Plenty of new bits in here, a couple of fairly exclusive things too and a new Wah Wah single. Dig in and enjoy.

Splendidly Blended podcast 26
=====================

• Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics – Fantasia Pt. 1 // Lloyd Miller and The Heliocentrics (Strut)
• The Greg Foat Group – Paperkites (CDR)
• Pete Josef – Lost Yourself (CDR)
• Jono McCleery – Tomorrow (Album Version)  (Ninja Tune)
• Double U – Interludic // Pineapple Dream (Wool Recordings)
• Dirty Projectors + Björk – No Embrace // Mount Wittenberg Orca
• Jaga Jazzist – Bananfluer Overalt (Edit) (Ninja Tune)
• Kidkanevil – Minjo (Blue Daisy Remix) (First Word)
• Mr Scruff – Pickled Spider (Ninja Tune)
• The Resonators – Sweet Love Affair (Wah Wah 45s)
• J.Period & Nneka – The Uncomfortable Truth // The Madness (Onye-Ala)
• The Roots – Doin’ It Again // How I Got Over (Def Jam)
• The Roots – Act Too (The Love Of My Life) // Things Fall Apart (MCA)
• The Roots – Essaywhuman?!!!??! // Do You Want More?!!!??! (Geffen)
• Eric Lau and Friends – See (Kilawatt Music)
• Prince – Sticky Like Glue // 20Ten

A lot of Bossa Nova, some funk and some new treats from Bonobo, Andrea Triana, Jamie Liddel and Corinne Bailey Rae.

But possibly most importantly two tasters from the new Stac album which is out in a couple of weeks (At last!).

So check them out and have a look at the launch party too, taking place at the Vibe Bar in Brick Lane on the 19th June. Full details available on facebook.

Hope to see you there.

Adam. xx

Splendidly Blended podcast 25
=================

• Eumir Deodato – Juan’s Theme // Bossa Nova (CTI Records)
• Eumir Deodato – Latin Flute // Deodato 2 (Verve)
• Azymuth – Faça de Conta // Azimuth (Far Out)
• Pete Dunaway – Supermarket // Black Rio 2 (Original Samba Soul 1968 1981) (Strutt)
• Delores Ealy – Honeydripper // California Funk (Jazzman)
• Joe Thomas – Soul Bossa Nova // Comin’ Home (VCS)
• Quarteto Em Cy e Tamba Trio – Agua De Beber // Som Definitivo (El)
• Sabu Martinez & Rune Gustafsson & Sture Nordin – Recado Bossa Nova // Groovin’ (Metronome)
• La Lupe – Fever (Fiebre) // Con El Diablo En El Cuerpo (Fever) (Fania)
• Dimlite – Can’t Get Used To Those  (Stones Throw)
• Erykah Badu – Incense // New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh (Motown)
• Stac – All or Nothing // Turn That Light Out (Wah Wah 45s)
• Corinne Bailey Rae – Closer // The Sea (Good Groove)
• Jamie Lidell – She Needs Me // Compass (Warp)
• Bing Ji Ling – Sunshine Love (Ray Mang Remix) // Sunshine Love (Lovemonk)
• Andreya Triana – A Town Called Obsolete (Mount Kimbie Remix) // A Town Called Obsolete (Ninjatune)
• Bonobo – Stay The Same feat. Andreya Triana (Radio Edit) // Stay The Same (Ninjatune)
• Stac – Head On Me // Turn That Light Out (Wah Wah 45s)

Plenty of new albums to feature here including the latest Erykah, Bonobo, Whitefield Brothers and Soundway Nigeria Afrobeat Special compilations. Something new from me, something new from Stac, something new from the Hackney Colliery Band and something old and blue to finish with.

For those of you in London you can catch me DJing with Dom next Friday at the Jazz Café hosting the incredible Hackney Colliery Band with support from the Joe Acheson Quartet and the Boxettes! Not to be missed.

Enjoy!

