UPDATED 7 October 2008: In the playlist that was originally posted, it should have read that the new Soul Evidence EP is being released on Mantis Recordings, not Futuristica Music. Apologies both for the error and any confusion resulting from it.

It was cool to bring you the Bigga Bush/Lightning Head showcases from last week, and Replife the week before that. Now, though, it’s all about playing catchup with the music. Believe me, it’s quite sizable. I haven’t played even half of the goodies that have been in waiting.

So here I go again, and it don’t stop.

I almost forgot to mention that the live show has moved time-wise. It’s now airs on KCPR 91.3 FM an hour later, Thursday evenings from 11pm-1am. As always, the live show soon becomes a podcast days after it airs on the radio (or streams live online).

Enjoy the show; catch you later this week!

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Chevy Estate featuring Susana Pozkosny - Soulphiction - Do You Overstand? - Sonar Kollektiv
Held Him First - Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Guaranteed Niceness - Sonar Kollektiv
Ode To St. Cecile - Lizzy Parks - Raise The Roof - Tru Thoughts
Silent Distance - Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Guaranteed Niceness - Sonar Kollektiv
Mutualism - Daisuke Tanabe - After Few Layers Before EP - Dancing Turtle promo
Cosmik Dust - Stacy Epps - The Awakening - Japanubia Music
People Riddim - People Under The Stairs - Fun DMC - Gold Dust Media
Evidence - Soul Evidence - EP - Mantis promo
The Plan Pt. 1/Tension - Madlib The Beat Konducta featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow - WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip - BBE
The Way That I Live - Madlib The Beat Konducta featuring Stacy Epps - WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip - BBE
Track II - Trinidadian Deep - Deepblak Presents Blaktropolis Vol. 1 - Deepblak
Open Up My Heart (Marathon Men Remix) - Joel Harrison - EP - Soul Science promo
Underlined (Wagon Cookin Remix) - Atjazz featuring Ernesto and Cee-Rock - EP - Mantis
Guinea Pig (Vocal Variation) - Ben Watt - EP - Buzzin’ Fly promo
Gamelan - Kim Simko - EP - Spectral Sound promo
Dull Flame of Desire (Modeslektor Remix for Girls) - Bjork - EP - One Little Indian
Get In The Action - Leo Portela - EP - Onethirty promo
Wiggle Waggle (Mr. Scruff Club Mix) - Herbie Hancock - EP - Verve
Locomotion (Valique Remix) - Mop Mop - EP - Infracom promo
That Gut Feeling (featuring Andreya Triana) - TM Juke & The Jack Baker Trio - Boto and the Second Liners - Tru Thoughts
Blackness of Darkness -- Duke - One Essence - Calypsoul ‘70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979 - Strut
Freedom in Africa - Duke - Calypsoul ‘70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979 - Strut
Warrior Dub - Dub Traffik Control - Bastard Boots #6 EP - Bastard Boots
END BROADCAST

 

 Show 11.28 [121:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Okay, I’m way, way, way behind on presenting the new music here. And you will hear more of the backlog on the next several shows. But sometimes, you gotta go with it.

And this week is really going with it. It’s all mainly about dub meister Bigga Bush, adding the sounds of afrobeat as among his most recent musical self-discoveries, sharing the love with others. Back in 2001, he released an album under the guise of Lightning Head on the Sonar Kollektiv label called Studio Don. It was an amalgaman of dub, reggae, and some afrobeat among other sounds.

Since that time, Bush has dug deeper and deeper into the afrobeat, making discoveries, new friends, and travels near and far to follow the music. He describes his musical journey in a short audio documentary he’s narrarated and produced called “Journey Into Afrobeat.” You, Urban Landcapes fan, will be hearing it here on this week’s show. And not too long after it ends comes an exclusive guestmix from Bigga Bush himself.

Yes folks, it’s (almost) all about Bigga Bush aka Lightning Head and afrobeat.

I would be remiss if I didn’t recommend to you to check out his dope 13 Faces of Lightning Head album being released in October through his Lion Head label. Check the site for more info, aight?!

Soak it up and enjoy!

