Hi folks! Rocky Rococo here to tell you about an upcoming celebration called Record Store Day. Scheduled for Saturday, April 19th, this is an opportunity for independently-owned record stores (and their customers!) to celebrate the uniqueness and value of the local vinyl emporium. Participating stores will be having sales, giveaways, live music, and more. As the number of these precious outlets continues to decline, I think it is certainly a worthwhile occasion to celebrate and support those that we have left. For more information on Record Store Day, or to post your own thoughts on the topic, check out their website at www.recordstoreday.com. See you at the record store!

It’s off the guest mixes and back to another busy show this week. There’s plenty of new music for you to savor, much of it at least new to us stateside peeps, but some forthcoming European goodies are innit too.

Keep your eyes open; gonna try something new. Maybe you’ll see the “new” at the end if you are reading this from the show’s site.

And speaking of which, I’m very pleased to mention that the first contributor to the Urban Landscapes site has delivered the goods. Raggy from the dope Off Limits Radio has contributed two postings to kick off the added content that a select group of peeps are taking the time to do. You’ll be seeing more of this in the weeks and months to come, as other contributors come out of the woodworks.

More soon; have a good weekend, and I’ll catch you next week.

The Urban Landscapes Radioshow 11.07
Thursday February 21, 2007

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Desire - Jose James - The Dreamer - Brownswood
Spinnin’ Wheel - Lonnie Smith - Droppin’ Science: Greatest Samples From The Blue Note Lab - Blue Note
Wildflower (Povo Remix) - Nostalgia 77 - Nostalgia 77: One-Off, Remixes and B-Sides - Tru Thoughts
Nebulosa - Tenorio Jr. - Far Out promo
Park Bench People - Jose James - The Dreamer - Brownswood
Zerrdub - Eva Be - Moving Without Traveling - Sonar Kollektiv
Reckonerz (featuring Charli2Na) - AmpLive - Rainydayz Radiohead Remixes - AmpLive
Beautifulwonderful - The One - EP - Om Hip-Hop
Prayer - The Stance Brothers - Kind Soul - Ricky Tick promo
Drummery Jam - Daedelus - Here Comes TrebleO - TrebleO promo
Brilho Futuro - Timeforsoul - Timeforsoul
Tides (Ripperton Remix) - Beanfield - EP - Compost promo
Mallorca (Sasse Remix) - Wagon Cookin’ - Remixes EP - Compost promo
I’m Chained - Robert Owens - Night-Time Stories - Compost promo
Dark Little Spot (JT Donaldson & Tim K. Microfreeze Dub) - Christos Kedras - EP - Kapa Music
Busted Trees (Carl Craig Sessions Remix) - Directions - Carl Craig Sessions - !K7
Julietta - Oreja - Hecho En Casa EP 2 - ABCD/Bitasweet
Brazil - C.O.N.E. featuring Pedro & La Familia - EP - Bagpak
Pronto Venido (featuring Afronaut) - Broki - Hecho En Casa EP 2 - ABCD/Bitasweet
About You - Clara Hill’s Folkways - Soundways - Sonar Kollektiv
Chop That Wood - Milez Benjamin - Tru Thoughts promo
Weird Fishez - AmpLive - Rainydayz Radiohead Remixes - AmpLive
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Muhsinah / Day Break EP / iTunes

I’ve firstly got to say thanks to Andrew Castillo @ DreamTeam. His cutting edge podcast put me on to this young lady from NYC. Abstract, contemporary soul and funk music just the way I like it, and believe me, just the way you like it! The EP is currently only available on iTunes (but there will be a CD version in March) this music is gonna be massive worldwide! Think Georgia Anne Muldrow, think Madlib, think 70s Tribe in 2008, think Stereolab. You gettit? She makes beats, she sings, she produces, she delivers a funky message. Creative independent music like this always makes my ears prick up and take notice. Check my http://www.offlimitsradio.com/music/48_Off_Limits_Show.mp3 for some killer tracks.

Trust these ears!

I’d like to introduce to you one of the new contributors to the Urban Landscapes site. Most people know him simply as Raggy. He’s a UK-based selector with a serious musical appetite, matched only by his astute knowledge the deeper undercurrents jazz and soul (and his record collection).

Like Rocky Rococo, Raggy has graciously accepted to share his contributions with us. This is the first of two postings he’s done. Looking forward to more. Enjoy!

