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Mix 02 - Blue Note Mix

Posted by mantekka in Media - Music - 26 Nov, 2006

Mix No. 2.

About 8 years ago I was given some Blue Note compilations on vinyl, so I wiped the dust off the old pioneer stereo, and the record player was still in good nick.
I played these records for a few weeks and really started loving this sound that was new to me.
I gotta say not every song on them was great but each disc had a few gems that have been favourites of mine ever since.

Here's about an hours worth of some of those songs I love, picked from a few different blue note compilations. (The 'Capitol Rare' series, the 'Blue Break Beats' series, Blue Juice, Blue Funk etc.)

It's a pretty laid back mix so put yer feet up and enjoy.

mp3 61mb - 128kb - 65 mins

Margo Thunder - Expressway To Your Heart
Labi Siffre - The Vulture
Ben Sidran - About Love
Jeremy Steig - Howling For Judy
Richard Groove Holmes - Grooving With Mr. G
Gene Harris & The Three Sounds - Sitting Duck
100% Pure Poison - Windy C
Cannonball Adderley - Walk Tall
Howard Roberts - Dirty Old Bossa Nova
Bobby Hutcherson - Ummh
Ronnie Foster - Mystic Brew
Blue Mitchell - Flat Backing
Lou Rawls - You've Made Me So Very Happy
Camille Yarbrough - Take Yo Praise
Marlena Shaw - Woman Of The Ghetto

 

Edit: Link updated. Working again.

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Cymande - Cymande (1973) [Janus]

Posted by mantekka in Album Picks - 17 Nov, 2006

cymande-cymande
01 Zion 1
02 One More
03 Getting it back
04 Listen
05 Rickshaw
06 Dove
07 Bra
08 The Message
09 Rastafarian Folk Song

 
My definate no.1 album.
Discovered it a few years ago, really don't think I'll ever get sick of it.
This album has everything I need!
 
Review from KFJC On-Line Reviews:
 
Cymande (pronounced Sah-mahn-day) was formed in 1970’s London by a group of Caribbean emigres. They refer to their style as “nyah-rock,” or rock music combined with nyabinghi rhythms. I don’t hear the rock influence as much as I hear the influences of soul, jazz, and reggae music from the same time period. But the African nyabinghi drum style is quite evident, making this one of the most unique musical fusions I’ve heard in a while. The album, Cymande’s first of three, features both instrumental and vocal tracks, including their biggest hit, “The Message” (no relation to Grandmaster Flash’s). There’s also some pretty cool Rastaman vibrations on the first and last tracks. A superb album.
 

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Meebo me

Posted by mantekka in General - 14 Nov, 2006

Just testing this meebo widget....

 

 


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What I'm Listening To...

Posted by mantekka in General - 3 Nov, 2006

Here's some charts from last.fm aka audioscrobbler which keeps track of all the music I listen to.  It takes info from foobar2000 on my computer, my iriver H120 and my xbox which runs xbmc.

Nice to be able to see stats on what I listen to.

They'll automatically update every week.  

Top 10 Weekly Tracks

Top 10 Weekly Artists


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