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!