Since late November, I’ve been sitting on a lot of house music that just kept piling up. Soon, I had a backlog of music that I wasn’t able to play, mainly due to time limitations and the like.

This week, it’s time to unload the goods.

For most of the show, you’ll get house, house and more house. Certainly a variety of house, but most with the soul and essence that you come to expect from the show. It’s a mix of holdovers from last year, alongside forthcoming releases. Also in the mix are some broken beats, funky breaks, and a game-changer for the week’s show at the end.

It’s an uptempo affair, so get ready to move!

You want more? Check out an exclusive mix I’ve done for DJ Offbeat’s Soul Funktion Radio outta Brooklyn, NY. It’s something I’ve whipped up last December, but is airing on the show this week. Please note that I’ve botched up on the web address during my show this week. Visit the Future History of House site for the mix. After Wednesday of next week, search the archive on the site for my mix. Big ups to DJ Offbeat for the opportunity, as well as the positive props while on-air during his show. I’ll have more mixes on other radios shows, to be announced soon.

Okay, gotta go! More info on the new weekly I’m involved with here in SLO next week. (The first one was off the chain last week!)

Peace.

Song – Artist – Title – Label
A Goat on Fire in the Garden of Eden – Jabberjaw – The Garden of Eden EP – Spectral Sound
Gravitate – Statedlife – Selekta Recordings Sampler – Selekta
Dance With Me (Statedlife’s Lonely Dub) – CombiNations featuring PhoeNix – EP – Selekta promo
Lift Me Higher – Angel-A & Doc Link – Liberate Sampler 2 EP – Liberate
Tongue Twisted (DJ Fudge Mix) – Lorel Cavel & Doc Link – Liberate Sampler 2 EP – Liberate
Happy Birthday 15-50 – Christian Prommer & The Compost Family – Black Label #62 EP – Compost promo
Her Dance – Rossano Snel – Landscape EP – EBS Diggin
Hyph Mng (Andreas Saag’s House Perspective) – Joy Orbison – promo
Sun Glare – Rondenion – Dark Adaptation EP – Rush Hour
You’re Mine – Solitaire & Katherine Ellis – EP – Muzik-K
Marley’s Dance (Rick Preston Remix) – DJ Dennis featuring Marley Grey – Selekta Recordings Sampler EP – Selekta promo
No Milk (Mercury Remix) – Munk – EP – Gomma
I Lost My Voice (Mollinex Remix) – Who Made Who – EP – Gomma
Tigano – Papa Tango Charley – Dancetracks 2 EP – Gomma
Waiting (Yellowtail Remix) – Farah – EP – Broadcite promo
Rumpus – Seiji & Da Phonz – promo
Something Hot (Savage Skulls Remix) – Lorenz Rhode featuring Snax – EP – Exploited promo
Sock It to Ya (Calagad 13 Remix) – All Good Funk Alliance – EP – Super Hi-Fi promo
Turn Up the Heat (Bruk Mix) – Dionne Mitchell – EP – Krackle promo
Anything You Want, Not That (Hint Remix) – Belleruche – The Liberty EP – Tru Thoughts promo
Nytk – Daniel Wang – Daniel Wang Presents Balihu – Rush Hour promo
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I want to keep it on the short-and-sweet this week, except to say that there’s a whole lotta cool new music that I’m buckling under right now. Quite a bit of it you’ll get to listen to on this week’s show.

So please enjoy the tunes, and I’ll get back at ay next week. Peace.

