Saturday, 9 May 2015

Spring Jazz 2015



A monster bag of grooves of all kinds of jazz and soul. A fair amount of live tracks from the likes of Jimmy Smith, Bobby Jackson and the epic Black Messiah by Cannonball Adderley, decades before D'Angelo. Check the Shamek Farrah track, only just discovered this Strata East artist.



john lee & gerry brown - infinite jones
mitsuaki katayama - first flight
austin peralta - capricornus
the five corners quintet - straight up
jimmy smith - root down (and get it)
bobby jackson - fluck flick
Shamek farrah - first impressions
bobbi humphrey - harlem river drive
nat adderley - i think i got it
elvin jones - and then again
yusef lateef - rosetta
indigo jam unit - 5am
cannonball adderley - black messiah

Friday, 8 May 2015

Zentrip 34



A largely jazz based piano special inspired by Nils Frahm's latest free album. The first half is a jazz infused saunter through the city, the second half more reflective and piano based.





flying lotus - clock catcher (harp arrangement)
leo aldrey - NY walk
bjork - the dull flame of desire (anthony johnson)
nostalgia 77 and the monster - the taxidermist
4hero and mark murphy - twelve tribes
emanative - black enchantment
bobby jackson - bobby's blues
august rosembaum, jameszoo & stephen bruner - jordi
oOoOO - across a sea
floating points - realise
robert glasper experiment - letter to hermoine ft. bilal
nine inch nails - the frail
roberta flack - to love somebody
nils frahm - four hands
murry perahia - opus 39, No 2
taragama pyjarama - beam ft. kicki

Tuesday, 7 April 2015

Zentrip 33




Kyson | Skalpel | Francis Harris | How to Dress Well | The Acid | The Weeknd | The Rosebuds | Taylor Mcferrin | Dean Blunt


Thursday, 18 December 2014

Zentrip 31



As I look up at the night sky through the bare branches of the roadside trees I see starlight and feel deep time.

Monday, 27 October 2014

Zentrip 30



This mix is all about the ambient house thing, that slightly blue feeling. For me its all about those Submotion Orchestra, Karma Kid and We Cut Corners remixes. 



Monday, 1 September 2014

Zentrip 29




I/O - sympathy
Krampfhaft - veluwe
Guerre - deatheat
Julian & der Fux - ungalublich (MOTSA Remix)
Vaghe Stelle - duemila kilometri
Dean Blunt - stone island
Kendrick Lemar - swimming pool
Faws - ghetto lover
Jenova 7 & Mr Moods - walk together
BADBADNOTGOOD - rotten decay
Meesha - lover ruiner
Glitterbug - when the city was bare
Druid Cloak - frostmane
Klaves - return
Dean Blunt - heat ft. Joanne Robertson

Saturday, 28 June 2014

Midnight Mover - A Bobby Womack Tribute


A tribute to one of the best and one of my favourites, including Minnie Ripperton, Syl Johnson, Al Green, Donny Hathaway, Bill Withers, Otis Redding, O.V. Wright and the man himself. 

Thanks Bobby.

Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Zentrip 27


Pretty mellow one. A lovely How to Dress Well remix by Koreless, a track off the Japanese version of Little Dragon's first album. Ends on a different vibe, a wonderful Low track, one of my favourite bands and ends with an epic psychedelic Carlton Melton track. 

Taragama Pyjarama/Tosca/Blood Orange/How To Dress Well/Little Dragon/Bjork/Low/Mara Hruby/Carlton Melton 


Saturday, 10 May 2014

Zentrip 26

Starts of laid back then goes deep with a lot of help from the D thanks to Moodymann and Theo Parrish, you know how it is. Those Shigeto and Meesha tracks!

Boozoo Bajou/Tosca/Belleruche/Shigeto/Moodymann/Jill Scott/Theo Parrish/Soulphiction/Trus'me/Meesha

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Acid Groove


This acid mix is for my friend Jess who celebrated her 30th at Easter. Some classic acid sounds including some Twin Peaks techno! 

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. 

Sunday, 9 March 2014

...and then again - Spring Jazz


Considering how much I listen to jazz I don't upload much here so I put something together for Spring. I'm just going to keep it simple except to say that there's some great stuff here, perfect for a sunny Sunday, particularly the last 14 minute epic.
Highlights include:

Elvin Jones - walking bassline and drum solo
Ahmad Jamal - great recording of the drums
Pharoah Saunders - stone cold classic
Bobby Hutcherson - great vibes, inspired Madlib, two tracks of the expansive Head On album
Nathan Davis - that groove ain't no joke
Les McCann - so much feeling, emotive strings
Motherless Child - one of the best recordings ever. Dwight Trible's singing is the most emotive, soul-wrenching, joyful thing.The bass solo is also fantastic.


Sunday, 23 February 2014

Deep & Dark #4


Number 4 in the series some deep house, techno, acid house.