Lenny Marcus / Bat In The Hat / Private

I can seriously feel a jazz funk revival just around the corner! It’s about time, dance floors worldwide need that energy! So, we’ll continue wetting your appetite and thoroughly spoil you on every show. On show #48 we get d-i-r-t-y and rare with Lenny Marcus’s “Farewell Welfare”. The 23 year old pianist self produced and self made this LP on his very own private label 30 odd years ago - so there can’t be too many of them about! You just know that when vinyl ONLY gets a release on the artists own label then that gets my ears standing to attention. It shows their ambition to get the music heard regardless. You can hear “Farewell Welfare” on http://www.offlimitsradio.com/music/48_Off_Limits_Show.mp3

Get digging, this one is B-A-A-A-D!

Ugh, it’s super late and I’m still awake! That’s what I get for grabbing a big cup of hot expresso at 7:00pm, and being amped up with sketching out a new iteration of the show’s web site.

Speaking of amped, I was looking for some info on Om Hip-Hop, the hip hop imprint of the Bay Area-based house label, and I’ve stumbled upon a page on the label’s relatively new blog. It’s a fascinating entry on a bootleg project that almost never saw the light of day. It’s a bootleg hip-hop project using tracks from Radiohead’s recent album, courtesy of producer Amp Live. And oy, does he has some serious MC’s on this one! And yes, the production is dope.

So head on over to the blog, read the story, and if you so choose grab both the EP and the accompanying artwork.

This week is another show with tasty new tunes including a track from the forthcoming Eric Lau album on Ubiquity, two from the new SK Tools series comp featuring Seiji from Bugz in the Attic, and something from Canada’s Basic Soul Unit among others.

Also this week: another Urban Landscapes Guestmix is in the pocket for ya. The mix comes from a new signing to Compost Records, Malbert Rocel. It’s actually a trio, and they’ve dropped an album for the label last year. They’ve also put together this week’s mix last year, and I’m finally bringing it to you this week.

Thanks for listening, and I’ll catch you next week.

The Urban Landscapes Radioshow 11.06
Thursday February 14, 2008

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Dillalude (Simon S. Re-edit) - Robert Glasper - test
Away (So Far) - Replife - The Unclosed Mind - Futuristica Music promo
Good Crazy - Black Space - To Serve With Love - Om Hip-Hop promo
Free - FLYT - EP - Futuristica Music promo
Show Me - Eric Lau - New Territories - Ubiquity promo
Honey - Erykah Badu - EP - Universal Motown
Breathe - Basic Soul Unit -Still Music test

THE URBAN LANDSCAPES
GUESTMIX PRESENTS:
Marbert Rocel (Compost Records, Germany)

Song - Artist - Label
Cry Dub - Ian Simmonds - Musik Krause
Listen To The Drums - Outlines - Sonark Kollektiv
Flashback (Jazzanova’s Breathe Easy Mix) - Fat Freddy’s Drop - Sonar Kollektiv
Paper Moon - Booka Shade - Get Physical
Karasu - Quarion - Drumpoet Community
Solar Winds - Matt Flores - Compost Black Label
Lovebeat Dub - S.U.M.O. - Heya Hifi
Prelude To Happening - Quantic - Tru Thoughts
Falling Up - Theo Parrish - ?
K.T.B. - Roabag Wruhme - Sonar Kollektiv
New Light of Tomorrow (Linus Loves Remix) - Husky Rescue - Catskills
Night Digger (Late Night Edit) - Minus 8 - Compost Black Label
Beats Like Birds (Douglass Greed’s Wassermalfarben Remix) - Marbert Rocel - Compost

END OF MARBERT ROCEL
GUESTMIX

Somehow - Seiji - SK Tools Vol. 1: Seiji DJ Tools - Sonar Kollektiv
Electrik Boogie (Fort Knox Five Remix) - Ursula 1000 - Undressed…Remixed - ESL
Take It As It Comes (Afrodisiac Sound System Remix featuring Charles Bradley) - The Sugarman Three & Co. - Daptone Records Remixed) - Scion A/V
Not You - Seiji - SK Tools Vol. 1: Seiji DJ Tools - Sonar Kollektiv
Swimming Pool Blue - Cordovan - Tongues EP - Cordovan Music promo
Brood - Alpha - The Sky Is Mine - Cat and Roof
Song For Wolfie - Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards - Ubiquity
The Way We Live - Raw Soul Express - Maiden Voage - Compost
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