beautiful technology (MP3)

Another great guest mix by J. Ben Leonard from flood watch music. His dissection of many a hip hop, funk and jazz record and general music blogging in the last little while (or at least since I found his blog anyway) has compelled me to invite him to compile this guest mix. Armed only with the theme beautiful technology this is his contribution… At times I long for the absence of any traces of technology in music, a stark sound-world of unamplified acoustic guitars, pianos, wind instruments, drums. Then I recall the incredible variety of textures that electronic sounds can produce, and when combined with natural, acoustic sounds, the sonic palette expands to infinity. This mix contains elements of my favorite flavors of technology, from the cumbersome the to the streamlined: awkwardly triggered samples, disembodied voices, analog synths, dense harmonic colors, the capturing of an intimate performance, an electric piano leading a crack jazz band. Hope you enjoy. Playlist Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares - Tangerine Dream Musicians in Insadong - D. Riposo Aguirre - Popol Vuh Ancient Phat Farm Coat - Underworld Everyone in the World Is Doing Something Without Me - FSOL String Quartet No. 1: Andante molto - Sergei Prokofiev How Can We Be Sure - AMP Languidity - Sun Ra Prue Lawarne - Aix em Klemm Apollo 1 - Great Barringtron Armenia - Einsturzende Neubauten Red Lift - Glifted Descriptions automatiques: Sur un vaisseau - Erik Satie WR - Labradford The Sky Suspended - 7% Solution

Genres: ambient, blends, chill, downtempo, eclectic, jazz

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my favorite things - blended by drox (MP3)

For this episode I thought Id dig out some of my jazz favourites to share with you. Included is some Alice Coltrane Featuring Pharoah Sanders (who I will be seeing perform tonight), some Herbie Hancock including the full version of chameleon and the Mighty Art Blakey and the Jazz messengers track “On the Ginza” from one of my all time favourite jazz albums Ugetsu. Enjoy! playlist 1 Bettina - Bola Sete 2 Journey into Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders -Journey in Satchidananda 3 On the Ginza - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers – Ugetsu 4 Jazz-New Age - Herbie Hancock ?? (I don’t know if this is right my I have some nasty ipod gremlins at the moment. If you know the correct track name let me know.) 5 Chameleon - Herbie Hancock - Headhunters

Genres: blends, digger, jazz

Source: http://http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/05/12/my-favo

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the war of art - mixed by drox (MP3)

The mix included is sprinkled with some new Idm, funk, Hip-hop, and Jazz. Good for a sunday afternoon with the paper or pre golf psych up. enjoy playlist 1 Sofisticada - Luiz Bonfá - Bonfa Burrows Brazil 2 Little Children - David Axelrod 3 Crystallized - The Detroit Escalator Co. 4 This Complete Feeling of Loss - Colin Everingham - Skies of Error 5 Moments In Love - The Art Of Noise - (Who’s Afraid Of) The Art Of Noise? 6 Persian Teardrop (Massive Attack Mix) - Cocteau Twins 7 One Day or so - Depth Affect 8 Nuno - Prefuse 73 - vocal studies & uprock narratives 9 Make Me Love You - Pivot 10 Check out My Gold Tooth - Jimmy Edgar 11 Kind of Laid Back - Birdy Nam Nam

Genres: blends, breaks, djs for sale, downbeat, funk, hip hop, idm, jazz, rock

Source: http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/04/14/the-war-of-art

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phases - mixed by drox (MP3)

Welcome to another transmission. Im a big fan of re/discovering the roots and or history of things. As the saying goes “Its not where you’ve been but where your at” Well i like to see how we got here… anyway i guess via hip hop Ive gained an appreciation for the funk, latin and all that jazz. Blending the old with the new…. playlist 1 Farandole (L’Arlesinne Suite#2) - Bob James 2 Cosas Remix- Los Hermanos Latinos 3 Itch and Scratch - Rufus Thomas 4 Hot pants.. im comin, im comin - Bobby Byrd 5 Put On Train - Gene Harris & The Three Sounds 6 Hercules - Aaron Neville 7 Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhtyhm Band 8 Express Yourself - NWA 9 More Bounce to the Ounce - Zapp and Roger 10 Quit Jivin’ - Pearly Queen 11 Funky Beeper - Afrika Bambaataa 12 Beat Me Till I´m Blue - Alan Hawkshaw 13 Magnificent Sanctuary Band - Donny Hathaway 14 Right On - Clarence Wheeler & The Enforcers 15 Dust Yourself Off - Pleasure 16 Clap Your Hands - Reginald Milton & The Soul Jets 17 Cookies - Brother Of Soul 18 Mt. Airy Groove (Inst.) - Pieces of a Dream 19 Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds

Genres: blends, breakbeat, downtempo, funk, hiphop, jazz, latin, mixtape, soul

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