Merry Friendly Christmas!

Best house of the 00's

Moodymann - The thief that stole my heart

Chelonis R Jones - I don't know

Daft Punk - One more time

Sade - By your side (Ben Watt Lazy Dog Remix)

Little Louie Vega feat. Blaze - Elements of Life

Soul Central - Strings Of Life (Danny Krivit Re-Edit)

Ferrer & Sydenham Inc. - Sandcastles (Pete Heller Filtered Re-Edit)

Aril Brikha - Winter

Underworld - Two months off

The Streets - Weak become heroes

One Day We'll All Be Free!

Bitty McLean - Walk Away From Love

Cookin' On 3 Burners - This Girl

Montclairs - Hey you!

The Sophia Lorenians - Locomotion

Mayer Hawthorne - Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)

Soft Rocks - Leave Your Earth Behind

Friendly Fires - Paris (Aeroplane remix)

Parallel Dance Ensemble - Turtle Pizza Cadillac (Yam Who Rework)

Beastie Boys - Root Down (5 Alive Remix)

Edu K - Bundalele Baile Jean

Twilight - You're In Love

Messengers - First Left

Paul Simpson feat. Adeva and Carmen Marie - Musical Freedom (Moving on up)

Rennan Syndicate - Pretty cool

Rennan Syndicate is a classic underground gangsta rap band from our home town Uppsala. Pioneers in Swedish hip hop history... Parental advisory: watch out for sum' hard knockin' explicit rhymes for real thugs! "Lugn, lugn, ganska lugn! På dansgolvet lirar dom bara funk!"

Patchworks

Manuel Tur - Patchworks
Milton Jackson - Rhythm Track (Jimpster remix)
Sun of Aphrodite - Vibrations
Hatikvah - Synchronicity (Chopstick & Johnjon remix)
Illmana - Mother Africa
Matzak - African Roots (Rodriguez Jr mix)
Rodriguez Jr - Kids of Hula
Glimpse & Martin Eyerer - Southern Soul
Reboot - Caminando

Wichita Linemen 11 - Many Rivers To Cross

Zeus B. Held - Ckaude
Randy Newman - Dayton, Ohio - 1903
Judee Sill - My man on love
Jonathan Jeremiah - Happiness (Quiet Village Remix)
Gerry Rafferty - Don't count me out
Donovan - Get Thy Bearings
David Holmes - 11, 12, 13
Air - Sing Sang Sung
Ariel’s Pink Haunted Grafitti - Can’t hear my eyes
America - Are you there
Hugh Masekela - Grazing in the grass
Marvin Gaye - Calypso Blues
Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So Maybe No
Tony Esposito - Pagaia
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros - I come in please
Richard Swift - Lady luck
Tommy Guerrero - Soul miner
Bibio - Lovers carvings
Moondog - Bird’s Lament
Meta Roos & Nippe Sylwéns Band - Zazueira
Mulatu Astatke - Yekerme Sew
Daybreak - Everything Man
The Dells - Freedom means
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers To Cross
Kevin Ayers - Eleanor's cake
The Memory Band - Why?

Cumbiattack!!!

Dj Mateo, master behind the wheels of the legendary Uppsala hip hop group Mat Åt Far, has joined the K!K!-family and sent us this exclusive bangin' cumbia mix! This is the real deal folks - some serious South american cumbia treat to spice up your weekend! Epaaaa!

1. Rumba Poblana - Roberto Moron
2. Cañita de Azucar - Grupo Kual
3. El Pescador - Alberto Pedraza
4. Los Angeles - Chicos Aventura
5. El Paso Del Gigante - Soñador
6. Cumbia Sonora - Grupo Bisness
7. Rumba Frenesi - Grupo Kual
8. Negra Ron y Velas - Grupo Kual
9. Cumbia magdalena - Alberto Pedraza
10. Caliventura - Afrosound
11. Linda Nena - Juaneco Y Su Combo
12. La Zenaida - Arnando Hernández
13. Las tres polleras - Plutarco Urrutia
14. Te Sigo Amando - Arnando Hernández
15. Guarituza - Los Corraleros de Majagual
16. Me Robaron Mi Runa Mula - Juaneco Y Su Combo
17. Ya Se Ha Muerto Mi Abuelo - Juaneco Y Su Combo
18. Mi Morena Rebelde - Eusebio Y Su Banjo
19. Si Me Quieres - Los Hijos del Sol
20. Ando buscando un amor - Grupo G
21. Linda Muñequita - Los hijos del Sol

Sweet!

