Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008

Holdin' On...

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I hope you are well?

If you are not feeling so bright and bubbly I think this mix will bring you some comfort and help you forget about those pressing issues that we all have to deal with.

In this third episode Holdin’ On is the title taken from the Champion Soul track which features midway in this mix. It appealed to me as it describes perfectly how I was feeling emotionally around the time but what kept coming back to me is that even though I felt alone sometimes I wasn't really all by myself, knowing from the Word that 'he'll never leave me or forsake me' and how ever mournful one can get privately, I understand that those tears I've cried in the past are being turned into tears of glorious joy. Along with a soul passion for the love of music and my faith the session came together with a sense of luminous colour and depths of shade thankfully conquered by the energy and feel good vibe of it all. I can't speak for anyone else but as a DJ I'm sure one’s emotions dictate the atmosphere when we're working – however professional a set one pulls it off. I hope all of mine gigs have left people with a good feeling.

Anyway, it was some months ago when I did this mix which has grown to become quite popular from the feedback I've had from cd's that I’d given out here and there, so I thought I distribute further a field. Naturally, the playlist is included for your convenience.
If you like what you hear feel free to pass on the link to others and do leave your comments before you sign off.

~Holdin’ On~
Ralf Gum ft. Monique Bingham – Kissing Strangers [Ralf Gum Alternative Club Mix]
Shuya Okino – If It Is Love ft Clara Hill
Swell Session: Prepared To Go vs Seiji ft Ernesto [Jimpster Rmx]
Kenny Carvajal ft Reggie Hall – Life Is [Vocal Mix]
N’Dambi – Can’t Change Me [Ron Trent Remix]
Stephanie Mills – Free [LV Instrumental]
Malik Alston – Butterfly [Amp Dog Knight/Jovante Remix]
Third Ministry of Faith ft K T Brooks – Joy To The World [Dennis F’s Tabernacle Revival]
Champion Soul – Holdin’ On ft Ronyx [Restless Soul Dub Mix]
Byron Stingily pres LeJuan – Piece Of Meat [RC’s BMC Emotion]
Shaun Escoffery – Let It Go [Jazzanova Instrumental] with an interpolation of Girl Let Me Tell You Something- Loleatta Holloway
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Here's a little bonus for you particularly if you like straight up house. I can't find my original copy but thanks to Ethan at Positive Vibes who has always showed me love you can listen to my 'Wide Open' mix as it's called by clicking on the link below.

http://www.positive-vibes.com/mixpages/guestmixers/marciacarr.htm

Let me know what you think of it. You can even leave Ethan a comment if you sign his guest book. Good bad or indifferent you can share your thoughts with me.
Speak to you soon.
Love from a soulsista in LDN xox

Posted by Marcia,the DJ at 3:45 PM |   

Thursday, Sep 11, 2008

Twelve Hands Mix Especiale

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Welcome to my second podcast instalment.

Creating something a little different to stand out amongst the whole host of music that is so out there and more to the point so easy to get hold of for free could have been viewed as rather daunting, but rather than looking at the odd pitfalls at how the state of music and technology has created its own monster, I thought, this can all be turned to one's advantage. Embracing it all and using it positively now surely that is the way to move forward?

I love music. Out of which I have a style that some have said is edgy but never boring and never do I stay in one place when I take the ingredients of good music splice one track into another to birth something refreshing to the ears with plenty of guts and spice.

Which brings me nicely onto the playlist attached to this selection originally a dedication to a good friend of mine Basil aka Basil Funkib from twelvehandzradio.com.
Like some of my friends, Basil inspired me from a dancer’s point of view, aside from being a lover of good music when I compiled this mix. Going back into the music library I briefly journeyed into an era of classic fusion tracks like Wayne Henderson's "Lady Bug" as well as including the jazz funk-like tones from Eddie Russ’s “Take A Look At Yourself”. For me, I could see in my mind how they connected well with 21 century artists such as Femi Temowa and Timo Lassy who in their own way are flying the flag of appreciation with their work clearly motivated by of all the golden qualities gone before them with genres of funk, Afro, gospel, jazz, soul, disco or Latin . For me all of these styles are a part of me and who I became growing up with the inclusion of reggae – how could I forget that! Getting to that point and the person of who I am now, I also feel that someone such as Basil has also shown that he too has moved with the times – embracing the good and discarding all the rubbish take a specially trained ear and a certain amount of motivation aligned to some hard core dedication. Taking on many so called new genres - broken beat, funky house bashment, grime, hip hop, dubstep and all the others splinter groups of dance – really a melting pot and mix of what most of us already like in Black music. Everything has just gone full circle. Well, much like this mix, I made a decision to give you a taste of some of those differing hybrids yet remain true to my roots by giving you a selection that is not only by its nature inspirational, it has soul feeling and passion as well as elements of jazz and the all important maintenance of a funky groove.
I hope you will agree with me and dig it as much as I enjoyed in putting it altogether.