Song – Artist – Title – Label
Blackmagic – Jose James – EP – Brownswood promo
Doobie Down – Georgia Anne Muldrow – Kings Ballad – Ubiquity promo
Reborn – Sun Circle – Reborn – Futuristica Music
Blue Night – Half Past Never – As It Should Be – Skill Street promo
Senor Blues – Wayne Bartlett – Contemporary Jazz – Tramp promo
For All Time – Candace Monique & The Optics – In My Soul – Freestyle promo
Tangossa – Bahama Soul Club – Bossa Nova Just Smells Funky – promo
Let Us Be Loving (Yellowtail Remix) – Alice Russell – Pot of Gold Remixes Vol. 1 – Six Degrees
Pierced Heart – Nelue featuring Russian Red – EP – Lovemonk
East – Bei Bei & Shawn Lee – Into The Wind – Ubiquity promo
Constant Questions (2 Banks of 4 40 Degree Rinse) – Silhouette Brown – EP – 2000Black promo
Little Dragon (featuring Capitol A) – Eddy Meets Yannah – Fiction Jar – Compost test
Rubber Soul (Domu Remix) – Live Tropical Fish – EP – promo
The Way We Are (Tomson & Benedict Remix) – Pepita Project – EP – Swedish Brandy
In My Fantasy (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Mix) – Tortured Soul – EP – Dome
Bocadillos (Mathias Mesteno Remix) – Jacuzzi Boys – Comida Catalana EP – Suara
Don’t Look Further – Ryan Crossan – Documents EP #1 – Spectral Sound promo
Village Vanguard (Chris Woodward Stripped Back Edit) – Alex Santos & Chris Woodward – EP – Buzzin’ Fly promo
Travellers – Anthony “Shake” Shakir – Frictionalism – Rush Hour promo
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Welcome to 2010; you’ve made it with me!

Welcome, also, to the 13th year of Urban Landscapes, launched on the first week of January of 1998. I’m very pleased that you have been keeping up with the show, and I”m very privileged to continue to bring you the quality music you are enjoying week after week.

There’s an abundance of new music to get to, and you’ll get to hear some of it this week. As plans go, however, the night before the live show brought news of the death of Teddy Pendergrass, undisputedly one of the finest soul singers of the 1970’s. His powerful voice has pretty much made the group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes the fine group that it was, as well as his enduring relationship with esteemed producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, pillars at the Philadelphia International label, responsible for much of the best soul music of that period.

The music of Teddy Pendergrass was in many a bedroom, especially when his solo career took off like a rocket. He was a chart topper in the R&B world, has managed to cross over to the pop charts here in the states, and has solidified a rabid female following with, among other events, his “ladies only” concerts through the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. There were few equals like him.

His towering career would take a far different turn, however, when he was involved in an automobile accident in 1982, leaving Pendergrass paralyzed from the waste down, confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. After physical therapy, he attempted to resume his career, but the glory days as most of us knew it had all but vanished. He did continue recording, and have had concert dates, but that paled in comparison with his earlier works. This week, tribute is paid to him by my pulling out some of Pendergrass’s finest works, both solo and with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

I hope you enjoy this week’s show; back next week.

Teddy Bear, rest in peace.

Song – Artist – Title – Label
This Prayer For the Whole World – Build an Ark – Love Part 1 – Kindred Spirits
How Do We End This Madness – Build an Ark – Love Part 1 – Kindred Spirits
In The Park – Build an Ark – Love Part 1 – Kindred Spirits
Live – Georgia Anne Muldrow – Kings Ballad – Ubiquity promo
Kings Ballad – Georgia Anne Muldrow – Kings Ballad – Ubiquity promo
Let Us Be Loving (The Clonious Remix) – Alice Russell – Pot of Gold Remixes Vol. 1 – Six Degrees
Love Conversation – Jose James – Blackmagic EP – Brownswood promo
Throw Ups – Soul Litchfield – Saturn Never Sleeps

Song – Artist – Label
If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Philadelphia International
Don’t Leave Me This Way – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Philadelphia International
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Take Your Love Back – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Philadelphia International
The Love I Lost – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Philadelphia International
Bad Luck – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes – Philadelphia International
Only You – Teddy Pendergrass – Philadelphia International
Love TKO – Teddy Pendergrass – Philadelphia International
Close The Door – Teddy Pendergrass – Philadelphia International
The More I Get, The More I Want – Teddy Pendergrass – Philadelphia International
END OF TEDDY PENDERGRASS
TRIBUTE

Hell Below (Leftside Wobble Edit) – Curtis Mayfield – promo
Love Cry – Four Tet – EP – Domino promo
END BROADCAST

 

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