Rio is one of the baddest bass players in the country and now after trinity roots the brother has gone on to work on his solo album and has an EP and 12″ called Wahine Toa. Shit is dope with solid production from FFD’s DJ Fitchie. now out on vinyl at conch. Rio is on the road playing bass with Bic Runga, Tim Finn and old D. Dobbyn.
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The best thing about this is the style and the kraftwerk early digital sampled sound. I remeber first hearing this as a kid and it sounded so fresh and new, the sound of the future.
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The Motown crew is in town right now and we just had Joe Herndon now of the Temptations in the store today. He needed his trousers mended before the gig and lucky Zena was there to save the day.
Here is one of my favourite jams from the Temptations. According to Joe this is not on the set list for the Mission. I guess with so many hits and such a short set a lot of songs won’t make the cut.
For a couple of weeks i have been thinking about a slow jam mix and with valentines around the corner i thought it time to get my shit together and make it happen. So here it is, some of my favourite slow jams specially prepared for Valentines. This goes out to Robyn Hereaka, a friend who was a slow jam mix tape master.
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Tracklist:
1. Love T.K.O – Teddy Pendergrass 2. Slow Jam – Midnight Star 3. Tender Love – Force M.D.’s 4. Let’s Wait – Janet Jackson 5. Fried to Friend – Diana Ross 6. Remind Me – Patrice Rusheen 7. The Sweetest Taboo – Sade 8. Where Is The Love – Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 9. Saturday Love – Charrelle feat. Alexander Oneal 10. Computer Love – Zapp 11. Juicy Fruit – Mtume 12. Oooh This is Love – Al B. Sure 13. Piece of My Love – Guy 14. Love Controversy – Part 1 – Loose Ends 15. Power of Passion – Inner City 16. Prototype – OutKast 17. Adore – Prince.
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I’ve decided i’m going to make Fridays a day where i post a you tube clip of a jam i really dig. here is the first offering, hope you like it, i had such a crush on Sheila E and still have the record that gets pulled out often. I was going to do Glamorous Life but couldn’t find a video for it but found this, back in the day when she has hanging with Prince circa 86-87. Why don’t bands dress like this anymore?
One of my all time favourite DJ’s Norman Jay will be in Aotearoa this weekend and i need to find a way to get to welli to see the living legend live and direct. Norman Jay has been playing rare groove, philly soul and disco boogie goodness for about 30 years. The Good Times soundsystem is one of the heavyweights from the Nottinghill Carnival featuring Norman and his brother Joey and i was one of the thousands of people who would tune in to BBC London to hear his weekly sunday show. This geezer is diamond and i can asure you this is something you do not want to miss.
Good Times at Frank Kitts Park for
Rugby Sevens Weekend
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th February
12mid-day – 12mid-night each day.
Free entry – R18
Featuring:
Norman Jay MBE (UK)
The Monkey Business DJs
Fried Chicken Soundsystem
Redbird Jnr
DJ Dunsta
and heaps more still to be confirmed over the 2 days!
Sandwiches and Wellington City Council present a FREE two day festival to coincide with Wellington’s Rugby Sevens weekend. The festival will run from 12mid-day until 12 mid-night on both the Friday and Saturday and is centralised around British music icon Norman Jay MBE (UK) and his ‘Good Times’ brand.
The festival will also feature a number of Wellington’s leading DJs over the two days, licensed bars – including the purpose built ‘Nation Bar’ on its first trip to the capital, food stalls, and TV screens to show all the action from the stadium down the road.
Located at Upper Frank Kitts Park, a short distance from the stadium, the festival is ideally located as a meeting place before, during, or after the rugby. Or better yet, forget the stadium and enjoy a full day of music in the sun!
The event will be a vibrant addition to an already colourful weekend on one of the capitals biggest occasions.
Sun / Grass / Music / GOOD TIMES !!!
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here’s some podcast goodness from Norman Jay
http://www.carnivalism.co.uk/?p=8
http://www.timeout.com/london/features/5507/Norman_Jay-s_Carnival_podcast.html
Yep that is right, worldwide maestro GP is making his way down to Aotearoa for a one night engagement with the Turnaround fellows at the end of feb. check the conch site for more info and tickets.
