Even though it snowed here yesterday, I'm ready for spring and I'm feeling like it's time to get up and stretch my legs and maybe shake an ass or two. This mix has some party jams, some old funk deep cuts and a couple hypnotic tunes from around the world. There are four songs on this mix that are over 6 minutes, and they are all worth start-to-finish listens.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
Terry Callier's "You're Goin' To Miss Your Candyman," has a sublime and soulful closing minute and maybe one of the best basslines of all time and the Isley Brothers double up on CSNY's "Ohio" and Jimmy Hendrix's "Machine Gun" (check out Ernie Isley's DANK drumming on that track, also, fun fact - Hendrix played with the Isleys for most of 1964, don't say I never taught you nothin'!)
New Orleans Queen of Soul, Irma Thomas' "Ruler of My Heart" might sound familiar as it's actually a weird skew on Otis Redding's "Pain in My Heart" which is one of my favorite songs of all time.
The song "Addis Ababa Rock" by Inner Circle is not exactly the same Inner Circle as the group who recorded the theme song to COPS, their first iteration was fronted by the sublime Jacob Miller who joined Jimi and Kurt Cobain in the 27 club in 1980.
Antropoloops is a mashup/loop artist from Spain whose work I snap up whenever I can, you can peep more of it (and download all of his songs for free) at antropoloops.tumblr.com
Listen up and shake off those wintertime blues.
Chet Faker - Gold
Schoolboy Q - Man of the Year
Phantogram - Black Out days
The War on Drugs - An Ocean Between the Waves
Isley Brothers - Ohio/Machine Gun
Terry Callier - You're Goin' To Miss Your Candyman
Sinkane - Jeeper Creeper
Inner Circle - Addis Ababa Rock
Swamp Dogg - Creepin' Away
Ike & Tina - Cussin', Cryin' & Carryin' On
antropoloops - Twin Cheganca
Tinariwen - Chaghaybou
Irma Thomas - Ruler of my Heart
Young Tiger - Calypso Bebop
There/is/Life/in/the/Blades
