE MABADU – VIVA DISCO
9. SINA BAKARE – INU MIMO
10. SOKI OHALE’S UZZI – BISI’S BEAT
11. THE DON ISAAC EZEKIEL COMBINATION – IRE
12. ETUBOM REX WILLIAMS & HIS NIGERIAN ARTISTES – AMA MBRE EWA
13. CHIEF COMMANDER EBENEZER OBEY & HIS INTERNATIONAL BROTHERS – AJOYIO
March 06, 2011
SMARTIN'S SUNDAY SOUNDTRACK ONLY
Just chillin'out this sunday in my soundtrack section ........... check it out down here (or download here)
Michel Legrand – Un Homme Est Mort (1972 UN HOMME EST MORT) Jean-Pierre Mirouze – Sexopolis (1968 LE MARRIAGE COLLECTIF) Serge Gainsbourg – Arabysance (1977 MADAME CLAUDE) Charanjit Singh – Pyar Chahiye Key Paisa (1978 CHHAILA BABU) Lalo Shifrin – Bamboo Birdcage (1973 ENTER THE DRAGON) Taj Mahal – David & Angela (1976 BROTHERS) John Barry – Them from Midnight Cowboy (1969 MIDNIGHT COWBOY) Ennio Morricone – My Name is Nobody (1973 MY NAME IS NOBODY) Angelo Badalamenti & David Lynch – Twin Peaks Theme Instrumental (1989 TWIN PEAKS) Rogier van Otterloo – Moord met Geduld (1973 TURKS FRUIT) Les Baxter – Chainfight (1969 HELL’S BELLS) Serge Gainsbourg & Michel Colombier – No No Yes Yes (1968 MISTER FREEDOM) George Garvarentz - Hashish Party (1970 UN BEAU MONSTRE) The Upstroke - In My El Camino (197x THE BEAVER HUNTER) Johnny Pate – Check In (1975 BUCKTOWN) Dennis Coffey & Luchi de Jesus – Main Theme version 2 (1974 BLACK BELT JONES) Isaac Hayes – Pursuit of the Pimp Mobile (1974 TRUCK TURNER) Booker T & The MGs – Run Tank Run (1968 UPTIGHT) Lyn Collins - Mama Feelgood (1973 BLACK CAESAR) James Brown & Fred Wesley – Transmograpfication (1970 SLAUGHTER’S BIG RIP-OFF) Johnny Jones & The Kings – Purple Haze (1968 SHAFTMAN) Micky & Silvia – Love is Strange (1957 DIRTY DANCING) Shelly Manne – Daktari (1967 DAKTARI) Outro 1976 WAN PIPEL
February 16, 2011
ANIKULAPO and PRESSURE BEAT
Sorry for not posting more often. Guess this blog is as dead as can be.
Both me and Smartin have been busy lately. Smart with his great ongoing out-of-the-box mixes under the name Anikulapo : http://www.anikulapomix.blogspot.com/ and me with a new blog called Pressure Beat. If you're into reggae, and more specifically into Joe Gibbs' records, this is your website: http://pressurebeat.blogspot.com/
From the old to the new, everything will be covered. Twentynine 7 inches are now online, some 200 more to come. That explains the time pressure, innit?
Hope you enjoy the new websites.
November 30, 2010
LOCK IT DOWN volume 3
Short story: In 2005 I made a mix called Lock it Down and distributed it among friends. Things got a bit out of hand and it became quite a succes. People I had never seen before in my life were discussing the mixes I made. Volume 2 was soon in demand and eventually it was released in 2007 through an internet label called TheNewWorck. They dubbed volume 2 as volume 1. Now, 41 months later (yeah, I know) here's volume 3. Or volume 2. Whichever you prefer. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. One drops, riddims, foundation, effects... It's all there. Let the music do the talking..
