The Urban Landscapes Radioshow 11.20 - The 2008 Halfway Rewind Special Part One: The Albums
Friday, June 20th, 2008UPDATE 22 June 2008: Some corrections were made on the playlist. Thanks to Rocky Rococo for pointing out my error in one of the tracks from “Disco Not Disco.” The James White and the Blacks track was incorrect; the correct track was from Isotope. Some other minor corrections were made, as well.
This week presents one of my favorite shows of the year. It’s the half way mark of 2008, and it’s time to look back and pick out those albums presented on the show that I recommend to you, the selective and picky music consumer. There’s an overload of music in the world these days, thanks in large part to the advent of digital downloads, legal and otherwise.
If you’re like many a music fan, you’ve been sick and tired of being spoonfed crappy music. I do my best to be one of the filters, bringing you music that I feel holds up over time. Mind you, it’s only a tiny spectrum of great music in the world, but one can only focus on so much in a two-hour span each week. It’s best if shows are self-contained in a niche. In the case of Urban Landscapes, it’s jazzy and soulful club culture. But not just any kind of soul, and not just any kind of jazz. You know this, you recognize this, and you’re feeling the goods.
Being overwhelmed and missing out is never a good thing. So time to catch you up on the music that can potentially slip between the cracks. It’s the Halfway Rewind Special, presented to you in two parts. The first week–this week’s show–focuses on the albums, while next week’s show (the second part) wil hone in on the singles and EP’s.
One of the most important criteria I look at when picking albums is that I need to listen to the whole album. It can be challenging at times when music stacks up in the queue. Somehow, though, it gets done. To that end, there are a few albums I’ve played on the show recently that have not been released yet that are not part of the list. It could be that an album hasn’t been listened to in its entirety yet; you could end up finding them on the year-end show.
Also, I tend to miss an album or two that I forget to bring to play for the special. There are two albums of note, and I will tack them on at the bottom of the playlist so that you can look them up and check them out.
Enjoy this week’s three-hour edition of the show; I’ll catch you again next week.
The Urban Landcapes Radioshow 11.20
Thursday June 19, 2008
The Halfway Rewind Special
Part One: The Albums
Three-Hour Broadcast
Song - Artist - Title - Label
Pillow Talk - Quiet Village - Silent Movies - !K7
Mean Spirit - The Stance Brothers - Kind Soul - Ricky Tick
Momentum - Simbad - Here Comes Treble - TrebleO
Crazy Bout Ya - Milez Benjamin - Feel Glorious - Tru Thoughts
It’s Not A Game - Daru & Reggie B. - Future Music - 4Lux
Too Much To Ask For (featuring ABD Al Malik) - Outlines - Our Lives Are Too Short - Sonar Kollektiv
Song For Wolfie - Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards - Ubiquity
Free (Version) - Jet Tricks - Remote Control - Jet Tricks
Gosto de Ser Como Sou - Claudia & Brazilian Octopus - Nicola Conte Presents Viagem - Far Out
Era Bom - The Ipanemas - Call of the Gods - Far Out
Don’t You Believe Me? - Ricotti & Alberquerque - A Night At The Jazz Rooms - Mr. Bongo
(Sometimes) Believe In Yourself - Roy Ayers - Maiden Voyage - Compost
Lay Lady Lay - The Dynamics - Version Excursions - Favorite/Groove Attack
Hot No No - The Lions - Jungle Struttin’ - Ubiquity
Humankind (Grant Phabao Remix) - Alice Russell - Shapes 08:01 - Tru Thoughts
Black Is The Night - DJ Vadim featuring Katherin Deboer - Best Seven Selections 2 - Sonar Kollektiv
No Memory of Time (featuring Joe Dukie) - Eva Be - Moving Without Traveling - Sonar Kollektiv
Robinson - Protassov - Shalina Music - Switchstance
Pretty Things - Kylie Auldist - Just Say - Tru Thoughts
Grilos - Marcos Valle - The Best of Marcos Valle: Carioca Soul - Far Out
Flags and Words - 2 Banks of 4 - Junkyard Gods - Sonar Kollektiv
Shibuya Crossing - LTC - A Different View- Ricky Tick
Red - Jose James - The Dreamer - Brownswood
The Grass Harp - The Nostalgia 77 Octet - Nostalgia 77: One Offs, Remixes & B-Sides - Tru Thoughts
I Like It Like That (Aaron Jerome Remix) - Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That: Fania Remixed - Mr. Bongo
Hotchacha - Danny Massure - What It Is - Spring Strut
Put It On - Atjazz featuring Ernesto - Full Circle - Mantis
Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix) - Junior Boys - Carl Craig Sessions - !K7
Squirmy Sign Language - Ben Benjamin - Ghostly Swim - Ghostly/Adult Swim
Crunch Cake - Isotope - Disco Not Disco - Strut
Go Ballistic featuring Zulu - Ghislain Poirier - No Ground Under - Ninja Tune
Freak-A-Zoid Robotz (Rmxxology Theme) - Bobby Evans- Rmxxology - Delicious Vinyl
The Upgrade - J-Live featuring Oddisee and Posdanus - Then What Happened - BBE
ATLiens (Circle Research Remix) - Outkast - Circle Research: The Lost Remixes - Do Right
Beyond The Time Vortex - DJ Frane - Journey to the Planet of Birds - DJ Frane
You’re Not All That (featuring Jennifer Darling) - The Herbaliser - Same As It Never Was - !K7
Sweat Band - Seiji - DJ Tools Vol. 1: Seiji - Sonar Kollektiv
END BROADCAST
Other Albums That I Recommend
Replife - The Unclosed Mind - Futuristica Music
Paul Woolford Presents Bobby Peru - The Truth - 2020 Vision