Song – Artist – Album – Label
Clean Up Time – Lil’ Mike and The Tunes – Friends Forever – Triomega
Every Little Thing (Barna Soundsystem Remix) – Chaka Khan – Blind Test Presents Funk In Your Face #01 – Blind Test CD-R
Shamma Lamma Ding Dong – Mocean Worker – Oliver Peoples 4 – Quango
Messages – Miguel Migs – reBOOT; Notes For The Next Generation – Om
Saturday Night On The Moon – Project Delos – Margin – Tokyodawn promo
All My Mistakes – Lizz Fields – ABB promo

THE URBAN LANDSCAPES
GUESTMIX PRESENTS:
Edground (Groove Da Kiss Radio, Brazil)
(exclusive)
Song – Artist – Label
Balendoah – Ed Motta – Trama
Nervosa – Funk Como Le Gusta – ST2
Lebion Via Vaz Lobo – Banda Black Rio – Warner
Havemous de ir a Viana – Fusionlab featuring Kalaf – Difference City
Deep In Love – Hand In Hand featuring Peter Hadar – CD-R
La do Mar (Bruno E Dub Mix) – Patricia Marx – CD-R
Samba Do Bell (No Comply Remix) – Eddit – Freestyle
Calma (Little Louie Vega Mix) – Bah Samba – BKO
Azul (Del Alma Mix) – Light 4 Lines featuring Ynez – Shack Music Deep
Kriola – Clube do Balanco – CD-R
Quintal – Tarek – CD-R
Common Cause – Sandboy featuring Clara Hill – Hinterland

END OF EDGROUND GUESTMIX

What Will She Do For Love (East Coast Boogeymen Sub Dub Remix) – Colette – EP – Om
Critical (Bunkin School Vocal Mix) – Rob Mello featuring Stella – 12″ – Classic
Kara Walker Variation 32 – Douglas Pagan – EP 12″ – Voltage
State of the Mental (Phuturistix Remix) – Mark de Clive-Lowe – ABB promo
Us On Fire – Kinny and Horne – EP 12″ – Tru Thoughts
END BROADCAST

Song – Artist – Album – Label
The Suns of Afterlife – Bliss – Quiet Letters – Quango/Music For Dreams
Days Without Kayan – Garth and Money Mark – reBOOT; Notes For The Next Generation – Om
A Present To Mr. Ma – Moodorama – Mystery In A Cup Of Tea – Audiopharm
Ijo People – Ohn – In The End, All Things Begin – Ill Dough
Mesa – Cordovan – Album #2 Sampler EP – Cordovan Music
Sunshine Star – Open Sky Unit – Trailer Happenings Presents Velvet Voodoo – Whatmusic CD-R
Gotta Get Your Love (Kenny Dope Remix) – Gary Davis and Sanction – 12″ – Kay Dee
So Much Trouble In My Mind (Barna Soundmachine Remix) – Joe Quarterman and The Free Soul
Blind Test Presents Funk In Your Face #01 – Blind Test CD-R
Zuri – Tosca – Oliver Peoples 4 – Quango
Magical Thinking – As One – Elegant Systems – Versatile
Keep You Kimi (Chrix The Mix Remix) – Hird – Moving On Remixes EP – DNM CD-R
In Your Hands (Zimpala Remix) – Opensouls – EP – Curl Curl CD-R
Syncopassion (Lensco Remix) – David Borsu – Del Alma – Amalgama CD-R
Danco do Arcoires – The Non Material – Brazilectro Sessions 7 – Audiopharm
Nine…Eight…Zero – Jonny Miller – EP – Phuture Lounge CD-R
Can’t Explain (Titonton Duvante Remix) – Double Identity – EP 12″ – Voltage white
Notes 4 The Soul – Basic Soul Unit – EP – Versatile
Mean To Me (Acoustic Version) – Alice Russell – Humankind EP 12″ – Tru Thoughts
Forgetting To Remember (Nostalgia 77 Mix) – Kinny and Horne – Us On Fire EP 12″ – Tru Thoughts
Blue Cycles – The Five Corners Quintet – Cornerstones EP
Ricky Tick CD-R – Forre In The Dark (featuring Seu Jorge) – Suor De Pele Fina – Nublu sampler EP 10″ – Nublu
Stefan Demetri – Out of Time – Del Alma – Amalgama CD-R
The Wiggle – Lil’ Mike and The Tunes – Friends Forever – Triomega
END BROADCAST