Tracklist:
LOCK IT DOWN
MAJOR RIDDIM
Professor - Fi R type
J. Boog - Let's do it again
Lutan Fyah - Come over
Tarrus Riley - Wildfire
DUBWIZE RIDDIM
Peetah Morgan - Warzone
Assasin - Priority
Busy Signal - Spliff tail
REBELLION RIDDIM
Johnny Clarke & Fantan Mojah - Rebel with a cause
Luciano & Mikey General - Hosanna
Chezidek & U-Roy - Teach dem
GANGSTA LIFE RIDDIM
Junior X - Gangsta life
PRISON BREAK RIDDIM
Luke Rich - Prison Break
Million Stylez - Born in the system
Natty King - Purge dem
Michael Rose - Fight I down
HIGH HORSE RIDDIM
Omari - Live up
Lutan Fyah - Love
Nazzle Man - Yu a mi woman
Fantan Mojah - Nuh easy
Dlp - High Horse
HOT MILK RIDDIM
Gappy Ranks - Put the stereo on
STALAG / STAGALAG RIDDIM
Demarco - Skull inna belly
Busy Signal - High Grade
G Whizz - Nuh wa si dem
Assasin - Bam bam
BLESSINGS RIDDIM
Etana - War
Lutan Fyah - Cherish the earth
EVERYDAY RIDDIM
Jah Knight - Keep blazin'
Million Stylez - Everyday
Ziggi - What you stand for
GOOD OVA EVIL RIDDIM
Jah Cure - Don't let them cry
Sizzla - Herb
FEW YEAR OLD RIDDIM
Natural Black - No set like rain
Mega Banton - Blaze
G Mafia - Wine up
ONENESS RIDDIM
Million Stylez - Oneness
JAH LIVE RIDDIM
Duane Stephenson - August town
First Born - Not afraid
Tarrus Riley - Love created I
Luciano - Jah live
Download is available at: http://thenewworck.com/genre/reggae/the-new-worck-355-of-cold-sweat
October 16, 2010
Tribute 2 Cliff Burton
The last few weeks ANIKULAPO has been re-discovering his old metal collection; the classic speed and trash riffs haven't felt so good in a long time, makes me wanna get up and MOSH IT UP! On top of that, yesterday we watched the excellent documentary HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD, which I certainly can recommend. So fuck yeah, metal it is these days! Metallica, Suicidal, Sepultura, Anthrax, D.R.I. and Slayer, amongst others, will bring you one hour of good friendly violent fun. This is a tribute to one of metals biggest heroes CLIFF BURTON (1962-1986) R.I.P., and don't forget to raise your fist and bang your head against the wall!
October 13, 2010
September 27, 2010
September 02, 2010
RETURN OF THE BOOGIE pt 2
Early 2009 Lock it Down wrote a piece about the return of the boogie in the dubstep scene. Much has happened since then. Joker has become a major player in the scene, playing in front of large crowds and signing a publishing deal with Universal Records. His succes has caused a floodstream of boogie influenced dance music, most commonly know as 'Purple Wow" these days. The other artists we wrote about have taken things into a different direction...
2000F & J.Kamata were always ahead of their time. For one, Joker was greatly influenced by these two Danish producers (and played a key role in their Hyperdub release) as are a great many other people out there. Still, not much is heard from the dynamic duo themselves after their monsterhit "You don't know what love is." Granted: they've made a couple of remixes, which were really good, but didn't quite reach the great heights of their debut 12 inch. The wait for a new, original tune is long. But the future does look promising...
Earlier this year I visited 2000F and J.Kamata in their studio in Copenhagen where they played me some snippets of new material. All tracks were still work in progress, but from what I heard the lads are taking it even deeper into the jazz, boogie and funk registers. Their signature sound was still there, but the tracks sounded even more autonomic and different than anything else they ever made before. Quite an effort for a team who didn't regard musical boundaries as something to acknowledge to begin with. Perhaps the duo just needed a break from the dubstep scene to get back to their own?