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Two Steps Back - Shawn Lee and Clutchy Hopkins - Clutch of the Tiger - Ubiquity promo
The Drop Off - Shawn Lee - Under The Sun Movie Soundtrack - Ubiquity promo

Morning - Azymuth - Butterfly - Far Out promo
Sun Children- Soulphiction - Do You Overstand? - Sonar Kollektiv

Song - Artist - Label
Free Your Mind - Amnesty - Now Again
Shango - Peter King - Strut
The Message - Cymande - Janus
Waha Do Ho No - Alex Konadu - Soundway
Rascal Republic - Lightning Head - Lion Head
Won’t Nobody Listen - Black Haze Express - ClinTone
Oja Omoba - Onyeara Dele Ojo & His Star Brothers Band - Soundway
Invisible Twin - Lightning Head featuring Earl Zinger - Lion Head
Ku Ka Maria - Buari - RCA
I Made A Mistake/Lowdown Popcorn - Apollo Commanders - Now Again
Sousaphunk - Lightning Head - Lion Head
It’s Real - Hot 8 Brass Band - Tru Thoughts
Ride or Die - Budos Band - Daptone
Hot Pants - St. Vincent Latnaires - Harmless
Shark Fin Soup - Lightning Head featuring Earl Zinger - Lion Head

Avenida Rio Branco - Azymuth - Butterfly - Far Out promo
Nu - Abstract Butta Fingaz - Because I’m Beautiful - Abstract Butta Fingaz
END BROADCAST

 

 Show 11.27 with exclusive Bigga Bush Guestmix [114:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

It’s good to be back with you to round out the rest of the year for the show. As most of you know, I needed a bit of a break for the rest of the summer. Now, I’m ready to share more musical goodness with you.

And believe me, the goodness is in such abundance at the moment that you’ll get just a small sampling of what I have piled up to the brim.

There are also several guest mixes that have been in wait. This week’s guestmix is another exclusive, this time coming from Replife. We’ve had a bit of an accidental meeting during the beginning stages of Co-Op: Miami at WMC 2007, informing me that he was having an album soon to be released on Futuristica Music. That album, The Unclosed Mind, dropped last spring and has been getting plenty of notice in the underground, with production fronted by some of the finest in the scene. He wanted to do a mix for the show, and he came through in fine form. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by some of the tweaks he’s done, so check it out!

Enjoy the music; back atcha next week!

On the web: Replife on Myspace

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Perspective - Stefan Oberthaler - Stefan Oberthaler
Time - Lizzy Parks - Raise The Roof - Tru Thoughts
Kixotic - Coffee Garner - demo
Can You Feel It - Christian Prommer’s Drumlesson - Drumlesson Vol. 1 - Sonar Kollektiv
Khamasin - Soil & Pimp Sessions - Planet Pimp - Brownswood
Berimbau - Joyce - Far Out Bossa Nova - Far Out promo
Triagem - Azymuth - Butterfly - Far Out promo
Dub Del Pacifico - Quantic Presents Flowering Inferno - Tru Thoughts
Sousafunk - Lightning Head - 13 Faces of Lightning Head - Lion Head promo
Bokoor Sound Special - Lightning Head - 13 Faces of Lightning Head - Lion Head promo

Prayers For Angry Men - Charlie Dark and Roger Robertson - Brownswood Bubblers Three - Brownswood
Where - Blaktroniks - Blaktropolis - Deepblak
OM (featuring Musinah) - Stacy Epps - The Awakening - Japanubia Music
Que Pasa? - J-Boogie’s Dubtronic Science - Soul Vibrations - Om
END BROADCAST

 

 Show 11.26 with exclusive Replife guestmix [121:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Time for one last go-around before definitely packing it in for the summer. Between the time I took the impromptu summer break and now, the good music has been piling up. Just as I was planning out the Isaac Hayes tribute special last week, I realized that it would have been a cryin’ shame to have the new music pushed aside due to time limitations and the like.

So to make up for the wait that you, the passionate Urban Landscapes listeners, have patiently endured, I’ve decided to drop by our fine radio station and present a three-hour edition of the show. I wasn’t able to get everything I wanted to into the show; for instance, the Stacy Epps album whose promo I’ve just gotten hold of mere hours before the show (and that I said that I’d play later during this week’s broadcast) will have to wait until I return. But there’s plenty, and I do mean plenty, of quality music from all around. You want funk, reggae, house, hip-hop, or jazz? It’s all here, and then some.

Gotta fly, but will be back atcha you again come mid-September. And please, spread the word about the show to whomever you feel will dig the sounds. Peace.