World's Greatest, by Dr Manne

Dennis Brown - Wichita Lineman
The Abyssinians - Satta Massagana
Johnny Osbourne - Truth and Rights
The Tamlins - Baltimore
Donovan Carless - Be thankful
Pam Hall - My heart will go on
Terry Linen - World's Greatest
Aswad - Warrior Charge
Dennis Brown - Sitting and Watching

Visions Riddim:
Alpheus - Mother Dearest
Jah Mason - We'll be together
Chukki Star - Greatest of them all
Morgan Heritage - No fear

I Wayne - Can't Satisfy Her
Raggasonic - Legalisez la ganja

Martial Arts Riddim:
Sizzla - Karate
Capleton Feat Jah Mason - Fire
Shabba Ranks - Give dem di Shabba

Devotion!

A dear friend from the past sent us a neat mix of soul pearls to begin the weekend in style... Will-Rock - legendary Dj that blessed us in the beginnings of our club hopping days in Uppsala with his magic styles on the wheels of steel - is the man behind this mix that is a teaser for the re-start and first anniversary of Stockholm's finest soul club Devotion this Friday at Mosebacke Etablissement. So be sure to don't miss this night of serious soulfullness if you're in the Stockholm area...

EWF - Devotion
Charizma & PBW - Devotion
Desire - Desire
Doris Troy - Whatcha gonna do about it
Clausel - Let me love you
Ballistic Brothers - Delancey street
Afro Cuban Band - Something's got to give
Rene Cosy - Scrabble
Wyndchimes - Body rap
Maze - Too many games
Jazé - It's alright

J Period & K'NAAN once again!

As if yesterday's post wasn't enough, J Period & K'NAAN just dropped Episode #3 Bob Dylan! And what a tribute it is! Download ZIP right here!

Free Delivery!

As new music has been delivered to the K!K! Headquarters we thought it would be nice to give all of you the possibility to have a listen yourself:

J PERIOD & K'NAAN
First out is the new release from genius J Period and artist K'naan, continuing their tribute to Fela, Marley and Dylan. The Messengers Episode #2 is for Marley. Wonderful work as always. More info: www.jperiod.com

"The Messengers Episode #2" - J Period & K'naan
Download zip here!

J Period & K'NAAN Sneak Preview EP
Download zip here!

POIRIER
Poirier (formerly known as Ghislain Poirier) is one of our all-time favorites at K!K! and we couldn't be more exited about his new release “Run the Riddim”. Still heavy & wicked big bass dance hall and this time up featuring vocalist Face-T. More info: www.ninjatune.com . Also see Poirier tracks included in the Vaskular mix from last month.

"Enemies" - Poirier & Face-T

Download here!

SILVAR & SERMSTYLE
New stuff from one of UK's finest producers Sermstyle and artist Silvar. The production reminds a bit of the sound of Kid Cudi, Tinchy Strider and N-Dubz. Nice one! More info: www.itssilvar.co.uk

”Searchin” - Silvar (prod. Sermstyle)

Download here!