Because, as much as they love bassheavy dancefloor music, they seem to draw more and more from their roots. When asked to make a mixtape for a Danish dance event called Raw, they came up with something that is nothing short of stunning: a 9,5 hour (!!) mixtape containing funk, soul, disco, jazz, dubstep, purple wow and everything in between. To listen to the whole thing is a bit of a stretch but worthwhile the effort. The mixes are so solid you sometimes can't tell one track from another and the tracklist is simply amazing : some evergreens, some underground goodies, some dubplates, some new, most old...
Now, take a day off, disconnect the phone, grab your (wo)man and take it from the lounge to the dancefloor. The return of the boogie is here!
Tracklist:
Guy Bonnet & Roland Romanelli - Amour, Emoi... Et Vous (feat. Heidi)
Art Of Noise - Moments In Love
Don Blackman - Since You Been Away So Long
Bernard Wright - Music Is The Key
Ronnie Laws - Tidal Wave
Bobbi Humphrey - San Franscisco Lights
Lonnie Liston Smith - Devika (Goddess)
Idris Muhammed - Loran's Dance
Joe Zawinul - In A Silent Way
Herbie Hancock - Butterfly
Herbie Hancock - Sun Touch
Eddie Henderson - Inside You
Idris Muhammed - Piece Of Mind
Earth, Wind & Fire - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) 1
Deodato - Love Island
Eddie Kendricks - Intimate Friends
Bootsy's Rubber Band - I'd Rather Be With You
Anita Baker - Sweet Love
The Isley Brothers - Between the Sheets
Kleer - Intimate Connection
Bernard Wright - Who Do You Love
J.P. Rodgers, Jr. - I Enjoy Making Love (Just Like You Do)
Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love
Patrice Rushen - Remind Me
Zapp & Roger - Computer Love
The S.O.S. Band - High Hopes
Hall & Oates - I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)
Alfreda James & Billy Ray - Back To Love (Remix Club Version)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Computer Game
Trouble Funk - Trouble Funk Express
Kraftwerk - Metall Auf Metall
Kraftwerk - Trans Europa Express
Cybotron - Clear
George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Original US Mix)
Kraftwerk - Number
Kraftwerk - Computer World 2
Vangelis & The American Orchestra - Blade Runner Blues
Strafe - Set It Off (Instrumental)
MC Shan - A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - It Takes Two
Big Daddy Kane - Raw
Connie - Funky Little Beat (Instrumental)
Twillight 22 - Electric Kingdom
Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop
Paul Hardcastle - King Tut
Zapp II - Dance Floor
Fatback - Is This The Future?
Midnight Express - Danger Zone
D Train - Keep On (Dum Mix)
The Other People Place - It's Your Love
Transllusion - Do You Want To Get Down
Galaxy 2 Galaxy - Journey Of The Dragons
Posatronix - Danz'
UR - Twista (The Dance)
DBX - Squelch
Pepe Bradock - Deep Burnt
Anja Schneider & Sebo K - Rancho Relaxo (Original Mix)
Aril Brikha - A Groove La' Chord
Cube 40 - Bad Computa
Choice - Acid Eiffel (Live by Bugge Wesseltoft)
Digital Mystikz - Neverland
Ramadanman - Offal
Dubbel Dutch - Throwback
Raheem Devaughn - I Don't Care (Mischief Makers Remix)
Ted Esha - 83
Harry Craze - Wa6
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child?
