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GOTCHA COVERED - A NEW MIX FROM LIL'DAVE AND PERSONIFY
Two of Philadelphia's finest DJs lil'dave (Illvibe Collective) and Personify (Little Big Things) have joined forces to bring you Gotcha Covered - a genre bending mega-mix of covers songs from the mid-60s to the present. With more than 35 years of DJing and music collecting between them, these fellas dug deep in their collections to pull tracks for Gotcha Covered and spent months mixing, cutting and blending together more than 90 covers spanning Funk, Soul, Jazz, Afrobeat, Latin, Bossa Nova, Boogaloo, Reggae, Steel-Drum Band, Brass Band, R&B and Hip-Hop, to name a few. From the super rare to the under-appreciated and forgotten to the more common cover versions, Gotcha Covered offers up something for the serious digger and the casual listener alike. If you love good music, stop what you're doing, grab a copy of the mix, and prepare to be taken on a tour of some of funkiest and most soulful covers ever laid down. And sorry - no track listing...gotta do your own homework for this one!
Gotcha Covered is available for free download here (@soundcloud.com/lildave-
For solo mixes and production by lil'dave and Personify, you can also check the following links:
lil'dave SoundCloud: @soundcloud.com/lildave
Personify SoundCloud: @soundcloud.com/personify
Gummy Soul: Freak The Funk Mixtape
The Gummy Soul Show: Freak The Funk! by Gummysoul on Mixcloud
Through the critically acclaimed releases of Fela Soul and Bizarre Tribe the Nashville natives Gummy Soul have been making some serious noise of late. This latest release is a DJ mix by Amerigo Gazaway ranging on the funky spectrum from classic to forgotten jam and all filtered with that Gummy Soul sound. If you are at SXSW make sure to check them out March 15th at The Holy Mountain Bar, because ike their website says, "you can't stand on good looks alone"
- THE BAG MESSENGER
Tracklist:
1. Kashmere Stage Band – $$ Kash Register $$
2. Carlos Sarmiento – Old Funk
3. Tatsuro Yamashita x Jay-Z – Can’t Knock The Hustle
4. Maker – Shout
5. Antonio Carlos & Jocafi – Kabaluere
6. Bad Medicine – Trespasser
7. 9th Creation – Bubble Gum
8. Amerigo Gazaway – 4 Better Or 4 Worse (Bizarre Tribe Instrumental)
9. Bob James – Nautilus
10. The Meters – Cissy Strut
11. Grover Washington Jr. – Knucklehead
12. Keith Mansfield – Funky Fanfare (Original)
13. Keith Mansfield – Phunky Fanfare (Si Begg Remix)
14. Alan Hawkshaw and Keith Mansfield – Funky Fanfare (Soul Thing)
15. Q-Tip – Lets Ride
16. Fred Wesley and The J. B.’s – You Can Have Watergate Just Gimme Some Bucks and I’ll Be Straight
17. Maker – Hold ‘em
18. Wally Clark x Kanye West – Get Em High (Gummy Soul Remix)
19. Gary Byrd – Soul Travelin Pt. 1 (The G. B. E.)
20. Amerigo Gazaway x Slim Thug – Ooh I Ain’t Heard of That (DJ Chase Marz/Fela South Edit)
21. Blowfly – Outro Bonus: Amerigo Gazaway – Library Funk
Looking For Galt MacDermont
Elusive composer Galt MacDermont has become a bit of a hip hop icon over the years. With an extensive catalogue of cinematic music and a hit musical under his belt it seems he's withdrawn from the limelight and praise of his past works and has been avoiding contact with his remaining fans
Todd Terje Inspector Norse Documentary WhatEverest
Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli recently crafted a 15 min documentary style short film around Todd Terje's disco house tune Inspector Norse. The film is based on the life of Marius Solem Johansen a.k.a Inspector Norse, an odd ball YouTube character obsessed with dance, dance music, and taking a strange drug he invented in his kitchen. Supposedly Inspector Norse caught Terje's interest on YouTube, inspiring the track bearing his name, and this short film about his life. Complete with a soundtrack provided by Todd Terje and scenes of awkward small town life that are reminiscent of Gummo and Napoleon Dynamite, WhatEverest makes for an interesting watch regardless of whether the film is based on a real person or not.
