Back atcha next week with Part Two of the 2008 Halfway Rewind Special, focusing on the singles and EP’s. It’ll be another three-hour shindig, so get ready!

See you then…peace.

Song - Artist - Title - Label
No Other Love But You - Clarice Labbe with Charlie Hampton - Jazz Bizniz - Counterpoint
Boogaloo Boy - Cecilia Stalin - Striaghten Up - Firefly
Nova Visual - Marcos Valle - The Best of Marcos Valle: Carioca Soul - Far Out
untitled - Auteur - test
Lady In The Water - Chill Factor 5 - Sunflower Jazz - Electronfarm
Connexao - Sabrina Malheiros - New Morning - Far Out promo
Mystere Profond (Batufunk Version) - Vertical Groove - Record Kicks
Leave That Ol Devil Alone - Drawbar - EP - Counterpoint promo
Just Enough Rope (Quincy Jointz Remix) - Ed Meme and the Forms - Break it Till It’s Broken Remixes EP - Straightup promo
Rewind - Danny Massure - What It Is - Spring Strut
Fly Away - The Hot 8 Brass Band - Shapes 08:01 - Tru Thoughts
A Story I Heard - DJ Frane - Journey To The Planet of Birds - DJ Frane
Music For The Middle of The Night - Paine - Compl8
The Lady Effects (Night Time Mix) - Chill Factor 5 - Sunflower Jazz - Electronfarm
Cuidad del Swing - Quantic Presents Flowering Inferno - Tru Thoughts promo
Juana Tijuana - Dub Traffik Control - Bastard Boots #4 - Bastard Boots
Forever - Little Dragon - Little Dragon - Peacefrog
Call Me - Just Banks - Under The Influence - Etage Noir
TT - AD Bourke - A TrebleO Mix Tape: AD Bourke - TrebleO
Slide Technique - Arch_Typ - Muddy Rhythms EP - Bagpak
Passin’ Me By (Hot Chip Remix) - The Pharcyde - Rmxxology - Delicious Vinyl
Passin’ Me By (Hot Chip Remix Instrumental) - The Pharcyde - Rmxxology - Delicious Vinyl
Be No Slave - J-Live - Then What Happened - BBE
Let Me Loose (featuring Leafoot) - Up Hygh - Shapes 08:01 - Tru Thoughts
One Woman Army - Hint - Driven From Distraction EP - Tru Thoughts promo
Underlined - Atjazz featuring Ernesto and Cee Rock The Fury - Full Circle - Mantis
Changes - Yellowtail featuring Russell Morgan - Dancing Turtle promo
Bridges - Raj Jheet - EP - Deepblak promo
Dankan - Haruke Matsuo - EP - Rush Hour promo
Classic Reality - Jay Shepherd - EP - Compost Black Label promo
Turn It On (Marc Mac’s 4 Hero Remix) - Daru and Rena - 4Lux
Land - Jazz Chronicles - Futuristica Music
Opening Shot - DJ Trax - Dancing Turtle promo
Super Cool - Pat Hunt - Super Cool California Soul Vol. 2 - Luv N’ Haight/Ubiquity
I’m Wishin’ - Lorez Alexandria - Gilles Peterson Digs America Vol. 2 - Ubiquity
END BROADCAST

This is the bulk of an email that legendary DJ and tastemaker DJ Cosmo has sent out last week. Vinylheads rejoice!

Dear Friends,
We are ecstatic to give birth to The Loft’s very first official record label:
The Loft Audiophile LIbrary of Music.

Our objective is to re-issue selected master recordings, and release them in the highest audiophile quality vinyl recording 12-inch singles on 180 gram vinyl and 45 rpm. Mastering will be handled by the legendary audiophile engineer Stan Rickman who did the mastering of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” amongst many other great recordings.

In times of audio quality compromise due to new technological advancement (i.e. digital convenience) that is ultimately decreasing the value of music in general (i.e. standardisation of the mp3 format), we believe this concept is a solution to our striving passion for music appreciation, quality and the preservation thereof which ultimately gives a choice to the global music fans of today.

Our mission statement is “To share authentic musical information (musical recordings, energy, history, messages, visions, emotions, expressions, creativity and artistic integrity) through quality playback.”

The first release is “My Favourite Things”, the Studio Version by Alfredo de la Fe and the Live Version by The Latin Percussion Jazz Ensemble. It sounds absolutely amazing!

If you’re unable to make the parties but are itching in buying some wax, get in touch and I’ll pass the info on to her.

She’s also on Myspace, as well.

Peace.

Hello, Good People:
I was all fired up to bring you a brand new show, then I got hit with hay fever and that really slowed me down.

I’m recovering, though still not 100%. I hope that I’ll be fully recovered by next week’s show, at which time I’m going to make up for some time by delivering to you a three-hour broadcast.

Watch out for more soon; have a good weekend!

Hello, Beautiful People!

It’s been a long minute, and so much has been happening that I’ve been overwhelmed to the hilt. After taking two steps back, I’ll be coming back atcha with things.

The refresh of the show’s web site has had to take a back seat for awhile, but it’s coming back soon. Expect now for the look of the site to change come early summer. They’ll be more info, as well as easier ways to find the info you want. Expect more videos, more audio clips, more reviews, more interviews, and more contributions from the new contributors around the globe. That’s coming up.

You’ll note that I have not posted charts in recent months. This goes along with the crazy/busy stuff life has thrown at me. So coming soon, I’ll have a super-sized chart of music that I’ve been feeling these last few months. Then from June onward, the charts should resume monthly as per usual.

I have two interviews in the can, and a third upcoming. I hope to have one of the interviews online by week’s end; I think you’ll enjoy it. The other one will probably get posted a week later.

Last week’s show was a really good one, and I’m looking forward to having it posted. I hope to accomplish this within a day or two, so watch for it. I’m very pleased with the fresh music coming left and right, proof positive that the quality of the music hasn’t subsided in the least.

Finally, I was persuaded by a local DJ friend to join him and another fellow DJ to take a trip to Los Angeles to see cool cats Nickodemus and Quantic headline a day-long event in the heart of the “Toy” District downtown (read: not safe for walking along at night). Also there was Jeremy Sole, the man who was gracious enough to spin wicked songs at the Urban Landscapes 10th Anniversary Party last January. I’ve also met some new folks, and it was awesome to be reunited with Nicko and the Q man. I will have more info and pictures in a blog posting that I hope to have done by week’s end.

I’ll be back atcha soon, so watch out for the blogs. Peace.