new music blend
Summersauce Doubleshots
13/Aug/2010 |
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Two tracks each from the musicians I am diggin on the most in this midsummer glory stretch....I expect many of these artists to make Fundi's Best of the Year list in a few months, cuz they so good. I been listening to some of these albums over & over & over again. The songs in this mix are all pretty new except for the Band of Horses tracks -- hitched my wagon to their sounds only recently. Much funk and hip hop, blended with introspective folk and some modern blues.
"Summersauce Doubleshots" features The Roots, Band of Horses, The Black Keys, Janelle Monae, Big Boi, Quantic , Jack Johnson, Bonobo, Aloe Blacc, M.I.A., Flying Lotus, The Tallest Man in the World, Trombone Shorty and Josh Ritter.
MP3 stream coming soon....
love, DJ Fundi
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Art by Jeff Soto
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The Mystery Zone : New Music 6
08/Feb/2010 |
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Here in the darkest depths of winter, having reached full saturation, DJ Fundi throws down a sidetrip set that explores a thick stack of recent musical acquisitions. It's a casual night here at the Podcast Cafe, not too many people out and about on these drizzly nights, but we've got a fire goin' in the hearth, frothy beverages and musical terrain to explore together.
Thing is, Fundi has barely if at all listened to most of these releases, so he's spinning on intuition and belief in the beauty of randomness, often picking tracks simply by a title that tickled his fancy. Some of it will be good, some great, but it is the spirit of the journey that matters most : a deep-diving musical safari over the landscape of new music discovered here in the winter doldrums of February 2010.
This mix features several double-shots from albums that are too laden with goodies to pick just one (The Bird and the Bee's new record is so juicy they scored an unbelievable quadruple-shot of selections.) DJ Fundi recorded this mostly on-the-fly, with minimal edits and no overdubs or fancy sonic trickery.
Such a blessing to have so much varied music to explore and engage all our lives, our musical tastes evolving as we ourselves evolve, learning and growing to the tempo of a reliable groove.
oxoxo
Winter Solstice 2009 Retrospective
22/Dec/2009 |
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Our annual look back at the year in music, spinning tunes that have inspired, perplexed, soothed, challenged and/or forced us to shake our booty and reprogram our bass chakra protocols. DJ Fundi is joined here and there by his compadre/alter ego DJ Playaduster -- you'll know when Playaduster takes over the decks. Because 2009 was such a strong year for music making -- is there more good music then ever before, or simply more ease of access via the interwebs and iTunes? -- this session clocks in just shy of 2 hours, so you best get yerself comfortable with a warm winter beverage in hand.
"Winter Solstice 2009 Retrospective" includes selections by The xx, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Phoenix, Neko Case, Built to Spill, Dirty Projectors, Bon Iver, Fever Ray, Heyoka, Bassnectar, ill.gates, Welder, The Mountain Goats, Iron & Wine, Grizzly Bear, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Yim Yames, The Avett Brothers, Joker, DJ Rupture, Zero 7, M. Ward, Tinariwen, Nirvana and Andras Schiff paying Bach. You can read my full list of Top 10 albums, honorable mentions and biggest disappointments on the Fundiblog.
The Dirty Projectors
Tinariwen
Fever Ray
The Cave Singers
DJ/rupture
What music most inspired you in 2009? Anything I missed? Feedback and tips left in comments are much appreciated!
Here's to new musical frontiers in 2010~
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The Lighthouse Keeper : New Music 5
05/Nov/2009 |
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The Cave Singers, Built to Spill and Pearl Jam open this mix with a triple blast of Northwest moody rock juju.
From the fourth corner, we travel outwards over a diverse terrain of tracks, most of which are new on the scene from the past month or so. Several are lifted from the "Dark Was the Night" double-album, which I highly recommend you purchase (proceeds go to AIDS research and prevention via the Red Hot Organization.)
Bon Iver, Kid Cudi with Ratatat, Modest Mouse, Monsters of Folk, Sharon Jones & the Dapp Kings, Fever Ray with Bassnectar, Feist with Ben Gibbards, The Decemberists, David Byrne with Brian Eno, Beats Antique, M. Ward, Sufjan Stevens, Iron & Wine, Thom Yorke, Yim Yames and Q-Tip are the elements of this mix, which skews heavily towards man-rock and beard-folk for some unknown reason. As it turns out, Sharon Jones and the Fever Ray singer are the one female representatives here -- they holds their own, I'd say.
I'd like to close by quoting Built to Spill from a new song, "Things Fall Apart," which I think are some of the most authentic lyrics I've heard in years:
"We've all seen enough, now it's time to decide
The meekness of love or the power of pride
It doesn't matter if you're good or smart
God damn it, things fall apart
Let's go for a walk. yeah, let's go for a drive
Don't know how to say, thanks for being alive
Let's go for a lifetime. let's go for a fling
Don't know how to say anything"
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The Glogg Chronicles : 2008 in Review
31/Dec/2008 |
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A sound-smoothie made from my most favorite sound-nutrients of the past year; favorite artists, dopest tracks, weirdest records: all blended up just for you! Starts off pretty mellow, but by the time Bassnectar winds up his clock, things start pumpin' pretty damn hard, with funky flourishes to end on...
Featuring Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu, Gnarls Barkley, Al Green, Bob Dylan, Cat Power, Fleet Foxes, Q-Tip, The Roots, Jamie Lidell, Stephen Malkmus, The B-52's, Beats Antique & Bassnectar, Dust + Blackdown, DJ/rupture, Bon Iver, Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit, DJ Scruff, Ani Difranco, Amadou & Mariam, K'naan, Nina Simone, Thievery Corporation & Quantic, y'all. Dig it correct!
