To Have & To Hold is a 'musicmentory' to celebrate the age of vinyl records...including interviews, fresh graphics and good music. Directed by Jony Lyle for Goosepimple Productions 2010.

Exploration #6 - London Pirate Radio

Pirate radio is everywhere in London, born in the 60’s from rusting anti-aircraft towers in the mouth of the Thames. Today’s broadcasts are hidden in plain sight, transmitting from secret tower block studios via homemade rooftop antennas. We put our boots on and went exploring.

Check out this very nice small docu here.

Moodymann at red bull music academy 2010

I LOVE this guy's philosphy!

Rollerball enigma and silhouetted man-on-the-mic Kenny Dixon Jr. aka Moodymann is one of the most enigmatic and charismatic figures that house music ever bred. Despite his refusal to give interviews and play the press-and-promo game, Kenny’s voice has been clearly amongst the loudest, when it comes to preserving the rich heritage of Afro-American music, while fighting the music industry powers that be. Blessed with an immaculate way of sampling, he takes stems from blues and soul, and respectfully takes them onto the next level – just check his Tribute (To The Soul We Lost) ode to Marvin Gaye for proof. From his dark and dusty deep house tunes on Peacefrog, Planet E and his own KDJ label, to his more recent outings on the R&B-drenched Mahogani Music imprint as well as his 2009 sure-fire anthem Freaky MF, Moodymann's fingerprint has stayed unmistakable. Even a so-called techno tune like Dem Young Sconies sounds like nothing and nobody else on this planet. You can't kick this feeling when it hits!

Al Jarreau 1976 - Take Five

Addison Groove (aka Headhunter) - Footcrab (on Swamp81, Loefah's label)

I love this tune! When he came down to Brussels at the end of January Headhunter played a GhettoTech/Booty set. Now i understand perfectly why he did that. this tune is the perfect combination of Ghettotech/Booty with Dubstep.

KPLtv CHOP SUEY the beat conductor series featuring 88-keys from KPLtv on Vimeo.

COOKIN' SOUL 2 (Diggin' Deeper, 2010)
COOKIN' SOUL 1 (New York Times, 2009)

Quality Hiphop mixes!

hhv.de, Generation Tapedeck, Rhythm Incursions & Laid Back Radio present:

After the great success of the first mix with more than 48 000 downloads, we are ready to present you part II of the session. Cookin' Soul Vol 2 (Diggin' Deeper) is a pleasant mix of selected nineties sounds, lasting 45 minutes. Rare remix versions & white labels or underground classics blend into one stream. Gordon of Project: Mooncircle / hhv.de takes back his eyes to NYC and collectors also like lovers will find their favourites.

Cookin' Soul 2 (Diggin' Deeper, 2010) - Download here.. The mix includes acts like Natural Elements, Champain, World Renown, Thrust, The Outfit, Sourface, Group Home, Shadez Of Brooklyn, Nine, T Max, Heather B, Ill Biskits, Erick Sermon, The Imperial One, Louie Rankin, Triflicts, Smif N Wessun and more.

Cookin' Soul 1 (New York Times, 2009) - Download here. . The mix includes acts like Kukoo Da Baga Bonez, Rezidue, Pitch Black, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, I.G. Off & Hazadous, Mama Mystique, Royal Flush, Lin Que, Pete Rock, Group Home, Brainsick Mob, Gangstarr, Chubb Rock, Smif N Wessun, Boot Camp Clikk and many more...

Statements & comments for Cookin' Soul Vol 1 (2009):

"Ganz THE REAL DEAL STYLE!" by Dj Mirko Machine
"Real music in a great session!" by Lewis Parker
".. So much unknown tunes! i was suprised" by Guru
"It's banging!" by Laurent Fintoni (Serie B, Radio Rhythm Incursions London)

Special thanks for the support to Generation Tapedeck , Rhythm Incursions , hhv.de & Laid Back Radio !

Jungle Documentary - All Black, BBC 2 (1994)

Found on AbandonOthers.

KODE 9 at red bull music academy 2010

If you want to know about the various planes of the sonic world around us, you could do worse than turning to much respected DJ and producer Kode 9.

Steve Goodman has long since been the proprietor of the freshest beats in the scene, espousing the newest sounds via his Hyperdub label and encouraging such talented souls as Burial, Zomby and King Midas Sound.

But Kode9 also has the mind to match the music. Apart from running his label, producing, collaborating and DJing, he has a Ph.D in Philosophy, spent time studying "rave culture, cybernetics, postmodernism and afrofuturism" in the highly respected research collective and think tank the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, and has just published a book "Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear".

The thinking man's raver, Kode 9 dropped by the Academy for a cup of tea, a listening session and a chat. Don't worry though, he's not as serious as he sounds...

Check out hyperdub boss Kode9 drops in for a chat at Red Bull Music Academy here.

Dominique Young Unique - Show My Ass (17 yers old girl)

Check "Monolake Tours Dubplates and Mastering" HERE.

An outtake from the film Speaking in Code. Monolake, on of the inventors of the Abelton Live software, gives our camera a tour of Dubplates and Mastering, which is regarded as the premiere record cutting facility in the world. For more on Monolake, head to monolake.de.

Monolake is one of the characters in Speaking in Code, a new documentary about dance music which is about people, not music.

Speaking in Code Trailer

The trailer for Speaking in Code, a verite documentary about a select group of people who have made electronic music their lives.

Starring:
Modeselektor, Wighnomy Brothers, Monolake, Philip Sherburne, David Day

Also featuring:
Ellen Allien, Tobias Thomas, Marc LeClair AKA Akufen, Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Reinhard Voigt, Sascha Ring AKA Apparat, Sascha Funke, Mario Willms AKA Douglas Greed, Miss Kittin, Dan Paluska AKA Six Million Dollar Dan, Mike Uzzi AKA Smartypants

Order the DVD today: speakingincode.com

"In music, when you do something new, something original, you're an amateur. Your imitators - these are the professionals.

It is these imitators who are interested not in what the artist did, but the means which he used to do it. This is where craft emerges as an absolute, an authoritarian position that divorces itself from the creative pulse of the originator. The imitator is the greatest enemy of originality. The "freedom" of the artist is boring to him, because in freedom he cannot reenact the role of the artist.

There is, however, another role he can and does play. It is this imitator, this "professional" that makes art into culture."

Morton Feldman 'The Anxiety of Art' Art in America (Vol. 61 - 5 September/October 1973) pp88-93 [dated 1965] As reprinted in Friedman, B.H. Give My Regards To Eighth Street; Collected Writings of Morton Feldman. Exact Change, Cambridge MA, 2000

Reflection Eternal - In This World (New Reflection Eternal!)

Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar (Song for a new HBO serie)

Marilyn Barbarin & The Soul Finders - Reborn




New Orleans Boogie (Tutts Washington, Touissant & Roy Byrd)




Lee Dorsey - Give It Up




EDDIE BO @ Louisiana Music Factory - Special Appearance 2007




Staple Singers - Why Am I Treated So Bad

Kwela Tebza ft Mxo and Tuks - Better Days

Freestyle 101: Devin the Dude




Freestyle 101: Fashawn (Didnt know about Fashawn till i saw him some weeks ago in Ghent, im expecting a lot from this 21 year old guy)

Bless Beats & Janee feat. Double S - Sex In The City

Speech Debelle - The Key (New Big Dada Release) (She is coming to Botanique somewhere in April or May!)




Speech Debelle - Go Then Bye





Speech Debelle - Spinnin'