Adam. xx

Splendidly Blended podcast 24
===================

• J.A. Adofo & City Boys Band – Nya Asem Hwe // Nya Asem Hwe (Unknown)
• The Whitefield Brothers – Joyful Exaltation // Earthology (Now Again)
• Phirpo Y Sus Caribes – Comencemos // Black Man’s Cry: The Inspiration Of Fela Kuti (Now Again)
• Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra – Crosstown Traffic // Crosstown Traffic Single (First Word)
• Godwin Omabuwa & His Casanova Dandies – Do The Afro Shuffle // Nigeria Afrobeat Special – The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria (Soundway)
• The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz Ensemble – Horace (For Horace Tapscott) // Miles Away (Stones Throw)
• Erykah Badu – Didn’t Cha Know // Mama’s Gun (Motown)
• Erykah Badu – Window Seat // New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh (Universal Motown)
• Erykah Badu – Agitation // New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh (Universal Motown)
• Emanative – Illusions (Scrimshire Remix) // Time (Futuristica)
• Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet – A House Is Not A Home // Sarah Vaughan & The Jimmy Rowles Quintet (Mainstream)
• Homecut – I Don’t Even Know ft Corinne Bailey Rae (First Word)
• Bonobo – El Toro // Black Sands (Ninja Tune)
• Hackney Colliery Band – What’s The Time Mr Wasp (Wah Wah 45s)
• Stac – All Or Nothing (Blue Daisy Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)
• The Style Council – Long Hot Summer // Introducing: The Style Council (Polydor)

I’ve always had a massive amount of love for the many varied forms of music around Africa but this is probably the first time I’ve gone into that properly on this podcast.

Here there is music from Mali, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and music from around the world that has been inspired by these countries and more.

There is music old and new here – I’ve been DJing a lot recently so I wanted to get stuck into a proper dance floor mix like the ones I have been playing out. So I hope you will appreciate my first proper DJ mix in AGES!

And please remember to get your tickets to the very important Simon Says… gig at the Jazz Café in London on March 25th. More details available at www.wahwah45s.com.

Splendidly Blended podcast 23
====================

• Terry Callier – Live With Me // Hidden Conversations (Mr Bongo)
• Clara Hill – Endlessly (Freddie Joachim Remix)
• Aloe Blacc – I Need A Dollar // Dollar 12″ (Stones Throw)
• Oumou Sangare – Iyo Djeli // Seya
• Letta Mbulu – Melodi // Sounds Of Hugh Masekela (BBE)
• Simphiwe Dana – Ingoma // Zandisile (Skip Records)
• Monomono – Tire Loma Da Nigbehin // Nigeria 70 (Strutt)
• GRC vs Luz Mob – Tabaco Y Ron (TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio Remix) // Names You Can Trust: Remixes LP (NYCT)
• Shina Wiliams & His African Percussion – Agboju Logun // Nigeria 70 (Strutt)
• Basement Freaks – Road Trip To Lagos (Innvision Records)
• Debruit – Nigeria What (Civil Music)
• J.A. Adofo & City Boys Band – Osu A Meresu // Nya Asem Hwe (Unknown)
• Kokolo – The Magnificent Seven (The Uptown Fellaz Remix) (Shiftin’ Gears)
• Friendly Fires – Hold On (XL)
• Alhaji K. Frimpong – Mensu // Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu
• A. B. Crentsil – nawa to be husband // A. B. Crentsil & The Osookoo Stars
• Letta_Mbulu – U Se Mcani // Sounds Of Hugh Masekela (BBE)
• Mounam and Trevor & Lisa – What Needs Mama (Favorite)

Beautiful traditional Chinese music to celebrate the Chinese New Year, brand new music from Emanative from the forthcoming remix album, a stunning track off the new Brownswood-forum compiled “We Made This” compilation and something made only the other night by me.

