01) Ages And Ages - Divisionary (Do The Right Thing) 00:00
02) Stagbriar - The S.S. Here We Go 03:59
03) Good For Grapes - Skipping Stone 09:06
04) San Fermin - Jackrabbit 12:43
05) Big Thief - Masterpiece 16:20
06) Be Charlotte - Machines That Breathe 20:09
07) Aldous Harding - Horizon 23:05
08) Little Simz - Devour 27:10
09) Kate Tempest - The Beigeness 29:55
10) Fat Tony - Hood Party (feat. Kool A.D. & Despot) 33:04
11) Chancha Via Circuito - Jardines (feat. Lido Pimienta) 37:07
12) Lapalux - Closure (feat. Szjerdene) 41:50
13) The Lighthouse And The Whaler - I Want To Feel Alive 46:00
14) River Whyless - Life Crisis 49:01
15) Jared & The Mill - Hold On 53:02
16) Meg Mac - Roll Up Your Sleeves 56:51
After I was reminded of this year's SXSW get-together and listened to the 100 songs posted online by NPR to celebrate it, I looked for prior years' collections and found 2014-2017 were still available, which was all the encouragement I needed to add a few more sets focused on this annual event as companions to the original "Years of Cool" set. Selections from this huge amount of material fell into three loosely-themed sets, based around the vibes of longing, love and liberty. This is the LIBERTY set.
Liberty in this context is about your right to grapple with your own life and wrestle it into whatever shape you are strong enough to produce: thus the prevalence of get-a-grip lyrics in this session (also some NSFW hip-hop taking us to the edge.)
Fine work here, full of tough love and optimism -- but this is just 16 out of 400 tracks, which I encourage you to check out for yourselves.
01) Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals 00:00
02) Twin Shadow - Turn Me Up 05:20
03) Geographer - -I'm Ready 08:35
04) Cate Le Bon - Are You With Me Now? 12:14
05) FINLAY - TIDES 16:33
06) Emily Reo - Spell 20:03
07) SOHN - Signal 26:20
08) Låpsley - 8896 30:39
09) Dem Yuut - Dawn / Sea 34:54
10) Dem Yuut - Medusa 37:45
11) Bird Dog - The Ocean And The Sea 41:45
12) Julie Byrne - Follow My Voice 45:34
13) RY X - Sweat 49:33
14) Irene Diaz - Crazy Love 53:31
15) Prateek Kuhad - Oh Love 57:17
After I was reminded of this year's SXSW get-together and listened to the 100 songs posted online by NPR to celebrate it, I looked for prior years' collections and found 2014-2017 were still available, which was all the encouragement I needed to add a few more sets focused on this annual event as companions to the original "Years of Cool" set. Selections from this huge amount of material fell into three loosely-themed sets, based around the vibes of longing, love and liberty. This is the LOVE set.
Just like longing, LOVE has some range also: happy, sad, dubious, looking forward, looking back ... So much poetry, so many songs are about love in some way, right?
Great tunes here which cover just about all that range, but this is just 15 out of 400 tracks, which I encourage you to check out for yourselves.
01) Adam Torres - I Came To Sing The Song 00:00
02) Melaena Cadiz - Last Night In My Dream 04:23
03) Emmy The Great - Swimming Pool 08:13
04) Trapo - Speed 12:16
05) Bell Gardens - Darker Side Of Sunshine 16:07
06) Agnes Obel - Familiar 21:53
07) Rosie Carney - Antidote 25:46
08) Mutual Benefit - Advanced Falconry 30:29
09) Charlie Cunningham - An Opening 35:34
10) Luluc - Small Window 39:19
11) The Marcus King Band - I Won't Be Here 42:58
12) GEMS - All I Ever 46:49
13) Seryn - Ivory Black 51:12
14) Christopher Paul Stelling - Destitute 55:46
After I was reminded of this year's SXSW get-together and listened to the 100 songs posted online by NPR to celebrate it, I looked for prior years' collections and found 2014-2017 were still available, which was all the encouragement I needed to add a few more sets focused on this annual event as companions to the original "Years of Cool" set. Selections from this huge amount of material fell into three loosely-themed sets, based around the vibes of longing, love and liberty. This is the LONGING set.
