01
- intro - deadbeats - i'm tellin ya (edit)
02
- iggy & the stooges - i'm a man (leroy schlimm edit)
03
- hot chocolate - blue night
04
- moodymann - untitled
05
- visioneers - runnin'
06
- cut chemist - what's the altitude (feat. hymnal)
07
- willie bobo - bobo! do that thing
08
- jonah jones - jonah's pachanga
09
- gary davis - gee dee (alternative mix)
10
- jupiter tuning center - ramses nubian bump
11
- jahlin pitter - roots reality version
12
- fela kuti - water no get 8-bit enemy
13
- pablo moses - come mek we run
14
- mellow madness - save the youth (original tempo kenny dope extended
vocal edit)
15
- james brown - get up (hedspin party edit - b&c extension)
16
- sergio mendes & marcelo d2 - samba da bencao
17
- el perro del mar - walk on by
18
- karen be - coconut water
19
- money mark - insects are all around us
A
new Beatz & Carrots compilation. I didn't find a lot of time to
keep my blog updated during the last two months. Moving from China to
France was a big step. Feels a little like the days of living free &
wild in China are over to some degree. A new chapter in life is
starting. I am not yet sure where life will be taking me - but I am
all optimistic. The following twelve months should be interesting...
Life, work, learning, my relationship, friends... I am doing a lot of
reading at the moment, while also trying hard to get a grasp of the
french language... Nevertheless - I am always playing music - and I
will try to keep this blog running - but probably will do less
writing accompanying each post in the future (just don't find the
time for that at the moment). Just straight & simple share some
favourite music mixes/compilations of mine. Although - sometimes I
think writing a little review is also one nice way of giving some
credit to the original artist - and it's good to read something about
the music we love once in a while - because we all play/listen to so
much 'non-physical' music these days. Digital music don't have that
sexy smell of vinyl. And there is no record cover to hold in our
hands, looking at the back of the cover, reading the review, checking
the pictures, musicians, producer, label, year... Sometimes it is
worth to dig for the original vinyl - or get one of the many great
new albums or reissues which come out these days. SHOW SOME LOVE &
SUPPORT THE ARTISTS YOU
LOVE.
Nineteen new/old
songs on this Beatz & Carrots selection. We have got ''Blue
Night'' (track #3) by Hot
Chocolate - a British band which might be best known for their
biggest hit You
Sexy Thing. It's interesting to note that ''You Sexy Thing''
originally started life as the B-side of ''Blue night'' - which (at
least for me) since its release in 1975 has faded more or less into
obscurity. A nice mellow song with a bluesy feel... and that warm
bass line. Another song which deserves a special mention is ''Ramses
Nubian Bump'' (track #10) by Jupiter
Tuning Center, who has a soft spot for ''60s soundtracks, poetry
and jazz, boogie, some say rare groove, all things soulful!''. Now
mix all these together - and you will get some beautiful songs like
the one shared on this compilation or The
Gyra Grip (vibin in space).
Check
out Jupiter Tuning Center's Soft
Landing which just got released on Editorial
#6: "Jupiter
Tuning Center" retouch a jazzy beauty from the past, the
"Springs" by "Pete Jolly". The original has a
special place in my jazz albums' collection. Thanks for the flight"
(via the great Just
Love Vinyls blog).
Last
but not least there is Coconut Water by Karen
Be -
which I first got introduced to by the great Mixtape
Riot blog by Captain
Planet. Nice crispy song with some deep underlying bass, gentle
use of electronics - rich in sound - and Karen Be's sensual yet fiery
voice. This song might have drawn some inspiration from Marvin Gaye's
Calypso
Blues, Robert Mitchum's Coconut
Water of the same name and Calypso Mama's Gin
and Coconut Water. If you want to listen to more of Karen Be's
unique brand of jungle soul - check her new EP here.
Thanks to Atum
Management - a London based ''Artist and Sports Management
company'' - who is representing Karen Be - for sharing ''Coconut
Water'' with all of us. Check some more of Atum Managements tunes on
their soundcloud
page.
Coconut
wata.
Good
for your dawta.
Make
you strong like lion…
Coco
got a lotta iron.
Coco
coco coco coconut.
So
much for today. Enjoy & share the good vibes! DubMe
