Monday Six - 26th March 2011

One. Bobby Hutcherson - 'Manzanita'

Two.  Isaac Hayes - 'Wherever You Are'

Three. Dexter Wansel - 'The Sweetest Pain'

Four. Bill Evans Trio - 'How Deep Is the Ocean?'

Five. Sarah Vaughan - 'I'm Glad There Is You'

Six. GB - 'The Carribean Temptress'

Eric Christopher - 'Soulvivor #1' MP3

Eric Christopher.
Canadian rapper, nice track for a free download.
Go check out his website, I particularly like the flames.

Bobby Womack - 'The Bravest Man In the Universe' LP/'Please Forgive My Heart' Preview

Holy moly! 

Damon Albarn and Richard Russell team up with soul/funk legend Bobby Womack on his forthcoming XL Recordings long player 'The Bravest Man In the Universe'.

Set to be released in June this year, safe to say I am now really excited this Friday.

Check out the sparse and beautiful teaser single 'Please Forgive My Heart' and download to your *ahem, content.

 

P.S. Here are a couple of other notable Bobby Womack performances to bump while you wait.

Knxwledge - 'Hexual.Sealings.Vol.2'

Knxwledge has taken Nas' classic "Don't sleep cos sleep is the cousin of death" literally I think.

This guy is a bonafide beat-a-holic, releasing so much of his lo-fi beat heat that my mind boggles.

To be honest, some of it is half finished ideas just put out into the ether, but some of it is beautiful, original genius work. I'm definitely thinking his Hexual.Sealings LP from July 2011.

This Musiq Soulchild remix/edit being one of my favourite jams of 2011...

Seriously, dude is so prolific that since that album he has released another 15 EP's and LP's (that I know of)!

Some dope remixes of some classics right here.

GET!

Tuesday Six - 6th March , 2011 (Oddisee Special)

We have the Auckland Oddisee jam comin' up this Saturday, so what better week to offer up my favourite 6 tunes from the man himself.

Great producer.

Dope MC.

Highly underrated.

One. Oddisee - 'Hip-Hop's Cool Again' (Produced by Oddisee)

Two. Oddisee - 'Clara Barton' Produced by Oddisee)

Three. Georgia Anne Muldrow feat. Prince Po - 'Get Up' (Oddisee's Gogo Remix)

Four. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat.Oddisee - 'Musik Lounge' (Produced by Dj Jazzy Jeff)

Five. J-Live feat. Posdnous & Oddisee - 'The Upgrade' (Produced by Oddisee)

Six. Oddisee feat. yU - 'Still Doing It' (Produced by Oddisee)

Hit the song title for audio links :)

I am honoured to be DJ'ing for him this Saturday when he performs his MC set. If you're in the area, come on down!

Details HERE.