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Daryle Lockhart
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Maurice White and Bill Meyers: "Joe".
This is from the soundtrack to the OAV for Gatchaman. Yes, this is the album with "Let's Fly" on it. But this. This is why I bought it.
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Reel People - Second Guess (Simon Grey Remix)
Back when I ran the Mobile Soul Podcast, I played a lot of Reel People's music. I still do, really. Love them.
One day, though, I came across this track, and I lost my actual mind. Simon Grey is the guy who did The Galactica Suite, which was a TUNE in fashion and electronic music circles back then. If you've heard it, you understand that Simon is a synth DUDE. He is also a drummer. So when I heard this remix, it blew me away, because the original song is pretty tame. Nice vocal performance, but in the end...it's aight.
But here was Simon, assigned to do a cool dance remix, and he's just doing everything - drums, multiple layers of synths, solos, fixing the vocal mix a bit - not giving a damn if it was in fashion or not. I have only ever had this as a digital file, and so I don't know if this was ever released as a single or not. I can see that this version of the song is not available to stream.
One of the tags used to describe this was "future jazz". So...we're in the future now. I wondered if I would still enjoy it.
Wow. I still love this.
The other remixes of this track - God bless those producers. The mixes are pretty good, but none of them are a 9+ minute REWORK of the damn song! This is one of those situations where I love the remix more than the original, even years later.
I haven't heard music from Simon in years, and I hope he's okay. I follow him on instagram and I may share this memory there as well.
For some of you, this will be the first time you're hearing this, and I hope you enjoy it. This was a great moment in time for synth geeks into dance music.
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Almost 20 years ago (2005), I had a podcast. Back then, there were very very few of us. Like, people still had iPods back then. The podcast was called Mobile Soul.
I didn't talk about anything on my show. At all. it was all music. I had so much music that I figured, why not just put together a mixtape for everyone and give it away. RSS with attachments seemed to be a great way to do that. Now, there were some professionally produced radio shows that were distributing via podcasting, but almost ALL of them were from Europe at the time. And of course, the blogs all had their own mixes of their top ten or whatever.
But I wasn't any of that. Mobile Soul was just a pure mixshow. No hits, no singles, no hype, just whatever I wanted to play. And I wanted to play stuff that had keyboards in it. I caught the attention of a lot of the up and coming producers, who would submit guest mixes and stuff. In fact, that intro to this show? Made by Opolopo from Sweden, one of my favorites.
I ran the show for like 7-8 years, and then when I looked up, EVERYBODY had a podcast and/or was a music expert. And the merch. My GOD there was so much crap with bad logos being sold. Once everybody is doing something, I'm out.
And so I shut the show down. There are files scattered here and there ( like this and another on SoundCloud) but I pulled the rest of the files down from the web, and that was that. This episode was one of the last, and is mostly dance music. It ends with a Ye track, quite randomly. Sorry about that.
This was a moment from an era I really enjoyed. Hope you do, too.
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I dunno how I feel about a UNIT spinoff. Torchwood was great, but it ended badly.
I'm just happy to have regular Doctor Who episodes coming.
#is catherine tate going to be in the unit spin-off???
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"The Space Race" (2023)
One of my favorite documentaries of 2023 was "The Space Race" (National Geographic), directed by Lisa Cortes. I used to work with Lisa back in the music business a lifetime ago, so I always keep an eye open for anything she's involved with.
But this documentary is different. It's personal to me, and to anyone who has ever dreamed to traveling to the stars. I'm an afrofuturologist, so connecting these "dots", the people of African descent and our connection to things that propel society forward, the math, the science, the engineering, the things that create "the future" - well, that's everything.
This film "connects those dots" in a big and authentic way. This documentary is the most complete record of Black astronauts - specifically those who traveled or trained to travel to space - I've ever seen on film. the highs and lows. Where possible, directly from their mouths.
You think you know everything about Black astronauts? Everything about Black people and the space program? You will STILL learn something from this documentary. Like the name and face of Russia's Black astronaut. Or...about Ed Dwight. They don't teach about Ed in school. Check this clip, and the MOMENT you see this documentary playing somewhere, stop what you're doing and watch it.
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Knower: Do Hot Girls Like Chords?
I've been a Louis Cole fan since I think 2007. I wasn't a BIG "clowncore" person, but I got it. Cole speaks a very specific dialect of jazz fusion that I am super fluent in. it's got layers and geeky details and it's very dense. NOT light listening. For the most part, Louis Cole songs force you to engage. KNOWER is his band, lead by him and Genevieve Artadi.
This year they released "KNOWER FOREVER", a new album, and it's WILD. This album doesn't care about reaching mass audience. It iss made for people who like KNOWER. If you like these musicians, you will like them in this set. Not sure what else to tell you. I love it.