Splendidly Blended podcast 22
=====================

( Artist – Track // Album (Label))

• Samoyed – For Leaving // Always From This Point (Flask) – 1st half
• Emanative – Lights On/Off //Time (Futuristica)
• Michael White – Land of Spirit & Light (part 3) // The Land of Spirit & Light (Impulse)
• Oumou Sangaré – Diaraby Nene // Moussolou (World Circuit)
• Bei Bei – Spring of Snow Mountain // Quiet Your Mind & Listen (Standby Productions)
• Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Make Me Stronger feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow (Ubiquity)
• A.K. Frimpong – Kyenkyen Bi Adu Mawu
• Berry Weight – Krakatoa // Music for Imaginary Movies (Hypnophonic Workshop)
• Nailah – Sacred // ConJazzNess (CDR)
• Scrimshire – Very Serious Things (Demo)// Untitled (Wah Wah 45s)
• Surra – Aletheia // We Made This Vol 1 (FYE/Brownswood.co.uk)
• Charles Earland – Coming To You Live (LeFtO Edit) (Free download at http://leftooo.bandcamp.com)
• Samoyed – For Leaving // Always From This Point (Flask) – 2nd half

Starting off 2010 and going at it heavy from the start. As ever, my favourite tracks of the moment. This time there is a little celebration of all the new albums we’re getting this year from some of the most exciting artists making music today.

Enjoy.

Splendidly Blended podcast 21
================
(Right click above and “save link as” to download – alternatively subscribe by e-mail or RSS on the right)

Four Tet – Love Cry // There is Love in You (Domino)
José James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison) (Brownswood Recordings)
Subeena – Solidify Feat. Jamie Woon & Om ‘Mas Keith (Planet Mu)
Bonobo – The Keeper Feat. Andreya Triana (Ninja Tune)
Greymatter – Eu Fumo Feat. Deize Tigrona
Wrong Tom – Take It Down // Old Ghosts
Bullion – Crazy Over You (One Handed)
Stac – Glory (King Knut Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)
Souleance – Le Plaisir (First Word)
Gizelle Smith and the Mighty Mocambos – The Time is Right for Love (45 Edit) (Wah Wah 45s)
The Winstons – Amen Brother
Tammi Terrell – All I Do Is Think About You (Motown)
Timo Lassy – The More I Look At You feat. Jose James (Ricky Tick)
The Hi-Fly Orchestra – Roda De Samba
Scrimshire – The Low Road (Marc Rapson Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)

This is a special 2009 round up, with quite a mixture of tracks for your listening pleasure. It’s not a best of as such, simply recalling big tunes from this year, new, old or other that have meant something. It’s a bit longer than usual to squeeze everything in but I’ve tried to keep it to the right size for those of you who burn off a copy for the car…

I’ve loved this year, I’ve enjoyed making these podcasts for you and I’m really pleased I’m doing them monthly now too. There should be some specials coming up in the new year as well as the usual stuff from me.

But for now, merry Christmas, have an amazing holiday and new year. I’ll see you in 2010.
xxx

Splendidly Blended podcast 20
====================
(Right click above and “save link as” to download – alternatively subscribe by e-mail or RSS on the right)

La Roux – In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)
Simian Mobile Disco – Cruel Intentions (feat. Beth Ditto) (Joker Remix)
Paul White – Dream State (Dam Tales) // Sounds From The Skylight (One Handed Records)
Calvin Harris – I’m Not Alone (Featurecast Remix)
St. Germain – Rose Rouge (Swell Sessions remix)
Stac – Glory (Scrimshire Remix) (Wah Wah 45s)
Floating Points – Vacuum Boogie (Eglo)
Cherelle & Alexander O’Neal – Saturday Love (Tabu)
Beggar & Co – (Somebody)Help Me Out (Beggars Banquet)
Sherrick – Just Call (Collect Call Mix)
Beatsy Collins – One of these days (Wah Wah Dubplate)
The CBs – Misdemeanour (No Fakin’ Remix)
Gideon Conn – The Man Who Drives Around Selling Fish (Free Download)
Scrimshire – Christmas Love // A Wah Wah Christmas (Wah Wah 45s)
Scrimshire – I Was Love (CDR)
Diana Ross & The Supremes – White Christmas // 20 Christmas Classics (Motown)

A conspiracy maybe? Or an unfortunate coincidence? Either way, that show was lost into the ether only to be heard by live DAB listeners but never recorded for my firstborn son to listen back to my first ever live broadcast with a proud smile on his face in some distant future moment…

Anyway, I had selected a lot of music for that night and so this podcast is a selection of my favourite tracks from that show. I hope you enjoy.