Plez - Can't Stop
Tyree - Acid Over
Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Press - God Made Me Phunky (Original Mix)
Tim Driver - Colorama
Paperclip People - Remake U No
Jonny L - This Time (Carl Craig Mix)
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (Basement Boy 'Strip To The Bone' Mix)
River Ocean - Love & Happiness (Yemaya y Ochun) (Masters At Work Dub Beats) + Love & Happiness (Yemaya y Ochun) (Maw Remix Keyapella)
Peshay - Vocal Tune
Fusion Forum - Vintage Keys (The Art)
Bizzy B & Pugwash - Just A Little Crew
Immortal Minds - Cosmic Jungle Remix
Deep Blue - Helicopter
Goldie - Inner City Life
DJ Dextrous - Nice 'N' Slow + 313 Bass Mechanics - Pass Out (Acapella)
DJ Slugo - Bitch Give Me Some Pussy
Remote - The Swarm
Silicon - Electorn Push
DJ Zap - I Can Make U
JKamata - Ekstasi
Dave Clarke - Protective Custody
The Prodigy - Weather Experience
Vangelis & The American Orchestra - Blade Runner Main Title
Lil Jon & The East Side Boys feat. Gangsta Boo - Da Blow + Bo Hagon's Phone Call
2000F & JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is (VIP)
2000F & JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is (Sukh Knight Remix)
Skream - Filth (Silkie Remix)
Silkie - Step Aside
Skream - If You Know
Von D - Incognito
501 - Everything In Its Place
Phuturistix - Blind Faith
Quest - The Unknown
V.I.V.E.K - Barcelona
Improvistators Dub meets Iration Steppas - Wah Wah (12" Mix)
Digital Mystikz - Thief In The Night
Mala - Lean Forward
Synkro - Just Say
Von D - E Von
Silkie - Test
Kito feat. Reija Lee - LFO
Turboweekend - Something or Nothing (2000F & JKamata Remix VIP)
Low Pressure - Babylon Bigtime (2000F & JKamata Remix Instrumental)
Caspa feat. Uncle Sam - London City (2000F & JKamata Remix)
L-Wiz - Girl From Codein City
Mr. Dé - Superugly (Funk Piano Mix)
Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes
Lilly Allen - Just Be Good To Me (Joker Remix Instrumental)
Sticky - Paccman
Mala - Left Leg Out
Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime
Frank McComb - Twenty Four
2000F & JKamata - Dukkehus
Joker & TC - It Ain't Got A Name
Aztec Mystic A.K.A. DJ Rolando - Jaguar (Original Mix)
The Deacon - Soulsaver
Moreso feat. Filthy Rich & Damon Trueitt - Take My Hand (Industry Standard Mix)
Millennium To Millennium - Timeline
Ramadanman - Mir
Beezy & Kromestar - Say Yes
Alicia Keys - Feeling U, Feeling Me (Mala Remix)
Alicia Keys - Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude)
Nabo - Helt
Roy Davis Jr. - Dance With Me
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (UK Radio Edit)
Carly Simon - Why
Madlib feat. M.E.D. - Please Set Me At Ease (Hip Hop Mix)
Sunshine Anderson - Heard It All Before
Dâm-Funk - 10 West
LL Cool J - I Need Love
Nabo - BS Disaster (Bless Edit)
Flying Lotus feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers
Quest - Smooth Skin
Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix)
Faze-O - Riding High
Mazarati - Stroke
P-Funk Allstars - Hydraulic Pimp
The O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together
D Train - You're The One For Me
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Let The Beat Him 'Em (The Pop Radio Edit)
Main Source - Looking Out The Front Door
Larry Larr - Confused (The Soul Convention Remake)
Keith Sweat - Keep It Comin'
Earth, Wind & Fire - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) 2
Weather Report - River People
Carl Craig - At Les (live in Paris)
Timeline - A Moment
Timeline - Time Sensitive (Los Hermanos Remix)
Flora Purim - Transition/Conversation
Dâm-Funk - The Sky Is Ours
Azymuth - Dear Limmertz Prelude
Robert Glasper feat. Bilal - Chant
Mark Pritchard - ?