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Shouts out to Garth Boogie Bwoy, Glen B, Basil Funkib, Orin Walters, Ms Cherry Jackson, Phil Asher, Lil’ Wendy, Dezzie D, Des Parkes, Rose Windross, Keith K Boogie, Rocky, Jazzcotech Dancers, Akin Shenbanjo, Sam Davis, Johnny Reckless, Kevin Beadle, Daz-I-Kue, Carmen Carr, Kenny Boots, Seamus Haji, Uncle George, Jerry IDJ, Paul Trouble Anderson, Fabian, and Fitzroy The Buzzboy!
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~Twelve Hands Mix Especiale~

• Femi Temowa – Wood & Strings [Taken from Jazz Re:Freshed Vol. 1]
• Timo Lassy – African Rumble
• Wayne Henderson – Lady Bug
• Eddie Russ – Take A Look At Yourself
• Mello Madness – Save The Youth (K-Dope Extended Mix)
• Nikos – City Of Angels (Blue Bossa Mix)
• Kem – Set You Free (Timmy Regisford & Scott Wozniak Mix)
• DunnEasy ft. Monique Bingham – Won’t Stop (DunnEasy Club Mix)
• Pirahnahead – Time, Love, Life (Main Vocal)
• Jihad Muhammad ft. Tamara Wellons – Right Now (Main)
• Prepared To Go vs. Seiji ft. Ernesto [Taken from Swell Communications LP Sampler]
• Guynamite EP 2 - Light At The End
• Xxxxxxxxxx – [IG Culture Mix]
• Souled – Dancing On Holiday
• Black Joy - Metal Bossa (Restless Soul Mix)
• Vincent Montana, Jr. – The African Track (VMJ Original 1979 Track)
• Glenn Underground – Moog (Main Mix)
• Kiloo & Phonique – The Passion (Manuel Tur & Dplay Remix)
• Joe T Vannelli presents Csilla – Play With The Voice (JTV’S Free Voice Mix)

Posted by Marcia,the DJ at 4:10 PM |   

Saturday, Sep 06, 2008

Playback: Summer Soulstice '08

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As we enter a new season ripe for clubbing hedonism, club kids and music connosieurs alike come together connecting through the beats, the rhyme and the melody.
It's a time when the Playback monthly sessions hosted in the heart of London's West End steps up the musical jigsaw of underground Black dance music.

Giving you a taste of what gets thrown down on the turntables with these podcasts, we hope you'll not only appreciate the sounds our regular clientele indulge in but that you will come and be immersed in the atmosphere of it all if you haven't already been to one of our parties.

Enjoy the good groove...

~Summer Soulstice~
• Ralf Gum – Searching ft. Mike Avery [Vocal]
• Tama Waipara – Where I Go [Nathan Haines Remix]
• Sheila Ford – Life’s So Much Better [Abicah Soul Mix]
• Phlash & Friends – Exaltation [Instrumental] + Oh Lord [Accapella]
• Ron Trent & Friends ft Robert Owens – Deep Down [Main Vocal]
• Blaze - Who Can Luv U
• Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project – Jazz Room [The Spiritual South Mix]
• Art Bleek - Wanderers Creek [Maddslinky Remix]
• Amalgation Of Soundz – The Sharm
• Karizma - Groove A K Ordingly
• SK Radikals - Trobled Times [Bugz In The Attic Remix]
• Ralf Gum – Parachute ft. Oliver Leicht
• Ian Friday ft. Byron Moore – Springtime In Paris [Tea Party Vocal]

Posted by Marcia,the DJ at 7:48 AM |