Extended late summer mix: Esta Si Esta No

Mayer Hawthorne - Just Ain't Gonna Work Out (Astronote El Camino Remix)

Yo La Tengo - Be Thankful For What You Got

Glass Candy - Geto Boys

The Very Best - Warm Heart Of Africa (Architecture in Helsinki Remix)

J. P. Mirouze - Sexopolis

The Glimmers - Esta Si Esta No

The Chequers - Get Up Differently

Bob Dylan - Most Likely You Go Your Way (I'll Go Mine) (Mark Ronson Remix)

The Roots - How I Got Over

Ulysses82 - Don't Speak French

Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (First Touch Remix)

David Rubato - Circuit (Siriusmo Remix)

Plush - Free And Easy

Treasure Fingers - Cross The Dancefloor (Chromeo Remix)

Tim and Jean - Come Around

Free Disco - Leftfield Boogie

Casio Social Club - 121 In Love (The Diogenes Club Mix)

Alan Braxe & Fred Falke - Penthouse Serenade

Classixx - I'll Get You feat. Jeppe (Royal Rumble Edit)

Sofrito Specials - African Disco Power (Atlantic Conveyor Re-work)

The Juan Maclean - Happy House (Will Saul & Mike Monday Remix)

Mr A and Heikki L - Tribute (Helsinki 78-82 Remix)

Prendas Publicas + Kompis! Kompis!

Kompis! Kompis! just launched the first part of an exclusive series of mixes for the fashion & style magazine Prendas Publicas. It's more or less a collection of what's been spinning at the office the last couple of months. Take a listen at www.prendaspublicas.com!

Finally: Vaskular on the mix!!!

A couple of months ago I ended up at a great party in a private house in a residential hood of Santiago de Chile, where the improvised bar only sold vodka with chocolate milk (and ice) and piscola (pisco + coke + ice). We didn't know anything about the party but were quickly seduced by the banging beats and hit the sweaty and smoking hot dance floor in the patio under the stars. For the next 2-3 hours Dj Vaskular blew our minds with his top nodge mixing skills delivering the best blend I've heard in a looong time of hip hop, electro, cumbia, baile funk, house, etc... This guy is in my opinion Chile's best and most interesting Dj right now. So I hooked up with the man and now, finally, here's his first contribution to K!K! Raiiiiise the rooooof!!!

Loose - Bangers & Cash
Burn Rubber - Too Short
Poor Mans Hydraulics - E-40
Cross the Tracks (We Better Go Back) - Maceo & The Macks
Neon Rocks - Calvin Harris
Eple - Royksopp
Family Reunion (Radio) - Kid Sister
Get It (Toddla T Remix) - Grand Puba
Brooklyn Cumbia - Uproot Andy
Trans Europe Express - Senor Coconut
Mars (Player Player's 95 Jump Mix) - Fake Blood
Slap On - The Emperor Machine
Be Thankful - Craig Peyton
Beijo (Interlude) -Earth Wind and Fire
Pendulum - Rustie
Sister Saviour (DFA dub) - The Rapture
Damn Girl -Kid Sister
So Fucking Disco (Album) - Pase Rock
Stratosfar - Ultracity
Township Funk (Original Mix) - DJ Mujava
Steroids - Mr. Oizo
Enjoy What You Do - Trackademicks
Go Ballistic feat. Ardominal - Ghislain Poirier
Para De Graçinha feat. MC Leka (Original Mix) - Crookers
Italiano Lento - DJ Sandrinho
Bang (Main) - Rye Rye ft M.I.A.
Pod de floor' feat. VYBZ Kartel - Major Lazer
WTF (Dirty) - Tittsworth
Jonathan II - Dennis DJ
Shake It (Ft. Herve & Serocee) - Toddla T
Next Hype - Tempa T
26 Bsslines - Benga
Kalemba (Hot Chip Remix) - Buraka Som Sistema
Take Back The Scene - Durrty Goodz
Mud Vip - Loefah



[As you may notice, the mix is also available in the Chilean radio station Radio Horizonte, where Master Vaskular is competing against another guy...so support him and vote for our K!K!-buddy here!]

Still Bill

While most people that are interested in music and film nowadays keep talking about Ang Lee's Hollywodesque "Taking Woodstock", I'm much more excited about another film - a promising documentary about Bill Wither's life and astonishing contribution to popular music. Withers' history is interesting... After a successful decade as an artist and composer, responsible for major hit songs as "Ain't no sunshine", "Lean on me" and "Lovely day", Withers got tired of the music industry and retired and lived a "normal" life working 9 to 5 and taking care of his family. How a man with so much talent chose to retire at the top of his career will surely be answered in this documentary named after one of his albums "Still Bill". Don't miss it!