“Loneliness” was the original concept, but that’s really just about other human/animal companionship, whereas you could be LONGING for so many things, including company, but also money, culture, respect, political stability, an economy that finds a niche for every willing participant.... You get me.
Great work here from Adam Torres and Christopher Paul Stelling in particular, but this is just 14 out of 400 tracks, which I encourage you to check out for yourselves.
01) Gordi - Heaven I Know 00:00
02) Aisha Badru - Bridges 05:11
03) Chris Bathgate - No Silver 08:30
04) Makana - Napo'o Ka La 11:22
05) Dead Horses - Turntable 15:20
06) SYML - Where's My Love 18:31
07) Collapsing Stars - The Storm 21:54
08) The Eastern Sea - The Match 25:48
09) Lightouts - Want 30:42
10) High Highs - Open Season 35:20
11) Houses - Soak It Up 39:03
12) Sudan Archives - Come Meh Way 43:04
13) Hot Sugar - The girl who stole my Tamogatchi 45:29
14) Hundred Waters - Boreal 49:02
15) Majical Cloudz - Turns Turns Turns 52:56
16) Adrian Daniel - This City 56:37
17) Nassau - Whatever Brings You Peace Of Mind 60:37
18) Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place 65:13
19) Beacon - Bring You Back 69:00
20) Lucy Spraggan - Fight For It 73:13
21) Dermot Kennedy - Moments Passed 76:46
22) Sage Francis - The Best of Times 81:07
According to Google, the Austin TX SXSW festival was first fielded in 1987, which by now equals 30 years of cool, making it older than many of the attendees. At some point, NPR (& SPIN in 2011) started making available 100 songs by artists who performed each year; I heard about that bounty in 2009, and occasionally downloaded the SXSW100, but never crafted a set out of those tunes, so I’m correcting that oversight now.
Out of 3 years’ worth of music (2011, 13 & 18), I selected 22 tracks that give an idea of what attendees (and of course, NPR listeners) could hear. (Each 100 also included some hard rock/shredding for those who would seek it out, but none of that made the cut here.) Except for Julianna Barwick, there wasn’t an artist I'd heard before, which is odd b/c it’s an impressive bunch ... oh & btw, where else but SXSW could you expect to hear a pop tune based on the legend of Orpheus & Eurydice?
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01) This Mortal Coil - Loose Joints 00:00
02) Djebali - Suzaku ft John Dimas 02:04
03) Karl Axel Dissler - Laid Back (City Nights Mix) 07:30
04) Taban Hayes - Last Call At The Leilani Cafe 13:20
05) Gordon - Earth, Ground & Fields 20:08
06) Bushy - Never Ft IK Dell (Bonobo Mix) 24:10
07) Soty - Never Let Go 29:28
08) Sweet Velvet - Pushing 33:13
09) dustmotes - Immaterial 39:06
10) Silent Poets - A Little Way of Difference 43:26
11) Terre Thaemlitz - Stormtrooper In Drag 49:00
12) Aera - Two Planets (Ambient Mix) 54:34
Depending on where you live, you may already be shaking winter off, or you may simply still be dreaming of the day to come when you'll finally be able to bid the cold goodbye. If you're still encircled by ice, then some vigorous physical movements might help to warm you up; if your landscape is already greening, then the mood to dance has no doubt already overtaken you. Either way, you should find some tunes here to assist & encourage you....
This session got its start when I fondly remembered a 1991 release from This Mortal Coil, and wondered what had been released in the years since, that mined that same sensibility...I found more like it in releases from Djebali, Karl Axel Dissler, and Taban Hayes, which in turn led me to Sweet Velvet, Dust Motes, Silent Poets and more.