Kraftwerk - Spiegelsaal
Download:
Posatronix - Danz'
UR - Twista (The Dance)
DBX - Squelch
Pepe Bradock - Deep Burnt
Anja Schneider & Sebo K - Rancho Relaxo (Original Mix)
Aril Brikha - A Groove La' Chord
Cube 40 - Bad Computa
Choice - Acid Eiffel (Live by Bugge Wesseltoft)
Digital Mystikz - Neverland
Ramadanman - Offal
Dubbel Dutch - Throwback
Raheem Devaughn - I Don't Care (Mischief Makers Remix)
Ted Esha - 83
Harry Craze - Wa6
Brian Eno - An Ending (Ascent)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It
Bam Bam - Where's Your Child?
Plez - Can't Stop
Tyree - Acid Over
Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Press - God Made Me Phunky (Original Mix)
Tim Driver - Colorama
Paperclip People - Remake U No
Jonny L - This Time (Carl Craig Mix)
Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless) (Basement Boy 'Strip To The Bone' Mix)
River Ocean - Love & Happiness (Yemaya y Ochun) (Masters At Work Dub Beats) + Love & Happiness (Yemaya y Ochun) (Maw Remix Keyapella)
Peshay - Vocal Tune
Fusion Forum - Vintage Keys (The Art)
Bizzy B & Pugwash - Just A Little Crew
Immortal Minds - Cosmic Jungle Remix
Deep Blue - Helicopter
Goldie - Inner City Life
DJ Dextrous - Nice 'N' Slow + 313 Bass Mechanics - Pass Out (Acapella)
DJ Slugo - Bitch Give Me Some Pussy
Remote - The Swarm
Silicon - Electorn Push
DJ Zap - I Can Make U
JKamata - Ekstasi
Dave Clarke - Protective Custody
The Prodigy - Weather Experience
Vangelis & The American Orchestra - Blade Runner Main Title
Lil Jon & The East Side Boys feat. Gangsta Boo - Da Blow + Bo Hagon's Phone Call
2000F & JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is (VIP)
2000F & JKamata - You Don't Know What Love Is (Sukh Knight Remix)
Skream - Filth (Silkie Remix)
Silkie - Step Aside
Skream - If You Know
Von D - Incognito
501 - Everything In Its Place
Phuturistix - Blind Faith
Quest - The Unknown
V.I.V.E.K - Barcelona
Improvistators Dub meets Iration Steppas - Wah Wah (12" Mix)
Digital Mystikz - Thief In The Night
Mala - Lean Forward
Synkro - Just Say
Von D - E Von
Silkie - Test
Kito feat. Reija Lee - LFO
Turboweekend - Something or Nothing (2000F & JKamata Remix VIP)
Low Pressure - Babylon Bigtime (2000F & JKamata Remix Instrumental)
Caspa feat. Uncle Sam - London City (2000F & JKamata Remix)
L-Wiz - Girl From Codein City
Mr. Dé - Superugly (Funk Piano Mix)
Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes
Lilly Allen - Just Be Good To Me (Joker Remix Instrumental)
Sticky - Paccman
Mala - Left Leg Out
Erykah Badu - Next Lifetime
Frank McComb - Twenty Four
2000F & JKamata - Dukkehus
Joker & TC - It Ain't Got A Name
Aztec Mystic A.K.A. DJ Rolando - Jaguar (Original Mix)
The Deacon - Soulsaver
Moreso feat. Filthy Rich & Damon Trueitt - Take My Hand (Industry Standard Mix)
Millennium To Millennium - Timeline
Ramadanman - Mir
Beezy & Kromestar - Say Yes
Alicia Keys - Feeling U, Feeling Me (Mala Remix)
Alicia Keys - Feeling U, Feeling Me (Interlude)
Nabo - Helt
Roy Davis Jr. - Dance With Me
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum (UK Radio Edit)
Carly Simon - Why
Madlib feat. M.E.D. - Please Set Me At Ease (Hip Hop Mix)
Sunshine Anderson - Heard It All Before
Dâm-Funk - 10 West
LL Cool J - I Need Love
Nabo - BS Disaster (Bless Edit)
Flying Lotus feat. Andreya Triana - Tea Leaf Dancers
Quest - Smooth Skin
Jill Scott - Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix)
Faze-O - Riding High
Mazarati - Stroke
P-Funk Allstars - Hydraulic Pimp
The O'Jays - Put Our Heads Together
D Train - You're The One For Me
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Let The Beat Him 'Em (The Pop Radio Edit)
Main Source - Looking Out The Front Door
Larry Larr - Confused (The Soul Convention Remake)
Keith Sweat - Keep It Comin'
Earth, Wind & Fire - Brazilian Rhyme (Interlude) 2
Weather Report - River People
Carl Craig - At Les (live in Paris)
Timeline - A Moment
Timeline - Time Sensitive (Los Hermanos Remix)
Flora Purim - Transition/Conversation
Dâm-Funk - The Sky Is Ours
Azymuth - Dear Limmertz Prelude
Robert Glasper feat. Bilal - Chant
Mark Pritchard - ?