Summer Topics

..And summer moves along with yet another mix:)

Martin’s Funeral (intro) – Bill Cosby
Correndo - Triorganico
No Hay Nada Mas – Mos Def
Fine - yU
Do you love me (like you say you do)– Lee Fields & The Expressions
Before – Musinah
Marvelous – Baatin
Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5'9") – Elzhi
In the Ruff - Diamond District
Keep it movin - Declaime
Ill Invasion ft Rahel – Eric & Dudley Perkins
What’s Crazy (Feat. J-Live & Stik Figa) – Oddisee
Page 2 – Eagle Nebula
Go there with you - Shawn Jackson
I’ll should Tell Ya Momma On You – Red
Aquarius – Cal Tjader

Enjoy!

O'Summertime

Nina Simone - Plain Gold Ring

Sharon Forrester - Please, Don't Let Me Be Lonely

Major Lazer - Cash Flow feat. Jah Dan

Orange Juice - Rip It Up

Phoenix - Lisztomania (Classixx Version)

Ish - Don't Stop

O'Spada - Time

Alfonzo - Don't Stop This Feeling

High Frequency - Summertime

Bonde Do Role - Gasolina (Girl Talk Remix)

Major Ernie - Pon De Girls

Marvelettes - Too Many Fish In The Sea (B.Cause Ooh Edit)

Tim Dog & KRS-O.N.E. - Wreck'd (Samoo Gamm Remix)

A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got)

Can - Future Days

Searchin' in the sun for another overload...

Wichita Linemen are back with a very special mix called "Searchin' in the sun for another overload...". This time they're celebrating their 10th show with a wonderful parade of tunes, that according to WL themselves "represents our mutual all time favourites that we've discovered together during all our years of friendship, and that in the end resulted in the creation of our own humble and simple webcast music show, to share those melodies and harmonies that from time to time keep on surprising us in their greatness". And to make this mix even better, WL has included a mix done especially for this occasion by Miles Copeland, member of the amazing band The Superimposers and also responsible for the brilliant podcast shows called The Wonderfulsound Libraries. Have a nice weekend ya'll!!!

Wichita Linemen no. 10 "Searchin' in the sun for another overload..."

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Batteaux - Tell her she's Lovely

America - Ventura Highway

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express

Kenny Rankin - In the Name of Love

José Feliciano - Golden Lady

The Carpenters - All I Can Do

Nancy Ames - Carcara

Gregory Charles Royal - Dancer

Astrud Gilberto - Beginnings

Odyssey - Battened Ships

The Jackson Sisters - I Believe in Miracles

The O'Jays - Love Train

John Edwards - Tin Man

Carly Simon - Why

Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23

Dusty Springfield - Mama's Little Girl

Stevie Wonder - Hey Love

The Wonderfulsound Libraries special mix for WL 10!

Shawn Lee - Wichita Lineman
Ennio Morricone - Matto, Caldo, Soldi, Morto... Girotondo
The Sound Carriers - Time Will Come
Richie Havens - I'm Not In Love (Superimposed)
Peter Von Poehl - Going Where The Tea Trees Are
Douglas Wood - Folk Ghost
The Superimposers - Golden (Shawn Lee instrumental)
Antena - Camino del Sol
Little Sister - Somebody's Watching You

Video-xtravaganza: Wicked 90's R&B classics...

Late night and just felt for some good old 90's R&B-classics today, as the 00-decade's running out...and all the shit that today is labeled as R&B sounds more like &%?!¤7/+8%!!!%@!? boring radio pop music.

SWV - Right Here (Human Nature remix)



Janet Jackson feat. Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell - Got Till It's Gone



Jade - Don't Walk Away



Brandy & Monica - The Boy is Mine



Jodeci - Get on Up

Mind Zero

We're happy to present a legend of the Chilean club scene! Men.t.zero is a multi-talented man that during many years has been promoting music, club nights and banging parties in Chile and Spain. He is also the founder of Chile/Spain based electronica record label FUERADESERIE! Here is his latest mix for Kompis! Kompis! (Artwork by Men.t.zero himself.)