King of the Mountains - Zoetrope
Delorean - Unhold (Delorean Remix)
Velcro - City of Angels
Magda - Get Down Goblin
Aphex Twin & MP - Polynomial C - Maceo Plex edit
Supereal - One Nation (eunity mix)
Four Tet - Nothing To See
Joy Orbison - hyph mngo (andreas saag's house perspective)
Full Crate x Mar - Nobody Else (Club Edit)
Robert Hood - Hate Transmissions
Phon.o / Scntst - Black Boulder (SCNTST Remix)
Friend Within - The Cause
Natasha Kmeto - Pleasure Delay (Jason Burns Remix)
Meesha - Summer Love
Floorplan - Higher! (Original Mix)
Uptown Funk Empire - Boogie (Mark Funk SuperBoogie Remix)
Love Over Entropy - Groundswell (Melon's Disco Mix)
Malvoeaux - Targets
Moodymann - Freaky Mother Fucker (Chaos In The CBD & Tom Lawson Bootleg)

Sunday, 9 February 2014

Zentrip 25



Consciousness, universality, nature, the infinite, connectedness, metaphysics, harmony, rhythm, melody ... soul, jazz, acoustic, classical, balearic, electronic soul, leftfield techno etc etc. This one is an extra long, lovingly crafted mixed bag inspired by the philosopher Alan Watts. It's a cosmic, natural, free floating all encompassing celebration exploring the inner and outer worlds. Starting in orbit, coming back down and soothing you and carrying you away again. Sit back and enjoy.


Taragana Pyjarama - lo ng (live)
Luisine - the waiting room
amorphous androgynous - the witch hunt
Million Brazilians - untitled II
Lindstrom and Christabelle - keep it up
CFCF - jump out of the train
Bill Callahan - summer painter
Bjork - joga
Thundercat - return to the journey
Coldcut - walk a mile in my shoes (ft. Robert Owens)
Thievery Corporation - le monde
Sun Ra - nature boy
Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.1
Phobium - towards proxima centauri
Rotary Connection - vine of happiness
Prince - temptation
Ananda Shankar - charging tiger
Thundercat- boat cruise
Hieroglyphic Being - imagined landscape No. 10
Colleen - breaking up the earth (the home current remix)
Austin Peralta - epilogue renaissance bubbles
O.V. Wright - are you going where i'm coming from
Xploding Plastix - ritalin for four pedal steel guitars
Bill Callahan - spring
The Rosebuds - Cherish Love
Ahmad Jamal - Laura
Sarah Vaughan - the nearness of you

Thursday, 23 January 2014

Zentrip 24



Atmospheric, cinematic, slightly chasing-the-dragon-round-the-inside-of-a-cathedral beats, drums, basslines and widescreen synth laden experience with some psychedelic guitar thrown in for good measure. Check the Meesha track, those synths and keys bring me joy every time I hear it. Sterling Thrones is also a bit masterful. Then there's Valis and to finish off one of the most epic soundtrack songs ever made.



Cabaal - in flux
chad valley - i owe you this ft twin shadow (bwana remix)
Druid Cloak - sterling thrones
Applescal - screams
clam casino - crystals
Robot Koch - jupiter
meesha - you know
karma kid - in my arms (maths times joy remix)
flying lotus - auntie's lockinfinitum
a theory - elevens
the oscillation - veils
valis - exigesis
college - critical mass
dam funk - kildat aka killdatmuthafucka
moby - god moving over the face of the water

Thursday, 26 December 2013

Deep & Dark #3



In which I finally combine Moodymann, Floorplan, Robert Hood, Theo Parrish, Underground Resistance and the epic Hieroglyphic Being. Expect all out raw dirty funkin, soulful driven deepness. 

Daniel Klauser - Perc
EVM128 - Make Me Feel (Palace Remix)
Natasha Kmeto - Pleasure Delay (Jason Burns Remix)
Richard Davis - Breathe
La Pena - Divino Dub
Dave Aju - Crazy Place (Luciano Remix)
Eaux - New Peaks (Tuff Sherm Remix) 
Hieroglyphic Being - A Romance Of 2 Planets
SCNTST - Basement Structure
Floorplan - Above The Clouds (Original Mix)
Theo Parrish - Get On Down
Moodymann - Got 2 Make It
Robert Hood - Drive (The Age Of Automation)
Underground Resistance
Trentemoller - Into The Trees (Serenetti Part 3)
Hieroglyphic Being - Sacrifices Of The Heart Part 1
Moodymann - black mahogani
Hackman and Klic - Do Right
Jimmy Edgar - Sex Drive (Jon Convex Dub Remix)
Otik - Tremble

Sophie - Nothing More to Say (Vocal Mix)

Friday, 20 December 2013

Zentrip 23



I have survived the waterfall
And the rocks underneath
I am a memory of the ocean
Water beneath my feet
The rising tide I feel within me
Lifts me beyond the stars of night
I am the death of every motion
The soaring half of life
                                 - Saul Williams, Fall Up

Intro - Pharoh Saunders
phobium - drifting past comets
stev - winter train
cabaal - sun prism
saul williams - fall up
steve huerta - falling up
curve - falling free (aphex twin mix)
legowelt - renegade of a new age
deniro - as simple as that
alice russell - i love you (acoustic)
dwight trible - papa lean griot
sun glitters - only you
nitin sawhney - nadia (live ft. nicki wells)