The original track by Todd Terje Inspector Norse
Vinyl Snobs with DJ Marcellus Wallace and L Dula
Our friend Marcellus Wallace and fellow record digger L Dula were recently guests at a live record culture event called Vinyl Snobs. The DJs brought a stack of their favorite records to share with the crowd and frankly talked about their experience in the bins. Both are heavy in the game and genuine music lovers. Its about as close to being at a friends apartment going through records as you can get on the internet and as a bonus you get you hear Marcellus Wallace plays his copy of A. Vuolo & E. Grandes Desert, an italian record that essentially doesn't exist. Zoinks!
Hot Peas and Butta Behind The Red Door Episode 6
Our friend Skeme Richards over at Hot Peas and Butta just released a new Behind The Red Door mix making this the sixth in the series. Running the sultry end of the funky music spectrum the mix is slow burner and up tempo alike, grooving musically and punctuated with forgotten film clips. Really what more could you ask for? Below is the latest episode as well as a player with episodes one- five ready to go. Enjoy
DJ Benji B and his string ensemble
See what happened when BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Benji B took to the decks at BBC Maida Vale, accompanied by a 16-piece string ensemble. Benji, arranger Grant Windsor and the string ensemble re-imagine a wide spectrum of music and take the performance to interesting places pushing the strings musically through neighborhood clubs with Drake Headlines and than back to comfortable orchestral landscapes with a slow build on Raphael Saadiq's skyy can you feel me.
tracklist:
Dwele - A.N.G.E.L
Flying Lotus - Do The Astral Plane
Ossie - Love Crazy
Bok Bok - Silo Pass
Wiley - Highs n Lows
S-X - Bricks
Timberland - Ayo Technology (Instrumental)
TNGHT - Higher Ground
Kanye West - Clique
Drake - Headlines
Jeremih - All The Time
Raphael Saadiq - Skyy Can You Feel Me
Little Big Things The Mix Tape
My friends Personify, Froz One, and I recently made a mix to highlight some of the records we've been playing at our monthly "Little Big Things" party here in Philadelphia. The result is an eclectic mix of 7 inch funk, soul, disco, and boogie. Enjoy- Case
The Little Big Things Crew brings you their first release: Little BIG Things - The Mix Tape, an all 7-inch mix of funk, soul, disco and boogie tunes mixed, cut and scraped by Philadelphia crate diggers Personify, FROZ1 and Case Bloom. We dug deep in our collections to compile a mix guaranteed to have your deck on blast from start to finish. Little records - BIG TUNES. Bang it loud and enjoy. And next time you're in Philly, be sure to check out The Little Big Things Crew at The Trestle Inn's Souled Out every 2nd Friday for the best whiskey sours in the city, Go-Go dancers, and the illest funk, soul, disco, boogie and latin 45s.
Little BIG Things - The Mix Tape Track List:
1.) Sisters Love - Now Is The Time
2.) Rudy Love & The Love Family - Does Your Mama Know
3.) The Turtles - Buzz Saw
4.) Jimmy Norman - Gangster of Love Part 1
5.) Chuck Womack and The Sweet Souls - Ham Hocks and Beans
6.) B.E.H. - In the Middle of Blind Alley My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me (Little Big Things Edit)
7.) Mocambo Allstars - The Next Message (Kenny Dope Mix)
8.) Lee Fields - I’m The Man
9.) Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Band - What Can You Bring Me
10.) The Meters - People Say
11.) Lou Courtney - Hot Butter N' All Part 1
12.) The Herb Johnson Settlement - Damph F'aint
13.) Jimmy Jones - Time and Changes
14.) Bernard Wright - Chillin' Out
15.) Crown Heights Affair - Move Your Body and Soul
16.) Brother to Brother - In The Bottle
17.) Joe Bataan - The Bottle (La Botella)
18.) Gil Scott Heron - New World Revolution
19.) Kool & The Gang - Caribbean Festival (Disco Version)
20.) Bobby Hebb - Sunny '76
21.) Crown Heights Affair - Dreaming on a Dream
22.) Freeez - Southern Freeez
23.) Secret Weapon - Must Be The Music Instrumental
24.) Skyy - Here's To You
25.) D-Train - You're the One for Me
26.) Donald Byrd - Think Twice
27.) The S.S.O. Orchestra - Faded Lady Instrumental
28.) George McRae - Look at You
29.) Gwen McRae - Funky Sensation
30.) Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
31.) Universal Robot Band - Dance and Shake Your Tambourine
32.) Ronnie Laws - Always There
33.) Weldon Irvine - I Love You