01.the field "kappsta" (kompakt)
02.ada feat. raz o hara "lovestoned"(kompakt)
03.andreas tilliander "caught in a riot"
04.frivolous "just add irony"
05.dhs "house of god" phonique remix
06.jammie anderson and jasse rose "jack your body"
07.jasse rose feat. hot chip"forget my name"
07 1/2 dapayk and padberg "flesh"
08.dave da hustler "5 cash on time"
09.wasted chicago youth"midiate on the soda"(diet mix)
10.daniel steinberg "pay for me" lauhaus remix
11.2000 and one + kit clayton"amber"
12.dapayk and padberg "?"

Love Explosion

A magnificent collaboration between Dr Manne and Selecta Khadaffi has resulted in this extensive summer reggae special! Some of these acts are in fact playing at the Uppsala Reggae Festival, in Sweden 6-8 of August. Be sure to don't miss this great festival produced by our friend and local Dj legend Yared Tekeste!!!

African Head Charge - Free Chant
Eric Donaldson - Cherry oh baby
Symarip - Try Me Best
Errol Dunkley - You're Gonna Need Me
Gladiators - Hearsay
The Heptones - Cool Rasta
Alpha Blondy And The Wailers - Jerusalem
Candyman - Highgrade
Chukki Star - The Almighty One
Good Voice - Bashie
Junior Reid - Boom Shack A Lack
Ras I Whan - Dunce A Go Suffer
Lacksley Castell - Doctor Love
Black Uhuru - Fit You Haffe Fit
Fantan Mojah - Corruption (Remix)
Sandeeno - Mankind
Barry Brown - We Nuh Run
Devon Irons - Vampire
Groundation feat Don Carlos & Congos - Hebron
Desmond Dekker - Israelites
Ras Michael - Truth And Right
Joe White - Rudies All Around
Johnny Clarke - Prophecy A Fulfilled
Rod Taylor - His Imperial Majesty
Peter Broggs - Jah Jah Voice Is Calling
Ini Kamoze - Them Ting Deh
Max Romeo - Valley Of Jehosaphat
Dry & Heavy - Love Explosion

A piece of boogie magic by O'Spada!

Sometimes you just get struck by a tune that you happened to cross over. Strangely, it always comes a surprise. Maybe because you think you've heard it all... The tune that since yesterday has been messing with my brain is the boogie monster "Time", courtesy of the next Swedish sensation band O'Spada. This is very tight material with a whole lot of souliness and brilliant vocals of lead singer and composer Julia Spada (sister to our K!K! collaborator The Cosimist). Electrified futuristic soul that WILL become something really big this autumn, when their album is released. In fact, I've been listening quite a lot to this kind of boogie/disco/funk stuff lately. O'Spada's sound reminds me of new artists like First Touch and Kathy Diamond, as well as boogie heaven heroes like O'Bryan and Midnight Express. In the press material they're described as "a bastard child of Justice and Jackson 5"... Anyway, we're talking timeless music that in O'Spada's updated take just made my day...! This jam is gonna get a lot of spinns on K!K! gigs this summer!

Tru hip hop stories

We really want to recommend a visit to D-Nice's video channel, where the Dj/photographer/web developer D-Nice is publishing great short documentaries/interviews with hip hop legends. Excellent quality in these documentations of hip hop history... Here's the interesting chat with Buckshot (legendary lyricist of Black Moon) about the state of hip hop today.

Tribute to Lela

Rest in peace abuela - gracias por todo! Miss you very much already...

Violeta Parra - Gracias a la Vida

Victor Jara - Manifiesto

Creme Soda - Roses all Around

Neil Lewis with his Quintet - Harlem Nocturn

Chris Connor - I Concentrate on You

Nat King Cole - Aquellos Ojos Verdes

Carlos Puebla - Hasta Siempre

Carlos Gardel - Volver

Little Dragon - Twice

The Winston Giles Orchestra - Welcome to the Hotel

Coke Escovedo - I Wouldn't Change a Thing

Bill Withers - Grandma's Hands

Joni Mitchell - The Circle Game

Mercedes Sosa - Alfonsina y el Mar

Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty

LET'S CELEBRATE!

