Maximillain Turnbull walks us through the library music, jazz fusion, and progressive sounds that inform the self-titled debut of his Badge Époque Ensemble, which is driven by flute, Rhodes, clavinet, and strutting grooves.
Category: Mixtapes
Heat Wave (Volume 3) – A 7″ Mixtape
Several years back, Los Angeles collector and dj Daniel T told us about a regular series he was starting with fellow head, Wyatt Potts. It became Heat Wave — a weekly dj night in east Hollywood focusing on (often rare) slices of international funk, soul, disco and beyond. It’s grown (a lot) and is now a second home to a global coterie of visiting DJs from the likes of S. America, Europe and Asia. But this week is different. It’s just the resident founders and they’re only spinning from their 7″ collection.
1970s Japanese Jazz Mixtape 3 / Jazz-funk, Soul Jazz, Fusion & Beyond
These are not to be missed. The culmination of the Osaka based selector Dckn’s three-part exploration mining the various sub-strains of Japanese jazz in the 1970s. And be sure to dig into volumes one, and two . . .
1970s Japanese Jazz Mixtape 2 / Jazz-funk, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop & Beyond
These are not to be missed. If you haven’t yet, slip into volume one: the first entry of the Osaka-based (French) dj & record collector, Dckne’s three part series digging 1970s Japanese jazz/funk/groove. Then: slide into a second hour expanding on the themes of volume one, while incorporating various sub-strains of the genre throughout.
Altered State Radio / April Transmission
Portland selector Mr. Wriff paid a visit to AD HQ last weekend, a visit that dovetailed with the weekly broadcast of his Friday night KMHD radio show, Altered State. We tuned in, and now you can too.
Click the play button as Traver and guest Allen Thayer (The Brazilian Beat), guide a late-night, spirituous journey sampling strains from Brazil, Italy, Poland and beyond.
Unearthed, Vol. 5 :: Hoboken Nights
For fans of adventurous rock and roll in the 1980s, there was no better place to be than Maxwell’s. The Hoboken, NJ club (which closed its doors for good in 2013) consistently hosted the best and brightest artists of the era, often before they graduated to much larger venues. For our latest Unearthed bootleg mix, we’ve gathered together some choice audience tapes recorded at Maxwell’s between 1980 and 1990. There’s visionary jangle, guitar freakouts, breezy balladry and much more. And if this whets your appetite for more, get thee to the McKenzie Tapes site (where several of these performances were sourced), which is bringing NYC-area taper David McKenzie’s valuable vintage recordings to the digital age.
1970s Japanese Jazz Mixtape // Jazz-funk, Soul Jazz, Rare Groove & Beyond
バイブon this from 2017: the first entry of Osaka-based (French) dj & record collector, Dckne’s three part series, digging 1970s Japanese jazz/funk/groove.
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Calypso From The Cavern – A Carrouseaux Mixtape
Slide into this twenty track survey of the wild Afro-Caribbean vibe that originated in Trinidad and Tobago, prior to leaping to Panama, mutating and taking root in 1950s NYC. Or: […]
Viajante da Fronteira (A Mixtape)
An imaginary journey back to the lagoon where Hermeto Pascoal, O Grupo, and some butterflies made music in the river. 17 otherworldly tracks from Brazil.
Music Book: An Exploration of Japanese Sounds
Aquarium Drunkard presents Norio Sato’s (Record Shop Rare Groove, Osaka, Japan) exclusive mix ‘Music Book: An Exploration of Japanese Sounds’, for the Mr. Good Boy Record Cart.
Aquarium Drunkard Presents: Kalakala | Rhythms of West Africa
From Nigeria and Benin to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the polyrhythmic percussive patterns of West Africa have always been funky. But the starting in the early 70s and continuing late […]
She’s A Keeper Of The Fire – Buffy Sainte-Marie (A Medley…)
On the eve of her birthday, a journey through some lesser-known songs of the inimitable Indigenous artist and activist’s Vanguard years. Nine albums of groundbreaking folk and country, with diversions into pioneering electronic […]
Music For The Deluge: A Sonic Meditation
A sonic meditation crafted during an exceptionally fierce 24 hour downpour in northeast Los Angeles. An imaginary hour and half instrumental score.
Unearthed, Vol. 4 :: Jerry Garcia & Friends at the Matrix, 1966-71
The array of sounds Garcia made at the Matrix is dizzying, from garage rock to jazz fusion to bluegrass to cosmic funk…and beyond. Download and enjoy.
Unearthed, Vol. 3 :: Ultrasonic
Unearthed returns with more bootleg gold from yesteryear. The latest collection gathers together some choice live performances broadcast over the WLIR-FM airwaves from Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, Long Island. In the early to mid 1970s, the studio hosted intimate concerts by visionary britfolkies, New Orleans night trippers, exploratory jazz-funksters, southern rock chooglers and many more.