The week’s Urban Landscapes Guestmix comes from B.D.I. The Irish producer is one of the newests signings to the genre-defying Fluid Ounce label fronted by Zero dB. Loads of funk and soul prevail, so check out out. Visit the Fluid Ounce site for more info at http://www.fluidounce.com.

Song – Artist – Album – Label
Whatcudoo – E The Hot – Margin – Tokyodawn promo
While You Were Sleeping – Ohn – In The End, All Things Begin – Ill Dough
Accordian (Four Tet Remix) – Madvilian – Madvilliany: Four Tet and Koushik Remixes EP – Stones Throw promo
Nightlife – Med – EP 12″ – Stones Throw
Pavement Pain – Mercury Waters – Margin – Tokyodawn promo
Humankind – Alice Russell – EP 12″ – Tru Thoughts
Equality (featuring Rich Medina) – Yukihiro Fukutomi – Equality – Pantone

THE URBAN LANDSCAPES
GUESTMIX PRESENTS:
B.D.I. (Fluid Ounce, UK/Spain)

Saramina – Daniel Janin and Son Orchestra – Les Treteaux
Sunshine Star – Open Sky Unit – Duchesne
It’s So Different – Rachel Sweet – Stiff
So – Lara Saint Paul – Polydor
Grass Roots (Metu) – B.D.I. – Fluid Ounce
You Should Have Told Me – Donna McGhee – Obago
I’ll Keep My Light In Your Window – Freelife – CBS
Hot Potato – Freestyle Fellowship – 4th and Broadway
Popcorn – KMD – Fondle ‘Em
The Science of Charity – B.D.I. – Fluid Ounce
Flowers – Dudley Perkins – Stones Throw
Anarchist Bookstore Part 2 – MC Paul Barman – Coup D’Etat
A Million And One Things To Do – Time Machine – Glow In The Dark
Die Kette – Jochen Brauer Group and Tender Agression – Intercord
Butterfly – Pastor John Rydgren – Weird-Oh

END OF B.D.I. GUESTMIX

Quiereme – Vanguardia Sonora – Del Alma – Amalgama CD-R
Kara Walker (Domu Remix) – Douglas Pagan – EP 12″ – Voltage white
In Your Hands (Inner Eye Remix) – Opensouls – EP – Curl Curl CD-R
La Mia (Shake Bum) – Akani – Del Alma – Amalgama CD-R
END BROADCAST

Song – Artist – Album – Label
Montininja (Fauna Flash Remix) – Fon-Kin – Worx: The Remixes – Defend/Compost
Highway 10 Blues – Cordovan – Album #2 Sampler EP – Cordovan Music
Funkalicious – Michael DeVellis – It’s Work EP – Citrona
Before We Say Goodbye (featuring Mark Murphy) – The Five Corners Quintet – Cornerstones EP – Ricky Tick CD-R
Morning Sun (Juju Orchestra Remix) – Victor Davies – Brazilectro Sessions 7 – Audiopharm
Response Ability – As One – Elegant Systems – Versatile
I Love You My Friends (John Kong’s Do Right Remix) – Hird – Moving On Remixes EP – DNM CD-R
Save A Prayer – Colonel Red – Blue Eye Blak – People
Return To Paklinica – Eddy Meets Yannah – Just Like… -Compost
Hooked (featuring Lady Alma) – Yukihiro Fukutomi – Equality – Pantone
Solaris (Pascal Hahn Meets Minus 8 Remix) – Minus 8 – Black label 004 EP – Compost CD-R
Chicago Sur Seine – I:Cube – EP – Versatile
What is This Sound (King Unique Edit) – Peace Division – NRK 100: The Edits EP 12″ – NRK
Funk Is Still Alive (Joey Youngman Mix) – Rithma – EP 12″ – Om
Changes – DJ Ali – 12″ – Sugarcane
Commodore C128D – Funkstorung – The Return of the Acid Planet – !K7
Sunset – Lusine – Inside/Out EP 12″ – Ghostly white
Walk On Water – Riton (featuring The Uber Audio Brothers) – 12″ – Physical
Who Needs Sleep Tonight (Abe Duque Remix) – Silicon Soul – EP 12″ – Disko B
Nanny Nanny Boo Boo (Arthur Baker vs. Coleman and Spencer Smasher Mix) – Le Tigre – This Island Remixes EP 12″ -
Chicks On Speed
Tokyo Uno – I:Cube – EP – Versatile
END BROADCAST