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This video describes the experience. Yes, they record in a house. with a full horn section down in the living room and an actual chorus of vocalists outside the garage.
This has been the house/studio format that they've been working at for a minute. the best use of the whole house, in my opinion, is Louis' "F it Up":
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The new album is available wherever you stream music, but if you listen and like it, you can buy it over at bandcamp.
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Trailer: "The Boy and the Heron" (2023)
Our son and I share a love of Ghibli films. He grew up on them. He has been talking about this film all year, and last week, we went to see it together. It is absolutely one of the best films I've seen in 2023.
It's the story of a boy who suffers a tremendous loss during a chaotic time in the world, and, while the adults in his life try to move on as if things aren't crazy, his world makes a turn for the surreal. He is guided on a fantastic journey mainly by a gray heron.
The art is incredible, but you can see that from the trailer. the writing on this project is equally incredible. I don't know if this film is as accessible as "Spirited Away" or "Ponyo", but it is definitely as great as those films.
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via My Analog Journal - Kay Suzuki: Japanese Reggae Pop from the ‘70s & ‘80s
In 2023, I reportedly listened to over 150 genres of music (So says Spotify, I think that number's a little low.) but one genre that I was really obsessed with this year is city pop. You know Japanese city pop when you hear it. It ain't exactly challenging music. Very light lounge listening. Very early '80s. All in Japanese.
Anyway, there was a spinoff from that genre where producers took the most accessible elements of reggae and put them into city pop style songs. So, no great vocal performances, but light, fun music. I like to cook with it on sometimes.
There's a compilation album coming next year called "Tokyo Riddim" from Time Capsule (link to the playlist here) that I think captures the vibe really well. but if you wanna catch the vibe of a live mix, the man Kay Suzuki has a set here that describes the genre perfectly.
Enjoy!
#sound#music#Japan#My Analog Journal#city pop#80s aesthetic#japanese music#reggae#Jamaican music#jamaica#japanese reggae pop#Youtube
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Spin & Stir, Ep. 7: DJ Light
Another really fun mix of jazz, funk, soul, and beats. Special treats early in this mix for MF DOOM fans.
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[Live DJ set] Roger Bong (Aloha Got Soul Honolulu) with Jinmoo (360 Sounds)
This is an old set (I think it's from a year ago), but a good one, recorded live at Kompakt Record Bar. Literally gave me life this week. If you need an eclectic set to keep your day going, this is the one today.
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There are two things I love about "Star Wars".
The galaxy is made up of different cultures and races, who see things differently, but all agree on certain aspects of technology. So, no matter what world you're on, very few species are pushing things on wheels. And, droids. Everywhere. Love it.
The Jedi are a flawed group of people who are tapped into something really important. They get that they are basically scratching the surface of discovering the path to universal peace and connectivity, but they use this understanding ina HELLA selfish way. It seems that they feel like with practice and discipline, a greater good can be achieved. and mostlym that's true.
"Star Wars Rebels", "Star Wars The Clone Wars", "The Bad Batch" and "The Mandalorian" come from this perspective, which is not ANTI-Skywalker, but the stories aren't centered on Luke and Leia. Dave Filoni makes Star Wars stories for people who are a little tired of Skywalker stories.
"Ahsoka" continues this, and though it's early, I am putting it at "Rogue One" level of excellence. This particular episode, "Shadow Warrior", is my favorite of the series, because, although I'm tired of Luke and Leia, I think Anakin is an interesting character, and I would like to see more of his force ghost insights post-Vader.
You're part of a legacy.
Ahsoka "Shadow Warrior"
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For my birthday this year, I got a bunch of 007 themed stuff, including the comics series published by Dynamite. I am really enjoying it.
I haven't read Bond stories in decades.
"Agent of Spectre" is the most accessible, I think, in that it flows like the movies. But this cover captures what I love about the art of the 2022 series.
James Bond: 007 #4 [Textless] (2022)
Art by: Tommy Lee Edwards
#James Bond#007#James Bond 007#Tommy Lee Edwards#Dynamite Comics#Dynamite#Ian Fleming Publications#artwork#illustration#comics#comic books#art#Dynamite Entertainment
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You & Explosion Band: Lupin the Third Theme '80
From the Yuji Ohno Best Hits Live concert - January 28, 2022, Tokyo.
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Lupin III Live Concert (2007)
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the anime series Lupin III, a live concert was held on September 8, 2007, performed by Yuji Ohno and the Lupintic Sixteen.
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007 Timeline- August 2017 - Publication of the original Moneypenny comics story from Dynamite Entertainment in the US.
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A WILDLY eclectic playlist of music I listen to off and on throughout the day.
#music#sound#playlist#music playlist#jazz#hip hop#electronic music#reggae music#drum n bass#soundtracks#lo fi#new age#funk#blues#soul#Spotify
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