Song - Artist - Title - Label
I.N.T.R.O./Hollow - Soil and Pimp - Planet Pimp - Brownswood CD-R
Master of the World - J.A.M. - Just A Maestro - Brownswood CD-R
Storm - Soil and Pimp - Planet Pimp - Brownswood CD-R
Jazzy Joint (featuring Jose James) - J.A.M. - Just A Maestro - Brownswood CD-R
Blue Gold (featuring Invincible) - Grand Pianoramax - The Biggest Piano In Town - ObliqSound
Put It Down (Domu Remix) - Replife - Futuristica Music promo
Many Such Suns (Blackjoy Remix) - Beatspoke - In|Phusion promo
Jesus Was A B-Boy (Marlow Co-Remix with Commixxx) - Ben Mono - EP - Compost
We Are The Ones (Natural Self Remix) - The Hot 8 Brass Band - The Hot 8 Brass Band Remixes - Tru Thoughts
Sexual Healing (Club Mix) - The Hot 8 Brass Band - The Hot 8 Brass Band Remixes - Tru Thoughts
Freedom - Carlos Nino and Lil Sci Presents What’s The Science - Elevation - Shaman Work
The Dream - Carlos Nino and Lil Sci Presents What’s The Science - Elevation - Shaman Work
Turn Your Lights On - Emanative featuring Ahu - Brownswood Bubblers Three - Brownswood
In The Middle - Dennis Jr. - Akustikk
Parkdale (The London Session featuring the Nostalgia 77 Quartet) - Elizabeth Shepherd - Do Right promo
Meu Samba Torto - Clara Moreno featuring Celso Fonseca - Far Out promo
Spread It On (featuring Alice Russell) - TM Juke and the Jack Baker Trio - Boto and the Second Liners - Tru Thoughts
Be Ready - Ed Meme and The Forms - EP - Straightup promo
Anything You Want (Not That) - Belleruche - EP - Tru Thoughts promo
Dream Bossa - Richard E - EP - Further Out promo
This Is What You Are - Mario Biondi & The High Five Quintet - Handful of Soul - Schema
Stardust From Tomorrow (Gerardo Frisina Remix) - Sun Ra - Notebook: A Journey In Sound (The Remixes) - Schema
Blue Night In Africa (Crossing The Land) - Pedro Fedreghini & Marco Bianchi - Several Additional Waves - Schema
United States of Africa (Me&You Remix) - Fela Kuti - promo
A Better View (Opolopo Remix) - Sascha Williamson - promo
Shame (Q-Burns Abstract Messages Funk Dub) - Q-Burns Abstact Messages - EP - Eighth Dimension promo
Rubberbands - BradElectro featuring Marwan Kalafani - EP - Taranfic promo
Movements - Sebastien San - EP - Rush Hour promo
At Night - Under Pressure - EP - promo
Bem Ma Mi - Anane - Ananesworld EP - Vega
Remote Area (Alif Tumble Remix) - M.A.R.S. - EP - Heya Hifi
The Camel (featuring Alice Russell) - Fat Freddy’s Drop - EP - Kartel promo
Whatever U Want (DJ Fase’s Lover Rock Mix) - Ivana Santilli featuring Jamaica To Toronto - Do Right promo
Getting Up (Remix) - Q-Tip featuring Doitall & The Jersey Boyz - promo
END BROADCAST

 

 Show 11.25 [178:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Singer, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger…these are only a few of the hats worn by Isaac Hayes. Few of us today know how much history he has made before the release of his debut album Presenting Isaac Hayes in 1967 for Stax Recordings, a label that has solidified itself as a formidable competitor to Motown Records. The raw and unadulterated “Memphis” sound would chip away at the smooth and polished “Motown sound” from the mid-1960’s onward, thanks in no small part to Hayes’s long association with Stax. Having started out as a session musician, his successful partnership with David Porter had amassed hundreds of tunes written, some would end up becoming enduring R&B classics.

Most people know those tunes better than that of Hayes’s most creative musical period, from the late 1960’s through the mid-1970’s. On this week’s edition of the show, it’s a commemoration of those peak years in the life and music of Isaac Hayes. Truly one who went on a path that differs from most of his R&B contemporaries, his was a legacy that has endured through today, as evident by the many hip-hop producers who have sampled his work.

There really isn’t more to be said; the music will speak for itself.