Song – Artist – Album – Label
Never Mind – Moodorama – Mystery In A Cup Of Tea – Audiopharm
Love Trio In Dub (featuring U-Roy) – Hard Livin’ – Nublu sampler EP 10″ – Nublu
Made Up Dub – Zwicker – Black Label 004 EP – Compost CD-R
Naima – Jacques Petzer Quartet – Trailer Happenings Presents Velvet Voodoo – Whatmusic CD-R
Love Is To Blame (featuring Isabella Antena and Ernesto) – Yukihiro Fukutomi – Equality – Pantone promo
Ju-Ju Man (Fauna Flash Remix) – Klaus Doldinger Passport – Worx: The Remixes – Defend/Compost

THE URBAN LANDSCAPES
GUESTMIX PRESENTS:
Ben Mono (Compost Records, Germany)
Song – Artist – Label
I Won’t Race You – Caural – Raw Fusion
The Hype – Pase Rock – 4our
Hydraulic Pump – P-Funk Allstars – Compost
Shuten (Lindstrom Mix) – Crazy-B – Hi Phen
The Last Song (Chicken Lips Remix) – Plantlife – Counterflow
When I Come Around – Jamie Lidell – Warp
Black dub – Bloodfire – ?
Disco Infiltrator – LCD Soundsystem – DFA
Rage (Riton Re-Rub) – Chromeo – V2
U Don’t Know Me (Solid Groove Mix) – Basement Jaxx – XL
Aranda (Isolee 700 Euro Mix) – Egoexpress – Ladomat
Mystery Guest – Copyshop – Bear Funk
That’s A Good Look – Scandal Inc. – Coco Machete
Lose Control – Missy Elliot – Atlantic
Chicago Sur Seine – I:Cube – Versatile

END OF BEN MONO
GUESTMIX

10,000 Leagues Deeper (Laurent Garnier Remix) – Alex Attias Present Mustang – EP – Compost CD-R
Continuous Function – Yukihiro Fukutomi – Equality – Pantone promo
Sainho do Sarilho – Sofa Surfers – Brazilectro Sessions 7 – Audiopharm
END BROADCAST

I’m very behind on this blog, but well I’m behind in many things of late.

I will have to give you some things to chew on this coming week, so we’ll see how things go.

I’m happily recovering from a weekend of fun and good vibes. Last Saturday was the launch of Sole Funk, an eclectic funk/soul/house club night put on by local DJ Mbela. As first-time events go, there were some snafus. The main promoter was a no show, along with the entourage he had promised to help move things along. Then there was the fact that two other events were going on in the same venue on the same night…a rock n’ roll/alternative DJ event, and some keyboard wizard a-la Amon Tobin (but not him) doing the biz outside, with a good-sized crowd in his wake.

Meanwhile, we were downstairs. There was a full bar, and seating for dinner and lounge just across from it. Past that was our area that takes up two rooms and a lounge area.

