As always, peace and respect to my man Velanche. It’s been a while since I posted anything on the Urban Landscapes site, so glad to see it constantly moving forward week after week. I thought you guys might wanna hear my latest show of vinyl madness. Show number 60 is available now to download on to your iPod/mp3 player, just go to my site and follow instructions.

I know that Velanche will dig the sounds on No.60, you’ll hear R-A-R-E jazz, funk and soul vinyl stretching across the globe from South Africa, France, USA, India, Israel, UK, Japan… and a few S-E-C-R-E-T tracks too… It’s a tight show, enjoy

PEACE “V”, you take care…Raggy

Time to revisit a theme I’ve wanted to get back to for most of the year, as this week seemed to have been as good a time as any to play another round of favorites from Urban Landscapes’s 10-year run. I’ve pulled out a small subset of 12″ singles from my vinyl collection.

Unlike the first round in January, most all of the music is from early 2000 onwards. I would need to have many, many more hours to try and play all of the music featured on the show that have withstood the test of time. Given that there are only two hours in this one, here’s hoping that you find the collection of music worthy of the spirit of what Urban Landscapes is all about; global club culture, made fresh weekly.

Enjoy, and the show will return next week with fresh new music. Peace.

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Pink Blue Hotel - Loopless - 12″ EP - Nylon
My Words featuring Marc Frank (Mitchell & Dewbury Remix) - Hipnosis - EP 12″ - Perfect Toy
Falling Into - Swell Session featuring Ernesto - EP 12″ - Hollow
Budapest Resonance - Toy Division - EP 12″ - Juice
Meu Samba (Nicola Conte Bossa Ahead Remix) - Eli Goulart E Banda Do Mato - EP 12″ - Unique
Sim ou Nao (Eddy & Dus Kontrapunkt Mix) - Jazzinho - EP 12″ - Ecco Chamber
Canopy - Partial Arts - EP 12″ - Out of the Loop
Wesley Music - RSL - EP 12″ - Players
Good Life - Thomas Schumacher - EP 12″ - white
Conchita’s Cabin - Briskey - EP 12″ - Downsall Plastics
Just a Little Lovin’ - Irfane - EP 12″ - white
Tryin’ (Butti 49 Nu Niveau Mix) - Nuspirit Helsinki - EP 12″ - Guidance
The Adventure (Version #2) - Sidewinder - Re-Done EP 12″ - Fenetik
No Melody (Truby Trio Treatment) - Turntablerocker - EP 12″ - Four Music
Kerma Elastica - The Bobby Hughes Combination - EP 12″ - Stereo Deluxe
Uam Uam - Povo - EP 12″ - Raw Fusion
Guarancho (Beatfanatic Rework) - Tata Vasquez - Jazz Bizniz 3 Reworks EP 12″ - Counterpoint
Root Down - Peter Kruder - 12″ - Compost
The Essence (Joaquin “Joe” Claussell’s Sacred Opus Mix) - Herbie Hancock featuring Chaka Khan - EP 12″ - Transparent Music
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Unless you’ve been on a deserted island with no means of communication whatsoever, this week was all about the presidential election here in the United States on Tuesday November 4th. Voter turnout was massive, with long lines of excited people casting their votes. By the end of the day, at about 8pm. U.S. Pacific time, Barack Obama was projected as the winner of the U.S. presidency.

The euphoria was electrifying, not only in the states, but throughout much of the world. For the first time in many decades, there was a feeling that a person’s vote can make a difference, and that the possibility of the status quo no longer to be the order of the day.

It remains to be seen just how things will go, but the sense of hope and optimism cannot be underestimated. It’s a special time, a historic time, a time that change is anticipated in a new, progressive direction. Let’s all hope that true change will occur, but there’s no denying that things are off to a memorable start.

This week’s show starts off with some tunes that are as timely now as they were when they were originally released back in the 1970’s, and are as relevant today as they’ve ever been. Following that, plenty of new music.

Keep the faith, and have a good week!

