“Howling for Judy” by Jeremy Steig
“Think Twice” by Donald Byrd
Genre: jazz, rare grooves, organic funk.
Sounds like: yesteryear’s hip-hop producers deserve credit for revitalizing these rarities.
Bottom line: Opening is “It’s Your Thing” by Lou Donaldson, which you’ll recognize from Salt-n-Pepa’s reworking of the same title, or Brand Nubian who stole its drums for “Punks Jump Up Read more...
”Samantha James – Breathe You In (Eric Kupper Remix)”
Genre: soulful, funky & tech house.
Sounds like: SoBe’s hotel lobbies, pool areas and night clubs during the WMC 2008!
Bottom line: Once a year, at Miami’s Winter Music Conference, the best house music in the world burns hotter than the sun—indoors and outdoors, day and night. This is Read more...
Heralded as containing quintessential Ibizan club classics, Defected Records’ Simon Dunmore serves up his label’s best-of to pack along with your swimmies and thongs for these hazy days of summer. Although the double disc copy I received contained a persistent overdub of a woman reminding me that I was listening to a promo, I plowed Read more...
[ Link to Post ]This fourth dig through the Verve Records vaults features some eclectic reworks by the likes of Kenny Dope, Diplo, Karriem Riggins and many more. There is more to be enjoyed than your standard house remix this time around—for instance, on Nina Simone’s “Gimme Some,” where Mike Mangini tackles the remix by strutting an ultra-soulful swing Read more...
[ Link to Post ]“C’Mon Children” by Earth, Wind, & Fire
“Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett
Genre: classic, old school, organic soul and funk.
Sounds like: yesteryear’s soul songs that laid the foundation for R&B and rock ‘n’ roll.
Bottom line: A soundtrack to complement the civil rights era as it related to the struggle for racial equality in sports—particularly Read more...
“Study People” by Serani
Genre: hardcore dancehall.
Sounds like: a surefire way to make traditional tourists skip Jamaica!
Bottom line: Trendsetting lingo, creative new dance moves and the neverending spill of blood ’pon the violent streets of Kingston, Jamaica are all explicated over pulsating, hardcore dancehall riddims—DO NOT call this reggae, please.
Genre: musique concrete.
Sounds like: brilliant soundscapes of electronics and static oddities.
Bottom line: Documenting some of the finest sounds to ever be developed in a studio environment, the Sub Rosa folks return with a hefty compilation of all that is noise. Featuring scholastic acoustic design work with synths and noise generators, the tracks here are truly Read more...
Genre: chilled-out modern folk, organic electronic pop.
Sounds like: dreamy, melodic folk with orchestral, electronic flourishes.
Bottom line: For the fourth installment of the acclaimed Secret Love series, Jazzanova and Alex Dallas brilliantly cherry pick 16 starry-eyed, contemporary selections from Paul Weller, Midlake, Andrew Bird, Breaks Co-Op, Clara Hill’s Folkwaves, Nostalgia 77, Kalabrese, Little Dragon and more—guaranteed Read more...
