Here’s a little something from Funky Halvor to get your party started on a Saturday night (the mix download link and an accompanying flyer designed by the man himself is available by reading the full post):
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If you ever need a collection of high quality easy listening tunes, and yes, they do exist, this album from Irma Records is fine choice indeed. It covers the period from 1966 – 1972 and the track selections are really good, avoiding the drab elevator music arrangements in favour of solid performances and danceable grooves, making it perfect lounge fare for your ears and feet. Unfortunately it seems to be out of print, so you’ll have to track it down on your own which is probably not that hard.
The weekend is definitely over, so I guess it’s time to wake up! (no playlist is available for this mix):
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“ALERT: Yet another upper working-class white boy from Britain writes about a group and phenomena that occurred in another country when he was only 12″. It may not be the best way for an author to start a book about one of the most well known yet thoroughly underrated (disco) bands in history, and even though that statement is true, it is no way indicative of the content in this finely crafted book about the people behind the name and the music.
One last Chic clip… It’s really sad that it is no longer possible to see the original line up live with Bernard Edwards on bass and Tony Thompson on drums together with Nile Rodgers, but thankfully their music lives on (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):
Yeah, I know, posting YouTube clips is old hat these days, but I’m going to publish a review of a great book about Chic soon, and I just wanted to remind people how outstanding and alive their music still is today (click the “HQ” button when the video starts playing to get better quality):
The now defunct label Internal Bass released a series of CD’s back in the day called Boneshakers which are now all out of print, here is a couple of rare hip-hop tracks from volume 2 remixed live by DJ BMF:
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Renown DJ and radio show host Gilles Peterson interviews Incognito founder and frontman Bluey about the 30th anniversary mixed with some of their songs and a selection of tracks from artists that have inspired him and the band:
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Jazz guitarist/composer Pat Metheny has recorded and released what might be called a directors commentary for many of his albums, and it’s interesting stuff to listen to even if you are not a big fan of the genre or his music, because he describes the creative process behind many of the tracks and what inspired their creation and so on. You can find the commentaries on his podcast page (some of them require iTunes), or you can download them all directly from this newsfeed.
The excellent DJs behind Oslos best monthly soul club, Oslo Soul Experience, have created a great archive of their own radio shows/mixes and rare tracks from their extensive collections of 60′s, 70′s and 80′s soul and funk 45s that are not easily found elsewhere, just follow the links above to download, listen and enjoy.
Hidden behind the unknown band name is what can best be described as the disco bastard child of the German old school funk maestros The Poets of Rhythm, a simple fact that should speak volumes about the quality of the music. This is disco in the good and “classical” sense, not the diluted kind that has more or less attached itself to the genre over the past 20 years or so. Ironically, there are a couple of house tracks included here that honestly sound out of place when compared to the rest of the material.
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Meeting up with Halvor right after he landed in Oslo fresh from his stay in San Francisco with the usual batch of new records under his arm, resulted in this 4 hour long DJ-session with the three of us which is presented here in four parts (no playlist is available for this mix):
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The state of Norwegian hip-hop is, to put it mildly, pretty pathetic with a few honorable exceptions, Side Brok being one of them. Their unique original blend of funk music and lyrics filled with sly ironic remarks about daily life and biting social commentary is really worth checking out even if you don’t understand a word of what they are saying. Their latest album “Ekte Menn” (follow the link for sound samples) contains five outstanding tracks: “Mann Med Manera”, “Skjemde”, “Nattmat”, “Heile Handa” and “Ej Ser”, so please check it out!
Here’s a little something from Funky Halvor to get your party started on a Saturday night (the mix download link and an accompanying flyer designed by the man himself is available by reading the full post):
Oslos best monthly soul club, 
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