Check his site for podcasts or BBC for his weekly radio show
My kids hate my music or the music i force them to listen to when we are in the car. They tell me, can we listen to some proper music or something modern, I tell them the day they get their own car will be the day when they can listen to their music. Just quietly, i can’t stand the music they listen to and nowadays i mostly find myself drawn to music from the late seveties and early eigthees, especially rare disco and boogie. It’s proper dance music that super soulful and gets your body movin’. It’s not trying to beat me around the head with a sledge hammer or give me a nose bleed.
While the nothern hemishere is knee deep in wintery blasts we down the bottom of the globe are in the middle of a sizzling summer and what better sound track to go with the nice weather is some good vintage boogie from three damn fine sources.
1. Disco Deviance mix for Cosmic Boogie by Dicky Trisco.
Disco Deviance is a label that releases new and re-edits in a classic disco boogie viegn.
2. Dam Funk – Beautiful Music for Beautiful People
all vinyl, no cd’s, Mp3′s or downloads, just vinyl goodness in this mix from LA’s boogie master.
3. Dj Ayers and DJ ELeven – The Glamorous Life Vol. 3
Killer 80′s mix with some classic jams from back in the day. If you were an eighties kid like me then expect some nostalgia with this mix. Check his webiste for a load of mixes including the history of hip hop series. Each year is chronicled in a mixtape beginning in 1979 up to 2000.
Love this. the nice people over at Stones Throw have a nice gift for you.
These are pretty nice speakers. Made from natural wood the Q speaker is a beautiful hand crafted peice of sound design that looks sleak and sounds pretty bloody good as well. We have this one instore now.
Boh Runga is on the road at the moment with Greg Johnson, making their way south via Napier and then Palmy before heading to Welly and then the southern isle all the way to inver vegas. Life on the road must be interesting with an all male band, cut loose from their usual family responsibilities and on the road, living the old rock and roll lifestyle… ahh, good times.
Boh’s father is from Mahia way and so coming to Napier is getting pretty close to Rongomaiwahine and her turangawaewae.
The Turnaround is a long running monthly night hosted by three of the most influencial selectors Manuel Bundy, Cian and Submariner and this weekend the turnaround boys host grooveman spot from jazzy sport and kenji sakajiri from wonderful noise and local heroes electric wire hustle.
If you are lucky enough to be in AK this weekend then you should come check the goodness being served up.
Manuel Bundy, Cian, Submariner: 10 – 12/12:30ish
Electric Wire Hustle (LIVE): 12/12:30ish – 1/1:30ish
Kenji Sakajiri: 1/1:30ish – 2/2:30ish
Grooveman Spot: 2/2:30ish – For As Long As He Wants
Come early you all
if you are in welly then you should get along to the gig down that way on saturday.
download the grooveman spot mix from the guys from the jewel school.
ohh shit, the new album is out in nz and the shit is hot. this is the album of the year for me, straight up. production is on and mara’s vocals melt butter. there are some impressive guests here as well including stacey epps, georgia anne muldrow and papa billy t.k. deep in the soul pacific soul EWH are moving on up! and check it out, the boys are rocking MisteR. nice mickey and ra!
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Julien Dyne’s album Pins & Digits has been released in New Zealand and soon to be released worldwide by Japaneese label Wonderful Noise, the same label that released the Electric Wire hustle EP. The Falling Down 12″ featuring Parks has just been released in UK and Europe and is getting support and play from around the globe. Falling Down has a nice jazzy beat rub by one of the masters, DJ Mitsu.
I went out this morning and purchased a copy of the new Opensouls long player. Vintage sound straight throwback to motown and the 60′s soul era with lush strings, hammond organs stabs, a great horn section and the soulful vocals of the talented Tyra. We like very much.
The band hit the road to play gigs around the motu in the coming months and are scheduled to smash the Cabana around early October.
Here is a little rerub by Submariner and Killerman Raro.
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Kia Koutou : ) Here’s the new track by Professor Dynamite feat Margot Wuts. You can check out more tunes at myspace.com/professordynamite Chur Prof.Dynamite
E HOA is glad to present the Boogie Down at the Groove Kitchen. Friday 28th August with special guests the Boil Up featuring our favourite soul diva Margot Wutts and the usual suspects.
These posters were a limited run hand printed by yours truly.
Tahi, Rua…. Tahi, Rua, Toru Wha!
Here is Killer Man Raro’s re-rub of a classic for the club.
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