Medeski, Martin, Wood & Ribot - Crosstown Traffic
Hi kids, yesterday was a national holiday in Turkey. The kids holiday where every year kids from all over the world come to Turkey and do their nation’s folkloric dance etc. Meanwhile rest of the kids are bored to death by extralong speeches from tutors, and not-so creative [...]

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For some reason when I first got a hold of “Dawn” I mistook “Build an Ark” for “Like A Tim” because of the name. That’s why my first listen to the album was a story of shock, as this is a very soulful and organic album as opposed to “Like A Tim”s electronic techno music. [...]

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The Politik on Milan Records is the brainchild of the keyboard extraordinaire Mark de Clive-Lowe and his longtime vocal partner, Bémbé Ségué. If you’re into nu-jazz ala Compost or even into the Cafe del Mar series, chances are you have already heard of this guy as his tracks have graced more than 100 releases, be [...]

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Love just Love
Gosh, this has been by far the busiest month in my whole life. Been to London and back while we’re still in the process of re-opening the music lounge I’ve started working for. I’ve told it about 10 times that I was gonna keep up with the radioshows but it seems I won’t [...]

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Vikter Duplaix by Ouxu
Philly soul boss Vikter Duplaix has released his second studio album Bold and Beautiful on UK’s Barely Breaking Even also home to Roy Ayers, Will I Am, Osunlade, J Dilla. He’s worked and studied with artists such as Teddy Pendergrass, the late Luciano Pavarotti, King Britt, Kenny Gamble, Jazzanova, Clara Hill and [...]

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Mutant Disco by Pokpok313
Finally got the 3rd installment in ZE Records series Mutant Disco. The first two of the series are spectacular and feature a lot of the regulars in the ZE catalog. This album is no different but there are quite a few surprises. The “Garage Sale” in the title gives a nod to [...]

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* Electronica artist Ulrich Schnauss on Obscure Sound
* This week’s selection from Little White Earbuds is Henrik Schwarz’ remix of Detroit’s Alton Miller’s “Clouds Are Gone” it was the first track I heard Henrik Schwarz’ name, such a good one, btw Alton Miller has a new one out on R2 Records.
* A selection of videos [...]

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Here we are with part 2 of the Downtempo Selection. First up is a song by guitarist Duminie DePorres on Sound Signature and features powerful social commentary by Last Poet, Umar Bin Hassan over Duminie’s guitar soloing in the distance. Next up is Mamaluke’s “The Pant“, from the highly respected Mezzanine De L’Alcazar series, (also [...]

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I hate modern life! Time flies by so fast and you can never tend to enough things. See, it’s been 5 days since I’ve written a post for undomondo and I haven’t done anything notable in the meantime, just tended to some things I’ve probably left untended for a few weeks. It’s always a race [...]

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Image nicked from If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger
The Godfather is dead on Christmas. More than 5 bloggers have put the song “Santa Claus Go Straight to the Ghetto” online.
In house with Jeremy Petersen, for the Santa song or James Brown on Hype Machine for a proper education on the person who single handedly inspired [...]

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