Gomekxx JK Mix Part 2

Now then, drinks in hand, we head on to part two... as the sun-filled wind of afternoon gives way to a calm purple dusk, we toast the happy couple. Some sublime beats to celebrate.

Outta Sight : James Taylor Quartet - the Very Best of Acid Jazz (Disc 2)

River Stone : Lee "Scratch" Perry f.Robert Palmer - From the Heart of the Congo

You Make Me High : Terry Ellis - Southern Girl

Revival [Rebirth Edit] : Martine Girault - The Rebirth of Cool, Vol. 1 (US Edition)

The End : Llorca - ClubQuart00

Soulpower (Jazzanova Rework) : Marschmellows - ClubQuart00

New Craze (Populez Mix) : Javabubbaboogaloo - Javabubbaboogaloo

Gabriel : Roy Davis Jr. w/Peven Everett - JDJ Desert Island Mix (Gilles Peterson)

The Sweetest Thing : Lauryn Hill - Love Jones Soundtrack

Cuchy Frito Man : Cal Tjader - Thievery Corporation Present Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi

M.L. in the Sunshine : Count Basic - Jazz Confusion

Stax Jam : Paul Williamson's Hammond Combo - Red Hot Go

The Reason : Sylk - Liquid Nitrogen

Reach Out : Midfield General - Chilled Ibiza

Total Time: 63.41

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Gomekxx JK Mix Part 1

What I miss about España is just about everything... the people, the food, and the cradle of three giant mountains that we lived within...

This Gomekxx was a parting shot to al Andaluz, a mix I did to be played at the wedding of our great friends John & Karen. Not a dancefloor mix, but a cool jazzy one to start the proceedings on a typically sun-drenched day overlooking the Med. A great couple, a great time.... and less than a week later we were gone. ¡Joder!

Swing Sambaby : Trio Mocoto - Gilles Peterson in Brazil (Sao Paulo & Rio)

Brother Sister : the Brand New Heavies - Brother Sister

At the River : Groove Armada - Chilled Ibiza

Panacea : Greyboy - Freestylin'

Ether Shake : Atrapa Polvo - Gomek's Revenge

Freshman 10 : the Greyboy Allstars - Live

Fantastico : Jazzelicious - Brazil Remixed 2

Love Junkee Starring Cameo : DJ Cam - Soulshine

Noon is the Crack of Dawn : That Phat - That Phat

Russian Qualude : Karl Denson - D Stands For Diesel

Dream On Dreamer (the Angel Remix) : the Brand New Heavies - Excursions, Remixes & Rare Grooves

(When You) Call Me : Style Council - Home & Abroad

How Glad I Am : the Greyboy Allstars - What Happened to Television?

Never Give It Up : Papa Lips - High Time Now

Nautilus (Mawtilus) : Nuyorican Soul - Nuyourican Soul

Total Time: 67.45

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Schmooove

Time to get schmooooovve, with some super slinky sexy soul. First off is James Brown-lookalike Lee Fields, a funkateer from the ´70s that got a new lease on life with the increased interest in vintage funk & soul that occurred in the ´90s. He found a home at Sharon Jones' excellent home label Daptone before moving on to Soul Fire to cut this sticky sweet soul track to start the new millennium off right!

Honey Dove by Lee Fields & the Expressions, from Problems (Soul Fire, 2002)

Once known only in the Bay Area and amongst dedicated crate-diggers, Darondo is finally getting his props. He recorded a smattering of material around 1970, but then left the music scene for pursuits as varied as being an electrician, pimp, and bumming around Fiji. But thanks to the reissue-mania phenomenon that's benefitting so many music lovers like myself, his small but sweet output was finally gathered by Ubiquity Records offshoot Luv 'N Haight three years ago. It's mostly uptempo funk, but it also includes this oh-so-sweet tune that's all but impossible to resist. So don't. 

Didn't I by Darondo, from Let My People Go (Luv 'n Haight, 2006)

BTW, this is an anniversary of sorts: Soundbombing's 25th post! Hope you've enjoyed the ride so far and I plan on keeping this going for a long time to come. 

Lastly, a shout out to MemorySuppliers.com, home of super cheap computer memory that's going to have my iMac screaming along at high speeds soon, so I'll be able to pump out the audioblogs and podcasts even more frequently. Seriously, they have some great deals, so check them out.

Should-Be Classics

I´m taking a trip into that alternate universe where the best music gets recognized and the crap sinks to the bottom... where Ken Boothe is as famous as Sam Cooke... where a group´s worst song doesn´t become their most popular (the Cars´ "Drive, the Police´s "Every Breath You Take", etc.)... and where the three songs below are known and loved as the true classics they are. But in our world, sadly, they´re obscure, or at least unfairly overlooked. Time to rectify that. The Journeys By DJ series is a fantastic one, with at least one other classic release, 1996´s Coldcut JDJ. Desert Island Mix is a two-disc set that gives one disc each to Norman Jay and Gilles Peterson. I´m a huge Gilles Peterson fan as he´s got one of the two best radio shows in the world at the moment, currently airing on BBC Radio (the other is the Swami Soundsystem in San Diego). Peterson´s a genius at picking great music, and here he´s got a sweet Roy Davis Jr. track. This one´s a complete contrast to the frenetic funk of my last post, being a simmering slow burner in every way. The voice is flinty but smooth, the production is subdued and insistant, and those horns... perfect. Gabriel by Roy Davis Jr. with Peven Everett, from Gilles Peterson Desert Island Mix (Journeys by DJ, 1997) In one of the weirder twists of musical fate, Seke Molenga & Kalo Kawongolo, two musicians from Zaire, somehow found their way to mad genius Lee "Scratch" Perry´s legendary Black Ark studios (before he burned it down himself) in 1977. Scratch got behind the boards to work his twisted magic on a simmering stew of mostly reggae ingredients, but with a healthy helping of African flavor as well. This whole album is fantastic, and it sat on my want list for over ten years before I finally got my hands on it (having been issued in small numbers only on the SonAfrica, Jolie Zaire, and RuNNetherlands labels in Africa and Europe). The one featured here is a song now called "River Stone", but only because it is mislabeled... it´s true title was to be "Love Can Run Faster". Not only that, it´s a tack on... various financial problems prevented the completion of the album so this was added to fill out the set. If you want to hear the African stuff... and you should hear it, you´ll have to check out the rest of the album. The vocalist here is Robert Palmer-yes, THAT Robert Palmer. He´d cut several tracks at Black Ark with Scratch in ´76, in the heady days that saw the likes of the Stones and the Clash heading to JA to check out the exploding scene. His voice and Perry´s production make for a hugely satisfying combination. River Stone by , from From the Heart of the Congo (Jolie Zaire, 1977) This last track is not exactly obscure, but it certainly isn´t sufficiently recognized. I heard it for the first time in one of the tents at the Coachella festival in Indio, pumping out of huge speakers. It´s hard for me to say exactly why I love this song so much... it doesn´t really go anywhere. But I think that´s part of the appeal, as the result is a kind of delicious, suspended tension. The instrumentation is minimal, built primarily around a funky guitar strum and a single, 5-note sequence. Sunshine shows her man the hand and we all get to benefit. I´ve Heard It All Before by Sunshine Anderson, from Your Woman (Atlantic, 2001)