Kraftwerk - Spiegelsaal
Download:
https://www.yousendit.com/download/aHlReFlYT2JwTVd4dnc9PQ
August 28, 2010
mixtape mania
Currently the Lock It Down Pose is enjoying some nice mixes made by friends from all over Europe. We love mixtapes and consider this a logical way of sharing our musical obsession. Enjoy!
First up is a Drum & Bass mix by DJ Salor Bassclap (Spain) called ACID GROOVE. He just moved from Brussels back to Cordoba and surely will rip up some dancefloors over there...
Next up is Jungle Moon (France), who morphs reggae into drum & bass, but always rootical. Born in the French mountains, he now resides in Utrecht. Check his SUMMER 2010 mix .......
And finally and fortunately ...... another mix by our very own Cold Sweat (Netherlands). We know he has got trailerloads of original Jamaican 7 inches you all have been dreaming of, so check his latest Joe Gibbs mix PRESSURE BEAT VOL 1, straight outta U-town.
First up is a Drum & Bass mix by DJ Salor Bassclap (Spain) called ACID GROOVE. He just moved from Brussels back to Cordoba and surely will rip up some dancefloors over there...
Next up is Jungle Moon (France), who morphs reggae into drum & bass, but always rootical. Born in the French mountains, he now resides in Utrecht. Check his SUMMER 2010 mix .......
And finally and fortunately ...... another mix by our very own Cold Sweat (Netherlands). We know he has got trailerloads of original Jamaican 7 inches you all have been dreaming of, so check his latest Joe Gibbs mix PRESSURE BEAT VOL 1, straight outta U-town.
August 18, 2010
LOVE AND DEATH
Strut link up with one of the true greats of Ghanaian music, Ebo Taylor, for his first internationally released new studio album in over 20 years.
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study. “I had the Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian High Commission, mainly comprising music students. We tried to incorporate jazz into highlife and progressed through talking and through jam sessions, trying to develop our skills and ideas.”
Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with other leading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. “I was paid to write for them and we made some great records. People were trying new things – I always loved C.K. Mann’s Funky Highlife. It was fresh.“ Through the mid-‘70s and into the ‘80s, Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela’s Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like "Heaven" now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.
Interest in Ebo Taylor’s music has grown in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from "Heaven" for his hit with Ludacris, "She Don’t Know." A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. “For new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn’t just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music.“ The result is a firing new set backed by Dutch band Afrobeat Academy and involves members of German analog funk combo Poets Of Rhythm. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics "Victory" and "Love And Death" and a selection of new compositions including "Kwame," celebrating Ghana’s late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.
Ebo Taylor's Love And Death will be released in CD / 2LP / digital formats. He will be touring with Afrobeat Academy beginning in December 2010.