Next month I’ll be doing a little retrospective to see what some of my favourite tracks of the year were and I’ll be trying to get that one up here a little early so you can take it with you wherever you may be this Christmas.

See you again then.

Adam
x

Splendidly Blended podcast 19
====================
(Right click above and “save link as” to download – alternatively subscribe by e-mail or RSS on the right)

Blossom – Salim Washington & RBA (Accurate Records)
Colour Yes – Matthew Halsall (Gondwana)
The 4th Day – Mr Beatnick (Futuristica)
Dope Man – Slum Village
Make Me Stronger (Floating Points Remix) – Bei Bei & Shawn Lee feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow (Ubiquity)
Try – Bugge Wesseltoft (Jazzland)
Stylin’ Free feat. Amp Fiddler – Hundred Strong (Altered Vibes)
Watching You – Instra:mental (Nonplus Records)
Funk Positive – Paul White (One Handed Records)
Sketch On Glass – Mount Kimbie (Hot Flush)
Wet Look – Joy Orbison (Hot Flush)
Fantasy – Atjazz feat. Sarah Jane Morris (Atjazz Record Company)

In honour of that occasion I have gone digging through all of my Wah Wah vinyl and picked out some of my personal favourites.

I’ve known Wah Wah for about 5 years now and have gradually become a part of the family, so this is a fairly special podcast, going back through a lot of memories of parties, places and people that wahwah has brought together over the years.

If you are about on Friday please come down and celebrate with us. I can’t wait.

Splendidly Blended podcast 18
====================
(Right click above and “save link as” to download – alternatively subscribe by e-mail or RSS on the right)

Sesong – Love Untold
Alison Crockett – U R (Yam Who? Remix)
Alister Johnson – Invitation
Aretha – One Step (Featurecast Re-edit)
Jamie Finlay – Little Trumpet
Colman Brothers – Sem Amore (Scrimshire Remix)
Ashley Thomas – God Given
PTH Projects – Pretend Paradise (featuring Liane Carroll)
Rosie Brown – Bliss (Quantic Remix)
Max Cole – Mo High (Natural Self Remix)
Landslide featuring Ernesto – Solitary (Bob Henzell Remix)
Scrimshire – When The World Was Young (part one)
Scrimshire – When The World Was Young (part two)
Part Time Heroes featuring Jono McCleery – Angels Fly (Unforscene Remix)
Cheyenne – Come Back To Me

From the more soulful selections to the plain divine this is a taste of things that really move me and inspire me.

There’s nothing particularly new or rare or difficult to find here, this is simply a self indulgent selection of favourite tunes, but in my birthday month I reserve that right. I hope you all enjoy.

If you do and you missed the first one check podcast 10 from October last year.

Splendidly Blended podcast 17
====================
(Right click above and “save link as” to download – alternatively subscribe by e-mail or RSS on the right)

Build an Ark – The Blessing Song (extended version)
Nick Drake – River Man
The Cinematic Orchestra – Reel Life (Evolution II)
Love Unlimited Orchestra – I Love You So, Never Gonna Let You Go
Bullion – God Only Knows
Blair – Night Life
George Benson – Nature Boy
Roy Ayers – We Live In Brooklyn Baby
Jill Scott – He Loves Me (Lyzel In E-Flat)
Nuspirit Helsinki – String Interlude
Bjork – Undo
Sigur Ros – Staralfur
Dionne Warwick – Walk On By