CoverCast #5: WAVE

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It's been a while since my last CoverCast, but I finally put something together this week. Partly inspired by the new Shafiq Husayn album, this is a selection of future soul/funk tracks. I hope you enjoy! Click the cover or link to download.

1. Sonar Kollektiv Orchester - Ain't No Dream
2. Electric Wire Hustle - Perception
3. Ta'Raach - Catch My Breath (World) (Featuring J Mitchell)
4. Shafiq Husayn - Dust & Kisses (Featuring Noni Limar)
5. Eric Lau - I Don't Do It To (Featuring Tawiah)
6. Dwele - Workin' On It
7. Platinum Pied Pipers - Pigeon Hole
8. The Sa-Ra Creative Partners - Can I Get You Hi
9. Dam-Funk - (My Funk Goes) On & On
10. Muhsinah - NetKnot
11. The Foreign Exchange - Take Off The Blues (Featuring Darien Brockington)
12. Robert Glasper - Butterfly

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CoverCast #3: Three
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CoverCast #4: 9/6

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As I mentioned earlier, my job's been a little stressful recently. So this week I put together a mix of tracks that are good for keeping me sane during my daily 9 to 6. The impressive Astrud Gilberto edit by Shigeto comes from a free EP download available at the ISO50 blog. I've also used a track from Nicolay's fantastic new album, Shibuya: City Lights Vol. 2, released this week. Now get back to work.



1. Herb Pihofer - Hail Ceasar
2. Jeff Parker - Beanstalk
3. Koushik - Coolin’ (Instrumental)
4. Jackson Conti - São Paulo Nights
5. Astrud Gilberto - Berimbau (Shigeto Edit)
6. Triorganico - Correndo
7. Nicolay - Omotesando
8. 9dw - Thinking Makes A Mistake
9. Savath & Savalas - Pavo Real
10. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro - Undelivered Letter
11. Quarteto Novo - Síntese
12. Cut Chemist - Spoon
13. Samon Kawamura - Out-Take 0810-012
14. Bibio - All The Flowers
15. Tortoise - Charteroak Foundation
16. Toumani Diabaté - Elyne Road

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CoverCast #3: Three
CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic
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CoverCast #3: Three

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Unfortunately, I didn't make many posts this week. But I did put together a new CoverCast. This week I wanted to share some great electronic music and a touch of instrumental hip-hop. Some old, some new, some sort of new. Thanks to Ed for sharing the Joy Orbison track. It's crazy. Everyone loves dubstep these days, right?



1. Phaseone - Marty & Sonietta
2. MONO/POLY - The George Machine
3. The Clonious - Emora
4. Daedelus - Get Off Your HiHats
5. Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
6. Clark - Mercy Sines
7. Zomby - One Foot Ahead Of The Other
8. Dr. Who Dat? - Laws of Clover
9. Squarepusher - Greenways Trajectory
10. Yellow Magic Orchestra - Technopolis
11. Bumps - Tryplmeade Gorsmatch
12. Teebs - Untitled
13. Thavius Beck - Under Pressure
14. Ceephax - Hull Pressure
15. Plug - Brave Lick
16. Hudson Mohawke - Rising 5
17. Gonja Sufi - Ancestors
18. Ras G - Incoming
19. Stevo - Milky Way Driver
20. 00Genesis - Geomancer

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CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

CoverCast #2: Jazz Epic

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Very soon after I put together the first CoverCast, I decided to pull out some of my favorite records and stay up until 5 AM to create an epic 45 minute long mix of loud, soul-churning jazz-fusion. This is the end product. The plan was to make a non-stop blend of heavy jazz-rock, like tracks two through five. But I decided to spread it out a bit, eventually splitting the mix into movements (ala the epic fusion suites of yore) with appropriately epic titles (I've never heard the word "PEREGRINATION" before). Fusion was a staple of my music diet in high school and on, so I hope you enjoy it. I know I did... Click the link or covers to downloat the zip file, which includes the tracklist.



Intro
1. Laurence Welk & Orchestra - Moon River / Soundcraftsman - Instructional Test Record

Movement I : The Vivication
2. Tony Williams - Some Hip Drum Sh!t
3. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Vital Transformation
4. Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean, Pt. 2
5. Al Di Meola - Morning Fire

Movement II : The Peregrination
6. Weather Report - Scarlet Woman / Trazana Beverley - No Assistance
7. Airto Moreira - Wake Up Song
8. Larry Corryell & The Eleventh House - Yin
9. The Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Worlds / Arthur Ashe - Learn Tennis
10. Tony Williams - This Night This Song

Movement III : The Ascension
11. McCoy Tyner - Fly With The Wind
12. Flora Purim - Open Your Eyes (You Can Fly)
13. Ashok Ingle - Raga Darbari / Devadip Carlos Santana & Turiya Alice Coltrane - Guru Sri Chinmoy Aphorism

Movement IV : The Resurrection
14. Stanley Clarke - Life Is Just A Game

CoverCast #1: G4G4

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Today I'm posting the first ever Cover Up mixtape (I don't want to call it a podcast), G4G4. I've wanted to create a mix for a while, so I pulled together some of my favorite tracks and artists from this year to see what I could come up with. It's mostly a selection of hip-hop and electronic music. The track list is below and you can click the covers to download. I plan on doing some more mixes later. For the front and back cover I used photos I took at the Freer & Sackler Galleries in D.C. I hope you guys listen and enjoy.



1. Triorganico - Balloons
2. Blu - Amnesia
3. Prefuse 73 - Regalo
4. Mabanua - Liquid
5. Misel Quitno - Pull It Down Somewhen
6. ZKPRZ - Phantasmagoria
7. Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish (Take Remix)
8. Harmonic 313 - Dirtbox
9. Willie Isz - Shine
10. Samon Kawamura - cp2sk (Featuring Christian Prommer)
11. J Dilla - Spacecowboy vs. Bobble Head
12. CO$$ - Be Like You (Featuring Terem)
13. Exile - Stay Tuned (Here)
14. Dak - fortheSUN
15. The Gaslamp Killer - Baiafro
17. Luke Vibert - Computer Complex
18. Squarepusher - Seb-1.02
19. 9DW - Begin To Sing For Appetite