Tracklist
1. NGA NGA
2. AFRICAN WOMAN
3. LOVE AND DEATH
4. VICTORY (Instrumental)
5. MIZIN
6. KWAME (Instrumental)
7. ABOREKYAIR ABA
8. OBRA
For more info, check out:
http://www.ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com/
http://www.strut-records.com/
Following the wartime big band highlife pioneers like E.T. Mensah, Taylor became a major figure in Ghanaian highlife during the 1950s and ’60s as highlife exploded. Cutting his teeth with leading big bands like Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band, Ebo Taylor quickly rose through the ranks and became a prolific composer and frontman. Taylor moved to London in 1962 to study. “I had the Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian High Commission, mainly comprising music students. We tried to incorporate jazz into highlife and progressed through talking and through jam sessions, trying to develop our skills and ideas.”
Back in Ghana, Taylor became an in-house arranger and producer for labels like Essiebons, working with other leading Ghanaian stars including C.K. Mann and Pat Thomas. “I was paid to write for them and we made some great records. People were trying new things – I always loved C.K. Mann’s Funky Highlife. It was fresh.“ Through the mid-‘70s and into the ‘80s, Taylor then recorded a number of solo projects, exploring unique fusions and borrowing elements from traditional Ghanaian sounds, Fela’s Afrobeat, jazz, soul and funk. Tracks like "Heaven" now stand as among the best Ghanaian Afrobeat of the era.
Interest in Ebo Taylor’s music has grown in recent years with a series of Ghanaian compilations on Soundway Records and Analog Africa and an unexpected sample as Usher lifted a riff from "Heaven" for his hit with Ludacris, "She Don’t Know." A new Ebo Taylor album was a natural progression. “For new album, I wanted to advance the cause of Afrobeat music. Fela started it and we shouldn’t just abandon it. We should push it so it is a standard form of music.“ The result is a firing new set backed by Dutch band Afrobeat Academy and involves members of German analog funk combo Poets Of Rhythm. Tracks include new versions of Taylor classics "Victory" and "Love And Death" and a selection of new compositions including "Kwame," celebrating Ghana’s late, lamented leader Kwame Nkrumah.
Ebo Taylor's Love And Death will be released in CD / 2LP / digital formats. He will be touring with Afrobeat Academy beginning in December 2010.
Tracklist
1. NGA NGA
2. AFRICAN WOMAN
3. LOVE AND DEATH
4. VICTORY (Instrumental)
5. MIZIN
6. KWAME (Instrumental)
7. ABOREKYAIR ABA
8. OBRA
For more info, check out:
http://www.ebotaylor-loveanddeath.com/
http://www.strut-records.com/
May 26, 2010
Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (India, 1982)
The good folks of the Dutch Bombay Connection label already pleased my sitar-fetish with their lavishly packaged double compilations Bombay Connection and Bombshell Baby of Bombay, now the're back with a real surprise: Indian ragas played by early synthesizers, and I must admit this is some pretty crazy sound. This is what they say about their record: a 1982 released LP called TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT containing Kraftwerk-like acid house music, years before the genre was invented. Only a few hundred copies of the LP were ever pressed, and only a handful seem to have survived. Performed on the synths that would later define Acid House, the Roland TB-303 and TR-808, the album sounds light years ahead of its time with its repetitive beats and hypnotic electronic melodies. Its maker, Bollywood session musician Charanjit Singh, set out to translate ancient Indian classical Ragas to the modern synthesizer and in doing so seems to have invented House music along the way. Its restrained minimalism and lack of cheesiness makes it incredibly contemporary, sounding animated, fluid and unabashedly alive.
more info & soundsamples here:
May 10, 2010
Folk Sounds from the Dutch Deep South 1954-1987
Gotta warn ya for this one: If you're not from the South of The Netherlands, it will be very unlikely that you can appreciate this mix. Even if you're from there...it still will be a challenge.....
