'High Noon II' x Auckland City w/ Oddisee

Pretty hyped about this one. 

Oddisee is dope and we have a mean local line-up which I am lucky enough to be included in.

Oddisee is an undercover hip-hop beast who has produced for the likes of DJ Jazzy Jeff, Ken Starr, Talib Kweli, DTMD, as well as putting out into the world his own high quality beats and rhymes.

His latest release 'Rock Creek Park' was inspired by the one and only Donald Byrd.

Check it out, and if you happen to be around NZ and Oz over the next couple of weeks, be sure to check out the man all the way live!

Tuesday Six - 28th February, 2012

Tuesday Six bay-bay!

One. Funkommunity - 'Dandilion'

Two. Kool & The Gang - 'Summer Madness' (Onur Engin Re-Edit)

Three. Hubert Laws - 'Land of Passion'

Four. Hiroshima - 'Koto Blues'

Five. Eric Lau - 'Lzy'

Six. Jonti feat. Jonwayne - 'Red On Green'

Knxwledge - 'komfi.EP'

New Knxwledge.

Dude so prolific it's not funny!

Latinaotearoa X PSC X Dan Paine

Tonight we gettin' down AK City style with Bob Brazuka, Jennifer Zea & Isaac Aesili at PSC.

9.30pm onwards if you're in the hood.

'Play This Thing' x Plaything Gallery by Dj Dan Paine on Mixcloud

Tuesday Six - 7th February, 2012

One. Jonti feat. Jonwayne - 'Red On Green'

Two. Home Brew - 'Electromagnetic'

Three. Evil Needle - 'Mood Music'

Four. D'Angelo - 'Untitled (How Does It Feel)' (L-Vis 1990's Remix)

Five. Eric Lau feat. Fatima & Guilty Simpson - 'Can You Feel It?'

Six. Erykah Badu - 'My Life'



Knxwledge - 'Ovrstnd' LP

Knxwledge "The Beat Beast" returns... again!

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - 'Starfighter' DL

Catch a DL of the brand new Hypnotic Brass Ensemble track 'Starfighter'.

"D'Angelo Live" - Sam Champ Mixtape

Sam Champ is the New York native who bought us THE best remix EP's of 2010/2011, the aptly titled 'Sam Champ Remixes' which featured his dope and oft-played remix of D'Angelo's 'Left & Right'...



Sam Champ: "You may have noticed me using the header Mixtape Mondays on a few posts recently–something we intend to make a semi-regular feature here at Okayplayer. We figured we would kick it off properly with an actual OKP mixtape; something official, something original, something exclusive. Something worthy to place alongside DJ Soul‘s incredible Best of Common and Dilla mixtapes. And then we was like, Hmm what’s happening the last monday in January that we could use as a theme? Superbowl? Newt Gingrich? Or MAYBE the phoenix-like reemergence of our beloved D’Angelo, who is currently spreading his fiery musical wings across the waters in Europe."

Head of HERE for the mixtape DOWNLOAD

 

Myele Manzanza - 'One' LP + 'Absent' Single DL

Myele Mananza is of course the drummer for the dopest NZ band right now (in my humble opinion), Electric Wire Hustle.

He releases his debut LP 'One' upon the ears of the world on February 17th through Ever Waking Hour Records and has kindly put the second single up for download on Bandcamp.

The short version of 'Absent' features songstress Bella Kalolo on the mic and as you would expect from a jazz-minded stick-man the flavour is percussion proud and progressive.

"Absent' is the second single to be released from Myele's forthcoming album and features the beautiful BellKalolo who has also recently released her debut album 'Without The Paper'.

“Bella is a natural performer and talented vocalist with an amazing range. She is a joy to work with and one of my favourite vocalists to come out of NZ.” says Myele".

Thanks to Hayley Dingwall.

Electric Wire Hustle

EWH at Matakana Summer Sunday - Sunday January 29th, 2012

We caught Electric Wire Hustle at the Summer Sunday outdoor festival gig yesterday and as expected, they blew minds; well ours anyway.

Didn't really get to catch up with the boys, but saw Mara briefly earlier in the day and he mentioned that this was the last live gig where they were gonna play their current set.

Mean as, I can dig it!

They reminded me once again just why I love what they do as I could see, and feel the largely "mainstream" crowd get polarised around us by the EWH jazz break-downs and deep vibrations.

Suffice to say that Anna and I were having a fucking ball!

Favourite for the night, 'Waters' and that new one?! DAMNNN.

So, my belief is reaffirmed once more as I reacquaint myself (for the millionth time) with their 'Every Waking Hour' LP and look ahead to the sophomore release on which Dave 'Taay Ninh' Wright says: 'Tryin' to get this sucker finished bro - working on it!'. 

In the meantime, head to electricwirehustle.com for updates and check out the video from their sojourn to NYC from late 2010.

http://www.electricwirehustle.com/

Monday Six - 30th January, 2012

I have been a mega busy buddy over the past month and the blog has taken a back seat as a result.

But I'm back and willing to share good vibes.

For 2012 let's make it a "Monday Six". Five on a Monday is truly last year.

One. Thundercat - 'Is It Love?'

Two. SBTRKT - 'Atomic Peace'

Three. Mos Def - 'Love'

Four. Hazel - 'The V'

Five. Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - 'Round and Round'

Six. Hugh Masekela - 'Night In Tunisia'

Georgia Anne Muldrow x Madlib - 'Seeds'

Stonesthrow Records label mates Georgia Anne Muldrow and Madlib have combined to create a full album together!

Significant for the fact that it is the first time that Muldrow has had anyone aside from partner Dudley Perkins produce one of her own records. Makes sense though because I have always thought of her as a bit like the female incarnation of the great Oxnard producer.

Peep the lead single from the collab 'Seeds' right HERE and head to Rolling Stone for the exclusive DL before release in mid-February.