Love, DJ Fundi
12/31/08
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lunar eclipse : new music IV
23/Feb/2008 |
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no
multitracking. no overdubs. no dub chambers,
marsupial thumbdrives, algebraic nerf beats, Hekter
McBuckleskins nor flamingos in the snow. just a
mostly quiet mix made on a mostly quiet night,
underneath a february lunar
eclipse.
this is mostly new music to me, coming over the transom this past month or two, and represents what I listen to when I'm not roaming the outer banks of far-fetched multi-textured beats and grooves with DJ Playaduster. the vibe here is grounded and grounding, which is exactly what I need tonight, and maybe a little bit sentimental too.
Tonight's menu: Jack Johnson "What You Thought You Need" * Stephen Marley "Ina Di Red" with Ben Harper > "Office Jimmy/Iron Bars" * Zap Mama "1000 Ways" * Lionel Loueke "Seven Teens" with Herbie Hancock * Groove Collective "Outermost" * Jon Kennedy "Tell Me How You Feel" (Bonobo remix) * Jose Gonzalez "Down the Line" * Cowboy Junkies "Sweet Jane" from "Trinity Session Revisited" * Radiohead "House of Cards" Live 02.01.08 * Iron & Wine "Trapeze Swinger" Live 08 * Cat Power "Woman Left Lonely" > "Blue" * Ry Cooder "Long Ride" from "My Blueberry Nights" * Eddie Vedder "Long Nights" from "Into the Wild"
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Winter Solstice: 2007 Retrospective
17/Dec/2007 |
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An offering: here's a mix of the music that has been filling my earholes, puzzling my mind, carbonating my soul, grounding my heart, challenging my perceptions or moving my butt in 2007...
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Most of the songs explored herein were released in
the past year, which makes me hopeful for the future
of music. Artists include Bassnectar, Iron &
Wine, Tord Gustavson, Robert Plant and Allsion
Krauss, Charlie Hunter, Yo-Yo Ma, Radiohead, Gong
Gong, Neil Young, Blue Scholars, Many Chao,
Floratone, Joshua Redman, Ed Solo & SChool of
Thought, Wilco, Glitch Mob and other fine musicians.
A full list DJ Fundi's favorite albums of 2007 can be read over on the Fundiblog alongside lists from fellow music lovers he calls friends. Email a list of your favorites to djfundi@podcastcafe.org and we'll post it there too.
If you like what you hear in "Dig Deep: 2007 Retrospective," buy the rest of the albums at your local independent record store!
Bassnectar art by Android Jones.
A full list DJ Fundi's favorite albums of 2007 can be read over on the Fundiblog alongside lists from fellow music lovers he calls friends. Email a list of your favorites to djfundi@podcastcafe.org and we'll post it there too.
If you like what you hear in "Dig Deep: 2007 Retrospective," buy the rest of the albums at your local independent record store!
Bassnectar art by Android Jones.
spring buds : new music III
14/May/2007 |
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Freshness is the theme tonight, as the gardens surrounding the Podcast Cafe are bursting into green, all transulcent and juicy, and spring buds abound...
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All of the
songs put forward in this episode are new ingredients
to the kitchen, and we thought it'd be a good idea to
survey the good sounds of recent days.
I think of it as an organic spicy greens salad mix -- little bit of this and that, crisp textures, lots of flavor -- thanks to Stanton Moore, Laura Veirs, Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, Medeski & Martin, Tom Waits, E.S.T., Neil Young and the Tin Hat Trio.
Keeping it simple around here this time of year, so no overdubs or double-reverse-masking or echo distortion chambers. Pretty clean mix over all, back to basics nourishment. Hope you enjoy and find sumthin' new here!
I think of it as an organic spicy greens salad mix -- little bit of this and that, crisp textures, lots of flavor -- thanks to Stanton Moore, Laura Veirs, Modest Mouse, Lucinda Williams, Medeski & Martin, Tom Waits, E.S.T., Neil Young and the Tin Hat Trio.
Keeping it simple around here this time of year, so no overdubs or double-reverse-masking or echo distortion chambers. Pretty clean mix over all, back to basics nourishment. Hope you enjoy and find sumthin' new here!
fall equinox : new music II
06/Oct/2006 |
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It's Harvest Time!
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The Podcast
Cafe has been receiving bushels upon bushels of all
sorts of fresh goods from the local countryside
farmers. For this episode, expect tasty platters of
new music as we strive to keep things fresh in a
world of staleness. M. Ward, Medeski Scofield Martin
& Wood, Thom Yorke, DJ Krush, Beck, Ali Farka
Toure and Keith Jarrett are just a few of the choice
ingredients of tonight's autumnal feast.
Squash soup & slippers, anyone?
(No beets were harmed in the making of this podcast.)
Squash soup & slippers, anyone?
(No beets were harmed in the making of this podcast.)
summer solstice : new music I
06/Jul/2006 |
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New music for a new season--fresh grooves plucked right out the garden!
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Today at the
Podcast Cafe, we're serving up a blend of fresh
shoots and greens, grown and harvested close to the
source. From a menu of several favorite new releases,
it'll be a mixed green medley served up with flavors
ranging from Mali to funk, Built to Spill to Thievery
Corporation, Prince to Pearl Jam.
Enjoy the light and happy voyaging!
Enjoy the light and happy voyaging!