The Vibe Conductor
Old friends and new came through to sip, chat and boogie. This experiment just might work. As promised, every week I’ll recap a few highlights. Hopefully this will become a running conversation. What records do…
Continue Reading Refuge #1: A nice start
So yeah, Meistro’s back from Nigeria and it’s his birthday. Seems like a fitting time to get the three amigos together again. Sol Power! Afro. Latin. Brazilian. House. Disco. Funk. With DJ Stylus, Meistro and…
Continue Reading Sol Power returns, Sat. 10/24
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The newest incarnation of his Cuba After Market project. Next installment to hit iTunes on Nov. 27, 2009. And of course, the first single’s been kragenoff. Did you catch the Vibe Conductor cameo? And then…
Continue Reading Roddy Rod’s at it again
I know there’s a flood of artists paying their respects to Michael Jackson right now, ranging from touching to creative to regrettable. That flood will only increase to a tsunami as time goes on, but…
Continue Reading Nicholas Ryan Gant’s soul stirring tribute to MJ
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With DJ Stylus & DJ 2-Tone Jones Tuesday, April 28 Almaz 1212 U St 9 pm, $5
I’ve hinted here and there about this jazz project I’ve been involved in. The cat’s officially out of the bag now. Check out the myspace page for E44 and give a listen to our EP…
Continue Reading Res with E44 & DJ Stylus, Thurs 4/23
Some months after I first felt moved to spread the word about Nicholas Ryan Gant, he asked me to add some flourishes to a mixtape project he was working on with a west coast hip-hop…
Continue Reading Nicholas Ryan Gant – Hittin’ Switches mixtape
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Finally liberated an important SD card from Jamil‘s clutches. Now we can reminisce on the first minutes of 2009. Part 1 The warm-up. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [download] Part 2 The clock…
Continue Reading New Year’s Eve 2008: The Lost Tapes
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Field To Factory touches a church stomping Jackson classic.
Even more so than last year, this list was an excruciating exercise due to a glut of options rather than a shortage. 2008 was a great year for black music. I won’t even address the…
Continue Reading The Vibe Conductor 2008 Hot List
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[photo: J.COMBAT] [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [download | right-click (PC) or CTRL-click (Mac) > ‘Save As’] [subscribe in iTunes] For some reason I was playing reeeaally aggressively. Deep Sang was playing schmoove…
Continue Reading Deep Sang & Stylus, Z-Trip warm-up @ RnR Hotel (11/14/08)
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