Oh yes! We're still alive! Celebrating our fiftiest post since the beginning we still hope you're up for some tricks and treats. It is a ping pong sort of mix, where we flipped the tunes from coast to coast that in the end resulted in this celebration suite... Summer coming up with a whole bunch of mixes and exclusivos, but for now you can just sit down and relax while we do the job for you at the office. Living it up!
Enjoy!

K!K! Latin Essentials, part 2: Aprieta!!!

The second part of the K!K! Latin Essentials is a comp of classic tunes that in different ways are influenced by Latin music - blending the spirit of salsa and all them Carribean rhythms with soul, funk, disco, rock & house... Gózalo! (Sorry, but I had to leave some of the longer tracks here in their full length versions - due to their absolute greatness.)

The Chakachas - Jungle Fever

Joe Bataan - Young, Gifted and Brown
Al Escobar - Tighten Up

Santana - Let The Children Play

Nino Gomez - La Lupita

Ray Barretto - Pastime Paradise

Francisco Aguabella - Ramon's Desire

Chico Mann - Dilo Como Yo

Charanga 76 - No Nos Pararan (Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now)

Two Man Sound - Que Tal America

Little Louie Vega feat. Blaze - Elements Of Life (Dance Ritual Mix)

More Rumble in the Jungle this summer!

Yes, it's the f****ng FUNKOMENTARY of the year, decade and century! For sure. If you were astounded, impressed and moved by the documentary "When We Were Kings", about Muhammed Ali's heavyweight fight against George Foreman in Zaire 1974, be sure to not for anything in the world miss this funkomentary: SOUL POWER. It's a new produced film that uses much more of the same live music material that didn't get the time it deserved in "When We Were Kings". So this movie gives an insight of the music festival that was organized along with the fight: massive live acts + interviews with the artists. We're talking dope realness material with James Brown, Bill Withers, B.B. King, Fania All Stars, among others. And it hopefully will come to a home theatre near you this summer...

K!K! Latin Essentials, part 1: Azúcar!!!

The other day I remembered a classic Christmas party that me and my El Colectivo-roomies threw many years ago. It was a blast, a goddamn monster party we never will forget! We didn't have any Dj - this was the Stone Age - so I made a couple of mixtapes (cassettes) that worked really well. And one of them, the Latin cassette, was THE banger! ...which then, 17 years later, inspired me to put together un Especial de Latin en dos partes covering various latin essentials, according to me (nothing new for all you Latin music heads out there, but hell, estos son la esencia hermano!). So here is chapter one with some hot cookin' descargas, guaguancos, salsas, boogaloos, rumbas, jazzy moods y todo ese maldito sabor! In fact, some of them right on from that old mixtape...

Art Blakey - Cubano Chant
Joe Cuba - El Pito
Jimmy Sabater - Yroco
Alegre All Stars - El Manisero
Frankie Nieves - Mondongo
Ocho - Guaguanco Margarito
Orquestra Esencia - Carnival
Los Mozambique - Descarga Mozambique
La Lupe - Fever
Nancy Ames - Carcara
Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That

Telepathe - what the fuzz was all about

Actually, we still love what they're doing and Andy Milonakis, genius, knows the exact explanation why.



For those of you unfamiliar with Andy you should really check him out. Here's a shot with him from the recording of Major Lazer's "Zumbi" with Diplo and Switch in the studio.

Sirius

The K!K!-family keeps on growing. Mighty M is our latest member and this is his first amazing blend of simply beautiful songs. Pretty danceable mix, well, just pure genious stuff here, eeeey! Stunning Mighty M! ...and welcome home partner!

Junior Boys - Work

Scritti Politti - Absolute

Max Tundra - Which Song

Reverso 68 - Piece Together (Part !)