01) Liz Story - My Foolish Heart 00:00
02) Art Pepper - When The Sun Comes Out 04:03
03) Bill Evans - Spring Is Here 09:49
04) The Warheads - Mai leans back 14:53
05) Frank Morgan & Barry Harris - While the Gettin's Good Blues 20:07
06) Art Pepper - Blues In The Night 24:47
07) Liz Story - In a Sentimental Mood 31:43
08) Kush - Sweet 6 35:08
09) Andy Bey - River Man 39:46
10) Mark Isham & Art Lande - Sweet Circle 44:02
11) Examples Of Twelves - Please Hold (Part 2) 48:06
12) Art Pepper - Maybe Next Year 50:47
13) Matthew Halsall - Only You 55:09
In response to requests from the listener base, I've pulled together a couple of jazz-oriented sessions that, so far, seem to tend toward slow-cooker style. This series will drop under the title Eveningtime; this is Vol. II.
Eveningtime here refers to that bit of relaxed atmosphere you may find between the end of the work-day and the moment you head off to bed. You may be having dinner, or a cocktail, you may be hanging out in the kitchen or relaxing on the sofa, in the house or out on the porch ... there's no rule or routine; Hell, you could have the show on low in the background at work ... it's just whatever offers the opportunity for that chill-out moment you crave.
The predominant flavors in this rich and tasty jazz concoction come from the recent work of Matthew Halsall; added to that are tracks from Liz Story, Art Pepper, Mark Isham & Art Lande, Andy Bey, Frank Morgan, The Warheads, Bill Evans and more.
01) United Future Organization - Por Do Sol 00:00
02) Althea W. - Abo Daylight 05:51
03) Jah Wobble - Maieusis 09:23
04) Hamacide + ChaCha - Annie Gun (Yosi Horikawa Remix) 17:31
05) The Orchid - Method Of Living 21:20
06) Poldoore - Besides U 29:51
07) Lemongrass - Deep River (ft Jane Maximova) 32:37
08) Ste`v - Winter Train 38:57
09) Cloudchord - Golden XO 43:17
10) Ilya Mosolov - Stratosphere 48:23
11) CMRN - We're Not Perfect (Chill Trap Exclusive) 55:08
12) The Weeknd X Ember Island - Can't Feel My Face (Jaeriah Remix) 58:45
13) Little Indian - City of Treasures 61:46
There’s no underlying theme here, no message, just a feeling found thru a process of fitting-in & clicking-together, creating unity like a mosaic. The actual magic is worked by a number of tracks offered via the XLR8R downloads page (the generosity of which--including the artists' permissions--should be celebrated), and includes yet another remix of the Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face. Add to this, selections from old favorites like Lemongrass, Poldoore, The Orchid, United Future Organization & Jah Wobble, and you have a downtempo treat. It’s not easy to find much info online about the last group, Little Indian, but their lyrics offer that bit of uplift that makes hanging on to the end worthwhile.
01) Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra - These Goodbyes 00:00
02) Cannonball Adderley w Bill Evans - Goodbye 02:45
03) Art Pepper - Angel Eyes 08:55
04) Keith Jarrett - Blossom 15:37
05) Schema Sextet - Like someone in love 27:46
06) Coleman Hawkins - Poor Butterfly 33:07
07) Dexter Gordon - Blue Monk 39:14
08) Cassandra Wilson - Time After Time 50:06
09) Frank Morgan - In A Sentimental Mood 54:09
10) Bugge Wesseltoft - Yellow is the colour 58:24
11) Esperanza Spalding - Short And Sweet 68:59
12) Matthew Halsall - Samatha 74:47
In response to requests from the listener base, I've pulled together a couple of jazz-oriented sessions that, so far, seem to tend toward slow-cooker style. This series will drop under the title Eveningtime; this is Vol. One.
Eveningtime here refers to that bit of relaxed atmosphere you may find between the end of the work-day and the moment you head off to bed. You may be having dinner, or a cocktail, you may be hanging out in the kitchen or relaxing on the sofa, in the house or out on the porch ... there's no rule or routine; Hell, you could have the show on low in the background at work ... it's just whatever offers the opportunity for that chill-out moment you crave.