The music, I have to say, was ace. Mbela did the biz starting things off from neo-soul into modern slices of afro-funk. Being the new father that he was (three days old now, with a daughter called Zoe), he dedicated a couple of tunes to his first-born. Oh, and he threw in some turntable tricks to get us smiling too.

Next, it was a 19-year old kid called DJ Expo. I have to say, he’s earned his stripes. He threw down a wicked funk/hip-hop set (mostly funk) that had him doing vinyl acrobatics. Arm with pairs of the same tune, or sometimes two different tunes, his live edits cast the jocks and trainspotters in a spell. Some dancers were also going nuts. This cat has apparently been spinning his skills for six years, and has already made a name for himself at The Root Down, a well-respected funk-soul-rare grooves club night in Los Angeles. He held things down for close to 90 minutes, and we all agree that this kid is just getting started.

Next up was Marcus, one of the colleagues (now former, apparently) of the Club 91 live dance mix show on KCPR, my home radio station. He put down a cool deep house set that got funkier with each progressing tune. The man has been working it and born ready to go, and he’s done the deed. He sure had Expo excited, dancers moving, and heads nodding.

Finally, I’ve stepped up to the plate. Though there weren’t many people on the floor (this was true the whole time, because partly of the promo mess-up thing), the few who were there were rocking. Heads were bouncing, feet and fingers were tapping, and the music was boombastic over the speakers. It felt good, and I knew that I can do this. So all good on that.

All-in-all, we’ve made the best of the first event. We thought it was fun, and that we’ve had great music. We’ve assessed later on what needs to be done for the next time, and I’m pleased that Mbela is going to keep up the event and do it again at some stage. We’ll be waiting.

Yesterday (Sunday July 31) had me checking out an event called the Do Over. Conceived and organized by Chris Haycock and Jamie Strong, both from Ubiquity Records (but not necessarily a Ubiquity event), the event’s emphasis is on a laid-back atmosphere with fellow music lovers of all persuasions (assuming, of course, that said music lovers were looking for choice sounds out of the mainstream box). I’ve quickly found Chris, and then Jamie came up later. I was introduced to some other cats, including Aloe Blacc (of Stones Throw et. al…also the main emcee for Do Over), deep house DJ Don Guapo, Malachi from ABB Records and his lady friend Vanessa among others. They were all very approachable and felt at home.

The event starts in the early afternoon and goes into the evening, sometimes the late evening if conditions are ripe (and it has gotten to that point several times, apparently). Some of the best DJs around (both local and otherwise) spin a variety of sounds. This day, I’ve heard funky jazz fusion, glorious reggae, hot slices of Latin, and more. There was a beautiful young woman who pulled me to dance with her, and what a dance we’ve shared with the Latin vibe. I could only imagine what it would have been like as the night worn on, but unfortunately I’ve had to leave early. Rest assured that I will be back.

And to add insult to injury (but a slight bit of good timing), the main DJ pulled up slightly beyond the side of my car. Accompanied by a friend, lady Valida made her way out with a green (or gray) colored Compost record bag. We’ve exchanged quick hellos for the first time, talking ever so briefly as she was making her way from the SUv to the venue. Paths will cross again soon, I know. It was her birthday, and I trust that she’s brought magic to the people inasmuch as the people brought magic upon her.

You really do owe it to yourself to check out the Do Over event. It’s happening every Sunday until October at Crane’s Hollywood Tavern in Hollywood. It’s located on El Centro between Hollywood Blvd. and Selma. From what I hear, things get wilder as the sun sets and night falls. And as I was leaving, some well-dressed babes and gents were starting to fill up the patio area. So I know that I’ve really missed out big on the nighttime thing.

It’s a 21-and-over event held from 2pm-9pm Sundays (as I’ve mentioned, it could go on til later). BBQ food and a bar is there to keep people happy. I know I’m happy, but sad to leave. I can’t wait to return.

And that’s all for now. I have plenty to talk about, but you’ll just need to keep your eyes open. Have a great week, and look for two new shows coming up before the next live show on Friday.