Röyksopp - Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)

Kish Mauve - Lose Control (Fred Falke Remix)

Air - Mer Du Japon

Mugwump - Boutade (Miseridub)

Empire Of The Sun - We Are The People

Phoenix - Girlfriend

PNAU - Dancing On The Water

Jon Brion with With Deanna Storey - Little Person

Dj Jazzberry's Springsoul

We're happy to welcome a man that was responsible for many intense and sweaty club nights back in the days in our home town Uppsala, Sweden. Niklas Wessén aka Dj Jazzberry enters the K!K!-crew with a smooth springsoul-mix. As the man himself introduces it: "A spontaneous mix of soul straight from the record shelves, 25 original 45's, 2 LP's + a dj Jazzberry edit of Lil Major Williams' "Girl don't leave me"! Mostly stuff from the 60's/70's with Donnell Brown, La Dellics, Talmadge Armstrong, etc + a few recent ones by Mayer Hawthorne, Jazzanova, etc. Enjoy!"

Kompis! Kompis! crate findings in Santiago de Chile, part 10

This is a pretty nice catch: The Sylvers' first album, not so easy to find (as far as I understand). Many good tunes here and my choice for this post is one that didn't make it in the charts like some of the other songs in the album - Only One Can Win, a strong number with great vocals and neat soulful production. A group composed by brothers and sisters, all teenagers in the beginning of the 70's, that didn't became a worldwide phenomenon like the main soul family adolescent band The Jackson 5. Maybe because of its sound, closer to the real deal soul than to catchy pop music. Well...I truly love Michael and his brothers' work during the 70's, but here and now I want to recommend some more beautiful soul pearls made by The Sylvers - just listen to: We Can Make It If We Try, Cry of a Dreamer, Wish That I Could Talk To You, Misdemeanor (solo cut by Foster Sylvers, written by older brother Leon).

Wanna party like this?!

Arrgh! Friday night and I wish I could attend to a party like this...! [The Kompis! Kompis!-crew will have to make some plans to replicate something like this in the near future.]

Struggle Day mix

Here are some random picked struggle anthems to celebrate all those people who not only today, but everyday, struggles for a more equal world...

Shahid Quintet - Invitation to black power (part one)
Billy Paul - Let the dollar circulate
Spiritual Concept - Where are the cares for tomorrow
Fela Kuti/Rhythm Controll & Chuck Roberts - Water no get enemy/My House
Fingers Inc. - Can you feel it (Barack H. Obama mix)
Guilty Simpson - Man's world
M.I.A. - Paper planes (Blaqstarr remix)
Isley Brothers - Work to do
Phyllis Dillon - Woman of the ghetto
Gil Scott-Heron - We almost lost Detroit

SKWEEDISH SOUNDS FROM FLOGSTA DANSHALL

Swedish record label Flogsta Danshall continues their mass production of heavy quality sounds for the people. A new dope video for Daniel Savio's (a k a Kool Dj Dust) ”Monkey pee monkey poo” is out now, directed by David Giese (former member of the Uptown Rockers Crew). The song is taken from the album "Dirty Bomb", on release later on this year. Enjoy!


Daniel Savio: Monkey pee monkey poo from David Giese on Vimeo.

Brontohouse

Another one from Dr. Manne just arrived...

Rocco - Supernova (Pezzner remix)

Glitterbug - Brontohouse (Lawrence remix)

Everything But The Girl - Five Fathoms (Kevin Yost dub version 2)

Season and Sygaire feat Randolph Matthews - Open to love

Jamie Lloyd - May I (Quarion remix)

George Levin - In Your Car (Dj Spinna remix)

Stimming - Kleinenachtmusik

Kerri Chandler - Fortran

Moody - Freeki Mutha Fucka

Kompis! Kompis! crate findings in Santiago de Chile, part 9

Just found this nice piece of bossa by the Brazilian vocalist Agostinho. Here is the classic "Telefone" written and composed by the dynamic duo Roberto Menescal and Ronaldo Moscoli. This version of the song is playful and tight at the same time, perfect vocals too - of course... The whole album works really nice, certainly on a payday-Friday like today, together with a Martini Bianco on the rocks in the hand!