The predominant flavors in this rich and tasty jazz concoction come from the recent work of Matthew Halsall; added to that are tracks from Art Pepper, Keith Jarrett, Bugge Wesseltoft, Frank Morgan, Cassandra Wilson, Dexter Gordon and more.
01) Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Chant 00:00
02) Alpha Steppa - The Time Has Come (ft Nai-Jah & Ras Divarius) 03:49
03) Dubmatix ft Horace Andy - It's A Clash (DUB Version) 07:23
04) Jean McLean - Me On My Own Dub 11:16
05) Lucky Dube - God Bless The Women 15:40
06) Dubmatix ft Earl Zero - Wicked Part of Town 19:30
07) Delroy Wilson - Get Ready (12" Mix) 23:13
08) Dubmatix ft Linval Thompson - Peace & Love 28:52
09) Bob Marley - Real Situation 33:51
10) Emo - Get to Arms Again 36:53
11) Thievery Corporation - Focus On Sight 43:40
12) Rhythmites - No Guns 47:25
13) Champion Sound Clash - War Peace and Dub 52:34
14) Bob Marley - Is This Love (Dubmatix Re-Versioned) 56:43
15) Culture - Jah Rastafari 61:34
16) Megative - More Time (Dubmatix Two-Tone Remix) 65:32
One year into it, proud Babylon struts, unashamed & uncaring, fully itself now in the spotlite, while resistance arises in every corner -- good careful people along with the hot-headed overthrowers. Be strong, they counsel: have faith in the promise of change, and if the change you first choose does not serve you well, then choose again. Don't fall into the temptation to lose your inspiration: press on, press on.
As always, I bring reinforcements, roots music to stir your soul and strengthen your resolve, with emboldening assistance from the originals & remixes of the multitudinous Dubmatix crew, classic tunes from Bob Marley, Thievery Corp., Delroy Wilson & Lucky Dube, plus new contenders from Megative & Alpha Steppa.
For this first session of 2018, we are chanting down Babylon ... be inspired; never give up.
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01) Jack DeJohnette/Matt Garrison/Ravi Coltrane - Soulful Ballad 00:00
02) Blank & Jones - Perfect Silence (Jazzed by Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr) 04:01
03) Chris Standring - Soul Express 09:38
04) Digby Jones - Pina Colada (Jazz Mix) 14:09
05) Nostalgia 77 - Quiet Dawn (Examples Of Twelves Remix) 19:55
06) Frank Morgan & Barry Harris - Embraceable You 25:43
07) Liz Story - My Romance 30:22
08) Dubble D ft Dianne Charlemagne - Rain 33:29
09) New Jazz Movement - Bus #217 38:40
10) Joshua Redman Quartet - Dialogue 42:31
11) Benjamin Devigne - Ocre 48:09
12) Nostalgia 77 - Eastwind (Instrumental) 54:00
13) Nils Petter Molvaer - Solid Ether II 60:18
14) Skalpel - Flying Officer 65:12
Elevation offers 70 minutes of jazz & jazz-influenced music, starting out mild & thoughtful but rising to a greater energy level over the course of the session, all with the purpose of taking you to a higher plane. The wind beneath your wings on this upward journey comes courtesy of Nostalgia 77, Liz Story, Joshua Redman, Digby Jones, Nils Petter Molvaer, the Jack DeJohnette/Matt Garrison/Ravi Coltrane Trio and more.
A personal note about that Digby Jones track, which I first heard on 2001's Café del Mar Vol. 8 shortly after it was released, and which I think has held up remarkably well for a 'cocktail lounge' piece. Until that moment, most of the electronica I'd been consuming as part of my musical explorations was House, but because I'd gotten here via the 'world music' path, I was looking for something a little less 4/4, which I found in downtempo; Pina Colada was the door into a world that became my favorite place to be.
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