DJ Stylus - The Vibe Conductor

Before his show in DC last week.

We chopped it up a bit.

Already put these out there but hard drive space is cheap and you need more goodies to work out/house clean/commute/pre-party to, right?

The two most recent DJ Book mixes on Decipher are must haves. As you know, our slot was moved an hour earlier. It’s a positive move but the one snag in that plan is that Book doesn’t finish at WPGC until 9:30. These two sets might be the last time you hear him on WPFW for awhile and as usual, he kills it. (subscribe/iTunes)

DJ Book - Decipher 3/13/08

DJ Book - Decipher 4/4/08

Jamil’s still holding down Mondays at Marvin. That’s where he gets to dig into the deeper recesses of his crates that lie hidden when he’s playing his more mainstream gigs. He usually starts out with classic soul befitting the venue’s namesake and then veers off into the outer reaches of futuristic black muzik. You haven’t been yet? Download this set recorded live last month.

DJ Jahsonic - Live @ Marvin 3/17/08

It’s a regular thing with the homie Dredd. Make sure you check him out for the April installment.

Now download the jont.

I love it when you can hear the crowd through the needles. The feedback on the mic adds to the authenticity of the house party vibe.

I meant to write a blog about this night, it was a good one. I still might. In the meantime download this.

1. Takuya - Summerjam
2. Caron Wheeler - UK Blak
3. Anthony Hamilton - Nobody Else
4. Sade - Turn My Back On You
5. Femi Kuti - Blackman Know Yourself (The Roots Remix)
6. Moodymann - People Make The World Go Round
7. Dionne Farris - 11th Hour
8. Chaka Khan - What Cha’ Gonna Do For Me
9. Maxwell - Now/At the Party
10. Whole Darn Family - Seven Minutes Of Funk
11. Starpoint - Bring Your Sweet Loving Back
12. Strange Fruit Project - Good Times
13. Blackalicious - Make You Feel That Way (DJ Eurok Kenyatta mix)
14. Pimps of Joytime - Street Sounds
15. Alice Russell - Remember To Forget
16. Paul Hardcastle - Rain Forest
17. 4Hero - Star Chasers (4hero Version Excursion)
18. Restless Soul feat. Zansika - And I Know It (Dub)
19. Agent K - Feed The Cat

1. Timbaland - Big White Spaceship feat. Pharrell
2. DKD - Brighter Day (Jneiro Jarel rmx)
3. Ladybug Mecca - Dogg Starr
4. Ohmega Watts - Adaptacao feat. Tita Lima
5. Wale Oyejide - Ibadan Sunrise (instr.)
6. Robin Thicke - Lost Without You (Oddisee rmx)
7. Yummy Bingham - One More Chance
8. Alice Russell - A Fly In The Hand
9. Cloud One - Patty Duke
10. Heavy D. - I Can’t Help It feat. Anthony Hamilton
11. W. Ellington Felton - How Dare You
12. Jill Scott - Gimme
13. Yam Who feat. Christian Fontana - Wrap You Up
14. Amp Fiddler - If I Don’t feat. Corinne Bailey Rae (main & Taylor McFerrin rmx)
15. Phuturistix - In The Sun
16. Beady Belle - Goldilocks
17. Mr. Hermano - Free As The Morning Sun (Disisco Re-Edit)
18. DJ Spinna - The Originator

No, it’s not a Raheem mixtape done by this guy, although I wouldn’t be mad at that (’sup Lil Mic).

It’s just a little Valentine’s Day edition of Decipher from the good ‘PFW studios. (subscribe/iTunes)

Been having a good time lately. You should tune in.

We had a fun show last night. I got my fanboy on a l’il bit.

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TURN IT UP!!! R.I.P. Dilla

This post is responsible for the unearthing of this nugget from the vaults. Take a look at the playlist and you’ll know what time it is. I’m not even going to identify when I recorded this one, but it’s another collection that has remained popular over the years whenever I’d burn a batch on CD. Now err’ybody can get a copy. Not holding onto these old jonts anymore!

1. Mos Def - Umi Says
2. Faze Action - Samba
3. Femi Kuti - What Will Tomorrow Bring (Remix LP MIx)
4. Los Amigos Invisibles - Bruja (MAW Mix)
5. Tom & Joyce - Queixume (MAW Mix, Main Vocal)
6. Salome de Bahia - Theme of Rio
7. Los Ladrones - Las Luces del Norte
8. Osunlade - Diamant
9. Jiva - Love Chooses Lovers (The ‘Heart Chakra’ Mix)
10. Tortured Soul - I Might Do Something Wrong pt. 2
11. Fertile Ground - Peace & Love (Jazztronik ‘Mardi Gras’ Mix)
12. Nickodemus & Osiris feat. Carol C from Si*Sé - Mariposa
13. Sade - By Your Side (Naked Music Mix)
14. T.Kolai - Congo (T.Kolai’s Andalu Vocal feat. David Crosby)
15. Opa - African Bird
16. Charlie Byrd & Cal Tjader - Samba de Oneida
17. Osunlade - Aldeia de Ogun
18. Nuspirit Helsinki - Afro-Cuban Haze

Book was on WPGC duty and I didn’t really have any options. In a stroke of fate, New Year’s Eve fell on a Monday, which is Jamil’s regular residency at Marvin. That was a good look because he’s been slogging through some soul-sucking gigs as of late. “Full creative control” on New Year’s Eve had him giddy like Geoffrey Holder in Boomerang. I was just going to show up, chill and watch the homie black out on the decks but he proposed we make it a Soul Controller throwdown. Didn’t have to ask me twice.

Crowd was mixed, nobody paid a dime to get through the door, folks were partying and looking nice without having to be instructed to do so by a dress code. Isn’t that what a NYE party should be? My only regret is not having a mic to catch the roar of the dancefloor, makes the track mutes in the recordings sound silly. One women told us that “it’s time for you to play some mainstream hip-hop now.” We declined gracefully.

Part 1:
Setting the mood for the jump-off. “Champion Requiem” at a New Year’s Eve party? Whoa. Marvin Gaye makes the first of several appearances… ‘cuz we at Marvin.