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The End Is Near: A Black Jazz Mix by DJ Froz One

August 21, 2011

Black Jazz Records was a Jazz label founded in Oakland California by Jazz pianist Gene Russell in the early 70s as an alternative to traditional Jazz. They had a seven year run of releases, the majority of them being funky, spiritual, and criminally slept on. Contributing blogger and avid record nerd Froz 1 lovingly compiled a mix of label highlights, and it is perfect company for the on set of fall. If you see him in the streets buy him a coffee and give him a hug. You owe him at least that.

-THE BAG MESSENGER

Click here for a free download of “The End Is Near”

As a side note, the entire Black Jazz catalogue of master tapes is for sale on Craigslist. Just saying.

The Keo Project

July 18, 2022

The Keo Project is currently bootstrapping on Indiegogo where, as of this writing, you can get a painting, a black book piece, or have a chat with the man over a vegan meal in Brooklyn (schedule permitting). Go support over here.

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Bad Acid Black Tie Affair - KaeWonder and Master Sihn

June 28, 2022

Toronto based DJ Kaewonder, who is the co-founder of cratery and Live Convention connected with Philly based producer and record nerd Master Sihn. The two share a love of psychedelic library sounds and pulled off an interesting collaborative tape that is full of fuzz drenched basslines and bugged out chops of samples strung together as a densely packed double sided DJ break mix.

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Love Injection: A New York Music and Culture Fan Zine

March 09, 2022

Love Injection is a monthly print fanzine that covers music and culture through the lens of the NYC DJ community. Previous issues have covered seminal disco labels like West End Records, interviews with the likes of the Loft's David Mancuso and Dimitri from Paris.

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