Posts Tagged ‘Karizma’

Listen: Lola Recommends…

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

These tracks* have been overheating my system of late. Classics and future classics – all massive sounds:

1. I’ll Stay – Funkadelic

>> Standing on the Verge of Getting it On (Westbound Records, 1974)

2. Black Wonders of the World – Billy Paul

>> Got my Head on Straight (Philadelphia International Records, 1976)

3. Friends from Rio 1 Featuring Celia Vaz (Pressure Drop Remix) – Francisco Cat

>> Brazilika (Far Out Recordings, 2009)

4. Requiem for a DJ – K2

>> Soul Heaven Presents Kenny Dope & Karizma (Soul Heaven Records, 2007)

5. Beyond – Mr Scruff

>> Trouser Jazz (Ninja Tune, 2002)

6. The Three Faces of Balal – Yusef Lateef

>> The Grandfather Paradox (BBE, 2009)

7. Look at California – Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly

>> Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly (Capitol Records, 1977)

8. Aggression – Eric Dolphy

>> Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot Vol. 2 (Prestige, 1961)

9. Look of Love (J-Dilla Remix) – Slum Village

>> Fan-Tas-Tic Vol. 1 (Counterflow Records, 1997)

10. Auditorium – Mos Def Featuring Slick Rick

>> The Ecstatic (Downtown Records, 2009)

*Listed in no particular order.

News: Get Shook!

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

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Sorry for the break in transmissions. Real life got in the way of my virtual existence….probably a good thing really…balance is key….anyway,now i’m back, I feel it’s my duty to spread the word that the Summer edition of Shook Magazine is ripe and ready for purchase.

With a feature on filmmaker & all-round good guy B+ (whose work appears on the cover above), a chat with Raekwon from the Wu about an album more hotly awaited than the second coming, ghetto-turismo in Morò de Providencia, the oldest favela in Rio, with French artist JR. a freeze frame on UK’s premier ‘house dance’ crew InDaHouse in full effect. an interview with 9th Wonder and his True School crew, Rashad Smith (if you don’t know who that is, check the back of your ‘Woo Hah’ 12-inch or CD-single) a feature on the Eglo crew represent (Floating Points, Alex Nut & the whole 9 yards), the story behind the 1974 concert in Kinshasa when James Brown, Bill Withers and Celia Cruz lined up alongside Miriam Makeba and Franco – it’s the subject of the new Soul Power film, words and mixes from Rahaan & the Chuck Brothers, the crate diggers outta Chi-city, words from Karizma who has a new album out via R2, deep words about Freddie Hubbard, as remembered by Creed Taylor (of CTI and Impulse! fame). a short story by Charlie Dark (‘The God of Road’), memories of French novelist Boris Vian and a revamped back section where they cover anything from Congolese sapeurs to boutique stores in the heart of Hoaxtown you really would be stupid not to at least blag your friends copy….but that kind of situation soon gets strained, we recommend you teleport to www.shook.fm and buy your own….