R.I.P., Isaac Hayes (Aug. 20, 1942-Aug 10, 2008)

Song - Album - Label
Walk On By - Hot Buttered Soul - Enterprise
I Stand Accused - The Isaac Hayes Movement - Enterprise
By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Hot Buttered Soul - Enterprise
Ike’s Moods/You Lost That Lovin’ Feeling - …To Be Continued - Enterprise
Part-Time Love - Black Moses - Enterprise
Ike’s Rap III/Your Love Is So Doggone Good - Black Moses - Enterprise
Soulville - Shaft - Enterprise
Do Your Thing - Shaft - Enterprise
Joy - Joy - Enterprise
Use Me - Isaac Hayes: Live at the Sahara Tahoe - Enterprise
Feelin’ Alright - Isaac Hayes: Live at the Sahara Tahoe - Enterprise
Theme From “The Men” - Isaac Hayes: Live at the Sahara Tahoe - Enterprise
Hung Up On My Baby - Tough Guys - Enterprise
Pursuit of the Pimpmobile - Truck Turner - Enterprise
Theme From “Shaft” - Shaft - Enterprise
END BROADCAST

 

 Isaac Hayes Tribute Special [152:13m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Greetings to all…

I have before you last week’s edition of the show, featuring a great cross section of fresh new music from here, there and everywhere. It’s up a bit late, but better later than never…so enjoy the show.

For now, it’s time to bid you adieu. Being that I’m on a bit of an overload, it’s time to start to put a few things to bed and get some other things in place. To that end, I find it best to put the show on hold until September. Believe it or not, it does take more than just simply playing good music. I’m very dedicated to what I do, and I believe in the power of touching others through music in my own way. I have a desire to do it 100 percent, or not at all. And at least for the next six weeks or so, it’s time to put 100 percent into other things for now. Fear not, because the show will return as strong as ever. If all does work out, I hope to have some new things in place.

No promises, but I think that I may get away with some surprise podcasts that will feature all-new music during my hiatus. The good music seems to never stop coming, and I’m very grateful for that. I wouldn’t like it to pile up and fall by the waste side, so I’ll find ways to incorporate them.

Thanks for those of you leaving feedback on the site, and for sending me nice messages via Facebook or email. It’s a privilege, and so long as good music keeps being made I will continue to do my best to share them with you. Also, big thanks to the labels, artists and producers, the promoters, and most of all to the fans.

Catch you on the other side come September.

Song - Artist - Title - Label
Emo (Switch Groove Exp. Remix) - MK - Morning Suntouch 4 - Prominence
Last Nine Days - Quasimode - The Land of Freedom - Sonar Kollektiv
Papaia - Jackson Conti - Sujinho - Mochilla
Christmas In The Summertime - The One - Superpsychosexy - Om Hip-Hop
Blackman - Georgia Anne Muldrow - 4 Hero…Mixing - Sonar Kollektiv
Might As Well - J*Davey - The Beauty in Distortion/The Land of the Lost - Independent Media
Lights Down Low (featuring OliverDaySoul) - Sepalot - Red Handed - Compost
Bunny Rabbitz - o1o - The Undatow 2 EP - Deepblak promo
Typo (Diplo’s Hip Hop Remix) - The Truth - The Sunny Side of Truth - The Truth
Magical Amounts (Pete Rock Remix) - The Truth - The Sunny Side of Truth - The Truth
Clashback - Madnus & Scogil - test
Connexao (DJ Venom Remix) - Sabrina Malheiros - EP - Far Out
Scaraboogie - Soul Designer - Evolutionism EP Vol. 2 - Third Ear
You Are My Battlestar (Jacob London Remix) - Q-Burns Abstract Messages - EP - Eighth Dimensions
Cupid - Professor Delacroix - Deepblak test
In The Middle - Dennis Jr. - Akustikk
Blazer - Project Sandro - Computer Incarnation For World Peace Vol. 2 - Sonar Kollektiv
Un Limon En La Cabeza (Quantic Remix) - Gecko Turner - Manipulado - Lovemonk
Youth Groove - The Stance Brothers - 7″ - Ricky Tick
Even Vulcans Cry (Me&You Remix) - Phyllis Dixon - test
Fala Tanto (Instrumental) - Open Foraina - Lovemonk promo
Flo’s Flow - Madnus & Scogil - test
END BROADCAST

 

 Show 11.23 [118:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download