I am here today to talk about a very deep session called NOWhere. This mix was done almost a year ago for the mighty Mixology series. Andrea Mi describes this mix as a pure concentrate of silicon soul, very atmospheric and nocturnal, and I totally agree with him. The man behind the set is Balbio aka Fabio from the Passion Junkie site. If you follow our page from back in the days, you should already know him since we had the pleasure to host him in the past (hope he will re-up his Jazz mix sooner or later). Check also his site, you will find some great stuff, especially in the podcast series. Check it, check it out and enjoy!

I bought this in 1997 in New York (can’t remember where..there were lot of places selling tapes at that time…too many maybe…) and I think it’s quite a killer. I think recently Lazy-K has become quite famous with the explosion of the crap mixtape scene, but in her days she was pretty underground and not very commercial.

I read an interview where she says that she was pretty crazy with the mixing back then and that she was playing too much roughneck stuff: well in my opinion that was 10 million times better than the latest mixtape with lil wayne on it!

There are some real treats on this tape, like the Dark Skinned Assassin freestyle (heads might remember him from the “Lock shit down” single,one of the best Wu related released…if not the best), but the real highlight is the “phat intro” on the b-side: she plays lots of classics,one after the other, cutting up tracks really quickly (lots of boot camp click material…I think she was with Steele from Swif-n-wessun for a minute…..).

There are also forgettable tracks towards the end so I’m sure heads will rewind back to the “phat intro”.

Thanks to Jopparelli for restoring this tape that was in bad condition and that’s dedication!

(words by mp45)

Rest in power!

Young Holt Trio -- “Strangers In The Night”

Crooklyn Dodgers 95 -- “Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers”

Charles Earland -- “Snake”

CRU -- “Bluntz And Bakakeemis”

Roger Webb -- “Like A Friend”

RZA -- “Tragedy”

Bill Withers -- “Lonely Town, Lonely Street”

Geto Boys -- “It Ain’t”

The Blackbyrds -- “Riot”

Ghostface Killah -- “Black Jesus”

The Headhunters -- “I Remember I Made You Cry”

Mobb Deep ft. Q-Tip -- “Drink Away The Pain”

The Blackbyrds -- “Wilford’s gone”

Melvin Sparks -- “If You Want My Love”

Hard 2 Obtain -- L.I. Groove

Listen to The Breaks (and a couple of bonus trakcs)

Here the story behind this footages:

On the all-too-rare occasions when jazz gets an outing on television, many viewers make inevitable, and often unfavourable, comparisons with Jazz 625. A well-informed presenter, a superb sound balance and an uncluttered approach to camera work and direction all combined to set a gold standard in the televisual representation of jazz.

It was also in the right place at the right time. The end of the long-standing deadlock between the Musicians’ Union and the American Federation of Musicians meant that big names from the US were coming over to Britain for the first time since the 1930s. Meanwhile, it was a fertile time for British jazz, with the likes of Tubby Hayes, Johnny Scott, Tony Coe and John Dankworth all very much in the ascendant…read more here

Thelonious Monk -- March 14, 1965

The Oscar Peterson Trio -- October 1, 1964

The Bill Evans Trio -- March 19, 1965

1.Time Leak/Redef Damu Remix-Union Ft Talib Kweli & Sly Johnson (Fatbeats)
2.Chit Chat-Natural Yogurt Band (Jazzman)
3.Year Of Hip Hop-LL Cool J (Slice Of Spice)
4.This Was A Time-Dee Felice Trio (Adiddas Originals)
5.Give The Drummer Some-Ultramagnetic Mc’s (Adiddas Originals)
6.Greedy G-Mr.Chop (Now Again)
7.Yellow Soul Force-Mountain Mocha Kilimanjaro (Jazzman)
8.Head Wiggle-Kashmere Stage Band (Kram)
9.Take It Easy/Kenny Dope Mix-Brass Construction (Kay-Dee)
10.Soul Power-The Soul Surfers (Funk Night)
11.King Kong-Big T Tyler (Aladdin)
12.Signs- J Dilla (Stones Throw)
13.Keep On Doin’-The Isley Brothers (T Neck)
14.Breakloose Ft. DJ Scratch-Rasheed Chappell (Kay-Dee)

15.Soul To The People Pt.1-The Fantastic Souls (Kay-Dee)
16.Hit The Bongo-Tito Puente (Tico)
17.I’Ve Got What You Need-Mary Jane Hooper (Power Pac)
18.Obsession 77-Atomic Forest (Now Again)
19.Thank You-York Wilborn’s Psychedelic Six (Now Again)

DJ Nuts is not a very prolific DJ indeed. He has worked with some well known artists such as Helcio Milito and Ivan Conti. We had the chance to see him in Italy with the Brasilintime project (J Rocc, Madlib, Conti and Tony Allen) and it was something very special. His opening session was a perfect warm up.

This is a mix he did during a Femi Kuti live and it’s very enjoyable from the beginning to the end.

Baolo Pelli: First of all, I consider myself a voracious music collector. Since I am a long time friend with pZzO and I always follow his show, I decided to put together a mix for his listeners. I consider his show a perfect place for demanding music lovers, a program that brings you new musical proposals as long as old classic tunes. I also want to focus your attention on the cover, made by Marco Menaballi. I hope you feel my work.

Mad props to Astoman and pZzO! Enjoy:

If you want to know more about us, read carefully the interview we made. Well, actually it is in italian, but you can always ask google to translate it! Enjoy

Get it here and props to Kevin Nottinghan