“How did I not know about this group?!” It’s one of the most satisfying questions music fans can ask themselves. You work hard to follow an artist, group, or label, constantly staying on top of releases yet still an entire project can exist under your astute radar. Such is the Blktop Project for SK, a [...]

 

 Blktop Project :: "Beans for Breakfast": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Downtempo, Instrumental, Jazz, Soul | No Comments »

Turns out that one of the few truly monstrous tracks from Daft Punk’s latest, Human After All, almost completely jacks the opening of “Release the Beast,” a little known electro-funk stomper by 2-and-out late 70s jazz-funk outfit Breakwater. I felt compelled to post the original because although I knew that Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manual [...]

 

 Breakwater :: "Release the Beast": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

DJ Must-Have, Electro, From the Crate, Soul | 11 Comments »

Leave it to Strictly Kev of DJ Food to unearth a monster of a forgotten California funk record. I guess the most immediately interesting thing about The Dragons is the fact that Daryl Dragon, one third of the Dragon-brother trio, is more famous as the “Captain” from 70s chart-toppers Captain and Tenille. Seriously. But together [...]

 

 The Dragons :: "Your Way Too": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Breakbeat, Instrumental, MP3, Rock, Soul | 1 Comment »

Big week of new music in store. Advanced apologies as the job has gotten the best of me over the last few weeks. But in that time I’ve received a superfluity of sickness, some truly unreal gems, with the biggest, baddest and most exciting the newest record from The Cinematic Orchestra, Ma Fleur, which is [...]

 

 The Cinematic Orchestra :: "As the Stars Fall": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Downtempo, MP3, Promo, Soul | 9 Comments »

For music lovers, we often can pinpoint a particular person or moment that set off the chain of events leading to obsession. One such point in my life was a semester overseas in ‘96 to London, where I met some equally insane maniacs who also loved weed, beer and music as much as I. Before [...]

Event Post, Hip-Hop, Live Event, Rock, Soul | 1 Comment »

This isn’t a new track or something entirely all that rare, but after my iTunes shuffler recently landed on this excellent re-edit/mash-up by NYC’s DJ Reset I felt compelled to post it. Although you may be familiar with other more infamous mash-up artists (Go Home Productions, Ape Blends, Holletronix) DJ Reset is a force [...]

 

 DJ Reset :: "With a Little 1999": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

DJ Must-Have, Downtempo, MP3, Mash-Ups/Blends, Soul | 3 Comments »

Someone once asked me what constituted a “summer jam” and my answer was simple: If you think Sinbad would be into it at Reggae Sunsplash. But since then, I think I’ve refined my definition of a quality June-to-September burner…with a little help from Tommy Guerrero. As a life-long New Yorker, I’ve never really longed to [...]

 

 Tommy Guerrero :: "Just Ain't Me": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Downtempo, MP3, Promo, Soul | 2 Comments »

When I first heard Zero 7’s now-classic EP 2 in March, 2000, little did I know that nearly 6 months later, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, that I’d revisit the record with much more necessity, using it to buffer a lot of what was happening in the world around Brooklyn. The mood was as [...]

 

 Zero 7 w/ Jose Gonzalez :: "Futures": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Zero 7 w/ Jose Gonzalez :: "Futures" (Rub-n-Tug Remix): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Downtempo, MP3, Promo, Soul | 7 Comments »