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Black Man - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life - Tamla/Motown
Climbin’ Up the Ladder - The Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns - T-Neck
Sweet Power of Your Embrace - James Mason - Rhythm of Life - Soul Brother
Put Your Hands Together - The O’Jays - Ship Ahoy - Philadelphia International
Alive (Instrumental Dub) - J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science - Mushroom Jazz Vol. 6 - Om
Golden (Marc Rapson Remix) - Electric Conversation - EP - Futuristica Music promo
Rockin’ You Eternally (featuring Leon Ware & Dwele) - Jazzanova - Of All the Things - Verve
I’m Changing - Now On - Tomorrow Already - A-Side Worldwide
Keep On (featuring Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh from Little Brother) - Up Hygh - Unfold Presents Tru Thoughts Presents Hip Hop EP - Unfold promo
Stars - Think Twice - Next Stop - PTR
DFTF (featuring Alison Crockett) - Illa J - The Yancy Boys - Delicious Vinyl
La Raquette - Chateau Flight - Versatile Records EP - Real Tone promo
Never Give Up (Shahrokh Sound of K Remix) - Robert Owens - EP - Compost promo
Blueprint - Kink and Neville Watson - EP - Hour Hose is Your Rush promo
HD 3000 - Franck Roger - FR Productions promo
Fred’s Bells (Onur Ozur Remix) - Audion - Spectral Remixes EP - Spectral Sound promo
She Said (Barem Remix) - Kate Simko - Spectral Remixes EP - Spectral Sound promo
Sun-Vibes (Beef Wellington Remix) - Swampburger - EP - Eighth Dimension promo
Ibirapuera - Binario - Binario - Far Out
Tiro Cruzado - Ollisipo - promo
Haemagloben - Consol - promo
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Artist - Title - Label/Country

1. Jazzanova - Of All The Things LP - Verve/US
2. Madlib the Beat Konducta - WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip LP - BBE/UK
3. V/A - Mushroom Jazz Vol. 6 CD - Om/US
4. The Bahama Soul Club - Remixes EP - Buyu/Germany
5. Whare - Space Odyssey EP - Tjumy/UK
6. re:jazz - Twiggy Twiggy featuring Akiko - Infracom/Germany
7. Kate Simko - Gamelan/Margie’s Groove EP - Spectral Sound/US
   
8. The Matthew Herbert Big Band - There’s Me and There’s You LP - !K7/Germany
9. The Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Guaranteed Niceness CD - Sonar Kollektiv/Germany
10. Radiokijada - Nuevos Sonidos Afro Peruanos EP - Month of March Music/UK
11. Azymuth - Butterfly CD - Far Out/UK
12. Ed Seven and the Exposures - On a Mater Payer EP - Straightup promo/Australia
13. Robert Owens - Happy Remixes EP - Compost/Germany
14. Inkliing - EP - Dancing Turtle/UK
15. V/A - Next Stop LP - Public Transit/Canada
16. Justin Martin - My Angelic Demons EP - Buzzin’ Fly promo/UK
17. Broker/Dealer - Soft Sell EP - Spectral Sound/US
    
18. Johnny Miller - All of the Johnny Miller Re-edits - promo/UK
19. J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science - Soul Vibrations CD - Om/US
20. Leo Portela - Get in the Action EP - Onethirty/US
    
21. V/A - Co-Op: Our Music, Our Culture LP - Mutha Music/UK
22. Mike Monday - Songs Without Words CD - Om/US
23. Four Seasons - C’Mon Marianne (Mark Springfield Re-edit) - promo/UK
24. Roy Okpara - EP - Drumpoet Community/Switzerland
25. Roland Appel - Talk To Your Angel CD - Sonar Kollektiv/Germany
26. DJ DRM - The Barangabeats EP - Bastard Jazz/US
27. Vodovoz - Trip To Oz LP - Vodovoz/Germany
28. Quixote featuring Lisa Li-Ling - Before I Started To Dance EP - Versatile/France
29. BradElectro - Pinstripe Late Night Album Sampler EP - Tarantic/US
30. Onur Engin - Bless The Funk EP - Straightup/Australia
31. Menahan Street Band - Make The World by Walking LP - World’s Fair/US
32. Mario Bassanov and Vidis - Test EP - Mantis/UK
33. Binario - Jazzhole EP - Far Out CD-R/UK
34. Gavin Hardkiss - The Knight of the Hawke Fields EP - Eight-Tracks/US
35. Matthew Dear - Pom Pom EP - Ghostly International/US
    
36. V/A - Kaskade: The Om Remixes CD - Om/US
37. Ben Watt - Guinea Pig EP - Buzzin’ Fly/UK
38. Leech - Shape Shifter EP - Grin Music/US
39. Soulphiction - Do You Overstand? CD - Sonar Kollektiv/Germany
40. Emanative - Where on Earth - Futuristica Music/UK
41. Electric Conversation - Golden EP - Futuristica Music/UK
42. Quincy Jointz - Thief EP - Timewarp/Germany
43. Daisuke Tanabe - After Few Layers Before EP - Dancing Turtle/UK

The end of October has arrive, which means a mere two months before 2008 comes to a close. There’s still Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays around the corner, but people here in the States seem to be a long ways off from thinking about such things. The two most paramount things that seem to be on the minds of the public are the economic roller coaster that’s a big shot across the bow, and the U.S. elections that’s happening next Tuesday. It’s a bit of a crazy, yes indeed.