This mix collects the folky sounds of Limburg, the deep South of the Netherlands, You’ll hear the strong connection between the local dialect and neighbouring Germany. Lots of german melodic influences also, apart from singer-songwriters, country and a cover of Van Morrison’s Gloria.This is the music my grandma liked to listen: songs about the the beauty of the area, the famous southern mines and yes, about grandma’s…
Barrelhouse Jazz Band – Limburgs Volkslied
Jo Erens – Limburg mien Lanjd
Sjef Diederen – De Oma
Harry Bordon – Marieke
Carboon – t Zwarte loak
Piet Geuskens – Ballade van Oma en Huzaren
Frits Rademacher – Het Huikske
Jo Erens – Vrijerslied
Sjef Diederen – D´r Dikke Hein
Carboon – D’r Berg
Janse Bagge Band – Proemevlaai
Pierre Cnoops – Huwelijksreis
April 07, 2010
Panda Dub - Protect the Dub
Out of Lyon, France, come Panda Dub: heavily UK dub influenced grooves, now releasing his first single. Protect the Earth/Protect the dub is released on the Dubatriation label from Dijon (check out his Outernational roots & culture radio show called Ital Corner Radioshow on http://www.dijon.radio-campus.org/) featuring Paulette Wright on vocals.Released by Kingston Connection (uhurudisciple@yahoo.fr) on 7 inch vinyl, beginning of April 2010 and limited to 500 copies!
Got this one from our friend Dubfader, thanx, also for the party last weekend!
Malorix - Kabaddi Schwalbe
Based in Rotterdam, Malorix attacks the airwaves with breakbeats and bass music filled with samples from the most exotic places in the world. Kabaddi Schwalbe is the first single from the album Soundsystem Culture Clash, released on Redrum recordz. Check out his latest videoclip made by Maarten & Jet (Indivisuals/ Rebelup!). The album contains 10 bass-driven tracks spiced up with Rai, Bhangra, Balkan, Dutch politicians & others folk sounds. Perfect for people who love high energy breakbeats, probably to noisy for the rest of the human population. If you like it, be shure to listen to the track Belsalama on Malorix' Myspace, my personal favorite.....April 04, 2010
Gonja Sufi - A Sufi and A Killer (Warp records, 2010)
Lock it Down has been waiting for this album. Finally someone brewed an electronic psychedelic potion of of all those funky & freaky exotic records we love. Earlier, we already talked about the emergence of the LA scene around Flying Lotus & Gaslamp Killer and now the next chapter reveals itself: GonjaSufi’s album A Sufi And A Killer, produced by the Gaslampkiller, was released on Warp records last month (check them here on Youtube). Gonjasufi also provided vocals on the Flying Lotus track Testament (on the Los Angeles album), but his own release really did it for me. Captivating yet uneasy, freaky, funky, dark but spiritual. In touch with the past, but as uptodate as it gets. The Sound of Urgency. Once in a a while a record comes along which sums up the stuff you like, and combines it in a way you hadn’t heard before. A Sufi and A Killer is a record like that. Gonjasufi spits his distorted lyrics over beats filled with sound from records we love. The Turkish psychrock legend Erkin Koray is heard various times, his tune Yagmur is versioned into Kobwebz and Seni Her Gordugumde (aka I’nan Ki) into I’ve Given. Both Erkin Koray tracks are featured on his 1973 album on Istanbul records. As a great fan of Spanish seventies flamenco-hybrids I was thrilled to hear the voice of Las Grecas in the single Cowboys & Indians, sampling their 1974 tune Bella Kali (from their classic first album Gipsy Rock). L.A.'s Spirit gave their The Other Song (from Son of Spirit, 1976) for Gonja to recycle it to Dust. It seems he's putting a band together as we speak, can't wait to experience this in a live setting. Check out this little mix by Anikulapo, combining the Sufi songs with the originals.
Obviously, there tons more of samples, if anyone has any more suggestions, I’d love to hear it
And remember to buy this album!
Links:
gonjasufi: http://www.sufisays.com/
gaslamp killer: http://www.thegaslampkiller.com/
flying lotus: http://www.flying-lotus.com/
warp records: http://warp.net/
gaslamp killer: http://www.thegaslampkiller.com/
flying lotus: http://www.flying-lotus.com/
warp records: http://warp.net/
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