AMERICA WAKE UP! Final day of Easter & longing for the city

Tired of those family dinners? Longing for the city again? Well, so did we at K!K! and to make us cope with this last day of Easter we put a sinful little tribute to wild contemporary urban life in the bottom of our Easter candy bag. And as the last sweet of all sweets you’ll find the sweetest of them all, the Bat for Lashes version of Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”, in a K!K! Demo Ediot package, exclusively only for you. Enjoy!

America Wake Up! Intro
Might like you better – Amanda Blank
Feed the horse – Fagget Fairys
So U want more feat. Roots Manuva (refix) – Ty
PushUpYaLighter – Let’s go to war
Get up (Diplo Remix) - Bingo Players
Sweet 16 (Eli Escobar Remix)- Thunderheist
Miami (Mmmathias remix) – Database & Bonde do Role
Day N Nite (Bimbo Jones Vocal Mix) - Kid Cudi vs Crookers
Bad name - Detropix
Recognise - Baobinga & I.D present Big_Monster
Ladies - Sammy Bananas
Enjoy What You Do – Trackademicks
Deixa o Tamborzao Tocar - Zuzuka Poderosa ft Mc Gus
Use Somebody (K!K! Demo Ediot) - Bat for Lashes

EASTER SOUL PARADE

The mood has been just right this long weekend of introspection, so we couldn't help to share even some more medicine for the soul.

The Rascals - Groovin
Checkmates Ltd. - Got to see u soon
Freddie Scott - Got what I need
Mayer Hawthorne and the County - Just ain't gonna work out
Menahan Street Band - Home again!
Hamilton Movement - She's gone
Bobby Kline - Say something nice to me
Jackie Wilson - This love is real (I can feel those vibrations)
Billy Stewart - Sitting in the park
Mystiques - So good to have you home again
Candi Staton - Too hurt to cry
El Michels Affair - Hung up on my baby
Paul Burton - So very hard to make it (without you)
Aaron Neville - She took you for a ride
The Originals - Baby, I'm for real
Wayne McGhie - I can see Mother Nature

EASTER HOUSE PARADE

Yes, yes! It's a double! Still jazzy but focusing on house music this time. Some Easter candy for your ears, that is:

Chemistry - Theo Parrish
Black mahogani - Cro-Magnon
Momma's groove (Jimpster's hip replacement mix) - Osunlade
Raw cut 2 - Motor City Drum Ensamble
African subway - Culoe De Song
Let's get Jazzy - KC Flightt
Do you wanna party (feat. Debbie Welch) - Norma Jean Bell
All these things out (Theo Parrish remix) - Kuniyuki
The unknown - Afefe Iku

EASTER JAZZ PARADE

Red Clay – Jack Wilkins
Children of the Night – Hyear Don Walker
Mustang – Sonny Red
Paul’s Ark – Morris Wilson Beau Bailey Quintet
A Child Runs Free – Fred Johnson
Time – Ju-Par Universal Orchestra
Amor Perfeito – Elza Soares
Send in the Clowns – Letta Mbulu
Ophis Le Serpentaire – Vincent Geminiani
Lady Magnolia – Piero Umiliani
Saturday Night Special - Lyman Woodard Organisation
You & I – Black Ivory

Kompis! Kompis! crate findings in Santiago de Chile, part 8

The Isley Brother's "Work to do" is one of my all time favourite folk-soul-jams. Digging around in el barrio San Diego yesterday I found a copy with a useful cover of this tune performed by the Scottish(!?) band Average White Band - the group many seem to love to hate, for some reason... Well, I happen to like AWB's version of "Work to do", mainly because of its strong production that is more bumpy and danceable than the original version. The bass-action of founding member Alan Gorrie is the key here, and check also the beautiful guitar solo in the middle! And as usual with AWB, there's a horn section with a whole lot of testosterone - maybe to much for some orthodox funk heads out there - but hell, it works good for me!