Here’s hoping that this week’s music will ease the crazies a bit. And if that’s not crazy enough, I have a crazy, leftfield guestmix coming this week from Me Raabenstein of Nonine Recordings in Vienna, Austria. You’ve heard some of the music from the label played on the show in the past, and the producer was kind enough to offer up a mix of music from the label’s roster. It’s an exclusive to the show, inna no-nonsense, Nonine style.

Enjoy the show, and I’ll be back atcha next week.

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Little Bird (featuring Jose James)- Jazzanova - Of All The Things - Verve
Where Would You Be - Yaw - Brownswood Bubblers Three - Brownswood
Breathe - The Matthew Herbert Big Band - There’s Me and There’s You - !K7
Cosmos (Jazz Chronicles Remix) - Electric Conversation - Golden EP - Futuristica Music promo
Drag Your Feet - Ed Seven & The Exposures - On a Mater Payer EP - Straightup promo
Agua Y Nieve (Rob Dubb Remix) - Radiokijada - EP - Month of March Music promo

Song - Artist - Label
Cincinnatti Phoenix - Sqaramouche - Nonine
Battle Fatigue - Me Raabenstein - previously unreleased
Blue Skirt Joe - Rael - previously unreleased
Colony of Cooperating Agents - Me Raabenstein - Nonine
Bound Dog Time - Slowcream - Nonine
Weekend Squeeze - Sieg der Liebe feat. Mark Gisbourne - previously unreleased
Day on a Tree - Me and Mrs Bee - previously unreleased
Either Or - Patron and Patron - Nonine
Breed Disorder- Me Raabenstein - previously unreleased
Muscadine - Langer & Raabenstein - Nonine
Vanity Fare - Dichromatic - previously unreleased
Enough Rope - Kaisen feat. Fay Victor - previously unreleased
Dead Jerk - Taub - Nonine
Into Butter - Slowcream feat. Major Major - previously unreleased

The Arrival - Vodovoz - Trip To Oz - Vodovoz
Candy (Johnny Miler Re-edit) - Cameo - promo
I Found Lovin’ (Johnny Miller Re-edit) - The Fatback Band - promo
C’mon Marianne (Mark Springfield Re-edit) - Four Seasons - promo
Tea House in China Town - The Four Tops - The Four Tops - Motown
Standing in the Shadows of Love - The Four Tops - The Best of the Four Tops - Motown
END BROADCAST

UPDATE - 29 October 2008: Alex from Soundcloud wanted me to let peeps know that Soundcloud is now available to the public. This is a correction from what I’ve originally written that new users needed an invite.

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The music industry, under the model it’s been using for many decades, is fighting for its survival amidst a wave of defections from consumers tired of feeling treated like children.

A new model has yet to reign, but a number of them are out there vying for the attention of not only the consumer, but for independent artists and labels as well. Digital media is allowing anyone to create music and put it out there for the world to listen. Still, the artist will only be known to maybe a few of their friends unless they know a way to get them noticed to a wider audience.

Tunecore is a relatively new service that helps the independent artist out in a big; the service is a virtual “middleman” between the artist and the online music stores. Whereas an artist has to visit each online store to get his or her music ready to be sold, Tunecore will get the music onto multiple online stores at once. There’s a lot more to Tunecore besides being a one-stop digital distribution center, including assistance with artist promotion, among other things. The MP3 Insider, a CNET podcast about digital players and music, has done a special episode interviewing Jeff Price, the founder of Tunecore. He explains how the service works in a way that’s easy to grasp. People in independent music, as well as aspiring musicians, should have a listen to an informative and enlightening discussion with host Donald Bell.

Another online service that’s making waves is Soundcloud, which has launched its site this month after a private beta period. It’s hard to believe that many of the artists played on the radio show are also members of Soundcloud (some of them are even part of the company). It’s an online community and service where artists can post their tunes online for others to listen to. If you’re tired of using YouSendIt, Mediafire, or similar services that have restrictions and limits, Soundcloud allows tunes to be uploaded with no size limits and can be as permanent as you want it to be. The free service allows five song uploads a month, while three tiers of Pro plans offer anywhere from 15-50 tunes/month.

You can visit one of the members to listen to available tunes and leave comments.

View the video to learn below more about Soundcloud. Membership is now available. As for Tunecore, there is no video. But feel free to browse through its “tour” page.

So check out these services; hope they become useful for you!